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vol. vm. BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1885. Fishermen Brnve. Thrm tskennen went gnj\r out into the north- Out into the North ere the inn wee hlfb; And they obuekled with (lee u they snilled forth, Beaolred to capture the trout—or die. For men will flah, end men will lie. About the trout they “caught on the fly”— Their Sunday-school lessons scorning. Three Ashers lay under the trees at noon. And “b!amed' , the whole of the finny race; For never a nibble had touched fly or spoon, And each sighed as he wet the hole in his face. For men win fish and men will lie. And thC'WajMhey caught trout when no- bodj’*! _ Is somethin s' to tell—In the morning. Three fishermen came into town at night, t>* t4 NrtAF«lrlA«f KvoaitfIssm" wnws /all Me; They talked of their “sports” with keen de light- The envy of all the fraternity. But men will fish and mon will lie. And what they can't catch they're sure to buy, And never repent In the morning. —Liverpool (Eng.) Courier. OLD-FASHIONED TEACHER. “Miss Hooker has passed her useful ness; she’s old-fashioned," said the chairman of the school committee; "Miss Upton'a 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 t)r. Snow, drily—“mili tary drill, and parrot performances. ” “I like discipline, 1 ' 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 £rade, and, I have noticed, rank above the average in the higher classes, showing better habits of thought and study, ’ re marked the supferintoudent. “It is an important position," said another member, “and Miss Upton’s prompt, energetiemethods are, to my mind, what that class needs.” “Boys of that age." said Dr. Snow, “are more easily 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 ►beard that it seemed advisable to post- •pou 1 furtl-.er consideration of the sub- ijecL And the meeting was adjourned. The two teachers whose merits bad ibeen wader discussion were ignorant of tthe intention of the committee to fill, tby promotion, the vacancy in the high est grammar grade. Miss Hooker’s (faithful and cnicient service entitled Iter to tbo higher position with its lib eral salary^ but her modesty would have prevented her applying for the f ilaee. It was but another ofner “old- sshioned" traits, this iuability to go from member to member to ask in crease of salary or highor position. Dr. Snow had formed a favorable opinion of Mis* Hooker not only from her work in the school-room, but from meeting her at the houses of her pupils, H-heru he noticed the friendliness that existed between teacher and pupil; and slflc he also remembered the efficient aid ehe rendered in the sick room; he had •een her in the Sunday school, sur rounded by many of her own boys, and knew that her labor und 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 till, or that, per haps, might result in the loss of her present position, he determined to in vestigate the peculiarities of this **old- fashioned" teacher, and learn, if possi ble, the reason lor the disapprobation expressed ut the recent meeting. While "sinking of this ho chanced to thinking of this ho chanced to meet a young acquaintance who bad just re turned for a short visit to bis native town, and remembering that ho bad been a pupil of Miss Hooker, ho thought it his opportunity. “What do I think of Miss Hooker?” asked the young man in surprise, “i think she Is a blessing to any boy, especially to a motherless boy, as 1 was j when I entered her room. Whv, doc tor, she cared for something Msides our lesson; she cared for our bodies And oar souls. I learned habits of po liteness and personal neatness in her room that have been of great value to me, and if her lessons in truth-telling, kindness, and unselfishness have clnng ie all her pupils as they have to me, she has done a great work. I remem ber my first visit to a pool room, which she discovered by means of the odor of iaj first cigar, and am glad to be able to say that the promise I then made to her is still unbroken. I tell you, doc tor. an ‘old-fashioned’ teacher like Miss Hooker is a power in a community.” “Why do you call her old-fashioned?" asked the doctor. “Because the new-fashioned teacher, Into whose hands I afterward fell, cared only for marks, reports, ginger- " ■ ’ •in, bread performance, finical drill, and automaton achievements. That kind of training doesn’t make men, doctor, ret those teachers seem to be in high favor with your committee-men." “Not with me," said the doctor hasti ly; "I quite agree withyou. It was gratifying to Dr. Snow to have his opinion of Mh ' liss Hooker so emphati cally confirmed, but bow to convinoe his colleagues of her worth and secure her appointment was a problem not easily solved. The difficulty was over come, however, in a most .unexpected manner before the next meeting of the committee. For several months a .course of systematic pilfering had been ~'7erent acn< carried on In the different school build ings of the town to the mat annoy- ance of teachers and popils, and also to the perplexity of the police, who wen unable to find the least trace of the thieves. One morning two of Miss Hooker’s boys were arrested upon wholly circumstantial evidence, and put in the “lock-up." Although great ly overcome, they at once sent for their teacher, to whom they asserted their innooenoe, and begged her to inform their parents of tneir disgrsee. Miss Hooker was touched by this proof of their confidence, and, believing them innocent, she determined to assist them by every means in her power. She ao- •oompanied them to the eonrt-room, sat fay their side and testified to their truth fulness and aniform good conduct Her wasefsetnal; the boys wero and her wise protection sored them from tfcunts and scorn that would otherwise hare fallen upon them with almoet crushing weight The grateful boys and their morje grateful parents sounded abroad her praises, bringing to notice other instances 4>f self-sacri fice and devotion to her pupils, j 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. 1 have been constantly doing for my boys what has cost infinitely more of sacrifice and devotion; this is nothing when compared with the daily routine of school life—the constant struggle with ignorance, wilfullnets, deception, an l evil of every kind; yet my work has been unrecognized. Why must tcachocs wait for iiftidents outside of daily routine—for fire or accident—to bring recognition of worth? At such times yhe whole town commends a simple act of humanity, or is filled with admiration for promptness of thought or action, tact or courage, when our whole work tends to the cultivation of these qualities, and a single day in the school-room calls, perhaps, for the prompt exercise of all.” When Dr. Snow again proposed the appointment of Miss Hooker to the vacant position, not a voice was raised in opposition to the “old-fashioned teacher," wiiose familiar manner was not in accordance with precoueeived ideas of perfect discipline. Miss Hook er’s pleasure in her appointment was lessened by a suspicion of the truth, but she never know how little recogni tion faithful service or true merit re ceived from the colleagues of her friend, Dr. Snow. The Karljr 1’lctorlsl Press. It was the Revolution that gave free dom to journalism. The censorship of tjie press ceased in 161)5, and several periodical publications immediately ap peared. Just at this time the art of wood butting was at its lowest ebb; and so, at the end of the seventeenth century, illustrations in newspapers be came both rare and bad. The eight eenth century saw a great increase in the number and excellence of carica tures. The trial of Sachevcrell pro duced a great many, ami the Soutli Sea bubble was even more widely lam pooned. Papers now began to appear in ever increasing numbers, and some of them, such as the well-known drub- Strcet Journal, published illustrations from time to time. The best illustra tions, however, continued to be copper plate engravings; but. as they involved two printings, the engraving and let terpress being on the same page, it was iiu|xissible for much advance to be made till they wero discarded. Tne Daily Dost of 1740 was one. of the firs', daily papers to give illustrations of current events. During tlfc central 10 years of the eighteenth century news papers seem to iiave published no illus trations whatever. The Gentleman's Magazine, started in 17:51, h$d 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 Observer—"the pioneer of mod ern illustrated journalism”—made its first appearance, (Sunday, Dee. ^ 4, 1701). That paper, abandoning engrav ing, availed itself of the..art of the wood cutter, and so ^(thT the Time* in the early years of the present century. — The Acaderny. That's the Host Way. Ho had an old horse hitched to a country "pung,” and there was snow itrv “i on his hat and a snow-ball in each car as lie reined the animal up alongside the curb and shouted to a policeman: “Is this the nineteenth century?” “Feels like it," said the officer. “And is a free-born American citizen to have his life put in peril to gratify the humor of a mob of boys?" boys r “What has happened? veiled, as he picked the •This!” he snow-b&ll out of his left ear, “and this!" he relied still louder as betook the one of his right. "I’ve had to run a gauntlet far three miles! I've bin popped and slugged and paralyzed and pulverized! This ’ere boss has been popped oud pelted and pounded ’till he can treat? I demand that protection guaranteed to every citizen by the great American Constitution!" “You shall have it, sir. Just con sider the mantle of protection thrown around you and your boss.' The old man drove off, growling and muttering, but he hadn't progressed a ' ' ' ifoi block before a snow-ball carried his hat away and another lifted the old horse off his feet. “That’s too much, that is!” said the driver as he rolled of his pung side ways. "If they haven’t got any better mantle than this in Detroit I must take keer o’ my liberties!" And he 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 Dress. A French chemist, G. le Charlier, has inve-tigated buckwheat, and gives the following as his researches: “Buck wheat cakes are equal to pure white bread as regards tne phosphates of bone-making material and nitmgenous principles which they contain, and are superior to bread in fatty matters. The general yield of buckwheat when cooked is about three times the weight of the flour used, showing that such floor will retain about 40 per cent of water. Viewed strictly, buckwheat is not a cereal, but a species of weed highly developed. It is Asiatic in its origin, It is Asiatic in its and w*as brought to Europe by the Saracens, Spain having been the first country in which it was cultivated.” The editor of the Luling (Tex.) uling Wasp explains to his readers how economically he D living. “We util ise," he says, “all of our stale envel opes, split open the envelopes to get at the a unwritten side, and call into ser vice the brown wrapping-paper in which wo carry home onr bundles from the store* Onr special telegrams are gotten through w hile the operator is away at dinner, and we compel the proprietor to set type, sweep out the ■)), kindle ' office (monthly),' kindle fires, fetch water, make up Hie forms, entertain visitors, discourage boros, and dalivey (he paper to cUy subscribers. We don't Intend to baakni stand to bankrupt on this line." FARM TOPICS. A Revival of Intersat In BuflwOd In the Employment of Lime for Aarrloul. turel Purposes—-A Rufffrstlre Experience. Mow Severe Training Prolongs the Lilts of the Thoroughbred—Kasilsgo Without Silos. * A SUGGESTIVE EXPERIENCE. At m time when thousands are wish ing for some work that will make them independent of the chances attending employment in the shops or n ills, the e.\|Kjrioncc of & “gentleman who was very j>oor,” as reported by the Ameri can Grange Bulletin, may offer a sug gestion full of comfort. It presents a plan by which thousands may help themselves materially without at once abandoning their present occupations, if they have them, before they pu£ themselves into position to throw aside nil other work for fruit growing. There need be no fear that the market will bo overstocked with fruit, for the world has never seen the time when good, fresh fruits were not salable at fair prices for any length of time. The ex (orience related was that of due who lived near a town of about 1,80 i poo- 1 )le, adjoining which were many rich arms, and land was plenty, the rent being about $5 per acre. His first move was to look up a reliable nursery from which to purchase the necessary plants. This done, and all arrnnge- m A nts made for a supply of the best varieties of strawberries, raspberries, blackIjcrries, and grapes, the next step was toward securing the land. Being short of funds the rule was to start at first on a small scale, so throe acres of good land was leased for a term of six years and the rent for Uic first year— $l. r >— paid iu advance. Then he portioned off' the following number of plants lo set out the t ree acres: One acre was to go in straw berries, one in black berries, one-half acre in black raspberries, one-fourth in red raspberries, and tin: rust, onc-fourth of an acre, to grapevines. Our friend had no horses, so he hired the ground broken in the fail. When spring ar rived the land was plowed again, well harrowed, and marked out for the plants. These wore very carefully planted at the proper distances, and then came the work of tillage. An occasional day’s hire Tor a man and horse did the heaviest of the work, while liis own arms ami a good, bright hoe tended the remainder. Between the rows of all the plants, excepting the straw hurries, garden truck was put in and tended along with the small fruits. When fall came the plants were found to have made a very fine and healthy growth, and there was a splendid crop of vegetables also. Fart bad been already harvested and dis posed of at a good advantage, while the remainder was ready for a like dis posal. Enough had been realized in this way to pay another year’s rout iu advance. b>iv a few borry-boxes, and have a little loft. In the village there was an enter prising grocer who had been a keen observer of our friend's fruit-garden, and he made advances toward securing the crop for sale. He would sell the fruit at a commission of 15 per cent on each dollar’s worth if the grower wanted cash, or would pay full value— dollar for dollar - if goods were taken in payment for berries. There would be only the strawberries to put in mar ket the second season, but our friend bad planned so w ell as to varieties, and given them such attention, that the aero patch would yield a handsome crop. A horse and light spring wagon wero purchased on time, and then the sec ond year's tillage was easily done; be sides, a conveyance was prepared for the transportation of the berries. Three young girls were engaged to do the berry pielung, which with his own help was sufficient. Before the time came for harvesting the crop there were.many weeks allowed for cultiva tion, which was done mostly by horse. No culture being needed for the straw berries. the two rqfnaining acres of other fruits could be easily handled And kept in good shape. To be sure there were many other matters to at tend to, such as culling back the rasp berry canes, making berry boxes, cul ture being the greatest essential. In the latter part of May the berries began to ripen, and soon the berry- picking came on in earnest All this time the other plants were making a fine growth and were not neglected. The acre of strawberries turned out splendidly, the total number of quarts being 1,800 and over. The first brought 20 cents a quart, then fell to 15, then to 12}, and finally to 10 cents a box. All this was very satisfactory, and next year another strawberry crop and afull crop from the other plants. This is the way one man started, and he grad ually increased his fields until now he has twenty acres in small fruits alono. Any other man can do just as well and perhaps better. APPLICATION OF LIKE, The report comes from England th there is a great revival of interest in the employment of lime. During the past few years many fanners have giv en up the custom, long followed, of applying a large dose of lime to their land every seven years. They have em ployed commercial fertilizers, chiefly for the reason that thev produced an effect much quicker. Observing farm ers and landlords have at last noticed that grass lands are suffering for an application of lime. The meadows yield less hay, which is of poorer qual ity. Some of the best grasses nave disappeared from pastures, and their places are occupied by weeds and mosses. The sandy soils are less pro 2 ductive than when they wero periodi cally treated with lime. Their hard clay soils have become much more compact, andjconsequenUptouch hard- nas become er to work. The opinion general that the old custom of apply ing a dose of lime to most soils once in seven years should be restored. It is found that the teams as well as men on most farms qre idle during several weeks in the winter, and they can be employed to good advantage in haul ing and spreading burned lime, chalk, and marl. In many places lime-kilns that bav« not been in use for many yean bare boa* ppt i)| pueration, and contracts made for furnishing lime to farmers. Preparations are also made for working numerous deposits of marl, some of which hare been tem porarily abandoned. Chalk is iu de mand, and machines are in operofton for crushing it. In so:i:e cases con tracts have been made with transporta tion companies for carrying it long distances and in large quantities. The etnploymont of lime for agricul tural purposes has been exceedingly limited in most parts of this country for various reasons. In the New Eng land states the amount of limestone was small and was poorly distributed. That which did exist was diilicult to quarry and very hard to pulverize. It required to be burned before it could be used, and the cost of transportation rendered its employment expensive. In several of the states the soil origin ally contained so much lime that the applicatiou of it was unnecessary. This was the case in Kentucky and Tennessee. Chalk beds are somewhat uncommon in this country, and those that do exist have not been worked. A few farmers in nearly every state have used lime in some form, and have been well satisfied with the result. In sev eral of the southern states lime is pre paid for agricultural purposes in a very simple manner. A pile of logs and brushwood is made, thin pieces of stone placed on top, and a lire started. The result is a mass of quicklime a-.d ashes. These are carted off' to the fields ami scattered a sufficient time before a crop is planted to give the lime a chance to slake. Tills method of forming lime is practical whenever fuel is cheap and limestone is ‘in the imiuodiate vicinity. It may not pay in most of the western states to purchxso lime for applying to land at the price that builders pay for it. It is often the case, however, that farmers can obtain lime that has been wet or become air slaked at a nominal price. With this they can experiment and ascertain its value for producing grass, clover, and cultivated crops. In most countries the use of lime becomes a necessity after growing crops have removed from the soil one of the most essential ele ments of plant nutrition. LONGEVITY IN HORSES. While the aptitude for living to a great ago is undoubtedly inherited, still this tendency to long living many times shows up in the character of a spurt, as a single son or daughter from a given pair may attain to a great age, all < other scions from the same stock be ing only moderately long livers. As to longevity, as wc ordinarily meet with it, there are physical signs that, fully inspected and estimated at their worth, will always be found to tally with the results. The thoroughbred has a firm structure throughout, clear ly the result of transmission through an agency rendered firm of tissue by continuous and somewhat severe train ing, ignoring accumulation of fat. The latter substance in excess, or even ap proaching this, places the horse or the person with this peculiarity as though with a sword suspended over him bv a very weak thread. Life is prolonged by such repeated efforts as give vigor, short of sapping the vitality, and one of the agencies through which this is done is curtailment of tendency to fat ness. Wo have in trees corroborative evidence that firm texture leads to long life. The hardwood trees are considered by naturalists to be long- lived in proportion as they grow thi dc and stout rather than tall. Slim plants are, as a rule, delicate and short-lived; \\ o can safely apply this similitude to the horse, and calculate that the spind ling, leg^y horse will not prove hardy or long-lived. The firm texture of the flesh and bones of the myle may be taken as evidence that this concentra tion of structure may be considered to be associated, as a rule, with tendency to long life, and it is worth considering how far we can safely depart from the peculiarity referred to.—Line Stock Journal. ENSILAGE WITHOUT SILOS. The plan of compressing green fod der in stacks above the ground, in stead of silos, long practiced to some extent by Dutch farmers, has been tried in England during tho past sea son. A Hampshire farmer reports a successful experiment of the kind. He carted some grass as soon as it was cut, stacked it in the ordinary way, and weighted it every evening with about two tons of railway metals, of greater length than the width of the stack, whicn was nine yards long and five yards wide. By this means a large quantity of grass was compressed into a small space. When the stack was finished the loose grass from the side was palled out aqd put on the ton, which was not thatched. The result is about fifty tons of good fodder, simi lar to silage. There is some waste at the sides and on top, but not more, it is said, than is commonly found in silos. Another experiment of the same description was carried out with the help of an elaborate system of mechan ical pressure, which appears quite unnecessary expense. an anation - X J >1 of the preservation of the fodder is that it became so solid that the air could not penetrate more than about nine inches at the sides of the stack and not much more on top. It will be ad visable for all who try the plan to fix the stack at a distance from any other stack or any building, as a little hitch in the arrangements might easily lead to the heating, and ultimate tiring, of the fodder. Tiberias is the only town of any air town oi any size on the Sea of Galilee to-day. It is a mainly Hebrew settlement of 3,000 or 4,000 semi-barbarians, surrounded by a ruinous old wall that is manifestly Roman. Half a dozen tired-looking palm trees rise above the roofs of the saualld buildings, serving only to em- phasf C ize the universal desolation. The itself is really beantifuL ty bean Cotton-raising hot being, profit Able in some parts of Sonth Carolina, the planters are turning their attention to tobacco culture. There is said to be a belt of land in the Slate specially adapt- finest quality of ed to the growth of the leaf tobacco, equal to that raised in Mecklenburg county. North Carolina, which is said to be the finest in the world. This region is found in Upper Edgefield, Newbury, Fairfield,and Ches ter counties. OUR CRAZY QUILT. The JEstheMe Importance of Drees and the Question o( Morals—InexpeualrS and Handsome Wall Paper*. Dainty Glassware and Chinn for vbe Table and Sideboard—Dressing the Hair— J Out-Door Cpstum,». AiSTHETIC IMPORTANCE OF DUE-J. The lesthetic importance of dress, says a writer in the Brooklyn Eagle, is hardly less apparent than the moral. As tho type of countenance, nay, of form, varies under the mollifying influ ences of costume und climato, so we can bo at no loss to understand the supreme beauty, of Greek art and tho sensuous perfection it typifies. The Greeks not only enjoyed an exquisite atmosphere and lovely scenery, but perceived another kind of beauty which seemed to them more glorious than sll —the beauty of tho human form. And having set themselves to reach this,and having gained it, they gave it tlioir principal thought, ami‘set it off with beautiful dress. Could one of tho old Greek sculptors bo transported into a modern drawing-room, lie would sure ly wonder less that wc have no better art than that we should have any at all. For the truth stares every thought ful person iu the face. Wo are daily doing more and more to travisty the human form and to set at naught those very principles of harmony inculcated by various (esthetic teachers with so much Ychoifience. Thu modern dress of both sexes by no means accords with the simplest laws of beauty, hygiene, aud economic science. And, take it for all and all, perhaps the dross of a lady was seldom more inartistic, unhealthy, and extravagant than at present, and surely never more vulgarizing. Consider tho fashion of ear-rings. Now it is obvious that the reason of wo men mutilating their cars is not to bo found in Ac circumstances among which wc are livin". The modern ear- band tinder the cornice, and modify the height of the walk latter would be defeated rather than assisted by a formal pattern with large and brilliant figure*, for such a frieze would pull the ceiling, figuratively •peaking, over our ear*, and betUfe would kill the effect of the main por tion of the wa}l. COLORED GLASS IN FA%>B. The handsomest wine seta are of En- ;lish cut glass, rose, diamond, Russian, obnail, or the new polar star cutting. Not every one, however, can afford such glass as this, and thin engraved glass, clear as crystal, is the usual style, with even wealthy people, since, irrespective of cost, it snows off the color of the wine to better advantage. Colored glass grows'constsntly in favor—Vene tian glass with its marvelous decora tion, and the new cufc glass, cameo like, with thetaised cutting of rose, green, blue, or topaz on a ground of { ilain glass. The new decanters are ow and round, with long, slender necks, or are veritable jugs, tall and straight Still decanters, though every one ouya them with a wine set, can scarcely be said to be in general use. since the host, especially If he prides himself npon his wines, prefers to serve them from the original bottlea Ice bowls, salad,bowls, bonbon dish es, olive trays, ice cream sets, finger bowls, etc., swell tho list of dainty glassware, and a table set with these under gaslight is brilliant beyond de scription. There is a great fancy for variety in table ware—tuns in a set of finger-bowls there will bo one rose, one pale pink, one topaz; one amber, one dark blue, one pale blue, one myrtle, and another sea green, one violet, one dark wine color, one cloaf glass, and another milky in tint, the unities being preserved in the matter of shape. So, tlso, the half-dozen wines grouped around the goblet for water may show K' ring of cultivated nations is n relic of i £ | and - .|® rtu “ aUil 7 . for rimer mental and moral conditions.and h , e ° f ^ ,u J lk,U water ' co . lo , r - though wo have outlived the barbarism ^i oa C ° m ' ag lDt ° wc persist in retaining the fashion of barbarians—a cdse among many in which the result of progress has been negative and not positive. Again, re gard a lady's toilet as mere drajicry SKATING AND WALKING. ho eye is tortured by the multiplicity of angles, lines, and points, and what with tho fragmentary appearance of the dress one is reminded of the piecemeal structure of the animals called articu late. Harmony of color is regarded as little as harmony of proportion, and tho passion for novelty has induced ex treme wastefulness—twenty dresses of inferior stuff' are preferred to one of rich and artistic material, and the thought and care that .might devise a really beautiful costume are expended upon the manufacture of a hundred as uniform as they are unbecoming. These commonplace dresses being quickly worn out, fashion,the modern Sisyphus, begins its uphill work by inventing a hundred more. Women whose chief business it is to dress according to fash ion are not likely to interfere with the graver concerns of life; and in a work of deep and painful interest lately pub lished by Dr. Polites, of the University of Pisa, on the “Physiology of Mind," great stress is laid upon tho connection of frivolous pursuits and mental disor ders. There is a slightly greaterdispo- sition to insanity among women than among men, which is partly accounted for by the baneful system of female ed ucation, engendering as it does puerili ty of occupation, paucity of resource, and a habit of total depeudcnce. The writer looks to the higher education of women not only as an clement of their social and intcllcoGial regeneration,but of physical well being, since a purpose less or ill-directed life induces, among other ills that flesh is heir to, the most terrible of all—insanity. But let wo men begin tho process of self-education by cultivating the ethics of dress. This is their empire. Dress, said Hazlitt, is the great secret of address; and young women who inflate the so-called “fast 1 style of Parisian fashion invariably ac quire the fast style of speech and man ners also. This is imitated by tbo low er clashes, till even our domestic ser vants arc ashamed to wear sober colors and last year’s bonnets. Extravagance is tho rule, moderation tho exception, among all ranks. THE COMING WALL PAPERS. Plain papers arc made to exactly re semble certain goods, the grain and color of tho material forming the hang ings being exactly copied in the paper. They are not expensive, except those imitating plain or ciscle velvet. Flow ered papers are exceedingly handsome, and when a room is large and tho walls are not plentifully supplied with pict ures and other ornaments, they are use ful to relieve tho general bareness of aspect which will bo Inevitably tho case with a plain paper. In vestibules and staircases where plain rough paper with handsome dfldo and frieze are not employed, handsome raised papers are substitute i 4 covered with^eraidic em- blon e, animals, or otherwise; the tints of the backgrounds are subdued, of medimval colorings. For dining-rodms leather papers, touched up with metal, are the most fashionable. Rich flow-' erod papers, imitating the latest Lyons silks, are reserved for drawing-rooms. They are superbly colored, Afid form very effective panelings in jt room which is all painted white and gold. Some pretty papers are madw expressly for boudoirs, imitating old tapestry. These are inexpensive, bht. in excel lent taste. For ladies’ bedrooms there arc moire papers of delicate tints to represent silks. Serge ana lampas pa pers are used for the same purpose, tl so cretonne papers covefted with flow ers. Gentlemen’s dressing-rooms, which are generally quite simple in furniture and decoration, are frequent ly papered in patterns Imitating tiles, varnished over like the oM-fasbioned marble papers th|it went used npon staircases. The frieze is by many at the present day considered an essential division of the wall and should always be employ- ‘ height ed where the room is of a good height The design of this ffiqze should not be too prominent nor formal; some of the best that we have seen have been of a paper not expressly intended for such a use, too corei ered well orerwith flowers, The obfedtof the frieze is to make a colored band or rather a tinted Our transatlantic sisters complain much of the mild weather, which rend- .•rs their sleighing and skating cos tumes useless, ami foreign journals re port the tailor-made suit as the leading style for walking dress, and mention some novelties brought out therein by London tailors. Mixed bright metal braids are used on waistcoats and cuffs of plain cloth of some distinct shade from that which composes the gown. Blue and rod are most deftly combined, or red with rich dark myrtle-green, and both can be trimmed with equal effect with gold- woven red mohair braid. A gown of fine dark navy blue, with red on the skirt, introdneed as rovers at the sides, had a self-colored tunic, gracefully draped, which fell in a square apron front, and close-folded loops on the hack. Tho bodice was habit snaped, beauti fully cut, and nJ&do with short coat tails behind. Tho opening was filled by a plait of red cloth, with red and gold braid sewn thereon. A long, nar row waistcoat (again of red cloth) was almost concealed by dose rows of braid, in short “side-to-stde" line* down its length. A high stand-np col lar encircled the throat. The braiding on this was upright, nnd the sleevee were just stitchoa at tho wrists, form ing cuffs, with two buttons of horn at the sides.—Dteladelphi# Press. One oi ths used a qpart ing one day* When von i you is with the t her entire fi In’ the “b fire distint These are dt saws, a suet liss engine. The Mexk two drivers, the other to toresrrissa the tenders. TheNortl Immigraiioi tag 700 pe DRESSING THE HAIR. The latest Parisian fashion lor drain ing the hair is to have Rent very short* as it was worn in thewarly part of this century by Mme. Recamter and Queen Hortense. At fashionable rannions in Paris tho heir is sreenged in this way, and has bands or wreaths of natirnl flowers. Bands of diamonds and leu of precious stones are also flat against the hair, adopt the Sevigne coiffure. This stylo is verv appropriate with toilets of val ours frappe, very long ti tine has also arranged a Oottfas after State, mail the last yea: The most ism in natal we are defli that 50,000, ( er in 1-1001 David All water. Maw day for thii age, perfec mnsh work him. In a deep ImL, Pot* reached at i supposed t stone whicl elsewhere. A New H the old 141 Boston, ant ■aid none v ence. The of this yea; Indian square mill Hon of 87,9 than Misse Ths vast devoted to The Jap? constant a supposed k npon the N will exert i has negatat The mw ed by Poor A afid Phn moat orov Aide ef thi of aix-ator toot front! families on Yot mafa instruetion ed for twe sealing wt Masaachns office, n a the allottm opened, an relfting to In the p menoemea occur in w snakes all three or 1 the thnnds frequently Ysfc ittert mai is atm The ooi Canada, at St Boai who has a her last h neat phyn take a thb bar coach only 74* w designs of the eighteenth century, already met whs the novelty has sider&blo ificcesB. ( The hair is divided into three parts. The first forms ■nail curls over the forehead; the —is rolled back, and the third forma • toft in the shape of a crown. Tbs hair is sometimes taken back off the forehead. Curls are again worn in the bade of the neck, but only with low-necked dream. Many young Parisian ladies powder their hair. ■nabbed Foe Once. Bismarck once had to bear n snnb from a young nobleman of the bones of: Hatzfelt This genttemem. being left in charge of a legation during the sb-i fence of the Minister, sent home n die-: •Ach etabodving views favorable to alley which the Chancellor had until then been punning toward the: country where the attache tag. Bat it pad the waa resid- so chanced the chief of the legation had been summoned to Berita * on purpose to receive instructions for n change of policy, so that when the fit-! taebo's dispatch arrived it gave no E leaaure in Wlihelmstresee, nnd the hanoellor spoke testily ef its writer as e “Schafikopf." Hearing this, the at tache resigned. He was n young man of high spirit, who had many friends at Court, and it was pointed oat to tike Chancellor by an on gust neaoamaher that tbs young feQow had not bean very well traded. Somewhat grudg ingly—for he dom not like to make amends—the Chancellor was induced to send his secretary to toe ex-ettaehe offering to reinstate Mm. • But toe re cipient of this dubious favor drew him- telf up stiffiy and said: “Germany hm not fallen to to low a point that toe needs to be served by Sehaftkopl and for the rest you may tell the Chancellor that I have not been trained to torn fommersaolta.Temple Tq counteract the effect of n fatal dosdfof poison accidentally administer- ed to a man near Beattyvilte, apd there being no emetic remedy on hand, Mrs. I v Crawford thought toe ateottae foaadla{! a pipestem would answer toe She slit open as old stem, the inside and ga ve it to Manna! is a novel! Vddpgl* th total are* and put 1 thrown at after gate With mental wi tottenll! toe foot tag rapid] ed OaUsi on siik-gr dhteonrag i efforts; b« that nobo silkworm aififotar uhurly fart •ad stags hare, but* ad to an dnstiy Uu oigovern foot III ton ba m priced proved th