The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 18, 1895, Image 7
1 WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
| A NEW SKIRT.
[ s A trimmed desicn for a silk fikirt is
| of exceeding simplicity, and yet is
B most effective. The skirt is godeted
k and front and back laid in five wide
I tucks at the bottom, sides remaining
P plain, and when fashioned in this way
one of the now Changeable silks is
II commonly employed.?New York Ad1/
Tertiser.
7 ffiNQULAK PERSONAL IDIOSYNCRASIES.
I Rich women in New York indulge
I in singularly few personal indiosyn1
crasies in their rooms. Their apartments
are apt to show little except the
notions of the professional decorator.
There is nobody left who is an individual
in this field as was the late
Mrs. HickE-Lord. Her bedroom was
of a Spartan simplicity that would
have suited the Duke of Wellington.
A sipall iron bedstead, wicker chairs,
white matting, and scrim window curtains
were its main features, and not
a piece of feminine flummery disturbed
the esthetic atmosphere.?Detroit
Free Press.
SHE HAS MADE A SUCCE&S OF FARMING.
iC >? \*
A young woman who is making a big
success of farming on a large and
varied scale was one of the principal
exhibitors in the agricultural sections
at the Atlanta Exposition. She is Miss
Annie Dennis, of Talbotton, Ga., and
is about twenty-five years -old. She
has a fine estate of. about a thousand
acres, on which she has a stock farm,
a dairy, an extensive piggery, a vineyard,
and canning and preserving establishment.
She personally directs
the work on the estate, and has made
a notable success in every branch. She
began farming seven years ago, and
since then has taken more than a hundred
prizes at fairs with various products
of her farm. She ascribes her
fluccess to a long course of study in
agricultural problems, and to the utilization
of every proved scientific
method in her farming operations. ?
New York Sun.
THE SILKEN SKIBTS.
Silk petticoats are stiffened with
many cords stitched in their overlapping
frills, and sometimes a very pli
'
aDio wire is ruu iu -.uo nuug just
above the narrow pinked ruche which
finishes the foot of the nicest skirts.
This is a practical and sensible fashion,
for it gives just the support needed
for the full-grown skirt, holding it
out so as to be much more comfortable
in walking. The richest bro'
cades are employed for these handsome
petticoats, all those for evening wear
are made of all delicate tints, and
elaborately trimmed with pink ruffles
Tender flounces of lace. Gayly plaided
taffetas are made up in inexpensive
petticoats for street wear; and it really
seems the best use to put them to,
as they are only effective for linings,
or where a glint only of their mixed
colors is disclosed. For waists they
are very trying, and look no better
than a plain giagham, which they so
closely resemble. ? Demorest's Magazine.
ELECTED THE CHINESE GIRL.
For the first time in the history of
the University of Michigan, at Ann
Arbor, a foreigner has been elected to
fill a class office. At the class election
of the '96 medics Miss Mary Stone was
chosen as Vice-President. About ten
years ago Miss Howe, a missionary to
China from the United States, picked
tip two little -R aifs?Mary Stone and
Ida Kahn. At this time the girls were
heathens, but Miss Hon-,3 put them in
a missionary school and taught them
to speak and read English, and soon
converted them to the Christian religion.
Mary proved a brilliant student
and after three veers' studv in
the mission was able to read and write
English perfectly. Knowing the brilliant
mind of her pupil, Miss Howe determined
to bring her to America for
a college education. Mary Stone and
Ida Kahn, her companion, left Kinkiang,
China, with three Chinese boys
udder Miss Howe's care. On arriving
in this country the party was allowed
to enter withoat trouble, so much did
they resemble English people. Tbey
started at once for Ann Arbor, and
Miss Stone and Miss Kahn and two of
the boys took the entrance examinations
and all passed with high honors
and are still studying at Ann Arbor in
the university. Miss Stone entered
the medical department and soon
showed herself to be an apt scholar.?
Chicago Times-Herald.
THE GIRLS OP JERUSALEM.
Of social life the girls of Jerusalem
know nothing?absolutely nothing,
writes Edwin S. Wallace, United
States Consul at Jerusalem, in the
Ladies' Home Journal. They occasionally
meet, a few together," and appear
to enjoy each other's company a
little. They talk about their house'
hold work?wliich is really everything
they know?and indulge in some light
gossipy chat about friends, though
their gossip is never of a harmful
kind. In conversation they show
some little animation and spirit, but,
beinjr ignorant and illiterate, they
have no idea of grammatical form o!
expression. Occasionally cards, dom
inoes and checkers are played, but the
native girls have little inclination foi
any pa3time involving mental effort.
Such things as dances, fetes and fain
are unknown to the girls of Jerusalem:
occasionally tney are taken on a fam
ily picnic to some olive orchard near
tbeir homes where they pass part o
the day. From these and all bimilai
gatherings men are barred. There ii
absolutelv uo commingling of the
sexes. For a girl to appear at any as
sembla^e where there ure msn wouli
be regarded as audacious and shocking.
No Jerusalem girl would do suoh
& thing; she would not dream of com
mitting so fata! a breach in the uu
written, though well-delined, law gov
<?rning the conduct of her sex. S<
cfrinf. in fhia ln.w. nr enstnm nf fiXfiltl
sion that under no circumstance:
would a girl attend the wedding o
her brother to which were bidder
guests outside the immediate families
ORCHESTRAL WOMEN*.
It is quite true that an ocoasiona
and v^ry exceptional woman has beet
known to make a fair soloist on bras
&
4V.V.^. - . v j
i
r'j?*' '' I' . /
and wood wind Instruments, and
dint of searohing as many worn
might be discovered in a generation
might be trained to handle the bri
and wood wind sections in an orch
tra, bnt the same argument will apj
to them as to their sisters of the t
die. It is one thing to be able to pi
form a solo well and quite anocher
I ^ ?
sustain a position m nu u<uu??a.
' appear before the public for twenty
thirty minutes incidentally and plaj
sonata and concerto is no test whi
ever of the capacity to work Bteadi
in an orchestra from two to thr
hours at a stretch, attention concc
trated on a conductor's desk, and tl
point of a performance having be
reached through months of arduo
rehearsal. The most capable and i
telligent of women can never,becoi
factors in an orchestra of any serio
aims for this reason.
It boots little to argue the questi
of feminine capacity to handle one i
strument better or worse than t
other. Taking it for granted that *
man could accomplish as good resu
with every other instrument of t
orchestra as she can with the violi
her physical incapacity to endure t
strain of four or five hours a day 3
hearsal, followed by the prolong
tax of public performances, will t
her against possible competition wi
male performers. She may learn
play the trombone if she please jt
as well as the fiddle, but 6he will ne\
arrive at playing it in an orchest
throughout works of special momei
which have demanded consistent ai
protracted labor for their study. T
female violinist who laudably divid
honors with her male brethren is w
equipped technically for a good po
tion in an orchestra. There are d<
ena of young women who play w
enough for an orchestral place. B
even were a mixed orchestra of m
and women together a condition pro
able enough to consider, about h<
many works of novelty and magnitu
in a year would the ordinary worn
find herself physically equipped
carry through rehearsal? Not mc
than a third, probably, of what m
are able to do. Women for solo wc
can increase their repertoire by <
grees of their own arbitration, :
hearsing how and when they plea
but the grinding tax of rehearsals wi
an orchestra which undertakes 1
production of several weighty nov
ties each season, together with kei
ing in the best order a long list
standard works, would send her ph,
ical forces completely to the wall
Musical Courier (South Africa).
FASHION NOTES.
?-~.il At* Vrtin Anrl AlninA Tiofa TIT
JC tjlli Banui uauo auu. ui^ftuv UMU>J ..
indented crowns are still used.
Soft crowned hats are the fancy
the moment, whether of velvet, fur
satin.
Changeable velvets in color m
tures are employed in the making
Louis XVI. theatre and opera ca]
and coats.
The dahlia, mulberry and redd
plum shades in velvet and cloth i
much used for elegant fur-trimm
costumes.
Changeable effects in ailks, sati:
silk and wool mixtures and in fai
velvets are still the very correct fa
ion, notwithstanding their long lii
of favoritism.
The Louis Seize coat embroide:
with gold along the open front!
revers and collar of white sa
striped most effectively with "tails
Russian sable.
Jacqueminot or poppy-red velo
in ribbed patterns, edged with cutgimp,
is used for decorating
bodices of handsome black costun
JLUr IUO UlUtCi.
The chinchilla cape, fall on
shoulders, is perhaps the most chi<
all far wraps, rivaling even those
Russian sable, because it ii> conside:
more youthful looking.
Very handsome costumes are mi
of moss-green corduroy trimmed
the coat front with rich iridescent j:
sementeries and elsewhere decora'
with narrow bands of dark mink f
One cf the handsomest hats of
season is of velvet. It has a coro
front, close crown and very nar:
brim at the back. The trimming i?
velvet loops and clusters of rich vel
flowers.
Ribbons or narrow galloons spang
a very little on the edge make an
fective and inexpensive garniti
which can be arranged for neckban
belts, edgings and braces over
shoulders.
Velvet jackets that are distinc
French have the straight box c
back hanging from the neck in <
broad box plait, while others have 1
Watteaa-like double box plaits he
ing their great fullness.
1 The jacket with stitched bands sit
| lating box-plaits belted in the ba
^ and having open front;) over a fa:
vest, retains favor for youthful
' ers, both here and abroad. 1
model has full sleeves and two ci
k cellars edged with narrow fur.
| A long coat of dark-blue broadcl
; is doable-breasted and has enorm
sleeves and large pocket-lids at
sides. The cape collar is of Hud
Bay sable, with a high rolling coll
The overlapping side of the coat ha
I continuation of the fur that exte
^ a short distance below the waist-li
A Minrminrr dttmi-toilfttfcft of tit1
; satin has the skirt trimmed with 1
I narrow ruffles of the satin separa
by one of black lace. The bodice ]
5 a short, odd jacket made of black ^
. vet squares and gold and black pa<
; menterie. This is edged with osti
feathers, and the rolling velvet co
[ has ti lining of short black tips.
: One of the handsomest cloaks of
5 season is of black with woven plait
astrakhan eSects. It is a half-titt
garment at the back with strai
I fronts. The leg-o'-rautton sleeves
of piain fabric to match and are v
fall. The cape has a hood and h
rolling collar, and is fastened aci
- the front with straps of the mate
- and largo buttons.
> A long cloak of black satin
been much admired. It is half-titt
s and double-breasted, over which
' worn a cape of satin with a roll
i collar of velvet. Pointed sectioni
velvet are set on in yoke fashion,
points extending to the collar,
wide portions coming over the eh<
1 ders and down the front and bs
j The cape is lined with plaid, am
q fastened with buttons and ?trap9.
4
ll [ JAPANESE FENCERS.
iag
ass TWO-HANDED SWORDS USED
es- WITH MUCH SKILL.
>iy
* I?l??n??r!na ITnnniintPP AfCOrdiDST
^ to the Approved Rules of the
p Orient?Much Depends
Q? On the Eyes.
r a
.at* CC~Y HAVE been challenged to
y I fight; the weapons will be
ee I swords." said the young Japanese,
calmly. "Excuse me
113 while I prepare."
en Then he put on an iron-barred hel!U8
met, sheathed his body in a loose padin'
ded suit of cotton stuff, grasped his
ne weapon and stood on the defensive.
a8 The weapon was not a Damascus blade.
It was, in fact, bamboo. The fight
,on was not to the death, but for points,
in* and such bouts can be seen at the
"e rooms of the Japanese Club off Pond
'?* street, near Powell.
Its The opponents stood facing each
"e other, each with a glare of suspicion
in his eyes, and each too cautions to
even wink lest the other take advanr?"
tage. The point of each sword was
ed held at the height of the throat. The
handle was grasped in both hands.
~ Suddenly the men spun round, and
? one of them leaping into the air by a
IS" drtmnwnTfl efriilro frnm that.
UVAtiiVUB uvnunwiM UVAWMV ??
er elevated position whacked the other
:ra on the back of the head, where there
no protection by iron barp. The man
f who was hit blinked as though at a
i e vision of stars and called ont a word
e? which being interpreted means that
. the other had scored. He made his
3I" sail promptly, for had he neglected to)Z:
do so the one delivering the blow
would have done so himself, and ac'ut
cording to the rules of the game
?n would have been entitled to an extra
point.
But there wa3 no pause in assault
da and parry. The man who had the
*n vision of stars recovered himself, made
to a lixrhtnincr narrv and had the end of
>r0 the sword against the throat of the
e? foe, bestowing it with & palpable jolt.
'rk And even yet there wan no relaxation.
ie* Each strove to strike the other on the
re" wrist. This member is proteoted by
8?' a ganntlet, but above the gauntlet the
arm is bare save for a covering of one
cbe thickness of light cloth. So many a
el* stroke was received od. the arm?and
some of them must have hurt?before
0 the bamboo iell across the wrist.
F8" Such a blow ia supposed to disable an
enemy, or at least be a start in that
direction. The swords are held in
both hands or in either one, as the
exigency of the moment may reauire,
and the charges are made with a
celerity that the observer can hardly
. follow. The two men circling about
each other, thrusting, dodging, making
or parries, falling to escape a blow or
from that position to make a vicious
1X' upper cut, remind one irresistibly of
?* two gamecocks.
>es A fourth point is a blow on the side,
under the arm, of such a nature that
ish 3truck with real weapons it would end
ire the fight and the fighter's earthly
ied career. When this blow falls it gives
a sounding whack that shows the ueeQS>
fulness of padding, even where the
icy broad blade is represented by strips
sh. of bamboo.
nit The Japanese are fine fencers, but
their methods are so different from
red ^ose *n vogue in this country that
there is no familiar standard by whioh
* to judge them. Certain it is that
when half a dozen bouts are in progress
at once, half a dozen men calling
out the blows that have been suecessfully
delivered, a dozen swords
cutting the air into streaks and circles
til0 as a dozen men duck, jump, stoop, fall
2es down, 6pring high, beating the bamboo
on iron bar and wadded doublets,
the there are lively times in the Post street
5 of clubroom.
of As one of the fencers explained
red while resting, mnch depends on the
eye. It is the guide. fcjometime3 in
ide Japan in deadly conflict two fencers
on of skill will face each other for a long
ias- time, grasping the two-handed sword,
fced eying each trther grimly, eaoh ready
ur. to move, but not moving until the rovthe
*nS eye ?* 'k? foe makes an opening.
net To stand this indefinitely, refusing to
ow be led into hostilities that may give
, 0f the other a chance is regarded as evivet
dence of the highest skill, as it is certainly
evidence of wonderful powers of
endurance.
el_ The mimic swordj used in the olub
are made of four pieces of bamboo
joined in the form of an elongated
' hollow square. They are not fixed at
the edges, so when a blow is delivered
with any side of the instrument the
'"7 j bamboo yields, breaking the force of
oat the impact. But for this the tool
>ne would be battered to pieces in a short
'*? term of service.
In a fencing match there are sought
to be obtained four principal points,
nu- these being a blow on the back of the
ck, head, a fair blow, for glancing strokes
acy do not count; a thrust at ttio throat,
sar- r stroke on the wrist and a stroke on
'his the side. So many are the positions
ipe from which those blows can be delivered
that there seeai3 to be no rale
oth as to how delivery shall be made. The
ous stroke may come from the right or
the left hand or be dealt with both, in
son which case it is apt to be no trifle, ?
ar. 9an Francisco Examiner.
ts a
nds
Qe Bodies Petrified in Lava.
nne When the pick used by the excavat;wo
or at Pompeii gives forth a hollow
ted sound when striking the great bed of
lias lava, care is Immediately taken to open
/el- the cavity that is known to be near,
jse- Into this cavity liquid plaster of Paris
ich is poured. The cavity serves as a meld,
liar and the plaster soon hardens. When
the lava has been removed the statue
tho obtained usually proves to be that of
1 in a woman or man in the agonizing con
jno. vulsions of death, the limbs contorted.
and the features drawn out of shape,
lire M as they were when the person was
erv overtaken uy the Hood of red-hot lava
jrr'k 18)0 years ago.?New York Adverro.ss
tiser.
rial
The Smallest Bank in London.
has Qne of the little historic banks of
ping London?Praed's, of Fleet street?has
is closed its door3, the partners with
ing whom it amalgamated having removed
3 of to larger premises. It was the smallthe
est bank within the city limits, and,
the like "Fvogera, Olding & Co.," nourjul*
ished a poet. Mackworth Praed was,
tck. in his way, almost as well known and
1 is admired as Samuel Rogers.? London
Ncw3.
i
/
Names ot Carriages.
The faot that the first coach ever
brought to this country?it being imported
by Colonel DeLancey Kane,
son-in-law of Commodore Vanderbilt,
some twenty years ago?was named by
itfi owner "the tallv-ho" , is not any
more justification for twisting the
meaning and enlarging upon the importance
of the word, so as to make it
refer to coaches generally considered,
than it would be to call all yachts
"Alvas" because Vanderbilt chooses to
call his boat by that name. The word
"tally-ho" is used in a perverted sense
l- i-s? Ti
as applied 10 UUttlJUlUg. J.t id n uuuuug
term, pare and simple.
Take the common expression that
you hear on every side. "Mr. Soand-so
has just pissed by in his drag."
Now, a man up in such things would
expeot to see a po::son go by with a
swell four-in-hand toumout. Drag is
the name applied to a coach when it
is used privately. As soon as a fourin-hand
coach is put into publio service
and a fare is charged for riding
upon it, it ceases to be a drag and becomes
a coach, just as a hansom when
driven publicly becomes a hansom
cab.
Another common mistake is the calling
of two horses a team instead of a
pair. A pair of horses is never a team
unless hitched tandem. A team is
something more than a pair, such as a
tandem, unicorn, four-in-hand, etc.,
and to hear people talk about a pair of
horses as a team is quite as bad as to
hear a person say, "John, put that
single set of harness on the bay." A
single set of harness is an impossibility,
as it take s a double equipment
for a set.
Used in the sense of the' word trap
is another expression which you never
hear except in the very Yankee States, j
It seems to be a generic name for all
kinds of traps, and nothing is too lowly
or too lofty to apply the terra to.
A name almost an general as a rig in
its significance is "dog cart." It
seems as if anything having two
wheels should he given this name, ascording
to the notion here. The only
thing that should be given that name,
however, is a two-Wheel cart having a
box under the seat, called a dog box,
for the reception of dogs, guns, game
and such things.
You very seldom hear the arrangement
of one horse in front of two
spoken of as a unicorn; it is more
usually called a "spike," yet this is
the slang name for it. Properly speaking,
a "spike" is the name that should
be applied to such teams as you find
working in iion or dray wagons, when
the driver rides the near) horse and
drives the lead horsa with a jerk line.
?Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mining by Fire. ?
J. 0. Hestwooi, who is well-known
in this city, returned from Alaska on
the last trip of the Alaska Commercial
Company's steamer to San Francisco,
arriving in this city on Monday night.
Mr. Hestwood has some mining claims
on the upper Yukon, near Forty-Mile
City. He left that point in the early
part of September, and it took him
over a month to get home. He came
2000 miles down the Yukon to St.
Michaels, on tbe coast, then down to
Unalaska, and from there across to
San Francisco.
"About 700 people went into the
upper Yukon country last season,"
said Mr. Hestwood, "by way of
Juneau, making their way over the
mountains at Chilkat Pass, then on
the ice over the great lakes for 300
miles; from there they had to go 400
miles farther by boat, when they
reached Forty-Mile City. There ha3
been a great deal of activity in the
mines at Forty-Mile. It was demonstrated
last winter that these mines
can be worked as profitably in the
winter as in summer, in fact, at much
less expanse. . This is done by the use
of fire. A hole is sunk by fire down
to the pay streak, the earth being
thawed out by the heat. The dirt is
then hoisted by windlass and left on
fr.nn of the cround and is washed out
"T o
in the spring. I opened up quite a
rich claim this season on Glacier
Creek, and have men employed this
winter burning. I expect to take in
prospeoting machinery next spring,
which will enable me to locate the pay
streak in the gulch in a comparatively
short time. By using this machinery
a hole twenty-five feet deep can be
sunk in a day, when eighteen inches a
day by burning is a pretty good day's
work."?Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
A KIcli Tramp's Peculiar Purse,
\
Wooden-legged Dick is in Washington
and announces his intention of
going South. Dick has tramped in
every State in the Union, and an account
of his forlorn appearance, hobbling
on a badly made wooded (substitute
for a leg, has received more
favors than usually fall to the lot of a
tramp. Aside from an occasional
spree, he has no expensive habits, and
eaves every dime that is given him.
The result is that he has grown fairly
well off, but dees not allow that fact
to interiere with his wandering habits.
He is well known to the tramps
throughout the country, for the reason
that he will never wear his wooden
leg when asleep. Taking it off, the
man removes the top, secures a pistol
that he carries in it, and sleeps with
the leg for a pillow, and the pistol
where he can reach it handily. The
reason for this is that his wealth, consisting
of a roll of bills, the possession
of which would bo envied by many a
man supposed to be ricb, is Kept inside
the leg, and Dick does not intend
to take any chaucesof its disappearing
while he is asleep. No one knows how
much money is carried in this peculiar
safe deposit vault, but it is popularly
supposed to be euoug'u to buy a coin
fortable hocue if the tramp ever concludes
to settle down. ? Washington
| Star.
M|!finel$ uiiii Fruit.
Squirrels aro very abundant in
some places this year, and we hear bv
letters from friends that they are
troubling fruil; in a new way. T e
growers of pears complain most. The
squirrels do not eat the fruit, but
knaw into it to reach the seeds, which
they devour as a choice morsel. Of
course this makes the fruit worthless,
as it quickly decays. Squirrels are
enemies to the fruit; grower in another
way. They destroy the eggs and
young of insect-eating birds, and thus
keep down the numbers of the fruit
growers' best helpers.? Boston Oulfci!
vatui.
TEMPERANCE.
A little farm woil tillfttf.
A littlo wife well willed:
Their good effects can ail be kille J
By a little corn distilled.
WHY 3E BECAME AN ABSTAIJfEB.
Dean Farrar, of Westminster. who is onn
of the most prominent, as he i9 also one oi
the best known clergvmea In the Church of
England, tells in th? following words why
io uecamu a icuai awiaiaer som'J years smuo
from all species of intoxicating liquor. Says
tbs Dean*
"About ten years ago or more I became a
total abstainer because I was easily con.vinced
that the use of alcohol was not n
necessity, and a great deal turns upon that.
I saw, for instance, that whole Nations had
not only lived without it, but bad flourished
without it. I saw the remarkable l'act
that there were some 20,000 persons in England,
who, though many of them had made
themselves mere funnels for drink, though
most of them had been accustomed to drink
from their childhood, though most of then:
had been brought to prison, either directly
or indirectly, through drink, yet the verj
day that they entered the gates of a prison
all drink was entirely taken from *hem, and
yet thera was not a single instance on record
in which any of them had suffered in
consequence. On the contrary, men whc
have entered prisons sickly and blighted
have been made compulscriiy sober by acl
of Parliament, and after a few months lefl
prison hale and strong and hearty; and
women who have been put into prison perfectly
horrible and hideous in their loathsomeness
and degradation, after a shorl
period, of deprivation from the source ol
their ruin, lett prison with the bloom ol
health and almost of beauty. All thesr
proofs and many others convinced me verj
spesdily that it was not nocsssarv for me tc
continue to touch any form of alcohol,
'Twas the great philanthropist and politically
wise Benjamin Franklin who used the
words, 'Temperance puts wood on the Are,
meal in the barrel, flour in the tub. money
in the puree, contentment in the house, an
olothes on the barins.' WpII, then, coming
,kof fAtol OK.
IU IUC311 UUUVilUSiUlU, UOU<ITUI?S ?UWI, tvvu^ UVstinence
would tend to simplicity of life, tc
health, to strength of body, to clearness ol
mind, to lengch of days. I then saw that foi
me, at any rate, it became a desirable thing
to give up alcohol altogether, and I did so.
for these reasons, with perfect gladness, and
without ever having suffered in consequence
of the fact so muoh as even a single day."
DESECRATION OF A NOBLE 8TBUCT0BE.
New York City has over 8000 saloons and
the city of Brooklyn over 4000 saloons, says
George R. Scott in the New York Witness.
The two cities are conneoted by a bridge
which is one of the wonders of the world.
The latest news regarding the bridge is, that
Mr. John H. O'Brien has mpde another application
to the bridge directors to have the
"privilege of placing refreshment booths on
the promenade of the bridge at both the New
York and Brooklyn towers, for the purpose
of dispensing beverages of every charade)
to the thousands of persons who daily uss
this thoroughfare, and who feel the neces,
sitv of such publlo convenience." Mr.
O'Brien is willing to permit the terms of the
Sermit to be fixed by the bridge officials,
ear the New York and Brooklyn entrance
to the bridge there are scores of saloons
but Mr. O'Brien thinks that the public is ii
need of something t o drink on the way over
He demands a hearing, and no doubt wil
get one. But that the Brooklyn Bridge
should be turned into a saloon is not to be
thought of. and it is to be hoped-that the
rHrnntnra nrill not Crant this aDDliCatlOU
Over twelve thousand saloons In the twc
cities ought to be sufficient to supply all th<
hell-fire that the people "need" for the
present, at least
TEMPERANCE AND HEALTH.
A paragraph In the Government Gazett<
of Australia throws light upon a phase o
the temperance reform that is well wortl
the study of every true lover of his countr;
and his race. It occurs in the annual repori
of the Assistant Government Statist upon th<
Vital Statistics of Greater Melbourne, re
cently published. Dealing with the decreasi
in the death rate of the metropolis, whieb
has been going on dnring the past few years,
the statist says: "It has also been influenced
by the beneficial effects on the genera
health of plain living, absence of luxury and
increased sobriety and temperance, as evl
denced by the arrests for drunkenness (ii
the whole colony) having fallen off by thirt>
per cent, since 1890. and the revenue fron
spirituous liquor (excepting the newly imposed
pxclsn duty on beer) from ?854,000 ii
1890-1 to ?576,000 in 1893-4, or by thirty
three per cent., notwithstanding an increasi
in the rates of duty." From statistics ir
this same report it is further evident tha
with the loss of drink rav?nue there hat
been a loss of siokness and of death.
COHTEEITED BABK2EPEBS.
"Bill" Fife, the "drummer evangelist,'
who for the last five or six years has had (
phenomenal success in revival meetings ii
North Carolina and other Southern states,
has just closed a three weeks' revival at Wins
ton, N. C., after {'converting the whob
town." There were' more than one thousand
converts, including all the saloon-owner:
and barkeepers in the place, and now the
business men and citizens generally areaskec
-A- _ ? * - AL?? ? ??? Alf fV*A
to nejp intsao wtuany uidu
whisky business, which they propose to d(
by goin& into other businesses. Unitec
States District-Attorney R. B. Gleen, who ii
one of the converted, has started a move<
ment in aid of these mei). They are to be
assisted in disposing of theirstocks of liquoi
?how, it has not yet been deoided uponand
then the business men will be asked tc
prive all the ex-barkeepers positions in the
different lines of business.?New York Post,
TOX.D OF JOHN B. DBAKE.
The Chicago Evening Post tells a numbei
of characteristic stories about the late Joht
B. Drake, for so many years proprietor o
the Grand Paciflo Hotel, Chicago. On on*
occasion a traveling man saw him go into f
little room behind the key box frame anc
drink some water, as was his habit, and h<
accosted the little man: "Say, John, wh]
' don't you patronize the bar?drink minera
water, cider or some such thin?, instead o
that plRin water'? If I owned this place. I'c
have the best, you cim bet." "I had t(
break the ice out of the water-bucket wiutei
mornings, and melt it to (ret a drink." re
plied Mr. Drake, "when I was a boy, anc
somehow iust plain, clear water out of (
white pitcher does me quite well."
the normandy wat.
An American traveler in Normandv say;
that in a country tavern he found the follow
in? printed card on the wall detailing the
law of that land against intoxication: "Aftei
two formal condemnations for scandaloui
and public drunkenness ("mere committal*
do not count), the offender, ipso facto, in
curs the following disabilities: (1) jLoss ol
his vote,(2) may not be vo.id for, (3) maj
not serve on a jury, (4) may not exercise anj
administrative facultv, such as actin? a;
executor of a will, and (5) loses the right tc
carry arms."
HOW TO KEEr DBUNKARDS DRUNK.
There is hardly any nouDt tnai tue reauines3
of many foolish people to laugh ovei
the drunkenness of others, to treat iutoxication
as h subject and occasion for fun, is
falculaied to opcoura^e ralher than to re<
form or avert intemn-'v.nc^. There is jusl
as little doubt that tbo habit of ridiculing,
abusing or degrading an uu'oriunata pjivson
who happens to fall between his cups doss
quite as much in tiv. sail v.-ork o." malting
and confirming drunkard".?Dallas News.
DETUIMEXTAL TO EVTIKVBODV.
fiov.u-nor Hughe?. o" Arizona, i:i his
animal mepsaijo to Urn Secrojary o?" the In
t?ri'>r, urges the bnivshmeut of Ihj liquoi
traffic from that Territory. One of tht
reasons he gives is, that it costs the Govern
ment more than the revenue derived from it
Jpjr.t is noor policy for n Territory is nls(
gbor policy lor a state. me nub m inioxi
cants is detrimental t'j '.vh pp, blacks nut
Indians, and in fact Is '/ ca ): of misery tc
even animals.
temperance new8 and xotes.
It is stated that, of 4930 pareons who were
convicted of crime in Canada last year, onlj'
thirty wore not users of intoxicating liquoi
more or less freely.
"The church people caq down us whez
they try, and we know it," said a New Yort
brewer. "Our hope Is in working after they
ppt tired and continuing to work 303 days it
ih'? vra<\"
; ' " v ' . t- '* Vi
?
>
SABBATH SCHOOL
' INTERNATIONAL LESSON FC
DECEMBER 22.
Lesson Text: "The Birth of Christ
Luke 11., 8-20?Golden Text:
Luke 11., 10?Commentary.
"And there were in the same counl
shepherds Abiding in the field keeping wat
over their flooks by night." The love of Dai
and Jonathan seen In our last lesson ^
but a faint type of the love of Him whp
this lesson Is seen as a babe in Bethlehe
These shepherds, and all th? good shephei
of the Bible, such as Abel. Moses, David a
Amos, are sucgestive of Him who was bo
to be the good and great and chief Shephei
9. "And. lo, the anjjel of the Lord cai
! upon them, and the glory of the Lord she
round about them, and they were^ 9<
| afraid." These ministering spirits are" e1
with us (Heb. 1., 14). having constant acc
, to heavea, listening to the voice of God a
doing His bidding (Math, xviii., 10; Ps. ci
1 20). There are several causes of fear, su
as sin, ignorance and superstition, but sin
back of all. With our sins forgiven a
| assured of the same (I Johnii., 12; Isa. xll
[ 20), ana 01 me penect iu*r< ui uuu w ?d
John iv.. 18), we should always sine. "I v
trust ami not be afraid" (Isa. "xii., 2).
[ 10. "And the angel said unto the
. Fear not, for behold I bring you gc
tidings of great joy, which shall "be to
people." I would heartily urge upon evi
[ believer a prayerful study of all the "/<
nots" of the Bible, that thus great joy a
J come to you personally and then throu
. you to all whom you may reach. The fl
, one is found in Gen. xv., where we read
the first time of righteousness and of sa<
flee as the ground of all assurance. Ui
, we know Him as our righteou?ness we hi
not received the good tidings (Rom. x., 4)
! 11. "For unto you is born this dav in
city of David a Saviour, which is Christ
Lord." Isaiah had written, "Unto us
child is born, unto us a soti is given." (1
, lx.. 6), and now after 700 years the proph
> is literally fulfilled. So surely and liters
! shall the rest Qf Isa. ix.t 6. 7, be fufllled
due time, bringing salvation to all 1st
and to all the world. This is He who \
I foreordained before the-foundation of i
i world, but in due time made manifest
, Pet. i., 20).
\ 12. "And this shall be a sign unto you.
shall find the babe wrapped in swaddl;
clothes, lying in a manger.' In a man
L because there was no room for them in 1
i inn (verse 7). See how poor He became
us that we through His poverty might
, rich (II.Cor. viil., 9). We may well the
fore "let our turn oftalnd be free from
love of money; constant with such thing!
we have; for Himself hath said, I will In
i wise fail thee, neither will 1 in any wise I
l sake thee. 8o that with good courage
Th? T.opd mv heloer: I will :
f ??- ? ? M
i fear" (Heb. xitl.. 5. 6, R. V. and margin).
13. "And suddenly there was vrtth
i angel a multitude of the heavenly ho;
John describes the multitude whloh he $
as ten thousand times ten thousand i
, thousands of thousands (Rev. v., 11). Th
also of the host that cared for Elijah
i Kings vi., 17), and of the legions which Je
might have had for the asking. "God
[ us," includes all the powers at His c<
mand. How can we fear?
i 14. "Praising Ood and saying. Glory
, God in the highest, and on earth peace, g<
) will toward men." ' See thenong of serapl
s and cherubim in Isa. vi., 3; Rev. lv.. 8, th
is no self praise, but "Holy, hoi", holy is
? Lord." "Worthy Is the Lamb," is the s<
5 of angels and redeemed (Rev. lv., 11; v.,
I 12). Let us be ever singing it, while
a'Mde here in these mortal bodies and hi
ourselves wholly for His pleasure, t!
through us He may proclaim to others t
there is peace for them, too, in Jesus Chi
s (Acts x.. 36).
f 15. "Let us now go even unto Bethlehi
i and see this thing which Is come to pi
which the Lord hath made known unto v
t Simply and delightfully they believed G
3 They could say, "We have known and
lieved" (I Johniv.. 16). The Lord by
J angels made them know, and they simply
l ceived the message. It is our privilege
, believe all that God says and thus makes
I the heart of our Lord, for He was surely?
I when He said to His Father, "I have gi
1 unto them t^he words which Thou gavest
and they have received them" (John n
k I H\
16. "And they came with haste and foi
i Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying i
- monger." They did well to go quickly,
i It is well to make haste to believe God: tl
there will be no occasion to make haste fi
s fear (Isa. xxviii.. 16), but quietly and r
i fully nasten on Hia business. They foum
t they bad been told (Luke xix.. 32; xxii...
3 and so shall we always And; therefore we
well to say, "I believe God that it shall
even as it was told me" (Acts xxvii.. 25).
17. "And when they bad seen itthey m
, known abroad the saying which was l
them concerning this child." We must /
\ see for ourselves and then live to m
1 others know and see. Here is the great r
take of the vast majority of Ctfrlsttaus; t
* seem content to .*>ee Him for themselves,
' have little ambition to make Him knc
' abroad, notwithstanding His word thai
} the power of His Spirit we are to be His \
5 nesses into the ends of the earth (Acts i.,
18. "And all they that heard it wonde
> at?those things which were told them by
> shepherds." Wondering is not believl
I There is a great deal of hearing the g
? news which ieads to nothing more than w
dering (see Luke iv.. 22; ix.. 43; xi., 14),
> the word preached ioes not profit those \
r hear unless they believe it (Heb. iv..
- ''Without faith it is impossible to pie
> God" (Heb."xi., 6), which certainly imp
? that by faith we eau please Him. Let
then -Have faith in God." "Be not afri
only believe."
19. "But Mary kept all these things )
pondered them in her heart." That is
thing to do, receive the wdrd, keep it;
' bring forth fruit with patience (Luke v
* 15). It is written of her, "Blessed is
' that believed; for there shall be a perfo
a# ,?Knoi> things which were told
(IUIU Ul ) IUVJU ?M.UOM
I from the Lord" (Luke i.. 45). Daniel he
' many things which he could not understa
' but he kept them in his heart (Dan. 1
I 28).
f 20. "And the shepherds returned, gl
1 fying and praising God for all the thi
> that they had heard and seen, as it'was t
r unto them." When we believe, we becc
- filled with such joy and peace that wee
1 not but speak the things which we have s
t and heard (Rom. xv., 13; Acts iv? 2),?
when we would refrain it becomes like a
in our bones, and we cannot forbear (?
xx.. 8, 9). Compare Luke v.. 25. 26; vii.,
xiii., 13; xvii., 15; xviii,, 43; xxiii.. 47,
' glorifying God. The summit of life i.<
know Him and to make Him known (J
' ix., 24; II Cor. iv.. 11). ?Lesson Helper. "
' CAVE DISCOVERED IN NEW JERS!
i
I Large Underground Chamber Opened o
Farm Near I'hiUlpaburg.
r There are a number of men at work quai
i ing stone on the Carpenter farm, a short <
> tance from Phillipsburg, N. J., and one
the men struok his crowbar into what
thought was a piece of stone, when to
surprise the crowbar went into the ea
and disappeared. This led to an investi
| tion, and a mammoth cave was discovered
So far as the explorations of the cave h!
gone, it has been found that there is a m
! chamber of about 150 fest in diamel
I branching off from which are a number
passages. From some of these there is
rush of air, which leads to the belief t
t-horo is mi onenimr to the cave somewlu
; Graat pieces of something which looks I
' petrified wood have been taken from
cave, and there are millions of stalactil
some of them marvelously beautiful. 1
specimens taken out have been sent
Philadelphia for examination by geologi:
antiquarians and archaeologists.
The farm is owned by Mr. Carpenter, 1
< at present is being conduoted by How<
. Richards, wno is trying to purchase it fr
. its original owner. It is believed that 1
flud is of great value from a scientific stai
. point, and may net the owner a largo prict
1
)
Gold Discoveries In Montana.
Rich gold discoveries on Harley Get
Montana, caused a great rush of prospect*
' and the new camp has beennamed Johani
J burg.
t London Eats Horseflesh.
The horseflesh trade in London gives e
1 ploymentto thirty wholesalers aad over 1
retailers.
' *
RELIGIOUS READING;
t
ir j,;'.'
STIMULUS OF CONTIOTIOK-.
In nine cases out of ten a man of strong
convictions is a man of force. His actions
it are prompt, energetic, decisive, persistent.
* He accomplishes more than the man of weak >*
or vacillating couvictions, even when the
latter is physically or mentally better ,
equipped, - There seemu to be something Irresistible
and Titanic about a firm believer in
anything. Even the man who believes in
l nothing but hims?if, so he believe honestly
cl and firmly, is a distant power in whatever
,id movement he may take part It is the best
' thing In the wor.d for a young man or a
in young woman to be so filled with believe in
m any good thing that they cannot, even
.dg for one ^ moment, put it out of their
nd thought and life. What a wonderful stimu
riA ius mere is id any auiumg cuuyicuou:
. Take, for in?tance, faith in parents. The
mtl child who bellevesutterly in; the goodness
ine and wi9dom of father and mother is Inevita- ,
5re bly moved to pattern after thera,; to grow
rei. into the Same likeness, to become wise and
e3S good in its measure and kind. There is s
ad constant incentive in every kind; of fWtb.
U The man who believes earnestly in a prfncl'h
pie finds that'there is an undying impulse
[ l(, within him to adjust. hls.Ufe, and All Jlip, to
lQ(j the measure of that principle. "I believe,
H therefore I do," is jnst as much an axiomatic
/j thith a$, "I believe, therefore I am." "
rtll We h&ve seen youtfg people growing up '
who had absolutely no convictions ;.-.an?i la
)ID every instance their characters showed defl)0(j
ciency in force. Thereseeraed.to be nothing
all in them to overcome the mental'and moral
9ry inertia of an unawakened soul?no enthatiBar
asm, no strong zestfal grasp of life. Bat on
iay the other hand, we have seen boys and girls
zh who belived in a truth, or a movement or a
;rst science, or a man, with all their hearts and
f0r have marked the force, the directness, the
5ri- persistent, definite Activity of these young
lives. They felt, and shadowed that* they ?
lve felt, the stimulus of < conviction. And the
, ' greater, and deeper, 1 and- stronger, ?
the and more significant the belief, .pf
the course the more power it pots Into life. Class
; a feeling, for instance, is a kind of belief in &
9a, prevailing social condition, that makes men ,
aCy strongly and faithfully olannlsh, but patrio.11
v tism is a higher and broody- and nobler be1
in UeT in the solidarity of a nation, that makes
adl men heroes and martyrs when occasion calls,
ras The grandest and most potent oonvlctlon la
the the world is the belief that God is,, and .that
(I. He governs and loves the universe When *
young person is possessed of strong religious
Ye faith, the whole life springs Into a kind of ,
Ing joyous, triumphant enthusiasm. There Is
ger an unfailing source of inspiration in the ?
the so^1! -a glad, outflowing earnestness la
tor the heart, that enrioh life and make it
be fruitful. The young Christian never knows
ire- what It Is to lock Incentive, purpose, dlreCi ji
the energy. Every day is suffused with-meani
as log* eloquent with opportunity. The listless- '
no nesa which so often curses a life without
for- faith, has no place in the life of the Chris,wo
tian. All Is joyous activity, grateful earnestnot
ness, glowing nope. Blessed are tb?y who
in their youth are baptized with the loy at
the God's service ! Tbey will never lack the dest."
termining purpose and abundant energy "
iaw which alone con meike llfe full, joyoua, tri
*nd umpnani?a victory, ana a song, ana &
ink crown forever and ever.
(II _
SUB,
for , CHnJJHOOD-KAJfHOOD.
)m" This life is the obildhood of. which yonder
life is the manhood. As the childhood is, so
to shall the manhood bo. We are making
sod heaven now. By building into ouroelvea
?m principles, by creating in our souls noiy
?r? tastes, we are rearing the wall of jasper, and
the paving the streets of gold, and beautifying
Jon the eternal mansions. I believa- heaven to'
*9. be jnst this: a new setting of the principles
wtj we ttre mastering, and working into our perola
sonalities, and embodying in our works and
hat character, here and now. By doing well oar
k31 fragmentary duties day by day we are getting
rl3: ready to sins the new song of heaven. This
Htpry is told in connection with a celebrated
9m< musician who bad a large number
of pupils. It was his purposo at the
end of a specified time to give a grand, con- ;
l?d- cert, at which his favorite pupil was to be t be
P?" conspicuous figure. There was one among
tbL' the others to whom was given fragmentary
r^* work. No part of his instruction seemed ta
to hare the least connection with any other
: part It was dull work, but he practiced
',aa upon the dull fragments and fought discourJ^n
agements. He did bis best and forced the
~e> whole man into the work. When the day of
'" > celebration came he was. chosen as the favorite
pupil. He felt that he did sot know a
ma single complete piece Qf music. Trepibling?
a ly he took .bis place at the instrument; but
Ior when the score which he was to play was
"ou placed before him he throbbed ana tnrilled
om delight to find- that all of tne
?3t" completed work was made up of
p*? the fragments whi<?h be had mastered, and
'v- which were now perfectly arranged... This
9? gave bim courage, and so be performed in
suoh a way as deservedly to win the plaudits
of the great audience. We are that musician.
a,* When we go hence we shall tind that the
fragmentaiy Christian enrth-iife, with its
" principles and its loves and its Christ-spirit, ' '
H, js that out of which heaven is made. Heaven
? " is the holy life of earth glorified and pery
? fectly arranged and grandly transfigured.?
"" Jtev. JJavia uregg, u. jj., in "iuh noaveiiLife."
vlt8).
i imSO TO 0HBI6T.
>r?d Living to Jeans Christ every day and ia
the the minutest things of life is the secret of
n?- fruitfulness. A fruitful Christian is a growth,.
00" not a sudden creation. A noble Christly
on- character cannot be finished up by a religion
but 0f Sundays and sacraqjen'tg and npeclal servvho
ices; it is the product of many days of sun'
shine nnd storm, of drawing in the vital sap
from Jesus as the living Head, of conflict
and prayer and eelf-deniais, and of downrf
pourings of the Holy Spirit The religion
' which nculd rather be poor than toach a
, dishonest dollar," .which would rather go
J?" through a Sunday's fierce storm to its mlaj":
siou school than to lie on Its lounge, areligr:a
ion which in all things serve Christ for the
YV' sheer love of serving Him?this is the kind
fl* of spiritual growth whose fruit "tastes of the
divine life within it." Blessed ia that Chria?
{ tian whose broad boughs areladen with
nd "aPP'es of go'd" for God's '"baskets of silvil
ver*' Sueh blessedness is within the reach.
'' of every one who reads this. Ask yourself,
ori. "Am I bearing the genuine fruits of the
Holy spirit?"?Theodore L. Cuyler.
old '
>me
an. CEOWD IT OUT. v
een Life is very much a matter of emphasis,
ind Just ns some" booke, according to Bacon, are
fire to be tasted, others to be swallowed, while
fer. some few should be chewed and digested, so
16; it is with objects of interest and pursuit,
on Some things may without iDjury slightly oo
5 to pupy u?, which would inevitably degrade us
Fer. were we to become wrapped up in tbem. If
men would sit down quietiy with their conscience
and settle on the things of primary
importance, and the pursue those things with
all diligence, letting their matters fall into the
n a background, the occupation, of the preacher
would be gone. If men would edit their
lives with half as much painstaking as a
good newspaper is edited, crowded out and
ilsT crowding in according to a fixed ruling
? principle instead of following the whims of
.b.? the hour, we should see better results. They
rt\? would care let* about conditions and more
about conduct, less about dollars and more
P " about duties, less about ] leasures and more
' about principles, less about fortune and more
ajQ about laithfulness, less about trouble and
er more about truth.
of
' ** VALUE UA1L.I roAllLll.
)rp We are ia touch with the Invisible every
iul hour; in His hand our breath is, and Hia aro
the all our ways. We talk with Him when wo
eg I pray. This is the holy secret of our prayer.
The I We have but to believe to see this secret, not
' t0 I necessarily to understand it, only to know
}ts l that this is its mysterious quality, its match'
less splendor, in order to feel the need and to
)ut recognize the worth of daily prayer.?KolUn.
ird A. Sawyer, D. D.
om i
I Inventor of Iiefrlcerator Car Dead. i
ai- Wilson Bray, a prominent citizen, the,
>. patentee of the first refrigerator to carry";
heats across the ocean aud also the origin
jHtor of the railroad refrigerator, died a fewr
lavs aso at Lambertsville, N. J. j
le'j Beets Xow an Ingredient of Co!fee. 1
srs. Chicory, used to adulterate coffee, is itself
les- adulterated with sugar beat. A farmer is
Port Washington, Wis., has sold a flve-acrf
crop of beets to a chicory company for $400^
Pumpkin* Thre? Dollar* a Ton.
im. Pumpkins are just now worth $3 a ton ta
000 'he Pennsylvania farmers, who raise them ltk
argu quantities for the canning factories* ]
' - ** A" - i , V-^,