Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1881, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, ELIGIOUS NOTE: —Tt is said that nearly half of the strength Of the Presbyterian church in the United States | 4s in the states of Penasylvania and New York. me men, when they go to chureh. never think of studying the freseoing on the ceiling of | the edifice until the collection plate ates | Passed around. A Chinese sailor said in prayer meeting, | et to: swear.” | he more I pray, | The more I pray, the more I fo Another man arose and said, the more I forget to grumble —The “Lucey Hayes Mission Band” Is the ganized in Fairmount, isting of young | ze. | — Bishop Simpson has left Philadelphia for a tour of the southern M. aterences. He conference to ce e to the clergy of th Bishop Ellicott, of Gloucester t observed in his dio- in infidelity or not even inthe great towns. es that, in the opi the pre cl abe | ment, ome up for legislation. | who visited Scotland re- | Cenily te lecture, said inone of his addresses | that the accounts published in regard to the in- ; fi y e been ex: He said about 70 per cent. of the Glergy preach the Gospel more or less fully | — The war over the a‘fairs of the American Bible Soeiety has bezun in good earnest. The ticut bret hren who haye attacked the old say that they mean business, and that ean prove all they charge. “The man- °S as unjustifiable and —The archbishop of York hada shy at the | Titualists in talking against “Secularism” in the hame upon us,” he in upon us, instead ofstudying the map and the routes and divid- ing the commands, we are studying the color Of the uniform and the lace upon the jacket!” —The California churches have a pecular evil to contend with. in the cultivation of the grape for the purpose of making wine and brandy, and the Congregational association at Los Aneles, recently passed a resolution to the effect that such business was demoralizing and recommending church members to abstain from it. —Bishop Littlejohn, of Long Island has ap- Pointed a committee of the American Church Building Pund Commission, which was establish- ed by the last general convention of the Episco- palchureh. The committee expects to create @ fund of $1,000,000 by October, 1883, in which | year the centennial anniversary of the American | hurei: will occur. —The Methodist ministers of Montreal have | adopted resolutions denouncing Dr. Burns, of | y, for his expressed sympathy for Dr. f Chicago. that Dr. Burns does not_represent the views of | the Methodist church of Canada, and that the | church has no sympathy with Dr. Thomas. The | excitement touching the heresy case seems | to be increasing. —Professor Huxley, even, makes a plea for the retention of the Bible in our public schools. He says: “There still remains in this old litera- | ture avast residuum of moral grandeur;” and Feviewing his impressionsof the Bible, which he | Tead when a child, he declares that a child five | or six years old, left to itself, may be deeply in- | terestél in the Word of God and draw sound moral =abstance from it. Wiley will preside over the Balti- more conferenee, M. E. church, which meets in | Baltimore March Sth, and over the Washington conference, which meets in Baltimore March 22. Bishop Simpson wiil preside over the Virginia | confer which meets at Manassas, Va., | March shop Foster will preside over the South Carolina conference, which meets at Spartanburg January 12, and over the North | Carolina conference, which meets at Laurinburg | January 26. — The New York Evening Post philosophizes | om the dismissal of the North American Review from the publishing house of the Appletons, and | Femarks, “When a real believer like Judge | ‘Jerry’ Black and an old-fashioned at like | ‘Bob’ Ingersoll are pitted against each other | the fray is sure to be hot, and it is only natural | that no one should fare’ worse in it than the | person who gets up the match and undertakes fix the rules under which it is fought.” —The Presbyterian church in the south feels the need of more ministers. At the ninety- | fourth annual session of the Presbyterian Synod | Of Virginia, resolutions were adopted stating | that the south ought to have an increase of fifty licentiates annually, and requesting “pastors, elders and parents to instruct the | nces of Chri young men in regard to the claims of the ministry.” The increase in the ministry in the south was stated to be only about six each year. — Ritualists and Anti-Ritualists are having a Ively time at Manchester. Eng. The other day @communicant in a Ritualistic church there was convicted of “indecent conduct” in that, in- stead of consuming the wafer given to him at | the communion table, he stuck it on the cover | of his prayer-book, where he gleefully showed | it afterwards. He will try to have his revenge | The resolutions state | © PINK EYE. iow to Cure It. Els. Country Gentleman:—The re is a terribly fital disease, called pink-eye, carrying off the hot in this section. All that are taken die, with few exceptions. Only two, so far, in this immediate neighborhood, have survived, and they are atill sick, though reported slowly con- valeseing, and they were treated with so many remedies that it is difficult to tell which did the most good. The first sy mptoms are sluggish- ness, hanging of the head, and total loss of ap- petite, witha tendency to lean against some- thing; they are found to have a raging fever, and in a few heurs stagger, lose the use of hind legs, have fits and die, all the while dripping with a cold perspiration. Those w hich live over 24 hours lose the use of all th eir limbs, and the extremities swell and get cold; t hey refuse both j drink and food, and finally die from exhaustion. The cervical region of the spine or cerebrum (rather cerebellum) or both (cerebro-spinal me- itis) must be the real seat of the disease, as is is the only way to account for the paralysis, h the bronchi, lungs, and stomach may be also implicated—a malarial epizooty. We have had the most continuously from the south and southeast for six weeks, which has (besides bringing myriads of musquitoes from the swamps south of us) spread a malarial epi- demic up the Atlantic’ slope, even upon the highlands, which have been considered exempt. This horse disease resembles very much, in its incipiency, our dumb ague. The continuous wind may have a great deal to do with read of this disease as well as its origin, | and with us it is Our most unhealthy wind, coming as it de from the deadly yellow fever section. The y w fever is closely related to if not identi ith our malarial troubles, be- ing mitigated by temperature, for our continued and intermittent fevers are not many removes from the Panama and tropical fever. Twenty hor: we died in my neighborhood, not counting those in the city of Annapolis, and the disease is spreading. Ihave never seen or examined one, and the above indefinite descrip- tion is from what I have heard. Many are painting around and up the noses of their horses with tar as a preventive. The two cases reported above as getting better were blistered down the neck and behind the ears, also bled and given 50 grains of quinine (much too little to do good) each, besides being drenched with { a conglomerate mess. We are much in need of a yertinary surgeon, and a proper post-mortem. examination by such a one would no doubt throw much light upon the disease. Since | writing the above, I have heard of a certain cure, in which suiphur and cream of tartar pre- dominate. If true, I will send the recipe for | publication. G. W. D. ‘Annapolis, Ma. [ANSWER BY DR. E. MOORE, M. R. C. V. 8.] This disease exists as an epizootic in the spring and fall of some seasons, and it may be said to be sporatic at all times. It begins with rigors or shivering, fever, and swelling of limbs and eyelids, with flow of tears down the face. The animal is dull, loses appetite, and lifts the limbs from pain, shifting them often. After the limbs are considerably swollen the pain tly ceases. The redness and swelling of the yelids gave rise to the name “pink-eye.” The bowels are torpid and faces covered by a shiny mucus, and the evacuation are dark-coi- ored. There is sometimes a cough present, and some disturbance in the breathing, but not serious unless aggravated by cold, neglect or metastasis. It is not necessary to speak here of | internal temperature, pulse, &c., as the ordi- nary reader would not be any wiser. As a dis- ease pure and sitnple, it is not dangerous or ob- stinate in proper hands. The animals recover in from four to ten days. Of course if any com- plications set in it may require longer time, or be fatal, depending upon the type of disease as- sociated with it. It may, however, in some sea- sons, owing to certain conditions, climate and general surroundings of animals, take on a fatal character. Owing to a tendency to the forma- tion of coazulable material in the blood, clots are sometimes formed within blood cavities, and | death is thus produced. Or, if the blood vessels of the brainare the seat of thrombi, we may have cases of paralysis, brain symptoms of vari- ous kinds, &. Where a good veterinary surgeon can be had, he should be given chargé of the animals. Not having one, give in the rst stage of the disease a bail composed of 4 dr. of Barbadoesaloes, pow- dered nitrate of potash 3 dr.,and powdered ven- tian 5dr. Also, give halt the following drench the first day, repeating the second: Spirits of turpentine, 4 0z.; raw oil, 12 0z.; mix. The limbs should be’ rubbed with equal parts of spirits of camphor, aconite and laudanum, or with spirits alone; afterwards being bandaged. Steamed oats, bran, carrots and apples, also grass (if it is available) make the best diet. Hand-rubbing of limbs is good. Box stalls are best for these patients. “If the breathing is quickened, the following drench three times per day will be necessary: Sweet spirits of nitre, spirits of camphor, of each 2 0z.; fluid extract of belladonna, 34 dr.; fluid extract of foxglove, 20 minims; water, 14 pint. It is well to dissolve in the drinking water 34 oz. of powdered sal nitre twice or thrice daily. But it must be remem- bered that this treatment is for “‘pink-eye,” and not for a score of diseases improperly so-called. Country Gentleman. = * Assasins and the Defence of Insanity. State BY JAMES W. CLARKE. The tragedy of the 2d of July last suddenly revived public interest in an old topic—the de- fence of insanity in capital cases. It is a well- worn theme, much discussed, and always with an unsatisfactory result. What is moral in- = Led brpehcac Mee onion he — prose- | sanity? What is legal insanity? Conclusive gate the clerzyman fur mutilating the prayer- | °°" > : hook mentioned By sctaptuge Ga ties wane | answers to both these questions have often his penknife. The cause of relizion is not | likely to be helped much by this sort of thing. — Now that Sankey has so immensely popu- Iarized a particular class of gospel song and Melody, it is considered the correct thing in many hizhly respectable quarters to give this lass of hymnological and musical aids a smart Fapevery now and then. Thus the Rev. Mr. Lioyd, of New York, contributes hia effort: | “Use very sparingly the modern trash known under the now generic name of Moody and Sankey hymns. There are in the whole collec- | tion periaps @ dozea hymns and tunes which are worth preserving, but the mass, both in | words and music, is whipped syllabub. with bad | exs at that. Rowland Hill said he did not see | why the devil should have all the good tunes; but there are some tunes in our modern revival | hymnals we would be willing to give to that in- | dividual or any other who would promise to | barn them. The effect upon the spiritual life of @ constant use of the wretched doggerel and Tollicking melodies of these books is, I hold, | bad. A weak, effervescing, unhealthy emotion— alism fs fostered, instead of earnest, intelligent, Robust piety.” —Under the head, “Rome without the Pope,” The Pall Mali Gazette of a recent issue | discusses the rumors that the Pope is about to | leave Rome. It seems certain, The Gazette says, | that these rumors are not the mere gossip of | Roman Catholic religious circles. Their foun- dation appears to be certain conversations of | Leo Xiil, with French bishops, who have | brought back to their homesa very strong im- on that the Holy Father is meditating the Femoval of his person and court to some place outside the King of Italy's dominions, The | step. if contemplated, will only be taken with the zreatest reluctance. There is no doubt, however, that the position of the Pope at Rome | As becoming very nearly untenable. The ru- mors which have prevailed give Salzburg as the place at which the Pope proposes to settle him- | Self: and there is no question that it is only at some place in the dominions of the Austrian | Emperor that he can find comfort and the honor | which he asserts to be denied to him in his own country. Rev. N. W. Miner, formerly of Spring- field, Ill., and a neighbor there of Abraham ‘Lincoln, related at the Baptist ministers’ meet- ing, yesterday, some of his reminiscences of Lin- eoln. In Mr. Miner's opinion, Lincoln was a Christian; perhaps not an experimental Chris- tian, but one who read his Bible and prayed and acted like a Christian. “As to the question whether he did right or wrong in going to Ford's Theater in Washington on the night been attempted, but never given with such detiniteness and decisiveness as to shut off debate. Every day the controversy is resumed in our courts, and apparently will go on to the end ottime. It is settled one day, and the day after we find it is not settled at all. “What,” said the late Dr. Forbes Winslow, ‘‘is my test of insanity? I have none. I know of no unerring, infallible and safe rule or standard applicable to all cases.” So, too, the British judges, whose effort to define the undefinable we shall present- ly examine at length, after all their elaboration | of statement touching what does and what does not constitute legal insanity. finally confessed that | “the facts of each particular case must of ne- cessity present themselves with endless diversi- ty. and with every shade of difference in each case,” But if it be difficult to define what is lezal insanity, which is a mere matter of human law, how much more difficult is it to determine and define what is moral insanity? Dr. Sam Johnson declares that ‘all power of fancy over reason is a degree of insanity,” and Montaigne asserts that between genius and madness there is but “a half turn of the toe.” M. Taine con- curs in this dictum, and philosophically avers that “insanity is not a distinct and separate em- pire; our ordinary life borders upon it, and cross the frontier in some part of our nature.” It has been the periodic missien of the assas- sin to revive this moot question. One day the world stands and shudders with an unanimous horror, and the next divides upon the old issue, Was he insane? It is hy tatiresd a monotonous, in looking back over these historical tragedies, to find how invariably the modern imitator of Brutus comes down to the footlights with a pis- tolin one hand and a plea of insanity in the other. In American history, so far, we have had only two creatures corresponding to what, | in the vocabulary of Europe, would be called regicides. In the first case there was no oppor- tunity offered to the assassin to plead insanity. A vast amount of legal lore and medical meta- { physies was forestailed by the summary shooting Yilkes Booth in the barn where he was of | brought to bay. It is, perhaps, worthy of note that not one of the men who have of late murdered, or at- tempted to murder, czars or emperors, have offered the plea of insanity. In Great Britain and the United States it seems to be the assas- sin’s invariable defence. And in both countries counsel for the accused start with the advantage of being able to ask the jury, as Mr. Cockburn did in the cases both of Pate ‘and McNaughten: Could they believe that any sane man could have committed such an act? And that is the question which the tragic event that has re- cently shocked and saddened both hemispheres once more invests with melancholy importance, and presents for decision to an American jury.—- December Allantic. ‘Two of a Kind. “I know,” said the little girl to her elder sister’s young man, at the supper table, “that E ne HI if you will join our society for the protection of itttle birds, because mamma says you are very fond of larks.” Then there was a silence, and FASHION WRINKLES. THE NEW COLORS. Tar December fashions are radiant. Cuewmors leather gloves are worn. Dress Sxrrts continue full and short. Basqvesare much trimmed, and worn as much as ever. Tue Dotman ts crowding out the fur-lmed circular. Garters are nearly superseded by stocking suspenders. IxyvisisLe Greev is revived for walking jack- ets and cloaks. Suapep Fearuers are a marked feature in winter millinery. Faxcy JewELRy has multiplied itself ad infini- tam this winter. SMat., Rovxp PELERINEs appear on many of the imported dresses. Tue new poke bonnets haye immensely pro- trading brims in front. Fr or beaver felt is the leading material for winter hats and bonnets. Ostricu PLuEs are seen on some New York dresses as well as bonnets. Furs will be much used this winter, whether the weather is very cold or not. Dresses are made in as great a variety of styles as they were last season. Very Lance Hats and medium-sized and small bonnets are all fashionable. Two on More materials combined to form one costume is as fashionable as ever. Lone Visires, dolman cloaks, and circles will all be worn for midwinter wraps. Tue winter novelties advertised in to-day’s Stak are worth seeing and buying. Licut-coLorep Uxstsrs of heavy cloth, trim- med with undyed sealskin, are very fashionable. SEAL-BROWN CLotu, with plush to match, Is the favorite material for elegant promenade cos- tumes.. BrocaDep plush leaves are used for trimming plain velvet dresses, and borders and ara- besques of leather work are to be seen on plush dresses. ExQvisiTe Tor.ETs are made of vin de cham- pagne satin, embroidered with silver blossoms aad leaves, and combined with pale primrose velvet. MotTuER Hvussarp Bonnets of dark olive green beayer or plush, trimmed with full ostrich plumes a shade darker, held by large antique gold buckles, are exceedingly becoming to blondes. THe Wearine oF Jackets like the dress is really an expensive fashion. It would bea glad announcement to some women that one winter cloak to be worn with all street dresses was again the mode. Avrumy Cosrumes of dark green cloth are trimmed with many rows of fine gold braid, put onstraight. The first effect is very good, but the glitter of the tinsel soon wears off, and then the effect is very dull and dowdy. FLowers are still worn on bodices, both at the waist and on the left side of the neck. Be- gonia leaves and autumn leaves in shaded plush, yellow and red peonias, asters and nasturtiums are all worn at the present time. ~ DousLe, and triple collars of embroidered muslin, are among the novelties of the season for indoor wear. Habit collars of linen are worked in small squares, are three inches deep, and turned over straight upon the yoke of mus- lin, which is fitted to the neck. Kittexs’ and monkeys’ heads are rivalling the autumn owl in popularity. They are seen upon the outside of new plush and fur muffs, made up envelope fashion. New gilt buttons also show the faces of both the monkey and the English colley in bronze enamel. AT THE MarriaGe of Mile. Grévy, daughter of the French President, the bridal dress was a white satin one with a tablier of embossed vel- immense veil of point d’Angieterre. was in chestnut brown embossed velvet, trimmed with appliques of brown and fawn beads. THe AUTUMN NovELtigs in fashions can be found at W. M. Shuster & Sons, Seaton Perry’s, Gunnip, Day & Co., Jno. T. Mitchell’s, Mrs. J. P. Palmer’s, C. M. Towson’s, Mrs. M. J. Hunt's, Woodward & Lothrop’s, Cochrane & Co.’s, M. Willian’s, Carter's, Tyler & Chewing’s, Brown Claggett’s, George J. Johnson's, Mrs. C. V. Smith's, Douglas’ and Noots’. A New Comsiation Garment called the “Victoria” is seen in New York. It combines in one the corset, petticoat and bustle, and is admirably adapted to the wants of actresses and all ladies whose occupations require quick changes of garments, as well as for those whose weakness of spine will not admit of the weight of many skirts around the hips. PARTY AND BALL Dresses are imported, hav- ing no sleeves to speak of. Sometimes a nar- Tow band adorned with garniture, corresponding with that upon the skirt, is seen. Solid “pearl sleeves,” about four inches in length, are much in vogue, and with them, to correspond, is worn a Medici collar made of the same beads. These are very effective with evening toilets of white surah or satin. Iyp1ana Croti is the name of a new dress material of British manufacture. It is made from the best Indian longwool. It is manufac- tured in the north of England, and is soft and woolly. It is 44 inches wide, and, although made entirely of wool, is light; and another quality. it does not crush or crease. The colors comprise all the fashionable esthetic shades, as greenish blue, faint yellow, terra-cotta reds. etc., as well as the browns, blues, greens and reds now fash- ionably worn. Dancine Dresses are made short enough this season to display the elegant little satin san- dals, delicately hand-painted or hand-embrold- ered, as well as a bit of the dainty silk stocking, a favorite color of which is a pale peach-blossom pink, embroidered with white rosebuds and white _ lillies-of-the-valley. Another French fancy equally the vogue isto wear rich white lace stockings over silk ones of a delicate flesh- color, and with them the arched Stephanie slipper of satin, fastened by French diamond buckles. Ay ELEGANT WaLkine Svrr, just completed in Washington, of bronze moire frances and em- bossed plush, consists of the skirt of moire and formed entirely of box pleats, with a full frilling of knife pleatings set on the box pleats at the foot. The waist is of embossed plush cut , fitting closely to ig somewhat loosely at the shoulders and tapering to close fitting at the hand with A giro lace frills, with large opal buttons with steel points. This is of the richest materials and consequently plain and elegant. AsotHeR Ricn Costume, just completed in Washington, is of black velvet and moire frances, is as follows: The waist is of black velvet cut in pannier polonaise style, with a handsome Alsatian bow of moire lined with Rhadame satin at the back. The skirt is of moire and velvet, with a narrow double box pleating of the morie cut bias at the foot. Above it is a deep trimming of panels of velvet with fans of morie inserted. Surmounting this isadeep soft puff of the moire, also cut bias. Then foilows another row of paneled velvet and moire, which completes the front ofthe dress, the back being handsomely draped with velvet. The rich materials like the costumes described will allow little or no trimmings, the materials being so rich in themselves. A Few Costumes have already been created after ideas given by foreign authorities of Mme. Patti's toilettes, designed specially for her American tour, One of the most attractive is made of chamois plush, so brilliant that it gives to the costume the appearance of being sprin- kled with silver. The flounces and the bodice are made up with bands of embossed leather of the same tint, and the skirt shows a rich appli- cation of leather embroidery on plush ground. This costume is entirely original and shows how effectual leather is. for garnishing plush. Still another rich dress is of dark blue velvet en train bride's dress was short, and made in a simple, quaint old-fashioned style, of cream brocade, trimmed witha deep flounce edged with Brus- sels lace, and at her side hi ‘a reticule, mented with cream roses and lave. was full, with waistband, and The other evening, as. a party of “the boys” were smoking and lounging in the office of the Occidental Hotel, an English tourist, of the most pronounced cockney type, emerged from the elevator, and took a seat in the reading room. He wore the usual short waisted Eng- lish coat. and tight pants, much bagged at the knees, both being of the most startling red, green and white check. His feet were encased insong and dance toed shoes, fresh from the Strand, while over his shoulder was suspended the orthodox Cook’s tourist fiela glass. A white puggaree hat with biue vail band and fiery red mutton chop whiskers completed his remarkable appearance, the “stony British stare” we are so used to on Kearny street be- ing intensified by the usual pair of green gog- gles, or ‘“‘dust defiers” the aterage Saxon tray- eler clings to so obstinately in foreign lands. Ashe passed the group of young men-about town referred to, a broad smile diffused itself across the entire gang, 80 to speak. “I say, boys,” said one, "8 go and have some fun with that fellow? "Spose we give him a grand a ‘—a proposition that was unanimously car- ried Edging up to the red whiskered Harn the Spokesman, a well known curbstone broker of approved gall, said politely: “Stranger, sir, I presume?” ** Hi ham—thank eving,” replied the cockney, with lofty sarcasm. “ Ah—yes—very good—very good, indeed,” said the Friscan. “I thought you were a new arrival, and concluded to give you a pointer.” “Hi ‘ave no use for ha dog.” “T mean a little hint, you know. I wouldn't go in the barroom to-night, if I were you.” “Hand why?” “ There was a man shot there this afternoon by the barkeeper., and as some of the corpse’s relatives propose to take it up it’s likely to be pretty warm around there to-night.” “Think so?” “Yes, indeed. These Californians are awful queer people, as you must have heard. Haye only been here three years, and haven't gotten quite used to their ways myself. Now, my friend here, Mr. Skidmore, shot a waiter this morning for bringing him cdld cakes. Don’t you think that absurd?” “Can't help it,” growled the party indicated; “when a man comes at me with cold buck- wheat cakes, or any other deadly weapon, he’s got to die right there;” and Mr. Skidmore took a derringer out of his hip pocket and blew into its muzzle, to the extreme discomflture “of the Englishman. “It was only the other day,” continued the first speaker, rfusingly, “that somebody started a row at the Palace Hotel breakfast Toom, and every blamed man at one of the tables was killed, Singular, wasn’t it?” “Why, a never ‘ard hof sich a thing,” gasped the cockney. “*Fact—though I must say, that Palace Hotel crowd need weeding out the worst way. B: the way, have you been over the bay after but faloes yet?” -** What! bufhalos!—so close hat ’and?” “Oh dear. yes—t’other side the bay Just full of ‘em; have to put up fences to keep "em out of the streets of Oakland. Killed ninety-two last Sunday myself; and it wasn’t a good day for buffalo, either.” “Not reall; “That's nothing. last Sunday week, th Right across in San Rafael congregation of a church found a couple of California lions asleep in a pew. Got in through the window, you see. AB soon as they started up the organ the animals skipped out, chased the audience home, chewed up most of the choirand kept the minister up on the stove pipe for sixteen hours.” “Great evings!” “It’s just as you tell it, Mr. Chairman,” said another of the gang to the speaker. “I was there myself, and got pretty badly nibbled by one of the cats, too.” “What har you Chairman hoy?” asked the be- wildered sojourner in a strange land. “Why, nothing really—that is only another peculiarity of these Californians. You see, whenever four or more Americans come to- gether anywhere, or under any circumstances, they immediately organize as a meeting and elect officers. Singular custom, but they will do it. I met these gentlemen just now by ac- cident, and as soon as we had shaken hands t.ey took a vote and elected me Chairman.” “Pon -onhor — most extraordinary thing hi hever ‘eard hof! Will you hallow me to make a note hof it?” and the subject, of Queen Victoria eagerly took outa note book. “An! I see you intend to publish the usual book of travel when you retarn—excellent idea. There's another little peculiarity these remark- able people have which yon would do well to nention. I allude to their lightning divorce system.” “Yes, I ’eard something hof that hin Chi- cago.” “Oh, the Chicagoans don’t amount to any thing nowadays, They are too slow for the times. Now, for illustration. You see this gentleman. His name is Guffey, andI met him for the first tlme in my life out at the Cliff House this morning. Had‘his wife with him whom he had married thtee months ago. I was also accompanied by my wife, a bride of three weeks, ‘Beautiful woman that,’ says Guffey, referring to my wife. ‘Splendid creature you haye with you,’ says I, referring to his wife. ‘Think so,’ says he; ‘let!s’ swap.’ ‘It’s a go,’ says I, and the ladies being’ satisfied, we stop- ped at the court coming homie, got our divorces rushed through this afternoon, were married this evening, and, as we both board here, have just sent up the porter to change trunks. Now, how does that strike you?” “Why it strikes me that you are about the biggest lot of softies on record,” said the tour- ist, suddenly bracing up and dropping his cockney dialect. Scott! It isn't BI Simmons?” gasned terviewer, his jaw dropping about a foot. es, it is, though,” said that well-known hotel clerk, removing his wig, whiskers and goggles. “I fixed up to-night to take in the Germania masquerade; but 'm ding blamed if I thought I could deceive a lot of regular old know-it-alls, like you fellows. Lemme see, I guess we'll takea quart of Heidsick on this.” And feebly protesting that they knew who it was all the time, the disgusted lot of “guyers” led the way to the barroom and set up the champagne. ———____+9-___ The Boy Peddler’s Monomania. In Reading, Pa., dwells the “boy peddler” who has 29 fine suits of clothing, 24 overcoats and 33 pairs of kid gloves. Periodically the boy breaks out in local advertisements an- nouncing an addition to his extensive ward- robe, as follows: “Thomas Jefferson Cummings has the honor to announce that he has just ad- ded another suit to his fall afternoon wear, and now his fine wardrobe consists of forty fashion- able full suits, twenty-four overcoats.” &c. It is his boast that he can appear on the street every day inthe monthand wear a different full suit of clothing each day, and allow at least three changes on Sunday. Cummings is 18 bap of age, peddles notions, with a basket on is arm, helps to support a widowed mother, pays cash for all he gets, sells close and is a standing republican candidate for Congress, On the streets his appearance Is that of a Beau Brummel. His dress is.exceedingly loud, his weakness running to green kid gloves, corn- colored ribbons, pink eye-glasses, and siik hats of the latest style. In the country, on business, his appearance is that of a poor, humble, meek, and lowly Hebrew, and his customary salutation to the people he calls on is, “Have pity on a [see boy and help him along.” The young man affable, and agreeable, and succeeds in sell- ing large quantities of goods at very fair prices. The farmers havea strong liking for him, and when they visit Reading on business and see the well-dressed young swell sweeping past in broadcloth, kids, and gold-headed cane, they little dream that the young man is the peddler bor ener know so well at home. His savings are entirely invested ih clothing and articles of adornment. At times he is not seen for weeks. He is then out on the oe highways, coin- ing mon i ilrrntee fe neither smokes nor inks, and has no expenses worth speaking of. Téa suddenly, he will break out In reading, the fashions for a poles sir and as = aly agers appear. He generally leat jome on Mon morning, invariably Sitartiny before dawn, in order that his acquaintancesmay his country make-up. He a ps goods, and he es ‘various on Sati he Bet world of an; eae hie and ‘fome to. spend you lad fo soe me se Economy in Dress. A dress that is so peculiar as to be striking. either from its brilliancy of color or any other cause, should be adopted only by a woman who has many changes of raiment, and so may wear it only occasionally, or the sight of it becomes 2°| bore, even if at first it is interesting from its novelty. The woman who has many dresses can afford also to give it away or convert it to some other use before it is worn, while the un- obtrusive dress easily lends itself to some ditfer- ent adjustment, which gives it an entirely new aspect. A woman who has but one best gown can “wear it with a difference,” like the rue Ophe- lia offers to her brother, so as to make it suita- ble to many occasions, especially if she have two waists, or “bodies,” as the English call them. One skirt will casily outlast two waists, and therefore this is areal saving. But sup- pose that there be but one waist, or the dress be made all in one piece (than which there is no prettier fashion), and it should be worn one day high in the neck, with collar and cuffs, on another day with the neck turned in, and a lace or muslin fichu gracefully adjusted with bows or flowers, and a bit of lace at the wrists, apairof long gloves, and a more elaborate dressing of the hair, it will be scarcely recogni- zable. But the dress must be of a very general character, like black silk, orsome dark color, or the pleasure of the new impression is lost. The wise person with a small capital never buys any but a good and lasting thing. Each year she adds one or two really solid possessions | to her wardrobe, which, treated with care, last her many years. Thus on a really small sum she may dress very beautifully. Without a capital one is often obliged to buy what can last but for a few months; but there is choice even here. There is certainly a great economy in a wo- man’s adopting for occasions of ceremony one dress from which she never diverges. It be- comes her characteristic, and there is even a kind of style and beauty in the idea, The changing fashions in color and material pass without affecting her, Sheis never induced to buy anything because it is new. She is always the same. The dress in this case must have a certain simplicity. It costs her little thought and little time, and when the old edition, be- coming worn, gives way to the new, the change is not perceived, nor is it noticed when the new inits turn becomes old. Such dress as this must of course lie within certain limits. Suppose it to bea black velvet: it would last, with care, at least five or six years. Suppose it to be ‘a white cashmere—a dress of small cost: it could, with care, last two seasons; and then, cleaned, last another season or two; and then, dyed, be turned into a walk- ing dress to last two seasons more. If a dress is pnt on with grace, its owner alone is aware of its defects, and it Is a kindness to the spectator if she will keep her own secret. In France, and I believe also in Italy, they have a poetic fashion of dedicating fora cer- tain number of years (five, ten, or twenty years, according to the parents’ fancy) young girls to the Virgin. I do not know in what way they demonstrate this dedication except in the color ot their dress, which is always, for all oc- casions, summer or winter, blue or white, or white and blue mixed. This affords more va- riety than at first thought it would seem to be capable of, for any shade of blue may be used. There is a great economy in de¢iding on a few becoming colors in their several shades, and confining one’s dress to these. Choosing col- ors that harmonize with each other, like gray, black, purple, blue, yellow, white, and never buying any other colors, one may, in making over garments. use one with another so tat nothing is wasted. It isalso important to know what point of dress to emphasize. For instance, one may ex- pend a large sum ona gown, and ifthe shoes are shabby or ill made, the gloves worn, and the bonnet lacks style, the gown is entirely thrown away. But the gown may be no lon new; it must now be carefully brushed and well put on, the collar and cuits, or other neck and wrist trimmings, must be in perfect order, the boots well made and well blacked, even if not new, the gloves faultless, and the bonnet neat and stylish, The effect is of a well-dressed wo- man; no man, and very few women, perceive that the dress is not_a new one.—Mrs. T. W. Dewing, in Harper's Magazine for December. pave: —— Tithing Eggs. RESULT OF LAYING HANDS ON WHAT BELONGS TO THE LORD. From the Salt Lake Tribune. On last Sunday morning, an old Mormon, whose wife was sick, attempted tocook a break- fast on his own hook. He found some eggs in the pantry, which he proceeded to fry. It was pretty hard work to fry those eggs, but a good deal more of ajob to eat them. One mouthfal was enough, and the old fellow rushed up t in thunder’s the matter with “Did you get ’em in that earthen crock on the top shelf, just alongside the sassengers?” “That's the place.” “Oh, John, those eggs have been under the red hen two weeks. They ain’t for table use, Them’s tithin’ eggs, John. When I can’t hatch eggs I turn ’em over to the Lord.” The old man then laughed inordinately and said that would be a good joke on Taylor, Pen- rose, et al. In connection with the above mel- ancholy exposure of the luke-warmness in Is- rael, it is said that of late nearly all of the eggs which come into the tithing house are looked upon with suspicion. Viewing Venus, From the Las Vegas Optic. Last night on the street corner the curb-stone astronomer was standing by his instrument waiting for acustomer. Presently two miners came along and paused to take a look at “‘the machine.” ‘What in thunder’s that?” asked one of the miners. “It is a telescope,” said the student of the stars. *‘Yousee Venus for ten cents.” “Consider me in,” said the miner, and he put up ten cents and turned the tube on aconstellation of the fourth ascension. ‘Don’t think much of it,” he said after a look, and then he turned the instrument down until it was focused on a private re- sidence some nine blocks away. Here the miner paused, pressed his eye close to the instrument and became as still as a monse. “Ain’t you too low?” asked the planet sharp. “TJ allers was low-sighted,” responded the man of the pick. ‘You can’t look all night. Other customers are waiting.” The miner surveyed the crowd standing about him and handed the showman a dollar, and asked him to tell him when he had used up the money. He lowered his eyes to the telescope once more, and was again engrossed in his observations. Suddenly he rose up with a sigh and remarked to his companion: “Billy, she pulled the curtain down. The handsomest woman I ever saw in my life! She let down her hair, took off her collar, and then, just after I gave that coon a dollar, she lowered the curtain and shut the blinds. I think I ought to have about ninety cents change. That old glass tube, though, is about two hun- dred hoss-power. It was like being right under the window with a step-ladder. I'm going to buy one of those machines the first time I make raise.” ‘The Widow’s Touched-up Photograph. From the Montreal Witness. A story is related for fact of a Montreal widow, which, in its details, is quite as strange as any novelist’s fantasy. An English gentleman in some manner became acquainted by letter with 8 family of ladies—sistera—resident in Montreal. Being @ gentleman who had retired from his profession, the possessor of an ample income, he had little to do save enjoy life, and his corres- pondesioe went on for some time with the length cially as there was a chance of year and an elderly husband. er’s art was_ employed, and a widow of 45 was transformed into a widow of 20. Time ci and, doubtless to the surprise of the other sis- ters, the widow was chosen by She was be married, FAMILY SUPPLIES. Boston MARKET. PHILADELPHIA CHICKENS AND TURKIES, CHOICE BEEF, GAME, FRESH FISH and NORFOLK OYSTERS RECEIVED DAILY. Prornrrrons. hey rehased the rest of my late brother, ind will con the business of the lace firm of _ REEDS SONS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, at the old stand, No. 1216 F street northwest, where [ would be pleated to serve all who may favor me with their petrouawe with the finest goods in muy Line of trade at the lowest prices ed embraces the present opportunity to heir favorn in the years par, wad base teametre al mech of his intentions of deserving their continued patronage | in the future. | nls RICHARD H. W. RE} C ARLSBAD WAFERS, RUSSIAN CAVIAR, CLAM CHOWDER, WICK SOUPS, CRESCENT OLIVE CALIFORNIA HONEY, CALIFOR WINE JELLY, CALIFORNIA CAN- NED FRUITS, ALKETHREPTA, SARDINES SANS ARETES, and Pine- irm aprie PLUM PUDDING, DUS: | DEE nié 09 F § BecKWwHEAT CAKES ‘Can be almost instantaneously made from HECKER’S SELF-RAISING BUCKWHEAT By tne addition only of Cold Milk or Water. Hecker's. 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