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xMr.JI. l)en|, the father of the
f jfe,<«G«&. Cfywt, tiled at the white
Kou®e on the 15th Os DcWmbct, 1373,
6y his children. - He was
$. genial gentleman, 88 years of age, and
the frequenterrof the Whitehouse after
ho became the guest of his son-in-law
had generally found him seated in the
reception-room, the center of a pleas
ant group of conversationists, all at
tracted to him by hi® gob<T nature and
large fund of
of anecdotes of wWM WK and seem
ed always ready to instruct or amuse
his auditors. lie was much beloved in
St Louis, near which cju- was W
country nlace. He lived in the okl
fashioned stylo of keeping open house
for friends and neighbors. His hospi
tality was noted. Ho was never en
gaged in political life except In his own
neighborhood, where ho was always
called npoiMo preside at
meetings. He was always a stanch
democrat, and boosted that he had vot
of whuiu, for some reason, he did
WOpprow. Ho almost invariably
camotn Washington to attend presi
dential inangurations. An uncle of
Mr. Dent was a member of congress
from Maryland, and gave the casting
vota when the election of Jefferson was
carried into the House. Mr. Dent’s re
mains were carried to St. Louis for in
•BHi'ienV. escort efl by Gen. Grant and I
‘ family,— Uetw Be rlcy Boorc.
•" In Doubt.
' ... A Dutchman came into our office last
summer with a paper in his hand.
*'VUI you blease, str. read mo der
same* of dor beople vat half the chol
era?”
“Certainly, If you’re anxious about
Mt.”
“Veil, lam so anxious dot I don’t
know vat I pe doings.”
The clerk very obligingly read the
Mak the Dutchman in the meantime i
perspiring and wiping his forehead.
When the clerk had finished the anx- |
ions inquirer asked:
“Den you don’t find de name of Hana I
Gcinaen dere?”
“No. Mr.”
••Veil, py dam. I reel all right now.
1 vas peen drunk for ten davs, nnd I
didn't know but dat I , xs dead mil the
cholera. ’ ’ —JAaston Sunday Tintes,
’ Steam is said to boa better disinfect
ant than sulphuric add gas. Even
•teamed oysters are quite harmless. j
The Cheap and the Dear Seller.
Is it not the first law of economics
-that the cheap seller will supersede the
dear seller and get all his market
away? Certainly that is true in the
long run, but it is not true in five min
utes. The difficulties in the way of the
“undercutter” or underseller are very
great indeed. In the first place, “the
trade” hate him, and the hatred of the
trade is unpleasant—good assistants
shunning the banned shops—or, in the
•rganized trades, intolerable.
lURm after effort has been made to beat
the bakers, who hold very closely to
gether, but with very little result.
They will let down prices to a point,
but no further, being quite aware that
i©- all trades which take room there are
limitsjo competition. Two half-pence
on two loaves are not equal to a penny
’ - ofi one loaf when the ovens will only
hold so many loaves. Then the buyer
who cftres about the fall of a penny is
always wanting credit, and does not
quit the man who will give it,
Shfl regards desertion as the one
. u«pfts#onable «tn. ..Moreover, he, or
believes in the customary
price, and, whatever the newspapers
may say, cannot get ria of the irapres
srofirhat somehow the underseller is
giving her, in some way, inferior qual
gMor her money—a belief diligently
by the regular tradesman.
And lastly, the underseller being anx
iotis Mainly for accidental custom, is
©either so obliging nor so patient, nor
so careful about deliveries as his estab
lished rival-
..So strongly do these three causes
work together, that we have heard of
instances in which bakers in populous
neighborhoods have bought their un
derselling rivals’ stocks and sold them
at their own prices without their cus
tomers ever knowing or resenting the
tax so directly levied. The force of
habit which even arrests downfalls in
bread, is much stronger as to articles
less needed and less accurately under
stood, till we arrive at cases in which,
as in the milk trade, cheapness is posi
tively suspected or disliked, as if it
must of necessity be based upon some
fraud. Os course, in the end, if whole
sale prices are low the undersellers win,
and the new price establishes itself, in
which case woe to the retailers when
wholesale prices rise. They have to
endure a storm of inquiries, objurga
tions, and epithets which must take
the sweetness of their previous gains
quite out of them, and very often are
compelled to yield and compensate
themselves by unsuspected reductions
in quality. As a rule, however, the
demand that a customary and low
price should be lower still comes with
surprising slowness, and the distrib
utors, when their wholesale market has
given way, enjoy unexpected, profits
continuously for months. The public
will not, in this instance, grudge the
shopkeepers their gains, for they had
previously been suffering greatly from
different causes—one being the diffi
culty of meeting the competition of the
stores; but they certainly for some time
past have had cause to bless the “gen
eral depression.”— The Spectator.
An Awful Big Price.
Two “mourners,” were returning
from a funeral at a very fashionable
CMUIUIOIV. ' 1
“Dr. Intone reads the services beau
tifully,” said one.
“Don’t hop” said the other. “Do
you remember how impressively he ut
tered the words, ‘Oh death where ‘is
tliy sting, O grave where is thy vic-
very beautiful. How much do
those lots there cost?”
r i 9
"G<hl It may not be much of a
‘victory,’ but it’s a» priced
—./
7 ’Gmnfs
I A i lll*’ I FI WH iM
unuiuO WLUiVHNt
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FASHION NOTES.
Tulle bonnets are worn with the dres
siest thin summer frocks.
Red and blue in combination are still
.popular. a
Velvet is the fashionable trimming
for light fabrics.
The milkmaid overskirt and the
housemaid frock are the* rivals in wo
men’s favor at the moment.
Alderney cream is the latest name for
the shade of white with a tint of pale
yellow in it, so popular in summer
' woolen fabrics this season.
A novelty of the season is the pretty
jacket bodice of white or buff etamine,
trimmed with insertion and lace to
match, and very pretty to wear with any
colored skirt.
Lace polonaises or jackets with elbow
sleeves are worn with gauze or lace
skirts for dinner costumes. The polo
naise or jacket must be of the.same
color as the skirt.
Lace blouse fronts are also worn with
the bodices of lace dresses,of course the
same patera as the lace of which the
skirt is made.
Yak lace with threads of gold inter
woven is used for trimming albatross]
and nun’s vailing.
Crescent brooches retain their hold]
upon popular favor. Some of the new]
styles are birds and animals studded
with precious stones.
Small pins or brooches, no ear rings,
few finger rings, and very slender brace
lets make up the catalogue of the sum
mer jewelry of a woman of taste.
White muslain de laine, crepe Arab
gauze, faille, chailie, fine ailk etamine
and Virginie (a very fine French woolen
fabric,) is used for evening dresses.
A fashion authority says that if a wo
man only has two dress hats, one must
be black and the other white. The black
one to be worn with light costumes,
the white ones with dark dresses. Par
isian tas'e declares if there be but one
bonnet, let that one be black trimmed
with white.
A delightful, cool and airy gown is
made of cream white “cotton yak” lace.
The bodice is jacket shaped and opens
oyer a brown velvet vest, buttoning on
either side of the vest with pearl but
tons. The skirt is made over a gauze
foundation, and has a deep flounce. The
overdress is carefully draped en tablier,
and falls over the tog ot the flounce on
the skirt. The sleeves are trimmed with
brown velvet and cream satin ribbon
and loops, while long ends ofcream rib
bon hold the drapery in position at the
left side.
This is assuredly a sash season, and
nobody is considered either two young
or too old to be thus draped. Sashes
are made of every sort of fabric, from
velvet to Roman striped zephyr, and are
worn wound around the waist, and
knotted ala Turk; also draped over one
shoulder and held with a jeweled clasp
ala Grecque, or float in bows and ends
from the back a la bebe. Sashes, both
wide and are equally in fashion
and beautified by medium
wide ribWn sashes*, which begin at the
arm seam just below the belt, are
brought around and tied low on the
front in several loops arid ends, which
reach the foot of the skirt. A piece of
the same ribbon is shirred at the throat
and again at the waist, the ends being
covered just here by tne sash portions.
Pure white surah, simply hemmed, is
used for sashes over handsome dresses
ot French mnslin, embroidered batiste
veiling or white silk canvas.
Household Hints.
The present fancy for hemstitched
bed linen affords ample scope for a va
riety# pretty designs. The initials or
A delicious salad is made by cutting
no Beaches and bananas in thin niecps
"F Manu ÜBliauaff *ll vuui pieces
and aprinkling them with sugar or a
little lemon juice.
Blackberry brandy made in this way
is recommended: Two quarts of black
;h«rry Juice (it wis require about five
quarts of berries to make Jtlfrnd twb
poundoofwhite ffigar. 801 l ;>Jad skim,
then add bne-halfounce of cloves, half
an ounce of ground cinnamon and live
grated nutmegs, wad boil again. When
cool add one pint of the beat brandy
arid bottle when cold.
A corresjfcrrfeM this recipe
for corn soup: To each quart of
you ng.corn cut from the cob allow three
pints Os Water. Boil until the grains are
tender, and then add two ounces of
butter that have been well mixed with
one tablespoonful of fiour. Let this boil
for fifteen minutes longer. Just before
serving add one egg well beaten and
salt and pepper to taste.
So many refreshing and delicious sum-
WW dishes may be frozen for family use
that we give for the benefit of house
keepers the following well tried re
ceipts: . W!S& ,,,
Peach Cream.—Mash perfectly ripe
peaeh.ee, and aweeten, to each quart of
peaches add a pint of cream, mix well
and freeze.
Pineapple Cream.—Grate two pine
apples, add two pints of white sugar,
and two quarts of very rich whipped
cream, beat all to a froth, and free re.
Bisque.—Take half a gallon of cream,
beat in twelve eggs, ala two pounds of
almonds, freeze.
Plumbiere.—Make a very rich custard,
flavor with wine and lemon juice.
When lialf frozen, add blanched al
monds, citron, brandy peaches, can
died cherries, and chopped figs. Make
a freezei half full of custard, and filled >
with the fruiu Freeze very stiff.
The canning season being at hand,
we offer a few timely suggestions that
will be of value to housekeepers. The
first step to be taken is to have every- ,
thing in readiness. Old cane should be
J examined, and new ones purchased.
■ For general use, glass are preferable to j
tin, and, being more durable,are cheaper
j besides being safer. Self sealing jars
i are the least trouble, as well as the sur
est to keep. None bat the best flavored
and most perfect fruits should be wed,
as well as the best quality of sugar.
The fresher the fruit the better it will
keep. Over ripe fruit is not the best.
In the opinion of many housekeepers,,
the flavor is beet preserved by using no
sugar; others put a quarter of a pound
of sugar to one of fruit. Care must be ■.
taken in filling glass jars to prevent I
j them breaking. This may be done bv |
putting them in djfld water and setting
on the stove until boiling hot. When
the cans are filled, they should be set
aside out of the current of air. The
covers must be Carefully screwed on,
with the rubbers held in place, and the
cans must be filled heaping full. The
light injures fruit, and the jars should
be wrapped in brown paper and set in a
dry, dark closet or cellar. Fruit should
always be put in the cans boiling hot,
and each can should be completely filled
when it will certainly keep. For pre
paring syrup for canning fruit, allow
one quart of sugar to two quarts of water.
Use a porcelain kettle. Hard fruit,
such as quinces, pears and apples,
should first be steamed and then
dropped in syrup.
The Lanndryman’s Victim.
Ido wish the washee-washee people
of the United States would call a na
tional convention of laundererg and
laundresses, and adopt a uniform style
of marking the linen that passes through
their hands. I have suffered much
frcmr of talent displayed
marks of Anglo, Gorman,
Chinese and Amer
ican laundries. lam a man not given
to novelties. I like variety, but I want
it to be the same kind of variety. Ido
not like to go round the country lec
turing guise ofjhe tattooed man
the real initials of my own honored
name—that Mrs. O’Mahony’s husband
might know whose shirt he was wear
ing to church, and Mlle. Celeste might
know whose handkerchiefs she stole,
and that Wun Lung might be able to
swear that the collars he offered for
sale were given to htm by his deceased
friend, Ram Jam Bang. But did these
simple marks content the wash ladies
and the laundry gentlemen? Nay, not
so. The first laundry gentleman mark
ed everything I had with a big black
Xin indelible ink, save only my—ex
cuse my blushes—hose. These dainty
little fabrics of silk and worsted, with
faint traces of cotton, he labeled by
sewing a large white patch about mid
ship on the afterpart of the veal of the
same. I left all these marks on,
hoping that, in connection with the
regularly ordained initials, they would
content the next gentleman.
But he was a Trojan, and he put on a
mark something like the Greek letters
phi, psi. This was in Philadelphia.
At Pittsburg I had a round-up of ray
laundry at the Great Western Satin
Gloss laundry, where the man with the
indelible ink labeled everything XO,
big and black, and sewed additional
patches on my—ahem!—hose. I next
corraled my things at the establishment
of Ping Ping in Columbus, Ohio, who
stitched in a firecracker joke in red
thread.
We—l and my herd of linen and
manuscript—drifted slowly to tho
northwest, and the wardrobe was
watered at a French laundry in Kala
mazoo, and branded OHA.
At Minneapolis it went to the. hotel
laundry and came back bearing the
new legend LT, with a lozenge around
it, apd with~*?d~tags Yny s —ks.
This was giowing interesting, and
when a brand blue ink came into tho
plot at Council Bluffs and was cast for
XOA, I sat up half the night reading
my things.
lam fond of literature, anyhow, and
when tho mental pabulum on my linen
was reinforced at Concordia, Kan., by
the addition of VZ in a black circle to
the bill of fare, I began to look about
for a publisher.
At Kansas City Hang Hi worked in a
crazy-quilt stitqh on me, and at Deca
turXjll., the launder had a rubber
stamp, the design whereof was a val
entine heart inclosing the letters XLX.
Idd not know the meaning of tho
symbol unless it refers to my age,
certainly has nothing to do with the
age df uiv wardrobe. This man sewed
***< T ’ •** *** wwv * 11111 xxjizx* outVvU
white tags on the ears of my st —ck—
logs, with the same design printed on
them. At Terre Haute, Ind., they
sewed tags on everything, from with
ers to hock, and at Valparaiso they
stitched XVH on the entire , and
at Upper Sandusky I got NYX inked
on everything from collar to crupper.
At Beaver Falls, Pa., a Chinese gentle
man embroidered on all my things por
tions of a strange, weird alphabet
wherever he could find room for it, and
at Uhrichsville, 0., my linen was re
turned to mo with a note stating that
all articles must be plainly marked be
fore tliey gould be received at the
laundry.— 11. J. Bur de lie.
Came Within One Os It. “
Cady Herrick tells a good one of a
scamp who was arraigned at the last
term of the Court of Oyer and Termin
er upon the charge of bigamy. Having
no defense, the fellow pleaded guilty,
and in response tn the query of the
Court as to what he had to say in miti
gation of his offense replied:
“I want a good, liberal, easy sen
tence. I pleaded guilty and saved the
county the expense of a trial, and
ought to be let down easy.’’
“How many wives did you say he
had married?” the Judge, inquired,
turning to Herrick.
“Four,” replied the gentleman.
“Goodness gracious!” exclaimed the
Judge, I should think he had been
punished well enough already.”
“Yes, indeed,” replied Herrick with
an air of a man who knew whereof he
spoke, and which carried conviction
with it; “he has been pretty well i
punished.”
“That being the case,” responded
: the Judge, “we will deal leniently with
him. Prisoner, you are sentenced to ■
the Penitentiary* for the term of one
year.”
“Thank*, your Honor. The sentence
meets with my approval and suits me !
to a tee, and it ought to.” he remarked
to a bystander. “I could have got five
vears, but I got one off for every wife.
" hy, if I had married five, I’d been
acquitted; but I’ll call the turn next
trip,” and he went philosophically to
prison.— Albany Express.
The question of a speedier means o!
executing criminals is being discussed
in England. The Lfiaort says: “De
capitation docs not cause instant death,
hanging is torturingly slow and
neither prussic acid nor electricity
would, be quick enough in fatal effect. I
AGRICULTURAL.
Farm Notes,
Little chicks should be fed little or
no wheat bread when quite young, as
it forms a paste and cannot be digested.
Corn bread cooked the same as people
cook corn dodger, that is corn meal
stirred in water with a little salt and
grease added and cooked on top of the
stove, is the best food we have ever
used until chicks are a week old, says
a poultry journal.
Clean out the water tanks’every week.
Insects multiply rapidly in water stand
ing during this hot weather. When fed
by wind mill and the stock allowed to
drink from the tank, animals drink
large quantities of these water lice, tad
poles and other insects. Even though
the water may be clear, it may contain
myriads of insects that make good iood
for fish, but may not be so healthy for
horses and cattle. Where the tank is
large, a few German carp fish may be
profitable kept, and with the addition of
an occasional handful of corn meal, will
will consume the insects, purify the
water and fatten and grow like pigs. A
few big frogs will answer a like purpose.
The American Cultivator says that
the ent worm has an aversion to saltpe
ter, and that a solution of one table
spoonful to a gallon of water has so far
proved a sure preventive. It is applied
with a dipper, and poured on the plants
and?all around the hill. We give the
suggestion as we find it, and hope some
of our readers who are troubled with
the pest will try it and report the re
sult. The same authority thinks a so
lution of equal parts each of chloride of
lime and copperas would be as effective
as saleratus.
Carp Ponds.—Carp are vegetable feed
ers and live upon aquatic plants; a
pond dug in a swamp or in soft springy
and muddy ground is precisely what
these fish require. The pond should
have some deep holes made in the bot
tom, and if these go down to springs it
is so much the better, as the fish bury
themselves in the warmest place in the
winter and pass their time in that way.
A muddy bottom is therefore indispen
sable, although soft quicksand full of
springs would suit them as well as mud.
If there are no water plants in the pond
it should be planted around the sides
and in some shallow places with water
cress, lilies and other suitable vegeta
tion Where freshets may be expected,
banks should be put around the ponds
and gates provided to keep the fish
from escaping. These fish have been
known to wriggle across a strip of grass
two or three hundred feet wide, from a
pond to a stream, when the water had
overflowed not more than an inch or
two in places.
Cottonseed for Feeding.—Cottonseed
is one of the richest feeding substances
known and as compared with other
food substances is worth about three
times as much as corn. But this high
value gives it a very dangerous quality
as it is too rich for the digestives and as
similative organs. As food it would
compare with hay much as extract of
beef and alcohol would with our ordi
nary food, and as a man could not take
much of these concentrated foods with
out injury so a cow could not consume
much cottonseed meal without harm
The meal freed from the husk contains
88 per cent of nitrogenous matter,
about 10 per cent, of oil and per cent,
of starch gum and other carbonaceous
matter. The nitrogenous matters are
seen to be very much in excess, while
for a healthful food they should be only
one-fifth of the amount of the carbo
hydrates. For this reason this meal
should be fed only in very small quan
tities with cornmeal and middlings, as
two pounds of the cottonseed meal,’two
pounds of corn meal, and three pounds
of coarse middlings ar fine bran fora
day’s rations, given in two feeds.
The Latest Folly.
“Bleeding is becoming fashionable
among young society swells of both
sexes, but it is mostly practiced by
young men,” said a society physician
fl V
yesxeruay.
“By bleeding persons naturally be
come a little pale, and this gives them
a kind of aristocratic or distinguished
appearance. For instance, if a young
man has been rejected by the lady who
has upset his reason he can play upon
her sympathies by having himself bled.
The loss of blood would make him pal®
and interesting,, and he could lounge
around bjOnmJor a few days and send
out a report that he ias dying of' a
broken heart. His paleness wouldsbow
that something was the matter with
him, and it might excite the lady’s
sympathy, if she had that element in
her icy fashionable composition. The
face could not be powdered or painted
so as to represent illness. The ladies
understand that artifice too well; and
a great many are adopting the bleed
ing process. It is not that they wish
to convey the impression that they are
dying by inches from grief. They don’t
do that now. But occasional bleeding
makes them pale, and their pretty
faces are more easily colored in conse
quence. With a white background, or
rather face, the face is colored without
the preliminary trouble of washing it
with a white compound before coloring
is nut on. The colors stick better, the
paint does not show so plainly, does
not close the pores of the skin so her
metically; a smoother appearance gen
erally. Then, again, it is not the cor
rect thing in fashionable society to ap
pear too rosy and healthful. It would
Jock as if they followed some occupa
tion for a living. School girls, you
know, cal pickles and slate-pencils un
der the impression that it will make
them thin by drying up the blood.
Bleaching ia the latest device in fash
ionable society, and is resorted to by
both sexes for opposite purposes. Dur
ing the summer ladies are bleached, or
bled, under the impression that the re
duction of blood prevents an excess of
perspiration—and nothing is considered
more unfashionable than to perspire.
That is why so many ladies look so
cool and icy chilling in the red-hot
months of summer. I do not know
that the young men drink salt water
after being bled like the other calves ,
that are bleached for the market by
cruel butchers, but no doubt salt water I
will soon become a fashionable craze *
in connection with the bleeding pro
cess.”
i. XX.,—
An English architect asserts that ■
houses can be made of timber which will
last longer than brick or stone. In
many English towns houses of oak and
plaster are in daily use that were built
500 years ago.
The Way You See It.
The reader will remember the old
story of the Chinese traveler in Eng
land. In those days, not long since,
when the pleasant shores and banks
of the Thames were lined by water
men, our Chinese traveler was landed
by one of these ancient worthies who
had a wooden leg. It was a fact, and
it struck him; the stranger saw that
the wooden leg was used to stand in
the water, while the other was kept
high and dry. The economy of thfe
fact struck him very much; he saw in
it strong evidences of design, and he
wrote home that “in England one-leg
ged men were kept for watermen,' to
the saving of all injury resulting to
health, shoos or stockings from stand
ing in the water.” The fact was cor
rect, the inference or generalization
was ludicrously wrong.
There is a story told by the once very
popular writer, Dr. John Moore, of a
French ’student in London who lodged
in the same house with a poor man ill
of fever, ami who was continually
teased by his nurse to drink, although
quite nauseated by the liquids she of
fered him. At last, when she was
more importunate than usual, he
whispered: “For heaven’s sake, bring
me a salt herring, and I will drink as
much as you please!” The woman in
dulged his request, the man perspired
profusely and recovered; the French
student inserted in his note-book this
aphorism: “A salt cures an
Englishman in his fever. ’ On his
return to France he prescribed th©
same remedy for the first patient .in
fever he was called to attend; the pa
tient died. The student inserted in
his note-book: “N. B. Though a salt
herring cures an Englishman, it kills
a Frenchman.” This may be a satire
upon that rapidity of generalization
for which our French neighbors are re
markable. But, true story or joke, it
certainly illustrates the false method
in mind that is called observation.—
The World of Proverb and Parabit.
Tripped Up by a Yahoo,
The other day, after having made a
careful examination of our edition of
Worcester (dated 1882, the latest is
sue) and our copy of Webster’s Una
bridged (dated 1881), a book in which
we had all confidence, and which here
tofore has never failed us, we publish
ed to the world tho fact that the word
popularly pronounced “dy-namite”
should be, according to the best usage,
pronounced “din-amite.” Both the
above works, as well as the new Im
perial dictionary, an English work,
agreeing in the matter, we felt that we
occupied strong ground in making tho
announcement/
But it seems that our backing was
not as strong as we thought it was;
and so we have been tripped up. And
by whom? Not by any world-renown
ed orthoepist, not by a Knowles, not
by a Smart, not by a Richard Grant
White, not even by a Prof. Burtt; but
by a yokel, a bumpkin, a yahoo from
between the furrows on the Washing
ton county frontier, whom no one
would dream of being picked up by in
orthoepy; by Col. Chill Hazzard, editor
of the Monongahela liepublican, who,
referring to our pronunciation of the
word, says, in a late issue, that tho
Leader had “better go down street
and blow in a dictionary. The proper
pronunication of the word is dy-namite
according to the latest vintage of Web
ster on a bridge.”
Well, it is awfully galling to bo cor
rected by our rustic contemporary, but
nevertheless, we went down street and
discovered that Editor Hazzard was
right “Webster's Unabridged” (dat
ed 1884), without giving any reason
for tho sudden flop, now gives the pro
nunciation of th© word with the long
sound of the “y.” while Worcester and
tho Imperial still hold to the old style.
—Pittsburg Leader.
■—o » '
Royal Life.
A suggestive little story concerning
the Duchess of Edinburg has found its
way into print through a Leeds journal.
The Duke took occasion not long ago
to reason with her upon the peculiari
ties of manner and general carriage
which prevent her from being popular
like her sister-in-law, the Princess of-
Wales. A royal row ensued, but
wound up with the announced resolvo
of the daughter of the late Czar to
model her comportment in future after
that of the Danish Princess. “It hap
pened not long after,” says the chron
icler, “that the Princess of Wales at
tended a charity fair given in aid of an
old woman’s home. The amiable Al
exandra, out of the goodness of her
heart, went around the room speaking
a kind word to each of the unfortunate
women. Now, the Princess of Wales
is slightly lame; and the Duchess of
Edinburg, who was present and deter
mined to carry out the suggestions of
her lord to the letter, went round the
room behind the Princess and mimick
ed her lameness and all! As may be
supposed, matters were not at all
mended. ’ ’
The Origin of Clinking Glasses.
“Do you know,” said an old resident
to a reporter, “the significance of touch
ing glasses and wishing each other
good health?”
“No,” was the reply.
“Well, it’s not so odd after all,”
said the gentleman laughing. “It is a
relic of a barbarous custom—of feudal
times. It had its origin in the times
long before the inauguration of the
Knights of the Round Table.
“To come back to the original sub
ject,” he resumed, “the reason why
men clink glasses is a remembrance of
the five senses. That sounds odd,
doesn’t it? Well, I’ll explain to you.
You see, I touch my triass to yours;
they give out a sound—that’s hearing,
one sense. You see the glasses in your
: and mv hand; that’s the sense of "sec
s ing. lon feel the glasses vibrato un-
I der the touch; that’s sense No. 3. Then
j you touch it to your lips, at the same
: time smelling the liquid it contains.
Then you gratify two senses—tasting ,
I and s celling, and then you have your
I five senses—hearing, seeing, feeling, ,
tasting:, smelling. Now, you never
thought of that before, did you?”said
the old gentleman with a smile of de
light at the reporter's look of astonish
ment.
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DEATH OF GEN. GRANT.
’
John P. Newman, D. D», the
Dead Hero’s Friend. t -
The interesting announcement is
made that at the funeral services to be
held over the remains Os General Grant
at Mt. McGregor, the Rev. Dr. Newman,
his long-rime friend and pastor, will
give to-. -
prool
c h araet :
meat, in fulfillment of General Grant’s ~
express desire. So recently’as April 2,
when the sufferer’s defith was momen
tarily Dr. Newman baptized
General Grant. Additional to his prom
inence before the world as the friend
who continued near the hero during
the last weeks of his life, the clergyman
whose portrait we give at the head of
this article, is distinguished for learning
and eloquence, and han long filled a con
spicuous place in the public view.
Mfe ate of Ne w York
Ilia r
writer soon attracted attention. At first _
he was a member of the Troy confer
ence, but a sermon preached at the ded
ication of the Hanson Place in
Brooklyn, about twenty-one yeaslKflfet
on the Resurrection, Jed to hiaSMad
called to one of the richest
that city. After filling several
pointments he was stationed at
tropolitan Methodist Episcopal
of Washington. It was here
warm friendship between
General Grant began, which ’
to the end of the great soldier’s 4
From 1869 to 1874, Dr.
chaplain of the United States
Later President Grant made lOOBBii
spector of Consulates —an office tren
for the purpose. In this capacity
spent two years abroad,
trip through Palestine. When
turned he was placed on the
ated list at his own request,
resignation of Dr. Davis, of
son Avenue Congregational <mlWn/
New York, accepted the
connection was severed after a
and protracted church '
party adverse to the A; __
Methodist minister as pastor of^^^^/Ak
gregational church finally
11 Li',
f imc.sjuringi wbi-efcJa©
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at San Francisco, he (Telivered a eulogy
on Leland Standford, for which
said to have received the sum of:||K’qSr
thousand dollars froin the boy’s J”
Since his return Efist Dr.
preached often in Methodist pul pi
is understood that he will short!
given a pastorate in one of the
<list Episcopal conferences.
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Handkerchiefs arc no longer dftT
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ranging from the fan handle or
bosom. The depth of the poi xet <ar /
reticule is the place for tho handkcr- ? i 1
chief, according to !Lhc latest
fashion.
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