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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. fr • « 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.