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AUGUST 7; ISOk
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It "U by t" a brock irr.-.e nea,-wl e ;
X, iera thaeaiiea and bnitereara i-r. ,',-"
Ar i tfeewildfise glistened so brightly,. .- j
V.hen lus3 b-r-he new fsl.ea dew ; . - 'j
"Wberf 'eoraiof tjhe.ripliag Iro'jaet, .
Aa it moirilj danoed on its way,- .;-...- .
A'-jpf Joyful welcome sals-; ; J" 1
To me, one bright Snmmet't day. -.
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It iu down by the brook In the meadow, '
.': Oae mirn irhen.tha buq aLoae serene, i I ,
--I peace 'SJ.-j lay crtr the gfeeai moesy bank, I
Xndtiii-'rs la yoirtU's Summer dreaitB '" 5
1 d; eased ol tUe days tba tave faded and
gone, ' .
i.uOe maay awe. uaya or Uie past ;
I wrdsre4 UsliS vgujd filways be gay, ;
: - Aid Summer tore vereould last. 4
-It was down by the brdok in the neadoww ,
Eat tow Tery diSexent the poens -t s,,;. , . i
Tia winter. -The Frost King's eol J finger
'. EiTs' toudjed tla Boft sod tmce so greeD. j
io a tiht,ioy chain tee brooklet ia bound ; '
- ' It no longer aioge merrily, onj '
- And the fiowers Ihal orioe grew dowa- by
Jo feicc 'iioatii a ooverlefc of Bnow.,'-
It was-down by the brook in tie meadow
That an old man, feeble and gray.:
With bended bead went plodding along,
And unto himself thos did say : -
Hb,. for thtjdaye that nay faded and gvma,
Those many fiweet day ot the past t -
Bn'alaar I have found, in my travels thrO'
'!-.. life, :-r:''--:- -i
That Summer forever won't laa.. r,'"
x Hess i'orrester'B Escape- '.-1
' "lEverbody envies Rose Forrester."
" The pale gh-1, in gold-colored silk, lifted
the broad lids from her clear eyes for a mo
ment, as the speaker's words reached her
ear; then she bent over the photographs
upon her Jap, again. '1 - f- '.'ii j;
- ; She handled the pictures with an enuiusi
astic appreciation of their worflo, so absorb
; -ed in their examination as to be totally un-
conscious of the tall, fair man who stood
, quite Bear, looking do wn upon her with an
apparently suddenly awakened interest! ; f
"Belon ging to such a nice famUy, an
heiress,, and so beautiful!' ' .' '...'.-
.The continued words pf the speaker
reachedXtoyrardL Mauley's ear, "but evident,
ly Rose Forrester did not hear; them, J SHa
' : turned with a Bparkling smile to her hosteBS,
and was.still talking with' her of the photo
graphs when Mr. Clinton brought, Ho warid
. Manley up for an ihtroductJon; i 1
-. As she rose in the full light it 'revealed
thai she waa very Cyoung, scarcely twenty
yet tall of stature, and with. a marked re
S posejof manner. , '.'".-: '.. . .:: r."... . i
r Ber beauty was . not " conspicuous--she
v was too paler yet Manley saw how perfect
"ly cut was every feature, how ""ciear - the
f dark gray ; eyes, how dark the curTing
lashes. " The. lips shut over little teeth
. white as milk, and the contour: of the face
. was a perfect ovaL ' . "iv c . '; '
f'The" glrTs rttttal-arittiLJwus imAg-
' 'ner told that she gave, the young man, at
firsfeno unusual attention. Little -by little she-
- observe 1 him the fair hair shadowing the
white forehead, the darkiblue, penetrating.
eyes, the unusual grace of figure, the fault
'. less dress. . --r;: . ' t -r .
Her manner was socordial and friendly
, and unmistakably channing that Manley
racked his bnuns for the chance of a next
ineeting, but was obliged .to abandon 'it
..when Miss Forrester was Joined by, her
brother. - ---V V;''';., O
Bhe left the. room, but instantly lie thanks
' ed his good fortune at the finding of a ruby
.scarf pin which he recognized as hers. It
- waa easy to decide the ornament too" valu
" able to be entrusted vto a messenger:r I
1 Was a presumption which he would "man
age with ease to call upon and restore, it.:
Hose was not a belle. She had too much
-"depth and passion of nature to. ever. ie ' a
ociety woman; but she had her admirers,
and out of them she chose Manley. . 'j '
' Ehe could not tell why, but his looks,
words, every act had a charm for her, and
the eloquent blood tinging her cool cheek at
LLa apr ':ach toid,hMthe,atory $f .his
power. . " ; " ' 'r" r
"It . Ee was a ; . proud man he-might well
" have been a happy one but he often wore
"i an air of noticeable , weariness- and depres
si on "This, in answer to Rose's gentle in
quLI he-attributed-tod heulih.'. i' V; :: :
'Eiii i wasopening,"with its vivid sun
- sLine, ;tts talmy-air,' lAd .Rose was very
t:-jy.N- It seem to Ler that it was the
pleasant influence ti the season which made
her dilly ways sa H-t ; the tender colors,
- 8ii.ta and sounds surrounding her daily
. walk with Manley in the park, which made
them so enjoyable." . ' j
- Perhaps they helped to make her spirit
strong so that she dared say to herself, "I
- ' love himl" and say it without reservation
- or fear; for she knew that it ws? but a
llle while since she Lad frst met Vun, aaii
of his past history and much of his present
$Leknew nothing. ; ; "' :
JSo- she feared nothing for herself. ; To
love and be surrounded with tenderness was
trppiiers enough;., for her; she acked
for no more. - Yet some instinct or trace of
worldly wiscbm made her withhold her
t 'z. from her brother, who was her
urdl3n; he knew notbing of the iriti
f " .:;' ... 'y; "..'i
Frori te night she had .first met Z.Ian-
1"7 tt lira. Clinton's party, she never knew
y cr.3 wlo Knew.- ram " intimately, tie
' I Lr that he tad no lirlsj female
'-jives no home. ' . ,
II 3 e . '.l.JJij L. J tiw-a3 at comir;:."',
1 for- her "with ?
..jic-t genius,
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Lcrelda. Ia trc'h f .
-1 .3 cf yc-cth, tl 3 t
1 to aoytlL: ; but .tl
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Twr-lrer aware that it wTJ be a very .ad
5. match, are you not ?" ; ; '
e tai a strange, stunned feeling yet
sits bbwed faintly. From.'' childhood she
t'al'feen greatly under her - brother4 con-
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"'I'fcould like to "write itlai fiwwably,
t?'Ji!?l Have you any objection f " V , ' j : ;
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.t iound herself upon her. f eet ihiver-j
inJin file Jlay sunshine, ' ''1 J.-V?.i5'V
.1 would have a little time, Edwin." r
i ''Certainly, it you wish, ''- though1 "Mi
trow slightly clouded. "The" doctor will
c t f rohably look f or t aoi Immediate . an-
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,,,T 5 rext, mouient ;Kose, had. escaped
frcTf he - roonv and was
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in
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.'.Diiring1 the next two hours she hardly
knew what she was doing; K!;e found her
self waiting the oc-, . and .wrbirg her
hapc'.s.i At last aae stopped shorty vrh ; a
of pride. s - ,
v, jH'L I UrQ Uii icy bro.m.r v y J .will
no't marry Doctor Wingrove." - .
Rose Forrester's Fcape.
; .Doctor Wingrove was the noblest and
gentlest of ' men,- singularly " nandaome,
wealthy," and highly connected, and barely
thirty years of age He had knowi- h.er
since childhood, yerinkdevloyej,' hef,;
but now that the offer of i marriage 'had
come to her, she realized, somehow, that
he "had always loyedner;
. Rose Was conscious of a rackihg pain in
her temples, at Iasti - .The chamber seeied
Catching up her cloax and hat, and tying
a - veil' of heavy black lace across her face
she went out into the street.', -i:-
She soon waed te'rself ' ,w)5ary, without
abating jher painful ensationj and, return
ing to the street In .which'; her ''residence
was situated! -entered the public inclosura
trees and shrubbery which: ornamented "the
sQuarei 1&. fountain, bubbled In the centre;
Itheitciwr Y?8? M flowerf sent a sweet per
fume npon the air. jriiixte: ' - y r .
So close to her home she had no timidi
ty, and, sinking upon a "circular : seat 1 sura
roundmg a large tree, she gave herself nip
toTier absorbing thoughts., ui f 'i i i
,v it was eooa darVi ye she hsi , not -j- stir
red. In her black dreis, ; in TBhadow, she
was quite unnoticed by Two men who crop-'
sed the streets rem the pDOSite5 'side1 and
-i She- wbhld. f.thea, J hare, risen and elided J
away quietly but that the movement, ydi
arrested by Howard Manley? voice.
'. "How soon fne asked.' .' - .', j f
' 44I5ow, mf dear brother, 111 stand the
risk ncJooger.;-: I've .passed" false "money
enough for you to shut me up for the rest
of my lifej and I value, my liberty, - single,
lariy enough, ? sneeringly. -.7 - t f -
, "Well, well, I am. willing enough to gey
Pred. - Heaven knows that I am as sick Of
the business as you can be.- Ckining isnt
feel like another man. 'But.'? - . ;
. ."The heiressU' .; . '.- '. -
"lam sure of her But.I 'don't like to
urge a hasty marriage, - "She has an old fox
pf a brother, who may be - insdhyeniently
curious regarding my, affairs. , If we could
wait till the autumn, now, I might ; .enter
some respectable business."- , '. - ; ; "
, 'I tell you it won't dol''. .' . ,: - . ; .
Both rose in their excitement, and invol
imtarUv walked awav. ; " ' ' "' W .
' 'Plainly under .the "gaslighi,TRo8e 's'awi
Howard Manley and his brotner pass under
the street. . ' They were coiners, '" .' ; ''
"More dead than alive, she crept into the
house, "i But Rose was not "a weak girL
Before midnight she had placed Howard's
gifts in a close package and sealed1 with
them a note, briefly "stating that ahe had
overheard the conversation in the park.
The next morning it was dispatched. ?
As 3oon as her brother broached the sub ¬
ject of Dr. Wingrove's proposal, she asked
to have the latter call upon her. ; ,C ,t? I
He came, with countenance so high of
purpose, with eyes so fall of truth, that she
involuntarily contrasted Howard'a old, re
ticent face with it; but she told Dr. Win
grove all the truth. V '-' : ' .' iy--'i
.; "Perhaps it was wroBg, but I loved him
loved him purely and my heart is torn
and bleeding. I am wild with secret
pain which I must hide from everybody.
If I had never known him but I cannot
imagine that This terrible experience has
changed me; I am not the care-free,happy,
trusting girl you knew. 1 cannot love you;
but pity mebe my friend.' I must talk
to some one, and; oh, there is no one in the
world so kind as you.'' ' '.
, W as" Dr. Wingrove piqued by this re
ception cf his proposal? No, he was too
generous and tender-hearted for thaC f
"Poor child!' he "said, in a tone so sooth
ing that, for the first time, T.osv -ive way
1 -- ..Tr. - V... r e .
" "What shall I do?' TTha dpi Jca tUck
ot me?" she asked et last. . '
"TTe will wait, and I tilnk that I love
you i " te answered q., y. ,, ,
-' So two kept the secret cf Flora' sorrow
more easdy than one, aai tloch tr teErt
still knew its pangs cf grid for a time u the
summer brought change of scene which
wa3 he!piJ to a spirit teul'.j brave' and in
nocent. -.'..-. : . r. .'- ' -
Dr. "Wicgrove joined Rose a-i t"T
brother at the seachore, to fid trlhtscss
m tie young airl's eyes eiia, and to tie
latter it was sweet to C.ll so kind and noils
a r-" i friend. .-- .'".'.. ; .
Tcr '.Lsr toy cllr-lel tie roclj,' C'z "1
i.i r.3 .-E3 air, watched C..9 f-jc.j -tzl
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. v-.;.;t:- . jBe il palm Tree. ''-. - - -
; Uf . the : multitudinous- -species cf
Palm Family, the products f, 8; f:-r ;r
have found their way into' At : ' -European
commerce, the most vs.
ing those of the Cocoanut, the- D..
the Oil Palms, . Of these the ppc
of the. last is the least familiar jp mot j -sons
as unlike the others, it. has.-, never
hitherto, been accurately pictured in scientific-:
and,, popular ,woiks.j -Ja, V,'e:' 'rn
Tropical Africa tberearep.as jre.on
thickly covered with the mejibers ot, --.tlis
species, and it is from .this , . torrid . j ' r " j
especially from the River;, fpnny, tv --t . t .3
largest quantities of palm , f il , nd 'S '.r
way into the theAmeacan,markets. -' -s
trade with the.natiyea is carried on xi i . j
by, barter, glass beads "pf , l,yarious. lor-
sizes and colors' being amqpe the priic 1
articles of exchange. ,' Tha.trunk. of u : ?
tree from which palm oil is "obtained is .e U
dom over thirty, feet highj and is sormp fe
ed with a tuft of long pinnate leaves '.n
ished with pnckly rjetioles.Vj The -0- 3
are dioecious, and, borne in" dense hri .dj,
sometimes two feet long and, two or r lorp
f-t"Mn'-rirmmf'TTnf'J-'l-t- 'y
c 3d. patLceiihe f -e? -.con;t
clustered taat the buiiolies bear a strong re
semblance to,large pine-apples. The Indei
vidua! fruits are about ad inch and: a half
long, somewhat pear-shaped and when fully
npe of a bngnt: orange, color. ; lney. con
sist of an outer soft, pulpy substance from
which the bet oil is obtained, inside which,
forming about one-fourth of the whole, ia a
very hard, stony sheU mclosing; the seeas,
and yieldmg When caushecL a' clear, limpid
product called palm-nut oil.' -The fruit
when sufttaentiy ripe, are gathered by men,
boiled in large earthenware pots by women,
and : then crashed in mortars. They are
next placed in large "day ; vats . filled,' with
water, and women tread out the oil which
rises to the. surface and is skimmed off. ",It
is then once more boiled to i get ricTof the
water,' and packed away in barrels or casks
for iexportation. It still retains the color
ing matter of the fruit, which ia removed by
subsequent processes m numerous lactones
in Europe; either, by bleachirig in- shallow
pang on the surface of hot water or by. vari
lOus.chemic&l methods of '.treatment. , As
eWjhj drupe affords only about pne-sixteenth
of an ounce of pure oil and each tree - only
tnree or lour pounds, an immense amount
of labor is required to procure the product
arid a yast area of forest is annually destroy
ed to supply the demands pf commerce!. : j '
Good pahn oil is a fatty substance of the'
consistency of butter,of a rich orange colot,
a sweetish taste, and an oder like that of
violets or orris root. Is is now extensively
used in the manuf acture o candles, soap
and . also ss an axlp grease, chiefly for. the
wheel of railroad cars, - At a temperature
of . from. ,75 degrees to-95 detrrees F. it
melts, to a very thin fluid, and. the older it
is, Jthe greater the heat required to liquify
it. 4 By age and exposure it becomes rancid
and ? aasames. a whitish, tinge.' ,1$ is per-,
f etly soluble in ether, slightly so in. cold
alcohol, but readily dissolves inhoi alcohol;
though on cooling it solidifies,' - It consists
of rjaargerine, oleine, arid a solid fat like"
stearine, . which is called .palmatine, "arid
constitutes two-thirds of its weighty Palm
oil Is used more extensively for the. manui
f acture of candles than for any .other pur
pose and the process,"'. though somewhat
lengthy, is highly interesting! Having been
melted by a jet of steam introduced into j
the casks, and freed from all feTnirkies, 'it
18 nilA.ea 'Willi -lnu 1 uiB-BeveucJtoDi..-,
sixth of its weight of sulphuric acid" and -briskly
; agitated lor about two iiours In
which steam maintains , a temperature of
about, 850 degrees. The sulphuric acid and
the glycerine, which, is an ingredient of its
component fats, are in this -way decoat
posed and escape partly ; by ; subsequent
washing. . The impure acids are then distil-;
led in copper stills steam-heated to a temp
erature of 600 degrees, .The dark residue
in the boilers is made to yield still more
oil by heavy pressure and the black refuse
that remains is used for fuel. . When cool
ed, the distilled fat is broken into cakes
eighteen inches ' long and about an inch
and three-quarters thick. .These are spread
upon squares Of cocoa-nut matting and are
then piled on top of each other and . submit
ted to hydraulic pressure at a temperature
Of seventy-five degrees. The fat obtained
may be run at once into candles for the
European and American markets, but - for
tropical j-ose, it Is again submitted to pres
sure at a temperasure of 120 degrees. - t
' -. 'George Buoroff Worltshop. ;'''..,
' Mr. Bancroft's workshoD is unonthe sec
ond floor, in a-large square room facing the
street, m Washington, 1. V, What a place
of rest and study I : Great leather and
the room, and all about the walls books and
books; from the ceiling to the floor, on
every ide, books! Not an inch of space
that is not filled. ' And he has four rooms
like this. The table was strewn with
pamphlets, books and bushels of documents
and manucripts. The picture as you enter
is one you have, often seen. - . An old man
sitting at his desk at work, and a young
secretary, opposite copying verifying and
arranging documents, and both encirled by
walls of books. Within the four room
composing his library, Mr, Bancroft has
over twelve thousand volumes. There aTe
larger collections of books in private houses,
but Mr. Bancroft's library ia remarkable
for being more selected than extensive. It
is peculiarly rich in the , best editions of
ancient classics, . and ha? almost all the
notable works in the modern European lan
guages. The great feature of the library
is the manuscripts..' Romania the coun
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rcl -lir to the country. "lie begin L.3 "'ect
tl-t:ricd work in l2o, . It was ia this
year he bein to g-ather materials ; and to
l.;y out tl:a work that will make his name
great while the world lacta. - ; ''
I'aeaofCork. ' : :
,.Ttel:hfacss of cork makes ' it " superior
to all c.l:er rubstances for lira preserver.?,
for lnsuricst the tu-oancyof Ufa boats. It
i alio ere; l?yed as tuoys to f ot.t nets, and
ia'Tnr.kl-T Tt :.e-proof shoes. '- It has alao
teen converted into and used as gun wad-d:.-.v"
Coik, E3 is well known, "13 a con-
cc .... -ii-i .r . vx i.e!ii ana is porous.. iLesa
r icvZ: :'-'es have teen taken advart; '3 of
ii t' 3 i:---'.-.racture cf water coolcij, Vi Licli
r"3 1 --ar;-?Jia ,..la. Tl.?y era r-:.3
f f : ? cf .tha wood,'tc' t rc-t: " i c.. :u:r
nf t" 3-.f3, 'ari tc-:.r.i v..lii.-oc;-3.
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- , , Violin P.'ikins. ' 4
The question whether violin makiug is a
lost art is answered in the nerr.tive : Ly G.
L.. Chapin,;who has been- an enthusiastic
student 'of the subject for thirty years.
Nothing relating to musie, he .ays, -3
been more fruitful of silly legends, ror:-rce
aad superstition than the violin. , Kbt ti t
the old . masters did not produce some graad
instruments. .But' it is a 'mistake to su
pose thttlr.ey. worked by a rule, system or
secret, whka -Inv-i'iibly- gave' good results;1
that a violin is excellent simply becau. 2 it
bears the name c f Da Salo, Maini, Aniati,
Stradlvariu?,-; "Or. Guarserius,-or that ; the
bet productions of these masters can never
r a,te ',e lallad."'.' traclivaiius, for in
e -"et'lr.-." ii xr.ote poorthan. good viclL-3,
aii ;c;e -t.,1' cues than any other
m.i;'cf -4 groaf pei'lodi-'p llei3 s 'i to
Lave turned out 2QC0 instrument 3, tut oul r
twelve ret" fine cnes of , his jr'ke Pe npw
kf own to be i.a existence. , Da ta'o and
ilaini- eachinade le9 than C!3 iu "tu
rjeuis, but orily about a dozen c f tuch
ti 'nt are extant.' Ia a recent wc a ct. tie
sacject,'"Cl..arles GotTx-ie, after an e '
t'on cf the" Oemonss in the coll -3 tr
- C i.uunie, .inCj 0 . . , l. i
otuers, says that te "found t.t they were
decidedly-hard in tone, resembling new in
struments.! And Prof. Le Lr on, who
played In the same concerts with Pa-amni,
and had in his: hands nearly all the noted
OYemona fifty and sixty' years to says
that the Guarnerius from which that great
violinist drew such,wenderfui; tones would
have attracted little attention in the hands
of an ordinary professional., Ir. Chaplin's
conclusion is that ."the " old makers made
some : instruments as- good as ' can " be
made,' but emphatically no; better. - Also,
they made some instruments as good as can
be made now5, butthe larger number made
by them are not up tq the present standard
of power, and the few .that; are up to this
standard are in the hands of artists or in,
collections, and entirely out of the market.
A large number of good violins have been
made since the great period, and it is safe
to say that a large number of instruments
bearing the. marks of the told makers and
accredited to; them were; never pear Qre-?
mcna,"- The old instiuments do not ap
pear to. have : been made according to any
fixed rule or principle, but on the "cut and
try" plan.', ' JSor is there fcnj' tmitornvlty in
their make or published directions concern
ing their :constractlc Mr. : Chapiia tells
uh that he . hasiowncd two of the masters'
instruments of . the great period and, fifty
instruments ofHhe . best reputed imitators,
has examinedmore than 2000 other violins
of various grades and patterns, and has read
what has1 been published on ihe subject,
but that he has failed- to find "even how
long to make the fs ia a giveri sizedinstru-
ment," to say nothing of where, they should
be p raced. 7 He gives certain ratiovmeas-
urements, and directions tor constructing a
violin in accordance with the laws of sound,
and remarks that 'Instruments made to
demonstrate i this ? theory ' can be ' seen."
Violins,-be claims,' can and should be made
on scientific principles, as other musical in-,
struments are.". As 'good violins can be
produced here as have been made in Cre
mona,- and the chief reason why this is not
done, he says, is that the people will not
pay for them. ' ' ,' T '
Batha for Children. ' -
No wise mother will put her young chil
dren into quite cold water ia winter tire -
auow them to be washed and bathed in a
draught, on the same principle of .consist
ency that plenty of fresh air is good when
it is not damp or foggy, but , draughts are
mostmiuriou Even in summer , the chill
should be taken qff the water in which
young children or " delicaie persons are
bathed, while. in winter It is doubtful
whether even the strongest man ' is bene
fited by bathing in water at or .but little
above the freezing- point. The cold bath
is not advisable when followed by no warm
glow; neither when followed by a rush of
blood to the head in both of which .cases
tepid t or warm water should be . sub
stituted. There ;Iive . many t men
(and women,' tOQ)4with souls so dead" that
they willgo into a cold bath, or send their
children, when they have some feverish or
irruptive complaint. The danger of, this
should be obvious that the disease re
ceives a most violent check, and the per
son's life is even threatened. If, however,
you persist in the use of cold water
in . cold - weather f for - yourself - or
children, succeeded by no necessary
after-glow of warmth, and will not have the
common sense to use warm or tepid water,
then put in a tablespoonful ; of spirit . of
some, sort into your bath whisky is best,
though eau de Cologne or. spirits of wine
will do and you " will have your
glow. " .This often prevents chilblains in
persons of slow circulation. On the other
hand, it is injuries to many people to have
the water even approaching to hot. Those
who. bathe regularly the year round In cool
water are rarely sensitive to cold, and the
most deUcatefwomen'rriay use the sponge
bath daily, not only with impunity, but
with, advantage. ; To do this ; immersion
is not necessary and no one need coirploin
that they oannot have a ''good wash" be
cause they do not happen to possess a bath,
for this may he easily accomplished ii:er
Miss Nightingale's plan, ia the rules she
laid down for her lady-nurses who accom
panied her to the Crimea; even if they hoi
buf the poor '-accommodation., of a. t aia
they were to thoroughly epone thertselves
from "top to -toe," which is possible to
the poorest of us. ;
- - A GrettV ork.
or 7o0 Razors, E.r- 1 tr ( 1 -
comctive er'r 3, thr'3 1 . '
and a quantity cf miner marlunery c f x . I-o-3
LlnJs Lave been f 1e' 3l it
tl e sou" ' -t ndcf Lo . 1 ii a 1 - 1
p?j:elv..a vhlh the L : cl t
ppr ''s v- hmod :t , 1
1 ve I ea ro v -y t 1 f t. II 3
V e one e " - 1 to . . x
f-jL-1 t'3 U. 3 1 . 1 II,.
poict, but, now 1 3 is a 1. : c 1 cf
recti vl-3 all ver 5, ro r ... r v. .. .t t.
n.';Ltto. T' 3. il 3 (t
l.avel. 1 1-.. , iui,' . . tl r i
wator. 1Lc3 wt"j t. 2t :::f tl
,-3 ft t' -X It V 3 t -, I ' 1 t (
n' t af.ct t" . . t ' 1
y.U.3 cf V o t
clef e '.3 co -,;
cfl,:" Ir tl 1
c-jc U ' - - - -
." to r : : - ' 1; .t -
C ------ ; 'j - T "!?. 1 ,
A Fioce of rtomance.
'7 'Au Robert Preston and. wife, a-i
.0 vcre happily united a few days
. red" in Little Rock, fArkar-as,- en
- Texas, ; The story fit their mar-
er a romantic one:; not- that it
1
V s-'i'.hrr.') - S fiotanad rv r-. f
cr t
it.ll quantit!es,but that welh.
1 i .a.uic
-.
rr-
the
wl'.l
mc
: r Ive "ton, visited her aunt in, War
uty,' Kentucky. It was summer,'
a was, and one evening the girl
f 3 yard, half readTij and half re-f
; t3 enormous bumble-bees buzzing
. ' A Warren county-buiuble-beO
.ct attention anywhere. : He can
1 tlciuk that he is tangling himself
'-T J" r, and, looklnj around, you see
1 " 1 " jf- X away, clin.ng ;.to. a ,tbistle
. '.'. bat's enouah about the bee. , A
- c-da't rouse the young lady. It
p 3 th-t 6.id,'."can i geta drink of
tl' a 0 arms and the chin of a tramp
le 1 i he fence.. . He was dressed in
th3 :, . a wardrobe at ence so de
sor: -ri':".ble. "I eay. can I
.-...-. - : . ' .. . T
.'. t I go pround to the gate or 'ciiuib
w.r the fence I v - ;
" s'"otb, if you choose.? '- . - : "
"That's the way ' I like to hear people
talk," said the; cramp,-climbing pver nd
Epp'oachmg. "Now, Where's the water ?f
-., "I'd bring-it'.".': ; .'.-- . u'.V ;- r? T .1
- "Tou'd better bring the" weltj - for Fm
dry T than a barrel of bromophyle. ",-
t Tie : girl went to the house and returned
witS a bucket of water! j When the- man
had B niched drinking ahe did not think "that
he tad exaggerated his thirst. . In fact, she
did sot think that his comparison had been
ad -iate. .- ' . ' ' "f ' '.' ' f .
V Jh&l book are! 'ybu wading V. t" ' I "
"Mill on the Floss," . K'"''- 1
' j 'Overrated.- I never liked it.; - All depth
or bo, depth,. I don't know which.: Strained
characters or no. characters, dcri't know
which. , The novelist has tried to; write k
story without a weU-defined plot, and has
failid.'"-. Goldsmiths success as a plotless
and charming writer was a bad example."
-fou shouldn't tear my favorite book to
pieces.'"; I- likeGeorge Ellioti and all her
H'ou don't lik4.$21) 09 the Flpss.' Tou
Lavi been nodding over it for the - last half
Lhout You only pretend to read it because
you imagine that in doing so 'you develop
literary .taste. 'f ;-: '-;; .;
- "I thinkv sir, you are luipaderit."'- ' j.
"ButtruthfuL Here's a book you should
read' and the tramp took from his ragged
coa a tattei-ed copy of Burton's Anatomy
of inelancholy. :"Pr, Johnson . said that
this; book was the only work that could in
duce him to get out of bed motninga sooner
than his regular time cf "rising. - vv , -i
?And that's why you like it,' remarked
the girL: taking the book. ' vlf Dr; Johnson
hsin't made that .remark, you,; would not
ud the work so charming.", , i,
That' all righw Give me some' more
water." . - "- , :";-:. '- S "
-The conversation was pursued until the
tramp accepted an invitation to -eepper.
Ills idea of Buitoa and Johnson was soon
covered up with batter cakes. . The tramp,
lit, Preston, remained : all, night. .'.Next
morning, when he announced his Intention
of leavicg, the girl accomparied him to the
spot -' ere she sat when he hailed her. " :.
, " i ou trup arsitud j you htpo
no t ?''.
; r.'ies, as to the home Don't 'know as
to the tramping." . . - - -r .... , ..
'Whiskv? -
"Whisky.''. , ' - . .
"Why don't you7 quit ?"
!"IwiIL"' ' '
"When!" j.' '
"Now, under one condition. . That you
will consent to be my wife.. Meet me under
this tree four years from to-day," . ' .
;"IwiU."... r . .
Good-bye,'T and he .climbed the fence
and was gone; ' No correspondence was
carried on between' them.1 The manly,
handsome face of the tramp hung before
the girl like a portrait.; Deep, earnest eyes,
a merry laugh, accompanied -the -tramp.
Several weeks ago the young, lady, visited
her aunt.' One evening last week Bhe b&
under a tree in the yard where four years
ago she nodded over a book; ' Bees buzzed
arourid-the same bees seemingly. On her
l8p lay "Mill . on the Floss ; near her a
tattered copy of "Burton's Anatomy pf
Ilelancholy. ". ; A. buggy drovo ud. -A man
alighted aud'climbed the fence. " - ,' ;
"."r. Proston." - ' ' ' " ' ;--
'u"::iS3 Rauand." V- '- '-.- -' ;- ' T .
There "was no indication of a tramp in
the handsomely dressed gentleman. n The
clear, earnest eyes showed no land lighr,
kindled by Satan's breath. "Clasped hands,
kisses, reuewal of vows. - That evening the
bu?y, "went to Bowhng Green. Next
morning a happy couple left oa'asobthern-'
bouud train . . . - ;
The Lottery of Life.
ii
I ry Leslie, having been left a poor or
phca, s ttrht to earn her living by working
3 a c..,.'.7;aer.ia wall papers. ' 'This hurt the
feel s of her fashionable cousins, the Per
cival3, with the exception cf young Tom,
who admired her. greatly. Mr. D' Eresby,
a millionaire, wanting designs for -an ele
rout Louse he was about to build, was rey
f :rr 1 to ilory, and stepping to her table at
the I era!. ore establLluuent "Are you the
dee her hi?" he dejnanded, somewhat
Lri- ' y. : - . ; . .'-v ,
" , f '", I aTi," s ,:J Ifary, demurely.
'. '," f I 1't. D'Zreeey, after a mo
- - rt t o v h v-'n wh'-h r'-e
; "., "1 1 eve you re the u;y .cue
, . ti i. . Ily CEOTi-'jeis ;at
.....r Mictoit." ! - . -!-
. '.-, bewildered, was Lhhd cp aluci
y, I y the si '3 cf a man ho talked
1 A- 1 0, It.' ; 1 A and Leonard 0
. . . ., j if they were pec;. la he Lai
t ; t. It v as very ttrans, but, after
, t : T i n th...ic t cf ".l.eufs"
j t t. Z' "y Lc "e LJL 1 a dith
1 1 '.tv ':-. 3 ia 1 "r Lfo vr to the present
r '.' E- It 3 thiw '" rrone
s .
a cj the
1 c
j . .OLoider
La cori.e
J t r 1
r 1 3L1 -t c
tlemari." - And as time went on, appearances
grew more and more favorable. ; Mr
D'Ereeby, was evidently, amused by, her
artless prattle 'and lisping- observations,'
and it was surely but one step' from amiiws
rcent to devotion. To be sure, hs Beverj
said anything that she .could construe mio,
special meaning -o"a the matrimonial ques
tion ; but as Jong as time and the dictionary
were open to hi m, who knew what mightj
ri3xt ' transpire 7 4 Mrs! Percival ? begad
gravely to consider the personal merits, . of
satin, end. .reps srk for a wedding dress 5
while Tom, 'shrewdest .of them all, bit the
end of his slate pencil, and grinned'hke.'s
gorilla.'' 1y0,.!-'! I r.r-.Li" p J .j:: v '.
, - j- One beamy , summer morning, Mies Per-
cival made one . of. a party of ladies Who
were adwitted to view the elegant D'Ereeby
mansion, ?aow just on the. verge of comple
tion, .Josephine was in hlge spirits, pf
course!",- ' ' .: . ti , ... i,. i
'J "He rta5Bly-rmu8t s have : mfeant jiame
thing,1', thw-Vt . Josephine, Vor , he .never
would have ached me so. particularly to
come and view the' rooms. j '";'' j
"Whether Mr. DT.esby's "meaning" fp
plied equally te th s seven-other maidens
and two bloom'--' '-nrj - who acconx-
puaied her," J,3 . c.uv.-,. " being of
sictly Luteal n urcJ.nev c ; ' i to-oonr
si.ior. -' " ' - " " ' ' "' '
- "How do you ' like ' this rooil ! aiked
Mr. D Eresby, as they paused la one whieh
looked as much like the heart of a blue
bell as a lurniahed apartment 'welt could
do.-' ' ; : .- t ?. -: i, . !. i
..j A velvet carpet in shaded azures a blue
paper strewn with, tiny fern leaves In gold
-blue satin chiirs, and a ceiling just tinted
with; the pale cerulean'of the midday sky
it preserved a strange, and; pleasing indi
viduality in every feature arid corner. 1
-"Oh, it's bee-yu:ti-fult" .murmured Jo
Bephine, clasping her ki,d-gloved hands in h
species of lady-like ecstacy. " 1 ' j
-' "I'am' glad you like it," uaid rTEresby,
movmg back a : tiny' marbe; statuette of
Eurydice, and critically adjusting an aqua-'
rium In the Window.' .''This is to' be Mr.
D'Eresbys fiittiniOTOom l"; 1 J-;J 1 -v3u lr-
; fYour mother?, asked Joshmej smil-J
."No my wife" '"' r-
fiTl'Qh,you. puzzlfng manj,'' cried Jose-,
phlne, making a -little dive at him with her
lace fan. '"You know very well you're not
married. 'I j i -u -' -. -.
5ll shall be very oon,.' ,,,-! ..., yj,
Miss Percival blushed. ""The seven Qtnir
young ladies looked enviouly,'4t :her,'and
the twP widows ..tossed - their - heads, and.
muttered something about "artful minxes,'"
While Mr. D'Eresby threw open a door lead
ing to a suite of vooms paintari and panelled
fo green and,Uyer.; ; ,tn- . - . ;, -ht l-f
: .'i'he first apartment, evidently a sitting
room, was not empty. J 'A girl In a : plain,
gray walking-dress stood itf; front pf one
of the malachite mantels, making .some
little drawing or memorandum on the back
of a letter. She turned as the party flowed
into the- roern- and -Josephine- Percival
stood jface, to face!with,her cousin,;Mary
Lisle:. -'.' ', ' '-.'". .'. ;-
"You need'nt stare so, Joe I" said Tom
Pereivali, who waa looking! .'over the shoul
der of the young artiste ; "it's Polly Lea
lie and she des.giied all these, -wall-paper
patterns; yesytvery-orie of them!!'
- .Who!":inqlredMr3, Thaddeus Tor
rington, the prettier of the two widows, j f
'Miss Percival turned away with a' face
the color of ne W Tiiaho my. . i ; . ; - ;
V5':;'s;.-"r.!7. -a -: ? . H;i thawc-t
mamma has employed at uerent times,"
faltered Josephine, secretly resolving that
the offending artizaness should have such a
i talking to", this evening, a she should
not soon forget! ' 'l v - -'-J : ' ; -1
I beg your pardon; Miss PerdvaL'' satd
Mr. D'Eresby, catching her words, , and
coloring high .with haughty anger. 'To
avoid any more such awkward mistakes,
let me introduce to you all, Miss Leslie, my
future wise l' .,, f -v -. i'
"Look at Joel look' & Joe t" croaked
Tom, witk malicious glee. "She looks as
if she'd been taking a quinine pill!". $ . '
' But nobody had eyes for any one' but the
pretty young girl in the gray walking suit;
whose blushes' and dimples, as she crept
shyly -to Mr. D'Eresby' outstretched arms,
looking infinitely charocing. 5 3 h,
it was the romantic truth. Mr. D'Eres
by had lost his heart hopelessly among the
arabesques '" and. labyrinths . designed by
Mary Leslie's pencil; and she had scarcely
finished the patterns for the new house be
fore- Mr. D'Eresby asked her to come and
live in it. Tom had long been her only con
fidant a strange one, yet not unappreci
ative. ' " " "
"I don't deserve to be so happyj Tom,"
said she, smiling, yet tearful, as she told
him. '- .. '.'. '"'- 1 , '
'nTe?, you do,'' said Tom!-hugging her
like a young bear. "My eyes I what will
Joe say when she hears it ?" ;, , -
And. Miss .Josephine, instead of being
bride of tha grand D'Eresby; wedding, was
forced to descend into the very secondary
position of bridesmaid. , ." , ' " i .
"Ain't it air jolly I" Was master Tom's
eomment. .. .' ; '
' .; . ' Tile Game of Quoit . . - "
Quoits is byjio means a difficult game to
play, seeing that neither great , strength or
science is required; on the other hand
skill and dexterity,' which are both acquir
ed by practice, wul make boy, youth, or
mau a skilled quoit-player. There is of
course a considerable knack in' pitching a
quoit, and the player needs strength; of
wrist; for the acquisition of an accurate
aim" rests entirely wi.li the dpjjree of steadi
ness in this member -when delivering ; the
r ";-"-. t'ilo'" 83 tv5 P-".C3 f:tt ro'C '"rg
the "j...ch" is f !y level the L-tenuew-te
f .' 3 rc: be ij,..,:i or trx-hea. , Q iiilt are
cf c trout Eiztsasd d'JT.reut weights, but
few' food player us3 the heavier wcfons,
fr, t ' r rlaj .-g rr d- 'e 1 - a of
th. t' y c r-tax the s rc '.h, a..i a be
g'z ti 'kl ;si 3 the 1" -htc t he
caar "( . -j. tt tl qi 3 are, in
c rctl . , 1, 1 . ' ' ' le to e her ioa or
t . 6 1 a i .li t 3 f. j .11 be token
cf tl'.em f i v . ua pair cf i.cd skates. The
appended ru.vS v ich were r.reed to at
the EaTuifhii-a Co-' ..e ia 1CH0, are
Et.ll g"ucr ," f. ' ityqt "trhiycrs. .
Ih.t. h. 1 1 : u .-of. a" t0
r'a't' "'l 1 3 1 - ay ' t i tl. .tth
' ir ' ii 1 v '. I'opi and
v. .r a i l . ...i. ct i.e ... 1. o.
. t i. " . .. t 1. o c l 3 .. ah' rvei
v ' h v 3 r '3 t 1 f ' t i;-: hes
e It r 1 i t i 1 1 ay
ii ......
1 ' 1 h. : t the p! 3 1 3 c 3 iu.'i ; ' e
l-f- 'tori l'
r-Few persuus 1 . . "f lava ever re&J the
Jcommeaciatf el h-- ' -:zai cf the
third -canto of "l ....1 i:i"! i'wi'-i.ort. a
d,eep intertst la the ".'....'' ho 'touchingiy
pQstrcphLs;a- The'' ory ef her Ufa, ; Inti
I'telyenoi'"'! k"Ta In. -th)-e .rertori
of unwriten t.i. - -s of Hie sr..tocracy
the Paul 'Jh.i c. .-liuj'Dot tfted been
toIJt abroad-. It v .1 t p. .jremcmbf re tVt
the first ,acd enly i'ra ft ,tlat . ut,! "y
marriage "pt If . 11 rottf to Mies Jwu-c
was justfive we. '.3 t.J wheatilhe.'. mothif
and r -wife, - fr r never. . satisfaet-'
only '. explahv L, rL turned to ncr. father's,
housei J Here t.. j i.....t ertvf into girlhood
und if tag tare cf rxaother,. eood Jim, af
ter. Lady Byron'g c !on to her property,1
whefe the foubri ... ins 'of Acgust.' Ada s
education f . laid. Iuheiiling' iincbrriindr
gnh3, tlioii'i, f jTtShall, precently ex
plaint wholly iiv- from bur father's,' she
was brought up-v a l6 most lender 1 care,
and educate! by!
ing.., . Iler paw
't thorough tf&ln
T developed., wita
.-ed by a ' person
when, 'at the - i 8
1 J'-ng, with Yet
nor miud. tuCue
who fcequeutlj t: ;'.
cf t-'-Kty 1 "
' - r ft ( -1 t
..TS, i. ,. COB., h
j-L-t features ct
perff-t contour, hereyn
0 , and bi tth.
anVLerliesi set upon Lcr buouldert Lk
ana wavy, Ana her person slightly embon
point, but perfect in proportions.. To then
charms there were added a voice of great
sweetness, at d Ttvacrty-m conversation
that held m thrall all who approached her.
Her tastes, howevexewere for pure mathe
matics. Whether owing to her education
ior sne reaa no poeiry, ana never saw, a
work of Byron tiU past her puberty Or to
Inheritance front bet mother, 'her I Under
standing of the exact sciences was excelled
by no "woman of her time; except Mr. 8dn
erville, and, indeed,' by few of the other
sex. f In proof of her extraordinary attain
ments in this respect, It is jnentkmed . by
the late Charles Babbage, In his'Tassages
nomth4 Life of a i Philosopher, 7 tbat; she
informed him that, she had translated, for
amusement "Menabrea's ' Memoh- of ' the
Analytical Engine'' Irani the Bibliotheque
TJoaJverselle."- He proposed tphat she aliould
add notes of her own. This she dicL. ex
tending then! to three times the 'length of
the original memoir'. . Babbage says .Uiat
te all persons capable of understanding, the
reasoning it furnishes "a demonstration' of
analysis are capable of being executed , by
noiicaery.?'; .This- translation with the
notes may be found in you XXaI of the
Transactions of the Royal Society.'" i ;
i Ada Byron' was married to the, Earl of
Lovelace in March, ,1835, Tho marnago
was not an' unhappy one. " Her husband,
respectable m talents and dooaeelle habits.
Lord Lieutenant of hia count y and high in
social position, suitable in ago and possess
ed of large estates; regarded his Wife wita
mingled feelings Of .affection and admira
tion. Unwilling that, she should be known
publicly as authore8s,' ho,L nevertheless, ' cf
tener than oace gavepermission that certain
of her .article on , various branches of
science, about whoph thinking men made
Inquiry, might be acknowledged ' "as hefi.
Children were born. to themt theirt taste
were no more dissimilar than was consis
tent with commori if not promotive of un
usual harmony: .aid their home was. often
spoken of by those old enough to remember
the two, by fornlahin a happy contrast to
"' tlv'1 lea-'r'-r' 'mu;'tiT La 1 ''"' oncd
twmty ycurabuore Let Lady Lovelace
craved excitement. Neither town life nor
country Was sufficient to satisfy her inheri
ted desire for -constant 'stimulus. 1 Neither
her study nor her - pen, the care of . hor
children, nor the pleasures of society, ' her
rank among the aristocracy; "nor the ad
miration her .beauty land gifts received
wherever she appeared, were sufficient. She
speculated in the funds, bet at horse races,
bought and sold In the stock market, -and
finally, during the railway mania, that, un
der the lead of Hudson,, was second only
in its universality among the rich and great
South Sea bubble of the early days of the
last century; partook largely ia- the .ven
ture. All this could well enough be with
out the knowledge, as it was, of 'her hus
band1 - Beside - the ; ample ?piri money"
allowed' her in the marriage-settlement,
large returns came to . her from trust
funds held for her hi her own right. ' But
she went too deep. ' Her risks were unfort
unate; and though she might have " recov
ered from all this, most inopportunely her
attorney became a bankrupt, and her oper
ations were exposed, ' in his assets before
the Courts, to the world. Terribly morti
fied, she appealed to her husband, who, to
save the scandal of any legal .. process, can
celed her liabilities by a very, considerable
pecuniary sacrifice. The shock' however,
was too jrre&t for her excitable nature, and
it has always been believed by those who
best knew what followed that the shame she
felt atthe exposure was the ""remote, if not
the proximate, cause of her death. . .
;'.'; " The Boy The Clreual' '" ' '
The small boy looketh upon the circus
poster when it is red, white and blue; sod
becometh intoxicated with delight.
For what is it that carrieth more joy to
the heart of the small bey than a dead wall
covered with circus posters ?
And as the boy gazeth on the pictures of
indescribable animals, and upon the im
possible antics of lightly clothed men and
women, his imagination maketh all the pic
tures realities and he Is willing to stake his
reputation as - a "champion marble player
that the coming circus is the best in the
world. '':..' .'--.'
And he Iongcth to go. - ' -
So he is Joino 1 by other boys of his
8" 1 tiey all pnze upon the posters and drink
ia tho beauties thereof. '
And they marvel among themselves. ' -
And one.boy soye'a he has never seen so
wonderful a dh.'hiy of circus pictures.
And they soon mil to speculating amoc;
themselves as t whKh'T t-ifh pertonjH.r
really docth. all the things which he ia re
presented as doirgi -; - "'.''
And another one sayeth he has sefn as
wonderf ul performances as are pictured out
on the pot ters.
But his companions laugh, him to
scorn. " -.' - -
it comoth to p3 thnt the boy who
tatil sc-a all theK5 thic -i ii forced to hold
his p-t-fico (J rovitl.. p La Los not already da-
vourcl it), for venty'the r.iaj'-r.ty. ruietti
a t tl e l-rys. .... ...
t ..iB'l the L-puiUnt q'i..oa c.-.;.e:lj
..-Ttht j
- i n
: l
. t f ',
, , c..-. .
.'.s t r craw 1
vjt r : ' '
i e f 1 ii t
ul
r A' few y- J .o ) v j 1 1 ' ' ' i r
trees wh., a Li'mg oa a ' i 4-
drat'gth, - Wf-re fciiuy - L" ,' d." Or.c
died, an j !' i new w of t' ' t-rs wrre
ri-'- r"" ' i - ' " ''.
ti L ".- t i. - t i- J-
ti ic' . ... '- to t ... ,N id
i'ii : . J is
jrevt a f . oca " o
j .ell fit' xxi ; ' -i r
1 ior ;edi iSf. -r f .
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r, -, ' - .e
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fro... ........ u... , - i-. -Hi
Jar r - -'-: ( ;
uuul Le LuJ) t- . ' . 1 1,:- vi l o ext.... !
- ... i v .
for Lis gvd "K-'- vuie. lie fjmla it un:i-l vis
able to use1 'it i .ronrr f jf' .-.e t --its.
TLii) - " - ' - v.-,
and li.; j. . 'v t ... i.a r-
leaf, b;CKUf -j ti ., i .'. .. t sftih t. -It la
l r ' "v wa- ! t y-r ii, ' 'i
is Um... . ' " -- - . .1 t ..-
and t1 -; n ' 1 by t ' t i
BlX't c.v wo -. , ...... ; J ,
tree is idigenoua to V o ,t t Im.. aui t.,
ooutu AmetuJL. Ana ntj ss to pnnta
And mosquitoes, a young friend of min
severely bitten Jjy jnofl-iuiton jind un
willing to be sceu ad. diaugured, sent
some quassia chips and had boiling, water
poured upon theincj ' At night after' wash
ing, she dipped her hand Into. thevquasuis
water and left it to dry 'cpon hr fare.
This was a perfect protection, and contin
ued to b so whenever apphod. - The pas
tllles sold in ; Florence .and elsewhere,
which are vaunted to be safeguards against
mosqtutoea, axe lroui my own txpTienco,
of no nso,' 'At the appruca.cf winter,
when flics and gnats. gotInto the how
and sometime, bite .venomously, a grand
child of. mine, eighteen, moptha. old was
thus attacked."- I gave Uie nurse some of
my weak solution of qousuv to be left to
dry on its face, and he was not UtUn
again. ' It is is Inocuou to children, and
it may :pe a'protpc-vicm rahw s-ralnat bod
insects, which I have had urtf, the oppor
tunity of trying. When - the solution of
quassia is etro-0 it is well known to be an
active fly-poison, and is mixed with sugar
to attract flies but this is not strong enough.
to kill at once. If it be true that moequl- .
toes have been imported into one of the
great botebi in the south ef London, It
might be 'very-uneful to anoint, some of
the furniture with , it. 'Then a strong
solution with sugar, set about the rooms,
ought to clear them out. - ,
IiMllW SkawU. i 1
An India shawl, bike a wonderf ul paint
ing, possesses beauty untold Lo the culti
vated eye. ., -More wonderful sU'J is this
beauty whea we think of the long, weary
hours occupied in making it, aad the many
itrtxue Inserted slowly and carefully bjr
difforent hmds. Tho odd-looking &JT
you admire In oho corner, and the guy
colored one in another,.' exemplify lhj cli
story of 'extremes meeting;'" for the pos
sibility is that they were made fifty miles
apart, and then c'ddeJ, , together by the
calculating raercLant... It is a little curicms v
to think that in this auwufacture the maker
dops.not.jcoow .', t ,-evci id., he . ...
makes tho cnuie suawl; lit he iuiui.oe by -written
directions, and on the wrong side,
using- a needle very munh like a match
Sharpened at both finds..,. To make a hand
some shawl requires one y ear ' steady work,
and one is Lriransibly reminded of Uhc's own
story the thread going In and out . for so
long a time with no know iedja of what the
result will be. "The Vale of Cahlinlore"
to-day farnt&he in' one way as many beau
ties as It did when Moore sang ,of it: and
if Lai la Ilookh does riot wear the soft,
ciingjns; drapery, English and JUxucan
beauties do. , Orientalism being soajrlit fpr
in ail its phases Just now, La Mode decrees ''
that shawls shall be worn more largely than
ever before, and suggests a graceful thod
for it is hard to wear a shawl gracefully
that will look well on all ; it is, of course,
the dolman. . With little trouble an India,.
shawl may be transformed Into one, the
doll green or cLiliy-hxjting blue that fortns
the centre of the shawl bemg caught up la
wrinkle by an Oriental silk pioquet to as
sume the shape of a ,hood. time ladies
have their shawls cut into Coats, which are
elegant and st yhh -looking, but one finds
upon examination that no woman la .bar
baric enough to cut a real India nbawL
Shswls used for this purpose aro. generally
imitations of the, India, the Decca and the
Valley Cashmere. 4 An exquisite work of
art is a Delhi shawL. which, after having
all the ncoJes of Oriental coloruigbenL6wed
upon.it, is, further rraoed by thread Of
gold that show their preseuce by g'it ui.ing
aad gli8tenliig -at each mOTcuken- hi uie
wearer. .' A: Cashmere v&rK!, .'ijfv!' ,in ,
France,-is la black, rrwa n sn4 cock".
with sort, clinging-looting rrtn;-? tcrm-ucn.
and will be extensively r used at thi ssiJe
in combination with bricht dteew s that hord
sometliing neutral to tone lh:;a ddwn
TtieTesllle nanta of lh Tf -!.
Men's first steps in -ciiiizatin fluay be
traced almost directly in, th.-!r:eff rl4o
clothe themselTfa, and tlu lr Lrt e-yi in
killed labcir are made la the a.l.; Uunn of
the materials w hich nature ha.i fuftuihed
them to ubc fi drrs. On the banks of trio
V Lite Nilo are tribes who iUC!.t tt.
scvcs with a simple apron cf kavfci, or
less; a" 1 fir Samuel r.akT wi' l t' ' a
CTrat advance la penend citi,.,. ,.q 11
Ukca I lace there w Leo, sfu.r l.v.. ,; , rA
several months among people of tht r '
became into Unyoro, where the p- ,1a
wore Firmer.' taa hloned out of the
a fx tree, -which they Lad to pre; a. -a ry
rtkinzand I'-H'l-rr with a malVL ' T' -i-'t
s-r-no l to fllW i.at 'Tally v' n le sr.
quh'.tion of CiC U to f t t'i..1. , t the
t trc s have to be cuh;" tc l t-j pf a
c.il'cifnt Si'r: 'v. Accr.h:--.y we are t 1 1,
w hta a r...ta t.kts a wif- Lc '...- a t r
Uda r. .:utT of it. a tn U LI r -, n
provi '. m t yr the wa; ' cf the f- '"Le
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tUir 1 nn f '.-.:; scf r- -. u ' i '
n nd a'.we V c n-e t ' 1 1 " f .' ' . -l.uJ,
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