The Johnstown Democrat.
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FRIJDAY MORNING,
No. Ifiß FRANKLIN STREET,
JOHN SO nN, CAMBRIA CO., PA.
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L. 1). WOODKITK,
Editor and Publisher,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1889.
THE CHICAGO HERALD ON MLCLEVE
LAND.
Hew York Sun,,
A remarkably frank disclosure of
opinion Is now made by the Chicago Her
ald. a newspaper which many of our rea
ders know as one of the strongest and
ablest supporters of Mr. Cleveland's
during the term of his administration. An
editorial article on the Past and Future of
the Democracy that appealed in the Herald
Of Saturday last is well worth reproduc
ing here in full:
" The Hemic, believes a feeling Is growing In
the minds of Western Democrats that the de_
cat of Grover Cleveland was due to causes, aside
from the lavish use of Republican and monopoly
iponey, which might have been removed; iha t
now, when there Is an opportunity to examine
the record, and when all occasion for self-decep
tion Is passed, It Is reasonably clear to most
Democrats that, notwithstanding the Integrity,
ilie high purpose, and the excellent tone of the
Cleveland Administration, there was a fataj
Weakness about It, and that, even If success had
been achieved last fall, the seconb term of Mr.
Cleveland would have failed as signally as did
the first In reaching the lofty ideal upon which
the numerically triumphant Democracy had
fixed its eyes.
"What this weakness was It Is well lor al]
Uien to know, because it is none too soon to be
gin the work of reuniting, reltisplrlug, and relti-
Tlgoratlng the magnificent political organiza
tion which has been temporarily disrupted by
an unexpected and undeserved defeat.
"The words of a distinguished Wisconsin
Democrat wbleli appear in the Herala to-day are
true. In the administration of Grover Cleve
land there was too much Cleveland and too ut
ile Democracy . There was too much aristocracy
and too little Democracy. There was too much
Of a disposition to consult the wishes of Re
publicans and to Ignore the wishes of Demo
crats. There were too many apologies, too much
Humility, too much sensitiveness to Mugwump
criticism, too many ante-chambers, too many
lackeys, and too many card hearers. It honored
dhd It discredited Democrats at one and t' o
aamo time. It called Into places of great con-
Spiculty some of the foremost donkeys of the
age. It left In retirement the heroes of a party
tvhlch, even In defeat, never faltered In Its de
votion to principle, and w lit eh, In victory, de
served from Its own creatures something better
than de.islon and neglect.
VTuese are truths which the Hernia would j
like to impress upon the Democrats of the west.
They must also be Impressed upou all Demo
Cratlc leaders, present and prospective, t'o the
CXtcnt-that an aspl'ant for such honors as the
Democratic party has to confer, can appreciate
and profit by the mistakes of Mr. Cleveland, to
that extent Ue will fit liimseil lor leudership-
The Herald was among Mr. Cleveland's most
ardent supporters, and It Is not now questioning
Cither his Integrity or his general fitness for the
Places of trust , but it Is not blind to the defects
in a character which lucked only a few things of
greatness. If Mr. Cleveland is to hope lor a re
newal of Democratic confidence and support
there must be some evidence that they will not
be abused and betrayed."
The distinguished Wisconsin Democrat
whom the Chicago Herald mentions with
out giving his name is not less outspoken
than the newspaper itself. He reports
that Mr. Cleveland "has no great strength
with the Democraey of Wisconsis," and
adds that the whole period of ilie Cleve
land Administration seems to most of the
Democrats of that State like a dream. As
he expresses it, "a common remark am ong
tbem that the four years from Match
1885, until March, 1889, covered a period
of Mugwumpism rather than an olympiad
of Democracy." The result in Wiscon
sin was that, while that State had been
raffher boastfully claimed by Mr. Cleve
land's immediate friends as likely to cast
its clectorial vote for the Democratic
ticket, tho Republican majority there
was greatly increased. This is strictly
true, Harrison's majority over Cleveland
in Wisconsin in 1888 was almost exactly
fifty fifty per cent, greater than Blaine's
majority over Cleveland yi 1884.
It will be observed that the opiuion of
the Chicago Ilerald, like that of the dis
tinguished Wisconsin Democrat whose
views it publishes, is based on consider
ations wholly apart from the tariff ques
tion or the general policy of Mr. Cleve
land with regard to tthe tariff. The
criticisms and objections relate to per
sonal qualities only. " There was too
much Cleveland, and too little Democ
racy. and the Hearald'e comprehensive
remark. The Wisconsin Democrat am
plifies the same idea, and exhibits in 1
detail the personal characteristics which
brought disaster when every condition
outside of the White House promised ,
victory, and which wrecked Democratic ]
hopes in smooth waters, where there was
plain sailing :
"It is not necessary for me to dteciibe the '
.: disappointments which Cleveland's stolidity
caused those powerful elements in tUe parly. (
He had no soul. Re was without sentiment (
He was Ignorant of Democracy's aspirations. ,
He evidently had no appreciation ot the fervor
with which his party clung to its old-time j
leadqrs. He certainly could have no apprecla- j
tlon of the devotion to principle which netu- t
ated that magnificent organization during the i
, twenty-five years of Its exile from power He f
was timid when he should have been bold; he (
was harsh when he shonld have been kind. He t
qualle dbefore the eye of a Mugwump; he was c
first of all to cast obloquy upon a Democrat. He r
feared the Republicans : lie was guided by their t:
criticism. He never once yielded to Demo- c
Cratlc entreaty or clamor. That Is where he
failed. His administratlon wns not a Demo- tl
eratlc administration In a political sense. I do ('
Do t think hean ever again be made the leam-r o
iot his party. If he 1 ashamed of it, then It must
, be ashamed of him." 1
The Chicago Herald sees very e'early '
now what the trouble was in 1884. It
perceives, likewise, that if Mr. Cleve
land had been elected again by another
political accident, his second term would
have proved to the Democracy as great a
! disapointment as the first term is now
! candidly admitted to have been. Tbe
j weakness was not in the Democracy or
' tn the Democracy's position on the battle
, ground. It began and ended with those
( defects of personal character which arc
now so faithfully portrayed with a friedly
hand. Tlic success of the Democratic
party in the future depends upon its abil
ity to understand and profit by the lesson
jof the past four years. The leader who is
to lead our magnificent organization to
victory must be a man with qualities op
posite to those of Mr. Cleveland. He
must be a Democrat.
The conclusions of the Chicago Herald
are irresistible,and they were reached long
ago by other and equally loyal and disin
terested friends of the Democratic cause.
They derive additional force, liowover,
from the fact that this vigorous presenta
tion of generally recognized facts comes
from a newspaper which regarded it as its
duty to stand by Mr. Cleveland to the end
of his political career, and which has been
properly numbered among his most
ardent supporters. The Herald has ren
dered the Democratic party a service
which no Cleveland newspaper, of the
i East or of the West, was better qualified
to perform.
,IUST SO.
If, us tbe greatest of all poets has
written, " there is a divinity that shapes
our end. rough hew it as we may," why
limit the controlling influence to indi
vidual life ? It requires no greater exer
cise of faith to believe it true of nations
us of individuals. And come to think of
it, we believe that the idea of government
being under the guidance of the Supreme
Being is a tenet in most of the religious
creeds, and, accordingly, days of fast
ing in calamitous times have been ap
pointed and observed in this country, and
thanksgiving days are annual occurrences.
If God has nothing to do in our national
affairs and in our governmental matters
why have streh days? Why confess to
Him, or pray to Him, or give thanks to
Him ?
In all troublesome times such as war
the great question has always been on
whose side is He ? While many who study
history say, with NapSleon Bonaparte,
that lie is always " on the side that has
the heaviest artillery," the thoroughly or
thodox say Ue is always on the side of
right. But in great conflicts, people
differ so widely as to which side is right,
as to confuse those of little faith; and
euuse their., not infrequently, to say the
belief in tile Divine Being deciding the
late of a battle is a relic of barbarism.
We all rginembcr that iii our late war
with the south, people of thesame denom
inational faith, believed God was on their
side according to where they lived. Those
south of Mason & Dixon's Hue claimed He
was ou their side, while those living
north of said line generally believed He
was on their side. Both sections of the
Union prayed, confessed and gave thauks
to the same Being, and took pleasure in
believing He was fighting their battles.
At least they loudly said so.
But war aside, what have we to say on
the question ot politics? Has God any
thing to do with our American politics?
If He shapes individual matters, it fol
lows logically that Ho has something
to do with our affairs when united
socially, politically or " otherwisely.*'
And this lends to the very delicate and
difficult question as to the side He is ou in
our national polities. But whatever
trouble we or any oue else may have in
solving the problem, in view of the re
spective claims of Democrats and Repub
licans, and they are quite as conflicting
as were those put forth by both the north
and south during the war of the rebellion
—whatever trouble others may have in
reaching a conclusion, there is one man
at least whose faith admits of no doubt.
Capt. John C. Nightingill, of Alexan
dria, Va., who is not only among its
oldest citizens, but tbe oldest Democrat
of that region, and whose political prog
nostications and weather prophecies are
all made upon certain signs in the
heavens, in a recent interview, said :
" I think the cause of the heavy loss of
life by water and the extraordinary loss
of property by. fire in this country dui ing
the present year is due entirely to the
fact that the Republican party is in con
trol of the nation's affair*. There never
has been a Republican administration
within my recollection that has not been
attended by great loss of life and prop
•rty, and the great Ruler of nil things
has never failed to express his indigna.
tion of Republican control ou inaugura
tion day by giving such a day for the
ceremonies as would make even a Lap
lander ashamed of the party.
"The country has always had bad weath
or and bad morals under Republican
rule, while good weather, peace and
plenty have always followed Democratic
rule. This is no idfe fancy, but cold
fact, ard you can put this prophesy
down, that the Lord never lias and never
will smile on the Republican party.
"The present administration received
its warning on the last 4th of March, and
if you have been an observer you have no
ticed the terrible public calamities since
iis advent Just think of the Johnstown
flood, Seattle and-Spokane Falls fires, the
Cromo murder and the Tunuer episode. I
tell you that unless the Democrats get
control the country will go 'o ruin. I
regret to say that Harrison's Administra
tion will continue as it has begun, and the
country must suffer."
Now, then, go to ye boasting fellows of
the great •' God-and-morality" party.
Lease your vain claim of being the salt
of the earth after this.
| DECREES OF FASHION.
BBAVXII'CJJ COS CHITS FOX TUB SEA
SOS AT HAST).
Design fbr a Charming Indoor Toilet,
to he Trimmed With lloiettee—Hats
and Costume* Worn by u Mother and
Daughter—The Latent Style for Ar
ranging the Hair.
A charming Indoor toilet dress which
1b given a very pretty effect by being
trimmed with rosettes, is gotten o.i
thus, the illustration giving a very fa r
idea of its make up:
For the rosettes on this dress to be
made of iino white woollen stuff pale
colored fouie or
jji'. .*&, faille, difioroir
widths of ribbon
VI" 'a may bo used, but
great care must
be taken that the
$ l single loop are
LI ] - 'I-'HE
I / .yJn{ 1 foundation skirt
k-J s.Qtf f | is covered with
VfegreyT'A ] silk laid in flat
> WflSh I pleats in front
antl at t ' lo sides,
.'tew and sewn out in
small tucks at the
A&iwN,- TO flower edge; the
WMY IIM V® aft being visible
IIM $ °*"v y °° n B ' u b
%||| 11111 /, S™/< panels sloped oft
Ifffll till; below, and sot ori
INDOOR TOILET TRIM- front and at the
MED WITH ROSETTES, sides, while the
back breadths and backs are cut in one.
Hooks and eyos faston tho bodice in
visibly, trimmed at the neck and siooves
with rosette loops, to bo sewn on a piece
of tapo or a narrow stuff stripe without
this being seen. Tho pocket tabs set
on to tho lower odgo of tho bodice are
5 1-2 lnchos high, 8 5-8 inches wide above
and 9 3-4 below. The skirt parts, if
made of woollon stuff, must bo lined with
white silk, while silk materials only re
quire to bo doubio and rtiounteU on a
layer of stuff muslin, and so forth.
There are few modes in many year.-
which huve been so acceptable and so
useful as tho jersey waist, and uo.\
when it reappears in a newer weave it is
equally serviceable and somewhat more
elegant. Improvements have been made
from time to time in its out and finish
until from tho rough garments made in
imitation of the sailor's jersey it has be
come a corsage lit to accompany any el
egant street costume. The new jersey
cloth or drap olastique finds many ad
mirers and will be popular not alono for
insido house jackets but for early fall.
There are models in shooting jackets
and othor short street jackets which will
prove very acceptable and which are
capable of a very snug and elogant fit. A
simple finish of gold cord is all that any
ol'the short jackets have and it is quite
enough.
The hats illustrated herewith war
worn by a mother and her daughi r
while driving, and certainly were such as
to causo many A
eyes to be fas
tened on them as
tholr fashionable
turn-out proceed- .ifef!/-' - N
oil on its way.
Tho mother, who
was quite hand
some, and with
long Spanish 1
lashes over dark I r _y
eyeß, wo re a V
doubio - crowned s/A
bonnet, just like (ML, Jyjß
(ho old-fashioned W^dY/^^^Y.
poko of forty MAj /^VA
years ago, but S
the lower crown THE DOUBLE-CROWX
served in place BONNET.
of the immense waterfall worn at that
time.
The bonnot was a delicate biscuit colo .
and a quilting of laco of tho same
color rested against the dark hair. This
quilting was fastenod all about the brim
and filled the poko front. A double row
of vivid little crimson (lowers went
about both crowns, and a cluster of toft
feathers in biscuit und shading to deep
crimson toppled over the front.
Two long strings of garnet velvet tied
under the left ear, and altogether it wa
the oddest bonnet over seen out of a
fashion plate. Hut It was vastly be
coming, and gavo just the right shado
of color to the dress of biscuit an I
brown faille trimmed with gold embroi
dory.
The daughter's hat was just a bit
rakish, but all of tho new fall hats huve
the same effect. It was perfectly Hat
and oval in shape,
uucl ol ' crimson
crepe de chene.
The brim, which
MMEgyapr was three inches
j wide in the back
jagXTCs 1 and six in the
MifySillii front, was finely
plaided from the
crown out, uu-l
nllf- !V*Vv\v*J\ \ was tho sumo on
) J- both sides.
\V, ij W'/ ivu 4 J The orown wa
. IS J a great crimson
SOMEWHAT RAKISH, flower made of
velvet and with a center of little crimson
berries, and a similar flower, but a quar
ter the 8 zo, drooped at the back under
tho brim. The girl hud soft, brown hair
and a piquant profile, and her dress was
a military affair of crimson cloth,
braided in arabesques of black.
Scar-et and yollow and the odd shales
in green and brown are to bo the fash
ionable stiados this fall.
Any lady who wants to have her hair
in the latest way, must crimp or curl the
front part, then co.-.ib all the back hair
up to the crowu of her head and tie it;
braid in one long, soft braid, and then
carry the braid flat against the head
down to the first vertebra- bone, turn it up
ana take it back to the starting point, and
form the three ends into a pretty rosotte
ui puffs like a bow of ribbon; fa-ten tho
braid with little jewelled pins, and ourl
the extreme ends and let them hang on
either aiue.
If the hair is short, a switch must be
had for the bo.v-knot on the top, and the
little eurlu, and more for the braid. But
for short hair thero is a fashionable coif
fure that Is in vogue among a few. It
has its disadvantages, of course, and is
not suitable for street wear. It is called
the Guinevere coiffure.
Any one who wants to try its becom
ingness. m ret put her hair under the
curling iron and curl it in three or a
a dozen thick curls, then comb them out
into waves except the extreme ends.
Then get two postiehes and faston them
at the sides.
A postlehe is a piece of curled halt
fastenod to a comb to fill up gaps that
should be covered.
Diminutive gold vases, ornamented
with circles of dlam nJs, are a late
fancy in queen pendants.
Of a fanciful order is a brooch of three
gold acorns, with opal top , su-ponded
from a gold wiro branch.
A notable addition to bronzo papci
weights Is a huge hate hot, the blade oi
which contains a penwiper.
A COST OirKr.lTTfO FOR t I'.'OO.
It Is Suitable far a ftrm, Vtllago or
.Suburban Situation.
We illustrate herewith a home-liko and
sightly dwelling house for a farm, vil
lage or suburban situation. The per
, epective view, Fig. 1, shows an unpre
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PIG. I.—FINISHED HOUSE,
tending house with umple verandas und
broadly-overhanging eaves, ominently
suitable for a largo lot.
The first floor plan is shown in Fig. 2.
Tito hall, which is entered diroctly from
the veranda, is a spacious apartment,
wholly unlike the narrow, dreurv stuir
hall, which is almost universal in this
■country. This hull has u broad, open
fireplace in one corner and is furnished
with -'itt.-i to luako it a pleasant and elo
gant reception room.
A bri .-id opening, whioh is hung with
a curtain, loads from the hall to the
dining room, to which a bright, ei orful
aspect ts given by an open liropla and
a large bay window, the latter oi which
may be converted into a conservatory, if
desired, by means of a glass partition.
The parlor is wholly apart from tho re to
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PIO 2.— FIRST FLOOR,
the house and is furnished with a cozy
corner, well lighted and furnished with
li ■ 1 seatß.
Tne kitchen is fitted up with all con
veniences, and is so separated from the
- ther rooms of the house that the odois
ui cookery cannot penetrate them. The
scond floor, of- which Fig. 3 si o : ilio
plan, conta.n3 throe roomy chambers,
a. bath room and amplo closets. ; icti
one of tho chambers may be w a rn
A stairway loads to tho attic, wum.i
floored, bui oifly one room in "a
tailed, he remainder being used ior
end storage puri oses. The cellar, 1 by
30 feet, uds only under he ii
room and all. It C 1-2 feet h i>: ;.o
otciir, with grouted floor, and ■
field stone, laid in cement tnor .i end
painted inside. The first store a -
board d; the second story und reef
shirgxiL
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FIG. 3 SECOND FLOOR.
Such a house can be built anywhere
for the sum named, $3,200, but, of
course, this does not include tho plumb
ing.
Dry Hot.
So destructive are tho depredations of
dry rot that it may be called the terror
and despair of architects and cai pen - rs,
observes a writ-r in ' Chambers' Jour
nal." No care or precaution can be too
gieat to prevent it -n rar.ee inlo a build
ing, for if once it ml- a iodguu at its
eradication is a li iculean if not un im
possible task. Professor Burnett, a
competent authority, graphically relates
how a house he occupied was twice reno
vated in four years and had ulliiuately
to be pullea down. Iu the old era of
oak-built ships they were sometimes
found to bo unseaworthy before they
left the stocks, with such celerity doe< P
do its deadly work. As for rented! d
measures, prevention is the only retain
cure. Tho selection of sound, weii- ca
sonod t mber is us essential as tin- avoid
ance of damp and tho securing of ade
quate ventilation In every part of the
structure.
The most efficacious prophylactic is
saturating the timber wtfli creosote un
der high pressure, so as to thoroughly
permeate every portion of the wood.
This has been practically proved in coal
and other mines where this destroiei
runs riot and its lavages entail much ex
pense and Insecurity, ami wh-re its
waving flakes of fleecy wli t • have a
most weird and ghostly effout in the
"Uarknoßß visible" of the pit. in cer
tain mines in the north of En land,
where only ereosoted timber has been
used for tho last thirty years, the extra
cost has been amply ropaid by tho com
parative indestructibility of the timber
thus treated. In house building a wim
precaution is the well smearing of all
underground floor bearing wall wi'.ntai
or pitch, which prevents tho mycelium
finding a lodgment among the inori.-u , in
which it revels and disintegrate-, as ad
hesive property.
Tho popular nemo of dry root has no
referoneo to its occurrence in dry places
on the contrary, a certain degree
dampness Is absolutely neoeasary for i. ;
growth.
HO3IS A!® HOUSEWIFE.
WHAT WOMLD BB DONE LF THE BEN
EFITS ON ANACII) WMTEREALIZED.
Hint* a* to Hew the Braakfkat and
Also the Breakfa*! Table May be
Made Attract! ve— Flower* a* an A!d.
An Idea! Country Breakfast Described.
New Uiu for H'all Kogs.
If housekeepers realized tho benefit to
the human system of an acid with the
sumtnor breakfast, thoy would, when
fruit and berrlos are most plontiful,
preparo some by stewing thorn with
sugar and putting them uway in stoue
jars, where thoy will koop fresh and
cool until winter. If oranberrios cannot
be had good tart apples freely mixed
with lemons are very nice and healthy.
Fresh or stowed fruit put on table in a
pretty dish adds greatly to tho attrac
tion of the tabic. Great pains should be
taken with tho breakfast table, but oj>
pei-lally in tho summer, when little
tilings iniluenco the uppelite, and mala
ria is laying in wait to seizo tho brokiin
down system as its prey. Leruonadje,
fruits, and cucumbers, sourod with vine
gar, are all good appotizcrs, and greatfy
help us to oujovour morning meal.
Wo do not know of a moro toniptiikg
repast thuu tho country breakfast, when
prepared under the eye of the careful
housewife. The table looks attract.Fe
wit h its snowy covor, or the rod covpr
with its white cento mats and shining
glass and dishes, xno first course is it'
oatmeal outon with sugar and rich, thick
cream, such as cau be gotten nowh">
else. Then follows the dolieious bread
and butter, good fresh eggs, fragra it
coffee, with such cream as city peo[ lo
dream of but nevor soe—all plain, but
palatable. In the center of tho table is
a little vase of lovely wild flowers, te ii
ing us that the earth is rejoicing.
But the anxious housewifo may <=ii y,
"How foolish for me to put flowers >n
my breakfast tablo—hurry up aud got to
work is tho oi der of the morning heio,
and sontiui.-m like thai would not. bo ap
preciated." try it, aud- how astonish >d
you will bo to hear Solomon telling ojae
of the children where o Und some prei|ty
flowers for mother's breakfast table.
To begin the day by impressing cue
family mind with a pleasant home scene
i will ten . greutiy to make the ciiil iilen
loyal to their parents and their homes}—
Mail aud Express.
Now Use for a Nail Keg.
On moving into her new house, which
had only just been completed, a you|ag
housekeeper discovered how useful the
nail kegs, left by tho builders, could b6
made.
A plush sofa cushion placod on the i op
of a keg turned it into a very eomfo t
abie sea , and in tinio tho pretty cui h
ionod seat shown in the illustration .as
evolved.
This is a kog covored with blue d -ni n,
or Kentucky jeans, laid on in box its |
and tacked at top and bottom. A do .'do
plaiting at tho bottom hides win
first is fastened down, ami tho
MADE I':.OM A NAIL KEG.
finished v. ith a fringe made of rc pe. ]
Handles of rope are fastened on at
either side.
Tne top which is represented, of small
size, in tne accompanying illuM ratioi , is
also furnished with a rope handle : cat
it may easily be removed, for the in ;Uc
of the keg ,is nicely painted, to be u sod
as a recept clo for sewing ra terials.
The cushion is made of the blue de iim
bordered with dark blue ylush, an lis
finished with a rope cord and tassels.
A vory pretty seat of this kind cat be
made by simply covering the k>'g ith
figured cretonne, using it for Ui sn
ion as well, aud dispensing vi.n i lie
fringe.
What a Lemon Will Do.
Lemonade made from the juice of the
lemon is one of the bet and salfest
drinks for any person, whether in health
or not. it is suitable for all stun ach
diseases, excellent in sickness, iu c isus
of jaundice, gravel, liver complaint. in
flammation of the bowels and fevers. II
is asi eeifie agai st worms and skin c jin
plaiuts. The pippin crushed may be
used with sugar and watei and take r as
a drink. Leniou juice is the best an
tiscorbutic remedy known. It not >nlj
cures the disease but prevents It. Su lor.'
make daily use of it for this purjose.
We advise everyone to rub their gums
with lemon juice to keep them re a
healthy condition.
The hands and nails are also kept
clean, whit'- and supple by the dally use
of lemon in-tead ot soap. It also pre
vents chilblains. Lemon is used it in
termittent fevers, mixed with tr>ng,
hot. black euft.-e, without sugar. Neu
ralgia, it, Is said, muy bo cured by rub
bing the part affected with a cut lemon.
It is valuable also to cure warts. It wit
remove dandruff by rubniug the root* u
the air with it. It will alleviaU an
fir.ally cure, coughs and eoids. and hen
di-<' Used Lures, if taken hot nu -'ohig i
tied at night, its uses are uiuuifoldl am,
Ills more we employ It internauy ih
beiter we shall fin ! ourselves. A ductoi
iu Home is (ry ug it experiment ml. in
malarial fevcts with greal succu s aud
thinks that ii will in time supersedi qui
nine.
A PiHly Table Scarf.
A pretty table scarf, made of Hn linen
twenty by twenty-four Inches wiile. may
have above the wide hem u bor.jr ol
drawn work in intricately wi\>:| de
signs. The center should be- embroi
dered in white, in heavy -a in stin ij.iiiid
the veins and outlines of the 11.Uer
traced with dead gold threads, inter
mixed with a silken web of gdl'ien
brown silk. The design muy be in u
running pattern of flowers,, with a jligiit
of birds and circling butt rflies In
disks outlined with twisted golden
threads are eupids In grotesque atti
tudes—-ono is riding astride a gign .e ,
butterfly, while another eomtuc n>i
terial steeds with slender threats ol
brown and gold.
Cultivate MUD Flowers.
It la stated that since the sumiowei
has been cultivated on certain svftimpe
of the Potomac, malarial fever hits de
creased. At tho mouth of the Scheldt,
Holland, It is stated that similar results
have been observed. Th saripreei
emits large volumes of water ia tli • for ui
of vapor, and Its aromatlo odor, uf well
as tho oxygen It exhales, may have Louie
thing to "do wirh the sauitary iaftueuci
in question.—Exchange.
ibv eaoQtmx oi< HXM-HUTB.
&9 Game It It Rapidly OainMf
Uroniid In Amvrlca.
Export players at croquat are vMI
annoyod at the encoring and supercS
ious way In which the game Is omO
i times referred to nowadays as if it \voqß
only lit for children, old men, giddy
girls, or others not overburdened wltS'
mental caliber. Doubtless most of these
disparaging remarks are made with ret
crenco to the ordinary lawn croqueV
which is usually played with an outfit
worth about $3 on vory uneven turf, and
under rules which have no partloulur au
thority, and which vary according to the
whims of the players, and are nover en
forced.
Expert or official croquet Is quite a dif
ferent affair. It is analogous to the
game of billiards. It Is played on a per
fectly smooth and level ground, wlttt a
surface of sand, rolled hard, enclosed at
the boundaries; with hard rubber balls,
with wickets just wido enough to admit
the passage of the balls; with mallots of
ingenious and exponsive construction,
and under rules carofully revised by the
National American Association of Cro
quet players. Thus played It beoomes a '
very scientillc game It Is totally differ
ent from the ordinary game of croquet
as played in any country, and as it now
'■'iinrtfc is a peculiarly Am* : iean game
tn\i gives scope to a large exhibition of
sk 11 and judgment, and is not to be
sneered down.
t is true that in England croquet has
bf .1 sonn what displaced by lawn tennis
; i - amo tendency has been devel
ed in ilds country, but the expert
nave been mora thoroughly or
; and the game has been more
v .-.ec.ly developed in the last few
vi s. !ho illustration shows the latest
e'vle of arranging u croquet ground.
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Of course the exercise to be had in
playing croquet, ii- no* so vigorous as
use ball or lawn • "i . but 1* is good
rclse, and i-iioh a ■ ••• ii be taken with
danger to life or limb; ithout the
j cesslly for a uniform or the neoessivv
■ changing ail ones clolitng. and ve'
| -'e sufficient to give am • lila. to ad
•muscles. It may not giv.- cope for
munh mental effort as the game of v
•-is cai! for, but there is inn i room
head vol I: and gencra'-i in. l takes
uisiun e, a good deal of skill and
udgmeiii to croquet a bull with a mallet
-o u '.o hi at a distance of SO feet UlJ
other ! n'i only 3 inches in diampte-.
Y-". tile expert players do this man.'
to e in the course of :he -,ame.
Then, icain, it take* a good deal ot
skill to place bails in frori of the new
arches so that they ma. he made to pass
tioough. The bail being 3 1-1 inches
c!c and ;he arches 3 :l-4 inches wide.
■ ere is only a margin of half an inch.
. :n-;c i- ulsou i odiieai of skill requited
to i lace i.e iia I ;-o dial no ball shull b
left o, en or exposed.
There is a-Kidfiil shot known as tin*
".amp shot,' wherein the aver make*.
•i-. ball jump ov. r an ln'erven iigobjee ,
■>uch as a wiclo •• bull n"-; a rom on
l\ -P
THE JP.VP SHOT,
an object bad. This is a.ui'.ogous <o the
Jump shots of professional dliardisis,
and is a common resort of ex. •: ts lo ex
tricate themselves from dit-a trous po- '
si oiis. The ball starts at A and strdp s
the object ball at 11, passing over the
dotted line.
In expert croquet on a smooth ground
the opportunities tor skilful play by part
ners are manifold. The great difficulty
of pus-dug : In on,, it the w eke to limits the
players to a very narrow held within
whicli a favorable position lor passing
thiough a wicket may be secured. An
inch out of the- way Is fatal. This fea
ture of the game requires the utmost
assistance or partners to aid one an
other in pas ine through wickets and in.
keeping oil the etro . It. is not uncom
mon in tutf eroq" .ith wide wickets *
tor a player to-put his bail through two.
wicket . widely arateil, at one stroke
Till- ca. not be tnexie cioquet
Each >i .:-t ma.-t airly enriied. Thv
u-w gate . ..iter-fie. giv-,, i,..icii gr.-ateiv
tnip<a ~lice in -lie fun io. .- o; .he
rover or Ii piuyer who ..a- made all.
the poia'H out one.
Api oi w erms used me;
Gi.il had—he next pin -n on the:
ndveisarv >• ■
Inti c-ir salt--The last, played ball,of
the ail vi i.
Trie latej addict n to the • eciifiu
points of ih" gBMi - a ve levn :i.I c< st
In 11. and it ui*y s.ily . . ! u no
gaining ground as an American outdoor
exercise.
The Bellowing remarkable scores were
mad-' vi.u a volver a' the grounds of
the .i in L *nlori d !'.e club, England,
at tv ni aid-. •:. an wlov*n-dialv tar
get lila ten mill bun t minting
six, ami A -.111111 h eouui. oft seven.
From tin- ti. ■ r li' a null to the outer
ridge ajv four ii gs ountiag respec
tively 5, 4. I and >. Eight targets wers
used, and in•).■, .tints wo.iv Ured at
oach. n th • t,r' t a "get 7 ' was made,
on tho second . tuird a.', fourth 80,
: fff h '3, on th.- sixth only live shots
were tired and 37 was seored, the sev
enth V;). unit the eighth tbi. Out of ths
tweiny-tivo shots at 50 yards with a *
44-cahU-r Smith & Wcs-oa at an eight-
Inch bull only four shots wero ou-xide.
One hundred and two games have been
played by the League this year that have
been won by a single run. Chicago
won 19 of them; Philadelphia, 15', Bos
ton, 14; Cleveland aud Pittsburg, 13
each; Indianapolis, 12; New York 10-
Wsahington. 7.
Bellmen to proclaim tho hour of th
sight, before clocks became e
were numerous In London about 1566.