Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1896, Page 22

bo THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 189 . \ it 6—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, — LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN i SUMMER MILLInckyY. . SUMMER MILLINERY —— ee Horizontal Effects in the Trimming of Modish Hats. ——— PLAIN RIBBON RESUMES ITS SWAY, Paradise Plumes Astonishing in Their Breadth and Curves. Se ge THE NEW SLEEVE - - Correspondere of The Evening Star. NEWPORT, July 17, ie NARROW 1896. AND to enter in gates of ill-named indeed are the spreading lines of scimitar -curved hers which we call Paradise plumes. For so astounding is ath and gen- of their curves that they al- most seem to jut out} her side of the; icing dimen- difficult are the Paradise, riv be are popui for ti that the r just now, | moment ef tr eve ng to forget | atian bows so} a new he same wo- and tulie, would be ribbon or gauzy de, Pe s an exception might be made in ve still re- . but far mor h are the selves used example, I with wide if I may its unexpected dips and angles. s smothered with plisse flounc- of cream white chiffon, drawn to a drapery knot at the back. There fs an in- le band supporting a garland of shell and three creamy ostrich tips at willful variance with each other and with the horizon. ‘The body of the flower hat is generaily ssively large, especially if of good taste, as so much color would powering. A pretty piazza design la straw, trimmed in front with a hinesione buckle and black velvet bow, red roses, a mount epeigne of poppies the side popp of dandelions and a cac @nd velvet ribbon. One of the prettiest of the effects bor- Towed from the Paradise plumes is the t of heron’s feathers, only reading to either side, upon a straw hat trimmed, with colored Tibbon, embe ed h flowers. A pretty race-track hat 1s a broad, black straw -shade, tilted saucily over one ear, trimmed about the crown with black moire ribbon, with a bow at the left from be- hind which spring six huge black ostrich plumes. Airlest and fleeciest of all have seen in the gay city by @nother black ri the hats I the sea ts > straw, also tilted over to the right side and fairly straight of brim. Taere are bows of moss-green rib- bon in front, caught with rhinestone duckles, and behind them rise a quilling of white tulle, edged with black satin and a tuft of white ostrich and Paradise plumes urmounting all and ficating away to cither side iike blown feam of the sea. A Temporary Reaction. A gathered toque of black spangles, trimmed with loops of mauve ribbon, lined with gimp and galloon and with sprays of white and green nercissus is one of the prettiest shapes visible here. It is worn by @ woman with decidedly ‘Titianesque locks, than which no tint of human hair is more beautiful. It is an momentary evidence and instance of the drift away from the use of gaudy color that plumes for millinery pur- poses are almost invariably either white or ¢ream or black. The latest advices from Paris chronicle the designs in black and white and ribben, but it must not te SUppesed that these will or can crowd out of favor the flowers and the colors in Which the feminine heart takes such keen delignt. it is only a temporary reaction egair a too vigorous stress of color. small turban decked with loops of . in which, at one side, nestle elusters of red cherries, are pretty enough to take their own willful way, in spite of blacks and whites. ‘0 subtopic in the vast range of fa: ble attire fs more engrossing than mil- inery, but it {s quite time to add that the @eveloping season shows no diminution in the use of sheer white canvas, In skirts Particulariy. A pretty material is the wool ¢rash which has sprung so suddenly into favor. The prettiest weaves show a fabri Imost white, but marked with disappea i lines of blue and occasional blova of @ull red or salmon pink. It is very light, ut warm and sensible wear where there @ sea breeze. In- Foreign Influences. It is curfous to note how the sown of Ame n citizens im a free re ag c is affected by local fete days four or five | thousand miles away. Our outdoor gowns are suggested Wy models prepared for | the Grand Prix or for Ascot. Even the | flower and fruit bonnets we are wearing | show distinctly the influence of the flower festival In Paris more than a month aso. | There will be no such parades of informa- | New York, and even that will not have, of course, quite the authority of a transat- | Iantic funetion. It is well, then, that Ascot | and the Grand Prix were, on’ the whole, | merciful to us. They set, for one thing, the fashion of the white outing gown, | though cream, fawn, mauve, rose and pale | yellow had many examples, ‘and now kave i_the late revolted colonies. The use of thin lincns, canvas, foulards, muslins and the like, over the rosy glow or the pale green sheen of lining silk is a mode which will last the entire season, as it deserves. The new sleeve gets more and more con- fidence as it gets older and bolder. It 1s always masked at the shoulder by a puff or cape, but beneath that fs tight all the | Way down; on a thin arm it is wrinkled a la mousquetaire; on a plump one, rot at all. The fashion of deccrating the bottoms of | otherwise plain skirts with several rows of braid or with one or more frills and flounces of fine lace is growing. Black velvet ribbon is much used in trimmin: owns of every sort. a ELLEN OSBORN. ase eS PLANNING PICNIC. Appetizing Things to Eat and Ways of Amusing the Children. From the American Kitchen Magazine. Unfortunately in many households a pic- nic Is such a rare occurrence that no one member of the family knows how to plan fer it, and the result is more tiresome than a hard day’s work. When packing the lunch basket it 1s wise to remember that when th2 thermometer touches the nineties foods should be main- ly water. The solider portions of our diet should not contain an excess of fat, for that would only add to our discomfort in warm weather. Plenty of bread spread thiniy with butter or just enough chopped | meat for a relish should be the principal part of the contents of the lunch basket. Lettuce and cucumbers are appetizing ad. diticns to sandwiches, Cheese chopped or id mixed with a littie cream and i lent filling for either ndwiches. Of cakes cnic basket has a too gener- ous prov cookies of some sort must be provided for the children,but there need be little else. Ripe fruit is more wholesome vided than all the host of often make the prepa- ration a burden. The little children will be amused for a while at least by picking the big heads of red clover in the pastures for auntie or mamma to make a pillow of after they are nicely dried. Just now they are put in a big = brought for this purpose and When taken home are sprinkled lightly with salt and allowed to dry thoroughly. The older boys will rest without being un- easy for # short time pulling twigs of fir to be mixed with the clover, by and by, or to make a piilow by itself. When this employment becomes tiresome it will make a pleasant variety to follow the old fashion and let all the children who can “speak pice " This is the time for the patriotic verses, old, but ever new when repeated at the right time with the right spirit. On one occasion the house mother pre- pared a blueberry roly-roly pudding at home and brought it in its bag to the pic- nic ground, where the father soon had a fire started and the kettie boiling merrily. The hot pudding served with cream was a much more satisfactory supper than elab- orate dainties could have been. Curious Results of Plant G From the Leisure Hour. : All gardeners know that curious plants” can be produced by grafting, and in the ccuntry it Is no extraordinary sight to see a tree bearing two kinds of plum or pear as the result of it. Mr. A. W. Sutton of the great seed establishment at Reading has lately described in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society a number of interast- ing experiments made with tomato and po- tato plants, these two being botanically re- lated to one another. A potato tuber was planted, and when it had attained the height of a few inches above the soil, the stem was cut off and a tomato graft was connected to it. As a result the composite plant produced a crop of potatoes at the Toots, while the follage above ground bore a crop of tomatoes, nourished by the po- tato roots. The process was then reversed, @ potato graft being introduced upon toma: to stalks. The tomato roots did not pro- duce potatoes, but the potato plant above ground first threw out potato flowers and berries,and afterward produced tubers from the axiis of the leaves and stems. In this case the designation of the potato es a pomme de terre is evidently a misnomer. ees He Meant Well. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. The story of the Irishman who wrote his friend, saying, “Telegraph me if you don’t get this letter,” was equaled yesterday in a local business house. One of the office men came down and found that he had left his keys behind. He sent to his wife for them, and the messenger returned with the Information that the keys were not there. At this juncture George ———, a fellow clerk, said: “Why, I found your keys.” “Where are they?” said the first clerk. “I have them in my pocket,” said George. “I pushed a note through the slit’ of your desk, telling you that I had them.” “Well, you ‘idiot,” said the first, “how was I to get the note when the desk was locked?” ——_—-+02+___ A meeting of the board of education.— Life. | tion now nor until the great horse show inj HOUSEHOLD HINTS Toasted bread is half digested. If fresh bread, hot rolls and biscuit disagree with members of your family and they insist on eating hot bread, give them toast. Nice crisp, brown toast. Brown bread makes de. licious teast. Corn bread split in thi slices and toasted brown and buttered be- fore serving is also wholesome. ‘To fill up the cracks in a floor which you are preparing to stain for rug covering, cut or tear papers—old newspapers—into tiny bite and soak ti in cold water twenty-four hours. Take the paper pulp and squeeze it dry and force into the cracks. Let it lie for twelve hours or more before touching the floor again, and it will have hardened into cement-like toughness. Then you can stain it, and it will be as handsome as a hardwood floor. Very handsome rugs ere made by cut- ting old ingrain carpets in strips an inch or more wide. Pull out half a dozen threads on each side of each strip, then sew the strips and wind as for a rag car- pet. Have the carpet weaver set the chain very close and beat the filling well. The rtg comes out all woolly and wears unend- ingly. You can make a beautiful fringe for the ends of the rug—which may be as Icng as you Hke—out of the ravelings, which you can catch through the ends with @ crochet hook. The chain may be of a different color from the filling if a bizzare effect is desired. Be particularly careful of the sinks and drainage pipes about the house at this sea- sou of the year. The torrid condition of the weather brings decay to vegetation nd meats very rapidly, and there is dis- ase in every germ which may finally cul- minate in typhoid and malarial fever. In- sist on having the drains rinsed two or three times a week with quantities of boil. ing lye water, then drench with hot cop- peras water. One of the very happiest lessons to learn early in life is that ignorance is expensive. Ignorance of anything; not of books al ne, but of all the commonest things of life. One cannot afford to be ignorant in these days. The homely saying that “all is grist that comes to the mill” holds good in the acquiring of knowledge. Never let any- thing slip by you until you understand it. You don’t know how soon you may want to use it. The minute your child begins to talk correct its inflection and modulation, and keep up the corrections until the child recognizes for itself its shortcomings and corrects itself. Cemplexion specialists now lay the great- est stress on clearing the blood and cor- recting impaired digestion before begin- ning on the skin. One of the greatest falla- cles in the world is rubbing the face with oils and other skin foods in expectation of correcting its yellow eruptions, when the seat of the trouble Hes in late hours, irregular eating, rich food and a tormented liver. No complexion specialist in the world can help you if your liver has daily tantrums. Instead of flinging your pretty new waist Into the wash tub when it gets solled at neck and wrists and no place else, try this: Have a nice clean cloth on the ironing board, then get a cup of clear cold water and a clean white cloth. Wring the cloth out of the cold water and rub the soiled spots gently but vigorously. Rub and rub till the soiled spots disappear. Then with a moderately hot iron, then with a very hot one, iron the damp spots dry. This usually works like a charm. Don't get the cloth too wet, though, Milk becomes tainted and impure in a few hours in hot weather, and it will sure- ly make vour teething baby fll if fed to it. Boil the milk as soon 2s you get it and put in air-tight perfectly sweet bottles, No cook can manufacture a dainty meal in a dirty kitchen. Insist upon it that your kitchen maid keep her floors clean and her tins and pots and kettles sweet and shining. You may be sure that her cook- ing will improve when she has mastered the art of keeping her kitchen neat. Give her plenty of tools to work with. It is said that tight gloves bring wrinkles on the face. They certainly bring wrin- kles on the hands. No matter how plump and white your hands are, tight gloves— and tight corsets—will make them red and ugly. That is a scientific fact and you needn't try to get around it. An easy- fittirg glove, an easy-fitting shoe and a well-made, neatly adjusted corset will in- gure a peace of mind past comprehen- sion, and the three will transform a slouchy woman into a very presentable one. Sometimes a dust-begrimed straw hat can be cleaned very nicely with an old toothbrush and plenty of gasoline, but the straw will be yellowed in the process. That fs not a bad fault, as yellowish straw is quite in vogue, but if you want to whiten straw, mix two cents’ worth of common sulphur with the juice of lemons to a thick cream, spread the mixture over the hat and hang in the sun for a few hours. Remove with a stiff clean brush or broom all the sulphur and the straw will be as white as if new. Excepting an unwashed body, nothing can be much more offensive to refined senses than the odor from perspiration- soured hair. It isn’t easy to overcome this, but by washing the hair at least once in two weeks in very warm weather and a sun bath once or twice a week the hair can be kept in much better order. Soft water and good soap is the best shampoo. Let the hair down for half an hour each night before retiring and comb it out. Shake and fan it till it is dry; then brush and braid for the night. It takes a little time, but you gain in comfort. A tablespoonful of coal ofl to each gal- lon of boiling suds will whiten the linen wonderfully. Always exercise the utmost care in the use of the inflammable stuff where there is fire. If the ttle ones are feverish and de- mend “drinks” of water in unlimited sup- ply, pound Ice to a mush and give them a spoonful when the call for water comes. it is far more cooling and much less hurt- ful. A bit of a slate with pencil attached by a string, or some neat slips of paper with a lead pencil similarly attached, hung on the kitchen wall near the work table will save a housekeeper’s heels. Jot down on them the things needed from town, the little odds and ends that are to be done during the day, and thet so easily slip your mind when you have not time to do them, as soon as they suggest them- selves to your mind. When boiling tough meat put Into the pot a tablespoonful or two of pure cider vine- gar. It will usually render it :ender and wood. It acts the same way on fowl. SPORTING WARDROBE For Women Who Desire to Keop Up With the Procession, GREAT VARIETY IN BATHING COSTUMES Then There Are Bicycling Suits, and Boating and Yachting Gowns. by ALSO GOLF AND TENNIS O FASHIONABLE worran can afford to be without an ath- letic fad of some kind nowadays. She may have many oth- er charms to com- pensate in a meas- ure, but if she can- not participate in any of the outdoor sports which are the craze of the hour she is considered old fashioned and prud- ish. This universal interest in athletics makes a great differénce in the summer girl's wardrobe. Time was when, with her morning gown, her walking costume and her evening dress, she considered herselt well fitted for a summer campajgn. But Tow these are but a small beginning in her requirements, and, while she relinquishes rone of the old necessities, she insists upon an additional supply of costumes for at least two athletic sports. The tathing suit goes without saying when the summer is to be spent at the seashore. It dues rot, however, go without paying, and there was never more extrava- ance displayed in its make-up than this season. There are many reasons why on should exercise more care in selecting a bathing suit than almost any other cos- tume. The most important one is the fact that one needs all the redeeming features ne can secure to compensate for the un- ‘ecoming arrangement of the nair with uve of those hideous bathing caps pasting st down ught to the head or giving one the appearance of the maid who wields the dust brush. ‘The only thing that really protects the Lair from a wetting in the ealt water is a rubber cap that stretches and fits tight around the head. ‘The woman who wears st looks as if she had been scalped, but with the addition of a gay colored silk handkerchief, knotted —mammy-fashion ever the forehead, it keeps the hair dry, and that is its object of existence. It is the necessity of wearing this un- becoming cap, combined with the impos- sibility of keeping the hair in curl, assum- ing that it Is straight, that makes it so imperative that the bathing suit itself shall make up for some of the shortcom- ings of the cap. White a Popular Color. White is exceediigif popular among bathers, and with colored trimmings It 1s very attractive. If one wants the very acme of luxury in a bathing suit she should purchase white India silk and trim it with rows of dark blue silk braid. Some people use satin, but, jt soon grows slazy and yellow. Black satin with white braid is a novelty that will doubtless remain 0, as women will never wear such extrav- &ant things enough,to make them com- mon. . White silk 1s not so foolishly extravagant @ material as satin, for it wears almost as well as brlliantine, and being very light in weight, does not hamper ¢he swimmer. If the material is not,foupd to be warm enough, one can wear a silk and wool shiri underneath to protect 4he chest against the chill of the water. 2), ve White brilliantine 1s the next best thing, if one cannot afford silk. A fine quality is almost as light as silk, and it has a beautt- ful sheen that glistens in the sun before one takes the plunge. A white suit of this material with blue or red braid trimmings can be bought for $13.50. g It is surprising what a difference color makes in the price. For $6. one can buy a very good black brilliantine suit with white brilliantine trimmings. ‘There arc very pretty suits to be had for $4.85, but these are made of rather a heavy quality of black brilliantine. Flannel sulis are not desirable, although they are considered better for the healti, for they are too heavy for any comfort when one tries to swim. Black serge, how- ever, 1s not-a bad material for the purpose, and black India silk is better than wh The Bicycle Costume. Bathing shoes are of white canvas at fifteen cents, and of black jersey at seven- ty-five cents. Shoes and stockings made to- gether are very convenient for those who do not Kick off their shoes before going into the water. But tights with feet in them are the most satisfactory arrange- ment, because they do away with the necessity of wearing garters. The bathing suit is only a beginning in one’s sporting wardrobe; indeed, so neces- sary is it that it has become a matter of course, and is hardly entitled to a place among athletic accourterments. Very closely akin to it is the bicycle cos- tume—akin, at least, in its cut. There are the bloomers and short skirt as essentials, with a waist to suit the tastes of the wear- er. The sweater is growing more and more pepular as a waist to be worn with a sepa- rate skirt. Many object to It on the ground of its resemblance to tights, but since the slceves have been enlarged to look like other sleeves the garment is not so objec- tionable. Nearly all the bicycle skirts are mede with a saddle back to fit over the saddle and hang gracefully. In front they are buttoned down on each side along tae seams. Underneath are little flaps that button to the bloomers a few inches above the knee to keep the skirt down. A brown whipcord suit of this style with sflk-lined jacket can be bought for $32.50. One of light gray material of a cheaper quality sells for $16.50. Separate skirts can be bought for prices varying from $5 to $8.50. The cheapest suit to be had that 1s worth buying costs $10. Linen suits are being worn very extensively during the warm weather. Linen Alpine hats to go with them have brown quills stuck in the band. All sorts of bicycle shoes and leggitis are constantly being invented. The shoe that reaches to the knee is considered the most elegant, but for comfort ih warm weather a low shoe with a stocking that buttons up the outside to simulate a leggin cannot be beaten. When on the Water. Boating and yachting gowns are as much of a necessity to thi® fashionable girl at Inland resorts as to the balt water nymph, for there is always a s¥ream of water some- where within reach, alse it could not be a summer resort. For this, purpose, French flannel is the best, bNt since it is so ex- pensive, the Scotch twited flannel at 40 cents a yard is often Substituted. It comes in beautiful shades of blue and lavender, in stripes and figures, and Is very soft and pretty. Pongee is also used for yachting sults, but though very attractive, it is not so werm as flannel. My Yachting hats are mbde of straw, canvas and leather. There are straw sailors with very narrow brims, with Stubby quills stuck in the band. Ordinary saflors have striped bands of blue and white, red and white, ete. Canvas hats shaped like a Tam o° Shanter cap have bands of blue ottoman ribbon. i But the leather caps are the newest thing in this Hine. They come in white and in brown, and are worn to match the belt of one’s yachting suit. With shoes and belt and cap all of the same leather one can look very stunning. For golf and tennis one needs a moderate- ly short skirt and a shirt waist. There is a chance for elegance and extravagance in the choice of one’s belt, and enameled leather is the latest fad. The latest French habit has a white vest that fits the figure and buttons straight down the front. The jacket does not fasten together, but turns back in revers at the neck. The seams are strapped and stitch- ed. The favorite hat is the derby shape, though the high silk hat is sometimes seen. So much for what she wears, which de- pends largely upon her dressmaker—what she does in the sporting line ts another matter and depends upon herself, but she must have the costume anyway. Ped a aN eNO eRe Ne ‘WAS HE THE ORIGINAL UNCLE TOMt Joriah Henson id to Have Suggest- ed the Character to Mrs. Stowe. From the Hartford Times. M. Wells Bridge of Springfield, treasurer of Hampden county, has an interesting reminiscence of the first meeting of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe and “Father” Josiah Henson, the original of “Uncle Tom.” While visiting in East Hartford on Satur- day he told the story, which now for the first time is put into type. About 1847 or 1848 his father, the Rev. Jonathan D. Bridge, a Methodist minister, the pastor of a church in Boston, was an active member of the gnti-slavery party, 80 called, and was connected with such per- sons as William Lioyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and Harriet Beecher Stowe in ald- ing escaped or fugitive slaves. He gave much time to aiding fugitive slaves on their way from Boston to Canada. It was this werk which made him acquainted with “Father” Henson, who had fled from Ken- tucky to Canada, and who was a train dis- patcher on the “underground railroad.” Henson was a negro of unylelding tenacity, unfailing resources, quick wit, and also of deep piety. He was at this time fifty-nine years old. Both of his arms had been broken, anc he was a cripple, though strong in muscle and constitution. When he was a young bo his master had become involved in a fight in a Maryland tavern, and had been rescued by Henson, his body servant, who incurred the deadly enmity of Bryce Litton, one of his assailants. Litton subsequently broke the colored boy’s arms with a fence rail. Not content with this, he smashed both shoulder blades also. Henson's story made a profound impres- sion on the Rev. Mr. Bridge, who introduced him to Mrs. Stowe, while she was staying in Boston. The colored man told to Mrs. Stowe the story of his escape acrosr the Ohio river. His start from his cabin was made at 9 o'clock on a September night, moonless and stormy. The fugitive had in- duced a fellow slave to secrete a little skiff by the Kentucky bank and to ferry Henson, his wife and his two boys to the free soil of Indiana, For a fortnight the runaways picdded steadilp on, keeping to the road during the night, hiding in a ditch when an approaching vehicle or horseman was heard, and burying themselves.in the woods during the day. Finally his little ones were on the brink of starvation. To obtain food for them it became necessary for their father to expose himself by daylight on the road even at the risk of discovering himself tc slave hunters and bloodhounds. He left his nocturnal hiding place, took to the road and turned southward, to make himself ap- pear like a free or manumitted negro, rather than a fugitive slave, who would naturally be northward bound. The occupants of the first house he dared to approach had “noth- ing for niggers!” At the second the may. refused him surlily, but the woman ex- claimed to her husband: “If a dog was hungry, I would give him something!” To Henson she said: “We may need help some day, or our children may.” The good female Samaritan filled a plate with venison and bread. Henson placed thi food in his handkerchlef and laid a twenty- five-cent plece on the table. His benefactor quietly placed the coin in his handkerchief with an additional slice of venison. When Mrs. Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” about two years after she first met Henson, she incorporated into the story many of the incidents whicr: he had told tc her during his various visits. Much of th« coloring of the tale was derived from thc descriptions, however rude and homely which Henson had given during their many conversations in Boston. When “Uncle Tom's Cabin” was published Mrs. Stowe gave to Mr. Bridge one of the proof copies. The volume was as it came from the press, unbound, and with the ink scarcely dry. Mr. Bridge did not allow him. self to sleep until he had almost Iterally devoured the book. His emotional natur: was shaken as never before or subsequently. In nearly every chapter there was som« touch or allusion or some description or some incident in which he could recognize 4n experience of Father Josiah, er informa. tion which the old negro had given. Mr. Bridge's son, in speaking to the Times correspondent, stated that Henson “too! up” land in Canada and became a subject o! Queen Victoria. Of the slaves which thc aged cripple assisted to escape, he tool many to Dawn, on the Canadian river Sydenham, where he established a lumber camp and colored colony. “Father Henson,” said Mr. Bridge, “was a man of great energy. If his mind was «made up to accomplish a certain thing that thing was as good as done, for he got ther« in some way or other. To illustrate this 1 would speak of his ‘black walnut episode. On his lands in Canada was a heavy growth of black wainut, which was of very littk value in Canada, but which, he considered would bring a fancy price in England. He caused four large boards to be sawed, ang sent them to the world’s fair in London These were seven feet long by four wide, and of beautiful texture and grain. On their arrival in England he had them planed and polished so carefully that they shone almos: as effulgently as mirrors. Near the top of each board he had painted: “This is the product of the industry of a fugitive slave from the United States, whose residence is Dawn, Canada.’ “The old man was on hand when Queen Victoria passed through his section. Her Majesty returned his respectful salutation, and asked uestions about him and his ex hibit. Henson was the only colored ex. hibitor. His undertaking opened an ex- tensive trade in black walnut from Canada, and proved to be a very profitable invest- ment. “As to the number of fugitive slaves whom he aided in escaping to Canada, God only Knows. He was continually at that work.” On his visits in Boston Father Henson would bring his mail to the house of the Rey. Mr. Bridge, whose son, the gentleman who furnished the information for this ar- ticle, would open the crippled old man’s let- ters and write the replies at his dictation. After the death of the elder Bridge the old negro drifted beyond the family’s horizon. One evening, nearly twenty years later, Mr. Bridge, grown from a youth to a man in middle life, came face to face with Father Henson in front of a brilliantly lighted store on Main street, Springfield. He accosted the aged negro familiarly, but was not recognized, owing to yee complete change in his appearance. Of his informing the old gentleman who he was, he was nearly strangled in a wild, suffocating embrace. The aged cripple cast away both of his canes in order to hug his old Boston friend the more heartily. Pedestrians at first feared a case of garroting. The old gentle- man exclaimed: ‘Praise the Lord!” in tenes which could have been heard six block: away. In a short time Mr. Bridge had his companion seated at a prayer meeting. Black as ebony, he was looked upon by some of the attendants as out of place, but early in the meeting he made a prayer which dis. closed his homely eloquence and deep picty. During the evening he delivered an addvess which made a profound impression. At the close of the service most of his auditors demanded of Mr. Bridge an introduction to the old fello’ eee Art for All. G. H. Lewes. To reach the height of perfection there must be the co-operation of the nation with individual genius. Thus it is necessary for the development of science that science should cease to be the speculation of a few and become the minister of the many; from the constant pressure of unsatisfied wanis science receives its energetic stimulus and its highest reward. In art the same law holds. In Athens the whole nation co-oper- ated with the artists, and this is one cause why Athenian art rose into unsurpassed splendor. Art was not the occupation of a few, ministering to the luxury of a few. It was the luxury of all. Its triumphs were not hidden in galleries and museums; they blazed in the*nconday sun, they were ad- inired and criticised by the whole people, and, as Aristotle expressly says, every free citizen was from youth upward a critic of art. Sophoctes wrote for all Athens, and by all Athens was applauded. The theater was open to all free citizens. Phidias and Praxiteles, Scopas and Myron wrought their marvels in brass and marble as ex- pressions of a national mind. The temples and market places, public groves and public walks, were the galleries wherein the sculp- ters placed their works. ————-+e+ Lessons Made Eany. From Judy. A sharp boy being told by his teacher to repeat a 'esson in history, said he couldn't, and it seemed to him quite unnecessary to do so “Quite unnecessary?” thundered the teacher. “What do you mean?” “Well,” said the boy, “I've always heard that history repeats itself.” Centrally Located. From the Chicago Record. : “Did you go to see that room just one minute from the station?” “Yea,” “How was it?” “Back room over the freight office.” Highest of all in Leavening Power— Latest U.S. Gov't Report Ro al Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE SCRAPS OF TALK. What One Overhears im the Hotel Corridors. From the Buffalo Express. It is appalling. Education with a colossal E. One never realized before how much there Is to know. Go sit in a corner in the corridor of one of the big hotels. The Ircquots is best sulted to the purpose, per- haps. Watch the stream of humanity flow by. Listen to the gurgling of the waters of lfe. Hear the rippling of the shallows ard see the strong, steady flow of the mighty tide that moving seems asleep, too full for sound or foam. There are bab- Iing beings, gurrulous creatures with Jaws that work and tongues that wag in- cessantly. There are quiet, thoughtful men, deliberate and decided in thelr move- ments and speech, slow of expression, but sturdy and set once they take their stand. There are empty pates, milkless cocoas, shriveled gourds, mignty minds, massive heads, gigautic brains. All sorts and stzes and degrees of fullness and emptiness. There are wise men and there are some wofully unwise men. There are men wise in their own conceit and others conceited in their own wisdom. They revolve around the common center. And just as truth is round, so they form the circle of mankind that makes life real. Draw near and listen. You catch scraps of their discussion sandwiched in with crumbs dropped by others nearby, and the whole dovetailed in between the talk of people passing in and out. Listen to the ollapodrida. The gray-whiskered ola thinker over in the corner begins it. “Uniting itself with the intellect in the ascending series of—' juspenders that won't youth in knickerbockers. trousers catch as the fundamental come from the corner, ‘After-dinner smoke goes weil with-—" id a stout p: ‘by. ‘The fifth floor and reom for—" came a voice. “A complete renovation of the house with new steps and—” it was impossible to identify the speakers. “A rickey or a cocktail taken with a—" “Reference to the activity of the soul known as——" “Dan O'Grady, who is——” ‘The embryoric form of both will and-—” ‘A new ‘Th. the—— Republican organization is—” ‘Simply receptive of the impressions of the senses. One object succeeds another in sontrolling—" “The muskmelons that come from—" “The state normal school of — ‘Tom Platt where Little Willle——” “Barnes of Leland Stanford University is ood to speak on the ‘Pup!! as a So- clal——' ‘McKin where—— ‘A habit is formed and a theoretical view is reached by the Intellect. which corre- sponds to—" ‘A hotel license—" “Granted through the idiosyncrasies of individualities such as— - “The pussengei cut,” from a “You see, the being and apartment house or— substrata of society underlying eyite from the cleventh ward, cler that turned the——” ill united with the intellect to pro- potatoes and gooseberries at. ‘The Buffalo club every Sunday afte noon with— i a joke over—" laid the— “Poor fellow in the o “Refrigerators built by that firm in— “Hades! It enough to——" “Take, for example, the lower order of knowing which deals——" hand io every one from the-——” Deck of the excursion boat in the for- waré “Section of the subdivisions where— “As Dr. Klemm suggests, is ihe right soil tor- “Weeds or any cther hard— “Shell crabs at this season may. “Appeal strongly to the instincts of —" Dogs that are registered under—”" ‘he sod and the de ¢ Bills that come in every day——" “Will be Sunday—” “Buy and buy and never— “That is to say, hardly ever, does one find hat listeners hesr much good of them- elves 0} ‘Anybody els matter, would ave bought a brewery and drank-— “A bottle of Cow’s—— “And effect at once bring us back to ‘Suspend;" said the youth in the knick- erbockers, hurrying bai to the bar, as he humped up his shoulders. “Animation or even cerebraii from the gray-haired o!d thinker, one Is tempted to remark—” came “And “Front!” called the clerk. +02 A Rainbow Face, From the Chicago Chronicle, A strange case in which local doctors, well as scientists from the surrounding country, are interested is that of Clement Smith, colored, of Belvidere, N. J., who drives the public ice wagon at that place. As the sky changes the face of the colored man takes on a different hue, and it is said that his face is slowly assuming the hues and colors of the rainbow. The doctors who have examined the man say they are puzzled, and the only explanation they can give for the strange freak of nature is that it is caused by the chemical action of the sun’s rays on the ice which is handled by Smith daily. Mrs. Smith, the mother of the young man, tried to wash the lines from his face, but could not do so. She is superstitious, as is her husband, and te: something 1s going to happen to her son, but he goes about his work as usual, not minding the attention he is attracting. ———--+0+- A Pointer. From the Atchison Globe. When a woman takes as much interest in her home as she does in her church, she will find her husband as easily pleased as a pastor. THE MULE WAS SURPRISED. Live Telegraph Wire Drops on His Back and Trouble Follows. From the Mobile Register. Not long ago one of the telephone com- panies was stringing some wires at the lower end of St. Francis street, when one of their wires fell across one of the police tele- graph wires and then on to the trolley. Around at the corner of St. Michael and Commerce streets the wire, which was thus charged with the heavy current, passed about half an inch from one of the convert- ers of the electric lighting company and an are was formed. This burned the wire in two. Just at the moment that this happened there was standing across the street an old mule, hitched to a light farm wagon, which was loaded with potatoes. The mule had his head down and his ears pulled down over his eyes, evidently engaged in a deep study of the of his childhood, for he was an old mule and his race was nearly ru The owner of the aforesaid mule was in a store pear by bartering for the sale of the pota- oes. This was the condition of affairs at that corner just before that electrified wire fell and settled quietly on the back of the mule. in an instant there was a change in the landscape. That mule woke up suddenly. He was surprised. He could not understand why he felt so gay. He evidently thought it was his second time on earth. He couldn't stick a pin In himself to find out whether or not it was a dream, but he did the next best thing that a mule can do, and a thing at which most healthy mules are adepts. He let fly his heels. Simultaneously with the putting into play of his heels there was n avalanche of wagon and potatoes sailing rough Commerce street. Bam! slam! ker- jam! went the heels of that old mule against the frail sides of that wagon and its load of potatoes, and for a time it fairly rained po- latoes and pieces of wagon. ‘The owner had just settled on a price for the load of potatoes when he heard @ sound as of a cyclone coming. He hastened to the ‘joor to see what was the cause thereof. He could scarce believe his . There, before his astonished vision, was old Pete, work- ing his heels just as merrily as he had done when he was a two-year-old, while the chain traces clanked responsive sympathy to the tovches of the mule’s heels. Visions of various and sundry saplings that he had wcrn to a frazzle to get Pete out of a walk rose before his astonished vision, and he could not account for it, Finally a negro discovered that it was all sed by “one 0° dem “lectric wires,” and he went at the wire with a hatchet to cut He was about as astonished as the mule when the hatchet went up in the air and he received a severe shock. But his act caused a transformation sc All the gayety left old Pete as suddenly as it had come, and he cnce more relapsed into a thoughtful mood, while the owner went around gather= ing up the fragments of the wagon and the potatoes that remained. Rendy to Defy the Cyclone. From the Atianta Constitution, Through the section of the count ry where tornadoes are most frequent and 4. uct. ive the “cyclcne cellar,” as the under- ground refuge is called, is not unusual, but it Is generally simply a covered hole in the earth some distance from the residence. Jehn Winstone of Quindaro, Kan., has, weve improved on this system, and now Is able to lavgh at the howling tornado and be comfortable while he la He has dug a deep cellar under hi and ‘anged it so that it ii exist with comfort there for a time without going to the upper r the building. Here he and his fami tire whenever a wind storm of any violence is at hand. But Winston, not satixfed with this, has run a shatt from his use, sible to r int an apartment ten feet square, aunt chine feet underground. It has jets in it and io water-tight. In it Winston cannot even hear a storm. ‘ This subterrancan abode is the envy and admiration of the neighbors, rose has its thorns.” lives an old farmer w but “every in the neighborhood ho is something of a fatalist. He passed by one day while the cellar was being dug. “jVell, now, what ye think ye're doing “Building a cyclone cellar.” “Ye jest might as well stop wastin’ yer muscle, fer if ye're born to get killed hw one of them danged cyclones, itll get ye, if ye're fifty feet underground.” ; The owner of the cellar never covered his fi quite re- h after this bit of fatalism, ° 2o2 Eftect of the African mate. From the London Spectator. It must be fully recognized that the Ma- tabele murders of unarmed whites, merely because they are whites, put them almost out of the pale of mercy, and that the ab- sence among them of any leader w can answer for their conduct makes g« ar- rangements for peace exceedir difficult. At the same time we regret, if only on grcunds of policy, to see the temper of the white settlers hardening, to notice a cer- tain readiness to execuie as well 2s to slay in fighting, and to read expressions as to the number killed. We do not want dead bodies in Rhodesia, but quiet subjects who will work for wages and ultimat: y become taxpayers. Lenity is good policy Africa as well as Asia, but it is very seldom thet it is displayed on the former continent. Something in the climate of the surround- ings seems to make all Europeans, Ger- maps, Dutchmen, Portugu and even Engiishmen abnormally hard. A Principle at Stake. From the Chicago Tribune. “I am reliably informed,” remarked one of the stockholders in the corpo ion, lowering his voice so it could not be heard by any eavesdropper or chance listener out- side the door of the room in which the conference was going on, “I am reliably informed, I say, that we can put this or- dinance through the city council for $40,- Pati ahs acoibine of tint bey thick sew will be a party to any corrupt bargain with men destitute of honor!” exclaimed the chairman. “Do they take us for brib- ers? It is infamou Besides,” he added, in a voice trembling with indignation, “the figure they demand is too high. It isn’t ‘worth over $20,000 at the outside!” She—"You have never met father and mother, have you?” “Not formally, but we have just passed one cf them, I think.” “Which one’ “I don’t know.