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THE 8CHANT03 TMBtfUT!! SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 17, 1895.
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Fasts of 1-Interest
Td-Women Readers.
Symposium of
Partly Gossipy
ome .Hints ror viriB, vvu
trlbuted by UBie at Best to the House
keeper, are good enough to be recopled
here. "Every girl," writes Miss Best,
"whether she will acknowledge the tact
or not, cherishes In her secret heart
an ardent desire to be beautiful, bril
liant and attractive. Not a-few of the
daughters of Eve, like Becky Sharpe,
are' possessed of a modest ambition to
be recognized ns 'the handsomest wo
man in the world.' Now, while the real
ization of this desire Is not possible
to every girl, yet every girl can In
crease her attractiveness tenfold by
carefully studying her best points and
making the most of them. With this
preliminary, let us proceed to consider
in detail several toilet matters of Inter
est and importance to girls.
"One of the easiest and most com
mon ways of detracting from the
beauty of a face is by adopting en
unbecoming style of coiffure because
It happens to be fashionable. Too many
girls make caricatures of themselves
by becoming devotes to each mode of
hirsute arrangement just as It appears,
Utterly and recklessly regardless of Its
suitability to their particular style.. The
arflaUo girl sensibly studies the poise,
Shape and size of her head, and the
general cast of her feature and then
adopt the manner of hair dressing that
harmonizes with these points. Having
discovered what Is becoming and grace
ful she clings to it unflinchingly
through all the. changes that fickle
Dame Fashion dictates and she rests
content In the knowledge that she has
styles that were' no more meant for
her than a, peacock's tall was meant for
a beaver. . . "
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"It la rlfht and proper to take good
car of the hair. Vaseline rubbed Into
he roots nightly will remove dandruff
and will also promote the growth of the
hair. This treatment is apt to make
the hair uncomfortably oily while It
Is In progress, but the results Anally ob
talneC are satisfactory. Never curl the
hair on hot irons or pencils this dead
ens the ends and makes the hair harsh
and stiff. Use paper or crimpers in
preferencc to these. If your hair stub
bornly refuses to curl In the summer
easoatry wetting with alcohol the por
tion you wish to curl and 'put it up'
while it Is yet damp. This is said to be
a great 'curllfler,' to coin a word. It
will darken the hair slightly, but only
after, long usage. The practice of
bleaching the hair is a most reprehensi
ble as well as a most dangerous one. If
the statistics were published showing
how many inmates of Insane asylums
reached their present quarters through
the use of hair dyes. the figure would
be startling. No bleached or blondlned
4 locks could under any circumstances
rival the well-cared-for hair of a nat
ural hue.
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"Thecareful grlrl will brush and comb
her eyebrows as regularly as she does
her hair. Combthem always Into as
i aYtfhed' an appearance as possible and
vthey will eventually grow into this de
sirable sape. If they are thin pencil
them Mfthtly with a fine eyebrow pencil
to improve their appearance. This is
an innocent and (harmless method of
adding to their beauty. .The practice
i of clipping the eyelashes to promote
their growth is not one to be com
mended. A very email portion of olive
oil rubbed well on the Hds atAhe roots
of the tashes every night, will In a
short time cause them to grow con
siderably. Care must be taken, how
ever, to let none of the oil enter the eye.
"Complexion Is a matter with 'us
wimmen folks.' Of course we oil want
a brow like the lily and a cheek like the
rose, but It is very poor taste, Indeed, to
acquire these by resorting to white
washes and rouge, to say nothing of the
Injury to the skin that eventually fol
lows the use of these things. The first
essentials tdaflne complexion are good
food, fresh air and plenty of exercise;
but every girl has heard this so often
that to repeat it 1s to tell an old story.
A too free use of nuts and pickles will
. generally result in a patch of pimples.
Foul air and lack of exercise result In
ghastly pallor. No girl likes to have
her face shine and to avoid this she
should use either rice powder or pre
pared chalk, but beware of fancy
brands of powder that are composed
chiefly of white lead. - Nothing Is more
ruinous to the complexion.
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For an occasional pimple touch with
Pints of camphor. This will general
ly serve to rout the enemy if it is not
caused by some constitutional disor
der, in which dase Internal remedies
.Clone will effect a cure. Cold cream,
vaeeltaw and 'glycerine containing a
few drops of bensoin are excellent emol-
llents for qm at nlght-the same to be
thoroughly washed off in warm water
wir morning aner. Buttermilk Is an
; excellent wash or the skin and a few
drops of toMat ammonia or alcohol in
the wash Water are advisable as they
,;. are very. Invigorating. There Is noth
ing that will thoroughly remove
freckles. Lemon Juice used constantly
will tighten them somewhat and at the
- same time It will whiten the skin.
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Do without a fine dress but be sure
J and take care or your teeth. Not the
most perfect 'store teeth In the world
-f can recompense you for the loss of
, those given you by nature. The occa
, atonal m4 pulverized, charcoal as a
tooth powder 1s not Injurious, but the
constant use of It Is, as it serves to make
tiny breaks in the enamel. ..As good,
cheap, and harmless a powder as can
be used-Js the same recommended for
face use prepared chalk. Never uso
, Mln Wise teeth, a fine thread drawn
; between ithem .Is less Injurious and
. more agreeable. ,
"In- these days when every girl has a
. tnanloure set K is hardly necessary to
I mention the Malls. But don't polish
them too highly, that Is a mark of
vulgarity! and don't cut them .with
. scissors, the use of a tile Is more com
?' fnendsbhs. , ; ' . ;
"It you have a "scrawny neck, ion't
-.. wear' low-cut dresses.. or if you do, be
f, pure an use filmy lace or net to 'fill
in.' '; ., .' v ....
. 'C "Donl lace! Hi these oay a wasp
. J like waist Is not artlstlo and for this
woman ahouh) be' grateful. They can
' comfortable and stylish at the same
"time, in this particular, at least
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"A large hand and a large foot never
'i;look worse than when they are en
,., ( cased In oovertn too small for them.
; ' A word to the wise Is sufficient' T
' 'A' sweet low voice la an excellent
...hm in woman It Is ald that the
T ioat elsafmahl feature about the
American tfrrt it her rasping vole, ana
Information, Partly Grave,
and Partly Gay.
tl must be conceded that In the main
the accusation is true. A sweet voice
Is a rarity, and yet it can be readily
cultivated, and when it Is attained
there la no charm more potent. Es
chew that nasal twang and don't try to
strike high C, especially In public
places and public conveyances, for
there It is not only unmusical but 111
bred."' . : II II II
HOUSEHOLD HELPS:
Tou can drive nails Into hard wood With
out bending them if you dip them llrst in
lard.
Weak spots In a black silk waist may
be strengthened by "sticking" court plas
ter underneath.
Llcht scorch marks may be removed by
simply molBtenlng them with water and
laying lt the sun.
Kisks care be more quickly beaten by
adding a pinch of salt, which cools them,
so that they froth rapidly.
Centra cloth, embroideries and the like
are being reserved more exclusively for
luncheons than for dinners.
The bent way to set the dye of black
lisle thread hose Is to put a couple of good
pinches of common salt In the water, you
wash the hose in.
Ueautlful nupery, silver, china and glass
all set out with Keometrlc exactness, and
all exquisitely spotless and clean, are the
characteristics of the dinner table, and the
choicer and more costly and beautiful, tne
nearer is reached the standard of perfec
tion. To wash red table linen, use tepid water
with a little powdered borax (borax sets
the color ; hang to dry in a shady place.
The washing must be done separately
and done, quickly with very little soap, the
rlns:lng water should have a very little
starch In It. Iron when neurly dry.
A window without a shade is only half
dressed. lraperles may be dispensed with;
they are decorative, but shndes are essen
tial. They temper the llcht for the room
as .the lashes do for the eys; they dress the
window and at the sometime form a buck-
ground for the laces and stuffs of the dra
pery. A pretty article for hanging beside the
bureau to hold the button-hook and other
small articles is made of one of the wooden
eKRS ustd In stocking darning. At equal
distances around the centre screw in four
of the small brass hooks such as are used
on bangle boards, then paint tho bb white
and decorate with tiny flowers and attach
a ribbon to two opposite hooks to hang It
by. The ck may be gilded Instead cf
painted, If preferred.
For Coffee stains try putt.'ng glycerine
on the wrong side and wash I k It out with
lukewarm water. For rannrirry stains
weak ammonia and water Is tho best
Stains of fruit on good table linen ran be
removed without injury by using the fol
lowinjr with care: Pour boiling water on
chloride of lime, In the proportion of one
gallon to a quarter of a pound, bottlo H
cork It Well, and In using be careful not to
stir It. Lay the stain In this for a moment
then apply white vinegar and boil the
table linon.
What Is the truest economy in market
ing? It, says the New i'oik Times, is to
buy the best and most nutritious food ma
terial that the markets afford, and then
use those materials with cure. Nothing
need ever Imj wasted. 'Mooshroom stems,
left after sautelna mushrooms, may be
chopoeu fine and used for a sauce Horde
laise with the breakfast steak. Turkey
bones, cracked, make the nio-Mt delicious
soup. A cud or "left over" tomato will
season a soup or give the delicious sauce
beiloved of Mr. Pkrkwlck With his chops,
Bread crumbs dried In the oven and rolled
fine on the moulding board will do for
breadmg those same chops, or assist In
the creation of a scallop or a dressiuir. A
cup of sour milk will be the motif for a
Johnny-cake delicious morsel! Kits of
mutton, bam or veal shine resplendent In
salads, croquettes or cannelons. A saucer
of peas, a carrot, a few slices of beet, an
onion, a little asparngus, or a few string
beans, by the exercise or a little thought
and "a twist of the wrist," take on added
charms in an annetizlnir vegetable sa lad.
The yolks of eggs, debarred from being a
component part of an angel's cake, will
nil an uening void in a. custard or a sun
shine cake, whllo the whites of eggs re
malting ofter a mayonnaise dressing or a
creation "a la Newburw" will be promoted
to an angel's or delicate cake, or give the
crowning grace to a pudding in the guise
oi a meringue.
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EXCELLENT RECIPES:
Apple Pudding An aunle meringue oud
ding makes a dessert which will temot
every me.mber of the household. To pre
pare It the following Ingredients are neces
sary: One pint of stewed apples, three
eggs, whites and yolks separate; one-hair
onp of white sugar, one teaKpoonful of
miner, one leaspoonrui or nutmeg and cin
namon mixed and one teaspoonful essence
bitter almond for tho meringue. Sweeten
and spice, and while tho apple is still very
hot stir in the butter and, a little at a time,
the yolk of the eggs. Heat all light and
pour Into a buttered dish ami bake ten
minutes. Cover without drawing from the
oven, wrm a meringue made from the
ueiuen wnues or tne eggs, two tablespoon
fiHs of white sugar and the bitter almond
flavoring. Spread smoothly and quickly,
close the oven again and brown vrv
slightly. Kat cold with pounded sugar
mi ui over inu iwp ana nerve wu-n rt cream
insieu or sauce. xiew lorn world.
Cream Cookies To make cream cookies
take a cupful of sour cream, two cupfuls
oi sugar, six or ,siriei Hour, an egg, a
teaspoonrm or soma, one-third of a ten.
spoonful of salt and half an nutmeg. Dis
solve the soda in a tablespoonful of cold
water. Beat the egg till very light.- Add
the dissolved soda to the sour cream, then
stir the sugar, salt and egg Into the cream.
Keserve a small part of tho flour and add
the rest to the liquid mixture, finally add
ing the nutmeg grated. Sprinkle a board
with about two tablespoonfuls of flour,
and, after rolling a small piece of the
dough down to the thick, bnke In a quick
oven for six or seven minutes. When the
cakes got brown they will be baked sufll
ciently.
Tomato Salnd To prepare a salad of
lomaio aspec: strain one pint of tomatoes,
add one tenspoonf ul of alt, a saltspoonf ul
of pepper and a teaspoonful of onion Juice;
add a quarter of a box of gelatine. Put
aside for half an hour. Then bring to the
tootling point, and pour either Into tiny
vxayim wr miviun. rui away lo harden.
Make hnlf pint of mayonnaise dressing,
add one-half pint of whinned cream? mi.
carefully. When ready o serve arrange
on each individual plate three or four
preriy leuuce leaves. Turn out the to
mato Jelly, heap around the mnvnnnn:
sprinkle with finely chopped parsley or
crenn, aii.b k, uvin aigniiy ana good.
Lemon Salad A lemon salad is a Ger
man) aisn. rnai is mgmy recommended.
Pull the lettuce leaves In 1im ni..
eueese the Juice of a small lemon or half
of a large one into a tumbler, add a little
uirar, a nine water ana a good pinch of
salt, and pour the mixture all over the
salad.
Froxen Peach Pudding A dessert fit for
an epicure is a rrosen fruit pudding made
with ripe reaches. The ingredients neces
sary tn preparing it are one pint of rich
mMk, one pint of rich cream, whipped; one
pint of cut peaches, three yolks of eggs
and one and a half cups of sugar. Beat
the eggs well together with the sugar.
Bring ths milk to a boll and stir It care
fully into the and sugar. Return ft
to the kettle and stir over the fire until It
thickens slightly; do not let It boll or It
Will curdle. Set the custard aside to cool,
then freese. When partly t roxen add the
whipped cream. Turn a little longer, thtn
stir tn the peaches. Pack In a mold.
A Summer soup To prepare this soup
take two pounds of the neck of beef, a
quart of sliced tomatoes, a quart of com
sliced front the cob, three pints of water,
one tablespoonful of butter,- one of flour,
and salt and pepper to sutt the taste, put
the meat and water into a soup pot, and as
soort as the liquid begins to bell skim It
oKMfiNlr. Simmer for Uirae heura. thm
add the ,t ornate and corn coba. Cook for
hair an noun men iirata into another
kettle and add ths eorn, the Bow and but
ter mixed together and enough salt and
pepper to season well. Cook forty minutes
kiuger, then serve. New York World.
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HEALTH HINTS:
Kegardlng . Baby During the warm
weather the children's diet must be care
fully watched, as their tittle stomachs are
very sensitive. All their food should be
thoroughly cooked, and children under
three years of age should be allowed but a
very limited diet. The supper of bread
and milk may be varied by a bowl of
graham crackers and milk and occasion
ally a dish of viewed fruit may be added
to the evening meal. Don't let the baby
sleep on the same Me of Its little body
every night. It Is sure In time to prevent
its proper physical development. Constant
lying on oiwi side will make a difference in
the sixe of the limbs on that side and will
even retard the growth of that side of the
face. Very dangerous results come from
the practice of always sleeping In the same
position, and the watchful mother should
guard against these evils. If the baby is
not very strong rub his little body well
with good, pure olive oil right after ills
bath and he will be a plump as you could
desire in a few months. Bubles, of course,
should never be buthed Just after eating.
New York World.
The way to eat corn "Physician"
writes to the New York Sun: Now that
corn on the cob thus aiipeared upon our
dinner tables, may I suggest that It should
be eaten from the cob. and not cut off. or
if cut off at all. to be cut with a dull knife.
If the knife be sharp enough to make a
clean cut of the grain, it will also rut with
It the ligneoas substance tn which the
grain Is oinbedded. ami this substunce-ls
as indigestible as sawdust and Is quite ns
Irritating to the lining of the stomach and
bowls. In biting tho grain from the cob,
the wooily substimre is left on the cob, the
teeth pressing the grain from Its bed,
rather thun taking a part of its bed with It.
THE ORIGINAL TRILBY.
Do Maurter's Heroine a Famous English
Prima Honno-Shc, Too Had Her
Svcngall-A' Parallel for the Novelist's
Two Characters Fonnd la Actual Life.
According to the New York World,
Oeorge Uu (Maurler's heroine. Tril
by, was probably modeled after Mme.
Anna iHishop, and his Svengall after
Nicholas Charles llochsa, the eccentric
Uohfinlun maestro. The theory Is sup
ported by Frederic Lyater, once Bocha's
chorus master, and now well known in
New York as author, composer and
operatic manuger. Ann ltivlere, after-,
ward Lady Henry Hlshop, then Mme.
Anna Bishop, and at last Mrs. Meyer
Schultz, was not successful us a singer
until she fell In with Bochsa, then a
harpist In 'London.
This extraordinary personage was
chosen by Anna Bishop as her "guide,
philosopher and friend," and under hlB
Instructions and Influence she became
a singer of rare excellence. Hrler beau
tiful voice was modulated, her Intona
tion perfected, and evuintually, Bhe
broke away from tho restrictions im
posed upon her by tSlr Henry Bishop,
and started on a tour of the world
under the direction and management of
her teacher, 'llochsa, who from the first
established such complete control over
his pupil that she became a mere mar
ionette In his hunds.
She sang, as it were, because he
willed her to sing. She left her busi
ness as entirely In his hands ns if she
were a child and he her father. With
out him, she. was nothing; with him,
she was a great prima donna. On the
few -occasions when her maestro was
Incapacitated by Illness from tilling the
conductor's chair, and his place was
filled by another, her singing lost Its
style, tone and truth of execution.
Though she did not break down so ab
solutely as Trilby did on Wvengali's
sudden death, she showed plainly that
her Inspiration enme from her conduc
tor, and not from herself. Artistically,
she was a mere puppet of his will, and,
with all this, the connection between
the two was purely platonic and inno
cent Svcng all's Prototype.
Bochsa was a very aged man, sub
ject to a complication of diseases, and
the lust person In the world to attract
a young and beautiful woman's fancy,
save only in his professional capacity
as a great musiclun ami a man of such
extraordinary will power that with him
to order was to be obeyed. She was of
weak will, a calm, equable disposition,
one of the most amiable of women and
utterly devoid of passion or personal
vanity. Even In her attempted rivalry
to Jenny I.lnd in this country during
that great singer's season of triumph,
she wan never actuated by Jealousy or
ambition. She simply sang because
Bochsa willed her to sing, and troubled
herself not at all about the matter.
tSvengall-IJochsa Is reputed to have
had the same sensational dread of wa
ter, externally and Internally, that
Trilby's master was noted for.
"11 ne se balgnuit jamais," and his
taste in costume led him, as it does
most of his countrymen, to furred and
braided overcoats with barrel buttons
and elaborate frogs. In other respects
he was exceeding careless in his person.
He had also Svengairs aptitude In
speaking all languages equally Incor
rectly, lie used to say:
"I vos porn zu Prague, und I cannot
splk Cherman! I,llf many years ?.u
London, and I cannot splk Atigllschel
In Paris I pass oh fery long taime und
I cannot splk Vrentch! I haf no lang
vltch I cannot splk, noxzlng at all but
une deux dhree fower und dam!" and,
Indeed his instructions to the band
when he was conductor were couched
in language weird and wonderful. It
was a common-remark in the orchestra
that to look nt or listen to the conduc
tor meant ruin. But as a singing mas
ter and organizer of musical enter
tainments he was without a peer and
ninny years beyond his time. Is not
this Svengall to the life?
l)u Maurler Hears of Her.
There was a resort on the Strand,
where Telly's theater now stands, cele
brated by Thackery as the "Black
Kitchen," In which Jack Sharp, the
well known comic singer, of the time,
used to sing his own songs, mime of
them not as savory an they might be.
There was and Is still the "Cheshire
Cheese" In Wine Tavern court, off Flpet
street, where the print of Dr. Johnson's
wig can still be seen on the panels, and
which Is still celebrated for its beef
steak pies and toasted cheese. In such
places 'Du Maurler, then a very young
man, used to meet with other fellows,
and their conversation often ran upon
the extraordinary Influence exercised
by (Bochsa over Anna Bishop. In fact,
it was known to all the world of Lon
don. Du Maurler, then a young man-about-town,
knew Mme. Bishop well, anil he
was greatly impressed with the strange
hypnotlo Influence Bochsa had over
her. Du Maurler commented on it, and
declared tha't It was an admirable
theme for a novel.
Exactly I.Iks the Story.
An Incident occurred In Sydney, New
South Wales, which proves conclusively
the identity of Anna Bishop and Trilby
O'Ferrell. iBochsa's long and eventful
life was drawing to a close. He had
suffered long from hernia, and was sub
ject to spells of weakness that came
without warning, and caused him to
dose off in a kind of coma.
At a concert in the town hall Mme.
Bishop had come on the platform to
give her exquisite rendering of "Home,
Sweet Home," Just as she had reached
the middle of the air Bochsa was seised
with one of his attacks and leaned
back In the conductor's chair, partly
Insensible. Instantly her voles ceased. .
She trembled, turned pale and tot
tered off the stage, and not until the
old man recovered was she able to go
on with her part of -the programme,
This was evidently the Incident so ad
mirably worked up by Du Maurler In
the traglo scene of Svengall's death;
and It was not the only occasion on
which, the same thing happened.
In (Melbourne, while she was singing
"I Know that My Redeemer Uveth,",
In a performance- of Handel's "Mes
siah," a similar falntness attacked
Bochsa: he dropped his baton and she
ceased to sing, On this occasion, how
ever, ha speedily recovered and the per
formanoe went on, ' the audience re
garding the break at a mare accidental
hesitation due to her lapse of memory.
The old man died soon after, and was
buried in the cemetery at Sydney. A
handsome' monument was erected over
his grave, which was dedicated to his
memory by his faithful and attached
pupil and friend, Anna Bishop. .
UNIVERSAL PRESS CONGRESS.
Newspaper Mea of All Nations to Gather
la Hordcaax Meat September.
The second International Press league
meeting will be held at Bordeaux,
France, In September. An effort Is
making to secure the representation
of the American press, and an excep
tionally cordial invitation has been ex
tended to American writers to send
delegates.
The title International Press league
was . assumed by rhe Federation of
United States Press clubs in 18U1. but
they have never Justified it by affilia
tion wlthj foreign ogantxatlons. The
European league held its first congress
last year at Antwerp during the expo
sition. Nearly every civilized country
was represented. South America and
New Zealand sent delegates. England
sent tlie officers of her great newspaper
organization, the Institute of Journal
ists, which has a membership of 4.000.
The United States was represented only
by a foreign newspaper man. Paul Ol
ker, who lives in London, and Is regis
tered as correspondent of American
Journals. He was delegated to act for
the Oerman Press club of San Fran
cisco. -
THE TOMB OF BURNS.
What woos the world to yonder shrine?
What sacred clay, what dust divine?
Was this some master faultless-nne(
In whom we prise
The cunning of the Jeweled line
And craven phrase?
A searcher of our source and goal,
A reader of Hod's secret iicroll?
A Shakespeare, flashing o'er the wholo
Of mun's domain
The splendor or his cloudless soul
And perfect brain?
Some Keats, to Grecian gods allied,
t'losplng all beauty us his bride?
Some Shelley, souring dtni-descrled .
Above Time's throntr.
And heavenwurd hulling wild and wide
His spear of song? .
A lonely Wordsworth, from the crowd
Ilair-htd In light, half-veiled tn cloud?
A sphere-born Milton, cold and proud,
In hallowing dews
Dipt, and with gorgeous ritual vowed
Unto the Must)'.'
Nay, none of these and little skilled
t)n heavenly heights to sing and build!
Thine, thine, U Earth, whose fields he
tilled,
And thine alone.
Was he whose fiery heart Tries stilled
'Neath yonder stone.
He came when poets had forgot
How rich and strange the human lot!
How warm the tints of life: how hot
Are Ixivo and Hate;
And what makes Truth divine, and what
Makes Manhood great.
A ghostly troop, in pnle amaze
They melted 'neath that living gaze
His In whose spirit's gusty blaze
Wo seem to hear
The crackling of their phantom bays
Sapiens and serel
For, 'mid an age of dust and dearth,
nice more had bloomed immortal worth,
There, In the strong, splenetic North,
The Spring begun.
A mighty mother had brought forth
A mlghly man.
No mystic torch through Time ho bore.
No virgin veil from Life he tore;
His soul no bright Insignia wore
or starry birth;
He saw what all men see-no more
. In heaven and earth.
But as, when thunder crashes nigh,
All darkness opes one flaming eye.
And the world leaps Hgulst the sky
So llery clear
Did the old truths that we pass by
To him appear.
How could ho 'scape the doom of such
As feel the airiest phantom touch
Keenlk-r than others feel the clutch
Of Iron powers
Who die of having lived so much
In their large hours?
He erred, he sinned; and If there be
Who, from his hapless frailties free.
Kith In the poorer virtues, see
Ills faults alone
To such, O Lord of Charity,
Be mercy shown!
Singly he faced the bigot brood.
The meanly wise, the feebly good;
Ho pelted them with pearl, with mudj
He fought them well
But ah, the stupid million stood,
And he he fell!
All bright and glorious a the start,
'Twos his ignobly to depart.
Slain by his own too nfllueht heart,
Too generous blood;.
And blindly, having Inst Life's chart,
, To meet death's flood.
So closes the fnnlnstlc fray,
Tho duel of spirit nnd clay! '
So come bewildering disarray I
And blurring gloom, ' '
The Irredeemable day
And final gloom. -
So passes all confusedly
As lights that hurry, shapes that flee
About some brink we dimly see.
The trivial, great,
Squalid, majestic tragedy
Of human' fate.
Not ours tn gauge tho more or less,
The will's defect, the blood's excess,
The earthly humor that oppress
That radiant mind.
Ills greatness, not his littleness, -
Concerns mankind.
A dreamer of the common dreams)
A fisher In familiar streams,
He chased the transitory gleams
That all pursue;
But on his Hps the eternal themes
Again were new.
With shattering Ire or withering mirth
He smote each worthies claim to worth.
The barren fig tree cumbering earth
lie would not spare.
Through ancient lies of proudest birth
Ho drove his share.
To him the powers that formed him brave,
Yet weak to breast the fatal wave,
A mighty craft of hatred gave
A gift above
All other gift's beneflc, save . ;
The gift, of love.
He saw 'tis .meet that man possess
The will to curse us well as bless,
To pity and be pitiless, '
' ' To make, and mar: :
The fierceness that from, tenderness
Is never fur,
And so his fierce and tender strain
Lives, .and his Idlest Words' remain
To flout oblivion, that In vain
'Strives to destroy
One lightest recdrd, of his pain
r : or of his Joy,' ! ,
And though thrloe statelier names decay,
His own rah wither not away
While plighted lass and. lad shall stray
Among the broom.
Where evening touches glen and brae
With rosy gloom;
While hope and love with youth abide)
While age sits at the ingleslde;
While yet there have not wholly died
The heroic fires.
The patriot passion, and the pride
. In noble sires;
While, with the conquering Saxon breed
Whose fair estate of speech nnd deed
Heritors north and south of Tweed .
Alike may claim, -The
dimly mingled Celtic seed
Flowers like a flame; , " .'
While nations see In 'holy trance -The
vision of the world's advance
Which glnrlfied his countenance
When from afar
He hailed the hope that shot o'er France
, , Its crimson star;. .... .
White, plumed for flight the sou deplores
The cage that foils the wing that soars;
And while, through admantlns doors
In dreams flung wide, '
We hear resound on mortal shore '
The Immortal tide.
William Watson In London Spectator.
Pacts ; Disclosed by"
Psychical Research.
Seem Like Fairy Tales but Which Are Said
To Be Queer Occurrences Fully Verified.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
-Some strange experiments were tried
In Kngland a year or two ago. the ob
ject of which was to test the possibility
or communicating sensations and ideas
by other than the usual modes. In the
course of these experiments, in which
elaborate precautions were taken to
preclude collusion, previous knowledge
or detection through the recognized
senses, it was found that within two
or three minutes after one person had
tasted salt, vinegar, sugar and other
familiar substances a second person
also, who was Isolated behind a screen,
hud such a perception of the flavor as to
be able to identify and' name it before
several witnesses. In a like manner it
was proved that an intellectual con
ception of some simple mathematical
design could be transmitted from one
mind to another when the usual chan
nels of Communication were carefully
stopped. In this way it was shown
that some people are strangely suscep
tible to impressions produced by the
physical sensations of others. This
phenomenon Is known as telepathy, al
though the term as commonly used Is
comprehensive enough to include the
same sort of discernment of emotion
as well.
.Persons who can be thus Influenced
while in their normal condition and not
In a hypnotic trance, and who manifest
In other ways about to be mentioned
this strange supernormal perceptive
power, are sometimes called "sensa
tlves" or "physics." And to many ex
perts In psychology the phenomena
themselves render credible and par
tially explain many perplexlnjg and
wonderful stories which a few years ngo
would have been disbelieved altogether.
Thus, a man on a ship nt sea receives
a sudden and inexplicable Intimation
that something dreadful and unex
pected hus Just happened; weeks later,
he learns that at that very hour his
wife or sweetheart, thousands of miles
away, expired. Perhaps, at the mo
ment of the premonition, he sees the
face of the dear one, wearing an ex
pression of profound love and sorrow.
Or, a woman wakes in the night, hear
ing, us she thinks,' a cry of distress
from her now grown-up brother, whom,
In his childhood, she had tenderly
cared for. At this time his home is 300
miles away. Next morning she writes
him a letter, describing the Incident,
nnd asking If all is well with lilm.
This missive, on the road, crosses one
from him, in which he mentions that
nt that very hour he had a vivid
dream, in which he was a little boy
again and In some painful plight, and
appealed to her for help. Scores, even
hundreds, of such Incidents may be re
lated. Once they would have been
sneered nt or treated merely as coinci
dences. Sow, however, it is believed
that in some of these cases there have
occurred unintentional, but real, com
munication. The scientific demonstra
tion of the genuineness of telepathy
and thought transference In special
cases impnrts a new Importance to well
attested stories of the kind alluded to.
Kxperiments are being made In volun
tary communication by the strange
methods here described. 'And an addi
tional theory Is offered to assist people
In explaining whatever may be genuine
In clairvoyance, clalraudlence and psy
chometry. Kntltlcd to Respect.
Reports of still another set of once
discredited phenomena, phjr.tnsms of
people who reside or sojourn nt a dis
tance. If, Indeed, they have rJ departed
this life, are now thought to Ibe en
titled to respect and perhaps credence,
and nut necessarily the product of su
perstition of diseased Imagination.
Thus, In a paper read at Columbia col
lege a few evenings ago by J)r. Rich
ard Hodgson, of Boston, the chief
American representative of the Society
for Physical 'Research, an English lady
made some statements which would
once have been regarded as pure fabri
cations, but nre now accepted as worthy
of careful attention, If not of unre
served belief. 'Mrs. X. is well known
among literary and scientific people
In her own country jfis an Intellectual,
conscientious, .Pi-nslble and ruggedly
healthy woman, who, in addition to
feeling a deep Interest In psychical re
search, is herself possessed of what
seem to be exceptional faculties. Dur
ing the last few years, she says In this
paper, she has had many experiences
like those mentioned here. Whllo look
ing earnestly at a person whom she
meets for tho .first time, and about
whom she has had no Information,
shy perceives an attendant human fig
ure, which Is visible to no one else,
nnd which proves, upon subsequent In
qt'Iry, to have been symbolic or repre
sentative of the principal's character
nnd attainments, or of some Incident In
his career. Thus, on meeting for the
first time the husbnnd of a dear friend,
she ODterved continually for hours an
lnagi, quite unlike him In Its youthful
appearnnce and other aspects, always
haunting him. It bore a horror-strldc-en
face nnd maintained an attitude of
fear and pain. Eventually she d'.fcov
ered thai, ns a boy at school, he had
been PiU'lty of some offense for which
he had been compelled to run the gaunt
let among his schoolmates. In like
manner beside a stranger whom she
had a chance to observe for several
minutes before being Introduced, and
as to whose Identity she had no clew,
she discerned a figure suggestive of a
Hindoo monk. The man really had
lived in India, and was well versed in
the philosophies and religion of that
"country.
Experience of a Travoter.
There Is quite a different kind of a
story told by r. Hodgson during his
recent visit to the metropolis. A law
yer whose homo is 1n New York elate
was on a railway itraln one- Saturday,
bound for a certain New England vil
lage whilch he was particularly deRlrous
of reaching that might. The conductor
informed him, howevor, -that the second
train, to wthleh ho would be transferred
nt Schenectady, was due In Troy at'
11:05 p. im., or five minutes after a third
train, the last one that night, left the
latter city on the Hooslc Tunnel lime
for the man's destination. There was,
therefore, apparently no chance of get
ting through. Soon nfter the coruvwui.
tlon which developed thl'S annoying sit
uation itermlnatal, and while the law
yer sait wrapped in contemplation, he
felt a mysterious impulse to write, J-,e
knew nolt what, on a piece of pew
Upon examination he discovered these
words, or words of the eame import
"Tou .will fcure-ly -reach B tonight '
When he boarded Wie olhr train at
Schieotady he tried to- get some con
firmation of the hope thue held out
though keejlng the strange incident
to- tuimself. But broke-mem nnd w,i
tor gave fhfm ithe eome replies he had-
receiveu wierr, neventneicss the cu
rknr agency that previously guided
hfrs hand impelled him Ito write ones
more, and his message simply corrob
orated the other. At Vep-yth the eectmd
conductor hunted Hilar, up, rtrW R flla.
8TalIL the tttac3 entering and leav
ing Troy and Showed him how a nimble
ma,rf might Irap from the Central train
while K .was etowily approaching the
statlon:Tun thirowgh a certain conve
nient crews sxreet and Intercept the
outgoing Hoomo tunnel tram before
It had aoojulred iroudh- speed. Thin the
man did, and he com-nrehmli hi !,..
ilhat evening. The lawyer's own exnla
naitlon of the affair was- thatt the epirlt
of some oeceaeedi friend nniMiu vj.
hand and conveyed the comforting aa-
' U.i ' "rTT"' thinks
n. "" W'' lo exhamrt, before
adortteff rart tfwory. all other posalble
explanations that hatm awun4iaVTl
haps the mysterious messages were tel-
epaitmoa-uy but unconsciously sent by
the second conductor, who bad doubt
less had occasion- before this to give
such Information intentionally, but
probably was not -thinking of it at the
time when the traveler experienced his
first blind IncltrvaiUon, to write.
Hypnotism Key to Automatic Writing.
The phenomena of hypnot&m may be
quoted further in Illustration of this
Idea of "multiplex personality," which
Is offered as a key to -the puxzle of auto
mat lo writing. In many cases the pa
tient shows quite a different' mental
or moral character (n or after the
trance. A certain tYenoh peasant,
Mme. B., while in her normal state wis
stolid In .temperament and of an humble
disposition; -but In a hypnotic condi
tion, without any suggestions from
others, pJie was the emfbodimcnt of
childish glee and un. On the other
hand, a paltlent of Dr. -ltlchet before
taring hypnotized was lively, and after
ward serious and dignified, with a per
ceptfblo nccese of natural Intelligence.
Jeanne Sch , a criminal lunatic -in
the Salpe-triere, Paris, was for a time so
violent that it man necessary to confine
her in a strait-Jacket, and her vicious
propensities) were simply shocking.
After placing her in a hypnotic state
and giving hr soothing suggestions
several -times, HI. Auguste Voislm ren
dered her s 'tiractablo that she amiably
obeyed orders and became industrious.
What Is mure, she evinced voluntary
ropenltaince for her sins, and thereafter
led a correct life.
The remarkable case of Ansel Bourne,
the Rhode Inland clergyman, who mys
teriously di-sapiM-ared and then turned
up as a retail merchant In, Norrlstown,
Pa., may possibly strengthen the theory
of "multiple ceniters of conBclousnwss."
As A. J. Brown. In V.ye latter city, -he
had no recollection of his 'former life
or Ulentilty. It was clearly an honest
change In the man, "however explain
able. He wart as oomph-tely oblivious
of his old friends and pursuits as a
main who has been under rhe influence
of ether for a surgical operation is,
afteir regaining consciousness, of the
pain Indicted during the ordeal, al
though he may have cried out while
fully controlled by anesthetics. , Or, to
use another comjiarlson, he m as for
getful as a somnambulist is, em awak
ening, of bis conddctt during the trance.
Bourne had, bo far as is known, only
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WELSH JOTTINGS.
St. Nicholas and St. TTIlnry in the Vale
were towns when In 1I2S they were bu.nt
by Hywel Mcredydd and his followers.
Tallesln, the klnir of all rhe Welsh bards,
died and was burled near Uyn Gelrioiiydd.
J. Bury Thomas, of the Baptist college,
Aberystwyth, has been invited to the pas
torate of Talgarth Baptist church.
Stone circles are still to be seen In Wales,
thouich many of them are partially de
stroyed. They Include the M.-lneU Hirion,
near Penmoenmawr; the Buarth Arthur at
fulanboldy, in Carmarthen,; two ciTclea
near Trecastle.Brecon; one at Nant-y-nod.
near Aberystwyth; one at Aber in Car
narvonshire; one near Brymcoch: and one
at Nevern, in Pembrokeshire. There are
also circles at Marcross, In the Vale; near
St Crynach's Well, Pembroke; at Clenen
ney; two near Snowdon-; one at Drumaa
Hill, Neath; and two in Merionethshire.
Mr. Warmlnuton, whose Monmouthshire
renunciation hus made him more famous
than a seat in parliament would have
made hrm. Is a barrister with a big prac
tice and a delightful house in Sussex. One.
of the Murrletm houses, close by Wad
hurst, he bought (says the New Budget)
for a sum ridiculously lower than its for
mer munificent owner bod spent upon rt.
Its stables were splendidly stocked in ths
old days, but they are nearly empty now.
Mr. Warmington's tastes are not towards
horses. Mrs. Warmlngton who has mads
some speeches during the Welsh campaign.
Is the gentlest of her sex.
Mr. David Jones, of CUfynydd, is fast
making a record for himself at the royal
Academy of Music Out of twenty-thre,
candidates this promising young vocalist
was last week numbered among the three
successful in winning the bronze medal.
nO Tuesday noght he was given a promi
nent position! in the programme of an or
chestral concert.held under the conductor
ship of Sir A. C. Mackenzie, in St. Jtunes
Hall, and the Morning critic writes tn
flattering terms of his re-ndertng of Verdi's
"O, Tu Palermo" (I Vesprl Sicilian!). Mr.
David Jones It the son of Mr. Philip Jones,
manager of the Albion colliery, Fonty
priild, and his success! la all the more
gratifying from the fact that his entrance
Into the academy, dates back toi only, etch
teen months.
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