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WOMAN’S WORLD.
ridels,
. jay hair.
To b® wed, as maid's pride is,
By altar, with prayer;
8Wa by rf&e, hand to band, with him
As Us chosso, to stand with him,
80 happy, so grand with him.
Was it not a thing rare?
About ray employ;
At his beck wing to h
Talk with him, sii
Walk with him, t
Each grief and e
To hare him, my o
. To have him enthrone o
Smooth current or rough.
With him to be seated
At the table I spread;
With praise to be greeted
For butter or breed;
Life's loaf there to break with biro.
Life's rage there to take with him.
Life's future to make a ith biin.
My lord and my head!
To dream with his dreaming,
To ess with bis eyes,
To s.heroo with his scheming,
Be wise, as he’s wise.
Linked for woe aid weal with him.
All lira's changes t> fee! with him,
Night and morning, to kneel with him,
Facing the same »Wtt
Great grows the wonder,
At round roll* ea h year;
Gf d-joiood, naught can tuoder,
Whether there, whether here;
Up life's bill to climb with him,
To keep step and time with him,
As bells chime, to chime with him,
With note soft and .clear.
The wooier still greater
And growing more sweet,
That God the Creator
No Ufa can d
That I should I
’ * That I should 1
Helpmeet, handmaid I
Completing complete!
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him.
Days against Marriage.
Accoiding to the authority of manu
script dated in the fifteenth century there
arc thirty-two days in the year on wb'ch
It is unlucky to marry. These days arc
January first, second, fourth, fifth,
seventh, tenth, fifteenth; February sixth,
seventh, thirteenth; March first, sixth,
eighth; April sixth, eleventh; 3Iay fifth,
seventh; June seventh, tiftecnt.i; July
fifth, nineteenth; August fifteenth, nine
teenth; September sixth, seventh; Octo
ber sixth; November fiitccnth, sixteenth,
and December fiitecnth, sixteenth and
seventeenth. - Consequently January is
the worst month nnd October the best
month in all the year for marriage.
The Tear Handkerchief ortho Tyrol.
In some portions of Tyrol a peculiar
and beautiful custom still prevails. When
a girl is about to be married, before she
leaves her home to go to the church, her
mother hands her a handkerchief, which
is called a tear kerchief. It is made of
newly-spun linen nnd has never l een
used. It is with this kerchief that she
dries her tears when she leaves her fa
ther's house and while she stands at the
f altar. After the marriage is over and the
bride has gone with her husband to their
now home, she folds up the kerchief and
places it unwashed in her linen clcnct,
where it remains untouched. The tear
kerchief lias only performed half of its
mission. Uhldrcn are bom, grow up,
marry and move away from the old
home. Each daughter receives from the
mother a new tear kcrchiof. Her own
remains where it was placed in the linen
closet on the day of the marriage, nnd
there it remains until her death, when it
is taken from its placo snd spread over
res of the dead, never to
Fashion Noire.
The leading silk‘m-tcria’s .are satin
and faille Franchise.
Beaded plush and velvet are sice of
le sets'on’s novel ti jr.
Sponge bonnets are the latest. The
crown only is of sponge. •
Tailor-made coatmnus have tic polo
naise applied th!a season.
Beads arc not used to much for garni
ture this season as bugles.
Black lace d-esses for autumn wear
have bodices of black velvet.
Tiny satin flowers in bright colors are
strewn over trimming velvets.
Black lace dres.c* with black satin
foundations will be much worn.
Cashmere over ’rcRses are worn with
plush, velvet and striped skirts.
Watered silks, black, white and col
ored. will continue to be in favor.
Blrck and white materials of all sorts
arc in favor for the present season.
Yokes of velvet are a featnre of silk
dres-c? for autumn and winter wear.
Fruits are wed more tb Cowers in
trimming hats and bonnets this fall.
Serge grows in favor for dresses, its
admirable wearing quality recommend
ing it.
The peasant corsage is the prettiest
thing for young girls, nnd is the most
simply made.
Cloaks will be mrde for warmth this
winter, and will be more voluminous
than formerly.
The jerseys for this season are of finer
quality nnd more elaborate design than
those which have hitherto been popular.
Beads are mixed with ruchings and
plaitings in every sort of fantastic man
ner. Rosary beads still find a use in
this way.
Sleeves arc very fancifully contrived
this season and the plain coat sleeve is
quite out of style, except for outside
jackets and coats.
Yokes are fashionable for both younger
most
lower part of the corsage.
A new Parisian fashion is the scented
fan in violet wood or sandal, very much
ornamented with silver and bearing a
crest or monogram inlaid.
Lace hats in black continue to be worn.
Row upon row of narrow lace plaiting
form the body of the bat and a bunch of
rich plumes adorn the side.
Beads and bugles find a place on all
manner of garments this season, begin
ning with bonnets and gloves and end-
THE HOX^VOCTOR.
Brark t Fe rr.
There is more effected by good nurs-
in tlum by medicine in nearly all cases
of ici I ?t fever. It is essential Hut the
nunc be o-.c who has had experience of
or who has been a cLse observer of
cases «.f thi* kind. In fact, it is true of
all fevers, that good and intelligent
nu'sing is the best security against their
fatal termination. Nor is it advisable
to change nurses if it can be avoided.
The nurse should have all the details of
the ea*c under her own charge; she
should not be heavily clothed, but
should wear as little as possible, should
change it everyday and have it washed
or thoroughly aireJ. Neither should she
mike a dressing room of the sick room,
but should make her toilet and keep her
dresses in an adjoining room, where
there is any possibility of doing so.
Towels, blankets, sheets, curtains, every
thing that in any way comes in contact
with the patient shouULbe kept entirely
separate until they aVe thoroughly boiled
and aired. Th s is essential to the
health of the householi, often to the
whole neighborhood.
The room should be kept thoroughly
ventilated, by keeping open a window
in the adjoining room or by some arrange
ment attached to the window of th ? sick
room which will allow the ingress and
egress of air without a draft; its tempera
ture should be kept at about sixty de-
CURIOUS CLOCKS.
The Emperor of China's Prcsents-
A Clock of Olden Times—A Re
markable Piece of Mecb-
antam in Scotland.
Many years ago two clocks of great in
genuity and elegant workmanship were
made in Lcndon and presented to the
Emperor of China by the East India
Company, a wejlthy organization en
gaged in commerce. Each clock was
made in the form of a chariot, in which
was plated the figure of a lady leaning
her right hand upon a part of the char
iot; and under it wa* the clock of curi
ous workmanship. It was smaller than
a silver twenty-fi»e cent piece, would re
peat and strike the hours and would go
lor eight days. Upon tie finger of the
j lady sits a bird, finely modeled, set with
i diamonds and rubie?, with its tiny wings
: erteudediua flying posture. By touch -
j ing a diamond button the bird would
• actually flutter for a time. The
j body of the bird,, although it
conained a put of the wheels
| that gave motion to the clock, was
' not more than one-sixteenth of an
iucli iu size. The lady held in her left
hand a gold tube, not much thicker thau
gree, and regulated by a thermometer, j |( j, * “ J-" on t h c top of which was a
its hcat from ^a j &ma || round box to which was fixed a
ing with shoes and stockings.
Guimpcs arc in favor for dresses with
high or low bodices. They are made of
tude, crepe lisse, gauze, brocaded silk
of exceedingly fine muslin.
A sash of woolen, either cashmere or
serge, has a wide fringe tied into its ends
Irish Point Lace.
A Limerick (Ire and) letter to tho
Philadelphia Prc*« says: The finest and
most beautiful lace made in Ire and
«omc* from Yougbal, and is known as
Irish point, which is recognized as an
•original lace from its extenoi dinary and
skillful combination of some twenty-five
or moro different stitches, copied from
various foreign lace*. This la s was
originated by Mrs. .Vary Ann 8mith, a
ladyjvho had devoted her life by sol
emn vows to doing good in connection
with tho school of tho Presentation Order
of Nuns. Having found in the Youg-
hal convent apiece of antique lace, Mrs.
school costume for a little girl.
Th;‘new burnt ivory ornaments are
very fashionable both for buttons, buck
les und brooches, Some expuisitc carv
ing is seen in the lately imported trifles.
Such a quantity of wide lace is used
in making a petticoat that it is cheaper
to buy two p eccs of ten yards each than
any other wuy. This should be whole
sale.
Pretty and becoming hats are in two
colors of straw braid, red being always
one of the colors. These are trimmed in
two color* of velvet or ribbon to match
thc hat.
A mu filer of m irabout feathers in some
sort tint is the latest London wrap for
the shoulders; it is fitted to the shoald
ers somewhat after t o pattern o.‘
pelerine.
The Spanish comb introduced in sum'
__,er millinery is a feature of autumn bon
nets. It is to bo found in jet, shell, cop
per, bronze and in blue, iridescent and
cut steel.
Iron is thc latest material utilized for
ornamental accessories to thc toilet, such
as clasps, buttons, buckles and the like.
The designs are necessarily very well de
fined ana large.
Fiddles for Firewood.
When Ole Bull, tho renowned violin
ist, was staying in Paris in 1»40 he re
turned home late one evening from
concert, nnd as tho night was cold he
ordered his man to make a tire in his
room. Tho latter drugged toward the
which tue word
If the room rereives
furnace, thc hot air should be made to
pass over a pail of water containing
either Labariaque's solution of Platt’s
Chlorides, and a towel with -one end
dipped in such a solution should be
tacked over tho register. If there be a
stove, or. better than nil, an open grate,
these solutions can be placed near by, so
as to be readily, evaporated and distrib
uted throughout the loom.
The chamber should always contain
some such solution in which to receive
thc excreta. A small quantity of urine
should daily be collected in a < lean ves
sel for thc doctor's examination. It is
usual to anoint the child with_ some
greasy substance; this allays thc intense
itching or prickling, which is most an
noying; it softens thc skin, which is in-
flainmed and swollen; it depresses thc
fever to a certain extent, and it serves to
collect the scales, which, if shed, serve
as carriers of contagion, and which are
usually shed iu Hakes. The child should
have its mouth washed once or twice
daily, as also other parts of its body, for
purposes of cleanlioes9, and the water
usea can contain either I abarraque's so
lution or vinegar Listerine, and possibly
the doctor will order the frequent usc of
Ufnid-spray, such as is employed with
cologne, using some good disinfectant
for the throat in these eases.
Scarletina, as far as we know at the
present time, only comes from previous
—ses of the disease. Clemliness not
_ jIv lessens the danger of serious compli
cations, which are often fatal, and miti-
Smith undertook to make a copy of it.
Her efforts were attended with great
success, and ahe-determined to teach the
«rtto the children who were then at
tending tho parish school and were lit
erally su lcring from wa it of food, for
famine hung over the land. Tho only
•employment then open for. them was
xnuslin e nbroidery. at which for ten
hours of steady labor they could earn
two cents, b rora the fact that this lace
baa been kept up to the early standard
and even improved, there seems to be *
steady demand for it.
Novelties In Jewelry.
Plain band rings, in nugget finish, are
selling well.
The demand for single moonstone rings
is still strong.
Fancy single-stone opal rings aro find
ing a nady sale.
Doublets of rubies and emeralds arc
again popular in rings.
Tourmalines, in combination with dia
monds, are s cn in fancy rings.
- Fancy or plain single-stone opal scarf-
pins are rapidly making their way into
favor.
circular movement 6Ct with, ,diamonds
aud not much larger tbaa. a 1 tea cent,
cent piece. Over, the lady’s head, sup
ported by a small fluted pillar, was a
i double umbrella. The pUlar was no
- larger than a quill. Under the largest
S uraurella a bell w&a fixed at a consider
able distance from the clock with which
it seemed to have no connection; but in
re ility communication was secretly con
vey oil to a hammer that regularly struck
the hour, and repeating the same at
pleasure bv the touching of a diamond
ira.ton fixed to the c'.ock below. At the
fi et of the lady was a gold dog, and be
fore it, from tho point of the chariot,
s great germ-destroyer, and prevents
5 spread of this dread disease in housc-
Healt ti Hints.
Tea is not a good drink for dyspeptics;
indeed, it is a most frequent cause of this
disease.
If vaseline or butter be applied to th?
skin immediately nfter a blow of any
sort there will be no d scoloration. As
little time ns p ssible mu t be allowed
to elapse from tho accident until thc
application of the remedy.
A physician says: “When a teaspoon
ful of warm honey is taken every fifteen,
twenty and thirty minutes, it has a sur
prising effort on catarrh. Every family
should have a glass of pure honey in the
house, in order at onco. after catching
cold, to be able to use some.”
Daniel It. Clymer, cx-Mayor of Read
ing, Penn., give* the following recipe
for obtaining undisturbed slumber:
Onions inhaled cause sleep, rest, end
repose. The soldier on his ma ch and
the exhausted iron-worker get great
strength from eating the onion. Tie a
fresh onion around the neck, and brure
it to make its odor thorough, and you
secure sound sleep from its nightly in
halation.
two bird* fixed on spiral springs, thc
wings and feathers of which were set
with jewels o.' various colors, and ap
peared a* if flying away with the chariot.
From mother secret motiou the chariot
was made to run in a straight, circular,
or indeed any direction. Above the um
brella were flowers aud ornaments of
precious stone*, and it terminated with
a flying dragon, ornamented in a similar
manner. Tne whole, clock was made of
g ild, mo t delicately executed aud em
bellished with rubies and pearls.
A wonderful piece of mechanism
known as the Clepsydra, or water clock,
was once upon a time presented by a
Turk of high rank to Charlemagne. In
the dails of the clock were twelve doors
opening at the hours which they repre
sented, and little balls equaling the hours
in number appeared and struck the time
upon a brazen boll. The doors continued
open until noon, when twelve knights,
mounted on horseback, issued forth, one
from each door,and after parading around
thc dial of the clock shut themselves in
again.
In the tower of the Town House in tho
City of Heidelberg, Germany, there ex
isted many years ago a clock so con
structed that when tho hours struck the
figure of an old man gulled off his hat, a
coo!< crowed and clapped his wings,
and bands of soldiers appeared and fought
The Products of ۥ*!-'
Few persons have any idea of thc* wop-
derful prodnef Irom a lump of coal—a
lamp of tot It hat is placed m the retort
ofagasra nufactory. Ordinarily burned,
thc combustion of a lump of c«d results
in carbonic acid smoke ;wh"ch is merely
soot, or, rather, thc visible portion of
smoke js soot) and the ash, iu which are
found silica, alumina, oxide of iron,
phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid, potash,
sodium, combined s ilphur, sometimes
traces of chlorine, titanic acid, and other
substances. In thc gas retort a variety
of products are obtained. The gas as it
is carried through tho hydraulic main to
thc purifying 100ms takes with it tar
and ammonia, the latter evolved from
thc nitrogen. The ammonia has to be
washed out with water in an arrange
ment by which the ammonia is gathered
and sdved. Tons and tons of sulphate
of ammonia aro thus made, and become
an artic e of commerce. The sulphur is
removed by caustic lime or oxide of iron.
The carbouic acid is also removed by
lime, but thc stilphurcus acid cannot be
removed, and, with several others re
mains in the gas after all efforts to re
move it. The others give thc gas its
smell.
By distillation, naphtha and asphalt urn
are obtained. Asphaltum is a dead oil.
very useful to preservo wood. From
this, too, carboli - acid is obtained—very
important in surgical operations, as be
ing the most valuable antiseptic known.
From Naphtha, benzole, cumol, toltuol
and cymol are obtained. Naphtha, as is
well known, is used as a burning flaid.
Benzoic is a solvent for grease and oils,
very useful in cleaning kid gloves nnd
things of that kind.
Benzole treated with nitric acid pro
duces nitrobenzole. This, singularly
enough, is used as a flavoring extract by
j confectioners and for perfuming soap.
■ When used for this purpose, it is known
I in commerce as the essence of myrrhbane,
which it is not, a’though it smells and
tastes something like essence of myrrh
bane or oil of bitter almonds. Nitro-
I benzole is terribly poisonous, but not
j more so than other adultcrats used by
i confectioners.
I From nitrobenzole, aniline is obtained.
This when first obtained is a perfect y
colorless liquid, b t darkens as U grows
older. From aniline arc obtained the
coal tar colors, which are so very bril
liant. The colors are of all hues. The
one known as “Turkey red” is exactly
similar to the rid that used to be made
from the madder root. Since the dis
covery of this aniline, it has almost
plctcly broken up thc raising of —•
tin p'ace a huge box. on which tue word
“Hrewood” wa* painted in large letters.
In answer to Gle Bull’s astonished in
quiry thc servant told him that the box
had been delivered that day at noon by
his master’s orders, as he thought Cn
being broken open the box was found to
contain twenty-two violins and thc fol
lowing letter: “Grest Master: The un
dersigned, being m.mbers of various
amateur philhaimonic societies, hereby
declare that they will hencc.orth cease
to perform on tue accompanying instru
ments. Tiie same wood lrom which Ole
Bull can draw life, love, sorrow, passion
and melody, is only to be regarded as—
fuel for the flames in the hands of the
undersigned, who therefore request the
maestro to make an auto-da-fe of the en
closures, and to look upon ibe ascending
smoke as incente offered to his genius by
penitent da iblers in the noblo art.** This
curiou* epistle bore thc signature of
twenty-two young men. Three days
aftewmrd Ole Bull gave a dinner, to
which ho iuvited nil thc senders of tbe
valuable “firewood.** Each guest bad
lying before him on the~ table one of tbe
violin* referred to. aud by its side a gold
ring with the Uwription “solitude and
Persevcrauce”—a pie e of seasonable ad-
to the faint-hearted dilettante, a id
A Sensational Duel.
That was a sensational duel fought in
Pans in 1815, between the Bonapartist
Colonel Barbier-Uufal and a young Cap
tain of the Royal Guard. The two ad
versaries were put into a coach and
bound together so that only the. right
arm of each was left free, and in each
right hand was placed a long, keen dag
ger. Then tbe doors of the coach were
closed, and before being opened again
it was. ocordiug to the terms of thc
duel, driven deliberately three time3
around th ; Palace Carrousel. The sec
onds sat on tho box, in thc coachman's
p!n<c. When the doors were opened
the young c aptain was found dead,
p erced by many deep wounds. Colonel
Dufal was in little better plight, having
received three terrible thrusts in the
bieast, and his whole left cheek having
been tom off by thc teeth of hi* adver
sary. Nevertheless, thc tough old
Colonel got well, and even before he
was quite cured, fought two mo c duels,
one with Colonel de St. Mo vs and thc
other with < cnera’ Montlegier, in each
case gravi ty wounding his man and him
self escaping unharmed.
Antique shape intaglio rings are now I
made in nugget-finish and are well re- j
ceived.
Twisted wire rings are popular, two or
three of d llt-rent color* being knotted
together loosely.
Thc enameled pansy, diamond-edged
and centred, arc now used in scarf pins
-with good effect.
Plain bar pins ret with pearls and tur
nouts seem at present to please more
than elaborate patterns.
Louis XL styles are reviving la Paris.
Miniatures set round with diamonds, aro
considerably worn there.
Spinels and chrysobcryls, in combina
tion with diamonds. are still numbered
among the popular oddities.
Scarf-pins in the form of a bird’s claw
grasping a gem-cut piece of topaz or
hematite are occasionally «een.
Red onyx sleeve but on*, gold-rimmed
and cut in antique intaglio, are neat and
fn harmony with popular styles.
The moonstone ball, encluatcred in
diamonds recently noticed in rings, is
also to be found in studs and collar-but
tons.
Qneon chains in oxidized silver with
Bat pendants, one side of which ia orna-
, vented wi h anti. uc heads, are wom by
to lame.—Bsmdachav*
The Salt Mountain of Palestine.
Selah Merrill, Un ted States Consul at
Jerusalem, says: Palestine possesses a
remarkable salt mountain situated at the
south end of the Head c ea. Tbe length
of this ridge is six miles, with an average
width of thre.-- uarters of a mi.e, and
the height is not rar from iOt) feet.
Th re are places where the overlying
earthly de.iosits are many feet in thicx-
uess. but the ma»s of the monnt iin is
composed of solid rock salt, somo of
whn h is as dear as crystal. How far
this deposit of salt extends below tho
surface of the ground, no one at present
k ova. At'some points, this r.de,
which is on the shore « f the Dead tea,
approac its very close to the water, and
at others it recede* until it js fifty or more
yard* from it. Just here the water of
the Dead £e»is much more salt than it is
at te n -rth end, where thc Jordan enters
lake.
The salt is n government monopoly.
The same is true of the silt that i« con
tained in solut on in the I'ttd ea itself.
If Arabs or the natives of tbe country
were found getting salt from the res
of the Dead tea or from this salt moun
tain, they would be arrested at once.
Mo t of the salt used in Hebron. Jerusa
lem, and elsewhere in this ;>art of Pales
tine comes :rom the e sour e;. but it is
gathered under the direction of govern
ment officers, and ti e revenue is sup-
poeed to go the government.
Ilb.tory of the “ Chestnut.”
Thc word “chestnut” will surely have
to go into tho next edition of th; un
abridged dictionary. The history of
th h bit of -lang has been a queer one.
Its origin will ne er be definitely
known, although a do eo stories of it
have b en told. Three yeais ago the
word was in common use among printers
in Bo'tnn. in its siang sense, and from
the comp rung rooms it came d-»wj“ ‘
the editor! d t-oor*. After a good
of u e ins-de tbe variou* new^p q: ‘
flees st n :turally got into print,
gre tarmy of newspaper rcade s quickly
canton d it, and within a y -ar it was in
gen rai us \ ’ For two years pa*t it h is
b-cn everywhere common throughout
ih ro-irt y. Tbenvomn go ius had a-
bright idea an 1 evo el the che tnut
bei. It made its first a; p.*arancc in Hal
ve or lMt'bnrg ab mt iuly 1. and it
took it over two m-m h* to get to Bo-ton,
jibont the same time t» get to Chi-
lag i anl ti o Witt —S mt.-e.ila Journal.
with each other. This curious piece of
workmanship was burned in the year
109:*, together with the castle and town.
In olden times there was a remarkable
clock in the cathedral at London. Every
hour two ho: semen came out ot the clock
to encounter each other.a door fiew open
disclosing the Virgin Mary on a throne,
with Christ in her arms, people are
gathered around presenting gilt?, and
two trumpeter* are sounding their horns,
Th s clock also showed the month, day
of the month and all of the festivals and
holidays of the year.
In the Village of Pittcnwecn in Scot
land, about fifty years ago, there was
mado and exhibited by Mr. Smith, a
clock and watch maker of that place, an
automaticiil clo;k which, from the de
scription given of it at that time, appears
to have equaled anything of the kind
ever produced. It comprehended a very
striking illustration of the musical and
religious character of the people of Scot
land. The case, which was of the finest
mahogany, was seven feet high, with
fluted columns upon each side. The up
per part of thc clock was ornamented
with carving, f et woik and gilding,
with a golden bird huving wings ex
tended standing in the cenier. The case
contained a large eight-day musical
clock, with three dial plates and a chime
of sixteen bells. The whole clock was
divided into five different parts, each ot
which had its own particular weight.
Tho firstwaithe going part; the second
k.-pt a small m isical band iu motion.
The band played a favorite tune over
once before striking thc hour. Tne third
part struck the hour; tho fourth moved
a large misi-*al band, coata.uing eight
celebrated Sc tch tunes, one ot which
played every three hour*, with great ex
actness. The front dial plate or face
which was about eighteen inches in di-
au.cter, had an arch which showed the
hours, min tes and seconds, with
the name «n<l date of the month,
with ut variation during the entire year,
even on the 2 th of Lebruaiy. ThccUxk
turned out all the odd davs in one night
nnd brought out the 1st of March on the
following morning. In tbe plate there
were also two small hun Is, one of which
discover- d the day of th; week. When
Sunday <ame there appeared the words:
emember Sumlay,” and at 12 o'clock
the m sic stopped playing until 12 o’clock
T te Ladles.
I amt'* b«o«. if theen rssVip,
And, you Ut, l - *•"
tbe irirbaU hop-
la u tbe forelady.
18 nufl«I jeU o :t •Cash!’*
1 seldom reu to :nai:e a “ma
again and continued until the next 8 -t-
urdav ni ght. On th • right hand was an
other dial plate eii*ht iuche* wide, with
anarch. It contained a hand tha' pointed
to th • name of the mne the clo k played.
The d al plate oa the le t wax of the
lame >ize as the one on the right. It
re .resented the front of a house with a
door in the middle. At each side of the
door stood a sentinel, with his arms, in
the livery -f the c ty guard of Edin-
burg, painted on brass. In tbe inside of
t ;e c- nterof the door was seen the mtcer
or clerk of the lords of tbe council,
dr. sred in his robes with bis mace in
hi* right hand. As soon m the dock
b gan to play he took off h s hat with
his right hand and walked passed the
d« or. lollowed by fifteen lords in pro-
c s-ion. The fig-ucs were painted on
thin brass and very mu h resembled life.
All this was but a part of ib • wonderful
eight day clock.—Detroit Ires Pas*.
Not for Smoker*.
Some lady who has more rever -nee for
the insp.ration she draw* from Helicon
than for that imported from Havana
com;* down after tne following
upon the j airons of the weed;
Mav nevtr lady pre s hi* ljl*,
His nroJTered love returning,
Wan makes a furnace of hi* ra/mth
And k t e,» its chiainey burning.
.udder
Holland. There thousands of acres
were devoted to the raising of madder
root to get thc Turkey red dye. It can
be made much cheaper from the product
of a gas factory.—Coal Trade Journal.
Omens Among the Mexicans,
correspondent of the Galvaston
tfeiea was amazed to overhear the conve:-
sation of two well dressed Mexicans who
were “gra ely discussing the question
whether or no Tuesday was an unlucky
day.” But Omenism, the belief in lucky
and unlucky times,signs and prodigies, is
prevalent in Mexico. “Otromal d;a! An
other bad day coming,” sighed my Tam
pico landlord on seeing a spider on his
bunch of bananas. If that spider had
only appeared in the afternoon, it would
have been an auspicious omen. “How
would it do to catch a lot of spiders and
turn them all loose after dinner? ”
“siuien sabe? Well, yes: but”—with a
doubtful shalip of the head—“there
might ba some of them around the ne.\1
morning.”
If a horse balks on approaching a gale
a cautious rider will turn back in de.er-
ence to the “warning.” 31 arch and
November ore unlucky months,
and Friday is always an unlucky
day; but, beside, every individual
has private trouble days of his own,
which it bchcovo-, him to di-.cover
and consecrate to retirement and
caution. Santa Anna had a long list of
such days—dates of thc year, most of
them—but disliked to mention them, fer
fear his enemies would attack him
at such times. There are lucky stais
and lucky phases of the moon, lucky
dreams, luck-boring incidents, and even
lucky numbc.s. In our hill camp nt
Pnscarro. some of our mulete rs went to
work one day near an old plac r mine,
and soon returned to borrow additional
pans and spades. Ti.ey had come across
tns nidus dutres—“three nests of three”
—i. c., had three different times found
three *.raius of gold in a “nest,” or a
“pocket,” as our miners would soy. Tho
aggregate value of the nine grains was
hardly a quarter of a dollar, but tho
coincidence of the threo lu ky numbers
was too significant, and before night tho
prospectors brought in nearly four ounces
of gold dufct, creating a general bonanza
sensation, tbe diggers themselves being
elated, rather thau surp ised, at their
success. They knew it; there mu*t be &
bonanza; the three nidus had settled that
to tbe satisfaction of every well -informed
person.—FeUx L. CauaU.
A Hard Street in New York.
The night scenes on Sixth avenue have
often been described. There is not in
any city in the world, iu any t.uartar not
altogether given up to vice, even in Lon
don. Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, or
Leghorn, any night scene more revolting
than that wh.ch any one may sec every
night within one block of i.roadway be
tween Thi.ty-fourth and Twenty-third
streets in the city of rvew York, 'ihe
whole waking population, excluding the
hackmeu, are utterly dem< ralL.ed. There
is no pretense of decen. y, moderation,
or order short of refrain from actual as
sassination and open \ io’ence on the ave
nue. Such things occur on the riJo
streets a little way off, as was the case
not long ago with an unfortunate gentle
MATTERS
articles with thiv before they ate put
into tho wash. If thi* is done the stains
will be completely removed. If you can
not get the Javelle water, the next best
thing i* a solution of chloride of lime pat
into, one quart of water; shake it
thoroughly, and a'ter allowing it to set
tle, pour off the clear fluid and bottle for
use. This is used the same as Javelle
water, except thst the articles to which
this solution has been applied must be
thoroughly rinsed in clear water before
being put into suds.
To Can Corn.
Use glass cans, and be sure they are
p-irfect. Cut the corn from the cob, press
it into the cans (.with a potato masher)
till the milk flows over. Put on the rub
ber and the top, and screw down tight.
Place them in a boiler with sticks on the
bottom, pour in cold water enough to
about two-thirds cover them. Boil five
hours. When about half cooked, remove
a can at a time, tighten the top, and re
place. Use fresh corn, and begin and
finish the canning in one day. Any ama
teur can successfully can corn if she will
follow the above directions. The reason
>o many failures in canning occur is be
cause of carelessness in little things.
Thc rubbers must bo perfect of theit
kind. New rubbers can be had at the
house-furnishing store. The cans must
be perfectly clean and sweet, and every
stage of the process conducted with ex
actness. And even then, as with bread,
the most careful housekeeper will some
times fail and get “down on her luck.”
Recipes.
Lsmox Honey.—One grated lemon,.
rind and all, ono and one-half cup of
sugifr, one-half cup of butter, one cup of
wutor, two tablespoonful of corn-starch.
Cook till thick, stirring while cooking.
Nice as a sauce or to put between layer
cake.
Butter Scotch.—One cup of molas
ses, two cups of sugsr, one nnd one-half
teaspoons soda, one teaspoon vanilla,
piece of butter size of an egg. Boil with
out stirring until it hardens on a spoon.
Pour out on buttered plates to cool. Al
ways add flavoring last.
Beet Salad.—Slice cold, boned
beets; cut into neat strips, line a salad
bowl with white, crisp lettuce, heap the
’beets in the centre and pour mayonnaise
dressing over them just before it goes to
thc table, or vou can pass thc dressing
with the salad in an ice-cold pitcher
pretty bowl with a ladle in it.
Batter and Froit Pudding.—Chop
up one pound of applcs and put them iu
a greased pudding basin (gooseberries,
plums or any other fruit will do), nnd
sprinkle sugar over tlum; now make a
batter of one egg. six ounces flour and
one breakfast cupful of milk; one half a
teaspoonful of baking powder must be
added to the flour; when the batter is
smooth press it over the fruit and steam
eently for one hour; care must be taken
. . .■ . finrl flnoa
A WIFE'S LAMENT,
I know a mountain, high and grand
And vrnwl with chasms dark and day
Dark, stern, magnificent! it stands
And guards tbe hamlet at Its fast.
Through cloud and fog and morning mSitb
UnmavsJ by tempest, xterm er time;
And when the sun iu brow has ktesd
It smiles with radiance sublime!
Tbe fertile valley lie3 bcl-w
Clothed in her shimmering summer drear*
Aud smiles up to the gr. y. cold rock
That guards, but stoo. u«*r to caress.
I know a face, a kindly ia -c,
That towers hi^h above my own,
An artist’s eye, a form of grace,
A poet's soul—a heart of stone !
He stands unmoved by praise or blame,
With conscious power and mind complete
He lives for labor, art aid fame,
* Nor heeds the offerings at hi* feet. .«
Td give the world were I the sun,
To kiss to smiles that haughty face.
And see the lightning glance of love
Light up those eye* with tender grace.
I nestle mutely nt his feet,
He shields me from the storms ot lif^
I bring him offerings pure aud sweet,
A worshiping, devoted wife.
Bat ah! his heart once all my own,
Forgets the gracious tenderness
Of bygone days. I sit alone.
He guards, but stoops not to caress.
—Jacinta Jacques, in Omaha World*
that the water remains boiling and does
not evaporate too much.
Tomato Soup.—Two quarts raw toma
toes; put on the fire and bail fifteen min
utes; drain off the water. In another
saucepan put three ounces of butter with
two carrots, two onions and three ounces
PITH AND POINT.
A swell dinner—Dried apples.
Gymnastic tabic ware—Glass tumbler*.
A striking cx j rcssion— 4 ‘Hit ’em agin.”
In favor of tro^ coinage—The counter
feiter.
The bounds of reason—Jumping $X
conclusions.
A mis-statement—“Go and ask papa.”
—Merchant- Traveler.
Somo one says: “Money is close.”
Grab it then.—Nor Uaren Mates.
Sober second thoughts are generally
preceded by headaches.—Cleveland Voice*
The eagle is a tough bird, but when
it is put on the back ot a dollar it is legal
tender.—Merchant- Traveler.
“The Saratoga walk” is the latest ag
ony. It probably has a good deal of
“spring” to it.—Botton Bsraltl.
You often hear a woman say: “There’*
no uso talking,” but she doesn’t think
so just the same.—Me* Haven Metes.
‘•Table padding’* is announced by dry
good dealers. Stomach padding should
be the only padding allowed about # *
table.—Pic-tyine.
It is said hop? will induce sleep. All
the same, thc more “hops” the young
people indulge in, the more sleep they
lose.—NorrUtoun Herald.
Now goes each gentle maiden forth
To gather autumn leaves;
“ d her pc
> her slee —
—Huston Budget.
The superiority of man to nature i*
continually illustrated. Nature needs **
immense quantity of quills to make a
goose with; but a man can make a goose
of himself with one.
A physiologist says that “no man 1 !*
body is as strong as his appetite.” Thi*
plains why a tramp can eat a bigger
of ham, all cut in pieces and a garnished G f vituals in a day than he
bunch of pafsley. Fry slowly fafteen ^ ood> _ iV ; (rr/4 - "
minutes; add three tablcspoonfuls of »
flour; mix well; add the tomatoes with
two quarts of veal broth; season with
salt and white pepper and a little red
pepper. Cook slowly two horns; pass
through a sieve; skim well; add a lump
of butter and a little sugar. Serve with
squares of bread fried in butter.
Toast.—Many seem to think that they
have made toast when they brown the
outside of a slice of bread. Have they?
The object in making toast is to evapor
ate all moisture from the bread, and
holding a slice over tbe fire to singe does
not accomplish this; it only warms the
moisture, making tne inside of the
bread doughy and decidedly indigesti
ble. The true way of preparing itris to
cut the bread inti) slices a quarter of an
inch thick, trim off all crust, put the
slices into a pan or plate, placo them
into an oven—which must not be too hot
take them out wh-m a delicate brown
and butter nt once.
Glneva Wafer?—Well whisk two
e^gs; put them into a basin and stir to
them three ounces of butter, which must
be beaten to a cream: add three ounces
flour and sifted sugar gradually, and
mix all well together. Butter a baking-
sheet, and drop on a teaspoonful of the
mixture at a time, leaving a ^acc be
tween each. Bake in a cool oven; watch
the pieces of panto, and when half done,
roll them up like wafers, and put in a
small wedge of bread or piece of wood
to keep them in shape; place them in
the oven again until crisp. Before serv
ing reraolffthe bread; but a spoonful of
preserve in the widest end, and fill up
with whipped cream.
rrixtoicn Herald.
“Go slow” is an expression that con
tain? mu.h wholesome advice iu regard
to frugality, but a school-boy would
never think of leveling such an axiom nt
tho school-room clock.—Puck.
The S'ientiiir. American has a very in
teresting article on “Tobacco Blindness,”
but wcTl venture to say that no smoker
was ever so tobai co blind that he could
not see the cigars sticking out of the top
of a companion’s vest-pocket.—Puck.
Ho stuttered.
And muttered:
“For your hand I’m ap ap-pealing.
She grumbled.
And mumbled:
“I never did like apple-pealing.”
—tiooda.Cs Sun.
A dog with a tin can attached to hi*
tail by a stout cord passed i urriedly dowa
the street. “Is that dog mad?” askel »
pedestrian. “Well,” responded another,
' cau^him glimpse of hl3 coub
he passed by and he didn't 1
a.
man found dead ‘ from cause unknown”
in Thirty-first s:reet. Lut. on the ave
nue, while there i* not open assault, rob
bery, or murder, in the haring dens that
occupy tli3 first floor* along the streets,
there is to be > een every ting that ia vi
cious and revolting in both man and
woman.—New York Let er.
A Watchmaker’s Epitaph.
As one of the “Curiosities of Litera
ture” connected with watches, we n.aj
cite the following, which can bo seen in
the churchyard at Lydlord, Devonshire,
England:
‘Here lies in a horizontal
The outside ca*e
Integrity
spins and prudence
of all the aettensof his life;
, generous, and libe al,
r stopped tul he had nd eved
distress.
e never went wrong,
i going by people who did
mow his key;
Even then be was easily set r ght again.
He had the art of disposing of nis tune a
Care of the Hair.
A prevalent idea ir that which asserts
that frequent brushing nnd stimu ation
of tho scalp with a hurd brush i, the
proper treatment of tile leiir. jNothingir
more contrary to scion ti tic experience
and fact. All authorities on the treat
ment of the sk n and hair agree in saying
that the u e of the hard brush, a< too
comntonlv us.d. is destructive to the
hairs. Tne skin is irr tated by hard
b.ush ng. The h.irt are broken and
Pro sed by such treatment, aud the idea
that s urf is rem >vcd by this practice is
delusive, f r scurf forms taster than be
fore. The hair-brush, therefore, shou d
be soft. Dr Pincun says
away at
curly hair,
to curl smooth hair, or to remove all the
scurf from th.- he ul. is *'*© T pernicious.
The ord nary ha r-brush, oi soft textur
as ood a bru h us o e need use. The
bristle* should not be ret too closely or
be too stiff in texture. The wire brush s
in use are al*o useful. The.r excellence
i? derived from the same condition*
which make ano dinary ao t,pl ant hair
brush pleasant to use. —lie/ al l of Health.
The Pecan Tree.
The pecan tree is found in a wild
ate in the woods of thc various aecti-ms
of the South and We-t t grow* to a
very large size, and bears yearly many
bushels of fie l avo ed n ts Though
litrie or no attention bis bem paid to
t.iesj valuable trees, c • .t.vation great
;m »rove«them, th- nut growing mm
larger and impro in r in flavor The
Iiecan tre • live* to a great *ge. »nd con
tinue* long in b ari'«g. The — —■ ""
coun eoance
look the
least b.t please.
“Is any one wa ting on you?” inquired-
tho polite salesman of a Westvill*.
maiden. “Wei’-, I can't hardly tell,”
she blusliingly replied. “Sometimes I
think there iv and then again I ain’t cer
tain; Lut Will’s so sott of funny, yoa
know,” and then she blushed again anu
asked to look at some luce collar*.—Mew
Haven M-.tcs.
He (trying to get out of it pleasantly)
—“I'm awfully sorrv that I must go to
night, Miss Bessie. 'What an agreeable
two wc-'ks we’ve had of it I will go and
ask your father ” (he was goiug to
say “to harness the horse.”) 8he-r*‘*^h,
William, I knew it would come, and I
asked pa yesterday so as to save you the
trouble. He’s more thau willing.”—
lid-Bis. ______
A Pair or Shoes for Baby.
Almost anyone would have known
th ir er. and a* they entered tho store.
His was an a.r of a*> l ^T.:nt indifference so
roughly assumed asjto p.o iuim it* falsity
at uiicc. Wh le hhe was cag rue •* Itself,
the qui k nervou? motions betrayed her
interest while hor eyes fairiy beamed
with thc holy lov« 1 ght of the mother.
His face was tunned an . burned by a
daily exposure to tho sun, hi • liu d* were
large, red ai.d strong, sod the sturdy
turn uave evidence th.it by humble toU
he gait cd their daily bread, bhe was
no dr *w ng ioom i.ower, and yet the
light that * .one in her eye? fairiy trans
figured ner. “ • e-% for Baby,” sfiefsaid,
in rep y to the polite .;ucry pf the clerk.
“ e never bought Baby a fair bcfoie,
and 1 don't k ow tho size.” i ut sho
a ded: **I marked his f .ot;” and she
hauded to thecterk a card, on which waa
traced the dainty outlines of her dar
ling's loot. _
“Preity good, a n t it, for a fotir-
m nths-md: ” a.-k- d , apa. asth y walked,
tow rd the cv unicr and m .de a sel.ction.
—Free P. tss.
Ho ran down*.'or. 14,180L aged 57.
In hope* of being taken In hand hy his
I Thoroughly cleane J, repaired, wound up, and
»good
’air"parts of the United
reason why it *hou!d not* be grown cx^
tentirely ii
soil, doing well on ro< ky hills and waate
land. There ia n • nut crfm : t tree more
val able and requiring a > little atten
tion. Tho nut? always dnd residy sale at
fancy pri es. In panting the trees the
only object i? to obtain good fiesh note,
ri of a good cariy variety, of Ia ge
“All That G1 tiers.”
The shining m tallic incrustation found
upon tho ice.hof sumo of the cattle
whi» h are pastured al mg the b nk* of
tuo Carson uiver ha-been popularly
tirino nc*-d tob; a canting of gold maa
wtlver d po* ted upoo t e teeth from the
mineral impregnation of the water ana
grt>s. attracted tb ough tie magnetic
action o the auimi s body. Some of
the bullion in r » ta ion or deposit was
submitted rei eatlv to 1‘roressor F- E.
I ieldi g Chief Aswaycr at the Coasoli-
dated aliforoiaani
1 am tha wash ady.
A'd none but thnea who smoke themselves l Jn the world to c
twoyemrsold.—-S-joitlM icM. -ortlilu-.— W !»•“ • *-»■
....... [ Away of-
flraj ia l his rltv. . pon critl -il ,.n»Iy.«s
o> the matcrlil he T B e-mcee it to be
■Hite c»lc.«m -olpUiie. with not tins I'-K®
tra c of either if >ul, silver or • u cksu-
«•- Tlius nnoth r •- peful delusion ia
1, and the c • tcmplateri tonree
fr.<m srap'g the animria
useless and
Fnte.-prise.
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