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__ _ PICKENS, S. C., TH.URSDAY, APRIL 23.185 Fisherasen Brave. Three fishermen wont gayly out into the North Out into the North ere the sun wi.s high And they chuckled_rith gjee as they sallied forth, 1Aesolved to capture the trout-or (io. For men will BIh, and men will lie. About the trout they "caught on the fly" Their Sunday-echool lessons scorning. Three fishers linv unider the trees at noon, And "blatncd' the wholo of the finny race; For never a nibblo had touched fly or spoon, And each sighed as he wet the hole in his face. For men will fish and men will lie, And the way they caught trout when no body's nigh is something to tell-in the morning. Three fishermen cane into town at night., And their "speckled benuties" were fair to see: They talked of their "sports" with keen de light The envy of all the fraternity. But men will fish and UIen will lie, And what they can't catch they're sure to buy, And never repent in the morning. -Livorpool (Eng.) Courier. OLD-FAS1IIONElD TEACHER. "Miss Hooker has passed her useful ness; she's old-fashioned," said the chairmnat. of the school comnmittee; "Miss Upton's class appears much bet ter; they move with such precision and recite so promptly, it's a real pleasure to visit her room." "Yes," said )r. Snow. drily-"mili tary drill, and parrot perform~ances." "I like discd)iinc, ' returned the chairman; "you can't draw the reins too closely in the school-room; give boys an inch and they'll take an ell; I don't approve of Miss Hooker's easy, familiar way with her boys." "Her class is always up to grade, and, I have noticed, rank above the ,average in the higher classes, showing better habits of thought and study, ' re marked the superintendent. "It is an important position," said another member, "and Miss Upton's prompt, energetic methods are, to my mind, what that class needs." "Boys of that age," said Dr. Snow, "are more easii; controlled by 'the old-fashioned' teacher as you choose. to call, than by military drill. Give that class to Miss Upton, and half of them will drop out before the end of the year; she controls by fear, and her teaching is wholly from books." So decided was the difference of opinion in the usually harmonious board that it seemed advisable to post pone further consideration of the sub ject, and the meeting was adjourned. The two teachers whose merits had been under discussion were ignorant of the intention of the committee to fill, by promotion, '_.- vacancy in the high est grammar grade. Miss Hooker's faithful and etlicient service entitled her to the higher position with its lib eral salary, but her modesty would have prevented her applying for the place. It was but another of her "old fashioned" traits, this inability to gc from member to member to ask in crease of aalary or.higher position. Dr. Snow had formed a favorable opinion of Mist Hooker not only fron her work in the school-room, but fron meeting her at the houses of her pupils, where Fo noti, .d the friendliness that existed between teacher and pupil; and he also remembered the eficient aid she rendered in the sick room; he had seen her in the Sunday school, sur rounded by many of her own boys, and know that her labor and influence were not confined to the school-room. See ing the prejudice that would prevent her appointment to the important posi tion she could so well fill, or that, per haps, might result in the loss of hei present position, he determined to in vestigate the peculiarities of this "old fashioned" teacher, and learn, if possi ble, the reason for the disapprobatior: expressed at the recent meeting. Whil< thinking of this he chanced to meet a young acqu -intance who had just re turned for a short visit to his nativ< towni, and remembering that ho hiac been a pupil of Miss Hooker, h< thourht it hiis ohportunlity. "What do I think of Miss Hooker?' asked the younig ma:n in surprise.-" think she is a blessing to any boy, tspecially to a motherless boy, as I was when I ontoered her room. Why, doc tor, she cared for something besides onr lesson; she cared for our bodies and our souls. I learned habits of po iteness and personal neatness in her room that have been of great value to me, and if liar lessons in truth-telling, kindness, ar1d unselfishness h ave clung to all her ?):plls as they have to me, uhe has done a great work. I remaim ber my first visit to a pool room, which she discovered by means of the odlor o1 my first cigar, and am glad to be ablc to say that the promise I then made tc her is still unbroken. I tell you, doc tor, an 'old-fashioned' teacher like Mist Hooker is a power in a community." "Why do you call her old-f ashioned P' asked the doctor. 'Because the new-f ashioned teacher, into whose hands I afterward fell, cared only for marks, rep)orts, ginger. bread performance, finical dIrill, anm automaton achiecvemenits. T1hat kinc of training doesn't make men, doctor, yet those teachers seem to be ini higi favor with jour committee-men." "Not with me," saidl the doctor hasti lvt"Iqutoagree with you." .twsga.tifying to Dr. Snow to havi his opinion of Miss HIooker so omiphati eally confirmed, but how to convinci his colleagues of her worth and securi her appointment was a problem no easily solved. The difliculty was over come, however, in a most unexpectac manner before the next meeting of the committee. For several months course.- systematic pilfering had beei carried on in the different sc hool buld( ings of the town to the great annoy ance of teachers and pupils, and alsa to the perplexity of the police, wh< were unable to find the least trace e the thieves. One morning two of Mis Hooker's boys weore arrested upoi wholly circumstantial evidence, an: p ut in the "'lock-up."' Although great lovercome, they at once sent for thai teacher, to whom they asserted thel innocence, and begged her to inforn their parents of their dlisgrace. Mis Hooker was touched by tis~ proof e their confidence, and, believing then innocent, she dleterminied to assist then by ei ry means In her power. She ac companled them to the court-rooni, sa by their side and testified to their truth fulness and uniform good conduct. Hie pleading was effectual; the boys war, rejasedn and her wise protctin saeu them froin-taunts and scorn that would otherwise have fallen upon -them with almost crushing weight. The atoful ' boys and their more grateful parents sounded abroad her praises, bringing to notice other instances of self-saore fice and devotion to her pupils. Miss Hooker shrank from the com mendation and publicity. "What else could I have done?" she asked a friend. "I am pained that this trifling act should be thought of such importance. I have been constantly doing for r.g boys what has cost infinitely more of i sacrifice and devotion; this is nothing i when compared with the daily routine e of school life-the constant struggle e with ignorance, wilfullness, deception, v and evil of every kind; yet my work c has been unrecognizod. Why must g teachers wait for incidents outside of pJ daily routine-for fire or accident-to t bring recognition of worth? At such a times the whole town commends a if simplo act of humanity, or is filled with t admiration for promptness of thought a or action, tact or courage, when our '1 whole work tends to the cultivation of v these qualities, and a singlo day in the v school-room calls, perhaps, for the g prompt exercise of all." t When 1)r. Snow again proposed the e appointment of Miss Hooker to tho l vacant position, not a voice was raised p in opposition to the "old-fashioned f teacher," whose familiar manner was b not in accordance with preconceived n ideas of perfect discipline. Miss Hook- f or's pleasure in her appointment was I lessened by a suspicion of the truth, I but she never knew how little recogni- ' tion faithful service or true merit re- 1 ceived from the colleagues of her friend,' Dr. Snow. The 'arly Pictorial Press. It was the Revolution that gave free- 3 dom to journalism. T1he censorship of a t}e press ceased in 1695, and several periodical publications immediately ap- n pcared. Just at this time the art of t Woodi cutting was at, its lowvost ebb; and so, at the end of the seventeenth century, illustrations in newspapers be- 1 came both rare and bad. The eight- C eenth century saw a great increase in I the number and excellence of carica tures. ''h e trial of Sacheverell pro- 1 duced a great many, and the South Sea i bubble was even more widely lai- 1 I>ooned. Pal)ers nov began to appear I in ever increasing numbers, and some t of them, such as the well-known Grub Street Journal, published illustrations i from time to time. The best illustra tions, however, continued to be copper I plate engravings; but, as they involved t two printings, the engraving and let terpress beinn on the same page, it i was itmpossibYe for much advance to be made till they were discarded. The Daily Post of 1740 was one of the firs, daily papers to give illustrations of current events. During the central 10 1 years of the eighteenth century news papers seem to have published no illus trations whatever. The (cntlemah's Magazine, started in 1731, had an oc casional engraving or woodcut. but none of any merit. It was not till after the revival of wood cutting by Bewick that the Obscrrcr-''the pioneer of mod ern illustrated journalism"-made its first appearance, (Sunday, Dec. 4, 1791). That paper, abandoning engrav ing, availed itself of the art of the wood cutter, and so did the 'T'imcs in the early years of the present century. --The Academy. That's the Be.t Way. Ie had an old horse hitched to a country "pung," and there was snow on his hat and a snow-ball in each ear as he reined the animal up alongside the curb and shouted to a policeman: "Is this the nineteenth century?" "Feels like it," said the oflicer. "And is a free-born American cit.izen to have his life pumt in p)eril to gratify the humor of a mobi of boys?"' "'What has happened?"' "'This!'' lie yelled, as lie picked tihe snow-ball out of his left ear, "and this!'' he yelled still louder as he took the one of his right. "'I've had to run a gauntlet for three miles! I've bin poppIed anid slurgedi andt paralyzed and pul verized! This 'crc boss has been p)opp)ed aind pelted andl pounded 'till lie can t rest? I dlemand that p)rotection guaranteedi to every citizen by the great American Constitution!'' "'You shall have it, sir. Just con sidier the mantle of protection thrown around you and( your hoss." T1he 01ld man drove off, growling and muttering, but lie hadn't progressed a block before a snowv-ball carried his hat away andi another lifted the old horse off his feet. "Thlat's too much, that is!" saidl the dIriver as lie rolled of his pung side wvays. "If they haven't got any better mantle than this in Dectroit I must take koor o' my liberties!"' And lie rushed to the sidewalk, grabbed a boy who was going home with a quart of molasses, and tanned his jacket in the good old-fashioned ef fective style.-Detroit Free Press. A Frenich cheimist, G. lo Chiarlier, has inve-tigated buckwheat, and elves the following as his researches: "IYuck wheat cakes are eq ual to pure whlite bread as regards thle phosphates of bone-making material and niitrogenous pinciiples which they contain, and are superior to bread ini fatty matters. Trhe general yield of buckwheat when cooked is about three times the weight of the flour used, showing that such flour will retain about 40 per ceiit of water. Viewed strictly, buickwhieat is not a cereal, but a speieiis of weed highly (developed. It, is Asiatic in its origin, and( was brought to Europe by the Saracenis, Spain hiavinig beeni the first country in which it was cultivated.'' The~ editor of the Lulino (Tlex.) Wausp explains to his realers howv economically lie is living. "We util . izo," lie says, ''all of our stale envol r opes, split open the envelopes to get at thie unwritten side, and call into ser vice the brown wrappilng-p)aper in 1which we carry home ouir bundtles from the store. Our special telegrants are gotten through wh ile the operator is Saway at dinner, andl we compel the prop)riotor to set type, sweep oult the ofilce (montlly), k ind(le tires, fetch . water, make up the forms, entertain visitors, dlisco urage bores, and deliver the paper to city subscribers. We don't Intend to bankrupt on this line.'" FARM TOPIcS. Revival of Intorest in Eiglan in the Emnploymenit of Llano for AgrIcul tural Purposes-A Suggestive Experience. low Severe TrainIaug Prolungs the Life of the Thoroughbred-Emilage Without silos. A SUOGESTIVIE EXI'EnI:NCE. t At a time when thousands are wish- I ig for some work th:,t will make then f idelpendent of Iho chauices attending I mployment in the shops or .ills, the ' xperlonce of a ''gentle-man who was -'J cry poor," as reported by the Amenri n (franfc Jun!rin, may oiler a su<- i estion full of comfort. It presents "a 1 an by which thousands may help I emselves materially without at once . bandoning their prese:nt occupations, r they .ave them, before they put iemselves into position to throw aside II other work for Yruit growing. here need be no fear that the market 1 rill be overstocked with fruit, for the I rorld has never seen the tune when f oucd, fresh fruits were not salable at 1 iir prices for any length of time. '1'he x",eerience related was that of one who < ved near a town of about 1,81) peo- ] le, aljoining which u re many rich iris, and land was llenly, the rent t cing about $5 per ncre. His first i iove was to look up a reliable nursery rom which to purchase the necessary lants. This done, andi all arrane v'uts made for a supply of the best I arietics of strawberries, raspberries, I :ackberries, andl grapes, the next step < vas toward sse'.ri:n.r Ihe' land. leing i hort of fun-. 1;e r:i: w S to start at i rst on a siiall scale, so three acres of i ood land was leased for a term of six I cars and the rent for the first year- I 15-paid in advance. Then he portioned off the following l umber of plants to set out the three res: One acre was to go in straw- I terries, one in blackberries, one-half 1 cre in black raspberries, one-fourth in ed raspberries, and the rest, one-fourth 1 if an aere, to grale rvines. Our friend mad no hors,-s, so ie hired the ground iroken in lie fall. When spring ar ived the lan(l was plowed again, well tarrowed, and marked out for the iiants. These were very carefully ianted at the proper distances, and 1 hien came the work of tillage. An occasional day's hire for a man .nd horse did the heaviest of the work, vihiile his own arms and .e good, bright io tended the remainder. Between he rows of all the plants, excepting he strawberries, garden truck was put n and tended along witi the small ruits. When fall came the plants vere found to have made a very fine md heaithy growth, and there was a plendid crop of vegetables also. Part iad been already harvested and dtis >osed of at a good advantage, wh:lo he remainder was readv for a like di >osal. Enough had been realized in his way to Lay another year's rent in tdvance, buy a few berry-boxes, and ave a little left. In the village there was an enter )rising grocer who had been a keen )bserver of our friend's fruit-garden, md he made advances toward securing he crop for sale. Ile would sell the ruit at a commission of 15 per cent on -ach dollar's worth if the grower vanted cash, or would pay full value lollar for dollar-- if goals were taken n paymnient for berries. There would >c only the strawberries to put in mar cet the second season, but our friend lad planned so well as to varieties, -and iven them such attention, that the cre patch would yield a handsome rop. A horse and light spring wvagon wvere .uirchlased on time, and t tien thle see mrd year's till age wvas easily done; be ides, a ('onveyanice was1 prlepariied for he t rantspora:t ion of thle berries. three youn ii frl Is wer'e enigaged to do In' herry picking, which with his own ielp was sullicient. 13efore thie time atae for har vest in g thle cropj t here vere mniun weeks alltowedl for cultiva ion, wh1ich wa:s done mestly by horse. iZo cult Iure beinhg neede(ld for tI e straw >erries, the two rema:ining acres of ith'ir fruits could be e&sily handled md( kept in good shiape. Tlo bo sure here were many other matters to at etnd to, such as cutting back the rasp >rynis aking berry boxes, cul uebeitng the great est essentiri. In the latter part of May thL berries >egan to rip -n, atid soon the berry >iekingr camtie on in earnest. All this .imie the other plants were making a inc growth and were not neglected. ['le ace of strawberries turned out plenididly, the totatl niumuber of qluarts )eing 1,800 and Over. Th'le first brouighut 0 cents a quart, then fell to 15, then o 12b, and finally to 10 cents a box. all this was very satisfactory, andi next rear another strawberry crop and a full :rop) from the other plants. This is he way one man started, and ho grad tally increased his fields uantil now lie mas twenty acres in small fruits alone. Xny other man can (do jtust as wvell and >erhaps better. AIT1L,ICATIO)N OF LIME. The report, comes from England th here Is a great revival of interest in lie employment of limo. Dutring the >ast few yoars many farmers have giv mi up, tho custom, long followed, of Lpplying a large dose of lime to their and every seven years. They have em loyed 'a cameial fortilizers, chiefly or the rea.son that thov' produced an ffect much guicker. Observing farm ~rs and land lords have at last noticed hat grass lands are suff'ering for an ipplication of lime. The meadows itc1d less hay, wvlhi is of poorer qlual ty. Some of the best grasses have lisappeared from p)astures, and thieir places are occupiedl by weeds and miosses. T1he sandhy soils are less pro luetive than when they were p)eriodi 'idly treated with lime. Their hard lay soils have become much more compilact, and c'onsequlently miuch hard r to work. T1hec opinion has become g~eneral that the 01ld custom of apply ing a (lose of lime to most soils Once in seven years should be restored. It is found t hat the teams as well as men on most farms are idlle (luring several weeks in the winter, and they cati be emplloyedI to goodI advan tage in haul iiig andl spireading burned lhme, chalk, aiid marl. In nmany places lime kilns that have not been in use for many years have been nutt in oneration, an,d ontracts made for furnishing limo to armors. Preparations are also inado or working numerous deposits of narl, somo of which havo been tem Iorarily abandoned. Chalk is in do nand, and machines are in operation or crushing it. In some cases con racts have been made with transporta ion companies for carrying it long Listances and in large quantities. The employment of limo for agricul ural purposes has been exceedingly iuited in most parts of thiq country Dr various reasons. In the Now Eng rnd states the amount of limestone was small and was poorly distributed. 'hat which did exist was ditlicult to uarry and very hard to pulverize. It equired to be burned before it could o used, and the cost of transportation endered its employment expensive. n several of the states the soil origin Ily contained so much lime that the ,pplication of it was unnecessary. L'his was the case in Kentucky and ['ennessee. Chalk beds are somewhat mneommniu in this country, and those hat do exist have not. been worked. A cw farmers in nearly every state have tsed lime in some form, and have been vell satisfied with the result. In sev Iral of the southern states lime is pre )ared for agricultural purposes in a 'ery sinnple manner. A pile of logs mnd bruslwood is made, thmi pieces of tono placed on top, and a lire started. ['ho result is a miss of <p icklime and tshes. These are *earted ofi to the ields and sc:ttered a sllicient timc >efore a crop is planteid to give the ime a chance to s!:lke. This method )f forming lime is p rae,.:l whenevet uel is cheat) and 1.me1c..tou,' is in tlu mmnediate vicinityt It InaV not pay i uost of the westerii states to purchRast ime for applying to land at the priec hat biuilders pay for it. It is ofton the ase, however, that farmRers can obtain ime that has been wet or beeomno air laked at a nominal price. With this hey can experiruent and ascertain its ralue for producing grass, clover, and iltivated crops. In most countries lhe use of lime becomes a necessity fter growing crops have removed from he soil one of the most essential (le slonts of plant nutrition. LONGEVITY IN IlctEs. While the aptitude for living to a reat age is undoubtedly inherited, till this tendecy to long living many imes shows up in the character of : ipurt, as a single son or daughter from n given pair may attain to a great age, till other scions from the same stock he ng only moderately long livers. As o longevity, as we ordinarily mcet with it, there are physical signs that, fully inspected and estimatecd at theit werth, will always be found to tally with the results. The thoroughbrec has a firm structure throughout, clear ly the result of transmission throug an agency rendored firm of tissue h' continuous and somewhat severe trat ing, ignoring accumulation of fat. Thi latte- substance in excess, or even ap proaehinl this, places t. l: rso or th person with this peculiarity as thougl with a sword suspended over him by : very weak thread. Life is prolongc by such repeated efrorts as give vigc. short of sapping the vitality, and on4 of the agencies through which this i done is curtailment of tendtlnev to fat ness. We have in trees corroborativ, evidence that firmi texture leads t( long life. Tie hardwood trees ar< considered by naturalists to he long lived in proportion as they grow thi l and stout rather than tall. Slim planti are, as a rule, delicate and short-lived We can safely apply this similitude ti the horse, and calculate that the spind ling, leggy hlorse 'will not prove hlard; or long-lived. Theii firmi texture of thl flesh and bonies of thle mulle miay b taken as evidence that tiis conee~ntrat tioni of structure may be considered t 1)e associated, as a rule, withl tenidenie to lonig life, and it is worth conIsiderinl how far we can safely depart from thi peculiarity referred to.--Live Sloc Journa(l. ENSILAGE ITlIIOU-T SIR.OS. Thell planl of compressing green~ fo<' deCr in stacks ab)ovo tile groundl, it steadl of silos, long p)racticedl to som extent by' Dutch farmers, has1 bee tried in England during the past se: son1. A HIamplshiire farmer rep)orts successful Ieeimlent of tile kind. HI cartedl sonme grass as soonI as it wIt cut, stacked it in tile ordinary wa' andi weighted it every evening wit ab)out two tot:s of railway metals,< greater length thanl the widthl of th stack, wicih was nine yards longr anl five yards wvide. Ily this means a larg qiRuntity of grass was comlipressedl inIt a small space. Whlen thle stack we finished tile loose grass from the Sidl wvas pullled out anid put on tile 101 whtich was not thlatchled. The resui is abiout fifty tonis of good fodd er, simIl lar to silage. There is somei wvaste the sides and1( on top), but1 Rnot mlore, is saidl, thlan is commilonlly foulndi silos. Allothe1r experimenlt (If thle samR description " as carried ouRt wiith thI heliip of an1 elabIorato system~ oft mieeha:r ic'ail)pressure, whiichl alpar I qul 5I1 to a unnecessary expenIse. Thee~ xplanat11io of tile p)reservat ion (If tile fodbder is till it became so sol id thIiat tile a ir coub IRot peneotrate more, t han aboulIt nin1 iches aIt the0 side.s of tile stafl k :t I nlot mulch mol(re on topl. ft will be' ad visable for 1 all who try the: plan1 to Ii: tile stack ait a idtance from an11y (It ihe staci' or any bi)iinlg, as a little itel il the arrangen!' 1-11ts m llight easildy leIs to tile iheat inRg, anad uIlt imatLe firing, thle fodder. J TIiberi:as is the on::ly town of 1 anyv siz on the Sea of GaSl!Ie to-dhiv. 1it a mainly idIbre w se'ttl emnt1' of :i,t or 4,000) semli-barbrinRI -errounderIl by a rulinouIs old1 wa ll thaIt i. manllifetl Romian. llalf a dozenR tiredl-loo(kinI palmI t rees rise abov) e tile ro(Ifs of t h phalfsiz.e theC11 universalI desol It'iIn. Th11 lake itself is really beault i ful . Cotton-ra isinlg nIot be IgI(I poitabh iln somie parts (If SouthII ( 'aro1 llna, il< 1)plnter.s are0 tuirnin11g thi Ir at tenItion t tobaicco culturtue. Thac -r : sa id to be 1 belt of land1 inl tile State speelally :aapt ed1 to the' growth oI(f thle fines5t qu11al it o5 leaf toblaceo, equalI to~ tha .t raised Meck lenburg1'(illR tount, NoIrth Carln111a, wich is said to bet t hue tlist ill thll world(. This regio 01s flItndo ill Uppe)c ter cnuniues OUR CRAZY QUILT. ba The tEsth etlo Importance of I)ress anti the lal Question of Moraim-Inexpenipve and as Ilandsotmo Wall I'apers. all w< )alnty Gianiware and China for the Table and Sldeboard-Dressing the llair- W( Out-Door Costumt,s. tic A:STIfETIC IMIPORtTANCEC OF Mt1Emz.. ''ho aesthetie importance of dress, says a writer in the Brooklyn Eagle, is hardly less apparent tla:n the inoral. 8 As the typo of countenance, nay, of he form, varies under the modifying inilu- N ences of costume and climate, so we gl can be at no loss to understand the e. supreme beauty of Greek art and the eV sensuous perfection it typilies. The of (reeks not only enjoyed an exquisite " atmosphero and lovely scenery, but 9. perceived another kind of beauty which tl seemed to them mero glorious than tll ti' --thu beauty of the hitlan form. And lil having set themselves to reach this,and gi having gained it, they gave it their 1 principal thought, and set it ofl with o beautiful dress. Could one of the old ll( Greek sculptors be tran;ported into a st modern drawing-room, he would sure- 01 ly wonder less that we have no better se art tiban that we should have any at i all. For the truth st ares every thougiht- hi fil person in the face. We are daily tll doing more and more to travesty the human form and to set at naught those CS very principles of harmony inculcated b( by various testhetic teachers wit it so gl I1uch vehemence. The modern dress ur of both sexes by no means accords witih se the simplest laws of beauty, hygiene, vu and economic science. And, take it for 1it all and all, perhaps the dress of a lady i" was seldom mure 111111istie, ttnhealthy, (l and extrava-ant than at present, and al surely never more vul garizing. (l, Consider the fashion of ear-rings. <ti Now it is obvious tihit the reason of vo- p mleln mutilating their ears is not to be ,; found ill the circuhm.talce., aon ar which we are living. The modern ear- Rs ring of cultivated nations is a relic of 'h ruder Inental and moral , on(itions,and ?d though we have outlived the barharisn 'a1 we persist in retaining the fashion of barbarialls-- a cae am1on gmtaty int wvhich the resuit of lprogresti hias beenh negative and not p()-i1:ve. Again, re-(1 gard a lady's toilet, as mere drapery. ohe e-e is tortured by the multiplicity of angles, lines. and points, and what with the fragmentary appearance of the dress one is reminded of the piecemeal striteture of the animals called articu- " late. IIartmony of color is regarded as little as harmony of proportion, and the passion for nlovelty has induced ex- of treme wastefulness--twenty dresses of inferior stulf are preferred to one of rich and artistic material, and the thought and care that might devise a tt really beautiful costum'e are expended i upon the mantufacture of a hundred as uniform as they are unbecoming. These commlnonplace dresses being quickly h worn out, fashion, the moderi Sisyphus, d - begins its uphill work by inventing a ihundred more. Women whose etief f )business it is to dress according to fash ion are not likely to interfere with tho t graver !oneerns of life; and in a tvork of deep and painful interest lately pub lished by Dr. Polites, of the University of Pisa, on the "Physiology of Mind," r - great stress is laid upon the connection of frivolous pursuits and mental disor- (I ders. There is a slightly greaterdispo- l Sitiott to mtsatIy amlong womlen1 than among mcn, which is partly accounted c for by the baneful systemh of female ed uteation, engedering as it (Ioes puerili ty of occupation, paucity of resource, > and a htabit of total dependence. The - writer looks to the higher education of r woe mnot omtly its anm elemenct Iof their social amid itntellectutal regenration,btt, o of phtysical well bintg, sintmce a putrpose- ai .. less or ill-diirecIted life itnducs, amtona a olther ill5 that flesh is) heir to, Ithe mtost H y erbeof all insully.Ii . Butltwo menl begin th le ptroces.. of self-edumcatio ai e hy cultivatingZ the ethlies of dress. IThis the. greal *eretI of :tlre-s; andt youtn<, ii wonli-a: who Oiitate thte.M-(:alledl "fast! i - imire thle fast styh:t of spt'eh amtd mantt-(i tIllS also. Tis- i- imiitatedl by the low- ' e er classes, till evyen Itourt dointt(IIC ser- t ni vamnts are ashatmted to weatr sobier colotrsq d Lamnd last yearm's boannets. Ext ravagattce ii a is the1 rimle, mtnlderatioll the excett'iont, at iunlong all rantks. i 'rTtl (ctitNo wAlm . 'Al't;tIs. Plaimn Iipaprs ale ntnaie to exaelly re-. acolor of tIle mat:teriatl formtintg the hamng ings beitng exc tly eopiedi in thte paper'. IThey atre not1 'xpeit.ve, exeeptt thoso5( I'im it atmigpli or (1isele velvet. lowy ert<l papers~t tire eceinmgly hantdsomett, ant whent a rtoom is hirgeXt and ithle wt aIls aire mnot pleuntiftully supliedu wtith piet urmes amti itther ortiann-tmts, ther ate use- fr< fiti to relieve the genteral birenles.s otf [I cas liha liippr In vstibule:s se witih handlisome dadoht and frieze are tol' tim tof thei itackgroundsti. are subdulited , otf ie1 mtedhetval colotrings. F'or dliin-oo)ms on leathetr ptaperst, tuthed imp wtith mtettal, eh are the tio. fasllonaMbe. Bit-I low- Ial edt papers, imnitaitintg thte lattest I,yons pth silks, ate resetvedi fot dtawitg-rmts. (1 T Ihey areU superwbly colord andtltt form a very efTeetivye paintIigs int roomt tat Iwhlichm is all paintedh whtite and gol. of ISotte prtt paer arme mllade expres05sly I < fom botidoirs, irntitat ing ohll tapestry. L Thetse arte ine(xpiensive', butt in excel- tht lent1 taste. lor hlies' bedrtoomtS the'ro v( Iate ttoire papers of del ien t tintIs to in tepresemnt silks. Serge andI lamplas hil- 'tn pers are ttsed for thlie same purpjoste, al- to1 oiteretonnte papettrs coveredi wttit flow- ol whlieh ar*e genertally quite1 simpt;e imn se fiirn iture anitid decortt iomn, re fretqulenit- tno ivarnishted oIvet like tho old-fashiiion ed foi mtarbtle papers(1 titat werel ust upo Il(n th The0 frieze is by tlm n t thte presenIt >tday considIered atm essetiial iviisiont of eid whleie thte room is; of a gotod hteightt. 'lThe designt (If thtis frieze shouht li not be3 too proinenut ntom formail; somet otf thte best I that wec Itave seemnI have beent (If a palper inlet expressly inm1 teded for such aa use, covered wvellI over with itlowers, mnot too large. TVhe object of the frieze is to 1matke a colored bant no rather a tinte ' nd under the cornice, and :.o simply )dify the height of the wall. 'The .ter would be defeated rather than tisted by a formal pattern with large d brilliant figures, for such a frieze >uld pull the ceiling, figuratively taking, over our ears, and beside >uld kill the effect of the main por n of the wall. COIIEI) GLASS IN FAVOR. The handsomest wine sets are of En sh cut glass, rose,diamond, Russian, bnail, or the new polar star cutting. )t every one, however, can afford such iss as this, and thin engraved glass, mar as crystal, is the usual style, with en wealthy people, since, irrespective cost, it shows off the color of the ine to better advantage. Colored ass grows constantly in favor-Vene tn glass with its marvelous decora m, and the new cut glass, cameo te, with the raised cutting of rose, een, blue, or topaz on a ground of ain glass. The new decanters are w and round, with long, slender eks, or are veritable jugs, tall and rairht. Still decanters, though every e 'uys them with a wino set, can areely be said to be in general use, ice the host, especially if ho prides m,,self upon his wines, prefers to serve cm from the original bottles. Iceo bowls, salad bowls, bonbon dish , olive trays, ice cream sets, finger wls, etc., swell the list of dainty assware, and a table set with these iler gaslight is brilliant beyond de ription. 1Thero is it great fancy for riety in table ware-tls in i set of ger-bowls there will be one rose, one Lie pink, one topaz, one amber, one rk hhe, one pale blue, one myrtle, d an(otlht' sea green, 11e violet, one irk wine color, one clear glass, and other mlilky in tint, the unities being "eserved in the niatter of shape. So, to, the half-d()z(eni wines grouped unnd the goblet for water may show many colors, niol, fortunatVly for a drinkers of Schuylkill water, color goblets for water are coming into ihion. SKA'rIN( ANi) WALKING. Our transatlantic sisters complain Lch of the mild weather, which rendl I their slcighinig aInd skating cos iles uselccss, and foreign journals re rt. the tailor-made suit as t1he leading ylo for walking dress, and mention tme iiovelties brought out therein by mndon tailors. Mlixed bright metal braids are used i waistcoats and lutfs of plain cloth some distinct shade from that which iloses the gown. Bilue and red are ost deftly combined, or red with rich irk myrtle-green, and both can be itumed with equal effect with gold oven red mohair braid. A gown of ne (lark navy blue, with red on the cirt, introduced as revers at the sides, ad a self-colored tunic, gracefully raped, which fell in a square apron 'ont, and close-folded loops on the back. 'li bodice was habit slhaped, beauti ily cut, nd made with short coat tils behind. The opening was filled y a tlait of red cloth, with red and uhf braid sewn tler(on. A lonr, niar >w waistcoat (at:aia of red clot.h) was Itimost concealed by close rows of raid, in short ".ide-to-side' lines >wn its length. A high stand-up col r eneireled the throat. 'l'he braiding 1 this was upright, and the sleeves (rc jist. stitched at the wrists, form enfs, with two buttons of horn at I sides.--!'/tiladpch/iat Press. Im.IN iiXTiil1: nAM. T1he latest P'arisiani famshiion for' drtess gthe hair is to have it (hit very short, it was worn in thle early plat, of thIiis ni turty by Mmein. I teraieir and Queen ortenisc. At faxshioniable reuinioins ini uris thle hair is arr'anIged ini this way, ol has haints or wvreathis of natural >weris. Baunds oIf dIi amond11s anid brace ts of pre((iouis stomis are alsbo placed( it. against the hair. Somec ladies 1l1pt the Sevignle ('oifl're. Th'lis style very appllroprliate with toilets of vel irs fr'apple, bron'ede, ail damask,withi ry long t rains. Queen MNar'ii C.hriis ii hias also arraneged a coiffure after signs (of the eighteenth century, and i noveItyv has alreic dy met, withI con heriable sneerss. The h ai r is divided to thIiree parit I The irst forms small irls over' thle forehead;citi the second is lIed ba:ck, :ani thle third formis a ttuft the sh ap~e of a cr'owna. The hiair' is m11-t imtes take bscm ac k off the foreheladl. :irIs are again worn ini the hack oif the -ekobt (only withI low-niecked dresses. any young' Parisian ladies p owder Anubbe)l)( For Once. Bismiarek( Once Ihad to bear a snub )mf a young unoblceman of the hiotuse of itztfelt. Thbis gelitnt-am, ?>eing left chIarge of a legat iin during the ab nec oIf the %l in istecr, sent home a dis .leh embhodying views favorall to e~ poiy hc th Chiancellor had uniitry w.vhero thle attachIe w~as resid ~. Bult it so chianced thle chief oif thli ~ationt ha(l beeni summotil)ned to IBerlina 1pu1rpose to( rece ive, illst riuetionsi for a ang~e (if policy, so) thIiat whlen thio at die 8 i sp)atchI arrivedi' it gave no asuire in WiIlhelm ist rasse, and the aiacellor1~ spoke( test ilIy oif its writer as ''Schafskopf."' I learing this, the at lie resignied. lie was a young man hiigh spirit, who hiadl manny friends at urbit and( n, s'as pointed out to the aneliellor by aln auigtust peacemaker t the young fellow had not been r,v well treated. Somewhat grudg ry --for lie d1oes not like to make ieinds--thle Chlanicellor was induced sendl his se cre(tary to the ex-attache (lrmig to reinIistate himi. But the re innt of this (Inbiotis favor driew him f til stifily and sidl: "'Germany has t fallen to so low a point that she eds to lie served by Schafskopf, and 'the rest you miiay tell the Chanellor' at I have not Ibeen trainedt to turn li mer.saults. '-' Temle Bar,. 'To counlter ia('t thle ('!Y' t oIf a fatal >50 of ploisonl aniecital v adiniister I to a main nlear BeattvIlc, and thieret ling no0 emic reiiedl v oni hiad, Mrs. rawford thoutghlt the niicotine fountd in i npi'temi wonb aI11nswer thei purp1 ose. Ie slit open an ol stemi, scraped( onlt e0 inside and gave it to the patient, GLEANINGS. One of the New York papers recently used a quarter of a ton of ink in print ing one day's edition. When you hire a servant in Mexico It is with the understanding that his or her entire family reside with you. In the "bill" of a mosquito there are five distinct surgical instruments. These are dcscribed as a lance,two neat saws, a suction pump and a small Cor liss engine. The Mexican stage coach always has two drivers, one to hold the reins and the other to do the whipping. Tholat ter carries a bag of stones to thrq_'LatM h the leaders. The North Carolina Coimissione bf, Immigration says 110 families, numbet4 lig 700 peisons, have settled in tho State, mainly fi>iu Now England, in the last year. The most universally difT.:ed organ ism in nature, the least size with which we are definitely actminted, is so small that 50,00)0,ooo of thenm co:l. lie togeth er in 1-100 square inc:. )avid Allen, a farmer of East Bridge water, Mass., has c.,e:m- but one men a day for thirtv var. lie b, 54 years of age, perfectly helthy, :ad does as mush work as avera-l- f:u-mners around him. In a deep test bore at liloouington, Ind., Potsdamt sanlt hto hts been reached at it depth of 2,450 feet. It is supposed to be the stratum of fine stone which crops out in Michigan and elsewhere. A New Haven gentleman has one of the old 1462 3-pence pieces coined in Boston, and as to which it was recently said none were known to be in "-ist enco.' The first American coib'.ge ng of this year. Indian Territory concains 68,991 square miles and has an Indian popula tion of 37.946. The Territory is larger than Missouri by 10,000 square miles. The vast tract should not long be devoted to a few Indians. The Japanese prison color is pink, as constant association with this color is supposed to crcate peculiar impressions upon the mind of the criminal which will exert an influence for good after he has regained his liberty. The square in New Yfork City bound edi by Fourth street,Fifth street,Avenue A and First avenue is said to be the most crowded spot on earth. Each side of this square is solidly composed of six-story tenement houses, each 25 foot frontage and representing four families on each floor. For many years a scaled box with instructions that it should not be open ed for twenty years from date of its sealing was "kicked around'' in the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office, a nuisance to everybody until the allotted time expired. It was then opened, and found to contain papers relating to the potato rot. In the plains of India at the com moncement of the monsoon, storms occur in which the lightning runs like snakes all over the sky at the rate of three or four flashes in a second, and the thunder roars without a break for frequently one or two hours at a time. Yet it is very rare that any tree or ani mal is struck by the electric current. Tho coachman mania has spread to Canada. A wealthy old lady residing at St. Roehs, a suburb of Quebec, and who has already been twice married, her last husband having been a promi nent physician, is said to bo about to take a third husband in the person of her coachman. The youthful bride is only 7-1, while the groom has reached the niature age of 20. Marmialadte madle from banana skins is a noveltyV in Philadelphia. An enter prisinig It alian hats opened a factory and eml)oys about twenty Italian boys who gather the basis of the marmalade, banana skins, from the gutters, and carry t hiem to the factory. After the skins are w ashied they are ground up and put through a press, the pulp is thrown away, and the moat of thes skini, after going through a cooking process with sugar and flavoring, becomes a toothsome-looking jolly. Silk (Culftro Not Progressing. W'hatever nmy be done in an exp)eri ttmntal way, says 'The Alta CJalifornia, p)ractically silk culture is not coming~ to the front at all, and much less comn ig rap)idly, as our usually well-inform edt Onalad contemporary mistakenly asserts. There are a few enthusiasts on silk-growing who are laising mul berry trees and silkworms under many discouragments, andi these persons deserve all credit for their unselfish ell'orts; but the stubborn fact remains that nobody in California has yet raised silkworms for p)rofit, and after so much expecrimnenting, the prospect of doing so at a future dlato (toes niot apypeatr partic ularly bright. Our climate is all right, and elegant cocoons can be obtained here, but either silk culture is not adapt ed to our labor system, or it is an in-. (tustry t hat requires a wonderful amount of governmienit nursing to set it on its feet. It has its advocates who think it can be miade profitable with our high priced lab)or, hut they have not yet proved their case. Kissing a Cornetist. I h ad known her in childhood, when we together hunted the same schoolmaster with bean-blowers, and at the conclu sion of her cornet solo I greeted her for the first time in several years. Of course we kissed each other impulsive 13y. Good heavens! That was my men tial exclamation. I felt as though I had been hit with brass knuckles or smacked by a cast-iron imago. I instinctively p)ressed my handkerchief to my benumb ed mouth andi lookcd for the weapon with which I had beeni assaulted. It was the girl's kiss, however, that I had felt. G;ood playing on the cornet de pends upon01 the amount of inflexibility which can be imparted to the uipper lip. lIera; hadii become fairly adamxantino. It didn't matter much, for kisses be tween females are not sup)posedl to bo delightful anyhow; but what I say to a niani is this: TIhie hinge of a door is quiito as kissable, from a sentimental point of regard, as the mouth of a cor notist. -Clara Bkllc. Eggs in some p)arts of Montana are sold at ten cents each or one dollar per doze n.