HOW SWE u Æ oü LD ACT THE OLD DAYS IN ROME. During the Carnival in the Corso It Was the Duty of Everybody t'o Be Gay. * Royal Baking Powder, made from absolutely pure Grape Cream of Tartar, è * I : 0 $ Imparts that peculiar lightness, sweetness, and delicious flavor noticed in the finest bread, cake, biscuit, rolls, crusts, etc., which expert pastry cooks declare is unobtainable by the use of any other leavening agent. Tobacco Smoke Is a Preservative. “You have probably never thought of tobacco smoke as a preservative influ­ ence, I’ll venture,” remarked Chatfield Arthur to several companions in the La­ clede. “Of course we all know that spirits, and especially alcohol, will keep whole most anything you are of a mind to commit to its permeating care. I have found tobacco smoke to be equally good, with no worse results as regards odor than alchol, unless you dislike to­ bacco. I know that I have put bugs, worms and various kinds of reptiles in large bottles and have kept them for years by simply blowing the bottle full of strong tobacco smoke and sealing it properly. “The perfect forms would remain for years, in fact just as long as the bottle remained perfectly sealed. Upon open­ ing it the result has invariably been— that is, in cases of long standing—a com­ plete collapse. Still the effect is no worse than that of alcohol, for one never thinks of removing a preservative life form from the alcohol. When one puts a form in alcohol, it is understood to be merely for looks and not for examination or han­ dling.”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Point For Travelers. The advice, is given by a well known society woman who travels a great deal to wear one’s best underclothing while ofi the cars. “Never mind if it does get soiled,” she says. “I have known of the most flagrant cases of neglect during railroad accidents of people whose un­ derwear looked as though they might be poor. This is a shameful fact, but the people who pick up the wounded after a wreck are intensely human. Many of them do not propose to open their homes to sufferers unless they are to be paid for it. They judge of the ability of peo­ ple to pay largely by their underwear, as the outside garb of most well to do people is more or less the same in these days.” The idea of arraying one’s self with a view to accidents when starting out on a journey is perhaps likely to suggest useless forebodings, and this advice is likely to engender, a pessimism regarding the character of one’s fellow men, but it may be worth heeding.—Her Point of View in New York Times. Testing Pure Water. It is one of the easiest things in the world to tell pure water frQm the im­ pure. If you want to test the color of the water, just fill a colorless glass bottle with the water and look through it at some black object, and the distinctive­ ness with which you can see'the object will give you an idea as to the amount of clay or sand there is in the water. Then pour out one-half the water, cork the bottle tightly and set it in a warm place for about 24 hours. Remove the cork and smell the air in the bottle. If there is an offensive odor, even the slightest, the water is unfit for domestic uses. Well water, no matter how bright and sparkling, is, nine times out of ten, pu­ trescent. Then, as a matter of course, decomposition is sure to set in in a day or two if you put the bottle in a warm place.—New York Telegram. Pumps with plungers and pistons were invented by Morland, an Englishman, in 1674; the double acting pump by De la Hire, the French academician, some 20 years later.______ ANTI-FERMENTINE Is a harmless preparation in tablet form tor preserving all kinds of fruit without cooKiNQ. One pack­ age preserves fifty pints of fruit or a barrel of cider, and only eosts 60 cents. Fruits preserved with Anti- fermentine retain their natural taste and appearance. Ask your druggist or grocer tor Anti-fermen- tine. 'N. P. N. U. No. 503—8. F. N. U. No. F 80 WHERE I * < * 0 t t 4 i 0 i / 4 WOULD BE. Where buttercaps and daisies nod Along some mountain stream« * Where sunlight smiles through dusky shade Like faces in a dream; Where whfc&ring winds their vespers say ’Mid rustling bough« that droop and sway. Where bright leaves wander with the breeze And dewy berries grow. Where modest flowers bloom unseen And rippling waters glow; Where smooth worn stones He cold and gray And robtns chant a plaintive lay. Where willow branches gnarled and bent Do form a tempting seat. Where banks of cool green mosses spread A carpet for the feet; Where forest echoes die away In a drowsy roundelay. Where sweet bird songs are mingling with The brooklet’s mellow tone. Far away in woodland bowers. There I would be alone; Where care and duties never stray One long, delightful summer day. —Housekeepers’ Weekly. Where Embroidery Is Made. In 1890 St. Gall sent out to the world near 85,000,000 worth of embroidery. Half of that came to this country to adorn the petticoats and so forth of American wom­ en. In early times embroidery was made by hand and it was worth its weight in gold. The knowledge of the craft spread through Appenzell, Thurgass and St>Gall, three cantons of the Alps country. A great industry grew. The technical skill and readiness of hand of the Appenzell women were marvelous, and gradually the exquisite e£nbroidery made by them became famous all over the world. Very many thousands of the people are engaged whollj’ in the skilled business. Girls were trained to it from early childhood. Al that time «11 the beautiful work was done with the hand and in the people’s homes. More than half a century ago the hand machine was introduced, and that rapidly changed the whole situation. Today pos­ sibly not 5 per cent, of the embroideries are made exclusively by hand, and these only of special articles, fine and expensive. The hand machine was soon in the houses of half the peasants, and factories were founded, where many machines were col­ lected and worked, but still by hand power only. The character of the work was then and remains now excellent, but the pro du^tion was comparatively slow. The prof­ its were usually large to the dealers, but the embroiderer barely made a good living, as it was always necessary for him to pay an assistant known as the “threader” to help work his machine.—Washington Cor. St. Louis Globe Democrat. Why People Marvel at Telepathy. Nothing in nature is really abnormal. It is most probable that a power to influence the minds of others, with a susceptibility to be influenced by other minds, exists in human beings universally, in a greater or less degree. To the hypothesis, abstracted­ ly considered, that mind can act on mind directly—that is, not only through no known medium, but without any medium whatever—I see no valid objection. The action of mind on body, and that of body on mind, is far more mysterious than any action of mind on mind. For it is com paratively easy to understand that things of the same kind can affect one another directly. Yet to many persons mysteries with which they are familiar seem to be no mysteries at all; they wonder only at that which is unusual, and marvel at tele­ pathic phenomena as savages at an eclipse. —Blackwood’s Magazine. The Hobbies of Royalty. In the good old times—and by the good old times we all of us mean the days that are past and are no more, the days of our youth, which we remember with a sad pleasure, and the joys of which we exag­ gerate, perhaps, while the pains we forget —the carnival in the Corso, which, alas! is now almost a thing of the past, was a spectacle and an experience full of delight On that week of saturnalia the old sights and sounds,' the old hubbub and gayety and license was renewed, every folly was indulged in and a careless gladness ani­ mated the world. ' Every ~ window and bal cony was draped with carpets, tapestries and flowers; gay faces looked out every- where and glad laughter _ filled the air. There were masks and harlequins and punchinelli and masquerading and strange costumes and singing and mock gallantry and cries of joy on all sides. It was the duty of every one to be gay. The God Momus reigned. All the world flocked in from the country, and the old dresses and costumes which in every town in the vicinity of Rome were then worn daily, were to be seen. Now those cos­ tumes have for the most part utterly dis­ appeared, and are only to be seen now and then, or on the persons of the models who pose for the artists. They were- very gay, very various, and it was a pleasure to see them. Now they have given way to the commonplace and shabby dresses of today. But in the old carnival they were-every­ where to be seen. Improvised balconies and stagings were erected all along the Corso, and these were filled with country girls in their costumes. Up and down the street, in double files, slowly aud at snail's puq;:, rlirougs or car­ riages followed each other, filled with flowers which the occupants scattered right and left, laughing the while they pursued their slow way through the. .dense crowds that filled the streets. Flowers and con­ fetti showered upon them as they .passed, and there was a general hubbub of jollity and confusion and madness, as if old Rome’s descendants were still alive and shouting in triumph.—W. W. Story in Scribner. A Touch of Human Nature. It is impossible for one who has. been “human” to forget that he or she was “human," and everything tends' to prove this assertion. A story is being told that brings out this truth. In a con vent-near St. Louis there is a nun past middle age. She is as pure and'devout as it is possible to be. That is to say, she is entirely un­ worldly. Many years ago, when she was a young girl, her father owned a large plan­ tation and numerous slaves in Kentucky. At that time there was a negro slave who loved the beautiful young girl. It was not the .devotion of a faithful servant, but the adoration of a lover. Though he never made an open avowal of his passion, he followed her around and watched her until his love became a matter of public notoriety. The girl Was very devout and finally left her home to enter a convent. She entered in the bloom of young womanhood and is now a woman advanced in life. A few days ago members of her family from Kentucky visited the convent, where she now is. Upon seeing them visions of the old, old days and the worshiping love of the dusky slave must have crossed her mind, for her first ques­ tion was as to what had become of the negro lad who had persecuted her with his adoration.—-St. Louis Republic. A Zulu Porter. Among the queer odds and ends of hjl- manity that have lodged hereabout none is queerer than a certain Zulu, who may be seen any morning.at the Court street sta­ tion of the Kings County Elevated road, where he now pursues the peaceful occupa tion of porter. This gentleman,.may be recognized from other Africans by a huge topknot of natural wool, which began to grow many years ago in his native land. He also wears a pair of large goggles, through which his eyes'gaze with- an. ap­ pearance of great restfulness. ,The Zulu is put down on the pay rolls of the company as Thomas Murphy. When he is at home in Zululand he is called Quongo Perceriah. Mr. Murphy says he was born in Gilou in 1850. He came to this country with Chief Two Strike, and was exhibited by Barnum for several years as a native warrior, which he was. He also whistled. He says that in his native undress, with an assegai in hand, He is imposing to see. In the course of his wanderings he came upon an American negress, whom he loved and by whom he was loved with a passion all too fierce for lasting. They separated, but not before he had got a good vocabu­ lary of English words. Of the nine years of his living away from Zululand six were Spent in museums. The last three years Mr. Murphy has earned his living by the sweat of his brow.—New York Sun. Art in Everyday Life. At the present time" there is a strong tendency toward the artistic in all things connected with daily life. It is considered, and there is wisdom- in the idea, that beauty added to an object does not detract' from its usefulness, but rather increases.it. Articles in.everyday request do not serve their purpose less truly if they please the eye; and by grace of form and beauty of coloring educate the nature to find some­ thing of the artist’s pleasure in the or­ dinary things which make the setting and framework of daily life. This strong artistic impulse has shown itself in some directions in a reaction in favor of mediaeval types in articles both decorative and useful. Old china,, ancient jewelry, antique furniture are eagerly sought after; and old lace, after having been consigned'almost to complete obli vion, has once more reappeared out of the buried past to delight an age which dotes on an­ tiquity, with its fragile, filmy tissues.— Chambers’ Journal. The Prince Regent of Bavaria has a large collection of beetles—the most complete tn Germany—and is also a great observer of the habits of ants, bees, flies, moths, etc. Of other royal persons King Oscar of Sweden may be mentioned as a collector of books of poems with autographs of the writers. The Czar Alexander III has preserved and increased his rich collection of birds' eggs and postage stamps, begun when a boy, and the king of Roumania’s ambition consists in bringing together the largest number of autographs of all well known personages throughout the world. The ex-emperor of Brazil possesses the most Why the Wedding Was Postponed. complete collection of butterflies.—London “Their voices had murmurs of rivulets, Queen. __________ _____ their lips had blushings of roses. They chased butterflies with steps so light that An Old Expression. they, too, seemed to fly in the shivering “Conspicuous by his absence,” an ex­ grass. They looked at each other and saw pression of considerable force, came into in their clear eyes the reflections of their prominence after having been used by souls filled with Paradise.” Lord John Russell in an address to the ! “And they died at the age of Romeo and electors of London. He was afterward Juliet?” candid enough to admit that it was not an “No, they went to a visible heaven. They original expression with him, but taken gave, with the money saved for their wed­ from one of the historians of antiquity ding, liberty, space, azure and the vast His confession led to classical research, enchantment of light to the wife and and the expression was found in the “An children of a workman crushed in the ruins nals” of Tacitus. From this author we of a fallen building.”—New York Times. also have “God always favors the heaviest battalions,” an expression afterward used In the Waiting Room.'. by Terence, Voltaire and Sevigne.—Phila First Patient Waiter—Seems to me that delphia Ledger Father Time should be represented with a cloak and long train, and----- Lessons of Experience. Second P. W.—Well? Newsboy—Extra! Extra! First P. W.—And the latter should be Gentleman—How much is it? made up of a lot .of .-cars of this infernal Newsboy—Two cents. Have one? road. The are invariably behind time.— Gentleman—No. Pittsburg Bulletin; Friend—Two cents is the regular price of that paper. Why don’t you buy? Gentleman—If there had been anything The most profitable crop raised by the in it worth reading the boy would have peasantry, near the famous field of Water­ charged five cents.—Good News. loo is the- crop of bullets and buttons jnolded in the vicinity, duly planted and In prosecuting a case at Highgate, in harvested in time to be disposed of to the which a man was charged with riding gullible travelers -who eagerly buy them without a ticket, it was stated that in the as relics of that memorable June day in course of one year 37,000 people were de­ 1815, when Napoleon’s glory was totally tected attempting to defraud the Great eclipsed. Northern Railway company. The first child born of white parents “A bee in his bonnet" is no doubt of corn in California was Thomas A. Suther­ Scotch origin. “There is a maggot in his land, of Portland, Or., who became a head” is an equivalent expression in newspaper man and was the editor of a England. A writer claims that the poet, weekly paper when he was drowned Herrick, originated the expression in one while endeavoring to catch a ferryboat. of hie lyrics. ESSENTIAL NICETiS IN “CULCHAW" AND “DERWTMENT." Points That DistinUV’11 a Peculiar Set in the Metropolis!’'0!” the Recognized Gentlemen of LePr® and Refinement. An Interesting Sare- “By Jove! What cad. See the way he Carries his stick." j “Yaas, and noticethe way he holds his gloves. ” -'IK3- “Yaas, and he wa!& like a drayman."* “Gad, he’s gointo’OW to that gel. Sor- ray faw the paw gel., Watph him.” “Ah! ah! What Afwful duffer. If I couldn’t bow better han that Pd stop at home.” “Yaas. So would 1” “Let’s go to the clib an ; ; A s how many broughams add horses he may have, and it is no more tifati proper to give the walk precedence. The walk is an ac­ quirement a man gets.iert early in life, but be never begins to. whlk in the proper way until he is projfoséd foi membership in a good club. This is tlie way: Legs stiff, no elasticity; bddy well! forward, no elasticity; head well? back, no elasticity, and steps about two Sud a hall feet long; Of course there arelyariations. Going to a funeral the man about townshould walk briskly and as if hesenjoyed jit; Thereby he demonstrates his perfect repose of man­ ner and shows that it is not influenced by mere external circumstances. Going to a wedding he should walk slowly and look bored and thoroughly convinced that mar­ riage is a faijurë. In entering a ballroom the walk may'be elaborated to almostüany extent. A man should wear his evening walk just as he wears his evening clojjies, for the occasion. Then there are variations of the walk aside from those of formality and stiffness. The most noticeablejjof these is that em­ ployed when the expert walker wÀtks with a “gel." When th'ù's .agreeably employed he should invariably face her and walk sideways like a crab. This will at first be found rather difficulty but practice makes perfect, and the “gelf who will not put up with being stepped ’on a few times and bumped with a pair of unaccustomed knees a few times has not a proper .appreciation of culchaw and department. In walking with the "gel” the student should care­ fully avoid keeping step. The step to­ gether' is for common soldiers, convicts, clerks going together to'business arid cads who disregard culchaw and depawtment. Gentlemen never walk '.in step. It shows too much premeditatici and thought, and is not in keeping withjthe mental idleness which should characterize a gentlemen. A New Branch. People who wish to call attention to their particular line of business, and hang out signs for this purpose, usually intend to make these so explicit as to avoid any possibility of being misunderstood. They sometimes signally fail. 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