Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1882, Page 3

How From the London Practitioner, Every one k2sws The relief which a poultice fds when the finger is inflamed, and has Reticed how the painful throbbing diminishes after its application. Most people have noticed also that dipping the finger in cold water has a similar actio: it seems strange to many that the oppe tions of heat and ci should etfect. The re pre t and cold lessen the force blood is driven of the inflamed k which exists in the atflcent arte tof the bl nt te th < the imp surrounding th Of the impulse throuzh the ai by nitice withernshed meal and oil, spread it it to the skin with But rounds, ule < hest form of applic on sei ly of the th or abdominal Viseera, or where spasm is pr without in- In such eases w no de vod by applying the alties t ly in sw es c draw may os th surface, and we may exere reflex aetion through: the nerves upe Is of the in- organ yw: bint will not be so themselves. tly to the skin tolerabl. nd thes ieve sy renal; to relieve the lungs, the liver uultice as in from being the pouttice dn allowed to be atient lost. red, a convenient size ty this should be ¢ at the feurth: the poultic: Besides this, another strip of th ould be y the same breadth as the length of the and leng foe wrap around i or oftene bowl and spoon shonld then b n and bow! thoren iling water: the poult heated shoald le with perteetly boil ter, and rat! tt. AS soon as it is ready should be px into t ue, previously warmed by holding it b the flap which is ned by the I st side of the bx should now be turned down and fastened in z stitches with a needle and it should then be quickly of flannel (also previously warmed), and fastened in place, if nec by means of the tapes. It may be covered outside with a sheet of cot- In this way the poultice may be ap- plied boiling het to the skin without burn the two layers of flannel, which are at first dry, allow the i to the skin. soaks throuzh them the ductors, and the heat p more quick the increase is so vradual as not to cause any Painful sensations whatever, but Soothing and ¢ rt. The pouitie ally keeps much longer hot, and. the nece: for chi ing it arises much less frequent]; nr poultice become better con- Ise natur- Made in the ordin: e of spasm. seen a patient suffering from intense abdomina Pain at once relieved by a poultice ma Way Just described, altivo Poultices made i ently extremely tri Very important. ———+-es—_____ ‘The Prettiest Woman in Paris. Paris Leiter to the Boston Transcript. 1 ris has returned to Paris. Anybod ever seen the fair and | famous M ernadaki, the celebrated Russian Deanty, will know at once whem I m out any further description. Dox at the opera the other night, looking the wery type of perfect, if soulless, love Hness. In feature she resembirs greatly the portraits of Mme. Kecamier. The eyes are @fadeep, lovely blue, the nose aquiline, the mouth small and shaped ike cupid’s bow. The exquisitely shaped head is set to perfec tion on the white. rounded throat, and the shoulders in mold and in coloring would pat to shame the most artistic form that ever ‘was sculptured in marble. If her face were ssive it would be divine. In her su totter of white satin th other night she was simply dazzling. She does not altozether un- derstand how to set off her own marvelous beauty. She breaks the lines of her exquisite form by wearing «teat ma: flowers on her eorsage. and she inars the outline of her shapely bead by similar additions to her coiffare. It is said that she wili be next season one of the queens of Pari with- Tsaw her in her Possession of vast wealth, which, joined to his wife's personal charms, will tully stifficeto secure the pesition of the pair in the beau monde. I hope that some one of the great portrait pain- ters of the day will. during the coming season, | immortali: flesh-and- on canvas the face and form of this od Venus. —___~0+ One Theory of Mesmerism. Arecent writer on the mysteries of mesmer- fam says: “I lay it down asa matter which cau De verified by all who are curious enough to try it, that the mesmeric conditions can be pro- duced without the supposition of a subtle fluid, without the use of the ecabalistic passes of the mesmertist. without the bouquet, the magnetic Tod, or any of the mysterious means employed by the professionals te heighten the effect of what would be too simple and too unattractive 1 performed =t) itforwardly. The directions are these: Place the pers operated on in achair. With string, about a ves, some small object, a dark ie, or a bright steel ball or a diamond —it matters n pach something bright is, perhaps. preferable.’ Direct the subject to fasten his eyes and concentrate his attention on the object. Slowly raise your left hand until the object is as far above the eyes of the patient ass compatible with his gazing steadily at it. Watch his eves. At first you will see the pupils contract, but after a few seconds they will ex- pand rapidiy. When they are at the point of greatest expansion move ‘the two fingers of the Fight hand from the object directiy toward the eyes, the finzers being separated, fork-like, to embrace both eyes. As the fingers approach the eyes will close. and the subject will be unable to open them. After a quarter of a minute the the tor may make him believe whatever he tells. him will be thoroughly under control, so that | Left quiet the subject will sink into | & profeund torpor, during which his ears may his cheeks sewed to his nose, and even a finger cut off without pain. To arouse him—and this is an important step—wind, either from a hand-bellows or Tan, should be directed _ Offered externally. against his eves, or else his eyesshoutd be tickled with a feather. The rationale of the method 1s almple. The fixed stare of the subject fatigues the retinal nerves, and when the operator's dn- ¢ approach the eyelids close, as eyelids always when the eyes are threatened.” But the fa- figue of the nerves has produced muscular ta- tigue as well, transient paralysis in the eyelids has resuited, and they canngt be opened. The exelids being then closed, the delicate frontal Rerves exhausted and the mind made vacant by monotonons attentions to one object, the tient is In a fair condition to fali asleep—and does fall aslee He fs now ready to dream. The onl, to make him dream. But how is this to be effected? . ashas long been deter- mined, is the result of external suggestion. Dr. Gregory, to illustrate, having been thinking of Vesuvius. went to bed with juz of hot water &t his feet and dreamed that he was climbing the sides of the burning mountain. Dr. Reid feat a book on the Indians. put a blister to his head on retiring. and thought in his sleep that he was being sealped Both these dreams, as ali others are, were caused by suggestions These suggestions being Teevived while the directing power, the com- on sense of the mind, was in abeyance, owing tosleep, was interpreted erroneousiy, yet ac- f@rling to the piain hws of association. The Bot water inthe one case called up the pre- subject of thought, Vesuvius; the stinging er. in the other, the equally stinging scalp- knife. It is now easy to see how the §! fh subject may be made to accept as truth S| One iv. but | “| enforced in some uce between the effect of a poultice Y | them than without, and t y | Tremember reading ineumber- | husband's | estates, will be removed and he will come into | st thing remainins to do is| Georgia Editor op arly Marriages From the Nising Fawn (Ga.) Gazétte. Nine-tenths of the unhappy marriages are the result of green human calves being allowed to Tun at large in the society pastures without any yokes on them. They marry and have children before they do mustaches; they are fathers of twins before they have two pairs of pants, and the little girls they marry are old women before they are twenty years old. Occasionally one of these gosling marriages turns out all right, but itis aclear case of Inck. If there was a law against young galoots sparking and marrying t they have all cut their teeth, we sup- pose the little ensses would evade it in some way: but there ought to be a sentiment it. It is t ch for these bautams to | think of finding a pullet when they have raised vuzh to buy a bundle of laths to build a it they see a girl who looks and they are afraid there is not going such to go esround, and then th bezin to get in the r work real spry: and before they are aware of the the marriage relation they ar and before they ¢ doctor, so mselves out of loctor because he doesn't when the doctor a there, there ain the house to wrap up a +02 ~ For Trouble #orrowers. There’s many a trouble Would break like a bubble, And into the waters ot * Dit we not rehe na tenderly aur: And give ita permanent pl: in the heart. There’s many a sorrow Woull venish to-morrow Were we but willing to furnish the wings; So sadly incrudin: And quietly brooaing, It hatches ont all sorts of horrible things. welcome the seeming Unat are beaming, whether one’s poor, OF L008 Whether one's a AS Ped as a ¢ Che The groan and the curse ent worry to ferry 1 waters py and Y ul, much that's worth living for yet. Tiusleu's Magazine. = joxephy and | Auta, | From Knowledze. ison is no rule for another in such mat- | ters. The letters in The English Mechanic, and a little book full of others, selected from a now extinet periodical which | met with about ten years ago, called Figure Training, and others subsequently in the same ma prove that. The great majority of the writers— T may say all who wrote from th: ence—said they had found the tightest lacing they couid b eciaily in stays quite stiff in front, both peasant and beneilcial, and among | them was a surgeon. Some, however, find it | expedient to remain under contraction only a | few hours in the morning, and the surgeon di carded h when taking strong exercise, Mistory. {which seems natural; but others |; | for rh and mostly in the evening, and 4 recommend confinement In stays 1403 £ | all nicht also—an old practise which used to be nd tllie chools. Men r belts, but not a few wrote that ular Jong and sti stays much and better for theit health. Two or three J they could stand and walk: much longer in thelr health re- nd of ¢ un it under some ‘oon come to Like it, ev AsI mpulsion. but 1 after severe treat- he philosophe exliscussions. had | ment at first. with their vari are worth infinitely more for than all the talk about tu: ity of chests (wh I), natui in flesh and m feet of unduly ne but itself. “Such a mult s tds cannot pos ying about the tact ith, or that of thelr chil- i mothers and ‘equence of contracted into the smallest v for many years of i proves not tude of person sibly be either of their own go dren, pupils friends, ne ta their having been circumference they ‘ their lives. It is ve y to be inistaken in attributing either good or bad health to a par- | ticular cause, but fhe fact of it be doubt- | ful, And that, with sundr letters such | as [have alluded to, is the summary of all t \letters containing any personal experienc | There were one or two about ladies who had obstinately persisted, In the face of manifest | warnings that they were injuring their health, | and of course did so. years ago, in an extract | from some med ‘paper, [ think, that the | Empress of Austria was killing herself with | tight-lacing, for she happened to be ill. and was | famous for the stnaliness of her waist—which | seems to be specially cultivated there, and is | even enforced on boys as well as girls, according to a gentleman who was at school in Vienn: | and learned there to enjoy being jer ble in Jonz and stiff stays, though he angry at it at first, as was the case others of the above-mentioned writ- Well, she is now a grandmother, and w | are told every year that she is stitl conspicuous in our hunting felds for her riding and her fig- ure. In one of those letters an old lady of eigh five said that she used to be contracted into 1 inches when she was younz, and, | the compass of their own span, or from fourteen | to fifteen inches, was often spoken of, up to about forty a Y { the stanc . and fre- this, though the book on | figure-training. Of course I am not advocating those extreme and foolish and dangerous re- | ductions, but only using the fuct that ladies (lived long and in good health under them to jout the ntwice as much 's Which con as those. You, at any rate, will see at once that a waist of twenty Inches contains twice a much as one of fourteen, and ¢ | half as much asain as fifteen. T cannot imagine what books I ady F. Harber- ton has been readiny—or not reading—to write such amazing things as that twent izht inches is the pre youaz woman's waist, | When it is @ full size fora well-inade young man. It 1s just worth notice. on the reiterated as- sertions about Greek laxity, that the “wasp-waisted,” in several torm: | Aristophanes, Andit Is certain that the Romans severely laced and shoulder-strapped thelr girls, and even starved them, if necessary, to make them slender and upright. “Juvencw et. graci- les et sie amantur,” Terrence say ind Maccau- y, who had read everything. aaid that the } n ladies did still worse things to preserve | their forms. Whatever are the reasons for it, it is quite clear from history that corsets and tght-lacing in one torm or another have been | the winamills of dress-reforming Quixotes for 1,000 years at least. The wind has sometimes lulled, and they have flattered themselves that they Nad sto, ne sails: but it has always risen | again and knocked over the philosophers, ‘‘clerie eal. medical and general,” and probably always will; so they may as well save their preaching for something more amenable, or at any rate | preach more rationally than they do. HOW BROTHER TYLER WaS MADE TO PAY UP aN CTION BE’ From the Detroit Free Presa, ‘The committee on harmony reported that the Limn-hiln Club was at peace and harmony with every government on earth, except Greece, and with every organization and association in America, except the Concord School of Philos- jophy. During the quarter the committee had |taken action in twenty-four instances where members of the club had differed in opinion, and the only case left was that or Whalebone Howker ys. Clay Bank Tyler. - on am dat case?” softly inquired the pres- ident. It was explained that Brother Howker had wonan election bet of Brother Tyler, but that the latter refused to square up. He was asked to stand up and when he was on his feet Brother Gardner sai “Brudder Tyler, did you bet a new hat dat de republicans would carry New York by a millyon majority?” ‘Yes, sah.’ “Has you paid dat bet yit?” ‘0, sab.” ‘Was you waitin’ fur anythin’ tn pertickler to en pew x08 paid dat bet?” ‘No, sah. “Den you had better settle de mattér befo’ de nex’ meetin’ occurs. A man who am fool ‘nuff to bet on “lecshun should be idiot "nuff to pay what he loses.” ave to | tightest | Many had | indeed, | times, as | n thirteen, | term | is as old as | Gossip About Embroideries. FASHIONABLE MATERIALS AND STITCHES. rom the New York Times. So many materials are used as the foundation for fashionable embroideries that some clue to them and the stitches used in connection with them is valuable: Embroidery on te Stamp—(is also called raised embroidery )—In work of this kind the figures are raised in high relief from their backgronnds by means of pads formed of wool or hair, over which the embroidery is worked. The figure is first outlined on the ground-work, and then stuffed with thick white or colored silk or satin. Over this most elaborate stitches are worked. Embr on Chip—The foundation of this | work is made of fine! ited straw or rushes, so close! have the appearance | of , and are much used for mats to | | keep he furniture. The embroidery is | ‘xecuted in bright-culored silks, and the design aud stitche: equally simple. For instance. for a mat with four corners, a central star of 24 | | points would be worked in three shades bright-colored silk, and where the points meet | in the center one ¢ i ium-colored | | Silks should be worked. ‘orn-flower in ¢ | corner could be blues and greens | the blossoms in the leaves in satin, and the st ch. In another a yin natural color and greens, the bud: nd s 1). the leaves in satin, and | in crewel-stitch. In the third pansies could be executed in silks of the natural colar, and in the fourth a spray of forget-me-nots, the buds in French knots, and the leaves in satin- stitch, would form an admirable contrast. Enbroidery upon Leather—The finest kid is usuaily chosen for this work, and the patterns are the same as for embroidery in satin-stitch. The design {s traced upon’ the material. and sinall holes pricked with a stiletto for the ne to pass throuzh; but occasionally such mate s can be bought ready for working. The design must be carried out in sati ch in colored filoselles, and when the work is finished the Ieather must be pasted upon thin linen to keep | it from splittin fashionable gloves with gauntlets are embroldered in th ig 4 in inono- grams, crests and fanciful desi Embroidery on Muslin—Is a tine, close kind of | white embro.dery carried out upon fine cambrie or muslin with white embroidery cotton. The design is first traced upon thick drawing-paper and pricked out with pins, then laid upon th muslin, and powdered blue rubbed through the holes leaves the pertect imp f the design on the material. This is then a thread of embroidery cotton. any such design are worked leaves with the veins left un piume, and the rest in flat satin-stite! flowers are worked independently in satin- with cen! of French Knots, and the outer leaves are executed in point de pois and finished with buttonhole stiteh. | Auibroilery on SUk—Is executed in any of the al_enibroidery stitches, but satin, feather, crewel and French knots are the most effective. A beautiful re ult is obtained by tracing a de- sien of corn fiowers and poppies upon a back- ground of deep olive or maroon silk, and em- broidering them in their natural colors. To do | this wella frame must be used. and the ef- fect will be heigh cold braid is used in combination with filo: The natural colors | of the flowers will harmonize well with It, and i the leaves in’ vari shades of olive green {should be rendered in setin stitch. the tendrils | in feather stiteh, and th A ried out stems in itch, the while itch, | Designs of co flower i ears can be easily obtained. The wh | be carried out ‘in colo : Embroitery on Velut—The finest embroidery upon velvet is uppligue work. The pattern i cut out inthe material, which has first been | backed_with coarse linen and stretched on a | frame. ” The desig: thus cut oat | are pasted upon a silk foundation, and are out- | lined by laying two lines of gold thread or purse | silk around the edges, and securing them as in conching, while such drils as may | be included in them a gold bullion, the center of the flowe nd buds being in ch knot made in or filoselle, while the and othe | satin-stiteh in stitch in pale yellow pottions of the de- or floss. \ in filoselle idery in Gold and Si actory, as it. son tarnish often used’ in fashionable work ders, chai igmbyequins. To we well ins inaterial should be of velvet, is the foundation, which tretched on a frame, and the d dr: upon it in white | chalk. Little pieces of ment are needed | to fllup the raised pr are basted | into the required posi A stiletto is | ,, needed to muke small holes | through which the | be passe | for conyeying it, and. the stitel over the padding which fh been ranged in position. It is extremel: work in bullion; the Jeast moistur of the worker tarnishes the gold. in the material Id and silver thread can and a large-eyed needle is necessary re passed al dificult to nthe hands aud the work | must be perfeetly smooth and even or the effect | will be spoiled. | Barden Stiteh—Is a flat conching used in silk | and is worked by laying downa | line of floss silk or filoselie, to. secure which a | | thread is brought up from the back of the ma- | terial on one side the filoselle and put back on | the other. The stitches that secure the tilo- selle should be at perfectly even distances. oe ing Stage Kisses. ew Yo k Times. | Stage kisses have from time out of mind given rise to much discussion, and now and then to more serious consequen Still, they have, as | arule, been regarded asa necessary evil or ad- | vantage of theatrical life, as the case might be, | and though the husband or sweetheart of this | or that lovely actress may not haye been alto- gether pleased at the freedom with which she was embraced by her mock lover on the boards, the ladies tiigmselves have never been known to | make public complaint. Indeed. one very worthy and respectable person who, by wildiy imagina- tive agents and managers is sometimes called a prima donza, owes much of her notoriety, and, consequent!: nd tortune, to | the freely tion that her kiss, of all stage kis natural, fascinating, | attractive, and pleasing to look upon. But this {is an age of progress, and there is an intima- | tion that even stage k must be reformed. | At last there has appeared a woman and an | | actress who declares they must have their limit; | that, as it were, they must be de 1 decent— ly, in order, and without undue lingering. The tame of the reformer need not be mentioned. | It Is only necessary to tell her story. She was engaged until recently in St. Louis and played a leading part in the drama known as ‘Passion’s Slave.” In it the principal actor, a very res- able man, named Stevens, found it neces- y her, and he did so for a number of | successive evenings, in what appears to be known in theatrical circles as “the Henry style.” Being asked to describe the y sort of embrace known under this title, the lady explained It to a local scribe as follows: “What we in the profession understand asa Henry V. kiss Is the sort of salutation Rignold, when performing in that play, used to give the lady who played the partof the French Princess. He approached her from behind, took her face with both hands under the chin, turned her mouth toward him, and kissed it over her shoul- der. In the play ot ‘Passion’s Slave’ Mr. Stevens, on the occasion of the first perform- ance, kissed me in this way. Afterward I tried to so hold my head that he would kiss my chin, but as 1 could not always succeed in this, I have given up my engagement and left the company. Tam not a prade, but Ido not think that any- one but a husband, an engayed lover, or a guardian should kiss in the way Mr. Stevens Kissed me in the play.” ‘These sentiments are admirable, with the possible exception of the privilege given to guardians. As to the pro- priety of abolishing the Henry V. kiss from “stage business,” however, there can be no sort of doubt. ——_--____ A Lover's Song. { embroider Bring me the juice of the honey-fruit, The large, transtucent, amber-hued, Rare grapes of soutnern isles, to suit ‘The luxury that fills my mood. And bring me only such as grew Where rarest maidens tend the bowers, And only fed by rain and dew Which first had bathed a bank of flowers, ‘They must have hung on spicy trees In airs of far enchanted vales, And all night heard the eestacies Of noble-throated nightingales. 8o that the virtues which belong ‘To flowers may therein tasted be, And that which hath been thrilled with song May give a thrill of song to me. For I would wake that string for thee, Which hath too long tn silence hung, fhe song tuat in thy pratee tooo Ho Pit. BUCHANAN READ. Ata meeting of the New York Chamber ot Commerce, yesterday, resolutions were adopted asking Ree Bees to pass alaw allowing the ships from any nation, and suggest- numerous chahgeeta the navigation laws. | apprehension to the Do: | Rubi fully ron with | in point de | the girls im turn. | throne were in the left-h ; rarely escapes | of the ; ins | his cigar in his mouth, gaze: Princess aiecknnrate Weasa From the Youth's Companion. — ~ - “There is luck In odd numbers.” This is the expression invariably used by his Royal High- ness the I'rincgof Wales, when referring to his five children—his two boys and three. girls. Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise is the most amiable of the three, and is a minfature copy of her mother. The Princess Victoria, her father’s pet, has a temper of herown, impetuous, ardent, hot, smiling through tears like a sun- beam in showers, while Maude, whom Queen like that of her right royal grandmamma. None of the princesses fear the queen, although everybody else has a wholesonie dread of Her Most Gracious Majesty, who is as exact- ing as she is severe. The daughters of the Prince of Wales, after the first formal deep curtsey down to the ground is made, romp with their grandmother as they would with one of the gouvernantes; and it isa matter of xer Marchloness of Who, with the exception of the late Duchess nd—the Grand Duchess—is most in- ¢ with the sovereign, when tlhe young princesses pounce upon the Queen and dare to | pull about the ruler of an empire upon which | the sun never sets. The Princess Louisa Is the most talented, the Princess Maude the smartest. All three have a lent for Ja always delighted hen their uncle, the Crown Prince of Denmark, is with them, as then they chat in Danish. He is said to be their prime favorite, and as they dearly love a romp, the good-tempered uncle indulges them with the elan ef a lad of fitteen, ~ The princesses are all musical, Inheriting this taste from their mother, whoisasuperb planiste, bnt who never plays outside of her own imm diate family cir She is a devout follower of tein, and perforins that wonderful waltz after a fashion that would have enchanted the maestro could he but have had the privilege of hearing her play it. aniste « | instr now lle acquitted Prince **Tleaye all that sort of | thing to Edinburgh 18. The young princesses been promised a | visit to the Tower of London in May ka they were ne y to see, the Re mouth Shore, oné of the Queen ordered to act as their eseort. “won't go if T can’t o like any other little | girl,” said the Prince: nde. “Thate to have xreat big soldie luting and everybody bow- ing down to the ground. It’s no fan, and I want to go like y other little girl.’ The Princess Maude carried the day, | warmly supported by her sist! | trio did the Tower “li to their unbounded satis The princesses are made to keep early hours, 5 a. m. inthe summer finds them out of the! beds, and in flannel suits for calisthenics. Their breakfast is very simple, as much stirabout, oaten meal and milk as they like to eat. hot rolls, no heavy meats, consequently no ¢ pepsia. “Their dinner at 21s equally nutritions soup, a fish and a joint, with vexe- tables and one pie or pudding. Their greatest ssipation is waiting up to help dress mamma ra ball. ™ he prince when away writes to each cf The writer was amused at seeing a letter charming, affectionate letter, too—on the envelope of which was written: H.R. HW. ss VivToRIA OF WaLEs, SANDRINGHAM. jals of the heir to the nd corner, becaus had failed to attach two po amps inst! f one, the post office stamp 2d, for the extra W rawled all oyer the enye- lope. W The lette , and the happ any other little girls, ‘action. Tift PRINCE: A. B. and although the in’ in the Bacchante are always sourc ht to the ‘young pri | vorite, xclamations Oh, won't we haye fun when George come ack! What romps we'll have with Ge were to be heard all throuzh July, both at § borough House and Osbi s were invited to a They eve, anil’ extremely elegant the resident lies, nt prattle of these little overness they call “Mam,” rile,” dexterously cutting the le intwo. Theyare admirable new “swell” who arrives is diirably reproduced by these natu- ing children. They are very fond, other children, of inspeeting visitors from the regions of the staircase, and a favorite When en famille the young princesses are al- ways dispatched by their parents for the wraps suests when the latter are about to take r departure. “Louise, run and get Lady and-so her cloak.” shawl?" hess’ wray The Christmas pantomime is looked forward to for six months an@fendly recollected for the rest of the year, The facetiousness of the clown is admirably reproduced, while the knocks- down received by the enduring and eyer- amiable pautaloon are practised with scrupulous fidelity. It is after the witnessing of the panto- mine that the overnesses have to call upon all their reserves in order to bring under control the explostve animal spirits of these healthy many tm Victoria, go and tind the The Princess of Wales dresses her daughters in the plainest postible way, calicoes, ginghams, muslins and no tightnes nnel being de rigueur. No corsets, of any kind, and as for ornaments, such rings, earrings or bracelets, Her Royal Hizhness would be astounded if such an idea were so much as mooted. She is very particular about having the girls racted in sewit embroidery and all manner of woman's domestic work, and continually holds up her sister-in-law Lorne as a model in that respect. Little does the passer-by imagine, as he glances up at the highest window of Marlbor- ough house, that behind the blind is seated the future queen of England, lovingly surrounded by her daughters, to whom she is reading some refined and instructive story, while her husband, at this home pic- ture with a pleasure appreciated only by a father’s love. ——__+e.__ ‘Tacks. From the Detroit Free Press. A tack is a simple, unpretending sort of a young nail, noted for its keen repartee when pressed for a reply, and possessing the peculiar power, when standing on its head, of causing the cold shivers to run down the back of a man in mere anticipation of what might be. Tacks are in season all the year round, but the early spring Is usually the time selected by them for a grand combined effort, and then they flourish everywhere forat least a month. Since the inauguration of the time-honored ceremo- nies of house-cieaning, every thorough house- keeper, with long experience In the line of duty, so-takes up the carpet as_to retain all the tacks in thelr original places, thus preventing it slip- ping from the shaker’s nands, unless the tack breaks or his fingers giveout. Butthe triumph of the tack is not complete at this early stage; it patiently abides its time, and on the relaying of the carpet issues forth with double force. After searching the entire house for a paper of tacks, without success, the unfortunate man drops on his hands and knees, to begin, and immedi- ately discovers four tacks at least, and as he rolls over and sits down to extract these, finds the rest of the paper directly under him, and. then, unless he is accustomed to put up stoves and join stoveplpe, the chances of laying the, carpet on that evening are slight. In selecting tacks from @ saucer he always inspects the points with his forefinger. as the tack instantly jJoses its head when they come to blows, In ar- gument the tack is sharp and pointed, but the display of either er both depends largely on the amount of pressure employed by its as fa nent. In direct contrast to a good. joke the amusement generally begins before you see the point, and this fact is easily demonstrated by walking the floor in your stocking feet, a wel kept room on such an occasion averaging two tacks to the square foot. The future of the tack gives great promise of more extended usefulness and unlimited possi- bilities, as several of our most eminent college professors, having carefully studied the effect of asharp tack of reasonable length placed prop- erly in achair or under a cot, are about to intro- duce’ tacks and do away with spring-boards in our college gymnasiums. ~~ A Farewell, ‘My fairest child, I have no ony! to give you; No lark could pfpe to skies so dull and gray; Yet, ere we Party one lesson I can leave you ror every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do novi things, not dream them, all day long, And so make life, death, and that vast forever Or weet son; ne grand, 61 ig ne Victoria tdolizes, has a disposition somewhat | having been | ae a from their brothers while cruising | whither the little | driven to the verge of | ave his or her ‘precious | without some furtive recognition. | laude, where is Mrs. | The Green Boys. WHAT FOUR LITTLE FELLOWS DID IX A GEORGIA TOWN. ‘From the Atlanta Constitution. The Constitution bas printed many a story of denial, energy and heroism, but none more desery- ing than the story of the Greenboys. These four boys started a few years ago selling newspapers. They made ten cents apiece the first morning | they went to work, and for two winters there- | after they went, barefooted, through the snow | and sleet in the freezing dawn, on their morn- | ing rounds. From thevery first they saved a cer- tain percentage of their earnings, which they | wisely invested in Atlanta real estate. The oldest of them is now eighteen years of age, and the youngest twelve. They have supported an | invalid father and their mother all the time, and | now have property worth considerably ‘over | $5,000, houses from which the rent is $20 per | montii, and 200 stock in a building and loan | association. 1 ve educated the meanwhile, remaining from school this year in order to work the harder and build a home for their parents that is to have a front par- | lor and a bay window in it. These little { | fellows hay ‘s | boys and | Wings from their sales and . exclusive of their rents, has been #20 a for th ext year they can do time the oldest of the brothers ought to have a comfortable little , What these boys have dove other boys can do. The whole secret is steadiness, sobriety, | industry and economy. There are few lessons more important for boys than that the smalle amount—no imatter how little it nfty be—will | make a great fortune if it is only saved and invested, and that the smallest income—no matter how small-—will make a man independent if he will only live inside of it and compound his surplus. It must have been discouraging to | these youngsters when it took them a month to up 8 single dollar, and it was heroic in them | n they went barefooted over frozen ground rather than use it to buy shoes with. It is easy now, when they are comfortabiy clad and housed, | und everybody about them is comfortable, and j their Ings amount to twenty times a week more than they were formerly able to saye in a | month. they hay cleanly h y have conquered life almost be niered it, and if they will only keep hearts and’ genial souls, and broad, | arty Impulses, they will be not only rich but ‘ul men, wre — Covering Arrears. From the Toronto Mail. There died a few weeks ago an old man who may be mentioned here as Uncle Reube. For thirty years he sold his vote as often as there an election, making no bone: pout it, and | accepting the market price without a murmur. One fall, ten or twelve years ago, he went to the man who had generally bought him and Mr. Blank, Tg I won't sell my yote ails you, Unele Renbe how it seems to ca: better take. the 1. T want to see a free ballot once. Y sual two dollars. He kept to h a free ballot, but he didn’t feel right over it, und | at the next election he insisted on having four dollars to cover arrears. A Fable With 2 Mora! From the Detroit Free ress. A wolf who had a dispute with a hyenadeter- mnined to destroy him, and, therefore, wert to | the lion for advice. a trap for him,” wa: the reply, “and when you have cauzht him eat | | him.” The wolf went away and laid a snare be- | | side the path often traversed by his enemy, but just as he was cacklins with on he ‘blunde ed into the trap himse] fast. In this emergency alons came the lion, | alled out, “By G but what's all, “I'm fast in my own t hamily re- | the woll.” “Sol see. I pecting to ielp you eat the hye e now stand But T set thy ie wolf. | enemy to eet ame out a; but. here } | | th Odds ort well. er I eat wolf o wheth Morhl—The lawyer get uit goes. i SS a The Phiiovophy of +6 | From tie Sprinzfield Republican, I don’t believe in bein’ afraid of your tem- .” said Mrs. Johnson, enerzetically. r {fight it out and conquer it, If the Old Harry | | comes into my family I want to meet him right off. The other night iy boy came home ug! He was all tired out; somebody had been to him, and he had been nursing the devil | ail day long, preparin’ an overpowerin’ reply. I | went up to his room. Now, he’s never eross to but that night he growled out, ‘Mother, I h you would yo down stairs and mind your I sat down and took hold of his t business.’ hands, and then 1 boxed his ears a little. wanted him to realize my presence before I gan wasting my breath. Then I scolded him. I scolded steady for au hour aud a half, and when 1 got through J could wind him round my little finger. ‘Mother,’ he said, ‘I suppose Iam sort of hot-headed.” "‘Hot-headed!” says I; ‘you're just like a little busted pepper.’ Folks’ ask me why I don’t get mad. 1 tell ’em Tain't rich enough. It’s as disabilin’ as a fit of sickness. When I keep my own carriage I'm going to stir up just as many rows as_ my neighbors; but as long as 1 keep boarders for a livin’ I hain't no time for temper or tears.” ‘Whe Future A CATHOLIC PRIEST CN 1) From the Philadelphia Record. VIEWS. | questioner that he had reached the limit. | Stomach. is. pre} The agent of a minstrel show, who wastravel- ing over the Pan-Handle route the other day, happened to take a seat opposite a Boston drammer. Each wore a pin with six diamonds in It, and dispiayed two watch chains. The co- Incidence happened to strike a solid, old-fash- joned farmer as rather curious, and. hitching along up tothe pair, he asked; ‘Gentlemen, will you give me honest answers to a question or two?” They said they would. and he continued: “What time is it by your four watches?” The | agent replied that he only had one watch, and that did not tick, while the oth that he had nove at all. Did you buy your diamond pins at the dollar store?” The two men looked at each other in a troubled way, and then informed the blunt “Oh, he remarked, “Pm sparking ‘a widder up in Wood county, and I was thinking that if I could buckle on a dolar diamond and harness on two atch chains around me she'd either kick or cave inside of a week.” "see = ‘The Time for Women to Vote. Fiom the Detroit Free Press. ~“Gem'len,” replied Brother Gardner, “It “pears to me dat when de men of dis kentry make a failure of de bizness of runnin’ it dar will be an opportunity fur de wimen folks to take hold. If God had designed woman for a pollytishun He wouldn't have was i time on her h’ar, teeth, eyes, complexion and general outfit. Any sort of a thing on legs kin vote, an’ moas’ any sort of a man kin git offis. When woman be- mother and sister we'll try an’ make an elector of her. When dar am no furder use fur modesty, char'ty an’ womanly kindness we'll all go in fur a high ole poilytical campaign.” : _—.e-- a John Crunden, the allezed crank who was ar- rested for writing a | threatening the Prince of Wales and Mr. Gladstone, has been committed in London for trial. Mr. J. E. Redmond, member of Parliament for New Ross, will vo to Australia as a delegate from the Irish National Leazue. a ee i A MEDICINE FOR WOMAN. rT confessed “One more question: well, 1 didn’t intend to be sassy, as he fell bac! INVENTED BY A WOMAN. PREPARED BY A WOMAN LYDIA E, PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND Is a Positive Cunr For all those Peinful Compiaints and Weaknesses 60 common to sur best female population. It will cnreentirely the worst form of Female Com- plaints, all Ovarian Troubles, Infiammation and Uleera. tion, Falling and Displacements, and the consequent ) Bpinal Weakness, and is particularly adapted to the | Clianges of Life. It will dissolve and expel Tumors from the Uterus in an early stare of development. The tendency of Can- cerous Humors is caecked very speedily by its use. It removes Fsintuess, Fiztulency, destroys all Cra- | vings for Stimulants, and Relieves Weakness of the It cures Bloating, Headache, Nervous Pros- ion, General Debility, Sleeplessuess, Depressionand Indigestion. ‘The feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, is always permanently cured by ite use. Sv-PHYSICIANS USE IT AND PRESCRIBE IT FREELY. Tt will at all times and under all circumstances act jn harmony with the lawsthat govern the female sya- er ‘or the cnre of Kidney Complaints of either eex this Compound is unsurpassed. LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND ared nt 233 and 235 Western avenue, Lynn, Price $1. Six botties for $5. Sent by mail in | the form of pills, also in the form of lozenges, on receipt | of price, $1 per box foreither. Mrs. Pinkham freely snswers ell letters of inquiry. Send for pamphlet. Ad- dress a8 zbove, No family ehould be without LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S LIVER PILLS. ‘They cure constipstion, biliousness, aud torpidity of the liver. 25 cents per box. S27 Gop br att Davacurte.. GGISTS. ae TTIT ERE RRR 7 588g TER Rn Ssssq T KEE R B Sgss8 CELEBRATED STOMACH 2. PTET ET Ee pe, sey Bes OE Eee BOB Sass8 Remember that stamina, vital enerzy, the life-prin- ciple or whatever you may choose to call the resistant Power which battles against the causes of discase and Aeath, is the grand safeguard of health. It is the gur- No one who has ever heard Ingersoll lecture will deny that he isa rare orator. His word- painting is wonderful,his eloquence entragcing. | rison of the human fortress, and when it waxes weak, Thus far in his crusade against Christianity this | the true policy isto throw in reinforcements. In other skeptic has appeared in the eyes ot his follow- | words, when such an emergency cecurs, commence a ers a giant against pigmies. He has en- countered an adversary, however, seemingly in every way his equal, even in his own peculiarities of rhetoric, to judge from the fol- lowing extract from a sermon delivered on last Sunday, on the occasion of the dedication of the church of the Annunciation at Kansas City, Mo., by Rev.Father David 5.Phelan,well known as the editor of the Western Watchman. Having asserted that “the idea of the soul and the | faith in its immortality must have come down from above, as earth could not have taught it, nor could death have inspired it,” the revexend father sald: It there ts no hereafter, then life 1s one long de- bauch, and the highest éducation is to know how to flnd and how best to enjoy pleasure. If there 1g no hereafter, virtue is a deceit and herotsm tsa lie. See that young man blecding from a hundred wounds. He died in defense of a sister's honor, If there ts no hereafter, that noblest of deeds wili go forever unrewarded, See that young sister in ihe hospital bending over a victim of the plagu: to-morrow she will succumb, and a rapid ride and ahesty sepulture will reward her devotion. If there is no hereafter her charity met a sorry re- quital. See that man holding an affrighted child at the window of a burning building. He holds {t long enough for a sturdy companion to grasp it from below, and he then falls back into his fiery tomb. If there 1s no hereafter, such sacrifice is heartless and unmesning cruelty. See that troop of soldiers marching by to the beating of the drum. Their country has called, and they go to defend her honor on the battle-fleld. They follow that flag into the thick of the fight, and when the bugle sounds the retreat few return from the car- nage. Those brave soldiers died with thelr face to the foe, and a smile was stamped on thelr features Indeath. If there is no hereafter, their heroism Was suicide and their courage a mockery of rate. Earthly lfe ts closed in death; the grave termi- nates all consort and association with things of time; but, wafted above the bier, the wreck, the tomb, floats the sweet voice of God, saying: “I am the lite.” Contrast the above with the foliowing from one of Colonel Ingersoll’s lectures, and, beautl- ful and tender as is the language of the ipfidel orator, that of Father Phelan loses nothing by the comparison: Next to eternal joy; next to being forever with those we love and those who have loved us; next to that ts to be wrapped in the dream-like drapery of eternal death. mn the shadowy shore of death the sea of trouble casts no wave. Even that have been curtained by the everlasting dark will never know again the touch of toare. Lips that have been touched by the eternal silence will never utter another word of grief, Hearts of dust do not break, The dead do not weep. The Kansas City Journal, publishing the ser- mon, says that its subject matter was only equaled by the grace and charm of its delivery. It is lly likely that Mr. Ingersoll will at- tempt to ridicule this Catholic priest, as he has 80 many assumed seenners of ee Christian faith. Father Phelan is apparently a very dif- ferent adversary from some of the pulpit mountebanks Mr. Ingersoll has encountered, |: whose driveling sentiment and limping logic do more to injure the cause of religion than even Mr. ll’s insidious arts and nt periods. Father Phelan is master the ‘weapons Mr. Ingersoll uses, and the infidel orator must eat porridge from his own dizh in ‘an encounter with this Knight of the Cross. The Galveston News Waxahatchie that City Marshal J. H. Spalding courre of Hostetter's Bitters. For sale by Druggists and Dealera, to whom apply for Hostetter’s Almanac for 1883. az Qutve BUTTER! Cheaper and better than Tard for Cooking Purposes, an REQUIRES BUT HALF THE QUANTITY. 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