HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-12-20, Page 2MISCELLANEOUS READING
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Waive Non -mute Can Be Pxo stable 1gym-
pioyed Sn Caxefully Recusing Thee
Iuteresting Selections
How to Make n Wauiai Happy.
If you'd make a woman happy
fill her heart with, sunlight rays,
l4ako her life a j.oy sad rileasitre
and prolong her earthly days.
Do not thiaik in grand endeavor
You'd arrive atwhatyou aim.
Do not think hi riehee lavish
Nor the bauble, social faire,
Is the royal road to heaven
Compassed by a woman's heart;'
For the riches. faire er.d splendor
In her life, is but a part.
What will thrill her heart to trembling
And' allay internal strife,
Is the little kind attentions,
The amenities of life.
How a Chinese Emperor is Harried.
The marriage of the emperor took
place in 1889, and the empress dowager
presided over the occasion. Tho wed-
ding is said to have cost about ten mil-
lion dollars, and there were two pavilions
built in the palace to contain the
empress's wedding dresses. neve before
me a list of the robes Veer bride wore on
this occasion, She had on a silk head-
dress of red, welch way deoorated with
pearls, amethysts, rubies, carnelian,
coral and blue feathers, Her p mon was
covered with uu embroidered court•robe
decorated with pearls and fastenod with
diamond buttons. About her neck were
two strings of coral beads, and in her
ears were jewels, She carried a folded
handkerchief, and she rode to the em-
peror's palace in a gorgeous sedan -chair.
She was accompanied by eunuchs, and
eight eunuchs carried the chair. After
entering the palace grounds the chair
was earried over a brazier of live coals,
Two of the imperial. princesses helped her
in and out of the ehair, and as she got
out she was handed an apple, a golden
sceptre. and a bottle coutaining pearls
and gold coins. The emperor, who was
dressed in full court costume, stood on
the threshold of the palace, and as the
future empress got out he took off her
veil.
The two were then led to the bridal
chamber, and the emperor took his seat
on the left side of the bed, while the
bride sat on the right, with their fads
turned toward each other. The prin-
cesses then requested the imperial canple
to drink together. They ate a dish of
what the Chinese call "The Pudding of
Sons and Grandsons," and drank together
some wedding -soup which is dignified by
the name. of " rhe Broth of Long Life."
This practically constituted the marriagec
ceremony,
though a marriage contract
was signed. -From "The Empress Dow-
ager of China" in Demorest's Magazine
for December.
Girls as Public Speakers.
But a few years ago in the rhetorical
exercises of our schools and academies in
which girls participated they were sup-
posed to "read" only, and that in a very
shy and becoming manner, holding a
manuscript or book in hand and referring
to it kindly, as if dependent on it. Re-
cite ! declaim ! make gestures like the
boys ! Such a suggestion would have
been looked upon as t -he height of impro-
priety, and few if any female hearts would
• have been bold enough to attempt it.
No w, after a few years of pushing for-
ward all along the line of woman's
emancipation, go into any high grade
Maine school and listen to the young wo-
man orators, who can eclipse the boys in
grace and force and naturalness nine
times out of ten,.a.nd nobody thinks of
their being out of place. The manu-
scrip and book have been oast aside: and
the girl of the new era"speaks her piece"
with every freedom of manner, voice and'
gesture at her command. She is now the
equal of her brother in this respect, and
he will have to look to his laurels very
sharp or she will soon get way ahead. of
him
Silver Plate.
Many excellent housewives commit the
mistake of rubbing their silver to a pre-
mature condition of shabbiness by an
overuse of patent polishing powders.
Bat of course there are other powders
which may be relied upon. Beware of
powders that contain quicksilver, which is
said so far to penetrate and render silver
brittle that it will even break with a fall.
Whiting properly purified and applied
wet is ono of the easiest, safest and cer-
tainly, the cheapest of all plate powders.
Jewellers and silversmiths seldom use
anything else for small articles.
The ordinary method of cleaning plate
is first to wash it well with soap and
warm water ; when perfectly dry mix to-
gether a little whiting and sweet oil, so
as to make a soft paste ; then take a
pieta of crural., rub it on the plate, then
rub it with a chamois and plenty of dry
whiting and clean off again, giving a
final polish with clean chamois and a
brush. The actual manner in which
silversmiths clean their plate and pro-
duce the beautiful polish so much admir-
ed is by the application of rouge powder.
This is applied after the first cleansing
has been done by the whiting process.
The rouge powder is mixed with water to
about the thickness of cream and applied
with a. piece of leather. This with a little
rubbing will produce an admirable pol-
ish.
But She Did Worry.
The lawyer, who had been married for
only a year, sent word to his wife that he
had been suddenly called to Milwaukee.
"I will be back to -morrow," he wrote.
"Don't worry. My 'stenographer goes
with me."
Bat she did worry. When he reached
home that evening her eyes were red,
with weeping, and as soon as she saw
him she broke down again. "Oh, how
could you ?" she sobbed,
"What's the matter?" he demanded.
"Your stenographer-" she began,
and again she sobbed.
"What's the matter with him?"
"Him? Was it a man ?"
"Why, yes ; I ,fired that girl a month
ago,"
"Oh, dearest ! I never believed it for
a, moment, anyway,"
True to the Lite.
One morning a banker stepped into his
office and most effusively greeted his
bookkeeper, who had entered his service
just twenty-five years before, at the same
time handing him a closed(envelope with
the remark: "This is to serve you as a
memento of the present occasion," The
grateful recipient dict not venture at first
to open the envelope, until encouraged
to do so by a nod and smile from hie ems
plvyer, And what do • you think,it ea.*
ta,ned?' The banker's photograph --that,.
and noehing mere. The beekkeeper was
dumb,
4'1.'11, what do you think of it? his
prineilaal'enquired.
"It's just like you," was the reply.
MAY S'iAi' D IN LI E.
List ,of Royal Persons Who May Rule
Grreat Britton Some Day.
The suceesssion bo the throne of Great
Britaip, and Ireland runs as follows
among the descendants of Queen Vic-
toria
1. Prince of Wales (son).
2. Prince George, Doke of York
(grandson).
3. Duke of Bout, born June 23, 1894,
(great grandson).
4. D:icboss of Fife (granddaughter),
5. The Lady Alexandria Daff (great
granddaughter).
6, Primness Victoria of Wales (grand-
daughter).
7. Princess Maud of Wales (grand-
daughter).
8. The Duke of Edinburgh (son).
9. Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (grand
son).
10. Princess Maria of Edinburgh
(granddaughter).
11, Princess Victoria Molita of Edin-
burgh. (granddaughter).
12. Princess Alexandra of E liuburgh
(grandd aughtor),
18. Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh
(granddaughter),
14. The Duke of Connaught (son),
15. Prince Arthur of ' Connaught
(grandson).
16. Prircess Margaret of Connaught
(granddaughter),
17, Princess Victoria Patricia of Con-
naught (granddaughter).
18. The Duke of Albany (grandson).
19, Princess Alice of Albany (grand -
dam ghter).
grand-daughter).
20. The Empress Frederick of Ger-
many (daughter).
21. The German. Emperor (grendson).
22, The Crown Prince of Prussia
(great grandson).
28. Prince William Frederick of Prus-
sia (great grandson).
24, Prince Albert of Prussia (grey
grandson).
25. Prince August of Prussia (great
grandson).
26, Prince Oscar of Prussia (great
grandson).
27. Pince Joachim Franz Humbert of
Freesia (great grandson).
28,Prince Henry of Prussia (nx
an
d-
son)
29, Prince Waldemar of Prussia (greet
grandson).
3). The hereditary princess of Saxe-
Meiningen (granddaughter).
81. Princess Fedora of Saxe- einin-
gen (great granddaughter).
32. Princess Frederike of Prussia
(grand daughter).
33. The Crown Princess of Greece
(grand daughter).
84. Prince George of Greece (great
grandson),
35. Princess ktargaretta of Prussia
(grand daughter).
86. The hereditary Grand Duke of
Hesse (grandson).
37. Princess Louise of Battenberg
(grand daughter).
38. Princess Victoria Alice of Batten-
berg (granddaughter).
39. Princess Louise Alexandra of Bat-
tenberg (great granddaughter).
40. The G -rand Duchess Sergius of
Russia (granddaughter).
41. Princess Henry of Prussia (wife of
No. 27; granddaughter).
42. Princess Victoria Alice Helena of
Hesse (granddaughter).
43, Princess Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein . (daughter).
44. Prince Christion Victor of Schles-
wig-Holstein (grandson).
45. Prince Albert of Schleswig-Hol-
stein (grandson),
46. Princess Victoria of Schleswig-
Holstein (granddaughter).
47. Princess Franziska of Schleswig-
Holstien (granddaughter).
48. The Marchioness of Lorne (daugh-
ter).
49, Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry
of Battenberg ; daughter).
59. Prince Alexander Albert of Batten-
berg (grandson).
51. Prince Leopold of Battenberg
(grandson).
Fumigation With Brimstone.
In order to fumigate a room properly
with sulphur, every crack and crevice,
even the keyholes, ;must bei • filled in, so
there will be no chance for the fumes to
escape to the other parts of the house.
Remember that sulphur is a powerful
bleacher and will probably take the color
out of the wall paper or of any material
left in the room. It will turn guilding
black and corrode any metal,
Therefore the room. must be stripped of
all draperies, curtains and anything with
metal trimmings. Plain wood furniture
does not seem to be injured in any way
by the fumes. Allow two pounds of
broken sulphur or brimstone to every
thousand cubic feet in the room, and one
pound of flowers of sulphur. Put the
sulphur in an old tin or iron saucepan,
and isolate it from the floor by setting it
on two bricks in a pan of ashes or sand.
Put the broken sulphur in first, pour the
flowers of sulphur over it, add two tea-
spoonfuls of alcohol, set the whole on fire
with a match and leave the room as
quickly as possible. Let :the room re-
main tightly closed for thirty-six hours,
theu open and air it.
1f the sulphur has all been burned, as
it should be, every particle of animal life
in the room must have been. destroyed.
Not a fly or even one of the worst; pestle
of a bedroom can survive that treatment.
A Neighborly Neighborhood.
Boy -Mother wants to know if ,you
won't lend her your carpet sweeper ?
New neighbor -I haven't any.
"We saw one unloaded from the wag-
gon."
"That wasn't a carpetsweeper. It was
a law nano wer,''
"Gee whizz ! I don't know what I'll
do now. inc ten her it was a lawn-
mower she'll want to borrow that, and
then I'll have to push it. I wish you'd
send nut end buy a carpet sweeper, and
please don't use your lawn -mower until
eve move. away."
CHRISTMAS JIM.
T was. Christmas Eve. inthe country,
away up in the Virginia mountains,
and snowing bard. The wind blew
the driving Woe in great gusts
till they eddied and swiried again,
piled then, up in loos fence comers
where dry ragged mullein stalks
bent over, and gray rabbits nestled snug-
ly, dropped them tenderly on the bosoms
of quiet little streams, and dashed thein
in mighty fury against window panes,
till the people inside drew closer to their
warm fires and thanked their stars they
had fires to draw close to.,
Farnica.l3ailey was one of the fortunate
ones, and he seemed to be enjoying his
blessings to the full. Great hickory logs
in full blaze orackled aficl sang in the fire-
place and sent the flame rearing half way
up the chimney. On one side of the
hearth. sat Mrs. :Bailey, knitting placidly,
while a little girl seven or eight years
old, with big brown eyes and a shock of
unmanageable dark hair, played with a
great purring cat on the floor in front of
the fire. The farmer himself, with chair
tilted back, was picking a banjo with an
expression of enjoyment that was un-
doubtedlyenuine. The little house with
its ruddy glow of firelight in the midst of
the bitter storm seemed like a warm heart
in a cold world.
"Well, for the land's sake !" suddenly
exclaimed Mrs. Bailey, dropping her knit-
ting, "what's that at the window ?"
The farmer finished the tune, as all
banjo players will, no matter what may
happen, and then following with his gaze
the direction of his wife's finger, was
startled to see pressed close to one of the
window -panes the face of a very small
and very black negro boy. His eyes
showed large and white against the dart:
background, and his whole expression
was one of mute but earnest appeal.
Mr. Bailey hastened at once to the door,
and, after some persuasion, succeeded in
getting him into the house and near the
tire. He then asked him what he want-
ed.
"I don't want nothin'," said the little
darkey with a broad. grin. He was very
small, and could not have been more than
nine years old.
"Whar did you come from ?" said the
1armer.
"1 dunno."
"Whar do you live ?"
"I don't lives nowhar."
"Well, by thunder, whar are you go -
in', then ? You know that, I reckon''
"I ain't gain' nowhar, but here," an-
swered the little negro, with another
grin, showing two rows of shining white
teeth.
"Papa," cried the little girl Alice, com-
ing forward and shaking back the hair
from her eyes, i'let him stay here, please.
I was just wishin' for somebody to play
with beside the cat, and I was goin' to
ask Elis. Kringle to -night if he wouldn't,
please, sir, bring me somebody.".
The visitor looked at his new-found.
champion with a grin that was beautiful
to see. He had by this time seemingly
taken it for granted that he was to stay,
for he had taken a seat on a log near the
fire, and appeared already perfectly at
home.
It was finally decided that Jim, as he
called himself, should stay at the Baileys,
and Alice went to bed in a perfect glee,
declaring that she was going to call him
"Christmas Jim."
Some time after this I left the neigh-
borhood and was absent more than a year.
Everyone is glad to return to his native
place, but believe the pleasure is quick-
ened when the home is situated in as
beautiful a country as is mine.. As I
mounted the hill, at the foot of which lay
the house . and a few acres belonging to
Farmer Bailey, there lay stretched before
me a picture of rolling hills, white cot-
tages and waving -wheat fields, while
away to the westward as far as the eye
could reach ran the groat Blue Ridge
Mountains, ethereal unsubstantial look-
ing in the distance, and.varying all day
long from the lightest azure tints to dark
purlish color. The view was, magnifi-
cent, but what made me feel more than
all this that I was home again was the
the sight of a humble figure coming up
the dusty road.
It was an old negro, Adam Sims, whom
I had known from childhood, and who
lived at Bailey's place. I know that here
was an nnfailing source of news and gos-
sip of all kinds and wishing to hear ev-
erything, I called. out to him
"How are you, Uncle Adam ?"
"Howdy, Boss ? Well, I declare ! It is
you, ain't it? How is you, honey? I
s'pose you done marry now, ain't you ?"
I had to deny it, and hastened to ask
for the news.
"News? Well, Boss, dar ain't much
gwine on 'round here now. Christmas
Jim ? 'Why ain't you done hearn about
him ? Dat's so. You been away. Well,
I'clar'. I don' t like to talk 'bout dat
boy. I feel like crying ev'y time I look
at him. You know rim an' dat Miss
Alice, dey was de lees' of frien's. Look
like dey run together all de time, an' dar
warn't no tree on dat place dat nigger
wouldn't climb, or try to climb it, of she
let on she want sump'n out of it. Ev'y
thing he find dat boy would put en his
pocket fer dat little gal, and ef I sent him
arter de cows he'd come back with such
a lot of truck as you nevver seed. One
day he brought her one er dese here ter-
rapins, an' I missed 'er fer some time an'
thought dey was keepin' mighty quiet,
when I went 'roue' behind de house, an'
bless gracious !ef day didn't had gat pore
ole terrapin hitched up to a little cart Jim
had made for it, wid a hairpin bit an'
one er her corncob doll babies settin' up
dar drivin'.
"She cert'n'y did love dat boy. I been
settin' out on do back porch when it was
gestin' sorter late, an' she was gittin'
ready to go to bed, an' I hear her in dar
sayin' her prayers out loud to her ma.
Andar was one thing she nuvver did 1 or-
git to say, and dat was, ' O, Lord, take
keer o' Christmas Jint, an' make him
while.'' And I'd look roue' sometimes
and dar would be gat fool nigger settin'
on de porch an grinnin' from Isar to ear
"Dat boy could dance, too. dunno.
whir he picked it up ; you know we nuv-
ver did know -much 'bout him, no how.
But sometimes Mars Bailey would git
down his banjo an' start .pickin a jig an'
de way dat flat-footed nigger would cut
de pigeon wing, an' clasp his hands an'
grin, was a caution. An' ldiss Alice, it
look like it tinkle her mos' to death.
"Well, de time move along till it come
Chris'inas ,gin. Miss Alice she was car
rain' on high Chris'mas Eve 'bout Kris
kringle, an' hangin' up her stoekin' an'
she say she know Old Kris was gwine
make Jim white dis Christmas.
lire
all sat tuppretty late 'round de
e ukin"boa datlast Chris'mas when
that nigger come an' press hispace 'g'inst
de window -pane and sheered Missies
Bailey es. An' Jim he sat dar an' grin-
ned. an' 'lowed he was gwine to come early
iex' mornin' an' wake 1'ttiss Alice up:an'
ketch her Chris'mas gif'. An:! she say no
he .warn't cause she gwine get up fust an
come down to my house what Jim step
an koteh him fust.' An' 50 we conte on
away, an' she went to bed axis' de .Lord
to make Jimwhite jiet, like she .doneev'y
night.
liti"Weli, Boss, hit's a fee' dat gal did get
up 'fore anybody know it an' put on her
little blue cloak her ma One made her,
an' wid her stoekin' of Christmas things
au in hand put out down ter my house to
wake dat nigger.
"She had to cross Mechum's. Brook to
git to niy house, you know, an' de brook
was up high and had done washed de foot -
'bridge mos' away. She didn't know dat,
dough,
but started wrest jest as'',Jim come
out gdehouse on his way to. �kotch her
Chris'mas gif'.
"'Oh, Jun, I got yon !' �tshecall out to
him. Chris'mas gif', sir • an"Jim, you
sin' white a bit, is you ?'
"She was welkin' out on de bridge all
de time, an' as I come up from de spring
I seen die bridge begin to give 'way,' an
den I knowed she was gone, 'cause de
bridge was high an' de brook was rocky.
t°I hearn her call out, 'Jim, come here!
I'm seared !' An' den de whole thing gin
away an' she went down.
"Well, sir, you know gat nigger nuv-
ver had hearn her call for him widout he
went, ail' lie didn't wait den, but jumped
over de bank an' inter de river 'fore I
could git ter him. Hit's the greates' won-
der en de wort' it didn't kill him, but it
didn't. No, sir ; he got to her an':grab-
bed her onset an' her dress gin'way, an'
he grabbed her ag'in an' brought her out.
But 'twarn't no use, Boas. She was clone
dead,: en her little bine cloak an' her little
stockin' full of Chris'mas things en her
arms.
"Well, sir, dat boy ain't nuvvor been
no'count sense, an' I don't b'lieve he is
en his right mind. I don't blame him,
neither, cause I tell you, Boss, hit went
hard wid all of us."
The simple old man stopped. His eyes
were streaming with tears and mine were
not dry. I bade him farewell shortly
after, and, passing the house, looked out
for "Christmas Jini." He was sitting on
the porch, and when he saw nie, some as-
sociation connected with me, some mem-
ory of the old times must have struck
him, for his face lit up with the old broad
grin; and he made several shuffling steps
as though to dance. But suddenly put-
ting his hand by accident in his pocket,
his whole demeanor changed. The awk-
ward shuffling ceased, and as he sat down
again in his customary dejected attitude,
I saw that he held in his had a piece of
faded blue cloth.
A Famous Paris Cafe.
The cafe of the Black Cat was origin-
ally a sort of club where journalists and
artists and poets met round the tables of
a restaurant -keeper who
happened to be
a patron of art as well, and who fitted
out his safe with canvases of his custom-
ers, and adopted their suggestions in the
arrangement of its decoration. The out-
side world of Paris heard of these gather-
ings at the Bleak Cat, as the cafe and
club were called, and of the wit and
spirit of its habitues, and sought admit-
tance to its meetings, which was at first
granted as a great privilege. Bat at the
present day the cafe has been turned over
into other hands, and is a show -place
pure and simple, and a most interesting
one. The cafe proper is fitted through-
out with heavy black oak, or .something
in imitation of it. There are heavy
broad tables and high wainscotting and
an immense fireplace and massive raft-
ers. To set off the somberness of this,
the walls are covered wish panels of the
richest of colors, by Steinlen, the most
imaginative and original of the Parisian
illustrators, in all of which the black cat
appears as a subjret, but in a different
role and with separate treatoient. Upon
one panel hundreds of black cats race
over the ocean, in another they are waltz,
ing with naiads of the woods, and in an-
other are whirling through space ove-
red-tiled roofs, followed by beautiful
young women, gendarmes, and boulevar-
diers in hot pursuit. And in every other
part of the cafe the black cat appears as
frequently as did the head of Charles I.
in the writings of Mr. Dick. It stalks
stuffed in its natural skin, or carved in
wood, with round black eyes and long
red tongue, or it perches upon the
chimney -piece with back arched and tail
erect, peering down from among the
pewter pots and salvers. The gas -jet
shoots from the mouths of wrought -iron
cats, and the dismembered heads of
others grin out into the night from the
stained-glass windows, The room shows
the struggle for what is odd and bizarre,
but the drawings in black and white and
the water colors and oil paintings on the
walls are signed by some of the cleverest
artists in Paris. The inscriptions and
rules and regulations are as odd as the
decorations As, for example, the one
placed half -way up the"narrow flight of
stairs, which leads to the tiny theater,
and which commemorates the fact that
the cafe was on such a night visited by
President Carnot, who -so the inscription
adds, lest the visitor should suppose the
Black Cat was at all impressed by the
honor -"is the successor of Charlemagne
and Napoleon I." Another fancy of the
Black Cat was at ono time to dress all
the waiters in the green coat and gold
olive leaves of the members of the Insti-
tute, to show how little the poets and
artists of the cafe thought of the other
artists and poets who belonged to that
ancient institution across the bridges.
But this has now been given up, either
because the uniforms proved too expens-
ive, or because someone of the Black
Cat's habitues had left his friends "for a
ribbon to wear in his coat," and so spoil-
ed the satire. -From "Show Places of
Paris," by Richard Harding Dayis, in
Harper's Magazine for December.
Plebian Holiday.
Sunday is the plebian holiday. Some.
of the best people, particularly in college
and literary circles, are not "at home"
even to their intimate friends on Sunday.
It is then that "leeks for the lily cheeks"
are consumed by the women. Isolation
after a feast of soup and salad is not nec-
essary, as a cup of fresh bleak coffo taken
immediately after eating will remove all
trace of the unfragrant plant. The use
of listerine or tincture of myrrh in the
tooth wash will further sweeten the
mouth, and, if a perfumed breath is de-
sired, there is nothing better than a mint
lozenge.
'their Frequent Outings.
"My husband and I never have a dis-
cession before the ehildren. if I see a
quarrel coming up I always send them
Bd1ta i
"I thought I had seen them in the
street very often.s'
Russia has 850,000 paupers.•
Window Shades Hint,.
In replacing a. window shade that has.
been torn ;from the roller, use nothing
but one -ounce tacks; longer tacks injure
the spring.
Always fasten the round hole bracket
onthe right hand side of the window,
Always place roller in brackets with
shade rolled up.
To strengthen the spring draw the.
shade down a few revolutions, remove
roller from brackets, roll up shade and
replaee,
Tf the spring is too strong, remove rol-
ler from brackets with shade rolled up
until a few turns and replace.
If' the shade is tacked on properly it
will hang towards the window.
To fit a shade to a window with inside
shutters measure inside moulding next to
shutters.
Always see that roller is eut true, and
that roller end is free from imperfections
arising from casting.
The Scarcity.
The millionaire from the east took a
meal a la carte in a western restaurant,
and when he came. to . pay his bull he
called for the. landlord.
"Here, landlord," he exclaimed, "this
is too much; 1 won't pay it."
"What's the:matter, sir?" replied the
landlord very obsequiously.
I say the bill is too much. You've
got me charged a dollar for two eggs.
What's that for? Are eggs so 'scarce?''
"N--n-no, sir." hesitated and. stam-
mered the landlord, "but millionaires
are,"
Some Home Remedies.
For a bee sting, make a paste of earth
and water. Cover the stung place with
it, bind it on, and it will soon give re-
lief.
When a felon first begins to appear cut
off the end of a lemon, but the finger in
it and keep it there as long as it can be
borne.
For a sore throat, try a frequent gargle
of salt and water. If alittleis swallowed
it will allay the irritation, cleanse the
throat and do no harm.
For stains on the hands nothingis bet-
ter than salt moistened with lemon juice.
Rub the spots well with the mixture, then
wash off in clean water.
It is said that a good remedy for
strengthening and clearing the voice is to
beat the white of an egg with the juiceof
a lemon and sweeten it well with sugar
and use as needed.
To cure round shoulders, sleep perfect-
ly horizontal -that is, without any
bolster or pillow. The ha it can easily
be acquired of sleeping thus, and the
round sholders will soon be straightened.
For a con h boil an ounce , of whole
flaxseed in a pint of water, strain and add
a little honey, the juice of twolemons and
an ounce of rock candy. Stir together
and boil a few minutes.
Jadgmentt.
Only a morbid mind. is on the lookout
for slights.
Silent people are misunderstood, and
they deserve it.
He who gathers no wisdom from ex-
perience has no future.
Beware of a man when he begins to
disparage himself.
Never let thy right hand know what
thy left hand doetba badly.
Wise men eat their words ; fools chew
them and spit them out again.
No man is lovable unless he has some
womanly qualities, and no woman is re-
spectable
o-spectable unless she has some manly
ones.
What we call luck in our neighbor's
case and special Providence in our own
is probably but a fortunate accident in
either.
For Bi-,ther And the Rest.
White spots upon tarnished furniture
will disappear if a hot plate be held over
them.
You can take out spots from wash
goods by rubbing them with the yolk of
eggs before washing.
The hair may be kept from falling out
after illness by a frequent application of
sage tea to the scalp.
When the finger nails are dry and break
easily vaseline rubbed on after the hands
are washed will do a world of good.
When thin flannel under -garments irri-
tate the skin of the baby in hot weather
place between them and the skin a layer
of soft linen or muslin.
A strip of oilcloth placed at each side
of a bed will cure any case of somnam-
bulism. It is said that the cold surface
of the oilcloth will invariably awaken th'e
sleeper.
Rubber gloves are a great saving of
time and labor over the hands, as they
keep them free from any grease and dirt
likely to be absorbed when doing house-
work.
Easn's Horn Blasts.
Faith always has a shining face.
God warns us because he loves us.
It is much better to suffer than to sin.
Every self-made god has a heart of
stone.
Which are you having, the devil's war
or his peace ?
Love can be misunderstood, but never
over-estimated.
It is well to hope for suceese, but much
better to deserve it
When the devil goes out to deceive he
pate on his best coat.
The thing God has fcr us to do is al-
ways put within easy reach.
Have nothing to do with the thing that
bad men are in favor of.
Man had to have a commandment be-
fore God could give him a promise.
The thing most dangerous is the one
that does most to make us selfish.
The cord that lift us toward God' some
times pass through coffin handles.
Every dollar that goes into a} Christ-
ian's pocket ought to have :Gods name
on it.
The man who drinks when he wants
to will some day have to drink when he
don't want to.
If we do not rejoice in the Lord, the
worldwill not believe that we know
Him.
If you are not helping anybody, you
are making it very hard for God to help
you.
No man is good who behaves himself
simply because ho hat' to.
It is hard to convince the man who will
steal chickens that there is any sense in
theology.
The worldly pr os erity of a wicked'
man is a chariot in which he rides to ruin.
all the faster.
Every time we look at the dust under
Goourod ffeounet wd ousou.ght to remember where
God never gives us anymore todo at
pus
one htime than he knows, we can acorn -
It
t does not take the last drink to make
a d 4,
runkard, but the first. 1
The Bible has promises on almost over
page for the man who is willing to sal
good -by to sin.
God's sheep can live for a while on
husks, but they will not take on any fat
while doing it.
fihe people most in danger of going to
hell are those who expect to start for
heaven to -morrow.
Let sinners be convineed that there is
such a thing as Christian love and they
will be convinced of sin.
'Dinner in an Arab Tent.
We sat in a circle. The chief' did the
honors by offering us dish after dish of
highly -spiced meat, each dish tasting
=eh like the last one, save that the
sauce contained more or less sand accord-
ing as the wind happened to strike it
while coming from the kitchen tent to
ours. We ate a little of each out of com-
pliment be our host, but I for one would
have given it all cheerfully in exchange:
for a glass of fresh milk and a piece of
clean bread.
No mere servant or retainer was per-
mitted to come near us -no one but the
chief himself. The kitchen menials
brought the dishto the door of the tent ;
the lowest retainer then took it and hand-
ed it to the next in rank, until it finally
passed to El Aadj. Mohammed, who alone
then placed it before us. He himself ate
nothing, explaining that it was a period
of fasting for the faithful, when 'between
sun and sun no food could pass their lips,
not even a whiff of tobacco. ,
Finally came the great event of the
feast, the solemn act, like bringing in the
plum pudding at Christmas. The flaps
of the tent door were parted wide. El
Hadj waved his hand, and in stalked two
noble sons of the desert, bearing between
them the kid that had been roasted whole
in our honor. Hoofs and skull were
there. He looked horribly naked with
the skin off and his sides shiny with
dripping. Ho was spitted from end to
end on a pole the size of a canoe mast,
and elicited universal admiration, par-
ticularly from the fasting faithful. We
seized our jack-knives and pealed off
shingles of meat so succulent that we
soon forgot all abont what we had al-
ready consumed. It 'vas a Homeric
feast, with Homer waitingupon ns,
Since then Remington and have made.
gastronomic discoveries in the houses o ;
Paris, and tasted things which made n
feel that our heaven was notg ood enoug
for a French cook • still, 11 even ve there we
found ourselves praising a dish in this
wise:
"It's splendid, but, ah ! that Sahara
kid
El Hadj gave us delicious coffee, done
after the, manner of the East, and served
not in china, but in silver cups of exqui-
site workmanship. He kindly allowed
us to smoke, altbough before doing so he
and all the faithful carefully protected
themselves from the forbidden fragrance
by drawing their burnooses amass their
mouths and nostrils. -From "An Arabian
Day and Ni ht," by Poultney Bigelow,
in Harper'sagazine for December.
A HUNAN DYNAMO.
Peculiar Case of a Young Tennessee
Girl Who is Surcharged With
Electricity.
A ease which will excite the medical
world came to light in Cincinnati recent-
ly, the faets only being obtainable under
promise of secrecy as to the physician's
name under whose treatment she has.
been placed. The patient is now eighteen
years of age, and has lived in the village
of Flag Pond, in Union county, Tennes-
see. She is the daughter of Peter Samuel-
son, a blacksmith. From her early child-
hood sparks of fire have been seen to ema-
nate from her hair whenever she was in
the dark.
As she grew to young womanhood the
phenomena increased, and in damp
weather her companions were heavily
charged with electricity and could not
let go her hand when she attempted to
shake hands with them. It gave her no
additional strength as in the case of Lulu
Hurst, the electrical wonder of Georgia,
In fact, it has been a source of nothing
but discomfort, causing intense head-
aches,
eadaches, especially during rains.
When she seizes any articles that is a
conductor of electricity her entire body
is racked with pains like the sticking of
many pins. As yet the physician has
not been able to determine the cause of
this extra charge of electricity or any
remedy to overcome the trouble. The
young lady is very seneitive about being
a human dynamo, and has positively re-
fused to be placed on exhibition at any
salary.
The Application.
Parson White -How'd you like de ser-
mon "Charity" dis mornin' deacon?
Deacon Hardscrapplo-Dat was 'r werry
touehin' sermon, parson. Kin' yo' lend
me 'r dollar?
Seldo,u;a Temptation.
Algie-In going uptown I always take
an elevated train.
Cholly-Why?
Algie-It takes the creases out of one's
trousers so to sit.
At the Fine Art Exhibition.
Garbugli, the painter, was acting as
guide to the beautiful Signora Armel-
lini.
"Why," said the latter, ''among
these pictures I see none of your pro-
ductions."
"That is impossible. Only the works.
of dead artists are exhibited here."
"No matter; I am sorry you don't
figure among these."
Not Exactly.
She -And am I, really, and truly, the
only woman you ever loved ?
Ito -Well, Sylvia, no' but I hope you
won't have any feelings of jealousyo
ward my maternal grandmother.
Ile Went 'Wrong.
Dusty Rhodes--Fitzey an' I was part-
ners for years, but I had to scare him
away.
Weary Walker -Did he do wrong?
Dusty Rhodes -Yep; he got so he'd sit
by the roadside for hours, takin' what he
called a "sun bath,"
Uneasy lies the head that wears a falee-
hood,