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For the H milton Journal.
WOMAN.
- T r. Editor: — Fr»*m the store
- house of memory comes this
gem on woman, VVili some of
numerous readers give us the
of the author, and oblige,
O. P. T.
How solveless is woman.
What painter can trace
The varied emotions
Thai gleam on her face ?
And what art can portray
The feelings that lie
In the heave of her bosom,
The glance of her eye ?
How tender is woman—
The watcher at night—
Who leaves not the blossom
On account of the blight.
An angel of mercy,
She soothes us in pain,
And smiles in her gladness
When health comes again.
How lofty is woman,
Deep, deep in her ire,
When light words enkindle
The spaik on the pyre.
Majestic she towers.
Man quails from her view,
Till her wrath like a cloud
Soon dissolves like the dew.
How loving is woman.
How fragile she clings •
To him she has chosen,
Whatever he brings.
Though all he can utter
Are words to deceive.
Confiding she loves him,
'Though false—will bej$£ve.
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Ill Memorinm.
Whereas, ii lias pleased our Ileav
enly Father on tlv; 22nd of Jan. 1888
at eleven o’clock p. in. to remove lrom
our midst and membership Brother
R. A. White, our vice-President,who
after a lingering illness of infiamation
of the bowels, and the added afflic¬
tion of congestion of the brain passed
into the beautiful beyond. There
'Ifbre be it
Resolved 1st. That while we deep
ly deplore* this irreparable loss, we
bow with humble submission to the
decree the A 1 . Providence who
Ot wise
lias seen fit to remove him from this
earthly sphere to heaven.
Resolved 2nd, That in theoeathof
,, lko. White . Chlpley ,,, . , Alliance . ... , has . lost _
one of its ablest and truest friends,
the Methodist church one of its bright¬
est shining lights, the state one of its
best citizens, and nis family a devo
ted husband and a faithful and m
dulgent father.
Resolved 3rd. That copies of these
resolutions be sent for publication to
the Hamilton Journal and Christian
Advocate. Also one to his family
apd one to be spread upon the min¬
utes of this, Alliance.
R. L. Burkes,
Secretary.
r
w Come up and pay your subscription
and get your garden seed.
THE FASHIONS IN FLOWERS.
Brides’ bouquets of pure white Nephetoa
buds or bride roses and lilies of the valley are
covered as with a mist with white tulle.
Crimson Jacqueminot and Bennett roses,
the new Papa Gontier and American Beauty,
both a rich, rosy pink; the creamy Mareclial
Niel and puie white i uriian are all favorites
of fashion.
The sensation of the season has been created
by the American Beauty rose, first placed be
fore the public a year ago. The blooms are
superb, measuring six inches across. Half a
dozen form a large bouquet.
I here is a fancy just now for the delicate
pure white flowers of the daphne odora,
whose fragrant blossoms are in full bloom at
this season. Set against their lustrous green
leaves they form charmingly graceful bou¬
quets.
A style of table decoration that is not
strictly new, yet is very pretty and graceful,
is that simulating a shower of roses. Sprays
of light green depend from the chandelier, to
which are deftly fastened roses as though
about to fall. Single roses are scattered over
the cloth and a cluster laid at each plate.
Tho fashionable boutonniere ii» either a
single roso or a bunch of violets, or may¬
hap as many as ^bree buds, At large
and ceremonious dinners, where favors are
laid at every plate, each gentleman finds at
his a single roso or other flower matching the
corsage bouquet at the plate of the lady he
takes out.
Thero is a perfect furore over the wonder¬
ful orchids that grow without earth and live
upon air, and those who can afford it carry
at, grand entertainments hand bouquets of
these brilliant blossoms. They are expensive,
a bouquet costing from $25 to $50. The
range of colors in these rare flowers is mag
n ill cent and their fragrance exquisite.
At luncheons, dinners and all entertain
meats at which tho guest •> are to be seated,
table decorations take the form of flat banks
or mounds of flowers in the center, the
mantel banked with flowers and smilax, or
asparagus vine draping tho chandelier. A
few handsome ornamental plants about the
rooms and in tho hallway complete the
decorations.
Roses are still tho chosen flower for per¬
sonal adornment, corsage and hand bou¬
quets. For corsage bouquets they are cut
with very long stems, tho leaves and thorns
left just as they grow. Tho colors are never
mixed, but one variety forming a bouquet,
and it is not uncommon to see them with
stems half a yard long. From threo to a
dozen buds are worn, pinned to the corsage.
At wedding and other receptions at which
all are served standing, big * flower pieces
are admissible. At teas and informal din
hits an ornamental luisket holding a con
coaled tin containing growing ferns may be
placed in the center of the table, and a vine
of delicate asparagus prettily arranged upon
tho cloth. The simple green and white con
trust is very pleasing. When flowers are
used they are of the handsomest kind.
A style of docorution imported from Lon
don and introduced last season is the use of
long strips of plate glass and richly colored
plush in conjunction with flowers upon the
dining table. Tho st rip of plush—crimson,
old gold or pale pink—is edged with gold
lave and placed down the center of tho long
table, with all round a border of plate glass,
The flowers are placed at the edges and upon
the glass and plush, with such ornamental
effect as taste may direct.—New York Mail
and Express.
B1TS OF TURF HISTORY.
The greatest winning 3-year-old was Han¬
over, by Hindoo. He won twenty races and
$89,827.
The highest price ever paid for a thorough
bred horse in America was $40,000, by
Leonard Jerome, for Kentucky, by Lexing¬
ton,
The greatest winning 2-year-old was Tre
niont, foaled 1884, by Virgil, dam Ann Fief,
by Alarm, ne won thirteen races and #40,
085 in money.
Tho largest thoroughbred breeding estab
lishmeut in America is tho Belle Meade
stock farm, Sumner county, Tenn., which
contains 4,000 acres.
The richest stake ever won in America was
the Peyton stake, run at Nashville in 1843,
which was worth $41,000 net to th 9 winner.
Distance, four mile heats.
Lucky Baldwin will have a stable of about
twenty-eight horses of all ages in the east
next year. Some of his 2-year-olds are
reported to be very promising,
l n 1886 the stablo of the Dwyer Brothers
WO n $208,549.16 in purses and‘stakes, more
money than was ever won by any single rac
ing establishment in America.
The Kentucky bred horse Abbotsford,
formerly Mistake, is the only horse in the
history of the world that has won races in
England, France and America,
Isaac Murphy has ridden three of the four
winners of the great American Derby, run at
Washington park, Chicago, which is a better
record than any other western jockey,
The greatest winning 2-year-old filly was
Wanda, chestnut mare, foaled 1882 by im¬
ported Mortemer, dam Minnie Mina, by Lex
ingion. She won eight races and $66,345.
Ripple, a horse that in 1881 was one of the
best performers in the Dwyer Bros. ’ stables,
sold at tho Woodburn sale of yearlings in
1879 for $00, at which sale the great Foxhall
only brought $650.
The greatest notable salo of thoroughbreds
ever had in this country was that of P.
Lori! lard in 1880, at which twenty-seven head
sold for $149,050,. the highest price being
$29,000, the lowest $300.
Iu his famous C ^P race w Rh Kingfisher at
,, 3arato S a 1871, Longfellow the first
> ran
three-quarters of the two miles in 1:12, a rate
of speed that was never equaled for that dis¬
tance in the history of the American turf.
Miss Woodford, br. m., foaled 1880, by im
P° rted Billet, dam Fancy Jane, by Neil Rob
mson, won more money than any animal
tiiat ever r® 11 on the American turf, winning
in five y ears forty-eight races, worth $1J S,970.
Joe Blackburn (full brother to tho famous
Luke Blackburn) was tho highest priced
ye&Ming ever sold in America at acution,
fcho Bvvyer Brothers paying $7,500 for him at
tho Belle Meade sale in 1881. Asa race
^orse he was worthless,
The highest priced thoroughbred ever sold
at public auction was Dew Drop, now dead;
foaled 1883, by Falsetto, dam Explosion, by
imported Hampton Court. She brought
$29,000 at Lorillard’s sale in 1886, the pur¬
chasers being the Dwyer Brothers. •
, Stuyvesant, b. h., foaled 1884, by imported
Glengarry, dam imported Dublin Belle, by
Knight of St. Patrick, is the only horse that
ever won a mile race in 1:40, he having ac
complished that feat at Sheepshead Bay Sept,
b 1877, carrying 111 1-2 pounds,
Tho highest priced stallion ever sold at
auction was Iroquois, the only American
horse that ever won the English Derby. He
was by imported Leamington, dam Maggie
B. B., by imported Australia, and was sold
to Gen. W. H. Jackson, of Nashville, Term.,
at Lorillard’s sale of 1886, fgr $20,000.—New
York Sun.
Disuppnmtinent.
Servant (in boarding house)—Ah, Misther
Dumley, such beautiful ducks came today!
Dumley (excited)—Ducks! You don’t say
50 , Bridget?
Servant—Yis, sorr; it’s an ile paintin’ for
the dinin’ room.—The Epoch.
SURE SIGNS.
Always expect a thaw in January.
A Jauary thaw is a sign for a July freshet
If clouds drive up high from the south in
winter, expect a thaw.
If shooting stars fall in the south in winter,
expect a thaw.
In winter, if the fences and trees are cov¬
ered with white frost, expect a thaw.
A very heavy white fi’ost in winter is fol¬
lowed by a thaw.
White frost on three successive nights in¬
dicates a thaw.
Hogs rubbing themselves in winter indi¬
cates an approaching thaw.
When in winter pigs rub against the side
of their pen, it is a sure sign of a thaw.
When little black insects appear on the
snow, expect a thaw,
If the trees are frosty and the sun takes it
away before noon, it is a sign of rain.
If there be an abundance of hoar frost, ex¬
pect rain.—Boston Journal.
A Queen's Bravery.
The queen of Portugal wears the Pari?
life savers’ medal because, in 1874, while
bathing at Cascase with her sons, Charles
and Alfonso, 11 and 9 respectively, she
swam out to save her children from
drowning. A large wave suddenly swept
the children off their feet, and their
mother, in trying to save them, came near
drowning also, but they were seen by the
lighthouse keeper, who dashed in and suc¬
ceeded in getting them safely to land.—
Chicago Herald.
LIGHT AND AIRY,
The red headed girl long a target has been
For dull wits to fire at; hut since It is known
So great a proportion in congress is seen
Of heads which in color resemble her own,
She hopes fairer treatment at last to secure.
Alas! for the hope, ’twill no fruitfulness And,
For even a red headed congressman’s sure
To favor a head of an opposite kind.
—Atlanta Constitution,
His Health was Delicate.
Lady of the House—Now that the servant
has given you a lunch in the kitchen, you
will shovel the snow off the sidewalk, will
you not?
Tramp—I would like to oblige you,
madam, but, really, I caunot.
“Why not?”
“My physician has forbidden me to handlo
anything cold, except cold victuals. Au re
voir.”—Texas Siftings.
Has It Come to This?
Fashionably Dressed Lady (to floor walker)
—I will look at mourning goods.
Floor Walker—This way, if you pleasa.
Er—for a human being, madam, or a dog ?—
The Epoch.
Sad Things.
Oh, sad is the touch of a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still;
And sad is the winter without any ice
The ice dealer’s house to fill.
But saddest of all of the things I know
Is the toboggan slide without any snow.
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
She Had Read the Hook.
“Did you advertise for a saleslady?” asked
a young woman as she entered a merchant’s
place of business on Clark street.
“I did. I recollect receiving a particularly
nice response from one young lady,” the old
man answered with an effort at a captivating
smile. “You must be she.”
“Sir! you must be mistaken in the party.
‘She,’indeed. Do I look as if 1 were 2,OCX)
years old?”—Merchant Traveler.
The Doctor’* Delight.
Physician’s Wife—How is the walking out
today, my dear?
Physician—Beautiful, beautiful; the pave¬
ments are one glare of ice!—The Epoch.
Just Arrived*
It is all very well
For people to tell
Of the laud of the lotus and lizard,
But it shrivels us all
When down from St. Paul
Comes the blast of its blustering blizzard.
—Buffalo Express.
A Guarantee of Ability.
Jones—Hello, Bill! I hear you have a po¬
sition with my friends Skinner & Co?
Bill—Oh, yes; I have a position as col¬
lector there.
Jones—That’s first rate, Who recom
menejed you?
Bill—Oh, nobody. I told them that I once
collected a bill from you, and they instantly
gave me the place.—Judge.
Lsdy of the Hook*.
Agent (at the d^or)—Ls the lady of the
house in? Gentleman (calling to his wife)—
Mary, is the cook in?—Burlington Free Press.
A Music Festival.
I can not sing the old songs,
For I have caught a cold,
But I will sing "Sweet Violets’’
v*>«. If you the dog will hold,
—Lincoln (Neb.) Journal.
