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Tho Fair Sex.
The largest sheep owner in Texas is
a woman known as the widow Calla
han. Her herd numbers 50,000.
Louisville has discovered that woman
are particularly fit to be drug clerks,
and a number are already employed in
the best stores. “They seem to learn
by intuition,” says an employer; “one
word or look suffices where a man
would require a hundred words of in
struction. When my woman clerk has
a matter in hand, I am certain that my
order will be carried out.”
Girls, he Cautious.—Girls, beware
of transient young men. Never suffer
the address of strangers. Recollect one
good, steady farmer’s boy or indus
trious mechanic is worth more than all
the floating trash in the world. The
allurements of a dandy Jack, with a
gold chain about his neck, a walking
stick in liis paw, and a brainless though
fancy skull, can never make up the loss
of a kind father’s home, a mother’s
counsel and the society of brothers and
sisters. These affections last while that
of such a man is lost at the wane
of the honeymoon. Girls, beware!
Take heed lest ye fall into the “snare
of the fowler.” Too many have been
already taken from a kind father’s
home and a good mother’s counsel, and
made the victims of poverty and crime,
brought to shame and disgrace, and
then thrown upon their own resources,
to spend their few remaining days in
grief and sorrow, while the brainless
skull is making its circuit around the
world, bringing of its ignoble will all
that may be allured by his deceitful
snares, and many a fair one to the
shame of his artful villainy.
What Woman Can Do.—Woman
need not become a coarse, noisy, brawl
ing politician, in order to be useful, nor
wear pantaloons, nor try to unsex her
self generally. She cannot, if she tries,
get out out of the place for which God
made her. The old hen can’t crow,
work at it as hard as she will.
As a wife and mother, woman can
make the fortune and happiness of her
husband and children; and, if she did
nothing else, surely this would be suffi
cient destiny. By her thrift, prudence
and tact, she can secure to her partner
and herself a competence in old age, no
matter how small their beginning or
how adverse a fate may be theirs. By
her cheerfulness she can restore her
husband’s spirit, shaken by the anxiety
of business. By her tender care she
can often restore him to health, if dis
ease has overtasked his power. By her
counsel and love she can win him from
bad company, if temptation in an evil
hour has led him astray. By her
examples, her precepts, and her sex’s
insight into character, she can mould
her children, however adverse their
dispositions, into noble men and women.
And, by leading in all things a true
and beautiful life, she can refine, ele
vate and spiritualize all who come
within reach; so that, with others of
tier sex emulating and assisting her,
she can do more to regenerate the
world than all the statesmen and re
formers that over legislated.
. She can do much, alas! more to de
grade man, if she chooses to do it.
Who can estimate the evil that woman
has power to do ? Asa wife phe can
ruin herself by extravagance, folly, or
want of affection. She can make a
demon or an outcast of a man who
might otherwise become a good member
•of society. She can brmg bickering,
strife and discord into what might be a
happy home. She can change the
innocent babes into vile rneri, and even
into vile women. She can lower the
moral tone of society itself, and thus
pollute legislation at the spring head.
She can, in fine, become an instrument
of evil instead of an angel of good.
Instead of making' dowers of truth,
purity, beauty and spirituality spring
up in her footsteps, till the earth smiles
with a loveliness that is almost celes
tial, she can transform it to a black and
arid desert covered with the scorn of all
evil passion, and swept by the bitter
blast of everlasting deajth.
is what woman can do for the
as for the right. Is her
one? Has site no
become,
any season for two years. A noticeable
feature is their plainness. No matter
how much the costume may be trimmed,
the train hangs in straight,plain draping,
sometimes having a plaiting or shell
ruching edging it. We have often writ
ten of the desirableness of a detachable
train, especially is this useful for those
of us who must economize in expensive
dresses, and who are only occasionally
found amidst festive scenes. To the
society woman trained costumes are a
necessity, and must be always ready for
use, but the “ occasional ” finds a trained
costume out of style while yet unsoiled ;
ibut, if a handsome walking dress, it can
be worn for the promenade and quiet
receptions, the train added, and giving
an entirely different style for full dress.
Often Ottoman or other rich silk or
satin is used for the corsage and petti
coat of the dress, while the train is of
Ottoman silk, brocaded with velvet. A
very stylish evening dress at a leading
house is in baby-blue satin. The lower
skirt is laid in plaits, with a fan-shaped
front, the drapery plaited crosswise,
caught in the middle with a double bow
of satin and edged with white silk em
broidery ; the back drapery in a full
puff, box-plaited into a flounce, falling
over the main plaiting ; the basque
pointed in front; elbow sleeves edged
with embroidery ; Directoire collar also
of embroidery; an adjustable train
ready to be added under the box-plait
ing that forms from the puff. Ottoman
silk is found to wear nicely, merchants
predicting for them a successful run ;
indeed, all repped silks are now more in
demand than the soft, fine silks to which
we have so long been accustomed.
White Ottoman has formed some of the
most elegant wedding costumes of the
winter. Plain velvet costumes are worn
for full dress. A ruby tint is made a
princess or, if preferred, a polonaise,
with separate skirt of silk lining with
the front of antique lace.
The polonaise is gathered in front,
below a long-pointed vest of the antique
lace. The back is draped in soft folds,
the lower part hanging straight and
full, with a border of the lace; fiat cuffs
border the sleeves, and a square collar
is also made of the lace. Basques for
full dress, as well as those for street
and home wear, have the bottom cut in
battlement points, leaf points, or square
tabs, a fashion that has never been so
generally followed as this. Sometimes
only the fronts are slashed, while the
back tapers off into a point over the full
drapery ; or it can be slashed around to
the side-back forms, this ending in dou
ble loops. Another fancy, where a
basque is trimmed with embroidery, is
to cut the basque pointed back and
front, curved short over the hips; then
trim with the embroidery or lace in a
fiat border, the selvklge turning under
neath the basque edge. The sleeve and
a flat collar should be bordered the
same while the skirt may be bordered
each side of the front, or have contrast
ing panels, with the trimming put
across in three borders. Inexpensive
evening costumes are made of surah, in
light tints, have figured or satin-striped
grenadine for over-dresses, these prettily
trimmed with lace and ribbon.
French corset-makers are reintroduc-
cing the old-fashioned corset that had a
board like busk down the front, but no
fastenings, the lacing now being done
at the back. This method, though
causing extra time and trouble in ar
ranging, produces, it is claimed, a more
graceful outline to the form than the
usual manner of fastening the corset.
Satin corsets—of which there must be
at least two, to wear with dark or light
dresses—are extremely fashionable with
those who can afford them, as this elas
tic fabric molds itself more closely to
the figure than either Jean or French
coutille. Over the hips of these new
corsets are set wide gussets of silR elas-
ticwebbing, which give a peculiar ease
to the wearer. Still further comes a
rumor from over the sea that French
belles, who are troubled about their too
ample proportions, very frequently dis
card the corset altogether, and have the
linings to,their dresses made of extra
heavy material, almost covering the
dress bodice inside with strong whale
bones, finished with silk casings. Later
still, word is brought to us by returning
moi istes that those too, too solid
French ladies who are determined to
look ethereal have taken to wearing
nickle-plated corsets, warranted never
to “give an inch.”.
will soon bo at a premium.
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of wood, it
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Pious Reflections.
The Pilgrims.
“Out of darkness into His marvellous light.'
The sun is sinking
dim and
stand
^orders of the
ey stand
Promised
What, nearly home?
fast.
Around us rise the mountains
vast;
And lo I like mighty sentinels the
To guard the faord
Land !
Longer and longer seemed the toilsome
way,
Touched by the sunlight of the waning day.
Wo feared the light, our souls were sore
distress'd,
And yet—God knew we were near our rest.
Behind us lie the deserts bleak and bare,
The valleys haunted by the fiend Despair,
The flowers whose sweetness was a poisoned
breath,
The groves were chilly, shadows harbored
death.
Before us, shining through the sun-gilt
mist,
The vision of the Great Evangelist,
The heritage of all the saints in light,
Jerusalem the Golden, meets our sight.
Ourselves and Others.
A second degree of love, always rare
in practice, is a plain and level dealing
with eaoh other’s needs. What is worse
than too much candy and coddling, too
many honeyed words? We must not
lose sight of progress, or that life is in
its uses. Love should be a surgeon as
well as a nurse.
The unwelcome truth may be the
only mercy in many a case, and should
be spoken out. Severity may be char
ity. Our state attorneys complain that
there is growing up a cruel tendency to
concede to rogues and avert the claims
of justice, to the injury of the guilty
and the innocent:
“ Mercy, is not itself that'oft looks so ;
Pardon is still the nurse of second woe."
It is a question, whether humanity
pays; but by every sensible person
that should be looked upon as. the same
question as whether there is a God.
The existence of Deity is guaranty of
just compensations; that every pound
shall be balanced by another pound ;
that we shall get as good as we give;
that no gold goes through the perfect
sieve, hut that, to the very minutest
atom, all will be rescued and rated and
paid for. There need be no insurance
on risks, for there are none. Morality is
not a venture, nor charity a lottery, but
these are tied to blessed ends by unfail,
ing laws. There is no art that can win
against nature. Honesty always throws
loaded dice.
When the Earl of Flanders sought
refuge in the smoky hut of an old
woman in Bruges, crying, “O, good
Woman, hide me ; lam thy lorde, therle
of Flanders!” Froissart says, “she
km w liym well, for she had been often
tymes at his gate to fetclie alms, and
she slyde hyrn safe away.”
Giving is .getting, only silver is paid
in gold. What we nobly give, we give
into our own hands. Le Grice, the
school companion of Charles Lamb,
wrote: “I never heard him mentioned
at; school without the addition of
Charles, although, as there was no
other boy of the same name, the addi
tion was quite unnecessary; but there^
was implied kindness in it and it was
proof that his gentle manners excited
that kindness. The sweet-hearted boy
was on the winning side. He could not
lose in that game, because the cards
were all trumps. The more indifferent
to selfish ends was his fine playing, the
more surely were those ends guarded by
the sharp-eyed watchers of the world.”
When we divinely forget, there is
One who divinely remembers and re
pays.
Home Gossip.
Very elegant little tables are now
covered in deep crimson plush, and the
bordering, instead of being equal all
round, is in panels, some long, some
oval and others short and square. Upon
the Surface of the table a design in
flowers is worked in fine ribbons, while
leaves and tendrils are in arasene. Each
panel is finished off with tassels of dit-
ferent color, to match the design, and
they depend from brass ornaments in
the shape of a crescent.
These brass crescents are very much
in favor for ornamenting lambrequins,
bracket hangings, and the many deco
rative objects to which needle-work is
devoted. They make a very pretty fin
ixli to fringes, etc.
The latest style for bureau covers and
tidies consists in the introduction of
colored designs eithe\in the fcjderibga
or centres. These d
either oval or square,
ed by a .natter
filoselles, or crewelB to match them in
color’s.
One of the handsomest fire places in
fashion to-day is intended for the use of
a gas-log. The background is of wrought
iron in representation of an elaborate
coat of arms, the andirons are of the
same material in floral design, the fac
ing of the stove is of tiles richly enam
eled in relief, which are framed in fur
nished brass. The hearth which accom
panies this elegant fire-place is of mosaic
tiles, while the fender is of burnished
brass.
For a large vestibule or hall the most
appropriate stove is of terra cotta and
wrought iron, the frieze being of the
former material very highly ornamented
in carved relief. As an accompaniment,
an old fashion has been revived in the
shape of a fire-fixture of wrought iron,
which is of pyramidal shape, in elabo
rate floral decoration. From it depend
hooks, suggesting possible cooking, and
branches for vases.
The favorite style of tile decoration
for hearths to-day is in imitation of pol
ished woods. Deep browns, reds and
black represent maples, mahogony, ebo
ny and walnut, the high glaze of the
tile giving the exact effect of the polish
of natural woods. Minton tiles and
Japanese tiles are always in demand.
The frame work of a curious hall
chair is composed entirely of elk horns
mounted in^silver. The back and seat
are of embossed leather, and the border
ing is studded with brass nails.
A very beautiful candalapra with
crystal pendants has a stem of Mexican
onyx and branches of the same material.
Bands of cloissone give it an exquisite
finish, and the shades are of delicately
tinted glass.
A masterpiece in bronze ordered for
an English gentleman incloses a clock.
The design represents a Christian ex
pounding the gospel to a Saracen ; this
piece is flanked by two Saracen figures
armed cap-a-pie.
Mats and rugs for halls are of polar
white bear, leopard and tiger skins
mounted in black furs, the f dgings be
ing extremely deep.
Terra-cotta plaques are mounted in
black or deep-toned velvets or plush.
The geuine specimens, which come
from Dieppe, are very wonderful repre
sentations of the life of the fishing pop
ulations. In one a groupe of fishwives
surround a comrade who reads the news
of the day from Le Petit Journal.
Handsome hall chairs are in illumi
nated leather, and are framed in heavi
ly carved mahogany. The latest fash
ion has the tall upright back and narrow
seat which was characteristic of the
eighteenth century.
Sea shells are mounted on terra-cotta
plaques. Figures carved in terra-cotta
peer ever the edge of the shells and ap
pear as if perfectly at home in their cu
rious tenement.
A pair of Sevres vases, valued at
$0500, are exactly copied from a pair
ordered for Queen Victoria’s birthday.
They are mounted upon a pedestal of
of Mexicen onyx, decorated in French
bronze. The vases are surmounted by
a crown of flowers in bronze, of rare
workmanship, and have handles of the
same rich material. Upon a ground
work of old blue enamel the design rep
resents upon the one Venus rising from
the sea and upon the othqf the fable of
Europa.
The rage for tambourines may be sup
posed to be dying out, but unfortunately
this absurd fashion is likely to be closely
followed by a still more ridiculous adap
tation of guitars and violins to purposes
of decoiatiou.
Little wall-brackets are entirely cov
ered with plush and decorated with
brass nails and the crescent ornaments
to wTiich allusion has beeu made.
A Chicago clothing store gives a pres
ent of a coal stove with an overcoat.
That is a great deal bettor than painting
a fireplace on the tail of a coat or put
ting a coil of Steam pipe in the back
lining. Some of the ready-made coats
need a furnace in them to keep a man
warm. More wool and wadding and
less coal stoves is what the boys want.
Barlier-ous: “ It seenui to me,” said
a customer to his barber, “that in hard
times you ought to lower your price for
shaving.” “Can’t do it,” replied the
barber; “now-a-days everybody wears
e a great
Outcome of a Spelling School.
A graduate from the High School in
this city had a call from a country
school about two hundred miles north
of Detroit, and he went his way, pro
vided with se veral written recommends
and a whole cart load of enthusiasm.
He found the school house to be t\ one
story affair, made of logs and large
enough to hold thirty scholars in case
the teacher stood in the door. When
school commenced the score of scholars
could only muster a geography printed
in 1848, an arithmetic a few days
younger, a dozen leaves of a speller
and the half of a broken slate. The
teacher, however, went to work to
hammer knowledge into their craniums,
and he had convinced most of them
that the world was round and that the
sun neither rose nor set hi that county,
when it came time to have a spelling
school. For convenience sake it was
held in a big barn, and the turn-out in
cluded everybody, from the boy who
spelled “coni” the same as “horse,”
for convenience sake, to the old man
who always put “in liaist” on his let
ters to his brother in Vermont. It
wasn’t much of a contest mi til the
last half dozen towered aloft. ‘ ‘Catarrh’ ’
and “photograph” laid ’em out by the
dozens, and when only the champions
were left “Constantinople” floored all
but two like a bolt of lightning. Then
came the word “parasite. ” One ren
dered it “parysight,” and the other
gave it “perrysite,” and when the
teacher shook his head one cried out:
“I’ve writ that word over a hundred
times, and I guess I know!” ‘‘And I’ve
seen ’em every day of my life for forty
years, and I don’t sit down for any
body, ” added the other. “It is para
site,” replied the teacher. “I dispute
it!” “So do I.” “That’s the way Web
ster gives it.” “Who’s Webster?”
Yes, trot him out.” Then the friends of
either rose up. In the shindy the
teacher came in for two black eyes,
a cracked rib, kicks in the shin and
bites on the ears, and the minute he
could get clear and over the fence he
headed for Detroit, and reached home
in want of so many repairs that it took
two months .to make him presentable.
He had a few dollars due him, and he
left a change of clothes up there, but he
doesn’t want to hear from the directors.
They may think he has resigned, and
any parasite desiring the situation can
have the vacancy without paying bonus.
Sanitary.
OrEN Fire Places.—Dr. Frank
Haqfrilton, in the Popular Science
Monthly, insists that safety lies alone
in open fire-places, ordinary washbowls
and the banishment of all sewer con
nection to an outbuilding entirely sepa
rated from the living rooms. Author
ities are quoted to prove that no plumb
ing can exclude sewer gas, and that no
traps can be considered safe. \Dr.
Hamilton insists that typhoid fevur,
diphtheria, scarlatina and the general
weakness and prostration which afflict
so many city dwellers are all traceable
to sewer emanations.
Treatment of Diphtheria Sore
Throat.—Every now and then we
meet an epidemic of a form of sore
throat whicl^Wh many particulars, re
sembles diphtheria. The onset is sudden.
The disease is ushered in by chillness
or actual shivering, followed by fever,
loss «f appetite, headache and pain in
the throat, aggravated by swallowing.
On examination, the tonsils, the arch
of the fauces, and in many cases the
uvula, are red and swollen. Occasion
ally small ulcers are seen. The ser-
vical and submaxillary glands are fre
quently swollen, and in some cases al
bumen is found in the urine. The
temperature may reach 105, while the
pulse is much accelerated. It is dis
tinctly infectious, for wives become in
fected subsequent to their husbands,
and in some families all the memliers
are attacked. Such an epidemic has
recently appeared in Edinburgh,
and Dr. Allan Jamieson, who makes a
report of it in the Edinburgh Medical
Journal for December, has found the
most marked benefit to result from th
internal administration of salicylate
soda and the local application of a so
lution of boro-glycoride in glycerine
frequently during the day,
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