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SHOES iflF MANY SHAPES.
HOW jPEOrEE OF VARIOUS COUR
TESIES -DRESS THEIR FEET.
Pariniiin Models Generally Followed
—Primitive Slioemaking in Mes-
tno i au|l Yucatau.
Shoes'of American manufacture gen
erally follow Parisian models. The
French have peculiar tastes, and con
sider'their productions to be unapproach
able in material, workmanship, and,
above -aU, in style. Their wares arc
largely' exported to America, and it is a
sad tact; that they are sold readily for
their’distressingly pointed toe and very
high'heel, sloping frjm the place where
the.heel belongs to thecenter of the foot,
which makes them prove to their wearers
what they appear to a casual observer, a
a refined instrument of torture.
In BJ'iain the people of the upper
classes follow the prevailing fashions in
France in Indies’ and gentlemen’s foot
wear, and as pcdcstrianism is not in
dulged in to any remarkable extent, the
elegant, appearance of the shoe is'of vast
ly more importance than the comfort. It
is generally conceded that a person wear-,
ing a square-toed, broad-soled hoot, is an
Englishman, or, at all events, not'of Cas
tilian birth. The poor people of the
country use a sort of slipper made of
canvas, with a sole of hem-rope called
“alpcrgatas,” and it is found.to be so
comfortable that it is employed by soldiers
on the march in Spain. These goods are
manufactured largely in the Basque pro
vinces, the cost being only from ten to
fifteen pclctas a doeon.
On the Isthmus of Panama people of
all classes are most fastidious in the fash
ion of their footgear for outdoor wear.
The poorest colored man, who goes bare
foot to work, must take his holiday in
the dressiest style of Parisian boot if lie
can get them large enough, and the
women who wear the most slatternly
slippers inside adopt the extreme of fash
ion when dressing for a promenade. The
French style of congress gaiter is most
largely in demand, with high heels and
narrow toes, the warm iclimate and lazy
nature of the people causing them to re
ject. the lace or button shoe as requiring
too much exertion to adjust.
In Mexico a large proportion, of the
population that is not ol European origin j
do not wear shoes at all, but continue 1
to use the ancient Indian sandal, which I
is considered the most economical, com
fortable and healtlily for the climate.
This sandal consists of a sole of .rawhide,
or woven maguey fibre, which is strapped
to the bottom of the foot by strings or
thongs of the same material, and it is so
highly esteemed that the Mexican array,
which is equipped without regard to ex-
pens^* continues to use this ancient foot-
covering in presence of any other kind
.of boot or shoe.
Shoemaking in Yucatan is a brief and
primitive operation. The unshod indi
vidual procures a piece of hide or sole
leather, and placing his feet thereon
follows the contour of each foot with a
>#harp knife. Having completed this
•operation lie passes a string or leather
thong between the big toe aud the
•one next, winds it around the ankle
and again through the sole at the heel,
•confines it in place and proceeds on liis
way in a spirit of content. But the
feminine natives of the country take great
delight on fete days in having their stock-
jugless feet thrust into a pair of pale blue
high-heeled shoes of French make.
The warm and agreeable climate of the
Madeiru Islands permits the foot covering
of the people to be composed of the
lightest materials. The peasantry in
cludes about .two-thirds of the population,
many of whom go barefooted throughout
the year, and a large portion put on boots
and shoes on dress occasions only. This
us from the foot covering commonly
worn by these people who dwell in our
midst; but in China the officials adopt a
higher style nf boot, which is made of
black silk or cloth, with felt or leather
soles. These are mado loose in the legs
to admit of carrying papers and docu
ments connected with the business in
which they arc engaged.
The younger class in Japan arc gradu
ally adopting the European costume
among those who arc employed in the
customer foreign business houses, and
the introduction of civilized footwear
among tire people generally is going on
slowly, and being gradually exchanged
for the straw sandal or wooden clog to
whkih'these people have been accustomed
for conturics.
Shoes made to order in Italy cost no
more than those ready made. Pointed
toes are in general demand for both
sexes, and the women of Palermo nre
noted for a most ungraceful carriage,
which is attributed to the extravagantly
high heels they generally adopt.
Indians comprise onc-half of the popu
lation of Ecuador, and go about bare
footed, while the Cholos (a mixture of
white and Indian blood) wear sandals of
small rope woven from the liber of the
cactus, secured to the feet by strips of
clotli. Sandals made of this material are
very strong and stand great service..
Everywhere that people, of European
origin find a home, those of French pat
tern commnnd a ready sale, which shows
how universally comfort is sacrificed to
appearance in the general adoption of
pointed toes and the heels of Louis
Quinzc.—New York 8la.r.
Newly Found Silk Makers.
We arc accustomed to consider silk
solely as the product of the woll-known
silkworm which feeds upon mulberry
leaves and has been so widely domestica
ted in Europe, and even to some extent
in this country. But the truth is that
there are many other varieties of cater
pillar which furnish the snme product,
and that in India alone fifty different kinds
of silk bearing insects are known. The
most important of these, the tussur moth,
feeds upon more than thirty different
species of plants, and, the caterpillar
weaves a coccoon about four times' the
size of that of the mulberry silkworm.
Great atte_tion is paid to the rearms of
the tussur, and various religious ceremo
nies are employed in caring for it. The
large brown moth, which has four
transparent eyes upon the wings, is ven
erated and only people of a certain caste
are permitted to approach it. It has been
domesticated in India for thousands of
years, while the cocoons of ail the other
species arc collected wild from the jungle.
One of these feeds on the castor oil plant
and spins a white cocoon. In China
also the silk from severe 1 varieties of
worms is used; and in Japan, besides
the ailanthus caterpillar, there is a spe
cies ■which until lately was reserved for
the exclusive use of the Mikado, the ex
portation of the eggs being an offence
punishable with death. Some of them,
however, have been carried to France,
where an attempt, which promises to be
successful, is making to cultivate this
species.
Ducks Hatched Inside a Snake.
A snake twelve feet long and as big
around as n barrel was recently killed in
au Ohio lagoon. Somebody took a knife,
ripped the snake open aud found twelve
of a rare breed of ducks in the cavernous
recesses of his viscera. They were in
different stages of development, some of
them being full fledged and plumaged,.
aud from that all the way down to one
which was something more than half-way
out. of the shell. There is only one Hock
of ducks of this variety owned in the
vicinity. It is evident that the snake
, . , , , , , , T i must have swallowed the eggs laid by
lass, both male and. female, wear a buff j somc of thesc ( , ueks ncar the water, and
time from the
amphibious rep
it iles living above the coal measures, is
known to be somewhat below 110 de-
; grees Fahrenheit. The little flock of
rescued featlierlings toddled, immediately
after their release in a straight lino for the
water, the biggest one leading the rest,
which came after in single file. The
| smallest one, kicking off the remaining
j shell, brought up the rear, leading
feeble cry to the general
buitn. Constitution.
mack."—At.
Too Fond of Talking.
leather boot, made high and turned down j th h ; tchcd in d uc
a la cavalier on the top, without heels, ! |ntural whic h in r
and with only one thickness ot sole.
This soft and flexible footgear is well
adapted to a people who must be con
tinually going up hill and down upon
one of the most rugged islands in the
world. The buff boots of the poorer
classes make no pretention to shape.
The better classes, however, proud of
their small feet, employ no material
heavier than goat or kid, and patent,
leather is much worn. Ladies affect the
extreme of fashion, and as they walk very
little, they generally select low, light
shoes, with very high heels.
Every place in Turkey seems to have a ; . Do you know where I cam hire a good
different form or style. The higher i typewriter?” asked a business man yestcr-
dasses wear fine shoes, similar to those i dllyol -., friend who travels around town a
worn in France, which are, however, of j gooddett i. I don’t want a woman."
home manufacture, and compare favor- i " s tlie f r i cu d spoke of a young ladv mer-
ably with the best made in Europe or j ,. ant ii 0 pianist wliom li« knew. “And,"
America; but the common people wear ho added, <q don’t mind telling you why.
cheap, ill-made shoes called “Rouu- ] j (Jo 1)0t cave to baekeap ‘women in
touras.” Both in summer and winter j t i ds ijno, because they arc cpiiek and
tiic Turkish officials clothe' the icet in . ,■ 1,.voc. but in mv business, as you know,
varnished leather overshoes called “galo- j f nee(1 some one 'l can depend on. 1 can-
sales,’’ and the use of them becomes gen- 1 uot tilk(! any chances on any business
oral during the rainy season. . . secrets being given away. One experience
A great industry is carried on in Aus- rli:rt sort was enough for me. 1 had
tralia in the manufacture of leather from ■ .splendid typewriter girl and I trusted her
the skins of animals native to the coun- J with cvcry thing. She held the key to
try. Tlie kangaroo, wallaby and paddy- nly business matters, aud she had a beau,
melons, the two latter being a smaller | |j 0 ^[-ied to turn tho information into
species of the kangaroo, are largely used ! blackmail, but I beaded him off ami dis-
for foot coverings, and so is a great vari- . charged tho girl. She meant nothin
ety of opossum skius, kaolo, bondicoot, j wr0U g ) but many of these girls have
dingo and platypus. The body of the j beaux whom they confide in, and I am
platypus resembles that of a small otter, j taking uo chances with beaux in my
and is covered with a short grayish brown ! business. If you know of a good type-
fur. After a few stiff hairs arc removed ; wr j^ or boy scud him around.’’—Chicago
the fur is very soft and will stand a i
great deal of hard usage. It is made | —
into caps aud rugs, as well as being ; A foreign missionary institute, when
largely employed for slippers. people will be trained for cvangelicul
The shoe of the Chinese is familiar to work abroad, has been opened iu Boston
WHERE EAGLES ABOUND,
THE BIRD OF FREEDOM PLENTI
FUL IN INDIANA.
Tho Golden Eagle’and tlie Bald Ea
gle—A Rendezvous for tlie Big
Birds—Their Habits.
Au Indianian says in the New Yorl:
S«n:“I don’t know that outside of Vermil
lion County there is au Indiana man
who knows much about eagles, and may
be Vermillion County folks wouldn’t be
so familiar with them if it wasn t thn.
Professor John Collett, the naturalist,
lives there, and lie talks right out what
he knows. We have in Indiana not only
the bald but the golden eagle, and the
golden eagle doesn't hang around in
many other places nowadays either.
They arc rare birds even in Indiana, but
there is a family of them on a farm in
Vermillion County. Lots of people,
even in Indiana, think they have seen
golden eagles when they haven t. What
they thought was golden eagles was the
females of the coming two-year-old male
of the bald eagle family. The reason a
bald eagle is called a bald eagle is be
cause of a white crest with which the
male is ornamented. But he don t gel
that crest until he is past two years old.
The, golden eagle looks very much like
the bald eagle without the crest. Con
sequently, folks who ain’t up in eagles,
ns Vermillion County people are, think
they have had the pleasure of seeing
specimens of the rare golden eagle, when
all they’ve seen was either some old bald
eagle's wife or his young son.
“There’s a farm iu Vermilion County
where there is a regular bald eagle assem
bly, and it lias been there as long as any
•one can remember anything about that
part of the State. The eagles hold a con
vention there every night, and Professor
Collett says that "the eagles that meet
there come from different parts of the
State for fifty or a hundred miles around.
They «omc in the dusk of the evening,
and seem to meet for some consultation
of importance, rather than to have a
social time. The big birds come soaring
in one at a time, anil every newcomer is
received with shouts of welcome by the
eagles that have preceded him to the
rendezvous. If you've ever heard au
eagle or two in a cage give voice to their
national song, you can probably get
some idea of the grand aud melodious
chorus that swells out upon the ambient
Vermilion County air about that bald
eagle assemblage of an evening. This
rendezvous is in a very solitary place,
where there are numerous high and bare-
limbed sycamore trees. The eagles oc
cupy those limbs. Professor Collett was
an interested but unseen witness to a
gathering of these eagles one cvenin
and he counted fifty-three.
“We have learned out in Vermilion
County that there has been a great deal
of poetic humbug written about tlie
eagle. There isn’t anything noble or in
spiring about him. He is not only the
biggest of all feathered thieves, but he is
the crudest. His especial delight is to
attack end torture the most innocent oi
birds and animals. Ho will capture
lamb and tear out the eyes of the bleeding
little thing, and then release it and watch
and gloat over the agonized movements
of its victim. When the poor lamb
grows weak aud cannot exhibit its agony
longer the eagle will catch another of the
flock and subject it to the same tortue.
“Eagles grow big in Vermilion County
I killed one once that measured a trifle
over eleven feet from the tip of one wing
to tlie tip of the other. We don't botlici
to hunt, eagles for the purpose of killing
them, but, of course, if one comes iu oui
way we lay him low, if we can. We
depend on "the jaybirds and crows, and
on their own careless nest building, to
keep them down to a point beyond which
they might be destructive nuisances. I
don’t mean that the jaybird or the crow
pitch in and destroy eagles by giving
them battle, but they make a business of
scrambling every eagle's egg they
run across, and they are generally nosing
around looking for eagle's eggs, too. The
eagle builds Ms nest out of the reach of
man on inaccessible rocky summits or in
the top of some dry and isolated tree.
Somc people believe that eagles don’t
lmild their nests in old dead trees, be
cause they are old dead trees, but that
when tlie nests were first built there the
trees were alive and were killed by the
eagles nesting in them. No one i.
Vermilion County believes that
because we know better. Tlie eagle is
a bird that wants to see what is go
all the time, aud when a nest is built, it
is put to a bare tree, because it offer
better opportunities for observation
Eagles’ nests are built of coarse sticks
carelessly thrown together. They do no
furnish security to the eggs in case
storm, and tlie future of many eagle fum
dies is destroyed by the eggs being turn
bled out of their nests and broken on the
ground or rocks. No one ever sees two
eagles together in flight, although close
observation iu Vermilion County has cs
tablishcd the fact, according to Professor
Collett, that every ten miles square of
territory iu that county is occupied by a
pair of eagles, assigned to their purlieu
lar locality for a hunting ground by the
general assembly of eagles that 1 men
fumed. These two eagles come together
at uiglit, but they never hunt, in com
pany. You may have heard of the torri-
ble eye of the rattlesnake when, that rep
tile is enraged. I have seen it. But it
can’t compare with the dazzling, mag
nificent fury of an angry eagle’s eve. - ’
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