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II souls, and that after death we go
[ or animals of some sort?
P :the last creature a man is thinking
iyin? is the one into whioh ho will
10 ia thiakin? of a bird, he will no
d, nnd if he Is thinking of n cow he
Ito a cow.
iousjht you said that at death the
to heaven or hell?
goes there by a gradual process,
ke him years and yours.
a anyone become a Hindoo? Could
a Hindoo?
i. you could.
IB)w could I become a Hindoo?
V doing as the Hindoos do.
Ii I looked upon the poor, filthy
fcedaubing himself with the ashes of
I, I thought the last thing on earth
Iwnnt to become would be a Hindoo,
fcad to a missionary who overheard
lorsatlon between the fakir and my^ iisoment
at some of the doctrines
lounced. The missionary said,
are very accommodating, and
j ou to be a friend of Christianity
ed the theory of one God, and
j \irds and punishments."
Fire, however, alleviations for
'Li attended worship in one ol the
missions. The sormon, though
in Hindoostanee, of which I could
| stand a word, thrilled me with its
ss and tenderness of tone, espeen
the missionary told me at the
he service that he recently baptized
ho was converted through reading
II ly sermons among the hills of India.
[> gs of the two Christian assemblages
M in this city, although tho tunes
new, and the sentiments not transwore
uplifting and inspiring to tha
>gree. There was also a school of 603
ffirls, an institution established by a
of generosity and wealth, a graduate
dras University. But, more than all,
lisslonaries aro busy, some of them
king on the ghats, some of them In
[os, in chapels and bazaars. The LonIssionary
8ociety has here Its college
Lag men and Its schools for children
1 houses of worship for all. The
I Missionary Society has lt3 eight
I. all filled with loarners. Tho ovanw
work of tho Wesloyans and the
is felt in all parts of Benares. In its
Bt stronghold Hlndooism Is being
Row as to the industrious malign missionaries
: It has been said by
vulors after their return tc America
Had that tho missionaries are living
Hi of indolenco and luxury. That is
Hod that I would s.ty is as high as
it did not go down in tho opposite
When strangers comes into thes\
Illmates too missionaries no thoir
tartain them, making sacrifices for
jp3e. la the city of Benires a mislid
mo that, a gentleman coming
[land into ono of the mission staIdians,
the missionaries banded toI
entertain him. Among other
L" had a ham boiled, prepared and
m decorated, and the same ham
k from housu to house as this
ipeared, and in other respects a
Hof kindness was affected. The
h home to England and wrote and
w luxury in which tho missionHia
were living.
Hs and Englishmen come to these
Hons and find a missionary living
As and with different styles of
Htable and forget that palms are
as hlekorv or nine in America
Is as cheap as plain apples.
0 missionaries sleeping under
^<ins swung day and night by
k <* that four cents a day is
A ^d tho man finds himself.
><s"5pachman, a missionThere
nave been
come to these hot
BH^^.to live as tho
rrid oni) or two years
1 their work, their chiel
)nary ground being that
h for a large funeral
It of interest. So far from
Hs, no men on earth work so
Hionarics now in the foreign
B}arful odds and with 3,000,
opposed to 250,003,000 of
Hnmedans and other false
^missionaries are trying to
Let tho good people of
Id and Scotland and all
^ per cent, to their apblity
and consecration
lies. Far away from
pg climate, and comIphildren
to England,
Bp as to escape the corm
behavior of the naAmen
of God toil on
^ftir graves. But they
^veciation when their
j^Ris won, as It will be
will be too ^ood
^^ linistors at home
64000 or $5000 a
f Him who had
?11 enter heaven
^looking for a
: told- "Yon/f
j rones you will
^B'?t thropos nourost
hristondom bo thrilled
25,003 converts in Infer
the Met ho list misb
converts under the
[ibout 75,000 converts
Iry yoar. 13at. more
lity is undermining
Jityor town or neigh irectly
or indirectly
lthe day speeds on
H down with a crash,
h which have given
Macro not an idol
of womanhood
Hinloosenod, and the
H- relaxed. Human
Hi the last sp ir!c of
the widow must
Ml 'in 1 th.i ill ."i?r
as a curiosity for
ndia will l>e taken
any dis'iearten13
lus own priv.ita
fj to all oi them,
[icoura^enn'uts to
[What we wan: in
lis less croaking
I: morning larks,
lieet the a lv.incli'*
and "WindBar
".Mount PisI
had the joy o?
es of India and
Khe natives 11 fcipations.
In
Button were yet
ft for a r;ii:road
^Brntch up to ttie
|H brought mo to
f a minuto beH.o
missing tti?j
s will come 10
i His Sleep.
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>rth of Sedalia,
tdnesdav night,
daughter of a
ad been taking
b Mary Wiley,
| expired, the
I the pupil for
I her continue
next term, but
ii dilemma by
come to So- J
M^SaQRHSI^n^^Bpcvlitioii, ami
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saitl she
KflB9BSB89^K'ie\v her parRfflnn^HHiuwoviT,
n9MB9RHBHH of the result
nHn^HDB^^H o'clock that
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SBMhN9m^b9M0His Globs-1
RELIGIOUS READING.
EARNEST EFFORT.
Whoever -arishes to accomplish much r/v.;st
labor earnestly for the attainment of his object.
Earnest effort is necessary in obtaining
riches, power, or learning. That degree of
zeal which is productive of heartfelt, persevering
activity, is essential to the character
of those who would gain a conspicuous place
on the records of fame. It is equally important
to those who would become useful in alleviating
the sufferings of the poor and miserable.
True, philautrophy prompts to unostentious,
yet sincere and untiriug efforts to
promote the good of others. Hut, among the
multitudes who throng the busy thoroughfare
of existence. none has more need of an earn
03t, persevering character than Ins who would
serve God. From the time whoa the miml Ilrst
determines to seek freedom from the galling
bondage of sin, the course of the faithful,
humble Christian is ever "onward, and upward."
It is his duty, following tiio example
of his Divine Master, to toil and perhaps
endure privation aiicl suflferingin his endeavor
to promote the spiritual welfare of others. A
cold, inactive spiritual life is exceeding inconsistent
in one who professes to be a follower
of Christ. It proclaims to the world
(and thus does the world interpret its meaning.)
that religion is not worth living for.
The great fault of such Christians dots not
consist in not believingthe inestimable value,
of the soul, and tin* invaluable worth of religion,
but in not feeling, and in not showing
by their conuuet, that they realize the importance
of living for eternity. A person of
tfiis character does but little good. An aeuve
Christian, on the contrary, however humble
bis .sphere may be. is frequently instrumental
in doing much good.?None f re required to
do more than they are able, but each should
bo faithful in improving upon what talents
he may possess. All should live in obedience
to the divine command, "Let your light so
shine before men that they may see your good
works and glorify your Father which is in
heaven." Such a course will secure the
favor of Jehovah, while a contrary one exposes
the person who follow it to the woe
which is pronounced against thosuwho "are
at ease inZion."
Fellow-Christian; permit me to inquire of
you as an individual, Do you realize ihe importance
of earnest, preserving Christian effort?
If you do. may your heavenly Father
encourage and strengthen you to pursue the
narrow way which leadeth unto life." If you
do not, O, look around you and behold the
myriads of your fellow beings, mortal and
immortal like yourself, with you redecemed
by the precious blood of Christ, destined with
you to stand before the same judgment seat,
and like you to exist in a state of eternal
happiness or misery. Behold millions of immortal
spirits groping in the darkness of
heathenism and the various forms of religious
error which abound. Consider the
condition of multitudes who are blessed with
the light of the gospel, and yet are making
no preparation lor the close of their earthly
existence, and their entrance upon the
realities of eternity, llemember that every
setting sun. every vanishing hour, and every
swiftly fleeting moment, is conducting you
nearer to the portals of eternity: and that it
is your duty to live while you live. Reflect
upon these tilings and then ask your conscience,
the Ilolv Spirit, and the word of God,
if the L"rd of the vineyard does not require
your etrorts ror tne salvation 01 inese undying
spirits. Is not the happiness of ht-avon
a reward which will amply compmsate the
Christian for all that he can possibly do in
the service of his Redeemer? If he coitiil be
so happy as to meet one in the "land of bright
spirits'' whom he enn No instrumental in
wakening from the spiritual slumber of sin.
and in inducing to seek the "pearl of great
price," would uot this alone bo a great reward.'
May the lord help us to cease living
chiefly for this world, and to spend our time
and energies in preparing ourselves and
others for a better.
THK LOSS OF THK SOUI,.
It is irrecoverable. It cannot be ropaired
in the cycles of eternity. If I lose health, I
may recover it; if richer, I may retrieve them;
but if I lose my soul the loss is irreparable.
No suul'eam shall penetrate the abyss to
guide the lost soul back to happiness; no
rainbow shall bespan the great gulf, an arch
of transit to the skio*. There will bo no
opening of those prison doors forever.
It is also .111 irreparable loss. There can
be no compensation adequate to its magnitude
and value. If one lose the sight of.sense
an equivalent is frequently realized in the
increasing sensibility of the ear: or if health
forsake us, friends and books may diminish,
bv their presence, the evils of the catastrophe
; or if the riches we have accumulated in
the course of years, take to themselves wings
and fly away, our industry may letrieve the
ruin, and our latter days may become
more pr sperous than the first. Thero
is no earthly loss for which there is not
in some degree c mpensation. But there
is ami can be none in the whole range of in
Illiiiy u; iu iuw ui uirruiijr lurrn, l?j
compensate for the loss of an immortal soul.
Its ruin is l<eyund the reach of equivalent or
recovery. Its fall is forever; misery must
and will bo its unmingled element, and fallen
spirits its only company, and a perpetual and
unanswered miserere its only cry. The message
addressed to it now will he addressed
to it now will be addressed tc it no more.
The echoes of its departed accents will alone
endure and llll the vacant conscience with
unutterable remorse; and the recollection
of misused mercies and neglected opportunities
and rejected overtures will occasion
agonv,of which thefirethat is never quenched
and the worm that never dies, are but the j
faint types and symbols.
A lost soul is a thing so awful, so peculiar,
that nothing in theanuaisof the universe can
parallel it. The fall of Satin is scarcely less
calamitous. The curse must cleave to it forever,
corroding and wasting, and yet not utterly
destroying it. Eternal existence will
serve as the pedestal on which it is sustained
amid everlasting woe; and life, so ardently
desired on earth, will be deprecated as the
sorest judgment.?Message from God.
what lcthep. ksew.
One of Melanchthon's correspondents de- |
scribes Luther thus: "1 cannot enough admire
the extraordinary eheerfulness, eonstancy,
faith and hope of the man in these trying ami
vexatious times. He constant!v feeds these
gracious affections l>y a very diligent study
of the Word of God. Then, not a day passes
in which ho does not employ in prayer at ;
least three of his very best hours. Once I
happened to hear him at prayer. Gracious
God! what spirit and faith is there in Ids expressions!
He petitioned God with as much
reverence ns if he was in the divine presence,
tul v??t with lie firm ri hrnut t < I < < ti fh i ?
ns In; would address a father or a friend. ;T
know.' said he, 'thou art our father ami our
God, and therefore I am sun; thou wilt tiring
to naught the persecutors of thy children.
For sliouldst thou fail to do this, tiiine own
cause, being connected with ours, would ho
audang-rtd. it is entirely thine own <-<mcern.
We, l?y thv Providence. have lieen
compelled to take apart. Thou. therefore,
wilt l?e our defence. Whilst I was listening
t<? Luther praying in this manner at a distance,
my soul seemed on lire within mi*?to
hear tin* mail addrtss God so like a friend,
ami yet with so much gravity ami reverence,
ami also to hear him, in the course of his
prayr. insisting upon the promises eoiiiain?*.t
in til" l'salms as if he was sure Ins petitions
would I-1 granted."
"HF. WILL MVE Yot; ItKsT."
Are you travailing with sorrow? Are y. ii |
heavy laden with the burden of oppression or
woe'/ ?'hri*t will give you re-t. I??i:litiess
til- heavy burden o: sin are lirst invited, but
they e\eii|i}e no other sufferers. Hi t i- no
x-*5<ti"? "I aic-. <>r rain:, ->r Hi.? |
t.-nt ?-f I ho triiv.'tii.->r tln> '.vHijht ?>; t:.. I :r- j
iiii-li-h .?!' tl: W'1-j.iii^ |
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Siivi 'ir'? svn:|-ntliy. :t -11. i>;1 ;r- .i v\*r--t !! ?? i
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jsivi >'j:i:ivitaC'?in. ? II. Bliiir.
i
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Bank Employes On Strike.
There was an odd tiling In strikes in Owcnsburg,
Ky., a few days ago, when the employes
of u bank quit work and left the institution
without any one to carry on tlio
business for a time. The directors, in an attempt
to cut down expanses, reduced the
salary of the cashier by $200 and that of the
bookkeeeper by $100 and disohargod the assistant
bookkeeper. The cashier and bookkeeper
promptly went on strike, and the
bank opened up next morning with no one
behind the counters. The directors were
hastU* convened, an Immediate restoration
of ^watea was ordered, and the strikers resu^^kyorlt.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON ITOE
JANUARY G.
Lesson Text: ".John the Baptist Be
lieutled," Mark vl., 17-25)?
Golden Text: Matt, x.,
28?Commentary.
17. "For Horod himsfilf hart sent forH
and laid hold upon John and bound him it
prison for Herodias's sake, his brothoi
Philip'9 wife, for he had married her.'
This statement is made in explanation o
the fact that when Herod hoard of tht
mighty works of Jesus he, with the fears o'
a guilty conscience, thought it might be
John risen from the de'id. The whole story
of the 1 >sson to-day is that of the apparent
victory of an ungodly woman over a righteous
man.
18. "For John had said unto Herod, It
is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's
wife." John Uvea before God, he was creat
in the sight ot the Lord, he feared no man's
frown and coveted no man's favor; hence
he fearlessly reproved Herod for his sin in
this matter. With like courago Daniel
urged Nebuchadnezzar to break ofThis sins
by righteousness and his iniquities by showing
mercy to the poor ("Dan. iv., 27.) The
man woo stanas lor ao i bororo men is oxpectod
to liavo the courage of Daniels
friends, who, knowing the right thins to do,
did it and left the cons?queuc3s with God.
19. "Therefore Herodias had a quarrel
acrainst him and would have killed him, but
she could not." Both Hero I and Herodias
stand for tho world, which will bo good
friends with those who say nothing against
it or its ways, but such fellowship means enmity
with Go l (Jas. iv., 4 ; I.John if.. 15-17).
If we are faithful to Christ, we must stand
against the world and its ways and expect
to bo hatod by it even as He w.i3 and warned
us that wo should bo (John xv.,18, 19). It
is ofttimes more easy and pe aceful not ro
testify against tho world, but if is a dearly
bought peace, which robs us of His peaca
which He bequeathed to us (John xiv., 27).
20. ''For Herod feared John, knowingthut
ae was it just man auu <ia noiy <iuu uuscrvuu
aim, and when he heard him ho did many
things and heard him gladly." Of the two,
Herod and Herodias, many would say that
he was the best, hut hoth were guilty before
liod and enemies of righteousness. All who
are not saved are lost, but the lost shall suffer
according to desert.
21. ''And when a convenient day was
30me, that Herod on his lirthdby mado a
supper to his lords, high captains and chief
estates of Galilee." The world cau find convenient
days lor pretty much everything
chey desire, and the man who has the power
to make great suppers for his frlenda will
generally have plenty friends glad to come.
22. "And when the daughter of the said
Herodias came in and danced and ploasod
Herod, and then sat with him, the king said
onto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou
wilt, and I will give it thee." One of
earth's groat ones makes this offer to a
?iddy, sinful girl and doubtless made her
T'hn ia cirinrr nhnilf fh? anrrm
h""'1* nw??? ??v?r? v.? to
Its friearls all tho time, but her promises
are vain, for the world pisseth away andtbe
lust thereof, and the end of all her joys is
not life, but deatb.
23. "And he sware unto her, Whatsoever
thou shalt ask of mo I will give it thee, unto
the half of my kingdom." Satan, whose devotees
perhnps unconsciously those people
were,offered the Lord Jesus all tho kingdoms
of this world, with their power and glory, if
He would only please him by worshiping
him (Luko iv., 5, 6). It is written that Solomon
gave to the queeu of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked (II Ohron. ix.,
12).
24. "And sho wont forth and said unto
her mother, What shall I ask? And sho said,
The head of John the Baptist." She had
murder in heart continually, and now it was
her hour and the power of darkness, and she
was quick to seize her opportunity. It is'
written of Ahaziah that his mother was his
counselor to do wickedly (II Chron. xxii.,
<\ onH this mnthnr ia nf flint- rmttprn. n. frilH
and faithful child of the destroyer.
25. "And sho came in straightway with
haste unto the kins and asked, savins, I will
that thou Rive me by and by in a charger th?
head of John the Baptist." Satan is very
prompt. Immediately and with haste she
obeys her mother's wishes. John is a true
child of God, great in the sight of the Lord,
filled with the spirit from his birth (Luke i.,
15), the special herald of the Son of God,
greatly honored by God, and yet he has
been allowed to languish in a prison, and
now Sntan will be permitted to reach him
with his last and worst weapon?death.
26. "And the 'king was exceedingly sorry,
yet for his oath's sake and for their sakes
which sat with hira he would not reject her."
Mark it well, he would not reject her. though
she came seeking the death of an innocent
man. And can any poor siumr believe that
the Lord Josus will reject him when he comes
asking for lile from Him who is the Prince
of Life, and who has said. "Him that cometh
to Me I will in nowise cast out," (John vi.,
37), who has also said,"!, even I, am He
that blotteth out thy transgr:>3?ions fcr My
name's sake ami will not remember thysins?" 1
27. "And immediately the king sent an
executioner and commanded his head to bo
brought, and he wont and beheaded him in
the prison." So John was instantly in glory,
"absent from the body, present with the
Lord." And it was his gain to die. yet it did
seem so hard thus to suffer to gratify a
wicked woman, but God permitted it, and
His ways are just and true, and Ho says,
"Bo still and know that I am God." It was
Herod's birthday, but it was a pood day for
John, too?his first day in heavon.
28. "And brought his head in a charger
and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel
gave it to her mother." What could she do
with it? Did ever a daughter give such
urewsome gift to her mother? Yet doubtless
the mother was glad to have the assurance
of her enemy's death. Satan was glad
to havs got so good a man off the earth, and
no doubt John was glad to be at home and
at rest, for he had finished his work which
Go 1 htid iriven him to do. and no power
could touch him till he had ilnished it."
2!>. "And when his disciples hoard of it
thej- came and took up his corpse and laid
it in a tomb." Tho body sleeps, but John
was more alive than when in tins bo iy. He
may have been one of those whoso bodies
rose after the resurrection of Christ. If not,
his body will suroly rise after the coining of
Christ for His s tints (I Thess. iv.. 16-18),
nnd ho will have a place of honor awarded
to him. In Math. xiv.. 12, it is said that his
disciples, after they buried his body, went
and told Jesus. Ho can rest ami comfort all
who nro in trouble, and lie only can. Let
all weary ones como to Him (3Iath. xi., 28).
?L'-sson Helper.
Detroit IJiichelors lor Matrimony.
Seventeen younj; bachelors of Dotroit,
Mich., have organized tho "Bachelors'
Mutual Benefit and Matrimonial Engage
ment Association." The object is to accumulate
a trust fund by means of monthly
dues not exceeding ?2. This Hind will bo
designated as the "conjugal jack-pot or
trust fund," and twenty-live per went is to
bo paid over on the day oi marriage to the
successful young lad}* who opens said jackpot
by entering into matrimonial alliance
with any member of the association. The
remaining seventy-five per cent, is to bo
held in the treasury as h nucleus for the Increase
of the lund for the benefit of future
contracting parties.
The constitution was drawn by Lindsay
Russell, a young lawyer. No bachelor can
join who Is engaged." He must answer that
question and also the following :
Is there any prospect or probability of
your becoming engaged befor: 189??
Are you hopelessly, irretrievably and inr-lentiagly
in love with any lady, either
younc, middle-aged orsiiperanurtted. and, if
*o, do you think she will consent to marry
you?
l)o you possess either a eonslitutionnl,
hereditary or acquired Inclination or propensity
lor falling^in love, and, if so, how
oiany times have you been la that condition'/
The Largest Cotton Cargo.
Ttio big British steamship Maroa, Captain
Adams, 3aiiod for Havre, from NV\v Orleans,
La., with tho largest single cargo of cotton
that lias ever loft tins city of Now Orleans, or
auy other city for that matter.
At the time of her donninc" tho Maroa's
cargo consisted of is,200 bales of cotton.
After clearing she milled l is bales, and,
therefore, carried ofT with her the surprising
large total of IS,."lis bales, together with 7-SOO
pieces of stave. Tho Maroa s cargo of cotton
Is valued at $550,000.
Sat on a Prize Stcor.
The ownor of tho prize stoor at tho Chicago
Fat Stock Show sat in a big rocklnR-chair
jlaoed upon the broad back of hia exhibit.
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
TAN SHOES AT WEDDINGS.
Tan shoes and stockings were worn
by the bridesmaids at a smart London
wedding last week, and this incoucruons
font drossin^ 1ms been noticed
isuuiui usi o iua^u^iuc.
ONE WOMAN'S ODD OCCUPATION.
An odd occupation has been thought |
out and entered upon by a Southern
woman living in Alabama. She arranges
school and Sunday-school en- J
tertaiuments, being able, when
needed, to write an address or short I
dialogue, to instruct in the art of declamation
and recitation, get up tableaux,
or, in fact, do any of the irksome
but most necessary things inseparable
from such entertainments,
and which usually full upon some overworked
committee.?New York Tribune.
WOMEN GET POSTOFFICES.
Sinco the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General
has had to do with appointments
he has been making women
office holders in the fourth-class
offices wherever there was a woman
applicant that seemed capable of doing
the work. It is observed by glancing
over the list that many women
have been selected. Probably during
the rush when Congressmen were getting
some of the spoils so many women
were not selected, but during the
summer when Congressmen were out
of the city, and the service alone was
to be looked after, General Maxwell
has given the women the best of it,
and if his plan is carried out the women
will soon have a majority of the
fourth-class postoffices.?New York
Journal.
TIIE WIVES OF FAMOUS MEN.
When the private life of Prince Bis
marck comes to be written it will
probably be found that he was one ot
the great men who have owed much of
their greatness to the influence of
their wives. It is always a question of
surious intersst how far the private
life of a prominent man enters into hia
public career and how much intluence
it has upon his judgment and capacity.
So far as the public sees the two
lives are entirely apart, and there are
instances of men who have kept them
bo, leading, in fact, a kind of dual existence.
Ia the overwhelming majority
of cases the life and works of the
prominent public personage are influenced
either for benefit or for harm
by his home.
In the case of Prince Bismarck, who
has just lost his wife, this was notably
so. Almost unknown to the world ut
large, she was typical of the homely
virtues of the housewife. She was the
guiding spirit of a household when
her husband was guidiug the destinies
of Nations. How far the efforts and
the fruits of her work took part in
those destinies ttie world win never
know save through inference. But it is
a safe proposition that no mau, unless
he be lost to better things, is ever entirely
uumoveil by the near and constant
presence of influences for good.
If Bismarck, the mau, was better because
of his saue and wholesome family
life, Bismarck, the diplomat, was
also better.
The old Chancellor, who is now
bowed before the deathbed of his
wife, is instinctively paying a tribute
not only to her memory but to the
memory of all women who fulfill their
highest destiny as wives and mothers.
i ?f!hi(>a<rft ReftorJ.
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
Some dainty-minded poets and
novelists of peculiar taste have shown
; a marked preference for the lilyi
skinned maiden, and openly deplore.l
i the vulgarity of hearty red cheeks as
I becoming only to milkmaids and the
I gardener's daughter. That may be
all very well in poems and novels;
but among the stern realities of her
life the smart young woman prefers a
higb, clear color, that owes noihing
to art, but everything to nature. Now
unhappily it has been found that the
more fashionable the life young
women live the more quickly they lose
their school-girl rosiness, a phenomenon
that has caused serious consideration
among the atllicted. Electricity,
massage, etc., have all been
tried in vain. In no instance has the
cure for pallor proved permanent;
and it was in something of despair the
more energetic and hopeful resorted
to a famous specialist just come to
town. He is a tiny, mild-muunered,
but iron-willed little German doctor,
to whom the secrets of nature seem
wholly revealed. He contemplated
his wan-cheeked patients and ruj
marked, calmly, that sweets and iceI
water were at tin; root of the trouble,
augmented by too much driving in
victorias, broughams, coaches, ote.
"Not enough honest walking exercise,"
he said, lirmlv, and proceeded
to draw out a daily course of exer;
cises that made the poor patients
! shudder.
"Walk!'* he ejaculated. "Never
put your feet in horse-cars, cabs, or
carriages, if v can help vourseli.
Walk ivu or s . uiles a day ; and?let
me .see jour shoos?"
A dainty foot encased in a pointed
patent-leather tie was put out for ininn
"Jiosh !' was this it tiki ml comment.
"Get these feet into high-buttoned,
round-toed, heavy-soled calf-skin
shoes; and not only don't bo afraid of
rain uad snow, but go out iu the
storms. Wear goloshes, a makintosh,
a glazed hat; bat do not carry an
umbrella. Take the snow ani rain
into your face; that's good for the
skin. Don't let a grain of sugar pas9
your lips. Drink your tea unsweetened
- " * ?*it - -i: e 1
before with dressy gowns. The frocks
of these bridesmaids were of white
crepon. with yokes of pink satin covered
with lace, and shoulder straps of
pink velvet; laige white chip hats,
trimmed with pink roses, white laco
and white wings. The gloves were tan.
?Shoe Trade Journal.
HOW TO ARRANGE YOTTK VEIL.
A ynrd or a yard and a half of double-width
veiling (according to the
size of the hat brim) is required.
Gather closely about a quarter of a
vard of the unoer ed<re in the middle
(this also depends on the width of the
hat brim); then after trying on the
veil and drawing the extra longth so
it will fit nicely under the chin,gather
the ends. This will be found much
more convenient than arranging the i
ends each time the -reil is put on.?
and flavored oniy wun a hhuo oi ieiuuu.
Bonbona, desserts, any sweetened
dishes whatsoever, must be refused
utterly. Also never, never drink a
drop of any fluid with your meals;
avoid ice-water as if it were poison,
but take whatever amount of water
you need an hour after eating. Toast
every crumb of bread, sleep eight
hours, and don't touoh a drop of any
medicine, or I'll not treat you."
It is a stern regimen, but the little
physician is right; and the color is
coming back into faces hitherto too
! pale for even the poets' taste.?DeI
morest's Magazine.
!
FASHION NOTES.
"Brownie" toques are the rage for
the children.
Black velvet collars with ermine edging
are popular.
Checked taffetas show cherry prominently
for blouse waists.
Tiny black boucle stripes appare
on colored woolen grounds.
Continental or cocked hats are used
again for young ladies' wear.
Alsation bow effects in short plumes
are nmoug the novelty trimings.
Three-cornered Napoleon hats are
I new and very becoming indeed to
J young, pretty faces.
The collar form of nccklace prevail?
this season, owing doubtless to ics
greater becomingneSs.
One othe fearer, ui hfwrclressing
-?l A ?i?
JUftb JiUW Id ilitL-pulLi ten UU&IO) OCl 1U
! the middle of the forehead.
Little pompon trimmiDgs standing
upright over the forehead are much
liked for stylish young women.
Bluet continues to be a fashionable
color, and is seen in the new field
hats, as well as in hat trimmings.
A sealskin cape made in full ruffle
fashion with a longer cape of ermine
is new and stylish and expensive as
well.
Black steel watches have a certain
vogue. The surface is frequently and
effectively studded with tiny diamonds.
Umbrella handles are sword hilt
shape, that is to say, flat and slightly
concave and overlaid with silver ornaments.
Old Roman coinu are mounted as
medallions. Another manifestation
is designs in metal, with legends in
French or old English.
The skirts of three-quarter length
coats are not so emphatically rippled
as they were last season, but still dare
gracefully from the figure.
The rose and reseda shades, used
separately or in combination, have
i lost none of their popularity. On the
contrary, they appear to gain in favor
continually.
There have been unusual displays
of leather goods during the past week.
Soft ivory tones prevail. These goods
are bound in silver, frequently touched
with enamel.
Plain wool skirts and blazers, with
blouses of tartan silk, are fashionable,
ancl a new dress has the waist and cuffa
of plaid with the tops of the sleeves in
black to match the costume.
A genuine old-fashioned poke bonnet
has a trimming of loops of ribbon
at the side with plumes standing high
up over the crown. It is tied under
the chin with wide ribbons.
White silk, 6atin and moire embroidered
in beads are fashionable
garnitures, and an entire costume in
white brocade outlined with opalescent
boads is among the newest importations.
Accordion-Die.ited skirts in silk,
| liberty satin, chiffon, and net are still
1 very fashionable. Some of these show
j two or tnreerows 01 ruxuer wiuti muiru
! ribbou carried iu aud out of the
I ineshea as a border.
j Veil fasteners are new. A butterfly
with graceful spreading wings, which
clasp the veil, are made up iu etched
silver and aluminum. The little article
does away with the heretofore
vexatious bow-knot.
Some smart-looking tailor-made
walking coats formed of dark militaryblue
cloth are trimmed with a single
row of flat gold braids and fastened
with handsome buttons of gold and
fastened with handsome buttons of
gold and bluo enamel.
Among some stylish costumes from
Paris exhibited this week was a model
showing a Godet skirt of deep ecru
Venetian cloth, with waist and mutton-leg
sleeve of Russian-green velvet,
with collarette and wrist trimmings of
sealskin. The cloth skirt was edged
with the same fur.
nnil pmhroidcred chiffon are
I prodigally used for decorating the
I bodices of evening toilettes of every
I description. For youug girls whose
I collarbones are too much iu evidence,
j when they determine upon wearing a
j lownecked corsage, a dainty stock colj
jar of velvet or silk, edged with lace,
js a decided improvement.
Remarkable Literary Workshops.
Genius has frequently had remarkable
workshops. Kooert Burns once
I went galloping over >? remote Scottish
| moor. His horse on this occasion was
not mucli trouineu witn ino guuuince
I of the rider. Burns was busy, broodj
ing over a glorious theme. His lyrical
; powers touched one of their highest
points. The result of this journey
was the impassioned national lyric,
".Scots, Wha Hae wi' Wallace Bled."
J. S. Mill trained his "Logic" as ho
walked from his home to his otiice and
back again. .Sir Matthew Hale composed
the "Contemplations" as he
j rode on horseback about country on
| his circuit journeys. While traveling
i in the same fashion on his numerous
! and prolonged preaching tours, John
! Wc.slev contrived to accomplish a vast
' quantity of litemry work. Byron
| composed the larger portion of the
' ' Corsair" 1:1 a London thoroughfare,
> as he walked up and down Albemarle
: street, between Grafton street and
Piccadilly; and states himself that ho
I composed "Lara," not 111 the study,
! but at the toilet table, "file Revolt
i of Islam" took form iti Shelley's brain
i i;s the poet apparently frittered away
! summer hours lying in a h >ai on the
! bosom of the Thames at Mariow.?
1 'Jhaaibers'a Journal.
CURIOUS FACTS.
_ %
The earliest form of the glove was a
mere bag for the hand.
The water lily is largely used ia ..
some parts of India as food.
The African ostrich has but two toes
on each foot, and one of them has no
claw.
Charles II. was the mutton eating
King from his fondness for spring
lamb.
Soldiers in trie uniteu oiaies Army
lose on an average twenty-one days
every year from illness.
The tirBt building and loan association
in the country was organized
near Philadelphia in 1831.
I The two fields of Waterloo and Linden
are each covered with a crop - of
crimson poppies every year.
Tobacco seeds are so minute that ifc
is said a thimbleful will furnish enough
plants for an acre of ground.
According to Muller tlie total number
of words, or rather ideas, expressed *
by Chinese characters is 43,596.
Taxes on clothing above a certain
grade of excellence were levied ia
France for nearly two centuries.
A New York florist is selling flower
pots and "ground to fill them." They
are for window gardeners who live high
above the ground.
Emperor William has just sent
Widow Johanna Simpel ?'25 in recgjg*'
nition of her 100th birthday^-Srhe 19
oldest woman in BerlijL^""^
A colony sfcrtrgless bees from Honduras
is now under observation at the
Department of Agriculture at Washington,
but the climate is too cold for
them and they will die.
Orchids are becoming cheaper in
Paris. The cut flowers can be had now
for a franc or two apiece. They are
used for table decorations, with fruit
: in dishes or strewn upon the table
cloth. The orchid is supplanting the
' ?Aft rt l\llffATI.IlAlA fl
^BlUCUirv ttO a UUHUU uviv uvnw4.
The common bread of Sweden is a
rye cake, about the size of a batter
cake, aud with a hole in the middle.
These cakes are baked twice a year,
and after baking are hung up to dry.
They are said to be nourishing, and
are about as easy to chew as disks erf
mortar.
The fact that an English nurseryman
sends to this country, and pays
8500 for a small plant of the yellowflowered
variety of cypripedium insigne,
shows that the trade still believes
that the market for extraordinarily
rare and peculiar orchids is
likely to be maintained.
Tn .Tonan tho fdmilv npver patheM
*U VW^MU j O
round one table, as the Europeans or
other Asiatic peoples do, but each person
has his or her own separate small
table, a foot square and a foot high,
and always highly decorated. When
they take their meals they kneel upon
the mat, each taking his table before*
him.
Land ol Low Salaries.
Japan is a land of low salaries,
writes Frank G. Carpenter in the Ne<v
York Press. Tho officials do not get
one-tenth as much as ours. The
members of th6 House of Peers and of
the House of representative receive
800 Japanese yen, and their traveling
exnenses. The ven is now worth
about fifty cents, so they receive in
reality only $199 a year. Our Congressmen,
you know, receive 83900.
The Presidents of both houses receive
4009 yen. The Emperor appoints
the officers of the House of
Peers, selecting those of the House of
Representatives from three candidates
who are elected by the House.
All of the voting in the Japanesa
Parliament is done in secret ballot.
Thare is a great deal of speechmaking,
and the representatives grow very excited
when they discuss the measures
relating to the Government. The <
Emperor has the right to disolve Parliament,
and he has dismissed the last
two houses because they seemed inclined
to cut down the expenses be"
~ *V?/? nnoeitiili'Hao rutin i n <y fcVia
i y uuu iug j/voonyiiiVAu.j w* *t*uu4u^ ?mV
I Government. The dissolution caused
| a great cleal of excitement over the
country, and the new election waa
much feared by the administration.
The country seemed to be torn up by
the different factions, but this has
been all done away with by the war
with China, and the Emperor will get
| all the money he wants from now on.
The Emperor has great power over
Parliament, and the constitution is so
adroitly worded that ho can act independently
of it. The laws provide
that Congress shall vote all the money,
but that the last budget shall be
in force in case a Congress is dissolved
without nassincr new appropriation
hills. The Emperor can veto all laws
and he can proclaim a iaw when Parliament
is not sitting. He still hclda
the chief command of the army and
navy, the right to make war or peace,
and to conclude treaties, and he oan
confer such titles and pardons as he
pleases. Parliament has no right to
interfere with his household expenses,
and his Cabinet goes before the different
houses and defends t!i? a lministration.
I don't know th;it the laws
provide where Congress shall iueet,but
the fact that the Emperor has called
them to Hiroshima, which is, I judge,
nearly 400 miles west of 'i'okio, shows
? - - 1 1
tnat lie can uo as lie pieases iu vuici
matter. , I
Russian Sable.
The Russian sable has La 1 a great
vogue for some years, after a long
j period of unfashionableuess, ana has
I ouce again become scarce. It is pos|
sible that this very beautiful fur may
I be driven out of fashion ouce more by
j inferior dyed skins that are sent to
i market uuder the name of sable. A
j real sable of best .juaiii v l>riugs very
j nearly as much as a best uality silver
! fox, taking size an 1 pru'e into conj
suleration. Inleel, ttie \mIu:? may bo
j considered nearer that of t h<* soa otter,
: for a sable may brine fro .<173 to
I S'20?J and be oiiiv about the tilth ol the
j si/.e "I the soa ott-*r.
J The very best sables are accounted
| a sort of imperial perquisite, being
i a^ tribute i?y f-uine of flu* Asiatic
2>eoples to the C/.;ir, mul therefore
! culled '"crown vibles."' Now and again
a pareel of theso extra sttp.-riine tuta ..
I reaches the Loudon market, an<l is
i eagerly competed for by English,
| American and French furriers, who
l know well that they are certain of a
goo l profit for dext jrro* dressing.?;
ChamharVci Jour ml.