Egypt. Mystie realm of magic story, Nevemolianging clime and stream, Shadowy fatherland of science, Home of fable and of dream. From thy temples marched the ages Of our earth's unwritten prime ; These majestic Nabian portals Are the mouldering gates of time, Buried dark beneath the rains OF dead kingdoms thou hast lain ; But thy day of honor dawneth, Thou shalt rise to youth again. Honarivs Boxas, Over and Over again ! Over and over again, No matter which way 1 turn, 1 always find in the Book of Life Some lesson { have to learn. 1 must take my torn at the mill, I must grind out the golden gram, Umust work at my task with a resolute will, Over and over again, We cannot measure the nead Of even the tiniest flower, Nor check the flow of the golden sands That rans through a single hour ; But the morning dews must fall, The sun and the summer ran Must do thelr part, and perform it all Over and over agan, Over and over again The brook through the meadow flows, And over and over again The ponderons mill wi Unoe doing wil Though doing in vain; And a blessing failing us onoe or twice May come if we try again. The path that has once bean trod Is never so rough to the feet And the lesson wo onoa have learned Is never so hax repeat. Thong" sorn | tears may fall, And the | ita depths be driven By the storm and tempest, we need them all To render us meet for heaven. THE EMPEROR'S KISS. BY BERTHOLD AUERBACH. * To-morrow the Emperor will pass h our 3"! sald Isaac, the F regation, r the ser issed his hand over his now-white beard, which reached down to his chest, and answered, * May he be blessed.” : “Amen,” “ But we oncht to »ereet him. en however high in position, is 2 he sees how beloved he wecisely we have cived po notice, the Em- tl ‘ted spon- 1 chief . women and chld- meet him; and riumphal arch at 1 dare present x [rst place, 3 id be I'e- responded Isaac. do something te pgoause a voursell vou may ke i reason.’ sai si ‘obias, the t nobody vener- 3 INuUs- 0n, to h. War ud then said; {0 consent, present where eers would be | viuft of his is Was b Signal WEry one He then V meet to Ww morning nd the syns for the peo hed alternately g and stud On the morrow me went with his box to the coun- i, for it was a festive day. On the ern side of the synagogue Tobias busy wrapping the scrolls of the Law in silk and velvet mantles. The large parchments are rolled on a pair of staves, lor if 1s an ancient proscrip- tion that the Law of Moses must not be read at synagogue from a printed book, but from parchment scrolls; and these scrolls never come into the open | air pt on the day on which they, amid hymns and prayers, are carried agogue, being presented by LY having been sung, ¢ borne into the | ers ranged thems | t in their midst; his vas adorned with glistening sil- | ns on the upper ends of the The whole congregation then | itself in the midst of the village, the bells began to ring, the imperial carriage had reached the boundary of the village. On the staircase of the house of Isaac, | wal the synagogue, | the Jewish women and girls were as- | sembled; each sought to hide herself | behind the other, in order not to be | seen, and again each pressed forward in order to have a good view. i “heers, in the midst of which the! voices of the children rang loudest, | were now heard, and then a carriage came, with two men in brilliant uni- | forms; it rattled past before one had even time to open his mouth. A mur- mur of regret arose that the emperor should have passed 80 proudly and | angrily, without faking any notice of | them, and they were still disputing whether the one al the right or the one | at the left was the emperor when an- | other carriage drew nigh, but quite at | a slow pace. Now this really held the emperor, and the rabbi raised aloft the scroll of the law and said in a loud voice, the whole congregation repeat- ing after him, “Blessed art Thou, Eternal our God, King of the universe, who has imparted somewhat of Thy majesty to a human being of flesh and | blood.” The emperor stopped the carriage, | and asked to have a translation of these words. which were uttered in Hebrew and form a benediction prescribed to be said at the sight of a prince. ile seemed pleased and said ; “I must tell you that I am not par- | tial to demonstrations of this kind. 1 traverse my country in order to see you at work, and not to hold out in- ducements to idleness. It is true that you Jews, as vet, apply to few profit- able trades, although 1 donot think so lightly of petty trading as others do; it enlivens intercourse. But you should | try to engage in steady occupations, and to be less dependent upon cunning and inducements to covetousness, My laws will protect you. That every one may be saved according to his fashion | —on this point, I cannot make any ar- | rangements; but I wish that every one | should enjoy happiness according to his | ability. Of this I will take care to the | best of my means, and in this I have | also thought of you. You have borne | disgrace and misery for centuries; this | shall now have an end—at least in my | dominions!” The Emperor had then the nature of | the scrolls of the Law explained to | him, and repeated again that he would not tolerate any civil distinctions on account of differences in religious opin- ions. “ Is it true,”’ he then asked the rabbi, “that you consider yourselves as the chos:n people, slighting all others be- cause they are not of your faith?” © Your Majesty!” replied the rabbi, “ Qur Law is only binding upon him who is born a Jew. We never seek to convert others, and would it not be un- reasonable and blasphemous if we were to slight those who Pe in accordance with their law, and do not want ours, which does not want them either?” The Emperor nodded, as though ral Psalms the den, opposite ('ENTRE | | o- VOLUME HALL, CENTRE CO, A — “) ~~ 1, 1882, veased, and said: * I love fidelity, 1 have pt rials!” He was just ou the point of the signal for departure when ticed the assembled on stairoase ing toward them, he said ; you word, n s for me ¥’ ~ It may easily be imagined what a thronging there was on the staircase at these words, Many crowded into the house and fell upon each other. Others fell prostrate on the ground and hid themselves ; and azain, others covered with their aprons. Unly one young wi wined in her ; but her swelling lips quivered, and out of her black eves spoke a rare inward emotion. Presently the maiden opened her mouth, and said: “ The highest veneration has no words I" “* You know how te flatter!” replied the Emperor, smilingly. “One does not tlatterdhe sun when thanking him in silence for diffusing his no ** What is your name?" * Dinah!" ** And your father’s?" “ Iam her father, your Majesty,’ Isaac, the warden. “1 have to express a wish to you, Dinah," said the Emperor. * Asa to ken that I esteem and love your peo- ple, slighted and ill-used for centuries, and as a token to myself, let me give you a kiss! Will you” “1 will!” said the maiden, and her whole face shone like her eyes. And the Emperor stooped down and Kissed her on the lips. * You appear to me very crude and coy,’ said the Emperor. * How is it that you have so easily complied with my wish?" * Because I did not kiss the man, but the clemency of the Emperor!” *1 thank youn,” said the emperor, merrily. * No doubt you are already betrothed.” ” ** Yes, your majesty.” All those present looked around as- tonished; but from the crowd of men there now stepped forth a tall, slender youth, with curly black hair and fine fealures. “ Where is your betrothed?’ the emperor. * Yonder,” said the maiden, point- ¢ with her outstretched hand to- ward the young man, who wanted to ’ ferward, but stood still, as hough rooted in the ground. “ When will you marry ¥” asked the emperor. * When your mnperial majesty gives permission. ‘1! Why 1? * Because they refuse us the right of settlement. According to an ancient law, the number otf Jewish families must not be increased; it must remain ¥ sald asked in in ried brother.” ** Madame, vou remind me of which makes us doubt whether law could have been given by However, tell me, is vour betrothed a huckster? How can give your haggling, honor, al- be jeered a law such men. YOu you who, for himself an) if he can only do a profitable S80 wn s and geliul ol lows vw here tO at, ne replied was ol oecause hed,” ‘is a tanner. lle his trade abroad would receive hin guild refuses to admit him to canny on his “And I hereby gin said the Emperor; ¢ “I will protect vo honest deal- i and you sh ear in mind that my name—Joseph—is borrowed from your Old Testament. Herewith I sa- ute your scrolls of the Law.” at the same moment baring his head. “I take off my hat before every sanctuary which is revered in truth, and I \ nobody malice because he dif! worship. Religious hatred shall in future be known in my dominions by the contempt in which I hold it. Keep to your Law, and fit yourselves more and more to participate in those things which I offer to my people without dis- n permi : 1 continneaq: . .s sSsion, ings, Ear liffers in The Emperor then entered his car- riage, and the people were near being run over by the other carriages, the assem- bly dispersed in all directions. Only Dinah remained sitting on the step, cry- She had shown a brave heart in e presence of the Emperor, and now 16 was again a weak girl. The general astonishment vented it- 80 this much could be din—that Dinah was not engaged, and that she had surprised and caught her father and betrothed by this sudden willing to narry her to a man who had not the means to support her. But now all opposition was overcome, and when the matter had been sufficiently discussed, by the Emperor. The communal wag, Tobias, let loose all kinds of witticism. The excitement caused by this occur- continued for some time, and even the Christian townspeople came to Isaac, and listened astonished to the account of the incident. The young man, so suddenly be. rence trothed, walked about as in a dream, not knowing what to make of all this. yeror had kissed his betrothed before Be had done 80; then he was congrat- ulated because, affer all, he was fortu- nate enough te be engaged to the beautiful and brave daughter of the rich Isaac. And these twittings and concratulations alternated, like his at the sudden favorable turn of his for- tune; at other times he was sad and cross because he thought that a maiden kissed by the Emperor must look down Every one wanted to see Dinah. But she all at once disappeared, and shut herself up in her bedroom, and trothed. came down, and, according to ancient custom, three candles were lighted, a blessing was written with chalk on the floor, and on it, as was the practice of old, a cup was broken, and every one present received a fragment of it. This was the ceremony of the actual betrothal, and through its cele- bration great trouble was hrought on, When, a few weeks after, the au- thorities were applied to for a license existed no authentic document testify ing to the Emperor's ‘permi-sion, anc it proved that Dinah had told a story port this to his superiors. was now turned into sorrow, and Dinah had to appear before the magistrate, the Jewess whom the Emperor kissed?” Dinah had now to submit to a pam- ful cross-examination. Every word was written down. How ashamed she was! At last she had to confess that she had deceived the Emperor, as she was not engaged at the time. In con- clusion, the deposition was laid before her, and she was asked to sign it. With trembling hand she took the pen and wrote her name. Buddenly her face became flushed. Pretending to throw sand on the signature to dry it, she took the ink-stand and threw the con- tents over the deposition. She smiled secretly at the scolding who was vexed at the fi She was directed to appear on the row, in order to sign another copy lenosition achieved 0 hoy ieror who has : her outside i # } 3 i i what sie had done, ¥ Oohe i HT \ buried in sleep, sl father and be she, hey trothed, sod Mage retly enter & C3 t wh the 3 aem on # A highw i 4 i 1 Lilt witited tor away th w hae i the capital, to peror. Arrived at \ en could not be persuaded to meet Emperor in audience hersell when the two men told this peror, he smiled and | and immediately i ments to be prepared; in confirmed his promise, and in the the chiet of the village reproved. There was jubilation and her companions came village, the father boiding hand the imperial document wit} great seal aflixed to it, ane to all hisgood fortune. had a wedding been celeln village with greater rejoici of the master tanner with cheers were given, over again, for the Emperor. the glee was at its hig the sounded. dow. Ww 131 RY, ough the 1s towar Ord other Wis severely ant And hest, the | mail coach driver Was Every one r An imperial Ia when sounding words, 3 the portrait of titul frame, and name of his master, for the red lips. A lvead groom opened his put in his veto, general cry, Tobias, The portraic was the first in the house of the yo couple, and Dinah took a bunch of flowers {ro wedding table and bound it picture. One morning, about a ward, the emperor smi a letter to an aulic com sented him some ph Now You se called a hore ish bov.” I counselo when Tobias! ornament year af held ot wld on whom they a Jews concluded named their first me, ‘Joseph. shall ever them and mv | the woman this I'he ri oseph were car- hap- SELECT SIFTINGS. other in A rich and pat in the names, The butter Wis in the central part of Africa; from its kernel is produced a nice butter which will Ket p a year, 1 i sevents State tree discovered Ata stenographic exhibition in Paris twenty-four different system - hand w Among riosities there was a post card con- aining 44,000 words. The twin daughters of Bishop Andrews were wedded to Dr, Lovett and Judge Merrriweather, of Newton, Ga., but both brides The widowers then married two more of the bishop's daughters, For the second time they were bereaved, and they have for the third time married sisters, During the British campaign in Egypt a ray of sunshine was reflected, ore Mm ew soon died, pyramids near Cairo to Alexandria, about 120 miles away. The signals had the appearance of small luminous points and were, it is said, perfectly readable as a message from the com. mander of the forces, The use of cork for making jackets, as an aid to swimming, is very old. Weare informed that the Roman whom Camillus sent to the capitol when be- sieged by the Gauls, put on a light because, to avoid being taken by the it was necessary for him to swim across the Tiber, During a recent discussion at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences it was doubted that the odors of insects are emitted as a protection from the attacks of enemies, as is gen- erally believed. At least some of the odors are very agreeable to man, and it is by no means certain that scents repulsive to us are not delightful to the most common enemies of sects emitting them. Dr. Joseph Leidy spoke of some ants having the fra. near their nest instead of the usual peculiar odor of formic acid, ts RNs HEALTH HINTS, People should not gorge themselves with animal food. Vegetable and farinaceous preparations are better for bulk. When the bones are weak, as is often the case in young children, twisted positions induce curvature of the Says Dr. Foote's Health Monthly . Try breathing the fumes of turpentine cough. Hemorrhage of the lungs or stomach is promptly checked by small doses of salt. The patient should be kept as Every man who would have his girls grow up to be strong, high-minded, healthy and refined women, should break away from custom, etiquette, fashion and folly and turn to nature. It may not be generally known, but it is a fact worth remembering, that a small quantity of the unbleached sul- phate of quinine mixed with any ordinary tooth powder forms an ex- cellent quinine dentrifice, which not only preserves the teeth sound and the gums healthy, but is found to be wonderfully efficacious in preverting toothache and neuralgia. Pretension is nothing; power is everytding, | | Yenomons Snakes, Venomous snakes are thos pave two holly iw through MeGuire, floated di i or to ed on a tauteuld W lovellier than ed and Where Miinson Hn pson, FLERE with the Mexico and three venomo snake, t possibl ne ( less, In Known the other 5 the nan country 1 pretty | Central many venom always fatal Known are th 30 | theda i Pansy, “My in who had been VEsse i rivera iew § night, and Li in { bank, wh would beecool vessel, one of 3 go back to th those who have wade inthe nint? with one excel follow hi mined to from SOON ny to whi the beams of the roof, and w W ¢ ject of her pi er never be George W, a girl who net to her Rosalind could ith within an hour ol r, and she went into the supper- two, and he did not d finger. He lay in the sun grew w glided back to th panions hi looked as if it but had cruelly refr: ing him. The bravest men that could never speak of the snakes w In one o Martinique lanee-headad anot morning, and, to his | three snakes and that others were ging irom t miking ove t rafters or gliding ove: oor, il t have an invisible recognized gino bite meant de can wete oysters near that hole in { to a walter, pointing ind to the portier like some ovsters?' he “1 think they » her a platter of the moll thud, sinihe, CAA ii Rosalind and Telt inmph was at hand ii sters were gone Pansy smile, Mr. Simpson,” wall not soon forget had faded riant “My hs to himself, nou iri ‘3 11t it uy 3% hay © But Mr y who has a potent politi- 8 Watson, a orgia legisla- theret best and most in the State, man, but he i should Han i CLion + Kind. bitten by a turned into a thin, watery, straw- couldn't Idle, and you colored fluid, wi nt despair on mal bitten by a cor sorner of and looks vers ich | i . | box and ma jelly. Neverth s, the poison of the my ol ile talk ade it a rule to cobra and that of ti 1 sn: to make her to be precisely ali hen analyzed by | partoaer in the reel agree to vote for the chemist, and I hed Id with him, posed of the white of an egg. farper’s | The best vote-making tune that ever Young People. * Mississippi ther member ave his the ie lature, also de , but his eon- solemn one, and de “If,” he. says, right motion to your fit twist to your your bow, vote in & The * Bucks,” Foremost in reckless violence in Ireland eis were the ** Bueks,” or Their favorite amusemer off the ends of thelr that the point of f trude, so as to be a versary without than one dilatory b put to death by ti upon the fiuldle ! sil on y every he 53 R Pilgrim mine + other day, tain opposite, in the n you if you times ‘ side most for looking at them. tl In 1784 six Bucks (a lord, two eolo- | investigated, Making a tor { pine he went i into thi de-camp of the place, and after passsing through Along, narrow passage found in a large chamber with a smooth floor, perfectly dry and Nohted by a brilliant the room. He himself with wine after a party at the attor- flame in the center of approached the light cautiously and found to his unbounded amazement : that the flame issued from the mouth he waiter, | inxs f a ms an image of a man They first pinked t v i appt ared to be silver, : roughly formed. the fellows the Te down they drew their swords, O 8] Lf . 3 Yay yu eir swords, On the | op 440 arude statuary had discovered a gas jet in the rock and that there is communication down through the body to the rock through which the gasflows perpetually, indicating an abundant supply of petroleum under the moun. tain, which Mr. Abbott could not decipher, on the walls, and in one corner, a very large human with a stone tomahawk and mortar lying near, sack the place, which they would have done had not the sheriff and quelled the riot, The Bucks, however, being of high rank, the Duke n order the ar- rest of the offenders, : . Eaa skeleton An insolent Buck was ones trailing eS . ——— earlier date) at Lucas’, a fashionable Melons in Europe, Watermelons, as we know them, and the room for a newspaper, happened canteloupes, as we eat them, are un- to tread on the train of the dandy, who instantly flashed out his sword! 1s they provide instead a musk- and drove the offender to the nearest | ,, jon which looks like an altered wal But as phe bully Srey back lo p unpkin, and tastes much like a raw make a savage and deadly lunge, the nk q y elams hev are mild man, . the agony of despair, DUI 2 Jothe clans they a drew a small ornamental tuck that he | 4 [ found there in summer were wore merely for ornament, sprang on | xn arjean products, which had been “Pi fide of the point, Bind stabben the | ut down in the waters of Holland and ; I a 1S ear were ex. | ireland, and were Herally scared into travagantly silly. ‘Ihey perpetrated | Ne roe Rint, oh + £ ¢ ic » * . the Tore proposterolis Sr she | banished elephant. Yet for such ahs 3 { ai : 4 y Jills « » Oy > together the knightly ideal or gelf- | things ings g 7 nom re fice aD LONE Seeing the bemirti- | charged.—George Alfred Townsend. ful Duchess of Rutland dip her hands | into a finger-glass after dinner, Colonel | The new permanent station for the St. Legar seized the glass and drained | signal service at Pike's Peak, Col, has “ You will have another | at length been completed, as well as Sallenger,” laughed | the construction of a telegraph line to connect the station at the summit of washes her feet after supper.” the mountain with the world below. Another Buek earned the sobriquee | The signal station is 14,000 feet above of “Jerusalem Whaley,” by a bet ht! sea level and 6,000 feet above Colorado made to go to the oly City, play ball | Springs, and is constructed of granite against its wallg and return in a given | laid in cement, to resist the furious time ¢ storms of that locality. enn EI Ss to-night, Fable of the Wounded Ox, leg, Horse, who halted and ealled out: “Mercy onme! but what has hap ped dq? “1 have broken my leg. “Too bad—too bad! I assure you that you have my heartfelt sympa- thies," When the Horse had disappeared along came the Mule and inquired: “How now, my old friend--what's trouble?’ * Broken my leg.” * Dear mo! ' but that's unfortunate ! You were always an honest, hard-work ng Ox, and 1 am deeply grieved that this accident has come upon you," I'he Mule pursued hils way, and the i to sl i Was the Hog, What does this inean ” as he checked his pace, ‘ell he grunted * Broken my leg.” that possi ie | It isn't six ago that you had a lame and to have this misfortune upon you is enough to discourage wt Ox in the World, If yon cover from it always remem- ber that you had my warmest sym- +) " Foy the Hog came the Goat, who at a safe distance and called ‘ Anything contagious 7" “ No; I have broken my leg “Oh, that's it? Sure it's broken?” a“ y on” * And you'll probably be laid up for if the Master doesn't onths even , I'm sorry for you, and if you to get well I shall be highly rhted,” The Goat had passed out of sight when along came the Rhinosceros on his way to the pool. “Hello! What's up now?” asked as he looked over the bank. “ Broken my leg." “1s that so. Well, I never had an introduction to you nor heard your name spoken, but here goes to help you. I'll get you up, help you home and see you through as far as 1 can. It is sufficient for me that you are in dis- tress and need help. Have you no friends?” Yi he “Oh, They have all extended their heart-felt sympathies, but left me the ditch.” lying in MORAL, “Svmpathy, my fri nd,” sald FOR THE LADIES, News and Notos for Women, Miss Jennie Jackson, daughter of Internal Revenue Jack. Mra. Catharine Beales is known in i 1 i She has taught steadily for pupils have numbered about 30,000, Mrs. Lillie E. Wood, of Hartford. has written all of the first chapter of i i i quarter of a dollar, winning a prize of $20 offered by a Philadelphia news A Syracuse servant girl collected The odor of musk, of which the floors have been scraped and cleanid in two years. This year it has twenty-one to seven in the senate, and bride wore a wreath of orange blos- The bridemaids, in red tuberoses and myrtle, A Paris actress avers that each per- qualities, which—so far as her observa- tions have gone—she states as follows: Musk predisposes to sensibility and amiability ; rose, to audacity, avarice and pride; geranium, to tenderness ; up, “sympathy sticks in the ear and lets the stomach starve, Depend upon your friends no longer than they can upon you. Come, we go" Detroit Free Press, Facets About Stoves, manufacture of stoves the wis cut a very important figure in The wood ost about the same; f a wood and iron ri for a stove of any one size is ut $1,000, Sometimes they cost a : more, ifacturer in thiscity, says the I. pulidished at St. Louis, has for a stove of three which him $06,000, The ‘of a pattern used to be longer it is now, Twentydive years a certain style or make would about ten or fifteen years before it became obsolete | now tyles change more frequently, and the life of a pattern is, accordingly, much shorter, The desire of customers for stoves of new styles and bright and fancy finish has pecs ssitated a greater wr patterns, larger stocks and a more profuse use of The result of all this has been disastrous to large profits, A quarter of a century ago sixty and seventy per cent. profits were as easily realized by the manufacturer as thirty and thirty-five per cent. are now, Then a comparatively small number of pat- terns would answer for the largest es- tablishment ; now several hundred are required, stoves turmed out by Western works are heavier by some fifty pounds than Eastern stoves, owing to their having larger flues and thicker plates. Flues are made large on the Western stove on account of the general use of hitumin- coal in the West. A small flue would soon choke up, and the stove would be In the East, anthracite coal is largely column of ex iron pattern he tt Wii ses, Al Cost « ¥ i 1 1 y 1 » (Ri den] less netimes v of patterns 51 Rs emt than AO last expend hem, § Ol nickel plate, ous ny unserviceable, The Mississippi. Some interesting and extraordinary data have just been compiled respect- ing the Mississippi. boast tary streams, fnavigation of 16,571 miles, or about two-thirds of the round the workl., Even this, however, represents but a small amount of the navigation which will follow when the Federal government has made the contemplated improvements in the Upper Mississippi, in the Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other rivers, in which it is now engaged. But while the Mississippi has 16,571 miles navigable to steamboats, it bas 20,221 miles navigable to barges. This navigation is divided between twenty two States and Territories in the following proportions Louisiana, | 2.500 miles ; Arkansas, 2,100 ; Missis- sippi, 1,380 ; Montana, 1,310 ; Dakota, 11,280; Illinois, 1,270; Tennessee, 1,260 ; Kentucky, 1,260 ; Indiana, 840; Lowa, 830 : Indian Territory, 720; Min- nesota, 600 ; Wisconsin, 500; Ohio, 550: Texas, 440: Nebraska, 400; Virginia, 300; Pennsylvania, 380 ; Kansas, 240 ; Alabama, 200; and New York, 70. Nearly all sections of States and Territories can be reached with ease. Louisiana, Arkan- distance Indian Territory possess more miles of navigable stream than miles everybody who wishes to engage in A Throne of Gold, Although the power of the native Indian rajahs has declined, there ap pears to be no corresponding falling off in the splendors by which they have been accustomed to surround then selves, The MHindoo Patriot's corre spondent at Burdwan states that u splendid throne of gold has just been prepared by two native artists of Cal- cutta for his highness tho maharaja. The names of the artists are Haroku- mar Roy and Kamullkwmar Roy. There are 7,000 tollahs of gold in the throne (the “ tollah ” is nearly hall an ounce troy), and it is exquisitely decorated with vignette work on all sides, On the top of the back there is the mae haraja’s crest, surmounted with mag- nificent jewels of great beauty. It is added that the throne does great credit to native workmanship... Lon- don News. zoin, to dreams, poetry and incon- stancy ; mint and verbena, to a taste for thev'beautiful arts: camphor, to stupidity and brutality ; Russia leather, to indolence ; while viang-y lang is the most dangerous of all. Fashion Notes, Wool brocades trim many suits of plain wool. Pin-head checks in wool fabrics are Fur-lined circulars never go entirely out of fashion, Tournures are becoming a feature in Paris fashions. Large bonnets increase in height, but not in width, The small capote looks more like a baby’s cap than ever, Pelisses and polonaises are the feature of the passing season. There is a disposition to revive the old-fashioned gathered skirt, Velvet is the favorite millinery and trimming material this winter, Pink feathers on brown “bennets, green plumage on red bonnets and sil- ver-powderad black ostrich tips on black bonnets, are the stylish contrasts in millinery, Black monkey skins with long hair, natural brown beaver of light shade, dark sealskin and the long fleeey black fox are the fashionable materials for clasely-fitted pelerine capes worn by young girls, A quaint freak of fashion is to fasten velvet standine “Jars on the left side with a bow of ribbon, Bul- lion or gilt soutache trims these velvet collars, and a figured lace frill edges them at the top. The most {ashionable jet bonnets are as large as the end of a lady's finger. I'hose in fanciful designs of jetted lace are no longer stylish, The handsomest velvet have plain velvet for the basque, the front and back draperies of the skirt covering the whole side breadths are of the richest brocaded velvet, Very young ladies are again wearing School with ribbon, or in a neat French twist, when old enough for such a style, Stylish military redingotes of dark blue cloth have the standing collar, and double-breasted in Down the back of the skirts is set a double row of large silver buttons, in designs of old Roman medallions, Buttons may almost be classed among the luxuries of dress. In point of elegance and in the matter of price they have never been excelled. Among the novel styles are those of gold or silver, set with mock gems in moresque or florentine designs. These are models of art and beauty, They would also be models of extravagance were it not for the fact that they will never tarnish, being of the genuine metal, They can therefore be transferred from one costume to another, until they have “ paid for themselves,” Another bean- tiful style of button is a cut jet, in mosaic designs, with monogram or crest of semi-precious stones in the center. These stones may be of any of the costume, Sugar and Salt Beef, Sugar is very sensibly recommended for children, not in the form of “sweeties,” but in their food. The £ i n——— Mew tha Canadine Cabinet Was Enter tafaed by an Irate Member of Parlin ment. 2 £ 7 i W. A, Croffut tells the ow good story in a letter to the Detr Post: While in Montreal I heard | good story of Sir Peter Mitchell, mem- ber of parliament for New Brunswick, He was an opposition member during the lamentable ernment of # ard was a most constant and nncom- fortable thorn in the side of that un- happy premier, Sir John was con. spicuous as a railroad magnate, as just before the opening of it ons winter, Sir Peter called on him to cow that had been run over by the cars, “I don't believe there is any- thing in it I" exclaimed the premier, up ease, but I'll inquire, and you can call to-morrow,” The gentleman from New Bruns wick was not used to being called in the morning, pay for the cow,” broke in Sir Jobn. “ You won't, won't you?” Sir Peter, with a manner as “Have you been there or sent there and inv ity’ “No, I haven't, but I won't pay for the cow. It's a mere trifle, and she ‘ought to have kept it off the track.” “Don’t the law say you shall have a | fence ¥ * “1 won't that's all the answer you'll get.” . “You won't pay | cow, won't you? Sir John Mackenzie, | I'll make you pay for it I" exclaimed Sir Peter, now ti aroused, “You will! you will! How will you?” growled the premier, : “I'll take it out of you during the | session, hs surd 4s Juurea INTHE tan | | The widow's $40 isn't anything, isn't it! Wi take it out of you." It was an Irishman against a Seoteh- man, and both were angry. The sequel proved that Sir Peter “took it of him,” very thoroughly. He is a round- headed man, a hard worker, a pugna- cious and redoubtable foe, an unfor- | giving enemy, bold and eloquent in de- | bate, no dilettant, but a hard hitees, and some of his onslaughts were ous. If he had not great tact he has great force, and he never forgot the cow, In thespeeches he made every day against the measures and methods (of the government, then under serious suspicion, he told the story of the cow, and trotted her out with a frequency pay for the cow, now, and to animals. | Finally the last day of the session dawned, and the consideration of Mac- kenzie's expense budget was resumed. It provided the appropriations for the coming year. Sir Peter Mitchell took the floor and launched into a enlogy of the deceased cow and the propriety of making an apptopriation for the widow. He was greeted with laughter and mock ap- | plause, and then his anditors waited uneasily for him to finish. He did not finish. He told the story over again, with embellishments and elaborations, He contrasted the stinginess of the wealthy ruler with the quiet endurance mercy, justice and charity, when the honorable members straggled out one by one to dinner. Sir Peter bit a bis- cuit, drank a swallow of water and con- tinued, impressing upon the empty chairs about him the tender duties and graces of humanity. Members strag- gled in again. the Shirt. They appealed to him to draw his remarks to a close. He retold the story of the cow. MeantimeSir Jolin Mackenzie was perspiring with wrath and anxiety in the premier's apart- ment hard by. All his hopes were bound ‘up in the appropriation budget. What if it should not come to a vote? The honorable member from New Brunswick could not be stopped, for this was the one bill in a parliament on which a member could ‘speak as long as he wished. There was no way of cutting short the debate. No motion was in order while he was speaking except the motion to adjourn | —and that would be adjournment sine die. The government members were in consternation as the orator delivered a speech on the blessings of vaecina- tion, gave statistics on the cost of fences in the United States, passed an elabor- ate encomium on the superiority, for | draft purposes, of Devon cattle, to which class the deceased domestic | friend of the bereaved widow belonged “and then began to describe the religious, ceremonies in which the sacred cow of | Burmah takes part, when the bell ran for vespers. A short timeé more an the session would by law, and ‘the government had no appro- | priation bill ! . At this critical juncture one of the government members returned excited- ly from the premiers room, rushed to the orator's desk, and exclaimed : “In the name of God, what ails you, Mitch. ell? What do you want?” “—and still,” said Sir Peter, finishing the sen- tence he had on his lips, *not a cent has ever been paid for the widow's cow!” The member uttered a vehe- ment exclamation about that animal, and added: “Sir John Mackzenzie au- thorizes me to say that he will pay for the cow if you'll let the bill come to a vote” Ent Sir Peter sat down rather tired, the widow got her pay. ment organs COW et $40,000, Her champion is still known in Canada as Bismarck Mitchell, on account of his boldness and shrewdness in outwitting a cabi- | net and making himself long the ad- | viser-in-chief of a ¥ ernor, : OT IO 3 SI As an illustration of the girls for “lollipops” is too often treat- ed as natural depravity and repressed accordingly. It isan instinct answer- ing to a physiological requirement, and many a half-nourished child is kept from illness by the occasional penny- worth it is enabled to procure. But, given in food, sugar is much more use- ful. We are glad to see a strong pro- test, on the other hand, against salt beef, It is one of those survivals, so hard to get rid of, since days when a family killed a cow for their winter consumption, and were obliged to corn a great part of the meat as the only way of preserving it for use, Now that fresh meat is to be had in even the poorest village, it is a pity to see it robbed of its nutrition and made in- digestible from a mistaken idea of economy.— Saturday Review. er eI — a ——— He who would eat the kernel must crack thenut, a ing learned that Lord Napier, of Mag, dala, was to passa few days it ‘airo, hi | determined to entertain him. All | palaces were occupied at | Fence and distinguished ! this fact was not allowed to the way. The Kkhedive residence to be bought and within twelve hours. The cost $150,000. Blood horses and car were in the mews. Dozens of servants were in attendance, and under pain flogging they were ordered not to for hish. in fellows se that the Sek of Figs is a ple: one, and then centered there, so that T speak a 1y when I say that, admirable it is for the commercial ea ~The Cincinnati Gazette thus describes the shot made by Frayne theue ctor. in that city, the br ng of a spring ho ‘breech of the gun caused the Miss Von Bebhren: The m stood with the butt of his rit l against an upright w
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