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MEMORIES.
A little window, aud a broad expanse
Of -iky and sea,
A little window where the st rs look in.
And xv avt
»•**-
A lit tie space within a crowded ship,
A restles* heart:
A little time to pause a wile ami think
O’er lives apart;
To pause nn-i think, while others pray a'-d
sleep;
A lrtile while to bow the head aud weep.
A little window, but a heaven of rest
Bent < v*>r all,
A\ here, through the silence of the star lit
dusk,
’J 1m- angels call;
AY he; th- tp I faces of the vanished
y. a rs
Look in and smile across a s* 1 f tears
A quiet room- -a quiet heart of peace
XVi h earth and : a;
A little :i>v mi-- but a glimpse of heaveu,
An angel' ane pa ny;
O, Mead last Yout, t), f’owret p ure and
wiiite,
Still n my lips 1 feel fy last ‘Good
night
Uha rubers’ Journal.
fiepigiii Ms.
r.v ! . cope c'i:M >i:n.
Although the time was long past mid-
night, lights wen 111! tiie gleaming from be¬
hind the shutter,- lt littie blind alc-
house hard by the Beading road, not far
from Winchester; and Captain Jacobus,
t iding gently up, judged it prudent to en¬
ter by the back door in consequence.
'I he inn was a house of < all for the cap¬
tain, aud the landlord a creature of liis
own, but at a time when detachments of
Cromwell's soldiers were rough riding tlie
country, it behooved a gentleman of the
road to use caution. Indeed, iu the esti-
mation of i aptain Jacobus, it was no in-
tigmtieant item in the long score held by
him against the Commonwealth that a
king’s gentleman should sometimes be
compelled to sneak into his inn by a men¬
ial entrance. After stabling bis horse the
captain entered the kitchen, where the
landlord, a little, dark remnant of a mail,
with a short pipe between bis teeth, was
going to and fro, busying himself amid a
litter of empty bottles and greasy plates.
Stopping short in his employment, the
landlord nodded to his patron without a
word, at the same time jerking liis thumb
over bis shoulder towards the half-door,
above which a square of the paneled wall
of the inn parlor was visible. Captain
Jacobus, without further hesitation, walked
promptly into (lie parlor.
The long, low, re 1 curtained room \va;
brilliantly lit with a wasteful profusion of
candles, a huge tire of wood roared in U K!
lireplace, and. standing side by side, with
their biiex-s to the blaze, were two very
tall, loosely hung men, dressed in the de¬
cent black garb aud falling white collar
affected by the Presbyterian ministers of
the dav. Save that the elder man had
white hair and wore a beard, while the
younger was clean shaven and almost bald.
so (hat his ;>< ;il head glistened like a
moist egg in (lit firelight, tli - (wo rcsem-
bled each other in even particular.
Captain Jacobus took off his hat, with a
sweeping of'deliberation, gesture, and began, with some
show lo unbuckle aud lay
upou the table his sword and pistols. The
two parsons returue 1 tne .-nluie with :i
grave inclination, the younger bowing just
a fraction of time behind the elder after ;i
momentary i~tlie "hmee at him as livel'v if (thoudit
the rantain iunior Ind so IciLit
of subservience to the senior that iie m-mi-
fested it unconsciously, even in the most
trivial actions (. aptain Jacobus disposed
himself comfortably upon the settle
agniust the wall. and called for wine. Op¬
posite lo him, tiie travelers’ saddles were
piled, together with their ridin** cloaks aud
great slouched hats.
“\\m travel late for genllemeu of the
cassock,” remarked the captain. “Have
you no fear ol highwaymen ?”
“We put our trust in the sword of the
Lord,” replied the elder clergyman,
piously.
“Audof Gulecu,” echoed the v.amger. out'of
iu a thin, hkii voice extremely
keeum** with his hulk
•“Token sentiment!”" very ■odlv and i mkhtv
prettv observed the capta;:i,
rolling his liquor on his tongue. “And
yet it seems to me vou run something ol a
risk, notwithstanding.”
“Mv smi and I. returned the old man,
with much tranquility, “shoulder to
shoulder, have in -ted tiie devil these man
v xears «sk ivoa past. "
“Vea, even when he fraveloth abroad i.i
the guise of a robber,” d e other chime 1
in, cheerfully.
tier, who rules this very road from Head-
iug to \\ inchester. I hey say he hath a
rebels should nuv for it amon • them”
Pausiug to sip his wiuc. the speaker e\e 1
the two parsons over the edge of his g’ass.
They returned his gaze iu offence, with a
watchful attention, “lie l as a might}
pleasaut way with him, m* I’m told, hath
Captain Jacobus.” pursued the captain.
done of your common, stand aud deliver
lmtlnuls fo« him. Du mi i.i.imur o! p'*-M\
knacks ami Grange device, VYhy. now,
cV l A "r iVoUY'a vu'thiVwh.-r" moment' I but’the ,vVw i»D
two
clei'vmeu did not move so much a* au
eyelid- - “it’s likelv lie would propose a
'uiine at the cards to you two «reutletne:i.
Down vou would have to si? with him.
wilt y- n'illx. \ u sec an 1 inside of an E>mi
Vll wager lie would have won the very
i • ids off your back-. All by pure skiff,
\ <m understand. No vieleuce at all. An i
talking of cards.” said the captain, hri - 1 .
with a sudden change, of lone, “whai d.»
\ OH say to a turn ? Come! Laodlnr 1. a
clean pack! ’
l he highwavmau <c. move i a.t cUk.» v
chair to the table, an i, looking at tile t »
par on-, wiili a verv eloquent expre-si • i
of < oi,i»ii-i;ji.i< o. -a( ab-onlly lincerittg iii-
t..v lo: i ..oiild pie.:- 4!e von i-i >u
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carnal a diversion, said the old man,
mildly. “And. setting aside the claims
of my holy office, 1 know not one pahitc i
toy from t’other. I will ask you to par-
don me—we have ridden far to-day,’ and,
with a courteous gesture. he it down
-- cjc ‘ ,i “ 1 ,c • ! “
Am! \oU, sir/ tome, doff tlie prie-t-*
hood for an hour I Unchain the old Adam,
J be an d world fe>vc him the better u run! for Trust self-denying me, you will
n so au
i exercise. A\ hut! ’tis not so long since yon
| were Hie to feel college of that the your fingers have for-
I got card:., glossy ami
i ticklish, I’ll warrant, Sit down, young
i man. sit down, and cut for the deal, like a
saint of sense!”
I he momentary silence that folio v<T
whi broken by a liny click, as the captain
cocked a pistol.
The bal l umn.g man started :lightly at
the sound, the recumbent figure on the
settle opi ne! it- eyes, and the two ev-
j changed a glance, so rapid as to be scarce-
I ly pi reeptible.
“Sir,’’ answered the young man, earn¬
estly, “you touch me nearer than yon
know. 1 am naturally eager for social
i divertisements; and 1 own it seems hard
that a single traveler like yourself must sit
ami twiddle his thumbs ilocalise his fellow
guests clianee to lie clergymen. Ad t, see
, how it is. Before I was a mau grown, l
gave my word to my father never again to
touch the cards.”
“Johnny,” broke in the old gentleman,
| “1 give you back your word. Do as your
i conscience bids you. And cal! to remem-
! j brance “Nay,” the House said the of Rimmon, captain, sonny.” pleasantly,
! “say no more. I would not be an occa-
;; ‘ on stumbling to any. It would he a
thousand pities to risk a sojourn in purga-
tory for the sake of a Irumpen game of
cards;’’ aud, cocking the other pistol, hr
laid one on either side of him.
The bald young man, a good deal tins
tered, drew lip a chair and sat down, wip-
iug the beads of perspiration from liis
forehead with his coat cuff.
; “It becomes my turn to entreat the
pleasure, although L fear you will find me
but a dull opponent,” he said, with a
ghastly attempt at urbanity. “Come, >ir,
let us to’t. lam heartily glad of the op-
port unity.”
“No, no,” said tiie captain, shuffling the
cards. “Y’ are forcing yourself out of
sheer good nature. I see it. i will have
no man blacken his record in heaven for
me: » G
“Not a jot, not a tittle,” returned the
other, with an obsequious alacrity. “And
1 take it greatly as a favor you should play
with so rusty an amateur.”
“Well, have it as you will, then,” said
the captain. “And what shall we call the
stakes?”
“Shall wo say—Jacobuses?” said the
bald young inau, smoothly.
A doubt crossed the mind of Captain
Jacobus, and lie looked up sharply at the
speaker But the bald young man was
laboriously dealing ttie cards his while
face cie.ised in a fatuous smile; and the
j captain could make nothing of liis ex-
■ picssion.
“Why, yes,with all my heart,” returned
the captain, "Jacobuses, certainly!” aud
t lie two men settled to the came, tiie eler-
gyman conning his play with the most ur-
duous attention, often clutching his jaw
ami pausing to consider, and the captain,
u ilh scarcely a glance at liis hand, non
«’h.*»lent)y tossing his cards on the Hlile.
j They played without exchanging a
I word; at intervals a smouldering log broke
| slower amI fel1 of l M' on sparks; ,ho hearth, the. old disengaging clergyman a
j snoml iu the chimney and the
corner,
'ff.iit wind rustled in the trees outside,
' At first the game went, evenly: but, as the
night "ore on, n little heap of gold began
to accumulate ;it the elbow of the bal.l
young man-, in a manner to the captain
quite unaccountable. The doubt in li : s
miml grew and pricked him. He began
t0 watch the other narrowly, and present-
i '.V delected a piece of very deft manipula-
I !'_ lOll j The highwayman sui.1 nothing, but.
twisting liis moustache, looked the other
full in the eyes. The cheat blinked, went
! ver Y white, and glanced swiftly roun 1 at
the sleeper, who continued to snore pi i-
Fully; hut the captain, at the moment of
‘ housing a card, aud without turning his
head, saw the old man's eyes open wide
«‘»»d shoot an answering look of meaning
soa - The incident passed so quick-
ly that to an onlooker the pause iu the
game would have been barely noticeable.
Captain acobus, under cover of tiie table,
unsheathed a short dirk, and laid it. naked
on bis knee.
boon the pile ebange^ides of gold pieces began t-
dwindle and upon the tab*..
ulieu suddenly, as the bald voting mau
laid down a card, the Captain, with an
oath, drove Ins dagger through the back
of his opponent’s hand, deep into the oak.
“Not again, mv cullv!” lie cried.
The man screamed and r Ceil ,, . baea , . in a
SW oon, and at the sound the other parson
leaped to his feet with a cry, whipping a
‘
great horse-pistol from his pocket. But
i, ear> xhc highwayman had caught liis
wrist with one hand, aud trust the mu :zlc
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v ^ ^ apta ‘ n j!t ' . V
"'‘' i',™ ,Ti ‘J r '.
ll m> tU ld d ' ■
1 he tvi ,, m m \\:th sdiaking . iiug( -m
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a \ e! U /' j u V’ up lil ‘
|»'id v, it ou the la >;c. nvie to*.
tart ‘ ' ,d> 8 1 a 1J " K eiHu ^ 1 ’
j
“Emptv out the saddle-bags ,,, !” Give ^ me
t ih ■ Grulow »f di^obed'ecee *m 1 w
out i btilie* in vnu WliaiG Vutscus hen- \ \
what is a couple of rascal doinr
with a fortune of gold? Won at the cards,
I suppose! And what kind of gear is thb
for a clergyman ?”
For among a mmellanv of personal i f-
fects were two bulky leathern bag>. full U*
the throat with broad pieces, a -tvat.
jeweled watch, and a handful of 1 1 i e
rings aud trinkets. The-ham o't ; r \n ,n.
biting liis fingers, aud inoking haggardly
at the spoil, stood in sullen silence. At
tJj t * other end of the table (he bald young
man was moaning and writhing in his
( -i,air, liis hand pinned fa>L The Gap-
l-iin, vigilant as a bird, but thorough!v at
|,j s case an-1 enjoying himself ling ly.
leaned against the panelling, eyeing in-
pair by turns.
“Chme,” he said, “speak up p-iL~>ii!
Make a clean confession. 1 ou may l
TOCCOA. GA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1805.
up your little boy. if your care to, while
' cu talk ”
The old man cast 8 venomous glauce of
contempt upon his abject offspring,
“Serve him right I” he broke out savagely,
“The clumsy fool!”
=ji
t»:-r;ily temerarious enterprise for a young
man, though I say it. But I must ask
you to take my dagger out of him, and to
clean it. I thank you. Now add your
purse . to the blunt, and pack it all care-
folly no again. It’s time for me to go, as
the song says
“Come,,’’ returned the other, roughly,
“let’s talk sense, Captain. The crop was
fairly nimmed ou the road, as you might
have done yourself. You can’t mean to
whiddleyour fellows?”
“Ou the road? You surprise me!
And yet I had -ome kind oE an inkling!
that it wasn’t entirely parson beneath
those beautiful black clothes, too,” said
the Captain, genially.
“Why, of course! of Course ! gentle¬
men of tiie road, like yourself! said the
old man, lorierliG ning somewhat at the
rlcmillness of Die other’s tone. “But
par.-ons we’ve been for the last six months,
just to implant a little confidence.”
“And how did it a!! come about ? T in¬
quin I (’apt a in Jacobus.
“ldu -ons we were for six months,” re¬
pealed the imposter, “in lvingsclere yon¬
der.” lie jerked his thumb over his
shoulder. “Did you never try the lay,
Captain? Yon have to live mighty strict
while it last-, but it's a good lay! a good
lay!” The speaker smiled, sourly, at the
recollection. “Highly respected by rich
and poor, there was nothing good enough
for such a brace of saints as Johnny and
me. Fat collections every Sabbath, and
the poultry find butter and cheeses,—why,
we lived like a couple of kings, except for
tne liquor, Your parson must be cruel
sparing of the heue-bovvse. That was where
tin.- Gioe pinched. But at last our chance
came along, for a girl of 1 he place was go-
mg to lie married to some bloated eit in
Winchester. Her men-folk were out o’
the way. and who lit to escort her and
her mother—and her dowry—as the two
tall parsons? So, one on each side, all for
fear of you, Captain, we jogged along till
nightfall . . . And here we are, and I
offering you a third of the swag; and
what could be fairer?”
“You dogs of Egypt!” began Captain
Jacobus, in a voice that made the glasses
ring, “would you make terms with me ?
By the heavens you blaspheme you s iall
strip yourself of every doit! ’Tis you and
your like bring disgrace upon the munes
of the King’s gentlemen. Are we to keep
the road, with curs like you snapping at
our heels? What! Aon would decoy
two poor ladies upon the King’s highway,
and drag the very rings from their fingers:
You would poach on the manor of Captain
Jacobus, take possession of his inn, sharp
him at the cards, aud shoot him through
the head afterwards, if he hadn't been a
match for the hulking pair of you rum
clapper-dogeons! All that you would do;
and. when he gets upsides with you, you
have tlie bravado to inform him of it to
his face, and to offer him a share! A
share! Tome!” and the orator interpo-
iated some highly -stimulating oaths. “A
share! You shall see, now! Empty
your pockets on the table. Take off that
ring—off with it—that or the finger.
Search the other rascal. Now strip, the
pair of you ! Quick about it! Ain 1 to
dance attendance upon you, while you
make u toilet? Put the clothes on the
fire So! ”
The two men, constrained by tin* brace
of grinning pistol muzzles, stripped to
their shirts and obeyed in silence. The
face of the elder was flushed to a dusky
re i : liis eyes shone in liis head ; a trickle
of blood from his Hit ten lip streaked his
while beard ; and the younger tottered to
aud fro, with a death-white face, hugging
his wounded hand.
“Now,” said < aptain Jacobus, “you
shall ltulc my horse for me, by thunder!”
Keeping his eye ou the two, he moved
to the door, opened it. and whistled. In-
stantJy there was a clatter of hoofs, and
his black mare came trotting around the
corner and trampled into the room. The
C aptain stood by liis horse’s head, rating
the shivering wretches like dogs while
they strapped on the baggage; aud when
they hail done he led the animal into the
road,
“Hold my slirrrup, Gideon!” said the
Captain to the hapless Johnny ; and in-
eluding them both in a final exhortation,
“The landlord takes your nags for the
reckoning. But if ever I meet you out on
Uk* pad. I’ll shoot you down like vermin,
Hire as my name is Captain Jacobus.
clear!” *
Aud with a bound lie was gone, leaving
the two lialf-clad rascals a prey to the
humilation of impotent fury, and the
most deadly discomfiture of body, amid a
scene of the dismalest disorder, the last
uk . ut e Ul .. . clothes , ^ • l clilm ,.
"i’- ^ Q r ln = ... ... up ' ‘ < ; '
>!'-> 1,1 l,i e nv diaught, and tin e a>
1, » b * of {he " ,uter;5 dawu paiui - th "
'<“•>»•» —o«»*»*" “
took it upon himself to restore all the
trinkets, and, according to his rule in
of King i liarles the becoud. then living
Verv privately m tho city of CoIo S Be *
An Improved Saw-
--
people who cut up very valuable
timber into merchantable shape have
a ] wavs f e jt a certain amount of regret
at the great waste as seen in the
V*™!?™* enormous muiatea. muuites. r For For piles or thU^ea^nn this this of sawdust reason reason it it that has ha? aeeu- been been
economy to use band saws, which are
extremely thin and durable. Gireu-
iar saws ha\e not neretuiore been as
available for tnis work on account o.
tJieir tnUC “ = reater t.nexness. but,
bein = ebeaper and m ^ ch inor « easily
managed, they have been used, even
t j 1QlI S l1 tIie waste of material inci-
d{?nt thereto has been great. By a
uen means a t --gauge Oi-incu circa
iar saw has been operated, and the
inventor says that it behaves in Ihe
most approved fashion in all respects,
doing the work as well as thick saws
and standing the strain in the most
satisfactory manner. This is of a
great deal of importance, ns a thin
circular saw can be operated where a
band saw is difficult to handle, and is
therefore an economy and also much
. more convenient.
WOMAN’S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE I'OIi
FEMIXIX E R E A DE I? S.
A velvety face.
Ajtrftvs m soften ». water , before , - «
A Hie borax, bit nwa*
a as big as a lie.,
11 give your face bath a tcW et.v
feebn^ * very * agreeable.-Phaadelph..
A LACE SEASON.
There never was aperiod in fashion’s
history when lace was so generally
aud so profusely used for trimming,
The varieties of lace are many, some
“created” to meet the present de-
maud, and given all kinds of fanciful
names, some quite ridiculous. For
instance, there is a “sunshade” lace,
which to put upon any other article
would be heresy in fashion and stylo,
literary ladies in Sweden.
In Sweden they encourage literary
ladies, instead of making fun of them.
Fropeu Selma Logerlaf, the Swedish
writer, has just received from the
King the sum of 600 crowns, and
iron) Prince Eugene 100 crowns, as a
roviil acknowledgment of her excellent
work, and as a means to enub e her to
take a vacation abroad, Sometimes it
pays to be a subject iu an effete mon¬
archy.
DISDAINS FASHION PLATES.
Princess Helene of France has the
courage of her convictions. Fashion
does not exist for her. Iu place of
ioLoaing the dictates of lashion, the
Pi meets appiopriates to her own sty je
of beauty aud her own mode of life
that which is the most comfortable and
the most sensible, There are no Godet
skirts or leg of mutton sleeves for her.
Instead of that her gowns are rather
scant and her sleeves almost straight.
Her toilets are none the less becoming
and marvelous; though no matter how
simple her toilet, the Princess gives it
something of her own air of distinc¬
tion.—New York Press.
NOT FOB THE NEW WOMAN.
A profession that even the new wo-
man m ay not hope to invade, though
it is said to yield a yearly forluue, is
in the hands of Miss Guug, a Chinese
woman of some fifty years of aye. She
is the most experience! and best
known footbinder in California. As
her art is a necessity in all Chinese
families where there is any desire for
social recognition, her services are in
demand from San Diego to Victoria,
though she makes her headquarters iu
San Francisco. It is only the wealthier
Chinese who can afford*to employ her,
for she charges from $800 to $1000 to
undertake the supervision and respon-
sibilily of the whole operation.—New
Orleans Picayune.
TRAINING GIRLS FOR FARM WORK.
An educational exjieriment that has
been watched with more than usual in-
tereut, is the “girls” school of agri-
culture, in Minnesota, and now that it
is pronounced a, demonstrated success,
it is to be hoped that other States will,
as soon as practical, establish similar
schools. Cooking, canning, sewing,
dairying, fruit and flower culture,
household chemistry and entomology
arc branches of education taught, and
there can be no doubt that a scientific
knowledge of how to do these things
in the best way, will, by lightening
the burdens ol the farmer’s wife, do
much toward making that most natural
of all lives more attractive to farmer’s
daughters.—Womankind.
MORE WOMEN PAINTERS.
The increase cf women painters iu
Europe ha3 recently been attracting a
considerable amount of attention. The
men painters are in great consterna-
tion, as they allege that theirs practi-
cally is the only profession, excepting
the stage, which is open to women. In
1875 the number of women who ex-
homed at the baton . tne
works in
Champs Eivsees was 31_. Tms year
the number lias more than doubled,
no fewer than 751 women exhibiting,
On reckoning the number ol works
exhibited, the increased artistic activ-
ity of women is even more remarka-
bio. iiius, omy since last year, the
number of their unrtecl contributions
to the Salon has more than doubled.
—New A T ork Mail and Express.
HOSPITAL FOr. BICYCLERS.
There is an emergency hospital in
San Francisco for the benefit of bicycle
riders who are reckless or merely un-
fortunate and come to grief through
inS&
of interesting statistics, according to
! the Argonaut,
I per c ? ot - of the men who are
injured . succeed in saving their faces ;
almost without exception they bear
j the marks of their falls upon the palms
of the hands, the kuees and the legs,
below the knees.
Women, on the ----1— contrarv, possess a
fondness fondness for for bruising bruising the‘ir their faces laces and aud
• prefer their noses as a part to be
| smashed. When they do bear marks
G f mishap on their hands it is in-
; variably on the backs of their hands
I rather than the insides.
This is queer, as a woman naturally
wou iff think of her face. It shows
that the man when falling instinctively
throws out his hands to break the
force of the blow and draws up the
j e g 8 nuder the body so tho brunt of
|j. e blow comes on the knees. Wo-
men, on the contrary, make littie or
no effort to save themselves.
In roller skating the tacts are ex-
aetiy opposite. W omen struggle when
they fail and men do not.
A PRETTY GERMAN CUSTOM.
One of the interesting functions of
the up-to-date betrothal is the shop-
ping expedition, where the two moi’u*
ers and father-in-law to lie, with their
respective sou and daughter, go out on
an appointed morning aud bring home
a broom, a carving knife and fork, a
salt cellar, a Bible, a brass door
khocker, a candle stick and pair of
bellows. This is a revival of an old
0nmm eta ot J presenting * | a / vouna
ail with wbat °
„ . w r0 onsi et a lh
emblem, of those virtues that g go to
m „ t0 U1> „ perfeot koileeUoU . TUe
shopping party is concluded by a
luncheon to the united families, and
nowadays, iustead of spreading forth
the wedding gifts for inspection the
day of the ceremony, the bride’s
mother, two days beforeliaud, issues
cards for an informal evening recep-
tion, where the presents are exhibited
in the drawing room. As every one
of these are received thanks should be
immediately rendered in the bride’s
handwriting and at once aud recently
has been issued the edict that good
form commands the bride to address
all her own wedding invitations and
r ,ei ' 6 °nally superintend their posting,
seaIin 2 the envelope flaps with white
WR f> showing the impress of her mi-
tlal wreathed with the tiny
orftn g e blossoms. This seal is a little
enir . that falls to the share of htr
souv
oiother, just as hei white silk wedding
stockings are given to her youngest
lister, anil from her privute purse she is
expected to send a fee to the cook who
bakes her wedding cake. —Atlanta Con¬
stitution.
FASHION NOTES.
Parasol covers of black lace are
are much in demand.
Very little jewelry is worn this sea-
g 0n except in full dress,
Most styles of evening bodices ad¬
mit of short empire puff sleeves.
The narrow, double ruffle is used to
a large extent in the decoration of
thin frocks.
Plain black basques are worn with
fancy skirts, an old-time fashion hap-
pily revived,
A flaring-brimmed hat of shirred
white muslin is trimmed simply with
clusters of roses.
A few yards of new lace and crisp
ribbon transform au evening toilet
into a fresh-looking gown suitable for
auy occasion,
It is probable that tho broad-toed
shoe will again be with us; at least a
look at manufacturers’ samples indi¬
cate as much.
The newest setting for diamonds is
white enamel. This enhances the
brilliancy of the stone and the setting
hardly shows.
Hanfsomo English mohairs are
coming over, and they will be greatly
US£ M this season for stylish and dur-
able walking suits,
French alpaca is very beautiful in
texture, and is so glossy and silky and
hangs in such beautiful folds that it is
a delight to artistic eyes.
A gown of white alpaca has Turkish
embroidery of copper and gold on
either side of the blouse bodice, which
opens over a front of white chiffon,
Artificial flowers form stock collars
for wear with best dresses, and show
rosebuds, daisies, violets, roses, lilies
of the valley and buttercups, Artifi-
ciai orchids aro also used.
A pretty idea for a nun’s-gray crepon
gown is a cape-collar of primrose
moire cut square in the back, elongated
in front aud turned down on the
shoulders after the manner of a Marie
Stuart berthe.
The gauzy lawns, besprinkled with
liny flower designs, were planned for
use over silk of a shade to match the
dominant color in the design. These
dresses are not pretty if the least
tumbled, and they won’t go to the
washtub.
All kinds of trimmings have been
,rou ” k: t ou t lo 1 the bag fronts, , which
? bodice, ie ° lten and 1 ’fpeated are frequently on the back carried of out the
« 3 consecutive strings of jet and cord
attached to side trimmings ot the
same, between which they droop.
bnere just . lor the ,
is a craze now
use ot foldedl ivory lace, the gown
being enriched by a tall of such lace
set on the shoulder at the armhole
ana fallmg in Iront ot t.ie bust line,
but not ovei it. All sorts of modifi-
cations of the trick of so outlining the
figure are indulged in.
The success of the tancy satin boots
embroidered in beads is not at all
assured, although the wily shopman
gives them his hearty indorsement.
Yhey are to be worn in place of slip-
pel’s. The heels are qui e high, the
foes silver tipped and ornamented
for dress accessories. It is popular
for three very good reasons. It is ex-
tremely pliable, yet is very rich and
heavy in effect, quite uniiKe many of
the soft satins now in use. It has a
lustrous surface, and again, it wears
better than most of the satins now
manufactured.
Judging Si/be^eat by "j manufacturers’samples, this^
there there will be great use use made made this sea-
son of pretty checked goods in two
contrasting colors and two different
weaves. The checks vary in pattern
irom the pin-head or shepherd’s
weaves to those from half an inch to
an inch and a half wide. These checks
will appear in satins, silks, all-wool
stuffs, and silk and-wool mixtures,
Crepons will not lose favor yet. On
contrary vovue* thev are likely to lie m
ygh for the seasons to come -
gauflre, creped and relief effects with
high raised designs will be among the
novel pat terns that will take the lead,
B( q } however, to the forsaking of the
plainer crepons which very many wo-
men prefer. The handsome crepons
nre high-priced, and tho inferior
grades soon show wear, the cheap-
priced varieties being a most nude-
sirable and unsatisfactory purchase.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warding Kc:?s Calling the Wicked to He.
ycntaucc.
wN INE Christians
*j| out of ten work
Is/' and pray too lit tie.
$ f / The Christian
' who' dees not
walk by faith
$ will have many
m. AX rails.
\\i^t levr \\ i^ VDon't \ lute work night too
A at to
get alone with
i God early in the
*• ^ morning.
Only that is well which ends well.
When love works, it always does Its
best.
The wisest men have never In any
age been the best men.
Everything we do will be great when
it is wlmt God wants done.
Before Jesus offered rest to men. he
showed that he had rest to give.
Christ went without sleep to pray,
but he never lost any sleep in worry.
Naul, the son <>f Kish, was a big mulo-
dnver. but lie made a very small king
i lie mau who talks to the biggest
crowd Is not always doing the most for
God.
The man who begins by trying T o
deceive God, will end bv deceiving him¬
self.
Numbers weighed nothing with
Ghrifst. His concern was for the indi-
\ idiml.
The devil would Dover got another
sold il he couldn’t make black loo!-:
w hito.
Making An idol of ( liristian work is
no belter than making an idol of Che¬
rn oscli.
The first man fell who i he was tempt¬
ed, because ho didn't .lur- :- tin* help -;f
i ’hrist.
Little duties are tlie grimiest duties,
when they are the ones God chooses
for us.
When the preacher knows his Bible
well, he won’t have to imuud it to keep
people awake.
Telling a child the story of Jesus may
be a greater tiling than building a
church steeple.
No matter where Christ went into a
synagogue, lie found that the devils
had got there first.
The mau who talks to the biggest
crowd is not always being watched the
closest by the angels.
Planting a grain of mustard seed may
be more far-reaching in its results than
finding the north polo.
There are little duties that must not
be neglected, no matter how much great
ones may seem to press upon us.
If God gives us a good deal to do, it
means that he will also give us a good
deal of grace with which io do it.
If putting on our plug hats would
only make us all as big as \\o want to
be, the world would be full of giants.
The teacher of (he infant; class in a
small Sabbath school has a bigger au-
dicnee than tho chaplain of Sing Sing
prison.
AYhen a preacher spends more time
in preaching than he docs in praying,
lie is not doing God’s work as lie wants
it done.
It is hard to find a man who will
preach the same gospel on a salary of
five thousand a year that he did on five
hundred.
Tiie difference between a wise man
and a fool is that the wise man kuows
that he knows little and the fool thinks
he knows much.
Praying on the run may be better
than not praying at all, but the deep
things of God are only for those who
will take time to hear them.
No man ever made Christ welcome to
the highest seat fh his heart without
being himself established in a higher
place than he before occupied.
Sam Jones says that what some men
call pastoral work is little more than
taking care of a plug hat and looking
after a ministerial reputation.
Win n we spend so much time in be¬
ing religious at camp meeting that wo
have no time or inclination to pray in
secret, we are not religious enough.
Touching the heart of a child with
God's truth may .start more machinery
tht-in ihe President set in motion by
touching tho button nt the World's
Fair.
Nowhere in tiie Bible aro we com¬
manded to praise God with the tongues
ot angels and of men, but we arc eve¬
rywhere required to love him with the
whole heart.
Joke oa Palmer.
Senator Pahuer tells a story about an
Illinois farmer who for several years
had been selling him wood for six doi-
la rs a cord. "This year,’’says Senator
Palmer, “he came to me with a load,
aud I told him that I did not want it.
He offered it at $2 a cord. I still re¬
fused, and he wanted to know why I
would not take it at $'J. I told him I
was using soft coal, for which I paid
om* dollar aud thirty-seven cents a ton.
‘Gosh!’ he exclaimed. T heard you was
trying to demonetize silver, and now
you are trying to defuelize wood.’”
Toole’s Little Joke.
Toole, tiie English actor, sitting nt a
table next to a gentleman who had
helped himself to a very large piece of
bread, took it up and began to cut a slice
from it. “Sir,” said the gentleman,
“that is my bread.” “I beg a thousand
pardons, sir,” replied Toole; “I declare
I mistook it for the loaf.”
a New Metaphor,
“The world is a great baseball game.”
saj*s the Manayunk Philosopher. “Ev-
erv man gets one chance at the bat and
on ] y a few make a hit.’’—Philadelphia
Record,
NO. .12.
GREATEST B ABE LI VINK,
Unique Dally Life of the Infant Heir
(n Great Britain's Throne.
1’ba greatest baby in the world is
now about uue year old. The name
of this baby is Edward. Ho is His
Boy a l Highness tho Prince Edward of
York, heir to the throne of an empire
on which the situ never sets, and he is
now cutting liis leetb.
His Royal Highness lives either nt
York House, St. James London, or a*
AYkite Lodge, seat oE the Tecks A
description of his personal appearance
is now on file in the royal archives of
the Tower cf London, and he has been
photographed 109 times. These de¬
tails arc not trifles. T'hev aro a part
of the history of the British Empire.
The Prince has blue eyes. His hair
is not scanty by any iueau«, aud he is
rather fat, ns will be seen from the ac¬
companying pictnro of him, which is
tho one hundred and ninth of His
Royal Highness, and tho very latest,
lie has a nursery of the most severely
plaiu character, and, although his
little life is one long uninterrupted
ceremony, etiquette requires that tho
plainest of baby accessories shall sur¬
round him. He is under the tutelage
of one Mine. Buika, whom all England
knows as the confidential companion
ot the Princess May before her mar¬
riage. This Mile. Buika has naturally
an enormous responsibility.
His Royal lligbuess is already a
General, a Colonel, ft High Sueriff and
a patron. He is a Keeper of the Seals
and an Imperial Usher, lie is already
entitled to put G. C. M. J., C C. I. S.
I. and ever so many other letters after
his name, and he is a memuer of tho
House of Lords.
When the baby awakes in the morn¬
ing ho holds a levee. Too royal code
says so. His Highness will be attend¬
ed by the lady in waiting, who takes
his commands. This means that she
will wash aud dress him. lie must
never have anything ou him that is
rod—anything, that is, in tho shape of
clothing. His attire must be invaria¬
bly white. This is because ho is 4*
Prince of York, au 1 there is a royal
rule connected with the Wars of tho
Rose-, that forbids his assumption of
tne red until he is five years old. Ho
may not wear black shoe3 uutil ho is
three, and in public a sash must in¬
variably bo around his waist. Under
no circumstances isho to bo addressed,
even playfully, by anyone except his
parents. Queen Victor a herselt is not
at liberty to say “you” to him. It
must always be “His Highness seems
well,” or “ilis Highness sleeps.” Iu
fast, it is His Higltnes3 this and His
Highness that all the time.
Only abloo t relative may hold him
in her nrais, with Ilia cxc3ottoa of
Mile. Buika, who has received a royal
piteut lor tho purpose. Even the
physician who attends him must re¬
ceive a royal patent before bsgiuutng
to physic this babe, Every article of
attire he wears must bear the royal
arms worked by hand iu silk, &u t lie
may not wear the same article twice
in succession. It must be washed be*
fore it goes on again.
tlis (lighness travels by special traiu.
He has six equerries and a gentleman
usher of the black rod. lie receives
invitations to all royal and state fuuc-
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PIUNCE EDWARD OF YORK, AGED ONE YEAR.
tion-, and is always represented at
them by one of these equerries.
On Mate occasions the Prince is ar¬
rayed iu cloth of gold. His head is
covered by a crown of starched aud
gilded linen. He is then carried by a
royal lady iu waiting. That means
that whoever carries this babe must
have royal blood in her veins. An¬
other curious thing about the Prince
n that no more thin four per tons may
be in his nur. ry at any one time.
When he is attired in royal robes the
peers must kneel to kiss his hand on
entering hie presence. Of course no
hats may be worn in his presence. In
York House Mrs. Gladstone had to
take her bonnet off before entering
his nursery.
When H. R. H. is asleep a flag floats
from his residence. When he is awake
the flag is taken down. When he
leaves bis home the flig is hung out
oi the window of his nursery.
Another unexpected thing in the
life of the Prince is the extreme pub-
licityofit. He is perpetually being
photographed, aud the photographs
are thrown broadcast all over Eng¬
land. Whenever he goes the fact of
his coming is proclaimed- Lots of
people congregate about his two homes
to get a glimpse of him and Made¬
moiselle Buika carries him out iu her
arms to the co ach iu the most public
ia inner. This, liberality and pub¬
licity are in accordance with the time-
honored custom of the Biitish royal
family to be as free with the people as
possible. .. g- v