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THE "WORLD" ON ivlh..
BLAKE.
The Loudon 11'urhl, commeutiug
on the return to England of the
Hon. Rdwn'd Blake, says his re
turn ie noteworthy because, in
anticipation of his success on his
Canadian -American mission, ex•
aggerated accounts were given of his
strength ea.!' collector of funds. It
is now evident, the iVorld goes ou to
say, that during his visit to America
Mr. Blake's speeches were none too
well received, and as a collector of
subscriptions he has done nothing
worth speaking of. Itis necessary,
the editorial writer, thinks to sound
this warning,bocauae there is to be in
the future a good deal of "blarney"
heaped on Mr. Blake: The 1Vurltl
has all along deprecated 111r. Blake's
entrance to Imperial politiesas a
Home Ituler, and its statements are
not therefore, to be wondered at.
The fact that during his visit to
America Mr. Blake collected but
£1,200, is held to show that the
Canadians and Americans take very
little interest in Mr. Idako or the
cause he advocates.
DEATH 01? "DOC" DAVIS.
BRIGHT'S DISEASE CARRIES OFF THE
FORMER TORONTO ABORTIONIST.
Arthur Paul Davis died at King
ston Wednesday morning. Ile was
50 years of age. He was buried in
Rochester, N. Y. It was in 1875
that "Dr." Davis and his wife were
convinced of committing abortion
on Jane Vaughan Gilmour, of
'or•onto, who died under the opera
ion. Davis was sentenced to be
an ed but this was commuted g o d to
life imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary. His wife was also sent to
prison. Both were admitted to the
Kingston institution on December
4, 1875. Davie' sentence was next
reduced to 20 years. He was re•
leased on December 12, 1891, hav•
ing earned the necessary remission'
to secure his release on the above
date. Warden Lovell said hie con-
duct in prison was good. Dr.
Davis had lived in Kingston sine-',
and was frequently seen on the
streets. He was quiet and in•
offensive. His health was shattered,
and death was the result of Bright's
disease.
THE PENCIL CEDAR IN-
. DUSTRY.
The pencil cedar trade is develop•
ing very rapidly outside of the
territory that formerly supplied the
demand, notably Florida. Latterly
very large purchases of cedar have
been made in the South, and the
quality of the wood is quite satiefae-
tory for the foreign trade. :This is
more of an industry than et first
would be supposed. Germany,
Austria included, makes 200,000,-
000 cedar pencils annually. France
has four_ factories, England, four and
Russia, two; these three contries
probably produce 150,000,000 cedar
pencils each year. Those figuiea
are too great for the average reader
to grasp the full meaning of them,
and yet there are not more than
twenty or twenty•fivo pencil manu-
facturers in the entire world. Of
course these estimates do not take
into account' the cheap bruewood
pencils used for carpentering and
that class of work. Pencil lumber
is cut into elate of eight and a half
centimeters in length, fifty-four
millimeters in thickness.
Out of two of these 'slate' three
alcrvencile are made, they being placed
,bne on top of the other with the
lead in the center, and then the two
portions of the 'slats' are securely
glued together.—Canadian Lumber-
man.
Consunl tion Cured.
An old physician, retired from practice, having
bad placed in hie bands by an ERA India mission•
ary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent ogre of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and
Lang Affections, also a positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints,
atter having tested its tronderfnl curative powers
in thousands of canes, has felt itt his duty to make
itknown to blsanffering fellows. Actuated by this
motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I
will send tree of charge, to all who design 1t, this
recipe, in Gorman, French or English, with foil
directions Inc preparing and using. Sent by mail
by addressing with stamp, naming thin paper.
w A. NovaS, 820 Poire59' Block, Rochester, N. F.
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DIRS. THOS. A, EDIgOI.
DOMESTIC LIFE AT THE INVENTOR'S
HOME IN NEW JERSEY.
Mrs. Edison's Love for Her Children—A
Modest and Unassuming but Dignified
and Intelligent Lady Presides at Llew-
1 oliyn Park.
The home of inventor Edison is situated
iu Orange, N. J. It was to Orange that,
un the occeeiou of his second marriage, Mr.
Edison brought his beautiful youue wife,
and where she presides over his elegant
' home in Llewellyn Park with that grace and
sweet dignity which are at once the first
and the last impressions that one receives
on seeing her. The house is rather irregular
in shape, with a wide porch and entrance,
and square hall, with a fine staircase, the
wood .and workmanship of which is so
choice that in connection with the exquisite
rugs on the polished floor the hall is one of
the most beautiful rooms in the house. The
library at the right of the entrance and
the long double drawing -room at the left
aro sumptuous and in fine taste. The
second floor. however, is still more attt•ac•
Live. Mrs. Edition's own sitting -room, where
a great portion of her time- is.passed and
where her children play about her, with
the sleeping rooms adjoining, are dreams
of dainty beauty, and the views from these
upper windows fills all het• days with ex•
quisite pictures. The rarest room in the'
house, however, is the only one in which
its young mistress has had an opportunity
d•
to display her otvti taste. This is an ex-'
tension to the dining•room, which was still
m,rinished when the Edisons took posses
sion of the house, and which they took!
cording to their own idea of it. It is a
their time to study out and decorate ac-
; •,•���4 '•
large oval, lighted from the ceiling, and)'.''`}i,
also from a beautiful bay window at the' K. r•�% t."+;
wainscoted in white mahogany, the walls..:1 ;
end, and thrown into the dining -room bye? l,'{' • : , . ' �'' ' kI;}
a wide grilled arch. It is furnished and I' r ;o -ti%
I
are hung in green and gold tapestry, and'
in the center qi'. the ceiling is a choice oil! - IN PATENT LEATHIER.
painting with electric lights so arranged'
as to fall on it with charming erect. This! Patent leather is more popular than ever.;
room, is known now as Dlr. Edison's,Cloth tops are fashionable, with foxing of
"den," and here at a large round table, sur• patent leather. A new design in the shape
known as the "bootee" has rubber gores in t
rounded by hie books and wondrous instru ;
ments, he plays many a scientific .game with the sides, the lacing in front being only in'
the elements, while his wife, close at hand,. appearance.
guards his seclusion from the children'el For evening wear, the popular materials
play or unnecessary interruption from'fisll• are suede, satin and bronze kid. Most of the
ers, taking at the same time a• most inter suede slippers are in the shape caller) the a
ligent interest in his pursuits, and reading. "Duchess." This has a long vamp running
the books that bear on his scientific ques-;
tions, for Mrs. Edison is a highly educated,
woman, and accustomed always to a culti-I
rated and literary atmosphere. Her father,
Dir. Lewis Miller, a wealthy manufacturer,)
of Akron,
0., was the originator of the!
Chautauqua idea, and with his associate,;
Bishop Vincent, formulated that unique; ri
educational system. whose pupils are found!
in every country of the earth. Ales. Edison's
early life was influenced by the intellectual,
tastes of lier fathgr. She has followed;
many of his studies and is now a mernberl BRONZE SHOE.
of the Chautauqua class of '86. Iup to a point at the ankle. The side pieces
She is one of a large family of girls, and
f h;come forward to meet under a ribbon bow.
one oer cistera is usually fit the carnia e
FAREWELL TO COMMON SENSE.
The Winter Shoes and Slippers Will be
Original and Striking.
In some reapcote the ety-les• which will
prevail in this season's footwear aro in
marked contrast to those of last winter,
The "common sense" last is no lougot
popular. Indeed, it is barely tolerated by
thous square.toed people who cannot wear
the new shapes, the "Piccadilly" and the
"Derby." Both of the lasts have pointed
toes, the Piccadilly reaching quite an ex•
treme in that direction.
The most fashionable out is what is caU
ed "slipper foxing," where the vamp runs
in one continuous piece to the heel. Al
most all shoes have pointed tips and a new
:and pretty atyle is "the wing tip." The
Blucher out is the most popule,* for street
wear, and, in fact, all laced boots are quite
in vogue.
A NEW BOOTEA.
In materials the latest thing for walking
boots is calfskin, and a pair of these stout
articles, Blucher cut, with tips and Nuel
pieces and extremely heavy soles, challenge
all sorts of wear and weather. The trouble
is that even calfskin steeds good care. It
should bo blacked every day with the ordi
nary blacking, a ple'bian brush and greatin-,
dustry. Of course a man has the advantage
over tis in that he can climb into a boot-
black's chair and brush up his ideas by
reading the morning paper while some one,
else brushes his boots. But if you do adopt!
the latest fad of calfskin boots you must
make up your mind to laborin their service, ,
or get some one else to labor for you, be-
cause if you do not the leather will turn
brown and crack.
ALL ABOUT THE HOUSE! HOME SCIENCE
Simple Experiments Iilustratlng t
SOME THINGS THE LADY OF THE Inertia or Matter,
HOME OUGHT TO KNOW.Plaoe vertically on the mouth of an amp
bottle a paper ring about three inches
'diameter, and then lay flat upon the top
Milk 1s a Very Important Article of Diet this ring a 10 -cent pIgoe, exactly above t
opening of the bottle.
and Its Purity and Freedom From JSae- Pass through the ring a crick, give
toria Should be Investigated—Sotb►e Sunk sharp blow horizontally. The ring will 1
driven away and the dime, instead of gon
gerttenr About Dads. ,with 1t, will fall vertically into the bottle
Milk is liable to be affected by the health
and food of the animals supplying it. Fre.
quez tly it happens that animals can eat cer-
tain herbs which apparently do not injure
'them, yet which poison the milk. If a cow
drinkd,polluted water her milk will be ooit-
taminatod, although the animal may not
seem to be affected. Under certain con.
ditiona, bacteria develop very rapidly its
milk. If vessels j,n which the,ipilk is kept
be not perfectly clean, or if the room or re-
frigerator contain any decaying substance,
the milk will quickly be affected. For ex• ILLVSTEATIVE TUN INERTIA of MATTER.
ample, at a farmhouse the members of the mouth. Because of the rapidity of t
family became i11, and the cause was traced shock, and in virtue of the principle
to the milk. Upoe investigation it waft inertia, the dime has not had the time
found that the milt utensils and milk roan participate in the movement given til
had been kept perfectly clean and the cows paper.
and their surroundings wore in a healthy There is a large number of- little exper
conditign. The floor of the milk room was menta of this kind relative to matter
torn up and it was found that the trouble inertia. Here is a simple one :
had come from the decaying timbers. Clean Balance horizontally on the end of the in•
utensils, neat surroundings and pure air are dox finger of the left hand a carte de visite,
necoseary safeguards in handling milk. in the center of which is laid flat a silver
dollar? Then snap the card smartly with
Sterilizing Milk. your thumb and fiueur, and the acrd will
On reading the directions it seams as if fly away, leaving the dollar posed on your
the process of sterilizing milk [night be a finger's end.
simple one ; yet it is not. The greatest
care must be used iu every step of the
operation. Have plenty of wide-mouthed
bottles of the size you wish to use, and if
the milk is nut to be transported cotton
batting may be used to cover them. If,
however, the milk is to use on a journey
the bottles or jars mast he sealed.
Put a layer of hay in the bottom of a
wash -boiler. Scald. the bottles by laying
them in a pan of cold water and heating the
water to the boiling point. Fill the bottles
with perfectly pure milk, and put on the
covers, or tie cotton batting over the top.
Arrange them in the wash -boiler, putting
hay between them ; then put in_ enough
cold water to come up to about half tine
height of the bottles. Heat the :rater to
the boiling ppiut and boil for one hour.
Take from the fire and let the bottles cool
gradually, to prevent breaking. After they
have stood for two days boil as before. Cool
again, and let them stand for one day ;
then boil for the third time. This milk
should keep indefinitely.
The reason for the cooling and boiling
again is this : At the first boiling all the
bacteria are killed, but there are latent
germs in the milk which will develop in a!
day or two, and the second boiling is to
kill these. The third boiling s to insure
FAR AND WIDE.
he I Mme. Patti. loff *id, will only sign her
•
name for nolle torn at the very top of the
page. Linea she signed right in the middle
i' of a page, and soon afterwards the leaf was
lifurther embellished with the words, "I
promise to pay at sight the aunt of one
'ousand pug ($5,000).
**M
Queen Victoria will herself make the ap-
oiat ent to the office of Poet Laureate, it
7 being s place in her own gift. The Poet
Laureate is really a member of the House.,
hold, his otlloo being in the department of
the Lord Chamberlain. Lord Tennyson
was regularly invitedevery May to the full-
dress dinner which the Lord Chamberlain
always gives to celebrate the Queen's birth -
da ; but during -his fort -two years of
oflioo ho never once attender the birthday
festivitios,
- W*k t
The forthcoming - ublioation for the first
time of a number ofcompositionsby Chopin
will be greeted with great delight by
he musicians. The delay in their appearance
of has been due to a long action, bow settled,
tr' between Chopin's heirs and the publishers.
a *e*
i, Mr. Gladstone's passion for old books, or
•s rather for volumes purchased at a second-
hand bookstall, has not decreased. Despite
the cares of office, ho finds time to ransack
the booksellers' shelves, and purchase tomes
that he can never by any possibility find
time to read. The Premier was observed
while at Barmouth enjoying this character•
iatio amusement• and anxious inquirers
awaited his departure from the dealers
to know what works he had carried away
with him. It is said that any publication,
ancient or modern, referring to Breland has
an attraction for him that a high price
cannot quell.
There aro some amusing anecdotes in the
biography of Moltke, which has been trans-
lated by Mary Heine, though there is little
disclosed that is of great importance.
Moltke never told whathe knew to anyone,
and he was, therefore, entrusted with the
most important state secrets of Prussia dur-
ing his long ambitipus career.
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During the five years that Buffalo Bill
has been exhibiting in London and Europe
in general, says the London Court Journal,
he has made S3OU,000 profit, after all ex-
penses have been paid. This, added to
what he before possessed, will intake the
worthy colonel a sufficiently rich men to `
pass the remainder •.f his life, even in Ani.
erica, in,great comfort.
The French papers have been fmf of ac-
cOnnt v
s of an engagement between eat 1)uc
d'Orleans and one of Qiiecn t ;.toria'a
granddaughters, these reports have arisen
in consequence of his "forthcoming visit to
Balmoral," but there is no truth its there.
Jane Hading has now the ball well at
' foot, and will keep it rolling, writes Mie's
e Crawford from Parris. She can . alTord to
a pay a penalty of 8.30,000 to a Russian mana-
t ger for non -fulfilment of a contract to play
I at St. Petersburg, and she will star at
Chicago during the Columbian Exhibition
there. On her return she will enter the
Francais, which, as the manner in the
"Frou-Frou" was revived there shows, needs
somebody unfrozen by Francais convention-
alism to act the parts of sinful heroines fru
modern playa.
*3d,
Albert Millard, who died suddenly in
Paris the other day, will be long remember-
ed in that city and among lovers of wit and.
humor everywhere. He was the son of the
celebrated banker Millaud, who founder
the Petit Journal, and began his literary
career With some volumes of clever verse.
But his celebrity is mainly ° dire to.his colla-
boration with Offenbach, for whom he wrote
the librettos of "The Creole" and "Madame
l'Archiduc," and later on, for the delight-
fully amusing plays which he contrived for
Ivlrime. Judic. In latter years he was a enft-
stant contributor of sparkling satiric verse
on local subjects and peo to the columna .
of the sprightly Figaro. i said !that
much of the mons
which and Mme.
Judie mode by their plays was recently lost
in an unfortunate mining speculation.
The Schultze gallery of paintings in Ber-
lin is exhibiting a magnificent new histori-
cal picture, by Fritz Werner, called "Tho
6th of February, 1588." It was the day
when Bismarck closed a long political
speech in the Reichstag with the sentence,
"We Germans fear Clod (furchten Gott)
and nobody else in the world." The ex -
Chancellor is on his way home on foot, and
crossing Leipzig street, where the tramcars,
omnibuses and carriages, as well as the
multitude of people on both sides of the
busy thoroughfare, all stop to let the great
statesman pass. Among the many heads
are a great number of portraits ; but they
seem to retreat before the central figure,
Bismarck, who is closely followed by his
son, Count Herbert, and Baron Rottenburg..
*s* ,
The death of Farther Anselm, superior of
the famous retreat of the Carthusians, La
Grande Chartreuse, once more recalls the
singular. .fnct that the rmsk rs of the -famous --
cordial, the most popular of any of its kind,
minister to the material enjoyment of thou-
sands, who quaff the delicate compound
without a thought of the severe life led by
those who have concocted it.
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I should not think of calling M. Renan a
wit, says one who knew him, but he was
sometimes humorous. One dav, ere he had
climbed to fame, he was at a dinner party,
in Paris, and going to speak on a current
topic, M. Jules Simon cutting in, the host-
ess made a sign to M. Renan to reserve
what -ho had to say until M. Simon had
spoken. Presently she said, "Now, M.
Renan, it is your turn• You were going to
say something." "Merely," he answered,
"that I want to have some more peas."
He kept an unbroken silence for the rest of
the evening.
***
Her Life.
A little corner with its crib,
A 11661° mu., a spoon, a bib,
A little tooth so pearly white,
A little rubber ring to bite.
A little plate all lettered round,
A little rattle W resound ;
A little creeping—see, elle stands !
A little stet) 'twixt outstretched hands.
A little doll with flaxen hair,
A little willow rocking•chair,
A little dress of richest hue,
A tittle pair of gaiters blue.
A little school day after day,
A little "school -ma'am" to obey,
A little study—soon 'tis past,
A little graduate at last.
A little muff for wintry weather,
A little jockey hat aucl feather,
A little sack with funny pockets,
A little chain, a ring, and lockets,
A little while to dance and bow,
A little escort homeward now,
A littlearty somewhat late,
A little lingering at the gate.
A little walk in leafy June, '
A little talk while shines the moon,
A little reference to papa,
A little planning with mamma.
A little ceremony grave,
A little struggle to be brave,
A little cottage on tilt lawn,
completely against danger from any of these A little kiss—Huy girl is gone !
germs that may not have sprouted -after the
brat boiling, The milk is, of course, only Some Horrors of guaelrory.
for long keeping, and where one can get a The old proverb, "Any port in a storm,'
fresh supply every day the simple procau- has often found practical illustration in th
tion of subjecting it for a short time to the empirical treatment of disease. Time wa
boiling point, or even to a lower tempera. when even regular practitioners in the ar
ure, answers for moat purposes, of healing included in their professiona
The property of coagulation which milk armament, along with many simple remedies
possesses should be understood by every of real value, other matters, the very men -
one• If certain kinds of acids be mixed with tion of which might almost suffice to en -
milk which is at a temperature of about 100' gender illness. We may feel thankful that
solid curd will quickly be formed. When a ws have now entered upon a later and more
person drinks milk the warmth of the stain- scientific era, and that such extraordinary
:a
ch and the gestic juice coagulates the fluid. drugs as weasles' gizzards, does' hoofs, snails
f the milk be drunk rapidly it will form anti other even more repulsive horrora do
ne solid mass, but if it be sipped the curd not now find a place in any pharmacopa:ia.
will be broken into small parts, and there- There still exists, however, a species of
ore will be digested with greater ease. If medical folk -lore, and some of its prescribed
he bodybe overheated
wiado � v '
when the milk in a ailable 0
t hulk is for use in illness is
of the
taken rapidly, the curd formed will bo most remarkable kind. Tittle of panic, by
ar'd, and may bring on a dangerous attack throwing a population to some extent on its
f indigestion. This is the case, too, when own resources for treatinent, are apt to
quantity of acid is taken into the stomach crer.te a detnaud.for these survivals of a dark
just before or after drinking mllk. Tho age. This happened lately in Germany,
ale, therefore, should be to drink milk where a toad cooked with much care was
lowly and not to take any great quantity swallowed as a cure for cholera. As to the
f acid just before or after. rer•tlt we are not informed. Most of us
would probably choose to suffer rather than
Sonne Suggest 101111 About Beds. thus attempt our own relief. One can easily
The simpler all the arrangements of the understand how such remedies as these
ed are the better. While the bedstead have gained their favorablereception among
hould be substantially made, it should be ignorant persons. Used first, in all likeli-
ut together so simply that it can be taken hood, in some case of illness mistaken
part at ease. It should never be made for an incurable disease. the nostrum
homer than six feet and a half (inside has been followed by spontaneous
easurement) ; for nothing is more uncoin• healing, and hire carried the stolen credit
ortable than a bed that is too short for a and the faith which goes with reputation to
all person to stretch out in comfortably. other sick bedsides, sometimes with like
The springs should be as simple and strong spurious results. It cannot be doubted that
as possible, and so constructed that they some such confidence in the horrors of em -
can be removed from the bed and brushed pirictsrn lingers amongst our own poorer
with ease. Those made wholly of steel are population, especially in country districts.
the best, on the score of cleanliness. 1n view of this fact the practice lately
If one can afford It there is nothing bet- adopted by local vestries of inculcating
ter than hair mattresses. There are, how- active sanitary measures as the true pre -
ever, several materials which the uphol• ventive of infection, and inipressing the
sterer makes up into mattresses that are necessity of obtaining prompt medical aid
cheap and quite comfortable. Home-made cannot be too highly commended.—Lancet.
mattresses' are rarely easy. Any irregu- s
larity in the matter interferes with the ro Drill a Child Whose Shoulders Stoop.
comfort of the sleeper, and the Stand, feet together, weight over the
home product is apt to suggest arty- center of each foot, hands at side. Raise
thing but a bed of roses, unless you think of trms sidewise to level with shoulders, tak-
it with thorns thrown in. .Nothing' in the ing a deep breath at the same time ; lower
form of H tick filled with loose materials, arms slowly, exhaling.
such as feathers, husks, etc., should be used Raise arms sidewise ver head, inhaling ;
for a bed. Perfect rest can only be obtain. lower arms, exhaling. See that neither
ed by lying on a mattress 'that supports the head nor the abdomen ••be pushed for•
every part of the body.equelly. .. -.. _.. ward. -.. __._ _ _. ...
When a mattress has been used so long Bend arms at, elbow, hands in front of
that the spots where the heaviest part of shoulders, brought as far sidewise as poa-
the body rests have become depressed, send sible, elbows close to side, extend upward,
it to the upholsterer to have it made over. palms in, arms carried hack and stretching
Be sure that you employ a trustworthy op as far as possible. Avoid tendency nnen•
imouse for this work, because its quite easy tioned in second exercise.
for dishonest people to remove some of the Extend hands straight out at side, fingers
curled hair and substitute some °heal leading.
material for it. If the bed is a double one Extend hands downward and back of the
it would bo best to have the mattress made hips.
in two parts, a square and a rectangular Bend arms at elbows, lift sidewise to
piece. The mattress will wear better and horiz$ntal, elbow drawn well backward,
can be turned more easily in this form. palms down, forearm and hand on a straight
line ; fling forearms out and back till on a
Things Housekeepers Want to Know. line with upper arm. Keep chest well ex -
What she shall do to keep her polished panded. This throws the chest out, presses
furniture fron becoming dull and white, is the shoulder blades down, and corrects the
what one woman asks. Dampen a piece of tendency to round shoulders.
soft old flannel with kerosene and rub the These exercises educate, strengthen; and,
dulled surface ; then rub off with a fresh develop the muscles designed by nature to
piece of soft flannel. Be sure there is no hold the body in an,erect position. Repeat
lust upon it. each exercise several times.—Exchange.
A correspondent asks if draperies of 'silk Sunday in Western cittea,
are still hung on the corners of pictures.
No; it is not faebionahle, and even if it They have an American Sunday in St.
were it wonld bei difficult matter for any Louis. It is the seine as what we in the
one except a person of rare artistic taste to (East call a European Sunday. But it be.
use draperies in this manner. comes apparent to whoever travels far in
Three inquiries in regard to matters in the United States that the only Sunday
which, probably, thousands of other house- which deserves a distinct title is that of
keepers are interested, have been sent to England, New England, and the Atlantic
me by one woman. She wants to know coast. The Sunday of Chicago, San Fran -
about a polish for brass furniture, means cisco, Cincinnati, New Orleans, St. Louis,'
of removing grease spots from bricks or the and moat of the larger cities of the major
hearthstone, and something in regard to part of our land is European, if you please;
decoration of a bay window. As for the but it is also American. In St. Louis the
polish, grocers keep a variety of good arti- theatres, groggeries, dives, "melodeons,"
cies. One, in the form of a paste, appears cigar stores, candy stores, and refreshment
to be particularly good. For the recnoval places of every kind are all kept wide open.
of grease spots, use a strong solution of The street cars carry on their heaviest
writhing soda. Javelle water, recently da- trade, and the streets aro crowded then as
scribed in this department, also is useful. on no other day of the week. On the other
A strong, small table, bearing a potted days the city keeps up, in great part, the
palm or some other large plant, makes a measure of its old river -side hospitality, a
pretty ornament for a bay window. Per- survival of the merry era of the steamboats.
haps no other thing is so effective. The numerous night resorts --the variety
Flowers are at all times both a beauti- and mpsin halls, the dance horses and heer-
ful and inexpensive decoration for the win. gardens, blaze out with a prnminenco noth-
lows, ing gets by day.—Harper's Magazine.
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with her, or at some good play or fine con The vamps are crossed with Bebe ribbon.
cert, and it is only rarely that one sees -her The suede and the ribbon must mooch are s
costume. - Almost all evening shoes are
name as patroness of a ball at the county beaded. One exception is the patent s
club or an Orange assembly. She attends leather "Erminie " somethinglike the ar
the Methodist Church, and not the most „ ' a
.Duchess."
fashionable ono of that denomination in her s
vicinity, and when Ate feels a call to do Another slip leadingg style ismadethe "double kid twin
good by opening her house and grounds for strap.
ued and isr, which ie on toro
ortable and is beaded on the toe and on the
some charitable affair she does so, but not f t
often enough to cheapen them or be overrun
by the presuming.
In person Mrs. Edison is exceedingly at.
tractive ; of medium hight, figure well
proportioned and just sufficiently rounded
to escape thinness. When a young girl she
must have been extremely pretty, and in
maturity she is handsome and fair to look
upon, one of thosew•onten whose appearance
gives a charm to all pleasant gatherings.
Her eyes are large and a beautiful brown,
with long lashes, and her hair, of the same
color. is soft, with a little wave, and fila
her head and shades her face in a way that
is particularly attractive. Her expression
is very sweet, and yet in her month one de. 'erne Dt;CirEse. norrenEn CUT.
our straps which cross each other in a sort
of lattice work on the instep.
tects,a firmness which suggests that this The fur lined "Romeo," of quilted satin,
extreme reticence and retirement of manner is a beautiful and luxurious carriage -shoe,
is not merely ah accident of disposition, but while the red morocco of the same shape is
a settled determination that she will not an attractive thing for the boudoir. The
allow the fact that she is married- to a d'Orsay,-a minitature copy of a. man's "fore
man of such public celelrity and known and aft" slipper, is even more popular than
wealth to make what ought to he her own the Romeo. For those who do not caro to
make even brief excursions across the room,
the dainty little padded satin toilet •slip•
pens, without anything:above the sole in
the back, are tempting enongh with their
prove. Her style of dress is very good, glittering beads and tiny frills of ribbon.—
and her costumes have the attraction that N.Y. World.
she wears each of them, or a similar style, _
often enough to give them an identity and Aphorisms.
an effect of being specially suite) to her. To live is not merely to breathe, it is to
Her favorite gowns are usually black, with set.—i.ouaseau.
qen a little dash of pink here and there
that harmonizes beautifully with the soft }'eople who do not know how to laugh are
color in her cheek, some jet. at the throat always pompous and self•conceited.—Thack
and on the bonnet, where titertlr is usually,Cray.
another touch of pink, a perfectfit in Kindness in no is the honey that blunts
everything and groat daintiness orfinish— the sting of unkindness in others.—Lan-
always something bright and young, but dor.
never by any accident censpiCuous. I A man who does not learn to live while
Mrs. Edison is a favorite with her step -:he is getting a living is a poorer man after
children, a daughter travelling abroad and 'his wealth is won than he was before.—J.
two sons in school and college. She has'G. Holland.
two children of her own. One o'I' them was' To fall at all is to fall ytterly.—Lowell.
an infant at about the time the phonograph! Nothing gives such a blow to friendship
was perfected, and on a certain one of these as the detecting another in an untruth. It
wonderfnl wax cylinders is inscribed all the'strikes at the root of our colt6dences ever
keys and tones in which this little child of'after.—Hazlitt.
science cried. It may be a doubtful amuse-{ He only confers favors generously who
ment for him in the next generation when'appears,when they are conferred, to remem-
his children get it out and exhibit to him ber them no more.—Johnson.
with cruel glee all his own infant wails. Freedom is not caprice, but room to en -
Mrs. Edison to a most fond and devoted' large. -1':. A. Bartel.
private life and pursuits public property,
nor be swept along by the flattery of an al-
luring social vortex into a merely fashion•
able life which she does not care for nor ap-
another and spends the greater portion of
her time with her children. She designs
i)Never he afraid of what is good; the good
their pretty frocks and sews most of theirs always the road to what is true.—Ham-
dainty clothing, and these two little ones Orton.
in the great house on the mountain side' The greatest truths are the simplest ; and
are as near to their mother and have daily so are the greatest men. --,1. C. Hare.
as much of her loving companionship as'
do the bare-footed 'toddlers who are the' Waster! F ori -e.
only treaanres of one of their father's' Frances Willard claims that the amount
humblest artizans. Mrs. Edison associates of force exerted at a given moment to coo -
with her in the care of her children a press the waists of women by artificial
French governess, or rather companion, methods would, if aggregated, turn all the
who alts at the family table and is can- mills between Minneapolis ani the llerri-
genial in the honechnld, and with madamoi- mac, while the condensed farce of their
sella the little ones lisp French as readily tight shoes, if it could be applied, would
as their rnother tongue. run many trains.
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The Empress Frederick and mesa •
Margaret are at present of Candenaiihia,
near the lake of (.'omo, one of the most
charming spots in Lombardy. The Prin-
cess's marriage with Frederick Charles of
Hesse is arranged for January 25, the same
date when, thirty-five years ago, the Prin-
cess Royal's wedding took place. Thel
Princess's veil will be a rare work of art of
its kind. A manufacturer in Hirschberg,in
Silesia, is now busy preparing the 500 round
pieces which are required for the whole
article. It is all hand -work, and each part
occupies an experienced lace hand for folly
ten days. The thread used is exceedingly
expensive ($150 a pound). The Silesian
lace industry is of very old standing, and
flourished 250 years ago.
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Noticed at a recent social function in
London: Lady Randolph Churchill, bril-
liant, as no one alae can look, in black,
with no color but the flashing of her dia-
mond brooches and the little restless lav-
ender•gloved hands. With tier was Lady
Sarah Churchill, in a deep petunia -colored
cloth, with a soft rose waistcoat, and rose
velvet rosettes in her hat.