MUST-BES AND MAY -BES. What enrions fates has life in store, With all His must .-Les and its may. best The save of elghty vears and more Once rept 5 nurstin t the {i Kings, conquerors, ju.iges, HH ill were bables. The fearless soldier who! The serie For nothing The neacely With hours of ins fond eam arpalling, " ‘ i raged vie bawling, © renown Line, Hf the town down 3 RLTAX ition, sand spied his pap, Camoither's lan, v's administration ¥ a reef to shun irt we drop our anchor, course [€ nobly run there the wo was dons, Life owes its headway to the spanker ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes. —— — ——————— OF THE AGES. CURTOMS MIDDLE It was during the France that the ceremony attended all the festivities of the conrt. At the marriage of Robert the brother of St. Louis, with Matilda of Brabant, which was cel brated at 13th century in Among his plan gold p ate were fourteen pob- silver plate one-hnndred and seventeen goblets gil led? and enameled These trersures were wasted during the fortunate reign of Charl the Many of the goblets were Vi kev, for at this time plas not need for wine it ben kept casks andl es of @ rihen ware. Eneli-h-o ade Jedthera b highly prized about this ave journal of expenses land is fonnd“a CUArge boitles bought 1n London. G bat tes were flagons an 10:0 were kept the preeious lignors, Constable Berfrind dn offered to Clarles V.aship which was the precious in Yrs r John of hin for iwo leather called in tl Ciusehin most of to him. the knif royal f.mily. terminated in another was in serpents the form of a chatea The ships were ordinar- ions and sirens or simply feet, Charles V. whose health had by an emissary of Gregory the Bld, musicians, jugglers and minstrels. An tight rope; two others seated on oxen, with scarlet trappings, blew horns as each dish was served at the table. Am ng the festivities at Sanmnur, Lonis IX. gave a banquet which was made memorable by the incredible profusior meats, including that of the peacock. This **meat of the val lant’ when served was attended bv men at arms and by flutes and hant- boys, while procured for the guest claret, hippocras and spiced of pages m a golden ¢ great ften am a fa ad iY Cu pie tics preser and fabie I i Tie, is Co] against t Manicheans.” Ti lsaghed heartily i immediately ap- pointed a ¥ to write at t tation of the holy controversialist The pra » of eating with the fin- gers was i in vogue at this time, but, says Violet le Due, “a certain manner of using the fingers was recog- nized from the t me of Augustus to the time of St. Louis, aia © Ki GRiC- seCrelary ne a 1! ( +f by the manner in which he conveyed his food to his month. To-day, in the Urient, many persons of distinction still use the fingers instead of a fork, with the greatest dexterity and ele- gance, de the “Roman de 'd ength the daties lered hou eo, tue table, Firat, she be a little late orders, that Menng, ir describes at d Iisiress of apd ber condnet at it was necessary that in giving her a well « to occupy; once seated she would pro- ceed to cut the meats, serve the bread, and then serve the son who eat with her t i ARI She was to be os fal not to gers with the sauce and 4 hips free from so ¢ at. put in her mouth neither too too lurge pieces; the pieces wit: sauce =» was fo take ends of her ry them gracelnlly to her lips withoua: al andiop to fall, She must drink with the same prudence. The French above all liked amuse- ment and diversion at the table, and they often carried this toexcoss, Dur mg the 14th and centuries Ham- bert IL, a gastronomist whom steht alone did n t satis’y, had his meals served with Jess more solid, as may by proven regulation of 143% that be made for his table. On Bundays and Thursdays he pre was lo soil her ’ keep he F be was to Ty all to be wet he with the fingers and car OWILY i5th fast days, The pope bnt he demanded a certificate both the king's confessor an! doctor: he imposed besides upon his beloved 0D a certain number prayers pious works. 1 he wise 2 F Ol had too 3 4 : abie to eat LiRe ht Witla ranee present, 1 tieman was le og # ymrt of the com rooon hb wife schman for being 1m I en eveulug came on Mrs, leart was in a quandary. She Ww that t e horse had to be taken f, i she di int know exactly how to do & d to her daughter to put Toaz to vour iasther to be very cireful to bed hum do fas wel He fis discl pad Mie kn Care O BI it Se Ba O “plesnor, we've got eariog GOW We Inuss Ya we can.” hey went to the ringre- hi stable. and took the ¢ one of repaired Se 1B isi and 8 « nen they blankets, I Elean rj i spy pillow, snd managed to the blankets to serve it tress. Then they tried to conx Tous ile down, er that they might throw the other blanket over Lim and tack it in nicely about his heels But for s mntable reason, Toag own. They tried to his feet, Osed the horse would Arran lien of a EH in or me not nad he him off i protested so srrong'y that the ladies i made of a hen and two chickens, Monday and Wednesday a puree of pus or of beans with two pounds of salted tripe cooked in water. course boiled beef served with a sauce warm with pepper, and six roasted capons or six fat hens for the second course. Tuesday, rice with cabbage, leeks and beets, with a pound of salt beef and a smnll allowance of fresh boiled beef with mustard, and twelve chickens or six hens cat in small pieces; for the second course fresh roasted pork. For supper Humbert was satisfied with beef, calves feet pickled in vinegar and broiled beef with tongues seasoned with cameline sauces. Friday being a fast day he re- quired two vegetable stews, fish, twenty-four fried eggs with some Lor- raine pies and fritters. Saturday, two vegetable soups, fish, a dozen poached egus, tarts with herbs and eight hard boilded This was certainly a Inrge quantity of food for one man to digest, but the stomachs of the 14th century men did not dis lain the strong- est nourishment, as we know byan or- diance of “John the Good,” that at this period the French of the north ate por- poise and sea-lions while those of the south ste dolphins and small whales, The son of king John, Charles the Xi was eelsated Rid the ovate of te. 80 e Charlemagne, and Bh Louis, Aecording to an invento Their house is situated hell a mile from any other, and they did not know But at la t a bright idea Eleanor, and she with mother hurried to the frout gate and stayed there until two men passed by, A Showar of Shot The stories are numerous enough in which dreams are alleged to have led to the discovery of a pot of geld or other valuable tressare. Here is a ease in which a dream is said to have brought about an important 1nven- tion: There was a mochanic in Bristol, Eng., whose name was Watts, by trade a shotmaker. Watts had to take great sheets of thickness about equal to the diameter of the shot he desired to make. Then he cut the sheets into little enbes, which he rolled in a re- volving barrel until the corners were worn off from the constant frietion. Watts, alter an evening spent with some jolly companions at the ale house, went home and tarned mto bed. He dreamed he was out again with the “boys.” They were all trying to find their way home when it to rain shot. Beautiful globules of lead, pol- ished and shining, fell at his feet. In the morn when Watts arose he remem- HUMOR OF FILE DAY. Always ahead The cranium. Brick are sometimes thrown with Ine tent to kiln. — Washinglon Star. “Papa, what made Latin a dead laa. guage?” *‘It was talked to death, my) pon, wife. “Is Budd an anglomaniac!” “No, he's just a plsio, ordinary Americas uatic. "New York Herald Since the invention of forks there soem to be very little excuse for a ‘*hand 4 wouth” exist nee. ~—-Munsey's Weekly, One half of world doa't know the fog to flud out just the same, — Puck When a girl is in love she nlwan thinks the young man is perfect, and hy sgrees with her.—Somervile Journal, It is a pec man gets the more he wants,” and wore he wants the less he gets. — Spock, “The winter,” saith the goose, With sadoess in her tone, *Wili bs both long aud cold; I feel it in my bone.” ~=Chicago Tribune The scientist who claims that the wind cannot be seca evidently has had hittle oy no experience with sight-dralts. — Elmire Gazette. A cross old bachelor of our acquaint. ance defines marriale as the medicine which restores sight to lovers’ eyes. —w Boston Traveler, Diner—*Do you know, sir, that this bird is out of season?” Walter—**Well, fix it tor yourself. There's the pepper ad salt." Judge, y good deal like lawyers, the Bar you fully oa IPS Are mitted to Bg pea » ig A pew col Icallit & Oecause it is comp + iy f creation,” sald the 1 was an alter remarked the isp. ae’s been thought aller ever thinth. "— Binghamton Leader. ————————— Sn APHORISEMS, - fhe nollest mind the best contentment Las --8penser Men of character are the consciences of the society to which they Lelong —Emen son Tue certain way to be cheated is to fancy o's self wore cunning thas others — PF power to do bard work is aot a de substitute for it. it is the Lest possi! iamies A. Garfield ple generally are what mand company they are wtween Clhesterflald vdid intense AT lings of our neighbors wa are ssbamod L E Landon bry or ie Uy educati ef and 25 rever sple CAN Comm labor and Nlswart rt nition other form a bo sf poor, weak or GE. talented uot, will and work are sure to win fail, but wills prevail Labor is luck Willer F. Cralis city, or Wishog Ch or sire PERFUMERY MANUFACTURE FOR WOMEN, A practical chemist mays that within tho iast twelve months he has tasght perfumery making to several women, some of whom learned it only for ply it to the purpose of money-making. Women, he says, are becoming much in- terested in this subject, and are better equipped in every respect than men to make successful perfumers. One of | the most important requisites is a nice | sense of smell, whieh 1s possessed b | the majority of women, ws their ol- | factories have not been dulled by smoking. Women, as a rule, love flowers, and are fitted for the delicate manipulations required in the work, five-sixteenth of a drop too much or too little often materially changing the odor. The flold is a wide one, for pure cooking extracts are difficult to obtain, and the making of them also offers a chance for the enterpri woman. A point on which the chemist dwells particularly is that the work can be carried on in a parlor as easily as in a laboratory, as it requires little sad is exquisitely clean. Boston Her- a “You kpow, Dorothy, these biscuits of yours“-he as he reached across the breakfast table and hel himself to the seventh. “Yes?” his wife, with a weary, feeble smile. “Ah! they're nothing like mother's.” “No?” And the smile was Jous. “No! Not a bit. You see, mother's were heavy and gave me the dys while yours are as light as a Trials of a Tenchor, The school teacher is ve ry“ poor paid for his wearisome work of impart ing wisdom to his pupils, if many ¢ Lis pupils are like one described in th following dialogues. The boy found i difficult to understand simple arithme tic: * Teacher—Suppose Fritz, you have stocking on one foot, and you pu another stocking on the other foot how many would you have on botl foot? Boy-—1I never wear no sjockings. “Buppose your father has one pig in a pen, and ke buys another pig anc puts it in the pen, how many pigs wil there be in the pen?” “Dad don’t keep no pigs.” The teacher blew a heavy sigh from tis tired lips, wiped the perspiratior from his scholastic brow, und went at it aguin with renewed courage. “Suppose you have one jacket and at Christmas your father makes you a present of another jacket. how many “He ain't that kind of & father. He “Suppose your mother gives you what will you have then ?®" “Stomachache. Our apples arn The teacher was not the man to be discouraged by trifles. He began wo suspect that the boy was not well up in arithmetic, but he resolved to make “If & poor little beggar boy has a cake, and you give him one more, how many will he have? +] dunn I eat my own cakes.” Then the teacher told the children i s ee . ¥ 1 to go out and play.—Texas Siftings. | i —————————————— The Perfect Man. { From the crown to the nape of the | one-twelfth the staturs of a | 1 man, .says the St m the wrist to the end : y tenth is one-Lenth periect pro- ow i INan in No Place for Thinking. a New York public schon! as, YOu not paying 1 ? Why do you smile?” +] was Y oWell, case bear in mind If you want to hink you have to do it outside of this schoolhouse." — Board of Fducation. why are ntiion just thinking about something. Fuller Loves Art. Chief Justice Fuller's house In Chi. cago contaios a beautiful music room des Miss lds J. Burgess oraled by i whose clever work in portrait painting ings bas been in great demand since Wouldn't Commit Iimself. She (carefully questoning)-—Are you a married man? He (carefully answering)—] don't know. My latest telegram from Chicas go says that the jury is still out. —Life. Newly Engaged. He (for the fftieth time)~Yon are quite sure you prefer me Lo the rest? She (wearily)—Well, at think I would enjoy a rest.- Weekly present 1 Munscy's An t neoensidered Trifle. Chollie—What do you really thik of me, Ethel? Ethel] never really think of you, Chollie.~Jury ehown a solitary chamber in a towes which is approached by a winding stair case. The floor of the chamber is con crete, and has no carpet or mat. The only furniture is a table and a chair and it is said that the late countess of | Ravenswood, a rigid Catholic, invaris | bly, whatever her social duties, passed | an hour in the morning and an hour al | night in prayer within these acld aud | forbidding walls Flarter Silenced. will you keep a-talkin’ agin terbacker® Why, there's old Peter Flaxseod. mos* 90. and has allus smoked like a ham. | house. ™ might & bin 100 hadn't "Judge A ——— Necovered Fie Grip. George E. Spencer; formerly United from Alabama, after va. A Maine Nugget. the gold mines of 8 Whatever go Fron to be FOOD FOR THOUGHT, ——- Modesty is strenzth, Dill lence is weakness, Indol nee abhors exercise, Diflidenes is a conciousness of evil, The spark of envy kindies the fires If pains are taken satisfaction should be given, Modesty Is always an evidence of A wicked man 18 no company ing nothing. It is easler to refuse another than deny sclf, to of bar's reach, the soup, A fop Isa and brainless concelted ass, He who ha’ an esemy will meet him everywhere, not a friend to spare, Health will bring money, but money won’t bring heal b “There's rest for the weary,” and ar- rest for the wicked. fend won't defend anything. that he Is not the man, Hope will nit revive until confidence has been restored, wanls oud for le The man who not nos bly wish nothing ¢ He whose wit is hi rd Lo be out of a Y Hal message of EX presses the senn- legrapls tong use He that speaketh against his own rea- son peaks against his own conscience. ing justice ouly 10 be overtaken Lor se, Ly re Amatliveness ard covjugality are the Lie other, What 1s now wanted is a nickel in- the-slot mechine that will register how much one Knows, Some jeopie spend their vacations in wWorryiag over ibe onsiness they left be- hind tem. A man pever realizes until he has made a fool of himself what a laughter loving world this is Whenever two people find It sary lo agree on their rights there's going to te trouble, As soon as we divorce love from the oceapali wis of 2 ee. we nl that labo; soon degenerates into drudgery. A new poiitical party 15 somewhat like a new paper; iL as easily staried, but the trouble 14 to Keep iL gol g. If truth lay at the bottom of barrel, instead of at the bottom well, none of us would get at it. It is sometimes easier for a man to compete a round of pleasure than it is ward. At present let us remove what is bad, which must be done before good of any kind can spring vp. Hense shines with a double lustre when is set 1n humility, An able yet hum- ble man is a Jewel worth a kingdom. Though truthful utterance is worthy of highest commendation, it cannot be denied that a lying tongue would be bet- ter still, There is nothing like a “pul” fo tightening the bandages across the eyes of the justice, My young friend, look out for the men who shut up one eye, and talk to you with the other. The world is getting on toward six o'clock in the morning, instead of six o'clock in the evening. If you are playing poker with an ex- perienced dealer, you need not get scared until you get a good hand, There is this difference bet ween hone esty and honor--honesty supports a man’s character, hooor supports his She sinaliont part of She cont gt an engagement ring amoun young man pays to the jeweler when he gots the ring, : Let no man flatter himself that he can’t be spared. Are More peo Waiting to step into his shoes than is aware of, Its enough to get at any man's wealth: Too ho Toot a) wants mo.e is , And he that be satisfied Jess is rich, The man his whiskers couldn't find of telling Josie Tore about Mamselt witout po toa greet deal more expense, BORSE NOTES, —Thers are165 entries for the Pimlies track fall meeting. ~Over twenty trotters entered the 2.80 List in Kentucky iecently, ~ B tlsora Wilkes, 2.17}, wi 1 be sent to Independence to lower his record. ~There are fifty-sight new comers tg the 2 20 trotiing list so far this season, The Mexican ad, Narvice, bas been | signed for next year by Foxhall Keene, ~~Tenny pulled up lames ater win- Ing the first 8 vie at Gravesend y ecinl st | ~—Herman Koch, once Becretary of | the New York Jockey Club, is eriously i ili at New Orleans, ~Jockey Midgley, who was suspended { In the East, has been riding st Latonms, ~Latonla Nina Archer, by Hindoo, | equaled the track record for s mile, 1 144 recently. —B. J. Johnson has purchased of at | 2unn, the B-year-old filly Little Seis. | sors, by Erdeuheim, for £1500. ~ Egbert has put three in the 2 20st | this year: Egthorne, 2 134: Temple Bar, { 2.17%; lllino s Egbert, 2.20 | -——At Milwaukee, Nancy Hanks failed | to beat 2.12, the walches recording | 2.12%. — Ed Geers, the well-known Tennes- | See driver, has finally decided to drive jfor C, J. Hamlin, Buffalo, pext year, of ~The Assessor reports 160,00) horses valued fv Lhe aggregate is less than $ WN er 5 faa 2a woniana PEP $53 just sold for £15,001, Wo Mr, bel we v8 . 5 i 2 Ra ¥ i Can Morrison, of 0 race has leen I~ * gray gelling ik redding: Caesar, for 3A - * place Pi SLUT. Ala The Aw J RO3 | ruaranieed 1h 1h Q ] i Wa gio Park i Club to be worth £50,000 Lo he win | ner, §7 000 to the secoud and $3.000 ie | the third horse, a is Pierre Lorrilard bas paid W. | Daly $2000 for the first call next year | ou Jon Lumley s service, and is pego- tiating for a similar bold on little | Junmy Lamley, ~The mare R samonde, i by the Inte Hon. W. I. Sct at the | same Lime as Aerolithe, will probably | be brought 10 this country. She is ip foal to Barcaldine, purchased - Messrs, Walcott & Campbell have sigued Frod Taral for three yours, ut a salary of $1900 per month, months { of January and February being couced- | «a to him for a Loli iay. —W,. OC. Daly's the bay colt, Charley Post 4 years oll, by K nglike, out of Fan Fan, by Planet is dead from the resuits of being cut down in a race re cently it is sad, by Kingmaker, —A match race has been arranged | for 8 0) a side, at half a mile to be run over the Biookiyn Jockey Cluu’s track, tetwer nh Fred Gebhiard’s black gelding Rosarium and J, Clinch Swith’s brown | stallion North Park, ~The stallion Sam Pordy, 2.204, died recently at the farm of his owner, | Captain F. A. Dangerfield, Culpepper, Va. bam Purdy went into the stud ia | Virgina when 16 years old, consequently i8 opportunities have been Limited, -The Board of Coatrol aunouneed that the license of Jockey Martin Bes gen bas been revoked. There is not mach likelibood of Bergen's sentanee of suspension being remittel, He has bad innumerable warnings and nsrrow escapes, and now, like Garrison, he will have a long time to chew the cud eof refiection. —Fool selling being outside of the pale of the law, and yet suffered on most of the tracks, deference to this sufferance Is usually to place the pool sellers under the stands—uot in front of them. The one track of the country that defies all respect of law and puble opinion is Belmont, of this State, As that track the pool seller stands in fromt of the grand stand, in open defiance of comfori, decency and law, ~The American Saddie-Horse As sociation has been definitely organized, and a charter oblaived under the laws of the State of Illinois. A standurd has