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t or the Industrious of
the Fq^ir Sex.
The Field of Science.
French Lace.
Cast on 16 stitehes.
1st row : Knit 3, over, narrow, knit
3, over, knit 1, over, knit 6.
2d row : Knit 6, over, knil 3, over,
narrow, knit 3, over, narrow, knit 1.
3d row : Knit 3, over, narrow, nar
row again, over, knit 5, over, knit G.
4th row : Cast off 4, knit 1, over,
narrow, kDit ' , narrow, over, narrow,
knit 1, over, narrow, knit 1.
5th row : Knit 3, over, narrow, knit
1, over, narrow', knit 1, narrow, over,
knit 3.
6th row : Knit 3, over, knit 1, over,
slip 2, knit 1, pass the slipped stitches
over the knitted one, over, knit 4,
over, narrow, knit 1.
Begin 1st row. /
Emma Estelle Wetsel sends}, this
lace, also a sample. \yethuhK it very
pretty. /
Smyrn/Lace Tie.
For the body Lf the tie cast on 28
pitches. /
Kitfit plain.
Up 1, narrow, knit 1, over,
tnit 1, over, narrow, knit 13,
Prow, knit 1, over, knit 3.
Blip 1, knit 9, over, narrow,
[>ver, narrow, knit 13.
Like second.
klip 1, knit 11, over, nar-
Tit 1, over, narrow, knit 11.
|row: Like second,
row : Blip 1, knit 13, over, nar-
fnit 1, over, narrow, knit 9.
Like second.
Slip 1, knit 15, over, nar-
kpver nairow, knit 7.
Tiletes the pattern. _ Re-
Jrst row as long as wished.
Id of the t ie cast on or pick
3S.
|Knifc 18, over twice, purl 2
lit 2.
Slip 1, knit 1, over twice,
Aether, knit 12, over, narrow,
'r, knit 8.
Slip 1, knit 0, over, narrow,
T, over, narrow, knit 4, over twice,
together, knit 2.
row : Slip 1, knit 1, over twice,
2 together, knit 13, over, narrow,
over, knit 3.
tow: Slip 1, knit 11, over, nar-
kiit 1, over, narrow, knit 8, over
lurl 2 together, knit 2.
[)W : Slip 1, knitl, over twice,
[together, knjt 14, over, narrow,
[over, knit 8.
lit 13, over, nar-
jw, knit 2, over
it 2.
rer twice,
narrow,
gr, nar-
.over
ce,
as.
m it 2.
12th row : Slip 1, knit lj
purl 2 together, knit. 3, ovj
knit 1, over, narrow, knit 1!
13th row : Slip 1, narro\<*pBt 1,
over, narrow, knit 1, over, wa#nw,
knit 12, over twice, purl 2 togdker,
knit 2.
14th row : Slip 1, knit 1, over twice,
purl 2 together, knit 4, over, narrow,
knit 1, pver, narrow, knit 11.
v —46tfcrtow », Slip 1, narrow, knit 1,
over, narrow, knit 1, over, narrow,
knit 11, over, twice, purl 2 together,
knit 2.
16th row : Slip 1, knit 1, over twice,
juul 2 together, knit 5, over, narrow,
knit 1, over, narrow, knit 9.
17th row Slip 1, narrow, knit 1,
over, narrow, knit 1, over, narrow,
knit 10, over twice, purl 2 together,
knit 2.
18th row : Slip 1, knit 1, over twice,
purl 2 together, knit G, over, narrow,
.knit 1, over, narrow, knit 7.
Repeat four times for each end.
This pattern is klnd'y sent by Mrs.
1. B. G., Iowa.
kctecTtG Death by an Ostrich.
Ostrich-farming is not without its
hangers, as many a man has learned
|o his cost when sauniering among a
lock of these birds without taking the
[necessary precautions against a sudden
|onslaught from a vicious member of
iie herd, but it is not often that we
[hear of a man being actually kicked to
leath by an ostrich. Such a fatality co*
jurredTecently in the district of Victo
ria West, Cape Colony. The bird had
Strayed on to the public highway, and
[isputcd tlit‘progress of tho : uufortu-
, man to such purpose that he k
led and tr»mp[5fcf to deat^
The United States have seventy-
three papers devoted to science and
median ics.
Linseed oil added to the mortar is
said to prevent tie saltpetiing or
streaking of buildings.
According tfri Professor Simoni, the
greatest depth ot the Lake of Con
stance is 27G metrts, and" that of Lake
Leman 309 metres.
A womai. J o insti ute of technical
design has been started in New York.
It is intended to give ample training
in sudi of the industrial arts as
women can follow to advantage.
Mexican mustang liniment is aaid
to crvnsist of petroleum, ammoma and
brandy in the following proportions :
Petroleum, one quart; water of am
monia, one pint; brandy, one pint.
A German patent has been Issued
for a bottle made of twelve per cent,
silicon, which is said to resist the
strongest acid. It is also recom
mended for the iron plates of zinc and
iron galvanic batteries.
Ammonium picrate produces in
solutions of gallic acid a red colora
tion, which in a few seconds passes
into a flue green. Pyrogallic acid and
tannin also gives a red, but it remains
unchanged.
A recent English patent is for the
selvedges of cotton velvets. “ Silk
threads are woiked into the selvedges
of the cloth after dyeing, by sewing
machines, to produce an effect re-
sembli g the selvedge of silk velvet.”
The presence of chiccory, dandelion,
&c , in coffee may be ascertained by
boiling with sodium carbonate, and
then treating with dilute bleachiug-
powder solution, when the chiccory
and dandelion are bleached, the coffee
being unacted on.
India-ink drawings that are to be
colored or washed over with tints
should have a little bichromate of pot
ash added to the ink. After the draw
ing has been exposed to light for an
hour or so the lines can be gone over
without washing them up.
The Java process of shaving the
bark of the cinchona, which was in
troduced into Darjeeling by Dr. King,
has provc-d a decided success. The
bark renews itself perfectly within
about a year, and the trees do not ap
pear to have suffered the least check.
Dr. Ritthausen has obtained crystal
line albumen from the press cake of
hemp seed. Under the microscope it
appears in well developed forms be
longing to the regular system. Simi
lar albumens were obtained from the
press cakes of castor oil and sesame.
Sanitary lectures in Glasgow, Scot
land, are stripped of all technicalities,
and deal with sanitary matters in a
plain, common-sense way. When a
lecture is delivered it is printed and
sold to the audience attending the
next lecture at the low price of two
cents.
The following is a German formula
for eau de cologne soap : White soap,
2000 parts; oil of lemon, eight parts;
oil of neroli, four parts; oil of sweet
orange, six parts ; cil of rosemary, one
part; oil of thyme, one part; oil of
petit grain, two parts ; essence of eivet
(thirty grains of civit to one liter of
alcohol), four parts.
Large iron-ore deposits of good qual
ity have been discovered in Westpha
lia at no great depth beneath the sur
face, and a considerable force of work
men is engaged in removing the ore.
But what is of equal importance is the
discovery also of extensive coal veins
of from eight to fourteen feet in thick
ness.
Sewer gas is disinfected in the Hos
pital de la Pitie, at Paris, by nitrous
oxide. The gas passes into an earthen
cylinder four feet high, tilled with
charcoal and sprinkled with nitro-
sulphuric acid, the moisture in the
gas condenser setting free the niH’ous
oxide contained in the acid, which
destroys the sulphuretted hydrogen
and all harmful matter.
A new safety-lamp lias been con
structed by Dr. Schroudroff, which
can only be opened witli the help of a
strong magnet. A lever presses
against a toothed wheel, which al
lows or prevents the movement of the
screw fastening the glass door-holder
to the socket. The lever must be
moved in order to open the lamp, and
tills is done by means of a strong mag
net.
thousand years on the carcasses of ox,
pig, sheep, deer, goose, hare and other
game and fish in fine variety. We
are meat-eaters because our fathers
had little else to eat. The plains and
green hills of the cold North were
dotted with wild-grazing animals, as
an English park is now dotted with
deer, or a Western prairie with ante
lope and bison. There was no green
meat worth eating. A few genera
tions only have passed since our now
commonest vegetables came from the
Continent. We are adding to their
number every day, and thus by the
aid of cultivation we are winning
back our way to fe simpler, healthier
food, and one more like in kind that
on which man subsisted in the tropi
cal or sub-tropical regions whence he
originally came. But the education
of the cook bars the way to progress.
Even when he gives us French beaus
they swim in butter. The French
cooks, suppored to be the best, syste
matically make the natural flavor of
the many delicate vegetables of their
markets secondary to that of butter—
now, alas! often only cart grease or
hardened oil.
In our restaurants the best fish and
meat are always procurable. The
vegetable kingdom is usually repre-
aented by a mess of ill-smelling cab
b*ge and a boiled potato. Under the
circumstances one wonders why any
body has the courage to advocate
vegetarianism ; but at the very time
that this may be witnessed in the res
taurants our gardens are full of tender
vegetables. No doubt we may
have much to do to improve them,
and we ought to grow more than we
do. Nevertheless, it will all be
almost useless until there is a revolu
tion in oar modes of cookery, in the
sense of cooking and serving for their
own sakes, and in most cases without
the aid of the animal kingdom, the
more delicate green vege‘ ables that ai e
and may be grown in our gardens.
Old or inferior vegetables require the
art of the cook, and must be saturated
with grease and spices to make them
edjble. The true art of cookery is
only to deal with the best and tender-
eet of each kind, and jealously pre
serve its flavor ; but this art is in any
general sense yet unborn. Those who
know our markets best can also verify
that no one connected witli hotels or
restaurants ever takes the same trouble
to purchase the best vegetables, that
they do with meat, fish or game.
They do not know or inquire after the
nest quality, much less pay for it. Our
garden products should not be judged
by a visit to any restaurant, however
good.
Talking Birds.
“The Man with the Iron Mask.”
The Identity of the “The Iron
Mask,” or “The Man With the Iron
Mask,” has never been satisfactorily
established. About the year 1679 he
was carried with the utmost secrecy to
the Castle of Piguerol, and wore dur
ing the journey a black mask, which
was not of iron, but of black velvet,
strengthened with whalebone, and
secured behind with steel springs, or
by means of a lock, as some say. The
Parrots, starlings, and jackdaws are
not the only birds that “talk.” Birds
not possessed of native powers of mel
ody are usually gifted with very va
ried abilities of articulation. hooded
crow, for instance, can produce an
astonishing variety of complex noises
from his throat, and his talents only
lack cultivation to enable him to give
utterance to words ; but his natural
language is the very reverse of melo
dious, and cannot in any sense be con
sidered as a “song.” I have known
a hooded crow to say “Papa!” with
great correctness, and what is more
remarkable, he invariably applied the
name to its proper owner—not the
hoodie’s papa, but his master’s. The
starling talks very roughly, indeed,
to his fellows, but he is one of the best
mimics we have, imitating the notes
of other birds, and even the human
voice, with great accuracy. Magpies
also can be taught to articulate with a
tolerable degree of accuracy. The
mocking-bird, too, so well known in
some parts of the United States, has
no natural melody of his own, but
he contrives to copy in a most faithful
manner the songs of nearly all his
feathered neighbors.
But it is a little surprising to find
that the canary, so superbly endowed
by nature with musical taste and
skill, will condescend on occasion to
imitate the unmelodious tones of the
human voice,although the fact that he
does so is beyond dispute. A correspon
dent of “Land and Water” mentions
a canary owned by a lady residing in
Saltford, near Bath, which was able
to pronounce several words with re
markable distinctness. At the con
clusion of its song the bird nearly
always said, “Kiss, kiss, Miss Lizzie,
kiss, kiss!”—Miss Lizzie being the
daughter of its owner; and, after re
peating the words niGre than once* a
new song was begun. It seems that
these words were acquired several
years ago, when the bird was quite
young, and duriug the moulting sea
son, when its natural song would be
discontinued.
Curiously enough, the only cases I
have known of talking canaries have
occurred in the West of England, but
I am not able to draw any conclusion I
of value from that circumstance. It
may be a mere coincidence, or there
may possibly be a certain family of
canaries settled in the west country
whose peculiar gift it is to imitate,
with a fair amount of accuracy, the
various intonations of the human
voice. A canary which was owned by
a lady in Weston-super-Mare was ac
customed to hear its mistress, an
invalid, say, on conclusion of its song,
“Oh, beauty, beauty! Sing that
again!” These words the bird picked
up, and was soon able to repeat, but
its education made no further progress,
and no additional words were ac
quired. The short sentence, as in the
case of the Saltford bird, was never
uttered save after a brilliant burst of
song.
It is wholly incorrect to suppose
French Princess style of fine inser
tions and edgings of Valenciennes lace
or of India muslin and Irish point
lace, or the sheer embroidery, which is
made in the patterns of lace. The
most popular style for cambric or
gingham dresses is a combination of
the French guimpe and the Mother
Hubbard fashions. The yoke and
sleeves of this dress are of sheer white
uaiusook trimmed with embroidery.
The rest of the dress is of cambric,
shirred on to the yoke in Mother Hub
bard fashiom Quaint little puffs deco
rate the shoulders.
Dresses of soft Cheviot wool or flan
nel are used for early spring and cool
days throughout the summer. These
are in Princess style, in a variety of
designs. Army blue, in Cayenne pep
per mixtures, cool stone grays or
drabs, with an under surface of gay
coloi are a pretty choice. Picturesque
frocks in old English style are of olive,
dark terra cotta red, peacock or seal
brown flannei.
A Story of Early Steam Travel
ing.
It is related that an old country
dame committed herself for the first
time to a railway carriage, and by a
misadventure the train on arrival that
very day was run too quickly into the
station, so that a van or two became
smashed, and the passengers were
much thrown about. The old lady in
particular was jerked under the seat
upon the top of her bandboxes, where
she was found by the guard, meekly
and patiently awaiting the opening of
the door. Upon his exclaiming, “For
goodness sake, ma’am, come out,
there’s been an accident,” she gently
replied, “Oh, sir, I thought you al
ways stopped like this.”
that no meaning is ever attached by
orders were that if he revealed himselfco talking birds to such words or short
Why Englishmen Eat Meat.
The true reason why we seem to the
visitors of our restaurants to have no
vegetables is that the cooks of Europe
have served au appreuPceshlp of a
he was to be killed. He was conveyed
in 1686 to the Isle of Sainte Margurite,
and duriug the passage the strictest
watch was kept, that he might not
allow himself to be discovered. The
unknown prisoner was in 1698 trans
ferred to the Bastile, and was, as be
fore, hidden behind the mask. In that
prison the captive remained until his
death, in 1703. On November 20th,
the day after his death, lie was buried
iu the oemetrey of St. Paul, under the
name of Machioti.
The unknown was treated with the
utmost respect, but so closely was he
watched that he was not permitted to
take off his mask, even in the presence
of the physician who attended him.
Many conjectures have been haz
arded as to who “The Man With the
Iron Mask” could have been, the one
generally received at the present day
by those who have carefully investi
gated the subject being the following :
It is conjectured that lie was Hie Count
Matthioli, a Minister of Charles III ,
Duke of Mantua. This Minister had
been largely bribed by Louis XIV.,
and had pledged himself to urge the
Duke, to give up to the French the
fortress of Casaale, which gave access
to the whole of Lombardy. Louis
found that Matthioli was playing him
false, and lured him to the French
frontier, and then had him secretly
arrested and imprisoned. As he was
Minister Plenipotentiary at the time,
liis seizure was a flagrant violation of.
International law, which it was safe^
to be able to deny than justify, and
when the denial was made once, the
“liquor” of France was involved in
upholding it.
sentences as they may he able to pro
nounce. The well-known
tfie Edinburgh parrot, M«fl!^ffngular
accomplishments have been already
noticed in more than one periodical,
has settled this question once and
for ever. So far was this clever bird
above “mere parrot-talk” that he
rarely spoke a word which had not
direct relation to surrounding objects
or events. A strange dog introduced
into the room was greeted with loud
ories of “Put him out! Put him out!
I’m so frightened!” Clergymen at
tending his numerous levees were po
litely requested to “Gle oot the
Psalm !” and, as this by itself would
savor somewhat of habitual irrever
ence ou Poll’s part, It is only fair to
add that he was very particular at
meal-times iu telling the assembled
family to “Say grace first!”—L^ure
Hour*.
GOWNS FOR LITTLE GIRLS.
Pretty Designs in Various Fabrios and
Any Number of Shades.
The openings of the principal
houses exhibit the most elaborate
dresses for children. An exquisite
dress of shell pink faille and brocade
in thistle ^ittern is made for a child
tiw
of ten with*full paniers and ruflb s on
skirt. Cinnamon, terra cotta^and
olive is one of the odd aesthetic tom-
biuatiouH of color used this season.
Rich collars and cuffs of lace fluish
these dresses. Nainsook dresses are
made in Mother Hubbard style. They
are shirred at the neck, at the bottom
of the yoke and below the waist,
where a deep ruffle of embroidery joins
the waist. The lace lresses are mi
MINISTER HURLBUT’S DEATH.
Talk of Poison—A Post-Mortem Examina
tion and the Result.
Panama.—The last steamer from
the south coast brought the news of
the sudden death, on the morning of
M irch 27th, of General Stephen A.
Hurlburt, United States Minister
Resident in Peru.
The Lima correspondent of the Star
and Herald, says that up to the morn
ing of his death the deceased gentle
man had been in the enjoyment of the
best of health, and, while washiug his
face was suddenly seized with such
intense pain in the region of the heart
as compelled him to give vent to loud
and agonizing cries. He was raised
from the floor and placed upon a bed
when he momentarily recovered con
sciousness, his first exclamation being:
“God bless you all! I am dying ! Oh
my heart!” A few more disjointed
phrases were all he uttered. A sharp
convulsive shock ran through his body
and iu less than twenty minutes from
the first attack he had ceased to exist.
The suddenness of the death of Gen
eral Hurlbut gave rise to numerous
rumors. It was asserted that he
died from the effects of poison
istered by a political faction or]
or covert enemies of the lint
he had adopted,
such an
considered
recommend that a post-mortem exaiy
ination should be held.
The family were strongly oppos^''
to any examination tiking place, since 1
all were thoroughly satisfied as to the
cause of death, but public reasons were
urged upon them by their friends and
finally Mrs. Hurlbut reluctantly gave
her consent. The examination took
place yesterday iu the presence of ten
surgeons of different nationalities.
Drs. Schofield and Baldwin, of the
Pensacola, performed the operation,
being assisted by the others. It was
most carefully executed, and almost
all present agreed in declaring that
death had arisen fiom aneurism of the
heart. Cue or two, however, express
ed a wish that the contents of the
stomach should be analyzed, and as
this request could not be refused, al
though believed it unuecssary, if"Ca?
etermined to transmit a portion c
fnkcontents to Doctor Roimonde f
aniS^sis. When this determinate
was 3Wved at Doctors Schofield a;
Baldwii^^nnsidered it their dut
adopt a lik^^recaution, jdthouglft
fectly satis t tmL-d^jlAad ar\
from natural
a sealed jar leave!
to-morrow’s steaml
Satire and lampoons on par
people circulate more by giving >
in confidence to the friends of the
parties than by priming them.—Sher
idan.
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Five i}u.hdre<jl and forly-seven Chl-
ueee 4 borers from Hong Kong arrived
*ria, B. G.