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" WOMAN'S WORLD.
PEASANT IilTEHATURE FOR
? FEMININE READERS.
THE FADED FLOWERS.
V AH rammer long I watched the flowers
And loved their hues diverse and sweet;
The shining sun, the shaded showers
W Wrought beauty's dream complete.
l By thought and care their colors fair
f "Were kept iu perfect sheen.
An imasje blest, my heart confest,
As fail- as e'er was seen.
(But now the flowers are past away,
The victims of the biting cold:
In glorious pride they had their day,
Now mould returns to mould;
Their winsome grace no more we trace,
'Tis buried iu the past.
1~ 'i>n,i tlioip frnTi'ance fled I
| Juni icavo ucic cum., ...? ??0?
Like echoes ou the blast.
^ So all decays, however bright.
The bloom of youth and life we love,
I It gleams within the golden light
Its own fair perfectness to prove.
> But in a while we lose its smile,
And only Memory's self can trace
r The charnied spell, which blossomed well
I With Nature's matchless grace.
? William Brunton, in Detroit Ailccrtiser.
mrs. Harrison's busy days.
Mrs. Harrison is a busy, active woman
i every minute of the day, says a "Washington
letter lo the Pittsburg Times. She
t sees to every household matter demanding
her attention, and is especially fond
of visiting the conservatories. When
her grandchildren are here they arc
always with her. Now that they are
absent she has leisure to give to her
painting, the last new books and magazines,
the pile of daily papers aud her I
innil.
( This latter burden is not quite as great |
J as during the first few months of her
/ White House residence,but it isaraarvel||
lous job yet to get through with each
and not allow any accumulations.
She drives out often in the mOFflings I
downtown on snopping excursions, uuu
goes in and out the business store withf
out exciting the least attention from anybody.
But generally for the shoppiug
expedition she takes the office carriage j
' and has one of the servants to drive her, ;
and consequently is hardly ever recognized.
TITE KXGMSH OIRI,.
The English girl, observes a traveler in j
the Boston Herald, is romantic and sub- i
missive. While as full of sentiment as
the ideal love letters tied with blue rib- !
bons, she still regards man as her lord ,
and master. She rarely dreams of disputing
the supremacy of her husband,
father, or even brother, and her privilege '
and pleasure are to minister uuto them, i
She is so affectionate iu her home circle
that the average man has only to be admitted
there to straightway fall head
over hee'.s iu love with a girl who wor
ships her brother, is forever kissing her
fond father, and disputes with her sisters
the honor ami delight of wanning the ;
a paternal slippers. Even when of "hitch 1
station" ?*hu takes her turn in making' the
tea and preparing the toast and superin-I
H tending the breakfast generally?a task
B which inainina relegates to her daughters.
I The English girl breathes this engaging
M air of do:nesticily. Man doesn't say,
'-IIo.v she can waltz! how well she
looks at the opera! how she surpasses all
the other girls in the cotillion!" j
PP^^Is'o matter to what advantage she may
^^Muppcar in evening dross under the soft
radi-mce of the wax candles, what the
most inveierate bachelor whispers to
fP himself is this: "By George! what-a
wife she wouhl make! And what a
H? home!"
jH TWO BEAUTY KECiPES.
90 Winter winds cause tissures or cracks
B in the lips tn.it arc not only extremely
MB imn./'iciiit in look- iinon. but are ex
Icjuisitely painful, and by touching them
with your tongue you intensify the pain
very much. <Jo to the drug store and
get there an old remedy, so old that it
has the ciiarm of novelty. It rejoices in
jan overpowering Latin name, but when
you ask the druggist for it in English,
say you want citron cream; apply this
wir.ii your lingers, or :i soft linen cloth,
and the cooling and healing result that
^ill follow will convince you that even
in medicine sometimes old things are
be?t.
To get off freckles, to ean?e the sunburn
to disappear, you have got to put on
your face and neck, aud on youi arms,
darkened by battling with the waves, a
mixture of two parts of Jamaica rum to
one of lemon juice; dabble it well on the
surface, let it dry, and wash it oil in the
morning in vonr hot hath. Besides
whitening the skin, which the lemon
doe.-:, the rum gives it a vigor and makes
. a rosy flush come to the surface. You
_ will.gain no good from this by <loiug it
.ifor one or two nights; keep it up for two
weeks at the least and remember that
"wh in your skin has that depressed "worn
^jt look that comes from sitting up too
^ptc at night, nothing will invigorate it
IKke ;t few drops of Jamaica rum pat into
we .water wiili which you wash your
Kace.?.4tluntii Constitnthit.
FASn ION'S IK TABLE LINES.
^ There.arc fashions for table lines just
.as there.are fashions iu millinery. There
are certain articles that are used o<n the
A$i])k which are always fashionable.
There ,are* some articles which wiJi i>e
ipopular for a few months and thera go
out .of style altogether. Fine white
damask tiible cloths are always fashiua,abk\
They should always be used.
They may be handsomely embroidered,
iringed. or edged with lace, tliey may fall
Quite.to tlie.floor or just a half a yard
Ctter ;the.ed^e,of the table.
JJopkins.for^the table should match the
dkolh. They-stould be tine and large and
latwoder-ed without starch. Fruif napkins
art a.lwp.ys.colore*!. Finger bou.l doilies
Iare j.u&t ssix inches square, inducing the
fringe or Jhem. T^iey should be made of
a nice <clo.tU, linen, lace or tlie richest
silk. Sometimes tUey are embroftilered ,
with sketches.
Old-fashioned turkey red cloths ;(?nd
inapkins are aiow vmi much used iCor :
lunch and t?A. Other popular colors a?.- !
pink, yellow, light blue.tnd drab. Thcii
there are sets of the very finest linen, J
trimmed with lace, and some are of tine j
damask with the family's monogram j
wrought in colored threads, either in one :
corner or on the middle of the cloth a '
few inches from the centre fold.
For eggs, rolls, corn and so forth, napkins
are generally about half a yard long,
8on? are envelope shaped, while others
t^e one end turned under and the other
ornamented t<J Jay over the article. They
ire made of coarse linen and hemmed.
Napkins for trays and carving napkins
we made either in white or colored wash
lilk thread and are fringed or braided
kith quaint designs.? Jfctil and Exprm.
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A PKTT WORDS TO GIUI.S.
"Ill the first place, girls, be very careful
about your conduct toward the youug
men you meet. 4As a jewel of gold in a
swine's snout so is a fair woman without
discretion.' And no modern proverb
vendor or mender has said a truer Thing.
Be discreet; do not think that young
men arc the only delightful people in the
world, or act as if you thought so. Keep
them at a proper distance; no man likes
or respects a girl who runs after him, defers
to his opinion, or lets him say rude
things to her. Again, dcrrtgo out driving
nr Tvnlk-inn- or s;iilin" alone with any
*"?> v* " n ? o
young man. If 3*011 have no real chaperon,
take another girl with you. Be most particular
about the young men with whom
you associate. Avoid -fast' men as you
would lepers. Men who are dissipated
are inherently low; no matter how rich,
how handsome, how highly placed iu
what is called society. Such men are no
associates for a pure young girl.
' Don't be too fine in your clothes;
simplicity and exquisite fresh neatness
are more attractive in a girl's costume
than any extravagance of fashion or
costliness of material; but even the
plainest dress may be made flaunting by
its immodest style. Again, be just as
careful with what young women you are
friendly with, as with young men. A
girl is always judged by her friends;
keep civilly aloof fiom the 'fast,' the
slangy, the giggling girls you will too
surely meet. Choose your company more
carefully than your dress, for your friends
are true index of your moral and mental
status. Nothing can ever retrieve the
mistakes you mahrc in these respects;
yen are now 'making history'?the hi~to:y
of your life. God never made,
among all the exquisite things of creation,
a more lovely, enchanting, admirable
creature than a fresh, pure, charming
* " " '^ A.r
young girl, ma 01 unseinsu luuugut iui
others, gentle, gracious and spotless."?
Dry Goods Chronicle.
IN JAPANESE COSTCME.
The Countess Oyana, wife of the Japanese
Minister of War, is one of the few
ladies of the court circle at Tokio who
receive at their own homes in the native
costume which European fashions are so
fast driving out of the land of the
Mikado. The Countess prefers the comfortable
and picturesque Japanese dress
to the foreign costumes which the court
has adopted, and this in spite of the fact
that she is one of the first Japanese women
educated in America, having graduated
at Vassaar in 1S52, the only woman
of her race who has received the
baccalaureate degree. Stematz Yamakawa,
as she was known before her mar
riage, spent about ton years in tins country,
coming with the Japanese Embassy
of 1S72, anil returning so thoroughly
Americanized that she had almost forgotten
her owu language. .She is remembered
by her college mates as an extremely
attractive girl, pretty?even to
American eyes?tall, graceful and "well
formed. The return to her native country
was to her something of an ordeal.
She came here a girl of twelve, adopted
the Christian religion and the customs
and habits of thought of Western civilization
and went back a marriageable
woman of twenty-two, with the knowledge
that her parents would immediately
, find a husband for her, very possibly
j one not at all in sympathy with her ideas.
1 Fortunately the ehosen spouse was the
; Count Iwao Oyana, who was himself edu!
cated in France, and as whose wife she
! has taken immediate rank in social and
! philanthropic circles in Tokio. A number
of Japanese women have since come
i to this country as students, and several
! are here now. Miss Shitre Na??ai entered
| the Vass.iT School of Music in 1878, and
J made a love match with Lieutenant Urin,
' of the Japanese Navy, who was educated
| by his Government at our Naval Academy
at Annapolis, and first met his
piquant countrywoman at a Vassar fete
to which a number of Annapolis youth
j were invited. The wedding was agreed
, upon before either returned home. One
[ of the festivities attendant on the marj
riage in Tioko was the amateur presentation
of the "Merchant of Venice" before
the court and Mik ido. Miss Ume Tsuda
studied at the Archer Institute in Washington.
and is now teaching in Tioko in
the Peeresses' School for Japanese Noblewomen.
FASHION NOTES.
! All sleeves arc loose above elbow,
j Waists grow shorter and less peaked.
The basque waist is almost a thing oi
' the past.
Tartans and stripes are in higher favor
than ever.
I The looped tablier is iufreipiently seen
on new gowns.
Skirts grow longer in the back, but
shorter iu front.
! The newest Paris gowns have the skirt
sewn on to the bodice.
Brown, tan, gray, and black gloves are
the correct wear with all out-of-door toilets.
Panels remain a fashionable aud popular
feature on most gowns for street and
carriage wear.
! All waists have surplices, bretelles,
plastrons, waistcoats, or rovers of one
' kind or another.
Ostrich feather tippets in colors to
I imatch evening and dinner .gowns are seen
! iin the best houses.
j Entire dresses of crocheted wool arc
Kworn.by English children, especially delicate
ones, in cold, damp weather.
The Carrick cupe, with a flat boa or
|-stole.cnding in square tabs at ihe knees
.M Juigner, is a lasntonaoie Lcnuon wrap.
The .figures in the uew and sit.hest brocaded
silks are very large, a flkagle pattwaa
frcqucutly covering vi. -entire
breadth.
Tlie suit-': for little people llurt seem
! destieed tc drive out all otheic shown
i this Ml arc those of plaids, or>t&?jiii.s at
our English o&usius call them.
The earquisitc '-finish" which x put.
! upon ail dresses tnd nmutlcs, and which
is the distinguishing feature of the tiuse?,
is an ouieojfic of the tailoi gown.
Even stre-t drosses arc cv.t in the fourseam,
or princess form, Use skirt aud
waist all in oii<>, even whea a seperate
bodice is simulated by the beh. and sui pfices.
The general rule for street toSJets is to
have a plain long redingote of plain stuff,
worn .over a skirt of striped tartan, bio- j
eaded, figured, or bordered materia), and j
this rule is followed for silk suits as well 1
as for woolen.
Vandjked or deep-pointed laces, crertm,
white, black, and colored, frequently
embroidered in beads and tinted metal
and colored silks', Are almost as fashionable
as the Oriental eftii>roiderif? which
are ia such high favor.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
| Don't blame the world because the
1 thorns are found among the roses.
; A sound discretion is not so much Indicated
by never makiDg a mistake as by
! never repeating it.
i It has been observed that the man with
the fewest failings is the m^n most tolerI
ant of those of his neighbors.
j Beware of him who meets with a
! friendly mien, and, in the midst of a corj
dial salutation,seeks to avoid your glance.
Although it is dangerous to have too
! much knowledge of certain subjects, it is
' still more dangerous to be totally ignorr\F
fliptn
: Conquer thyself. Till thou hast cton?
: that, thou art a slave; far it is almost as
! 'well for thee to be in subjection to an!
other's appetite as thine own.
, Look not mournfully into the past; it
1 come* not back Rgain. "Wisely improve
the present; it is thine. Go forth to meet
the shadowy future without fear and a
manly heart.
j Nothing hindtrs the constant agreei
ment of people who live together but
vanity and selfishness. Let the spirit of
humanity and benevolencc prevail, and
discord and disagreement would be ban|
ished from the household.
i Life never seems so clear and easy as
when the heart is beating faster at the
! sight of some generous, self-risking deed.
! We feel no doubt then what is the high!
est prize the soul can win, and almost bei
lievc in our power to attain it.
The Origin of" Hurrah."
"Writing to the London Timet, with
reference to the remark of its Berlin correspondent
that the exclammatioa "Hurrah!"
"is said to be of Slavonic origin,"
Dr. C. A. Buchheim, of King's College,
London, says, "i presume yuur wnt!
spondent must have some authority for
this assertion; but I hope you will allow
! me to point out that, as far as I know,
the record is of purely German origin.
It is generally assume'd to he derived from
. the imitative interjection liurr, describing
a rapid movement, from which word the
middle High-German hurren, 'to move
rapidly,' or rather to hurry, has been
formed. Hurrah is, therefore, nothing
1 else but an enlarged form of hurr, and,
; as I said, of purely Teutonic origin. In
Grimm's 'Wortcrbuch' we find the interjection
quoted from a Minnesinger. It
also occurs in Danish and Swedish; and
it would be interesting to know when it
was first introduced in this country in
the Anglecised form of 'hurry.' In Germany
it was frequently used during the
Napoleonic wars by the Prussian soldiers,
and it also occurs in some political and
martial songs of those days. Since then
it seems to have been adopted also by
other nations, even by the French in the
form of hourra. That the interjection
did not become so popular in Germany
as a cheer at convivial gatherings as in
this country is probably owing to the circumstance
thatprcfereucc was given there
to the brief exclamation 'Iloch!' forming
respectively the end and the beginning
of the phrases 'Er lebc hoch' and 'Iloch
soil er leben.' Of late the word hurrah
seems to have become rather popular in
I Germany. It is just possible that the
j English reimported it three or that it was
j revived through the magnificent poem of
j 'Hurrah, Germania!'written by the poet
! laurate of German people, Ferdinand
Frfiligrath."
Tea Tasting Extraordinary.
The managing director of a big tea
dealing firm, who is a tea taster and
blender of twenty-five years' experience,
says the Pall Mall Gazette, has lately
j stated that he once saw a leading broker
j have sixty teas, ranging within a penny
per pound in value, weighed up in duplii
cate, the 120 pots numbered and mixed
j up, he then picking out the sixty duplicates
without a single mistake. As re
1? onnw nf smell, wiites
gurus cuucuiiii^ mv ?vuw - ,
the tea dealer, "I am strongly of opinion
that it is possible, with constant practice,
to value teas as correctly by smelling the
i infused leaf as by fasting. I have bought
i thousands of chests in public sale by
smelling the iufused leaf only, and have
constantly valued public sale teas on the
same plan. Nevertheless, for blending
purposes, it is absolutely necessary to
| taste. I had fourteen years' experience
I in tasting on the market, and left it
i eleven years ago to enter the blended tea
I trade. I then had to begin to learn what
| I never knew before?the art of blending
tea?and I am convinced that, for
i this arrowing department of the trade, it
! is not only necessary that a man should
hare a good palate and a keen sense of
f-mell; but that he should, by constant attention,
understand the art of selecting
| such teas as will blend with each other.
A man may have ever so keen a palate
| and sense of smell, and be able to value
tea to a farthing per pound, and yet be
I no blender. Having produced a blend
successfully, the abilities of a blender arc
i severely tried by his having to maintaiu
its quality and character, and nothing but
constant practice, indomitable perseverance
and skill will enable him to suc(
ceed."
Proving His Sanity.
A gentleman from an adjoining town,
j who passed through Miliedgeville, Ga.,
. the other day, says the Chronicle of that
! place, told our correspondent of a little
I scene in the Ordinary's Court of his native
I county a few days ago that demonstrates
j the truth of the assertion that "great
; matters are often kindled from small
: lires." The case in question was against
j a young colored man charged with
I lunacy, and twelve proiniuent gentlemen
j were sworn to investigate into his mental
I condition and give a verdict in accordI
ancc with the facts deduced.
The foreman of the jury, though a
i prominent gentleman, bad failed to gain
! enviable reputation as a paymaster, and
! there k where tli 2 pinch came. In the
1 cross-examination, usually attendant 011
| such trials, the f&ncman propounded a
I few questions to thfc -simple-minded col|
ored man .that were readily answered.
"Do yt u know me?" asked the peer.
"Ortaiijy I do,'' wapvi.hequick retort.
' Thm. what is iny amine and ivhtrc
diii you Ivuc v uicf''
I H e lad fazed at hiui with the air oJ
I conlidcucc litd then replied: "Your
, uame i.s Mr. Jt.hn Blank. I worked for
i you all of year before last, tad I swav'
[ Yore (J^x.1 you hw nebber paid a:e a cent
I for it. Of cour&e, I knows ycu." In
I the laughter and coufusion fihat followed,
J a verdict of "not razv1; wifa mad*1, but
Mr. Blank vows that he "will sever serve
on auother jury, especially, to test *he
mental strength of a colored man, whid;
.he likens unto gauging the kicking
Capacity of a mule.
A dtj.mpany has been organized irf, St,
Louis to ijiaaufacture granite shingles^
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Fortunes in Glass Jars.
A number of gentlemen were admiring
the display of beautiful and costly
chemicals made during the session of
the National Wholesale Druggists' Association.
"Why does that cost so much?"
inquired one of the gazers of Chemist
Ilurty, who stood near, pointing as he
spoke to a six-pound jar which bore the
label "Horn-Atropine Hydrobromate,
j cryst.," valued at $12,000 for the quanj
tity displayed, or $2100 per pound.
"I have paid for a few grains of that,1''
i said the chemist, "at the rate of sixty
j cents a grain, or $4200 a pound. Why
! does it cost so much? In the first place
! the basis of the cost is in the labor and
; skill required to produce it. Beginning
: with the plant from which this is obtained,
belladonna leaves, the labor of
| extracting and presenting this form of
j the active principle, atropine, is almost
interminable. Perhaps from the begini
ning of the process until the product is
' in hand one year's time has elapsed. It
! has gone through a scries of processes
; that even to attempt to follow in the
i wnnlrl rlrivo rme to distraction.
' After the product has been obtained it
1 must be taken into account that there is
I but a very limited demand for it. That
chemical is used in eye practicc for dilating
the pupil, and in that one bottle
i there is enough for all the earth and for
! the inhabitants of any of the other planj
cts whose eyes require treatment. It is
I the limited use of many of the chemicals
here displayed quite as much as the diffii
culty of production that puts them upon
price currents at such high figures,
j When the demand gets to be great the
! price rapidly declines.
"Take, for instance, cocaine fpro!
nounccd ko-ka-een), which a few years
' ago -jM at nearly $500 an ounce and
1 now sells at $5 an ounce. To pharrna|
cists belong most of the credit of having
i brought it into use. It was the pharmaj
cists who made it and who employed
; men in the hospitals to make clinical obi
scrvations upon it. The result of these
investigations were distributed among
J pharmacists and druggists all over the
land, and these in turn did more than all
I other agencies combined to bring physi1
cians to notice and employ the new
i remedy. In fact, these dealers fairly put
i !.#? iio^L-c of tlir> nhrsifinns
; and dragged them up to the remedy."?
Indianapolis Journal.
Wages in China.
The State Department at Washington
: has received a report from Consul
Pettus, stationed at Ningpo, giving statistics
iu regard to labor and -wages in
China. He says: "Wages have not
increased here for years, and strikes
never occur. Trouble is rarely experienced,
as laborers arc confined to disj
tricts where they are employed. No
| laborer is allowed to lie employed outside
' of his district; he may, by general con:
sent, join laborers of another district?
not otherwise.
"House servants are better paid than
: any other class of laborers. They are
: intelligent and have to be honest and
; faithful, otherwise they will fail to pro|
cure letters for good service, without
I which they will be thrown out of ea.:
ployment."
He appends a table of wages of laborJ
ers and artisans in his own district. BarI
bers make $4 a month and blacksmiths $5.
! Block cutters, boat builders and boat'
men get 30 cents a day, and bricklayers
20 cents. Makers of bricks are paid $4
n month, and cabinet makers, carpenters
and carvers, 22 to 30 cents a day. Coffin
makers are paid 25 cents a day for their
gruesome toil, and chair bearers get 30
cents a day for carrying their superiors.
| Coolies, the common laborers, receive
I but 20 cents a day, and female cotton
) spinners even less, 10 cents. Clerks get
| $5 a month with board, and cooks get the
| same. Dyers arc aristocrats among the
; laborers, receiving $8 a month, and embroiderers
get 30 cents a day. A farmer
is paid from $3 to $4 a mouth, with his
j board. Fishermen are paid from ?15 to
! $20 for a season, which lasts about two
j months. Fan makers are paid 30 cents
j a day and gold and silver workers from
I 25 cents to 40 cents. Harvesters get 20
cents a day, painters 21, plumbers 24,
potters the same, rice cleaners and reapers
25, salt makers 20, silk spiuuers 30,
j and female silk winders. 14 cents. Sailors
receive from $4 to $8 a month, with
board, and soldiers $5 a month, with
1?4. 1-19
Ullliorms. OUUW uai/ mumio gv.u J.cents
a day, tea pickcrs 10 cents, tea
j sorters 10 cents, tea Jirers 30 cents,
tailors 14 ccnts, with board, and umi
brella makers 20 ccnts. Salesmen get
: $4 a month and tea packers $8. These
j rates are all paid by Chinese masters.
The Polar Bear and Her Young.
The female Polar bear is taught by n
j wonderful instinct to shelter her young
under the snow. In December she rej
treats to the side of a rock, where, by
j dint of scraping and letting the snow
j fall upon her, she forms a cell in which
to live during the wiuter. There is no
j fear that she should be stiffed for want of
air, for the warmth of her breath always
j keeps a 6mall passage open. Within
| this strange nursery she produces her
i " ~ fltnm Kntmofli f Vic
youU^fftUU luuiuiua vvitu liitui I^uuuii
i snow till March,when she comes out ictc
the open air with her baby bears. As the
I only use of the snow burrow is to shelter
the young., the male bears do not hiberi
nate like the females, but roam freely
j about during the winter months.
Before retiring under the snow the
j bear cats enormously, so that she bei
comes very fat, thus laying in an interna1
| store of food which enables her not onh
| to support her own life, but to nourish
! her young during her long seclusion.
| By an admirable provision of nature the
j yomig Polar bears are extremely small at
j birth, and grow slowly ?o long as thin
| are in their crystal nursery, thus needing
| little food wad space. When they emerge
! from their shelter the mother bear is cxI
tremely thin and very fierce.
An Eiflel Tower of Diamonds.
i A tower Eiffel entirely of diamond*!
! This sounds like a dreanu The reality,
however, is not quite so dazzling ?>
might be expected, and the model, whiei
is an exact reprouut timi of the origin::
I monument, trains nothimr in irraee aui
: beauty of outline to make up for the low
grandeur and size. As it is, however,
j it is a very curious piece of work. The
I number of diamonds needed to construct
this tnodel, which measures thirty-nine
indies iu height, is 40,000, and they are
; set in rows on the silver girder3. The
j only bils of color about it are in the
| lower platforms, both in silver gilt in
j two shades at ?old, the enameled flags at
j the fourconierii^aud the ruby and sapphire
i set in the lan ten?, which is lighted by
electricity and revolves by clocfc work.
Tii# price put upou ,'t is ?
London Queen.
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Origin of the Diamond.
Some theories about the origin of the
diamond are very ingenious and interest:
ing, though the amount of truth they
J embody remains to be proved. It has
j been suggested that the vapors of carbon
i during the coal period may have been
i condensed and crystalized into the dia|
mond; and again, the itacolumite, genI
erally regarded as the matrix, was satI
urated with petroleum, -which, collecting
j in nodules, formed the gem by gradual
i crystalization. Newton believed it to
j have been a coagulated, unctu'ous subi
stance, of vegetable origin, and was sustained
in the theory by many eminent
i philosophers, including Sir David Brew!
ster, who believed the diamond was once
; a mass of gum, derived from certain
; species of wood, and that it subsequently
j assumed a crystaline form.
Dana and others advance the opinion
j that it may have been produced by the
: slow decomposition of vegetable material
I and even from animal matter. Burton
; says it is younger than gold and sugi
gests the possibility that it may still be
| in process of formation, with capacity of
j growth. Specimens of the diamond
j have been found to inclose particles of
| gold?an evidence, he thinks, that its
i formation was more reccnt than that of
the precious metal. The theory that the
diamond was formed immediately from
carbon by the action of heat is opposed
! by another, maintaining that it could
not have been produced in this way,
otherwise it would have been consumed.
But the advocates of this view were not
! quite on their guard against a surprise,
for some quick-witted opponent has
found by experiments that the diamond
will sustain great heat without combustion.?American
AmlytL _ _
Dryness Injures Pianos.
"Very few know how to take care of a
piano," said a musical man to a reporter
j for the New York Mail and Express, who
had visited his warerooms.
"IIow do you do it here?" asked the
scribe.
"It is a popular notion that pianos
1 ought to be kept very dry. Nothing
| could be more fallacious. Pianos are
I not nearly so much affected by heat or
| cold as they are by dryness, and, reverse;
ly, by dampness. It is not generally
I known that the sounding board, the life
j of the piano, is forced into the case when
it is made so tightly that it bulges up in
the ccnter, on the same principle as a
violin. The wood is supposed to be as
dry as possible, but, of course, it contains
some moisture, and gathers more
I on damp days and in handling. Now,
I when a piano is put into an overheated,
, dry roon, all this moisture is dried out,
and the board loses its shape and gets
flabby and cracks. Even if it doesn't
crack, the tone loses its resonance and
grows thin and tinny, the felt cloth and
! leather used in the action dry up, and
J the whole machine rattles."
"IIow will you prevent this?"
"Keep a growing plant in your room
< and so long as youi plant thrives your
! piano ought to,or else there is something
j wrong with it. It should be noted how
i much more water will have to be poured
' into the flower pot in the room whe/e the
j piano is than in any other room. In Ger1
many it is the practice to keep a large
I vase or urn with a soDninsr wet SDOnire
in it near or under the piano and keep it
moistened. This is kept up all the time
the fires are on."
Somebody has taken the trouble to
compute that the average consumption of
salt by each grown person in this country
is nearly fifty pounds a year.
The Handsomest Lady Id Town
| Remarked to a friend the other day that she
| j knew Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs was a superior remedy, as it s'opped
I her cough ins'antly when other cough remei
dies had no cffect whatever. So to prove this
' and convincc yon of its m-rit any druggist
will give you a Sample Bottle Free. Large
i size 50c. and Sl.
l Kino Ai.phonso, the baby potentate of
: Spain, has off red a prize to the citizen of
i Madrid who will invent the most novel toy.
1 A 10;. Cigar in quality, but only a 5c. cigar
I in price is "Tansilrs Punch."
,] Eyes Ears Nose
1 ' Are all more or less affected by catarrh. The eye?
j become In darned, red and watery, with dull, heavy
i j pain between thein; there are roaring, bti-jsin;
: noises in the ears, and sometimes the hearinj ii
1 | uftected; there is constant disagreeable illsaharjj
! from the nose, bad breath, and In many ease* bn
j of the sense of smell. All these dUa^reaa'ole sy.up;
! toms disappear when the disease is cured by Hood';
, i Sarsaparllla, which expels from the bloo.l the lmj
purity from which catarrh arises, tone3 and restores
{ the diseased organs to health, and builds up the
! whole system.
I X. B.?Be sure to get
j Hood's Sarsaparilla
j SoW by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only
1 by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
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I J full Information of an Easy and Speedy cur? frtt to
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! 1811111; STUDY. Book-keeping, Business Eormi
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. I II thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circulars free.
J Bryant'n College, 437 Main St., Buffalo, N*. Y*
nniliai HABIT. Only Certain and
M IIHIIIM easy CUKE In the World. Dr.
, WMUIII J. i,. ?TKrilKNt>. J.ebanon.u
# for all domestic animals, *vi
ulent or spasmodic, ltarel;
stipate, rather icts as a Ihj
in more than 3000 cases, oi
treated promptly. Kx|
when needed, and perhc
close 50 cents for sample be
tht btft colic mtdScfiic^l ha\
i ML
kCopynjeMTc&ke
of s court
Cheap comfort can
cake of SAPOLIO wh<
From the;{ paint to the
and floors,- It is the ve
' for .scouring v and clear
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How's Tblsl
We offer One Hundred Dollars Rewa^^H
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cure d b^
taking Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersized, have known P. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions,
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
E. H. van lloesen, Cashier Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Emperor William is called by his subjects
"King Go," a sobriquet won by the way he
rushes about from place to place.
"'Mid pleasures and palaces, tho' we may
roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like
home,"
especially if blessed with a wife whose hours
are not spent in misery caused by those dragging-down
pains arising from weaknesses pe
^uuai IU UCi CCA* JLSi. i lutgo i.mvAiiv A >vscription
relieves and cures these troubles and
brings sunshine to many darkened homes.
Sold by druggists under a positive guarantee
from manufacturers of satisfaction or money
refunded. Head guarantee on bottle-wrapper.
The cleansing, antiseptic and healing qualities
of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are unequaled.
Bismarck's eecretary prepares an epitome of
the day's news on pads which he reads to his
autocratic employer at night.
If every woman tn this land knew for herself
the actual quality of Dobbins's Electric Soap,
no otlur wasning soap could be sold. Millions i
do o.-6i\ hv* otner millions have never tried
it. Have you r Ask yon r grocer for It.
From twenty-six pounds or beau* ? Nebraska
farmer narvested and threshed thirty
bushels or 1800 pouodf.
A S'2.50 Paper lor S1.73.
The Youth's Companion gives so much for
the small amount that it costs it is no wonder
it is taken already in nearly Half a Million
Families. With its fine paper and beautiful
illustrations, its Weekly Illustrated Supplements
and its Double Holiday Numbers, it
seems as if the publishers could not do enough
to plea'e. By sending SI. 75 now vou may obtain
it free to January, and for a full year
from that date to January, 1891. Addres?,
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"" Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crop&TBSSkfruit, grain, grass and stock country
in the worldr Full information free. Address
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If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's
Eye-water. Druggists sen at 25c.per botCifr
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NVii U?IS
YOU will .SAVE MONEY, MBgrVRpJin
Tl.ni. Pn I., Tvnuhlo ^wLSURZ
I8BK&]
CATARRH pSMwij
BY USING Si' '*kU'm
ELY'S CREAM BALM.
Apply Balm into each nostril. ^
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Guns, Rijtes, Recolvers, Police Goods. etc.
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fend jostal to D. LOTHROr CO., Boston, Mas?., tor
Felect list Hooks ami prosi.ect'is or their .Magazines
D k or B A11 Chadwick's Manual.
BAoL BALL7 irflif.ir? 7?sr
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THEODORE HOLLAND, 1'. Q. Box 120, Phlla., Pa.
LJ Cures where all else fails.
B4| taste. Children take it wit!
a1 sTfavorite colic mixture ~
HI cure 9J out or every 10J cases of colic, whether flaty
morethan 1 or 2 doses necessary. It does not concatlve
and Is entirely harmless. After 20 years of trial
tr guarantee is worth something. Colic muHt bo
jend it few cents and you have a cure on hand, ready
ips save a valuable horse. If not at your druggist's, eaittle.
sent prepaid.
(.OKIll.Elt <fc CO.. Bethlehem, Pa.
vorite Colic I Wt cheerfully recommend Dr. Koehler's
uccees. It l? I "Favorite Colic Mixture." Would not be
Iit a.a Lena as we have hortes.
Dealer^ " ISAAC MOSES BRO.,
itu) York. Sale and Exchange Stables, Eatton, Fa
nn w
i% luf FT
ise-cle&ning wi
:eaJ wiHioul* kn
of Polly. AAPO
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be secured by the sm
sn you have a house o
5 pots and pans and ir
ry best labor-saving soa
ling.
1 Oim ENJOYS |
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and act*
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleanses thesr*
a . nr? -i 11 "i i i i
tem eneciuauy, aispeis coias, neaa
aches and fevers and cures habitual R
constipation. Sjrup of Figs is the H
only remedy of its kind ever pro ? H
duced, pleasing to the taste and ao- ~ H
ceptable to the stomach, pro pot fir- flj
its action and truly beneficial in Hi H
effects, prepared only from the most : j
healthy and agreeable subsfrmpe* H
. lis many excellent qualities com* * H
mend^it to all^and have^made it
Pyrup^o^Figs is for ?ale- in 00o*jM
end $1 bottles by all leading druf-^^
gists. Any reliable druggist who i B
may not have it on hand w31 pro* *
cure it promptly for any one "who
wishes to try it. Do not accept , H
any substitute. 4 I
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875 to SI 50 per month easily mad*. EH
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When you are addressed as above, ycur first impulse
is to look at the driver. If the day be s:rnny
and the driver is a wise man, you will find that he
wears a " Fish Brand Slicker," and he will till you
that he is as comfortable on the box as his passenger
in the cab, and that for his busiriess this coat
is invaluable. When you get oncc inside a " Fish
Brand Slicker," there s no such thing as weather
for you. It doesn't make the smallest difference
whether it rains, hails, sleets, snow;, or blows.
You are absolutely and solidly comfortable. Get
one at once. No danger of your not lilfing it afterwards.
It is a waste of money to buy any other
waterproof coat. They are worthless after a few
weeks of hard usage. Beware of worthies* invitations,
every garment stamped with the " Rah
Brand " Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior
coat when you can have the " Fish Brand Slicker"
delivered without extra cost. Particulars an4
illinfratrH rataltwue free.
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DR. LOBB
329 North Fifteenth St.. Pn.ladclphla, Pa., for
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Nervous Complaints, Bright'^ Disease, Strict urea,
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tirTen days' medicines furulshc.l by mall rnrr I
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1 prepense anti falljrem. E
dorse Hl>,' <; a< the only I
Jaar Onrwlo specific for the certain car# 1
JB3F1 TO & daTS.^I of this disease. I
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