LADIES' DEPARTMENT,
I'n.tilnn Notes.
Jersey waists continue to he worn.
Bridesmaids appear for the most part
In bonnets.
Black inatelasse is much used in
mourning dress.
Sicilionne warmly wadded is chosen
for ml in go tea.
The hair may lie arranged either
high or low, as suits the face.
Heavy ribbed silk is the moat elegant
material for wraps for old ladies.
Myrtle, white roses, lilies and lilacs
divide favor with orange blossoms as
bridal flowers.
The adoption of velvet for evening
dress has led to its being used largely
for bridal toilets.
Lace ruches, high in the throat, re
main the favorite lingerie of ladies with
long, slander necks.
Full and bouffant trimmings, ruches,
shells, and puffs, adorn the bottom of
many fashionable skirts.
Black lace ruches and cascades and
black lace draperies for skirts are much
in favor for elderly ladies.
The most fashionable slippers have
very short toes, and straps high on
the instep, which tie with very broad
ribbon.
Bag-carpet bonnets appear among
the late styles. Tin-plush in this style
of goods is mostly used for tho small
bonnets.
Ttie most stylish round hats are tip
tilted over the forehead, the I.angtry
and the odd-looking Phrygian cap being
favorites.
Kilt and lio.x-plaitcd velx rt skirts are
worn, although the plain skirt with
heavy ruche at the i>ottom is more gen
erally accepted.
Surah satins, with grounds of pale
primrose, brocaded with foiir-o'-clocks,
arg much used for matinees, made up
in Louis XIV. style.
The regular brooch is again in style.
In these round pins flowers are imitated
both as regards color and shape, in
tinted gold and enameled metals.
The new shakes of blue, electric, ro
balt, royal, drake's neck, sapphire, hus
sar. gentian, and Presbyterian are all
to be found in gloves and hosiery.
Wide, straight-brimmed sailor bats
of plush or velvet, having the crowns
completely covered with short, fluffy
ostrich tips, are very much worn by
young girls in their teens.
The plain waists and sleeves of dresses,
which have lioen so long admiml
and universally adopted, have given
way to immense frills, shirrings and
puffs.
The ruffs which are so generally
worn at present were in fashion in the
time of Henry 111. They were then
an adjunct to masculine dress; they
now hold their place in a lady's ward
robe.
Little girls' velvet costumes are
made with very full plain skirts gauged
deep over the hips and a blouse waist.
These waists are fastened down the
front with straj>s and buckles.
Lace jat sits are worn around the
neck and down the front to the bottom
of the iKxlice. They are caught at the
neck with a diamond pin. and to the
left Is clustered a huge corsage Ixxpiot.
Pale women of small stature, if they
do not wish to appear aleuird, should
avoid flashing diamonds and wear
pearls, turquoise, opals, green chalce
dony, amethysts or even amber, any of
which as ornaments will lie found far
more tiecorning.
A very pretty walking dress is made
of dark green reaped gtxKl* of soft
wool. The skirts are ottached to a
jersey bodice, the front of which is
braided in military style in a raised de
sign, which is broad just below the
throat and then narrowing gradually
until it reaches a [mint just below the
waist. Here it meets with a wide de
sign in the braiding, which extends
- * from hip to hip. The effect is very in
coming t\ slender figures. The lKKlice
tmttonr down the hark. The close
sleeves are braided nearly to thcclliow.
The skirt is edged with a wide ruche,
above which are broad, upright Imx
plaits long enough to reach to the scarf
of twill, which is drajnd just beneath
the braiding altove IK -scribed.
Uitfnl ( rnllr.
Tho lately-born infanta of .Tpain,
Mary Theresa Ysaltel, sleeps, wakes
and crii-s in a cradle *ha|>ed like a
conch-shell ami limsl with the palest
of pink-satin. Her tiny form is covered
with point d'Alencon lace, specially
made from a pattern designed by the
'.jueen of Spain's mother, in which the
arms of Spain and Austria are grace
fully blended. She has u roiivre-pied
and tiny pillow, on Imth f the lilies of
the house of I tourism and the Y of her
pretty name, Ysaltol, are laced and in
terlaced. Tho other new royal ltnlty,
the young hereditary prince of Sweden,
has a much loss delicate cradel, as In
comes a hardy young Norseman. It
is shaped like a swan, the wings com
ing up, if wished, and sheltering the
I
little prince, and in well provided with
down-stuffed accessories.
wtenliiu n Itrlilr.
| So late as the seventeenth century
it was customary in some parts of
Ireland for the bridegroom's friends 1
| to receive those of the bride with a 1
shower of darts, carefully directed so
as to fall harmless, and Lord Kaimes, 1
i who died in 1 H7ii, deposes that the j
: marriage observances of the Welsh of
that day were significantly symbolical
of marriage by capture; the respective
! friends of the bride and groom meet- I
j ing on horseback, the former refusing
to deliver the lady on demand and j
bringing about a sham conflict, during
! which the nearest l-'nsinan of the
| bride, behind whom she is mounted,
galloped away, to be pursued l>y the
opposite party, until men and horses 1
had had enough of it, when the bride
groom was permitted to overtake tin
pretended fugitive and bear tier off in
triumph. The Itcrricors of I"ranee are
the only lluropcan people among whoii
this form of apture still survives,
i'pou the day of a wedding the doors
i of a bride's house are dosed and bir
rieaded, t!m windows barred and h-r
friends mustered within, Presently
tiic bridegroom's parts conies, ;i.-.kll>g
admission on one laLsc pretense after
anotiier. Finding speech of no avail,
they endeavor to force an entrance,
with no better success. Then comes a
• parley; the Iwsiegers proclaim that
they bring the lady a husband, ami arc
adn ttisl within il'M>rs, to light for the
>sioiiif thf heart, win it and the
bride with it; the couple hci.,g forth
with united in the orthodox fashion.
Wnntrit in Willi
Savs a New York correspondent
Wall street is overrun witti women
women who are old and women who
arc young; women who are poorly clad
and women in rich attire; women who
talk patly of the market ami can ring
the changes on the stock exchange's
. inelodions lingo; women attractive and
women repulsive—all with an eyt
single to gain, i'hev are wild with the
speculative craze. Their ambition is
"livers;" their methods iimst childlike
and bland. In the list of these new
habitues of Wall street are emhra<t*i
ineiiilMTs of some of the lir-t families
of the city, so far as wealth or social
connections go. The popular actress
alsiiinds and is jicttcd; ladies w ho wear
i repe veils in im in. ry of depart lords
are numerous, and she who could find
no profits In engineering a Imarding
house helps support the broker. Mot lev
regiment they are. but they have tin i
credit of operating lmldly, and taking
risks that would drive the masculine
| speculator wild. It is rather difficult
for the average mem IST of the stock
exchange to refuse advice to a prettv ,
woman, and, everything ix-ing even,
the information so put forth isquitcup
to the standard of Wall street reliability
and accuracy. Secrets are sometimes
obtained by women which the ordinary
man could not discover in a life-time,
and for some inscrutable reason they
flourish occasionally where men fail.
A Jokeon the trtM.
There is an eminent painter in l'aris
who Is economical and sententious.
The othor day one of the students
broke a pane of glass in the studio
window, and replaced it temporarily
by pasting a sheet of paper river the
aperture. When the painter rami
down next morning he thrust his cane
'through the makeshift with the re
mark, "He that breaks pays." None of
i the r lass. however, took the hint, and
next morning another sheet of paper
was pasted across the window. It met
the same fate. And so on the next
day, and soon the fourth, tin the fifth
1 day, when the artist came down, there
was the paper as liefore. Fire flashed
from his eyes, and roaring "lie. that
breaks pays!" he drove his cane through
the pajter and through the pane ol
glass behind it that had been put in by >
the students, and then carefully [tastes, (
over with a sheet of paper.
The Itiggest Organ.
The largest organ in the world, a
j cording to the hripzhjir Xeinng, b
j being built in Ludwidsburg, near
Stuttgart, for the cathedral at lliga. j
besides being the most elalstratelv de
signed instrument existent, it will :
contain all the most modern improve
ments. It will l>e so constructed that
it can be plavisl from an up|tor gallery
or from below. The whole upper por- |
tion is to lie blown ly gas motors, and j
the lower part by hand. Thus two
people will lie aide to play at the same |
time, one playing the solo, while the
I other plays the tutti. It is estimated 1
| to cost. 90,000 marks ($22,500).
The key of a safe in a railroad office
at Juliet, 111,, was lost, and, there being j
no honest locksmith in town of suffi
cient skill, a well-known bank burglar j
was employed to pick the lock.
f'attlc trains shf ulj not be run with
, out cow-catcher
Icelandic Farmhouse*.
Th> farmhouses (Hue) differ inateri
ally from those of tho town, being
built of lava blocks, with a turf cover
ing for the roof, HI -ciinsl bv Hat stones
to prevent displacement during the
violent winter storms. A ban is about
twelve feet ill width by twenty in
length, but the larger ones comprise
several of these buildings joined to
gether, then including out-houses for
the*storage of cattle, fodder, fuel and
produce. The low entruuee at the
gable extends through the length of
the building, terminating at the kit
chen, win re a raised hearth, about
three feet high, supplies all the arti
tieial heat. The chimney, simply a;
lone in tin- roof, allows part of the
smoke to escape and admits a few rays
:f light to that end of tlio building.
Alongside t he li replace the on fort i mate
chickens roost and t he store of peat and
the few culinary utensils occupy the
remainder of the limited space, tin
either side of the passage-way there
arc generally two rooms, < ne side being
used for storage purposes, the other
tor a sleeping apartment. These rooms
have a I d or bunk on each side,
raised about two feet al o\e the hard
ground lloor, • ai-h bunk n< < ominodating
several persons. A hole cut through
the wall, opposite the only window and
stopped i y a plug, is intended for ven
tilation, but they told us that it is sel
dom used, the gr< at desideratum being
heat a! the smallest expenditure ol
fuel. What thove huts must be when
the drifting HUOVV compels the oc< u
pants to dose all the openings, ami the
•-tilling stnoke, such smoke a, only
peat i an make, combines with the odors
of livestock and dried lish, may better
be imagined tlum experienced. Turf,
the only fuel, is dug in all parts of the
surrounding low lands, sotnetiim - from
the surface, but often from a depth of
ten or twelve feet, evidenced by the
deep pits along the roadside.
"Darllmr Nellie brar."
A Cincinnati corn -pomh-nt says:
There are few js-rsons in the {south
who have not heard and admired that
charming melody, "Darling Nellie
tiray." and at one time it spssl in the
same rank with "Old Kentm ky Home,"
and others of that class. It is less
known now. hut in certain southern
sections "Nelly tiray" is n< household
words, ami in every list of plantation
songs it h:u* an hon<>r<sl place. Hut to
come to my story. I was talking the
other day to a mnsieally-im lim-d gen
tlcinnn, whose practice on the violin in
a room near my own keeps me con
stantly striving not to do anything of!
a riotous nature, when we mentionisl
the old song incidentally, and he t• I
me the author w as his cousin, and that
it had a little history.
The songwriter was It. K. ll,in by, of
Westerv ille, Ohio, who was also a
painter, n musician, and a j-wt. When
he was alsmt twenty years of age he
sometimes jottM down melodies which
struck him, and on otic occasion the
notes of "Nellie I Day" went on paper,
and he afterward w rote the words. ID
had never publishes! any music, ami
this was put aside where he could use
it as the fancy struck him.
One night at a little company at his
louse, the song, among others, was
sung, and a gentleman present, Is-ing
struck by the air. made some inquiry
alsait it. and the facts were given him.
He at once asked the young eomj-ser
what it was worth, ami Mr. Ilanhynot
being [tosted, put the figure at #."• and
the trade was made. The new owner
set nhout having it published; and
when it appeared it struck the |opu!ar
taste, and over copies were
sold. Another ease of the history of
r-omposers rejeating itself, or rather of
one story, with the names changed,
Is-ing narrated of many.
•'Bell of Justice,"
In one of the old cities of Italy, a
bell was hung in a tower, which any
one was at lil>erty to ring who had
been wronged and by it summon the
magistrate to see that justice was done
him. It was called the "Hell of Jus-'
tiee," and the following beautiful atory
is connected with it :
When, in rourse of time, the |lowrr
end of the liell-ropc rotte<| away, a
wild vine was ties) to it to lengthen it;
and one day an old and starving horse,
that had ls-en abandon<sl by its owner
and turned nut to die, wandered into J
the tower, and trying to eat the vine,
rang the bell.
The magistrate of the city, coming,
to see who had rai.g the bell, found the
old and starving horse.
He caused the owner'of the horse in
whose service he hiwl toiled ami lieen ,
worn out to Is* summoned liofore him, j |
and decreed that as this poor horse has! i
rung the '•Hell of Justice" he sh wild
have justice, and that during the re
mainder of the horse's life his owner
should provide for him proper Dnsl and i
drink and stable.
The men who loom endurance are |
they who call the whole world brother. 1
lOPM s OF Tim DAW
A Nevada tniin, who has boon v<Ty
iloaf for yearn, wan recently o
sevcrcly burned about, the face and
neek, and afterward found that he
eould hear jierfuctly wi 11, lie attrile
utcs his eure to the shock, but It is too
violent a remedy to be generally a<>
ccptod.
(Jovernor Mlaekluirn, of Kentueky,
leads oft' in the pardon business, Jfur
'"K bis adioiidstr.ition of four years
lie has pardoned more than 1 ~VX) crimi
nals,remitted lines of more than
<HMI, and granted respites to other liner
to the amount of some f 1 ,<HN 1,000.
It Is pro|>osisl to hold at I'aris, next
year, an exhibition of reeently devisisj
appliances for lessening the freijuem-y
and dangers of railroad accidents. To
judge from experience, savs the Atw
riruit Mti' /iini.it, there is need enough
of bringing siieh apfilianees into use;
and, if the proposed exhibition result
in the adopt ion of the unknown good
ones, its value will be apparent. The
opportunity to exhibit may be improved
by inventors, who elaiui that, after
working out something useful in this
direetion, they are unable to bring it
to the attention of railroad ollieial- -
much le -tos. i urea trial of its merits.
Mr. Qoldwin Htnith disagrees with
Herbert Spem • r on the subject ol
Americans oxer-working themselves
It is not over-work so ninth as u\ IT
worry. Hut the :-;ie.al tie. I of t i.i.
eonntrv is, in h.. opinion, the prt a'di-ug
ol the "go-Jlt I t'f I •'lltelitllient, ilidillt
retiee to inordinate width, and the
pi at eot mind bred by tin- | ,
of moral treasure., not :ilf< • t•. Ila tie
priee of stis ks." To whieh the J>e
troit I'f' evni ally add-.
long as the cvititiniinu- pro-perity of
the fountry allows the sudden an u
mulations of enormous fortunes and
tempts to their a' piiremeiit suh a
gospel will fall i n tle.uleiKsl ears. It
Is only during 'hard tunes' that the
gospel of eontentment in this world,
of a hope in the next, get a hearing.''
The Territory of Ariz ria has always
iKirne a rather un-.ivory reputation,
and a year ago it set -mod to Is- going
from bail to worse. Its proximity to
the wildest oft ion of Mexiro invited
the prt-out e of outlaw s from 11 ■ s *
ooiintry; the native "rowl -ty" vj. •
with the foreign "greawr," and law
lessni'- -of every sort was eni ■ irag-d
bv the disgraceful Weakness of the
1< a! government. l ie- news
■ unit s, however, tb.it the past year has
.-eon a great ehange for the betti r.
s. i! after <b vi rnor Tritlo's appoint
merit, he-aw that the ta-k of re-toring
order was t■ • grt at for hi- unaided
|H)wep, and In-inx oki-1 the assist an i-e
of the I'odcral government, which
promptly r< j mdtd by plming (leneral
t'ritok in charge of the department.
The civil and the military authorities
have since then worked in harmony,
and the active campaign which they
have wagtsl against evil-doers has al
ready prislueed its efTeet m transform
ing what was hut recently the outlaw \s
paradise into a territory w here crime
meet - its due punishment in the court *.
The Arizona of obi discredited the
win tie country, and the wh de country
may therefore rejon t that it is Is ing
ronxertisl into a law-ai ding t m
inunity.
Space la the 1 nherse.
The nearest of the tlxisl stars is
twenty trillions i ,♦ M >.I HHMNHM |)
of miles distant from us. The next in
distance is four t inn - farther removtsl.
If we attempt to liv an average dis
tance for the surrounding group of
tlxed stars nearest our system, we
eould not safely give it a ratlins of less
than four hundred trillions of miles.
Yet what does this involve. Light,
which reaches us troin the sun in eight
ami a half minutes, would take seventy
years in its journey across this vast
domain of s|ace. If the value of
space included within our stdar system
were occupied with one huge sphere
of . r >,ti(.M,o(tO,<XH) miles diameter, even
such a mighty mass would iw but a- a
float ing feather in its marvelous spread
of empty space surrounding. This
space would contain twenty-seven hun
dred trillions of such spheres, ami
would contain the material of contents
of our solar system a number of times
indicated by the figure f with twenty
two ciphers annexed.— l'hiJaifrljthla
American.
A Clattering Conscience.
One of the neatest stories is that of
an early judge, an archbishop, w ho, in
denying an accusation, said, strikin;
his breast: "Hy my conscience, m
lord. 1 know nothing of it!" Thehlox
made his shirt of mail rattle, which
brought, the caustic rebuke, "My Lord!
your conscience is not good; I hear it
clattering." He had to fieo xvith his
clnttering conscience, and seek safety
disguised as a shepherd in tending
sheep on the mountain aide.— Frater
Maya tint.
El HODS OF TO KIT RE.
.11 l'.*~Mnllor flfotMf I iirittttm It rnll
('( in Inualliirrornul KM I||UUIIIIU—•
C r.i || .
Speaking Willi a S*. I.miit p >1 i• -111:111
niotiiMif 11|(. stations, a reporter ven
tured iijion the subject of corjiorul
punishment, wilCfi tim policeman Hlld
-1 drily became intcrcst'sl and said : "Oh.
bunging don't amount to anything.
I've seen limn killed in manner* far more
horrible. I've seen them die all sort*
of ways. J will only way in what mari
ner I have aeen men punished for
erime. \VI en very young I entered
the Danish navy, and r*emuinod in the
service until I wa thirty-nine years
old. During all the time I was cruis
ing mostly in the Hast and about the
coast of Africa, 1 was young, and
having an uncle in the Admirably, I
always had such voyages as I liked
j 'le 111. < tne of my earliest cruises was
along in Is.!! along the ( hini-se coast.
On that \oyage 1 witne- .eil my tiist
th'gging, and -aw several insiilsirdiuatc
| seamen keel-haulisl, two ..r three of
them (icing killed by the pimishiiieut.
Kci 1 -iuu' 1 lig is gone i.iit of lashioli
now, I'll it 11-ed to be j i:te coiniuon.
\ line w ,ls pa <sl from I ib'rd to stab'rd
j under the\ e • -el. The 1 lor was 1.1 -t -
I emd till, He end of the rope and drag
•< 1 him out on tin- i 'liir side. This
was often re|M-ated twoor three times.
If tie -ailor who w a being keel-hauled
| was a good swimmer he would nut b<-
badly il. 111 ••I by the puM.-hiucnt; but
if. as often bap| :iisl tie- -a or. eould
not wini ami tie-gang pulled the rope
taut. th<- s.uioi was often pulled up
ib ad. Thi vc -l i's bottoms were bri'sl
; W Itll copper, whieli ehlppis) ~(( atl il
to k ' lit from tie Idtum. Tie--ailor
|lx .ng draggi-il igaumt these sharp
p": 1• t- was often terribly laeerat<s), it
I ll it killisl.
While in 1 bin a 1 witnessed some
V'-ry 111. r.: i.! • • v n - . .n . aiel was the
lie ills i f Ij.ivmg a native of tile I'cli
•ti.il K iigil 'in .ullllly huctinadoed. In
iiu an tr.' kety and s. hemitig the
heathen < hiii'-i- . ■ rta.nlv is tas-uliar.
audit wa in tho-e < arly days 1 lambs]
at a small ' iwn <ll tie - at. ami de
> siring to piriba- - some curiosities
. went lliti a . vsler<- 1 Ji.i kst out
a niimls-r ■.f arte b-- and turinsl over
(hi- n-s-i ary n.oie y in -i 1. • r to the
I'hinatuan. Then I 'art'-l out, when
the 1 hiiiaui.in d a imb-ithe full price
r,( (he g.*ls, I inf. r1;• - i him that he
was p . ■). but aid le-. and putting
his hand into h;s money-box. laid my
in -ii y ujsiti tie -f.itel and < alhsl for
hi' 1 gave loin his g.*)s, took
tie im ney .md. walking out, wo nt into
a tor* tl< ir bv ami height -nine more
gmsls, turning the luom-y over to the
ton kci per. lie linn •s 1 at the 11. - ley.
and then a soft grin spread over his
features, "No good," le- said. What
I said wouldn't look will in j rint, but
, 1 m.i:nt.unisl the money was g-I. 1
was 1 inv meed thai 1 was in error, how
i vir, when the "tore-kecjier threw
three dollar piissss down upon the
counter and they shivered to pieces
Then I realirosl that the first
rinnatnan had exchanged my g'l
im ley for counterfeit, and I iinim
•hateiy laid the r.i>c IwTore the Man
darin; in fifteen minutes the swindler
was before the Mandarin; in hit"*-!!
minuti - more he was tri<s| and ItaMi
nadrd. and lini|s| awav to his shop
ait-; having paid lie- my g-ssl liioriev.
In another part *f < hir<a I witnessed
tin ivieiiti'in of a number of reliels
wi, ■ f .11 be-n captured some time lie
s' re. .v me 111 -ram • inland from the
town then- was an open pi<ee of
,grind, and one condemn**! criniinal
was taken out there. A hole ahont
live feet deep w as dug near an ant-hill,
and the man was placed in the hole
with his anna tled to hi* sides. Then
the dirt was thrown in and pattrxl
down around him. lie was completely
hnriisl up to the chin. When buried
a gag was placed lietween his teeth
and his mouth kept wide open. The
inside of his mouth and far down his
throat was then thoroughly snieansl
with a sweet, honey-like substance, and
he was left alone. Imuu liatclv the
ants perceived the sim 11 of honey they
Martisl from .an adjacent hill in .a
swarm and went in a stream down the
throat of the victim, lie was de
voured by the ants, and his sufferings
cannot l>e descrilied, in fact they <an
scarcely be imagined. Another • sedi
tion I witnessed was nearly as bad as
the one I've just told you. This victim
was condemned for I don't know what.
He was tiisl to a poat with bin face
toward the blinding sun. and while
tiisl there slackened lime was thrown
into his eyes, and they were burned
out of the sockets. He was then left
tied to the stake, and must have died
of starvation
"The neatest executing I think is
done by guillotine, although some very
neat decapitation is done by the Danish
executioners with an a\. The nx is
very broad and very heavy at the end.
?* is kept sharpened as keen as a raz<
a.l •in time. Near the end of the t
of lltu ax-blade is a hollow opening in
j thf at(l, and thin is lillcl with quick
silver. The criminal puts his head in
an arraiitfi'iiifiit much r win tiling th*
I>ill>rv. Thi! ax is raised but a alight
distance above UK- nek, ariiJ then n
drawn across tin- neck. The sharp
edge cleaves through skin ami lione
very smoothly, anii lacks much of tins
objectionable noise of the guillotine.
V.KK* UH foods
Tin- Jour/ml <>f ' If mis try Hay* that
eggs, at avi-ragi- prices, an; among thi*
ohcajiest ami moat mitritloiiH articles
of dint. Like milk, an i gg is complete
food in itai-lf, containing everything
necessary for the development of a
I perfect animal, an is manifest from the
' fact that a chick is formed from it. It
Hcetnit a mystery how muscles, bones,
feathers and everything that a chicken
requires for its perfect development
are made from the yolk and whiteof an
egg ; hut su< h is the far t, and it showi
how complete a food an egg is. Jt it
also easily digested, il not damaged in
cis.king. Indeed, there is no more
concentrated and nourishing food than
egg . The alhuiru-n, oil and saline
matter are, as in milk, in the right
proportion for i-ustaining animal life.
Two or three boiled eggs, with the
add it ion nt a slicijr two of toast, w ill
make a breakfast suflieierit for a man
and good enough for a king.
Ace,nling to Ir. Edward Smith, in
his treatise on "Food," an egg weighing
an ounce and three-quarters contain
-- ' grain.s of < artsm and seventeen and
thris-.quartcrs grains of nitrogen, or
1 per cent, of < arlx.n and two per
cent, of nitrogen. The value of ono
jioinul of eggs as f--i for sustaining
the active forces of the lssly, is to the
value of one js.und oflean beef, as 1-Vi4
t) yfJO. As a flesh producer, one
jxiiiri<l of eggs is about equal to one
j.ound of hi i f.
.V hen may be i • nsidere-l to consume
one bushel of corn yearly, and to lav
ten dozen or fifteen pounds of eggs.
That is to say that three and onistinth
pounds of chemistry corn will produce,
when fed to a hen, five-sixth* of a
pound of eggs, but five-sixths of a
poumi of pork requires about five
pound* of corn for its production.
Taking into a<<- unt the nutriment in
eai h and tin- comparative prices of the
two on an average, the je-.rk is about
thr- tille-s as costly a food as the eggs,
while it is certainly less healthful.
■
Paper in Japan.
I'ajs-r is an article of great utility
to our sister* in Japan. Not only do
they use pajs-r fans, paper jsiuehes
and pa jsr lanterns, but also pajs-r
ket-handkerchiefs, pap'T umbrellas,
paj.er wa.Ls, pajs-r windows and paper
st r,r.g
The Japanese obtain it front a dif
ferent source from our own. It-stead
of old rags being converted into clean
paper, they make use of the bark of
the Broussonetia papyfera, stripjel.
dried, and then steeped in water till
the outer Layer comes off. It is cheap,
four sheets of the ordinary quality
Ix-ing worth aliout one farthing. It is
paper that doe* not tear evenly ; some
kinds are tough more like cloth.
When required f r string.it is deftly
twisted into a strong twine, which in
some cases is made of part i f the pape
forming the wrapper.
When oiled, it is made into water
proof clothing, or stretched on a neatly
constructed bainlioo frame and used as
an umbrella. One kind is manu
factured to assume the appearance of
leather, and is made into tobacco
pouches, pipe and fan-cases. The con
jurer* 11 *e a kind of white tissue paper
in the famous butterfly triek, when a
scrap, artistically twisted, hovers over
a paper far. with all the fluttering
movements of the living insect.
I>oe the World Mis* Any One!
An exchange gives the following
truthful and lieautiful answer to the
above question: Not long. The Iwwt
and most useful of us will soon be for.
gotten. Those who to-day are filling a
large place in the world's regard w ill
pass away from the remembrance of
inan in a few months, or, at the furth
est, in a few years alter the grave is
covered over the remains. We are
shedding tears alsivc a new-made
grave and wildly crying out in our
grief that loss is irreparable; yet in a
short time the tendrils of love have on
twined around other supports and wo
no longer miss the one who is gone. So
pasces the world. But there arc those
to whom a Lis* is beyond repair. There
are men from whose memories no
woman's smile can chase recollections
of the sweet face that has given up all
its beauty at death's icy touch. There
are women whose plighted faith ex
tends leyond the grave, and driven
away a* profane those who would tn
tice them from a worship of their
buried love. Such loyalty, however, is
hidden away from the public gaze. The
world sweeps on beside and around
them, and cares not to look upon un
obtrmling grief. It curves a line and
rners a tone over the deal, and hastens
away to offer homage to the living.