THE PINE KNOT,
S OUTHERN PINES. N. O.
Francis Murphy, the temperance agi
tator, is having great success in the inp
texior towns of Ohio."
One of the results of the Charleston
earthquake is the loss of animals from
terror.' Many cf the milch cows' have
gone dry since the earthquake n the
country about Charleston, and one man
lost seven horses from the effects of ter
Tor.' . : : :. : '..
Christmas is not celeb-ated in Mexico
with a tree, but with a pinata. The lat
ter is a large earthen vessel, gaily deco
.jated'and filled with toothsome dandies
or candies, hung from the ceiling in the
middleof the room. The children are
blindfolded and armed with sticks to
break the jug, whenit is shattered they
throw off their masks and scramble for
the scattered goodies. Presents are then
uistributed. and dancing follows. !
Garrett P. Serviss, the astronomical
lecturer and writer, notes in a Recent
newspaper letter a curious sensation
which he has experieacedjin
gazing
doubt-
through a telescope, and which
less has been felt by others.; -He says:
'Lookin iito another world from a
safe pevch upon this one--for. that is
what the observer with a powerful tele
scope seems to himself to be doing is
in itself 'an occupation that almost takes
one's breath away. I have more than
once gazed at the full orb of the "moon
through a telescope until the palpable
rounding of its globs under the eye made
one positively diz
y, as if one should be
held over the edge of the world with a
4,000-mile drop beneath him." j
Baseball magnates have f their i own
troubles. Listen, for instance, to Presi
dent Yon der Ahe, of St. Louis: "There
is an unlimited number of people who
think that th?y are cut out for ball play
ers, and if only given an opportunity to
appear on the diamond would prove ver
itable wonders. Iam pestered to death
with, such people. There is scarcely a
, week but that some one comes to me aud i
implores for a trial. He i? positive that j
if he is only given a chancp to display
his abilities he wi 1 be enaed at once.
I never ry any attention to them, unless !
they can give some assurance that; they !
have plaj ed with a pro "essional club. At -j
first I used to give them trials, but their
utter inability to fili any of the positions
for which they claimed they were best
suited has caused me to give them no
countenance whatever. A good man will
not remain long undiscovered, j Ball
players are not born. They are made only
by experience." j
Europe has been described as breaking
down under her weight of armor, and
when we con ider that the expenditure
of the six leading States last year,1 upon
their armies alone, was more than $500,
000,000, and that the navies under the
came flag were an additional expense of
over $100,000,000, we can begin to real
ize what the necessity of preparing for
war, ai a means of preserving peace,
means to the jealous powers of the Old
World. Europe may summon more than
10,000,000 men, more than one sixth of
ihe population cf the entire United
States, to slaughter and be slaughtered.
These men, too. are all in the prime of
manhood, the bone and sinew of their
respective countries, so that the death of
- the hundreds ol thousands who must ia
witably fall means more even than the
sentimental loss td wives, mothers and
children. It; is a great question - what
these ten millions of men might accom
plish if war was a relic of the past, and
they might turn their attention to pro
ductive labor; but it is, unfortunately, a
question that we can scarcely hope! will
be solved without delays and bloodshed.
WOMAN'S WORLD,
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Women and Sleeping Car Porters.
A New York Central Railroad sleeping-car
porter says : 1 ' 'I have been on
the road for fifteen years and I know of
only two ladies who ever offered to pay
the porter for his trouble. They are
rrom' Chicago a d are sisters of a young
man wh' travels frequently over my run.
The family are all alike, and I have yet
to find o .e of them who ever carried
more than a small gripsack, not too
.arge to be easily carried in the hand.
There is some pleasure for a porter to
meet folks like these, especially when
;he three of them cone in together. I
tike their free and independent style, as
they never want attendance, and the
ro-mg ladies,, before retiring, hand me
their bottles of patent polish, so that I
ivon't spoil their shoes with a cheap
bla: king. In the morning they stand up
tj.be brushed and the two girls drop me
i quarter apk-c e Taey always consider
:he porter for I met the sisters when I
eras on the NewiYork run, on an extra.
nd they parsed out four bits when hulf
:he men in the car who rode through
irom Chicago, or ly gave the regular one
light tin of a qi artcr. I guess they got
;he habit from their brother, but anyway
! shan't forgjt them, as they are the only
wo women in the United States who
f er remembered the poor porter."
What to Teach Our Daughters.
At a social
Gathering some one pro-
posed this question
"What shall I
:each my daughter" Th
olies were handed :
following re-
Teach her- that 100
lollar. , ' 5
Teach her to arrange
the library.
Teach her to sav "X o
cents make a
the parlor and
r "Yes," and stick to it.
Te ch her how to wear a calico dress,
ind to wear it like a queen. I
Teach her how to sw. on buttons,
ia-n stocking and mend gloves.
Teach her how to dress for health and
:omfort as well as for appearanc e. j
Teach her how to cultivate flowers and
:o keep the kitchen garden. I
Teach her how to make the neatest
oom in the house. , h
Teach her to have nothing to do with
intemperate or dissolute young men.
Teach her that tight lacing is un
:omely as well as injurious to health. ;
i each her to regard the morals and
aabits, and not money, in selecting her
issociates.
Teach her to .observe the old rule:
UA place for eve ythiug, and everything
.n its p'ace." '. ' '-
Teach her that rrusicT d aw'ng and
painting are real arcomphshm ntsin the
jiorne, and are not to bj neglcltei if
;here be time a r.d mo icy for their use.
Teach her the important truism:
"That the more she lives wiihln her ini
jome the more she will sive, and the
further she will get away from the poor
house." " . !
Teach her that a giod, steady, church
a;oing mechanic, f aimer, clerk or teacher
without a cent is worth more than forty
loafers or non-producers in broadcloth.
; Teach her to embrace every 'oportu
nlty for , reading, and to s.lect such
hboks as will give- h?r the most useful
and practical information, in order to
make the best progress in earlier as well
is later home an 1 school life. Charles
'oh (S. C.) Diyatc'i. : : ..
A. Last Century Fashion Revived.
The remarkable discovery has recently
been made that "white h-nds are com
ing into fashion again." It would seem
that hands have been growing less white
than they used to be, and have suffered
from to j great attachment in ladies to
lawn tennis and boating, and other mas
culine accomplishments. "Chapped and
Yre hands are never pretty, and these, of
course, invariably follow on outdoor ex
ercise. The evil js, happily, not beyond
remedy, and to effect this purpose 'the
daughters of f:-ishioa, as many of them
will learn with surpris.now have dishes
of hot water shaped like a flower leaf o:i
their toilet tables in which they steep
their hands for a while before po'n- to
bed, then anoint them with vaselidc r-id
put on gloves lined with a preparation
of cold crtam. These gloves should be
of washleather and several kizes too lare
for the hand."
Before this paragraph has gone its tar
dy round in print these night glove will
Barely be made an instance of the amaz
ing luxury of oar 4e.en"ratc days, and
point, wc m:iy be sure, a very "doleful
moral. In the absence of any general
knowledge on this : point, the ladies of
fashion will be looked upon as having
originated a pernicious practice, which,
taken together with the toilet masks o!
which we recently heard so much and
saw so lirtle, might indicate a lamentable
degree of over-re fmement, has invarably
preceded the decay of empires,
i One old receipt for perfuming gloves
runs: Take amber grease a drain, civet
the like quantity, orange flower butter a
quarter of an ounce, and, with these well
mixed and odored, daub them over gen
tly with fine cotton wool.and so press the
perfume into them. Other devices for
making then "richly redolent" point
generally to the use of oil or fats s be
ing the best available and most large y
employed means to secure a good and
lasting perfume.' As for such gloves be
ing considered excellent for night use,;
we have the lines in Swift's poem on
4The Lady's Dressing-room," showing
on the table:
There night glovesjmade of Tripseys hide,
Bequeathed by Tripsay when she died.
i London Queen.
Fashion Fancies.
Paris dressmakers mike the sleeves of
dresses full over the shoulders.
Imitation coral necklaces, bracelets,
and brooches are worn with tulle toilets.
Hojts are correctly worn with tailor-
mnde suits, whether the wearer is young
or nq
It
W
with
lit'. corduroy is popularly combined
white wool stuffs for dressy tea and
morning house gowns .
Evening dresses are again made of tulle
or gauze and richly embroidered with cut
jet or crystal b?ads and bugles.
Cloth polonaises are worn over velvet
or .plu h; skirts of contrasting color,
wThether plain, striped or plaid.
A gray velvet princess gown over a
pale pink petticoat was one of the most
admired tea gowns lately imported.
Bodices of plain as well as striped ma
terials are made on the bias. Dressmakers
declare that a better fit is attained in this
manner. j
Jersey cloth suits of fine quality are in
all darK colors, and are the most durable
garments which can be found for little
b(.y' suits. ;
There are many natty little shoulder
capes in many varieties of fur which will
prove one of the popular fashions for
young g rls. '
White fur is the fashion in Pari, where
a long, .white, fluffy boa and inulf are
considered the most "chic" thing in out
ward aiornment. ,
. Leopard and tiger skin plush is much
used for trimming cloth circuses. The
new imitation monkey fur is also em
ployed for trimming.
A pretty novelty for evening wear,
pnrticui.irly for" young girls, is "colored
fulle on wh ch sire ?ewn: tiny blossoms
covering the entire surface.
The skirts of wool dresses are made
plain, even the foot plaiting is dispensed
with, a band of the material pinked at
the edge being used in its p'ace.
The prettiest little knitted hoods for
babies ate in white zephyr wool in shape
of a Xormandy Cap with ribbon strings
and a full bow iii front of satin.
Sashei of widi soutache braid a quarter
of a yard wide are finished by. a large
tasfel, and are very pretty with almost
any woolen costume for little girls.
Some,pf the favorite Tartans are made
up with velvet corsage si and are
very
f tylixh. These basque are adorned
silver or gilt buttons pf small sLe.
by
The three-tuttcth cutaway coat worn
by gentlemen for morning dress this sea
son looks better than than it did, as it is
cut lower down, and a little longer than
it was last winter.
; The prettiest hats for little girls are
those cf velvet felt, which has a smooth
close pile. These are in brown, dirk
green and black, and have wide brims
which can be bent into any shape.
The Californian Sheep. ,
Californian wool always ' reminds me
of the time when the gold diggings were
fi;t discovered in California. At Ox
ford it.used to be the custom at Christ
mas time for the butchers to exhibit the
prize sheep which they h d bred a-nd
purchased. One butcher, procured a
yry fine sheep, dyed its. wool purple,
gilaed its hoofs, and exhibited it as a
California sheep. It seems hardly credi
ble, but numbers of persons went away
in the firm : belief that all California
sheep had purple wool and golden hoofs.
Lorigmattj Magxiiue.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Careful observations by $chroder, in
Germany,. how that one part of sid
phuricacid in 54.000 parts of air will
cause a serious damage to ip ants in a
very short time. Coniferous trees are
more nnsitive than decidttous. Fiuit
trees arc very sensitive.
In a British Association pap-r. Mr. W.
II. Prc3cc has recorded an experiment by
which he loeali.'.ecl a fragment of a needle
in his da ighter's hand. Ai'finc magne
tized ne;dlc was su pended by a delicate
fiber over the hand, and on cutting at the
point indicated by this) needle the
troublesome bit of tteei was found and,
extracted. . , - " j -
It is very unsafe to paper a room, an is
too often done, over another paper.
Sometimes severallajcrs are pkced on
th3 walls.,- Tiiese layers, together with,
the paste, become . breeders of disease.
The only proper way, when the paper
needs renewing, is to remove the old
paper entirely "and clean the wall. For
sleeping-rooms it is better to have no
paper at all.
A new use; for the tobacco plant has
been discovered. Its stems and waste,
it is claimed, are equal to linen rags irT
the manufacture of paper. Tobacco
wra-te costs less than $10 a ton, linea
rags $70 t j $80. There is no expense in.
assorting the former and very little shrink
age, as against a loss of j one-third of
lags. The yearly tobacco waste is es
timated by the census reports at from
3,000,000 to 4,000,000 pounds.;
While the sub'ect of earthquakes is
under discussion it might! not be inap
propriate to mention that one notable
feature in connection with the New
Madrid eaithjUakc was its ellects on.
forest trees. Gigantic oaks that, from,
their exterior, appeared to be solid, were
discovered, upon being cut for sawmill
purposed, to be much impaired and in
jured internally, and as' a rule presented
rotten hearts of splintered bodies. This
fact was noted and has been commented
upon.
The world's blind are computed to
number about 1,00J,00J, about one eight
ies person to every 1,400 inhabitants.
In Austria, one person in! evcrv 1.785 is
blind; in Swedeu, one in every 1,418; in
France, one every 1,1'Jl; in Prussia,
one in every 1.111; mEngland, one . in
every itvat. xne proportion is greatest
in Egypt, where, in Cairo, there is one
blind person to every twenty inhabi
tants; while in New Zealand it falls to
one in every 3,550 inhabitants. Germany
has the greattst number of institutes for
the blind, thirty-five; England has six
teen; Franco, thirteen;! Austria-Hungary,
ten; Italy, nine Belgium, six;
Australia, two; while America, Asia and
AfiLa together are said to possess only
S'lX. j;
It is well understood that Great Brit
ain and bthcr parts of Northern Europe
owe much to the warming influence of
the gulf stream. The extent of the ef
fect has been given in the calculations of ,
Dr. James Croll, who has found that the
amount of heat conveyed j northward in
the Atlantic by this, stream is equivalent
to 77,47i, 550, 000, 000,00 3,000 foot
p'unds of energy a day, which is equal
tO .ill thr Vioof ra-n'.xrnA 1 1 P.O U'iC
:t. 'A. il. i 1 '
auu.uc iuul's ai me equator, ana more
heat than U conveyed by all the air cur
rents. The lieat qf the Antic seas and
north Atlantic would be diminished that
much by the stoppage or division of the
great pecan river. .
Nevada's Salt Fields.
The abundance of the salt formation
in Nevada is illustrated by the fact that
in Lincoln County there is a deposit of
pure rock salt which is exposed for a
length of two miles, a width of half a
miie, and isof unknown depth; in places
canons are cut through it to a depth o!
sixty feet, and not only has the deposit
been traced on the surface for a distance
of nine miles, .but it is so golid in places
av to require blasfng like rock, and so
pure and transpircnt that print can be
read through blocks of it some inches
thick. In Churchill County there is said
to b3 a deposit of rock salt some fourteen
feet in depth, free from any particla oi
foreign substance, and which can be
quarried at the rate of five tons a day to
the man. What, is know as the prea
Humboldt salt field is c.-timated to b
some fifteen miles long by six wide.! Ac
cording to the description, when thf
summer heats have evaporated the sur.
fno trfn coif t r 4Via i4v4V rt r-nirwnl
inches may be scraped up, and under,
neath there is a stratum of rock fait oi
the purest description, rnd of a depti
unknown. .