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The Huron News-Record, 1893-08-30, Page 3filled With, the testi, n44'lty of won$I who .have been ;wide well tit d strong by lir, Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It's a 'medicine that' made especially to build up women's strength and to cure "ewe a women's ailments — au invigorating, re- storative tonic, soothing cordial, and leraciu r nervine; purely vegetable, non- alcohollo, and perfectly harmless. Far alt functional derangements, pain- . lid ' disorders,, and chronic weaknesses that afflict womankind, the "Favorite Prescription" is the only guaranteed remedy. It mast have been the medicine for most women, or it couldn't be sold on `tray such terms. Tenn it likely to be the medicine for Wets l Sold by druggists everywhere. -The Huron News -Record 1.60 a Ye4r=41.25 in'Advance. Wednesday, August 30tH, 1893. DICTIONARY GIRLS. A new variety of girle goes by the rather confusing title of dictionary girle. There are a whole lot of her. A list sent out from the metropolis tells of all these : A disagreeable girl—Aunie Moaity. A fighting girl—Ilittie Magin. A eweet girl—Carrie, Mel. A very pleasant girl—Jennie Rossity. A sink girl—Sallie Vete. .A smooth girl—Amelia Ration. A seedy girl—Cora Ander. A clear case of girl—E. Lucy Date. A geometrical girl—Polly Gon. Nota christian—Ilettie Rodoxy. -One of the best girls—Ella Gant. A flower girl—Rods Dendron. A musical girl --Sara nide, A profound girl—Mattie Physics. A star girl—Meta Oric. A clinging girl—Jessie Mine. A nervous girl—Herter Ical. A muscular girl—Collie Stenics. A lively girl—Anna Mation. An uncertain girl—Eva Nesent, 4. sad girl—Ella G. A serene girl—Mollie Fy. A great big girl—Ellie Pliant,' A. warlike girl—Millie Tary. The boat girl of all—Your Own. GOOD FOOD AS A BEAUTIFIER. A girl of groat beauty became afflict ed with a species of acne, which dis- figured her once fine complexion, sacs the. New York Evening Sint. No greater calamity could have befallen W. She went from physician to e eoialist, she was put on various diets, ehe tried every remedy that wa= suggested, and finally, wearied with efforts that were unavailing, she gave .herself up to zinc salvos. At length there tante along a person of wisdom, who advised her to get a tonic, and obey its promptings to eat, Instoadoef *dieting she needed to eat bountifully of nourishing food. What she needed was to enrich and start the tides of her ebbing blood. This prescription was not disagreeable and she fullowed it faithfully. Before three months her unfortunate trouble was gone, and her skin, now emooth and flawless,' is brit• liant with color, end her good looks completely rehabilitated. And now comes a medical authority saying that more women sin through undereating than overeating, and all wotnen sin in not didtributing their food prolier•ly. English, French and German women eat four, and often five, times a day. 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TALMAGE ON WOMAN, HE PREACHES A SERMON ON THE WEAKER SEX. 11„r 31in),ion ID This World—What lronu•e Ilan I)i,ne In Asps Past and at the Present Tlrne—Her Place 1a the World at Lame+Whnt She Can Be, I31tooKeYN, Aug 20.—Rev, Dr. Tal. mage chose for his subject to -day one of special interest to the gentler aex, tite announced topic being "A Great We - man," and the text II, Kings:4, 8, "And it fell on a day that Eliahtt passed to Shunem, where was a great wornan." The hotel of our time had uo counter- part in any entertainment of olden time. The vast majority of travelers must then be entertained at private abode. Here C0111013 Elisha, a servant of the Lord, on a divine mission, and he must find shelter. A balcony overlooking the val- ley of Esdraelon is offered bio, in a pri- vate house, and is is especially furnished for his occupancy—a chair to sit on, a table from which to read, and a bed on which to eluinber, the whole establish- ment belonging to a great and good Woman. Her husband, it seems, was a godly soap, Out he was entirely overshadowed by his wife's excellencies; just as now you sometimes find in a household the wife the center of dignity and influence and power, not by any arrogance or pre- sumption, but by superior intellect and force of moral nature wielding domestic affairs, and at the same time supervising w111/financial and business affairs. The wifb's hand on the shuttle, on the bank- ing house, 011 the worldly business. You see hundreds of men who are successful only because there is a reason at home why they are successful. If a man marry a good, honest soul, he makes his fortune. If he marry a fool, the Lord help him t The wife may be the silent partner in the firm, there may be only masculine voices down on Ex- change, but there oftentimes comes from the home circle a potential and elevating influence. This woman of my text was the super- ior of her husband. He, as far as I can understand, was what we often see in our day, a man of large fortune and only a medicum of brain, intensely quiet, sit- ting a long time in the same !,lace with- out moving hand or foot—if you say •' yes," responding " yes "—if you say " no," responding "no "—inane, eyes half shut. niouth wide open, maintain- ing his position in society only because he has a largo patrimony. But his wife, my text says, was a great wornan. Her name has not conte down to ug. Site belonged to that collection of people who need no name to distinguish thein. What would title of duchess, or princess, or queen—what would escutcheon or gleaming diadem be to this woman of my text, who by her intelligence and her behavior challenges the admiration of all ages? Long after the brilliant women of the court of Louis XV. have been forgotten, and the brilliant women of the court of Spain have been for- gotten, and the brilliant women who sat on mighty thrones have been forgotten, some grandfather will put on his spec- tacles, and holding the book the other side the light, read to his grandchildren the stow of this great woman of Shuneut who was so kind and courteous and Christian to the good prophet 'Elisha. Yes, she was a great wornan. In the first place, she was great in her hospitalities. Uncivilized and barbarous nations honor this virtue. Jupiter had the surname of the Hospitable, and he was said especially to avenge the wrongs of strangers. Homer extolled it in his verse. The Arabs are punctilious upon this subject. and among some of their tribes it is not until the ninth day of tarrying that the occupant has a right to ask his guest:—"Who, and whence art thou?" If this virtue is so honored even among barbarians, how ought it to be honored among those of us who believe n the Bible, which.00mmands us to use hospitality one toward another without grudging? Of course, I do not mean under this cover to give any idea that I approve of that vagrant ciao who go around from place to place ranging their whole life- ime, perhaps under tate auspices of some benevolent or philanthropic society, quartering themselves on Christian fanii- ies, with a great pile of trunks in the gall and carpet -bag portentous of tarry - ng. There is many a country parsonage hat looks out week by week upon the minims ar rival of wagon with creaking wheels and lank horse and dilapidated river, come under the auspices of some heritable institution to spend a few veeks and canvass the neighborhood. Let no such religious tramps take ad- •antage of this beautiful virtue of Chris- ian hospitality. Not so much the sumptuousness of our diet and the regality of your abode •ill impress the friend or the stranger hat steps across your threshold, as the warmth of your greeting, the informal- ty of your reception, the reiteration by rasp and by look and by a thousand at- entions, insigniflcent attentions, of your arnestness of welcome. There will be igh appreciation of your welcome, lthough you have nothing but the razen candlestick and the plain chair 0 offer Elisha when he comes to Shunem. Most beautiful is this grace of hospi- ality when shown in the house of God. am thankful that I am pastor of a hureh where strangers are always wel- orne, and there is not a State of the nion in which I have not heard the ffability of the ushers of our church omplimented. But I have entered hurches were there was no hospitality. stranger would stand in the vestibule or a while and then make pilgrimage up he long aisle. No door opened to hint util, flushed and excited, and embar- ssed, he started back again and coming o some half-filled pew with apologetic ir, entered it, while the occupants lared on him with a look which seemed o say: "Well, if I must, I must." Away ith such accursed indecency from the ouse of God. Let every church that ould maintain large Christian influence n community, culture Sabbath by Sab- ath this beautiful grace of Christian ospitality. A good man traveling in the far West n the wilderness, was overtaken by ight and storm, and he put in at a abin. Ile saw firearms along the earns of the cabin, and he felt alarmed. o did not know but that he had fallen to a den of thieves. He sat there neatly perturbed. After a while the au of the house came home with a un on his shoulder and set it down in corner. The stranger was still more armed. After a while the man of the ouse whispered with his wife, and the ranger thought his destruction was be- g planned. Then the man of the ouse came forward and 'said to the ranger : "Stranger, we are a rough and rude people Vitt hers, and we wtirIC hard for n living, Wo make} our living by hunting, and *hen re come to the nightfall we are tired and we are apt to go to bed early, and before retiring we are alwn.ye in the habit of reading a chapter from the Word of God and mak- ing a prayer; if you don't like such things, if you will just step outside the door until we get through IJl be greatly obliged to you:" Of course the stranger tarried in the room, and', the old hunter took hold of the horns of the altar and brought down the blessing of God upon his household and upon the stranger within their gates. Rude, but glorious Christian hospitality t Again, this wornan in my text was groat in her kindness toward God's mes- senger. Elisha may have been a stranger in that household, but as she found out he had conte on a divine mission, he was cordially welcomed. We have a great many books in our day about the hard- ships of ministers and tho trials of Christian ministers. I wish a rntebody would write a book about theoys of the Christian minister, about the sym- pathies all around him, about the kind- nessea, about the genial considerat.ons of him. Does sorrow corn to our home and is there a shadow on the cradle, there are hundreds of hands to beln, and many who weary not through long night watching,and hundreds of prayer, going up that God would restore the sick, 1s there a burning, brimming cup of calamity placed on the pastor's table, are there not many to help him drink of that cup and who will not be comfort- ed because he is stricken ? 011, for somebody to write a book about the rewards of the Christian ministry— about his surroundings of Christian sym- pathy. Tilis wornan of the text was only a type of thousands of men and women who come down from the mansion and from the cot to do kindness to the Lord's servants. 1 suppose the Wren of Shunem had to pay the bills,but it was the large - hearted Christian sympathies of the wo- men of Shunem that looked after the Lord's messengers, Again, this woman in the text was great in her behavior under trouble. Her only son had died on heyy'' lap. A very bright light went out iu that house- hold. The sacred writer puts it very tersely when lie says : "He sat on her knees until noon and then he died:" Yet the writer goes on to say that she ex- claimed : "It is well I" Great in pros- perity, this woman was great in trouble. Where aro the feet thnt have not been blistered on the hot sands of this great Sahara? Where are the shoulders that have not been hent under the burden of grief? Where is the ship sailing over glassy sea that has not after a while been caught in a cyclone? Where is the garden of earthly comfort, huttrou- ble hath hitched up its fiery and panting teams and gone through it with burning ploughshare of disaster? Under the pelting of ages of wafering the great heart of the world has burst with woe. Navigators tell us about the rivers, and the Amazon and the Danube and the Mississippi have been explored, but who can tell the depth or length of the great river of sorrow made up of tears and blood rolling through ail lands and all ages, and bearing the wreck of families and of communities and of empires— roaming, writhing, boiling with the agonies of six thousand years! ?Etna and Cotopaxi and Vesuvius have been described, but who has ever sketched the volcano of suffering retelling up froth its depths the lava and the scoria and pouring them down the sides to whelrn elle nations! 011, if I could gather all the heartstrings. the broken heartstrings into a harp I would play on it a dirge such as was never sounded, Mythologists telt us of Gorgon and Centaur • and Titan. and geologists tell us of extinct species of monsters ; but greater than Gorgon or Megatherium, and not belonging to the reales of fable, and not of an extinct species is a mon- ster with iron jaw and iron hoofs walk- ing across the nations;, and history and poetry and sculpture. in their attempt to sketch it and describe it, have seemed to sweat great drops of blood. But, thank Grad, there are those who can conquer as this woman of the text conquered, and say, "It is well ! though my property be gone, though my child- ren be gone, though my home he.broken up, though my health be sacrificed, it is well—it is wed !" There is no storm on the sea, but Christ is ready to rise in the hinder part of the ship and hush it. There is no darkness but the constella- tions of God's eternal love can illumine it, and though the winter comes out of the northern sky, you have sometimes seen the northern sky all ablaze with auroras that seem tosay: "Coyne up this way; up this way are thrones of light and seas of sapphire, and 'the splendor of an eternal heaven. Come up s " We maythi, likew•ay,the ships, by tempests he tossed On perilous deeps, bnt cannot be loss.; Though Satan enrage, the wind and the tide The promise assures us, the Lord will provide. I heard an echo of my text in a very dark hour, when my father lay dying, and the old country ministerRaid to hint: "Mr. Talmage, how do you feel now, as you are about to pass the Jordan of death?" He replied—and it was the last thing he ever said: "I feel well; I feel very well; all is well"—lifting his hand in a benediction, a speechless benedic- tion, which I pray God may go down through all the generations, It was well! Of course it was well. Again, this woman of my text was great in her application to domestic du- ties. Every picture is a home picture, whether she is giving careful attention to her sick boy, or whether she is appeal- ing for the restoration of her property— every picture in her case is a home pic- ture, Those are not disciples of the Shu- nemito woman, who, going out to attend to outside charities, neglect the duty of home—the duty of wife, of mother, of daughter. No faithfulness in public bene- faction can ever atone for domestic negli- gence. There has been many a mother who by indefatigable toil has reared a large family of children, equipping thein for the duties of life with good manners and large intelligence and Christian prin- ciple, starting them out, who has done more for the world than many another woman whose name has sounded through all the lands and through all centuries. I remember when Kossuth was in this country there were some ladies who got reputation, honorable reputation, by presenting him very gracefully with bouquets of flowers 011 public occasions; but what was all that compared with the work of the plain Hungarian mother who gave to truth avid civilization and the cage of universal liberty a Kossuth? Yee, this woman of my text seas great in her simplicity. When this prophet wanted to reward her for her hospitality by asking some preferment from the king, what did she say ?, She declined it. She said : "I 4iisvell Anon, MS owe penile," at5 YU'rch itS to Say, "1 nin sltitlll,"d Oith toy rot; ;Ali 1 want L my family flnrll Aly frseuos round nae. I dwell anuener My own pevp1e." ,Oh, tvmat It retrti4.e tutor strife sur precedetics in all ages. How ;navy Mists iu'e who want to got great mirt: litecture, and haloes furnished with all art, all painting. all statuary, whu'Irnve not enuu•rh rabbi to dtetinguisdr between G„ilIieantd Byz:intitte, and who could not tell a figure in pleeterof pais. from Palmer's "White Captive," and would not know a buy's penciling. from Bittrstadt's "Yosemite." Men who buy large libraries by the Square foot, buying - thew libraries whuu they have hardly enough edurestion to pick out the day of the. almanac! Oh. how many there are striving to have thongs as well as their neighbors, or better than their eeighbore and in the struggle vast fortunes are ex- hausted :and business; firms thrown into bankruptcy, and risen of reputed honesty rush in o astounding forgeries. Of course, I say "nothing against re- finement or culture. Splendor of abode, 'sUmptttuusness of diet, laviahneaa in are neatness in apparel—there is nothing 8.tainet theta in the Bible or out 01 the Bible. God does not want us t . prefer mud hovel to English cottage, or untan- ned sheepskin to Frenuh bruadoloth, or husks to pineapple, or the clumslnees of a boor to the manners of a gentleman. God, who strung the beach with tinted shell, and the grass of the field with the dews of the night, and hath exquisitely tinged morning cloud and robin red breast, wants us to keep our eye open es all beautiful sights, and our ear ()pen to all beautiful cadences, and our heart open to all elevating sentiments. But what I want to impress upon you is that you ought not to,uventory the luxuries of life as among the indispensables, and you ought not to depreciate this woman of the text, who, when offered kingly prefer- ment, responded, "I dwell among buy own people." Yea, this woman of the text was great in her piety. Faith in God, and sheowas not ashamed to talk alout it before idol- :ators, Alt, woman will never appreciate what she owes to Christianity until she knows and sees the degradation of her sex under Paganism and Mohammedan- ism. Her very oirth considered a mis- fortune. Sold like cattle in the seam - lees. Slave of all work, and at last, ber body fuel for the funeral pyre of her husband, Abcvo the shriek of the tire wui•shippers in India and above the rumbling of the jugi;ernauts, I ,hear the million -voiced groan of wrong- ed; insulted, broken-hearted, down-tro,l- deli wotuun. Her tears have fillet• in the Nile and Tigris and :he La Plata and on the steppes of Tartars. She has been dishonored in Turkish gard%n, and Persian palace, and Spanish Alhambra. Her little ogles have been sacrificed in the Ganges. 'Chore is 001 a groes, or aduu- geon, or as island, or a mountain, or a river, or a lake, or a son but could tell a story of the outtazes heaped upon her. 13111 thapk.; to God, this glorious Ctris- .teinity comes forth, and all the chains of this vassalage are snapped, and she rices up from isoleininy to exalted sphere, and becomes the affectionate daughter, the gentle wile, the !emoted mother, tho useful Celestial'. Oh, if Christianity has done so much for wo- man, surely wornan will t:ecorne its most ardent advocate and its sublimest ex- e.uplilicatiun. GRAINS OF GOLD. No matter low little a man wants here Leeow, he never gets quite all of it. The man who does not complain snakes more friends than tile than w•ho always has a grievances. The dead nru'- 'tyr is the only kind that is ever canon- ized. The modest.clepox tntent of those who are truly wise, when contrasted with tee assuming air et the young and ignorant may be compared to the different appearance of wheat, which, white its ear is empty, holds up its stead proudly, but as soon as it is filled with grain, bends modestly-. " Gratitude, says some one, is the mem- ory of the heart. A reflective, thinking, inquiring life is really the most exhalted -existence. There are many people wisdom consists in uiddtg it. Nothing is easier than No talent, no self-d"uiel, is required to set up in business. knowledge may slumber in the mem- ory, but it never dies; it is like the dor- mouse .in the ivied tower, that sleeps whilti winter last, but awakes with the warm breath of spring. Precarious and uncertain gains are usually as speedily dissipated. Try, if possible, to save a portion of whatever you receive, to lay by. The improvi- dence of literary individuals has often been a subject of repro:mc!l to the pr.,- fessiun, and not without reason. w•bose whole their want of fault-finding, no character, the grumbling Military Cycllnz to Husain. Some interesting experiments in ,nili- tnry cycling have just been made iu Moscow under the direction of the Com- mander of the forces of the Moscow District. Small parties, consisting of an officer and three or four risen, in full starching order, with rides, etc., set out simultaneously from Vladimir -Lout Vero. slily!' to Moscow, and from Moscow to Vladimir, The Vladimir route of 126. miles was done with a full night's rest and frequent stoppages, the best time of three peparate journeys being 34 hours in all, and the longest 42} hours, of which only 17 were spent in actual riding. The Yaroslavl' route of 1761 miles ryas clone in 44 hours, including two full night:i' rest of 10 hours, and eeS hours' actual riding. In considering the times above given the state of the roads in Russia roust, of course, he taken into account, together with the intense summer heat. 3earehlno the World for Orohlde, It is not perhaps generally known that there is a little band of these ad- venturers roaming abrnrt the remoter parts of the world, collecting orchids and other rare plants for the great St. Albane firm of orchid growers. Nbw and again, at one of the British Horti- cultural Society's shows, you will come upon a little sunburnt person, as often as not, provided with a slouch hat or a broad wideawake, Instead of the topper of civilization, who says little, but whose sparse words are -listened to with interest by the' few who know what manner of man he is. This is one of the orchid -seekers, back for a brief holiday. WORLD'S FAIR LETTER, PAINTINGS THAT TELL TALES GO - BEST WITH THE MASSES. dome of Ito N7--aviiiou.r:iltrbeteTusiri here are boar or L'lva H, tllding tb"t dr- araot (;real of Pnut,le—The Gorgeous lief An eminent critic has sell that every picture should tell a et,ny. The more direct and simple the story the more, at- tractive. tee picture. Pictures that tell stories are the ones that hold the attention of the masses who.vieit the galleries of the Art Iulace at the -Fair. Like the old metodies,ths);se works are based on some universal truth;: and they appeal, tirstly, to the popular heart, secondly to the taste. Some people have an 070 for color, a gift like 101 ear for music; and they grill pause before a Corot, noodled and 'Utt- ered by its deep restful tunes, satisfied if it be a mere sketch of landscape devoid of human interest. But the many are litre children, they must have a story which tells, itself --one that has those touches of nature which "make the whole world kin." If one would atterupt to describe one tenth of the pictures that tell good stor- ies—and tell therm at a glance—it would require volumes. But selections must be made even if they appear to be invid- ious. The inexperienced spectator. no matter how gond his nstinots may be, is tint attracted by -ligness. He will WORLD'S FAIR SKETCHES — JAVANESE ROYAL MUSICIANS. stand open-mouthed before "Tullia Driv- ing over IIer Father's Body," or ••The Fiae„ ellents of the diddle Ages," or "The Giorifie•atiult of the German Emperor" --1 these things require the whole .isle of a gallery—but these things do not win their way into the heart of the crowd any more than does the minute technique of a Meissonier. Let us, for once, reverse t'te usual pro- cess of art criticism and follow the peo- ple instead of the connoisseur, noting the works which excite their praise surd cello mend their loyalty. Tho picture numbered 581, United States section, is probably the most popular painting in the thou- sands that are gathered together. "Breaking Ilome Ties" is the title of tlt,' work, and the artist is Thomas Hoven- den of Plymouth Meeting, Pa. The scene, which is simplicity itself, is in the sitting -room of an American farm -house. The carpet on the floor is faded and worn and the wall -paper old-fashioned. Tho central figures are those of a mother and her boy. Thr latter is evidently about to go out into the world and is "breaking home ties." He is a eouunomplice, or- dinary sort of a boy, manfully under- going the ordeal that thousands of boys before him had done, and he is listening to the tender counsels which he, like other boys, will in the future dis- regard. But it is the mother's face that holds the gaze of the spectator, that furrowed, loving face. strong in sturdy character—the character that makes mien. She is speaking to herr boy, who for the first time is going beyond her gentle influence, and in the hr art of more than ono spectator her e ords are distinctly heard, though years may have passed since he first heard thein. Her hair is iron -gray. She wear:, a plain calico gown and large apron—l.eauts is not the attraction either in her features or dress. There are other figures 111 the picture besides the two central ones. Alone at the table in the middle of the room, from which the breakfast things have not been removed, sits the grand- mother. She is not looking to the future like the others—her thoughts are with the past. The father, who is Carrying a well-filled carpet -bag, is about to join the impatient driver at the door. To the left sits the boy's sister, whose hand falls woltt.rt'e FAIR SKETC•NHS—TfniS CHINA:IAN MADE ALL THE TROUBLE. caressingly on the head of the fancily dog, which sits looking ingluisitirely at his young master. It is the crowning touch of sympathy, With a sigh the spectator turns away to look 00 more pretentious pictures from many lands by famous artists, but not to forget this gens which for a few instants has rolled back tho tide of time and given hint his youth again. Another painting which chains the at- tention• of viditoytl is "Atone in the World," by Josef Isreets, in the holland exhibit. It has been pronounced the masterpiece ofr the Exposition and yet it is such a common etoi;v that it tells. Only a dead woman lying on her couch, the poor, pale. toil -stained hands crossed in the only idle moments they have ever known, and by her side the man who loved her and who in losing her lost all. Ile does rot look at you with u ild de- eppalr. The dry eyes are geeleig Alaiett the still form, bat Into a ftntu>re; flQsolttty ;' and d.t•ear, tis If hd is trying to reatixtr . • his loss, Elie labor -knotted Ilagors. plasp either knee. Tom is all titer ;e to the picture. But melt linger before it. ,gaze ingupon it with.grave compassiot and many women wipe their eyes as they turn away: Delight." by AlbertNeultyee also in the Holland section, bas "gained great popularity. As to the ease le the already -named pictures, the subject exceedingly simple. A mother neither' young nor pretty, but just a mothers, is feeding her babe with a spoon. The homely face is full of a tender, loving' motherhood. One woman who stood be • fore it a long time gave its eharaeter in one Sentence. "It's all so natural." The. ., technical training of an artist in not , required to appreciate the artistic quali- ties of this picture—the most unlearned will feel it. The pet of the public in the Austrian gallery is Josef Kuenel's "A Dude in the Country," which is a loan from the . Austrian Emperor's collection. The dandy, clad in a natty spring suit'with a bright scarf and rose in his buttonhole, 1s fresh from Vienna and has suddenly dropped among Itis country cousins; as it he had fallen from a. clear sky. He is evidently on good terms with himself: The little group is smoking and drink- ing: A white napkin has been placed ow elm side of the table where lie sips his• white wine, while the baro table is good enough for the beer mugs of the others. The life of the picture is in the expression of the different rural faces. Standing in the shadow of the door is a huge blacksmith, who gazes at the guest with solemn earnestness, as if he - were examining a new species of butter' fly. A good-natured fellow who is• drawing beer at the right has a grin of quiet amusement at the dude's appear- ance, which he does not try to suppress. Nothing is quite so good, however, as the frank enjoyment of the two hearty country girls to whom the fop is devot- ing his attentions. From the poorly— concealed mirth in their faces their rustic lovers have no serious cause for alarm. There are many more works which ale highly deserving of mention; in fact, those named are only a slight fraction of the number around which crowds are congregated at all hours of the day. These are boom days at the Fair. For the past week the turnstiles have clicked over 100,000 paid admission daily—ex- cept on Sunday, when there was nothing exhibited except the Clingman injunc- tion—and every day brings something new in the way of novel amusement. Tuesday.at•ternoon the Iridian Prince, Jat Jat Jit Singh, the Maharajah of Ka- purthala—and the rest of it—clad in his state attire, wluch consisted of a robe built of gold cloth sparkling with jewels, white. close -fitting trousers, patent leather gaiters and a huge bejeweled turban of dazzling yellow from which his dusky face peered in sharp contrast. The Rajah is a handsome man with fine physique, regular features, large, dark eyesrand fine white teeth which form a strong contrast to his black mustache when he laughs—which he does fre- auently, He is intelligent and speaks the English language flueutly. He, with his entire suite—who were just a little less gorgeous than himself— were conveyed in carriages from the hotel to the Art Gallery from which WORLD'S FAIR SKETCHES—INDIAN DOES A SCALP DANCE. point they proceeded to the Court of Honor in gondolas which had been ela- borately decorated with ram rugs and fabrics from the East India exhibit, An impressive spectacle was presented when the boats drew up at the Court of Honor. The Rajah reclined in the center on Cashmir shawls which were worth their weight in gold. A tall sepoy in a flam- ing red gown crouched behind him hold- ing an umbrella over the royal person. Another sopoy fanned him with a brush of peacock feathers. His attendants sat in the bow brave in silken gowns woven in bright flowers. The Rajah alighted from the gondola, walked up the white steps, ,carefully placing his feet on the red carpet which reached from the water's edge to the pagoda into which he was escorted by Director - General Davis and party. The Rajah had been invited to review a parade of the different specimens of soldiery now at the Fair. Jat Jat Jit smiled and bowed to the officers who saluted as they passed. He couldn't remove his hat. After the parade had passed, the invited guests were piloted to the rooms of the director-general, where they were intro- duced to a buffet lunch and numerous cold bottles. A slight ripple was created in the immense crowd when just as the potentate was ascending the step to the pagoda some) enthusiastic son of Uncle Sam shouted at tho top of his loud voice "Bully for the radgel" After, the cere- mony at the park "radge" went to hear Lillian Russell sing and vigorously ap- plauded her every tiPpearance. Plzqulsite Specimen of Bookbinding. A very remarkable specimen of book- binding has recently been completed in London, says The VVestminister Gazette. This consist of a copy of the first edition of "The Merry wives of Windsor," the original thin little square octave of John- son. The two designs on the covers and double are tulips decoratively treated by Mr. Thomas, extremely rich in offect,en- tailing an enormous amount of colored. inlay. The chief merit of the work,from the designer's point of view, consists in the fact that no special tools seem to have been cut for it, and from the bind- er's that the workmanship is perfect itl its equisite finish. The Gentle Fisherman, The tercentenary of the birth of old Izaak Walton is to be celebrated in Eng- land on that filth of August next, The spot is Stafford. Representatives from all the English angling clubs are to rato, tend this merry -making, a •