I
A WeMnrn Editor' Views on Various
trm anil Things.
Stop It. Thore's too much poetry
in this Western country ten times too
much. Every week fifty or more men
and women in this locality, who ought
to bo ongnged hoeing potatoes or mak
ing rag carpet, worry the life out of
the best part of seven days to "dash
off" a poem for the Kicker. Not ono
(Out of five hundred is truo poetry, and
not moro than ono out of a bushel is
worth publishing. Thero should bo a
law applying to the country west of
Omaha a law to make it a penal of
fense to send a poem to a newspaper
unsolicited. Wo are satisfied that this
rhymc-jingllnghas retarded the growth
of the West twenty yeirs. and it will
continue to work against us until thero
Is a law to stop It.
Not Appreciated. The efforts of a
hundred or moro of our citizens to
mako up for tho lack of natural
scenery in and around the town by
standing on tho street corners with
logs crossed and hands in pockets is
not appreciated by those competent to
judge of effects. It is pretty hard for
a red-eyed old squat like Judgo Harri
son to pose in such a way as to pass for
a noble cataract, and tho efforts of
Major Philbrick to pass himself off as
a substlturo for a precipice tivo hun
dred feet high brings ridicule on tho
whole county. Gentlemen, your proper
pose is in a lock-step line. We are ad
vising you as a friond.
We Can't See It. Our contempo
rary down tho street is tickled almost
to death because Major Bilden has been
appointed postmaster of this town,
and because, as It affirms, the editor of
tho Kickor got loft. We can't seo any
thing to laugh at. A o were the best
man by long odds among tho twenty
applicants, and if Wanamakor
couldn't seo it the fault was not ours.
Wo expected to got tho appointment
and ought to have had It. Tho man
who did got it doesn't know enough to
run a peanut stand and if tho Kickor
doesn't make his life miserable for the
next year then wo don't want a cont.
As for our old knock-kneed, bald
headed, squint-eyed contemporary who
wears a grin on his phiz, wo will see
him later. Wo aro fishing to get hold
of tho chattel mortgage given on his
oilice threo months ago, and if wo
succeed ho will hear something drop.
Wk Stand Neutual. Tho editor of
the Kicker has been asked to express
his opinion on tho conduct of Presi
dent Harrison in furnishing fat places
to so many of his relatives. Wo stand
neutral on that question, having an
application on file in Washington to
bo appointed Indian Commissioner for
this reservation. If we don't get tho
appointment wo shall have a very do
cided opinion on Mr. Harrison's nepo
tism. If we do got it wo shan't bite
the hand which feeds us.
One Moke Chance. Hilly Dobson,
proprietor of tho Blue Front saloon
and gambling house, was tho first
Bubscrlber to tho Kicker. Ho en
couraged us and occasionally lent us
money,- and our gratitude has pro
rented us from drawing attention to
his den of iniquity. Wo can't promise
to hold off much longer. Wo shall
give him one moro ehance to reform!
tho place, and If ho doesn't improve it
wo shall givo him th co or four col
umns per week of the hottest kind of
language. Gratitude is all right up to
a certain limit. Beyond that an editor
owes a duty to the public.
Please Excuse. Our proof-reador
was off on a drunk last week and our
two printers wore called to Tombstone
to seo their mother die. Wo were
very busy in our grocery, harness
shop, hardware and millinery store,
and the Kickor did not present the ap
pearance and interest we could have
wished for. We had to chuck in six
columns of old patent medicine ads,
and tho first page was the same mat
ter as tho week previous, but these
things are trille incidental to tho bus
iness of a great publishing house. We
trust that our subserilers will over
look all mistakes and encourage us to
greater efforts by promptly renewing
their subscriptions. Detroit Free
Pross.
Manufacture of Celluloid.
Tho manufacture of celluloid is
largoly enrried on in France. A roll
of paper is slowly unwound and at the
samo time saturated with a mixture
of five parts of sulphuric and two
parts of nitrio acid, which falls on tho
paper In fine spray. This changes the
cellulose of the paper into pyroxlllne,
or gun cotton. The excesses of the
acid having been expelled by pressure,
tho paper is washed with plenty ol
water, and all traces of acid aro re
moved. It is then reduced to a pulp
and passes on to tho bleaching trough.
Most of tho water having been got rid
nf hv innitns of a strainer. It is mixed
Its wt'l"ht In camphor: a second mix-
us wt i lit i I .11111 " ' ,., .
turo and grinding follows. 1 lie pulp
is spread out in thin slabs, which are
squeezed in tho hydraulic press until
they aro as dry as chips. They are
then rolled in heated rollers, and
come out in strips, which are ready to
be worked up into any desired form.
N. Y. Mail and Express.
i Well, doctor, how did you enjoy
jyour African Journey? How did you
ilke tho savages?" "Oh. they are
(very kind-hearted people; they want
ed to keep mo there for dinner." Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Thero nro thirteen different way
of nuking strawberry shortcake, ijgd
wfcHtfuyer way you try you will wuh
you had decided to have struwberrliM
and creum. Detroit Free Prets.
THE ARIZONA kicKER.
ANTWERP CATHEDRAL.
What One Cnn See When Looking Out of
Window In It Tower.
Up, up. higher and higher 1
mounted, constantly finding the stone
steps moro and moro worn and
cracked. It became lighter, and soon
a brilliant shaft of sunlight appeared
through a narrow Gothic window In
tho tower. I was now considerablj
nbove tho roof of tho cathedral. Just
beneath tho window a huge gargoyle
shaped like a dragon stretched out Its
length abovo the roofs far below.
From tho squaro beneath I doubt if
one could have distinguished its form,
but from where I stood above him the
stono dragon seomed to bo at least
twelve feet long. About him, all
carved in stono, wero huge roses and
leaves each rose as largo as a bushel
baskot. Doves wero Hying around at
that great height, or, resting upon tho
grim figures, cooed softly to one an
other. As I stood gazing out at tho
uonderful carvings for which this
cathedral is famous, a massive, flat
piece of motal came jerkily up boforo
the narrow window out of which I was
looking. For a moment I was puzzled,
but then suddenly it dawned upon me
that tho object I had seen must be a
part of the minuto-hand of tho huge
clock In the tower. It was quite near
tho window, and I put out my hand
and touched It. In three jerks the
minute-hand had passed on, making
its mighty round at tho rate of a foot
a minute.
From tho window whore I rested,
tho panorama was unsurpassed. It Is
said that one hundred and twenty
steoples can bo counted, far and near.
upon a clear day. I did not attempt
this, however. Toward tho north,
tho river Scheldt wound its silvery
way until it was lost in tho midst of
the horizon as it joined tho North Sen.
Looking east, toward Holland. I saw
dimly tho towns shining in tho sun
light. When the titmosphero is clear,
tho guide-book says, ono can see towns
fifty milos away. Below, tho great
square seemed to havo contracted, and
tho few lazily-moving cabs, drays anr.
people looked liko flies creeping across
a piece of coarso baggage. Soon I
realized that it was quite lato in the
day and that if I wished to seo tho
famous Carillon 1 should lose no time.
Tho bells in tho tower of Antwerp
Cathedral aro doubtless qulto as in
teresting: to many tourists as aro tho
great pictures by Peter Paul Kubens
in the cathedral itself. These bolls
havo curious histories, and quaintly
worded inscriptions may bo deciphered
on many of them. Besides tho forty
bells comprising tho Carillon, thero
aro five bi-ils of great interest in tho
tower Tho most nncient of thes ta
named "Horrida;" and is said to
dato from 1316. It is a peculiar
pear-shaped boll, and Is rarely rung.
Next In importance comes the "Cur
few." and it is tho sweot noto of this
boll that is heard far over tho polders
of Belgium, every day at five, at twolve
and at eight o'clock. Next in rank is
tho boll called "Ste. Marie," said to
seigh between four and five tons.
Charles tho Bold hoard its first peal
as ho entered tho city in 1467. At its
sides hangs "Silent St. Antoino," so
called because its voice has not boon
heard for nearly a century; and, final
ly, wo come upon grand "Old Carol
us," tho greatest of them. It Is called
Carolus because it wns given by tho
Emperor Charles V. The popular bo
lief is that gold, sllvor and copper en
tor Into its composition, and it is
valued at nearly $100,000. I saw
whero tho clapper, from always strik
ing in tho samo place, had worn away
tho motal from tho sides. Far below
hangs tho ropo, by which it is rung
on rare occasions, with sixteen ondh
for as many ringors; and even sixteen
strong bell-ringers aro none too many.
George Wharton Edwards, in St.
Nicholas.
TROUT CAN REMEMBER.
Proof Tlmt FUli HttTe llenaonlue Power
and Kxerrloe It.
"Some tlmo before tho death of Seth
Green, tho colebrated Now York fish
culturlst and naturalist," said a Phlla
dolphlan who takos great interest l
niscicultural matters, "I paid a visit
with him to tho llsh hatchory of that
State at Calodonia. In ono of the
nonda thero at that time, thero wero
live thbusand larzo brook trout, every
I ono of which had been captured with
tho fly tied on bnrbless hooks In un
frequented brooks In tho Adirondocks
region. Those trout. Mr. Green said,
hud convinced him that fish havo rea-
3oning power and memory. When
they wero hooked, ho said, and wero
reeled slowly In by the caroiui nsnor
mon who wore capturing them for the
State pond, they had time and oppor
tunlty to noto tho form and character
of the tackle that made tnom prison
ors. According to Mr. Greon they
that experience,
pond a
... v,
!lon time, tho females never t
being al
lowed to spawn there, und would fol
low Mr. Green as ho walked ulong tlio
i.dci, of tho wator. tossing bits of liver
Into tho pond. To show that his the
ory about their inomory and reason
was correct, ho would carry a cano and
a fi-ii nu I'oncHiiled behind his back.
If he took tho cane from Its conceal
meat and hold It out over tho water
the fish paid no nttention to it; but the
moment he produced tho rod with its
reel and line attached away the trout
niiinered liko a flash to distant part
-r lit-iwinil. Mr. Green told me that
he would permit nny one to cast a fly
In that pond to his heart' content, as
ho was satisfied flint not on of the
trout would come, near It. so vividly
did Ihoy rmnombor their enemy of five
year. before." PMludilpuia IVo.
FROCKS FOR CHILDREN.
Beautiful anil Tantchil OuttU For the Ut
ile One.
A frock of Henriotta cloth had the
nklrt in wido side plaits with baiid "of
wldo galloon just nbovo tho hem; cut
away jacket body with fronts opening
over a vest of contrasting matorinl.
Tho vest had bands of tho galloon
round the lower edge and as a finUh
to tho turn-over pointed collar. Tho
vest was round at tho top and )jti
rows of narrow velvet sot plain round
tho nock. Tho sleeves wero plain and
had pointed cuffs. Tho fronts of tho
jnckot and the sleeves at tho edges of
tho cuffs had fancy buttons. Tho
cuffs wero tilmtned with narrow volvet
to match the vest. Bolt trimmed with
rows of volvot.
Anothor cloth dross had tho skirt
gathered full Into a pointed bolt of
velvet; plain, closo-fittlng body with
smnll capo; standing collar of volvot,
full sleeves gathered Into volvot cuffs;
velvet vost.
Another vory pretty llttlo frock was
of camel's hair. Tho skirt was gath
ered into a round belt, odgod with
fancy cross-stitchod embroidery. Tho
half-fitting jackot opened over a plain
vost. Plain sleeves, nnrrow standing
collar with bow at tho side. Tho front
of tho vest, tho edges of tho jacket,
tho collar, bolt and bo'tom of tho
skirt wero finished with tho cross
stltched embroidery.
Another was camol'shatr and surah.
Plain skirt in side plaits, looso jackot
body with vory wido collar turned
over tho shoulders. Fuli slooves with
wldo. straight cuffs. Long, vory full
vest of surah. Vost, corners of the
collar, corners of tho jackot and tho
cuffs wero embroidered in quaint de
signs. A dainty llttlo frock for a child of
eight was of gray, fancy-stripod flan
nel, with a front of pink vnlllng. Iho
waistcoat and cuffs woro finished with
old sllvor buttons. The rovoro, cuffs
and full vost wero of tho vailing.
nothor was of white boating flan-
nol. Tho plaited skirt was trimmed
at tho foot with a doop band of navy
blue and white e tripod llannol. The
bodlco was of whlta with chomlsotte
of velveteen and trimmings of tho
striped flannel.
A. vory elognnt llttlo frock of volvot
and surah had a skirt of plain volvot,
with long plaited polonaise of surah,
opening at tho sldo, showing tho vol
vot skirt. Tho front was plaited from
collar to waist lino, tho plaits running
to a point Tho back was in full box
plaits. A sash of tho surah was
knotted round tho waist; tho ends
falling ovor tho volvot skirt. Full
slooves, with orabroldorod cuffs and
ombroldored standing collar.
Another was of lino cloth. Tho sidos
and back of tho skirt wore in box
plaits, the front In vory narrow sldo
plaits. Jackot body with long pointed
rovers aro cut squaro and fall ovor tho
skirt. A sash is sot undor the sldo
sections and crossings In front with a
wide ond. Pointed vost of wido plaits
Slooves with full puff at tho shoulders
and nlain bolow. Collar and cuffs of
fancy ombroidored trimming.
A frock for a small girl was of Ben
gallno. The skirt was gathered full
into a bolt, bolow which wero rows of
shirring. Full waist, sleeves slightly
full. Plain collar and V shaped vest
of tho material, with vory wido gradu
ated collar of ombroidory falling ovor
tho shouldors and crossing tho front
from loft to right, whero it is fastened
to tho bolt by a largo bucklo. Wldo
cuffs of ombroidory.
A frock of striped silk and plain vol
vot was vory pretty and stylish. Tho
skirt was of silk, tho front in largo
box plaits; the sides and back in sldo
plnlts. Tho vest and lower parts of
the sleeves woro of silk also. Rodln-
gote of volvot, tho fronts turned back
and fnced with silk of tho samo color
as tho ground of tho silk skirt; coat
skirts at tho back; folds of volvot from
tho shouldor seams to tho waist lino In
front Vory full puffs at tho shoul
dors, with plain bands bolow. Collar
and cull's of plain volvot Twisted sash
of silk to match tho facings of the
redlngote. Philadelphia Record.
An Anecdote With a Moral.
Tho doubts that many shrowd peo
plo feel as to tho professional insight
and honesty of oven their petphyslcatw
will got a trifle of confirmation from
this llttlo story. There was until
within a fow years an English doctor
whoso morning lovoos woro crowded
beyond description. It was his pride
and boast that ho could feel his pa
tients pulse, look at his tongue, probo
at him with his stethoscope, write Mb
prescription, pocket his feo, in a space
of tlmo varying from two to ilvo mm
utos. Ono day an army man was
shown into tho consulting room and
underwent what may bo called tho In
stantaneous process. When It was
completed tho patient shook hand
with the doctor and said: "J am os
ncciallv triad to moot you, m I have
often hoard ray father, Colonel For-
estor, speak of his old friend Dr. 1
What!" oxclaimod tho doctor; "aro
you Dick Forester's Hon?" "Most cor
talnly I am." "My dear follow, fling
that infernal prescription into tho fire
and sit down quietly and tell mo
what's the matter with you. How
can I guess at It und do my duty by
you?" N. Y. Independent
Why a West Point resignation
was requested. Lieutenant " Don'
you know enough to paluta your supe
rior offlcerr' Wow bentry "i uia
sir." hleutonnnt "I fulled to see
you." Now Sentry "Just as you
came along I said fah, there!' but
guess you didn't hear me." Judge.
EDUCATION OF GIRLS.
Mr. Freil Clrant Advance Some Strang
Iteaetloriar; Idea.
It Is said thnt Mrs. Frid Grant has
some reactionary ideas on tho subject
of the education of women which sho
is carrying into effect upon her own
llttlo daughter. Mrs. Grant, who was
a Miss Honore, Is ot French extrac
tion, was herself bred in tho convent,
where, as Is known, tho most ad
vanced Ideas aro not as a rule Incul
cated. But sho goes even further bnclc
than do most of tho modern convents.
Sho has a porfeoUhorror of the theory
of woman's suffrage, and qulto as much
for tho theories of thoso who advocate
tho higher education of women, in
which slio does not in tho least beliove.
Sho holds that womon should not bo,
nor oven doslro to be, nny thing but
wives and mothors, and not oven wives
and mothors according to tho modern
standard, but should strictly conform
themselves to such rules as used to be
laid down for them by tho stern
fathers of the Church. Following out
this theory, Mrs. Grant has allowed
no'ilng to be taught her llttlo daugh
ter which would tend to mako her In
dependent, self-reliant or forcible.
Tho four rules of arithmetic aro tho
strict limit of her mathematical
education. Philosophy of any sort
sho Is not even allowed to hear
suggestion of. Sho is novor
permitted to arguo upon any subject
whatovor, and is tralnod to accept
absolutely whatever Is told her without
quostlon. Her education consists of
tho study of music, such literature
as her mother thinks best for her to
read, a littlo history, drawing, needle
work, and tho languages, and all this
Is taught her by a prlvato governess,
who lives with her and Is warranted
not to instill Idoas outside of thoso
elomentary onos Mrs. Grant considers
suited to femulo capacity. Tho
Honores have always carofully kept
up tnolr rroncn, and tno urani
children have had, besides, a French
nurse, so that they would learn tho
two languages togothor and know no
difference botween them. Mrs. Grant
tnkes great pains with their pro
nunciation, and they really speak
beautiful French, with tho fluency
and accont of natives. S'no is particu
larly pleased on their account that her
husband should hao a mission to a
German-speaking country, and boforo
his term at Vienna has finished they
will undoubtedly bo speaking the
language liko natives, as sho means to
surround thorn entirely with Germans
as their teachers and attendants, In
order that thoy may speak tho tongue
with that enso which can only bo had
from , Intimate association with tho
Teutons. Tho daughtoro is. a protty
child of a brunette, ' French typo, and
rosombles tho Honores ontlroly, whllo
tho boy Is a Grant. Cor. N. Y. World.
ABOUT WHEAT CUTTING.
The Uest Stage at Which to Begin Har
vesting Operation.
Whether tho acreage bo largo or
small, it is important to harvest In
good season. A fow days' dolay will
mako considerable dlfforonco In tho
quality of tho grain, besides increasing
tho loss In handling.
Improved machlnory has lessoned
very materially tho work of harvest
ing a largo crop of this grain. Every
thing should bo In readlnoss so as to
be able to push tho work as rapidly as
possible. It is quito a systom to
start as soon as tho grnln Is sufficient
ly rlpo, and by having every thing
ready this can bo dono whllo tho work
can bo pushed along. Tho ronpor or
binder must bo in good ropalr, as a
comparatively small break may causo
considorablo loss. If tho machine Is
an old ono, or If It has stood out ox
posed to tho weathor, a thorough
ovorhaulincr should bo given, looso
bolts bo tightened up, screws and all
working parts bo adjusted. A looso
bolt or screw may bo tho causo of con
sidorablo damago.
So far as possible, tho best stage at
which to commonco harvesting the
wheat Is whllo tho grain Is in tho
dough, and just as it begins to harden.
If cut too early tho grain Is liable to
shrivel up In drying, and, If allowed to
got too ripe, will often blench and will
shake out moro In handling. If cut
reasonably early tho straw will mako
a much hotter feed so thot It Is vory
Important to commence tho work as
soon as the grain is ready. It is best
as far as can bo done to keep woll up
with tho work of shocking. Thero is
always moro or loss dnmago dono by
allowing tho wheat to lie inthobundlo
after cutting, while thero Is tho addi
tional risk of a shower, and If one
comes tho damage will bo still groator.
Wheat can bo shocked up and stacked
much wetter than any othor kind of
grain or htiy, and will dry out with
less injury; at tho same tlmo It is best
to shock up and keep dry. If tho
bundles nro properly sot up and woll
capped, tho danger of gottlng wot will
be largoly reduced. It is important in
ihocking up tho whoat to set tho bun
dles up straight and close together
and ovonly on all Hides, ho us to resist
the wind and keep tho ruin from blow
ing In. if dry, whent can bo stacked
vory soon after cutting; yot whon it la
Intended to stuck as soon us It Is sulll
ccntly dry care should bo tuken to
ihock up well. St Louis Republic.
"Almost nil womon will give a
tymputhutic hearing to mon who aro
In love," says Thackeray. "Bo they
sver so old, they grow young again In
thut conversation, und renew theirown
;arly time. Men ure not qulto so gen
jrous." i m i
StrHngo but true. "The quiet
marriuge" make tho most noiso whon
It tftttj? PMr- Chicago Inter Oeeaa.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
"A hired girl," onco said a back
country Now England farmer, "costs
wages, but all a wife noeds Is two cal
ico dresses u year, and sho does nil tho
work."
Alexander Graham Boll, in
Science, calculates that a mother in
talking to her infant speaks :it!,000
words a day equal to about four
hours' continuous talking.
A young lady living in Chester
Valley. Pa., was promised ttiat if -lie
would take charge of a public school
threo young men, each twenty years
of age, would enter her class.
Llttlo No Heart is tho namo of a
Sioux Indian at Cheyenne Agency who
always wears tailor-made suits and is
said to be as dudish as the Littlo No
Brains tribe found in tho larger cities.
A curious fact in natural history
conies from Falrllc, Scotland. A hen,
after hatching several chickens, died;
thereupon a cat took charge of tho
brood, and has since remained their
jealous guardian.
Tho poorest memory on record Is
that of tho follow tried for burglary in
Brooklyn tho othor day. Ho testified
that ho had never been arrested be
fore, but when his memory was jogged
by certain evidence admitted that ho
had a dim recollection of being con
victed of murder onco and given a
twenty-year sentence.
A swimming professor says In re
gard to sea bathers caught by tho un
dertow, that tho bather should keop
cool, lio as flat on his back as possible
and wait for a wavo. With tho wave
ho should mako a vigorous stroke for
tho shore and then lie still and level
again until another wavo will help
him. In this way ho can cheat tho
sea of a victim.
Tho following memorandum was
handed to a salesman In a Waynes
boro, Ga., dry goods store by a col
ored man: "May '2 188t) ono Sunt
Clouso Number .12 ono Pare of Lastard
Shoos Number 0 a find Sunday Hat
Number 7 a tlno Whit Shirt No 15 ono
Stanlnd carlor No. 15 a Paro of Sox."
After explaining what ho wanted, his
order wns filled and ho went his way
rejoicing.
A Virginia court has been trying
a case in which the plaintiff, who has
been totally blind for many years,
claims $ 10,000 damages from the Rich
mond & Danvlllu railroad for having
been smashed up in an accident last
year, and so Injured that his logs aro
paralyzed, and ho has to go about in a
wheeled chair. But ho conducted his
own case, and maintains a largo legal
practlco besides.
Potor Trexler, of Catawlssa valley,
noticed a peculiar odor in his tea. and
Mrs. T., on lifting tho kottlo-lld found
a beautiful trout boiled to death. Mr.
T. had kept it for years in his woll to
purify tlio wator. Usually tho wlfo
got wator from tho woll with a buckot,
but being hurried this time sho low
ered tho tea-kettle, clapped tho lid on
without looking into it, and sot It boll
Ing merrily on tho wood lire.
An unfortunnto shoomaker of So
Inn. in Gormany. had to pay vory
dearly for his negligence in al. owing a
nail to pass through tho solo of a shoo
which ho had repaired. Iho custom
ors foot became so Dad that ft was
obliged to bo amputated, and ho sued
tho shoemaker for compensation and
damages. Tho court condemned tho
shoemaker to pay tho sufforor an an
nuity for llfo of $225. also tho cost of
tho doctor ar.il the law suit
Tho commorclal travelors of this
country now number ovor 250,000, and
reach In tholr journoylngs every town
and hamlot in tins country; thoy nro
tho greatest distributors of goods.
shipping about )100,000,000 tons out of
400,000,000 tons now carried yearly by
the railroads, and tuoy spend ovor
$1,750,000 per day. or about $.182,000,
000 per traveling year of nlno months,
which is distributed among tho car
riors, shopkoopors and producors.
Tho Hshormcn who find sport nnd
meat in tho Wlthlacoochio. in Florida,
aro rogrottlng tho fact that tho sucker
fish in that stream aro dying In groat
numbors. Thoy appear to bo affected
witli somo dlsoaso which gives them
tho nppenrnneo of having small-pox
or a similar disease, ns they aro cov
ored by hundreds of bumps and pirn
plos. No ono seems to know the causo
of this strange dlsoaso among them,
and somo pooplo aro found who bo
liovo that It is tho result of tho oxplo
sion of dynnmito In tho water. This
Is hardly tho causo, for tho effect, of
that substanco is inslantaneoi s. Oth
ers advance Iho belief that It is naturii
for fish of that species to die after
spawning.
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A Frenchman's Queer Will.
Fronch judgot havo just decided
most extraordinary will ease, A
1-rencliman or wealth named I ravers
had conceived an intense hatred for
his country. When he died live years
ago ho willed his properly to "tho
poor of London" after these words
"I have always boon oppressed in my
natlvo land. I have arrived at tho
ago of forty-llvo. and havo never been
my own muster. Horrible nation
People of cowards and blockheads! I
should like, to have milliards to givo
to tho English, who are tho born cue.
miod of this Idiotic France. This Is
clear und to tho point," The relatives
of M. Truvers naturally disputed this
will on tho ground that tho tcHutnr
was not of round mind, and that the
will, being framed in hatred of Franco
f i st
was contrary to "puitno oruer, tiiui
lastly, thut it could not bo carried out
in Englund as there was no legal rup
lesentutlvo of tho poor. But the court
overruled all' these objection, urn! tha
appeal- subsequently made hns just
burja rejected. London T linen.
THE LATEST IN JEWELS.
Marqubo rings aro far and a way tb fifre
vorita.
For a plain ring dull gold In ropo patters;
Is quito as stylish as anything;
A miniature sky rocket, complete In every
detail, is tho latest novelty in scarf pins.
A pink, a black and a whito pearl make a
fashlonablo combination In scarf and bonnet
pins.
A shamrock of diamonds, with ruby cen
ter, ornaments tho outer sldo of a golden egg
locket
Leaf patterns in platinum and gold are
much in favor for sloovo links among poopla
of tosto.
A four leaved clover of seed pearls, with a
turquols stem, Is a handsomo design in bon
net pins.
A protty laco pin consists of a crescent of
uoimucnxl gold, within which lies a spray oC
enameled forget-me-nots.
A beautiful penholder is mado of a hollow
silver tube, tho upper end of which, turns
gracefully into a script initial.
pink, a bluo and a yellow daisy, oaov
nottlod sllvor background, combino into a
striking design for boubonniercs.
In silver Jewelry tho rock finish, etched la
quaint designs, Is rapidly superseding the
hammemi patterns so long worn.
Threo silver batons, with cold knob si
among which aro set a diamond and a ruby.
mako a protty pattern In laco pina.
Marcclml Nell and moss roses in enamel, on
a clouded silver surface, aro dainty aud styl
ish designs for bracelots and brooches.
Pencil point protectors of gold, richly
chased and incrusted with diamonds, ar
among tho novelties recently producod.
An enameled roso aud bud, with diamond
center and stems of ilexils gold, is tho voir
handsomest flower brooch of tho season.
A small gold circle, set with turquoises and
pierced by a tiny arrow of dull gold, la m
pleasing pattern for children's ear drops.
A gold canoo, with oars boneath tha
thwarts and an anchor all ready forward, is
a scarf pin favored by tho amateur yachts
man.
A squaro knot in Roman gold and plati
num, having eitticr a ruby or a diamond in
its center, is a handsomo pattern la cuff bub
tons. An artlstio novelty In garter clasps tea
squaro of partly oxidited silver, in which is
sunk n dainty floral design in bright colored
enamols.
A gold crescent studded with diamonds.
pearls nnd sapphires, and in tho center oL
which sits a grlllln. is a unique pattern La
scarf pins.
A largo central star of pearls and tur
quoises, having a smaller similar star at tha
apex of each ray, is a handsomo design is
garter clasps.
An oblong shaped cuff button much in
favor has half its surfaco richly cbasod on a,
bright gold ground, whilo tho rest is plain in
parkling frosted silver.
A unique pendant for a queen chain Is a.
lady's shopping bag in colored gold. The
drawing strings which closo its mouth ax
continued to form tho chain.
A combination hat or Jersey pin has a lone
needlo of dull gold, topped by a polished
moonstone, toward which a gold spider, wlta.
moonstono body, Is crawling.
A handsomo gold watch cos boars a
"swirl" pattern starting from a central sap.
phiro. Each ray ot tha "swirl" alternately
holds at tho end a diamond and a sapphire.
An "olectrio light" scarf pin represent tha
globe by a spherical moonstone, the wirsa by
thin oxidized silver bars and tho pole by to
pin, which but partly enters tho scarf.
A disk of Roman gold nearly two incbsa
in diameter, and chased in semblance o alli
gator skin, Is a peculiar pendant for a gst
tloman's watch whon worn in tho fob pockaSk
A dainty knife edge bracelet bears six del
icately chased buttercups mounted at equal
distances, each flower holding as a dewdrop
a differently colored stona
A uulque brooch represents in varicolored
gold tho Tarn o' Shanter cap now so fash
ionable. Tho rakish plume which adorns it
Is handsomely ombolllshod with tiny stones.
In sleovo links a combination of the swirl
and tho corrugated patterns, in white enamel
and on a Roman gold ground, starting (rem
either a Cape ruby or a green garnet, la
unique and handsome.
RELIGIOUS GLEANINGS.
There are some fifty colored delegates ts
tho Mothodlst general conference now ia
session.
The avornge rate of baptisms tn the Pro
testant churches of Japan is about 400 a
month.
Tho Salvation Army conducts 0,10O pro
cessions weekly through the streets oC tha
British kingdom, or an average of 1,800 pea
day.
Two of the Unlvcrsallst churches of Main
are prcsidod over by women. Tho Rev. Mist
Haynes preaches atSkowhegnn.aud theRsv.
Miss Angell holds forth at Norway.
Tho Rev. Edward Judson announces that
ho has received in money and subscriptions,
counting value of present property, for tha
new Adonlram Judson memorial, over $114,:
000 of tho $300,000 asked for.
One of the delegates to the Methodist Epis
copal conference, now being hold In New
York, is Mrs. Mary O. Nindo, head ot tha
mission work of Minnesota and an evangel
ist preacher. She has a daughter who is a
missionary in Koo Chow, China. Her baa
band was a soldier under Grant
Professor Herkomer's picture of the lata
Mrs. Cralk will be exhibited at the nsxfc.
Academy tn London. The author of "John
Halifax" sat for the artist shortly before her
death. The grave, aged, geutle lady is de
picted with that calm and simple dignity ot
mien which was so peculiarly her charm to
the last
Of tho 17,743 Fijlans inhabiting the Fiji
Islands, more than nine-tenths attend church
with fair regularity; where fifty years since
there was uot a single Christian, today
there is not a single avowed heathon; all U
Fiji children are in the schools; the schools
and churches havo wholly displaced tha
heathen temples.
The "White Ribbon" army, of which more
than 250,000 women are members throughout
the world, bad an bumble origin in liills
boro, O., some fifteen years ago, whea a Ut
ile band of women, led by Mrs. Judge
Thompson, knelt tn the snow before the sa
loons of the town and besought their owmk
to abandon them.
Iter. Antoinette Brown Qlackwell was tha,.
Ant woman in the United States to prefer
for and regularly eater the ministry. Haa
resides at Elisabeth, N. J., aad her afe Is)
not generally known, though doubtless
looks much younger than set is. Basgrasfe
ated at Oberlla college aad was the objes e
snuch curiosity aad oppasiUoa wbea the Infr,
tisgau bar caresr. . .