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HAI I.’ M GEORGIA
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PKOPWICTORK.
Bom* vara ago (’alia* I tan farin' r*» no**!
to fenrr thdr farm* with black walnut
raila. Now they <an •* II Mich «f the*
raj If a* art' ■caaonfl for a* much, in nook
raw*, a* the land en« h»*e<l 4»y them i> ,
worth.
Nat urn I iota now fount no )cm than
1,870 different kind* of flahe- in Nortl
American watora, of which 500 live in
the hrer* and take* and 550 kind* In
long tn th* Piwifn Os th* remainder, i
105 dw< II only in the deep water* of the
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, never ap
proarhlng the aborc or the *urfo<*.
The population of London now exceed*
every other city, ancient or modern, in
the world New York ami all it* adja
cent <itie* combined arc not equal to
two thinh of it Scotland, S*it/<*rl tnd,
and the Australian colonica each contain*
fewer aouta, while Norway, Kcrvla,
Greece, and Denmark have scarcely half
no many. Yet at the beginning of the
preaent century th< poputaf ion of all Lon
don did not reach one million.
Th< gradual extinction of the buffnl'
on the American plain* la being follower
up by an alarming in< rca*e in the depre
dationa of wolve* iq>oii the miwji and
cuttle range* Both tin* gray wolf and
the coyote are fa*t becoming mon niimcr
on*. The aheep have suffered Nome time
from their ravage* ami now the cattle lire
attacked. One pack of gray wolvc*
within fifty mile* of Fort M< l/cod ha*
Iwen known t<» attack and pull down
utaors 2y« ar* old. Coyotes follow* fiercer
animal*, and are *ati*fled with what tiny
l< avr or with the urnaller calve*.
A small logining* the lead pencil
buaincM of thin country haw ftpniug t<
very large proportion*. Year* ago, all
the lead prnrihi u*e<| in thi* country were
im|w»rtc<l from Germany, where they
were made by band. A* they < aim- into
more general umc, their manufacture wan
Ingun in a amall way, on thi* aide of the
water. Hooti the cedar of Florida and
our vaat supply of plumbago wen* util
itod, (Mid Yankee g<niu* invented the ,
machinery which ha* *o enormously in
rrraard their manufacture. One manu
farttircr now turn* out about two thou
Mind gn** of |M*n< il* every day, and an
other dot* an annual bu*im ** of $1,506,.
000 Fully one third of the pencil*
made in the I nited State* an- sent
abr< »a<l.
Twenty years have pa.***-<l *im e Prussia,
arming h<r*< If with the needle gun,
inarched again*! Austria, ami overthrew
her on the battlefield. Now, nil the
nation* <»f Europe, a* if by a common in
atinrt, are Miking to aupply them*elvcr
with a more formidable weapon than the
ningh* breechloader, namely, the maga
nine or rrjieating rifle. Switzerland and
Sweden winr time ago furnished theii
troop* with magazine gun*. Within th<
hurt fr w week* the British Admiralty has
decided to distribute 3,000 Speiirer Lee
maga/ine arm* to the navy for experi
ment. France ha* gone still further in
ordering thr issue of a hundred Kobin
rifle* to each infantry battalion. These
nth* are a nio<lifl< ation of the Gru* pat
torn, and contain in a cy Under eight cart
ridge*, whi» h are moved into thr barn !
by a spring n* ner<| rd. The K.to]mtarhck
repeater i* already used in the French i
murine, n* well a* elsewhere. Thi
Austro Hungarian infantry I* vo be armed,
ul least in part, it is said, w ith the Mann
li< her magn/im rifle, union* Mime other
shall b< found more effective. On all
►nb * the (end* n< y i* tow ard magazine
guns; ami while variou* practical übfee
tion* to particular rittaa come up, thr
ultimah triumph of the magazine arms
the N< w York 5i a*«Ut*, scrim* clear
The Bataxia tN. V ), Fanner*’ Club,
iM»me memlMrs of which have been
mulcted by th< patent right * humauts,
ha* pititiomxl Congress to amend the
]Mt > nt law' m> it» to fn .■ faniK r. who are
innocent pun luim r- fn'in liability for
claim* for alleges, infringement* of
patent* in u*ing machine* whieh they
have Imught from the manufacturer* of
them, ami without any kti of.
or n .I'ou to b< lievi m, .niy such infrinu.
tnelit The following i» a copy of tile
l* tition -‘The umler*iune<l. citiaens of
New York. tv')* . tfullv reprc-M nt that
under the [latent law. of the I nitial
State* the' public are outraged ami
twiudlecl by claimant* of royalty u|i.>n
tnavliiii. ry in general u*< The price ol
a patented article is enhamaal by the
pat rnt, which the purehntcr pay*, ami h<
should lw protected in its um». He doe«
not and ran not know* whether its m.«nu
• factura infringe s ujwvn other juktents and
he is swindled and justice is outraged
when he ta forced to pay a royalty upon
ma* himry so |*urvhn*vd, and w< askt'on
gn*» to amend the {latent laws *o as to
make the manufacturer alone liable sot
royalties anti infringement of patents '
The New York ruawtaays that thr claim
for relief certainly teems just to the
farmera, who beyond a doul*t suffer arri
vualy thorough thrar unexpected ciaima,
An exhibition I* Iwing b'.id iu Copen*
hug*n of th« arti< lc* of uv and ornament
brought from ra-t Greenland by Lieut.
Holm, who W4* the fliwt vvhito man to lx -
r<,mc acquainted with the Eskimos of
that r»*gion, when-he *|x nt la*t winter.
Jt ia retail'd of the* |x*ople that when
•me I* M*riou*ly ill h« eon**iil . if hi* rel
h!h <•* request it, to throw himself into
the mn. In f aM*» of hmm y the patient
i* put to death. From this <*u*tom and
the general hardship, |wr*on* over
\enrs of age arc ran*. In general thex«
jN'Ople res<niblr tbo-' of wcstcrri Green
hind, and *|M-ak n dmihir language.
An» w boy exiing«*li*t has ap|x an <1 in
Mt Loui*. Hi* name is l/mis My*cn
heini'T, and hi* age i* twenty two. Ilia
pulpit manner* are described a* unique,
rot to .jty ludi< rou*- ••Dm- moment he
in calmly reading a passage of Scripture. (
and the n< xt will be upon :i M*at out in
the body of the chllH’ll < Aborting the
|Hop|e to turn from their evil waysand
be Mixed er< it i* too l.'itc,*’ “What are
your tenn-f u-k< d a rc|»ort<*r of the evan- '
grli-t. J have no terms,” wax thr
answer, “I require no salary. The
pn a< her and the Lord attend to that, i
go by the sixth chapter of Mathew.”
It ha- been found that ty|w ‘etting is
an art to which the deaf ami dumb are
particularly adapted, and the trade is
now taught •y>temati< ally in many of
tie large institutions in thi* country. In
order to make thi* training a source of
amusement ami recreation a* well a* of
practical Iwm fit it ha- frequently been
found p<»**il»|e to issue a weekly news
paper The KaimoM w hich i* edited
and published entirely by the pupil* of
tin* Kansas Institution f« r the D< as and
bumb at Olathe in (hat *tatc, is the most
inqairtant of the* publication-. It is iu
fact the pioneer pap* r of the <leaf mute*,
a* it wa* started about eleven years ago.
Now it i* self supportin g. It is a hand
Homely printed <ight-pagc paper, and
contain* not only a large amount of in
teresting miscellany, but several columns
of local new*, a department devoted es
pecially to the interests of the deaf and
dumb, and a well written editorial page.
In each issue of the paper is given a
weekly report of th<* standing of all the
pupil* in the institution, showing not
only the progress that each one has urnde
in hi* or her studies, but the marks
for conduct, health and pun< tuality.
Mince the Star was started other institu
tions have followed the same plan, and
now the State Mchools in Kentucky and
Indiana have flourishing newspaper*.
It hymen for Book Borrowers*
Some people have, a strange way of des
ignating their ownership of book*. Os
course you remember, when a whoollx>y t
what ridiculous doggerel some of the
scholar* wrote in their*. As for examule:
"Thi* lx>ok iw John Smith's
My list is another;
A’ou touch one
And you'll feel the other.”
And again:
“Steal not (hi* l**«k, my honest friend.
For fear the gallows'll thy end. "
A great many grown up children have
adopted the custom in a graver »”'<>d.
The two ver*' * commonly used are:
"If thou art borrow*! by a friend,
Kight welcome shall lx* lie.
To n-ad. to otudy, not to
But to return to me.”
And thi*. *
"Not that impart'd knowhdgedoth
lUtninisii learning's store;
But iMMtks. I find, if often lent, •,
Return to me no more.”
There is one found in a book formerly be
longing to a will know n resident of New
York “Anyone may Irnrrow, but a gen
tieman returns.” David \V. .layne’-
ls»ok* havi the following M-riptural quo
tation: 'Hiu thou rather to them that sell
ami buy for yourselves.” The following
rathet *’vere line* were used by a Massa
chusetts man:
' -Stern pow er of justkv. lift thy w and
In spite of mercy's look;
Strike him who with presui «p:uou* hand
I‘urlums thi* valued I <‘Ok '
Aaron Putnam, who flourished in M<xl
ford. Mas* . Lent one hundred years ago,
used these line*: “The wicked borrow,
but do not return again. See thou art not
of that numl er ” Duncan C. Pell, of
New York, had thi* rath< r churlish motto,
not nt all in keeping with hi* character:
“He does v ( lend hi* books.” \V .1.
Snelling, one of tin early editors of the
Boxton // r> 7. had these instructions;
“Do not turn down the leave* to mark the
I •'•»< e, but put in a slip of pa (kt. Do not
give the IhmvK to child? •> for • plaything.
Handle not with dirty hand* Kvturu the
book when you hav; read it.”
Natural Language.
\ few years age a society of eminent
Frenchmen di*cu**e'l the question:
“Wbat language would a child naturally
wjMuk if never taughtf” Twenty differ
ent rv*ult* wen- predicted. To test the
nn<tt«T. two infant* were procured, and
u.>lat**d with a deaf and dumb woman,
who lived alone in the Alp*, surrounded
with her sheep and chick' n*. After *i\
years, the children and the nurac were
brought before the mix ants "ho were on
tip-toe of expectation as te the result.
When, Io! not a word could cither of the
children utter. Imt mo*X |M*rfrctlv could
they imitate the crowing of theewk. the
crackling of the ben. and thr of
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REV. SAM JONES.
A Pen Portrait of the Noted
Southern Revivalist.
K. Sketch of Hie Ctreer wad a Few
Simple* of Hie Saying*
Tin ll'v. S.un I*. Joni''. ha» achieved
wide fame a* an evangclixt. Hr wu
liorn in ChainlxT* County, Alabama, Oct.
Hi. I’d*. Soon after, hi* parent* n
inoM il to hi* future home, Cartenvillr,
<ta. Mr. Jon< *i* of eminently rdigioii'
piiri iitagv. Hr afjopti'il hi* father'* pro
fc«*ion of law afti r receiving an excellent
education. An excea* of animal apirit*
i aii*cd the future pri ncherto iH-conie di*
*ipati'd He Hunk lower and lower. When
he now prem hi * again*t intoxicant*.
U'anililing, and other di>«d|>ation* he
know* what he i* talking about.
Mr. Jone*' father, on hi* living lied, I
nnidi- a last a|i,i< -d to the better nianhoo'l
of hi* miii. The liner nature of tin-mini
wa* tom hell, and In- reformed. H<- real
ized the horror* of the pit from which he
had escaped, and therefore all the more ;
l» nought others to do right. He wa* in
tolerant of the vice* of «a;icty and the I
in<on*i*ti nciiM of ('hri*tain*. His plain
*|h aking made him many encmie*, yet ,
hi* evident sincerity gained him high rc
apMt.
In October, IH*2. Mr. Jones joined the ■
North Georgia Conference of tin Mi th
odi*t Epiacopa! Church South. He re
mained from two to three year* on sever
al circuit*. Gradually it dawned on him
and his friend* that he could do the most
effective work a* an evangelist. In 1h*«) i
Mr. Jone* was appointed agent of the
orphan*' home of his conference. He
soon placi d it in a pr mperoua condition.
There is a reminder lu re of over a centu
ry ago, when George Whitefield went up
an<l down the laud preaching and raising
furyl' for his orphan home in Georgia.
.Mr. Jones then extended his field.
After many successful meetings in vari
ous Southern State*, he attracted the at
tention of the Hi v. I'. DeWitt Talmage,
who had him conduct a revival at the
Hrooklyn Tabernacle. After more work
in the South, .Mr. Jones spent a month in
St. Louis recently. He is engaged for
month* ahead.
Mr. Jones is tall and rather good-look
ing. He is deliberate in speech, and is
something of an orator. Although he
sometimes indulges in slang to drive
home a truth, he is a master of the speech
of the common people. He is witty, sar
castic, humorous, pathetic, elegant,
w henever he wishes to be. To crown all,
he is forever in earnest, always persua
sive, and never loses the object of bis
discourses to save souls.
Mr. Jones has met with great success.
His meetings produce intense interest.
He is everywhere indorsed by lending or
thodox ministers. In the South he Ims
been provided with an immense tent,
holding thousands. At Nashville and
other cities it was jammeil every day for
weeks.
About 18'2 .Mr. Jones was married to
Miss Laura McElwain, of Eminence, Ky.
Many of Mr. Jones’ sayings are of tin
kind that stick in tile memory, and not a
few are clear-cut gems of counsel. He
may be reckless of speech, but lie in some
way manages to make a good many cen
ter shots. Here are some of Sant's sav
ings:
“Then> is just as much religion in
laughing a* in crying.”
“I have never heard of a man getting i
Up ill meeting anywhere and confessing
that he wa* selfish or avaricious.”
“An obedience that 'lares to go, that
dares to suffer, and dare* to do. That is
what we want."
“Kisl liquor and Cliristianity won’t
stay in the same hide at the same time."
“I like some folk* that have got some
laugh in them. There is nothing tube
done w ith a dead crowd.”
“One preacher told me he got down on
hi* knee* one evening ami prayed to
heaven, to Goil Almighty, to straighten
out Brother Jone* and change him in a
few things, and that he would lie a good
preacher if that could lie done. He
prayed until about sundown, and oot off
his km >s, and the Loni seemed to say to
him: Well, 1 heard you praying for
Jones, and if I was to take all those
things away from liim he would be no
more account than you are." He *aid it
liked to si aie him to death, and he never
prayed on that line since." * . j •lit
Forty-six t ears .« One Pulpit.
Dr. George .leffrex. of Gl. -gow, where
he lias [in ached upward of fortv six
years, is n [anted to have explained the
pvn't of his being able to maintain an
unbroken ministry in the same place so
long to one of the former m nilx-rs of hi*
ehun h. who is now a merchant in New
York. “1 read," 'ays Dr. Jeffrey,
"every tn-w Iss'k that has a Iwaring u|xm
my s|M-<’ial work, and make extracts from
it and index them, so at any moment I
can find them when wanted. hi this
wax I keep myself from moving in a rut.
1 work as liatxi as 1 used to do at twenty,
ami I keep so far ahead w ith my sermons
that there are always ten or fifteen un
finished oni * lying in my drawer ready to
receive the result* of my latest readings.
I call them •sleeping sermons,’ but it is
they that sleep, and not the people who
hear them."— Christmn
Reawakened Memory.
Two year* ago a young man living in
a Vermont village, having finished hie
academical education, was ready to en
ter college. But just l»efore the day ap
[■ointed fur hi* examination he was taken
ill. After several weeks of suffering he
slowly recovered hi* health, but discov
ered that his mind find lost the knowl
edge acquired by six year* of hard study.
Latin. Greek, ami mathematic*, all wen
gone, and hi* mind wa* a blank in re
pect* to hi* [ireparatory studies. Hi*
doctor [irescrilx-d that lie *houid re*t hi*
mind and familiarize himself with a few
*iniple detail* of light work. He obeyed
the advice, and found in hi* old habit of
doing things carefully the schoolmaster
thet brought back his old knowledge.
Before his illness the young num. in or
der to earn a little money, had taken
care of the village church, sweeping it
out, cli ailing the lamps and doing all the
work, of a sexton. He now resumed this
work and by the physician's advice tried
to Keep hi* mind from puzzling itself
about it* loss of memory. Several weeks
went by without bringing any change in
his mental condition.
(•lie Sunday evening a stranger entered
the church, and. as the sermon was a
dull one, gazed carelessly around until
hi* attention was attracted by the lamps
on the wall. He noticed that all the
wieks were so carefully trimmed that
there was not an irregular flame to be
seen. He w ondered a.s to who could be
the careful sexton, and, happening to be
in the place the following Sunday, he
again noticed the same uniform trimming
of tin- wicks.
Passing the church the next day and I
seeing the door open, lie walked quietly
in and saw the sexton swee|>ing out the
central aisle. Looking closely at the
young man, the stranger said: "Do you i
do all the work about the church?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Do you trim the lamps?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Why do you trim them in such a pc
culiar way?”
“I don't know what you mean.”
“Why, the flames are alike.”
“Oh, but they ought to be. Yot
xvould not have them uneven, would
you ?”
“No,” answered the stranger, with a
smile, ‘-but it speak* well for your care
fulness. Why, I should think one of
the flames would fit all the others exact
ly if it were superimposed on them.”
“Superimposed? Isn’t that word used
in geometry?”
“Certainly. If polygons, having equal
sides and angles ”
Before the stranger could finish his
sentence the student threw down his
broom, rushed frantically out of the
church, run across the street and into the
house, where he astonished his mother
by exclaiming, in tones of triumph:
“Mother, I know that the square of the
hy]>othentise of a right angle triangle is
equal to the sum of the squares of the
other two sides!”
In u moment his school knowledge had
come back to him. flashed into his mind
by the mention of the superimposed fig- 1
ures. Philadelphia Call.
Governor's Island.
A New York letter to the Troy Timex I
thus describes Governor's island, where
General Hancock died: Governor's
island which contains about fifty acres,
was originally called Nutten island, from
the abundance of nuts grown there. It
xvus purchased by the federal govern
ment soon after the opening of the pres- ,
ent century, and has since then been an
importunt post. It fronts the harbor, and
i* se)>eratcd from this city by the East
river, xvhii-h here is a half mile wide. A
narrow but rapid estuary called Butter
milk channel separates it from Brooklyn,
anil the island i* only reached by a gov
ernment ferry, xvhich crosses the East
river at the Batten. Governor's island
i* considered the m >*t desirable military
station (for a n-sidencei in the country,
Ix ing very healthy, and then so conven
ient to this city that all the pleasures of
the latter are within easy reach. On the
extreme west stands a showy structure of
stone called Castle William, whose em
brasure* and cannon have a defiant look,
but really they are of no defensive poxver
against a foreign fleet. In the centra of
the island, hoxvever, i* a 'tar fort of the
most [H-rfeet character, and near bv are
the officer*' dxvellings, uni' of whieh now
contains the honored corpse. Governor's
island first came into active usi' during
the M' xiean xvar, when it was a place of
encampment for our volunteer'. During
the civil xvar. hoxvever, the number xvas
increa-ed to a va*t extent, and often 20,-
000 men xvere canipeil there, awaiting or
der*. It will henceforth have a new and
impressive prominence in the history of
' one of the greatest of modern heroes.
- -
Hail Been a Boy Himself.
Tom Anjerry, a student at the I'niver
*ity of Texas. ap|>lied to Professor Snore
, for permission to be absent.
j “1 xvould like to lie excused from my
‘ jography lesson this afternoon, a* I want
j to take my sister out riding." said Tom.
I The old professor, who is no fool,
looked at the young man over the top of
his spectacles ami said slowly:
"Want to take your sister out riding
in a buggy, eh? Is she related to you!”
—7« nu Sittings.
LADIES’ DEPARTMENT.
tiolilen (*<»••»• t« Srrvsni*-
Tt ha* lx-en the custom for the German
impress for the last nine years to present
golden crosses, each with an autograph
diploma, to those female servant* who
could show that thev had remained forty
vears uninterruptedly in the same familx.
In the course of this period lier majesty
has conferred no fewer than 1208 such
distinctions on Prussian subjects, includ
ing inhabitants of the RcieiLsland, and it
is interesting to note that the largest per
centage of the golden crosses in projior
tion to the population went to Alsace-
Lorraiue, H-s*i-Nassau coming next.
Posen, where the Polisii element abound*
Ix-ing lowest in the list. I/mdon Timre.
The H«rea*«le Woman.
Have you ever met the sarcastic young
woman; No! You will find her every
where that ice grows luxuriantly. She
is a cross between a tartar and a taran
tula. She is a pest. The giddy girl, the
lackadaisical miss are not ornament*
who* ■ ios* woul i cause the world grief,
but they can be tolerat' d. The sarcastic
maiden should be *u]>pre*scd by law.
The school is growing. Nobody likes
the sarcastic girl: everybody fears, and
many hate her. Her stock in trade may
originally h ive been satire, but has long
ago degenerated into impudence, and
with the degeneration ha* slipped away
her ability to see the difference between
what was and what is—between satire
and impudence. She has been fostered
in the family circle, and generally stays
ther ■. She began xvith mild criticisms
of her friends, and ends by lampooning
them. Now she has none, and carica
tures her acquaintances. Her parents ap
plauded her early efforts, and she retali
ates by staying on their hands. The fam
ily think her brilliant, young men avoid
her, and w hat the world knows as a sour
old maid is generally thus created.—
Bloontington Hye.
Tile Perfumery Industry.
The manufacture of perfume from
fl uvers has been carried on more or less
since the beginning of the historic era,
says tin* Baltimore Num. The ancient
Egyptians seem to have understood the
process of distilling attar* from various
flowers and fruits. During the middle
ages we read of a jicrfume known as
Hungary water, which was first distilled
from rosemary in 1370 by Elizabeth,
queen of Hungary, who obtained the re
cipe from a hermit, and by the use of it
is said to have preserved her beauty to
old age. Catherine de Medicis, when
she came to France to marry Henry 11,
brought with her a famous Florentine
perfumer, who had the art of manufac
turing oils from flowers, both by the
process of enflourage and by maceration,
though of course his methods xvere rude
and unscientific as compared with those
of to-day. From that time the French
have ,>aid great attention to the cultiva
tion of floxvers for this purpose.
The greatest number of the materials,
amounting to twenty-eight, is obtained
from the south of France and Italy,
which is the chief center of manufacture
for perfumery materials. The East In
dies and China furnish about twenty-one,
Turkey two, Africa txvo, North America
six, South America six and England four.
The "illy articles named from the United
States are peppermint, sassafras and xvin
tergreen. The chief places for the
growth of the sweet perfume-producing
flowers are Mont]>elier, Grasse, Nitnes,
Savoy. Chimes, and Nice, in France. It
is there that the jasmine, tuberose, cassia,
rose and violet grow to such perfection,
and that the processes of enflourage and
maceration are commercially worked.
Nice anil Cannes are the paradise of
violets, producing annually something
like one hundred and fiftv tons of blos
som*. The variety cultivated is gener
ally the double or Parma violet, xvhich
is *o productive that the floxvers are sold
at about 5 ,ienee per pound, and xve all
know what sort of bouquet a pound of
violets would make. The abundance in
Sicily of every flower xvhich in our cli
mate is most highly prized recalls the
traveler in the story xvho arrived in a
country xxliere the children [flayed pitch
and to**, and marbles xvith diamonds, ru
bies, emeralds, and other precious gems.
"These are. doubtless, the sons of some
powerful king.” he said, and bowed re
spectfully before them. The children,
laughing, made soon him perceive that
they xvere the street boys, and that the
gem* xvere only the pebbles of that coun
try.
How to Treat Company.
To ap]>car a pleasant cheery hostess
throughout an evening "party," or even
the short-lived call is truly no easy thing
nor can some people ever learn the art.
Tact is an essential, and an absolute
unselfishness; the guests must be first,
and they must not feel any Sacrifice of
time nor attention too keenly. All
women should aim at being bright con
vcrsationalists, not startling nor wonder
ful, but amusing, refined and especially
light of touch. Long stories are usually
intolerable bores, and a serious, slow,
heavy way of looking at matters in gen
erxl is an infliction. Grievances of any
sort an> best kept hidden; a sprightlv
acquaintance with the affairs of the dav
a flattering anxiety as to others’ opinions,
an absence of slang or mannerisms, of
boastful egotism, or -elf deprcciat;., a
tact, tart, above till, tart, these mak %
agreeable hostess, the woman one wish,.,
to find at home in one’s round of cal .
Parlor chairs should be. for th' ,
part, light and easily moved, xvith ji;. t s
few of a more substantial sort for th.*.,
who are six’ feet tall or weigh two ] IUI
dred pounds. People can't talk a rofl ,, f
two apart, nor can they drag that aboni.
ination a "patent rocker," (don’t have
rocking chairs iu your parlor!) across t „
their nearest neighbor. A sofa sup B ,
duces conversation.
Have little thingaJyiug about the ruen
xvhich must of themselves call out co ni .
ment and give your guests something t„
do. Albums, anil piles of photographs
birthday books; a pig album where on*
has to draw a pig and write one’s name
underneath, xvith closed • eyes; scrap
books, jiarticularly of pictures, and smh
works a* "Bellow's “Comic Primer,” ami
“The Good Things of Life,” al! these an,
hosts in themselves.
Games are almost invariably successful
the older and staider the company the
more riotous they arc likely to become.
Bean Bags are a good thing to have in
the house, and Logomachy proves enter
tabling in many circle*. But simple
childish games, (I don’t mean Copen
hagen), and the simpler the better: ‘-Go
ing to Jerusalem,'’ “Vacant Chair.'*
Charades, and the like, prove more divert
ing than any other form of entertain
ment.
We women make work of companr,
and xve grow, many of us, to look upon
it as an evil, necessary, perhaps, but al
ways an evil. Could xve see the lust
way, xvhich is also, as truly, the easiest,
we might be not grudgingly given tv
hospitality, and all learn the lesson few
do not need—what goes to make up a
model hostess.— ln Good llousekeepii)q.
Fashion :Vote*.
All the new bonnets are cut up at the
back.
Correct mourning jewelry is of English
crape stone.
Clustered stripes are a feature in all
.spring goods.
Bilk braids, with feather effects, are
new trimmings.
Camels’-hair is the leading material
for spring wear.
Steels in the backs of gowns arc l>e
ing gradually banished.
All sorts of straws are worn in hut*
and bonnets this spring.
Raspberry and moss-green are a favor
ite Parisian combination.
The spring goods are of great variety,
and novel in combination.
Even nexv pongees come in bourette or
boutonneux and corded stripes.
The Russian blouse frock is worn by
little girls and small boys under 5.
The latest novelty in fancy slippers
are those embroidered w ith garnet beads.
Low shoes, worn with paste or Rhine
stone buckles, are choice for house wear.
Spring hats are tall and are trimmed
high in the back, the front, or on oue
side.
All the wollen goods for spring wear
show a soft finish, and are in subdued
tones.
All bonnets have high crowns and
brims small, but a little larger than those
of last year.
The leading idea in skirts is one dress
over another, either an upper one open
ing over a lower iu front, or draped ever
a lower one.
The most novel hat was in brown straw,
covered with a brown gauze veil and
trimmed xvith a bow and an aigrette of
shaded grapes.
Some of the nexv bonnets have the
straw folded into boxplaits, to form the
crown, xvhich shoxvs how soft and supple
the material is.
Now if you have a smart gown of
brocade or satin you must send some of
the material to the boot maker, because
your boots must match your costume.
Brides are wearing distinct trains to
their wedding gowns, and many dinner
gowns are made thus for the spring, but
instead of being fastened to the back
they are secured round the hips, as though
a cloak, half slipping off, had been care
lessly pinned together in front.
The crossed-over fronts arc extremely
fashionable in basques and polonaises,
and a novel effect is produced by hal
ing the first three buttons, starting fro®
the shoulder, of large size and artist ll
character, and the rest small, set close, of
the self color and simply used for fasten
ing.
The Highest Iceberg.
The highest measured iceberg of which
we know was one seen by Dr. I. I. Hay *■
or. 'Ae west Greenland coast, being 35 11
feet above the water, and submerged, a‘
he estimated, about a half a mile; »
great chunk of ice, plenty big enough to
pay the national debt of (then) $2,000 '
000.000 at the cheapest wholesale rates
of ice in the United States. The ice
bergs are quite numerous about the uppet
Greenland coasts too, Scoresby recording
500 in sight from his ship at one time,
and Dr. Hayes counting as many from the
masthead, and then giving up in sheer
despair, for others faded away in th
distance in such inextricable confusion *-•
to defy computation.—Lieut. Sclwoti* 4 -