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The Exeter Advocate, 1892-10-6, Page 2FAIR WOMAN'S REALM. Vanity Fair's Efforts to Define "Vanity." NOVELTIES IN LADIES' WEAL Pointe, Hint e an.a, Flora pe of Newe for reillitlitte Roeder& FEW weeks ago Len- • don Tict-Bits offered a prize of two guineas for the best definition of "Vanity." The definition submitted by Mies A. Rowland, 78 Median Road, Lower Clapton, Lon- don, N. E., has been • adjudged to be the best sent in, and a cheque for two guineas has, therefore, been forwarded to the sender. SUlik The winning define o -d° tion is : 'rose-colored, spectacles through : : which we view ourselves. " • " • " ' • ' • • ''t ''''''''''''' ' ''''''' " ' '' ' • •• The following are some of the deb:aims sent in: The thin end of nothing eharpened to a point. The reflection of no thing seen in the glass of self-conceit. The tendency which most men have to keep their best goods in the front shop window. A bird that has a gorgeous wing, Yet has no beauteous song to sing. Fool's food, Emptiness priding itself on its contents. An attempt to recommend ourselves by a behavior contrary to oar real character. The mittlinurn of egg and the maximum of cackle. The egotism of little mode. A hollow drum upon which any passerby may play. A merciful provision of Nature whereby fools are satisfied with their folly. An inflated belief in the vastness of our supreme nothingness. A mirror in which we always see the faiths of others, but never our own. A sensitive plant, which cannot live with- out the amishine of public applause. The peacock's tail of humanity. A grain of sand convinded that it is a mountain. The outward fullness of inward empti- ness. Everybody's private opinion. The gilded robes in which Ignorance wraps itself. A. mean, petty conceit of any superiority, showing want of true greatness. A house of which the roof is emptiness, the walls shadows, the windows ignorance, the doors conceit, and of foundation there is none. Self-esteem caricatured. An undue sense of self-appreciaeion. Man's meanest attempt to oheat Nature. The incurable "I" affection whioh unfor- tunately blinds us all. Pride Amoralized. The attribute that makes a farthing dip fancy itself an electric light. A small " i " with a big dot. Concentrated essence of self -opinion. The glory of mean ambition. A permanent eagerness to bask in one's own splendor, and to dazzle others by it. The difference between a fool's estimate of his own value and the estimate of the world at large. Pride, in a state of effervescence. An overdraft on one's personal account at the Bank of Self -Esteem. The caricature of true ambition—regret- able in great men, laughable in smell men. That upon which the "knowing ones" play to attain their desires. As to Getting Married. Young ladies who wish to marry take care to parade their domestic talents. Here is a curious example of it, which is dedicated to gourmands: Six young ladies in Ohio, leaving received the appearaten of being 'Madded into it. Of the leen, etreigliteleanginn fent is the Henry VIII, coat!. Tiere material used is oinnamme-leroten corthemy with a out prim Brewni_ the' Wale in OM he theta le the color ot the noon. While boat the feout and back are atraight it hi go ad,leated that it is graceful and chic. The piling pollee' aod haute ere edged with Iregeled *loon. The sleeves mid revers' ate Of dark brown LAUGH AND mer rocket. They etopped on the steps ere they wed to the And site euddenly started and ogee, "Oh, say! The hey of the house, my dear, is above; Go run up eml fetch Ite Pew there is a love. Go look in the closet, just off erom the doh ; Alin i gron.aetne pocket up there,' 'velvet tend are nerrowly e gewHh miz,k 1 And SO with step that WAS joyous and light fun About the skirt of this redly fetching lie bounded up stain in the getherieg night. garMene Yeinet like that Whieh ferrite U1G1 Ann the door of tho. closet be opened quite VeVara and afeaTnal banded on each eide ikn. iill And iVishehiled to himccit ba stepped insiae. with mn. lieapried n this way w comin.And he felt for winter, the place where a pocket he'd g be much used, od y for street garments,• And he clutched. with a °humid° the old group, but also for entire mistumee divine the dine. seen. Brave Ladies °Inflame- Then ho thought that the garment was inside The fair Viennese are growidg weary of out, pose to Ed the feshions in future for them- And he felt with a feverish hand in vain eaves. Why, they queetion with reason, For a sup, and he swore with his might and should we wear a peeticular color or a main. special cut becanee Parisian milliners say Then he turned the thing up and he turned it it is the proper thing? There seems to down, And he jumped on tho cursed old grenadine be widespread discontent, nob to Pay gown, revolution, in this roped in fashiases Until, as he lay with the dress on the floor, realm, Ooly Pared= women are servile If., m better -halt came up and opened the door. moue, wear um:location . the tyranny of la mode de Pa.too, and pro. So with toetli set together he turned it about. imitators of the inglf what Use myeterions on dit of the And she took up the gown and she put in her ha nd, orae e commands. In London French And sho pulled out the key with a ensile that fashions are modified until scarcely recog- was blaud. niza,ble to their own designers. Elution- And she said, as she stamped on the floor: "1 larly is this true among American women, declare whose skill in theadaptation and roanipu- That isjust like a man. Why, the key was lation of modes to mit various styles of right there :" beauty is quite equal to the fertility of • Frenchinvention and results in an onei - Ths latest pathetic ballad s called: - nality, individuality and harmony in dress "The Night I Lit the Gas With Papa's unknown even at tho great dress centre, Breath." Paris the home beautiful of cootume, —New " He tried to kin me !" " How impa- York:Sun. dent 1" "But he was interrupted 1" "How weddings Mose Weddinga. annoying r' I have long worshipped, and, though on To get a net in an overcrowded street familiar terms with my deity, I could not car explainnhat you are just from Hamburg rain enough courage to pep the im- and don't feel very well. little dosen , he would toss about restiely for noure,—Food, The boy who gotpartly tanned at the sea- shore now has the job finished at school. jageme wee confirmed when I was 16 years old, Skagge—Indeed Epiecepalian or drunkard I yo e think bathieg is un- healthy ? Pruuella—Oh, no, unless you get your feet wet Vegetables should always be put in cold water half an hour before lasing them ; it will freshen them up wonderfully. Woman never realizes what perfilious scoundrels men can be until she marries one ot them and gives him a letter to mail. Cholly is very pick, Pop- injay—Poor fellah ! What's the rnattah with him? Billjay--Cholero, infantuni, believe. •attentions from six young men, exchanged • confidences, and came to a mutual under- standing. Although matters seemed to be progress- ing according to their wishes, there is still a certain impatience of victory among Eve's daughters, and they resolved upon aa audacious Move which ahold prove to the objects of theiraffection that they were, one and all, really good housekeepers. Theyfixed upon a day, secured the house of O mutual friend and sent out six invitations to saw:wheat that was to be prepared and served be, their own fair hands, *Upon the appointed day the six young men, punctual to such an appetizing engagement, were welcomed by six pretty cooks dressed like the soubrettes in a comedy, with bare arms, dainty little coma, shore skirts and embroi dered white aprons. After having con- ducted their guests on a tour of inspection, letting them peep into the ovens and over- see the cooking of the beefsteaks, that they might be sure there was no trickery, they all sat down to a table decked with flowers and enjoyed a delicious meal perfectly served. A few weeks later Ohio was the richer by six more young households. Novelties in Ithoes. • The woman whose valne to the shoe dealer is practically boundless is my lady of the little feet. The girl who buys a 4 0 or any such size is usually content with un- ostentatious black, for in that her feet look smallest and least conspicuous. But if she has a tiny foot, her great ambis tion is to shoe it is such a manner as shall make its small size apparent to all the world. For this woman there ere a greet many novelties shown now. A new thing in slippers is of blaok velvet, etarred with tiny steel points, which are guaranteed never to mune off, as they are riveted ot to a thin plate underneath. They are made also in green and brown velvet and studded with gold. A dainty evening slipper is composed of bands of openwork from the toe to the ankle. Theme are woven with jet steel, silver or gold* as the slipper requites. Another pretey thieg th auede shoes made in two shade e of tan and ornamented With tan -colored ribbon hows, For house Wear, dippers in Morocco, lioed with silk, are shown. These have too a lietle broad • and Imola) inclining to the common sense model, but, they are very, dainty things for all that—if they are email enough in Size. ---St, Lolls POst Dispatch. wraps tot Fall Weari If the faehlorei in wrepti for the coming nation are not eolectic, then lenient indica- tions are meet misleading. There le the eve t popular cape in varietn as to ehape and also at to length, Then there ars melee* longe short and medium ; coats thee folloW the linea of the egere ahd then that hatg straight and fell atom the shoulder, app' ently not filled at, all and yen more carefully 'planned than the one that giveit the Bennie portant questioe, says nowriter in thoBoston Whittier used to admit that he had no mer for music, and could not tell "Yankee At my sister's wedding I was beside the Doodle" from "Old Hundred." objeot of my adoration. Looting through A sufferer from a severe cough says the marriage service previous to the coin - that his complaint has one of the modern menoement of the ceremony, an idem jocular, improtements—a pneumetio tire. though perhaps lacking in solemnity, semen Miss Bleecker (patting her friend on the me. When the clergyman asked, "Will thou shoulder)—Never say die 1 Miss Emerson have this man? etc., I murmured tbe (ed Boston)—I do not. I always say ex - same words inter my companion's ear. Pim. Somewhat to my surprise and greatly to Mrs. Young --Won't you put away your my delight, she, with the inide, responded rper now and talk for a, while, Jack? Mr. The cfromitie thus given was confirmed get to the tunnel. was announced during the nnptialfestivities. baby has fell out of the window: Boston Best met for Weans children. mother—" Fallen," you mean, dear. Quick! The best diet for young children is irnits Run for the doctor! and grains, with a moderate allowauce of "Do you think that Hatriletwas insane?" milk. Such fruits as baked sweet apple% "1 need not to; but since I have seen hirn strawberries, stewed prunes, peaches iand rendered by Vickere in an amateur pro - grapes can be eaten with hnpunity, pro- &melon I have concluded that he was an vided they be eaten at regular meals and ediooe not at all sorts of irregular honre, and. if "This is a very serious case," said the good bread and milk be added, nothing doctor, examining his patient; "what was more is needed. Indeed, this diet is the the num eating when he got the bone in his best for anyone whose digestion ie not throat "Boneless fish, doctor," was the strong. These constitute the best and paradoxical reply. most digestible of the fruits, and the oues m • • He—You don't love me as you did before lent likely to disagree with the digestive de I don't believe. She—Of organs. Children are often made chronic we were married, course I don't, John. You wouldn't expect dyspeptics through improper diet before love a, married man as she could they are 10 years old. They are allowed woman to a bachelor, would you? to eat all sorts of indi,gestible compounds at irregular hours, to say nothing of mate, Phyllis—I am going to be real economical fats, coarse vegetables sugar and other this fall. Phyllida—In what way? Pbyllis sweets, besides deinkingjtea and coffee. It —I am thinking of having my bathing dress is no wonder that the Americans aro be- trimmed with lace and made over into a combig noted as a nation of dyspeptics. fancy dress ball -room costume. " I will." oung--Yea, my love. Just wait until we while riving home, and our engagement Boston child—Mamma 1 Mamma 1 The Getting Aeons While esie Dress. The following advertisement recently ap- If you are limited Mita Mean; and must peered in the Wiltshire (England) Tams: make one dress serve many needs, choose a 1' Notice—Baptizing . by the Rev. A. E. color that isnot striking—none of those Johnson, Stononore Water, next Sunday, at that register theineelves each time on the 10.30a. m. Photographers invited." retina or Stimulate the unfriendly to count- Mr. LtirkerExcuse me, Miss Snapper, ing the number of times yen have appeared but I have long sought this opportunity to in it. With certain olnusge in the dressing — Miss Snapper—Never mind the pre - of the neck, freak knots of ribbon, lace or amble, Mr. Lurker. Run right, in and ask some pretty conceit of your own, a single pa. He's been expecting this would come frock in its time can play many parte. It is for the last two years. one of those tooches of the homely that "Mo," said Miss Parvenue, " Jenny Howells mereetimcs lista with such akin, Jones has been prerented at court in Eng. when, in speaking of two little old maids, England." "That's nothing," replied ma. he told how their Meek silk (Inner, from "Why, 1 was in court two whole weeks many makings over, retained the lines of when my sister was getting her divorce. small holes where the thread was ripped out, and how they wore them high at the We are just as good as the Joneses." throat when they went en their little shop- — usually affedts people that way theSympathetic Passenger (on lake steamer) ping expeditions, and at night "turned It first time. You'll soon get over it. Uncle them in " if they went out to tea. Even if there is a toneh of pathos ahont all this, Josh (from Upthecreek, feebly)—You mean they were undoubtedly ingenimm and re- wen, stranger,b dt neen' n you t try to com- sourceful little people. fort me. That dinner cost me seventy-five Fashion Notes for little Irons% cent13' b gmb ' Sleeves are made with feB ipuffs xesehing Does the point of the back of your waist persist in curling up when you sit in the just below the elbow, and gathered on a fitted cuff, vehicle is trimmed about the car or even 10 80 ordinary chair? If so, • wrist. sew two inches Of black elastic on the under mew gee& at emu geed kie aildrmes side, leaving it the least bit tighter than the dresses. Cheviots its small plaids or cheap dress just over the whalebone, and see how delightfully it will hug the top of your are worn a great deal, said make up very skirt. prettily. Small rosettea of balm Albeit are still "1 shall not ask you to look pleasant," used for trimming tbe meats of the little said the photographer to the lady of more dresses, and in all cases elaborate trimming or less artificial beauty"1 shall simply is not considered in good taste. ask you to gaze upoe your own fair face in Wide rimmed bats for tbe little one that little mirror aboye the camera." always in style, and this season ie no ex- And the mirror, being as tough as the ception. Beaver is to be worn and feathers nhotonraPhet'a ""cience, bt°°c1 the strain and ribbons are trimmings -need on the UM nobly. fall hats. The late Archbishop Smith, of Edin- A simple and pretty hat for a child is of burgh, has bequeathed bis splendid library dark blue felt svitb a wide, soft brim, and to the Soots College at Rome, and it was trimmed with a big bow and three email shipped recently for Italy. The Romen ostrich tips. The stiff felt hats with Catholics of the north lament the loss of wide brims are'not as pretty as the soft the collection, which was regarded as the drooping ones, which are so fasbiortable this finest library of ecoladeetical literature in season. Scotland. Fall cloaks for little gimlet have the mile Evidently suspenders for women are not tary capes reaching to the waist. Some new this year, for as early as 1808 Die have one long cape, while others have two 1 Ramsay, in his history of South Carolina, and einnetimes three, each one edged with remarks in 'a diatribe against feminine fart sealskin and mink behig given the dress absurdities that many women will Preference. This style of eleeh is 'seeming hitch up their petticoate with suspenders to the majority of children, especially the heedless of the danger of causing cancer of slender ones. the bosom. Seen In the anemia intoYo the rule aaln—estWate' ellbussiirneare"just g in the city, Old punster—Ali, indeed! Then you have lots to learn. An actress should marry sortie man in her profession, nye an authority. That is cerbainly a better plan than trying to marry every man in her profession, Edwin—Do you think your father and mother will do anything for ila when eve marry? Angelina—Yes, indeed 1 They have promised to come and live with us. Clara—Wouldn't it be a good rule to give unmarried women of 20 the right to pro- pose? Charlie—If sooiety made such a rule there would never be any unmarried women of 20. Why do you return my" poem after accepting it ?" he asked. You sold it under false pretences," said the editor. You said it was your last and yet you've gene on writing." Clara—When the poor fellow fell into the water I suppose you tried to rescue him? Chao:Tie—Oh, yes! I telephoned for a doctor right away. But it was no use ; the man drowned before he got there. Cheviot suits, piped with silk on "These apple dumplings of yours, Lo - edges, that matchethe plastron, ell belia," said Mr. McSwitt, with erimhasise as s pearl bigots of wo.adergui zbadet in he turned the half -eaten one on his plate handsomely-cerved designs. over and impeded the other side, are Empire ankles and bowie, of moire and Positively me on, sir 1" said Mrs, satin or dbuble-faced ribbonMeSwat, with blazing eyes, bracing herself . to meet " Are positively the been 1 Girlie woolen dream with accesaoriee o ever "--But she had fainted. velvet of a contresting °der. , Sealskin circulars and jackets having a The Mouse Cleaning Semen. Watteau fullness at the bacle. shThe,ref'12:o?am her azurc eye, glitter shining Narrow Inc bindings, heads and taile of g tho carets up and pulling the animadim ls for es trim/doge, esti di e 1.3 nags awry. Large andemail buckles, ot on or two She hag wrapped a towel around her head and h.g 1, metals, for millinery Imposes. or donned honso Or oldest OWll elements must bo finished. though Eiderdown (milts covered with light -eel- the heavens tumble down. %red atines in delieate floral designs. And her husband gazes sadle at her soot-be- 13ti11iaut red bengaline for a 'treat in sprinkled face, Atiacaryasotelitelthiatipiclaawfel costume, as S11.0 filOS woolen gowns oho -Meng tiny red thread. 1 (le ; Jet dren en trimtsms repzenenting large And he wonders and he poeders, as she rushes half-moons with an aigrette tip the centre. "CSIltothainsdrefarllo'y be the angel that I wed a year Plaid draw geode in dark colds cross - barred with red and yellow, blue, greenee A aPheLdelphie, physician slys that a etc. great deal of whet passes for heart disease At the Centennial Exhibition sixteen Only miEsi dYspepsis, that siervouenesa, years agopeople word pushed anent on contmoriy, ia eiteple bed temper, endthat rolling dhaird and shown the queer little toy two-thir s of the eo-calied smalaria is ealled a telephone and tolii about' the nothing but laaimiss. Imagination, he says curious light whiner 01080 named Ittusb ha- •rempensible for a niultiteide of Hie, and he taided to exhibit if be couln ettet it ready in gives cis 811 inetance the ease of clergy. time. At the NVIex year vore an, who, alter preaching aermert wolf e of 'tile same people, Will tido abut in elec. take a teaepoodul of sweeteried, water, and trio carriages and *Malt Wean look at the doze off like a babe, under the impreeaion electrie lighta and toleplitheas Allin waren- that it was a bota .fidc preeeriptioti of ital root t Teach your daughter to run, to swim, to be neat, to be punctual, to sew, to respect her elders!, to speak low, to read loud, to be gracious and graceful, to trust her mother, to keep a promise when once made, though the heavens fall. First Tramp—Bill, how frightened you look? Second Tramp—Do you blame me? Just think of the cholera. First Tramp— Cholera can't be caught except in food or drink. Second Tramp (with a sigh of relief) —Then we're all right. "1 have never been conquered by a woman yet," said he, bitterly, as he rose from his knees," ani I will not give up my hope." "There is more than one way of getting left," she responded. "Some one may accept you some day." It is said that in China the wife is very seldom mentioned by her husband, but when he does mention her it is always in some roundabout way. He has BOMB name that he calls her in his flowery lauguage which takes the place of the veord "wile." "1 know what I'd do if I'd been one of Mrs. Twernlow's little girls' " said Dorothy, giving her mother's handan affectionate squeeze. "What would you do, Dorothy ?" asked her mother. "I'd run away, and come and live with you and papa,' said Dorothy. Perhaps the biggest horse in the world is the " White Horse, ' of Berkshire. It is a figure 170 yards long, out in the side of a hill. A long way off it looks as though drawn in chalk lines, but the outlines are really deep ditches in the soil, kept clean and free from grass by the people, who take great pride in it. There is one good point about cholera. It does not keep its victims in suspense. If they are to die, they die -quickly; if they are to recover, they regain their usual health and spirits in a day—such, at least, is the obaervation of Miss Henrietta Ken- ealy, a volunteer nurse in the Eppendorfer Hospital, Hamburg. , Mr. Flatteman (who has been attempting to shave himself)—Quick, Arabella, fetch me 0 towel or something. I've nearly cut my throat and it's bleechng terribly 1 Mrs. Flattaeman—Oh, Henry, how inconsiderate you are—bleeding on the bedroom carpet, when I've often told you not to shave any- where but in the bathroom! Two Women. know two women, and One is chaste And cold as the snows on a winter waste, Stainless ever in act and thought, (As a man born dumb in speech errs not). But she has malice toward her kind, A cruel tongue and a jealous mind, Void of pity and full of greed She judges the world by her narrow creed; A brewer of quarrels, a breeder of hate, Yet she holds the key to " society's" gate. The other woman, with heart of flame, Went mad for a love that marred her name And out of the grave of her murdered faith ' Shedreoasteh. like a soul that has Passed through Her aims are noble, her pity so broad It covers the world like a mercy of Cod. A soother of discord, a healer of woes, Peace follows her footsteps wherever she goes. The worthier life oe the two, no doubt, Alai yet society' lohcEksulaierout. W7sccicr miaow. Rene Bache tells the PittsburgDispatch that any one who goes out at all into New Yolk snider can hardly fail to be shuck with the marked absence or scarcity of beauty in that exclusive circle which is called the 400. There are oo few really pretty girls that you could almost count them on the fingers of one hand. Why should thin be so ? Luxurious habits are doubtless accountable for it. Pampering in • childhood, with plenty of candy and cake and limited opportunities for such health. giving exercises as yew:meters less highly born enjoy, is not conductive to the most perfect blossoining. of womanhood. Nor are balls, beginning well along toward midnight, and late suppers, calculated to keep the stomach and liver in good order. Without a first rate digestion, and a proper internal economy otherwise, beauty is nob. Beeirlea, it has been thrathfully remarked that wine drinking in the soma set is ahookingly prevalent among womete even with those who are unmarried, and should he restrained from going beyond a tip or two of champagne. No lady will be received ia society this winter urdese her clothes have the regula- tion quarantine odor. This is official. A greet many respectable citizen who bed little bete on Sullivan are umenimously of the opinion that, prize fighting is a dis- grace to civilization. "He who rune may reed " is often a great help to the abaconding ceshier, who thereby leatne from the newspapers how his pur- mars are getting on. . Perhaps the time when a womanhood feels that she is the full equal of any man la when elle has beget to feel at horn on a bicycle. —,Ram's flora. She—I wonder "why it 10 than womett are not ea great poets as men are? He—That's 80 eriey one. The Muse is a evoman, and it taken te Man to manage her. is wainied, offer thie el:seeking, it will be found to be perfectly white. Clustomer—The leather Seems very thin in this purse. Merchant—You pee, Mies, it hi Russia leather, and, eon know they have been having ouch a, terrible famine over there. " When I wee as little girl," began. "You never were a Jimmieboy," said the visitor, was, returned jimmeyboy. dresses till I was gone on 4.' Polly—Tell me a story, nurse, Name— Very well honey, what'll it be about Polly—Oh—abent a—about a dwarf two miles higb, who lived on aenountain that was so email you couldneesee it. Mrs, Smythe—Your s dressmakers bill came last night, didn't 11 dear? Mrs. Tompkins—Yee ; why? Mrs. Smythe— Ohl nothing, only we Woe Mr. Tompkins down town and I overheard him saying runnething to John about the poorhouse. Mre. X.—I understand that they have a marriageable daughter—yes and a dissi- pated son, Mrs. .—Indeed?YNo wonder they are so popular. He—I eee by the paper that a Kentucky Congressman is to open the World's Fair with an oration.. She—I'm so glad to hear it. I was afraid he might want to open it with a corkscrew. He (salesman)—Dear little hand (absent. rniudedly) I wonder if it veill wadi ? She (conspirito)—No, sir, it won't—nor it won't ecrub either—but if you want it to play the piano, it's young, George. Tho prayere of a woman on her knees with a scrub bruah in her hand are more effective than the prayers of a deacon in a church pew—when it comes to warding off cholera.—.New York Herald. Our wife is following the fashion tend wearing suspenders. She's been wearing the other things ever since we were married, and the wonder is she never thought of the suspenders before.—Billville Banner. Jimanieboy little girl, "Yes, "1 wore Persevering Widower—It Was ehe who drove me to drink, Miss A. little weary) —Whet. could elle have driven yeti to OM you would have liked better 7—Life. Napkins and teble cloths that have 1)a- oomo yellow and stained should be soeleed in mem milk for several days, diming and morphia* whereas, in leek of tine harmlese Oohing tint linen now and then. When it Bombineki—Whom are you going to hill next? Redflagski—A mon who tyrannizes over the laboring men. Bombinski—An- other oapitaliat, eh? Redflagaki—No. A walking delegate. She—What makes you think he is so much in love with her? He—He has been three weeks trying to teach her to play whist. apple pie, will learn with delight that the weArind*E"og what the busy man add to the organ Providence than this has rarely edified the ProvidencePie Trust is now drying apples office. for 32,000,000 pies. The Philadelphia Record is moved to remark that " a larger frust in " Just take a turn around the block," is grinder who was playing in front of his Lovers of the delicious, if deceptive, dried lish clergyman hires a military band and gives free concerts every Sunday afternoon, smoking not prohibited. The concerts are, of course, largely attended, good order and good fellowship rule and, so far as heard from, no Bouts have been lost by the experiment-. A New York newspaper /tells of two small black-and-tan dogs that are of great assistance to a restaurant keeper who owns therm They are very bright dogs:and have memories that are truly remarkable. Their self-appointed task is to waib in the dining -room until a guest comes in, and if there ta no waiter present one of them will rushout into the kitchen or pantry, or wherever else a disengaged waiter may be, and by means of two sharp shrill barks, give notice of the customer's arrival.W The dogs also see that cuatomers do not leave without settling their accounts, for if the landlord is not preemie at the time of a customer's depa,rno e, they make it their business to find hint and inform him` that he is needed at the desk. The summer giti now declares her inten. tion of filling her sofa pillows with freakily gathered hops, instead of the odorous pine needles, as heretofore. The hop pillows are delightfully fragrant, and are said to exer- cise wonderful powers over the gentle god - den who is supposed to knit up the sleeves of care that we have been busily raveling all day long. The victim of insomnia will do well to try a hop pillow, aided and abetted by a cup of warm hop tea just be- fore retiring. The chances are that his tangled nerves will straighten themselves out, and he will sleep like a seraph. At any rate, he will not feel depressed and misera- • ble in the morning, as he surelywill if he i tampers with powerful drugs n order to produce sleep. Aparty of gentlemen were the other evening discussing literary subjecte, when one asked another to point out the gram- matical blunder in the Lord's Prayer. Half o; dozen 'tried. Some thought it lay in the • word "which art in Heaven," others placed it elsewhere, but not one detected it in the expression, "For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory." To be perfectly cor- rect the word is "should be " are,' but people have ueed it in the present form so long that they never think of regarding it as a blunder. There are teachers who say such an expression is right, because it sounds rtglit, but reverse it and say, "The kingdom, the power and the glory is thine," and the fault is Soon perceived. --St. Louis Globe -Democrat. The household blessed with noble daugh- ters ought to be a happy one most parents forget, however, to imbue them with love of nature, which is so invigorating and healthful. Give them not only noble teach- ings, but noble teachers, and give them the help which alone has sometimes done more than all other Influences—the help of wild a,ud fair nature. You cannot baptize them rightly in incledeep church fonts unless you baptize than in the sweet waters which the great Lawgiver ibikes forth from the rock of your native land. You cannot lead them faithfully to those narrow, axe -hewn church altars white the azure altars in heaven remain, for yen, without inscription ; altars built, not to, but by an unknown God.— • The other day a prominent political man, • ID referring to a passer-by, digressed from his politics long enongh to say : "11 women realized how much more dangerdas to the masculine peace of mind is a sweet voice then a pretty face they would spend more tithe upon its cultivation." By the way, have you ever thought whet an influence a low-pitched, mellow voice nonemes for you? Five times out of aix the influence of the minister who touches the better impuisee of your nature is tradeable to his deep, rich, magnolia voice. Put eympather in your voice, not a reek°. • believe sympathy that the listener will ab once doted, but the genuine article, Weed on ad honest interest in your listener. They may be bores., but if you must talk to theth force yourself to be interested. IL is not hypocritical. Itis the very eseence o enselfishoess, and the interest will unfailingly ebow hi the sympathetic tone. ar.or How the old 1o?g Vas Becolved by th "Some of youIrtlueretz741tbele.e.ti Idetne ; Your very best whiekey. Abe that's like it," and the onatoreer, menewhet seedy in appear. once, but with a renterkably bright eye, filled his glees nearly to the brim, raised it in front of his face, gazed at it admiringly for a moment, and then with a single long gulp shot it into his elougatecl throat. Well, I declare to graeious !" ho cried immediately, "Mr, Bartender, I never had swill a thing happen to me before in my life. Reelly, I left my office all in a hurry and I find I haven't a cent in my pocket. It's a horrible dilemma for a gentleman toi be placed in. Never mind, never mini:Vile added after the bilefeat possible pause, c"hlia:111Higeol.);()Qniety ?'baeks it ao u nfili:ri u y n 1 eo ntt w oihai i tih tin'et no change adore yer runs yer hands into yer pocket!? It's a old trick, but yer played it desperate poor. Allem run yer hands in fust—this ere way. Then let yer jaws tumble down eadlike, ate an' then say as to• how yer little boy must er slipped the change out unbeknownst to you. Gin'rally when it's done handsome I lets it go, but 0 —and the bartender, who had been getting, closer and clocer to his man, now stepped out from behind the bar mid eeized his collar—" Nshon a drink fiend plays it in, thtt there sorry fashion I takes a part ter kinder give force 'n 'mere:Won ter it." So speaking he gave the stranger a vigor.. ous kick that projected him six feet forward upon his hands and knees. Assuming a perpiudicular the manturned. about, and with a emile (laid: Thanks for the information, which shall be of future service to me, As for the kick. sir, I hope it was satisfactory to you. I really thought, I didn't know you see—I really thought aud feared you were going to take the drink from me, You wouldn't be willing, would you, to let me have another upon the same terms He narrowly dodged the beer glass thrown at him by the now matt bartender and shot out into the street. "The idee ?" growled the bartender. "Left his money ab home. Didn't knOw lt until he'd drunk the whiekey. How could he know ie then when he han't run his halide into his pockets to see, eh ?" and as nobody could answer him he tried to pick a quarrel with the porter.---Ohica.go Mail. Ho—You know there ere some girls Wlio require that eonipliments ehould be paid theni alt the time. Sho—t know it I ehould think it would he awfully tiresorrie The Wrench Flag. Do you know how often the French peos ple have charmed their flags? No -nation has been so fickle in the matter of their standarde. In the time of the Franks their' banners were imitations of those of the Romans. Clovis adopted the lily as the emblem of France. Then csame St. Martin with his blue cape or hood. Then, after various changes, came the oriflamme, which was originally the banner of the Abbey of St. Denis. When St. LOUIS came from his Entern captivity he marched under a flag of golden lilies on a white ground. Nexb came the White cross, used in the long wars with the English, a,nd up to the time of tho Revolution white plumes, white scarfs and flags were characteristic of French soldiery. With the Revolution came first a knot of tri -colored ribbons on the top of the flog -staff. Next a tri -colored quarter was placed on the upper left-hand corner of the flag- and border of red and blue fringed the edges. At the Restoration the teenier was abolished and replaced by the lilies, but in their turn they gave way - gain to the tri -color. Since then the French flag has changed with every forum of government. The Love of Money. The devil has a tight grip on the man, whose god is money. The love of money kills more people than. the cholera. The money -lover is never contented. No man who loves! money alone can ever be made rich. When a ms,n loves money with all his heart, he will break all the commandments ID the decalogue to get it. -, The love of money is another name for the love of the devil. • The more people love money the less proepeot there is that they will ever live in heaven. To dee the Wind. Take a polished metallic surface of two feet or more with a straight edge ; a large handeaw will answer the purpose. Select a windy day, whether hot or cold, clear or cloudy, only let it not ram or the air be murky—in other words, let the air be dry. Hold the metallic eurface at right angles to the wind, i. e., if the wind is north, hold your surface east and west, and incline it at an angle of about 45 degrees to the hori- zon, so that the wind striking, glances and flows over the edge. Now sight carefully over the edge at some minute and sharply - defined object and you will see the air flow over as water flows over a dam.. Origin of Galati Nonp. During the reign of Terror in Paris in, 1703, many of the iiobility were reduced to starvation and beggary. The abattoirs sent their hides fresh to the tannerin without removing the tails, azd in cleaning y them the tails were thrown away. One of - these noble beggars asked for a tail and it was Willingly given to him ;ho took it to. his lodgings and made (what is now famous), the first dish of oxtail soup. He toldothers of his his good luck aud they annoyed the tannees so much that a price was pub upon them, —Food. Drowned Ulla at Last. Papa—Well, Tommy, and how did you! like it ? Tommy (who has been to church for the first time)—Vory much, indeed. Every one had to keep very quiet, but one man stood up and talked the whole time, and at last, we all had to gat up told sing to keep him,. quiet. A woman with an ordinarily poor memory' will remember every detail of how much money her husband has epent on hie rola. tives in the post ten yeare. An aluminum bieyele 18 proponel, As it, will probably be So lighe that it w00% hurt, so much to be knocked down by one the, almninum bicyele should. be encouraged. Van Speck—How much do you suppose it would oat to start e new athletic clnb. Dm Jones—Not muds. All you need is a couple of pairs of boxing gloves, a dozen. card tables ata bar fixturce. One of the St. Louie papers is re.sponsible for a ghastly story to the ffout that a Sur- gebn, while performing an autopsy on the body of a "rounder," held a lighted matoh to the man's brains mid that ehey burned with a blue flame. Thie novel pyrotechnic. display might be utilized ae a text for an in- structive temperaree !cot ore about thes effects of alcohol on the Inman system. Inevyer—Oh 1 Vim thiek you know it, ail* don't you ? Witneee—No, not quite. . For instance, I don't !mow how you manage - to get a -living. Maud—Ifow could you be so free with, to slay /tattering things tcre gift when theta Me. Gabbl' e an entire atrauger ? Eate—Ro iS nothing to flatter about her, He—lt, le, aahot, Mt (111.bitS StratVri He lost one arrn 1 OM AO odd yoa aro not that Way. . several yllem ago."