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THE JOURNAL. Taylorsvillc, IV. c. The Methodist Episcopal Church now has -2,154,287 communicants against 2.033,035 last year, indicating a net gain in 1S88 of over 00,000. The value of church property, including parsonages, has reached tho enormous sum of $97 546,515, an increase for the year of about $4,825,000. . . The present year will -witness the ad- j dition to the United States Navy of at least live new vessels, the Vesuvius, Torktown, Charleston, Petrel and Balti more, with the possibility of the Con cord and Bennington joining the num ber. The Philadelphia and Newark will also be launched this summer from Cramps' s yards, will see the tria so that the coming fall ofnaval vessels follow ing' one upon the other in quick suc cession. The Work on the Concord and iBennington is being pushed steadily forward, and it is . expected that both vessels will be launched before July. A rather novel proceeding took place a few evenings ago, says the Nev Orleans Times-Democrat, on the publk square of Helena, Ark. A white mau had been fined for carrying concealed weapons, and ho did not.desire to go to : jail, and did not" have enough to paj the fine and costs. Under the law, as it now stands, and a9 the county convict farm has been abolished, the white man was put up for Bale by the constable (a colored man) and sold. He was bought in at the late of twenty-five cents per day for as many days as it would tak the prisoner to work out the fines and costs at the rate of seventy-five cents per day. The other night in the city court, states the Constitution, occurred one of the most remarkable linguistic perform ances ever witnessed in an Atlanta court of justice. It was in the case of Dutto Tumasso, who is suing the Atlanta and "West End Street Railway for damages. There wa3 a witness on tho. stand who spoke only French. There was only one interpreter who spoke French, and, he spoke only French and Italian. There was only one ItaMan interpreter who spoke Italian and English. So the testi mony of the witnessdelivered in French was translated into Itatian by the first interpreter, then from Italian into Eng lish by the second interpreter, and thus through three tongues reached the judge. ' .The Chinese Navy has wonderfully improved, writes Frank G. Carpenter, since the late war with prance. Their Northern squadron is commanded by an English naval oflacer, and their ships, built in England and Germany, are among the best of the small men-of-war afloat. They carry the latest improve ments in the way of guns and the hulls of some of their boats are of steel. They, are, I am told, now making gunboats of their own, and they have a cruiser of 2100 tons and of 2400 horse-power, which they built not long ago. The country has but a small national debt, amount ing, say the statistics, to not over $25, 00,000, and by a judicious taxation it could establish a navy and army which misrht make the rr-st of Asia tremble. Electrical science seems to be branch ing out into new fields almost daily. One of the latest developments to be ex plained and illustrated in the electrical press is an electrical aid to the rapid compilation of statistics, now in use in the office of the Surgeon-General, United States Army, , for compiling the army health statistics. The facts in the indi vidual record are punched from uniformly printed recording cards, and tabulation of these cards is entirely mechanical and, electrical, the cards being run.through a press and the resulting elecferical con nection through the punched holes being recorded upon a series of counters ar ranged to register to ten thousand. Any desirable or possible combinations of the date recorded upon the cards may be electrically tabulated. It is proposed tc employ this machine in the digestion ol the statistics of the eleventh census, which is soon to be taken. A letter from Costa Eica says that the people there take life easily. It takes twenty employes to run a short train of ) - '' 111 .1 1 . . . m f cars, ai u.re; in reorgeous unuorms s and the conductor is resplendent in sil ver and gold decorations. Passengers purchase tickets on credit, and sixty days ire allowed for the payment "of freight bills. Out in the country goods are car tied by bx team9, and it frequently takes a team a week to make fifty miles. No body ia in a hurry, and nobody cares to do to-day what can be put off until to morrow. The necessarses of life are cheap, and long credit is forced upon the purchaser. Nobody steals anything, and a poor teamster will carry thousands of dollars many miles for thirty cents. Such a thing as highway robbery is un - heard of. The people have no violent prejudice against anything except hard work, and they will do anything to help a stranger until he proves himself dis agreeable. Then they will notify him to leave, and if he is slow about it they will foroe him to go. Altogether, Costa Hica is a pleasant country for a lazy man. ENTERING IN. ! The church was dim and tibnfc With the hush before the prayer; Only the solemn trembling Of the organ stirred the air. Without, the sweet, still sunshine; Within, the holy calm. Where priest and people-waited For the swelling of the psalm. Slowly the door swung open, And a little taby girl. Brown-eyed, with brown hair falling In many a wavy curl, With soft cheeks flushing hotly, ' Sly glances down ward thrown, And small hands clasped before her, Stood in the aisle alone. Stood half -abashed, half-frightened, Unknowing where to go, : WhiJe like a wind-rocked flowor - Her form swayed to and fro; And the changing color fluttered In the little troubled face, As from side to side she wavered With a mute, imploring grace. It was but for a moment; What wonder that we smiled By such arrange, sweet picture From holy thoughts beguiled? Up then rose some one softly, And many an eye grew dim, As through the tender silence He boro the child with him. And I, I wondered, losing The sermon and the prayer, If when some time I enter, The many mansions fair,. And stand abashed and drooping In the portal's golden glow, Our God will send an angel To show ine where to go ! -George Horton,iii Sunday-School Visi'or. THREE WADS OF BREAD. BY E. C. WAGGEXER. Paul C was a "jolly good fellow," so every one said. Thirty years old, perhaps, a I'arisian in every sense of the woid,with that courageous nature, lively and a little inclined to teasing that is the characteristic of the children of Paris. Nevertheless he had an excellent heart, anil was ready to throw himsf into the lire if .necessary for the very one . wnom an instant ueiore ne naa maae tne target for his jests. It was at K --, that pretty little neighboring city tb Puy,that Paul found himself one morning for pleasure and the drinking of certain healthful waters, for R , as every one knows, is a charm ing resort, and tilled, during the sum mer at least, with a crowd of guests. Paul and his friend Edouard Duchesne were at the same hotel and took their meah together at the table d'hote, where thj hd for aneighbor ia front of them an sglishriian, known to be very rich arid very fccenricf and whose life, they said, was but a scries of endles3 journey irjgs around ths or!d. Tf Paul bctriyed himself a Parisian in every' &Zt and' feature, so did the stranger betray the nativity of 'his country. Short of f$tui and fat, the face broad and r udqy, ifi skull bald and shining, the berd b'ldfade, the eye3 blue as corn $oVefs, he wag i fruly the most perfect type of au Englishman that it is possible Si5i5 Hore thaiy esse had cJM'hi&self smiinig aTthe iih possible vTsge"oTir Arthur Jacobson for such was this" stranger's' name. This evening, then, when the events occurred that I am going to tell you of, and, by the way, the evening of departure of the two young men, as the dinner was drawing to a close, exhilarated doubtless by the champagne they had taken, Paul amused himself while talking to Edouard in roll ing balls of bread crumbs and launching them between thumb and finger, as school children launch balls of tiancr. at his neighbor the Englishman. It was a thoughtless, not to say rude, exhibition on the part of Paul, but then Paul was not quite himself, and the temptation was for the moment irresistible. As the first pellet struck the arm of Sir Arthur Jacobson. he slowly turned his clear eyes upon Paul and his com panion, but hi3 broad physiognomy lost nothing of its habitual placidity. One would have supposed even that he had seen and comprehended nothiug, had it not been for the lact that with an air of the utmost indifference and phlegm he lifted the morsel of bread crumb and slipped it into the pocket of his vest still, however, without uttering a sylla ble. The bearing of this man was well cal culated to excite the teasing humor of the Parisian, and scarcely a moment had elapsed since the launching, of the first pellet when a second followed it, and taking the same direction as the first, went to flatten itself upon his shoulder, and, like the other, to travel the road to Sir Arthur's pocket. Angered a little by this systematic imperviousness, and certainly for the time being blind to the insult and iuconvenieace that uch pleas antry had for its object, Paul believed it his duty to repeat his pellet for the third time. It struck his vis a-via upon the forehead immediately between the eye brows. And still he received it with neither a movement nor a sign, though the waiters at the table could scarcely re press their hilarity on seeing him, with the some stoical gravity, lift his haud, femove it, and zczd it to join its com fa3cs in his pocket. This amusement, in bad taste a3 you are bound to admit, had lasted loug enough, and as the guests were quitting the table, Sir Arthur rose and followed their example, and Paul and his friend, their heads decidedly heavy with wine, got up in turn and went to smoke a cigar on the terrace. Hardly, however, had they made their appearance there than Paul found himself confronted by his recent victim, who regarded him full in. the face, and in excellent French , stated that he desired to speak to him a moment. 44 Vou must certainly understand, mon sieur," said he, 'that the play to which you delivered yourself a while ago con stitutes a serious atfront, of which I de mand the reason. Morever, as a gallant man, you also see that you must accord me, without my forcing it, the repara tion that is; my right." "Precisely, my lord; 1 see, and I am at your service. To-morrow morning, then monsieur, at.five o'clock, behind the park." .. "The conditions?" "Pistols thirty paces au vise. In an hour my seconds will wait upon yours. 1 have the honor, monsieur to salute you," , a . . ' "Which proves once more, my dar, ! Paul,1' said Edouard, when the stranger had turned on his heel, "that , it 'ioes not do to trust- to appearance. Vho would have supposed that ' little man so touchy on a point of honor? He take3 the thing, in my opinion, too seriously; . 4He has reason," replied Paul, in whose brain the freshness of the air had brought, about a salutary reaction. "I have committed a serious and offensive stupidity; it ia just that I take the con sequences. But a truce to words! Come with me to the house of JVI. D , whom I know slightly, and whom I shall ask to be my second witness." Promptly at the hour appointed the next morning Paul and his seconds and Sir Arthur J acobson and his seconds arrived at the spot indicated behind the park. Paul was a commercial man, peacefully inclined, and nothing of a sportsman, but in default of knowledge of the dueling-code, and of practice, possessed the natural and inherent cour age of a brave heart which enabled him under the present circumstances to worthily sustain his part. The seconds meanwhile had measured the ground, charged the pistols, and placed the principals. As they were about to give the word, the Englishman checked them." "A moment, if you please, messieurs;" and he drew from his pocket a tiny white pellet and extended it to Paul. "With this, monsieur," said he, "re membering that you struck me here;" and, tossing the pellet to the ground. Sir Arthur designated with his finger the outer part of his right arm. A minute later two reports were heard, and Paul staggered, his right'arra pieiced by a ball. ' ; The wound was serious, though not dangerous, and, with care and nursing, three weeks from the meeting behind the pa:k Paul was as good as well again. Sir Arthur h d come to inquire for him daily, and Edouard Duchesne, tranquil ized by the condition of his fr'.end, had long since returned to Paris; and soon Paul was able to go without carrying his arm in a sling. But scarcely had he gone a hundred yards bejond the hotel, when he found himself face to face with the English man. ' Pardon roe, monsieur," said he, ap-.' proachinsr Paul; "but now that you are recovered I must recall to you that the reparation you have accorded me is not the only one that you owe me. I nave waited until to-day, but have by no Riean3 renounced m rights. I have only desired that you should be in a condition physically to permit you to fight anew." "Very well, sir count upon me," re plied Paul, who felt born within him a sudden anger at the cold persistency with which this man pursued his ven geance. Too much of a Parisian to feel rancor himself at an injury so trifling, rlir Arthur's stubbornness put him in a fury. ;. . - ' - The next morning, then, a new en counter took place under the same con ditions as the other; the wilnc:sQ3 were also the same, with the exception, b: a young physician and friend of .Pau'.'&T' who had taken the pla e of Edcutrd Puchesne. As uP9jL t& f-iD22r 5" sion, when tire aKejjr!5' stood inp"o sUion and the wTfta" wa9 about to be given, Sir Artivur drw from his pocket a second pfellgt like1 the firirt, and show ing it to Paul, repeated. the formula: "With -this, monsieur, rTmembr' that you struck me here," and hs. laid his hand upon his left shoulder. A. moment later two reports came simultaneously, and the branch of acacia above, the English man's head shook slightly, cut by Paul's ball, and Paul lay inert upon the ground, his shoulder ploughed and torn. This time the wound was dec.dedly serious. Carried nearly senseless to hi- chamber, Paul, as 'soon as he could speak after the agony caused by dressing the wound had passed,1 insisted to his doctor that he must le taken to Puy, to the house of a sister who resided there. The transit was not difficult, and, deeming it best to gratify his desire, the doctor consented nnd arrangad accord? ingly, $.nd that same evening, accom panied by his physician and se ond, who refused to leave him, Paul was placed in the care of Martha, his sister, whose distress at hi3 condition you can readily imagine. The cause of the trouble, however, Paul wisely kept to himself. "It-was an accident received when rid ing," was all he told her. The fever that the doctor had foreseen with this wound soon made it appear ance, and,' aggravated by the difficulty of extracting the ball and the short journey from H , speedily ran into delirium, and complications of other kinds. In short, though the cure of the patient was positively promised by the doctor, it would be a long and tedious process, "six weeks certainly, perhaps a little longer." Madame Martha, reassured by the doctor's confidence, decided to take ad vantage of the occasion to impress upon her brother the ex ellent qualities of a certain young woman whom for a long while she had intended as his future wife. Jeanne and her mother, then,had been called upon in hot haste, and that same day installed by this shrewd tactician, ostensibly to assist and relieve her, by the pillow of the wounded. For a long time the fever and delirium continued, but at last ceased, and when Paul entered into the areamy and peace ful state ?f conTale2cence,hiseyes rested always upon the fresh and charming face of this young girl who had volun tarily and for many days past been his nurse. He recalled the thousand-and-one cares of which he had been the recipient, and of which he had taken count but vaguely in the weakness of body and brain produced by serious illness. A strange, sweet emotion in vaded his heart. He extended his hand to Jeanne, who smiled and gave him her own with charming grace and gentle ness. ." " ' , ' . From this on' the cure proceeded rapidly. "The day was near," said the doctor, "when the invalid would be able to leave his room." ' And gradually, as strength returned to his feeble body, love increased in his heart, and the ; tender, unaccustomed sentiment, combined with the warm sun of April, contributed not a little, to hasten complete recovery. Strange as it may seem, though in stances are not rare where the force of a true affection overpowers and effaces all ' memory of the causes that have given it irth, Paul at this point was so absorbed in his dream that he had absolutely for gotten the events that had furnished the motive of his descent uuoh Puy when an incident occurred that brusquely re called him to reality. "Do you. know, Paul," said Martha to him one morning "I have forgotten to tell you of it before that a gentleman has been here regularly every day to ask for news of you?" "A gentleman? Oh, yes," replied Paul, whose cheeks had flushed a little 'yes. Sir Arthur J acobson, was it not?" "That was the name," said Martha, adding inquiringly, "A friend of yours, perhaps'" "Yes, a friend" with a bitter smile. "I must see him soon. To-morrow I shalK be able to -leave the house, and it shall be my first visit." As a flash Paul had comprehended the immensity of the peril that awaited him that he had returned to life again simply that his enemy should take it from him. Yes, those two first encount ers were truly insignificant, though showing him what he had to expect ; the third one was inevitably death. The pellet of bread, the third one he re membered it well had struck immedi ately in the center of the brow. Death! when love sang in his heart, and the future smiled before him. filled with the sweetest promises! It was indeed too much, and the vindictivenesst Paul told himself, of a brute rather than a man. Blind fury took possession of him toward this ferocious adversary who al lowed him to take breath only to strike him down the surer. This time it should be a duel to the death between them, but one and Paul prayed for it devoutly where consciousness of right would put in the hand of the feeble a superior force that would lead to victory. The next morning, bright and early, still feverish with anger burning in his heart, but very resolute not to wait till the peril came to seek him, so eager was he to finish it, Paul sallied out alone, certain of encountering him whom he sought. Nor were his expectations dis appointed, for at the end of the street in which he lived he perceived Sir Ar thur coming, as usual, to inform himself of his victim's progress. Paul did not give him time to speak. 4 'I know, monsieur," said he, "that you still await me. If 1 submit to this last exaction it is because I also have a desire to finish ouce for all with the cruelty of your pursuit, but I put a con dition upon this final encounter that it shall not take place until a month from to:day that is to say, the morning af ter the day when I shall give my name and property to a young girl whom I love with all my heart, who loves me in return, and who will be my wife.' "You are going to be married, then?'" ea:d tir Arthur, with an accent of in terest and curiosity. "In that case I will wait; but, pf course, under the cir cumstances" and he gazed at Paul fixedly "you will permit me to assist at tho nuptial benediction?" " "Certainly," replied Paal, but very coldly; "I know nothing to prevent it," -d .bidding each other a courteous good - morning, the t:;o men parted. Ona monthlat'er precisely, the permit of the Maire and the benedbtion of the priest united r'aul and Jeanne, the latter more beantiful than ever in her bridal robes.-- Paul, also," wa?' very happy cc3pite the fact that hh happiness was tinctuied with secret sadness, and ac cepted with a proud and joyous smile the congratulations showrered upon him at the door of the sacristy by the throng of guests. The last of the file was Sir Arthur Jacobson, who said to him, in an undertone, as he slipped into his hand a tiny casket of chased gold, and turned away : V.My present to you, monsieur." With ihe exception of the family and a few intimates, every one had now re tired, and, profiting by a moment of solitude, Paul lifted the lid to find a pellet of bread, yellowed and dried up, but still the third one! Paul comprehended at last this pres ent that Sir Arthur had given him was forgetful nes3, condonement, life and happiness. . It was no shame to his man hood that a tear of joy sparkled upon his lashes. That same day Sir Arthur Jacobson left the country to return no more, and three years later died in Holland, leav ing to Paul "a man," so the will read, "biave enough to face the consequences of a momentary indiscretion" a lortune that amounted to more than $ 100,00 J. New York Dispatch, Sagacity ot Shepherd I)o?s. A gentleman who has had considera ble to do with shepherds and drovers in England and Scotland, speaking of the story published in the Oregonian a day or two since about a dog separating the ewes and -wethers of a fiock by noticing the earmarks, say there is no doubt but what it is true, lie has known d'gs to go into a drove of sheep which were marked with several ditferent marks and single out every one be iring his master's mark. He says the .shepherds train their dogs by. taking them along when puppies under their care as they mark the sheep, and the dog is thus taught to distinguish marks. He says f urthur . that at the sheep market in Islington drivers have their sheep "marked With blue or red paint, and when the drives get mixed a dog will go into the band and bring out his master's sheep, telling them by the color of the marking. Shepherd dogs are the most intelligent of the canine family, and when they are brought up among herds of sheep and trained t j take charge of them, it is but reasonable to suppose that they may learn to notice marks of any kind on them. Portland Oregonian. An Eight-Leg?ed Horse. James McCloud owns a horse on his Dakota farm which has eight feet. It is perfectly formed in all respects, except that it has eight feet. ISot until the pasterns or fetlock joint is reached in the descent from the shoulder to the foot, is there any apparent dilference between this horse and any other. But at the pastern joint, or lower end of the shin bone, the branch begins, and two per lectly formed feet are found on ea.h of the four legs. The horse runs on the range the same as any andas fast as most of them, and all eight feet are shod, or may be if desired. McCloud has refused $2o00 for a half-interest in the curiosity, but he wants -$50uO 'outright for the whole animal. PILLOWS. ANCIENT AND MODERN AIDS TO RECUMBENT COMFOKT. A Block of Wood Has Evolved Into the Present Luxurious Headrest Bamboo Pillows Early English Bolsters. There is little doubt that the first pil low used was a block cf wood, either hollowed out to fit the neck or a plain section of a stump of a tree. The latter is still used by savages, and no one who has not tried it can imagine how restful such an arrangement is. The prime ob ject of the pillow was not to afford a soft place for the head to lie on. but something that would keep the bead in a proper, position when the body was in a reclining posture, and to brace the neck. If the reader will observe the tired man he will remark that the first portion of his body that gives way is the head. When sleep comes on this is the ? EGYPTIAN HEAD-REST. portion that first grows heavy and un stable. Kot only is this because the muscles of the neck relax in common with all the other muscles of the body, but the head is relatively the heaviest part of the body, and at the same time the least supported. It rests upon the neck, a column often disproportionately small, and at thefir3t symptom of weak ness in that quarter the head topples and falls. . Again, when one lies down, whether on the side or the back, the head is found to be out of alignment. "When lying on the side the arm may be thrown up to rectiiy this, but this at best is an uncomfortable position and the piliowless sleeper will soon roll over on his back or his face. When ly ing on his back the head sinks and an arch is formed, with the shoulders and occiput a3 the supporting piers and the nape of the neck as the keystone. There it is that the first sign of ucrefreshed weariness appears, and there it is that the support is primarily needed. Put something underneath the arch to keep off the strain and rest will be the result. So it was that the first observant chil dren of men saw the necessity of sup porting the arch and thrust in a log of wood to fill it up. The desired result was effected and, a3 was said just now, those who have not tried this simple pil low can form no idea of how restful an arrangement it is. THE CI-ASSICAli PILLOW. The Chinese and Japanese all use a section of bamboo for a pillow. In fact the wooden pillow, or neck-rest rather, is common throughout-all the "Oriental nations of arrested civilization. The fashion of .their use goes back a long way and the Eg5ptians used a wooden head rest of the shape shown in an accom panying cutu These were especially adapted to the preservation of the elab orate coiffures so much in fashion among the women during the nineteenth and twentieth .dynasties. These head rests were not only used by those who slept upon the mats or skins of wild animals laid upon the floor, but were also used on .the straight couches which did . duty as beds. The Jews,' however, never used the head-rest, unless it was during the time immediately following . their Egyptian captivity. At first thick cotton quilts were used for a bed, one above and the other beneath, while the third was folded flat and used for a pillow. These in turn gave place to the roomy divan, about which were a number of cushions stuffed with goat's hair, and were un doubtedly used for pillows. The bed which we read about so often in the Bible as having been carried about by the owner was evidently nothing more than a mattress. The Oriental bed gradually; developed into a thing of more magnificence than comfort, as may readily be understood on reading Baron de Tott: AN ANGLO-SAXOH PILLOW.' 'The time of taking our repose has now come,'' he writes, 'and we were conducted into another large room, in the middle of which was a kind of bedr without bedstead or curtains. Though the coverlet and pillow . exceeded In magnificence the richness of the sofa, which likewise, oraamervted the room I foresaw that I could expect but little rest on this bed, and had the curiosity to examine its make in a more particu lar manner, j? uteen mattresses of quilted cotton, about. three inches thick, Tanpd onft linnn sL-nnha v x -"viiiwi, iuiiucu kuo grounuworK, anu were covered by a sheet of linen sewed on to the last mattress. A coverlet of green satin, adorned with gold embroidered in em bossed work, was in lik-5 manner fast ened to the sheets, the ends of which turned in were sewed down alternately, m. tic umuws or rrlr- covered with the like embroider" there was no want of gold or c icsbcu. yju. me cusmons of f brought near to serve as &Wi tended to support our heads TnfiM ing of the pillows entirely awnl have been a good resource if V Hi bolster ; and the expedient of turn- other side upward having ni . cgth show that they were embroidered Ramp rnannpr nn V10 Vinf. 1 t)i labium. We Gf i determined to lay our handle fa 1 over them, which, however, did n ies vent our being very sensible of iT6, bossed ornaments underneath." eia' This was evidently more the lax -s show than of use, and even a .Ury f i . ' i i "OorW iicciv-resi wuuiu nave ueen prefp The Greeks and Romans, despiw1? love of the severely classical, were fond of cushions, and used tho : VerS lows, a specimen of "such an .TPft iucui uciuk suuwu im me rni- Jvl v. : -u the framework of their couches was wm- out of costly wood or mpfi ;Jhfe times the lower part of the couch draped with silk embroidered with rfi thread, representing figure scenes S as hunting parties or banquets,' Tvj soft pillows of these couche3 weregfnff with wool ana rovrn with -"-ur or variesatea fabrics Babylon. Stiff -and ungainly though much 0ftW mediaeval furniture was, the "knioU old" and their ladies were very lar about the comfort of their hel Norman beds had ornamental teste! and were furnished with quilts, spotted or striped linen sheets and a covering 0r lows stuffed with wool an generally covered with silk. The bed, indeed, during .toe Sfiddfc Ages was the principal piece of n to vr tho srpnninfr.Tfinm 1 f nally simple in its forms, although 't antique tradition of the bronze bedstead seems to have survived in Slerovin and Carlovingian times. Subsequently the bed was made altogether of -fccior which, after the twelfth century, THE MEDIEVAL PILLOW. carved or turned, painted or inlaid with ivory and colored woods. The pillows were embroidered, and a rich coverlet sometimes made of costly, fur, was laid upon it. , The description of the sleeping aparta' ments of the wife of a retail dealer ia cloth, taken from a book called "Le; Tresor des Dames," by Christian de Pisar, will give an idea of the extreme luxury which was indulged ia bj, French tradesmen as well as iioe. men in the . fourteenth century.) The ' two rooms precedmsr the bedcnfiasLQeii each contained a richly-curtained! hed,, and-the second a great sideboard; eor-j ered like an altar, upon which &Xood V nrsof rlool rf Cllvl'T Til.itf Thft fiTmrinil. ana oeautnui cnamoer 01 ice mistress ox the house was hung with tapestry' richly worked with her device in gold. The hang ings of the large and beautiful bed were very rich, and the carpets about it "were worked in gold thread. The sheets, which were of Rheims linen of the ut most fineness, were valued at $650. Over these lay a covering of woven gold, covered with a linen sheet as soft as silk, woven in one piece, and so large that it covered the whole bed and fell to the ground on all sides. It was- a oveltj valued at $400. The lady lying in the bed was dressed in crimson silk and her pillows were of the same material em broidered with pearls. The bed and its belongings continued to hold their importance during the Kenaissance, and they -were always re garded as a work of art and an orna ment to the dwelling. The ped retained its canopy, but-was freed fr&m the chest- AN EARLY EUGLTSn EOLSiEP. . like inclosure with which Gothic taste had surrounded it. The feet were treated artistically; the sidesand especially the inside of the raised headboard were richly carved and four parts at the cor ner?, either' shaped like cary tides or like fluted and twisted columns supported the framework of the canopy, whichwas of silk or velvet The heavy, curtains which closed its four sides were trimmed either with fringes or lace. Coverlets were spread over the whole bed made ot the costliestjfenetian lace, and the pil low cases were embroidered in silk ana gold. - Since that time the silken .pillow has grown out of fashion or is at best but an affectation. Apropos of affectation, how ever, the recent revival of the ailken sheet makes it perfectly possible and deed probable that silken pillow case may once more be the proper thing the bed of the rich. But the cover ot the pillow is after all but a matter of minor importance. The size and stuffing of the article are the prime considera tions. San Francisco Chronicle, Switzerland a Network of Telephones. The returns published by tho Confederation with reference to the del velopment of telephonic communicatQ in Switzerland, show that since establishment of the first telephooe. jj, i 18r0 Sixty-one towns have been P'igj with them, and there are now ' Hv . with them, and there are now . . -tnaa phonic stations, of which no fel 1 hsA ISOn AT in Honnvo on1 its UOurU . Most of the Swiss towns are now w J oniy commumcatmcr -wita lausa""- - i ,a f the lae, . ... ... T -nnP fiHW but with Berne, Zurich and St. Gau- j i1' ; .nil 1 - qWTO OR A termini jutilate Li-When i -Atte Since the the man f United nestine I aye in th reasurer's 3ced Uni pe bills "v baaming n use, V sely dra eming tl 'What i lemptioi the Trej Xrld cor fcial at " j'lf a pe e some1 3 hine-i 3 in or f vernmei ninatioi tion of means at whic isured. ie size'; liitably aish a it prop tilated lates ai emea one sing, i redeer d no inal p er ma j he Go fithre ttions i ar the i witr
The Alexander County Journal (Taylorsville, N.C.)
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April 18, 1889, edition 1
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