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A MODERN UTOPIA.
YHK CHARM OF THE JAPANESE
ISLANDS.
1* Ion slug Characteristics of the Peo¬
ple—-A Laud of Many Holl
. days—Master and Ser¬
vant—Japanese Art.
ne distinction which Japan enjoys
is-, that while other countries have lovely
*poti she is every where enchanting. chain? The
whole length of the island 1,200
miles in extent, hardly presents a spot
that would not be a subject for a land
aeape painter. The great central moun
lain range, with the overtowering cone
shaped I 'ujianm, rises almost out of the
ocean below to be lost in view in the
clouds above. Long transverse spurs of
hil’s run out into the sea. Deep, warm,
rich valleys have beon everywhere cut
through bordering the mountains and hills, and
the ocean fertile plains have
bocn formed from the weatherings and
washings of the great mountain masses.
Covering and these plains, v&Uays, hillsides
mountains is a verdure that riots in
luxuriance. Clear streams, from their
elevated sources, dash through narrow
gorges, pour in gleaming cataracts down
precipitous mountain sides and whirl
in crystal eddies at the feet of over
branching forest trees. It is a climatic
/one where the flora of the cold north
nnd that of tha heated sonth meet and
intermingle. The pine and palm, the
rn.p '0 .,,dratgjoiu tho beech and bam-
1)00, and the oak and the orange inter
lace their branches in the same grove.
Around all the land are the waters of
tho great ocean, from which soft winds
temper l the in heat of an almost tropic suu.
iving such scenes of enchantment
time people in disposition are as light children, of heart and
sunny as nnd so
polite admiration and pleasure loving as to excite
the of even their French nnd
Italian visitors. There is no dwelling so
humble b it it has a spot for trees and
flowers. The rich have gardens iu which
)iie faithful reproductions in miniature
of their varied landscapes, hidden in
tries and flowering shrubbery. Every
farmer’s plot of land is beautiful and
adorned. The gold of the ripened rice
aud wheat is contrasted against a buck
ground of green foliage. Whatever namo 1
may be given to the religion of that peo
pie, and whatev- r creeds and doctrines
may have been engrafted upon their be
lit*fs, tho main feature of their worship ,X
.. an intense love, amounting almost
nn adoration, of nature. Tnis appears
in their whole life. They have built
1 heir temples on the sides of the great
mountains, embowered them in
hanging itlt everything groves, and surrounded them
'v of flowering shrub. The
sites of these command beautiful views
of the surrounding country, and usually
are near fountains and waterfalls. The
village shrines arc located m the most
aad'nolabor’t^anareil^oadnraandbcuu' SS
whose by rows branches of trees, form planted centuries ago,
an evergreen arch
over the lieu 1 of the traveler. The road
of to Nikko, where the temples and tombs
the 'Tycoons are situated, Foi has a grand
avenue of giant firs. thes'e sixty miles
one may ride in the shade of
branching Kioto, the trees. old From Yokohama south
;o load is continuously capital, 400 miles, the
one shaded avenue,
ninding buys along the ocean shore, around
narrow and inlets and over high
hills and mountain sides.
l'ulikc their neighbors, lime the Chinese,
iln; Japanese take from their toil
b. enjoy all this. Their government may
haul been despotic and arbitrary, but it
overworked its laboring *
never I, then, hulPdaJ.'tliau popula
tin gave more
• •>• l’« 5 >l»le under the Min ever enjoyed.
I hey had what «eic known at the
• khi-roku ’days, that is, all the days in
the lunar months that were designated tith?
by one or six. Thus the 1st, 11th,
luth. 21st and 2.1th days of each month
were legal holidays. In addition to
these, the birthdays of the ruling Em
per or an«l Empress, and also o? several
of the,greatest of t ieir predecessors of
the ruling dynasty, which readies
through village his 2,Hoo festivals years, are holidays. Even
in honor of its patron
sume aud the saints of the famous tern
plcs and shrines have festal days, cn
.-III these the people, m their holiday
dresses, gather at the temples and shrines
beauties for thanksgiving of earth and to admire the
borhoods and sky. Whole neigh
turn out their population,
leaving only ......u«li Ic at home to
care for the households, and go some
times hundreds of miles, on what may
anpropriatcly picnics. be called these rdig.ou
'They walk along the shaded
avenues, They talking, laugh ug and singing,
rest when weary from walking in
the shade of the great trees by some
clear stream, or some bubbling spring.
All these great highways arc lined with
tea booths, when*, for’an tea, ric * eggs or cakes
can be had incomparably yl0W low
P*'- The
. and bring
spring summer the
flower festivals, when city and village
streets for miles aro filled with the most
beautiful floral exhibitions and crowds
• >f admiring-people. There is no more
beautiful wide sight than 011 c of thc h-n*'
with flowers. streets lighted nt night nnd tilled
Thc love oi the beautiful
has led thc Japanese to forego thc grower
pleasure of c ting the fruit of the cherry
tree in order that they may enjoy the
beHUty and There frag run* c of the cherry'^blos- V>f
sums. double-floweret I a cherry :e large groves the
tr**e' in all parts
> f the country, which giow to enormous
wt. The flower U a- large a, a ro»c.
ami whoa In full 1.1 om these grove, are
a marvel of beauty, and are visited bv
thousand, ol .....ml,., who .pend
whole day in them flowery avenues. The
chrysanthemum gardens, to be found iu
all towns and villages, an* points of
great attraction, fn these are to bo seen
every of color, variety «ud of that flower, every shade
almost every size of bios
*
loiu.
The summer i-ees streams nt people,
the poor as well as tin* rich goiug to
ewze at Fujiama, the pearl of mountains.
No person is so poor and no distance so
fcr~ reat but several pilgrimages aro made
i a lifetime to t he venerated mountain
In thc autumn, vn lien the golden rice and
wheat, and the brown millet have been
gathered, in thd lmrvc^t festival is held
every part of the country There
in the groves, ou soft green carpets
spread by they nature, under the full harvest
moon, make merry, night after
night, with festivals song and dance At these
harvest all classes from prince
to peasant, rejoice together o^cr the
ample this winter’s intense “tore*. woixhlp It is ,,uot only
in of nature
that the beauty of their country has
molded and influenced their natural
character. It i* seen in their domestic
intercourse. In all the conventionalities
of polite life they Occident are far in advance of
any people in the This refined
politeness |*i*rades noticeable every grade of the to
(’iety. It is just as among
t ■ Imver a* in.the higher < l**.es. To be
ittdr in word or act is to becoan a social
outcast. The poorest othdr weaker*, when
ilu y meet, greet each as politely,
pas-i tii# compliment* of th# day as
‘
r
freely And feelingly as do those of higher
station*. While the vocAbalery long of com¬
pliments And blessings is a one,
there Are no words for a curse in their
whole UnguAge. There may be hate,
jealousy end enry, but they find no yer
daI hear expression. pleasant It is a words constant and delight
to wishes. only good
The relations of masters and servants
areas admirable as possible. They are
mutual and confidential.. While the Ber¬
vant studies the interest of the master,
the latter makes the welfare of the ser
va °t and his family his duty. The ser
™ nt to feel that he is a fsotor of
Rome importance m his employer’s busi
? ters e ® 8 of *>▼ importance. being consulted upon many mat
The master is polite
ttnd kind and the servant deferential and
respectful on all occasions. The relation
of parents and children shows the same
refining influences. authority There is no a*sump
tlon o f the of the dnllmaster, no
exaction fear the of blind obedience, no ruling by
on part of the parent. Obedience
U induced by patient teaching day after
( lay- The child is lovingly taught why he
8 8<> “°P| u Id d not do do certain certain things, other things. and why The he
bond between }>arents and children is
one of reason and regard, and the result
18 that the child makes his duty to the
parent the foremost object of his life,
und hl8 own interests are made entirely
*c cotl dary. A foreigner might live in
^ at coun try for years and see less
parental tyranny and violence than he
would see in most families in some other
countries in a month, and he can see
^”*j tnan is ‘otae^nbledMwhere'S, oDscrvnme etsewnere m years. yea"
Japanese ideal art is only a repro
ductmn of tho beauties of nature. The
artist puts mountains, valleys, waterfalls,
akes. trees, flowers and birds on porce
beyond ] ain » paper, this field silk, of satin decoration and lacquer, he has but no
wtics fancy. of These the Island are some Empire of the and character- its
P' but be peo
c » it must not inferred that
fbese finer traits of character mean
effeminacy, for they do not. These peo
P‘ u arc brave and daring, as all those
who were reared among mountains have
been in all ages. They have proved
their title to bravery on many a bloody
bold. In spite of time consumed in
pilgrimages and in worshiping nature,
they are industrious workers. They have
built up manufactures, e-tablished trade
ft nd commerce, and developed a system
of agriculture that is more thorough and
bnngs better results than that of many
°Hheirneighbors .—San trtmcisco Chmn
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|j ow f|, ,,e e Presidents ' aeul8 Looked Okea.
Washington, Adams, , Jefferson, Madi-
8 ^ n » Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Nat.
J?P[ 1 lllmorc, eu ' Harrison, 1 tcrcc, Buchanan Tyler, Polk and Johnson Taylor,
Jj’ore no beards. Lincoln was the first
J ™® ,d ® nt W J° ,iad wl { i *5 e ”; Gra j?^
Barfield a, \ d h l illl
w ® pil '* lt ^‘ he a ? d
nioustacbe, but no whisker.’ n '
Washington wasamanty man majestic
in . proportions, and of dignified bearing.
Ho was of the blonde type.
; ’ell'er.son sandy was tall and and elegant looking.
' v j^b granddaughter, hair fair Airs, complexion. Randolph
Mcikleham, is wonderfully like him in
apnearanco. Madison small He
looked like was anu plain.
a well-to-do farmer. Mrs.
Madison bad a majestic and queenly air,
nnd he appeared to disadvantage, phys
really, in her company. Before she
married him she alluded to him to her
friends as the “little great Madison.”
hi. Monroe was a He good-looking liked man the, in
uniform. to wear
««cked hat ol the revolution, and held
to it so long that he went by the sobn
quet of “the last cocked hat.”
“"th John Adams and his son, John
( i’»ncy. were stout, and the son wai
thick set and short. Tho latter was
quite bald.
Jncksou was gaunt thin, and plain.
llw eyes "ere Ins best feature.
\ an Burca was un insignificant look
. little man, the least handsome of the
I residents.
Harrison fine-looking . soldierly ,
was a
man, even in old age, of noble leatures
and genuine dignity. and
Tyler was thin tall, and his nose
was remarkable for si/e and plainness.
I’oik was small and unattractive in per
son and manners. Taylor was a large
man of rough exterior, but a pleasant
genial person. Tillmore had a dignified
nppearanee without elegance, but genteel
and K'>«d agreeable. address. He l-ierco was a large man .light of
was a
handsome man of delightful Parley manners aud
winning voice. Ben: Poore, in
his recent “Reminiscences,” says that ht
wa8 occupied most popular the man personally
that ever Presidential chair,
‘No other President ever won the affec
Mons of the people of Washington so
e ; )iupletely lluehannn, us did he. ’ His successor,
and nr fine-looking wa- courtly in bearing
was a ,enc'*.t man even in old
agt*. 1 !e had a Ai.aac)evi< for white neck
,i, r Lincoln, ^l,;,h KY though tall, ! allo»k. gaunt and
homely, nevertheless iu h id a pleasing face
when engage 1 conversation. Johnson
was one of the old time Presidents in the
matter variably of personal black appearance Hein
wore broadcloth, and was
scrupulously neat in dress. lie was
under heavy built, but not stout, somewhat
six feet, nnd had ahead of beauti
outline-his only handsome feature
» <,rant had light sandy whiskers and dark
j hair, and the was youngest of medium of size the and Presidents. weight.
was
Hayes and Garfield looked alike—both
large and tail, of florid complexions and
looking l»oking of the Garfield was the finer
two
General Arthur is the only President
»ho wore aide whiaker.. llcwaaaweU
t,ie preserved man of of dress elegant he appearance. ranked his In
matter all
predecessors.
President « leveiand i* the first of the
Presidents who has worn a moustache
ou ly- He is large and strong, but not
good looking, and is fast growing bald.
-Nero York Sun.
An Elephant in a Parade Ground.
A menagerie was recently moving
slowly along the road near Portsmouth,
the England, wnen the largest elephant ef
i caravan, who is known as Madam
Jumbo, escaped from her keeper, and
charged upon a military barrack that
stood bv the road. She seized with her
trunk the sentinel who stood at tha gate,
and threw him at full length on the
ground, without hurting him in the
least, and then triumphantly entered the
i j parade-ground The within soldiers the barraoka at a
grand trot. flUO who were
drilling in the enclosure were so much
aatonisned and alarmed at tha appear
ance of so strange an enemy, that thev
broke ranks and took flight in every di¬
rection The elephant proceeded to at¬
tack a tank filled with water, pert of
which she drank, and upset the rest.
Then she charged upon a bin filled with
]>otstoes for the aolaiere, and ate up the
potatoes Having satisfied her hunger
and thirst, and put a b« tali on of soldiers
to route, Madam -I umbo allowed herself
to be oaptured, end contentedly resumed
lief her place of the in soldier*. the caravan, to the grant re¬
WOMAFS i rL WORLD.
PLEASANT LITE R. aTuIUE FOR
FEMININE READIES.
Shopplnfc^ToIletn.
li “Unfitness in dress a peculiarity
American women? asks Clara Belle In
one of her New York letters. Are the
women of other nations as insensible to
the incongruous as are ours? These
questions in basement were suggested of by of the the scene large
a room one
stores in this city. There were hundred s
of women passing in and out and strollin S
from one counter to the other, an
among them were worn some of the
handsomest street toilettes I ever saw.
Often was the eye almost blinded by tho
sparkling of jet in the electric light, and
satins, velvets, plushes of all colors
formed a moving kaleidoscope. The de¬
partment was one for housekeeping
goods, and some of those gorgeously
arrayed women were selecting chopping
bowls, carving knives, tiu pans, fire
shovels, etc. The climax was reached
when, I through an opening in the throng,
saw a young woman whose toilet was
largely made up of white watered silk
and lace poising a black-bottomed kettle
with a dainty-gloved hand! Her cos
tume would have answered for an ele
gaot ing reception; perhaps she intended go
to one after purchasing a preserving
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Thackeray in PraUe of Woman.
Thackeray, m one of his novels, says:
There are more clever women in tlic
world than men think for. Our habit is
to think despise them; we believe they do not
because they no not contradict us;
and are weak because they do not rise
know up against us. A man only begins to
women as he grows old; and for
rises my part my day. opinion of this cleverness
every When I say that I
know women I mean that I don’t know
them. Every siugie woman lever met
is a puzzle to me, as I have no doubt she
is to herself. Say they are not clever
They are constantly exercising cleverness
of the finest sort.
“You see a demure-looking woman,
faithful in house bills and shirt buttons,
obedient toiler lord and anxious to please
him in all things ; silent on politics or
literature, and if referred to, saying
with a smile of humanity: ‘Oh, women
are leave not learning judges upon such matters; we
to men.’ ‘Yes,’ says
Jones,‘attend to the house, my dear, and
leave the rest to us.’ Benighted idiot!
8he has long ago taken your measure;
she knows your weakness and ministers
to them in a thousand artful ways. She
knows your obstinate points, and marches
round them with the most curious art
® nd P at, 'ence, ns you will see an ant on a
turn round an obstacle.”
.
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The Man MlUlner-a Rci*n.
Evcrjwherc uptown cloth jackets that
like jerseys and ulsters that aie mold
ed to the graceful, rounding figures of
the ladies, as men can scarcely hope or
wish their overcoats to be, inclose the
persons of all well-dressed women. It
» ^possible for any man (except a
woman’s tailor) to judge whether the
new fashion is or is not a good one.
And I would not give a fag for the opin
ion of a man so dull that he could see a
half-dozen Murray Hill girls, who have
strained art and poured out money in
order to look their best, and then could
express any but the one opinion. Amid
fa ^ ion 9
Intel ^ 1 among them each al- .
teration in their gouns has seemed to
make them more and more entrancing.
Wh»t brought a ^Jb,s revolution?
Well ^^ f’^ ^mon jersey, which
made a display of the outline of the fag
ure popular tight-titt and then the demand for an
equally l\f/^X^Ii mg ^7 overgarment to keep
the weather ca led e for Ure0 something Th’'* 0 out- ?
«mdl on top of the jersey The
men tailors were called upon to con
^ t L cade ,, 1 i These tadors , V‘ s ers Rotex- ‘ !l>
tn prices for this new work and liked
it (that is, the extra prices) so well that
they enlarged their signs to attract more
adres. This enc roached ou the held of
he men dressmakers w ho th en h,r ^ d
“Jors tho and words also ladies dtered tailor , then* .. . appeared signs
Ana lc tnus, . ^ rn also, i s ) 0 came it * to o pass ra< that < the
original men’s tailors went on from mak
gg. men dressmakers became the makers ^ ,he of .
tailor-made ga.merits of all sorts It ,s
interesting to visit one of these ladies’
tailor shops, as 1 did yesterday. Here
01 1 hi»oke, like beeves before a
itall > and across the room were greatglass
cases failed with ladies jackets and skirts
blazing with embroidery in gold with
gaudy ribbons and with buttons big as
butterdishes. A young man with his
coat off ...d oaa arm oat .tiff, UKc a
mailbag catcher on a postal car, was be
ing measured for a coat ladies, in thc thick of
a bevy of circling one of whom
stood on a low platform while a young
girl encircled her with a ta;c meant c
and thc great woman's tailor talked of
whalebones, linings, flounces and I don't
Jcnow what not.— Neu> York Letter.
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Fashion Notes
Postilion backs, pointed fronts and
short sides are seen on basques.
Gold brooches representing a tennis
racquet, with ball, are popular.
In frocks bMqu „ ond mantles tho
ahoolder seams are made very J short.
For „ general . , th.a ... ^asonchemot, , .
wear
. an< ^ caftvM K° 0, ) s tak '-the lead.
Among the fashionable combinations
black and yellow retains its popularity.
With tulle or lace neckwear small
brooches of rare workmanship will be
worn.
For elderly ladies grav -watered silk
is combined with black cashmere in
gowns.
Jet beads, it is said, will give way to
balls of feathers as a finish for hat
h H m w
Th« tape stripe among the yew woolens
looks as if it had been sowed on the
fahrir Dnc *
and English gowns arc plaited gathered and plain,
French frocks are and
puffed.
Fall hats have crowns of cloth, velvet
aad satin, and have a seam directly in
the back. *
•
Tiny shells of mother-of-pearl are soet-'
tered over a handsome fichu of tulle and
old u-Tli.* point lace.
—a _;n hriJht
ZBSSStX*** hv yeTlowinbnghten
® 1 s '
Pale of pink . veils They are worn with every
sort bonnet. are more becom
ing than the red ones so long in favor.
Link sleeve buttons have a cars head
in low relief and a pug’s face in high
relief, signs of thc zodiac, or any two
objects not alike.
,A11 American frocks for little girls are
made short in the waist, full of skirt,
and loose and comfortable in fit all over
the person this fall.
Hand-made underwear is shown in
plain steadily and embroidered styles. It grows
in favor, and is*among the best
of ready-made goods of this class.
Silver bead bracelets are much worn
and the bead pattern figures conspicu¬
ously in gold and silver trinkets of all
'Icinas. A new bracelet shows alternate
beads of gold and platinum.
the English tailor styles in dresses remain
same in general cut and retain favor
at the East for the promenade. French
fashions in walking dresses are favor¬
ably regarded in the South and West.
There is a revolt against small birds
and feathers of the same for millinery
ornaments among those ladies who wish
to put a stop to the slaughter of the for¬
est birds of America, and the whole
world.
The hair is no longer massed over tho
forehead, but a few light curls or waves
fall on each side. It is still piled up at
the top of thc head, and well brushed up
from the nape of the neck. It is well off
the temples, and leaves the ears quite
free.
Ostrich feathers are in high favor in
fashionable millinery. They are seen in
all colors, also in ombre ond mottled ef¬
fects, while novelties with tinted tips
upon which glisten pearl beads, will be
very effective for evening wear in tho
hair or on the bonnet.
Ashantee and Its People.
Ashantee, a new kingdom on the Gold
Coast, has given the British no little
trouble, and may give them a good deal
more jt is mountainous well watered
an( j healthful exccnt in the lower dis¬
I tricts and has a population of about
j j’ 500 .’ ’000 one-lifth of whom are war¬
r org The beginning of the kingdom is
; obscure; but traditions say that it was
occupied several centuries ago by immi
grants from a region north of the Kino-
1 .Mountains caused probably by the
spread of the Mohammedan Empire to
Timbuctoo. The first known of it in
i uroD0 was in 1700 when f'oomassie
W as made the overoonu/various capital bv Osai Tootoo I
who, having separate
states was established as a kind of
feudal prince over a large district. In
their course of conquest over the Fantee 3
th c Asliantees followed them even to the
] arge seaport towns, and butchered them
b v thousands. The British sided with
t he weaker party, when the savage foe
ZSd attacked the slaugh?ered fort of Anamboc fSrrison and
have the
had not the British Governor displayed
a j] arr ”ome D f truce Hostilities lasted
interruptions from 1807 to
js -20 when the Ashautees were finally four^
driven from the sea coast. Some
t e pn vears airo the British were involved
in another war with their old enemv
Theu an army Ullder Sir ( ; ar „ et Wolseley
penetrated to the heart of the Kingdom,
burned Coomassic and returned safely to
the coast Notwithstanding thoir ro
j prosperity as anv are°verv negro nation in
W(lg ' t ern \frica They barbar
^ d bloodthirsty-but their abund
an extent of territory and success- ^
Ji“i - . Ca cam “^grom^Soc i)aje-ns have yielded them lSw? nres
^Dtai^ c kKXe They ^
brave^v but overwhelming depend upon
their 3a va^e and
numbe r.s •* mcludii ^ nmnv -laves which
‘
, , * in the field The
® i s j commander-in-chief ^\s and often
1 if d h host j„ 1)0r courage s 0 n an instance
their desperate fS bv5^531?* m-invof wSe them m5*
’tided d e ao
and so fearful of degradation ft that
tl coolI gat (]owil 0I1 k of gun .
* and into the* air
iJesence d blew The themselves Sstile
^™t of thole oesTSn camp ab.so? The
f of Kinjexercising neg
de3potism , the Hvcs com
^ c 0 „ trol ovcr the and nronertv ele.y^
8ub j ect9 He has spies
wbere and the slightest act or word of
disaffection is at tleath once reported, l ^ he and the
reb(ll j 1 t t0 . Uc is great
prop^ty | 1 ^ owner; he h vies a tax of twenty
>or ccn on all manufactured gold and
all gold taken from the mines, so that he
i# the ril . he8t individual in Africa,
s)avc ^ 1)rcvai | i 8 extensively, the chiefs
ofton 0 din , 00() s i avC 8 ea« h- these
bei J aro for the most part pagan re¬
„ roc capture d in war interior by Mohamme
duns, brought | from the and sold
into bonda c . Polygamy ° is a favorite
illstitution ; a man * 8 importance being
rated by the number of his wives. The
i-: n S _ i„ ii m i* P( j noor fellow to 3
rtgoro..^'Llu.I«I w ho occuny two entire streets and arc
I«m ..ervbod, «,»«
the sovereign and his feminine relatives
T , ]ook on ODe of them ’. even acc iden
ta „ is ft ca ital ofTenc Adultery is
inv j 1 j b .• d retaliation of
‘violent kind on the part of the 1ms
bftnd is thought mean ilIld degrading.
Thc Ashantecs seem to delight in shed- 1
ding blood, and human sacrifice is a
pftrt * Q r their religious 7 ceremony.- Com- !
• » . ; 7
I !
o.nn nm..
For the last two weeks, a lot of sharp,
i good-looking the Indians They have been lounging
about town. own race horses,
: good clothes and the showiest of blank
, ets and carry plenty of silver. Old set
tiers know them well. They are the
gamblers of the Moses tribe, and yearly
make their pilgrimages to this point at
the time when the Yakima and Klickitat
Indians are well provided with money,
earned by laboring in the hop fields.
They are expert card players—up afraid to all
fl ie tricks^—and are not to try
their skill and nerve with the sportive
fronticrameu to the north, with whom
they “draw,” frequently have long their .lege, material of
* and oftentimes to
proflt . To these exy. erienced gambler.
! t j le , oca , s i was j ie8 arc a9 children, and
lose their earnings and ponies m a
) prodigal manner. This reason is just a
i repetition of the last and many previous
ones, and Moses's men will go home w ell
fattened with wealth, while the home In
d »“ » nd money-earner will pass a lean
and hungry winter .-Yakima (Arizona/
Signal.
A Pretty Experiment,
. 1 With article red „ cab
so simple an as a
| ’JjST t ?The
i youug „ people, with the result M of amus
!
j ing and astonishing those around them.
I Tbe effects may be strikingly shown in
this manner: Cut threj leaves of the
cabbage into small pieces, and after
placing them in a basin pour a pint of
boiling water over them, letting them
stand an hour; then will pour off the liquid
into » decanter. It be of a fine blue
c°l° r - Then take four wine glasses—
into one put six drops of strong vinegar;
another six drops of solution of
soda; into a third the same Jd quantity of
„ troQg sollltion of alum; let the
fourth glass remain empty. Fill up.the
glasses fiom the decanter, and the liquid
poured into thc glass containing the acid
w tn quickly change to a beautiful red;
that poured with the soda will be a fine
green, and that poured into the empty
glass will remain unchanged,
There are numerous Masonic lodges in
France composed exclusively of women.
THE WASHINGTON WILLARDS.
Brother* Who Hart Grown Klcfc
and Famous in tfco Hotel Baetnoeo
[From tho Pittsburgh Times.]
“The Willards” in Washington are
three Vermont brothers, Joseph, Henry
and - Caleb, named in the order of
their ages. The latter is the pro¬
prietor of the Ebbitt, worth one or two
millions. Henry owns much property
in bonds. With Joseph, the elder, he
is joint owner of the Willard Hotel,
which they kept for many years. His es¬
tate is away up in the millions and
growing. the * Joseph is the richer, as well
as elder of the three, and is said to
spend much of his time cutting coupons
from bonds. He is in no active business.
He is a widower and one son is the only
heir. He lives the life of a recluse. If
he is not a good lover he is a good hater.
He has little to do with mankind in
general, albeit he has the appearance of
a gentleman mild-mannered, benevolent-minded
of 65 years. He and Caleb
have not spoken for years. Joseph does
the hating and Caleb the grinning and
bearing. The latter owns a long row of
property on F street, beginning with tho
Ebbitt. Only one strip of twelve feet
Thirteenth interrupts his continuous ownership from
to Fourteenth street. It is
next to the Ebbitt. This strip Joseph
owns. Caleb has tried every means to
buy it. Joseph holds it solely to spite
his brother. It is occupied by a tenant
less one story structure. Not a great
while ago a suave, business-like gentle
man called upon Joseph and stated that
he was looking for a location to estab¬
lish a candy manufactory. He was im¬
pressed with the F street location and
wanted to know if it was in the market.
Joseph Willard rep ied that he would
sell if he could get his price. Then his
visitor asked the terms. Looking up
and catching the business man’s eye h«
said: “My price is $500,000. You go
back to C. C. Willard, who sent you
here, and tell him that.” It is said that
the Joseph has so fixed it in his will that
hands property can never fall into Caleb’s
or the hands of his heirs. That
he is insane is not suspected. He loves
his mother, and makes a daily visit to
her in the house of the brother he so
hates. He and Henry though not alien¬
ated have little intercourse. There is
Caleb. nothing the matter between Henry and
The singularity spoken of is lodg¬
ed specially with Joseph. lie dresses
neatly, does i ot seek intercourse with
his fellows, and only a few persons have
dealings has with him. General Boynton
his confidence and is sometimes the
medium of communication between him
and others in business transactions. He
appears to be as happy as any one and
attends the church of which he is a
member, tie is tall and handsome and
active. His wife was one of the hand¬
somest women in \Vasliington.
Henry and Caleb are enterprising
citizens and loving brothers. Both con¬
tribute liberally to benevolent objects,
especially to the churches to which they
belong.
A Driving Business.
.Tones "wanted a hansom the other
night, it having reached the “Wee, sma’
hours ayont the twal’ ” before the club
adjourned, Just then one of the two
wheeled conveniences whirled by, and
Jones made a frantic endeavor to stop
thc vehicle.
“Hello, cabby, hold up; here’s a fare.”
Jehu, who had an engagement, drove
on, shouting back:
“Oh, no; I dont stop; my business is
driving.”
A Valuable Medical Treatise.
The edition for 1887 of the sterling Medical
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in every t of th© Hem¬
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at commencement of every year
over the soundest one-ftfth of a icai century. advice It for combines, the with
and prac of preserva¬
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the calendar, calculations, chro¬
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care, and will be found entirely accurate. Ti e
issue of Hostetler’s Almanac for 18o7 will
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procure one in his neighborhood.
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„ Dr. J. 8. Combs, Owenavilie, Ohio, says. 1
faSUtsiih
re meiy All" e e hereditary cases of Lung
disease, ml n-lvanced t » that sta • when
Oou;he, pain in tho chest, frequentbreathine,
frequent pulse, fe ©;• a id Emaciation. All
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The book that makes the greatest stir in
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Kupture, pile tumors, fist ul® and all diseases
dress.Worid sDispensaryMedieaiAssooiit- Buffalo, n. Y.
tio., tua Main street,
u t*k *sa to believe in a goose bone
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An Honest Han.
The Italian peddler had retired for the
night, when there sounded a heavy knock
at the door.
“Who-a there,” he demanded.
‘ ‘I’m the man you sold a pint of chest*
nuts to this afternoon.”
“Well, what-a you want 1”
I have come to return a sound chestnut
to lot, you. and, It was I’m the honest only good one and in the
as an man, you
probably put it in by mistake, I’ve
brought it back to you.”
A single fact Is worth a ship load of argu¬
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Oil, which is more efficacious than all other
liniments. Mr. John Gregg, a well-known
citizen of Watsonville, California, found it to
be indispensable as a core for rheumatism.
Price, fifty cents.
In 1884 Miss Gould undertook to provide her
father’s tenantry, in Limerick, with means
of obtaining remunerative employment and
has established a knitting enterprise, a com¬
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take the keenest interest.
An ouncs of discretion.Is bettor than a
pound of knowledge. Why not spend twenty
five cents for a bottle of Red Star Cough Cure,
and save a large doctor's bill ?
A writer says that when a girl is being
courted, True she sets a great deal by a young man.
enough; but the sentence is not gram¬
matical. It should read, “she ‘sits’ a great
deal by a young man.” Anyway the young
man sits a great deal by the girl.
“I do not like thee. Dr. Fell,
The reason why, I cannot tell.”
_. It has . often been
tins oft-qnoted wondered at, the bad odor
because doctor was in. ’Twas probably
he, being one of the old-school doctors,
sSSI&Sm t heir
work. For all derangements of the liver,
bowels and stomach they are speclfio.
The woman who neglects her husband’s
shirt front is no longer the wife of his bosom
Ladies ! Those dull, 11red looks and feelings
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Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh is agreeableto
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