The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, November 13, 1884, Image 1
VOL, XIVO- PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMB3ERI1.1M~
The Poke Bonnet.
How much I admiro the bewitching poke
bonnet,
Whicl ha f hides the roses that bloom in her
Why, Cupid, I know, has his throne there
upon it,
Concealed in its trimmings of mull or of
lace.
The style isn't now, for our grandmothers
wore it,
And they were not wanting in beauty or
grace;
Their granddaughters love it, the young men
adore it
Tho atlarming poke bonnet that hides a
sweet face;
The ravishing bonnet, the exquisite bon,
net,
Bewildering bonnot, that shades a sweet
faqe.
The fair, shapely head is half bidden within
And part of the beautiful- face disappears-..
How often I've kissed the lips glowing warm
in it,
The while the coarse fibres were tickling my
oars.
Away with the hat with the fonther upon iti
Within my irection 'twill n;'r have a place.
Oh, give me- t mull-tri,nmed, the coarse
straw poke bonnet,
The heart-snaring bonnet that shades a
sweet face;
The beautiful bonnet, the exquisit bon
pot,t
The ravishing bonnet that hides a sweet
face.
-Sonerville Journal. ]
CRUEL KINDNESS.
"Martha!" I called, hearing a step
in the room next my own sleeping- 1
room, where I sat readiug a letter just i
received.
"Yes, ma'anm," was the prompt an- I
swer; and Martha came in--a quiet,
middle-aged woman, who had been in I
my service twenty long years; who had
nursed my children, now lying in the 1
cemetery, had been my own devoted
nurse when my'Lusband's sudden death e
prostrated me for weeks. A servant, t
but my most devoted friend as well.
"Martha," I said, "I have a letter
from Mrs. Joyce."
Martha waited for further informa
tion.
"Miss Bertha," I said, "wants to I
come here, and have Dr. Preston opor
ato upon her eyes. Dr. Preston says
the operation will be a difficult and
dangerous one, and the result very i
doubtful. But Miss Bertha, who has
been so resigned to her loss of sight,
so submissive and patient, has become A
restless and irritable, and Insists upon I
the operation. What I called you for
Martha, was to ask if you will take the 1
care of her-take her out, sleop in her 1
room, devote your whole time to herP"
"Gladly, ma', . The poor aillicted
darling!"
"And will you go to Castleton for 1
her? You will be glad to see Mr.
Fred."
The old woman's faco brightened.
Fredrick Stevenson, my husband's
nephew, who had been our adopted son
an well, was the very idol of Martha's I
heart. To believe her was to believe
Mr. Fred the model of manly perfec
tion, physically and mentally.
. It was only natural that my sister
should make her house a second home
to him, and I was fearful from her lot
ter that it was some hastily spoken
opinion of his that has caused Bertha's c
sudden resolution. For ten years, I
since she was a child of eight, she had I
borno the loss of si rht-caused by ill- r
v ness-without coim atint, and had felt I
It as little as a family of devoted broth- C
ers and sisters could mako her. She
was the darling of all of them, from t
Susie,. who was two years older than I
herself, and was foot, hands, and eyes r
to her, down to baby Johnnie, who t
carefully led her to her seat in the
house or garden as gently and as sue
cessfully as Susie herself. Nobody was
ever too busy to wait on Bertha, and
she had oflen laugh.ingly said her at- 1
fl'ction gave bior a throne she never in-~ 1
tended to vacate.
Never shall 1 forget the first inter
view we had with ut. Preston. I hadi
asked him to call in a (lay or two after
Bertha's arrival, wvishiing to give hert
the Opportunity to rest after the jour- t
ney. Bu it shoe had not beeni an hour in ~
the house when she asked mno to ajndi
for 1im, or take- her to his surg -y.
She was trembling wvithI excitment, and (
her very lips were whiIe, so that I did
not dare to take her out, andl sent for
1dm. She was not still a moment until
ho came, pacing uin and dIown the long I
parlors, her shakihig hands outstretcl?- I
ed before her, or standinug at the win
dow, as if she could wvatch for him.
Every few moments she did what I had
never seen her do before In all the tent
4 ~ years of darkness, opened her eyes I
-wide, to their fullest extent, and strain- I
odl them in a stare that was sickonine
to see. It was quite in vain that 'I y
b tried by every loving device to win her f
to sit quietly beside me, to talk, even to
play for me. She could not rest.
When at last the doctor entered the t
room, she wvent quickly to hhn, crying: I
"D)r. Preston, I must eol I must! L
* ~You will openl my eyes fo~,eo"
ie took both her extended hands In
his ow~n, and led her to a seat.
* "Every hour of this excitement less
ens your chance," he answered. "You e
are in a fever now and I can (do noth-d
ing."
And indeed the poor child's chocks r
were crimson, andl the veins uphonl hern
tom plos throbbing visibly.r
"You will look at them? You willr
look at my eyesP" she p)leadedl. "It
.will be so obedient, so patient, (looter.
You will not refuse mueP"r
"1 will not refuse you," lie said;
"but I can do nothing until you have
conquered this excitement. You must '
be tranquil, or I cannot operate."
"I will be. Give moon0 ray of hopoe,
and I will be quiet!'
It was p)itifuil to see how she tried,c
even thou, to control her restless fin- 1
gers lld quivering 1hi%. The doctor
motioned mie to follow him and call I
Martha. I sent Bertha to her own
-room with the dloctor's orders to lie
down for an hour or two.
"I will perform the opieration, Mrs.
Stevenson," he said to me, "because
your nileco will have it done by some
one clso if I refuse. But I tell you
frankly, It is not advisable."
"'.There is a chanoe, though?" I ask
oed, almost as eagerly as poor Bertha
herself.t
"Yes. But what has so changed
~horP"
"I dare hot ask myslf," I said sad
.iy. "I know nothing."
"I will soe her again to-morrow. In
the meantime I would strongly advise
you to call In your family physician, to I
see if he can control this feverishi ox
oltoment. She scorns on the verge of
brain fever."
I followed his advice, and Bertha
sagorly obeyed the doctor's directions.
She understood that the operation must
be delayed until her nerves wore calm
ad; and it was pitiful to soo how she
3trovo to be tranquil, and how the very
Difort seemed to defeat its object.
It was nearly three weeks before Dr.
Preston was willing to undertake 'tho
operation, and in that time I was too
sorrowfully convinced of the cause of
poor Bortlha's anxiety to regain her
aikht. Every day, for hours together,
Bihe would listen to Martha's long do
cri ptions of my nephew's perfections.
More than once I saw Bertha steal
into his room and gropo about there,
touching the objects with which he was
associated. She had Martha tell her
wvhere he usually sat, which was his fa
vorito chair, and she had taken his
"hotograph to her own room, delight
3d to pass her lingers over the flat sur
ace, no doubt fancying she could trace
,ho features.
I wrote my sister, and the lotter con
irmed my fears. Governed by the ten
ior sympathy any true man must feel
or such afilictions as Bertha's, Fred
ind joined the family in their devotion
,o the blind girl. Not dreaming of the
iarm he was doing, he had been ever
oady to guide her, to read to her, to
ioscribo for her the scenes around
hem, and most innocently he had won
woman's heart, where he had thought
t was but a child's affection offered to
lim.
The operation performed by Dr.
reston was successful as far as he
ould judge, but Bertha's eyes were
nost carefully bandaged, and every
>recaution taken to keep out every ray
>f light. She was much calmer when
lie ordeal was once massed. but it
iained me to see how palo and drawn
for face had become, how slowly and
anguidly she nnoved.
Summer weather was coming, when
ine morning as 1 sat in my little sitting
oom. Fred came in.
"How I startled you," 1he said,
'laughing at the jump hie gave; "you
lid not expect me. But I must tell you
ny good news myself. You must con
'ratulato me first."
I looked up, but did not answer him.
. strange dread of what was coming
:Opt me silent.
"I have won my wife," he said, gai
y. "Did you guess from my letter inat
loved Susie Joyce?"
It was not I who spake. A low,
vailing tone was in the voice, and we
)oth started as Bertha came in, her
annds, as usual,outstretched before her.
'red sprang to meet her, and took the
ittle white' hands in his own.
''You will be my dear little sister,"
to said, so utterly unsuspliciouts, that,
f he had had any doubt before, it was
;one then.
''Yourlittle sister! Yes," and then,
eforo I could stop her, she threw oil
he bandaoe from her eyes. Widely
training tem, she cried
"I see you! I see you!" and fainted
way.
For nine long days she raved in wiid
ist delirium, revealing the secret of her
uro, young heart seeming to see Fred's
ace constantly before her. His sor
ow was very sincere, as he realized, at
ast, the mischief he had so innocently
ommitted.
"She seemed such a Child," lie said
o me, "and her atllictionl seemed to set
fcr apart from the thought of love
naking. I never even dreamed of
his."
The fever left Bertha at last, only to
ncreaso our fear. Utterly exhausted,
vithout will or power to rally, we knew
lie was dying. Her mother and Susio
tad come to me, anid ho1ed to nurse
icr, and many bitter tears poor Susie
lied as5 the pitiful cries to "see Fred
inco" told her the secret of her sister's
Ilness.
"Only once!" she wvould cry; but af
er the first removal of tile bandage
lio sight wvas hiopelessly gone. Th'lo
clicate, dangerous op)eraition might
ave been successful, but tile rash act
hat let a noonday glare fail upon tihe
yes wvas fatal. Bertha sawv Fred once,
,nd again thi niight of blindness fell
pon her.
Hie stood besidoe her, one of our sor
owvful group), as she passed away. She
ad taken tile Holy CommlIunlion~for the
ast time, had listened to tihe prlayer of
'ur good minister, and, knowing the
mnd was near, asked1 for Fred. He took
lhe little hand she stretched out ais she
eoard his step, and11 b)ending over,
ressed his lhips upon01 her forehead.
."Good-byeP'" she whispered. "You
till think of mo sometines! I ami
lad it'is Susie you Jove."
He spoke a few words only Bertha
card, andi then made a hasty motion
e us to come again to 1101. H1olding~
is hand, hearing his voice, our poor1,
lind child had p)assed away.
Curiosity of Medhical Life.
An English paper gives some of tho
uriosities of medical life. It is the
uty of one (looter to take lunch every
.ny at a great castle belonging to a
Lobl'b lord. The housohold is Immense,
.nd there is just the chlance that there
ay be seine ease of indisposition do
manding attention. Hie gets some1 of
1h0 best complJany andl best lunches in
anglandl, andi only chiarges a gulinea
or each attendance. 'Thioro is a
vealthy man near a great city who
annmot bear to boe left for tihe nig'ht.
'here is a phlysician of great ability
vhio dirives out of towvn nightly to sleep
.t huis residence; he is consequently do.
marred oi dng soie(ty, and( if lie goes
'ut to dhiinn'r hlas to leave his frionuds
mofore wvino. ie lhas to charge hlis pa
lent ?1,000 a year. One young doctor
as a stand1(i.o engoag'ement of .C400 a
'ear to look after the health of an old
tidy. She had to be insuceted three
imes a day, was strong as a hiorse,
.nd so solfi and p)erverso that lhe had1(
:reat trouble with hier.-Tr.oy Times.
The best cocoanuts come from Con
ral and South America. Thiey are not
dekkod nor shaken from the trees, but
vbien ripe fall off themselves. From 10
o 20 per cent. aro lost ini tranlsplorta
Ion. yh'loso partly spelled are made
ato cheap confectionery; the others are
urned, shell and all, and ground u >)
ato what is called spice mnixtur,wic~ Ii
* used to adulterate pepper, cinnamon,
llspice, etc. There is thus but little
ems or damage except to the con
ninnce.
QUARtTZ JEWELRY.
An Industry Confined to the Stato o
Calif'ornia.
The making of quartz jowelry is peeu
liarly a California industry. Its mar:
ufacture was begun in the early day
following the gold discovery. 'l'houg
quartz fit for the art of the jeweler i
found all over California, tho best i
that coming from the mines 'of th
Grass valley. It is not often the mine
conies across rock which would lin-t :
sale among tho jewelers. The gold ha
to be evenly distributed and not lumpy
so that it has passed through the nec
essary sta!es to prepare it for sottin
the spots and seams are well scattercehog h ok Teqat hc
throutgh the rock. TIhe quartz which
miner t hus procures is sent down eithe
to a bank or an assay office, and fror
there tue jeweler receives notice that
consignment is ready for auction. Th
bids then depend entirely upon th
state of the iock held by the dilleren
bidders, and should a jeweler happe
to be in want of gtuariz, the amnoun
paid wou:d be dottule that which h
wo::d pay on anty other occasion.
As a ru:e the j.!weler pays muc
highor for tie rough quartz than woul
one who desired to purchase the gol
to tmelt. The quartz as taken by th
jewe:er is brought in lumps weighin
front oie to ten ttounds, and in thi
Condition it is hianided over to a m<
clhanic for the purpose of being cil
into slabl.. 'The process is an easy on
and nearly sitila r to that followed b
the marble-cutter4. ''hte saw by whic
this oper:tit is prformed is circula
and miade of sheet tin a1, ch:arged wit
water and etmerv. The gnartz is hiel
up to it, and in its revolutions it divide
the qtartz. The slabs in which th
quartz is cut do not, generally excee
one-eigltIi of :n inch in tlickness
Tile preliminary work is then ovel
It is not till the jewely is made, th
littings, as it were, that these slabs ar
a.rain cut, then litted into the gold an
cenentell. It is then grotund oil leve
with the -old an)d finally polished unt
it assumes that br'ightness as when ex
posed for sale.
'Ihe co:orin of quartz is extremnel
rich adli t varied, be ing found in th
same sect ion of coutrittv int whiite an
black anl pink and ~ blue. liithert
there has been lie preference expresse
by the buyer for the color of the quart
in the trinket. Perhap; this has bee
obviated bv the j -we,r, wio, in th
manufaeture of evven the smallest art
cle, never fails to ive as varied an m
sortmtent of quartz as is possible. 1hl
method of the valnation of quartz roc
is peculia:r. It is first weighedi as an
other material, and then under watei
as rock weighs n:"xt to nothing wheo
under water surface. T1'he amount o
gold imbedded in the rock can by thi
process be determined.
There h:tve not been men wantinj
Who have attempted to make artificia.
quartz to be used in the manufacturc
of large goods, in the way of card ta
bles and similar articles, but d1ecide<
failure has followed each and every at
tempt. Whether quartz jewelry wil
ever become fashionable is a qluestiot
which the business meni of this city givt
no long thought. They declare thoi
inability to use quartz fantastically, of
to suliciently fine it down so as to cu
it itnto delicatc flowers andl leaves
There is an air of substantiality aboul
all the trinkets made for ladies, which,
though handsome, have somewhat of a
clumsy look. And the jeweler has t<
contend against a difliculty which lies
on the opposite side. Quartz cannol
be had in stiliciently large pieces tc
use in the manufacture of objects of use
anid ornamiientt.
Sonic years ag~o a jewel-causket was
made in this city for the wife oif a cer
taIn rich jtidge, whtich ini itself wvas v
marvel of beauty and elegatice, it beino~
of solid gol d aniid quaartz, hiavinhg fott
p)anels, each live itnce in lengt.h anid
thtee in wvidth. Thle cost inicttrred in
this wvork was enormous and th<
amoittnt of labor incredible. Sonmc
slight estimate of the trouble may bc
formed whlen the ma ker of the caskel
Ihad to enmploy au man who traveled foi
two en Lre monthIs through the minet
in search for quartz of suflicient size tc
execute the order.
After dliligent itnquiiry atmong several
workers it was estimtated thtattiot ovoi
$I5,000 wvorthi of quart z jewvelry is dis.
posed of in this city during a year anc
not $25,000 wvorthi is bottght for peopl<
to wear ini Satn Franiciseo. ---San Fran
cisco Chroniclc.
The Keystone of' a Gent 'Tower Lidt
TIhree hutndredt peopile, with upturn
ed faces anid staritng eyes watchiod flu
monis&er marble koystonte of the arcl
of thle big tower of the Putblic Buiilding
aut Ph-iladelpia: as it swung in air.
slight board railing kept the crowi
ftrom getting tinder the stone. Sletnde1
two-inch steel cables, looking hardl3
strotig enough to bear a workman'
weight, held the mai:ss. A tall mian,
wvith rth dli wItiskers, matde the sig.
tal to "huist awvay,"' antd a black giaut
arm stretching ot front above the mar.
ble top 190 feet itn the air, gathieredl iin
the slender cords. T1hie figure of r
wvorkman, seemuing~ as though viewed
front thle large end( of a telescope,
wvalked out upontt the giant's arm anid
looked dlowni. Ibtieath the steno ii
mauson notichialatly clhpped away wit h
ham mer and chisel at a marble block.
VTe grimy gianit's arm ma:do a s9weep
and stopped over thle aiperturoi. where
the six ts of miatrble were to lod ge,
From the courctyzttd belowv the immense
block looked as though two meni could
lift, it. Aero0ss Pennil Squiare thle b)rass
hiandIs et thle I iroadi Str-eet Stat ion
clock noted the Ilight of two Iturs he
fore the keystonie wais itn place.
"The hieavies:, stone in the tower Is
thet coveiin icece ini thle ecrlo form
inig bte lower front of the towe . It
wveighis thiirty-twvo tons,'t said FK'-manu
Lawrence. "I ex pect to have all the
s toniework cotmple! td by thle end of the
se asoni of 1881. 'lThe ighit of the tow
er' thon whi be :310 feet. Fromi that
elevation the iroin work comminenices
anid goes tup I105 feet high~ler, until, to
the cr-owni of William Pennut's haut, the
heigh t o f 535 feet is reaiclied.''-hl.
delp!ha Tanoos.
Thle young tian who trn away with
Signor lMoros inii's dlatighter should h be
shot--n-tot for the eloemet, ot, for
reviving the coachimati joke in 7,000
nnwshnr,m,r.
American Literary Women.
f The death of Mary Clemmer Hudson
Is the latest broach in American author
ship. She was at one time the most
- attractivo writer on the Independent,
- and Bowen has never boon able to fill
s her place. The most intoreting fea
t ture, however, in her life, is her inti
S macy with the sisters Alice and Phobo'
s Cary, whose memoirs she gave the
) world in a very attractive form. The
r Carys were the most remarkable pair
ti of sisters New York over contained.
s They came hither poor and endured
great privation while building uip a
- reputation, which eventually brought a
r competency. They lived, however,
I long enough to win the admiration of
% the best intellects of the day, and bore.
r an important part in founding Sorosis,i
i which is the most admirable c'lubin this
% city. To return to Mrs. Hudson, ono
o Is reminded by her death of that bril
3 liant array of female writers which has
t so recently passed away. Among these
i may be mentioned Sarah Parton (Fan
t ny Fern), the Cary sisters, Miss Chub
o buck (Fanny Forrostor); also Amelia
13. Welly, Mrs. Osgood, Anna Corn
fi Mowatt, Elizabeth Oakes Smith and
I Lydia Maria Child. It may be said
I that Mrs. Hudson was one of the few
e female writers who won a position in
Washington, and commanded the re
s sp ect of the highest dignitaries of the
N ation.
t The success of these clover women
o should not be mentioned with-a view of
y leading others to depend on literature.
li Without going into details, the painful
r fact is everywhere apparent that both
li Journalism and book-making are too
I crowded to allow any encouragement.
s Coming down from literature to other
o employments, the female population in
I this city is so disproportionally great
that even the struggle for existence be
comes intense. A few days ago a
o crowd of women thronged a public
o building to a degree that excited gen
Ii oral inquiry. It was explained by the
1 kct that an advertisement for a girl in
1 an oflico appeared that morning and a
situation which hardly yielded a mea
ger living was sought for by hundreds,
y all of whom, with but one exception,
e were disappointed. It was a sad spec
I tacle, but such is the reality. The poor
> shop girls, or ''white slaves," as they
I are sometimes called, may be objects
s of pity, but not more so than the book
i binders, vest hands, cal) makers and
3 iollowers of a score of other employ
ments. Type-writing is a very neat
- kind of work, but is entirely overdone.
! Telegraphy probably pays the best of
iall female employments, but there are
a hundred applications for every va
cancy. The only kind of employment
i that is not overdone is housework, and
fI we all know that American girls are
3 above the kitchen. What a nity that
this ridiculous notion of taste should
be a bar to usefulness!--Ncw York Lct
ter in Utica lera"l.
- Two Peeps at Siam.
It is not a long circuit from the gate
of the Captain's garden to that of the
famous temple, but even that short
distance shows us a few sights which
would be sufficiently amazing in any
other part of the world. A native
houso is gravely coining up the river
by itself, the father steering it with a
long oar, while the children watch its
progress from the ladder leading down
into the water from the veranda. Under
the shade of a hugo banyan tree, hal*
a do:zen bare-lim ned, dusky Siamese
boatmen are playing a kind of aborigi
nal lawn-tennis, using their foot in
stead of their hands to kep IIi the
bail. Just beyond themi, a small na-.
tive child, wvith nothing on but tile or
linmontal wreath wihich encircles thle
bristly tuft of black hair surmuountint#
its otherwise shaven head, is admirin"o
a magniificnt butterlyv, almost as larSr
as a sparrow. A little farther on''a
group) of amnphibhious youngsters are
p)laying ia the tick, greasy, soap-eol
ored watu', as Western chlildIren might
play on land, while just across tihe
river we espy a flotilla of light canoes
laden withs fruit anid vegetables, and
manned by Siamese masrket-women,
Iwho keep ill a poerpetulal clamor of
bargaining as shrill as a chorus of an
gry p)arrots.
But the momenit wo pas the (leep,
lowbrowed gatewvay all this vanishes
as if it had never been. With one stride
we go from thle present to the pat
Trho mighty ruins thlat start ill through
masses of clinging foliage, in the
depths of tile Java forests, could hlardl
ly look more lonely and forsaken thlan
thlis strantgo 01(d fortress of Eastern su
perstitioni. Upon every foot of its
dlamp, slimy coulrtyard, its gafyed,
crunmbling walls, its stormi-worn pil
lars, its (lark, tom b-like galleries, its
voiceless cells andl shattered lmag'es,
lies tile bjrandl of grim and irrovocablo
dlesolation:
"Thle gatow aIRe of the Ilarmeecide aro choked
with fallen ilav,'0
And( in the halls o~(f A zamaIt her1 web) the1 '1,td
01r weaves;
The1 jackal and the11 11lerpenllt nowv their mid.
whiere Nadi r, lordt of E:ast aind wVest, onlcet
reved and1 (ran1k dleepi..,
IIosteon Slan;g.
"De)ar, dear, where hlave you been
girls,'" said a lBoston moilther to he(r~
daughters, whoe returInedt late from ant
on tertinmeIInIlt. " We've' beeni S'l crill
ing the mnunicipiality,"*' 'giggled( tile
voiertn the( femlale to ani extraor
dlinary (cevation11."' chlimed:l in the tild.t
motlher inl< xpotulatory tolles. '"Therc's (
fourth' "'everythIing is aliibo, and1 thle
fowl, wh'lose eniekl ing w:lI the salvatin
of lime, is r sspeliiledh at an1 alt itud11
hlithlerto un:knownl in 0our expeience." r'
E'xlanail tory Chart Ts' ai ntinrg thlO
town roll. tSeeinig thle elephiant.
tWhooping1 lher' up. SECverythling is
lovely andi: tihe goose hangs igho. C
HSomerville Joura . I'
An Arkansas man:0 thlinkis he has cx
hu11med thle petri Iied' hl11 of a fauiry'.
The0 suppos)0ed fossil is about tile sizle of
a large walnut. TIhe features of tIle
humnul face-eyes, nose41, 111outh. fore
hoadi, cheeOks [and cin-may all bo0 dis
cornedl.
Tile lipitish hlave records of 225
earthquIlakes in the last 556 years, andi
t.he ialnsanra still thee
Becoming yearly Moro Popular
Among Those Wlo Can Afor( It.
"So you think hotel life is gaining in
popularity?" ventured a JournalC3 re
porter to Mr. Welch, of the St. Nich.
olas. The conversation had turned on
hotels, their conve,iences, the guests,
and the strange sights hotel men see.
"Yes, sir; for those who can afford
the comfort and conveniences of hotel
life it is growing more popular year by
year. In a well-appointed, first-class
hotel people can live undisturbed by
the various ills that housekcoping is
heir to, and the time will come when
half the well-to-do peoplo of the city
will inhabit its first-class hotels."
''And if you woro asked the cause of
the Zrowing popularity what would you
say?''
"I would give two reasons promin
ent among the many that I might
name. The richer class of people, who
divide their time :among the south in
winter and the northern watering
places in siunler, varied with an oc
casional trip to EAirope, find that their
c0111 1s and %oilng's can be done with
much less discomi fort and less expense
by living in a hotel than if they were
maintainin;; anl establishment of their
own. With such peoplo comfort and
convenience, the avoidanceo of unneces
sary bother and :1t-Viravating delay,
enter more into their ealculation thian
does expense."
"You mention two reasons?"
"'.'he other is tlat the male members
of families living in hotels are generally
men inl active blisiness pursuits, only
home at meal-tims and in the even
ings. They do not wish to have their
wives burdened with the innumerablo
cares of a household, the troubl and
vexation of servantts, and the exactions
of the family cares generally. To such
a separate establishment, as rents go
now, is more ex1ensIve and less com
fortable. 'akin, rent, the cost of fine
furniture, and the expense of a corps
of servants, there is no comparison be
tween the two modes of living."
"Yes, but that class of guests must
be very exacting in their demands at a
hotel.
"There's where you and probably
others make a great mistake. Of all
the people who use hotels they are the
least troublesome and cx'"ting. Inl
fact, they are the easiest to please.
They are accustomed to good living, a
well-served table, finely furnished
rooms, obedlient and obliging servants,
and when they find all these at their
command that is all they ask. They
know just what the servico of a first
class hotel is; they know that thero is
somebody alvays ready to satisfy their
least want anti that every convenience
of the house is at their disposal. Oh,
no, we never have tro'iblu with them.''
"'Then who are the people that do
give trouble?"
"Well, probably the most trouble
some are peoplo from the country ln
used to stopping at hotels. They have
an exaggerated idea of their own im
portance, and think that everybody
tbout the house inmust dance attendance
)1m them. They seem bent on giving,
1ll the trouble they can, and make
.hemselves and others uncomfortable.
But should they stay at the hotels a
uontlh or so, it's wonderful to note the
h1ange that takes place. They soon
ind out that their comfort and conven
entieneo are the two things m11ost
hought of by the proprietor, and they
all right into the groove and find that
hey have sipl11y to go on living and
)e happy."
''Is there not some danger that the
nbeeasing populairity of the fashion
vit wi resuilt i nj uriouisly to the
tot els?"
"I think not. Ini the first placee, the
spnense of lii ing in these stylish
upartmitent1-houses is nmtehi greater. In
lie bJest of them suits for a family
ant:ge from $2,000 to $l0,000 a year,
tuid this mean s the hare wvallis-no
urnutiro andilt nmals. Still, they are
ts the besi hioteli aire losing none of
nir weathiy gu est s, J cani only stur
n)ia that the11 nlumbeuulr of p)eop)le a'ble to
Livo in these hiouses and ini hotels in the
city is receiving constantl accessions."'
"Dlo 1peop10le arr'y from their hotel?"
"'Why, certainly; that's on10 of thlo
natural concomitants of hotel lift).
And how much pleasaunter it is! The
groom has butt to give a singio ordter to
the pr'oprietor specifying jusit wvhat is
watted, and atn army of servants are
ready to carry ot t he arranigem ents
withoutt a hitch. Ilotel wveddlings are
oetting to be commiont il faut-so much
so that I know of two to come off this
rall where thle parties htavoj their own
iouses, but , pretferiing thte thorotugh
tysteum of a hottel, have gi ven me thIeir
>rdlers."'-N. .AlIorning J/ournall.
Blood a is set downu on F"ahren
eit. triern< eters at 98 dlegtees, bet,
tore care fuil iunvesti gation lhas shown
hat, thte t 11mperturo of i a 1I healthiy per
oni is between 10:2 and 103. Onue-ntalf
degree either way indIicates an ab
ornmal condulition, whijo I degree below
'oldt ma~ke 1 dlocior shiake hIs huead
imiinouisly. W"heni a fever senids the
nyPerturl Il to I1)01'o 107 it dhepends
tibrely upon t.tte amiount of fuel on
ar i howv ltong 'he lire will tcontitiu to
':a. Tlhue tinitr ini the b)lotod mtay be
rinved befo:oe the miaciniery is hburni
di out and thi hires smiothetred, or the
itatlity mat:y b,e kp upi tuntil the t ither
:tall coztinsed and the fires go~ dlown'
ft teitr own atctcordo. l--'ittshury his
A wvihd mian, captutredl in O)ehceeco
wampiil, near (hat tahuoce, antd ear
ietd to JTallaha:sRe, hadt beent siim
uing in O.chieeeee Lake, fromi islatnd to
est itute of clothin lg, t,maeleatedi andt
ntt.irely co)vered w ith -a ph enomenat il
rowlth of htair, lie coubll give nto atc
ouint of himself, atnd the thteory is
hat lie e.seape<t from ano asylum in
omoe othier stabe.
At Mulaldrid a few d aysltgo) ani opera
an ageri r.ebukted a d anseuse for' iak
nga mtsste p, r'emartk ing: 'Yotu da:nco
ike a chiickttn." Th 'e dancer' s hutsbIanld
lcmlandled an apology, buit the mnanager
lenied htavingo insulted the lady. The
loUsband thoCrctupon pluniged a (lagger
into the heart of his wife's tradcmm.
A Persian Spoon,
A sherbet spoon is from one to two
feet in length; the bowl, cut from a a
solid block, holds from a claret class c
to a tumbler of the liquid. This bowl t
is so thin as to be semi-transparent,
and is frequently ornamented with an t
inscription, the letters of which are in t
high relief. To retain their semi- r
transparency, each letter is undorcut,
so that, although standing up an eighth
h from the surface of the
bowl, yet the whole is of the same
light and delicate texture, no >art
thicker than another. One-half of the
surface of the spoon-bowl is covered
by two cleverly applied pieces of carv
ed wood, which appears to be carved
from one block, But this is not the
case-they are really cemented there.
These pieces are carved in such a dell- I
cato manner as to bo almost filmy in
appearance, resembling lino lacowork.
'he handlo of the spoon-at times
twenty inches Jon g- is formed in p
separate picco, and inserted Into the
edge of tho bowl in a groove cut to re
ceive it. This handle is also elabo
rately carved in delicato tracery, and a
wonderful efrect is produced by the
rhomboid-shaped handlo, at times four
inches broad at the widest )art and
only a tenth of an inch thick. The
groove whero the handlo is inserted in
to the edge of the bowl of the spoon
and the point of junction aro hidden
by a rosette of carved wood, circular
in shape, only a tenth of an inch thick.
This, too, is carved in lace-likd work,
and it is cecmented to the shaft of the
spoon. A kind of flying buttress of
similar delicato wood-work unites the
back part of the shaft to the shoulder 3
of the bowl.
The spoon which, when it loaves the
carver's bench, is white, is varnished
with Kaman oil, which acts as water
proof and preservative, and dyes the
whole of a fine gainbogoeollow similar
to our boxwood. The weight of the (
spoon is im the largest sizes two ounces. e
'Ilhe tools used by the carver are a t
plane, a rough sort of gouge, and a
common penknife. Each spoon is of a
separato and original design, no two I
being alike, save when ordered In pairs 1
or sets. 'I'lTe priee of the finest spool
mens is from 5 shillings to 15 shillings
each.
These sherbet spoons are really
works of art, and are valued by Orion
tal amlateurs. Many of the merchants
are very proud of their sherbet spoons,
and being wood, they are "lawful;" for
a metal spoon, if of silver, Is an abom
intation; conse(uently, the teaspoons in
Persia have a filigree hole in the bowl,
and thus can be used for stirring the
tea only, and not for the unlawful act
of conveying it to the mouth in a sil
ver spoon. Of course, those high-art
sherbet spoons are only seen at the
houses of the better classes, a coarser
wooden spoon being used by the lower
classes. he spoons at dinner servo as
drinking vessels, for tumblers are un
known; and the metal drinking cu)s so
much in use are merely for traveling,
or the pottlo deep potations of the irre
ligious.--Chambers' Journal.
How to FunrniMh Bedrooms.
Bedrooms are more luxurious thaia
ever in the modern American houses,
and this is altogether the wrong place
for luxurious or sumptuous furnishing.
A bedroom should have as little furni
ture as possible beyond what is abso
lutely esscnial. No draperies which
can hold th dust, no stufled furniture,
and no carpets other than soft rugs for
the feet.l French bedrooms are fI-nish
ed1 much in this way, and are only used1
as sleeping apartments. A boudoir
leading elY the chamber may be as lux
urious and temp~ting as possible, but
the bedchamber should not be a loung
ing place ever, lest the air becomes vi
tiated. An English brass bedstead is
alwvays a most, admirable picco of fur
niture for a bedroom, since it coimbincs
cleanliness and duarbility. These bed
steadis are not costly in the ond, and
are easily kept bright. An open grate
iirelplace should bo in every chamber
in thio house. Thio floor should be of
hard woodl, wvith a smooth surface, or,
if of pinie, it, shotuld be p)aintedi or shel
lacked and varnished. Thore should
be no hiaiigings over the bed or at the
whlow. If the bedroom Is to be at
trac(tive, its attractiveness should be in
its siimplicity and extromio cleanliness.
There are otber rooms in whIch It Is
)o.Si ble to e'xhiblit as much grace and
Sisto as inclination dicetates, but the
r. ursery and bedrooms should have no
pretenions aside from healthful and
comnfortablo fittings. -San Francisco
strf,Onutt. -
Ganthering GArapes.
It is somet,imes reconmmndned that
the grapes shiould( be gathered as they
ripen, by going over a vineyard two or
three times and p)icking off not only
buniiches that are ripe, leaving the green
ones, but even picking off separately
three or four grapes frein each bunch
where it, is not evenly ripened; andi this -
is tihe practice that is followed to-day
in makimg tho great, white wines of
France and Gecrmany; but it will cr
tainlhy not be adopted in California
whlileI labor is as dear and wvine as
cheap) as it, is at p)rosenmt. Insteadl, that
practice will be followed( wvhich is roe
olmmened( by those writers wvho advise
that the grapes of each variety be loft
on the vines till they are all fairly ripe,
and that they ho gathered clean at one
pielking. Where, however, diflorent
vairietics are p)lanited in the same vine
yard, which ripen at different periods,
those only shiouild be picked'at the same
tincm whiich ripen1 togethr.-C(aliornsia
ihnefl JlIss.
Thmo most expensive thinmg andl the
hardest thing to gret in Europo is pure
water. At, the hotels ovomn In Switzer
land, where tIhe ice-crowned Alps are
in sight, they charge you for ice-water
to drink. There is no water on the
cars, aind at, the stations they look at
you in am:vzemnent if you ask for it.
Toronto (J!l,>.
The German soldiers are the proud
est in Europ)e. The army Is considered
a school for its 500,000 young men,
'l'hey are never compelled to dlo menial
work. A Prussian officer who would
compoel a soldier to do the work of a
servant wvould be cashiered. Some of
the rich German private soldiers keep
servanta of their own.
GLEANINGSL.
Empress Eugenio's long black oloak
nd black cane, on whfch she leans
onstantly, attract the deepest sympi.
by of the gay world at Carlsbad.
A nogo witness in Macon, Ga., tes
ifying in a bicycle case, gave this an
he result of his obpervations: "If you
ide slow you turn overyourself; if you
ide fast you turn over somebody else,"
The Walnut Street Theatre, Phila
lelphia, seventy-five years old, Is the
>ldest theatre in America. it was orig
nally built in an outskirt; it is now fn
he center of wealth, life and fashion.
Lhe building of the theatre was begun
a 1808.
A dog in the neighborhood of Los
ingeles, Cal., is passionately fon4 ot
toney and to gratify his taste he robe
tives whenever an opportunity offeri.
3o has grown quito export in the busi
sess and can extract the sweet stuff
with great dexterity.
A philanthropic London lady has
bought land in Manitoba of the Cana
dian Pacific Railway, and is to estab.
lish a colony of deaf mutes. She will
?rovido an instructor in farming, and
s to expond a considerable sum of mon.
y in that experiment..
The paper with the largest circula.
ion in the world is the Petit Journal of
aris. It now circulates 750,000 copies
>or day. Its direcotor, Mr. Hyppolte
darinoni, is the inventor of the Marl.
toni perfecting presses. He was origi
tally a cattle herder.
China is losing the services of the
oreign ofilcers in her army and navy
Lust when she needs them most. The
wormtans are being called by their Gov.
rnmont, which is just now cultivating
riendly relations with France, and the
nglislh oilicors seem to be resigning
"oluntarily.
While the elderly Baroness Burdett.
:outts appears always in public dress
d in the quietest black, her compara
ively young husband, Mr. Bartlett.
3urdott-Coutts, is distinguished for his
lressing in clothes of the extremest
asiionable cut and of thunderously
oud colors.
A returned missionary says that the
ulus in their native state are one of
he finest races in the world. All the
non are honest, and all the women
haste. But as soon as they are con
,orted to Christianity, and begin to
vear clothes, they generally become
ricious and dissolute.
In Martha's Vineyard the ratio of
leaf mutes to the population is one in
ivery 150 porsons, a ratio greater than
n any other portion of the country. *
L'wo centuries ago two cousins in the
layhow family woro married, from
which can be traced a hereditary line
>f deaf mutes.
Walt Whitman, alluding to the re.
sont earthquake, said the other day: "I
elievo with Kant in the unsubstantial
ty of thin,s. It iv doubtful if what we
ice around us has any real existence.
verything is delusive, evasive 'and
laky." Walt must have been dab.
)ling in railway stocks.
When it rains in Mexico it pours. At
'achuca a number of men were passing
bridge when a storm began. One of
hem ran uder the bridge for shelter.
rho river rose so quickly that he could
tot escape, and was swept down the
tream many miles, being torn to pieces
in the trees and stones.
Yakutt girls all smoke. There is but
>no pipe for a family. The members
ako their turn, and the visitor has his
:baSe along with the others.
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