Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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two nil SERMON UKV. TALMAC.K l)IS( Ol'KSKS O CU ii EVILS. Tin* tflnlli of the New York Herald'* Cor pelltlve SermoiM Is K.ntltlert "*at i uttliie, Hut i? Cloud; ? Cloml, lint Sn shine"?.I?r. Txlinti;? on Cliil? Kvll * Text: "tto was a michly man in vala but ho was a leper."?II Kings v.. 1. Over every human life, however brig tho sunshine, a eloiiil may come. Kve person eovets What he ehooses to courpIi kuocoss; sotno riclius, some fame. son pleasure, some ilomestie felicity. No on however, realises nil Ills ambitions?| deml, not nil are worth realizing. There nlwavs :i something wliieh mars liapplne: possibilities of anguish in every eonilitioi spots weaker than others in tho strongei bar of steel, the capability of tarnish I the purest gold. spots on tho sun. A pe son's weaknesses?consequently his aourei of suffering ? may lie just hesUlohis stronj est traits of ehnraeter. Ho mavh > hones but overexaefim;: strong-willed, but obst nate; eeonotnieal. but penurious; just, lu unmerelful; eourageous. hut een?oriou affectionate. hut passionate. ITnseltlshnelliav sharpen ilnt???e>S that ntoron I lie Imnr and intensity of affection tuny bo a pledg > of keenest pangs. A person, it tuav bo, acquires riehos. bn health is Ron", or >iornostb' happiness ha taken departure, or waters of grief nr Hooding the soul. Pre-eminently siieeesfill along some lines. lie is conspicuousl imsHootfssfiil along others. It takes lei little to render a person miserable; it take taileli to ren.b'r some happy. As it need only a triflo to prevent wealth front pr< duelnjt eontentment. is it a mark of wis don* to saerillee for its ne piisitiou tint whieh Is of morn value health, ootnforl reputation, ehnra-'ter, priueiple. eon seience--the hope of an eternal world? man's life eonslstetli not in the abuudnne of the tiiinus he possessoth.'' Does tli rivereonsist iti the driftwood it Isearryin to the ocean? "Fine feathers make tin ldrd?," but a tine residence and a On equipage nro not capable of always maklu the heart merry. Of those who covet fame, some win tb Velite: hut e.ares Inerense. responsibiUtir augment, disappoint ments multiply and ai rows of "aw become keener and mnr numerous. Ifo who courts public fnvo courts a tickle damsel, one who, disqual tli.,1 I .. i * ...... ... ii.-ncnv nuppincs*. ni.iv natter 1?111 io?*s mi.| < .>ii.1 <miin greatness. In lilstor there are few sadder chapters than thos ivli!< !? record the cures. worries and rr verses <>f snmo who uequlred prominonet< Moses was a mighty man. Imt ho wu driven into exile. and sleeps in an unknow grave. J'lijali was a rare specimen of tru groatitess. Imt Alias's folly and Jezebel' hut re I came near drivim? liim to etiiehh' jtunicl was a great man. but for his pe eulinr species of greatness, Nchnchndnez ttar thought a lion's don tin* fittest place Isaiah was a man of rare strength <>f char n.'tor. Imt Alanassoh laid him between tw planks and sawed him in twain. Nueh a- desire to see th<> emptiness n Itiiinnn greatness would do well to rend tin biographies . f the kings, sixty in number who during six hundred year* rulod th Kastern I! minn empire, its capital Con stantinoplc, and they may bo inclined t thank t?od that they are permitted to 1 iv> ia obscurity. To somo politicians wo tnigb ?av. "'Thv trod, t) sveophnut, hath cast tbei oiT"?nnd thorn urn morn in follow ii <irenter Now York nud boss ridden Phiht dolphin, nioa in tin- sunshinoof prosperity but leprous nd ovor. Is the Scriptural ad monition. "11 butn'olo,"' unworttiv of no - . ? tico'f The loaiT who i-- on his back in th collar can get no lower ?one thine fo xvhioh ho n.av ho thankful. The man oi th" housetop mav crmv di//.v and. falling may suddenly torminato hisoxaltod oaroor Most persons dosiro to ho on the moniitaii summit* few prefer the valley, though th winds arc bisj llorce and the storms les violent. On every human life, however dark tIt everlasting cloud, t h?To may ho sunshim It is never so dark that i! oan be no darkoi liis.-curagoiiionts are never so many tha there are no grounds for thankfulness. . olond on every pathway, and sunshine pof siblo in every heart. A burden on ever life, and no soul that mav not thrill wit joy. A crook in every lot. and no erook s tortuous that it may not end in eclestin Miss. No trial without its nllavlation1 Poverty inspires energy, foster* self-roll anee, prompts to industry atid teaches u to prize th" ble-siiigs we have without mm muring over tli-isn wo have not. lll-iiealt forces attention to the laws of health -weete?H tie- di?[ osition nnd directs utter tton to tin* nearness <>f eternity's curtail Hc"reaveiu"?ts hnve t liefr alleviating com pcnsntions. Ohs -urll v has Its special it l vantages. I'itysjenl disabilities have tliei compensation*. Tiie deaf arc saved fron hearing niiii'ii thai i-? never hoard Tim blind an no frowns. The erippl is o.vu*ed from running errands. The pot son who rami -t r*"i I i* delivero I from t'i? t<vm;itati >'i t.. read the account of tlio las football game. the last pugilistic rn.'ouii t r. tin* most - nt testimony in the Na<*k Thorn trial and tlio pious gush emitted i prison wall ovur criminals. It i-woil to ii'isi-rvii Hint ondi person' I a. all tliini's e<-n-ldi-ri'd. is not widely dil fcrent from that of others. Th>' inountai lias lioth rooks and sunshine; tlio vails lloods as wll as waving harvests. I'll yes that shed tours run Imam love. fosurit S. Van 1)ykk, D. !>., Pastor Presbyterian Church, Olasshori N. J. CLUB EVILS. floral l.osftotia Drawn by the Iter. I> Tntniago. Ti.xr:' Lot the young ni'-n now arise an j lay before us." II Sam. II., II. , There are two armies encamped by t!i pool of (iil'O.iji. Tim tim? lianas tioavil .it their hands. One army proposes a gam of sword-feuelng. Nothing could he mot healthful and innocent. The other arm a -eepts the challenge. Twelve uieii again* twelve men. the sport opens. Hut sotm tiling went adversely. Perhaps one of tli swordsiiic'ii got an unlucky din, or in soui way had his iro aroused, nn<l that whle op'-ne I in sporifutues* ended (n violetna ea'di one taking his contestant by thatiaii an I then with the sword thrusting him i t lie -ide. SO I hat which unfiled in tnnoenn I'll it ? ! ? I in the mnssa'T* of all t In* tweii t v-f. ir sportsmen. \Vn?. t hero over a I tor Illustration of what was true tlion. an is true now, that that which is inuooeii may I <* maile <|est ruet ivo? At thi.- si n?">n of tlie year theoluh-house of our towns ami ojtit s an* in full piny, iiavo foilti I out that there is a l<'ifitltna| ami an iliocitlinati* u-<* of the elub-housi I n t li oho ?-a-o it ii.av 1 n 'Jicnlthfn recreation. like the contest of tho tweniy four moil in th<* t* \i whon th?*y b?*j:nu th< i I lav; lii tin* other oiis<* li unos the ma* sai-re of hoiiy, iniiiil ami soul, ns in the ens of the.-o contestants of the text when tlm loot u'oii" too far with their sport. All Ii t'-'.liifelit iik'cs have )i;i<l their fathering poiitieal, social, artistic, literary ptii , o.s'-s K'atinTiii^s ehara-'icri/.eil i?y t!i t>iiint "hi Aniflo-Sax'>n ilesienation ? ' club.'' 'lurintf the .lay they are eonipnrntivel ia/.v places. Ih-re ami there an afjeil inn r -.oliiie a newspaper, or an employe <lus iii^ a sofa, or a e|erk writing up the m 'aunts; but when the urtalii of the iiitfl f.1!is on the natural ?lay, then the en tain of tho < hiii-liou.so hoists for the cute t.iinmcnt. Let its hasten up. now, tli marble stairs. What an imperial hallwa; On this si.le there are reading-room? where you llmlall newspapers and nintfii ziaes. tan that -lie tnore Is a library where you IIu 1 ail books, from herini luetics to the fairy tale. Coming in an out there are men, some of whom stay to M.uutos, ethers stay many hour.-O Sfum?c %.!& ? oru lroui luxurious'homes. aud th<j 8! have excused themselves for a while from the domestic circle that tT???y may enjoy lie htrger sociability of the Hub-house. These nre from dismembered household*, v and they have a plnln lodging somewhere. * hut thov eome In tills club-room to have their ohlef enjovment. One blackball ivtnlil ten votes will defeat a man's beoomn. lug a member, l-'or rowdyism. for drunkrnness. for gambling, for nny kin.I of misdemeanor, a member is dropped out. j Brilliant eluh-houso from ton to bottom. * I The ehandollers. the plate, the furniture. ir> the eompanlonshlp. tho literature, tho ! soe|ni prestige, a eomplete enchantment. , | But the evening Is passing on. and so . wo hasten through the hall and down the r(v steps and into the street, nud from block l>r to block until we eonte to another styleof \? club-house. Opening the door, we Mud the 1 fames of strong drink and tobneeo, some?" thing almost Intolerable. Titeso young men ai tills table. It is easy to understand *s what thov ar> at. from the Bushel cheek. the intent look, the almost nngrvwnyof l tossing the slice, or of moving the "chips." Tliey nre gambling. At nnotiier table are men who nr? telling vile storjes. They nre *"* three-fourths Intoxicated, and between li ; and 1 o'clock they will go staggering. . hooting, swearing, shouting on their way ' home. As the hoars of the night go awav, the | conversations becomes imbecile and more Now it is timo to shut up. Thoso , who aro able to stand will cat out on tlio 1 pavement nnd balance themselves against t!n? Inmimost. <>r against the railings of tho fence. Tlw young man who is not nhlo to stand will hnvo a hod Improvised for hint in the oluhhotiso. or two not quite so ovori'omc with liquor will conduct him to his fnthor's house, nnd thev will ring tho ' door hell, nnd the door will open, nnd tho s two imheeilo escorts will introiluee Into tho * hallway the ghnstliost nn I most hellish spectacle t hilt ever enters n front door?a drunken son. [ Hut I lnnke n vast difference between k' eJuhs. f have l>e|ong?d to four eluhs: .V '. theological e|t|h, a hall eluh. nnd two liternrvclub*. f not from them physical r?jui( venntiou and moral health. Wiiat shall ho tho principle? If flod will help me, I will lay down three principles by which you may judge whether the e|nl> whore you are i member, or tho elnh to which you havo * been invited, I* n legitimate or au tlleglttmnte clubhouse. " First of all, I want yon to test the club 's by Its Influences oil home, if you hnvo a home, i have been told by a prominent ' man in club life that three-fourths of the | members of fho great cluhs of these eitfe.* '* nro married mm. That wife soon loses her ' inllncnee over her husband who nervously % nnd foolishly looks upon nil ever ig ' ahscnce as an assault on domesticity. 11 w nro the great enterprises of nrt and litem* lure nnd henolleeneo nnd f>ul>li * weal to he * carried on if every man Is to have hi* world hounded on one side hv his fr.>nt doorstop, and on the other side bv his baefc window, knowing nothing higher than his own attic, or nothing lower than Ills own cellar? That wife who become* '* jealous of her husband's attention to art or | iiiTiuun*. '?r religion, or eiinrny, l* urpuic* ing her own soopter of conjugul power. ' let nnv Christian wifo rejoice when her . husband consecrates evenings to the service of tied. or to charity. or to art. or | to anything elevated; hut let not men sacrifice hoin? life to club life. I enn point 1 out to von a great many name? of men who are guilty of this sacrilege. They areas ' gonial as angels at the club-house, ami as ' ugly ns sin at home. They are generous on a'l subjects of wine suppers, yaehts ami I fast horses, but they are stingy about th" II wife's dress ami t he children's shoes. That man has made that which might lie a healthful recreation an usurper of his altections, and he has married It, an 1 he is guilty of moral bigamy. Another test bv which you eati find r whether your elub* is legitimate or itlegitlI1 mute?the effect it hns on your secular oceupatlon. I can understand how through ' sueli an institution a man oau reaeh commereial successes. 1 hnow somo inou have formed their best business relations through * such a channel. If the .>hib has advantaged you jn mi honorable calling it is a legitimate [' elub. lhit lias your credit failed? Aro bargain-makers more cautious how thov trust you with a lull of goods? Have tno men . whoso names were ilowu in tho commerciul agency Al before they entered the elub. going down ever since in commercial .v standing? Then look out! You and I ' every day know of commercial establishj incuts going to ruin tlirough the social ex' cesses of one or two members. s A tliir.l test by which you may know whcthertheclubto which you belong, or the elub to whose membership you are invited, ." is n legitimate elub or an illegitimate elub. 1 is this: What is the effect on your senso of moral and religious obligations? Now,hero k* are two roads into the future, tlio Christian and tlie unchristian, tlie safe nud the unsafe. An institution or any association * that confuses my Idea in regard to that | fuel is n had institution and a lutd a?soela" tion. 1 liad prayers before I joined tlio ' elub. I>i?l f liave them after? I attended the house of fiod before I connected myself with tlie elub. Since flint union with tiio ' ebib do I alisent myself from religious infiucnccs? Which would you rather have in your hand when you eomoto die, a pack * of cards or a Bible? Who would you rather 1 have for your eternal companions, those men who spend their evening betting, ~ gambling, swearing earoustnc and Iclllne vile stories, or your llttla child, that bright girl wlmm the Lord took.' 1 am going to make a very stout rope. Vou know that sometimes a rope-maker will taka very small threads and wind thorn together, until after awhile they become > ship cables. And I am going to tnku some very small, delicate threads and wind them togot Iter until they make a very stout rope. I will take all the memoriesof the marringo day, a thread of laughter, a thread of light, a thread of music, a thread of huti<|iioting, a thread of congratulation, and f twist d t hem together an I I have one strand. Then f take a thread of the hour of the llrst ad10 vent in your house, a thread of tho darkv aesstliat preceded and a thread Of the light ib that followed, and a thread of tho beautiful e s-'arfthat little ehlld used to wear whensho v hounded out at eventide to greet you, and .'t then a thread of the beautiful dross In - which von laid lier away for the resurrece tion. And then 1 twist all the?o threads i together and I have ariotiier strand. Then h I take a thread of tho scarlet robe of the , sudVriiig ( hrist, and a thread of tho white r, raiment of your loved ones before tho n throne, and a string of the harp eherubla it and n string of tho harp seraphic, and I i- I wist thetn all together and I have a third - strand. "Oh!" you saw "either strand is <1 strong enough to hold fast u world. No, t I will take these strands and I will twi-t I Item together, and one end of that rope I ? will fasten. not to tho Communion table. f"r I it sh ill ho finnvc I- not to tho pillar of < lio p or^an; wind it 'round an 1 'round t!i<? cross . 'd u sympathizing Christ. and, li uvinrr d fastened "ii" "li I of t'i" ropu to th .-ros-, f - t lirow tho other end t i yon. hav hold of r i.' I'llM for vour life! Full for heaven! TRADING STAMPS LECAL. y > I.aw \g.ilimt Tlictn I Callfoinia lirrlarnl I iirmmtitutImial. riii law prohibiting merchants from ,f making gifts us an inducement to trade. which wui primnrily aimed tit trailing v -lump enterprises, has receive I a knockout ii i Idow by Judge Campbell, of San Francisco, t- Cal, who decided th" Jaw to bo uii"on?titu - tlonal, nsan unwarranted invasion of tho it liberties of the citizen. r- I'll" decision affects a numbur of hastern r- companies which have recently commenced io operations there i African 1'rlnicns In Itultlmore. i- ! Ilaltimore is entertaining Her ltova, | Highness Princess Nellie Zo-ScttlomOyerl ? j eldest daughter of King Ceorge, of tho CioI { !ahs. a powerful tribe ou tho west coast of n I Africa. Tho princess is eighteen years old >f ! and very black. ' She is a pupil 1u tbpcolfy i ev'cd Normal School iu that city. ) [ f THE QUAIL'S SDBMfflmrl breeding mongolian pheasants, and ^ & how it is done. ? $ The pheasant of the Mongoliau kind I 'forsaking all others cleaves unto her.' will iu a few short years succeed the Hence, to breed these birds success......II ..U ttin Iinnnlnp Anioripili ir-itiin I fllllv iA is ?s?j?r>tiii1 (lint n /.r?/>L- l??i npn. liinl. Tilo pheasant lias not only its vided for each lien. toothsome qualities to recommend it, "The Mongolian pheasant is a but its beauty, in waving plumage of prairie bird and is seldom found in or ravishing lines, und therefore -will about tho timber. He likes the tall prove a prizo that every sportsman grass, ferns, wheat stubbles and low will endeavor to secure when the sea- bushes, such as the wild rose and the son is once open for its slaughter. It liuckbrush. After tho youug birds has unduly attracted the attention of reach full growth they do not congreonr sporting gentlemen for many years gate yi large flocks, as do the prairie in consequence of its nuccessful iu- chickens, but aro found aloue, in traduction 011 the Pacific Slope, aud pairs, or injsmall flocks of five or six. now many Eastern States aro introduc- ,They feed on grain, insects and green i:ig tho Mongolian bird into their vegetables, sueli as red clover, cabdomains. T11 Ohio alone over '200 bage, etc. These birds are great birds were liberated this year, and in favorites with sportsmen. The magaeveral Southern and Eastern Slates nilicent plumage of the cock almost the bird has beeu introduced for rivals that of the peafowl in beauty, breeding purposes. His prevailing colors aro gold uud The male bird lias the cheeks naked bronze, with touches of black. Jlo anil the lightest scarlet, minutely also has a clear whito ring about the i specked with black; the crowu of the neck. Tko head and upper half of i licad bronze green; on each side of the neck have a bluish green of change- ( the occiput a tuft of dark golden green able shade, similar to that of the malfcathcrs capable of being erected at lard duck. 1 EO/ /,rl9 fOR, f>\^CASAViT^, . ^ pleasure, and very conspicuous in the | ''The pheasant gives out a stronger 1 pairing season; upper part of the neck j scent than tho blue grouso or tho f nark given, glossed with purple and prairie chicken, and lies better to the ( violet blue; lower part <>f the neck, j dog. During tho open seusoa, Sep- i breast and tlauks dorp reddish orange, j teinber 1st to December 1st, an hour's < show ing in some positions beautiful i drive in any direction from Eugene will i v..it...f i?1. r.? il. 1 I .1. i .... i .. . ... n^tiv ||||I ;ii< , null ll ill II | ill 1II ^ UIIO llllO lllO KltOOXlIlg Rl'OI lllltS. 1 'i* bordered and terminated with pansy ' The law limits a shooter to tweuty birds )- *!" ?!? ; renter of the belly and thighs j each day, but this number is often | h'ackish brown; center of the back killed in a few hours. < u. id scapular feathers black or brownish I "With suitablo inclosure and a vea- i black, surrounded with a yellowish sonable amount of patience those birds i white band and bordered with deep j can bo successfully propagated any- ' reddish orange; lower part of the back ! where if the climate l?e not too severe. < and upper tail covert green, inter- ! They cannot bo tamed or domostica- i minged with brownish orange and j ted. After months of captivity they i purplish red; tail feathers brown i areas wild as when first, taken. They i crossed by bands of black and fringed j are 'game' lirst, last and all the time, with reddish brown; bill pale yellow; "The flesh of the Mongolian pheas- i legs and toes grayish black. The ant is almost as white as that of the \ f'-uiaie has checks covered with small domestic chicken and has a pronounced c.'osely set feathers, and the whole of 'gamey' flavor, lunch appreciated by j tln? plumage yellowish brown, mingled all lovers of wild meat." i whit dilVcrcnt shades <>t gray, brown j Following tire instructions, given by an 1 black a writer in tho St. Louis Star, for n u rcci'iit article m itccrcatio'.i, a I propagating pheasants: -|i'M 11ii'; iiiH^.i/ni '. ?. miner, <n a iio\ Hiumiii nrst i>e constructed. i i. i i !n*, (). ? t-llsof the Mongolian | Tii<> runway, which is covered with ( n't. a i . -.tii 11 \\,i introiluccd into , wire netting, is detachable from tlio | thai Stair ab ci riventy years ago i box at the cml, wherein the hen is set, ( fro.ii < uii.' t which lias iittrnctcd and where the lieu and young birds | the a i Mm i of tin liters throughout arc protected from storm and cold, tlie I iiu< d Suite*. Mr. Miller says! Both the runway and the box uro . ot this iutcresting bird: placed on tlio ground. "I1 v. is introduced into Oregon by To construct a nest take a square .7 i ig o. N Doming an l lias multi- piece of sod about the size of the box plied until, iii tin' prairie sections of and in the centre cut out u round j Wi t i*41 Oregon, r outnumbers any spaeo about the sizo of a common hen's j other gam bird. The reason of the uest. gr? a* increase probably lies in the fa<*l Very little dry leaves or e'nalV should | ( tha i h iti'h'vs tw.? broods, of sixteen be placed in the bottom of the nest. j to tvxoutt < n i s i|so;i. When the Disinfect the hen with insect nowt hi ka' > .* three woer.s old the ' der before placing her upon t ie nest, iicii turns tin. i ; n.ly over to tlio cmc The hen should bo placed upon tbe 1 ot tiic roe!,-, sue laying again. The nest with ?omo common egg* for at e !; i< ii i. n T'li-.iK/ii. in ptiy sense of {least two <lays before placing tbe 1 the word lie salens wue uea. aud i nUcasaut eggs under her. This i? Ii lone to test her staying qualities L"he oggs should then bo placed nnde ho lieu at night time, aftor removini he hens' oggs. Food and water should bo placed ii ho runway so the hen cau subsia luring incubation. The eggs should be examined ever; lay, and for this purposo the lid o oof of the box should be luted whil he hen is out in the runway, so tha lone become broken or soiled. Hhoul my of the eggs become soiled froi jroken eggs or otherwise, theyslioul jo cleansed by taking a rag wet wit ;epid water and wiping them, but d lot place the eggs in water. It takes from twenty-two to twentj 'our days for the eggs to hatch. Aftor tho eggs have been uudor th lien twenty days, they should b sprinkled with lukowarni water twit i day. This is necessary in order t ii<l tho young birds to leave the sliel The runway and box should tit clos to the ground to provcnt the youn birds from leaving, as they will surel leavo tho hen as soon as they are or if the shell, uuless this precaution i tieeded. Tho lion and vouug bird diould be kept closely in tho box ft twenty-four hours after they at batched, and should not bo allowed 1 bavo either food or drink. At tho en if twenty-four hours both hen an voting birds may bo let out into tl runway. Give tho hen all the cor die will eat. This will keep her fro: mating the food of her young. The food for the young birds f< tho first week should be of custar< 5:;\ Wf/*. V V. - - made of milk and eggs, ami should 1 Siveu fresh at least fivo times a da; Jaro should bo taken not to feed ,tc much at a time, so as to keep the cot dean, for if tho place becomes foul will tend to breed disease, and tl young birds may dio from diarrhea. Tho food for tho young birds f< :he second weok should consist < justurd and milk curd. Tho custar .LionId bo given three times a da, ind milk curd, which should be mixt with equal parts of ground hemp at canary seed, should bo given twice ilay. A common cofioo mill will n swer the purpose for grinding tl seeds. Home young lettuce and young onic tops, chopped line, should bo add< to both the custard and milk curd. The young birds should bo givt plenty of green food by placing lottu< or young clover in tho coops. All'Ancient Toll Aboliitliotl. Windsor bridtro across tlm 'Pimm has just been freed from its two-peni toll through the greed of the eorpor :ion. This had an undoubted right collect tolls from prescription as th< !md been taken tineo tlio reign Henry VI. It asked Parliament 1731, and again in 1819, for power [ Largo additional tolls, and obtain* it for a limited number of years. Tl privilege expired al>out ten years ag hut the corporation continued to or leet the money till a litigious Britr refused to pay, thus bringing the niu ler to the attention of the court*. Tn Mexico City "first-class A met rum butter, tua le ;?y an cxpor!," is i? vo.tisou a? lifty ami fifty.six cent., pound, at v.iiolttcalo aud retail, x uiy. . r? ' Clowns For Nlfjlitwear on Trains. j o l'relly gowns for nightwcar ou j o steamers and trains in cool weather \ :o avo of twilleil (lnuuel. They aro in i ,o striped pink, blue and in darker and , I. less attractive colors. They are pret- , io tily made with feathcr-stitehed tucks tr down the front and collar and ruffles y at tho wrists embroidered in siniplo it designs. Tliey are said to wash aclis mirably.?Xow York Times. Is n. Tlio CulrnRH Itmllrp. 0 The cuirass bodieo of shimmering to jot spangles and lino beads, embroidnt erod in a spreading design or sown in 1(J eloso bands on not and chilTon, was a lo very conspicuous feature of tho variety n in dress at the Horse Show. This aj glittering armor was not always of jot, however, for both gray and white >r chiflfon, heavily embroidered with steel ] or silver, were prime favorites. Entiro bodices of iridescent spangles on black net were also to be seen. Where There Are No Olil Mal<1a? In Greece it is considered an everlasting disgrace to remain an old maid. Girls aro betrothed very often when still tiny babies. Marriages of love aro absolutely unknown?even more so than in France. And tho father is most particular that tho intended husband must liavo an ample provision to support u wife and family. For the girl a dowry is not so important a? in France, but a certain amount of linen and household furniture is required. Tho whole training and education of a Greek girl is simply a preparation to render her brilliant in tho society of tho great world. Her toilet is a subject of constant anxiety. Although most Greek girls arenatu rauy very pretty, tney uegin paiin and powder from a very early age? clxeeks bright red, eyebrows and lashes deepest black and veins delicately blue. The result is that she isa withered old woman at forty, and nowhere are uglier women to bo found than beneath the blue skies of lovely Greece. Next in importance to beauty comes language. Every Greek family who can a fiord it keeps a French uurso or maid, and French is universally spoken in soeietj*. Painting and music are tpiite unnecessary, but girls are carefully trained in dancing and drilled to enter a room and sit down with elegance. sdrce*Hfiil Woman Farmer. Miss Mnry E. Cutler, of Holliston, Mass., is oue of th<j most successful agriculturists in that State. It is now almost thirteen years siuee she undortook to manage Winthrop Gardens, as her place is called, and, while she still retains active supervision of it, her hardest work has been done. She had been her father's right hand for some years in his struggles against rocks and weeds, which were the principal product of tho laud when ho bollclit it. linvine for tlin wlinlp I sixty-eight acres. When ho ?lic<l sudJ denly she left the little schoolhouso where she was teaching and assumed the entire management of the place. Her brothers had left, one to becouio a lawyer and the other u physician in distant cities. Sho bought out their interest, and, contrary to the advice of her friends and relatives, undertook to be a practical farmer. Miss Cutler was r.ot afraid of failing, but sho took 110 risks. At first sho raised only those things that had already been grown with success upon the farm, and sho retained as her superintendent a man who had beon employed by her father for a number of years. Affairs turned out well. The v woman farmer familiarized herself with overy bit of the land she possessed and studied its possibilities. ^ Sho practically directed the men and worked with them when necessary and she was equally active and alert 011 the road and in the markets disposing of her crops.?Chicago Chronicle. 'd An llaro Now it* tlio T>o?lo. Fj What has become of tho woman who K; used to feast on chocolate eclairs at noon and drink ice-cream soda at -1 o'clock in tho afternoon? Sho is as D* rare as the dodo. 10 Vanity, undoubtedly, is partially responsible for tlie diets and regimes )n adopted by tho modern girl. Sho is a logical, thinking creature with more than a superficial understanding of ;n the laws of cause and effect, and kuowc0 ing that a beautiful complexion, fine ligure ami reposo of manner nro synonyms of good blood, perfect digestion and calm nerves, slio acts aces cordingly. iy This tendency to be "strong-minda cd" in tho choice of her food is disto played conspicuously at tho hotels and ay restaurants which the modern woman oI makes her own at luncheon hour, in These "tuck shops," as Tjittlo I'illee to would call them, aro all in tho shopid ping district. The hotels in Fifth i 10 avenue and in Broadway below Thirty- I o, fifth street, the famous pink and purple | >! Tea l'ooin, a certain English bun-shop I an and a Viennese cafe are tho principal i it- haunts of the hungry shopper. Several of tho big shops have a restaurant ( 1U the samo building, but the average woman likes a brief respite from babies ,j. and bundles and Hot to Broudwav for a her noon-title bit \ e. Her luncheon ! ? usually or' of all | proportion to hor size, waicU titows 1 that healthy ideals hare not been able to eliminate feminine perversity from the logical woman's character. A big, broad shouldered girl will eat a sliee of vare roast beef and drink a cupful of hot Avater with the sauio cheerful ueroism as won hi ncr uruiiwi , ??c?i in training for a football game. Tho fragilo little person with tho nureolo of curls, whom one would oxpect to dino off a butterfly's wing, thinks nothing of demolishing n big English chop, u baked potato and a salad. Soups and oystcxs, patties of all kinds and rich salads are indulged in by tho less Spartanesqne women, but tho old-timo feast of meringues and cream-puffs, ices and"'ice water has gono the way of fainting-fits, hysterics aud other uncomfortable things.?New York Commercial.'. Advertiser. _x? Women n Success l>? the 1'oAtnt Service. First Assistant Postmnfrtor-Generul Heath has transmitted to the Postal Administration of fc.he German Government through Second Assistant. Shallenborger a comprehensive report on tho employment of women in tho Government service. < He states that there arc 71,022 postoflices in tho United States, at each of which there are several 6. mployes, who lawfully may bo either me? women. Postmasters at thir.1 ??d fourth class offices select their own employes without consulting tho .'department, and it is accordingly impcx '* sihle to givo tho exact number ot women employed in the postal service. 'lhro are, liowover, 7(570 Women Postmasters, and perhaps KO.OO'J women to whom tho oath of ofiieo lias beon administered to qualify theui to assist in conducting the business of tho Postoffice. There aro 107 women :.. n.. i) ... or i v.. UIU|J1UJUU 111 I11C X U^tUUIlJU UU|HII UUL-lll' proper. Women, tlio report says, aro employed in nil branches of the postal service, except as letter carriers, clerks in the railway mail service and post olllcc inspectors. They are not debarred by any rule or regulation from entering any branch of the service. In fact, there are postofllces in tho United States at which there uro only women employed. Tho same salary is paid them as to men for the same character of work. In tho 1'uvdoiUuu Department the salaries now paid to women vary from $'210 to $1800 per annum, according to service performed, though thero is no rule preventing them from receiving inoro than that, and as postmnsters or assistants they sometimes receive much larger salaries. Some of tho most faithful and efliciout employes in tho postal service aro women.'j Continuing, tho report rays it has been a mooted question for many years with tho heads of tho executive departments, whether women can render as good general service as men, because the latter may be transferable at all times to any positions, wlturAna wnmon mnv hh with duties in ft acnso ludelieate or which requiro too much manual hiho:\ hut it is seldom that duties devolve on ttuy clerk or oflicer which cannot bo performed by women. Tho conclusion of the Department is that altogether the services of women lmvo proven almost if not equally satisfactory with those of men. The report is based on a request of tho German Government ns to what has been the goueral experience of the Government with women employes. Faftlilon I'nnrlet. Bright flannel shirt waists. Iridescent crystal shades for lamps. Various plnitings of chiffon ami lace. Immense circular buckles of steel for hats. Velveteen waists, plain, dotted, plaided and checked. Black embroidery or passcmenterio combined with silver. Iteady-mado scrolls of colored braid edgod with gold cord. Handsome gold and Jthiucstono buttons for fancy silk waists. Black net blouse fronts patterned with jet and red or croon gunneries W * o Black and whit? nock ruflfs edged with a cluster of vari-colored stripes. Braid blouse fronts with tiny buttons over alternate rows of the braid. Medium length black cloth and velvet capes, covered with silk applications and edged around the high collar and down the front with fur, are one of the many stylos in wraps. Chiffon merveilleux is the name of a lovely fabric that makes up into ideal gowns, neckwear and light capes. It may he had in both single and double widths, and is not ovnnnsivi. Belt* are growing in popularity. Those of wiilo leather are especially stylish. Velvet belts arc also in high favor, and buckles are really works of art. They are made of gold, silver, enamel, cut steel, Khinestoncs and jet. Somo novelties in evening wraps are reversible capos of black fur, which are niado for botli day and evening wear. The fur side is worn out during the day, and in the evening the lining of brocaded velvet is seen. The collar is of fur bpth sides auil is high.