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Mailed on receipt of 10 cents, which may be deducted from first order really prrh or free with an order for any of the above. In the floral world it is the only safe GUIDE Rochester. N. Y. JAMES VICKS SONS OILS! OILS! The Atlantic Refining Co., of Pittsburg, Pa., make a specialty of manufacturing for the domes tic trade the finest brands of Illuminating and Lubricating Oils, Naphtha and Gasoline That can be MADE FROM PETROLEUM. We challenge comparison with every known product of petrol eum. If you wish the Most : Uniformly : Satisfactory : Oils in the market ask for ours. ATLANTIC REFINING CO., MTISBUKU DEPT.. PITTS BUK 1, PA. tl.89Iy. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. (Schedule in effect November 17, 1896. ('nnrellonsat 4,'reanoa. AST. Seashore Express, week dsys.......... 6 30 a m A 1 toon Accommodation, week day ..... 9 a m Main Line Express. dally 10 59 a m Altoona Express, daily...... 1 00 p m Harrlsbar Accommodation. Snnday only 107pm Mail Express, daily 5 17 p m Philadelphia Express, daily.............. 8 12 p m WOT. Johnstown Accommodation, weekday . 8 14am Pacihe Expres. daily .................... 8 37 a m Way Pastenirer. dally .... 2 36 p n: Mall Train, dally.. 4 20 p sa Fast L.ine. dally . 8 28 p. m Jobnktown Accommodation, week dayi 8 34 p m Ebensbnrc Brsarh. Trains leave Ebensburg as follows: 7.20 and 3.30 p. m. and arrive attJresjon at 7.67 a. to. and 4.05 p. m. Leave Uresson at 9 30 a. m and 5.35 p. m.. and arrive at Ebensburic at 10.05 a. m.. and 6.10 p. m. ( ressoa ana t leardeld. Leave Irvona at 46 a. to. and 3.10 p. m. arrlv inn at Cress on at 8 05 a. m. and 4 10 p. m. Leave 'reason 35 a. m. and S 30 p. m arrivinic at Ir vona at 10.66 a m. and 6.50 p. tn. For ratel. Maps, etc . call on atrent or address Thoh.E.Wait.1'. a W. 1.. 110 Filth Ave., Fuuuurn. Pa. S.M. PKEVOST. tlereral Manairer. J. K. WOOD. tteneral Manairer. Cassidy's Shaving Parlor Located near the corner of Centre and Sample streets. Shavinir. . Hair Cnttlnir and Shatnpoo inic done in the neatest and best manner. A share of yonr patronage solicited. KlIbEKT CASSIDY. BEST IH TIIK WORLD. Its wearfnjr qualities are tinRnrpaawd. actuafly out last ins; two boxes of an v other brand Not affected by heat. trtiKT TH K URNriNR. FOB SAX BY DEALERS GENERALLX. 'HE IS A PBKEliAK 'WHOM THB TRHTH EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 20, AN OLD MAN'S EPITAPH. tid Abigail llenilt-rson Had No Confidence In Mankind. One of IVpew's stories at the Buffalo Hub dinner whUh dot's not apear in his rvortfl npch was told by his friend Mr. Hishop, for a loiif"-1 i me presi dent, of the New Haven road, says the UiilTulo Courier. "He is now," said Mr. IVew, "resting1 in his old ape in hon orable retirement and reflection upon the sins which are frequent with a rail way president. He told me the other day that when he visited, for the first lime in GO years, the place of his birth, he leiran to inquire aliout the old lady and old maid, Abigail Henderson, who was his teacher in his early youth lefore. he went to the academy and thence to Vale and, finding-no record of her among- the reminiscences of the town. went to the churchyard and their discovered that she had erected a rem iniscence of herself. It was a monu ment, on which was inscribed. Abi gail Henderson, died agvd 'Mi. 1'utyonr trust in the Lord and have no confi dence in man. If Abigail had lxen the "recipient of the honor you have showered on me to-night, she would have reversed that verdict. She might not have expressed her tloubt as to the Lord, but she certainly would have been reassured nlout man." ;h1 Morning" in Samoa. I had to go down to Apia five or six different times, and each time there were Hut black boys to say "(lood morn ing" to. This was rather a tedious tnisiness; and, as very, few of them answered at all. and those who did, only with a grim, like a pig's, it was several times in my mind to give up this piece of politeness. The last time 1 went down, I was almost decided; but when I came to the first pair of black loys and saw them looking so comic and so melancholy, 1 In-gan the business over again. This time I thought more of hem seemed to an swer, and when I g-ot down to the tail end where the carts were running, I received a very pleasant surprise, for one of the lxjys. who was pushing at the back of a cart, lifted up his he;ul. and called out. to me in wonderfully good Knglish: "You good man al ways say gtxxl movning." It was sad to think that these jioor creatures should think so much of so small a piece of civility, and strange that (thinking so) they should lie so ilull as not to return it. Kobert Louis Stevenson's "letters to a 15oy," in St. Nicholas. Nft H'l fnsuit. Maj. lmiax. of the I'nited Statey army, isiting in Canada son after th war of 1S12. was ent -rtained in (uebe by the otlii-ers of one of the royal rc g' ineiits. After dinner. Sechcs am" toasts being in order, one of the Ilrit ish ollicers. having imbiU'd tH gener ously of the champagne, gave as r toast: "The presid -nt of the I'nitei" States, tlead or alive." The toast wat accepted with laughter. Maj. Ixm:i roi- to respond, saying: "I'ermit n:t to give as my toast: 'The prince re :;ent. drunk or so;rr.' " The British olTicer sprang instruilly to his feet, and in angry tones d, 1 .ai:iel: "Sir.doyoii intend that remark cs an insult?" To which Maj. I.onaN calmly replietl: "o. sir: as the r V- to one." R. L. JUHXSTOti. M. J. BUCK. A. U.BUCK. ESTABLISH BD 1872. Johnston, Buck & Co., HANK KliS, EBENSBURfJr. PKNN'A. A. W . Bt'CK, -aablr. Etablimhd;1888. Carrolltown Bank, 4JAKKOIJ.TOWN. FA. T. A. N1IAKBAI UII, Caablor. General Banting Easiness Transacted. The following are the principal features of iceneral nauxinir business : IFI4SITN Received payable on demand, and Interest bear lug certificates issued to time depositors. LOANS Extended to customers on favorable teems and approved paper discounted at all times. COLLEtrriONa Madetn the locality and upon all the banklna towns in the United States. Charges moderate. DRAFTS Issaed negotiable tn all parts of the TTnltod States, and toreltrn exchange issaed on all parts of Europe. ACCOUNTS Of merchants, farmers and others solicited, to whom reasonable accomodation will be extended. Patrons are sssured that all transactions shall be held as strictly private and confidential, and that they will be treated as liberally as good banking rules will permit. Respectfully, JOHNSTON. BUCK Jt CO. A. K. PA TTO 1. WM. H. BAXDrORIt, frertdeiU. Osaler. THE First National Bank OF PATTON. PATTON, Cambria Co., Pa. Capital, paid np, - - $50,1 Accounts of Corporations, Firms and Individuals received upon the most favorable terms consistent with safe and conserva tive Bankiag. Steamship Tickets lor sale by all the leading Lines and Foreign lira Its payable In any of tbe principal cities ol the Old World. All correspondence) will have our personal and prompt attention. Interrat Paid n Tine Deposit. OC II 3.93 FHE KEELEY CURE Is a special boon to bniness men vrho, having dnluil uncoiiM-tously into the drink habit and awaken to lind the disease of alcoholism fastened up m them, reu'ierlnir then, unfit to manage af fairs rcouirin a clear brain. A four weeks course of treatment at the PITTSBURG KEELEY INSTITUTE. No. 4246 Fifth Avenue, restore to them all their powers, mental and physical, destroy the abnormal appetite, and restores ihem to the condition thev were in be fore they induU'e-1 in stimulants. This has been done n more than l'VOO cases treated here, and mn them some of your own neighbors, to whom e can refer with confidence aa to the nh'olnre snfety and efiieiencv of the Keelev t"nre. The fullest and must Hean-bin? investigation ia n vitiKl . Scud for pamphlet giving full inlorma- aug 2.94. MAKES FBKK AHD ALL ABB BLATK8 BK8IDB." KAFFIR CORN. Proves to Flourish la All Kinds Of Climate. Ia Remarkably Hardy, Prolific and Pro duces a Cereal That la Better for Feed Ins; Purpoaes Ttan the Ordinary Indian Corn of Commerce. The question of successful farming in the semi-arid regions of the g-reat west is solved at last. Kaflir corn, first introduced on the American continent from the Kaihr country, in Africa, less than a decade since, is still an unknown product to nine-tenths of the people of tbe United States. At first planted here and there as a curiosity, it was found to grow readily in all localities and under all condi tions, and exiieriments develojjed the fact that it would mature a crop in the driest and hottest seasons on the high western plains. A tnore extended plant ing of the new grain and a comparison of results obtained soon developed the fact that whether the- season was wet or dry, cool or hot, long or short, this new product would thrive on all kinds of soils with the minimum of care and cultivation, and planted any time be tween the first of April and the middle of July it would mature an absolutely sure crop of grain and fodder before the frosts of autumn. The stalk looks something like a single shoot of common corn, but short er, attaining a henght usually from 4', to six feet, and having pointed leaves of a rich green color. The grain forms in n head at theextremc point of the shoot, where the tassel is on ordinary corn, the heads being from seven to 12 inches in length and six to eight in circum ference, and when ripe look like great, white or red plumes. The grains are almost round, a little larger than a grain of rice and much, resembling a grain of w heat in interior structure. There are two varieties, red and white, the latter being the favorite crop. Though raised as an experiment here and there throughout the west for several years, it wan not until the pres ent year that it became a prominent crop. When the drought of last spring killed the wheat and oats and seemed almost certain to ruin -the corn, the few w ho had had experience with the new grain liegan to ad vise their neigh bors to plant Kaffir corn, as it would grow all right in dry weather, and they could thus at least raise food for their stock. The newspapers took up the ad vice and soon farmers were planting Kaflir corn, utilizing the ground where wheat and oats had failed at planting on sod or scattered patches where early corn had been burned out. The planting was continued until well along in August, the acreage be ing in many sections greater than that ever devoted to a single crop. In Okla homa alone nearly Su.ooo acres were planted with the new crop. And every grain of it planted grew and thrived to maturity, and before t he summer was over the farmers lx-gtin to wonder what they would do with it all. "They knew it was good food for stock, but. there was not stock enough in the territory to consume it, and the product was yet so new that- it was not recognized in the outside markets. Exjerience had already developed the fact that it made a most admirable feed, either to winter stock or fatten them for market, but with an abun dance of the grain on hand Oklahoma farmers soon discovered that it was bet ter for horses'than either corn or oats, making them fat and stout, and giving them a sleek, glossy apiearance. When it came to feeding hogs it was found that. they gained flesh more rap idly than when. fed on common corn, and ioultrymen have found -the Kaflir grain an admirable egg producer, and when fed unthrashed the fowls are given exercise in picking it from the head. The boys and girls soon discovered that it would pop aa well as iHjpcorn. the grains opping out large, white and tender, and women in the country found that boiled like rice the grain was excellent eaten with crcain and sugar, that mashed into a pulpy mass it made an excellent pudding, and it was also a first-class substit ute for hom iny. Still the quantity, produced was so great that the people cont inued to won der what they would do with it. The owner of the roller mills at Medi cine Lodge, Kan., ran some of the grain through his commeal grinder, and pro duced a meal pronounced in every way equal to the ordinary cornmeal. but he was not content with this, but rigged up a special set of burrs and produced a new product that bids fair to create a revolution in the world's breadstuff's Kaffir flour. Some of this flour was made into light bread. The bread was fully as white as bread made from second grade wheat flour, and was sweet and palatable. St, Louis Globe-Democrat. Wanted the Cow Moat. A sensation was created at Carlisle. la., the other night at the home of Henry Uundorf, where a wedding wa? to have taken place. The bride-to-be Henry Dundorf, where a wedding was Joseph Ilerr, u farmer residing at I'lain I'.cld. was the recalcitant groom. The ruests had arrived and the wedding dinner was in preparation at the Uun dorf home, but the groom did not ar rive, and the bride began shedding tears. Then the groom appeared anil in a busi ness like way informed the girl and her father that the marriage would have to le xstponed. as the money he had saved toward defraying wedding ex teuses he now intended to use in the purchase of a cow. I)err then left the house. Excuse Mistakes." A good-natured mistress lately acted art amanuensis for a negro maid who could neither read nor write. The servant bad not enough intelligence to guess that the ladj' who wielded the len for her was well known in the world of letters, and made what is pro vincial ly called "a pretty penny" by her use of the quill now called into requisition to inscribe from dictation several letters to southern friends of the dictator. To her scribe's intense amusement each epistle concluded with the petition: "Please excuse all mis takes." . . 1896. BURIAL OF A GREAT ARTIST. Story of Paganlnl's Ieath Recalled by a Recent Exhumation. The late exhumation of Paganini's remains, near Parma, brings to mem ory all the other jieregrinatlons they have gone through since they were first taken to the Nice cemetery in 1840 when Nice still belonged to Italy. He ing refused there, however, lerause Paganini was not of Nice, the remains were taken to Marscelles, where they were also refused admittance. Not even Genoa, w here Paganini was born, would receive his liody because an epidemic was then ragiug. A like re fusal was received at Cnnnes. Shall I tell you why it was so hard to find a resting place for his lones? It was t common belief that Paganini hail sold his soul to the tlevil. who would take it immediately afti'r the poor man died! So. for five years, the body .was left on the rocks of San Ferreol, where it might le still had not the duchess of Parma insisted in having it buried in the Villa Gairae. In 1855, the coffin had to be changed, and in 1876 the body was again re moved, this time to the cemetery of Parma. Then, however, all the people in Parma crowded the river ride, down which Ihe body was carried by night. . to the light of hundreds of torches, flaron Attilius Paganini, a grandson of the violinist, was also present. Once more, in 1893, tlie vault was opened, and the features of the great man ".ere again seen. And now again the vault has been opened for repairs. A friend writes and says that the face is still perfectly preserved. The lower part of the body is mere lione; the face, how ever, is as perfect as ever, and has leen photographed. "Uaron Achilles. Paga nint's son (now an old man), has caused the body to le placed in another coffin, and this time a large piece of glass has been placed in the coftin. Thus any artist visiting Parma may now see the features of Paganini by asking Karon Achilles permission. I am told that, much of the music which bears Paganini's name was never written-by him at all. His real com liositions, however, are now going to le published, and they will lie j surprise to artists on account of their mechan ical difficulties, which will le a erfect test of ability to many of our modern violinists great as they may be. He used to practice exercises by the hour together with a weight tied to his right arm. Then after this weight was re moved his playing sounded as if it were a complete orchestra playing. There are some old people who still remember hearing him practice in this way. Whilst practicing he would also walk up and down the room, rarely looking at the music on the desk. From his youth he always had f he preference for one bow. It never left him. It was very long and was nirnded over and over again. It always lies on the chim ney piece of the Green room in the Villa Gaione. It stands in a gold column, protected by a crystal shade, and on it is a paper telling what it is. Foot lights. ATTENTIVE TO CATS. Two Paris Women Who Dally Feed Scores of Them. A lady who lives near the Jardin des Plantes, or old Parisian zoo, is a provi dence to the stray cats of her neighlxr hood. She feeds daily a hundred at the lierey wine market, where they are al lowed to live in the cellars. This lady lielieves in the transmigration of ouls. and says she feels as if she was form erly incarnate in a woman who hated animals. Her extreme sensibility to their sufferings is, she also feels, the punishment meted to her. She has In an outhouse a mimlxT of mutilated and tick cats that she rescued. Another lady attends to the cats in the Palais de Justice, the Central mar kets, the prefecture of police and the Sorlxinne. There are HO cats at the Palais de Justice. They are in the habit of being regularly fed. When anything prevents their benefactress coming in Ihe nick of time they go out to meet her, and follow her to the court at the west side of the alais. A number of po licemen witness her arrival, and help. She is pleased to think that she has awakened a spirit of humanity in the Iolice force. Pol icemen who know- her are loth to destroy cats, or to pass them on to vivisectors. A FEATHER-WEIGHT TRUNK. Composed of Cane and Curat, It Is Both Light and strwng. A new material for trunks is much used by a Leijisic firm. It is surpris ingly light in weight, while its resist ance is equal to several layers of the best sole leather. A combination of strong linen canas. with interwoven cane, is very cleverly applied for the manufacture of trunks. The straps of cane used in the material are about one- eighth of an inch wide, while only a trifle less than a sixteenth of an inch in thickness. They are interwoven so closely into the double tlax cover that they form an elastic surface catahle of considerable resistance, and sujerior both in flexibility and density to leaf her. The trunks made of this material are considerably lighter than leather trunks, and are much more pleasant to handle than the old wooden trunk. For traveling in Eurojie they are iarticu larly advantageous, as they will save their cost in excess baggage in a short time. Mother's Plea. We none of us realize that it is our selves who change, and not the food that delighted us in our youth. Said a crusty, ha nl-to-plea.se husband: "Wife, I wish you would make pies that would taste as good as my mother's used to do." "Well, my dear, you run out and briug me :n a pailful of water, a hodful of coal and an armful of wood, just as you used to do for your mother, and maybe you will like my pies as well." He concluded the pies would answer the purpose just as they were. Good Housekeeping. A Ravenous Insect. Commenting on the amount which a spider actually consumed during 24 hours. Sir J. Lublock says: "At a sim ilar rate of consumption a man weigh ing 100 pounds will require a whole fat ox for breakfast, an ox and five sheep for dinner and for supper two bullocks, eight sheep and fourhogs,and just before retiring nearly four bar rels of fresh fish." Chicago Chronicle. 'VYAs SI. OO and postage per year In adva nee. NUMBEK 12. FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS. Gum arabic and gum trngncanth in equal parts, dissolved in hot water, make the liest and most convenient mucilage to keep in the house. A Kich Pudding. One ound of raisins stoned, one tound of currants, half a ttound of lieef suet, quarter of a pound of sugar, two oonf uls of flour, eight eggs, a cupfuls of blanched al monds and one of sweetmeats. Mix well and boil in a mold for eight hours. X. Y. Observer. Jumbles. One-half pound butter; one pound sugar mixed to cream; two eggs; two tablespoons extract of rose; add flour enough to make dough still enough to roll out quite thin, cut in any shape, bake on well greased cake tins, when baked should be one-rixth of an inch thick. Mrs. S. Ii. Sheers, in Womankind. Coffee Cream Cake. For any good layer cake make a filling .-w follows: Three tablespoon fills of coffee and a cup and a half of coM water; steep and strain. Thicken with corn starch, sweeten. Add w hiped cream to taste. Milk may be added to the coffee le fore thickening, in place of the cream. It tastes like coffee ice-cream soda. Farmer's Voice. Apple Ilice Pudding. Pare, quar ter and core three tart apples and spread loosely in a buttered agate pud ding dish. Add three-quarters cup ful of sugar and three tablespoorf uls rice to one quart of milk; turn themix ture over the apples.spread a few bits of butter over the tope and bake in a moderate oven four hours. Serve hot with sweetened whipped cream. Orange Judd Farmer. Steamed IJread and Fruit Pudding. One pint of bread broken into small pieces. Add one cup of milk, one-tliird of a cup of molasses, one egg. well leaten, ami one cup cf raisins, stoned and cut in halves. Mix thoroughly, then sift in half a teisjioonf ul eacn of rinamon, grated nutmeg, salt and soda. Turn into a buttered pudding lioiler and cook in lxiling water alxut two hours. Chicago Chronicle. lioiled l'lum Pudding. Half pound white bread crumbs, four ounces sugar, four ounces chopped met, four ounces raisins, four ounces currants, half- cofTeecupful milk, one egg or tvt o yolks, one teasiioonful mixed ground pices, a little salt and a pinch of soda. Mix the dry articles together, the bread grated or ohoped very fine; add milk and egg with salt and soda dissolved in them; tie up in a bag and boil lor lonr hours. Chicago Kecord. WHISKERS UNDER HIS VEST. How One Man Km 11 lit Hirsute Ap-M-nd-.gcs to Advantage. "Are beards lucratie, or, in other words, can one make any money by wearing them iong?" said a young man about town, reports the Philadelphia Call. "L'poii the first thought ami per haps even after one has evolved the question carefully in his mind, be would reply no. Put t hey arc wrong.as the fol lowing case of an old artist will show. My 'old artist' is not meant a genius like Ilarnet, Angelo or men of that class, but a painter who. Iwsides being noted for his sujerior work in portrstits, is conspicuous for the quantity of hair which sprouts from his chin. This gentleman, it is said, has won many a wager on his lieard. which is of such great length that he is compiled to wear it underneath his vest. No one ever sees the hirsute growth, except when he ex hibits it to settle a let. To saunter into a saloon ami get into conversation with some of the customers there has leconie a hobby with him. for in doing so he has an object. He frequent ly gets, a drink in consequence of lett ing with some other fellow who has a fair ly long Ward as to whose is the longest, and it is seldom that he loses a wager of this kind, for his whiskers extend to the bottom of his waistcoat." MUSIC HATH STRENGTH. Piano Players Are lleaty Weights on t he Ivory Keys. It requires more, force to sound : note gently on the piano than t lift the lid of a kettle. A German com poser has figured that minimum pres sure, of the finger playing pian issimo is equal to 11 grams a quarter of a ound. Few kettle lids weigh more than two ounces. At times a force of six jxmiimIs is thrown upon a single key to produce a solitary effect. With chords the force is genera I U spread over the various notes sound-d simultaneously, though a greater out put of force is undoubtedly exix-inl.-d. This is what gives pianists the wonder ful strength in their fingers so often commented on. A story used to le told of Paderewski that he could crack a tauc of plate glass half an inch thick merely by plac ing one hand ujion it. as if iim a piano keylxKird. and striking it sharply with its middle finger. Chopin's last study in C minor has a passage which takes two minutes anil lie seconds to play. The total pressure brought to ltcaron this, it is estimated, is equal to threw lull tons. The average tonnageof an hour's piano playing of Chopin's uiusic varies from 12 to t4 tons. A TOAD BAROMETER. The .Creature. In It Own Way. Predle-ta Kain and shine. A remarkable story is told in the New York Tribune alut "a curious living liarometer in a cor.serxatory at Plainiield. N. J. The indicator of weather changes is a diminutive tree toad, whose apartment is so arranged that the slightest change in t he dciisity of the air is foretold with wonderful accuracy. The toad was caught at Felt til le a few months ago. and Mrs. Lissig nolo placed the little reptile in a large glass jar. Standing at an angle in the jar alMtut two-thirds full of water is a small but ierfcct!y formed ladder, and upon this the toad rests continu ally, never moving a muscle except when a change in the weather is to oc cur. When the earth is dry and the skies clear, the toad squats contented ly upon the topmost rung of the !ad iler. Just as soon as slorm ap proaches, ami many hours before it can le seen or felt in New Jersey, the tree toad liegins to descend in the lad der step by step. The nearer the storm comes the lower the toad go-s. until at close approach of the stoi my weather it sits half submerged in the water. The little fellow- has lieen christened "Mr. Dunn, of Plainfleld.7 , Adverti singr Rates. The Isrceaed re! Me rlrtclalu.t t tie Caw ,w4 Faxxa as eci imecis It to the taverabte consideration of adtertwers whose tartars will t inserted at its fjljowicr low rates: I Inch. 1 tttnaa .-. ItDeti,3 months . 1 laeh, 6 months......... .............. " a I 1 Inch 1 year... .....1 MW 2 Inches. Booaina......". . " sV . 2 Inches, 1 year Z...V." Ilc . . -nooU" - . Inches. 1 1 year .. is. eolumn, month io. H column. 6 months 20 ,0r lcolama a month 0.o I eolumn, 1 yaar..... ..... ;.oa .fi",Dr" tn. t insertion. We. per line tabseqnent Insertions, ke. per line Administrator's ani Executor's Notices.. ti M Auditor's oUrM ..... . j.5e Stray and similar Notlcet .."V.."" 2 OS , "oltions or proceeelnc ol anv oorpcre- Uo? Jr.""1." ""nl-tlons designed ta "tentton to any matter of limited or Indl vidual Interest mast be paid lor as ad rents meets. Jo rrtntin ot all kinds neatly a-d exeaiousiy execated at the lowest prices. Aaa don tyou lorget It. AIDS TO MEMORY. They Are Ofirnrr a le-trlnieat Than of Any Keal aluex. As to the ordinary loss of men.orv produced by advancing years, it is strange how pron-r names are alwav-i the liist to go: even those of our inti mate friends often tempoi-arily va.iis'.i which, when we are aln.ut to intro duce them to strangers, is rather m liarrassing. Next to them, to judge f rom my ow it evjierie'ice.aresy uon v ms. This is ineonteuieiit in literary com position. and necessitates the frequent use of the "Thesaurus." writes .lumcs Pa.vn ill the Illustrated Ixmdou News. What is ery unfortunate, this only luakcs matters worse, for there is noth ing more certain than that the cons-taut use of helps to memory causes its de struction, l.y constantly referring to a "ready reckoner" ersoiis have U-i-n known to have destroyed all jxiwer of calculation. On the other hand, noth ing so strengthens the memory as the exercise of it. and when this is not in termitted, but kept up as in youth, we rind that, as in tin- late Mr. P.randram's case, old age is no liar to the most xr feet recollection. Indeed. it is proliable. as Stdney Smith observes, that the decay of memory in old men prolmbly proceeds as frequently from the very little intercM they t;:!e in what is passing around them as from any mental dee:.v. Sir 1 lenjaiiiin Itrodie held the same opinion: "The old man is not stimulated by ambition as win u he felt that he had many years of lfore him. lie has probablv with drawn from his former pursuits, nnd has suiisti tilled no others for them, and we know- that ihe mind, as well as the li-ody.rcqtiires constant exercise to keep it in a healthy state." IN JAPAN. The New Woman In largely in F.vidence In the flowery Kingdom. During a description of the woman of Japan a corres-Hjudcnt of the St. Louis Disatch s.i s: The girls' middle schools are like our public day schools. The education liiveii is excellent and quit.- up to all modern requirements, w hile .at t lie same time the characteristic elements of a .laianese lady's education are pre served. The traditional accomplishments of a .lu;aiic.se lady wer, however, not for gotten, and there were rooms set aiut,-' for giving inst met ions in the arrange ment of flowers, the details of the tea ceremony, and in plaving the ,itn. Without proficiency in these three ae coniplishnicnts m Japanese ladv is thought to lx-eofi.plelelv edi:-a1.-d. Thetechtiii-.-ilatid t le- ir.dust rial schools for girls in Japan are admirable in -ti-lutions. One of the . -t int. rest ing gills' schools is undoiil.te!!v the '-ehool for i-cercsscs at Tok io. In this the cm press takes the keenest interet: she visit- the school every week, and knows till the girls by name. The sti;d-t;s are laughters of the "d.iimios" j-.nd noble men. If the empress had not herself taken the let: 1 in the movement for the higher education of the women f ti e noble classes it is doubtful if Jnpancs-e noblemen would have consented tos, their girls to a public day school: that they do so is proof of the earnestness w ith which the Japanese have adopted modern western education. FRENCH VIOLINS ARE BEST. tierman and F.:g!i,h Instrument, Are l.aekiiic Tone and I iuish. Probably there is no musieal instru ment maile in such intmite diversitv of qnality as the violin. The 1 est gr::des come from Germany, and are sold at retail from $2 to $i. Lven the very chcnK-st. when proper ly played, says the I Soston Globe, yield a very fair lone in skillful hands IhouiMi. of course, the "carry intr low er" is small. These fiddles are made from woods st;imM-d into the rcqui iti-d shane under irreat im ssiirc. the back from maple or sycamore at.d the tops to, Ld o irom pine, i ne w note oeing I!;:i-!ie m rv rapidly by sonse.piick-dryiug spir n varnisn. vi rv oltcti a l.im-v latM-l. Is-ariug the name of some well-know n maker now dcail. is pasted inside, in or der to delude the unwarv: whil times a semblance of antiquity is . al fullv imiKirted. ll;. m.-irks .f wear heinir itnilnt.-fl rv-tii:rk:i1il- IV- casionnllv it liai-ns that tK-oi.le w ho have sliirht 1. now leH-e of violin. are taken in by these ingenious frauds. 1-ranee unU stioiiai.lv holds first ixtsition in producing high- the rlass: i-iodern violins. The Knglish instru ments are usually heavy, lmth in sul stance and in tone, whil- those of tbe liest French make are nearlv alwavs exquisite in model, woi kmansiiip nid tone. The llnest St rails. Amat b and all the glorious rest are copied with a fidelity little short of t he marvelous. AT THE JEWELERS. A cut glass inkstand with silver mount, much favored this season, is square in form. Kings for men continue to lie richly carved mid chased, Indian style, with, stones imledded. The silver skirt grip, a practical de vice for securing the ivack of the skirt to the lielt, recommends itself to tidy women. Zone-shaped lelt clasjs, incrusted with small stones and receiving addi tional enrichment from colored enm- Is. lerd distinction to the simplest evening gow n. Silvcr en extractors are a new ac cessory for the writing desk this sea son, and. although small, are s rong enough to extract the mot stub xrn lien from its holder and fill a long-felt want. The present mania for Louis XV. styles has added to th sumpt uouness of the modern woman's jewel case, for many of the brooches, coronets and watches are coph-s of the old court jewelry. PEN POINTS. Advice is one of the unpleasant smaller vice that the truly good forget to condemn. Don't persist in error after you're found out; and don't be found out if you can avoid it by jiersisting in it. Paste this in your hat: "The easiest way to liecoine immortal is to be tins first to say what is self-evident. The average man feels complimented when you call him lad in a laughing sort of a way. Trutli. 1 i i i f V ir ii
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