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LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Woman as Worker.
The notion that girls are too deli
cate to be useful is limited to a com
paratively small part of the globe.
Throughout Asia, Africa and in large
portions even of Europe and America
there prevails an old belief that they
are born to labor. In Turkestan and
on the Tartar steppes the Kirghese
aultanas and their daughters, and
princesses in whose veins flows the
blood of long line3 of kings, still milk
the sheep, cows and goats and perform
the menial offices of the household, as
the Sanscrit maiden did 6,000 years
ago in the same localities. They cook,
take care of the younger children,
make garments, cure the skins of the
wild fowl, with the feathers on, for
caps, spin cotton, weave cloth and tan
leather by means of sour milk. Simi
lar ideas prevail throughout India,
China and among the native tribes of
Siberia, who have been driven north
ward by aggressive neighbors. The
Tungusian girl gathers the snow,
melts it, makes the tea and the fish
Boup, sews and, being skilful in arch
ery, helps to keep the larder, supplied
with game. The Yakot and Saraovede
maidens, and all who dwell along the
Arctic Ocean, help in summer to lay
up winter supplies, and in winter to
perform all necessary domestic duties.
The Abyssinian girl grinds corn in
the simple mills in use in that country.
The Kaffir- girl weaves baskets and
draws water. The girls in the other
part of the dark continent pulverize
the grain, weave mats, make earthen
vessels and are the hatters of their
tribe.
Life The Tenacity of ttomen.
It appears from the gathered statis
tics of the world that women have
greater tenacity of life than men.
Despite the intellectual and physical
strength or the latter, the softer sex
endures longest, and will bear pain to
which a strong man succumbs. Zymo
tic diseases are more fatal to males,
and more male children die than
female. Deverga asserts that the pro
portion dying suddenly is about 100
women to 7S0 men; 1,030 men in the
United States committed suicide to
2S5 women. Intemperance, apoplexy,
gout, hydrocephalus, affections of. the
heart or liver, scrofula, paralysis, are
far more fatal to males than females
Pulmonary consumption, on the other
hand, is more deadly to the latter.
Females in cities are more prone to
consumption than in the country. All
old countries, not disturbed by emigra
tion, have a majority of females in the
population. In royal families static
ties show more daughters than sons.
The Hebrew women are especially
long-lived; the colored man exception -illy
short-lived. The married state i3
favorable to prolongation of life among
women. Dr. 'Hough remarks that
there are from 2 to 6 per cent, more
males born than females, yet there is
more than 6 per cent, excess of females
in the living population. From which
statistics we conclude that all women
who can possibly obtain one of these
rapidly departing men ought to marry
and that, as men are likely to become
so very scarce, they cannot be suffici
ently prized by the other sex. Modern
Age.
Healthy and Unhealthy Women.
Dr. Hammond, of New York, in his
much-talked-about novel, gives a capi
tal idea of the healthy and unhealthy
women of to-day. He pictures them
at the morning meal.
The first is Theodosia, of whom he
says: "Perhaps there is no better test
of a woman's health and beauty than
her appearance when she presents her
self at an early brekkfast. She is then
more as nature made her than at any
other period of the day, when art has
been brought with a view of heighten
ing her charms. If she has slept well,
t argues to some extent a sound nerv
ous system, and the effect Is seen in
-he brightness of her eyes and the
tone possessed by the muscles of the
face and neck. Her intelligence is
then at the maximum, and she feels the
nental recklessness that is so generally
he result of a sound, healthy sleep,
and that is only a natural elation of
the emotions, pleasant, doubtless, for
her to exhibit, but far more pleasant
io those to whom it is manifested."
The unhealthy woman at breakfast
Dr. Hammond dismisses, a3 follows:
"Her expression is indicative of the
discomfort she has undergone during
the night, her movements are either
painfully slow or aggravating brusque,
her intellect shows stupidity, her emo
tions are torpid, her perceptions dull.
There is no better test of a
woman's health than her ability to eat
a hearty breakfast, and it might al
most be said that her physical beauty
is in direct proportion to the amount
of beef-steak or mutton-chops she can
put into herself at this meal. Certain,
pretty women can always eat a hearty
breakfast."
Laced Herself to Death.
A reporter of the Philadelphia
Record has been interviewing the
foreman of the corset department of
a large fashionable store in that city.
She told him the following story:
" You would not have shoe leather
discarded because numbers of foolish
persons lame and deform their feet
through excessively tight shoes, I sup
pose? Well, no more should corsets be
wholly interdicted simply because
many women lace themselves to
death." " Have you ever known of
such a case?" "Yes. A handsome
young woman used to buy eighteen
inch corsets of us a few years ago.
She was lady's maid to one of our
wealthiest families, and was given to
tight lacing, though no one would have
suspected it save from a slight discol
oration of her nose. But all the
saleswomen thought that eighteen
was her natural waist measure,
and we used to rank her
the most stylish figure that came
into the store. One morning she was
found dead in bed with her corsets on,
laced to the very last notch, a victim
of tight lacing, if there ever was one.
The details were afterwards given to
our employer by ths girl:s mistress.
The girl had long been in the habit of
keeping herself laced so tightly as
scarcely to be able to breathe. Her
fellow-S3rvants declared she would
often tie one end of the laces to a
staple in her bed-room wall, while
seizing the other end with both hands,
and then with this tremendous pur
chase, struggle and tug until the stays
were drawn up to the very last ex
tremity. But this wasn't the worst of
it, for she' had actually been in the
habit of sleeping with them on in this
condition. The 2os mortem showed
that the ribs were drawn so closely to
gether as to interlace, there being to
ward the last such insufficient space
for the action of the heart and lungs
as to have caused her untold agonies,
which were, however, uncomplainingly
borne until death had put an end to
them." '?That is a horrible story."
"It is nevertheless true."
Fashion iVotes.
Bound and pointed waists are equally !
fashionable. j
The Louis XV. casaquin is one of
the dressy fall wraps. 1
Waistcoats of undressed kid are '
worn on the other side. ,
Tho pretty Moliero waistcoat is j
moribund, but it dies hard.
Opaline shot silks are favorites for ;
dressy fall wear in New York. j
Tho trimmed jersey is a popular in j
Paris and London as it is in New j
York. j
Children'3 garments for fall wear
are composed largely of plaids. . f
Some of the new cheviots woven in !
bird's-eye effect are called Florentines. !
Iron rust red velvet is combined ef
fectively with olive-colorod wool in :
fall suits. j
Gordon blue and Little Duke green j
come among a host of new colors for
fall wear.
Military jackets and half military
styles are effected by certain leaders of
European fashions.
For children's dresses, Madeira em
broidery and guipure, both white and
ecru, are much more fashionable than
fine, flimsy laces.
Travelling wraps, rain and dust
cloaks, are made of checked and plaided
tweed, or of brown pongee with vel
vet ribbon trimming.
Pink flowers on dark red or brown
bonnets, white on black or green, ai
poppy red on the light neutral tinU, is
the rule for millinery.
Hats in Paris are very high, and are
trimmed with tufts of flowers, large
ribbon bows, green grasses, green
bearded wTheat, gold lace and red pop
pies. , '
For evening wear the dotted net
called point d'esprit is made up in
puffs over a silk skirt, the full waist
of the same lace, and a velvet corslet
and sash.
Changeable silk in black and gold
is the newest foundation for black lace
costumes. It i3 brocaded with seven
pointed stars and is a revival of an
old patera.
Full tucked skirts, with low-rucked
waists open in front, are shown for
little children's dresses. These frocks
are strapped across the front or laced,
according to taste, and look very
pretty.
A long redingote for a girl of four
teen is made of dark brown cloth in
plain princesse shape with a pointed
hood that ha3 a gay silk lining.
The Arctic Summer.
As the season advances, every cliff
gets noisy with birds solemn rotjes,
lively dovekies,. and tho garrulous
myriads of mollemoke gulls, which
swarm in the sea. The air is alive
with the flights of eider and spectacled
ducks, and on the rocky islets their
nests swarm to such an extent as to
allow scarcely foot-room for the travel
er who may chance to land on these
unfrequented spots. Seals are arriving
on the coast in great abundance.
Whales are "spouting" far out, or
leisurely slumbering on the surface of
the quiet bays. White whales and
narwhals are making the sea merry
with their gambols, and the Esquimau
happy at the thought of endless blub
ber and a sufficiency of food for the
present considers that the future may
look to itself. Even the hungry dogs
participate in the abundant feast;
though, for the most part, being useless
during the period when the ice i3 off
the sea and the snow off the ground
these ravenous beasts of burden are
confined on solitary islets to look out
for themselves as best they may.
On land, the ravens and hawks,
which, with the ptarmigan, form the
chief feathered winter residents, are
joined by numbers of travelers from
more southern lands birds of passage,
which come here to rear their callow
young, and disappear again at the ap
proach of winter. During May and
June they may be seen flying across
the Atlantic, and any ship making for
Spitzbergen or Davis Strait at that sea
son of the year will be sure to be favor
ed with . the visits of snow-buntings
and other birds, which alight on the
rigging to rest themselves during their
long flight. Butterflies and other
insects flit about in considerable abun
dance; and almost every pool is full of
specimens- of the little dytiscus, or
water-beetle, which dart about from
side to side among the water-weed
stems. The white fox, now in it
brown summer coat, i3 barking its
"Aka-ha-ha" from the rock; the quiet
glens are full of herds of reindeer;
while the polar bear, lord of all the
land, has come out of his winter hiber
nation, and is ranging sea ami land
; alike in search of his prey.
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j The Ancient Cities of Amarica.
Tucson, A. T., is an an ient city.
j Antedating Jamestown and Plymouth,
j and visited first in 1540 by Coronado,
it saw its first European settlers in
; 1560, and, its first missionaries in 1581. .
i But long before the year 1840 there j
was an Indian village, established on j
i the site of the present city, so tha j
j Tucsonians can, if they please, claim j
an age for their town as great as the j
: Santa Feans claim for theirs. For al '
practical purpose, however, 1540 is a i
: date sufficiently far away, and if j
j Tucson only continues to improve with ;
age, or becomes as good as she is old,
much may be expected of the place
j Built by the Spaniards, who brought
j so much religion to the people whom
; they conquered, San Xavier (San ,
Havier) is to-day one of the largest,, as i
j it is one of the best preserved, of all j
I the churcbes built during the years of j
the Spanish occupancy of the south- j
j west. Biding from Tucson for nine j
j. miles up the valley of the Santa Cruz
river, one has glimpses from time to j
; time through the grove3 of live oak .
and muskete trees of the white wall3
! and graceful towers of the church as
j they stand clearly outlined against the
sky beyond. It was down this valley
! of the Santa Cruz which is to-day at-
tracting so much attention as an agri-
cultural section that Coronado marched
i on his way from Old Mexico in 1540;
j and before the advent of thi3 intrepid
j explorer and ever since the valley has.
j ben inhabited by the Papago Indians,
! whose adobe houses with thatched
j roofs are scattered along the road, lead
ing to the mission.
The Printer and the Press.
Here's to the honest typo.
Whose busy brain and hand
Presents in most attractive forii
The news of every land;
The treasures of intelligence
Are all at his command.
Here's all success onto the press,
Commissioned to proclaim
The triumphs of inventive art,
The meed of well-earned fame ;
Unmask the face of knavery,
And brighten honor's name.
To write, to speak, without reserve,
Let all the right possess ;
Confusion to the tyrant clown
Who would that right suppress,
And everlasting honor to
The Printer and the Press.
C. F. Green.
HUMOROUS.
Members of a boating club should
always be true to its scullers.
The man who remains out till twenty
four o'clock can be said to be having a
high old time.
Ic is no use telling the individual
with a harsh voice that soaking it in
oil might make it easier.
"La! me!" said the old lady, '.'times
do change. They now wear kids on
their hands When I was a child they
wore out their hands on the kids."
"So you called that well water?" re
marked the stranger, spurting the of
fending liquid from his mouth. "Great
Scot! how must it have tasted when
it was ill?"
"I think I will go to Ohio to live,"
said a maiden of uncertain age. "What
for ?" "Because there is one factory
there that makes 50,000 matches every
day," she replied, with a sigh.
One young man said to another:
"It is a long way from this world to
the next." "Oh never mind, my dear
fellow," said the other; "you'll have it
all down hill."
Departing, I had clipped a curl
That o'er her brow did hanjj ;
She, smiling, said: "You're like a gun,
You go off with a 'bang.'
At which I pressed her lips, and cried;
"For punning you've a knaok ;
But now I'm like a fisherman,
I go off with a 'smack.' "
A new device for wedding break
fasts is a pyramid of transparent ice
having in the centre a photogroph of
the bride and bridegroom. This is
suggestive of coolness as well as ex
clusiveness, A single shoe manufactory in Mas
sachusetts turns out bv patent machin
ery in twelve months as many pairs of
boots and shoes as 30,000 shoemakers
in Paris make by hand in the same
period of time
To. the city of Paris have been pre
sented by the shah of Persia two
diminutive camels ' no larger than
ponies, which belong to an excee iing
ly rare species of which the shah has
four specimens in his private stables.
"Why am I like a Wall-street finan
cier ?" asked a young farmer as he re
turned from the barn. "I give it up,"
replied his father. "Because I have
been watering the" stock." Brooklyn
Times.
"Halloo!" stouled one boy to an
other, whom he saw running wild y
down the street. "Holloo! Are you
training for a race?" "No," called
back the flying boy, Tm racing for
a train."
"Going out with your bride to select
your tableware, are you? Well, young
man, let me give you a hint. Buy
light cups and small plate-. Many
a man and wife have been seriously
injured in a dispute "by big plates."
And old Mr. Budger chuckled and rub
bed his head as th& happy couple
passed on.
Coral Fishing.
Coral fishing is largely followed in
Algeria, 40,000 to 45,000 pounds of
coral, valued at about 38,000, being
the yearly production; La Calle is the
center of this industry, and there are
employed annually 160 boats and 1,300
men. The coral i3 obtained by means
of a wooden apparatus in the shape of
a cross, having in its center a leaden
slug or stone for ballast. Nets, the
meshes of which are loose, are hung on
the bars of the- bottom of the sea, and
among the noks and crevices of the
rocks. Thes nets, winding about the
coraline plant, break up or tear off its
branches, which adhere to the meshes.
The apparatus is drawn up by the fish
erman whenever he thinks it sufficient
ly laden. There is also a net which is
provided with large iron nails, having
thus great force to break the coral, but
this ar gjaxatus ia forbidden to be used.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
jfft who lives for himself, lives but
for a litvTe thin-
Silence la tne wit of ools an one
the virtues of vhe wi3e- - "
Every man's abiy ma-v strength
eneJ or increased by tulture-'
A man need only to coi
rect himself
with the same rigor he r.;i)rehendjrN
others, and excuse others wlw1 tn'
same indulgence that ie show
himself.
One of the greatest duties of parents
is to help their children mark out an v
aim in life. The mistake many fa
thers and mothers make Is in being
too arbitrary in this matter.
Life is made up, not of great sacri
fices or duties, but of little things. In
which smiles and kindnesses and small
obligations, given habitually, are what
win and preserve thelieart and secure
comfort.
To grow old is quite natural; being
natural it is beautiful; and if we
grumble at it, we miss the lesson and
lose all the beauty.
To succeed one must sometimes be
very bold and sometimes very prudent.
Cayenne Pepper. Cayenne pepper
Is said to be a native of South Ameri
ca; it is extensively cultivated in
Jamaica, and is often to be met with
growing in the gardens in this coun
try. It grows usually about eighteen
inches high, and the pods or pepper
are small and slender, about an inch
in length. Cayenne is one of th
strongest, purest, and be.it
Btimulants known; it is also tonic It is
very important to get the pure article
without adulteration. In sudden colds,
a tea of this pepper is good, also in
debility of the stomach, colic, quinsy,
disease of the throat, and dropsical
affections. Combined with honey it
may be made into a plaster, for rheu
matism, gout, etc. Health and Botne
When the Mason & Hamlin Company an
nounced the accomplishment of a great im
provement in Upright Pianos, which they
would soon give to the public, much was ex- .
pected, because of the vast improvements
which had been effected by them in reed in
struments, and the acknowledged superexcel
lence of their organs. These expectations
are fully justified by the pianos which tfiey
are producing, which have extraordinary
purity and refinement of tone. Every me
chanic will see that the peculiarities of their
construction must add greatly to their dura
bility and especially their capacity to keep in
good tune.
This company have as great a future
their pianos as they are already realizing
D
their orjrans, which are confessedly ui
equaled among such instruments. Boston,
Traveller.
A good medical authority says beer is con-
ducive to heart disease.
' No Phytic, Sir, In Mine!"
A good story comes from a boys' boarding
school in "Jersey." The diet was monotonous
and constipating, and tho learned Principal
decided to introduce some old-style physic in
the apple-i auce, and await tho happy results.
Orve bright lad, the smartest in school discov
ered the secret mine in his sauco, and pushing
back his plate, shouted to the jKHhigogue: "Mo
physic, sir, i:i mine. My dad told me to use
nut-bin' but Dr. Tierce's 'Pleasant Purgative
Pellets,' and they are doin; their duty like a
charm !" . They are anti-bilious, and purely
vegetable. -
Virginia's crop of peanuts is estimated at
11,010 1.0J bu hels this year.
Any lady who desires further information
than can be given in the limited public space
of newspaper columns can obtain Mrs. Lydia
E. Pinkham'8 pamphlet "Guide to Health"
by sending a stamp to Lynn, Mass.
Of the tO.OdO Jews in New York city not
one Li a baiteuder.
"Hello."' we heard one man say to another,
the other day. "I didn't know you at first,
why, you look ten years younger than you
did when I saw you last." I feel ten years
younger," was the reply. "You know I used
to be under the weather all the time and gave
up expecting to be any better. The doctor
said I had consumption. I was terribly weak,
had night-swer.ts, cough, no appetite, and lost
flesh. 1 saw Dr. lierce's 4Goh;en Medical Dis
covery' advertised, and though it would do
no harm if it did no good. It has cured me.
I am a new man because I am a well one."
Church bells are going out of use in every
considerable American city.
It's no secret nostrum. We speak of Dr.
Pierce's Extract of SniarS-Weed, composed of
best French Brandy, Smart-Weed, Jamaica
Ginger and Camphor Water. It cures chol
era morbus, colic or cramps in stomach, diar
rhoea, dysentery or bloody -flux, and breaks up
colds, fevers and inflammatory attacks.
Since 1882 France has bad five epidemics of
cholera.
Hay-Fever. I have been a great sufferer
from Hay-Fever for fifteen, years and have
tried various things without doing any good.
I read of the many wondrous cures of Ely's
Cream Balm and thought I would try once
mom In fifteen minutes after one applica
tion I was wonderfully helped. Two weeks
ago I commenced using it and now I feel en
tirely cured. It is the greatest discovery
ever known or heard of. Duhamel Clark,.
Farmer, Lee, Mass. Price 50 cents.
25 Cent
W ill buy a Treatise on the Horsb and Hta
Diseases Book of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid. New York Horss Book Co.
134 Leonard Street. New York city.
"Koni;!ion Kits.
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, an ts,bed
bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. 15c. Drgts.
To Match that Bonnet ? Feathers, ribbons,
velvet can all be colored to match that nfUSi
hut by using the Diamond Dyes. luo. for(
color at the druggists. "Wells, RichardsoV,
Co., Burlington, Vt ,
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