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FOR THE LADIES.
TONIC FOR THE SKIN,
One hears of tonics for the nerves, ton-
fos for the digestion, and hair tonics in
plenty, but it is only recently that we
heard of a tonic forthe skin not a cos-
metic in any senso of the word, but a
tonic pure and simple, whichg it is
limos, helps the circulation. makes the
flesh hoard and smooth, and is a great
reventative of wrinkles. This is the
ormula : Two ounces of spirits of am-
monia, two ounces of spirits of camphor,
one cupful of sea salt, two cupsful of al
echol. Put all in a quart bottle and fill
up with boiling water; shake before us.
ing. If the face, neck and arms are
rubbed with this lotion daily and then
dried, they say the effect is very rejuve-
mating. St. Louis Republic.
YELEGRAFPH AND TELEPHONE GIRLS,
Yn Paris, as in England, a large num-
ber of women are employed in the tele.
graph and telephone services. Every
year about this time there is a compe-
tition to decide on the merits of the vari-
ous candidates, and many more pass suc-
cessfully through the examinatiors than
there are posts to occupy. Young women
are only admissible between the ages of
eighteen and twenty-five; they must
have been vaccinated within a period not
exceeding ten years; and moreover their
stature must measure at least four feot
ten inches, which is only a little more
than an inch less than the standard of
the French army.—{New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
TASTEFUL AND BECOMING IMITATIONS,
otherwise there are certain woven textiles
which bear a close resemblance to fur.
A new close short-pile silk plush that
oan hardly be distinguished from beaver
at a short distance is economically used in
place of that fur. There is also a pro.
«duction of French so like the expensive
detect the difference. Gray and black
astrakhan are likewise admirably copied.
These imitation furs are in no way com-
mon or dowdy; they are very much worn,
or catskin dyed to imitate more expen-
sive furs.—[Chicago Post.
THE BODICE
The bodice most popular is only a wide
belt, which is fitted and comes up well
under the arms. It should be of heavier
lines, if it have any, should run round.
On some dressy gowns this bodice ex-
tends only to the side seams, and its ends
are covered by jacket fronts. A hand.
some model has jacket fronts of plain,
dull, blue cloth over a straight bodice of
Oriental brocade in colors. The jacket
is lined with the brocade, and down each
like ornaments of a dall yellow,
Don’t put a yoke and a bodice on the
samo waist. Doa’t make the straight
bedics to appear a continuation of the
shirt, because, as it is not attached to
the shoulders, both will seem to be slip-
ing off ; rather give it the effect of a
wide belt. Don’t cut the edges of your
bodice into u fanciful outline ; keep it
straight. — Denver (Col. Republican.
COLORES FOR DLONDES AND BRUNETTES
We are often asked, What color shall
I wear? T'o the fair blonde the most
favorable color is green, and to her alone
belongs that shade. Blue is also a good
selection for her, and if she wishes to
have a striking evening gown this winter
let it be a combination of pale blue and
canary yellow. Orange sad red should
be avoided by this type of blonde. The
brown haired blonde is most fortunate.
She rarely makes a mistake in the selec
tion of colors, since her complexion not
being delicate she has more freedom.
Like the fair blonde, green will improve
her complexion, but it must be
een. Gray will be pretty for her if
gr color increases with excitement, while
fawn color, so suitable for the fair
blonde, will almost make the rosy blonde
look sallow. Blue, both dark and light,
gives an agreeable tint to the complex-
1
ave
law of contrast. White ean be
sally worn. White flowers
become every woman.—{New
Press.
THE WOMAN OV
At forty, if ever, the
to make the most of themselves, which
is untrue of the vast majority in the
twenties,
best ty pe of woman wore strikingly beaa-
tiful. She understands how to exercise
her gifts and charms in most effective
fashion.
The grace of perfect self.possession,
often wanting in young women, is hers.
If she was diffident, awkward and inex.
ienced, contact with society has re.
moved these imperfections, If she was
gushing, emotional, affected and too
talkative, she has corrected these faults,
and is warily winsome where before she
was itively wearisome. In the nor.
mal evolution of taste she has acquired
the rare art of dressing faultlessly and
#0 avoiding the detracting infelicities of
earlier years. Her selections of style,
color and material harmonize with her
, complexion and she occasion, and
doesn’t look ‘a day over thirty.”
The woman of forty is infinitely more
attractive to me than she will be in later
life, when her fine complexion fades,
wrinkles leave their year-marks across
ber brow, silver threads her glossy hair,
her eyes lose their luster aud her step
its sprightiiness. She may always be
_ agreeable, but never again so fascinating.
The woman of forty! Khe is distract.
ing, delightful, divine! Her society is
a solace which robs remembrance of all
remorse and poverty of all pain, The
spell of her dark, dopthloss eyes wakens
latent emotions into eestatic life, while
the musio of her voice thrills and fills
the soul with joy unspeakable. Grace,
goodness and gentleness supplement the
r and Te iing beanty face and
as, and her welcotsng smile is a
Pnciou prize beside which wealth and
sud kingdoms are but dross.
FORTY.
Luxuriant nature, in the infinite pleni.
tude of hor blessings, has bequeathed to
man naught else so intoxicating and in-
comparable as the woman of forty.—
[San Francisco Chroaicle.
FASHION NOTER.
Short evening dresses are completely
out of date.
Barego has been out with
velvet brocade.
brought
“Brick pink’ is a new color in woolen
dress fabrics.
The long coat-tail basque is again very
fashionable.
Broad belts, coming well up under the
arms, are still much worn.
A white polka-dotted enamel bow
rimmed with fold is the most chic fasten-
ing imaginable for a watch.
Somewhat heavier than the excessively
light chiffon is a new china crepe chiffon
with brocaded figures for evening gowns.
Oriental satin is a new silk fabrie for
inexpensive evening dresses; it has the
same effect as satin, but is soft aud
pliable.
Tulle is still a fashionable material for
ball gowns for voung ladies; also net
with rich embroidery, pearl being
spocially in vogue.
faille; the newest has a thick and decided
Japanese grenadine resembles some.
what the striped silk entamines, having
narrow beaded braids of several colors
resembling strings of semi-precious
stones.
A new style of trimming skirts, which
will appeal to slender figures, is inch-
¢
Ox i
it forms a series close set
shevrons. the points in the exact center
A new boot with military heels, glace
kid vamps and cloth tops, lined through-
out with satin, has been christened the
Langtry,” and i$ much in favor for
The new cottons are in the crape and
effects of wool goods, Catton
cato colors is shown for tailor dresses of
wool, which have been so popular in
seasons past. This cord has the dull
fa wool, yet it mav be laun.
surface of
dried, and renew its freshness us often
as desirable.
other thin
layer upon
The gowns of tulle and
fabries, that are made up in
be were it not for the fact that the under
layers are not of fine quality. A pretty
fashion for gowns to be worn at small
parties is the corsage that is made high
in the back, with low front filled in bv
chiffon, tulle or lace. :
Feathers long and short are very gen.
erally worn,and as for wings, never have
they been so lavishly used by milliners;
but the humane and tender-hearted may
now themselves, for it is An.
nounced that a vast majority of the
wings are those of birds and domestic
fowis legitimately killed that men may
eat, their fate calling for no especial
console
Very artistic materials and styles are
The Valois, Pom.
padour and Louis XVI. models all
and voung and middle-aged
women alike are wearing the rich bro.
cades either in dainty or very elaborate
patterns, } 3 wis a gown of
pale, turquo s-blue brocade, the flowers
of faintest pink. A Watteau train at
the back, of white and gold brocaded
satin, was lined with pik satin and
trimmed with old lace.
are
copie Qa.
Very lovely
Black pearls are being set in rings and
pins and bracelets with white pearls. A
big sgg-shaped pink pearl is held in the
cup of a dinmond flower. A rose berry
with rose leafs would look more natural
if the pearl were red instead of pink
Penrotaped pearls of wonderful size and
but after all not so pretty as the white
searls of odinary size. Quite large
Pe hes are of large pearls set far apart
and forming round or star pins.
A Paradox in Optics.
A prominent optician of Philadelphia
was conversing with a reporter in the ro.
tunda of one of the big caravansaries
They were sitting near a big mirror in
dine
torted images of all that passed before
it. “That reminds me of a curious fact
in optics,” said the man of lenses,
You, of course, know that
if an object is hold at a certain distance
in front of a concave mirror, an inverted
image will appear at a point between the
object and the mirror. Suppose you tr
the experiment, using a tumbler half ful
of water, or better, some colored liquid,
The glass of water appears verted, as
usual, but instead of the water appearing
in the bottom part of the glass, in the
image as in reality, it is seen to be in
the top part of the glass, it thus seom-
ing as if there were a vacuum in the
lower half of the glass. It is one of
those curious paradoxes which are some
times mot with in nature which seem to
directly infringe its law. An example
of this in mathematics is the well known
proposition that one equals two, which
can bo proved by algebra, and the fal-
laoy i= at first notapparent.”—| St. Louis
Star-Sayings.
The First Red Hat.
The red hat was first bestowed "
cardinals by Leo IV at the? Council of
Lyovs in 1245. Itis probable that as
red was in the middle ages a royal color,
worn only by kings and members of
royal families, hats and gowns of this
color were bestowed on inals to indi.
cate that thenceforth they would rank
with kings and princes. A cardinal is
populatly styled a prince of the church,
I in medieval times the Popn's legate
often took preondence even of royalty.
«(San Francisco Chronicle,
MOSBY’S ¢ CLOSE CALL.”
How the Guerilla Chieftain was Once
Shot and Left Dead.
‘It was one of the closest calls I ever
had, and I was pronounced ns good ns a
dead man by the Federal surgeon who
made no hasty examination of me after
The speaker was the noted southern
has been
He and
San Francisco, but
hotel and talked about
The oolonel—he was nevern
pushed back his slouch hat, and
his gray eyes gazed at the ceiling as if it
of a Broadway
guerilla raider. 1 had been talking to
sation led to the following narrative by
“It was'in December, 1864, in Virginia,
that I thought 1 had received a fatal
I was captured, but not recog-
of mine, but it had no re-
‘On that evening in December I was
alry. The farmer, his wife and daugh.
ter wore friends of mine and
family was under my command, |
tallow candle
in Virginia then —I was eating sausages
and pone bread. Such luxuries as sugar
and coffee were not in the menu. Sud-1
denly the door was opened and severa
Federal officers entered. The house was
entirely surrounded by a regiment of
cavalry. I had on a long gray overcoat,
and on the collar was the insignia of my
rank as colonel Jumping up | rnised
both hands and carelessly grosped my
collar, hiding the insignia of my rank
They did not know who | was except that
I was a Confederate i
“I looked down the barrels
revolvers and surrendered.
of ses eral
Of course |
It came ina dangerous way,
The soldiers on the outside fired through
an open window at me and a ball struck
me in the left sido, The firing created
confusion and the officers rushed out to
avoid being shot by their own men. In
the haste of their departure the table was |
overturned and the candle
leaving the room in darkness
my chance. | ran into an
room, pulled off my coat and tucked it
under a burean. By that time |
growing weak from loss of blool and I
toll,
“The Federals came in and the sur.
goons examined me hastily. | distinctly
remember that be said [ was shot in the
heart, though how he managed to locate
the wound there is a mystery to me. |
was stripped of what clothing | had and
left in almost a nude condition. They
asked me my name and | gave a fictitious
one. The farmer was interrogated but
he did not tell them my name As they
did not suspect that I” was Mosby the y
soon departed :
“Although it rained in torrents and the
lightn ng incessant nrried
AWAY In an ox-wagon
horses in the place
woeks before and
went out, i
This was |
Wak
was I was «
All the mules and
had
only a voke of
disappeared
nLen
remained
and his daughter, drove the
acted as mv escort. Before they started
I was rolled in several blankets and
made as comfortable as possible under
the circumstances, 1 hey eonveyed me
three miles to my men, and when thes
unrolled me and examined my wound |
said I was shot in the identical spot that
(ieneral Jeb Stuart was, and [ thought |
would die. The ball went straight
through Jeb Stuart, but fortanately ih mv
case it deflected and went upward In
six weeks | was strong enough to be in
the saddle again. 1 have been wounded
six times, (New York Herald.
wagon and
The Humorist in Congress.
In talking with a number of Congress.
men in Washington, from which city |
have just coms, 1 chanced to speak of
one of them as a humorist. He begged
me not to do so, as he said he was ambit.
ious to rise in the political world and did
not wish to be hampered with the fatal
reputation of a wit.
discussion, and all agreed that a repu-
tation for humor was most fatal to any
Congressmen. One gentleman cited the
late Sunset Cox as an illastration. Cox
was a man of great and varied abilitios,
had it not been that after he had made
would take him seriously. Whenever he
fot up to speak every one prepared to
augh, and nothing else would do.
Proctor Knott effectually killed his in-
fluence by his famous Duluth speech,
mark on the Repubican Convention.
{eed is the only man noted for his wit
who has ever succeeded in being noted
for anything else. For a man to make
the House of Representatives indulge in
one hearty laugh is enough to prevent
him from ever rising above the rank of a
clown. [Interview with “Web” Flan.
agan.|
To Clean Coral.
The following is a good way for olean-
ing corals: First, soak them ia soda and
water for some hours; then make a lather
of soap, and with a soft, hairy brash rub
the corals lightly, letting the brush enter
into all the interstices. Pour off the
water and replace with clean water. Fi.
nally dry them in the sun. -~[Jewellers’
Cimcalar,
Patriotic Sentiments.
1. 1 will try, sir. [Colonel Miller,
2. Don't give up theship.-[Captain
Lawrence.
3. We have met the enemy, and they
our ours.~{Commodore Perry.
4. The Union must and shall be pre.
served. Andrew Jackson,
b. Mill for defense, but not one
sont for tribute. CC. C. Pinckney *
6.1 to fight it out on this line
if it het all summer. —{U. 8. Grant.
7. If any one attempts to haul down
the American flag shoot him down on the
spot.-~[General Dix.
8. I know not what course others may
take, but as for me, give me liberty or
give me death. {Patrick Henry.
©), Sink or swim, live or die, survive or
perish, I am for the Doclaration.—{John
Adams,
10. Liberty and Union, now and for-
ever, one and inseparable.--{ Daniel
Webster,
Onions as a Care for Colds.
The onion is the most healthful of all
vegetables, It steadier the nerves by
| its soporifie qualities. It secures sound
| sleep, and whatever does this is the best
possible nervire. But it has other im.
| portant medicinal uses. We know aman
always in vigorous health, who checks
any cold he many have taken by the fol.
lowing simple method: He eats as light
| a dinner as possible, Atsupper he eats
nothing; just before going to bed he eats
i all he can of stewed onions, made soft
{ and juicy by long cooking, He usually
| ents 8 good bowitul and retires to sleep.
Soon perspiration begins, and in the
morning no. only is the cold entirely re.
| lieved, but he fecls like another person.
{ The onions thus taken secure a passage
{ of the bowels, and this carries off with
the excretions all feverish symptoms
that may have been in the system.—
| { Boston Cultivator,
all
iil
| Some Curious Geography.
The Icelanders believe that the earth
is perforated with a great hole that runs
from the north to the south pole, and that
all the waters of run through
this from the north pole to the south. In
this way they account for the strong cur-
rents getting to the north. Their authori.
ty for this carious belief is the “Utama
Sagan,” un semi-sacrod work written early
in the fourteenth If this an.
cient volume is to be relied upon, one
Bjorn Liefson, a fisherman, who
the ocean
century.
was
the year 1291, is the only human being
who has ever seen the spot where the
waters of all oceans plunge downward
and are not secon again until they have
passed entirely through the earth and
again appear, bubbling and frothing like
a mammoth spring at the south pole.
[New Orleans Picayune.
Immense Petrified Toad.
Charley Tuttle tells 1 mt when
wild regions
2 AKY ’
was in the last summer he
saw the pound petrified toad dis
covored by the Harvard expedition and
shipped by them to the East. He
visited the homes of the cliff dwellers in
the C o Canyon. The walls of
rooms dug in the rock were plastered by
hand, and the marks of the hands are
still plainly seen. They were evidently
very In front of each
cave-dwelling were broken cooking uten.
sils. According to Indian tradition, these
people poisoned the fish in
Indians to die;
slaughtered them
fais
ioraao
small people,
Colorado,
hence the
he party
cares by means of a series
CRUSINE Many
Indians
reached the
of soaffolds The
cliff
Six conluries ago.
Indian tradition save
exterm nated
Mao
these dws lors wore
Fulton
raz
Iron Pipes and Rusting.
A simple and
of tar.
ring sheet irom pipes, 1okeep them from
rusting, is folls The
made should be coated with a coal tar and
then filled with light wood shavings, and
the latter sot on fire. It is declared that
the effect of this treatment will be to
render the iron practically proof against
rust for an indefinite period, rendering
future pain ing unnecessary. In proof
of this assertion, the writer cites the ex.
ample of a chimney of sheet iron erected
in 1866, and which, through being treat.
ed ns he describes, is as bright and sound
i to-day as when erected, though it has
i never bad a brushfal of paint applied to
it since. It is suggested that by strongly
{ heating the iron after the tar is laid on
the outside, the latter ix literally burned
into the metal, closing the pores and ren-
dering it rust proof in a far more com.
plete manner than if the tar itself was
tirst made hot and applied to cold iron,
according to the usual practice, Itis
important, of course, that the iron should
not be made too hot, or kept too hot for
too long a time, lest the tar should be
burned off. Hence the direction for the
use of light shavings instead of any other
| means of heating. — [Scientific American.
esonomical way
rim PWR sections ns
Destruction of Germs in Water,
The sterilizing of water is easily ac.
complished by keeping it at or near the
| boiling point for fifteen minuets; five
{ minutes heat is sufficient to destroy all
| harmful micro-organisms; still loss time
| suffices to destroy the disease producing
| varieties which are recognized as liable
| to occur in water. Thus, merely raising
i to the boiling point a clear water con-
| taining the micro-organisms of malarial
| disorders, ty phoid, cholera, diphtheria, or
| of suppurative processes, and allowing
Lit to gradually cool, insures the destruc-
| tion of these germs; they are also de-
I stroyed by keeping the water for from a
quarter to half an hour at a temperature
of 170 degrees F., thongh ocooasionally
very resistant but harmless bacteria may
get into water. The brief heating, how.
ever, renders thom safe for drinking
purposes; but when it is desired to de-
| stroy overy micro.organism that may be
resent in a contaminated water, it is to
b heated for one hour, and allowed to
cool s'owly, when it may bo used for
cleansing wounds or for alkaloidal solu.
tions. —| Bosten Cultivator,
AL A
Mending a Broken Ship.
The steamer Castlemaine, ladun with
1400 tons of wheat, was wrockod while
entering one of the i ports, the
hull subsequently breaking apart amid.
ships. Aftor removing the cargo, tem
bulkheads were erected in each
holf of the hull, the water was pumped
out and the two parts were towed into
. Apart from the breakage of the
Il there was little dove, and it
tions
phis
in the sundered
edi
NOTES AND COMMENTS
A Fuexcon statistician calculates that
the aggregate wenlth held by millionaires
in civilized countries amounts to about
£5,000,000,000, the entire number of
millionaires to be about 950, of whom
200 are in Great Britain, 200 in the ni.
ted States, 100 in South American, 100 in
Germany, 70 in Franes, 50 in Russia, D0
in India and 125 in other countries,
Tur finest garnets and nearly all the
peridotes found in the United States are
obtained in the Navajo Nation, in the
northwestern part of New Mexico and the
northeastern part of Arizona, where they
are collected from ant hills and scorpion
nests by Indians and by the soldiers
stationed ut adjacent forts, Generally
these gems are traded for stores by the
Indians at Gallup, Fort Defiance, Fort
Wingate, ete., whence they are sent to
lnrgoe cities in the East in parcels weigh-
ing from half an ounce to 30 poundsor 40
wunds, These garnets, which are locally
kien 88 Arizonia and New Mexico
rubies, are tho finest in the world, rival.
ing those from the Cape of Good Hope.
Fine gems weighing from two to three
carats each and upward when cut are
not uncommon.
PDeprey Wanser, in the
Fditor's Drawer of Harper's Magazine,
proposes a novel plan by which life may
be inverted, and inost of the
now affliet mankind may
“This plan,” saves, **
recommend it than most
moving poverty and equalizing con.
ditions. We should all start rich. and
the dy ing off of those who Ww ald never
attain youth would amply provide for.
tunes for those born Crime
Cuantes
iils which
be avoided
has
others
he more
for
to
re.
old, would
be less also: for while there would,
doubtless, be some old sinners, the crim
inal class, which is very
thirty, would be much smaller than it is
Juvenile
wirtionally disappear, as not
le would reach nonuge than
And the great nds
that would
largely under
now, would VO»
maore
now
depravity
Pen
}
’ reach
wwer-age, antage of
indeed trans.
form the world, is that women we
wave be gr
he scheme, one
ald als
Wing younger.
Taw first land which has
the legal registration of
Belgium.
Inture adopted
undertaken
hypnotism is
A few days ago the Legisin-
a law which, in all proba.
bility, will serve as a model for the legis.
action of
bustive other countries It de.
clares that nny one who exhibits P sbliely
a person hypnotized by himself or others
will be punished by imprisonment rang.
ing from two weeks to six months, and
from 8&5 to $200; that
a physics
We 10ed
any
AR Qips
one
not in poss sation of
whe hy puotizes a person under 2
f ,cr not in the full
s faculties, will be
ths Se RN LOT
$5 EE
ai ¥
punishe
«+ RB hel ©
that any
a hypnotized person
paper,
nature, with the object of
O35
hi
prisonms nt and the subi
i
we exhibited and
or not.
who allow To sign
Ter itn
fraud, will be
The
penalty threatens a person who attempts
document signel by one
The peo] fe f Belg am
the ad f the new
a document or whats
punished by imprsonment.
same
to use
hy pootized
while
have welcomed adoption of
law
Sig Epwanp Revo's plan &
ing a railway across the British (
ing
is to lay two mammoth
tween
iT Construct.
haunel
tubes of sec!
Concrete feel In
The made in
when two lengths
pinte and its
diameter tubes would be
lengths, and
completed the
in a parellei f
out
the Co nple ted fe nth
were
oined together
y would be |
fty feet apt and He
attached
All the
Thus. the end
t afloat
until a fresh length is joined on. Then
that will be allowed to sink. and the last
attached part wiil form the end of the
completed part. This plan has already
been practised with success in America
in carrying the pipe, forty inches in
diameter, for a
i ated
into the Channel to be to
i WOrK is
to be done above water
of the completed tube is to be ke Pp
long dis-
in
that case the engineer in charge invented
a jvint which remained tight ax the com-
pleted tube first hung in a curve, and
nfterwanl adjusted Masel to the bottom
on which it came to lie,
waterworks a
tance noross a body of salt water.
Tus plans for the projected Protest.
Divine, in New York, have finally besn
adopted. The eathedral will be built in
the form of a cross. The total external
length will be H20 feet, The width across
the front, 190 feet; width across the
spire, 420 feet from the floor of Cathedral;
from level of city, 525 feet. The width
of front towers will be 57 feet, and theit
height 240 feet. Width of four flanking
towers, £3 feet; height, 160 feet; total
exterior dinmeoter of central tower, 116
feet; interior diameter, 9 feet; height
of vaulting. 230 feet; depth of chancel,
120 feet: width of nave and chancel to
centers of piers, G0 feet! length of nave,
180 feet; width from vestibule, 27 feet;
height of nave vaults, 105 feet; height
front gables, 155 feet. The cathedral
will stand on the highest, or nearly the
highest, ground in Manhattan Island,
and its first floor will be fully 100 feet
above 1h) level of the city.
Tur Chicago Tribune, which thinks
that the wife of Columbus has been
neglected, gives this sketch of her:
“Columbus was married in 1470, or
thereabouts, to a Miss Palestrello, of
Lisbon, whose father bad distinguished
himself as a navigator, A part of Miss
Palestrello’s marriage dower was a great
collection of valuable charts, journals
and important memoranda. From child.
hood she had displayed wonderful enthu-
sinsm on the subject, partaking to a
marked degree of the speculative and ad.
venturesome ideas and schemes in the
line of ge phical discovery for which
Lisbon was the headquarters, She
sessed a fine education, and was wisely
known as a brainy, brilliant woman, who
was constantly urging her husband on in
the pati which finally breaught him to the
wonderful 1 with which we are so
familinr. While a girl Miss Palestrello
made o number of hazardous voyages
th her father in untatiliar vatgss, and
or many geograp! wings, sever.
al of which were used with great profit b
Columbus when he had won her for hin
wife and sot out upon his more im t
wanderings on the groat deep. is
probably no of this brave, tal.
ented woman extant, but certainly it
would seem a gracious and most
. ;
i —
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
THE SMALL BOY'S BELYBIUM,
My little man, come tell to me,
If you could by some magic be
To the unknown fairyland
planted,
Where boys may have their wishes
granted,
What would your wishes be?”
“I'd wish''—he sideways cocked hishead,
Poudered, and paused, and then he said:
“1'd wish | had two brothers
One great big one and one I cond
lick;
That nothin’ never'd make me sick,
And eight or nine grandmothers,”
{Indianapolis Journal.
frans.
ASCIENT ELEPHANT PARADES,
It was iu the processio is und pageants
that elephants made the finest appear-
ance, fitted with magnificent trappings,
and marching slowly along, as if con-
scious of their fine looks. One of the
most remarkable shows was that at the
wedding of Vizier All, in 1795. Here
twelve hundred elephants were in line,
all richly costumed. Of these one hun-
dred had howdahs, or castles, covered
with silver. while in the center sat the
nabob upon a 1 wry large elephant whose
howdah wns covered with gold set with
jewels,
The daily parade of the elephants of
the court of Jehanghir was a8 wonderful
display. The elephants were bedecked
with precious stones, chuins of gold and
silver, gilt banners and flags. The first
elephant, called the Lord Elephant, had
the plates of his head and breust set with
rubies and and
the king he tarned, dropped upon his
knees, and trumpeted —got in
loyal frame of mind, exactly, but because
the driver pricked him with a sharp prod
just at the right time.
ever, believed that the elephunt was
showing respect for the king.
emeralds, as he passed
loudly
silly people, how.
To-day, the elephant is still used in
India in paceants, as a laborer, i
ally lumber districts, it is
tau zht to carry long timbers, and, as has
been said, forms a corps in the British
but in acti warfare now
useful only in a few cases, and can never
as in ancient
} esac.
in the whore
army; it is
be « nploved sO Irequently
iimes.-—{ St. Nicholas.
FRAXCE
on bees fertilizi
interesting -
France as
ken from Harper's
LIIOWn in
the little
there is an
Ia Ferte, in
which
and the
long aps been 4 red
long ago been discovered,
town of
pie-dree
ears only imperfect blossoms;
naving
given rise to a very beautiful custom
mong the maidens of the vi
When spring-time
appletree hails the joyous time
burst of
village.
comes, and the
with a
blossoms, the maidens of
s village arm themselves with gay rib.
and perfect blossoms from their
trees, nnd go singing to the
ly tree which has produced only the
mperfect blossoms. Each girl then kis-
on cluster of the imperfect blossoms,
i in so doing dusts the former with the
poten from the latter. She then ties a
listinguishing ribbon near to the cluster
she had dusted
I'he tree looks very
wanted
up at heaven, aud the dainty ribbons
fluttering in the perfume-laden air;
the best of it is when the petals drop like
“summer snow,” and the littles apples
begin to shape. Then the maidens pluck
off all but the best frait, and let that
the strength of the tree, so that
the apples grow famously and
Je rection.
And now is seen the strange part of
the affair; the apples, instead of being
kind, are as different as the
blossoms that kissed their blossoms, the
fact being that the apple is exactly like
the apple on the tree from which the pol.
len-bearing blossom was taken
So on this one tree will be seen round
rasy-cheeked apples, long yellow apples,
juicy apples, mealy apples, dainty little
apples. and “moustrous big” apples.
Foch maiden has the apple she wished
the most.
gay when thus dee-
utd
y
with the pink blossoms smiling
but
come 10
A BOY'S XEW IDEA.
An Indian boy belonging to the Sioux
iribe at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, has a
pair of pets which are not only strange
and interesting, but are useful as well,
These are two large bald eagles.
The young Indiane here are fond of
hunting, but are not allowed to own or
carry guns, and the result is that they
ase compelled to use the bow and arrow,
which Ney use with great oxpertness,
The boy shot an old eagle and wounded
it. It flew to its nest.and he followed until
he saw where the home of the bird was.
He then killed the wounded bird, and
waited until its mate appeared, and also
killou it,
Climbing to the nest, he found two young
ones which be took home with him and
began a course of training which bas re.
sulted in his having the binds so fully
under control that they come and go at
his command. He takes them out, and
when he sights any quarry he turns his
eagles loose, after fastening their beaks
so that they cannot eat the animal, and
the birds immediately give chase and
bring down the prey.—{Boston Globe,
POTTED TOAD.
Some persons in Yor«shire, England,
found a toad which, from a whimsical
curiosity, they placed ina pot with a slate
upon the top of it, and buried it three
toot in the earth, in a situation to prevent
its receiving any moisture from the rain,
ote. They wished thereby to dete mine
whether the wonderful relations respect.
ing the yublistenrs oh that Septile wets
true in an . © Spot was
nr red io it un.
til the same day in the fol year.
grou! number assembled on that “day,
the pot with its contents was careful.
Hh ot Yh the, toad was Sonat not
on ving, great vod in size,
It was viewed for some nt nd
w it soemed
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