Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1891, Page 8

8 FOR SUMMER WEAR. |sieasi stivesaor 3 Some of the Airy and Graceful Cos- tumes Suitable for the Season AT FASHIONABLE RESORTS. The Materials That Are Popular—Becoming Gowns for Young Girls Combinations With Foulard—The Hotel Hops Where the Men Are Enjoying Themselves—Ball Tollets. Correspondence of The Evening Star. New Yorx, August 14, 1991. HERE ARE NO DOUBT women who have souls above this ultra ele- gance of attire which characterizes the fash- ionable lady of the sum- mer resort; but I opine that they are so rare ag to be a “negiectable quantity,” as the seien- tifle meu call it. I once asked « wellknown strong-minded woman why she had cut off her beautiful hair. “Ibave no time to take eare of it,” was ber curt an- ewer. But, would you believe it, it was the = purest vanity. She had Improved herappearanee 50 percent: the short Jocks were excessively becoming to her, im- parting a piquancy to her personality which Pas altogether charming. It always cuts me to the beart when I hear a young girl exe “Fd look well in that!” Poor ebild; he might. and what a pity ft is that, fue clotheg don't ROW on bushes. Thix week will find tho summer feason at ite Leight, and those favored mortals who count their costumes by the hundreds will t they may not get an | opport to show them all, while their less favored sisters will commence to exercise their ingenaity how to eke out their scents supply till the end of the season. STYMER GOWS FoR A TOUNG ORL. In ms initial illustration Iset before you a pretty summer gown for a young person. The material is mousseline delaine, with large white and red stripes, the coraage being draped tox ¥ shape at the throat and held in place by bows of whiteribbon. This dreasis charmingly # Ince jacket, which addyaz | inetion and refinement to it. With thie gown is worn a large white straw hat, heavily trimmed with red and white roses. A large fan in a deep tone of red is carried. This preity costume may be tastefully varied in the following ‘Wear a fawn-colored leatber Delt with your monogram in silver on the left side and trim the bat with a white luce scarf | boys and red poppies. If you wear it on the ve- randa or promenade you needa red sunshade th it. Yellow shoes and suede gloves the costume, which naturally ealls for a dark-complexioned girl to bring outall its pos- pibilities, # OBAT CLOTH WITH WHITE TULLE TRIMMING. I see a great many very stylish costumes with wide revers running toa point at the waist, deep cuffs, long basques and rather deep floance at the bottom of the skirt, all embroid- ered on the same material asthe dress. The effect is very pleasing. and when made up in eream-colored stuff, with bise embroidery, you have a subdued and refined toilet, very appro- riate for the promenade or morning concert. crepe de chine jabot adds to the elegance of this costume. My second illustration pictares a combina- tion coxtume of gray cloth and dark indigo faille, made in quite an original manner, white tlle ruches at the throat and on the arms and also arranged aaa deep floance with two bands of embroidery. The hat is a gray straw trimmed with white and im ped silk ribbons; rar gloves and an indigo silk fan. Foulards promise to hold their placeas great favorites till the end of the season. You see them made up in many both plainly and fn combination with ia e in particular attracted my attention, an old rose witha ower figure in darker shade, plain skirt, slightly draped corsage, crossed fiche ke, showing the neck somewhat, a wide silk cein- ‘ture of the shade of the flower pattern, sleeves ending at the elbow and finished with In ‘With these mes You must be careful ‘Wear a hat with trimming in the two tones of the dress. A LACE-TRIMMED FOCLABD. My third illustration will give you a very eorreet idea of how to make up one of the fou- lards in combination with lace, which figares asadeep band in frontof the skirt andasa sort of figaro jacket. Guipure is usually used to combine im this manner with foulards or Osaka — would 4 be difficult to devise a more made upfoulard than the one shown WMustration.whieh is richly trimmed white open-work embroidery, as shown, the embroidered plaatron being framed with & Dertha of the foulard itself, bands of the embroidery encircle the sleeves, and the and collar are also of the white em- material, which may be lined with colored silk. There are bows of white ribl ‘at the ond of the and at the wis! ‘The hat isof white straw with feathers 10 match the figure of the foulard; bonffant band ,~ FPOULARD TRIMMED WITH EMBROIDERY. donble, half silk and half ribbon, crossed at the back and tied in front. The c un- der the skirt and is closed in front with hooke. WHERE ARB THE MEX. ‘As soon as the nights begin to grow a little cool, as they are apt todo toward the middle of Angust, hotel hops become very popular and the dancing proceeds with almost as much energy as in the middle of winter. But 1 am obliged to admit that the dancing man is a scarce article at the summer resorts this senson. Ihave looked into several of the ball rooms and the few cavaliers present looked like black- Derrios bobbing around in a huge bow! of lemonade. It was a ridiculous exhibit, and, to my iufinite amusement, I saw several midsum- mer girls waylay Jack and Harry and drag them back in the room just for a single turn. Tue poor fellows were the perfect pi tures of despair. Their boutonnieres were crushed, their collars melted and they wers mopping their brows liko athletes aiter a half-mile d “Where are all the men?” Iheard a young girl exclaim with great emphasis on the ‘ure’ and a look of complete despair in her big dark-brown eyes. I could have told her, forI knew. Athletic sports are at the bottom of the mischief. The e off on cycling tours, canoeing trips, or away sailing their yachts or tramping through the country with kodake in their bands, amusing themselves with snap shots at pretty country girls or picturesque backwoods characters. BROCADE BALL TOILETS. Coming back to the subject of hotel hops, I set before you in my last illustration two ele- gant ball costumes of brocaded silks, garni- tured with chiffon, which ia either applied in the shape of volants or fitted to the bodice chemisette style, the sleeves also being of chiffon, caught up with jowela or flowers. I think I notice a tendency to more elaborate coiffures, ially for ball toilets, and it is safe to say that the ciassic simplicity will be superseded the coming season by larger and tmore or Jess intr constructions erected rather far buck on the top of the head, necessi- tating a resort to artificial means. SUMMER EFFECTS. You see ecru or bise guipure used a great deal this season, serving both for square and pointed yokes, and, as the skin shows through, there is acool and summery look about the costume. It is also used for flouncings with fine effect. One gown in particular caught my fancy. Itwas a cream mousseline de soie, with acream satin figure, and was made up over a pink silk foundation and trimmed with a deep Hounce of this Lise guipure caught up festoon- like. The sleeves of the soft muslin were a dream of delicacy, being ruffled from the wrist to the shoulder over pink milk, like a suede glove, aud finished with lace. There was also @plastron of guipure, across which wore tied three narrow rose-colored ribbons in small bows, giving a very stylish ladder effect. © YACHTING soITs. Well, the yachts sailed this week on their annual cruise and poor “Nancy Lee” was mar- dored in every key. Avery pretty and useful yachting gown is made up in striped flannel or serge, With a Swiss belt anda mannish coat of the same material, which, of course, is worn with e shirt. If yon waut to go to more ex- pense make up your yachting suit in blue sum- mer cloth, brocaded with designs of white cam- ‘shair und arranged with a white vest with gold buttons and edged with narrow gold cord. SS Heliotrope. Go, Hetiotrope, Unto my sweet and tell How, like a Rarbinger of hope, You come to dwell Near her, aud pray to rest ‘Upon her breast. ‘Tell her for me 1n whispers of perfume, How like the golden sua 18 she, To which your bloom Forever turus its face Beseeching grace. BoP Stiowom of my i ‘The blossom of my love Looks from its laud of doubt below To ber above, ‘Waiting one word to sip Her scarlet lip. ‘Then sf you feel iter Beart with joy beat fast, Or if wita one sweet kiss she seal ‘Your lips at last, And leave you stricken dumb ‘Until I come: Seeing you there ‘Upon her bosom, T ‘Shall know what answer to my prayer ‘She makes, aud Ite Beside you dumb with bliss, Sealed by her kiss. —FRaNk DEMPster SHERMAN. a t00 THEY COULD COUNT ON HIM. He Was © New Yorker and # Kickor by Profession. From the Chicago Tribune. A lot of young traveling men temporarily located at a cozy Wisconsin hotel last Sunday got up a conspiracy against the landlord. Everythigg about the hotel was perfection itwelf. The cookery was superb, the service first-class, the appointments of the hostelry all that could be desired and the charges reason- able, but these wild young men in secret con- clave assembled resolved to make the pro- prietor’s life miserable for one day by kicking individually and collectively against everything. Before they proceeded to carry the plot into execution the ringleader of the conspiracy de- cided to take into their confidencea young man of imposing exterior and much gripsack who had just arrived and was in the act of register- iny ‘You're a traveling man, aren't you?” he - ine low voice. = 8. “Well, there's about a dozen of us here and we're putting up & Job on the landlord. We Bre golug to kick at every blessed thing today” coffeo, stead, biscuit, pastry, fruits, vegotablen, waiters, rooms, general accommoda- tions and all. We'll be glad to have you take © hand in it if you are in for a little fui.” “It I'm in for a little fan!” echoed the new arrival. “Thunder! I'm tra fc don house with Beadquartere ia WN" Yawk ‘Mrs. Briggs and her husband that they bad bees me married three years before either one knew THE LADIES IN CHILL The Languid and Monotonous Life They Are Compelled to Lead. HOUSEKEEPING EXPERIENCES. How the Servants Attend to Their Duties— Difficulties of Strangers Who Don’t Under- stand Spanish—The Method of Charging for Any Kind of Service. From the Star's Traveling Commissioner. Coxcxrcioy, Cui, July —, 1891. HIS 18 LIFE IN CHILI: TO VEGETATE in a delightful climate, whore hottest sun- beams are cooled by breezes blown from the Andean snow fields—happily exempt from all excitements except those that spring from natural causes, notably love, earthquakes “and revolutions; to attend strictly on all fiestas of the Romish church, and by that means (so say the priests) to secure for one’s self an equally tranquil hereafter; to promenade every even- ‘ing in the public garden, which is known in the native grandiloquent style as “El Jardin de las Delicias” (the garden of delight), and later to attond the opera or at least a tertulia, as social gatherings in private houses are called. The fair Chilena rises late. She dresses hastily, throwing a charitable shawl about her shoulders to hide manifold sins of omission— her little fect thrust carelessly into slippers, her splendid black hair, suarls and all, plaited in two long braids that fall down her back, and her ablutio: if she troubles herself to make any, being merely a form of politeness at the wash bowl. Of course she must go to morn- ing mass, but the big black manta that custom demands for that service, drawn over the head to the eyes and closely enveloping the body, obviates the necessity for any further dressin; In every cage the Chillan woman prefers a sil or woolen gown, however soiled and tattered, to the finest and freshest cotton fabric, for she considers the latter material the exclusive property of servants and despised gringovs or foreigners, abille she dawdles about, amns- ing herself with fancy work or doing nothing at all, until ennui drives her to seek rolief in shopping or paying visits. Then the glossy hair mounts up on top of her head in « mar- ¥elous heap, the slipshod slippers give place to French boots with the highest heels and most peaked toes that were ever invented to torture their foolish wearer, and in all the splendor of costly apparel, than which Solomon in all his glory was never so arrayed, she sallies forth with stately tread, generally barheaded, closely followod by a servant, whose business it is ‘to bear my lady's purse, handkerchief, parasol and whatever trifles she ‘may purchase. At the sunset hour or in the early evening —be- fore time for opera or tertalin—she repuirs to the promenade to enjoy a little music and per- haps some mild flirtations—the last mentioned amusement, however, being discreetly re- stricted to sighs, “sheep's eyes” and following footsteps. OAMDLING 18 GENERAL. Thus for the women the days go by in one monotonous round, year in and out. The men omit the mass, jook a little after their business affairs, if they have any, during the middle of the day, but diligently attend to the promenade, the opera and tertulia or to the gaming table for the night. Gambling isa national habit. In many of the swellest casas of Santiago and Valparaiso the gaming table is regularly set out and forms one of the features of private enter- tainments, like the baccarat of Great Britain, which lately plunged the eldest hope of her re- spected majesty into ench boiling water. In ili the poorest peon and raggedest gamin may be seen at all times in the ulleys and by- ways betting medios and centavos (the pennies and nickels of the country) with 4s much eagerness as the wealthy mine owner stakes his golden ounces. The tallest gambling that ever came under my own observation took place on a steamer between Y ., when » man who had ” in copper at the Ata- .000 in a single night. There are laws against guming, but they are seldom enforced; and even the ciiurch winks at it—the quid-nuncs assert because so many of his dignitaries are addicted to monte. A friend tells me that he once attended Sunday morning mass in the church of an interior village, where the congregation, having waited long for the coming of the priest: finally sent for his rever- ence. The messenger fonni him atacock fight, which he refused to forsake until the exciting combat was ended. A Yankee school teacher who recently re- turned to the north after several years’ resi- dence here, says of the Chilenos: “There are notably two classes of society. If a man wears asilk bat and carries a pretty cane, itis pre- sumabie that he belongs to the ‘better class.’ {If he has a servant to wait on him at home and carry his small lugguge when he travels; if he settles with his landlord by handing him a large bill without a question and shoves the return change into his pocket with- out deigning to co: it, there is no doubt at all about iuis being a first- class caballero (gentleman). But should he dare to omit the ‘ilk hat end the pretty cane and the man to carry bis belongings, ho can in no wise expect to be admitted into the upper circles. Thus the Rey. Mr. ——,a man of great worth, ability and learning, was give the approbrious tide of vaqu because be persisted in carry morning a small pitcher of inilk to his bab: A true cabellero would have sent the servant, and even his silk het and polished cano, conpled with extremely polished manuers, conld notsave him. In Chili the man who m: tailor who cuts vour coat, the woman who irons your linen will charge according to your “cloth” for his or her wervice. If you Claim to bea gentleman by dressing up to the char- acter the price will be enormous: but if you area tradesman, a clerk ora laborer of any description ft will be more moderute. Should you beso excessively vulgar as to venture to the market in pereon to purchase u piece of it will cost you at lenst 40 cents a 8 your shoes, the ho paid a Professional visit to my ly, requiring his services for less than thirty minutes, sent in a bill for £75, but when I informed him that I am a poor man he wrote me a very polite note, saying that it wae of no consequence, and that I might pay him at my own couvenicuce what- ever sum I thought proper. THE FAMILY RELATIONS. In Chill the greatest respect is shown by children to their parents, but the tender love between mother and daughter, as it exists among as, is almost unknown. At birth the children of the wealthy are invariably given in charge of a wet nurse, whose own child, in turn, is nursed by @ poorer woman, and in about ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the nurse of the nurse's child Las never been mar- ried. Then the small senorita goes to school aud sees less of her mother than ever. She is constantly under the care of servante, and between them there can be little confi- dence. If she wishes advice or ae rather to the strange mother, wh: idens of opriety she fears, lu zeligious mat- ters she ix guided solely by her confessor. A young girl never leaves the house of her par- ents unless accompanied by some member of the family or # female servant. If she goes to pay & visit the duonna waits for her at the front door or gossips with the female servants, In- terviews between young Indies and gentlemen never take place except in the prescuce of others. Of course marriages of convenience are frequent, and there are many cases of mat- rimony within the forbidden degrees of con- sanguinity, even to the union of uncles to neices and stepfathors with stepdaughters- Servants are abundant. and if one does not please a better may be readily obtained, so that Chilian ladies are entirely relieved from some of the responsibilities that harass n housekeepers. Here the hire of servants is 90 cheap and their demands so moderate that ple can more easily afford the five or six Toe usually compose the kitchen brigade than the matron of the United tates her one or two. Eight dollars per month 19 a high price to pay one's cook, anid so on down the soale to nothing but his “keep” for the errand boy, whois every: body's servant and the hardest-worked member te : ‘A New Eugland lady, who is housebold. with the mysteries of Chili: strict ‘A friend who called during the evening sug- that, pending the arrival of cook, we five our ments Drought from abe. oafe, a com. mon custom here. You have a lot of tins made, fitting one into the other, with a wire ing throagh atthe sides. ‘The bottom tin and different meats and vegeta- ¢ placed above oue another in the suc- cessive tins. At dinner time one may see men rashing through the etreets of Valparaiso in every direction with strings of dishes varying in length according to the mngnitude of tho purchaser's dinner. “We lived in that way fora weck (on half cold food that all tasted of unwashed tin and menuof many yesterdays), till at Inst we se cured n well-recommended cook, who is to have $6 per month for getting up two meals @ day, washing most of the dishes and going to the market. She sleeps in her own house and has the usual perquisites accorded toxervants here, viz: Meat and vegetables from our own table one pound of brown sugar a week and 2 cents’ worth of bread per diem. Butter is never al- | lowed them; coffee and ica at the generosity of | their employers. : “You would laugh to see me in the morning approach my cook with money in one hand aud a dictionary in the other to give orders concern- ing the marketing. It is not diticult to catch the pronunciation of Spanish, and in case of stern necessity one may dispense with verbs altogether. ‘The briefest of dialogues, some- thing in this fashion, always occurs: “Dolores, quiero por pas, huevos, beefsteak’ (I want | marge eggs and beefsteak’), to which Do- ores respectfully replies, “Si, senorita; muy buena’ (*Yes, miss; very well’). DAILY ROUTINE OF THE HOUSENOLD. “The man servant, or major domo, ashe is magnificently called, takes charge of the din- ing room, waits at table and acts as chamber- maid, for it isn singular fact that the chamber “‘naidens” of Chili are universally of the other sex. Wo havo one street stair case, up which everything is brought. ‘Tho first thing L hear in the morning is the clatter upon the steps of the water carrier, who brings us two kegs of water daily, for which he is paid £2.50 permonth. Then ‘comes the bread man, to whom we pay 30cents a day for what our | family of seven are supposed to consume; then | the milk man, bringing half a pint for 8 conts, | and lastly the ‘cook arrives with the marketing and the day's supply of fuel. In this hand“to-month way of living I always have an uncomfortable impression that some dey wo shall be left destitute. But everybody elso lives in the same fashion, and, indced, no other way is possible here. ‘The lanndress ‘comes on Monday, takes the soiled clothes and returns those that she carried away sevon days before. One must keep a close account of every article to guard against theft, and there is always the dire suspicion thet your pretty embroidered skirts, wash “dresses, your husband's sh , &c., are being worn by the Inundress and her relations during that long week of ab- sence.”” in every Chilian household hospitality to evening visitors is expressed Ly tea and cakes, tho hostess always pouring out the beverage and @ servant handing it to the guests. The bever- age of the common peoyle is yerbn mate, the leaves of a surub that grows in Paraguay, and it is also much used by the better classes, ugh the Chinese plant takes its pluce in the lor. Yerba mate is a sligh! uilarating drink, with the tasto of tea and a faint savor of It tobac prepared by patting a little burnt sugar in the bottom of a cup, thena pitch of two of the dried leaves, after whieh, oiling water is poured on and it is drunk steaming hot, or rather is sucked through a tube. The poor use little gourds for cups, with a bamboo tube called a bombilla, while the rich indulge in elegant muge of silver or china, With silver bombillas, Evening parties,large and small,formal or in- formal, are very much in fashion, and the re- fresuments served are always cakes, ices and teas. Years ago—before the Chiliuns grew jealous of foreigners and alsu, perhaps, before journalists came down here to publish unpleas- unt truths about them—all strangers were wel- comed with overtlowing hospitality and de- lighted simplicity. But now such warmth is scidom shown, except in remote country places, where the mate cupand its bombilla ure | still passed from your neighbor's lips to your own, and where the hostess will pause in front of you with her dish of dulces in one hand and spoon in the other while she envelops a peach in its rich sirup and gently thrusts it Into your mouth, and so on around the cireuit of the drawing room. Suppose you bring a letter of introduction to Senor So-and-So, who stands high in some Chilian city. He leaves his card at your hotel with the information that he will “celebrate greatly acquaintance with you,” and when you return the call will assure you that his house and all it coatains is entirely at your service— a meaningless phrase, except that hencoforth you haye the entree of the casa, and iis wife | will receive you cordially. The parlor is always lighted atevening and you are at liberty to drop wituout knocking at 9 or 10 o'clock, every evening in the week if you like, to take tea and remain till midnight, the usual amusements being music, conversation and tea. The mas- ter of the manzion is not often present, for he is spending his evenings somewhere else in the same way—or maybe playing cards at his club. Sunday is the day for complimentary visiting, calls being made at 2 or 3 in the afternoon, and also at twilight, Ladies are rarely attended home from evening visits by anybody but a servant, “beaux, ’ as we at the north under- stand the term, not being permitted, Faystr B, Wanp. Consolation for a Broken Heart. From Muusey’s Weekly Count Sunsou—"“Ab, Miss Alice, I love—I adore you! Say that you will become the Countess Sansou Alice de Million—"Count, it is impossible. I can never be your wife.” Count Sansou Tt is br-r-roken! Fareweil! I leave the: ver! Alice de Million—"Oh, dont go just yet— you must stay to diuner. We are’ going to have broiled frogs’ legs.” Count Sansou—"AL! Then I will stay.” ——+os ‘The Prize Kentucky Family, From the Louisville Courier-Journal. A remarkable story comes from the consus office. Itissaid that there isa white fain’ in Montgomery county, Ky named ¥ loughby. The ago of the father of the family, Henry, is thirty-five, and that of the wife thirty-two. They have had thirteen children; the eldest, a boy, is twenty-one, and the next child agirl of seventeen. This would make the father but fourteen aad the mother but eleven when the first child was born, and ne- cessitate the birth of a child every eighteen months subsequently. The census reports show many colored parents of ages ranging from twalve to fourteen years, but there are few white mothers recorded less than fifteen years of age. ‘Missed. From Munsey’s Weekly. “T'll just show you, Matilda, how I used to bo able to swing @ pail of water around my D.C. SATURDAY, AU aii nal G FISHES MADE An Interesting Collection of Water Creatures in Fac Simile. VERY WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF antmals that live in the water is at present being manufactured by the United States fish commission for exhibition at the world’s fair in Chicago. Somewhat less than 500 specimens will iliustrate the food and other economic fishes and reptiles of this country, each one representing a species. Tio experts, said to to bo tho most skillful men living in this line of work, aro engaged in turning out counterfeit presentments of things scaly and finny in the utmost imaginable variety. The extraordinary thing about these products is that they not only look but feel hike the real creatures which they imitate, the vory eub- stance being to the touch so like flesh itself that it is difficult for any one who han- dles the objects and examines them closely to realize that he is not dealing with the animals themselves. So amazingly well aro they painted that their hucs are the very tints of nature. For example, you can take a frog | in you hand, pinch him and admire tho bes of his coloring without being abie to distin guish him from an actual batrachian just killed. THE SECRET OF THIS ART, which is quite « new one, lies mainly in the composition employed asa material. Its basis is glue. Tho operator*first takes the fish to be imitated and makes a piaster mold from it in the ordinary fashion. ‘Then he places a wooden core inside the mold—a flat pice of plank of the samo general shape serves usually for tho pur the object being to give stiffness Yorthe finished resulted pours into the mold the melted composition. Eight or ten hours later the mold is opencd and a perfect counter- part of the fish ag to shape is taken out. So admirably are all the details reproduced that each scalo is distinet. After the oouaterfelt has beon bung up to dry fora fow days, it is Painted with oil colors ina manner as near to uature as possible, a fresh specimen not long out of water being used foracopy. This done, tue thing is finished. In the process of mold- ing, stiening is givon to the tins and tail with ordinary wire mosquito netting. FISUES FOR REPRODUCTION. ‘The fishes required for molding and copying with colors are being sent to Washington as fast as required from the various stations of the fish commission all over the country. Most of them at prosentaro being obtained from Wood's Holl. It may be that the experts will be obliged to go themselves to Galveston, San Francisco and eleewhero in order to secure fresh specimens from the guif, Pacific and Jake waters. Those forwarded’ hither are wrapped in cloths as quickly as pos- sible after being captured and packed in ico for shipment. Some superb bullfrogs have jastarrived from southwest Missouri. They &re two fect in length. ‘Turtles of every edi- ble variety will also be shown in the collection, ineluding the various terrapins, the snapper, the green turtles and others. Iu inaking models of thom the shells and beaks of the animals themselves are utilized. About a dozen kinds of snakes, which are destructive to fishes, will be represented incidentally. GIANT CRAYFISHES. Lobsters, crabs and other crustacea will likewise be shown. Some giant crayfishes nearly a foot long have como ia with the big frogs from the Ozark region. There is no reason why they should not be introduced very profitably in the fresh waters all over the United States, and it fish commission will take ste to accomplisia this end. The crayfish closely resembles the lobster in appearance, its meat being much fcate in flavor, and it would be very nice indeed if the streams and ponds in every state of the Union could be stocked with this huge species, which is very prolific and can be made at home ai here. An interesting burrowing vuriety of @ small sort is very plen- tiful on the Potomac meadows near Washing. ton. Itlives in holes with bottle-shaped en- largements at the bottom, where the animal can usuaily be found by digging. In the spring each one builds over its burrow a sort of chim- ney six or eight inches high, composed of lumps of mud which it fetches and piles ingeniously on top of one another in the shape of adome, closed at the top. 2 A MISFIT MARRIAGE LICENSE. Wanted the Fee Paid Back, but the Crael Clerk Refused. 1a Henry Siviter in Harper's Bazar. ‘I gota license here day before yesterday,” said aman to the clerk in the vital statistics oftice. “That dockyment gave permission of wi the people of this sovereign state for the uniting in wedlock of Jeremiah Sassafras and Annabel “I paid 50 cents for that lcense in good hard cash.” “Well, what of it? “Annabel McJunkin won't have me.” “That's bad. Went back on her promise, did she?” ot exactly, si ised to marry me.’ “Then why did you get a license?” “It was this way: I loved her and wanted to marry her, and I thought if I got a license and took it to her she'd see I meant business and would come to time. nd it didn't work?” “No, sir. Ishowed her the big seal of the state and told her that the eyes of the whole commonwealth, through the duly qualified officers, were upon her, and that her duty was ¥ the mandates of the law.” iat did she say to that?” “She only laughe: “That's very sad.” “‘Sad’s no name for it, sir, and want toknow what's to be done.” “I don’t see any remedy.” “Isa weak girl with red hair to defy the authority of the state That's about the way of it.” “Can't you send an officer to impress nj her the dignity of the commonwealth and to make her understand that the documents is <l by this office are not to be tritled with?” ‘You ace she hadn't prom- “Here's the license just as it was when I took it away from here, not a bit the worse for foc? can't take it back, sir, or refund the 00." “And you can't compel the girl to marry me after insing that license and charging mo good “Then that sottles it. The government of the present day is ahollow mockery. Hence- forth I am an anarchist of the reddest redness. You hear me, insolent minion of a supine and powerless state! Igo, but I return! The day of vengeance draws nigh, sir. Beware! You shall hear me again, and when you hear from me, tremble!” And Jeremiah Sassafras was gone. ——— Spiritual Nervous Prostration. From tho New York Independent. An eminent physician, famous for his suc- cessful practice of the “rest cure,” when asked to define nervous prostration, said: “We do not know what it is. We recognize certain conditions aud find that certain treat- ment relieves those conditions. Of course, we have our theory, which is that from over-exer- tion or some such cause the nerves of some or- gan of the body refuse to act and the result is disease of that organ. Our treatment isadapted to wecure the action of those nerves and the re- lief of the condition. Thus we first the nerves {rigger tyne then exercise them lit- tle by little until they resume their normal functions.” worn cut and refused to do their part.” How elso can it be explained that so many good ple, people about whose genuine Christian character wo have no question, become at times so utterly regardless of certain Christian duties? Whereas they are usually very reg- ular af prayer meo they suddenly or or resent sit in bud failed! Even family prayers occa- sionally are forgotten, and for private devotion they fall back upon the assertion that if one is only in the spirit of prayer the act of expres- sion is less needful. In many of the relations of life the spiritual nerves that supply self- i 4 ee "HEL L : i i FA H ii i i i ut ‘UST 15, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. OF GLUE. | MYERH AND FRANKINCENSE. Facts About Two Very Curious Gums From 66Q) NE FREQUENTLY HEARS OF frankinscense end myrrh,” said a anist toa Star reporter, “but few people know what they are. Both are gum resins obtained from trees. That from which frankin- cense is derived grows chiefly in Arabia though it ix also found in certain parts of India and elsewhere. On the const of Adel it is said to be found spronting from between marble rock, without soil, appearing to spring from a mass of substance Tesembling a mixture of lime and mortar. ‘The | purer the marble tho finer the growth of the Plant. Young trees furnish the gum, to obtain Which a deep incision is made in the trunk, a milk-like juice exuding. When it has had time to harden the large, clear globules are scraped off into basket quality that has run down the bark is col lected separately. Anciently it was reported ‘that the land which produced frankincense was one of fogs and darkness, where slaves, as a punishment, were compelied to collect the gum from trecs infested by winged serpents of various brilliant colors, which eonld only be Griven away by smoke. These beliefs were probably circulated by Arab spice producers Of fertile imagination who were desirous to avoid competition. INCENSE TREES. “Fifteen centuries before Christ an Egyptian queen named Hatasu made an expedition to the Arabian coast of the Red sea and brought back with her thirty-one incense trees. The gum was much employed of oid in sacrifices, its use arising primitively from the belief that pleasant smells were ugrecoble to gods in gen- eral. Trade in such produce must have beon Very extensive in those times. One thousand ht of frankincense was brought every yoar to Darius by the Arabs as a tribite. “As much cs this was burnt annually in Babylon on the great altar to Bel. Thus it is seen to havo been in days of an- tiquity one of the most valuable products of the east. It was used by the Egyptains in their religious rites and was iu high repute for Medicinal purposes. Sometimes blazing lumps of it were employed for illumination. Jn China it bas always been considered a remedy for leprosy. MYRRH. “Myrrh is the gum of a tree that grows in southwestern Asia. Until within the present century its botanical source was in some de- gree a mystery. The piant in. question is scrubby, not exceeding twelve fect in height. It is from what is ‘calfod the Somali country that the product is chiefly obtained, being sent toagreat annual fair at Berbera, where it is sent to Europe and the poorer kind to China. Once a year the Queen of Grest Britain, on the occasion of the Feast of the Epiphan: makes en offering of gold, frankincense myrrh at the Chapel Royal, London. This custom has been pursued since the time of Edward L Taken medicinally, myrrh is bi lieved to act favorably upon ike appetite and digestion. It also has a special effect upon the mucous membrane, so that people use it to hardeu gums w! dily made to bleed by the toothbru Fur'z you can look, Moonshine aw’ suow « All silence an’ al! gi up quite unbeknown An’ pecked in thru’ th An’ there sot Huldy all alone, "Ith no oue igh to heuder. A fireplace filled the room’s one side With naif a cord 0” wood in— There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To vak yetoa paduiu’, iat logs shot sparkles out 5 the pootiest, biess her, An’ leetie Maines danced all about ‘The chiny ou ihe dresser. Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung, An’ in ainongst ‘em rusted ‘The ole queen s-arm thet gran'ther Young Fetched vack from Concord busted. ‘The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm from floor to ceilin’, An’ she look full ez Tosy agin ‘Ez the apples she was peelin’. "Twas kin’ o” kingdom-come to look On sech a blessed cretur, A dogrose blushin’ to a brook Ain't modester nor sweeter. ‘He wassix foot o’ man, A 1, Cleau grit an’ human natar None couldn't quicker pites ‘Nor dror afurrer straighter. He'd sparked it with fa! Hed squired ‘em, danced ‘em, druy ‘em, Fust this one, au’ then Met, by spelis— All ts, he coulan’t love ‘ein. on twenty gals, But long o’ her his veins ‘ould run All erinkly like curled maple, ‘The side she breshed felt juilo’ gun ‘Ez @ south slope in Apil. She thought no vice hed sech a swing #z hisn in the choir; My! when he made Ole Hunderd ring She Anowed the Lord was nigher. ~punuet Felt somehow tru’ lis crown @ palr O' blue eyes sot upou it. ‘Thet night, I tell ye, she looked some? She seemed to "Ve gut a new soul, For she feit sartin-sure he'd come, Down to her very slve-svie. She heered a foot, an’ knowed it tu, ‘A-ruspin on the scraper- All ways fo once her feelius lew Like sparks in burnt up paper. He kin’ o’ Vitered on the mat, Some doubtile 0’ the sekie, His heart kep’ goin’ pity-pat, But hera weut pity Zekle. An’ yit she gin her cheer a jerk Ez though she she wished him furder, An’ on her appies kep’ to work, ‘Parin’ away like murder. “You want to see my Pa, I s'pose’ W ...A come dasizuin’ She's sprinkiin’ clos Yon’ To say why gala act so or 60, ‘Or don't, ‘ould be presumin’; Mebby to inean yes an’ say no ‘Comes nateral to women. Beg stood a spell on one foot fust, ‘Then stood a spell on Vother, An’ on which one he felt the wust ‘He couldu't ha’ told yer nuther. + Says he, “I'd better call agin; Says she, “Think likely, Mister;” ‘Thet last word prickd him like a'pin, An’....Wal, he up and kist ner. ‘When Ma bimedy upon ’em slips, Muldy got pale ez ashes, All kin’ o’smily roun’ the lips ‘An teary roun’ the lashes. For she waa jes’ the quiet kind ‘Whose naturs never vary, Like streams that keeps summer mind ‘Showhid in Jenogary. ™ bioda ioet roan’ her heart felt glued ‘00 it for all expressin’, Tell sores see how inetiers stood, ‘Au gin ‘emboth her Liessin’, ‘Then her red come back like the tide Down to the Bay o' Fundy, ‘A all know is they was cried meetin’ come nex’ S = Janes KUSSELL LoweLL. ——+e+ —_—__ No Sinecure, From Judge. os and the inferior | bought up by agents of East India merchants, Bombay and Aden are the chief centers of the trade. At these piuces it is sorted, the best quality being | GIANTS AND PIGMIES. ME. AND wks, POWSER, The Mystery of the Growth of the Human | The Servant Girl Problem Invades Ther Body. WHY MEN GROW OR Do NOT—THE MECHANISM OF TXCREASE IN DIMEXSION—SOME REMAREARLE i - or EXAMPLES OF ABNORMAL GROWTH—DWARFS WHO LIVED LON. ‘From the New York Times. Why do we attain acertain size and weight of body and then cease to grow? Why is one per- ton limited in stature to a few inches while an- other stretches up several feet? Why is it that | | one at maturity weighs not above filty pounds | | and another attains a weight ten times as great? | These aro all questions of growth, and some | marvelous examples are recorded. | Nearly every nation bas produced its ecle- | brated giant, and most nations more than one. | | 000,000 years Home and te Discassed. Prom the New York World Know of an intelligence office in this hood?” asked Mra. Bowser, as her liege home to dinner the other evening. hy!" he cautiously queried ia reply “Ob, nothing. I thonght if you did Md ran out this evening and—and Mrs. Bowser, has the cook left?” be hoarsely panded “she-—she has, You seo, she was so obstinate and impu”-— “Then you have deliberately driven that poor rl ont of the house, bave you!” he sternly terrapt “I told her to go.” “Then you may de without another for 10,- trove her right out of ps 10 4 suiicide’s James Toller, born at St. Neots, Huntington, | xine couldnt be proume to a r j England, e age of ten years bad attained | 11 re the Inst woman on the face of this | the surprising height of five feet and upward; | rth I t work our kitchen!” at the age of eighteen years he had reached the we pee ha Tp ac ed height of upward of eight feet aad one and | "={'do.Thaven't the feast Goubt that you jone-balf inches, and was still in progress of | went ont into the kitchen with the air of = tained a greater height, bowover, though he was exhibited for a considerable period in Kirby's Museum ag “the greatest Englisi giant.” Two separate men, each of whom was eight feet in height, claimed the cognomen of “ibe Irish Giant O'Brien” at the same time. The skeleton of one of these is to. be found in the | Museum of the College of Surgeons, London. | It was bought by the celcbrated surgeon, John Hunter, who paid £500 for the body for the purpose of dissection. This O'lirien died from | 4 debauch at the age of twenty-two. The other i O'Brien, whose real name was Patrick Cotter, earned a fortune by exhibiting himself, and at. tained the extreme limits of a giant's life— forty-six years. He took the precaution to have his grave chiseled out of the solid rock | twelve feet deep and provided that it should be kept locked and constantly watched. ‘hie O'Brien used to. amute himeelf by lighting his Pipe at the street lnrps, and he quite ter: e highwayman whoon O'Bricn’s carriage by simply putting hi out of the window and stretching himseif up to his full height. ‘The skeleton of another Irish giant to be found in the anatomical room of Trinity Col- lege, Dublin, is 7 feet 6 inches in height, and constituted the framework of McGrath, born in ‘Tipperary, who made the tour of Europe as the “Frodigious irish Giant.” His enormous growth was said to havo been tho result of an experiment made by the celebrated Bishop Berkeley, who put the boy—an unfortunate orphan— through a fattening process with this result. Dra, Musgrave and Molyneux bave | given accounts of still another irish giant—} ‘dé Malone—who measured 7 feet 7 inches in | his stockings when he was nineteen. é Beruerdo Gigli, an Italian, attained the | height of eigit feet when oniy eighteen yours | | otage. Big Sam, the Prince of Wales’ porte who was nearly eight fect in height, is the ta | est Scotchman, unless wecredit the account | | given by M. Lo Cat, who tells of the Scotch | giant “Funnum, who lived in the time of Eugene li, King of Scotland,” and who | Meusured eloren and one-half fect in height. The giant of Utrecht, Holland, described by Dr. Diewerbrock, the ‘anatomist, stood eight and one-half feet in height. The king of giants, however, was Christo! Munster, born at Erlosen,'near M cording to auti of nine and one-! nden, in June, 1630, who, ac- A feet, three inches teller than Goliath of Hewerved in the boay guards of the Elector and lived forty-four John Laws Milton, an English writer a author, states tbat in his youtbful day» wanted to be @ giant, “and several times | thought be had discovered an infallible metho of attaining the object of his ambition, #uck as over-feeding, stretching by dint of violent jerks from beams, &c., to the great amazement ‘of his relatives aud friends.” “Mr. Milton may well congratulate himself that he did not suc- ceod, as giants are seldom bright in intellect, n good health and universally sbort- Rapid decay seems to naturally follow and excessive developmeut. A remarkable illustration of this isshown in surgeon of St. Ives, who published, in 1744, “An A of the Gigantic Boy of Willinghain. wes Thomas Hall, who, when two years and eleven months old, was 3 feet 9 inchos in height,and at the ago of four years, one month was 4 fect 5 inches in height, so, bad be grown to manhood at this rate. he would have at- tained 9 or 10 fect. When he died in hiv fifth year he had a thick pair of whiskers and weighed about eighty-five pounds, That the period of growth is not limited to the legal age of maturity is true. A gentle- man thirty years of age connected with a lit- erary journal of this city two years ago was 6 feet 2 inches in height, and is now 6 feet 4. He is in perfect health and presents a remark- ably youthful appearance. ‘The immediate factor in the stoppage of growth seems to be the hardening of the bones, particularly the loug bones, through the séc: tion of lime. But this is probably a mere incident resulting from the influence of food, excessive physical exercise, cold or some other force affecting the general system. Among the recipes given for checking the growth of chil- deen is that of anointing the backbone with the fat of bats and moles. Thisiseaid to have the effect of hardening the cartilage and thus preventing growth. “Sweating,” the process used for reducing the weight of jockeys, is er means employed for checking develop- at. Itis that dwarfs have been arti- Beially produced by the horrible practice of feeding infants on sour cider instead of milk. As in the case of giants, the stature of these little people has, in most ‘cases probably, been ‘the result of accident. Contrary to their huge rivals in interest,dwarfs frequently attain great age. Kichebourg, who died in Paris in 1838, was ninety years old.’ He was only twenty-three inches high, something less than the stature of our own most celebrated dwarf, ‘Thumb. The first there is authentic record, was only oue and half fect Ligh tll thirteen years of age, though he afterward attained the Leight of three feet nine inches. This was Jefirey Hudson, who was presented to Queen Henrietta by the Duchess of Buckingham. Jludson on that oc- cusion surprised the company by stepping out of apie. He is said to have fought two duels, one witha turkey cock and one witha Mr, Crofts, whom he shot und kilied. Hudson died in his sixty-third year in the Gate House prison, having been accused as conspirator in the popish plot. Mme. Teresia, known es the Corsican fairy, was thirty-four inches high and weighed only thirty-six pounds. She lived toa good old age, though the exact period is unknown. When growth is attained, the skeleton having reached its proportions, any adverse influence adecting the lymphatic system or nutritive sup- ply in any tends to produce leanness. A well-develo) man, having drunk lye by acci- dent, after’ a prolonged ifiness recovery found himself living skeleton. A dissection of this tna a‘ter death disclosed the fact that the thoracic duct had been nearly closed up. ‘The earliest recorded example of this class was Claude Ambroise Seurat, born at Troyes, France, April 10,1797. According to the ac- count at his birth there was nothing in bis ap- ce that indicated disease, but in propor- tion as he grew in size his flesh gradually wasted away. On the other hand, any influence which stim- ulates the nutritive mechanism unduly de- grades the secretive and assimilative functions and tends to produce abnormal fat. The liv- ing skeleton, with bis limited capacity for food and assured income as 6 freak, enjoys some de- gree of happiness, but the fat person deserves commiseration. Tho statistica of this class are ‘anes English grocer of Malden, - Bright, an i weighed a trifle of 6ié pounds, and an Irish- man, Boger Byrne, who eral stones heavier than the celebrated Mr. - Mr. 5; medium height, weighed 680 pounds. x of Tamw of reg cna, His'ooss century ago might have noticed the following poster: geuniy ideal Later, cad epi pl i im Kentie a end acti’ A itish named ve Innkeeper name d no record of his having at- | | start ner on the way to stay dechess and tried to mai only mu her feel Gaat she was Taidn't do am dt Noone be * your ways. They before this one. The fact ix, and I feel ‘Must say it, you don't know Low to man: kitchen help. Nou have neither tact nor “You have, I suppose!” : Every husband has, more or lows, The traite were born in bim. Mrs. Bowser, did you ever inquire if that girl road her Bibie. “No, sir.” “Didn't ask after her family or ever express concern as to her welfares” No.” “Never sat down with ber and sought her fonfidence und ict her see that you was her rh “Of course not!" “Lsee how it is, Mire. Rowser, and the won- der is that the girl stayed two honre. We 4Us no use to get another —not under your of management.” “Perhay Y ent! ted. “Mra. Bowser, wo wife should talk back to her husband. "As you have been pleased to doubt the success of my management 1 will prove to you that [know mere about servant nature in three minutes than you ever will if you live to be a thousand years old.” “How?” “How? I will hire the next servant girl, end with us for the ext twenty years. Iwill send anad. down to come out inthe morning paper, and I'l stay home tomorrow till we get a girl He sent off his ad. and the subject was @ropped until the text morning. ireakfast was hardly over when the bell rang and an ap- plic Was anunonnerd. She was ushered into tyo parlor, and Mr. Bowser arose and shook hands with her and said: You have come to see about the Wife, you know. doesn't understand the kitchen, and so I “Fl bave no hen-hussy of a man poking around any kitchen I work im! interrupted the girl, as ale rose up. ‘sat, you see, my wife is”— If your wife can't run the house you'd v shut it up!" she said, as she walked out. ‘The idea of making me take a journey of thrve miles to find a man who wauts to go poking his hose into kitchen affairs aud telling # girl how to hang up her dishcloth! Why, sir, I wouldn't work for you for thirty dollars « monti, tor for for J nt lace. My ow to run "ho was it?” innocently asked Mrs. Bow- sor, though she had been listening at the door all the time. “A woman selling tickets for some church festival,” he calmly answered. When the second applicant came Mr. Bowser also shook hands with er and boped all ber fol and added: “ the place J shall do my best to make you feel that you are in your own home, Not a word will ever besuid to make you feel that you are not as good as any one.” itp! I'd like to know why I'm not!” she exclaimed. “Are you a widower?” “Well, no; but my wife, you see, has mo tact about her, and” — “And that settles me,” interrupted the girl, as the rose up togo. “i thought there was something behind all that soft talk of yours!” “Was that another woman selling church festival tickets?” arked Mra. Bowser us the girl left. “Mrs. Bowser, Ithink I'm capable of ranning this business!” he trigidly replied. “Only two girls have yet called, andl instantly discovered that neither was such a person as I should like to take under my roof in any capacity. You Yrould have undoubtedly hired the first comer, at I —— The third applicant bere appeared and Mr. Downer had t0 break off t0 Fecelve her. ilo shook bands as before, and after asking afew questions remarked: “Lrun my house somewhat differently from the average. For instance, you will be regarded here more as a companion than a servant.” “Will Itdoes me good to bear youssy that, sir! I'm a great band to ait in the parlor when [have a chance!” “You will be given opportunity to cultivate your mind. “Will I? That's beautiful! That's what I wanted todo at my last place, but when they found 1 was reading im bed they turned the gas ont on me.” “My wife has an ides thetacook has no griefs or sorrows, but”— “But she has, sir. I've got over forty of ‘em at this very moment. their belp at “Some ladies insist on k ® distance, but I don't beliove '"— “Thut's quite true, sir. At my last place ce lady was forty miles distant from me, st her mother's most of the time. You don't believe in it? Neither do 1. Are we to go to the theater ‘together: ~“How—Eh !—What?” queried Mr. Bowser. “And if the old lady makes kick, ire her out, rg “Are you speaking about my wife?” he asked, in an uncertain “Of course. kitchen und read come down into the try to me ws 1 thump the dishes about, and then I'll come up to the par- jor and and sing for you, and if the old lndy gets hor back up fire her out!” “I—1 don’t think you'd quite fill the place,” stammered Mr. Bowser as he rose up. “You don't’ Theu I'd like to kuow what in Tophet rou mean by giving me all that soft talk! What sort of @ gawe is this you are bac! began Mz. Bowsor ‘aly dear girl,” began Mx. Bowsor in reply, TU think over’ the matior aud drop ~ 4 ‘ou will, eh? And I'll think over the mat- ter and send my brother here to see you!” She had scarcely banged the door when Mr. Bowser bounced into the back parlor with bis face on fire and exclaimed: ell, I hope you are satisfied now “What have I done?” asked Mrs. Bowser. “Done! done! You've caused me to be im sulted and belitiled in my own house!” “Didn't I tell you that” — jever! Never told me snytbing, and now you may go without a cook untd you are starved to death I won't raise my one. I'ma patient man, Mre. Bowser, and 'm & long-suffering man, but there is limit. You've reached it. The worm now torne, and if I don’t come up to luncheon nor dinner” —- But he returned - the — x] he espied a new girl passing thro he hadn't a single inquiry to — a From the Detroit Free Press. A Detroit drummer was standing in front of ied in 1804, was “sey- | astore in Lad Axe one day Inst week with the proprietor when a fairly respectable- looking man passed along on the other side of was something imimense— ——— het onal **Too broad to be conceived by any arrow mind.” ee - ‘The traveler in London something less than a “Yes, what of him?” ‘Well, be used to be the Grand Mogulof this whole town; bossed everybody and everything and bad it all his own wa)