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PARIS' JPU8UC 8lfcAUQHTERH0USE3.!
Xh Abattoirs at Xa TUlette An Kb
'tenstire Establishment CleauUaes.
is -j.rHje Buflden.- - 1". "
-Ina abattbira - at La Villette, which hare
replaced the analogous establishments scab
tered thronghoufr Paris cover an irregular
swface of nearly, fifty acn and the buili
inga cover about 58,000 square meters. - The
general - aspect is tather - imposine: The
facade toward, the Roe de Flandres shows a.
grills about twenty meters interrupted by
pilasters intended for . allegorical groupi
Exomthe principal front' six larsra avenues
radiate intercepted -by, smaller ctojs onea.
ings with filling of rough-dressed masonry
crot brickwork. JThe D&rtitlon walls are in
hard brick; '.covered "With Portland cemenfc
xne noorsareor iron, covered with plasties
ana Diwimen, tne roois entirely or tiles, -
rToCHve
some idea of the Imnortanoe of
the ahattoirs . hd f - the service they ran
derweinay add that the work of lhe3tsJ J
usomant occupies 150 -sianghter houses eon-
tamed. m , eight group of kuildincv that
the'awellfngs for -bttfccihers- and' shep-
Beras, eta, occupy ten blacks ot; buHliuss.
.and that the stall can allow space for 2.000
oxen, 7,000 sheep, 2,700 pis and' 2 000
cahtaaj ; Each year there ts some new in
rprovementf in ;-tte general - arrangement;
Row it fa a special railway to-be made
arouna the line 01 enclosure communica
tag :-with all the other railways radiating
from Paris to the provmceai nowanother
suspension railway is constructed for the
quicker circulation of the masts, etc.'
xrurtner on three large pavilions are ocou
pled in roasting pige by ga. not to, epeak of
other structure for the -cleansine of offaL
the triparies, the blood store, the extraction.
ox albumen and animal oil, the preparation
oz calves' head a and sheep's feet. eta. For
the purpose of having everywhere' the indis
pensable element of cleansinz. water from
the Marne and . from the Ourev is received
into sixty iron reservoirs which prolect into
me establishment at all points. This is not
all, for when the buildings are eompletelv
. Pnished they will cover a, space : of 87,000
meters and contain 311 slaughter houses, of
wmca iTif only are at present at work.
lhe works have cost up to .this moment
about 18,000,000 franc; 7,000,000 more will
be required to complete them. The cattle
markec, which form the complement to the
abattoirs and opens 00 the Rue d'Allemagne,
wax commenced In 1807, and has cost about
W.000,000 francs.
- - A Hake Believe Actress.
Sew Xork Cor. Pioneer FreS3.t " - - -
A new and more vicious sort of false pre
tender has just- been developed in thii city.
tS' taxes shrew a aavantege or -the . smgo-
lar fact that, to some men. an actrets is
more admirable-than the same woman
would be were she in private life. . I firt
aw this operator a weex ago, and she has
been mdnttriouJy employe 1 every day and
eveniug Flace. 6he Is young an i fair. . In
stead of dressing richly or carefully, she L
adroitly clothod in the sloucby carslsssaes
formerly characteristio of actresses, and
still practioe.1 by many. " Thus costumed
AtSt her nl9 she saunters te the ejtihule of
the theatre, and prtend3 to be Irokisg at
the phot-wrap1 thsre display el, bus she is
all the while watching for a probable vic
tim among the passers. . -
When a promising man comes along, she
-Iip3 . quickly -out fn front of him, with a
Quick - elanre tip and down the street, and a
-hasty drawing, round her ah ulleri of her
wraPt by that act dbtclosinz a yellow play
book in one band. The spectator's guess is
that 'she is an actress employed in that
theatre. . She will tell him fo if he accepts
her covert Invitation to comoanionshia
and be will go home believing that be baa.
ma le tUa vet laintance of a vtage charmer.
Turkey and the Orassbepper
" -"'.r fDetroit Free Press. f ..- -r.. -A
Yetrajr and guileless Turkey was Walk
tag in the Field ..one day in search of some
thing to stay his Stomach, when Luck
brought him a fine, large Grasshopper. - He
was about to swallow the Insect, when the
Hopper exclaimed
"Hold on a moment my Friend l what's
the use-of picking op a small Insect like me
when there are plenty of Mares in 'the
.Weeds Just ahead r
'That's so, and now looiish 1 wasr an
swered the Turkey as he let the hopper- go
and set out to find Hares. - At the end of
half an hour he leaned np against a barbed
wire fence, - kicked himself fourteen sue-
cessive time, and remarked:
""In tha first piece l couldn't catch a
Hare, and in the.eecond I .couldn't have
eateu one if I had."
" Moral The Mechanic who runs after Poli-
nwv
'' f -r Beaewal of aa Old Casto&w.
" - Chicago Tribune.
"Many bells dn shipboard - have been tolled -qn
the Potomac' river opposite Mount Yeiv
non ' eince the death and burial of Gen '
Grant f.This is a renewal of an old custom;
more honored in the observance than in the
breach that Sprang up in tbie way: , On
afternoon long, ago : a merchant . vessel
manned by French admirers of .Washington
passed slowly down the stream, and when,
Mount Vernon came in " sight ; the tricolor
was put at half-masty while minute by min
ute a deep-toned bell oa the deck tolled as if
at a fnneraL From that moment it seemed
to the rivermen that .the thing to do m go.
tag by; the grave otj-Washington was to
make some sign -of respect' Nevertheless,
the younger generation bad almost forgotten
to keep np the custom, until the. burial of
Gen Grant served , aa a reminder f ,what
their fathers did. -
" " Distins;alsbed Canines. - '
; . tChica Herald. .
Tha books of the clerk: in tha collector'!
office t Washington who issues , dog Ji
t-en-es show that more dogs. hare, been
named After Gen. . Ben E Butler than any
other jpublic man. j There are . about . half a "
doson of euchdiatingnished canlBes, . while
as yet -there is.r only one Gxover Cleveland,
one Chester Ju' Arthur andVone James A.,
Garfield. 1 1 V
tiomB by Calllgxapb. r
Copyini -letters in the treasury at
Wash-
idgton 4s now done by calligrapfr on separ
ate uheetH of paper .or bindihg - fti volacaaa i
The new procase saves time and money. .
Experiment show that, red- ctover wOI
thrive 1a JSorth Plorida.J- ' . ' :
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7 i,---- - : ' - fr! a. f ..
-j -TFock Ja be Cool of the Day.
; 'IExchange.l fJ
: , One method of : relie f ; from discomfort,
which is generally ovorlocked, is a change
In' the' hours of business and -: labor... There
are very few employments which could not,
emrlhg the three months of summer weather,
begta one r two hours earlier in the morn
ing and end one. or two hours oarlier Jn the
afternoon,, thus enabling the employes to do
much et their work- at the coolest period oi
the day,- and .to stop at a time when, it r is
snoat. oppress! veu vYet no matter - bow hot
It is, the great-mass of the- working popula
tion in this eoontry xio exaetlv . the sama
work in the a toe hours, as they
the col-Jest day in wji winter.
would . ot-
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J Off ANNIS BERGEli.
THE FAMOUS VINEYARDS ON PRINCE
MaTrRNlCHS ESTATE.'
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How "the ' Wla
Xs MaJeT
fer;
Tfhlea
Con oTss e ars
rTrlp Througn the. Wine Cel
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' lars The Wine-Press. , ' ,
. fCklognetor.Phdartphia Tipies.1 f'
Prom the mouth f .the Neckar. - as ifar
down as 'B mn, whre Bthoven was
born, the bjanln ? of -the V, line preAeat twe
continuous picturesque ;"pjm irauiiv in turn
smiling and peaceful or warlike and majee-
uo, - Close by the old Uatle .von iliberich if
a ig white house .at the.foot of alof.y hiil
covered: -au over, with- grape-vinja; Tbs
hou is o wned ' by Prince-- Me Uernlelu and 1
from - this vmavard comes the far-ianted
win of Johanmberg.- ; The estate w orig
inally a priory founded in. the elaventli cen-.
turyr - The priory after war Is becams at"
abbey an! neafby was the GotUithal eou
vent' -Between". the two religious establish
mants stretched a viaeyard -which belonged
to - both. ,As the monk and nuu; lived on
good Jterms with eaeo otuer, during the vinj?
age -they mingled Jreely under the grapes as
they gathered the ripe clusters; than, when
the bassets had all -been emptied - and th
presses had received .' the lat bunches the
sleek brothers and tender sisters sampled the
new wine together -and united : in - singing
hymns or in religioui dancer around the
vats into which the, precious liquid- was
Sewing.- Ah, those were indeed .the good
Old daysl - v - v ' -,
- THE PALACE. - .
-The palace is about three mile3 from the
landing-place not a regular stopping place
for boats, by - the way and is situated
upon an 'elevation.' . A grand ani beauti-
lai vie w mst -my gaze lrm the terrace
in front-of the chateau. . The vineyard
encircles the noue closely. There are about
seventy-five to eighty acres ofgyapes, ani
every acre of it ii worth more than 910,000.
Their yield, year in and- year -out is, say.
42.5J0 bottles, every drop, of it worth " at
least $2 on the plantation and some of U
not to be bought if yon offer $1 a drop to its
.owner. - -
The wines of the - Jobanniaberg demand
the utmost care and attention and the cost
of keeping up tie vineyard la very -heavy,
but the profits are estimated at quite "10 per
cent, of tae actual value of; the property.
When .the-estate parsed into, possession' of
JMetteroiotflt wat detTeed that one-tenth of
the animal yield should be reserved for the
emperor of Au.tna, and so every year, that
monarch's cellars are ; restjckei - with" this
magninoent necuar. .. , , .. v
TUi YIXEYAEDS."', ,
-.The soil on this p-ace ef a vary red
clay, heavily intermixed withgraveL ' Some
pota are newly planted aa-i very: little
land lies f ado w. A ne vines are all cf one
kind the Rie-lini. Tnere are several kinds
of table .grape in the yard and around the
walls in tee garden, but la the vineyard
the re . are nj - varienej." ;There U a great
rivalry between Metteraish and the grand
deio of lTasau,s wno(ewn the- Stetaberf
wine place. toth vineyards have the same
kmi of grape, so it is but - the ' location -and
the soil which ean b in favor of 'the cna or
the other. . - -- '
- Tse moJe of - making wine is the Bam?.'
but the grapss Are not always plucked at
the same nuie. Ueneraily tuey are plucked
in November, not - jnfrequeutly when the
snow Is on the ground, but when caught by
rain or snow,- the wine Iosjs mnc'a of ite
flavor. On one occasion the steward - of tne
JohaouisLerg . estate pickel his grapes
week earlier than did his rival oa tae Stein
berg. During that .week snow tlT and the
duke's crapes were watered s-o that he lest
many thousand dollars. An for Metternich
one hogshead of that year's wine ITS, gal
ons made out of selected ' berries netted
him 17,000, or 1 3 a bottle on the farm, ;
'- - THE CELLABSU - v - .
I was permitted to visit the ceUars which
are under the palace; ATterv going' down
twenty-Aye or thirty feet we entered the
fir. t cjllar. Hundreds of lights illumined
the room. Tcere were two rows of barrels
of wiue, and on almost every barrel was
lighted candle. The vaults are. all about
forty feet wide and twenty feet high, arched
with stone. In'tbe center stood a table and
on it were several empty glasses ' We sat
down on the end of a bar! and the steward
talked, to mo in a way that - made me love
him. The grapes from which theje wine
are made are - picked by women and - chll
dren, who have .-wooden tubs with leather
stiapj so tbat'they may be .carried oa the
back. When these tubs are full' they are
taken to a place, where rkuled men claa-ify
the grapes that i3 to say. they take.' all the
finest bunches and lay them in one . tub,' the
next u -In another,, and so on.
' - THE VTINE-PHESS. ' ;
: From the flrstcla- grapes the best berriea
are cut out and placed in a large earthen
ware dim.'- They are trodden out -not by
bare-footed men, but by men in boots made
for that purpose. They are' pressed in a
press - which no other - sort of grape -.ever
touches. .- The juice- is put into a clean bar'
rol and left f-r fermentation." The bung
hole is covered with an earthenware funnel,
which is half filled witl water, so that the
eas bubbles up through the water, but no
a can reach- the, wtnau iWheaTtbav.' wine
is ' made it u bottlea - ana stores care
fuUy ; away- in the ' private , cellar of v the
prince, ' and no man's money may Jtuy
drop of this supernacolar. . 7 - . - r
- The first-class bunchej from which the
best berries "have -teen 'cut are - carefully
divested of dut and other : impurities and
are then trodden and pressed, an i to the
juice thus produced is- added 'that pressed
from the be-t grape cufr frora" the second
V and thinlpcla.e buuehes," Tais juice is then
run Into barrels in the cellar, the bung-hole
of each barrel being covered with an earth-
ware funnel half 'filled " with Water, as al
ready described. f. The iuiee remains thus.
uutil Marco,- when ft . is drawn , off into
perfectly clean barrels.' The- first year the
wine U drawn eff into other barrels four or.
five timos. Vlt is first drawn off .four or fire
weeks after it is put '"into barrels, then in
two months, then three, then in four.. ? In the
second year twlceiifiuCleient in. the third
year onea, then -r once -in:, two- years; after
that it remains quitei until bottled, wrfcaa!
nd capsuled. -..- - s
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" t " 'Tle Dwl in HnnEaxy. .
r , " .tExchangsJi'-,.- s
Ebctract from, the "letter of an'American
travelfng in Hungaryi.flam going this aft-
ernoaa to the hor e rsscea, but wilt try- not
to bse all , my florins nor get fu any duels,
which -reem to be. very easily - gotten up
here.. Tx.r Farkas. ' whose cquam tance
have . made, has - served as -surgeon in 127
duels in his tea 'years tf "practice, -and in
vited me to assist at one this morning, but
it did-not come of.--vTwohave ten fought
inftA we came ' Iiera. -The last one was
between" M. Polzkyrthe manager of the
miianm. and Count. -Zichy, a one-armed
pianist on condition that one must be killed
: or - disabled. They ;slashed each other
Mirnnrh is-ht .. rounds, and' the duel ended
whAn Polsvs biceD3 was di Video. Hone
bem, otisSeJ they cOled cj each other a&l
- are friends again,? -,
A STRETCH OF IMAGINATION.
Lesson . in Moslo Anohcr . In TJeat-il
' V " rProfe83orOrooniEo'bertson.i f -Suppose,
by a wild' stretehot imasrinaflon,-
some mechanism that rwilfe. make a rpd. .torn.
round one of its ends quite aowly at . first
but then faster-and-faster,' till it wil jre-
volve auy numher Af timo3 ; in - arseoond;
which" L of -course perfectiy:-Imagtoablev
though you could not find such a rod of put
together such a mecbanisni. ; let the whirl- I
ing go on in a dark- .room- ana suppose a
tuan there knowing nothing of the rod; how
wUl he be affected by, itf .X " .-
So long h it turns but a . few . times In A
seoon 1 he-will not bs affected at . all unless:
he is nsar enough to receive a blow on the
skin: Bet as soon-as itiegini to spin from
sixteen to twenty timea a second & deep,"
growiuig. . note wiu breast m ; npon mm
through. his ear, and. as the- rate then grows
swifter, the tone will go" von. ' becoming less
ana lets grays, ana sooa moe an.1: more J
acutov tilLit will rSach a piteoj i shrainass
hardly to be borne, when -the speed has to
be counted by tens of thousands. At length,
about the stage -of 40,000 revolutions a seer,
ond, more or le-s, the shrillness will - pass
mto stillnei; silence will again reign' as - at
toe first nor any more. be broken.-v
The tod might now plunge on in mad
fury for a very dons time without 'making
any difference to the man; bat "let ; it sud
denly come to whirl : some "million times a
second, and then through intervening -space
faint rays of heat will begin ta steal toward
him, setting up a feeling of warmth- in - his
skin, -which again will grow more and more
Intense, as now through Atens and hundreds
ana tnousanas oi muuons xne race ox revo-
lu tion is supposed - to " rbat - Why r not .bill
ions! The heat at first will be only so much
the greater. , - ' - ,
But lot about the stage of 400,000,000,000
tere is more a dim red light becomes vis
ible in the gloom;, and now, while the. rate
still mounts up, the -heat in its turn 'dies
away, till it vanishes as the sound vanished;
but the rel-light will have passed from the
eye into a yellow,- a green, a blue, and, last
of alt a violet. And to th violet the revo
lutions being about 830,030.030,000 a eecond,
there wilU succeed darkness nighties in the
beginning. This darkness too, ' like . the
ktillnes. will never more"; be broken.' lt
the rod whirl on as it may, its doings can
not come within the ken ot... that- man's
senses. ' -- " . -
IPHILADELPHIA BOYS BATHINGS.'
Aree-qaarters f a Rood of Tell What a
- Bolt of Water Did.
"-: 7 .:. irhfladeinhia Pre sal "
The west ' Philadelphia - boys were red
mittel , to the public bathing bosses, the
other afternoon. Inspector Graham swung
baek one neat green door picks i out . with
red.- Suparintsn lent Muis swung .back
(he- other . one.- , They blocked ' the
doors .with sticsi . aril lodged, it , wa?
none too quick. Embryo insurrectio i at the
first movement of the nea tureen doors had
started with a yelfc Gathcrinz: momentum
as it-f-ped. the bulk of boys behindC forced the
xx inrfe of boy jthead off thair fast;' A fifty
poundtbiy whizod like, a- catapult bolt
pat the eiperintendeotfsjear . just as he' golf
his block in place, - He .was the cork of a
bottle of boys; the doorway wa; the nsck of
the bottle. The doorway Jhzzled and foamed
b?ys for five m.nates. Ejch boy had bean
yelling as he cams ti the door. Each boy
doubled his yelU a he passed it .The bath
house is 124 .feet hong by 58 feet broad. This
makes x, 193 qaare-feet of. yell a second.
passings upward into the still air of West
Philadelphia. - "Do you we why we left the
roof off r Commissioner Dixsy snooted into
The Pres reporter's ear.
"It would have gone off anyway," the re
porter shouted back. " - 7
The . commi-ioner . had taken - out his
watch when the first fifty -pound - boy was
catapults! in. In lorty-flve seconds "tberjs
were four' boys splashing in 'the eighteen
inches of water in-the bath. The yelling
never stopped. Taere was not an artitfulate
sound in , the 4 whole of, it It was simply
plain, solid, homogenous - yeH," changed
from yell cf tantallizd disappointment to
yell of gratified delight - The seventy-two.
neat green clothes-closets were possessed in
an instant of ttma. The .boys-who. went
into them were clothed each in some more
Lor Jess crude Imitation of . the garb of man
kind. - Eaoh had some sort of individuality
4n his rag-i. Toe boys' who came out had to
be class.aed jnto fat and "thin, - tow-headed
and black-headed. -
Individually they were not -distingutsha-
ble -merely separable into - kinds of boys.
The great . four-inch bolt-of yellow water
paunng out of the north wall, midway be
tween the ends of the pool, was the center
of attraction. Tae boys .knew they would
never see it again. Henceforth" It will be j
under water. . noys to tua nnmoer os nail a
doz?n would bestride If at one " time," as in
winter they bestride a bob-sleigh. ' Then the
huge yellow bolt pouring .swift r and irre
BiitiLla with the fate of .gravitation would
bend queer, confused rainbows of: conglom
erate boy, short,' white leg and arm's fat
funny little bodies and - gasping sputtering
head sticking in all sort of queer reversed
directions into the center of the pooL -Boys
of : strangely par(i-colored dirt would be-,
stride the bolt boys witli legs streaked with"
coal and Coke -dut bodies 7 strongly dotted
with the dyes of their calico shirts, necks and.
arms grimed with the common dfrtr. of the
road. . Tbe huge, irresbtibls bolt woulif .de
posit5; white, ; clean,'", gleaming '.models for
cherub painters in the yellow water of. the
l-oot.lThe bolt tornedf, them", from genre
figures of bUqtte cr tarra-cotta' inio. classic
figures of meibla. ,? Alii be; waile.he 1, IB3
square feet of yell never ceased for a second
torise into the drowsing air of . West Phila-
-delphisw . 2 f "V- " -" i-i'"- j s.
V&. Speetin,, To Bc'Ijecte J Treasurer. r'
y - "Texas Siftinss.X- j---.'5', ;
Jim Webster bad- tee a owing-' promi
neut citizen of Ansthi JT-ioeisonie harness,'
these many' months. The .white" man dost
patience at last "and said -to Jlsfii' '- ;
."YoU have promised to TcrJ1 tie that littla
bill half a dozsn timas but you'jiever have
done it yet. v It looks- to me as if you . were
trying to beat m3 oat of it : -
"Dkirft eay dat boss. ? I'm Tembajrrassod
jess now, bat Psa hones', Invleed 1 i .fJhffi
dat what's keep'h me, back . "s '-
7 If yen are. honest you wjjrfcay api-S, ' C
4 . ."Bo-s,-1 wouldn't be" 'spotted oh any re
kalitf for all de money in da state tjt Texa,
Pne "spectin'ter be.:tle-ted- treasurer ob de
Dark Rlsin' Sons ob JL'bfjrtv. tad dsn Tie
fast tnm dat rolls in.er'de treasury amt
youra." 7 -- i
"But suppose - you are not- owctsl treas-
urer,-waac tneny -- 7' '-- -4
waatthenr - -
" you""shall hhb yar money all' de- same.'
Tse gwlutar a'ck sqnar wld everybody and
if any udder niggh am 'lectel - tor take
charg9 ob da lodge PU lay foan" dat niggah
de f list dark night an pounhim-' wid n eluo
till he shells out ef X'so put in Jail f oahr hit
"Whattsitr
: v"Dar would ie-no doubt aboiit'my heln',
de nex' treasurer ob do Dark Bisin Eons ob
Liberty, ef
' "If what?-1 ; - 7- - " ' ,
"Ef I had a few dollar in . caFht6 lubri
?ate de kermittee on credenshal '.-.: .-
f"T .-Inna tola vnr 1'se hefiea' but l'.e erwintar eav shana bv circular. Bawa. It
Jproore hit ter yer, sae j-ef I "don't 1 say,' r bu-itible, resists acids and . the influence. t
bsi"- v " i;- - - .' f the atmosphere. It iija bad coadustor of
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MOW A PARIS "COUTURISr,,
ONIONS A BEAUTiFOi:- TOILET.
rhe- Master: In-Bleditative Pose Soeax-
tae as, if Inspired, by the God. of.
'Li.-- Taste Work-. Perfbrinod" 1
rrheodore Child 1n Jippfncott'sL
: Fpmglardrfor j so -we will- call Mai foe
convenience saka,?rarely7idiues 'during;h
busy season; he is the martyr, of hi profes-
me marcyr 01 nw proves-
tse-exqaisiteiy decorated
1 sjon. tie has & house
and arranged,, but
commerce with j;. women ' having disinclined
entirely-devote(itOJs, 'art-an'a-bcOHsai- f
entiously goes on Tuesdays trf the- Ckimedie- j
Franeaise,.on Fridays to'thA p'9ra, aJ on j
SatuiMays to the Italiahibr tbe eircusTbe-'t
and fabion-and therefore excallaatr 0001
sions tot observing the rwork' of his rivals.
Tor the samo reason ainslard wfil be seen
on fashionable days at theraces. and at
first:' performances - at . the -' fashionable
theatres, bat always atone.
Epinglard talk slowly, -precisely, and In a
him to risk the lottery of marriage. Nevert J fcun.eti tO .iae ppiniuaiiempie;7 -S, 1 -; uu.V(se, vucwru,i. -; . ri ; .
theles-, ;l9 femuch:effemiBlied;:;and hiit "a JnaSWof yean I wuSrd!:! f
emmovees Will assure von that S8tn 1 r-'-rif-""' v" mwuKiim.r with aAtiinor in mv vea. and wm mian'"
cambrio nightcaps fcorlared.-witi laeeand 1 JH lh WUrniIyiratCshVotlV'-tein hpr ' Tri i : ohtainany elief sintll- i -vcoiiniencfcd
. in' Ai .,.i,(.Vxi, itj t.:. iA I-7, -v.-- v vS J . A ....v.r .Si' hsino- A wr Rmnri!'i. .This ms-VMflii
sing-song and' hypocritical voice, whfie, his t kh nor DflVltterfld Jiiab'Iv r-finers.-laden
with heaw rin?si saress vol- "l"1101 do iixwereu-uasiliy.
uptuously some piece of surah oi: silk. He
is in' serious consultation with - one of the
leaders of fashion,- the'Baronne de FT' Sud
denly changing" his tone, he'.caUs ouf to a
model who is passings -."You there, madem
oiselle, put on this shirt to shew to madame.
And, turning the model round, he shows the
skirt in All ita expects, ..passing his fingers
over the batiste and feeming- to giye it life
and beauty by his mere touch. r.. .
CSSAT1NO A MASTEEPEECBi
Epinglard passes into a saloon where t wo
ladies are waiting" impatiently, particularly
"the younger of the "Ttwo. who has come,. un-:
der the wing of a' fashionable relative, to be "
introduced to the grand couturier. - , "Bon-
jour, M.rr Epinglard," : begins the elder; "I
have come - to ask you to create a master
piece. It - will Hot be the first time,' will itl
My neice - is "going to her first ball next
month, and ' Iv wish her to have & dress on
which your signature -will - be viable,
Epinglard falls into a meditative pose, his
ellniw in nna hantl. his chin in thB nthnr 'and
i looks long at the young girL scrutinizing
not only the line and modeling of the. body,
but tbe expression of the face, the eye the
sffade and . nature oi toe hair, reading her
temperament with tne lucidity of phrenolo
gist aided by "the divination of a plastic
artist.' who has had great expeneuoa with
feminine humanity. - - "s , -
, The examination : lasts many minuter
and finally, as if under the-inspiring; in
fluence of tiie god : of ". taste,-; Epinglard, in
broken phrases composes tbe dress: "Toi
lette entirely of tulle coraaie plaited diag
onallyaround tbe dscolletage f four ruches
the skirt relieved .with drapery; ;of. white
satin falling behind .like a peplum on the
shcuilertthe left shoulder a .bouquet of
mjosoos or violets that is. bow l see mad.-
emoiselle dresjed,? - And - Epinglard salutes
gravely, while an . assistant who has noted
down the prophetic utterances of the mas
ropaewo utterances ot tne mas-
ts the subject to a room in the
tJch"acuU:i?.0d9lof
tor -o, with moveable breasts,
9 rm hntirrit h nM nf
ter, conducts.
center of which
a feminine tor.o, :with moveable breasts,
flattened rag arms hanging at the aide, .and
a combination of . straps and jsprmgs to ad
just thetaille, or waist a most sinister anl
grotesque object-all , crumbled ; and shriv
eledlap and -covered with shiny, glazed cal
ica' This is the studio . of one- of t!ie ma..t,
important of tbe secondary ; artists in dress
making, the corsagera. v -
' Jft WORK 131 TBS STUDIO. 4
.The. chief ef this department takes the
subject in hand. ,ud. with- the aid of .:
piece of coarse canvas, such as - the tailors
use to line coats, she takes a complete mold
of the body, cutting, and: -pinning, ani
smoothing with her ..hand fcntil the mold is
; perfect r .Thu . is the .first sfep toward the
execution or the master apian. At tne-next
: o 9 - T . . . . , wr
simultaneously through the hands j)f several
heads of- departments the corsagere, ths
jUpiere, who drapes the skirt and arranges
the train, ' and.- the second -juplere,;, who
mounts and Construct the skirt- The corsage
is brought all- sewn and whale boned, .but
only .basted, below .7 the arms and- at the
shoulder, and as .-soon as it " is in place
"cract cracr tne - corsagere, -witn... angry
fingers,, .breaks the threads and then calmly
andiionay rejoins thTTseam? and pins,
them together sotnoc t&e joinings may na
perfectly flat and oven.' - ; r
-'On
her-knees, turning patiently-. round
undt the jnpiere drapei the Bkirt on a
and round,
1 Iming of silk, seeking to., perfect the round
r . jr ' . . - . ... . a. 11- ....
ness sparing no pains, ana uispiaymg m au
she does the. artist's -amour-propre;' the de
sire to Achieve . a master-piece in the detail
which the masculine designer has allotted to
her ' care. -These women who lend their
light-fingersdt collaboration to the imag
mation of the oearded dressmaker ? are
really admirable in-their sentiment of their
Work. : in ' their artist's -ambition whica
tbiiiksnot merely or tne- weex-s salary nut
of the perfection of the master-piece.
seem to find intense- personal satisfaction in-
producing a beautiful toust m vXashiontng
a delicate thing Which almost has the quali
ties of a worx of art; and whenhe subject
is naturally 3 well formed tout faite, t
they .say an! not, arti3ciially.' made up
with what is -colled the taiue de couturiera;
their painstaking knows no bouuds. s , ; "
- . Fooil Fraud fa, ' France. v-; ',
' " -S 'ls "fOiijcagoJouraal.1- r - -
' A new case of fraud ith praservfel food
hai beaodiscl eed by P.Carles in The Paris
Journal de ; Pnarmaeie et , ue UjemiO. . A
sample of preserved tomaio3s, . wnen eiamt
ined, differed Xronfa normal" specimen by
containing mucn ie aryexoraci, potassium
bitaitrate. and: total-phosphoric add. The
inference is that the samp o in question con
tained hut little i-tomato, jnandWas chiefly
comooEed of "carrota -' and "pumpkins, : the
whole bein colored wl th some aniline dy
- - 4... ' . A. ' ' ' . -i. '
The Firstr Bflok Jn Congo.
"y; 7, JChicago Heralil
- A Swedish missionary, who ha been laborx
Ing for 7 many years- in equatorial'; Africa,"
haa rftcentl -. translated tuGo p3l Jof- 6i.
John iniOCh3 Congo language -and has-had
"Jt printed for the use, of tnenaaves atweoan
thus gaiar , the lono rf rirCituig th: to
took in Conga 7- - - , t
urrt
r , - - a-Cotta tnm b
" ' - " tChicasro Tlmss.l-
i Terracotta: lumlr is m i Je of on part of
mre clav." With one tor three parts- sawdust
an i a. ranch water -as is peede.1. . Th mass
is nressed into blocks, which are -dried'and
burned for two daya -They an be out Into
is lnooca
nnnrt- heat, and electricity, is but half -as
huivir jl tirick. and can be sawed, planed or
earved. and - combines intimately .with
lima, gypsam, etc. " - .
A southern negro won't eat black shef
WISEyOEDS.,
tffow is aaleepwakrijt not.
Dcf wfit you pcghtT; letfcome wHat
'' 'nrjJw- V;Ci -JiSm tTr- 1
r "&" ,,w'c uuu ' uuuBii; pos
sessing .1,0 aor8, bufcT m tjeeehing
ttrem.. -7.--
, n ,-1 , ,) ' - ,-. -v- '. v
y' - - itntjrremc8rny obedience and
QniJ Vftyonr-tQDgue.
f XeCer 'a1tlfnf A'thmtr r f nrn
' V r ff Wnrn.-Uft
tu.K tofn":tt". up:yoursell. " .It
tikia Ics iimeV ,and-,Is surer
to be
Ad vice shoallJs bd like a gentle fall
l-of jrairiKand not like a. driving, storm
o . Irail.f ItflbonltrdaescenlrsQitlj, !
He "Vhoi8 unjast to c iuaisel carl
he be just to, others? a Ifc,'i8 only n
himself that be cm know what lost
ice is, or svbat'isgood or b.iurfor
ethers ; h e nerer ibenefittaiiotber
but by onr;own resbnrces."'; :
;AToid the nss of-calomel-for-.bilii
otfu ; comTiJaiiite,;' Ayer'a 7 fjathartic
I'i us, -entirei y vegetable. uavo been
tested forty years,- aud are acknowl
ed?edtpj be ibe best 'remedy for tor
pid rty : of ; Lbe.Ii.ver, - cosuveoess and"
indigestion.
Many fortniie?i are received which
it onght i to .be ittieTfirst. basmess-of
1"V. Vnlr :-n nlnnn . m Z n.A -:.rA
,
vhere Indulgence -of the love of the
beautiful . has ' been" obtained at the
-price, of. honor.?
Ayer's JSarsaparilla operates irad;,-
upoa the blood, thoroughly
cleansing! and'inngorating. -iLAf a
affrond absolute cure for the vori
ous disorders caused -by -constito tion-
The fitfu rises' "in, -its power ' of
brightness to shine;, the violet on the
- . r, 5 T - - v - , '
brancb'nses its fragrance 4ov breathe
it'-forthana'all tthings-.are "nsrag
7 .- , . . -
tDCir DOWfirS HI) tO th0. highest Canaf
tbeir poTrers ap..toTthe highest capac
ities. ? AM bu t itnan ; r man i alone is
guilty of What, Is callod the great sin
of unuseG;power.
Tbo Strongest Man In Ohio:
is said to bo GeorgeC. Arnold vi
-C3evelandi: O., who less y Iban "one
yar agai owine to chrbnicV Hver
trouble ana iijight a disease oi the
J kidneys, weighed lesffj.l1ifl"n(; ninety-
fiva-p0una8, bu by BSing Drc- Hart-
erilrork JTonto ho baa' gained 'in
strength and wa'ght untir now he is
admitted to be the giantof Uhio. ;r7
Albert. uunnj coiorea .beat :nis
wie so iubamanlyjancf Tuumercif ui y
yesterday that to day'she is in a. cfit
icai conaiUon.-. ..liy etie Nov on'jne
j neaa she -was KnOCRea aown ana ren
- f in.awJ11v.i0 TW!im 'TimrAm
If r" V0
1 01 the 13tll inst. , ' : ; k - ' '
jL?'-rm,."tTriii c.i.nr ti.Tt'-1'.
vv iiii vv ui. uui cijr jlu m
Onft's hairbcgUis to 'fall QUtT from
many cnses s- ,:x nei important quesv
tion js : Wnat is sure-te make' it grow
in 'again! According Co the testimony
of thoasairdfi ' Parkers Hair,- BaIsoHi
icttaaicUy cofr3 bald puU
restores tue oneiaai cowr w n$n ; iae:
hairifl gray br faded eradicates dand
ruff, and causes the ecalp to, feel xool
andelK vis is not a dye. nor greasy.
highly perfumed" saf e..Never disapT
DUints Luose wuw require a uiw, itwa
ble'dressingr z
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! A multitude of eves. willnarrowlC
inspect orery par t or an eminent ma
consider him nicely in 'all "views," and
not - be a'.little - pleased.' when thet
have taken ' him- m theorst and.
mostaiisad yantageous lights.
Aeteaisbing Saccas. '.v
Itfstlie jjuiyf 'fivery. pet-son ;whr.
has used Ihteheet German Syrup to le
its -WbhdtFifu qualities be, known' to
their inenQs io-caring-vOHBunipwou.
soveifc ughs,' C?6np; Asthma, Pneu-
monwamlw fact 3 .tferei and lun
diseases Person canjise it without
imniediate'rclicf.v -Three rdoseawiU re.
Heve any case, and we consider it th
duty of all Drugpiats " ta. recommend ii
to the the pcr dying- comsumptive.
at -least to try. Dottle, as .fcu.vuu
.''.---.. i. m - - 4WU A A
ftx-n rwitt,lt were sold lnst y ear. ' and
f naonecase where ir failed waff report
tl.. Such a medScine'' as German 8yr:
np cimm)t he too-'.widtry-knowii....'Ak-yonr
druggist .about it- : Sample -bot
tks to try, sold at at) cems. , Kegaiar
5ize. 75 cects. . Sold by all .Diugiw
add Dealers, iff tue United States, audi
Canada.' f: - '
1 TrrrU.l :a A ' W . I , UHHunauon in my eyes, cause
..'"u" uieou, - 4.U - fcut5y?.arc 1 - suffering for a number of Teurs.'
but theljfmagrGsTnf -'. hhiPJh'nnii-xK dvic of a physiclaa I eomxnenc
, ;7 r v. r--Oyer's SarsaDarilla After usl
tears,-- I Z- " V; i v P medicine a short time I was
The eves are alwavs !n-svr"-il v tr!7Y
the body, and. afford an excel'cil 1.1:2. '
- 0f its'
r' en'evl
conditkuu. 'When the eyes: become. s
and the lids inflamed and sore, It It
evidence that the system has become
disordered by .Scrofula, for which Ayer's ''
Sarsaparilla Is the best known remedy, , I, ;
a me mucti . .
rvt-3
ng tL.s "
completely.. t
- ,,
- f .Mjwur
splendliT conilllcai
am as well and strong as ever.
has eflected a complete cure, and I tdiave
it to m tnaitest or oioea unmrrK.
"ifAJE.jiJptonj'Kashaa,JI.lL . -
From childhood, and until within a few
end Sore yes. -I.hsve used for' thoe" "
comDlamts w itlr beneficial results. Aver's
Sarsaparilla, and consider it a great bloc4 )
puriner. jars. v. I'muips, uiover, vt.r
I smTered lor a year with 1n2amm' 77:
tlon In my left eve. Three ulcers fomsd - r
on the. ball, depriving me of s'orht. snd- '
causing great pain.- After tryfug many'" " - i
mother remedies; to ho purpose, I was finally ; a ' i .
77 iit.----tf: r tii--. 1 .'. '.Vt,..;'. mm. .: I
r rev i aKins : ' -.
three bottles of this medicine, hare-beeti .'
entirely cured. My sight' has been re'": 1
uuu, iuivi mere- is nv sign ui lunamma . . - -tlon.
sore, or nicer in mv eve.- Kendal r -
T. Bowen, Sugar Tree EjdgeOhic:,-- .ir.
ijl'My daughter, ten years ol4 8iSlcted,--'.J l
-wiui ,scroiuraBS tore Jiyes. -iunng lao
last twoyears she never saw light of t wy .
2 kind. (Phvairfann nf t.h hlo-heat. tnr!:7i -'" i
7-exerted their skill; but with no permanent
success. - un tne recommenaauon of a vr
iriend I purchased a bottle of Ayer's Sar- i h.
saparuiawmon waangnter commeneea . ; i
taking, before she had used the third"
bottle her sight was restored, and she can ..-.: ,'"
now look steadily at a brilliant light with-.
out pain.: , Her cure is comnlete. W. VLtl ;-T
I Sutherland, Evangelist,helbj.Ctty,Ky. : ,
A y e r T a rs a pa r 1 1 1 a:
Prepared 6y Dr. J.D.Ayer kCaLowu,KaMj '
CI . 1 1 l . . li . . . i n a .m a . . . t ' ... . '. f5 1
jwa Djau vrnggwa.' mcsaisac eotues,. ' -
E- C HACKNEY, f.
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