Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 19, 1892
WHEN MY RIGHT HAND WAS LEFT.
Once when my right hand crippled lay,
I made use of its brother,
And tried to wear the time away
By scribbling with the other,
Which surely did the best it could,
Its efforts were gigantic;
But tricks it plaid which I thiuk would
Make any secribbler frantic.
You see, it ne’er before had been
Called on to do such duty,
And pardonable was its sin
For making beauty “booty.” =
What could Ido? Chastise’it? No!
’T'was only a beginner ;
And then my right, stunned by a blow,
Was really the sinner.
My left! It made “with” look wich.”
It “ponder” turned to “pander,”
And “sick” became a sickly *‘sich,
And “yonder” changed to *‘gander.
It turned a **dog® Into a “hog,”
A “lassie” into ‘‘lasses,”
A simple “prig” into a “frog,”
And “guesses” into “gasses.”
And when I this quotation made :
“Love is the soui’s sole master.”
This is what my left—hander said :
“Love i the sou £1 SA ih
Oh, my! if my r and just then
Had neld & ERE Re in it,
Sad might the consequence have been
For its old mate that minute.
Well, Well! it did the best it could
To imitate its brother,
And showed its will was ever good
By working for the other.
And since the right is duty full
Again does, through all weather,
It and its old mate once more pull
In partnership together,
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THE WISHES.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
Antoine Lireux, a farmer of Jon-
cheres, stood before his dwelling exam-
ining the réofing ‘of thatch with an
* anxious air.
“One already sees the moss has made
a new covering,” he murmured. “The
verdure has gained a mew start, and
the loft will become as damp as a cave.
But those of the town think that this
is sufficiently good for a peasant.”
“Whom do you term those of the
town, my good friend ?”’ asked a voice
behind him. Be
The farmer turned his head quickly
and found himself in the presence of
his landlord, M. Favrol, who had just
arrived in time to hear his querulous
reflection. He saluted hin with a
slightly disconcerted air.
“I did not know the proprietor was
here,” he said, without responding to
the question.
“But you thought of him, did you
not?” replied M, Favrol, smiling. ~ “I
see that yon are always the same, my
poor Antoine; always seeing only the
thorns of the roses, and in life only its
trials,”
Lireux shook his head. '
“Our master speaks at his ease,”
said he sourly, “for he has money
enough to do what he pleases”
“Because I am pleased to undertake
only what have powerto accomplish,”
observed the proprietor. “To limit
one’s desires according to one’s re-
sources is a rule of coaduct which you,
perhaps, have forgotten to put into
your catechism.”
“It would be of more value to me
not to forget to put in my pocket a
good contract for rent,” replied the
peasant. “It is not needful to reproach
poor people to much for their desires
because they have not the means to
carry them out. It seems to me that
one might very well, without too much
fatiguing the good God, ask for a roof
which should shed the rain and never
attract yermin, unlike this evil thatch.”
“That is to say, you still retain that
idea of yours of having a covering of
tiles?”
“So much so that if I can get
enough to bear the expense myself I
will have one yet, and see a hibitation
much more healthy and my grain well
guarded.”
“But think you, my friend, that you
will be more contented 2"
“I ask nothing more of the lord nor
of our landowner,”
“Zounde! I can have a true heart,”
said M. Favol. “Although I regard
the expense is as unprofitaole for you
as idle for me, I wish to assure myself
that this will be the means of complete
satisfaction to you. You shall have
the roofing of ‘tiles, Master Antoine,
and on the return of fair weather [ will
send the workmen.”
Lireux, surprised by this unexpected
concession, thanked his landlord with
effusion; and when they had parted
entered the house to annouce to his
family the good news.
Part of the day was employed by
him in examining the consequences of
this transformation of the roof. Be.
sides the new aepect which it gave to
the farm-house, there would result, in
the cutting the wood work of the gar-
rets, some serious consequences. But
Antoine perceived immediately that,
one might double the attic space by
raising the walls upon which the gir-
ders rested. This discovery completely
changed the course of his ideas. He
now only thought of this enlargement
and what profit miglit be drawn form
it. Without this modification the new
roof would be a change deprived of any
importance. One might as well have
things as they were in the past.
Behold, then, our peasant again in
his black humors, and deploring with
bitterness the want of money which
continually hir dered him in the execu-
tion of his plane. As he was obliged
to betake himself to M. Favrol’s house
to pay his rent, the latter, remarking
bis careworn appearance, asked the
reason. After some hesitation Lireux
avowed his new preoccupation,
This is not a request, at which, I
can maketo our master,” he continued.
“It is sufficient that he has promised to
raise the roof. Ie is not obliged to do
it and poor people have no rights but
what are allowed them.’
“You might add that they have
these in common with the rich,” re-
plied M. Favrol ; “but I see it is diffi-
cult to cure you of your disedutent
One desire gratified gives birth to an-
other, - I wish however, to attempt a
MEI
cure; you shall have the attic walls
raised.”
Now the farmer declared that such a
promise filled him with gratitude, and
he returned to Joncheres in the best of
spirits. ;
When, some days atterward, a con-
tractor sent by M. Favrol came to ex-
amine the work to be done, Antoine
asked him, in the course of the conver-
sation, what could be done with the old
timber.
“Nothing at all, I suspect,” said the
contractor. “This wood is for rural
congtructions, and not eapable of sus-
taining anything but thatch. One can
use it in a barn ; however.
“Exactly ; and ours is too small,”
said the farmer.
“Have yon space for a large one ?”’
Just at the entrance to the stable. It
will take some of the garden space. I
will go with you and show you.”
They went together to visit the spot
which the contractor did not fail to
find admirably suited for a new ' build-
ing. He pointed out to Lireux all the
advantages that would result from
having a large shed by enlarging the
stables and digging a pit for muck. It
would be the means of completing the
improvements begun and would give
the farm a superiority visible over all
those of the neighborhood, and utilize
the old carpentry work, which was to
be replaced. Without this complement
of expenses the intended changes would
not give results proportionate to the
cost, and M; Favrol would act against
his best interests. :
Lireux’s reply was that he feared to
make the request.
“He has already reproached me for
not being satisfied,” said he ; “and he
would not understand that what T said
was for the farm rather thau for my-
self. Had I the wherewithal I would
immediately build without begging of
any one : but poor people are obliged
to rest satisfied with a good idea.”
“You need not trouble yourself about
that,” said the contractor, who did not
understand that there was any better
use to put money to than to employ it
in building ; “I will speak to the gen-
tleman, and without question he will
decide for it,’
Left alone .the farmer proceeded to
ruminate upon the ideas of the master
mason, which had been explained to
him, and made the necessary calcula-
tions, and how the constructions wonld
be more profitable, Given the out-
buildings, it would be necessary to
substitute a winter granary fora sum-
mer one. The enlargement of the sta-
bles would permit of his increasing the
number of animals he could stall, and
the muck pit would utilize the waste of
the beasts, Evidently these works, of
which he had not thought at first, were
indispensable additions. If he could
not carry them out now there would
follow a disappointment most pitable.
But M. Favrol could not, without hard-
ness and injustice, refuse them to him.
Nevertheless, several days passed
and he had no word from the contrac-
tor. His impatience became agonizing.
He went to the house of the master
mason, who lived in the village at
some distance, but did not meet him.
He returned still more anxious. Aec-
cording to appearances, M. Favrol had
refued. He would not increase the ex-
penses by adding the outbuildings.
Lireux was in the midst of his vexa.
tion at these reflections when he heard
himself called by name. It was the
contractor, whom he perceived on a
high scaffolding where he was direct-
ing some of his workmen,
“Well, the affair is settled, Father
Antaine,” he said. :
“What affair?” queried the farmer,
who did not dare to guess.
*Parblen ! that of your house and
barn.”
“Our master consents ?’
“We shall begin work next month.”
“Come down and tell me all about it
while we drink a glass together.” cried
Antoine joyously. “Let me know how
it was all arranged.”
The master mason left the scaffold
and joined Lireux in the hostelry. He
told Antoine that the proprietor had
therely laughed, without making any
objection, and had requested the con-
tractor to give a detail of all the alter
ations to be effected.
Antoine resumed his homeward
route completely reassured. On his
arrival there he proceeded to the place
destined to receive the new erections,
~ard distributed in advance the space
for the greatest service. The former
entrance became quite impossible in
the new plan, so it was required to lay
out a path across the garden. There
was a hedge to cutthrough and a ditch
to fili. He decided to do this himself,
and without speaking to M. Fayrol.
But;this took away from cultivation
another piece of the garden, already re-
duced in extent by the construction of
the extensions. This was a loss for
which the ‘proprietor of ‘Joncheres
could not refuse to indemuify him. Un-
occupied land could certainly be found’
on the other side of the road, and Fath-
er Lireux judged that he would be
able to make clear "his “title” for com-
pensation. He now decided to call on
M. Eavrol under pretext of wanting to
know the date when the repairs would
commence. ,
“Well, Friend Lireux,” said the pro-
prietor; on preceiving him, “I hope you
are satisfied 2!
“Poor men have the right ‘to com-
plain when they lack bread,” respond-
ed Antoine, with reserve.
“That is a precept of resignation tru-
ly Christian,’ replied Favrol; “but it
seems to me that you mast have some
other things to ask for. Have I not
accorded you all you requested ?”’
“I am, very much obliged,” said the
farnier, somewhat coldly ; “but our
master knows that a toiler lives by the
land, aud to take away some furrows is
like taking from him a piece of bread.”
“And who pretends to take any from
you!” demanded M. Favol, ;
“Excuse me,” said Autciney a little
embarrassed. “It, is the granary of
our master, and the roadway to reach
ivtakes part ot the garden. I do not
know'that I am complaining, but if |
our master would permit me to use a
little bit of the
“Jarm it would be a compensation.”
| "MM. Favrol regarded the farmer with
i an unscrutable eve.
“Ab, very well,” said he, But it
seems to me the little bit of ground is
about an acre.”
“I could not say as to that,” return.
ed Lireux, “I have never measured
it; butit issomething for poor people
like us, but nothing to our masters,”
“One moment,” said the landlord.
“It is necessary to reckon up, my friend
You see the extent to which your suc-
cessive desires have reached. It comes
to 2,420 francs. Add the acre of land,
and there will be 3,500 francs to expend
to satisfy your desires for less than one
month. At this rate it will be necessa-
ry, to content a ‘poor man’ like you,
Master Antoine, 40,000 livres of rent,
which is to say more than I possess.
And still you are not happy; for after
the promise to put tiles on your barn
you began to wish for something else,
always restless and always complain-
ing. You see, then, that wealth can
do nothing for those who do not know
how to use the advantages they have,
The ancients told in their fables of the
daughters of a king who were con-
demned in the infernal regions to con-
tinually draw water in buckets with-
out bottoms. It is precisely so with
you, Friend Antoine. The happiness
after which you have vainly chased
chased since your youth you “will nev-
er, as you hope, overtake. Itis not in
riches, nor in power, nor in anything
that gathers about our lives. God has
put it nearer our own door. He has
put it within our own selves.”
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“Old Rip’s” Lovely Southern Home.
Close by the Teche, in the land of
Evangeline, in Louisiana, is the lovely
home of Joe Jefferson, where ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland recently buried himself
away from the turmo:l of politics for a
short time. Sallie Todd writes pleasant-
ly about the beautiful place in the St.
Louis Republic.
It lies not farfrom the shores of the
Gulf of Mexico—near enough in fact to
be fanned perpetually by the soft breezes
from that southern sea, infusing a
warmth and glow around that beautiful
home as forever to impart to it, even
through winter’s reign, and over its
flowers and shrubbery and forest, a
spring-like beauty and verdure. The
house, a handsome structure—indeed a
charming little villa—is on an elevation
that rises some fifty feet above the gen-
eral level of the broad prairie, amid a
cluster of the loveliest and stateliest live
oaks—a tree that is the chief pride and
ornament of our Southern forests-—and
encircled, almost hugged as it were, by
a lake of the the purest crystal,
But the climax of the home is not yet
reached. Wait until you have entered
the portals of the cozy mansion, and
then if you have an eye for the beauti-
fulin art you will be charmed with the
furniture, embellishments and decora-
tions of the many handsome chambers.
In the furniture you see the most
pleasing specimens of the antique in
wood, shape and style—old oak, mahog-
any, brass—rare table and cabinets of
teak wood and buhlwork, handsome
bedsteads of rare marquetry, and low,
quaint-shaped bureaus and tables of the
same make. Then, too, are ormolu
clocks and mirrors of exquisite work-
manship, and lastly wide-open fire
places of the old Southern style, beauti-
fully tiled for wood fires. But why say
more! I could never get through the
catalogue of the charms, heauties and
conveniences of this perfect home. Suf-
fice it to say that itis in its entirety, in
its surrouudings and appliances a
crowning monument to the refined and
@sthetic taste of the renowned owner.
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The Rise of Poor Women.
The Chicago Globe discourses of
chambermaids and washerwomen who
have lived to occupy high positions.
It says:
The rise of the wife of London’s Lord
Mayor is another instance of the demo-
cratic tendencies of the times and the
overthrow of the social nobility which
has so long ruled the world. She was
a chambermaid at a fashionable hotel in
West Kemp, where David Evans, alder-
man of the ward of Castle Raynard and
now Lord Mayor of London, used to
stop during the hunting season. He fell
in love with the pretty girl who waited
on him and in a manly and democratic
spirit proposed to her and was accepted.
So now the bumble servant is elevated
to one of the highest social positions in
the world’s metropolis, and will in the
future entertain royalty and the most
distinguished ‘men’and women of the na-
tions, - 4
Her experience, however, is not uni-
que. The wife of Jules Greevy, ex-
President of the French republic, was
his; washerwoman before she sat in the
palace. Many women of the highest
social prominence have risen from hum.
ble surroundings. Ever since the days
of King Cophetua, who made the beggar
maid his queen, there have been coura-
geous enough to ignore.the sneers of the
lofty and to marry the women. of their
choice, in what ever circumstances they
found them. Brave old Andrew Jack-
son was proud of his beloved wife till
the the day of his death, in spite cf her
homely, manners and her unfamiliarity
with the ways of the polite world, and
his Secretary of War married the daugh-
ter of a tavern keeper. 2d 4
But at no time have men of: promin.:
ence picked their wives from the modest
walks of hfe with greater frequency than
at present, and the custom 'is growing.
[tis carrying out democracy 1n earnest,
and what is best of all, the” men never
seem to regret their choice.
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——1I have been troubled with chronic
catarrh for years. Ely’s Cream Balm is
the only remedy among the many that
I have used that affords me relief,—%,
W. Willard, Druggist,
er ———
——You’ve no idea how nicely
Hood’s Sarsaparilla hits the needs of
people who feel “all tired out” or ‘run
down,” from any cause. It seems to
oil up the whole mechanism of the body
so that all ‘moves smoothly and work
becomes a positive delight. ~ Be sure to
get Hood's.
ground opposite the’
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The Chili of To-Day.
Her Natural “Advantages and Disadvantages
Her Comiincice Resources and Revenes.
There isa very widespread and popu-
lar impression that in its topographical
and climatic aspects Chili is a desolate
and Godforsaken land of snow-clad
mountains nitrate deserts and rainless
skies. It is a mistaken idea.
To be sure the shape of the country is
against its prosperity and growth, for
with nearly 2600 miles of sea front and
an average width between the Pacific's
surges to the west and Bolivia and Ar-
gentine on the east of only 120 miles, it
will be seen that there is opportunity
for the population to grow in but two
directions, up the sides of the Andes
from north and s uth along the narrow
valleys and the still narrower strip of
land lying between the foothills of the
mountain range and the Pacific.
The area of Chili in square miles is
293,970, and in 1885, before Balmaceda’s
troops helped to reduce the population,
was 2,626,969. Its coast line affords
but few good harbors, the best one being
that of Talecahuano, a little town of
2500 inhabitants, situated on the south-
ern part of the coast. The harbor is
very well protected, has plenty ot room
and it is here that a United States fleet
would touch first after passing through
the Straits of Magellan or rounding
Cape Horn.
A great deal of discussion has been
aroused over the problem whether or not
in case of war, the Chilian navy would
alteropt to prevent the passage of our
ships through the Straits of Magellan.
Itis hardly probable that they would.
In the first place ‘they could employ
their navy to better advantage, and in
the second they would be doing a vast
amount of work for nothing. The time
required for a steamer to double the
Horn is not so great that’ a commander
would not rather risk it than jeopardize
the safety of his ship by passing the
straits if he felt that there was danger
from torpedoes or other devilish devices
of modern naval warfare in his road.
The next harbor in point of safety af-
ter Talcahuano is Porto Coquimbo. The
town has 600 inhabitants. It is unim-
portant of itself, but seven miles inland
1s the city of Coquimbo which has about
16,000 inhabitants and is the seat of a
bishop.
Of course, the most important, but by
no means the best, harboris that of
Valparaiso. The city is situated on a
semi-circular bay thatis well sheltered
on the east south and west ; but is ex-
posed to tho winds and waves on the
Northern side. The city contains about
98,000 inhabitants: Itis built for the
most part on the sloping sides of the hills
that come down almost to the water’s
edge. The best parts, the aristocratic
portions of the city, are on the hill sides
and would afford an excellent target for
the guns of a hostile fleet. The city
could be reduced to a wreck in a few
days if the 15 forts which defend it
could be silenced. When Admiral
Munez, on March 16,1866, with the
Spanish squadron on his back bombar-
ded this town it was only a matter of a
few hours to cause damage which the
Chilians afterward reckoned up cost ov-
er $10,180,000. This little episode is
one cause for the hatred which Chili
manifests toward Spain as well as to-
ward the United States. Santiago, the
capital has about 100,000 inhabi-
tants,
The people in the seaports do a thriv-
ing trade with the rest of the world, for
to the numerous ports there came in 18-
88 9880ve:sels, with a tonnage of 8,730.-
329, nearly one-half of which was own-
ed by Chili and displayed the native flag
most of the remaining vessels being Bri-
tish. In the same year the value of the
exports $78,000,000, so that Chili has a
fair balance of trade in her favor. As
in other South American countries,
however, the great bulk of the trade is
with Great Britain. Of the exports of
1888, $56,000,000 went to Great Britain
and only $2,000,000 to the United
States.
Notwithstanding the character of the
country, which tries the skill of the
railroad engineer at every step, Chili has
a large number of railroads, and through
most are of no great length, the aggre-
gate 1s 1748 miles, Owing to the ex-
pense of their constraction, over one-
half the roads are owned by the State
748 miles being under State control,
having cost the Government over $48, -
000,000. It has 10,000 miles of tole-
graph lines, 814 being owned by the
Government- An average of 1,500,000
massages are aunually sent over these
wires. ! i
Chili’ combines ‘all the varieties of
climate and soil tobe found on the
globe, and as a result these divide it in-
to sections or zones. First there is the
northerly zone, which includes the De-
serts - of Atacama and Tarapaca with
their vast mineral deposits. Here are
to be found the nitrate, guwno, and sil-
ver which muke this “region the richest
per square mile in the warld, and from
which the Government derives vast re-
venues, Rain never falls in this |zone.
The rain falls in the second zone only
in Winter. It is an agricultural section
with a rich alluvial soil which is’ render.
ed doubly productive by an extensive
system of irrigation. All the large
cities of Chili are found in this zone.
The third zone ‘until ‘within’ the ‘past
few years was in the possession of the
Indians, but it has been redeemed and is
a valuable country. It lies to the south
and east and has a climate like that of
Ireiand or the Middle United States.
The fourth comprises the vast forests
lying far to the south and as far down
as the Straits of Magellan.
There are but two classes of people
in Chili, the rich’ and’ the poor. The
majority of ‘the population belong to
i the latter, They are for the most part
greatly oppressed, but plucky and eoup-
ageous. A system of landlordist. «ich
as prevails in Ireland, makes the rich
richer and the poor poorer in Chili. The
rich landowners live in Santiago or
Valparaiso, where they spend the money
made on their estates rented out and
managed by overseers in the interior. |
But, no matter how poor the people
, may be, every family ha: its horse and
nobody ever starves. The wealthy class
class are apathetic. They take life eas-
ily, the men passing a few hours in bys-
iness and the rest of the day at the club,
while the woman go to mass and gossip
The poor have no time for either diver
sion or, religion, except on feast days
and Sundays.
RT ES ata, A
The roto, or rough of Chili, can give
the hoodlum of the United S:ates points
on bratality and inhumanity, When
kept from drink and fed on plenty of
beans, or perrotos, the reto can do an
amount of work that is simply marve-
lous. Tt was this class that stirred up
all the trouble and killed two of the
Baltimore’s men, which has led to the
present threatened war.
The recent rebellion against the Bal-
macedan Government was the most cost.
ly war that Chili ever indulged in. If
the rebels had not been backed by some
of the wealthiest people in the country
they would have failed, despite their
unwonted courage and endurance. The
newspapers of Chili estimate that the
expenses of the Congressional party
reached $15,000,000 of which Senora
Don Juan Edwards, the mother of Don
Augustins, contributed $885,000 from
ber own fortune.
As a whole, the Chillians are arrogant
impetuous, and in their relation with
the other countries of South America
have long stood like a young bully with
a chip on his shoulder. There is no
love lost between Argentine, Paraguay
Brazil and Chili. As for Bolivia and
Peru, they are the bitterest enemies that
Chili bas on the continent, for both
have been compelled to submit to her
arrogance and both have felt the iron
rod of her power on the battle field.
These nations would be staunch allies
of the United States in the event of the
present trouble culminating in war.
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Color and Color Blindness.
Color blindness is a serious defect
wherever found. It is especially so in
seafaring men and in those employed on
railroads. Possibly it is less important
in a soldier, although it must impair
his efficiency materially. Nor is it pos-
sible to repair the defect by education or
study apparently, for it is generally
agreed that color is due to sensation.
According to Wursch and Young, the
normal eye has only three color sensa-
tions—a red, a green and a violet--and
the apparent color of any light which
falls on it depends merely on the rela-
tive intensities of the excitement pro-
duced by the light on the three organs
of sense corresponding to these sensa-
tions.
In color blindness one or more of these
organs of sense is wanting or imperfect.
The most common form, Daltonism, de-
pends on the absence of the red sense.
From the experiments ot Holmgren on
two persons each of whom was found
to have one color blind eye, th& other
being nearly normal, it was found(what
could otherwise have been only a matter
of theory) that those persons could des-
cribe the various colors with one eye,
but there was a dead uniformity of color
while looking with the other eye.
Thus was obtained a description of color
blind vision in terms of normal vision.
The old arsists considered that there
really were three primary color-sensa-
tions—blue, yellow and red. But
Helmheltz and Maxwell have now con-
clusively proved that the three primaries
are red, green and violet. Certain mix-
tures of violet and green can be made to
‘give a blue, which accounts for nearly
the half of the spectrum from the blue
end, when combined, appearing of that
color ; and red and green will also give
a yellow—most mixtures, however, giv-
ing one of an orange shade.
It is conimonly imagined that blue
and yellow mixed in certain propor-
trons produce green. The true source
of the green was pointed by Helm-
holtz. It is the one color thatis not
freely absorbed either by the yellow
or by the blue pigment The yellow
pigment removed the greater part of
the blue, indigo and violet rays , the
blue pigment removes the greater part
of the red, orange and yellow, Thus
the light which finally escapes is mainly
gree n.-. United Service Magazine.
Gave Up All For Gems.
Her Heart Ensnared by Beauty of Yellow
Pearls.
The expense of collecting precious
stones 1s great, and yet fashionable wom-
en have developed a passion for this sort
of thing, and are said to make heroic
sacrifices in order to gratify the new
whims.
Their fancy for turquoises has fairly
doubled the former market value of
those pretty blue stones, while no dim-
inution in the price of pearls and bril-
liants is possible until the present. craze
is abated.
Not infrequently the idea is to possess
diamonds ofa peculiar tone, to the ex-
clusion of all other colors—blue, rose,
straw or pure white-~ and when that is
the case the jewel-box is emptied of
every treasure to gratify this taste.
One woman ‘of most luxurious habits,
whose whole heart has been ensnared
by the rare beauty of yellow pearls, not
orly “put by her maid,” as the English
say, but denied herself tailor suits and
imported bonnets for two seasons for the
sake of these favorite gems. ‘
A string full is the desire of most wo-
men’s hearts, and the prettiest gift a
god-mother can bestow is the nucleus of
such a necklet for her baptismal daugh-
ter. It is easyZtoadd a jewel for every
birthday and Christmas’; so when lady
baby is grown no ones worse for the
spherical bijoux encircling her throat,
— Illustrated Awerican.
Abbreviations in Letters.
Emerson said that “in a letter any ex-
pressions’ may be abbreviated rather
tiran those of respect and kindess ; never
write ‘Yours afi’ly,’”” But, be it said
with all raspect, this smacks of pedan-
try. The close of a letter is mere for-
mula, and is precisely that part which)
of misunderstanding be cut short or dis-
pensed with. But no haste or degree of
familiarity excuses careless expressions
in ‘the ‘letter itself. Written words
stand by themselves; the tone of the
voice and the glance of the eye, which
often convey more than half the mean-
ing, are not ‘there as footnotes; many
and many in uwintentional sting + has
been planted by a clumsy phrase or
halting expression. The same principle
holds good in" éonversation.— Black -
wood’s Magazine.
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Two trains‘ between Berlin and
Potsdam had to stop inthe woods be-
tween the two cities because the Emper-
or was hunting across the track.
in writing to a friend, may without risk’
The World of Women.
Miss Francis BE. Willard, president
ofthe W.C. T. U, will have a summer
cottage built at Mount Desert.
Bedford cords, erocodile cloth which is
a woolen crepe crepons and ckallies are
the favorite dress materials this spring.
Marian Harland bas written a new
novel, called “His Great Self.” Tt is a
story of colonial life in Virginia.
The Queen of Holland uses the purest
white writing paper, very thick with
crowns and armorial bearings of gold,
scarlet and blue,
Small butterfly bows of squares of em-
broidered silk are shown for the neck ;
indeed there is a passing fancy for all
kinds of bows at present.
In Oxford ties or low-cut shoes, Suede
patent leather, bright dongola. and pa-
tent leather are the favorite ma-
terials.
White and black are daintily com-
bined in slight morning dress. Dresses.
of black cashmere or erepon are worn
with a sash of white satin and a collar.
ette of white guipure.
The silk Roman sashes are the rage
again. They come in all the tints of
the rainbow and havea very deep silk
fringe, making a graceful back drapery
to a plain evening gown.
Violets, usually the sign of the ap-
proach of spring, have made their ap-
pearance much earlier than usual this
year. A toque of green velvet with
fan of thick white lace and a bunch of
violets back and front is one of the nat.
tiest models showing this ever fashion-
able fiower.
Dressy hats are often exiremely small
as to be little more than the foundation
for an upright aigrette, loop or tips at
the back ; and ‘toques or round hats
have become almost equally diminished
in size, Contrary extremes are reached
by wide brimmed varieties, and bonnets
are well nigh the only shapes in which
moderation appears.
Guay smoking pillows are made of the
striped Turkish scarfs arranged so that
the stripes must run down the centre of
the pillow. The edges are then worked
with eyelet holes and laced together
cords finished ‘with bright little tassels.
The cords are short, requiring several to
lace one pillow, and a succession of the
pretty tassels falls almost like a fringe
Ch the pillow with odd and pleasing
effect.
Mme. Rosa Bonheur evidently is not
anxious to impress the public with the
idea that she is a very quick worker, for
in a letter to the Paris Figaro she eon-
tradicts the statement made that a pic-
ture of hers, entitled “Des Chevaux
Battant le Ble,’”” has been sold for 800,-
000 francs, by saying that the work
mentioned was commenced fourteen
years ago, and is promised to the Broth-
ers Tedesco.
The swell dress-reform young woman
is wearing a Grecian robe gown, These
robe dresses come in all the delicate
shades of cashmere, and are deeply em-
broidered in silk the sume color as the
dress. One exquisite creation was of
gray cashmere with decp gray silk em-
broidery in the daisy pattern. Under
embroidery was a flounce of pink chiffon
embroidered in silver. On the waist
was a narrow chiffon trimming. A
combination of green and violet made
another striking robe dress.
A few notes on new styles in shces
follow: Colored patent leather is soon
to be en-regle, and the correct colors are
olive greew, blue, bright cherry, cream,
canary and with Black, of course we al-
ways have with us. Heretofore yellow
and brown laces have been worn with
black patent leather, and black laces
with russet goods have been permissible,
but in future the shoelace must exactly
and positively match the color of the-
shoe, and everv conceivable color and
shade are to be worn.
. Mrs. Virginia Meredith, a wealthy
widow of Indiana,is mentioned as chief
of the department of live stock at the
World's Fair of 1893, Her qualifications
for the position are, that she is recogniz=
ed as the best informed authority on the
subject of stock ; that she is a success-
ful stockbreeder in her own State,
where she has valuable herds of fancy
cattle of her own raising, and her man-
agement of her own stock farms show
ber knowledge of the subject and her
ability to reduce it to practice.
| Sleeves will be developed along the
course already indicated in the winter
costumes. They will be full at the
shoulder rather than high, and they will
wrinkle down thearm, just as do the
sleeves of the Russian peasants. This ig
an ideal sleeve, such as an artist loves,
and if one wants an artist’s expression
of it they will find it in the pictures o]
Burne-Jones. To produce .he effect the
dressmaker will curve at top so that the
fullness droops, or else she will gather
it full along the inside seam, which is
the only seam or, better yet, she will cut
it much longer than the arm and pull
it up onto the lining and fasten it
there.
“The, Russian Blouse is coming, for
weeks it has been making its way to fa-
vor. and spring will see it'in full bloom.
It is a long, belted over-garment reach-
ing neerly to the knee. It bas no seams
at back or front, and is. double-breasted,
or fastened invisibly. Sometimes the
skirt is slashed twice in’ the front and
twice in the back, but never in the
middle of the back, The long sleeve
wrinkles along the arm and is close to
the wrist, and there may be a loose
hanging upper sleeve. The modiste
will tax ingenuity to produce variations
upon it, She will at times. cut it open
down the front, over a long vest. and
this will necessitate fitted seams in it.
She will box plait the back ; and she
will gather it on the shoulders. When
heat forbids the high ‘muflled neck, she
will make a turn-over collar, or one
that lies flat and spreads out over the
shoulders. Finally, the upper sleeve,
which the peasant devised for warmth,
she will slash, and puff, and catch up
about the shoulder, and transform into
an ornament.
erm r——
—— If you want printing of any de-
{ scription the WarcumaN office is the
place to have it done.