RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Tho tongue shows to a physician
tho tlleoaso of tho body; to n philoso
pher tho dlscasoof tho mind; to a Chris
tlan the disease of tho soul.
In a pood neighborhood ono maybe
euro there in pood homo Influences; and,
noxt to that, as productive forces In
making character, good schools.
An instructor In an Indian school
nays It Is cosier to overcomoim Indian's
prejudice against Christianity and con
vert him than roconcllo him to manual
labor. Hut after ho Is Christianized,
oven then ho won't work.
When God would educate a man,
ho compels him to loam hitter lessons.
Ho sends him to school to tho necessi
ties rather than to tho graces, that, by
knowing all sufferings, ho may know
also tho eternal consolation.
Not many men undergo a radical
chango of character In death. Tho
strong probability In the caso of every
man Is that ho will dio as ho has lived.
Those who arc calcu'aling upon ndcath
bed reiKjnUinco to mako their peace
with God, take upon thomsclvuH a moat
awful hazard. Independent.
There ls,nothIng nioro rcpulsivo or
hideous to view than a corrupt, sin-disfigured
character brought into sharp
contrast by tho weak and shallow dis
guises of cosmetics and gaudy attire.
Meokncss, patience, kindness, charita
bleness, a self-denying spirit these aru
tho vestments of tho highest typo of
beauty- tho kind which commands not
only tho admiration of tho best of men,
but is admired by God himself. Chris
tian at Work.
Christians boar crosses of different
descriptions, but tlioy should bear them
In one and tho samo spirit of submission
to God's will. Tho commonest burden
that any man carries becomes his cross
of blessing, when ho bears it cheerfully
and marchos in the direction of tho
Master. Hy looking to Jesus and con
templating his earthly careor, tho fol
lower quickly learns how to carry any
cross that may bo laid upon his shoul
ders. Interior.
A writer In tho NoV York Evangel
ist thinks that tho abundanco of "les
son holps" tonus to lesson tho study of
God's word. It Is more than possible
that there is something in tho sugges
tion. Thoso who wrlto Iho losson com
mentaries do tho studying, and tho
reading teacher, who may do all tho
bottor work In his class, yot loses tho
jnontal i(nd spiritual benefit of close
contact with tho word. If this is true,
It Is not tho first instance In which ho
who feeds others is himself nn-hungor-cd.
All honor to thoso who labor so
hard to furnish tho toaehor with weap
ons, but sad for "him who Is seduced into
neglect of a closo companionship with
tho Scrlpturos.
L
WIT AND WISDOM.
Man was given brains for a pur
pose. Some never Had this out.
Hntchotors and old maids are nat
urally quite solf-possesBod. Oil City
J)errivk.
There Isn't wisdom enough, put It
altogether, to toll what makes one ap
ple hwooL and tho next one sour.
A father may bo more or loss pa
ternal ami still not bo a desirable pat
torn for his children. Alton Democrat.
Advice is a most useless thing a
wise man doesn't need It, and a fool
won't have lUYicksburg Commercial
Herald.
Tho man who sits down and waits
to bo appreciated will find himself
among uncalled for baggage after tho
limited express train has gone by.
A stained memorial window In a
church Is a pretty thi.g to look at on
Sundays, but a free bed in a hospital Is
a blessing, forever. A'. 0. licuyunc.
The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in tho world is to be In real
ity what wo would appear to be; ami, If
wo observe, wo shall And that all hu
man virtues Increase and strengthen
themselves by ho practice and experi
ence of them.
Imaginary ovlls soon become real
ones by Indulging our reflections on
them; as ho who In a melancholy fancy
pecs houiethlng like a faro on tho wall
or wainscot, can, by two or throe
touches with a lead pencil, mako It
look visible, and agreeing with what ho
fancied. Swift.
Guilt, though it may attain tem
poral Bplendor, can never confer real
happiness. Thu evil consequences of
crime long survive their commission,
and, like thu ghosts of tho murdered,
forever haunt tho steps of the malefac
tor. Tho paths of virtue, though very
seldom thoso of worldly greatness, are
always thoso of pleasantness and peace.
Sir Walter Scott.
Modesty Is becoming in a man or
woman, but that Is false and deceitful
modesty which persuaded him or her
that no harm will come to others from
tho ovll course pursued in obscurity. A
very Inconsequential sinner may develop
into a demon of depravity In time; and
is equally liable to provoke others to
evil doing, who look below their own
Ijovol for patterns. Interior,
The advlco of a father to his son:
"llowaro of entrance to a quarrel, but,
being In, Iwar it that tho opposed may
beware of thee," is good, but not tho
best. Quarrel not at all. No man ra
solved to mako tho most of himself can
sjwira time for personal contention. Still
lot can ho afford to take all tho conso
qinc6, Including tho vitiating of hU
touiW aiul tho lowt of his self-control.
Ylld larger things to which you can
ftltow no mow Hum equal right, and
yUW mumh onoi, though clearly jour
own, lMtor ulvuyour path to ndog
than to Iw hlttoil by h' mlotliig
or U,f. rNrkt.. Hvm killing tho dog
wimM Hi uro iUa Wto. Abraham
1,haAh
THE SHYSTER LAWYER.
A Story Who Prolmblllty Will Not be
Uurntlonetl by HI" " rleniM.
It was night Tho streets, deserted
by all save an occasional pedestrian
with a stolen umbrella, wero swept at
intervals by flerco gust of wlhd, and
tho rain camo down with a steady pour
which threatened an overflow.
A lawyer sits In his easy chair read
ing a newspaper. Tho marblo clock
on tho mantel has just struck ton, and
ho Is about to throw down his paper
and follow his wlfo to bed, when
"Ahl ha! I'vo struck It!"
Ills cyo had lighted upon a fiVo-Hno
local Item to tho effect that Hloody Hill
Hunkum, of 4290 Atwatcr strcot cast,
had been arrested for stealing a grind
stono, but was discharged at tho pollco
court for lack of evidence.
Tho lawyer rushed for his boots and
hnt and coat. Thcro was business in
both optics.
"What! going outP" called his wlfo.
"Yes."
"In this awful storm?"
"I must. My duty as a leading mem
ber of tho Detroit bar calls mo. A noblo
citizen has been basely slandered and
liboled by a nowspapor. I must eeo
him ere I sleep."
"And get tho caso?"
"Yes."
"On Jidlvy?"
"Exactly."
"Go, my husband, but bo discreet
Don't lot anybody drop on tho fact that
you aro shystorlng for cases. You aro
supposed to bo a way-up lawyor, de
manding a cash feo when you tako tho
caso; but If othors shyster why not youp
Go hunt out tho slandored Hloody Hill
Hunkum and tako his caso on tho
whack."
It Is an hour later. A flguro wrappod
in oil-skins and covered by an umbrollu
knocks at tho door of No. -1290.
No answer.
Knock! knock! knock!
"What tho bloody 'oavons is want
ed?" demands a voice from an up-stnirs
window.
"Aro you Hloody Hill Hunkum?"
"I ar'. What of It?"
"I must seo you at onco. Thoro's
monoy In It."
Hill felt his way down stairs and
opened the door and asked:
"Now, then, what bloody thlof aro
youP"
"I am not a thlof. I am a loading
member of tho Detroit bar. Hush!
Don't speak so loud."
"Come up-stalrs. Now, what Is itP
Want mo to swear to an alibif
"No. Do you know that you havo
been grossly slanderodP'"
"I do. When I was up In court tho
Judge himself said ho believed I ought
to bo in State prison."
"I moan by tho papers. Why, tho
Free I'rcss has damaged your charactor
rlO.OOO worth."
"No!"
"Yes, It has. It says, or at least,
strongly hints, that you stole a grlnd
stono." "Which tho samo Is in my bock yard
at tho present minuto."
"Did you steal HP"
"Of course. 1 can bo confidential
with a lawyor."
"Hut It wasn't proved P"
"Oh, no. I had two witnossos to
swear that I was in Toledo for that hull
month."
"And you wore discharged?"
"I was. Tho Judge wanted to send
mo up, and tho jury looked cross-oyod
at mo, and tho prosecuting attorney
called mo a jail-bird, but 1 got free,
bless tho law."
"And now the Free Press jumps on
your charactor and seeks to ruin you.
You must begin a libel Bult."
"I havo no money."
"Hut I'll foot all tho costs and tako
It for half what wo can got."
"Hut tho paper told tho truth."
"Hut It can't provo It. Hloody Hill
Hunkum, think of your wife."
"1 will, sir."
"And your children."
"Yes, sir."
"And of your standing in tho com
munity. Do you want tho linger of
scorn pointed at you on tho streets?"
"Never!"
"And have your children taunted
about grludstonesP"
"Never, some moral"
"Then wo will suo tho Free lVess for
libel and whack up on tho verdict,
which won't be less than $5, 000. Hero,
sign this agreement Some of us now
keep them on hand In blank. Now,
then, a last word: Keep sober, It possi
ble. Talk alMjut tho slandor. Toll
every body how It pravonta your get
ting work. Havo your wlfo ready to
testify that you can't sleep from mental
worry. Get somo ono to call yourchll
dran names. Dig a holo and bury that
grindstone, and look out for tho po
llco. If it wasn't for tho police and tho
newspapers men like ue would bo rich."
"Yes, sir."
"That W all. Good night Go to
your bed with tho assurance that all
will bo well and tho case will bo
mshod."
Verdict for
Free iVcw.
tho defendant Detroit
Unreasonable Expectations.
Mr. Jerusalem Cohn Now shust
look at yoursollulT. Dot vas tho most
bdylUh balr of pants dot efer you went
anyvhere,
Mr. Chatham Graono Wall, 1 dun
no. They HHm to mo u little mmll for
tho ktylo.
Mr. Juruwiloni Cohn Too tumll, van
HP V)'i dot nlotllng Ills you utmitlful.
You ilnn'd uptOM It vas ntylUU to put
four yard of HviHlollitr goou In a ilrw
lollur Imtr uf paiila, M Hf-V'WcU
CHINAMEN AT HOME.
Their Method of Illinium, the Way They
Work unit How Thoy l.lvc.
I think I promised to give you somo
of tho Chinese characteristics from a
business point of view. One rigidly
enforced law .or custom of Celestials
might bo, with good results, incorpor
ated into tho usages of all nations. It
Is tho payment of an indebtedness at
tho closo of tho year, and I am sure It
must add to tho enjoymentof tho week's
holiday that welcomes in tho now year,
during which all business is suspended
and festivity reigns supreme.
Whether these people are Indeed tho
descendants of tlio "lost tribes," or not,
they havo somo of tho traits of tho
Israelites found In other lands. Their
distinct national peculiarities, as well
as their ability to drlvo sharp bargains,
makes a Chinaman's personality as dis
tinct as that of tho Jew. Perhaps
nothing better can illustrate tho busi
ness methods of tho country than somo
uniquo experience in building a houso
on tho American plan.
Just before tho debt-paying period
was a favorable time to purchase ma
terials. Tho brick was bought at a less
price than tho samo quality sell for at
homo. The wood used for building
comes down tho I'ol-llo in logs and is
deposited in a log yard, and for a tinio
tlmo our yard was a lively scene of
donkey carts unloading brick and saw
yers cutting the logs into plank, scant
ling and joists.
Our comprcdoro (tho middle-man who
talks "pigeon English" and does tho
bargaining) had a tusslo with tho "car
rying guild." He tried to uso men out
of this class to bring the logs, bnt tho
union men attacked them with clubs,
and wo wore obliged to uso tho guild
carriers.
I also had a "racket" with tho saw
yors for attempting to cheat in their
measurement, and they laid olT for sov
eral days. ' They finally agreed to
measure according to foreign custom,
and the work is dono more satisfactorily
than It would havo been at tho mill.
Thero is but ono In this region, and that
is an English machlno and does inferior
work.
Three gangs of mon aro now busy
hauling dirt to fill In tho low places and
wo soon oxpeo to a cart tgo for sand from
tho coast and another from tho Interior.
Our Oregon lumber will eonto soon.
Thero was not tlmo after my order
reached Vancouver to have tho door3
and sash made in time for shipment.
Finding that thoy would havo to bo
made here, I sent for the carpenter to
eomo to my olllco and made him un
derstand that I wanted him to mako a
draft of a door. With a little help ho
did so correctly, and was much pleased
when I told him to mako a door, which
when dono was so workmanliko that I
am glad that tho work Is to bo dono
horo at a less cost and a better job. Ho
lias mado a desk for mo that many a
skilled mochanlc could not improve up
on, and ho enjoys my commendation
highly.
Tho Chincso havo very llttlo original
ity but aro very observing and careful
imitators. What thoy learn thoy know
thoroughly, but thoy aro not as houso
servants wholly trustworthy, and neod
to feel that you aro watching them.
Thoy succeed best with but few conven
iences, a small kitchen and things in
their own way. With tho poorest kind
of a cooking-stovo, and with a singlo
boiling place, a cook will proparo a sur
prising numbor of courses, and servo
them all hot.
Thoro aro plonty of moat shops in
Tien-tsln, and fruits and vegetables can
be bought at moderate prices, but for
all ordinary grocorles wo must send to
Hostou, San Francisco, or somo Eu
ropean city, and order a year's supply.
Tea, of course, Is abundant and cheap,
and of lino quality, though ono would
bottor not watch too closely tho curing
and packing of it for market. Cor.
Cleveland Leader.
Dodging the Dullots.
Tho physical effect produced upon
different mon In tho prosoneo of dangor
forms an Interesting study, but In many
cases the outward signs as indicated by
tho actions of tho Individual In no wiso
measure tho degreo of courago or his
fear. Tho practice, for instanco, of
dodging shots, "jaok-knlllng" under
lire, procoods from a nervousness which
Is often purely physical, and has bnt
llttlo moro significance as a test of cour
ago than winking when something is
thrown In ono's face. Tho act is en
tirely Involuntary. A gonoral ofllcer
who was killed at tho second battlo of
Hull Hun was ono of tho most gallant
soldiers that overdrew a blado. Every
body had predicted his early death from
tho constant and unnocessary oxposuro
to which ho subjected himself. When
under tiro tho agllo dodging ho per
formed was a whole gymnastic oxorelso
In Itself. His head would boh from sldo
to side and occasionally bob down to his
horse's nook with all tho vigor of a sig
nal flag in waving a mossngo. Thoa
actions wore entirely beyond his control
and wore no Indication whatever of fear.
Dodging to somo- extent under a heavy
Infantry lira Is very common. I can re
call only two persons who throughout a
rattling muskotry lira always sat In
their saddles without moving a muscle
or even winking an eye. Ono was a
buglar in thu regular cavalry and the
other was General Grant Century.
A resident of Ijuicastor, PnM has n
stove that was oast In 17o'J. It has but
ono door, that for putting In wood In
front, ami has what Is supposed to lw
a roat of anus on tho front. On each
ldo U tho head of a woman ami "II.
W. Mlegul. 1701). KlUnlwth rurnaea"
At tlio lower corner of tho do lira
Miuoiilo umbliiiiu. niul on the hauk thu
Hlpira of u limn klamlliitf agiilul u Uoo.
CULTURE AND COBBLING.
Foot-Covering Turneil Out lijr Million In
unit Aro anil Hontoii.
Moro than half the people of tho
United States men, women and chil
dren wear shoes that come from Hos
ton. Tills Is, indeed, headquarters of
the boot and shoo industry for tlio
whole country tho center from which
tho marketable product of tho great
manufacturing towns hereabout is dis
tributed. Tlio population of theso
towns is chiefly mudo up of workers in
tho huge shops, which .turn out foot
gear at tho rate of nearly 100,000,000
pairs every year. Spencer, Worcester,
Hrookflcld and other settlements in
Worcester County devoto themselves to
tho making of long-logged boots. Shoes
aro mostly put together In Plymouth,
Abingdon, Ho klind, and other places
on Capo Cod. Slippers afford almost
exclusive employment to tho Busy In
habitants of Haverhill. Iow shoes,
for summer wear, nearly all come from
Newport, and ludles' boots, etc., givo
occupation to tho residents o( Lynn,
Hc.verly, Nowburyport and Marblchead.
All theso goods aro brought, for sell
ing, to tho modern Athens, where each
big manufacturer has his waro-houso.
From tho ware-house agents are sent
all over tho continent to solicit or
ders of tho "jobbers," or wholesale
men. Sometimes tho jobber orders
through the agent so many cases, as per
sample shown; but moro often ho makes
l note of whatever pleases him and
koines 1o Hostou himself subsequently,
to visit tho warehouses and select his
stock for tho approaching season. A
factory proprietor dos not ordinarily
mako moro than two or threo different
id ml s of shoes or boots for tho reason
't is cheaper to produco tho samo sort
of tiling in quantities and so tho whole
sale man trots about from ono establish
ment to another until ho has purchased
what he calls a "full lino." Subse
quently ho sends out traveling men, to
drum up tlio retail dealers, who must
buy what thoy sell from tho jobbors.
For tho manufacturers, as a rule, will
not dispose of their goods directly to
tho retailer, thus compelling tho con
sumer to pay what would scein to the
untutored mind to bo an extra unneces
sary profit. And this is rendered tho
moro aggravating when one considers
tho difforonco between tho actual cost
of turning out a pair of shoes and tho
price Itt which tho samo pair is finally
sold. Tho oxpenso of making it is to
tho manufacturer, say, $1.25 of good
stock and well constructed for wear
and his price, by tho case, is $1.80.
Tho jobbor fceolvos $2. GO for it from
tho retailor, who charges his customers
$4.60 for tho article marked down
from $0, don't you know. Tho gains
on tho sale of moro oxpensivo boots
aro much greater. lioslon Cor. Chicago
Tribune.
m
CHARMING HUMBUGS.
How Trrtty Women Aro I'liiylng Conll
ileiiro (iimiot on HimIiioh Men.
"A now class of swindlers havo bo
gun operations in Fifth avonuo and up
por Hroadway," said ono of Inspector
Hyrno's detectives this morning while
watching a woll-drosscd woman across
tho street.
"That 'lady' over thero Is i leading
mombor of tho gang," ho continued.
"Sho would mako $10 or 15 a day If
lot alone. Sho used to bo a shop-lifter.
Hecauso of tho danger of detection and
a certain knowledge that sho'd bo sen
tenced to tho longost term possibloif
again arraigned boforo anyjusticoin tho
city, sho and somo of her former com
panions havo conceived tho idea of
making a good living as aristocratic
beggars. You seo thoy dress fashion
ably, havo pleasing manners and know
just whom to strike.
"A good-natured business man is
their victim every timo. Ono of tho
gang will accost him in tho middlo of a
block, out of hearing distance. Her
manner of greeting him would lead
nny ono across tho street to think hor
m acquaintance. In a low tone sho
says sho luus lost her pocket-book or
been robbed. Hor husband or brothor,
of course, is a member of tho samo ox
chtuigo as tho gentleman addressed.
Hor name is given and recognized, and
then, with falso embarrassment and
blushes, sho would troublo her victim
for a few dollars.
"Nino times out of ton tho unsuspect
ing individual will say: 'Why, certain
ly; pray don't mention it,' and pass
over a llvo-dollar noto In a hurry, glad
at tho opportunity to do it Tho swin
dler asks for his card and goes In search
for another victim, after expressing her
hearty thanks. Tlio samo person Is
never 'struck' twice, and In this way
tho swindler cscaes positive detection.
A fow of the fraternity will tacklo
members of their own sex with a story
calculated to win a dollar or two; but
this Is only dono when thoro Is scarcity
of male pray. Thoy work all sorts of
dodges, and nra often successful simply
bocauso of their tlno appearance and
good manners. 1 tried hard to get a
well-known man who had been swindled
by that woman across tlio way toproso
cuto her, but ho declined, saying it
would bo a shame to lock up such a
pretty woman." .V. I Telegram.
Cause for Surprise.
Friend (to young artist) Why,
Charley, I'm surprised to too you out
to-day l
Young Artist Why so?
Friend I paused your loarding
house a llttlo while ago and 1 saw a shirt
hanging on tho Hue which I am quite
ura belong toyou. 7vm Siftings.
'
When a man learns to mind hlsown
uiiIiio and to Iinivo the uttulrof
ut hor alone ho nwoinplUlio a uovoe
u gnmt iu fulU to common mortal.
lurfAu'n I'mrum IhivM,
GREAT MEN'S NEIGHBORS
Rome Mnrlen or LonRfrllow. Hawthorne
hiiiI Other Noted Writers.
A "society" woman nt whoso table
Longfellow was dining asked him: "Oh,
Mr. Longfellow, havo you over pub
lished a book?" This was after two
thirds of his life-work was dono. Haw
thorne says that in his later years he
met msny people who knew him well ns
tho ex-surveyor of tho Port of Salem,
but who never know that ho had writ
ten any thing, nnd had not even heard
that thero was such a book as "Tho
Scarlet letter." Even tho genial "Auto
crat" Is not appreciated by every body
in his' own town. Ono day an American
gentleman went into a barber's shop as
Dr. Holmes was going out "bo you
know who that was that just went out?"
asked the barber. Heing curious to
,eo what account of Dr. Holmes tho
barber would give, tho visitor shook his
head. "Why." said the barber, "that's
old Dr. Holmes." "And who is Dr.
Holmes?" "Oh; he's been a doctor horo
a good many years. I believe ho ain't
praeticin" any more, but bo's thought a
great deal of."
A crushing remark was onco mado
by a would-be flatterer lo Mr. W. D.
IIowclls, tho American novelist Shortly
after the publication of "The Lady of
tho Aroostook," "A Foregone Conclu
sion," ati'l "Venetian Life," a lady asked
that gentleman for his autograph,
whereupon he wrote somo ivipromptu
verses in her album. Sho read them
over, and then gavo an encouraging
smile. "Oh. Mr. Howells." sho cx
clnimed, "I should think you might do
something for tho papers and maga
zines; I'vo scon much worse things than
thnt in print!"
When oven Dickens and Thackeray
met with experiences somewhat similar
to this, tho small fry can scarcely hope
to escape Men well known in other
walks of lifo aro scarcely less fortunate
than tho novelist Take, for instance,
tho story told by a clergyman as boing
part of a conversation hold by him with
an Englishman to whom ho pointed out
General Grant's residence in New York.
The Englishman asking: "Whntnnmo?"
and seeming to attain no further light,
tho clergyman repeated it to him and
said: "Of course, you havo heard of
General Grant? Ho was our President
for eight years, ending in 1877."
"Ah!" remarked the Englishman, still
with no evidence of recalling a fact
previously known.
"Then, too," proceeded tho clergy
man, "ho was a great General, and was
in command of 1,000,000 mon at tho
closo of tho war. You remember our
into war, of course?"
"Well, no," was tho answer. "Hog
pardon, but I havo just arrived in this
country, nnd was so long at sea that I
havo not heard tho latest nows. I was
at sea sixteen days, really."
This gentleman was scarcely abreast
with the times, and his ignorance
reminds ono of
mous question to
boro: "Adam?
Mark Twain's fa
il railway carriage
What's his othor
namo?"
It is really surprising how fow emi
nent Americans aro known to tho aver
age "general reader" in England. In
America, tho names of many of our
prominent men must bo familiar, in
consequence of tho frequency and fa
miliarity with which their actions aro
discussed in tho columns of most of tho
great newspapers. Ono is surprised, in
deed, to seo English affairs dealt with
iw if England were only somo two hun
dred or threo hundrpd miles from Now
York.
Greatness is paid homngo to by somo
peoplo in peculiar whys. Every body
must remember tho story told in con
nection with Victor Hugo. Tho great
poet was startled ono morning by tHo
Intrusion of threo Englishmen. "Vic
tor Hugo," said one, consulting a pockot
book. Tho poet bowed, thinking that
ho should bo asked for his autograph
noxt. After tho visitors had stared for
a fow (eonds tho pocket-book was again
consulted. "Eleven o'clock; tho lions!"
said tho spokesman. Then tho party
bowed and walked out of tho room.
Chambers' Journal.
PAPER UNDERWEAR.
Chinese I'liper-Sliiker Compote. With the
Mnniifnrturorii of MuhIIii.
Paper fabric will actually tako tho
place of genulno cloth to somo extent
In a modification of what used to bo
called the Fedora front, to be worn by
a fashionable girl, tho chemlsetto, or at
least a portion of it disclosed between
tho front edges of the jackot, Is com
X)sed of pujior, stamped and cut In Imi
tation of laco and embroidery. This
innovation was premeditated to tho ox
tent that an order was sent to China
moro than a year ago for tho manufac
ture of tho stuff in tho fibrous sort of
paper produced only in that country.
Thus It is that the masculine example
of paper collars and cuffs has been fol
lowed, in an idealized manner, by a
feminine acceptanco of paper chem
isettes. Tho paper looks exactly like
soft, unlaundrled llnon, and Is qulto
tough enough, it Is woll to say, to pre
vent easy accidents In tho way of rents.
Patterns nra Ingenious imitations, not
only of plain, tine muslin, but of lace.
That Is timely, because thero Is a tend
ency to use laco mora generously with
deml-toilets for tho afternoon. Somo
ladles aro returning to the handsome
real laces so long laid aside, while tho
merchant still find their bot profit in
the lino hand-woven imitation laces so
long popular. Gauzes, net. blonde and
ulllc mueltiu, together with rlbboiu.urt)
combined with frill and jaUits of laco
In pliiktrous, vi'u and Holm of variou
kliuU. Kum for full draa tolluU tho
Miniii'lta jiiiikuta aro worn with a full
Iilouo of uroumwlilto Clilim orujM.
,V. '. .Vtilf ami Kijuch,
CRADLES FOR BABIES.
Some Singular rrUon I'repureil for In
runt In Distant I.nnui.
The Chinese havo a queer institution
which they call tho winter cradle. It
Is shaped somewhat like an hour glass
and sUinds on end. Thero Is an open
ing ubovo and below, and tho waist,
which is contracted, servos to keep
tho celestial baby on his feet Day
after day little almond-shaped eyes
peep over this top of tho cradle and
tittle hands play with miniature dragons
and other toys until tho nurso puts in
an appearance. Somo of theso winter
cradles aro mado of wicker-work and
aro beautifully painted by Chinese wo
men artists. It is almost impossiblo
for ono to bo upset; but now nnd then,
when two aro placed togethor and tho
occupants declare war and measure
arms, two cradles roll over tho floor
to noises thnt "bring down tho house."
Tho Lapp baby very often has a snow
cradle, for when tho indulgent mother
attends church sho makes a holo in tho
snow outside and deposits tho young
Laplander therein. It is no uncommon
sight to seo a circle of theso snow
cradles in front of a Lapp chapol, and
now and then a lot of fierce-looking
dogs aro on guard to keep off tho
wolves that might meditate a raid on
tho baby contingent. The Lnppcradlo'
In material differs essentially from that
used by tho Hushman baby, whoso
mother digs a holo in tlio hot sand nnd
chucks him therein in tho shadow of
some lonely bush. Sometimes tho
cradle is ready to hand in tho shape
of an ostrich nest, and now and then
somo feathers left by the mighty bird
help to soften tho nest of tho futuro
Hushman warrior.
There Is a tribo in tho palm region of
tho Amazon that cradles the young in
palm leaves. A singlo leaf turned up
around the edges by somo natlvo pro
cess makes an excellent cradle, and
now nnd then it is mado to do service as
a bath tub. Strong cords aro formed
from tlio sinews of another species of
palm, and by theso this natural cradle
is swung alongside a tree, and tho wind
rocks tho llttlo tot to sleep. Long ago,
tho Amazonian mothers discovered that
it is not wiso to lcavo baby and cradlo
under a cocoa palm, for tho mischiev
ous monkey delighted to drop nuts
downward with unerring precision. An
oldor child is stationed near by to
watch tho baby during tho siesta, and
tho chatter of tho monkeys overhead is
enough to cnuso a speedy migration.
Patagonian babies aro kept in cradles
mado of flat pieces of board. Two
pieces of guanaco skin are so arranged
across tho cradlo that tho child is firmly
fastened inside, and can bo carried thus
suspended from a saddle bow without
danger. In tho rudo huts of this people
theso cradles aro hung hnmmockwiso
to tho rafters, and amid tho smoko that
darkens everything, including his very
nature, as it beems, tho Patagonian in
fant passes tho first stages of babyhood.
When tho village migrates tho cradlo is
swung from tho saddle, and in swim
ming a stream it floats liko a canoo on
tho surface, whllo the horso is almost
entirely submerged. Sir Francis Head,
who saw a good deal of Patagonian lifo
years ago, leaves on record tho state
ment that tho Patagonian baby in his
queer cradle is ono of tho best uatured
representatives of tho infant world.
Ono would hardly go to KaHlrland for
a fantastic cradle, and ono almost as
queer as as it is fantastic at that. Yot
ho would find such a ono thero. The
Ivaflir baby, when ho comes into tho
world, Is put into a cradlo or bag mado
of antelope skin, with tho hair on. This
baby castle, narrow toward tho bottom,
widens to within a fow inches of tho
opening, when it again suddenly con
tracts. Tho skin is turned inward, giv
ing tho young Kaffir its soft a bod as
somo found in tho cradles of royalty.
Four long strips of antelopo skin aro at
tached to tho cradle, and cnablo tho
mothor to swing it on hor back after a
peculiar fashion. Drake's Magazine.
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Don't Learn to Carve.
Nover learn to carve, young man.
Thero is no fun in it. A knowledge of
tho art saddles you whh a responsibil
ity, which, whllo it may procure you
invitations to dinner, sits heavily on
tho soul and brings wrinkles into tho
forehead. If you do not perform tho
work artistically, you aro criticised. If
a tough fowl goU away from you and
takes refuge in a lady's lap, you aro
laughed at and make an enemy of tho
fair ono whoso dress you soil or spoil.
You offend Jones if you send tho choic
est out to Smith, and vice versa. You
must send tho best away and resorvo
only tho least to bo desired for yourself.
Tho waiters make you tho subjoct of
their remarks, nnd by putting their
heads together and jerking their thumbs
over their shoulders in your direction
ombnrrass you dreadfully; you know
by the fiendish leer on their faces thnt
they have set you down as a blacksmith,
if tho room is warm you aro thrown in
to a violent perspiration; your collar
wilts, neektlo gets awry, your appotitQ
leaves you, and when your labors aro
finished you begin your dinner with tlio
air of one who has been in a pugilistic
mill and come out second best Don't
learn to carvo. Nebraska State Journal.
Knew How It Was Herself.
"When you speak of tho early closing
movement. Miss Crayoraft," exclaimed
tho caller, with enthusiasm, "you touch
on a tuple In which 1 am deeply intvr
f tcd. 1 am In favor of any thing that
will shorten tho dreary hour of work-Ing-muu
and women."
"I inn glad to hoar you wiy mi, Mr.
Slowgn," ah! thu young UAy, as nho
lookisl hoMfully itt the ukmk. "1 um
u work Int'-vvuinuii uiyolf.H C'hkajo