Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1880, Page 7

HUMOR OF THE PRESS, Boston Girl Who Theught Phijo- sophy Perfectly Charming. [Brooklyn Eagle} ago @ Boston girl who had been the School of Philosophy at Concord, & Brooklyn on a visit to a semtt ter canvassing thoroughly the fua rops that made up thetr education in learning at which their early - > efforts were made, the Brooklyn git} | th!s season. uire into the nature of the Concord nt. | you are taking lessons tn philosophy. | perfeetly lovely. and we all Just dote on selence.” What is it about?” It's abeut molecules as much as anything | oleeules are just too awfully nice | If there’s ansthlug I really e0- | be the only goods that realiv rivals black silk, about them, my dear. What are re little wee things. T so many of them. They are Do you know there ain’t aay- Vs got molecules tn it. And Mr. can be, and Mr, They explain everything so ‘How I'd like to go there!” sald the Brooklyn it ever so much. They teach ¢ 1s one thing per- I really don’t S Sweet as he — tectly heaveniy, 103 protopt: aoe which I Uke best, protuglasaa or mole- vd cu! “Tell me about protopiasin. I kuow I should re “ Deed you would. It’s Just too sweet to live. 5 about how things Something of that kind. a tell about it, The first time he You ought to hear Splained proto- T 0 see the ribbon 13 drawn over the ugbt with a buckle and a bunch 4 turn up the side with a ef-me-bots. Ain't it just too sweet? 5 in the school have then.” Tell me some more gi “How ex«putsitely lovely! im ¢9 On avout it! s. Iflouly Jdo’t ask anyt alyo girl, deeply n; Nobody ever saw one except Mr. Cook and Mr. Emerson; but th ter with a rettc ¥ are just heaveniy u learn anythiag ¢ are something ung on tts belt. @ besides all We learn all abc Ophy and tegie, and those 0 s3, Dut the girls don’t care an: We are just tn yu abd molecules, and ascidians, r. E don’t see why they put ia th ‘hes. If anybody 3 soa had done It we his face that he was too terribly, okiyn girl went to bed that night aps because fortune had not vouch- ne advantages enjoyed by her friend, Boston girl “dreamed of seeing an as- a molecule over a differentiated elling a protoal: if common philos- A Bad Revival. ILittle Rock Gazette} ‘olored revival near Little Rock has jast ly. Parson Greenieat, and Elder Hawbush, Presbyterian, untoa meeting. Dat at the eud ‘The prea hers worked faitht n When the two nm to settle up a dispute arose a3 lo the + convert snotls. ab three,” insisted the Methodist. harder den y alt had more ‘fee sald the Pre=byt n, “Tshatt hap | Beets, b's wool ober my € erest effort towar ch-leg and spit on ff, n particular want g I be a ’sturbance Myer,” said Hawbns Ti'be dinged et T Tse been counted out fur peace four ur tive times, *tin’ a little sorter tire: uc ter had three ob d a Mr. Greenleaf, and be began to drag converts towards th door. inded Mr. Hawbush. two women and . Simmous. Other posed and a hand-to-hand fight . Greenleaf grappi mh “ sistance of M. ketch in my bac serious but for 1 sof Maud S tof the world, hands high at the hip ‘otting condition, 1s 96) pounds, and golng at her best, on a straight 20. Sept. 1sth, whe her stride, w etch against a high v she trotted 4 mile her on the | day y’s trial proved » result of Saturc ness of his ¢ ‘after the blink: 3 Will always be re of very strong wil, and It 13 great gentleness. jd fight her would soon render is reab' And tn this she rpart of her grandam Enchantress, faroid, and bis full ‘The old mare haa | ee aud resolution of the bulldog, and descended to all of her produce. Hiaroid and Lakeland Abdailah both possess It to @ remarkable degree, and, if tne into gentile, careful hand: did, it is certata that th a Powe ger = TaSt_ trotters. a, adaughter of Enchantress, also e8e5 the same pecullarity of disposition. | and boy-like with children. ler head is almost an exact fac simile of that of Maud S. clearly indicating that resolution, Will, abd energy, which, If carefully handled | body now knows, on the shores of Walden And educatey!, isthe most valuable quality a | Pond, and tried to play the hermit. He doesn’t, per- | however, tell the whole story of his commisia! and Abdallah. as Maud | y would | horse can possess, but which, tf abused and makes a dangerous instead of a usefal It has long been a subject of remark amorg horsemen who are familiar with the d - Scendants of Old Abdallah, that in the matt-r | from home by his sisters. I think Thoreau never of erdurance and strong will power, they have | ale Many square meals, and I attribute his early o superior even among the most distinguished thoroughbreds. 1t is no wonder, therefore, that Harold. whose sire and dam were by this famous Old horse, should possess {his trait, and that he | how to take care ot bls Should Lave transmitted it to Maud his daugater, ago Lite Stock Journu. rary <s yesterday, Col. T. W. Higginson, in said women were hot yet ready for ir failure to vote for school com- proof of the assertion. Taey must Convert their own sex, and then the batlot will be freely ctveu to tuem by the men. This speech Was a thee tor warm discussion, the women © grounds against the position of Wet. th Inltlees being FASHION WRINKLES. * SMALL and large bonnets are alike popular. THE SHapED PoLKa Dore are called “eclipse of the mcon” patterns. | _ Is BLanker SHaw1s the fancy this season 13 for green and biue plaids. Emsromgry tn black is the only ornament used on black siik stockings for evening wear Som® UmsReLLa BANDLES are made to con- tain pins and hairpins for ladies, and cigars and lights for geutlemen. Fasnion Runs towards quaintnessin the mat- ter of umbrella handles. One of the newest ts Cf ‘vory, a broken egg with a bird creeping out Trish Poriiy 1s said by a high authority to the Lyons satins being too smooth,and sicilienne Loo heavy. ‘THE Ptace for the pig or elepahnt or any | other section of the menagerie with which one may decorate one’s ruff is at the right side, and no boquet fs worn with If. PLvsH will be utilized in every posstble way for collars abd cuffs and plastrons for children’s re: ses, for trimmings, for linings, for combina- ‘UCR With every other material NeW BREAKFAST Cars are fanchons of mull or else butterfly bows held by two pre'ty ro settes of loose loops of satin ribbon. ‘Tne gold dashed India musiins are also used for caps. ‘Tus Porvtak Cuotce for plain winter dress*s is for heavy pure woo! goods with flannei finish, such @s may be had for $1 to $1.50 a yard in douple widths that require seven or eight yards oniy for a dress. dns New Pcrrie that was called royal twenty years ago has turned up again with the higu and mighty title of L’Emtineace and tt ts jus! as trylug to every compiexton save a wax dotl's as It was a decade ago. THE PROTEAN Scakr for gentlemen {sa noy elty just introduced. Its peculiar advantaze 1s tbat it may be folded in two ways, thus making two scarfs Out of one and adapting its shape to the vest with which it ts worn. Low-THRoaTED LinEN Co1s.aRs, with 2 potat each side and llaring bein, are worn by young ladies. High Umen Collars are worn vers clos= fadee H ralght,with a stud button at the lop of the.collarand a second stud lower down. Wor7H Is Ustne heavy Sicilienne silk as dra- Pery to be worn over velvet skirts this winter. ‘bls ts decidedly a bad year for fat women, for the drapertes are se heavy and the tight dresses so close fitting that there is nothing ta whic! they lock weil. @ Mos? BRILLIANT Fatnags to be seen now those of amber beads strung on amber u J. Bui these are used only on white eve- nlbg dresses, or on those of which gold brocade Tories & pari, and are less Interesting to most buycrs than the jet fringes. Tus REIGN OF SHORT DaEsses brings with it | increased attention to What covers the feet. The Sweetest new thing for the pedal extremities is French Kid boots with tops rolling over, lined with silk and embroidered to match tie cas- tume with which they are worn, Pincer Rives have sometimes several bars caught with asmall mouse. Moonstones, cats’ ‘yes and engraved colored stones are all’ very fashtonable, either set alone or surrounded with diamonds. Turquols, buttertly and horseshoe designs, with pearls, are very pretty. L IS NOW ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES in a bridal outilt in France. and English polat has the preference over anything but Alencon. I: isused for biidal veils. and also for tae 1a) scarfs that frequently replace them, and no- be an complain of not kaowlng what togive a bride when acceptable gifts, Ix Pakts NiGHTCArs are coming In made of silk with a profuston of lace, matcaing es. ‘The curling of the hair neces-itated by the present fashion of hair dress- ing has been so unbecoming that these caps ace made so that the frill of lace can be planed down over the front hair, the cap en hair at the back, for strings are tabi a mistresses, that {3 to sa; 2 daughters, expect something oer tmas. I 13 the costume ot a Bethlebe: sant girl, a long, loose blue robe fastened a the waist by a scarf of white and crimsoa, and With the front of the walst embroidered in scar- Around black cap and a white linea veli complete the dress. ‘THE Extuitancy of this winter’s bonnet de- pends wholly on the richness of coloring of the Inaierlals employed In its construction. Tae deep royal purpie, suntlower yellow, seal drown, shades ‘of gold, Oriental striped piushe:, wit embrolderies in gold and silver threads, height- ened by rainbow beads, cashmere beads, p:arl Jet beads—in Ti, every sort of Dead ers and reviects the Mgt. tha! are now various nade of the Eng- Oths of quiet colors. The Eu<lisn driving cloak Is au excvilent “over-all” wrap of | this kind; it a circular bas fitted and shaped by seams, square sieves in 4 loose front, auda peluted hood. ‘Tais is made of cloth of tnixed colors, with brocaded Maing ior we hood. ONE OF THE ODD RESULTS Of tight zowns {s that the tradesmen at English seaside resorts fiad themselves out of pocket by the vist : of young ladies who buy things and do not pay for then, g an excuse that they cannot carry a purse while wearing a jersey and a straight skirt. At more than one pl: the tradesmen retuse to do anything buta “cash business” with young ladics who are not accompanied y a responsible man. = ‘THE DRESSMAKERS seem to be striving hard after a flounce or some kind of skirt trimm'ng that cannot be brushed nor cleaned in any other way, and which will take endless time to make. The last complication that they have Produced has flat double platts with sevcn nar- row plaits between each pair of them. ‘The flounce 1s faced and turned uo on e wh plait t) show the facing, and the plat's sre drawn to- gether at the bottom by four rows of gather- ings.—Boston Transcript. At THE CINCINNATI Exposition, the other day, a prize was offered for the prettiest dinner ta. bie, and tt was given tu aman who spreata round table about eight feet in diameter for a doven guests. The center decoration was a roucd plot of fern leaves with stalks of Illy of the valley In the center; radiating from the * Phe tigat | fer S were star rays of pink latd on green, and ween them were a trefoil, a horseshoe, a fan, 4plpe. anda slipper in flowers. The bation: hole voquets were of rosebuds and lilites of the va.ley. and the ladies’ boquets were of the same The table was c and the glass, china and silver upon It were worth about ». The bills of fare ot tinted silk, patnted with wild flowers aod laad- Ss red with satin NG THE COMING FasHtons in Paris he correspondent of Harper's bazaar says: present epoch 1s less than ever in favor of tady chooses and adopts her and the lax discipline only as- al rules; for instaves, hough a few indies don small busties, and no due would take Lt into her head. unless she sets economy above elegance, ear sacque with sleeves sewed tn the Apart fron. a few interdictions of this he wildest diversity of tollettes; omen will no longer submlt to be niiorm. Wrappings, therefore, will ba 80 Will bonnets, at ‘least tn general; be short, but without cxaggera: | advice to giv Grandfather of the Petroleum Wor! ere was anything ‘be could not abide, it was to see his- tory “all balled up, as this man had done it.” He told the reporter to get out his pencil and quote him word for word, and he would make sop sick: THE BOYS AND THE FROGS. “As to the fable uv the boys and the frogs,” sald he “these air the facta, for I wuz present an’ saw the whole business. You see, some boys who wuz playin’ near a pond, saw eight or a dozen frogs in the water, an’, boy amused themselves by peltin’ them with stones. After several wuz killed, one of the frogs, a bi green feller, lifted his head outen the water an. cried out: : E death to us! “Now, that’s where sop stopped. But that ain’t where the boys stopped. Not much, Mary App. They laughed at the frog’s remarks, and cried aloud: “Bat him in the mouth!” and gath- ering un each a handful of rocks they batted him wiun great combativeness, *“Moral—Boys will be boys.” THE MAN AND HIS WIG. “The facts,” continued grandfather, “as to ‘Ube man losin’ his wig air as follows:” “A certain man who wore a wig had the mis- fortune to lose both hat and wig In a violent wind-storm ata picnic. His gay companions laughed at the great desert of Nohara, 30 to Speak, on top uv his head—all save one, a female, who Wept bitterly. “She 1s his sweet heart,” they said. But no; she wuz the hatr dealer who had sold him the wig, an’ held 1) by a mortgage. “Moral—She should have held it by a string.” THE MAN AND THE TWO SWEETHEARTS. “Things pertatnin’ to love,” conttnusd Lick- shingle, “should be treated in a poetic strain. Hence, hencely— The old lady, as it is said, : Plucked out the black hairs from his head; Sh ed to be shamed, ‘d be blamed If a yery young verson she'd wed. . “The young miss wuz slightly mclined ‘To be uv a different mind; She never woul marry Such 2 lookin’ ‘old Harry,’ An’ plucked all the gray she could find. The result of this dreadful conspire Uy Minnie an’ Rachael Maria, Wuz dire, an’ Au’ distressin'ly sad— It left him as bald asa friar.” He Expects It. (Detroit Free Press. ] The man who leaves a tin-shop or hardware Store with a length of stove-pipe under his arm knows exactly the gauntiet_ he has to run, and has probably braced himself for the emergéncy, The regular progratn 1s as follows:— st man—“Hello! Had to come to It, have Second man—“Don't swear tf she don’t ft” ‘Third man—“Htt, er with an ax!” Fourth man- e been there, and I have 20 UL. Fith man—“Hello! what's that? Ah! Isee! Bet you ten to five you tt get mad.” Sixth man—“Ho! ho! ho! Well, I never! I always stand on the step-ladder and hammer With a stick of wood.” Seventh man—This man makes a motion for the man with the stove-plpe to halt. He asks him how he thinks Indiana will go, and what the chances seem to be in Ohio, and iloaliy points to the stove-pipe and asks— js that stove-pipe?” pieces of lace are Considered a3 | tion: tratus will no longer be worn In the street: ‘4 Tor ning dresses it is said that be short tn front at least, even wh ig behind. Polonaises will be revived for and even certain evening dresses, but if the name remains Ube sam bh} the thing Itself has changed; these | Jonalses are rather men’s coats, which, coat- er | shaped in front and on the hips, are In the back . Shorter than the skirt for day dresses, and tiinttely longer than the latter when the toilet ts designed for evening assembiles.” Thoreau and Emerson. (Cor. Bolton Heraid.1 The other day et a jovial ex-New Eng- lander, fresh trom six years’ exile in Caitfor- nia. He was formerly a resident of Concord, | Mass., and was full of humorous reminiscences of life in that transcendental village. He satd: “Thoreau was a very disagreeable fellow to the most of us {a Concord. He shunned human- kind, and was absurdly unsoclaL James Rus- seli Lowell, tn one of bis essays, touches upon seme of Thoreau’s affectations. The best point in Thoreau’s Character was his love for chtldrer. The youngsters all liked him, and were always | ready to go with ‘Henry’ on berrying excur- | slons and walks in the woods, He wa3 natural | I don’t wonder was not over fond of Con- He had a hut, as every- ‘ that he cord soctety. ry dep<rtment in his book, (‘*Walden.”) He would bearly have starved if it hadn’t been for the basket of ies and substantials sent him death to want of a long succezsion of good din- ners. He was underfeu. “Now, Emerson, pees | deal of evenin; ge practical affairs. When he goes to Bost | Sets bis errands done by some friend. He can’t ¢ choose a good razor, but he kaows all about books. Burnham and the old booksellers can’t give him many new points. He is keenly ob- sel in his way, and throug! work, that.” spare liver, knows ~~ Io all his actions | good sense Is exhibited. He plays whist a great aud takes much out-of-door “Ts it to put up a stove with?” “Going to put up the stove yourself 2” “Well, I shan’t hinder you. Stoves have almost become a necessity of late years. know quite anumber of my nelghbors who are getting them to build firesin. Let me know how you come out.” — Pneumatic bes Supersede Cash OS. The incessant calls for cash boys, which for- merly made shopping in our larger establish- 5 So wearisome, if not exasperating, silenced and the terrors of shoppers ‘iy mitigated by the tntroduction of ectric calls. An enterprising Palladelphian (Mr. John Wanamaker) has gone a step further, aud displaced the dusty skurrying of Cash boy$ and cash girls by a system of ‘pneumatic tubes. Under the new system an inspector zad wrappers 1s stationed at each counter, who will receive with the money and is the seller's check, While goods are being wrapped up the cash with the proper vouches will bs transmitted to a centrally located cashler, who will return the change through the proper tube. There are two such tubes leaaing from each counter to the cashier’s Inclosure, Ore of the tubes is to carry the mouey to the Ca. and the other is to return the change accompanying check to the counter again. arriers” which work aside of the tabes ttle cylindrical boxes of sheet st2cl, lined green baize, and protected at eaca end Each carrier 1s is latter pieces or a wit by diminutive telt cushions. of the exact dlameter ofa silver dollar, aad capable of holding 30 of thy Mich larger sum. By means ofa steam engine and exhaust primp in the cellar, with proper au “hments leadtog therefrom, the air is being eonstantly exhatste1 at the cishter's end of the tube and at the counter end of the tuve o eacn vair;and when a “carrier” is placed in the moutu of either tube, it is immediately drawn to the other end, and ts there delivered auto- Toatically by an apparatus deyized for that purpose. This system not only saves time and noise, but the Wages of an army of boys or g besides discharging a large amount of fresh air into the bullding, greatly improving the ventilation. —Scleniitle American, Mrs. Higginbottom’s Effort Make me Attractive. (New York Times.] Ulgginbottom, as a first step, visited her husband's favorite concert saloon under the protection of a disguise and a detective officer, When she had learned what were the attrac- tions which most powerfully appealed to Mr. Tigginbottom’s mind, she proceeded to repro- duce them as far as practicable in her own house, She had the parlor carpet taken up and the bare floor uicely sprinkled with beer and stumps Of cigars. She removed the pictures Troi the walls, and hung in tieir places cheap and gaudy chromos representing tmpossiole »oung women in undesirable costumes. Two dirty wooden tables and a supply of wooden chairs from the kitchen completed the furniture of the room, and it an to assume a realiy attractive appearance. Betore we hourof her husband’s return from bis business, Mrs. Algginbottom hired a man to play on an accordeon and another to torture a violin, besidvs three professional drunkard3 of great indecency of appearance and conduct, and a notorious burglar Kindly furnished for the occasion by the police captain of the pre- cinct. There were tn the kitchen two Irian giris who were decidedly ugly, but who were clean, decent and modest girls. These two she instructed In the art of serving beer and Spirits, and dressed ther in costume that ‘xtremely vulgar, though they could not to be improper. 'Haviog Unus arranged g8, she met her husband at the door and escorted hiin to the dining room, where he ate his dinner, unconscious of the traasforma- on that had beea wrought in his front par- Jor. After dinner Mr. Higgindottom It his clgar, and remarked that he ust go out for au hour or two to see a friend. His wife, with a swect smile, tcld him that he need not go out, for sue had finally discovered how to make home at- ive to him. So saying. she showed him into the parlor and Jed hum to a seat at one of the dirty tables. ‘The fiddler and the ac deon player Immediately struck up; the drunk- a at asign from Mrs. Higginbottom, began arahd wrangle, and the burglar sidied up lo Mr. Hivgiabottom and invited. bim to take a drink, e wwo Irish giris brought beer and spilled it on Mr. Higginbottom’s table; tbey called him “Dear,” and asked him to “oven a bottle of wine,” and Mrs. Higgin- bottom, apologizing for the fact that they were undeniably decent girls, assured her husband that nevertheless she was confident that she had finally learned how to make home attrac- tive; that she hoped to spend many jolly ever- fogs with , and would Uke a hot whisky without any further delay. Mr. Higgipbottom was at first completely d, but in a few moments he recovered his on. He ordered the girls to go into the Kitchen and stay there, and he pitched the drunkards out of the front door and ordered the musicians and the burglar to follow them. to idiot of the very largest size, and that if she ould restore the parlor to {ts former condition he would stay at home and make no further complaint of its want of attractiveness. ‘The Breeaing Ground of Polo. The Fifth avenue riding master {aoa th2 re- centroll of death. There was Dickel’s riding school was the distinctive fea- ture of Murray Hill, but it has given place to the Union League club house, which Is the finest building of the kind in the world. Ose of the peculiar points of interest in Dickel’s academy was the fact that it witnessed the introduction of polo to America. Bennett had at that time just returned from Europ? and brought the game as the rarest novelty of the day. He immediately ot ed a club and purchased a number of mustang ponies which were put tnto training, It was not long before the club began to ce, and great numbers to see the 18 cricket played by mounted men, the riding academy was rather delights in rambliag the streets watching mechanics at loading their wagons, and all conti ees. but the club there became familiar with the movements and soon afiere ward SF, 3crome Park. Such are among the associations connected ‘with Dickel, the aster of the Fifth avenue, famous riding: and I regret to addthat his academy was a like many others, his last days tailure were in a reduced condition.—New York Letter to the Utica Herald, * Pray stop, my boys; what 1s sport to you is | WOMAN IN COURTSHIP. [New York Times.] believed that. én nup‘ial mat- always proposes and tha woman simply accepts—uniess she h3ppens t» decline— that he ts invariably ive, @ad she de- fensive, In every cam} of amatory war. ‘Woman ts often pitied because, as ts said, she cann = she must walt to be asked before she can reveal her preference or unmask her heart. Pathetic pictures are fre- quently drawn of the agonizing positions in which she {s placed between her yearning love and her constrained reserve. Happiness might be hers with a single word. But sie may not Speak it, or even look it. Her sex, immured in custom and conventionality, must abdide the mind or mood of imperious man, inirus.ing to him her destiny for weal or woe. Ifthe pro- pee she is blessed; if he ts silent, fearing she loves him not, she is wretched; necessarily de- barred, asshe is, by sexual delicacy from hint- | pg that she adores him with her whole soul. | Thus the Itves of women are sentimentally wrecked, and for the reason that soclal canons } compel them to hide the best and hignest emo- | Uons of their nature. So the relations of men and women are com- | monly understood and continually desceibed in | fiction. But the facts are divergeut, Men who know women, and women who know themselves, are not imposed upon by this pre- sentation. Women have vastly more to do with the dis of their affections and of their connubial selves than {s vulgarly thought. ‘They are neither the simpletons hor the neza- live creatures which convention and literature make them out. They have greater shrewd- ness, Correcter intuitions, keener insight. than men have in many things, espectaily 1a wnat- ever pertains to affinities of sex or sentimental situations. Not one manin a huadred, even after wide experience, 1s a match for’ them tpere. He may pride himself on his skill in deiing with them; he may have studied thetr Ways and id‘osyncrasies, bus they will be preuiy sure to checxmate him before many mores. They must secretly laugh at the affect- ing scenes painted by playwrights and novei- 8, in which they are portrayed as martyrs of ~ heart from interdiction of their speech. ‘They are well enough aware that they can even dispense with words if need be; that they still have numberless devices to wheedle and mio}d man to thelr will. Almost any woman outside of a cloister feels that, up to a certain point, she Is the equal, if not the superior, of any man when they are emotionally pitted against one another. She 1s constantly gaining victories over him; he is Then he tnformed his wife that he had beeu an° a time when | largely at her mercy, when she belongs to so- Cety and has had opportunities of acquaintance with the world. Ifshe cares to bring him to a declaration, to secure him for a husband, she ts Very apt to accoraplish her object. She has to walt to be wooed? Not unless she wants to. ‘Trust her to evoke the wooing her own good Ume. She does not herself propose, except rarely, In direct form, though she has tountless meihcds of impellinga man to pe at least in substance. If she be at all interesting and ciever she can marry whomsoever she chooses, and she is entirely Conscious of her capacity in that Way. Men of experience are equally con- scious OF the fact, too, aud if they are firmly re- soived against wedlock they should seek safety in absence or in filgnt. They probably remem ber scores of their Iriends who, after dedicating themselves to bachelorhood, have been grace- fully handed over to matrimony and received matrimonially by the very women they had al- ‘ays counted only as pleasant irlends, with- out dreaming of any nearer tle. There is no reflection in all thison the dell- cacy or gentleness of woman. Ib is perfectly natural and proper that she should employ her subfier instincts and finer arts in courtship and {ts concomitants Shipeee the aggressive strepgth and wider world knowledge of man. ‘She, like all the weaker animals, resorts to in- genuity and stratagem to balance, so far as she can, the greater force and vantage of the other Sex. Menare favored by nature, custom, so clety, law—certain disabiiittes are fixed and ir- removable in her—and she requires social and Spiritual weapons to prevent the unequal bat- Ue from always going against her. For the or- dinary secular contests, in the strife for place, rewards honors, she must ever be more or 1e33 disqualified. In settling her future, as respects marriage, and her mate, she 1s completely en- franchised. That is, indeed, her specialty, and she avalls herself of every means to such an nd. @ She thinks of wedlock twenty times as much €sman does. She has ampler reason to think of it, for it is altogether more important to her than to him, and is In the direct line of her na- ture and destiny. Consequently, when any man shows a saflin the social offing, she pre- pares for action, as If the engagement would be inevitable and desperate. He may be on another course; he may steadily increase the distance between them; she may never catch another glin:pse of his whitening canvas. But itis comfort to her to have been ready to think what she might, could, or would have gore had he borne down upon her and chal- lenged her to combat. On the high sea3 ot possible matrimony, a single woman believes that every unmarried man’s sail, whatever flag be may be flying, covers a cargo of goods that may Le turned to connublal account. ‘The average woman, in her disposition to- ward wedlock and her general promptness to embrace it 1s hot moved by mere selfishness, by the sole thought of bettert-g her condition. She has such exalted and unwavering faith in | the excellence of the institution for every hu- {| man belpg that she fancies, when she 1s ar- Tagipg for a husband, that he, in tne event of her catching him, will be fully asmuch bene- fited by the change, regardless of hits captor, as she possibly can be. There is a missionary element in all her nuptial plans, and as she | Stands atthe altar, flushed with the remem- brance of flnal re2ompense for her adroltness, her labor, and her pains, she rejoices distiactly that she bas been tbe means of bringing ano ther vagrant, to the connubial fold. . We bave spoken of woman’s full equality, if net superiority, to man, in their emotional re- lations, up toa Certain polat. That point is the Injlammation of her own heart. It she won't fall in love with him until he hag fallen in love with her; if she will judiciously keep a ttle benind his passionate advance, she need not f€ar—nor dors she—that she will not win. When man enters the lists agalnst her, her lance 1s pretty certain to unseat him: but, once overthrown, she ts happy to be his «1een of Love and Beauty—at least until the tourna- ment is over. An Incide: (Lurf, Field and Farm} Three hats loomed up over three old 1 And three old friends were under t Each one had its troubles, each had And ‘lime, with his sickle, w: “rate airs, ehats— 2, giving them Dut stil they’ cossiped and laughed again, Like the ‘three cld butters they “callell “+ Wise Men.” gray as a bat, One of those hats wi ell dotie was by And one was And three mo In the whol But what ¢ ed le mu le, wid wise men, ughed gain? othr and lau anid Bons; 5 muayhaps, of these three wise ¥ never would see ag ckened no character, nderous Story Was one was injured th his go No hid And Lwish that no tonzue or cruel per Would ever do worse than these three wise men. ained no fame, that night— Hiow to ‘Treat a Watch. Having obtained a really serviceable article, you should, in order to produce satisfactory re: suits, follow out these rules: Wind up your watch every day at the same hour. This [s gen- erally done at the hour we retire to rest; or per- haps better stil the hour we rise. Avoid pat. {ing a watch on a marble slab or near anything excessively cold. ‘The sudden transition trom heat to coid contracting the metal may some- Umes cause the main spring to break. Tadeed, ‘the cold coagulates the ott; andthe wheel-work and pivots working less freely affect tne regu- Jasity of the tme-keeper. When we lay our watch aside, we ought to slope it on a watch- Case So a8 to keep it nearly in the same position as it has in the pocket. “In laytug aside your watch, be sure that it rests on its case, as by suspending it free, the action of the balance may cause oscillation, which may considerably interfere with its going. If you would keep your watch clean you must be quite sure that the case fits firmly, aud never put it into any pocket but one made of leather. Those pockets which are lined with clot cotton, or calico give, by the constant friction, certain quantity of fiuff, which enters most watches, even those the cases of which shut fimnly, If the watch 1s not a “keyless” one the key should be small, in order that we may feel the resistance of the stop-work; then we can stop in Ume without forcing anything. It is also necessary that the square of the key should correspond with that of the watch. If it b3 tor large it may tn a short thae cause the wind-up ‘Square to suffer from undue wear and tear, the Tectifying of which israther expensive. ’The hands Of an ordinary watch can be turned back- — ae Lyte acs a is, however, always. ¢ hands forward to adjust youl watch to correct lorward just your wal cannot go for an Indefinite period Without being repaired or cleaned. At the ex- Diration of a certain time the oll dries up, dus’ accumulates, and wear and tear are inevitable results tothe whole machinery, the funcidons ‘becoming lar, and frequently ceasing to act altogether. rn pvr possessiog a watce ot good Ce desirous of presei it as ‘such, should have it cleaned every two years at Jeast. But care should be taken to confide this cleaning or repairing to careful hands; ie ee Rc get watch even 0} ie lest Chambers’ Journal. , oi Crasa Galveston avenue. The head of the out to the cook: “What have yon brokan now, you biank black idiot?” Matriay stops singtog a@bymn to answer: “’Talnt the fort ‘bress de Lord.”—Galvesion ion a a eae : ee heard in the kitchen of a house on HOME MATTERs. SILVER I8 NOW PRODUCED in delicate buff Unts, so as to be a perfect imitation of bam- boc, and tea sets of it are decorated with bam- boo leaves and flowers. FRECKLE Lorion.—Muriate ammonia, one dram: cologne water, two drams; distilled Water, seven ounces; mix and use asa wash. It contains nothing injurious. TO CLEAN HAIR BRUSHES, nothing is more thoroughly satisfactory than a teaspoonful of Uquid ammonia in about a quart of water, either hot or cold. Move the brush about in the water a few minutes, and dry quickiy. AUTUMN LEAVES, now being collected for dec- orative purposes during the coming winter, may be preserved by washing them over when fresh with sulphuric acid and water, mixed in equal quantities, being careful of the acid, as it is very poisonous, They must then be pressed. PRETTY CURTAINS Can be made of unbleached cotton cloth, trimmed with a stripe of cambric; choose a delicate and pretty vine harmonizing in color with the other appointments of the room. If you do not care for or cannot afford a cornice, make a box plaiting of the cambrics for a heading. DELICATE APPETITES AND STOMACHS experience a very strengthening effect from a cup of strong meat broth at breakfast, because Its actioa on the nerves creates a sensation subtle yet cer- tain of existing strength and gradual decrease of Weakness. If IS OLD-FASHIONED GARDENED FLOWERS which are still in demand at the florists’, ex- @pi for weddings, when cholcer blossoms are used, The bell has gone almost out of use as a decoration, and if somebody will favent s>ine- ubing to supersede the horseshoe he will have the thanks of the decorators, to say noihing of the brides. WHEN RAVELLING OUT A FRINGE on mats or Udies made of Java or honeycomb canvas, save the threads; they are strong aud very good to darn stockings with. You may also use them to feather stitch bands of white cotton cloth for uimming. They are serviceable on child- ren’s underwear, at the top of Hamburg rufiles, and will last lopger than Insertion. Littte Rep Ayts,—C, R. writes: I have found by experience that little red ants cannot travel over woolor rag carpet. I covered my tloor with coarse baize, set my safe on that, and haye not been troubled since. Cover a shelf in your closet or pantry with flannel, set what- ever you wish to keep from the ants on it, and they will at once disappear. I have tried it.— a Tribune, ‘THE Russia Cases for scent bottles come with glass tops this year, as they did last season abd are generally lined with scarlet, although sometimes blue or old gold is used. The pretty ittle work cases in Russia of last year have compantons this year in the shape of little wicker hampers lined with blue satin and furnished with scissors, bodkin and thimble, and the pocket, inkstand of former years 1s re- placed by an inkstand that cannot leak, ina3- as it has an outer case which makes it ible for it to open unhawares. Then there are memorandum books in sealsktn with kets inside each leaf, and with ks in the box to fill the place of the jirst when tts leaves shall all be covered. Boston Transcript. “COLDS AND SNUFFLES.”—Keep the children as much out of doors as possible this weather, and if they have a cold don’t house them. Bathe each morning with tepid water (not Warm), and rub them briskly until their little backs and chests are red. Keep them covered with warm, soft flannel. Upon the first syinp- tom of cold give them a warm bath at nicht, and rub mutton tallow C7 yyuse grease Ud coeir aiuns, on the soles of thetr feet, over their throat‘and chest, and grease well thelr noses and over the forehead with Vaseline, ue children should wear night drawers of flannel, Instead of gowns. These can be made to cover their feet, so if they Kick off the clothes they will not He uncovered. Light warm bed cover- ings are the best. Old and young should sleep in ccol rooms. ScrgNcE aT DisNeR.—Nature describes and Mlustrates a simple (el petlaty dad involving the elementary principle of the centre of gravity which Js capable of evoking roars of lauguter at adinner table. Ifa dish of snipe has been served up, the head with its long beak may be fixed In a cork; and then two forks being thrust into the sides of the cork and a needie having been fixed into the lower end of it, the cork can be valanced upon a coin laidon the top of a wine bottle and can be spun slowly around while the snipe’s head nods at the varlous members of the company in turn, and finally ‘St 97'S Opposite one of them. By making a slit at the bottom of this cork, putting in a sllver quarter, and balancing Unts upon the point of a needie which rises out of another cork in the neck of the pottie the apparently imposstb'e feat of spinning a twenty-tlive cent plece on the point ofa needle can be performed with the greatest ease. Lire-GIvVInG SUNSHINE.—Impure food with sunlight is vastly betfer than food of the best. and litle or no sunlight. All clothing, before being uced, should. be ex if practicab to tite rays of the sun. ‘There ls in the sun-ex- Ith, and, in compari- sidkne.3 and death. thcugh there re shutters to every window, are sunned to fit them for my comfort and ea- jJoyment. Chamber furnittire of all kinds tbGuld be exposed Lo the rays of the sun if we Jd keep them cleanly and healthy. The is on which we wipe after washing, should ail be sun-dried. Dry underclothing should be exposed to the sun; night clothing also, as, by the rays of the sun, they will all become puri- fed.—Country Gentleman, ‘TO PRESERVE GREEN GINGER.—Take the root of green ginger and pare neatly with a sharp knife, throwing it in a pan of cold water; boil ull tender through, Changing the water three Umes, each time putting on cold water; when boiled perfectly tender throw again in cold water, and let it lle an hour or more. For every six pounds of ginger allow eight pounds of loat sugar, adding half a pint of water t2 each pound of sugar, and, stir gradually the beaten whites of four eggs into it; boll and skim well; drain the ginger trom the water, and when the syrup Is cold pour over it, cover it, and let stand for two days; then, having strained the syrup from the ginger, boli it again and pour cold over the ginger, and let it stand three days; afterward boil the syrup and pour hot over theginger. Repeat the Dearing of be hot syrup over the ginger untii you fin the syrup has thoroughly penetrated it; this you will be able to tell by tasting it and by .ts appearance when you cnt it, and by the syrup becoming very rich and thick.—N, ¥, Times, NOTHING GivEs so Dismal and unhospitable 8n appearance to a sitting room as to have the chairs and sofa or couch covered with suf, un- friendly locking linen, but pretty furniture that is used constantly must be protected in some way, and there are many coverings which are really ornamental. For instance, a couch may be kept from fading by taking a plece of Turkish toweiling the required length. Put scallops of tlannel on the edge, a border or cen- trepiece; or simply a vine worked in some bright color across the ends makes a pretty ad- dition to it. Tidies that are very serviceable may be made of brown linen with an applique stripe of cretonne ilowers or scroll. The eastest and most satistactory way to prepare cretonne for transferring is to first work the figure which is to be cut out with the buttonhole stitch, and then cut around that. When {t ts placed upon broadcloth or any material which does not re- quire washing, sew {t with long stitches on the wrong side, but when transferring to the Maen sew it jirmly, so that it will keep its place when washed. The tidies may be finished prettily by putting fringe or yellow lace across the ends: turn down a hem on the sides and feather oe with worsted or working cotton.—v, ¥ 705 PLANTING OUT BUvLgs.—Some directions as to time, soll, etc, in the setting out of bulbs, we printed recently, Perhaps it will be of service to some to learn the depth which some of our leading iloricuiturists. Plant the different kinds of bulks. They say tbat hyacinths, large lilies and p:vontas should be set four inches trom the crown; crown im. perje3s and polyanthus-narcissus ‘five inches; tulips. double narcissus; jonquils and colchi- cums three inches; bulbous iris, crocus, small fritellaries, gladiolus-byzantiums and’ snow- drops two inches; ranunculus*and anemones One inch. ‘Ihe bed should be protected in win ter with straw, hay, loose manure or spent tan, Which Of course ts to be removed in the spring” aL carefully stirred and pul- ore who will not ad due atten- Uon to their bulbs must not look for Perfect fic ‘Wers and plenty of them. The bulbs of the ‘ladiolus shonid of course be taken up in the nvally, but in the spring instead oft fail; and if Set cut at intervals of from one to two weeks it: extent have its sea3on of: ‘we take up only’ Will-to the same Pibcratn epi . Tultps 0: ce ree or four years; and suowaro} es we Ce to have ae beds ed on keepin; over winter they should placed tn a cellar on a shelf or scaffold, just = iey are taken from the ground, and egainst rats and mice, or they can be covered with dry sand. A cellar with a heater tn it will be too warm and cause them to sproat before the winter ts over; they should be put tn a cold o1e, but where they will not freeze. Upto the 20th of November bulbs can be setout Some defer i to oe pee elope pwon! crown im) a best plan! in the fall Germantown Tetegrapn. It was at a late quarterly meeting of Seventh-day Baptist cburches in ise the nsin that two clergymen were to present papers on the same day, and the qi in of precedeace baving arisen, Mr. A to his feet and f£a'd, “I think brother B t t> have the bast pe older man than and beside, is full of his sabdjsct.” When Pe remew Bla s1b- ject was “The Devil,’ seemed to beam around LETTER FROM BOSTON, DEMOCRATIC DESPONDEN( ¥—R REPUBLICAN HOPES— GRANT IN ‘Si—THE BOSTON CONGRESSIDM4L DIS- TRICTS—THE LADIES “SAPE" DEPOSIT, ETC. (Correspondence of The Koening Star.) Boston, Oct. 20.—Probably there Is no more earnest democratic band in the country than the oft defeated divisions of that organization in this state. Tecan assert afact when I write that no where in the country was there a more confident band of democratic patriots—conti- dent that everything was going “right”—than walked these Boston streets up to that moratng of the year of our Lord when Indiana, so fondly claimed, went gilmmering adown the corridors of lost causes and provided food for reflection as uppalatable as {U Was unexpected. And now that the smoke ox the ee cae is clearlag away hopes are reviving and renéwed confidence animates the bosom of the Massachusetts democracy that “they can’t do it again.” I talked with a prom- inent democratic politician of Unis city only yes terday and felt his political pulse only to ind the temperature of his hopes in a perfectly nor- mal condition and hear from his venerabie lips the declaration that “Our people are not in the least discouraged and anticipate just as sur- prising a result to the radicals in the general election as this preliminary skirmish was to us.’ ‘This Is a fair sample, I thoroughly be- Heve, of the feeling of the Massachusetts de- mocracy. They expect to bring something down the next time they shoot. of the I tind that the unabated confidence average democratic citizen of the old Bay State is also based—outside of party impulses—upon private reports recelved from Pennsylva- hia. That state fs not eliminated from the list wherein surprises are possible. This sort of feeling prevents the campaign in Massachusetts from lesing interest. REPUBLICAN HOPES. ‘The republicans also have some news as tothe result Of the next contest. It1s not necessary 10 repeat what they are. That point 1s very well understood. ‘The management and predicitons or Hon. John C. New, of Indiana, regarding the late “event” in Hoosterdom, is a subject of no little complimentary allusion in the repubiican camp hereabout, and the bo, s will rely on his figures hereafter. When the Hon. John C. was here, some months previous to the Chicago con- vention, he firmly predicted Grant’s nomina- tion, Therein the controlling element in this Vicinity counted the distinguished gentleman as a litile off; but they vote him solid now, and should he declare that Grant will be the repub- "an candidate in iss4, I assert that his views wiil not be scouted out of consideration here in the home Of the best antl-Grant republicaus in the land, THE BOSTON DISTRICTS. The Congressional campsign in the two dis- tricts—tLe uhir3 and fourth—embracing this city anda portion of the outlying country, is apt to wax very warm within the next ten days. The four candidates in the tleld, Messrs. Axel Deal borne and Leopold Morse, democrats, respect ively in the third and fourth, and A. A. Renney and Francis B. Hayes, republicans, in the same order, are all popular men andall possess barrels—big barrels—and the bungs are Started. So it cannot be otherwise than lively. At the present time I consider it_very probable that Mr. Dearborne will be sent to represent the tuird district. There is a splitin the democracy 1 the fourth, and this may peril the re-election of Mr. Morse; but his friends do not admit 1t. He will draw heavily on the republican strength for bis popularity is unauestioned. That ts no news in Washington where the gentleman ts Well known, owlng to hts presence from Mr. Hooper's old district for the last two Congresses So the condition of the Congressional campaign in Loston inspires much interest, and the re- t:ras on that eventful night, now coming on apace, will be anxiously awaited. GRANT'S VISIT. The Hotel Brunswick, in thé back bay dis- trict, which bad the distinguished honors, ete.- during the recent visit of Gen. Grant, is now a verliable banquet hall, deserted, not of guests, but of grandeur. With the departure of it #0 air Of desolation set up itsreign. Gone are the festooned glories of the facade and the flags of all nations ae in honor of the occa- sion. Hovny-hanfed men of Athens have knocked away the platform trom which the ex- President reviewed a political parade on the Bight of his arrival, and evs ‘ing else con- nected with the circumstance is gone excepting the memories of the occasion, the fact that the Middiesex club, the swellest club you ever knew, offered as few facilities to reporters to embalm their hospitality in history as they possibly could, and for which the Boston news- beper men have no words of praise to utter. The « -President’s stay In Boston was in all respecis an enjoyable one. There was no one tco partisan to do him honor, notwithstanding in some respects bis visit was a part of the well regulated republican boom. THE “SAFE” DEPOSIT. “The Ladies’ Deposit” is the very latest and grimmest sensation in this center of sensations, How to describe this institution, or what to speak of it, bas been for some time a problem beyond the depth of average conundrums; but a very Vigorous probing of its curiosities by the Boston Advertiser developed the fact that “The Ladies’ Deposit” was, is, and has been for all Ume a fraud of the very first magnitude, aad has lived and thrived for years in this land of law and justice obtatning money from wary Women, until now the end has come, and Rachel throughout the whole of New Engiand is weep- ing, not on account of lost children, but for lost visions of golden splendor, that vanished into thin air when a solid and influential newspaper gave the warning that will be a blessing to hundreds, perhaps thousands of other women who were about to enrich the coffers of this institution that nobody knows anything about. Briefly writing, 1t was a concern pretending to pay—in fact it did pay untila run was maae— eight per cent per month on deposits made by poor unmarried women. To detail the clreum- Stances of this marvelous swindle would take much more space than this letter could demand, Suffice 1 to say that here is a so-called bank, built on air, having the confidence of a multi- tude of unthinking females, in a country where women cert: are acknowledged to be reasoning creatures. It gathers in thousands upon thousands of dollars, and upon the first shed of light let full upon it there 1s a collapse and wide spread destitution. I hear of two maiden ladies in the south end who lost 32,300 each, and of one widow who borrowed $50) for the purpose of doubi'ng it in less than a year and Clearing exactl; that amount. She is now a mourner. The officralsof the bank or all that could be found are in iirance vile, The proud edifice on East Brookiihe street is a temple dedicated to female woe. All Boston is agog to Know who backed the swindie, if it was backed, and to know how great the depth of mise hy fs that this ploughshare of deception has creal Poverty’s Grip. (Detroit Free Prese.) The annoyances to which a man without money can be subjected are almost without bumber, but it is seldom that two acquaintances are In the same box at once. On Congress street yesterday one man sald to another as they met: ot: “Ah! you miserable lar, I'd break your nose for a deilar!” ‘The person thus addressed opened his wallet, buv it wasempty. He wanted hts nose broken ever so much, but he couldn’t raise the ‘Yhen he remarked: “ You gray-headed poltroon, I'd lick you for 50 cents! The gray-head felt in all his pockets, but he found Lo half dollar. He was cast down over the condition of his finances, but managed to cane "i give you a boss licking for just five cents!” The other went down into all his pockets, but no nickel could be discovered. Disappointment ‘sat enthroned on his face as he replied: “Give me two cents and lil roll you in the gutter!” ‘The other couldn’t raise it, Even when they offcred to lick each other for a cent the money could not be produced,and both went their ways realizing how keen the grip of poverty can be ughtened. Wanted an Adjournment, street west was about leaving It in & hurry ves. t west was al vi 3 terday with an envelope ret hand whena ee entered, removed his hat and gloves and sold: “| presume you are Mr. Blank?” = 4 sir, Any thing new from Indiana?” “Ido not know. Ihave no interest in poll- ties, I called, Mr. Biank. at the earnest solicita- tion of some of your friends to consult —— “Say.I can’t wait just now. Come in any other hs Til look over your petition and ‘hay 5 a) ee can not be delayed with , Mr. Blank.” But He all mixed up on Indiana, and I don’t to miss any of the bulletins.” ir. Bi I’m the new pastor of the — want LUMBER. ANOTHER FALLIN PRICES IS COMING, AND A8 USUAL WILLET & LIBBEY, COR. 6TH STY AND NEW YORK AVENUE, THE FIRST IN THIS CITY TO DRor. NO NEED OF ARGUMENT. FIGUBES ALONE TELL THE STOBY. FLOORING (Darssr:»), BOARDS, Tse pest. BOARDS, Oomaton.. NEW DEPARTURE. WE BAY IN OUR EMPLOY AN ARCHITECT, READY AT ALL TIMES TO MAKE A DRAWING FREE OF CHARGE. WRITE TO US IF YOU THINK OF BUILDING. WILLET & LIBBEY, OFFICE, | COR. 6TH BT, AND NEW YORK AVESUB, ‘tes STREET AND N. Y. AVE. BPRAGUE'S SQUARE, BETWEEN L AND M. | vaups. | | N. Le MARKET SQUARE. PeaBsrorr SCHOOL FUND LOTTERY OF KENTUCRY, AT LOUISVILLE, KY. ECOND DRAWING, ON THE 4TH NovaM- SE Aah TH OF NOVaM. OAPITAL PRIZE, $30,000. WHOLE TICEETS, $2, HALF TIOKETS, 81. All prizes id after the Drawing. A list ot prises will be seit imwediatiy. ter tee Dea ing, and published in_ the papers of the g i ra certainly take pe and the game scheme, presented monthly, ‘will take piace on the 4th of each succeeding month, provided it doos not Socur on Sunday, and if it does, the saturday e- pre- THERE WILL NEITHEB BE A POSTPONE- MENT NOK SOALING. ae Col. A. G. Hodges and Capt. Wm. Louisville, will superintend ‘the Drawing, than whom two more honorable gentiemen do not live in Kestucky, both of whom are well known and re- warded ss gent of spotless integrity. B.C. WINTERSMITH, Supervisor, No. 3 Mozart Building, Louisville, Hy. ‘Tickets now ready at the office of A W. Harris & Go., 240 Brosdway, New York. Orders for tickets can be’ sent by mail or express. Orders: Siwoye resch us. Prizes cashed without discount, and ali necessary information furnished by A. W. HARRIS & CO,, 240 Broadway, x oct 8, te, thsw —— Auwess ON DECK ‘With a complete Stock of the VEBY BEST GOODS that ee, be procured in onr line, and at prices embarrass our competitors and cause our customers to rejoice. A feature of our stock Just at this time is 6 at NEW JAPAN TEA, jest (anoolored.) It is ‘the first * Ri Sands pronscaced Uy all eno have to be *'the most delicious article of Tea they have Another attractive feature of our stock to-ay is AN UNUSUALLY CHOICE ABTIOLE OF GOSHEN BUTTER. Telephonic connections. ELPHONZO YOUNGS, 604 Oth street, bet. E and F. (WaTTE FRONT.) ix8 {[HE MIL FOWES CURES, HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS. ce an entire success. 1. = é B & e Ha 3 :: : 8 “ 10. : a 28 1a. = it < 17. “80 19. a 30. oa. Or sent by the case, or single