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1 5" A CHINESE CITY. AJiors CROWDED HOUSES AND DIKTY STREETS. Tbe People Crowded Together Lite Pigs in a Pen Stores and Res taurantsJoss Houses I and Pillories. Aruoy is one of the "treaty ports'' of the Chinese Empire; that is, it is one of the few ports of this exclusive Govern xnent at which foreign vessels are allowed to enter for commercial purposes. ' TVio uMinfrv in r.ri virtinitv of AmOT ' la rocky and barren, probably more so ! than in any other part of China, and - without its deep and commodious harbor this treaty port would be nearly value less. The city lies on Tuemoy Island, and is one of the . largest as well as the filthiest in China. Like the majority of the big Chinese cities, its origin dates so far back that nothing is known of its early history. It was originally a walled town, but so gTeat has been the influx of people since the . port was opened to " commerce that it "has completely out--. grown its walls, and now the larger part of the population live outside the old city limits. The number of the inhabi tants is estimated by the Chinese offi cials at about 600,000, but as the census of China never includes females as a part of the population the true number of inhabitants must be nearer 1,000,000. The houses are mostly of light frame material, and generally have tiled roofs . curving upward at each end. ; They are all only one story high, and so packed and jammed together that one would hardly be amiss in saying that entire blocks are composed of one of these houses. i Inside the houses the people are crowded together in a manner which jwould almost rival pigs in a pen. Entire Jamiiies jof two and three generations jof ten live in a space not so large as two xooms in an ordinary American tenement. In this small space, as the stranger e'n ter3 and his presence becomes known to the inmates,' the people begin to emerge from corners and , nooks, resembling in the semi-darkness so many wild beasts. The streets are only three or four feet wide, being so narrow that seldom can " ' two persons walk abreast. The eaves of - the houses overhang the streets and ex clude almost entirely the sunlight, mak ing the streets so. darlc tnat in many parts lamps are kept burning all the time. From the housetops, where most of the refuse is thrown, the filthy mois ture drips down into the streets, forming pools of foul-smelling mud, and the evil I is rather increased by all sorts of trash thrown from the neighboring doors. As one passes through these streets invariably the nostrils are grasped by the fingers and a rush made for the open air. The stores are small rooms or sheds opening on the streets. '. In these stores , gpods are so packed that at first sight it seems difficult to say what the dealer really has for sale. Many of the stores, however, contain so little that the entire Btock in trade could be bought for $10 oPless, yet upon the proceeds of the sale of this" small quantity of wares entire i . families are dependent for their living, "Tije restuarants or food stores are a Blghi indeed. Here one sees all manner t of eatables for sale. All meats" are cooked and ready for immediate con sumption pigs roasted entire; fowls, some properly, cooked, others cooked with only the feathers removed ; dogs, cats, and rats, cooked in various styles, exposed to the view of the customers, and for sale at rates depending upon the quality of the article. Much of this food has.been ia store for a long time, and in many cases a portion of it is but little re moved above decay, The odor from these stores can better be imagined than described; - Another interesting class of shops is the toy stores. The Chinese are in re spect to toys a nation of children, and in these stores are seen a great many old xnen and women purchasing toys which in America would be discarded by an eight-year-old child. U The costume of the richer Chinamen usually consists of a pair of basrgy, gayly-colored silk trousers, tied tightly at the ankle, and a silk blouse of the same material, having large, long sleeves. Upon the head is worn around, flat, top eap, from under which hangs the Ions queue. The feet are usually clad in em broidered silk sandals, with thick cork soles turning up and curving over at the toes. - The women wear a very , similar cos tume, except that their blouse extends below the waist. The feet, however, are bound in very tight bandages during infancy, which are continued until growth ceases. The bones are crushed, causing incessant pain during this time, and making-the foot resemble some- uung iiKe a aouoieu-up nst resting on tthe knuckles. -"Walking is almost im possible, the women being unable to move witnout tne aid oi sucks or crutches. These little feet are generally clad in very brilliant red, blue, and white kid, shoes, handsomely embroid ered, and strapped around the limb, sandal fashion, with bright-colored rib bons. The Joss houses, or Chinese churches, are, when first built, rather handsome structures, but as repairs are seldom if ever made,-they soon begin to show the effects of the weather, and gradually lose j their handsome external appearance. The ' Chinese always prefer building a new Joss house to keeping in repair one al ready constructed. These Chinese churches are one story high and open in front. The roofs are covered with semi tubular tiles and slope upward from the middle to the ends. Upon each gable is placed a dragon, standing upon one of the curves of its tail and facing the door. Inside, the building consists of a sin gle room, with a floor covered with stone slabs. At the rear, placed upon a table or altar, is the Joss, one of the most hor ridly ugly images one could possibly find. On each side of the Joss are two smaller idols, which serve as sentries to watch over the chief god. The walls are gen erally bare and stained a reddish brown color. ; The worshipers, upon entering the Joss house, kneel down and bow, then, rising, they approach the Joss, uttering their prayers and- performing various con tortions with their arms and body. Then they light the Joss stick (a small wooden rod about fifteen inches long), place it on end in a box of ashes in front of the idol, make a few. more contortions and bows, and leave the building. i The Joss houses appear to be used al most as much for places of lounging and sleeping as for religious purposes. They .are almost invariably filled with a crowd of indolent Chinamen, whose only duty seems to be to rouse up, rub their eyes, and stare at all visitors. In front of the Joss houses are. the pil lories in which persons are punished for small offenses. ; 'r ' These places are chosen on account of the publicity. Every Chinaman going to offer his daily devotions to the " chief idol sees these criminals, and thus the example is well shown. The sufferings of . these poor fellows, with their heads -thrust through huge boards, part of the weight of which is borne upon their necks, with the hot sua streaming upon their bodies, excites com passion in the hardest heart. Many of these pillories are so constructed that the. criminal is unable to reach his mouth with his hand, and is thus dependent upon outsiders to place his food in his mouth. This greatly increases the sufferings, as very seldom does a Chinaman have sufficient consid eration to feed a person in such absolute disgrace as they regard one in a pillory., j The city of Atnoy is so dirty and foul smelling that foreigners, being unableto remain, have moved over to an island across the channel and formed a distinct settlement. This island is now beau tifully laid out in plots .and lawns, and contains some of the handsomest villas to be found anywhere. The tropical vegetation adds a charm to this small settlement, which is, indeed, exhilara ting after a return 'from a trip through the Chinese city. New York Timet. Elephants Pat Aboard for a Voyage. About 1000 persons witnessed the operation of placing five large elephants of ,Sells Brothers' circus in the forward lower hold of the steamer Monowai the other afternoon. It was quite an under taking. The big steamer was placed in position alongside the shears at Folsom street dock. An immense stall made of heavy boards and bolted to iron bands, the whole Weighing ltO pounds, was conriectedfwith the hoisting tackle. The work of putting the animals on board consumed five hours. Sid, the clown elephant, was the first to make the journey into the air. His disposition is good and he- quietly walked into the stall and was hoisted on board. He was very cautious, however, about leaving the machine in which he had made his aerial trip, and' spent ten minutes feeling with his hind feet to assure himself that the exit was safe. Mike was next on the list, but he took a dislike to the stall, and it was with great difficulty he was induced to enter. Then he crushed his keener, who was in the stall with him. The keeper screamed for help, and, amid great ex citement, the door was opened and the elephant came out. The keepers kept him in check, and the frightened crowd retreated. After half aa hour's work .with no success and many deep prods into Mike s thick hide, a novel plan was resorted to. Dutch and Queen, two oth er elephants, were brought out, and when Mike was opposite the door of the stall they both, at a word from their keeper, placed their big heads against Mike's massive1 hind quarters "and boosted Mike into the stall before he knew what had happened to him. r The door was quickly clqsed, and Dutch, and Queen kept their bjg heads against it until it was bolted. But Mike was en tirely dissatisfied with his treatment, and, his ire being excited, he snorted and climbed up in the stall and kicked up a great fuss, to the infinite amusement ot the bystanders. The keeDers all took turns prodding Mike behind the ears and under the proboscis,and after two hours' work he was safely placed on board. Queen, Dutch and Topsy were each placed on board in turn with very little trouble. The circus nils up the Monowat so completely that there is hardly turning room. Many of the cages of animals and wagons are lashel to the upper deck, there beinsr no room below. San Fran cisco Chronicle. Romance of a Shirt Stud. "Do you see that peculiar-looking stud that man is wearing on his shirt front?" said a hotel clerk the other day, pointing to a gentleman standing near by, and on whose expansive bosom was fastened a gold button with a bird in black enamel upon it, says the San Francisco Call. "That man is a St. Louis drummer, and has been wearing that stud for twenty years, to my knowledge," added the clerk. "It. was twenty years ago that he married a relative of Patrick Egan, the famous home-rule agitator of Nebraska. Previous to that time a certain young business man of Chicago was also court ing her, and among the presents he once crave her was a uair of cuS-buttons, of cj a which that stud was one. ; The rival' saw these bottons one day on the yout lady's cuffs and in jest purloined one of them and placed it in "his shirt front.; When leaving the house afterward be en countered the Chicago suitor, who spied the jewel. An explanation was de manded of the young lady and an angry scene followed, and the Chicago man left in a huff. When the St. Louis drummer called the next time he proposed and was accepted. After their marriage his wife told him that had the Chicago lover pro posed first, which he undoubtedly would have done but for the cuff-button epi sode, she would have accepted him. Ever since that time the happy husband has.been wearing that button, and money could not buy it of him." , Two Great Tunnels. The Khojak tunnel in India through which the first train passed on September 5, is stated to be about 2.33 miles long, twenty-three feet high, and thirty-two feet wide, with a horseshoe section. It is on the northwestern frontier in the Khwaja Ameran Mountains, and has been about four years under construc tion. The grade on the eastern side is one in 1000, and on the western side one in forty, the latter being necessary for drainage. The excavation Was carried. on from tne portals and from two shafts, six headings in all. Compressed air machinery was used throughout the rock work: , The tunnel to be driven under the Thames River at Blackwell, England, about four miles below London Bridge. will be about twenty-six feet in diameter and twelve hundred feet long. At the deepest part of the "river the crown of - the tunnel, as now located, will be but eight feet below the bed of the river. A shield, muchlike that in use in the Hud son River tunnel, will, it is reported, be employed. Owing to the nature of the ground, about twelve hundred feet of approaches on each side must be simi larly driven. The tunnel is intended for both carriage and foot passenger traffic. The bids ranged from $4,300.- 000 to $5,560,000. f. Louis Republic. 1T0BDS OF WISD03L One need not love to be loved.- Life is double faced and doable edged. To know one's self is to distrust one's lelf. - More people are overworked than -are jverpaid. .'- ,'' ' . Each life may have a potentiality of greatness. . 4 To be misunderstood by those we love is bitterest of all.' . . Take care of the good and the bad will take care of itself. .. . One who speaks well of his neighbors does well by them. Energy speaks of what' it has done not what it will do. . . The greatest study of all is that of the changes of the mind. Vice has nothing in common with vir tue except mankind. A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. ; Jhe timonyof ood conscience is the glory of a goodman., f : They are never alone that" are accom- panied with noble thoughts. Nature makes us vagabonds. the world makes us respectable. There is a remedy for rong, and a satisfaction for every Contentment, as it is a sho load and. nd little pleasant, has great, delight trouble. 1 Moral beauty comprehends V o dis- tinct elements equally beautiuf: ustice and chaiitv. : : . Children, think not of what is past, nor what is to come, but enjoy the pres ent time, which few of us do. He who fears to venture as far as his heart urges and bis reason permits, is a coward; he who ventures farther than he intended to go is a slave. 'T Deserters Escape on a Loj. Three men-of-war's men, Fred Mur-, ray, Harry Kusseu ana William Urowa, deserted from Her Majesty's ship War spite at Esquimalt, and succeeded, after passing through a terrible ordeal, in reaching a place from which thet British authorities cannot take them by capture. They are now employed on a far$i near Friday harbor. When the men hVst left the Warspitethey employed an Indian to ferry them across the straits in a canoe, giviog him $20 for the work, but the ferryman was dishonest enough to try to take them in the direction of the main land, in the hope of getting the reward of $'10 that is offered by the British";aa thorities for the betrayal of a deserter. Guessing the Indian's intention to turn traitor, the trio overpowered him and landed themselves near an Indian camp, still on the coast' of , British Columbia. The Indians on shore had in the mean time told the story of the flight tothe officers of the Warepite. . A detachment of marines went down to the beach and came up just in time to see the deserters landing the canci ' The deserters fled down the heads.' . , - v Coming to a heavy timber six inches by twelve and twenty feet long they launched it, and, sitting astride, paddled as quickly as possible into the darkness that then came on. The marines were forced to abandon the Dursuit forward a boat of anv kind. The men oaV'.- died all night up to their waists in? water Once Murray fell, through sheer exhaus tion, and was rescued with difficulty by his mates. A landing on San Juan island was made at day brer k. When the mei).1 partially recovered from , the effects of their strange voyage they got some dried salmon at an Indian camp and went to Friday harbor, where soma friends jo! .Brown helped them to get employmenC All the men say they are well connected and sons of wealthy families in England. They are out of the, reach of the English authorities, as the -crime of desertion is not included in the extradition treaty. Seattle Washington) Post-Intelligencer. Will There Be a Glut of Diamonds; By degrees the De Beers Company ha bought up the four principal mines in the . district, which are . included in the limited space of four square miles and comprise the Kimberly, area thirty-one acres; Du roits, tnirty-nve acres; mit fontein, twenty-seven acre3, while the De Beers proper, the most valuable of all, spreads over eighteen and one-halt acres. In addition it has a large pro"-' prietorship in Brazilian mines. The directors therefore strenuously insist, with every appearance of sound reason-., I, A Jl . 1 i.1 - 1 inc, tnai tne purcnase oi ineir snares should not be regarded as a speculation like gold mind property, but as safe and permanent investment. They claim that, being the chief diamond producers in the world, they can so regulate the issue of atones to the market - that they can maintain a steadily uniform price, and .that their un worked "blue," evea at the present level, will suffice for many . A Al 1 ' 1 I" 1 years narvest on ine existing scaie. rsac as yet the bottom ha3 not been plumbed, and the deeper the shaft the richer the produce. I may mention the theory, which however crude, is not entirely without verisimilitude, that the diamondiferious material has been thrust up by" igneous agency from immense profundity through a superincumbent mass ; that the same agent had long ago crystallized the dia monds; and that if we could dig down to that crust we should find the precious stones sticking to the roof like pieces of suet in a pudding. Nor is it argued can there be the smallest doubt? after such long and extensive experience, as to the uniform average richness of the earth. For instance, the accepted esti mate that one De Beers truckload will produce one and one-half carats is useful and true in theory only, but that a thou sand loads wHl bring to light 1500 carats is perfectly accurate in practice. Blackwood Magazine. An Effect of Smokeless Powder. Judging by the observations of an English officer who attended the late French military maneuvers, the use of smokeless powder is likely to have a pe culiar effect on the morale of soldiers in battle. He says; that again and again he found himself in a position where he could hear volley after volley, field guns, too, sometimes being fired, so far as sound could indicate, within 800 yards, and yet after gazing intently for minutes he tried in vain to discover the where abouts of thefirers. One moment the sound would seem to be quite close, but a puff of wind would cause it to appear to come from miles off. If the men who fire are at all hidden, and are stationary. it would seen! almost impossible to dis cover them at,' say, 800 yards. Courier- Journal. is n POPULAR SCIENCE. Photographing on metals by electricity is announced. Leading French writers arousing-green paper for manuscript, as it is less fatigu ing to the eyes than white. Of the 4600 species of mushrooms known to science only 134 varieties may be safely regarded as edible. Brown bread is said to furnish more bone j muscle, and blood to the human system than any other variety. Paper is being made, by the ordinary process, from corn husks which have been boiled in caustic soda and pressed. A meteorite, found a few weeks ago in the rotten stump of a willow tree at Lysa bild, Denmark was seen by the finder to fall into the tree in August, 1843 Scientists find evidence of primitive savagery in a custom in almost universal use among the criminal classes of tattoo ing emblems on different parts of the body. An important discovery, by means of Which ordinary soft steel can be readily A used for all kinds of tools, has been made 1 " T"h . rwtt by a man in Pennsylvania. The process is still a secret. An egg not long ago laid by a blue Andalusian hen at Bradford, 'England, contained the usual yolk and white and a fleshy substance resembling a heart. The weight of all was 4 ounces. A block of pure as phal turn, weighing 2 tonsi was recently taken from -the as phaltum mine near Santa Barbara, Cal. It is believed to be the largest piece of asphaltum ever mined in one block. ' ., From recent investigations made in the' Pennsylvania University Veterinary School it was shown that the chief cause of consumption came from the use of the milk and flesh of tuberculous cattle. An English astronomer has arrived at the conlusion that the age of stars can be determined by their color. Red stars are the latest formation, white next, and those of a bluish ting the most ancient; The "manufacture of artificial bitter almonds is" continually intreasing, and they can hardly be detected from the genuine. They consist chiefly of grape sugar flavored with a small amount ot nitrobenzole. In a photograph of the heavens now in course of preparation at the Paris Observatory, it ia calculated that 60,000 000 stars will be represented. In the nebulae of the Lyre, Mr. Bailland took a L photograph 4x5 J .which reveals 4800 stars to the naked eye! ' The street sounds of the principal European cities are to be photographed simultaneously with the photographing of the occupants of the street, -This may enable lecturers to reproduce both sights and sound by means of lantern Vad the; phonograph used together. Japanese lacquer trees, planted in Ger many sixteen 4 years ago, have 'thrived wonderfully. The" juice from one of , them was recently sent to Japan to, bev tested, and a similar test is bemg rriade in Germany. Should the result be what is hoped, a nCv industry . will soon be inaugural ja an uermaRj A simple and ,prtl?ar method of letuty Yxa iiroadin has inveiMedf by fIilectrician; engine usYu. suonues the . ' A JIM. ' . . . T electric power the train ' and to motors in each car of not to the locomotive proper." This relieves' 'the tremendous strain on the driving wheels of the loco- emotive. '."'. I All sounds, whether high or low, loud or soft, travel at precisely the same rate, i. e., about 1100 feet a second. Were this not so the different notes of music would reach the ear at different times, and the result would be confusion instead of melody. If the sun gave forth sounds loud enough to reach the earth such sounds instead of reaching us in the space of about eight minutes, as light doe3, would only arrive after a period of nearly four teen years.. Washington's Fiddle. T. A. 'Washington of Index, Mo., writes a correspondent from that place, is the lucky possessor of a fine old violin, which, not only on account of its history, but individual merit as well, it is a very .valuable instrument. The violin is one of the genuine Italian Cremonas, of which there are few in existence, which fact alone makes it a valuable relic. But it is on account , of the line of ancestry . through which this violin descended that I concluded a sketch of its history would be interesting to many readers. Mr. T. A. Washington is a great-grandson of Samuel Washington, eldest brother of George Washington. The old violin in question descended down through the Washington family from that source and has no doubt been handled (and probably owned) by the illustrious George himself. was for a uumber of year3 in the families of the Hammons and Littles, w,he are relatives ot the Washingtons. For many years it laid around unused, and was badly abused. When it came into the possession of its present owner, Mr T. A.. Washington, the top was split in several places and the neck so badly injured that it had to be replaced by a new one. Mr. Washington sent the violin to a music house in Hiram, Ohio, ""where it was repaired by N. W. Dayton, a skilled workman. The instrument is now in excellent repair and is remarkable for sweetness and 'parity of tone. Mr. Washington is advised to take his violin to the World's Fair. Hethinksjof doing so if nothing happens to prevent. It certainly deserves fame. St. Louis Mepublic. The Aboriginal Americans. The Amerrique Indians, who were visited not long ago by J. Crawford, State Geologist of Nicaragua, occupy a hilly region of the rich gold mining sec tion of La Liber tad, Nicaraagua. These Indians are six feet six inches tall, active, and apparently strong and healthy. Thev are dying out rapidly, however. and are now estimated to number not more than 275 or 300 individuals. They live In pathless forests, and iheir chief occu pation is to tap certain trees for rubber, which they carry on their backs to traders 100 miles away. They have cleared some ground for corn, planting this in holes made with pointed sticks. A few lumps of melted gold are found among them, and it is inferred that the Indians of this locality mined and melted this metal be fore the discovery of Nicaragua by Columbus. They believe in a mighty prophet, .who appeared in their territory in ancient times, and whose form has been seen on a mountain-top by some of the older Indians. Trenton (if. J.) American. CDRIOUS FACTS. China takes most of our cotton. The Chinese reckon this to be-year 7,910,341. A doctor says that one person in nine Is left-handed. The Thames (London) police force consists of 200 men. Tne Island of Malta is the most densely populated spot on earth. On the average a boy costs a parent about $200 a year until twenty years of age. ... ' Apple trees set out eighty years ago in New Haven, Conn., bore excellent fruit last fall. VI A colt with horns a foot long is owned by a farmer named Kavanaugh,in Scriyen County, Ga. In the city of Berlin, with a popula tion of 1,315,600 there are but 26,800 dwelling houses. From the American aloe tree is made thread, ropes, cables, paper, clothing, goap, sugar and brandy. In Fiji, the Friendly Islands, Samoa and New Britain, 100,000 natives wor ship in Methodist churches. Trains loaded with geese arrive daily at Berlin . from Russia. Ten thousand came recently on a single train. A spoon for measuring medicine, by which a dose can be administered with-, out spilling, has been invented. A gannet, a bird rare in New England, was shot the other day at Middleton, R. I. It measured six feet from tip to tip Not a drop of rain fell in the United States on one Sunday in last October. This is the first time this has occurred ir eighteen years. Three women, now over eighty years of age, are living within a stone's threw of each other near Norwich,- Conn., whe have each been struck by lightning at various times. Among the 'delicacies to be obtained at a Japanese railroad station are sliced lotus roots, roots of large burdock, lily bulbs, shoots of ginger, pickled green plums and the like. In Australia, where deadly snakes abound, it has been discovered that, strychnia is almost an infallible cure for their bites. . The antidote acts quickly, snake poison slowly." All physicians use it. . It is estimated that the treasure lying idle in India in the shape of hoards of ornaments amounts to $1,250,000,003. A competent authority , calculates that in Amrista city alone there, are jewels tc the value of $10,000,000. . A Concord (N. H.) mule, finding its a's-dSt so swollen by some affection that it couldn't rech the ground to feed stand ing, laid own, and after eating all tho grass within reach on one side rolled over and finished its meal on the other. A floating island in Sadansja Pocd; which is about a mile in length, near Jacksonville, Vt., " covers aout one-third of the Surface and is about two. feet in thickucis. - It bears cranberries, and ife drifts. from one part of the pond to an- other, accordingto the direction o yA- monument of granite is in course of erection at 3we,Hoaow, on theoutskirt ofDJrdentown, N. J., to mark the spot ' from which the locomotive -John Bull No. 1 started on It3 first trip on the Camden and Amboy Railroad in the fall of 1831. This is said to have been the first locomotive to run a mile in this country. ' - Food Before Sleep. Dr. W. T. Cathell has entered n strong protest against the old fashioned idea that people should go to bed com paratively hungry. He is of -opinion that fasting during the long interval be tween supper, and breakfast, and espe cially the complete emptiness of the ttomach during- sleep, adds greatly to the amount of emaciation, sleeplessness and general weakness so often met with. It is well known that in the body there 13 a perpetual disintegration of tissue, sleeping dr waking; it 13 therefore natural to believe that the supply of nourish ment should be somewhat continuous, especially in those in whom the vitality is lowered. As bodily exercise , is sus pended duririg sleep, with wear and tear correspondingly diminised, while diges tion, assimilation and nutritive activity continues as usual, the food furnishsl during thispe'riod adds more than is de stroyed, and increased weight and im proved general vigor is the result. All animals except man eat before sleep, and there is no reason why man should form an exception to the rule. Dr. Cathell i3 satisfied that were the weakly, the ema ciated and the sleepless to nightly take a light meal of simple, nutritious food before going to bed, for a prolonged period, nine in tea of them would be thereby raised to a better standard of health. ' He has found that after direct ing a bowl o bread and milk or a saucer of oatmeal and cream before going to Dea, lor a lew months, a surprising in-. crease in weight, strength and general cone has resulted. Persons who are too. stout and plethoric arc recommended to follow an opposite course. Courier Journal, y Fine Art of Tea Making. Tea making in Japan isa. fine art. The teapot is small and dainty, like tho3e told for bric-a-brac at Japanese shops, ind the teacups, often of fine cloissonnes with plain . enamelled linings, are each ao larger than a giant's thimble. With them is a pear-shaped pitcher for bailing water, and a lacquer containing choice tea. Among the rich these appurten ances accompany a brand of tea so rare that none of it is ever exported. The Japanese host scoops out enough of the precious herb (with an ivory implement shaped like a large tea leaf) to loosely fill the little teapot. He then pours over it hot, not boiling, water, and in less than a moment the tea maker begins to pour off a steam of pale yellow tea into cups which are never filled more than half way up and they are at once served to visitors and the family. It is needless to say that the tea, losing no part of its delicious aroma, is as fragrant wd delicate as any concoction can pos sibly be.- Boston Transcript. Eaters of Horseflesh. The consumption of horse2esh has in creased wonderfully during the last year in mo3t of the large cities of Continental Europe, especially in Berlin, Paris and Vienna. A late economic report say that from eighty to 150 horses are daily slaughtered for market in Paris, the average daily number killed in Berlin being even greatex. Louis BepuMic NEWS AND NOTES FOB WOilEN. So much lace was never seen. 1 'Cornflower blue is a new shade. French ladies are taken to cycling. Chenille passementerie is prettiest of all. ' This is to be a season of fur and feath ers. .- - J j;-". Narrow band rings are much . sought for. - : : In gloves the demand is for four but tons. Certainly the day of the blonde has come. , - , Chinese maidens pluck out their eye brows. - persian lamb is increasing continually in favor. ' - Little gold slippers form a new idea ia brooches. Tinv silver chairs have nlush seats for pspincushions. Qnver oraceieu mue uesinuMe guu for young girls. There appears to be a call for bead necklaces again. Pierced silver belts span the waists of ladies nowadays. Tiny watches are set in the tops of purses of woven gold. A .curious wool is crimped as though by machine in feather designs. v The newest patent issued to a - woman is for - improvements in steam boilers and furnaces. y A pretty ulster is of chenille cloth in black and white, with the hood and cape lined in black velvet. Miss-v Betham Edwards, the English novelist, believes in vegetarianism in life and cremation after death. Mrs. Harrison, wife of the President, has been chosen an honorary member by the Association of the King's Daugh ters. .. , A woman is investigating the Patent Office in Washingtou to obtain models of women's inventions since the beginning of our history. It is announced that there will as semble at Chicago' the first congress of women doctors that ha3 ever ; assembled there or elsewhere. - Japanese women are the best landscape gardners in their country, and they are to be employed in laying out the grounds of the women's department of the World's Fair. . . The widowed Baroness Rothschild, of Pasis, has so extensive a circle of ac quaintances 'that she is said to 'know everybody worth knowing on three con tinents." Soft dull surahs and black India silks, or those with white lines, flowers or spots, are made into handsome wrappers to be worn as deep mourning in the Bummer. - Helen M. . Remington, of San Francisco, Cal., claims that she was the first to devise tne use of threads running thrdtigh bank' note paper as a safeguard against coun terfeiting. Eleven years ago Nellie Hayden was a salesgirl in a drygoods store in. Boston,' and now she is the wealthiest woman in Denver, thanks to lucky speculations in real estate . ' - ,1- . '-The Terl name'Tof "E. Werner," the German novelist, translations of whose stories are so popular in this country, is Elizabeth Burstenbmder. She ; is ( ,s spinster and lives in Berlin. - Of all the shapes, thehrery long and perfectly round, loosely-flowing caps is perhaps the most graceful The wind will circulate rather freely beneath it, but who will care for that? It is pretty. Very large poke bonnets for baby girls are made of white faille, much shirred about the brim,' soft in the crown, with a ruche next the face, and full loops of white satin ribbon holding an aigrette in front. Queen Amelie, of Portugal, is a tall and stately young woman, with more of the queen in her bearing than many royal ladies possess. - She is twenty-six. years old, and a daughter of the Comte de Paris. - An enterprising tailor on Fifth ave nue, New York City, has taken into his shop three beautiful, clever young wo men, and is teaching them the art of tailoring. Much is expected from this new adventure. , ' xne ex-iueen ot I4aple3 is thus Las tic a horsewoman as is the Empress Elizabeth of as an en he r sister, . Austria. Though extremely poor for a royal per sonage, she devotes all her spare money to her horses Bonnet strings, that look as if they sprang from the back of the coiffure are now used in conjuction with those that itart from the rear of the head cover. Twisted around each other in the oddest way the effect is decidedly novel. . At one time, and that, too, not so yery long ago, fashion decrees forbade the wearing of black to a wedding. Now it is not only considered the correct thing, but some of the most elegant toilets aispiayeu upon cms occasion are black. Whitman County, Wasninztbn. Mo.. has what is believed to be the smallest woman living west of the Rocky Mountains.- She resides three miles from Pine City, is-thirty-one years old, is twenty aine inches high, and weighs exactly 30 pounds. . Girls of six to eight years wear aprons of white butchers' linen like sheeting large enough to serve as a dress in 'jammer, or to cover a cloth dress in win ter and protect it. They are high in the neck,' with large sleeves. The firm of Wilson & Wilson, Chicago real estate dealers, is composed, of two sisters, Cora, and Kitty, who started life working, in a basket factory at Benton Harbor, Mich., and afterward established a 'millinery store and dancing school there. They are said to be very pretty girls ana now making much money. Siredes as Servants. The' Swedes make the best servants of all our imported people, says Mrs. M. E. W. Sherwood in the North American Bevieutf and the reason of it was gravely stated to me by a Swedish cook '(who had herself risen to be the mistress of servants, and who deeply deplored the idleness and the disobedience which, she said, were creeping in even amongst them in our American life) to be the old Swedish custom of "Hosalga" an old Swedish law by which the masters are shll empowered to. inflict corporal' pun ishmenc on ' their servants, male and female, v , . "AM" said Freuda, "that made good servants i" ... ...:-.J-. - s . . - . 'i Wiffl !Vfv dear. I left my thimbi ly thimbi s, and ItrU ere, ' Tmr. V ? that"! If thfl nocket of mv new dress, i - - j 1 - vnn'd run ud stairs and- r ' Husbsnd4'Now, see here,- rm r; If going on off oa any such job ai that, iu How foolish you are I Nothing ia e, Mk ier than finding the pocket in awl All you have to do is to slip it on. vja i "Dup wnat out .. r ? The dress, of course. But you nl4 try to button it, you know." JFm, Oh T needn't I" -4 'UNO; Slipping it on is cuuuju. "WeiL then what?" V 'Use common sense of coursa ou have to do after the dress is ot dive down cross ways and a little , and tin and around, iust as you sc i do in the street car when the cor t comes along, and your hand T.i straight into the pocket." New I Weealy. v 1 . ' ' ' v Quick Mail Transit. Mr: Gotham "I hear Mr. BePave twn ftrrestMi. What is the chi against himt" 1 Mr. Brooklin "Delaying the TJr States mail." -My goodness! In what wayf 'De Pave is very fat, and when a watron ran over him it lost- twenty s onda' time and missed the train." . York Weekly. Had Seen Him. English Girl (to accepted lover) "My dear, I think you should see my father." American Youth "Ob, Tve seen him S iveral times. He leoks very respecta ble. Street & Smith's Good News." :, - . I . , "... Bwi Tkls f We offer One Hundred Dollars reward tot any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Curd. F. J. Chknxt A Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, nave known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him . perfectly honorable In all business transac tions, and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. - Wauino, Kinitak & Mabviit, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. HalTa Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. ' There is only one sudden death. among wo men to eight among men. For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Stoinvh disorders, use Brown's Iron Bitter. TM Best Tonic, it rebuild- the system, cleans the B4pod and strengthens the muscle-. A splendid ton ic for weak and debilitated persona. The estimated 1,450,200,000. population of the world is lire Of the kidneyi and liver to properly remove the lac tic or uric acid from the system, result; in Rheumatism This acid accumulates In the fibrous tissues, particu larly In the joints, and causes Inflammation and the terrible pains and aches, which are more agonizing ' very time a movement is made. ' The Way,. to "Cure,-, IS JfthenmatiHTn is to purify the blood. And lo do this1 take the best blood purifier." ' , Brief, but Important la the following few lines, Mr. O. S. Freeman pro prietor of the Ball House, Fremont, Ohio, says a great deal . " ' " I took five and one-half bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla : and it cured my rheumatism of 23 years' standing. " f;' O. A. Freeman, Fremont, Ohio. CHILD" BIRTH MADE EASY! " Mothers' Friend " is a 'scientific-" J ally prepared Liniment, every ingre- dient of recognized value and i.v T . constant use" by the medical pro- r fession. These ingredients are com- . " ' bined in a manner hitherto unknown 1 - "MOTHERS FRIEND" WILL DO all that Is claimed for it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to . Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Mothers " mailed FREE, con- tabling valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Sent by eipress on receipt of price f 1.5ft per bottle ; BRA0F1EL0 REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Gli BOLD BY ALL DECUG GISTS. " I inherit some tendency to Dys pepsia from my mother. I suffered two years in this way ; consulted a number of doctors. They did me no good. I then used Relieved in your August Flower and it was just two days when I felt great relief. I soon got so that I could sleep and eat, and I felt that I was well. That was three years ago, and I am stilrfirst- class. I ' am never Two Days. without a bottle, and The Modus Operandi, The Fall Flower9' V it I teel constipated. Tthe least particle a dose or two of August Flower does the work. The beauty,pf the medicine is, that yoc can stop the use of it without any bad effects on the system. ConstI patio n While I was sick I felt evervthine: it seemed to me a man could feel. I was of all men most miserable. I can say, in conclusion, that I believe; August Flower will cure anyone of indigestion, if taken Life of Misery with judgment. A. M. Weed, 229 Belle fontaine St., Indianapolis, Ind." 00000000000 THE SMALLEST PILL IH THE WORLD I TTJTT'S X O TITTY UVER PUIS O Ohavc all thevJrtaesofths larger one; qnallr effective; purely vegetable; Q xact size shown In this border. 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Dec. 10, 1891, edition 1
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