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8 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 188j TWELVE PAGES. THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM The Home and the Housewife and Gossip of the Hearthstone—Talks With Women and About Women. But I Said to my Heart. "B<**le, dear child.” my father said,' "Fred has just a thousand a year; And rents are to pay and markets to make. And how will yon drew, ray dcarT” And I raid to ray heart; "That’s true; But love and a thousand will do.” My mother sighed In her stately way: "Ills family are poor and plain; No friends, no wealthy connections: You have nothing at all to gain." But I said to mr heart: "It’s Fred, And nobody else. I wed.” My friend Cceilc was dreadfully shocked: "Why, Bessie! what, marry Fred Grey! The man Isn’t In society; You are throwing yourself away.” But I raid to my heart: "He’ll do; He is loving and tender and true.” And even my kindly brother Jack Thought "Fred, at a desk, very well; But dreadfully slow, withoutauy 'go/ Fit only to buy and to sell." But 1 said to ray heart; "Never mind, He is plover and honest and kind.” And my heart said: "Marry the man yon lore, A thousand a year will do; And he Isn’t slow and he’s plenty of ‘go,’ ■ And ho’s stylish enongli for you. You know very well when all Is told, True lore Is better than «tylc or gold.” I married ray lovo and a thousand a year, And we're happy and rich today; To his highest aim the man 1 love Has gallantly fought his way. if hcarta have loved, and arc brave and true, They'll find a thousand a year will do. —Limit K. Babii, In New York Ledger. The season of fall is to mothers and house* keepers full of busy pares. Of eourso we mean aystcinotic good managers. Borne mothers and housekeepers sit idle and allow ono season to run into another without sufficient thought for the future, and hence they are over run with work, “don’t seo why H Is they don’t rateh up,"as they express it. Well, we can tell them why; they don’t take time “by tho fore* loek,” and get ready for ono season before another comes in. A good manager will in August put up all their fruits and preserves for winter, will gotlior in the butler-beans, and okra, and dry and sew up in bags, will rut up and dry apples, and peaches, can fruit smd do all those little things that are to add to the comfort of her family during tho winter. If the bead of the fondly does his duty, he will lay in the wood and have It cut, and the chips put away, or if cool buy and put that away, hut it is wonderful how many people overlook theac things and just let tho future toko care of Itself, and then w hen tlioso articles are bring ing « much larger prico, buy, when they could have saved mnuy a dollar to add little comforts for their families, which now* they must do without 1 Now in October .tho busy mother begins thinking of tho under wear for tho children for tho winter, overlook ing the garments that have to come down from t>ne child to another, scomg what can be •‘mads over”atid what made smaller or larger, then all the white work is out and flnishod, and the mother knows exactly what each child needs and how little she can get along With. Then comes overhauling winter dresses, it is careful work, and every lady hates it, but there is such a satisfaction when tho dress is niitaken to pieces and cleaned and trimincdand fixed up in a little different style, and is put on and you goout ami some friend soys, “oh,” what a neat dress, when did you get U?” nud you feel so proud when you ssy, “why this is n dress I've worn two winters,” we all know liow ihat feels, and if we could just keep that in mind while we arc fretting and worrying over Hand thinking “it is of no use; this old thing nover will look decent,” it would be n great comfort to us ami help to encourage us In eur*wcarlsome work. Then w hen this work is over comes the looking at now goods, (if we live in a town or city). It does not matter much whether wo buy them or not. there is a plmurnblc excitement about looking at them. If we commence with a calico (and that is tho best thing we can get for the cool inorniugs rud evenings of early fail,) there is so much pleasure in thinking how we are to mako it nnd how nice wc will look when it is done. l\’e should oil go early nnd cheerfully to work and be ready for winter. Household Hints. Koc LevoN ADI.—White of one ogj, one table- Si con pulverized sugar, Juice of ono Icmou. one goblet ol water. Beat together. * fbre.o Mii.k.—Three tablespoons sago soaked in a tup o i cold water otic hour, add three cups of bolt- Ing milk; sweeten ami flavor tq taste. Hlnun.T Slowly hall hour. Eat warm. Baked Milk.—Put halt Ballou of milk In a Jar end tie it down with wrtUug paper. Let It sund In a moderate ovcu eight or ten hours. It will bo like cream, and Is very nutlrtlous. An old nurse says that rain water, If heated very hot, is very soothing to weak and tlml eye*. Many persons suiter from sensitive feet—a burn ing nudaubing without any apparvut caiue-grcat relief ran 1* found by bathing in tepid water with a handful of ccwrse salt dissolved lu 1L If you tut the back logs of your chair two inches shorter thou the front ones, lite fatigue of bitting will W greatly relieved aud the spine placed iu better position. A lady says that the best method that she has ever tried to clean a browned poivelatu kettle!* to boil peeled potato** iu It, when the porcelain will be nearly as white as when new. A gray linen splasher, with the figures worked Iu scarlet In outline embroidery, Is serviceable a* well as ornamental lu the dluiug room, bank of the small table, frequently used there to hold the Ice pitcher and goblets. A good tray to arrange fruit lu a dUh for au or namental piece is to set a glass tumbler or goblet tu the center of the dish, around au l over it put rttkk later of moss; then not nearly so much fruit will be required, and it can be arranged very handsomely. When, as in a case of sicknea*. a dull light is fished, or when matches are mislaid, put pow dered sslt on the candle till It reaches the black I art of the w ick. Iu this way a ratld and steady light may be kept throughout the night by a small piece cl candle. A (onvalcsrent with capricious appetite miy FowtUrae* be tempted to cat of thU; To a,; two I hie slices of Graham bread, butter them. aal on the low er slice pour some hot stewed berries. II t apple *au<cls also nice for this; press the upper •Uce upon it. and. after buttering the top slightly, four tailing water over It. ThU must be drained cut almost as soon as put on, or the toast will be twined and lore's labor w ill be lost it up tightly; then cut ofT strips a* you would If ycu were ranking biscuit; put them Into tho btk- irg tins, put a little lump of butter on tho topof each one, and sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on each; let them rise until light, then bake quickly. There arc especially nice for ten. Date sauce, wbieb if very nice with bread pud dings, is made by stewing dates in just enough w ater to cover them; let them simmer for thro quartern of an hour, then if the dates arc soft rub them throngh a colander, l»eat it until It is light, add water if It is needed to thin it, let It como to a boll. If you have saved the juice of fni't, when canning It, use this instead of water to thin the sauce. The juice of currants i* especially ap petising. fiir Henry Thompson says of the ‘‘true lettuce Mtad” that the material* must be secured fresh, are not to be too numerous nnd direrse, must be well cleansed and washed without handling, nud all water removed a* far as possible. It should be made immediately before the meal nnd kept cool until wanted. Very few servants can be trusted to execute the simple details Involved in cross- cutting the lettuce, endive or what not but two or three times in a roomy salad bowl; iu placing one saltapoon full of salt nud half that quantity of pepper in n tablespoon, which I* to be filled three limes consecutively with the best fresh olive oil, stirring each briskly until the condiments have been thoroughly mixed, and at the same time dis tributed over the salad. This is next to be tossed well, bm lightly, until every portion glisten*. Fruit loaf made of bread dough I* very nice; after tho dough has risen the first time take a piece about tho size you would need for a loaf of bread; roll tills out on the kneading board until it la not more than an inch thick; on this spread any kind of fruit that you chose, English currants, chopped raisins, stewed figs, or Jam, may any of them be lined; sprinkle a little powdered sugar over the fruit, and put some little lumps of butter here and there ou it, or spread the dough with butter before putting the fruit on it. Roll It up very tightly into a loaf, let It rise, aud hake It lu a hot oven. Cut It in thick slices when done. Tula may take the form of a plain pudding; In this case it must be nerved hot, with sauce. The sauce should be rich aud highly seasoned, nud the pud ding must be cut in thin slices, nnd the sauce should be very hot, so that It will j>enetrate and soften the crust. The excellence of the following receipt for keep ing tomatoes ia vouched for by two good women who have proved Its virtues for many years: Choose perfectly sound, ripe tomatoes, the skin must be unbroken, and the tomatoes must not be soft, but should be taken from the vines at the stag* when they have just turned red; put them into a jar, and pour over them vtncgaf and water in the pro|>ortlon of two quarts of water to one of vinegar; turn a plate over them, and put a weight upon it ao that the tomatoes will all bo kept well under, then tie a cloth over the |ar, put thcoovoroo and set It in a cool cellar or closet. Tomatoes preserved In this way have been knowu to keep for months; H is essential that the toma toes shall bo kepi covered with the vinegar nnd water, for If one even Is not, It will decay aud the ferment occasioned by it will spoil all the others. A NOKIA’ Foon.—Make a rich custard, pour it in a taw! and put n layer of sliced cake on it. Stir some finely-powdered sugar into quince or apple jelly and drop It ou the cake. Pour syllabub on the cake, and thou put on another layer of cakoand Icing.” Ingredients: One and one-half tumblers granulated sugar, one tumbler flour, whites of eleven eggs, ono tenspoonful vanilla, teaspootiful cream of tartar. 81ft your flour four times, then moasuro, add the eream of tartar and atft again, but bo certain to have the right htoaauro before adding tho cream of tartar. Hilt sugar and measure. Beat tbe egg* to a it Iff froth oil a flat dlsli, theu add (on tho samo dish) tho »ugar, a* lightly as possible, then the flour very gently, then the vaullla. Tour in an ungroased pan and bako In a moderate oven. When done turn the pan upside down: when the cake ia cold loosen the edges with a sharp knife. Double the above quantity makoaa very largo cake. Item* of Interest. Watches made entirely of papor arc being man ufactured in Germany. Cinnamon rolls are mode by taking the dough Ju>t as In the fruit loaf. Spread the roll with but- Uv at d sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over it; roil A new word lias been coined. It Is "telephonic" aud means telephone message. Watches arc smuggled Into Canada In holes ecocpcd In the center of Bibles. Germany ond Russia aro both pushing forward experiments In flying machinery for use lu war. Franklin was married at 21: Moiartat2*>; Byron, Watdiiugton and Bonaparto at 27; Luther at 42; Addison hi it; and old Parr, for the third time, at 102. A French authority states that carrots give horses new blood which seems to restore them, and they may bo Juslly claimed as the regenerator of worn-out horse*. BUtUth* show that murderers non towed to prison for life live to an age beyond the average of those who have to work for a living amid the ex posure of the outside wprld. One of the greatest engineering enterprise* of modern times ia the Pauatna canal. It will cast 61.V,00.000 or more, nud is to be completed with in four years. It will bo chiefly 'advantageous to the United State*. A Census ol a boarding school or forty eight girls, 'bowed that one could make bread, one knew how to fry oysters, throe knew how to brojl beefsteak, forty-eight could embroider and forty- tcvcu dnucc. Incandescent gas light U something new which is tatng tried In England. The light Is produced by tbe mixing of air, under pressure, with com mon gas, and the Incandescence of a platinum wire Rtuxc cap which forma tho apex or the burn er. There Is no fiaine or smoke, the light Is steady, less gas U used, while double the light of the or dinary method is produced. Cooktug Itrripr*. A tc%<r°onful ol lemon peel chopped very flue and added to tho gravy of fowls organic is consid ered a good addition. Tomato chow chow la made of six targe toma toes, one large onion, one green pepper, ouc table- spoouful of eaU, two of brown sugar, and two small teacups of vinegar. l¥ct the tomatoes, cut them into small pieces, and chop the oniou aud tipper very fine: stew gently with the vinegar, etc., for an hour. Excellent breakfast cakes arc made of three eggs, ouc teaspoonful of sugar, one coffee cup of sweet milk, one cup o! warm? water, three table- spoonsful of yeftst, flour enough to make a wtlH batter. Leave the whites of the eggs until the trailer has iImui, then add them. A pinch of salt is uevded. If started the night before, these cakes are delicious. They will be as light as pul!*. There are man? way* to vary and make nice omelet*. The omelet with fine herbs Is a favorite with thewe people who like high seasoning. Pars ley alone rubbed very fine, Imparts a delicious fla\or to a plain omelet; tomatoes added to the cruel*.t ju>t before It hardens, those having been already cooked, give an cxccllcut relish to it; later in the sea«on oysters chopped fine, render an omelet a di-h to be longed for, and to be eaten with much relish. Sootxcrtp Tomatoes.—Scald and skin two quarts of firm ripe tomatoes. Cat them Into slices. Taka a half pc nud of bread crumbs, a quarter of a pound of best butter, one ounce of flue sugar, a teaspoon ful of salt, half t**«poonful of pepper, small onion, chopped fine. Pat into a baking dUU a layer of bread crumbs, upon which place a layer of tbe sliced tomatoes; upon these place a few bits of butter, a little of the choppedfraiotund a a prickle of the pepper, sugar and salt: now an other layer of bread crumb*, and soon, until your dish Is filled, Idling the 1-st layer k Weal crumbs. dotted over with small pieces of butter and spin- tied over with pepper and salt. Place it In a good oven and bake for one hour. Jellies nnd Preserves. QrijM i; Jelly.—'Wipe the the fruit carefully and remove nil the *tems and parts not fair and sonud. Use the b&t par If of the fruit for canning and pre serving. and the skin, cores and hard parts for jelly. Tbe seeds contain a large portion of gela tinous substance. Boil all together iu enough water to cover till the pulp is soft. Mash and drain. U.«e the juice only, and when boiling add an equal weight of hot sugar, and boil till it Jel lies in the spoon. Pn&EAVgn Qciiwes.—Use the orauge quinces. Wipe, pare, quarter and remove all the core aud the hard part under the core. Take an equal we ight of sugar. Cover the quinces with cold water. Let them come slowly to a boil. Skim, and when nearly soft put one quarter of the sugar on top, but do not stir. When this bolls add an other port of the sugar, nnd continue until oil the sugar is In the kettle, tat them tall slowly until the color you like, either lighter dark. Cheap Vinkoar.—Those families who use but little vinegar can make their own with very little trouble nnd expense, especially such as have abun dance of fruit. After making jellies of any kind, take what I* left in the bag after the juice is strained out, and put in a stone Jar. Cover ,witb soft water and set In the sun, placing a plate or board over the top of the Jar. As jellies and pro- cs are made, take skimmlngs of both, rins ings from the preserve kettle or pan, nnd add to the jar. Let stand till soured thoroughly, aud then strain. Put to it a little vinegar or "mother,” and set where It is warm. Juice from apple par- Inga makes - excellent vinegar also. Putt little water to them, steep well, and strain through coarse doth.—Country Gentleman. Fashion Notes. Velvet ribbon loops and a bunch of feathers in front arc almost the only trimmings seen on round hat.* 1 . Dark green velvet hats with wreaths of nastur- taJus are ut once handsome nud stylish for autumn wear. A lint of black straw for fall wear Is ornamented with a golden pheasant aud a tuft of green and ripe oats. Daisy reaction of narrow, orange-colored ribbon, with hearts of brown plush, are used to trim brown felt or velvet bonnets. Among the newest handkerchiefs arc those made with red and black borders, on which are printed grotesque little Imps in colors. The newest slippers for house wcarare made In garnet and crimson alligator, kangaroo or angola skins, which arc durable as well as soft. Dresses of black sewing-silk grenadine are pro fusely trimmed with cscurial lace flounces, aud have a vest and a petticoat front placed over red satin, Amnug the new fancies are the Italian aprons, made of silk or linen, with bands of lace insortion and edging, nnd Greek aprons of satin or surah, richly decorated with embroidery. Little veils of colored illusion arc still worn over the face. They reach to the end of the nose. When placed over In urnets and hats they are drawn up neatly iu the back nud tucked undorneath the bnm. Nan’s gray, that Is, a soft shade of gray with a suggestion of cream In It, 1* handsomely combined with a rich shade of Neapolitan red this season in pretty French toilets of Irish poplin, corded silk and cashmere gray, with kilt facings, panels, waistcoat and pelerine of velvet in the red shade. Stylish traveling dresses are made of fine Afls- trlan wool In gold and blno shepherd's check, trimmed with vest, panels and flounce bands bt> Russian blno velvet. The square-crowned Henry II. hat comes well over the eyes, shading the face, and I* made of gold satin braid bound on the brim nnd bauded round the crown with blue vol vet caught with tiny gold pins. No feathers or flowers arc worn. BED THE It AGE IN MILLINERY. VERY RICH MISS ST. PIEItRE. TFbat ft Woman is Doing to Develop tho Bidden Wealth of the South. From the Chattanooga Democrat. Mira Maud Et. Pierre, the lady who ha* become somewhat prominent in this vicinity from the fact that *-he It dealing extensively in mJniDg and mineral lands, Is In the city. Yesterday morning a reporter culled ou her for the purpose of learn- ing something of her private secretary, John A. Neal, who dlsapj-eared last summer, aud so find out her plans of operations in the voriou* industrial pursuits upon which she ha* em barked. Miss St. I'iere is a rather tall, fine-look ing Indy, with erect carriage, a keen eye and* perceptible something about her which uumi* tiikobiy means business, fc’he advanced wfthoui hesitation, shook hands with the reporter aud sat down. To a question concerning Neal she replied: "I have never been able to lenrn anything defl nite about Mr. Neal, although I have left no stoue unturned to discover Lira. He was last seen seated upon a rook near the top of the mountain, two or three miles from Anderson. There we found «»n the ground sprigs oi oats and flowers which he had worn on the lar>el of his eoat. This wa« the last real clew we have had. I have had detectives working up the case, have ransacked every nook and cranny in the mountain* for him, but have never been able to find him.” "Toll me of your mineral laud In Franklin county.” "Well,I htTe purchased about 22,000 acres of hmd in Franklin county. I have in that property endless quantities of Iron ore,coal, marble, satd*tone and timber. There are all.through the south number less white families who, through force of circum stances and ignorance, are unable to make a de cent livelihood. I intend to form colonic* nud give them homes and employment. I will give each family tho timber to traild a house and then give them a lease on twenty acres for ten years. These families arc to be from the south, I have an utter abhorreuce of convict labor.” "What will be the estimated cost of your various enterprise* there?" “It will bo about one-tentli what it would cost this?” other mineral land besides ltobln lUilbrcfiMt Red—Love-Apple Red—A fifty World Painted Red. From the New York Evening Post. Red, prominent in costume* and trimming! early last season In Pari*, ha* burst out this side tho water, and tho gleam of the brilliant huo it seen in every shop window, brightening every combination in dress fabrics aud shining out upon the costumes from the upturned sides of the hat brims to the ti|*s of tho dainty turkey red kid hotiM) shoe. Red triumphant, red absolutOnrcd a la Pharaoh, In tone* and semi-tones, help largely this Reason to enliven tho dull, dead appearance of the “melancholy days” Just upon us. The new tirade* of this color Aro rich and verb otu aud burst forth gloriously In velvet and bro cade or glimmer charmingly through bronze, ma hogany, bUmuth-bro»ru nnd tan uutll tho color, dying out in tho material itself, breaks out agaiu in co?d(ngs, fnefugs, ribbon garnitures, paucls and Jacket and waistcoat adorning* ad infinitum. Pomroc d'amour, love apple, or tomato, aurora, a clear velvet gurnet red, shading to deep wine, rouge sorgo—robin red breast color—aud red vul- rain, lultaiuelufemale and coqucltcot are some of the leading Parisian shades of this color, with endless cross tint*, whiclt appear in all tho se*- son's high-dyed productions. QUBnn BITS OF FEMININE GOSSIP. Women who have not flue teeth only laugh with their eyes. Bclva 1 oekwood is the onlv candidate in the presidential field who is not a father. Ktta l.nrrabcc, a handsome young woman in New York, I* serving her third term in the peni tentiary for burglary. English women of fashion now wear a ruby In one car nnd an emerald lu the other, aud rarm Hum "danger signal*.” The horse of a Russian peasant is first lu hi* esti mation. then rotne* hi* cow, then his dog. then his - hr. ana if he has any left It is bestowed upon his He slid children. A vote taken among the young ladle* o| Wellas- Icy college* resulted; Blaine, 270; Cleveland, 62: 8L John, 47. Ben Butler did not receive a vote. In a short time the republican girls are to haves torchlight parade. An N-Vyear old lady Attended a Newport dinner patty the other day in a dress of electric blue, crlm* Min '(cokings, blue'hoes, crimson fan anti ribbons, with s bow of combined blue and crimson ia a point-litre cap, which was fastened with dUrnoud ins in bcrtuowwnUo hair. Men have many vicious habits—tippling, srnok- ..if, playing billiard* andfrequeutiug pool rooms. Tbe chief feminine vice consists in looking la at made up. Extravagant Women. A note has bceu received at The CuxsrrmrfiO!* asking that a short lecture be given females for their extravagance. Why? There who can a (lord it, will have nice and elegant houses, carriages and horses, dress writ, travel, keep good tables, are not entitled to It? As a matter of course, no one should Uva for herself, or himself asonc. but all do, more or less, tbe best they can for themselves. As to the “extravagant women.” there are some ideas thrown out by an authority, "Our Fashion” ha-l not been thought about by the writer to Tux Const itvtiox. "Fashion" rays: "The extravagant woman.” sat* an authority on fashions, "make* trade good, keeps up the revenue*: sets the looms ant ran- i-Mi,cry of a thousand cities in motion, and keeps Ibtm running st their fait capacity; furu 1-hen work for the earth's millionsof skilled laborers and pours treasure* into the lap of industry. She incite* the d-clyneis *rt err-ater effort* ta tiNvInm exquisite materials i keep* the merchant at his beat l wares of the world to place before her, and in the gratification of her own luxurious tastes U tike a Mcne thrown in a pond, the ripplcafrom which extend fram shore to shore. The whole civilized and nncivtli^t world iaysits offerings at her feet." Much of tbe oitldm about the extr*va- nnt e of fine dre-*e* l* misplaced and absurd, and •thy ladle* who indulge themselves lu cTety 'Well. I have under my control RW.OOO acres la Cumberland county, this state.” "Were you originally irora England,* MI«* St. Pierre?” "Oh, no; I was bora in Louisiana, but having *pcnt most of my life abroad a great many people arc of the opinion that I am English. My father died when 1 was about seventeen years old and, having been in his confidence, was thoroughly iquaiutcd with his business and consequently aturcly took choree of matters. My mother died iter on and then I went to Europe.” Mbs fit. Pierre spends most her winter* In Wash ington nnd New \ ork. She conics south during the summer to attend to her business In thu mountains. “Gathering up the Fragments.” Jt has often come to me with peculiar force that after our Lord had multiplied flic loaves nnd fed five thousand men, he comauded his disciples to gather up the fragments that nothing should be lost. It is this disregard of little things which is the secret of many n wasted life. Great opportu nities are waited for in vain, while small ones arc suffered to go unimproved. "I have not much of a voice," Mftd a young girl, and not being able to sing like the best, she sang not at all, and the little circle around the piano missed what would have been a real assistance, nnd Its interest in the sweet Sunday school songs was chilled by the silent figure seated at the other sidcof the room. "Half-worn clothe* arc of no great value. I would rather make new ones than to bother with them,” says one housekeeper, while hot neighbor over the way, with a careful eye and skillful hand secs the possibilities, iu the basket of "old clothes," and mends and remodels. Lo! In a few years the one is scarcely able to buy what she absolutely needs, while the other, cheerful and busy ms ever, like the good woman in the Bible, "is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her house hold arc clothed with scarlet.” "I have very little time for reading,” said a busy mother, and so she gave up reading altogether; aud bye nnd bye, when her bright-eyed babies she bad delighted In dressing and waiting on had grown to be school-boys and school-girls, she said to herselft radly enough, "It seems to me 1 have forgotten all I ever knew. Icau’t help my chil dren wheu they most need me. I am afraid they aro growing away from me.” Wo need not multiply Illustrations. Every fam ily furnishes them. Thrift In time, in money, in talent, in opportunities—and a successful, happy llfo rounds oat Its sphere of usefulness. Waste in little things, and the idle dreamer at last secs van ity written upon all his hopes and all his effort*. Literary Notes, It is said now that Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the elo* qiient Ntatcsinan-prcnclicr, I* the original of the ’’flt. Elmo” of Miss Evans’s novel of that name. Speaking of books published anonymously, tho Appletons will *oou bring out a volume called tho "Money Makers,” which Is said to be in answer to the “Broad Wiuuers,” and guesses us to Its author ship will be lu order. The "Century” magazine announces a scries of papers of a popular character ou the ' Battles and Leaders of the Civil War.” to ta written by oflicers of high rank on both sides of the struggle, includ ing Generals Grant, Beauregard, McClellan, Rose- cratis, Admiral* Porter and Walker, And others. Tbe icries will be plentifully aud carefully Ulus- dock. will be tho leading serial during the coming year. The Christ nn* number of this niagsxliic will have a frontispiece in olgb dainty contributor of imems and society novels to them—— ’* ~* **—' atorie — — appealed anonymously. For thl> secret work he cels $270 a week or $:»,0i)0 a story. For his preten tion* magazine work and books be gets about a Hard to tTnriorstaml. Why an eudless proeesslou of driuker* from a public dipper will; without exception, drink dose io the handle. Why i>cop!o will go into society to get bored when they can get bored just as well at home. Why the young lady who will eagerly chow boatdiuu house uiluce pic will carefully eschew boaidiug house mince meat. Why a woman will make excuses for her bread when she knows it is the best she ever made, and knows her company knows tt. Why a "young gentleman” swears so much louder aud more copiously when strange hulks arc within ear shot ; or, iu other words. Why the desire to make a fool of one’s self spring* eternal Iu the human breast. Why a man who claims to hsrcVound marriage a delusion will again embrace that dolusiou upon the first convenient opportune)’. Why it i* so much easier to tie polite to people whom we shall probably never mm again than to those whine good opinion we have every reason to cultivate. A Fiulftlitng Behoof. Neiv York will Weep ahead In this country in fashions, c* well a* In some other thing*. A corre spondent writing from that city to the Inter Ocem describes a "finishing” school, where girls get the ilnsl tuucbcsof polish to fit them for exquisitely graceful society, tactures arc delivered to the girts ou the ait of slumbering present.ably, t.'fri* are taught to sleep w UU their month shut, and pre vent snoring. They arc taught so that their jv>«* on the couch shall be no more awkward thau those of their uakiux Lour*. In fact, the object Is to teach ilnmfceren* comeliness. A Weary Hour. There ere carpets of plu-h aud curtains of Itee And mirror* lra T tele ere chain f wit bat multiply! .. cf cushions and And picture* of pausict alt done on a panel. And mimic- castle* and mountains ana farms, And patterns of leaves brought out in enamel. i.ikc a ccr.'Hui over use cuuvv.i s»»u. And the yellow dials tiank the* brook And the silk weed flo» and the golden rod. Where ycu ere-* on a log to a tryrting noo%; There v. here the whispering maples toss 1 would lay my head on a pillow of moss, W ith a geutle wiud to fan my face— Forget the weak wtaty woik-a day world. With its tbifsof warfare all unfurled. With it* din oi drums and it- steady beat ~ * imfng, going, hurry ing feet: _ ,.«.et tbe throb of tbe lire*! brain. Forget the sweet that was turned to gall. Forget the bliss that was drowned in pain. Forget iball and ail and all. Just lie with my cLeek to the ioft, cool mess. Where the minglingtaugh* of the maple tow, With r, gentle wiud to fgu ray fcrce, . Aid the Ant*- - ! of alienee to guard the p>e«. —Barbara Moss PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS. INTERESTING ITEMS ON CURRENT TOPICS OF THE DAY. Advire to Yonuff People—The Pollution of Water Course*-^Iow* Mr. JJlnlae Takes Care of Himself—Burn ing Criminals. Yot'jfG people who think of goining into litera ture or journalism in order to inakomoney should read the "Life and Letter* of Bayard Taylor.” Undoubtedly Taylor was n typical successful American author. He turned out an immense quantity of solid and brilliant work, and there was always a demand for the products of hL* pen. Yet Taylor’s letters show that he was always press ed for money, nnd it was only by extraordinary exertion that be wa* enabled to keep afloat, died practically penniless. Some of his best works brought him comparatively nothing. Of "Lars” hejwrote in 1*73 that the sale was Just 105 copTSs. Ills translation of "Faust" coat him years of labor and returned him only 1300. Taylor’s talent and industry turned in other directions would proba bly have made him n millionaire. Tbe youug man who proposes to live by his pen must be sat isfied to do something better than mere money making. Even ii he meets with exceptional suc cess he cannot hope for the Income of a third-rate lawyer or physician. It ia well to look facts in the face, and these are fact*. Thk pollution of watercourses by turning in the sewage of towns and cities is a crime against pub lic health. The sewage should be diverted to neighboring farms tvhere it could ta utilized for the crops This is done iu the town of Pullmau, 111., where remarkable results have been obtained by forcing the sewage Hi rough tunnels to land miles away from town. The sewage of Paris is vtiiizcd in the same way. Tho sewage fa nos at Genuevilliers take up a good deal of this refuse, and similar farms are to be started on the edge of fc't. Germain. In this way tbe sewage is made to serve a useful purpose: whereas, if turned into the watercourses it would become a factor of disease and death. Heretofore the New York policemen have had nn easy time of it. They have been, in every sense of the word, masters of the situation. They have clubbed uuoflending citizens, broken the heads of mi>aU boys, stood in with the gangs and had things their own way. But at last a Nemetis has appered upon the Ecene In the shape of a Miss Mary Irene Hoyt, the heiress of a well-known millionaire. This young lady is gifted with fully ns much temper as wealth, ifhd one of her peculiarities is au intense hatred of po licemen. Whenever the opportunity ofl'ers Miss Hoyt abuses the guardians of the peace so volubly and with such a perfect command of billingsgate as to render any attempt at reply out of the ques tion. The other day she paralyzed a 2-V) pound policeman by whacking his proboscis with her parasol. Under ordinary circumstance! the average New York policeman club a woman to death for such conduct, but even the bravest mem ber of the force hesitates to resort to such tactics with the daughter of a millionaire. Miss Hoyt, therefore, not only holds tho fort, but she weeds a wide row ail around it. She looms up as a terror nnd a problem. The Loudon Lancet gives a remarkable case of resuscitation after apparent death by hanging. The person operate^ upon was a woman and sho had been cut down alter hanging eight minutes. Her neck was not broken, but so far as tbe doctors could nceshc was dead. Even the application of galvanism failed to contract the muscles. Tho physicians resorted to artificial respiration accord ing to the Silvester methods. The movements were performed slowly, ten times a minuto, and in about ten minutes n feeble attempt at natural respiration was noted, and- very weak pulsations of thebcart followed. Artificial respiration was maintained for two hour* before tho natural breathing was {sufficiently established. In About eleven hours the patient be came imperfectly conscious. but for two days her memory was a perfect blank. In tho course of two weeks she was restored to good health. This shows what can be done by persever ing and judicious treatment. No doubt many people who apparently died from strangulation of drowning could have becu revived if tbe proper means had been applied. Mr. Buikk not only takes rare of hlsmonoy but ho takes remarkably good care of himself. Ills tastes are very simple. During bis long public life ho 1ms given and attended many elaborate dinners, but he always passed over the rich dhhes' and if be took any wine ho nover went beyond a single glass of ehampague. At home lie retires at nine o'clock, aud in Washington at tcu of eleven, He always takes ebjlit or nine hours sleep. In the matter . of dress he suits himself. He does not dross iu broadelutii, but wears business suits, lie wear* no Jewelry, except n pair of gold sleeve buttons, no ring, no studs, not even a watch and chain. It is well for Mr. Blaluc that be takes so much sleep, nnd lives on a simple diet, because his days are given to laborious work. He writes like steam engine, and it is said, that for rapid writing he has no equal lit this country. Ifc is a great reader of newspapers, history, the old classic! and the old comedies. With such habits nnd t- Mr. Blaine ought to enjoy good health, aud it is probable that he docs as a general thing. IIo Is, however, of an emotional nature, subject to fits of depression and elation, and is the very man to fall n vJcttm to apoplexy, paralysis or Bright'* disease. These who know him well believe that hi* defeat in this campaign would kill lilm. Oxr would naturally suppose that there would be no difficulty in fiuding tenant* (or all tbe land in England. Such I* not the case, however. Iu K-wcx no leu than 20,000 acres vainly demaud tenant*, and within tlibty mile* of London 170 acres, held ten years ago at five thousand pounds sold recent ly for twenty-four- hundred. Lady Catherine Gaskell thinks that she has discovered a remedy for this state of afl'alr*. She suggests that farm ers aud their wive* aud daughters should cea*e to be educated. By keeping the masses io utter ig norance, LAriy Catherine thinks that they will be shut out from commercial pursuit* and the trades snd ta compelled to dig their living out of the ground. When members of th« British arLtocra- cy write and publish such iuhumau stufl their heads are in danger. excitement, and those who work late at night ua» dcr the influence of rea, coffee or tobacco enjoy ft remarkable mcntAl elation which is generally fol- owed by depression or complete prostration. Undoubtedly some of* the greatest thoughts are tarn in these unnatural moods, but it cannot be claimed that they originate in perfectly sane minds. When foreign Immigrants come to ns male and female It is a good sign, but when only males come it is a ta i sign. Within ten years we have received fror« China 1.12,237 males and only 1,752 females: /.ora Italy. 103,081 males and 21,480 females, and from Hungary .*>*,277 males and 12,938 females. The explanation is to be found in tbe fact that wealthy syndicates in this country are son ding their agents abroad and importing great herdi- of males to work for lower wages thaa Americans are willing to accept. This is one cause of the latar disturbances in Pennsylvanin, Ohio and elsewhere. And the trouble is only be ginning. The greed of dur monopolists will cause them to flood the country with male immigrants who have no intention of becoming a permanent element in our population. There is danger in all thi*. The battle ts now in New York, nnd It will be a hot one. New Yoik, however, is a democratic state. ^ The (lose relationship between geniu* and in sanity Is proverbial. This has been acknowledged from the time of Plato down to the present day. A celebrated Frenchman Raid, "Geulus U a Ul-ease ol tbe nerve*,” ami a great po*-t ha* assured us that ‘direst wits to madness rare are near allied. And thin partitions do their bounds divide.” Among the men of genius w ho !>ccime temporarily or pcrmRncntly insane may ta mentioned flehu- maun, Donizetti, Swift, tauthey, Lucretius, Tor- queito, Tasso and Comte. Richelieu onci imag ined bim&e!f a horse and ran neighing around a table. P.ou-»cau badjhfs spells of derangement DUU ret, Byron aud Beethoven were sometimes next door to insanity. Ca-sar was epileptic and Peter the Great bad nervous attacks, during one of v.bUh be Uy motionless three days and nights. PaKal snd Schiller had nervous convulsion*. Al- ficri suffered from deep melancholy. Newton, Ki.ni. Linnaeus end Boerhane lo«t the normal me of their faculties in old age. Many men of eeniii- Lad relatives who were Insane. Byron’* auudot* were noted for their er- eeniricity and passions; Diderot's'abler died ia- fate' Richelieu's sbter was a lunatic, aud Beetho ven's father was a drunkard. Illusions are common with men of genius. Even Luther saw tbe devil cr.d threw au inkstand at him. Pope once saw an arm come cut of a wail. The creative work of the brain naturally leads to such mental condi tions as above Ascribed. During the progress of literary work the train is in a state of abnormal It 1m evident that it fc the settled purpose of the republican leaders to revive the "bloody shirt'* again. They arc continually objecting to {the solid south, bm they advocate just such measures as will keep itsoiid. For some time past tho New York Tribune lias been printing a serial story which turns upon the hiring out of convicts un der the lease system in the southern states. The Tribune calls it "a system that menace* the future of the south, being characterized by Iniqui ties so monstrous a* io suggest savagery, not Chris tian civilization; the dark ages, rather than thft effulgent nineteenth century." The point im pressed by tho Tribune story is that the negroes nrejthc sufferers under this convict system, and tho lact that it includes white men is ignored. On tho same line is a bock just issued by Green B. Baum* This book is leveled against what Mr. Baum hi pleased to call "the southern oligarchy,” and It consists of a lot of stuff about kuklux, Dan ville ond Copiah outrages, rifle clubs, tissue ballots, etc. The la*t and most respectable, ns well as the most dangerous attempt in this direction, Is Judge Tourgee’s book, "An Appeal to Ciesar.” This work treats of the colored people of tho south, predicts their numerical prepon derance over the whites by the year 1900, aud dwells upon the duty of the nation to ed ucate them. Judge Tourgee's scheme Is to dis tribute 81,600,000 a year among the southora states. The custodian ol the fund is to be the United States commissioner of education, and he is to pay it over not to the states or to their officers, but to the teachers them solve*, it seems that the scribblers picked up tno "bloody shirt" when the politicians temporarily dropped it, and ;they are flaunting it with a zeal worthy of a better cause. The people of New* Orleans fear that the Missis sippi will one of these days make an exeentrlo and headlong rush to the gulf through the Atch afalayn snd leave the city stranded as an island town. The steady enlargement of the Atchatalaja outlet excites the gravest apprehensions. Bach ft deflection would Irreparably injure* New Orleans aud the many towns, and hundreds of plantations between the Atehafslaya and the present mouth of the Mississippi. Congress has ordered the river commission to deflect the waters of tho Mississippi and Red from the Atchafnlaya, but ns yot It has (lone nothing. The New Orleans produce exchange Is moving in the matter anfl has addressed the governor on the subject. This is it matter of natfonal Importance. Thu country Is not prepared to sit down quietly and seo Uio crescent city tamed into tut inland town w ithout making a determined effort to prevent It. Bi p.ning criminals ut the stake was a very com mon thing in old times aud wc do not have to go very far back in English history to And this pen alty frequently put In force. In 1789 a woman named Christian Bowman was burned at tho stake for counterfeiting. George the Third, after this interfered and ordered that in future women sentenced to death should be hanged, in the sixteenth century criminals were boiled to death England. Thu Anglo-Saxons had all women who wore convicted of ttealiiig drowned, and In Scotland a man was drowned si late as Bill for stealing a lamb. As civilization advances tbo death penalty is divested of all unnecessary cruelty. In many localities • criminal under sentence of death is feasted and petted until the Inst day, when he la dressed in holiday costumo nnd gently lannchod into eter nity. Our criminal classes would shudder at the prospect of reviving the old methods of burning and tailing. It is said that there are more atheists In Paris than ever before existed-In any great city. But things arc fully os bad in Germany. Iu many districts of Berlin there is only ono church to r-0,000 of the population. In New York there are 2(0 places of worship; In Berlin only fifty. Oat of the entire population of Berlin, say 1,000,000, only 20,cco, or two per cent, attend church. Hamburg still worse, for out of a population 400,f«0, only 5,009 go to church. In certain German provinces there are forty suicides a week. The working classes read skeptical work*, aud the middle ond upper classes are led away by scientific discovery and Invention. Oilier largo cities make a bad showing. Out of 2.>0,cco In Edinburgh there arc 40,000 who do not atteudnuy place of worship; 200,000 In Glasgow out of a population of 700,000, and about 1,230,000 in London out of a population ol 4,000,000. Hexry A. Wise, according t<» a Washington cor respondent, could talk like a telegraph, chew to bacco and write letter* nt the same time. He was a great tobacco chowcr, and when very much ex cited averaged a plug an hour. He was a brill iant talker, and In a circle of twenty noted men would monopolize the conversation. _ Dr. Leona nn Bacon* Ufa and says that Blaine was a thief. Tills is a treat and not inaccurate way to put it. Mr. M. Hai.stf.ad is mad now because’he said some years ago that Brother Blittne was dishonest. It is very hard for a great editor to be confronted with opinions that have cooled. A voiAX* of Dr. George W. Bagby's writings has just been published In Richmoud, and will proba bly be followed by other volumes. Dr. Batby was not only one of the greatest southern humorists, butiie was a philosopher, a genuine lover of art, and a polished writer. The doctor's descriptions of Virginia life have never been surpassed. John Erica Cooke Mid of him, "Never iu Virginia let ters cball wc K'C bis likft again.” Dr. Lafferty wrote, "There is no man left in Virginia tU to lift the lid of his inkstand/’ In tbe northern and western, cities the large business houses are employing private detectives to shadow their clerks. The detectives follow the cltrls Into saloons,billiard rooms and other places and watch their cx|»cndUurc«. If the clerks spend money lavishly the fact is reported to their em ployers and they at ouce take the alarm. Many clerks know that they are watched. They succeed In spotting the detectives and hence are on their guard. The Carolina! are beginning in a small way to attract foreign immigration. Tim Greenville News says that the Table Rock tract in Oconee and Pickens counties bus been sold to a German colo ny: there is a French colony alongside, and a fine Irish settlement not far di-tant. Then there are the Scottish crofters. This is only an earnest of what Is to follow^ The republic sns have made one discovery, name ly: That Mr. Hendricks is in good health and full of fight. Eleven Bc*fn republicans have decided to vote the democratic ticket because Logan chunked a man with a chew of tobacco, tat tbe good work go on. CoERE*FOxr ENT<> need write ux no more inqui ries in regard to Colonel Peters’s great Americas Sir William gent. We have no further scertti to divulge.