LVIHKS' DEPARTMENT.
!Irn' Clniltlim on Women.
Wo would liko to ml 1 attention to the
fact that tho stylo of draw influences
the manner*, the carriage, of the woman.
The masculine Btylo of dross lias this ob
jection. It is (iifllcnlt to say what we
could substitute for the ulster that we
have all adopted. It is a very con
venient garment for our streets, and for
rain and mud and snow; but there is a
difference in tho cut of ulsters, as they
should lw> as little liko a very bad over
coat as possible. Where a young girl
has side pockets, she is apt to put her
hands in thorn, and where she adds a
Derby hat, how often the swagger fol
lows !
The Derby hat appears to have no ex
cuse. It is unbecoming even to a man,
and absolutely hideous upon a woman.
It is surprising to see them adopted by
well-bred ladies. They have hud great
countenance, to be sure, but we think
that if we should lmml over all tho
younger generation to the exclusive cos
tume of the Derby hat, tho ulster, the
Jersey, and the short skirt, it would not
take more than one generation to make
us lose all grace of manner, //orysr's
Magazine.
A Court Hull fit llcrlht.
An American lady, describing the an
nual court ball in Berlin, savs: At seven
o'clock a stream of vehicles extended
from tho Brandenburg gate, at the
lower end of the Unter deu Linden, to
tho portals of tho Grand Ojiera-Honse.
Mounted police were stationed along
the line. It seemed as though every
man, woman and child in Berlin who
could not afford to buy a ticket, being
unwilling to be left entirely out of the
festivities, was peering into the car
riages to catch a glimpse of the dresses
and faces. But no lounging was allowed
alwut the doors.
The opera-house is a large building,
very suitable for an occasion of the
kind. The seats, like those i the New
York Academy of Music, are covered at
such times with a highly-poli -bed floor
for dancing; for greater safety this had
been effectually tested by a regiment of
soldiers. Tho rear of tho stage was
covered with a scene representing a
forest, while the corridors and stairways
had been hung with garlands of ever
greens and festooned with green
branches; at intervals along the wall
were minute grottoes wherein waterfalls
and fountains made refreshing music,
In many of the windows opening on the
corridors hung cages filled with bril
liantly-plumaged birds. Across one end
of the room extended a balcony occupied
by an orchestra and a company of boy
choir singers, while at the opposite end,
and directly over the royal box, another
orchestra was stationed. There were
numerous mirrors, and it was u notice
able fact that the officers used them far
more than the ladies.
When at nine o'clock the members of
the court appeared there was hardly
standing room. The emjeror, empress
crown prince and princess, with her
daughters, occupied three of the central
loges. Immediately on their entrance
gentlemen and ladies in a confused mass
pushed and jostled one another in an
effort to see all of the royalty there was
to lie seen. Shortly after their arrival
the grand promenades began. The em-
per or wulkesl first with the drown prin
cess, mill IM-hiiisl came tin" crown prince
with the empress, Prince Karl, with his
daughter-in-law. Prince Frederick
Karl with the Princess von Meiningen,
Prince Alexander anil the Princes# of
Hohenzollem, with other members of i
the court. During the promenade the
orchestra played and the hoy choristers I
sang the king's |>olonaise.
The emjieror, who is in his eighty
fourth year, looked every inch what he
is—a very handsome old man. He
liowed right and left with as much grace
as his son. The empress, in spite of
her age and excessive thinness, ap|>eamd
in a low-tns-kisl and short-sleeved white
silk dress of most elalsirato design, the
train entirely trimmed with flowers and
green leaves, while her head, instead
of its natural gray, was adorned with
massif of jet-hlack hair. Altogether,
she was a most pitiable picture of de
erepiil old age. The crown princess
looked far more queenly. She was
dressed in la render silk, covered with
white lace and profusely trimmed with
white roses and dark leaves. Both the
empress and crown princess wore mag
nificent coronets of diamonds. After
the promenade the royal jmrty returned
to their loges, while the em|ieror re
{wired to the box of the diplomatic
corps, and entered into earnest conver
sation with its occupants.
The royal family left aliout eleven
o'clock, after which the interest flagged,
and the floor became less crowded.
Them was mom or less dancing all
the evening, bnt of a kind Americans
do not cam mnch for.
Fn.hlon \olvm.
All (>oko bonnet* have strings.
Handkerchief* will again be worn.
Olil blue i* a now shade of this color.
Bordered rolsi dresses will bo much
worn.
Ponilsnt lockets are no longer fash
ionable.
Ball earring* in rolled gold are very
fashionable.
"
Poke bonnets of medium size will be
worn again.
Htnall women cannot wear bordered
robe dresses.
Lace pins have superseded all other
kinds of brooch.
White continues to be the livery of
festive occasions.
Mahogany red shades prevail in tho
new Tuscan straws.
Very wide ribbons are used in trim
ming spring bonnets.
Stool and silver laces appear utiinng
new millinery goods.
Egyptian designs are preferred in
millinery ornaments.
Feathers and flowers are usisl to ex
cess on spring bonnets.
Hmall bonnets will be revived in the
spring to a limited extent.
The use of gold thread in embroidery
is the feature of tile season.
The new millinery ornaments com
bine gold, steel, jet and silver.
Coral and seaweed patterns appear in
the borders of new printed g<sds.
There is an effort made to mitigate
tight sleeves with slashes near the arm
hole.
A large proportion of the new printed
cotton dress goods are bordered on the
edges.
Panaches or tufts of feathers will be
more used on bonnets than long single
plumes.
Handkerchief and robe pattern
dresses are becoming only to women of
good stature.
Long scurf pins, with rich, ornamen
tal heads, are coming into vogue for
ladies' wear.
Children's costumes .ire cut up into
too many sections this spring to be
pretty or in good taste.
English and French I.islo thread
gloves will be as niucb worn next
summer us they were last.
Flower pompons, in which a few
heron feathers form the central aigrette,
are seen in leading millinery IIOUM-S.
Art needlework societies in smaller
tows produce more truly artistic em
broideries than those in large cities.
The * mootli wooden or tiled floors of
the French, dotted over with nigs, are
eoming int" favor in American hottMa.
Peasant waists laeed ill the hack are
worn over tarlatan waists and skirts,
with a tunic to match of the material of
the waist.
Sphinx heads, Egyptian lieetles, asps,
obelisks, pyramids and lotus designs
are the favorites in bonnet and bat
ornaments.
Tlie new jßitterns for summer suits
have elaborately trimmed skirts with a
small quantity of dmjiery, and basques
of absolute plainness. The sleeves are
of tho coat sliajie.
Momie cloths conic in dress patterns
this year, jart of the material lieing of
a light color anil part of a darker shade,
with flowers strewed upon it and hav
ing n flower horsier.
Little boys wiwr the richest of lace
for the collars and cuffs to their velvet
suits. When they grow big enough to
care aliout their fine feathers they are
jtiit into the roughest of rough cloth.
The old-fashioned twilled Scotch
ginghams, in patterns which Duly Mac
beth worn w hen Macbeth went a woo
ing, still hold their own, andapfwmntly
will until " Awe's fierce stream shall
lmckward turn."
A Boy Seized by an bugle.
While Willuuu Itanicls, a youth, was
eating his breakfast, a large eagle
swiMijs'tl down upon him through an
o(icn window and seized a Hsh he had in
his liAtid, which he was alwmt to
put in his month. Quickly drop
ping that, the bird attacked Dan
iels, tearing the flesh from his twek
and face in a fearful manner. He
made an attempt to defend himself, hilt
was no match for the eagle. The boy
was finally dragged out of the door into
the yard, where the attack was renewed
with lieak anil talons. Daniels called,
loudly for help. His father, who was in
another |>art of the house, answered bis
calls, but not know ing what to make of
the singular figlit, as lie savs, thinking it
was the devil, scam|>crcd away as fast as
his legs eon Id i-arrv him. After a desper
ato battle of nearly half an hour
the i-agle finally stuck a sharp stick in
its neck that w as standing in the ground,
and was fatally wounded—not 1 adore,
however, it had administered a terrible
drubbing to the whom it left upon
the ground, bleeding, mangled and un
able to riae. The fight was witn>sscd
by several planters on the op]>oeite side
of the river, but as they had no means
of crossing the stream they were unable
to give the boy any assistance. The oc
currence was one of the most remarkable
ever known in this section.- MiUon
)A'. C.) Chronicle.
"My friends," said the political
speaker, with a bnrat of ingenuous elo
quence, " I will he honest—." fbero
was a large nnmlter of his neighbors
present, and the terrific outburst of ap
plause which followed this remark en
tirely upset the point which the speaker
was about to introduce.
(tolling Iteaily for m Fire In New York.
Engine Company 24, in Morton street,
if* said to bo tlio ijnickoHt in tho world.
Captain William McLaughlin wiih found
yowtorday in his room on the second
floor. Ho raid, when asked how long it
took him to hitch up: " Excuse mo, I
decline to Htate. Why? Because yoti'd
think mo a liar. Do you know how to
Use a stop watch ?"
"I do."
The captain walked down-stairs to the
tirst floor, where his men were standing
about in little groups. The floor was
as clean us could be. Every little bit
of metal work i ii the engine and ten
der was glistening like polished gloss.
\\ itliiu fourteen feet from the head of
the shuft of the cngiuo were
two horses in stalls, directly hcsiilo
the wheels of the apparatUM. Formerly
the horses had to run from the rear of
the building. Twenty-four's horses are
magnificent animals. They are js-rfoctly
matched eight-year old grays, nearly
fifteen hands high, with clean, tu|w-riiig
legs, perfectly arched necks, small
heads ami fiery eyes. Y'estenlay, when
waiting for the stroke of the gong, read v
to jump forward under the harness, they
were pictures of animation. Their im
mense strength and rigidity seemed to
melt away, ami they became as lithe and
agile a* kitten*, pawing tlio floor, throw
ing their beautiful heads high in the
uir.
"They know there'h something in tho
wind," muttered the captuin ; "mighty
clever beasts." The captain handed a
watch to the reporter, any in g : "That
watch belongs to Captain l ( .ustis, tin
oarsman. It was iumml by William It
Curtis to time Court m_v ami Hun Inn at
Washington. It register* an eighth of
a Hecotnl. When I strike the gong, you
push that little knoli. When the driver
shouts • Heady I' you push that one. If
yon hear u click or see any part of the
out tit uuclas|w>d, don't stop the watch
until it's remedied. lam going to hitch
up ten times."
The reporter *tep|sl within a little
inclosure on a line with the end of the
pole. The harness, already ottaehed t<i
tin- engine, was suspended by a system
of pulleys over the places where the
hoi s . were to stand. The eoliars were
hinged at the top, but Were ojmui at the
hottoin, and they hung like a pair of
ojn'ii scissors. When the horse'* ris-k
is Is'iieath this collar it is only necessary
to let it drop and close it around Itis
ms'k, when it cla.s|* automatically.
With the same movement the reins are
clasped to the lut, which the horse al
ways has in his mouth, and as the whole
harness falls ii|*>n the animal, at the
clasp of the collar he stands completely
harnessed.
The captain approached the gong.
The firemen were all on the floor. The
horws were on the alert.
"Clang!"
The watch was started; the horse*,
whose halters were unhitched by the
same current ( >f electricity that rang the
liell, leu|ied forwanl, ami st<H*l like
rocks under the harness, with their neck*
held up n ady for the collars, which two
firemen sprang forward and seized. Then
was a quick click,click,the driver vaulted
into his seat, seized the n-ins, ami
shollbsl "Iteadv!"
The watch waa stopped. The lioi-m>*
were examined, and fonnd to 1- perfectly
harnessed and n-ndy to start. The
captain n*k*l the rejtorter:
" How much 7"
"One second and five-eight ha"
"If I'd said that I'd Ix-en called a
liar," said the captain.
The horse* were released. They ran
hark again to their stalls and were
haltered. There was another trial, and
the team was lutein*! and harncsiu-d in
one and onc-lialf seconds. This made
the captain smile. The time occupied liy
each of the other eight trials was ex
pressed in seconds, as follow*: 2, '2, *2,
1 7-8, '2, 1 7-8, 1 7-8 and 1 1-2.—AW
York Sun.
A Klral to Kerosene.
M Kordig, a Hungarian, has been
lately |M-rforming some ex|ieriments at
scientific meetings in Paris, with a vola
tile combustible liipiid, which is offered
for lighting pur|io*c*. Having nrrang<*l
on the table several lani|is in which the
fluid hum* with a beautiful bright
flame, M. Kordig states that the sub
stance presents no danger of fire or ex
plosion, and gives the following tests:
He jMinrs a quantity of liqiudon the hat
and lights it, whcrenjion a long flame
springs np to the ceiling. lie puts his
hat on his head and waits till the flame
goes out, and the hat is then shown to
lie intact. Kcxt he |murs some of the
liquid on the floor, and on a handker
chief, and lights it; the floor and
handkerchief am noways damaged.
Home drops may lie put in the
lud low of one's hand and burned
without producing appreciable pain.
These facts are readily explained. M.
Kordig'h mineral essence lsiils at about
thirty-flve degrees C, and the tension of
its vttpnr is considerable, so that it is
not the liquid that lmrns but its vapor
The new liquid is said to lie obtained
from rial lira I oil Is* Is recently discov
ered in Hungary. It has a slight smell
of pctmlcnm, and produces on the hand
a cold sensation like ether.
A match loss story—On* in which
i hare are no weddings.
TIIK LOOKINIMILAMH.
Hmr <|u**rr Huprrmlhlunm I'onrctiilnu It—
VI nil If Mirror*, Kir,
As a piece of furniture the looking
glass is most necessary, and its very im
portance is among the chief reasons why
superstitious fancy has invested it with
those mysterious qualities which cer
tainly do not belong to chairs and
tables. A chair, however beautiful and
costly in its manufacture, may be cruelly
broken with jsirfoct impunity; whereas,
if some wretched, dilapidated mirror is
accidentally cracked, such an event is
sure to bo followed by misfortune of
some kiml or other. Most readers are,
no doubt, acquainted witli Bonaparte'.-,
superstition on this (mint. During one
of his campaigns in Italy lie broke tlx
glass over .fosaphina'n]iortrait. So di
turbed was he at this, as he thought,
onlinous occurrence that he never rested
until the return of the courier whom lie
had forthwith dispatched to convince
himself of her safety, so strong was tl •
impression of her death iqon hi* mind.
In Cornwall, breaking a looking-glu i,
believed to insure seven years of sorrow ;
and a Yorkshire proverb inform* u that
such an unfortunate occurrence entu-lx
"seven years' trouble, but no want." In
Scotland to smash a looking-glass hom
ing against the wall is regarded I 1 an
infallible sign that a member of the
family will shortly die. (irone, alludin,"
to this superstition, says it foretells the
speedy ibs-easo of the master of the
house.
In tin- south of England it is reganh 1
highly unlucky for a bride on her wed
ding day to look in the glass, when sin
is completely dt 'eil, 1. fore starting
for the eiiurch. Hence Very great care
is usually taken to put ou u glove or
some slight artiele of adornment, after
tin- last lingering and reluctant look has
Imm-ii taken in tin- mirror. The idea, we
are infoniusl, is that any young lady who
is too fond of the looking-glass will Ik*
unfortunate when married. This is not,
however, the only way in whi<-h sujs-r
--stition interferes with the grown-up
maiden's jiecps in tin- looking-glass.
I litis Sw• dish dam-- 1- are afraid of look
ing ill the gla s after dark, or by candle
light, b-st by so doing tbev forfeit the
gmsl-w ill of the other sex. <tn the other
band, in our own country, the looking
glass occasionally hold- a prominent js>-
sition in love divination*. In tin- north
ern counties a number of young men
and women meet together on St Agm-s's
• vi at midnight, and go one by one, to a
certain Held, where they scatter some
grain, after which they rejs-at the fol
lowing rhyme;
" Agnes sw" ft inn! Aglww fir.
Hither, IntlK r. ism njAir.
IWmiir Agnes, let m< s-s-
The Iwl who i tomsrn w."
On their return home it i* Wlievcd that
till- shadow of the destined bride or
bridegroom will lie wx-n in a )icking
gla-s on this vitv niglit. Hence, for
many an hour togi flier the young in
quirer* sit nj> w.,f ling tin* looking-glass,
I fori- which th<y not unfrrquontly fail
aal.)i. mistaking the vision* that have
tip|nn-d in their dream* f<r actual re
alities. It- lgian girl* who d<-ire to *f
their liu-lsmd* in a dream lay their
garter* crosswise at the foot of the l<eil
ami a looking-glass under their pillow ;
in tliia glass, they believe, the desired
image will appear. The practice of
covering or removing the looking-glass
from the cliatnlior of death Mill prevail*
in some |*irts of Knglaml tlo- notion,
aeeonling to some, Iwing that "all
vanity, all care for earthly lieanty are
over with the di-ei-amx!." Mr Itaring
tlouhl consider* that the true reason for
shrouding the hsikitig-glas* la-fore a
funeral was that given him in Warwick
shire, where there i* a |>opiilar notion
that if a jw-rson look* into a mirror in
the cliamlicr of death he will see the
cor]i*c looking over hi* shoulder. A
similar snjierstition prevails in some
part* of Devonshire.
If the looking-glas* is associabsl with
marriage and death, so it i* with in
fanry ; for, aeeonling to a piece of lhir
ham folklore, a Imy or girl should never
lie allowed to look in one until a year
old. In days gone liy, too, it np]*-ar* to
have ls-eti enstomary for Isitli sexes to
wear small looking-glasses a fantastic
fashion ridiculed liy Ben Jonson ami
other* of his time. Men even wore
them in their hats. " Where is your
|tgo? Call for your caMing bottle, and
place your mirror in your hat, a I told
yon." This, we may suppose, wa* the
very height of affectation, by the man
ner in which Ben Jonson introdncc* it;
lint there can lie no doubt, to nse the
word* of Mr. Gifford, that both men
and women wore them publicly—the
former as brooches or ornaments in their
hats, and the latter at their girdles or in
their breasts, nay. sometimes in the
center of their fans.
Brand informs us, in his "Popular
Antiquities," that looking-glasses were
formerly used by magicians in "their
superstitions and dialiolical ojierations.''
He quotes an old authority, who says:
" Home magicians, l>eing curious to find
out by the help of a looking-glass, or a
glass full of water, a thief that lies
hidden, make choice of young maids to
discern therein those images or sights
which a pcrsou defiled cannot see."
Potter tells ua that, when divination by
water was performed with a looking
glass, it was railed " raloptmmanry."
Sometimes our ancestors dipped a look
ing-glass into the wafer when they wera
anxious to ascertain what would become
of a sick person. Accordingly aa he
looked well or ill in the gIaKM, so they
foretold whether he would recover or
not. In the list of mu| strati toua practice*
preserved in the " Life and Character of
Harvey," the famous conjuror of Dublin
(172H), "with fortune-telling, drenms,
visioriH, pulmiHtry, physiognomy," etc.,
there oecur also "looking-glasses." It is
curious to find this species of su|s-r
stifion existing among the Africans of
the fiuincu const. They believe in a jmr
ticularly hideous devil, but say that the
only means of defense they require
against his ossailments is a looking-glaaa.
If any one will only ke<-p this preserv
ative at all times lieside him, the devil
cannot help seeing himself in it, which
cau*es him titmice to rush away terrified
at the sight of his own ugliness.
Another source of ill luck consists in
seeing tin- new moon reflected in a look
ing gloss, or through a window jiaiie;
and Mr. Henderson, in his "Folklore of
the Northern Counties," relates the cow
of a maid servant who was in tlio habit
of shutting her eyes when closing the
shutters, fur b-ar she might unexpectedly
catch a glimpse of it through the glass.
Once more, it was once customurv in
Scotland on Allhallows Even, to practice
various kinds of di virtual ions, among
which Hums mentions the following;
•' W.-e Jet hit to tier grannie says
' Will v go wi mi-, grannie?
I 'll < at lie- apple at the glow,
I gat frac t n< h- Johnnie.''
The custom here alluded to was this;
Ihe young woman took a candle and
went alone to the looking-glass, where
she either ate an apple or combed lu-r
hair all the time sh<" st<s| Is-fore it;
meanwhile tin- face of her future jiartner
wit- said to peer in the glass, as if js-ep
i'ig over In r should" r /.ore/on Owrn.
ll(inittii Nose*.
A writer in one of the English n< ws
ji.qM-rs snv s Fram-i* Grose, in hi* ap
|s-ndi\ t"i Hogarth's "El-ments of
Beautv," dclincati ■ ( -ight tvpical no*-**.
Th ••re is tin- angular, tin- aquiline or
1 toman, tin- parrot's Is-ak, tlx- straight
or f im-ian, tin- Hullsiu* or botth-d, the
turmsi-up or snub, ami the mixed or
broken Of the latter, by the way, the
now - of at hwt two illustrious men may
I*- taken a* illustrations Tvclio Brule
and Mi<-liael Angi-10, tie- latter of whom
owed hi* ungraceful u]i|*-mlix to a vio
lent blow from a < oiii|*iiion with whom
lie wa- at vaiianc"-, ami who thus disfig
ured tin- gnat artist for lib-, and in
slant ly fled. Tn these may 1* adih-d
the i.niter Cicero, ujsin whom nature
w * 'ins t-i have Is-stewisl a nasal organ of
a tyjM- ili•• nli-dly " mixed," if not broken.
I'lutureli, in Ins life of the querulous
I lot nan, says that he had a flat excres
cence on the top of his now- in resem
blance of u vetch <-ic r in from
which In- t<sk his surname. l'linv says,
with more probability, that tin- nnme
original"*! in an extensive cultivation of
vetches, just as others hod previously
lecn Kurnariusl from cto|s of other
kinds. ilnWi Vi-r this may Is-, the fact
of Cicero's snub now- may no doubt Is
accepted, and it accords with tin- tradi
tional lielief that this description "if
nose is usually indicative of a fiery,
quick, impetuous temjsir, Cicero having
|M>sm sw-,1 tins characteristic in a marked
degree. Horace s-i-nn t<i regard the
short nose, with a little turn-up at the
end, a* the mark of a js-rson given a
good ileal to jibing and jeering. Mar
tial call* it the rhinocerous now-, and
says that it was highly fashionable
in bis "lay, everyliodr affecting this
kind of pmlsvscis a* an indication of
a satirical hnmor. The "angular" nose,
as Grose calls it, is the long, clear
ly cut. ]Minted organ, and wa*, no doubt,
the tvjie to which Horace alludes when he
says it is indicative of satirical wit. The
"|iarrot js-ak" i* the nose with which
Mr. Punch usually adorns hi* caricature
of the sultan or khedive and is akin to
the typical Jewish nose all over the
world. The eight tyjies given embrace
every description of the feature, and
students of caricature are strongly re
commended in the treatise alluded to to
make themselves perfectly familiar
with the simple lines liy which these
curiously comprehensive sketches are ef
fected. A very singular fact ha* liecn
olmerved with regard not somncli to the
shape of the now as to the netting of
it in tli* face, no to s|s>ak. To 1H
strictly correct, from the artist's jxiint of
vie*, the now should le accurately in
the middle of the fare and at right an
gles with a line from the pupil of one
eye to that of the other. As a matter of
faet it is rarely ever found thus placed.
It is almost invariably a little out of
" the square," and the faet of its Iteing
so is often that which lends a ]s>rn]iar
expression and piquancy to the faee.
A medieal writer |s>ints out that there
are anatomioal reasons why a slight de
viation from the true central line may
lte expected, and that the nose which is
thus accurately straight between the
two eyes may 1e considered an abnor
mal one, and that the only absolutely
correct organ is that which deviates a
little to the right or left.
Begging; as a profession, pays even in
England, where it is prohibited. At the
Huirey sessions recent ly a young man
was convicted of liegging. He made
on an average six dollars per day, be
side* spending froiu one dollar to two
dollars and a half for liquor. He had
In-cn convicted sixty times Iwforc of
lugging, and on this occasion was mm
fenced for one year, with twanty strokes
I I KIOi H FACTS.
Fifty year* ago tomato** jwere called
love applnn, and were considered poison
ous.
It iH calculaN-d fliat sixty tone of steel
are annually consumed in the manufac
ture of ste-| nil In.
Ibe canon* of Houtb Utah alxonnd in
Aztoe picture writing of a curiam and
remarkable eharaeter.
Thorn i* u kind of lemon which grown
in Southern Kurojs- an sweet an an
orange, but all other H|M-i< of lemon*
are intensely sonr.
The game of backgammon is the oldest
we know of, and wan (xnunog a thou
sand yi-ars In-fore Christ's time.
The water of the nea and rivers con
tains more animal life than exists on
tin- land, if we can Indie re scientists.
According to I>r. Kdward Krnith, an
egg eontainn 15 1-4 per cent, of nitro
gen. Another writer cntimaUw that the
value of one ]>ound of eggs an food for
sustaining the active forces of the liody
in to the value of one pound of lean beef
an 1,5k |to tIOO. Ah a flesh producer one
I>ound of eggH in alsiut equal to one
l>oun<l of beef.
Storm warnings art- a distinct branch
of tin- forecasts of meteorology, Their
object 11 to give to M-amin notice of an
approaching gale. Tliej have been now
in operation for more tlian ten years, and
during tliat jn noil at loaat seventy-five
jHTcent. of the warning* issued have
Ixi-ri justified by tiie gali or strong
wind* which followed.
Tear I tot tie*.
In Persia tliey bottle up their t'-ars an
of old Thin in done in the following
manner AH the mourners are Kitting
around and weeping, the master of eero
nioni' j.r<nt ouch one with a piece of
cottonwool, with which he wi}** off his
tear - This cotton in afterward squeezed
into a hottle, and the ti-ars are preserved
a- a jxiwi rful and efficacious remedy for
reviving a dying man after every other
nn-aii>- hie failed. It is also employed a* a
' harm against evil influences. Thin <-us
tom i prohuhly alluded to in I'solm lvi. f
verse* " J'lit thou ra< tears into a bottle."
The practice wan once universal, as is
found hy tin ti-ar I Kit ties which are found
in almost every ancient tomb, for the
ancients buried them with their disil as
a priHif of their affection. The IHKIV is
in itlii-r bnrin-d. as was practiced by tho
<ii< • k* and I cumin-, and is still done by
the Hindoos, nor is it eml>almed, aeoord
ing to the custom of the Egyptians,
which was often done by the Hebrews.
His best clothes are put upon the IKKIJ
of the ib-ail. and it is laid, not in a coffin,
but on tin- ojen bier, fully ei|K>s<sl to
view. The Gn-ek* adorn it with flowers,
especially in the case of young people of
IKitli sejes. The funeral procession is
silent with the Turks, while in a Chris
tian burial the priest softly hums
prayers on the way to the graTe.
I loth Christians and Moslems repeat
prayers at the grave. Every valuable
garment or other article is then taken off
the Is sly, and it is buried within a cof
fin, in n shallow grave, and covered over
with soil. The women of tho household
do not accompany the procession on its
way to the cemetery; they merely set tip
the tahill as it leaves the house. They
afterward visit the grave from time to
time in order to weep and pray; tho
priest* are hired to do the same. Tho
family and relatives of the dead ol.serve
mourning by wearing their oldest gar
ments or clothes of dull colors, and by
laving aside their ornaments. Among
some Armenian Christians a sacrifice in
offered, which is distinctly stated not to
be propitiatory, but an act of charity to
the living for tho Wnefit of tho dead.
Mark Twain'* Advice lo Seribbler*.
Hon- are some words of aarcaatic ad
vice from Mark Twain which arc often
put into an editor's head by matter* not
wholly unconnected with the content*
of hi* lctter-lxi*: Don't write too
plainly, it ia a aigii of plebeian origin
Scrawl yonr article with your syos Mint,
and make pvory won! a* illegible a* yon
can. Avoid all ]>ain*takiiig with proper
nam OH. We know the full name of every
man, woman and child in the United
State*, and the merest hint at the name
ia sufficient. For instance, if you write
a character somewhat like a drunken
figure it and then draw a wave line, we
know at once you mean "Samuel Morri
son," even though yon think you may
mean " Lemuel Messenger." How wre do
love to get hold of article* written in
thia atyle I And how we ahonld like to
get hold of the man who aenda them —
plat ten minute*—alone—in the woods,
and a revolver in onr hip pocket t
I arrest Organ In the World,
The little city of Freybnrg, in Switz
erland, haa the largeet organ ia the
world, lta builder wae n poor man,
Alonro Mower, who devoted hi* life to
ta construction. Without aamatanoe or
auggnation from othera, he pcnievwted
for years, in defiance of optmaition, pov
erty and ridienhn, nntil his task and life
< nde . The mighty organ a tan da
among all similar worka like Mount Diane
among the mountains, peer leas, alone.
It baa -even thousand eight hundred
pipes, and when in fall pky shaken the
walla and foundations of old Bk, Nicholas
church, ill which it t hands.