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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*
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her entire fi
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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:
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ism in natal
we are defli
that 50,000, (
er in 1-1001
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water. Maw
day for thii
age, perfec
mnsh work
him.
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reached at i
supposed t
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elsewhere.
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the old 141
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ence. The
of this yea;
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square mill
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than Misse
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devoted to
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supposed k
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sealing wt
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office, n a
the allottm
opened, an
relfting to
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menoemea
occur in w
snakes all
three or 1
the thnnds
frequently
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mai is atm
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Canada,
at St Boai
who has a
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take a thb
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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!
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th
total are*
and put 1
thrown at
after gate
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mental wi
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