Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1887, Page 3

Written for Tar Evexrxo Stan. MY FRIEND CHAYNE. ‘The Real Cause of the Late Deplorable Change in His Personal Appearance. Mr friend Chayne was a refreshing fellow. His ature was like his complexion—clear and bright And wholesome, There were no blemishes on efther, and both were about the same at all hours of the day. If at any time a first glance didn't dis- cover a sintie on his face, a second never fatled to find one peeping out of his eye, ready at the least encouragement to expand all over his countenance. Yetit was not a beaming nor effusive smile, but the sintle of a fresi, modest, and thoroughly good natured boy; subjective rather than objsctive, tne spontaneous emanation of a happy and selt-con- tented soul He was unusually weil Informed for lis years, and could talk pleasingly and intelli= gently on most current subjects. But he was very luodest, and if be found It necessary to aitvance ah opinion decidediy opposed to that held by any one % did it always with a charmingly deprecatory mativer, at which none could take offense, That I, a ail but one subject. On basebal athletics, juatics, and allied questions he was the most Positive inan alive, Here he woulin't tolerate con- tradietion. Of these things he knew ail there was to be Known, and really sevtned to think bimselt Sole repository of ‘the knowledge. He wouldn't adinit “his Dest friend to silent parthershl> Ina Cuira-class fact relating in any way to ou-door sports. True, he did seem to be familiar with e¥ery event in the universe of sport, as far as I, a Fawk outsider, could judge; but that hardiy ex- Cuged his colossal intolerance of alien opinion, But it was in relation to the fair sex that my frend Chayne was most refrestin, ful ogee him with a woman, rin its ple, 1 verily be- yaud not forget he urine, however human and gra- clously condescending the goddess mij to Become. And in talking « ings of men, or to bis closest friend attitude was more marked. He did wih, the disparucing remarks of oth Made about women Who iy would, not hear them. To hear ‘Ch out women in n mixed, Group of the Young mich Of the day was as refreshing a3 a Dubbiing spring Of Deep Kock ter in the midst of an alkail des Sie ta wxseoemamer: |e caan's gocke that weed e sapacked of Taabiltarit, anf was contrary to matcsy ot thinks ing anything Wrong of the sex. and his mind and Beart seemed making perpetual litue acts of ado- Tation before theme it be paia'a woman a com- lament, be rare it Carte from his heart and ‘was Reserved “He was the soul of truthfulness and Donor, and withal, hed ‘a dominating pride and poit-rcapect which saved iim frome the Suspicion of suliness, callowness, or want of knowledge of the works, Ihave spoken of my friend Chayne In the past tense “He's uot dead, howerer. ‘That ty hoe ex: actly. I did not see bith for several months during ‘the simmer and autumn, He strayed in the other night at Willard’, T searceiy knew him. The springy step was gone; the confident bearing, the cheerful look, ‘Were gone. Only the ghost of the smile was there, and that seemed no longer to regard Itself as a nent resident of his fine eye, but came and went and Mtted about ina nervous sort of way that bespoke dissatisfaction with its quarters Chayne Was a feartully changed man. But, for Some Gecult reason, though I was shocked at his appearance, I said Gothing about it. Nor did any the group with which I stood, all of whom knew Chayne. ‘The cause of his ill looks soon came out, however. ‘Chayne’s overcoat pockets bulged with books. Under his arm he had a bundle of books. A couple of pamphlets protruded frow the upper pocket of bis cutaway. “Why, Chayne, old fellow,” I sald as we shook hands, “are you turning yourself into an itinerant circuiting library?” He lauyled with a good deal of his old-time Jol- lity, but did not explain about the books. I saw a ‘empty seat in a retired corner, and led him ard tt to talk With him at my leisure. “I can stop DUL a few minutes,” be sal anengagement at half-past $,and must leave these bouks at home first.” “on, bother the engagement,” T answered, “I haven't seen You im mouths and’ want to talk with have ‘Bat it’s with a lady,and I must be there prompt- he said, as if that settled the matter. And if Ou weren't there promptly, or not at all, @ it be the first time in the Listory of the an engagement with a lady was broken? Xou.can grt up a good excuse,” ¥ continued, “and if she is a seastbie girl she'll accept i. You Know girls are a good deal less critical about ex- cuses than most oter people.” Chayne laid down his books and set his lips. “PU never do that,” he suid, determinediy, and with some bitterness. “I told one lle to her’ and T've sworo never to tell another to any woman.” His manner Was so tragic that I laughed at him. “Excuse my smiling, Clayne,” I said, “and iny un- worthy advice. But won't ‘you tell me why you are doing the heavy tragic? What awful conse quences fol that one lie?” “Now, don’t guy me, and don't give me away,” he repited, turning toward me with bis good na- ture somewhat restored, “and I'l tell you all about it.” You remember Marte—viss he commenced. “Of course, for I thiuk you intro- Well, the old lady asked ved uke to her mother. stocall, You know what agood, noble soul the oid lady i Inever met a woman who knew so iuch of the World and had contracted fewer of its Uttle vices. She Wont hear of any compromise with deception, or lying, or scandal mongering. She detests people who tell littie white lies for politeness’ sake of ina joke. She says they are cowards as Well as woral swindlers. And Marie, Jou know te Just like her mother tn tks respect. oth of them bave spent years in Europe and tae East, and, I think, could not only write first rate kuide-books for ail the cities ever heard of but con- struct, off-hand, fair topographical maps of tbe entire’continent.” “Yes, | know,” I sald, as Chayne stopped for a moment and compressed bis lips and kalt bis Brows, as if overcome by painful recollections, “While Col. Highzrade was United States minister at tue court of Monaco, they spent most of their Ume roui.ng around the old World. But go ou ‘With your story.” ‘ell, the Grst thing I did the first time I called ‘Was to fail hopelessly, desperately, insanely In love with Marie,” Cnayne nuif-lauguingly, hali-pas- sionately continued; “and the next taing, douvt- Jess as a result of my new insanity, was to an- nounce that { had spent turee Years’ traveling all ‘over Europe myseif:” Texclakued “Great Heavens!" He shut his lips again, ant loosed at me for pity, sympathy and Wouter. responded, espectally iu the matter of wonder, fo: i Bad really never known Chayne to tell a deluberate, cold-biooded lle, “and you have ween compelied to avoid them ever sluce,” “tor fear they will find you out ‘you are siow- Ay golog inte a decline between’ your hopeiess love for Marie and your morbid couscieatiousuess, oF whatever you call It, Is that how tugs stand: “Worse than that,” he answered with a biter thos that made me pity him while I tnwardiy vughed at bis superb Wasophistication, © If T bad had the courage to take that course I might by Unis ume have forgotten Mafle and hadon my conseleuce oniy the first few dozen lies wuich I had to tell that nlzht to back up the great original lie. But no; J didn’t have the strengta of mind. 1 ealied a second Ume in the course of & week, de- luding myseif Wit the hope tuat they would for- set about Europe; of, if tuey did not, that I could {ura the current of talk into other channels, Mad- messi Of Europe, and Europe alone, they would consent to taik Uilat night. It was natural enough, Ferhaps, seeing that my insane lie ied thea to Suppose tty were taking me back over pleasant seenes. Heavens! now I got through that night Without betraying my wreteled secret I stall never know. 1 should never have succeeded if Marie, looking more beautiful than T have ever seen lier since, Wasn't constantly before me, goad- Ang me on to save myself, All the wit and cunning An me came to my reseue. “I couldn't turn the con. sation off Europe, but Idid succeed moderately Weil im keeping Jt Within areas with which my Feading had made me familar. I stuck mainly to wt the Highlands of Scotland. ‘There f felt and Whenever the old lady or Marie showed on to make an excursion down th ugh Switzeriand i cunningly headed 4 started them afresh down the boule- over the moors. then of vards of Ubrouga Ue Bots, or sent them raanplng jut, Voyaging among the lochs, awrul st knew that someting must be duae, “and What did you dot” I inquired sympathetle- ally. “pot See all these bouts if Tey are all books of us —eu > SCOT ap! Puna ot foruidcsttons, harbors Futs Sey see ‘hat’s all J have lived on for the lest six months, When [left that secoad night 1 syste aatie course of European a! raphy, hiMory and antiquities. 1 bez rious, Ptolemy, Xenopnon and Josephus I re read .utareh’s lives, and neariy ali tue Greek and Laue historians. Mythology aud classical geogra~ ‘ay Idevoured @ Volumea day, or a uight rather, Tread most of the uiguc. ‘Every book that 1% aay way Would add to my knowledge of places and at once began tal ye an with He- things in Europe, Western Asia and Exypt {have fendagatn and again. Every Known guide book T ave at my Magers’ ends. [ean tell you just what — tip to any part of Europe will Cust. Team tell You tue heivis's of all the moun- tains, the length Of all the rivers, the spans of ail the bridges, the comparative siz*, with date and cost of construction, Of all the xreat public bulid- ings on the continent. If you want tokane whore any obscure Work Of any {vUrUh Class oid master 1s {Uo be tound, coue to me. If you uesite, at amo men's notice, to learn precisely when auu where any battle of ancient of modern tines was fought, Wuo commande’ and bow ran; mea were kined, | Jet we know. I ain a new species of maniac—a Europromaniac. | feel that I am siowiy yotng mad and into & consumption at the same time. ‘Which I wil strike first Iden’. know. 1 have lost 24 pounds since iast spring. J only sleep four hours Siolgue ay eves aregetciog weak. un growing aose t minded. 1 Rave given up all my studies apy United States, any nothing in the universe “I have have to leave 4 5 E aH att HE i "fhe next afternoon I calied on the Highgrades. a Gradually I got around to the subject of Chayne, Tedd not take me long to discover tat he waa 08 the most friendly in the, family; that he was almost ‘one family: ‘The old lady soon became enthusiastic about Fred, as she called him. His name is Wilfred. He was 'so bright, so well edi ‘and well-bred, fuch @ perfect character altogether. Marie was more reserved; indeed, ttle, telling whole story by the manner of her silence. My course was at once decided on. “Mrs High- grade,” I said, “you don’t know Chagne, although You are beginning to know him, tind, He is all that you nave said, and a creat deal more, I know phases of his cuaFacter that you can't know, and ell You he is One man in fifty thousand. I think (you will pardon me if Tam taking a Ifberty) that you are deeply interested in him. So am 1, and also in you both. You have noticed that he is not as robtist looking as he used to bet” Both had, and had repeatedly warned him to take better Care of his health. “Well,” I continued, “he is really in worse con- dition than Yon suspect. His trouble is more men- tal than aiything else. Do you want to know What that trouble ist” They did, of course. “and Will You promise to forgive bim and forget about the matter and try to make him forget tt?” After some hesitation they promlyed. “Well, then, in the first place,” 1 continued, “Wilfred Chayue has never been any nearer Europe than Boston in his wuole life. AUl bis talk about his three years’ travels in Europe has been pure lle from beginning wend.” I thought the old lady would faint, certainly, when she had finally after a struggle gathered 10 the full meauing of what I had sald. Marie was tremendously astonished but seemed less pained. Both soon railed into a proper state of indigna- ton, accompanied by a free flow of words, f let theta talk for awhile before 1entered on my de- led explanation, I pleaded and apologized for Chayne, of course making it clear that he knew nothing of my visit 1 void of his noble character, bis agony, «nd his dizpair at the fearful network of talschood in Which he had enmeshed himse.f, I hinted at the strength of bls love, and finally, plainly” declared that I really thought his life depended on the suc- cess of my mission. ‘Thly carried the day. Mal burst into tears and her mother melted into tears, 1 began to laugh quietly. Then it gradually dawned on them how supremely ridiculous the Mhole thing ‘had been, and they Joined in the laughter. Sot was all’ over, and. already I ptc- tured to myself Chayne with the old smile back in his eye and the old springy confidence in hts walk, Taitempted tw suggest means by which they could let Chayne know at one full swoop that his sin Was discovered and forgiven, but they silenced me. They would attend to that. And they did. Imet Chayne two days after- Ward ashe was rushing toward my house at a tremendous rate. He did not notice me until we Were face to face. Then he grabbed my hand Wiidiy but said nota word. He couldn't, for he would have cried if he had attempted to speak, for there were tears in his eyes He dragged me back to my house and there unburdened to me hls soul. He Was wild With joy and gratitude, Texpect cards to the wedding any day now. ‘Chayne is fast getting back to be his oid self again, and has forgotten there ts such a piace as Europe. Marie, however, am sorry to say, shows signs of ‘@ disposition to’ violate her piedge about forgetting as well as forgiving. I met her at the jeweler’s ‘a couple of days ago; she was giving orders for a scarf-pin, the design to be a hatchet set with dia- monds and pec.s. She wanted 1t done by this evening. She suid it was for a Christmas present for Fred. oe SS THE PIE INDUSTRY. How Washington is Supplied With Pies for Holidays. A VISIT TO A BAKERY—HOW PIES ARE MADE—THR FAVORITE KINDS—ARE PIES UNHEALTHY ?—VIEWS OF A PIE MAN—MINCE MEAT FOK THE HOLIDAYS— PIE TABOOED AT SWELL DINNERS. ‘There are some erroneous notions about mince ples. These relate mainly tothetr composition. A STAR man, in the interests of Christmas dinners, visited one or two of the largest pteestablishments, ‘The managers Who would popularly be supposed to know how mince ples, or at least how the mince meat, 1s made were interviewed. They had nothing to conceal and they desired on thetr part that nothing should be set down in malce. The STAR Teporter saw no signs of that procession of the natural kingdom which 13 properly supposed to file ceaselessly in one end of these establishments and emerge from the other transformed into tooth- some pies, There were no cats or dogs or even cows Waiting to be ground up, and Tag Stak man Was surprised. He did not ask where these sup- posed ingredients of u mince ple were. He felt a deuucacy about the matter. The ple men did not even refer to the subject and spoke of the quan- Uty of beef they used and mutton suet in the most matter of fact manner, They seemed to take It as matter of course. It occurred to the reporter that he might Interview a large dog that was wander- ing about one of these establisuments In regard 10 e mortality among his species, aud what per- centage could be attributed to the ple tnduscry. But the dog was evidentiy employed to interview strangers and showed evidences of a sullen dispo- sition aud 30 he Was not molested. DIFFERENT KINDS OF PIES. “You talk about mince ples,” sald the proprietor In an offended tone, “as if that was the only kind of ple made.” “Well, I supposed,” urged the reporter, “that they were more generally used during the holiday weason.” “What Js the matter with apple ples?” asked the plenan, in aa argumentative tone. ‘Nothing at all.” the reporter hastened to reply: ‘DUE are apple ples con: ‘the thing for Christ mas dinners?” “Certaimly they are,” was the response, in a rather scornful tone. “Cords of ‘em are used, and custard ples, too, and peach and cranberry’ pies, and—and—on! of course, there are pumpkin ples.” “We call them pumpkin ples,” he went on, in a confidential tone of voice that made the reporter ‘Uuink that now, at least, he was going to get down Ww the mysteries of the business, if there were any. “But you know we tnake them’ of squash, They taste Just as well, and people don’t know the dif- ference. Pumpkin pies are supposed to be a New England industry, Dut they are very popular here. ‘There ts no ple we make, with the exception of apple pie, that is such a favorite, I don't itke to Tell You how many we make every day, because, pertiaps, you would not believe me. The fact 1s, ‘We make betweea four and five hundred pies dally, and the large proportion of these are apple and pumpkin pies. IN THE WORKSHOP. ‘While the ple man was talking he was leading the way back into his kitchen, where the reporter saw the cooks at work rolling out miles of pie- crust, more or less, and dipping up the soft stuff Out of great kettles and pouring on the waite coated pie dishes. In one end was a great pile of pies tuat bad come out of the oven, and in auocher were @ lot awaiting the baking process, “You seem to think that Xiuuas 1s a special ple season,” remarked the proprietor. “I mauve not found it so. 1 seil pies all tue year rounayWwinter aud summer, and tue business ty growing con- stantly. The demand ts not only from private families aud boarding houses, but from these lunch rows of dairies tuat have tnereased so Fapidiy tn this city during the last few years, A Piece of ple and a cup of inilk 15 a luncheon that Sulis the rich man’s stomach aud the poor inan's purse, and so these dairies are muluplying in buimber and are doing a great business.” “WHAT IS THAT MAN DOING over there?” asked the reporter, who was loucing around while the ple man was talking. ‘The question seemed to be regarded as an inter- Tuption of a valuable train of thought, and the pte man Was evidently annoyed. He sald with painful distinctness: “That man Is pecling apples. He is seated by a barrel of apples Did you suppose we cooked the apples without paring them? Prov ably you thouzht that the apples, barrel and all, were thrown into the kettie aud stewed.” ‘The reporter thougut of the Noah's ark proces. Sion that Was populariy supposed to end 1m mince ples, and saw go reason why apple ples coulis not be made by equally a wonderful a process. But ae did not say so. He hastened to explain that he Ineant no reflection upon the method of masing Piles, and then to change the subject he asked Lie duau if he thought pies Were heaituy. Figs NOT UNHEALTHY, “I don’t know,” was the rejoinder. “I never thought about it, I know that pies pay if a man understands the business. They certainly ayree with me, and I am considered a pretty hea man. They seem to agree very welt with people generally, Judging from the de T nave not heard Unat Uke mortally 1h his city bas Increased | lately, yet there are more ples eaten here to-day than éver Before. I don't know whether tue inedi- cal professtou has enlarged its numbers during the | same period or not. 1 guess that ples are healthy | they agree with you Most Uulags are.” “Is there any particular kind of pie that 1s sup- Posed lo be healtuler as compared with others?” asked tue reporter, anxious to be fully informed. “No, I should say Hot,” sid the philosophic pie | man. "“What is one uan’s meat is another man’s polson ts probably the bed-rock truth about ples, | Some kinds agree wica peopie better than. otliers, | but 1t does not foliow that any kind is unhealthy. | Then, besides, there is a time to eat ple, and then ‘aggald Where Is a tine to let pie alone. A man Who | sits down about 11 o'clock at _nigut and eats a half of a imiuce ple is popularly supposed to see | his grandigotaer before morning, and he generally | does, I guess. “But that is no argument against pl, | and Wuen any one tells we about pie disagreeing | With them Lalways inquire into the particulars, | and J nad in nine cases out of ten tual bey | DISAGKERD WITH THE PIE | and not the pie with them. ‘Then there ts another | ldea abroad which is tat ple 1s vulgar, You never hear of pic being served at afternoon teas, and in ‘the menus of these high-toned dinners you never tue word pie. Suciety tn other words nas sat n On pies ad Wit Was good enough for the Filgrug Fathiors and helped to sus.ata them tn u He to found tals nation 1s considered se u preseut generation. ‘The secret of ‘Uhing ty that people don’t know how to take good pies. Their covxs, even the French cook, are iyhorant of the art,” and so to conceal eg say that ple 1s Vulgar. 1am ® pure Cam‘institution, and yougam aay thst T Can sap ply dibters ‘ind ‘bails with pies of every Kind and ” How To vE¢ORATE Foon, Seasonable Hints to Hi ‘who Wish to Set an Appetizing ‘From the New York Sun. The various ways in which even the plainest dishes may be made appetizing and handsome should be known to all housekeepers, particularly at this season of the year, when festive ogcasions are most frequent. It is easy to garnish dishes richly for a trif_img outlay of time and trouble, and the tnereased beauty of a table well repays the pains taken. In many homes the apperance of the table can be improved and stiffness avoided by the exercise of a little ingenuity, and what housekeeper is there who would not rather have a few simple dishes pretilly served than a number carelessly prepared? It is frequently the case that the desert 1s generously decorated whilethe meats ‘and vegetables are served without the slightest attempt at ornamentation. Pickles of almost every variety are useful for garnishing fish as well ascold meats. A plece of whitefish can’ be trimmed with a slice of lemon in the center and sprinkled with the yelk of a hard-bolled egg that has been put throtgh a hair sieve. ‘The exg can be put on in geometrical lines or in’ the form of a sat, and the dish be bordered with capers or small eniiles, or, if preferred, parsley. Stewed ‘whitefish, with waite sauce, should be ornamented with ‘gherkins cut in long, narrow strips and capers laid tn small rings over the center. Many cooks cut the whites of eggs into Tings and lay them on ‘sh in, the stereotyped fashion. They should be separated from the yelks aud cocked as follows: Grease an ordinary jam ot, put tn the whites, and set the pot in a sauce- pan of boiling water; cover and steam until set, when aay devices can be cut from them—leaves, stars, diamonds. For fish cakes, croquettes, and other snacks, fried parsley 1s ah ornament. It should be very dry. Put intoa wire basket and pluuge it into smoking fat. It will become crisp in a moment ‘aud the color will be retained. Bread crumbs, colored pink and yellow, make pretty decorations for many dishes. Vegetable coloring 1s not unwholesome, and can be used in food decoration successftilly. Jellies, bread cruinbs, and even vegetables can ‘be colored for borders’ of dishes, and they add greatly to the effectiveness of many plain meats, ‘A handsome dish of vegetabies, elther turnips, carrots or potatoes, can be. made’ with alternate layers of green pea’ and capers laid over them in rows and the top crowned with a trifling quantity of currant jelly. Chopped beets, capers, and pars- Jey tntrodticed into salad make’ it better and tm. rove itslooks. For boiled fish lobster coral should beradded to tie sauce, and in lieu of this bread crumbs colored pink make an exceilent substitute. Potted ineats can be made to look showy and handsome if strips of the hard white of egg fs laid ou in & kind of trellis work. ‘The meat can be arranged in any sbape and decorated to suit the fancy With the whites of eggs which have been previously prepared according to the directions given above, Curled butter, whicn 1s obtained by Tubing butter turough a hair sieve and taking it up caretully, is a pretty ornament to cold sliced turkey or chicken, Tufts of parley add to the attractiveness of this dish. Dark green olives may take the place of the parsley, if preferred. Sardines sould always be garnisiéd with ghere Kins, olives, or capers, Next after olives as an ap- peuzer ts the following: Fry some small squares Of stale bread untll they aré crisp and of a golden brown, Then put a spot of mayonnaise in the centre of each. A stoned olive should be placed ‘on this, and then on the top of it drop a ttle more Amayonaise. Chopped capers or anchovy are often placed on the bread bits with the mayonnaise. Parisian essence, which can be bought by the bot= Ug may be used wo Havor graviea. ‘gives a rich color to any gravy, and adds to the richness of the taste. Glaze 18 all excellent decorative medium for tongues, fowls, cutlets, and cold entrées. It 13 expensive if made from meat in private houses, Dut it can be bought. A. striking-looking and toothsome dish for a luncheon are Neapolitan cutlets, made of the white meat of a dolled fowl with ah equal welgnt of cooked ham or tongue, or the two mixed, Season weil wit salt, cayenne, lemon Juice, mixed sweet herbs, and fresh parsiey finely chopped; then molstén with a little good white sauce; pour into aflat dish, and, when cold, cut into dval-shaped cutlets; brush ‘each with ‘liquid glaze all over, edges theluded, and coat with chopped trumes and olives. These Should overlap each other in a circle on the dish, with a dressed salad tn the center. Currant jelly lafd on in round heaps decorate a. isu of Dolled rice, and if the rice has been cooked with the addition of lemon Juce to the water, thereby increasing tts whiteness and causing the grains to separate well, 1t will be very pretty, par- Uewllanly If about the edies of the dish are latd bits of Watercress. Scallops of fish or poultry are improved by the addition of sinall portions of Mmuccaront and Lomatoes put along the edges of the dish and on top of the seallops, A pretty dish 1s turbot a la ereme, which s made of cold botled turbot, broken into What are called Makes, then mixed with Bechamel sauce, yelks of eggs And grated parmesan. and seasoned with pepper lemon juice. Celery tops about the dish add to its appearance. Rissoleties, which are made of puff paste, and cut the size of a bis- cult, are adorned With inarmaiade or jam laid on fn places. Over the top 1s laid another laver of paste, covered with the white of an egg, and the Whole is baked toa light brow. White’ sugar is sifted all over it, and a few drops of jelly are put on top. ‘A dainty breakfast dish which 1s uncommon ts maie thus: Cut two long slices of cold meat and Unree of bread, buttered thickly, about the same size and sbape! season the ineat with pepper, salt and a littie flnély-chopped parsley, or, if It 1s Veal, ate chopped ham: then lay one slice of bread between two ot meat, ana “have the other two slices outside; fasten together with short wooden skewers. If you have a quick oven, put in and baste with butter thoroughiy, that the bread may. be all over crisp and brows. If the oven Is nox hot enough to bake quickly, fry 1t in vers hot fat as you Would cruilers. Garuish with sprigs of parsley ‘and serve hot. ‘The subject’ of garnishing 1s inexhaustible, for the plainest Viands may b> renlered attractive with an artistic eye and common sense in the a Tangement. The principal danger with novices 1s that they will overdo the business. A good cochl- neal coloring, which 1, quite harmless, 1s made by taking one ounce of powdered covlulneal, one ounce Of cream of tartar, two drachms of ‘alum, and half a pint of water. Boll the cochineai, water, and creain of tartar until they are reduced’ to one= half; then add the aluin, and put up in sinall bot Jes for use. Yeliow 1s obtained vy the infusion of Spanish saffron in a little water. emia“ A Recipe for Domestic Tranquillity. From the Toronto Globe. Sometimes my wife and I say on Sunday, “Now let us agree that we will not say a singie cross word to any one this whole week. Let us be studt- ously polite to eachother and to thechtidren, Let lus be Very mind/ul of te feellugs of every person with whom We may comeinto coutact. Let us not fret, nor complain, nor do anything that good, deent, weil-beuaved Christians should not do” And if’ when the next Sundayshall come we have, through the grace of God, kept this Fesolve, tt goes without saying tuat we have been Lappy ‘and the word as perhaps been made a little better for our being in it, - oe ‘The Latest in Gloves, From the Philadelphia News, A couple of suburban residents stood gazing ad- tmiringly in the window of a prowinent Cuestnut street store this morntag, when one of them sald: “What do you think of them gloves?” “What gloves?” queried the other. “Them long Kid ones there,” responded No. 1, Pointing to a pair “Is them loves “Ot course they No.1, with anal “1 thought they were $0 for ballet dancers,” gald No. closed. ® new-fangled tights And the dialogue New England Cooking € In @ recent Journal af Commerce article, Dr. William C, Prime treats, from personal knowledge, of the cooking of many lands. Coming to his own country he denounces the professional cooks and lecturers on the art; and, loyally ignoring the not unfounded charge of dyspepsi-producing often brougat against It, thus unqua itiediy praises the New England house-wife cooking: “The best cooks in the World, me judice, are the Arab couks, who perfectly uadersiand bow to In troduce good fruit to hot fire over their little fur- haces. The next best, aS a ciass (and T challenge contradiction from aby man or woman of expe- Hence Wiiich authorizes Judgment), are the farm- er's wives of New England. They need no mis. slonariesor lecturers to teach them cooxing. Meats, fruits, vegetabies, In thelr kitchens, are uiarried to fire, Without losing the characteristics of their Birth and growth to ripe age. Mrs Blank, wuo cooks the ineals for her family of four strong sons ud two healthy, hearty daughters, cannot make & partritge pie out of veal and chicken bones, Dut she can broll and serve the partridgesas they were never broiled at Véfour’s, ahd give you a Veal ora chicken pot-ple Which, unless your taste has been Vittaced by so-called French cooking, will salisty Your highest gastronomic desires. ‘America sur- Passes ail parts of the World in the abundance and excellence of Its meats, fish, game, vegetables, and fruits, and I dety mention 6f any’ country in the World where thé native population, from house to house, have as good cooking. soe i Economical Husband and Wise Wile. Frotu the Chicaco Herald. ‘When a woman forms a habit it 1s ail a waste of time for her husband to try to break of it. Well Knowing his wife's dtsposition to make him a present regularly at Christmas, a man who like. wise forcibly realized the fact that economy Was an absolute necessity in his household, said to his wife: “This year you must not undertake to thake me a present, I insist. It would be absurd to do so at this time, when we need everything we can rake and.scrape. Igive you fair notice that If you do carry out your former custom this year 1 Ww. burn upthe present as surely as 1” States ieee heya ce ‘Therefore she ered her her sa and bought Tor, her dearly asa bresent, a ton of coal. THE SAD WIVES OF GLOUCESTER, They Try te Look Cheerful While Their fishermen; drunkenness is almost unknown; less banter and bellowing and boasting are the nearest approach to brawls. There is a tender- heartedness among them that 1s remarkable and almost pathetic. Many go away that never come ack. Stand here, if you will, at these crowded wharves, and watch the arrival and departure fishing fleets, and if you have a heart feel something heavy in your throat, mothers and fathers, the young brothers tees, the wives and wee Ashers’ chil brave as the vessels sail out. There is loyal Valor in their faces Lap to the departing ones, it m good measure, every manne ‘sea lore for Tuck? As the schooners clear Dor, out past Ten Pound Island, some way around the harbor edge, as pany to the last. But those wino stay, Out over the dark. bulkheads, and on until the white sails di Norman's Woe, of sink bebind the horizo you Can see in theireyes as they at last turn the lite home-spot for the weeks or mont dreary waiting there 1s unutterable sadness bel the quivering ids. ‘Then, when the fleet returns, Who can pleture the gladness, the woe, upon ‘these century-old wharves and slij They say that down at brave old Marblehead every third woman is 8 widow. Here among fisher folk the same is true. And so ti Cores and com- ing, and going and never coming, have woven a watp and: woot of smiles and tears here, which have mellowed and softened thousands of human hearts in a way you can quickly see and feel. Your fisherman who comes, and the wife, sweet- heart or child that ts here to greet him, are o'er tender for it ail. The old city is used to it, and does not mind it, It is the way its tollers the sea have. And so if you ever Walk her streets and see a hulk of a fellow holding a happy woman as he would clutch a fife-rail or a capstan-head in a heavy storm, you will know he ts simply “making fast” with the strong hawser of an honest love to the very anch¢ of bis life, utterly unconscious of your or anybody's sense of the proprieties. And this tenderness, too, 1s all-compassing. ‘There are — Cor and ee ~ See ee ee ‘and these inen give generously every week-day night ue. whole year through, When the seaport is stirred by the arrivals of fleets with their “iares” or c of fish, there is a “fisherman's ball,” and often many. These are never tor individual profit, but invariably for te denefit of women Whose héarts are breaking. pommel ata A Trick in Rifle Shooting. From the Buffalo Courier. “No, sir, Ido not claim to be an expert at fancy shooting,” said Capt. Jack Crawford, in answer to the Arounder’s inquiry. “There 1s too much trick- ery—a sort of sleight-of-hand business connected with it, Ido pretend to be a crack shot, and to excel in accuracy and rapidity with a Winchester rifle. ‘The Winchester Arms Co, have offered T9- peatedly to back me for $5,000 against any man in ‘the world in that sort of skill. Ihave fired twelve ‘shots in three and half seconds. But here, let me enlighten you as to one of the little tricks used in fancy shots.” Here the scout produced what aj peared to be, as he held it at a distance, a brass shel Upped with a leaden ball. “Looks like a bullet, don’t it?” he sald, with a laugh. “Well, it isn’t. Itis simply a papler-mache protuberance appro- priately colored to look like lead. Now I'll show you What’s behind it.” Picking open tue end he disclosed to view a quantity of shot—about 200 he said Were in the shell, with just enough powder at the butt to do the work. “How are tuese used? You have probably witnessed the feat of cracking glass balls thrown in the air by shooting at them With a Winchester, and while riding a horse going at agallop. Well, that’s the kind of a ‘ball’ car- tridge that ts used, and the spectators look on with wonder and admiration, supposing that it 1s done with a single ball; and that is something, my boy, that no inan in the world has ever done or will do, because it is a physical impossibility.’ CTs Non-Alcoholic Winter Drinks. From the New York Evening Sun, “Give me the newspaper man’s drink,” sald a nervous stranger this morning to a dainty clerk in a Park Row drug store, ‘The dainty clerk promptly turned a silver faucet, of the big syrup fountain, and there sizzied forth a frothy liquid of a dull buff color. The stranger Talsed the Liquid to. bis lips and swallowed it in two gulps. A bitter taste was left on his palate, and he made several wry faces. “What's that stuff made of, anyhow?” he asked the clerk. ‘Phosphorus, tron, quinine, and strychnine.” “strychnine?” gasped tue stranger. “Eggsactly; but don’t be alarmed, ‘The quan- tity of strychnine Js very small—just enough to brace your nerves; and the iron vitalizes the blood, the quinine ts for the liver, and the phosphorous brighiens the brain.” Tne clerk reeled this off lke a man that had often sald tt before. For a minute the stranger's face wore a pensive look. ‘Then he stniled. ' A feeling of gentle exhila- Fation Was creeping thrpugh nis frame. His blood Wag sens DIY em nerves grew strong and steady. ‘The fountain from which the sirup was ex- tracted iy «mammoth :ffair. Within Its marble Walls are forty receptacles containing the usual fruit sirups and Moxie’s nerve food, essence of oats, orgeat, beet tea, pepsoline, chicken rot, tmpérial elixir and carbonated waters. ‘The car. Donated waters are generated by the action of sulphuric acid on marble dust. ‘A dashing Spaniard, with bi3 senonta linked to his elbow, entered ts" store and called for orgeat. Ongeat? sald the stranger. “What 1s orgeat?” +Tuat’s tae temperance drink of the New York Frenchman and Spaniards, It 1s made of sweet and sour almonds. grown in the Mediterranean countries, ‘These alinouds are pounded to paste tn a mortar. Tue paste is then put into a towel and ail the milk twisted out. To tis milk Is added pulverized sugar and orange flower water, ‘Then you have orgeat. While the druggist was speaking @ stckly-look- ing man Walked in and critically eyed everybody inthe store, Some bottles of patent mediciue wearing yellow top-couts held his attention sev- eral minutes. “Give me a drink of pepsoline 4f 12 13 good for dyspepsia, If it ain't, 1 don't want it”. He got his pepsoline and hurried out, banging the door after him, “,,e'8 one of our dyspeptic patients,” smiled the druggist. “We have about two hundred of them, ‘They come in every day, exe the patent medicines a wile, and then Cail for tue fountain strup, pep- soline.” ‘Then a handsome and richly~dressed lady walked 4n, and, contracting her lips to a pucker, called for ‘sirup of essence of oats. “rhe girl of the period,” continued the drugzist, “always asks for chocolite—cold chocolate in the summer, hot chocolate In the winter, choco.ate the year round, The dandy darky takes straw. berry every (tine. Lady type-writers, in the offices hear by, prefer coffee tn suunmer and chicken broth in wintér, School girts love lemon and nectar, and Une oid men are partial wo beef tea. Our country cousins call for ‘yaly’ with no quauification, and When asked What sirup they preter in it ‘on, ‘they haint parular, anything "ll dew.” ‘0° seeye BEspeds Br ace a a American Temperament, WE ARE A NERVY, FIDGETY PEOPLE AND WE LIVE TOO FAST. From the American Magazine. We areemphaticaily a people of nerves, Visitors from other lands are astonished at the fierce activ- ity that pervades our most. insignificant actions; but they themseives speedily contract restlessness aud no longer marvel at wonderful developments of invention And speed of practical application. A. portion of this great energy is doubtless due to Aimerican climate, which teaches In a vigorous aad obtrusive manner, that quiet and rest do not forim part of natural law in (his country, but it is far more a result of our newness, our youth in the family of nations. Scarcely out’ of the swaddiing clotues of history, we are called upon to stand up squarely tu competition with a thousand years of Pust, aud show tae old fogies a new Lulng or two. And We'have done It, are doing it now and appar- entiy have shouldered a contract to keep in the jead for ail time to come. What with new lustru- ments lor anuililation of tme and distance, Iumnited express trains across tue continent and unilinited ‘chances for express speed in dis. sipation, the American temperament has already grown UW) be one of great deilcacy of nerve. Our children, av an age When their contemporaries in other lands are still at school, relegate the “old folk” to the rear; and father's Opinion ts voted as “good, of course, but belongs to a past period.” Yet, ja all tits mad sy there is reason. It does not follow that we live shorier lives than else. where, even in length of years; that 18 not the case. We afe not less cay of keen apprecia- Uon of good tiings, when once they are 1atro- duced to We" contrary, we are apt to see beauty and Say so, too, wen ot even a glance —— shows that our slower neighbor has no- iced It. But, from a medical point temperament 18 a di rous one vO the state, in Uhat it does most distinctly repress reproduction. ‘The future American will be conglomerate; blood of our forefathers wili be so tar diluted that its charcteristics will be lost tm foreign overflow. ing ude, which, if sluggish in its flow, may still be of servico by reclaiming from too much ‘hess our fidgety people. & | | Visiting Cards, Interview with 8 St. Louie Lady. ‘Nothing so easily lowers the social status of a Wowan whose position 1s already assured asa. cheap visiting card. It tga fact that a card enters Among extant, 1s one to the effect that the first Christian church in Britain was built of boughs, the disci- ples deeming this the most likely way to attraet the were adorned with evergreens, so that the sylvan spirite might find there safer shelter trom the wind ‘and storm, When St, Augustine arrived in Brit- ‘ain he was wise enough to give this practice a Christian significance rather than to deprive the People of an observance which Was sacred to them and harmless tn itself, In this way the pretty Waxen berries of the mistletoe, which were wont to be deemed essential in the gross ceremonies of pagan have become tenderly significant of he season When good-will toward man tnlversal, |The early Christiane in giving an em- By Saag ie han sa Ree gy for in Tsalah 1x., 13: Lebanon shall Come unto thee, the ar tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of Sanctuary.” ‘One Christinas observance still common tn Eu- rope—the drawing home and burning of the yule logis traced toa very ancient Scandinavian usage, When, at the winter solstice, huge bonfires were kindled tn honor of the god Thor. The bringing in Of this great log was the most enthusiastic part of the ceremonies observed on Christmas Eve in feudal mes. The Scandinavians drew it with much Pomp and ceremony from its resting-place in the ‘woods, holding that its flames would burn out old wi and from its ashes would spring up Drighter Hopes and better pertormances, for the future. ‘The magical significance was carried 1nto later days and an old English Christmas was not considered fairly begun before the yule log was abiaze. The new log must always be lighted with a brand preserved from the old one, Among other Superstitions connected with tbls historic log 13 one to the effect that if It throws out crackling sparks, famliy dissension 1s sure to follow. Among customs now disttsed, a ceremony existed at the court of England as late a8 the reign of Charles II, of bringing a branchot the Glastonbury thorn, which usually blossoms on Christmas eve, 1h procession, and presenting it with great pomp Yo the kiog anid queen on Christmas morning. Tn connection with the holly, which figures so conspicuously in all our Christian decorations, we find ‘a quaint old concelt chronicled, that every holly bough and lump of berries with which you adorn your house is an act of natural piety as weil as beauty, and will, in summer, enable you to Telish that green world of which'you show your- self not unworthy, In Germany and Scandinavia the holly, or holly’tree, 18 called “Christ's thorn,” from tts ‘use in churc'decorations, and because it, bears its berries at Christmastide. The loving sentiment imprisoned in the holly bough and trans- latable into every language will never be more happily expressed than in Charles Mackay’s verses, “Unuer the Holly Boug! “Ye who have scorned each other Or injured friend or brother, ‘In this tast-tading year, Ye who by word or deed Have made a kind heart bleed, ¢, gather here! Let sinied against and sinning Forget their strife's boianing, ‘And join in friendship now: Be lalis no Toner bro aw:et forsivenness Cader the holy bougi™ ‘ToGermany the civilized world 1s indebted tor one of the most enjoyable of all Christmas de- lights, the Christmas tree. This custom was little known in England before the marriage of Queen Victoria, and Was, we belleve, introduced by the late prince consort. We call Ita gift from Ger- many, and yet, behind the quaint figure of Kris Kringle, coming from the snowy woods, with une tree rising igh above his gentat suoulders, laden With gifts and glittering with lanterns, a8 he denly invades the lowly German cottage on kindiy errand bent, we see the yet more ancient toy pine tree, bung With oscilla, which boys and girls In ancient Kome looked for on the sixth and Seventh days of the Saturnalia. But we who are not an- Uquaries are content to accept these pretty cus. tons, come Whence they may, and to improve on them It we can. A wide guif ls fixed between the Puritante days, when Christmas Was frowned upon a5 remnant of evil superstition, and to day, waen nothing 1s too rare or good for the making of our Howes bright and our sunctuatiesbeauctul, ta honor of te author of the Chr stian Feast. Wnere. ever civilized man 1s found, there, in one form or another, We find the tokens of adoration and gratl- tude. —___—~ce. A Manifestatton of Christian Unity. From the New York Mail and Express. This was Rev, Charles H, Parkhurst of the Madi- son Square Presbyterian church, He 1s tall, with Jong dark hair, dark beard and intellectual fea- tures, A splendid command of language, a sonor- ous voice and an entertaining manner combine to make him an exc*edingly interesting speaker. 's the spirit of liberality and toleration abroa he asked, as he paused in his writing and looxed ‘up in an animated manner. It is indeed, and as it never was before. I have had living proof of it ‘this week.” Dr. Parkhurst had recently returned from the meeting of the Evangelical Alllance at Wash- von, ET met,” he sald, “while in Washington, clergy- men of all denomthations, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians, and Couigregutionalist3 elbowed esch other or Sat Side by side, Yet I never ‘saw more harmonious meetings. Throughout all there were but a few ripples, and these were caused by other than doctrinal questions. T never SaW such a manifestation of Christian unity, re- gardiess of denominational ine-.” “You think, then, tual the Various denomina- Uons are steadily being brought into closer and more friendly union?” “Most assuredly I do. A Look into the Future, WHAT OUR GRANDCHILDREN MAY EXPECT IN THE NEXT CENTURY. From the North American Review. The ceivilizauon of the future will, however, respectfully decline Mr. Ruskin’s plan for regain- ing Arcadia by the substitution of moonshine and manual labor for gaslight and steam engines. Labor-saving machinery has come to stay, and if ‘steam shall hot monopolize tue rough work of jue next century it 1s ouly because iv Will shafe Ws functions with its win glant of electricity. We Shall have steam quarries and steatn. ng machines, and the speed of travel 18 desti surpass tiie achievements of the present age by Just as snuci as a modern express traln surpasses @ medieval mail coach. ‘The coining American autocrat of the breakfast table will growl at the delay of the morning mail rnight boat from Europe. Excursion trains Raving Boston after breaktast will avoid the night fogs of the Cordiileras by reaching tue City of Mexico in tine tor supper. ‘The competition of Tall and ocean routes with balloon bee lines will make travel cheap enough to familiarize our ‘Yourlsts witb every zone of their continent; and climatic epicures Will probably contrive to ‘enjoy & perpetual summer by convening their July lentes In the Yeliowstone Park, and their New Year's symposium th Valparaisé, Bob Ingersoll’s Bringing Up. From the New York Mail and Express. Colonel Robert Ingersoll’s father, Dr. John Inger- soll, was a large-hearted, generous man, and one of the few ministers of his time who dared to raise bis voice in deiense of the negro slave, Like many men who possess the magic power to move men's ininds, he'was restless—ever secking fresh elas and pastures new, 30, with his five young mother- Jess children, of Whom Colonel Bob was the baby, he lived the precartous life of a zealot, “counting all things Dut loss and dross if that he might win souls.” He never lost sight, however, of the im- ance of education for his children and wher- ‘ever their lot was cast, whether on the top wave or in the depths, this alert-minded young family mnlssed no opportunity of acquiring @ keen know! edge of men und thi hen ‘Robert. was 16 rears old his father settled in Peoria, Ill. and there ‘controversies on religious subjects between father andson. ‘The old mitister was heard wo Say: “It grieves me to hear my Robble talk 30, but I de- clare he 13 too much for me. I am not abie to an- Swer bin.” , after dabbling @ lite tn and rnalism, studied law and was admitted to the eee cde, foe eee vere proves tue truth of the ol Saw that bad’ 8 for bad any Unang an to which be never would ro. sort, wi ‘unexpectedly hinge! in Want of afew thousand dollars She asked for lace of a certain kind, and the clerk took down a box and excused the amall quan- ety in it by saying: American Pearte, George E. King in Harper's Magazine. Pearis are produced in someof theuntos (fresh- first pearl of any note was the famous “crown pearl,” found by a shoemaker, Daniel Howell, while collecting some of these mu-sels in Notch Brook, near Paterson, N. J. This was Messrs, Timfany & Co. for $1,500 in 1 aad great Pearl excitemeat. Millions of were ‘collec of Uae 3 i i ‘4 my 2 eyetandeies Hl the famous Dresden Green israrely a true wiite, usually pink oF bi often iridescent. The nacre is smoother, if ‘anyt! , than in the oriental pearls, amd they are often more beautiful. Single pearis have been gold for over $2,000. Oniy one found ina huudred shelis, usually ‘thousand of any value, so ‘that it 18 not a very fable pursuit. "The indiscriminate kill- off of the ‘mussels in fishing and by isonous sewage will eventually lead to heir extermination. The greatest destroyers, however, are the hogs, which kill off whole ata singie low tide," Pearis are also secreted by the common hard-shell clams (Venus mercenaria); these are Usually white, tinged with purple, of most black. The latter colors are preferred, although ‘they ave little value, They sell at from $f to $100each, and are found as large asa Rapel-nut, The comaon conc (Strombus gigas), fished extensively o1 the Florida coast for bait, often contains the #-called pluk pearis. Althougth they are not true pearis, they have sold at $1,000 each, Our oyster pearls have neither value ‘nor uty. i +00 ___ _ Water for a Thirsty Ghost. THR STORY OF A YOUNG ARTIST WHO WAS Lost IN LAKE MICHIGAN. From the Chicago Tribune. Cilfford Byron Baumgrass, the subject of the following thrilling incident narrated by a Sault Ste. Marie paper, was the son of Prof. P. and Mary Baumgrass, the well-known Chicago artists, He was born in Washington, D. C., and came to Chi- cago two years ago to be with his parenis, He was young man of unusual promise and high gifts, Contrasting strong principles of virtue with marked gentleness of character, he was admired by all and beloved by those who knew him well. His word could be relied upon. He was rapidly rogressing in his sudies in the hope of becoming & sculptor. Young Baumgrass left Chicago in August for the Sault St. Marie, where he spent a art of last, summer. He lingered longer than Was expected, knowing that there was no ity for his ihmedate return. His’ parents had, however, looked anxiously for him many days, when atlast they recelved word that he was to leave on the ill-fated steamer Vernon. Letters and dispatches fafled to reach him to stay him from his purpose, and the acuing beafts of parents and iriends have only this cold f&ct to cling to—that fathoms deep beneath the waves of Lake Michigan Hes the beloved form in the cold arms of death. ‘The story told by the Sault Ste. Marie paper 1s i “A startling story, full authenticated, comes to us from the Migule Neebish and vicinity, wateh In its details and realistic incidents would furnish a chapter for a volume on spooks and goblins. As the story is told so It is given, but while we can vouch for the reliability of the report each reader is left to draw his own conclusions as to the causes, “A young sculptor from Chicago, Clifford nm Bauuigrass by name, has been speading the mer in the Vicinity of the Sailor's Eucampment, making his home with a family on St, Joseph's Island. He speads his time in hunting and fishing, ‘Ury.ng to regain lost health and strength. About ten days ago he Was lunting on Middle Neebisa, Rear the oid Cadotte homestead, wher old dilapidated, long since deserted Which old Jean Bapuste Cadotte died se It bas been unoccupied for years as early a mile distunt {row auy other house on the tsiand and practically uninhabited, While stroli- ing near he Dut Le Wag almost paralyzed with fear by hearing groans tssting from chamber or garret of the butidt! His first Inclination to fly being overcome end supposing that some suffering Msherman or hunter bad taken refuge there, ne entered the house and asked who was there and What he wanted. “*Por God's eget meadrink. I'm dying fora drink,” replied the voice of a person in the greatest agony. Will T get tt tn?’ inquired Baumgrass, inetfectual search for a drinking utensil re is a pall Just outside Uae door in the tit In that,’ came from above; and in Heaven's pame hurry; oKLg.” “The young Nimrod quickly procured the water from Ue river near by, returned othe hovel, went wp-stairs, and looked for the dying man. He could no one. ‘Where are you?’ he ‘Right bere in the next room,’ w: “Entering the adjowning apartme nothing Waatever.. ‘The rays of the setting sun ved up the room, that it was untenanted, and roplng the 3 ‘to his boarding place, told the st expressed an invention t take tue Hrst to his home. His frien aug finally the next day they old Louse, but noting est light on tue myster; everal days afterward, his courage having re. vived, he repeated his Visit at midday, this time alone, eidents of the previous ‘sensation were re] The cries and gro: coupled with and for water, a Vealed noting aud no one as bet mystery. Does the ghost of old Cadotte cry out for water to queuca a never-ending thirst?” Cost of a “Coming Out” Dress, From Clara Belle's New York Letter. Next to te bridal dress of a young girl, her “coming out” costume 1s the crucial test of task and Income. Miss Morris’ “sweet simplicity” of costume Was an example. The foundation was a low-necked, no sieeved-siip of what one would call rose white. If yellow white Ue ivory, or cream, then pinkish white fs rose white, The material was corded silk, heavy} lustrous, About the walk- ing-length Skirt Was a box-plulted row of Vaien- ciennes four inches deep at $ a yard, In each plait of the lace hung pendent an artificial half blown biush rose, Up one side Uke @ panel, went Tow after row of lace and buds. Draped over the Silk Was a tass of etbereal stik gauze, With satin Stripes in pure white, Opposite the panel, ou the Tight side, Was a Dig pocket arrangement, made of ‘alin f0.ds Interlaced like basket-Work, and spring- ing out of the top was a splendid cluster of blush roses, halt-blown and buds. ‘The giriish chest of tne Uebutante admitted of the Upper half the corsage being made of overlapping rows of valenclennes and intermingling buds, and a hip- corset of Satin, laced behind, suowing the slender Waist. ‘There were certulniy fifty yards of lace on the dress, aud 500 roses. The material that formed the overdress was $100 for five yards, the slip cost $50, (he roses and Lhe malcing were $100, and so Lhe Siuiple rogebud dress of a tulss tu her teens, without any Jewelry or display, cost $500, 7 “eee Christmas Outside From the Hartford Post. It would have been “4n the gloaming,” only it was winter time, and “the gloaming” don’t work well when the thermometer 1s neighboring with zero. ‘They two (the same two, by the way), were strolling down the walk looking in at the show ‘windows, “It looks real Christmas like and cheery, doesn’t 1, george “«¥es, It does, from the outside, But inside, you know, fe ean array’ of large figures to match a small’ pocketbook.” ‘And tuca they Walked on in silence, she wondering whether he intended to make her much of a Christ- mas present oF not. : ed pail on the floor boat ed at him, and companied him to the was heard or seen that Inside. ‘The check-forgetters, ‘the door.tenders love oven a8.0 picknicker loves the trece—when ve, ‘The newspaper critic, whom the press agent em- braces and grasps eagerly by the hand—on open- ¢ alan who discovers friends in the and Except One. ‘From the London Ilustrated News, The Moors have thetr own notions of diplomatic honor, though “honor,” I understand, is a word ‘they have not got in their dictionary. ‘Tne grand ‘visiers consider that every ambassador has his and 3 i 8 & HL : | 4 tl ] E H B joor. “ail of them?” fort Jeweler was puzzied and thought a moment “I can easily explain,” sad athocustemer. There are some people who may send we present ‘they do I Want to send (hem someting, but | am et a to unless they do, and I want Jewelry ‘andy s0 that I can hurry it up.» ‘The bargain was made, the lady returned t half of the conditional stuff, — pharmacy re A Chinese Restaurant From the December Overland. ‘The pagan restaurant where we cheered but did Ot inebriate ourselves was daintly clean and handsomely decorated with gold work and lowers, Besides our tea we had nuts, citron, binds-nests Pudding, and some other preparations mysterious and awful. There was one dish of each kind, out of which all partook harmoniously with lue ‘two-pronged brass forks. We, of ent bought ‘the dishes from which we ate, and ca @ great deal of gayety among the heathen by refusing to Lake new onesin place of them. We aiso have each ‘the autograph of mine host Yum—Hum—kum—I don’t believe J cam quite recali it, but anything ‘Will do, for I don’t believe he can remember such: an outlandish name uimself. They could pot under- ‘stand much of What We said, but I can’t ook down on the pagans on that account, for it Was just that Much more thal we made out from them. From the Philsdeiphia Inquirer. AU the Tabernacle Bapust church yesterday the Rev. Geo, E. Rees gave an address full of excellent advice, particularly to young men. It was in the use of the hours after supper that the bent of a man’s mind was determined. He pleaded that one mental iimprovement, and that, if necessary, a ltd of the “midnight o11” should be consumed to insure 60 minutes oul of 1,440 being regularly set apart for study. A y “man practicing such @ course for ten’ years would be valued not only for What he bad gutuered, but for What he was in uimseit, lie pleaded that Christian young men should not devote thewselves exclusively to the pursult of that kuowledge, special or general iu its character, Which Would advance their worldly interests, U6 replied to Col. Ingersoll’s statement that pale- faced men Kept out of temptation because not strong enough to indulge in evil habits by a chal- lenge to compare tne students of theological col- leges with leaders in politics and in business. He heid, however, that religion was tue more likely to win adberents If he who taught It possessed int Jectua! ability and a kuowiedge of talugs in eral, instanclng Edward Irvings attraction of a Shoemaker to hls preaching vy superior acquaint ance with leather and Witt. the arcof cobbling. The preacher held that it was on om When a sou applied for a | y, When Us ental home became simply a restaurant Z apartment, Late hours ere Satan's” pow | never idie in the day, in | the tempter was never | darkuess. Time failed upon the question of an down the broad principles Unat pleas | never transgr s3 morality, aud Usat pleasure must never injure either onesel? or oWuers. se - ‘ourt Beauty. KKVE THEIR GOOD LOOKS— Doss MUCH. From the San Francisco Post. ‘The handsomest Woman [ ever saw was one who took great care of her health. When I knew her she Was over thirty, but no girlof sixteen tuat I have ever seen had rosier cue ks or brighter € Of course she was naturally fue looking, but ine attention she gave to tnaiters of ny aud presetved her beauty. What did sue uo? 1 dont know tnat Ican recount ail but 1 reanember her telling me sue \Ook @ sponge bath every morb- ing; was particular about tue venuiation or Ii apartments; took long walks when she could; ate Dt Mite meat, much fruit and cereals wucaever sue could get them, Auother Uning sie did waich Sue (ied WILHOUL sticcess To get Me LO do, sue drank her coffee without milk or cream, diluved with water. Tue T-ason she took her coffee so was beca her physiclans toid er it was healtuier to in this Way. Wueter Ube prac Ided to Ler personal chars or uot I don't kKuow, Oa Lue Whole She was certainly repaid for her systematic habits, aud as certainiy Liere was notning arduous about Sue periorinance of them. Nor Was there aaytiing Dlzarre about tuem as, Its emis to me, tuere 1s about the following account Lread of 2 Chicago belle: “To keep tie suppleness of ber fguse she Stands one hour daily, Miven minutes at a Un witu her hands on her hips before a loug air ae added to | and bending her knees out ir Sinks siowiy down to. the floor as thea as siowiy uprising, meautime moving bi arms in any direction wo’ thelr utmost length, out or up, forward or back, WuLlL When sue” stands erect they are ready Lo be plac nipsagain, “Each movement is rep: wery tune a Atle acceieraved, uutll at the rien mitts Ie done quickly, anda fue color ts in her cheek. e tnen Les on u perfectly flat couch, without a plilow, tint her breath couies stnotu utd Begular, as it Will in We tWo tlouves lettin her quarcer an hour. When she plays a good deal of teuuts Sle cuts down herexefcising Oue-lail.” Or course, tue beneli to be derived irom this procedure ts wot to be questioned, whatever may b> ori besides It iseasy lo see ber whole body uuls Te ceives good exercise, aduing to the grace of Ler oWn fort, beautifying wer complexion, and mak- ing her strong f and Lealthier, wo ‘The Name of Astor. From the Utice Herald The Astors always keep together, When Will. jam moved into Lafayette Place Mrs. Langdon took up her residence tn the same vicinity, corner La- fayette Place, and her house was the scene of the Astor Place riot. The Astor Library was estab- Ushed next door to William's hous®, and tuis made ita family center. When Williaii’s bwo sons, John Jacob and William, married, they formed a new colony in Puth avenue, taking up anentire square, and thelr fatuer joliowed Ubetw, Occupying a house on aa adjacent corner. ‘The faintly uave thus kept together and have lived peaceabis. Indeed, it is one of the few iustances in Which Wealth bas not ed to variance. ‘The Astor naiue is iow given to he Astor House, the Astor Library, Asior Place, aud the Astor block in Fifth avenue, sascha iene a Rutne, founas wi po tady purpose,” iv ts occupied as'a place tor tie and 18 a Very Useful InsUit.tion. As- ‘One of the prettiest towns of Long toria, wi Island, Was formerly Joun Jacob's summer and thus deserves the name, He be made his will, which 18 dated Hell Gate, July 4, 1835, twelve years before bis death. He added » Sumner Of ius portant codictis, one of which, m: 1539, pro- ‘Vided for the erection of Une’ Asior Library. He gave the $400,000, to. whica the family have some Very haudsome benefac- Uons. Astoria on the Pacific coast also derives its name from old John Jacob, and 13 a proof of his enterprise in estabilshing ‘a trading post so far Ref eaygee i 4 H i a8 SER i ha rel i | : ‘ BF i u tf fe i i a Beneath the Tide. the North German Gazette. 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