Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 16, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 October 1886 — Page 6

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"WOMAN AND HOME.

WIVES AND MOTHERS IN THE GREAT MIDDLE CLASS OF ENGLAND.

Chat With a Home Decorator—Teaching Children by Example—Car® of the Feet. Jin. Mala prop—A State Ureakfaat—Domestic Notei and

Items.

In the great middle class of England we find the highest type of tie queen's womanbowl and ber saving grace. In health and physique them women are models worthy the admiration and emulation of American women. It is with rare exception that the tourist sees a pale-faced, puny, sickly looking, spindlo-waisted, panting, fainting English woman. The pink and white complexion, the dear eye, the well rounded waist, the firm tread, bespeak perfect bodily health. Many of these women take their summer outing in long walks across the fields, that they may view nature in all its grandeur and simplicity, lnatnA/1 of rushing from shop to dressmaker yyj packing Saratoga trunks for days or waeks before "taking a rest" They don a tidy flannel walking costume, fill a hand basket with a few toilet articles and start on their walking or tricycle tour over the charming roads, making detours as they fancy over the heaths. It is not uncommon to see a double tricycle with husband and wife riding through the country for their vacation. Doubtless the good health of these women is due largely to their outdoor exercise. In this will be found the best of home makers, the broadest minded philanthropists and reformers and the happiest and most useful wives, mothers and "old maids."

The English wife in this class is no drudge «he commands a retinue of servants that would appall the American husband on domestic pay day. The standing of a family, socially, depends somewhat upon the number of servants employed. "We could easily manage our household service with one servant," said a model mother to me, but son «nd daughter would rather economize in other ways and keep two maids for the appearance of the thing. The irregularity, the timely and untimely lunching of the English household would make a drudge of the head wore it not for tho number of servants usually employed. I liave been most delightfully entertained in several charming perfectly ordered houses of men engaged in large manufacturing interests, and find that the usual retiuue of servants consists of a cook, housemaid, nurse, governess, gardener, groom and valet

The scarcity of labor keeps these servants respectful and attentive, and their "character" depends upon the length of time they serve one master this makes commanding and serving much less annoying than wfth us in America, where the help expects to rule or ruin. If tho mistress or this manse is given to benevolence, as she usually is, she employs a woman philanthropist to read tho bible and visit the sick, tho afflicted, or tho fallen with messages of consolation, the loaf or tho bunch of flowers, as tho case may require. The zeal and magnitude of charitios carried on by this class of women in the cities of England are beautiful to contemplate. As I have noted tho great demoralization of the masses throughout tho British empire it appoars to mo that those women and their bearty colaborers, their husbands, fathers and brothers, are holding up by main force the whole structure of British society the women are usually dovoted to church duties, the church leading rather than following in works of reform and charity. I am pleased to note the absence of tho religious cant in the conversation and methods of these women.

There la an entire absence of silly small talk mid affectation among thorn, which gives place to genial, whole-souled, scientific, social, philanthropic or political subjects. These women road books much, newspapers but little, and it is only during such an oxciting and unusual political contest as the one through which they have just passed that thoy read or discuss politics of the hour. They can talk with minute exactness of the reign of a Henry or on Elizabeth, but they will nob be able to tell tho population of their own city they aro able to polut out "Chancery Lano," "Stable Inn," anil "Temple Bar," peopled by the brain of a Dickens, but they cannot toil you the distance from London to .Liverpool thoy can detail tho excellence and value of a painting by Landseer, Murillo, or

Rembrandt., they can road in Greek and Latin awl chatter in French, but they cannot toll tho rate of taxation for tho support of their royal government. Altogether, tho woman ot the tuiddlo class of England aro charining to study and to know, and make an interesting hour in tho summer's pastime.— Mrs. Helen M. Gougar in Indianapolis Journal.

Touching Children by Example. "Please etstuso mo, mamma," said Harry, as he finished his meal tho other day. "Oh, isn't that sweet i" exclaimed Mrs. Graham, who, together with her husband, had been invited to dino with Mrs. Owens.

Before Mr. G. had time to reply to his wife, Mrs. Owens said: "No, my son, I cannot excuse you until you have placed your knife and fork in proper position."

While tho little fellow was arranging his knifo and fork, Mr. G. spoke as follows: "Yes, it is certainly a pleasure to see children polite and mannerly, especially at the table. It is really a pleasure to have the little ones around the table with us when we can fwl that there is no danger of being mortified at their disorderly conduct" "By tho way, Mrs. Oweus," said Mrs. Graham, "it seems to me there must be a certain adaptability in parents in thus being able to so train children that their presence in company may be regarded as a pleasure." *1 think not," said Mrs. Owens. "My opinion regarding this matter is that children are taught by example. For instance, my husband and myself make it a point to always be polite to our children, and see that they are polite to

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perform any duty, we find it no trouble, nor do we forget to say 'please*' and the duty having bmi performed, it is only two small words to say thank you.' Tbet is no good rcwou why we should not raise our children eo that they will be on honor rsther than a disgrace to us. Impress upon their young minds the very important lesson that civility costs nothing, and when we have ceased to be with them in the trials and struggles of life, they will remember its with gratitude and pride.'"—Rural Prank

Chat With a noose Ie*or»tor. -How can any one go wrong in selecting roch dooo aUons as he may inspect, admire •ad chooser*

"The truth yoa we» that people wh? have no rr.tural talent and ho extensive e& perfeace urtjstic decoration do not under stand the relations of things, and have IN powers ot combination. They*' a carpet without any nefcretoo bother of the •wall*, and the color of the walls without any reference to the furniture, and the furniture without any reference to the curtains, and the curtains without any reference to the pictana, and all uf them without any reference to the woodwork and the light, and they forone room without any rrfereuee to the adjoining rooms and to all the other rooms* people am pstfectiyahb toeebct two

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colors or two shapes in harmony with each other, but very few can select three OT four that will look well together, and there is not a person on earth who has not made a study of this subject who can decorate a whole house without committing all sorts of bulls and solecisms." "Do you mean to say that any lady of refinement and good taste is not competent to select a wall paper for her parlor "No, not exactly. Possibly ate may be able to select a wall paper mid yet I must say that in no one tiling are there such frequent and snch egregious errors committed as in wall paper. People who have fine parlors to decorate almost universally insist on having their walls very ornate They never seem capable of perceiving that all the glitter they put in the walls is necessarily taken out of the objects that are to hang upon them or stand in front of them. Consequently the walls look very pretty until the pictures are hung and the furniture put in, and then they begin to wish they had sent for me. Why, a person without any training in this business not only gets incongruous shades and shapes together, but invariably mixes styles. One end of his room will be Egyptian and the other end Rennaisance. It will be Persian under foot, Assyrian overhead and Chinese in the walls or furniture. Ho may think it very pretty, ant\ it may be very pretty to most of his visitors, but every now and then some one will drop in with an eye for these things, and be shocked at what he will call 'vulgarity' or 'shoddy.' Yet the man or woman who gets up this melange may be a person of good natural taste, and simply inexperienced and destitute of practical acquaintance with the art" "What is your general plan'of procedure in decorating a house?" "First, I observe what there is in the interior of the house that is already fixed and then I take that as a starting point, and build up everything else on it If the house is an old one, I may have to make everything conform to a carpet, or the walls. When the house is new I generally take the woodwork as a base. In the first place I proceed to create a color for the walls and ceilings which will enhance the color, or the value, so to speak, of the wood. Then, in tho next place, I choose the design and color of the carpet in harmony with the walls and the wood. Finally, I address myself to the hangings, furniture and other appointments. To do this effectively I conduct a great number of experiments and make a number of colored drawings. When I make up my mind what articles are needed, I always get them, and get them exactly right, even if I have to manufacture them expressly for that case. It is quite an art, I assure you, and if you wish to seo how it is done you can visit my establishment at tho northeast corner of Wabash avenue and Madison street, where I am sure you will speedily become convinced that all I have told you is sound and truo."—Chicago Journal Interview.

Take Care of the Feet.

Ladies whose feet havo become misshapen from excessively' narrow boots can do much to remedy the difficulty by care and pains. Select easy, roomy shoes, and stockings of soft fabric. Bathe the feet thoroughly in water comfortably warm, never allowing it to grow cold enough to feel chilly, and wipe them thoroughly dry with a soft towel—coarse crash is almost poison to sonsitivo skins, and often causes irritation and a small eruption like rash. Then rub into them thoroughly about the joints orpinjured parts, either cold •ream, or what is better, glycerine, perfectly pure, and mixed with double the quantity of water. Especially should *it bo diligently applied to the joints of tho great toes if they are enlarged or painfuL Wipe off with a damp cloth and dry carefully, after which powder the feet thoroughly with rice flour jxjwder. Brush off all that comes away easily and put on tho stocking, being careful tknt no semblance of a seam comes ovor the sensitive joints. Adjust tho shoe carefully—never "jump into" any article of wearing apparel smooth tho boot over tho foot and ankle, if it is a high top, and bo certain that it is com fortablo.

Theso cautions may seem trifles, but the feet aro ill, and all conditions of recovery must bo observed. Take care that they do not get very cold or in the least damp. The anklo should also be protected by gaiters or leggings, if there is any necessity for going out in wot weather. Tho difficulty is an inflammation of the joint membranes, and has had many serious results. At night, the feet may be wiped off with a damp cloth, and the glycerine and powder repeated. Ladies who adopt this plan will never find soft corns coining between the toes. For hard corns there is nothing better than a little judiciously applied caustic, which should just touch the hardened part of tho com, never tho sur rounding flosh. Repeat every other day, first soaking tho feet in warm water and gently scraping the surface of the corn until it will finally come out altogether. Great care must be taken to keep the caustic from the whole flesh, and the foot should never bo damp, as tho application will spread rapidly. Such a course of treatment, patiently followed, has in several cases restored to quite passable shape and comfort feet that were considered as hopelessly deformed.—Demorest's Monthly.

The Tragical Side of Mrs. Itfalaprop. It was not long before she (an educated heroine ashamed of her parents) approached her mother and in a painful scene—one of not unusual occurrence in that household—said to her: "It was because yon went into the parlor aud he heard you talk that he stays away. He is not nsed to it He will never come here any more." "I know I ought hot to have done it I will not disgrace you again," returned tho mother, accepting the charge with a full measure of abject humility. "I—I did not mean that," said the daughter, a little staggered herself at this way of putting it "But Oh, why would you not learn when I tried so hard with you"—and she broke into hysterical sobs—"not to use long words, and not to say, 'I done it,' and 'I seat it,' and them are,' and—and—just a few others?" summing up with a definite pathos her poor attempt to alleviate this source of her chargin. "Don't cry so, deary, I will try—I will try," protested bar listener.—Golden Justice.

A Stale, Unprofitable Bmkfiut.

What is the rock on which man is so often wrecked, and with him all domestic happiness? It is tho argument that anything is good enough for breakfast offered by the wife who owes a strict regard for etiquette, politeness and suavity to ber husband if she expects to receive in return wtatshegivei A pick-up breakfast is irwultiOg, because she wookl not offer it to a guest A hollow-eyed, "ken and hungry" man is the victim generally to a stale, flat and unprofitable breakfast He goes forth hungry, ill-disposed for business, rebellions and dyspeptic. Hideous and beggarly ideas fill hb bead. Newsboys, bootblacks, beggars, all manner at renders, instinctively avoid him.—New York Evening Post

To Avoid Clasusy Potato—. Kerer servo potatoes, boiled or baked whole, In a ckiseiy-ccvered dish. Tfcey become sodden and clammy. Cover with a folded napkin that allow* the steam to escape, or absorbs the moisture.—-Our Country Home.

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Beg or boy at some fancy goods shop pretty handkerchief box, snch as nict handkerchiefs come in to the dealers. Ttey are about twelve inches square and five-eighths or

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Did you ever notice how few women there are who are good listeners? They can talk— talk well, brightly, intelligently, piquantiy but they cannot listen. And yet listening attentively is the first rule of agreeable conversation. If women could only realize this, talks between them would not be the tiresome, trivial efforts they always aro. Personal subjects, their standard stock in hand, of interest to the one, bore the other. And she not being trained in tho second rule of conversation, answering exactly, lets what she pleases to call her mind run riot In consequence the listening air is pierced with jagged ends of "you dont tell me," and "I am surprised" and "just what we might have expected," until the exclamation and interrogation fiend himself, on whom they have drawn so freely, sinks from exhaustion.— Toledo Blade.

liave One Room a Poem.

Let us take the airiest, choicest and sunniest room in the house for our living room— the workshop where brain and body are built up and rewarded and there let us have a bay window, no matter how plain in structure, through which the good twin angels, sunlight and pure air, can freely enter. This window shall be the poem of the house. It shail.give freedom and scope to sunsets, the tender green and changing tints of spring, the glow of summer, the pomp of autumn, the white of winter, storm and sunshine, glimmer and gloom—all these we can enjoy as we sit in our sheltered room as the changing years roll on. —Chicago Tribune.

Hilarity at Bedtime.

Romping and playing is useful, and it is almost or quite impossible to prevent children from becoming excited" at play, and so long as the excitement is within reasonable bounds it does no harm. But excitement just before going to bed is, of course, undesirable, and in nervous children decidedly harmful, by preventing restful sleep. Little girls should be denied the romp before bedtime which at another time would be healthful, just as you deny them at night the chop or steak that they may advantageously take at noon.— Babyhood.

Puff Balls Soon Trodden Out. The shadowy and ephemeral successes of unworthy people, those who strut their little hour upon the stage, specimens of ill-breeding, pretension and insolence, are often quoted as arguments against society. They are puff balls soon trodden out, while true social sweetness lasts, and grows of more importance to society every year. Such a leader always commands respect, and wields a scepter of whose sway she is almost unaware herself. She is a radiant reality her commanding gentleness rules tho world.—Harper's Bazar.

Keeping Meat Without Ice. With regard to meat, a joint may be preserved for many days by wrapping it loosely in a fine cloth wrung out of vinegar and hanging it in a draught of air. If the weather be v&y warm the cloth must be remoistencd twice or even thrice a day.—Chamber's Journal., 5

A Harsh Criticism.

A Philadelphia woman who has had twentyfive ^oars of experience behind a store counter says that tho great burden of their life is not in tho work required, but in the fact that women do not like each other, and have 'no compassion on one another.—New York Sun.

A Wonderful Advantage

It is a wonderful advantage to a man. in every pursuit or avocation, to secure an adviser in a sensible woman. In woman ther» is at once a subtle delicacy of tact, a j' i.i soundness of judgment, which aro rarely combined to an equal degree in man,—Bulwcr.,

A Canadian Authoress.

Mrs. Annie L. Jack, the widely known authoress, is a Canadian, and has a homo on the banks of tho Chateauguay riwer, near its junction with the St Lawrence. Here with her husband and their twelve children she passes a happy life.—Exchange.

To cement cracks in stoves mix stove blacking, flour and cold water. Another way is, take equal parts of sifted ashes, clay and salt, and a little water.

A good cement to* fasten on" lamptops is melted alum use as soon as melted, and the lamp is ready for use as soon as the cement is cold. -v*

The most effectual remedy for slimy and greasy drain pipes is copperas dissolved and left to work gradually through the pip?.

Bran or oatmeal water should be used when bathing children suffering with scarlet tever. —Hall's Journal of Health.

If, when blacking the stove, a small lump of sugar and somo soft soap be added, it will improve it very much.

Put a small piece of charcoal in the pot when boiling cabbage, to prevent it filling the bouse with the smelL

lit is said that the application of a bit of ice, dreven cold water, to the lobe of the ear will stop hiccoughing.

Use white oilcloth back of the kitchen table and sink and under hooks that hold tin-

Q)a» the bottom crust of fruit pies with white of egg, and they will not be soggy.

If yoa scorch clothes in ironing, place in the son to draw the marls oat

Save your cold tea it is excellent for cleaning grained wood.

Tepid milk and water clean oOdoth without soap. Vinegar will clean tha mica in the stove doors.

Ho Wanted to. Arrive.

Clerk (to seedy stranger who has just regiiterril TTave a room? 8. 8.—No. Clerk— Dinner, I suppose! a a—No* at all, I only wanted to arrive. It's a good many years since I arrived at a hotel, anil if yous no objections I will simply arrive. Good morn* ing.—Texas Sifting*

TERKE HATTTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

Cheap Paper Kaek.

of an inch deep. The cc vers of

these often are far more artistic in their ornamentation than half the-wall pictures and decorations we see every day.

The bottom 6t the box forms the back, the cover the front Set the edge of the back at the bottom edge, within the cover's bottom edge, and sew together with strong thread holes in the sides of both front and back so that they will come opposite each other through these neatly-punched holes draw ribbons and tie in bows, there should be three bows on each side the sides could be four inches apart at the top. Silver or brassheaded tacks will secure this simple wall pocket against the walL—Atlanta Constitution. "Women Not Good listeners.

BONNET BUILDERS.

THE RARE COMBINATIONS THAT GROW UNDER SKILLFUL HANDS.

l£x Thousand Gotham Milliners Busy as Bees Turning Oat Bonnets and Sweet little Winter Hata—Special Talent Required to Become an Export.

Bonnets and' hats are made by the million every season. But how often does the wearer of an exquisite bonnet think of ttoe milliner who fashioned its dainty beauty, who arranged the bows in such complete yet artistic grace, who placed the feathers in such a unique and becoming manner, and turned out such a gem of complete and satisfactory beauty? Not often, it is to be feared. Yet what would the woman of fashion do without, that artist, the true milliner for a fine milliner is an artist in coloring as much asauy painter in oils, and is obliged to be as deft with her fingers.

The milliners of New York muster some 5,000 or 6,000 and are of every degree, from the little apprentice who takes homo tho precious bonnets and hats in a big bandbox, up to the head trimmers and designers who go abroad every summer to glean new ideas from Paris, the Center of fashion. "How long does it take to learn the milliner trade?" asked a reporter of tho proprietor of a large establishment "Oh, several years to go from the foot to the top of the ladder," he responded. "There are so many different branches to the trade that few people think about Some ladies say: 'Oh, I could learn to trim beautifully if I only had a few lessons,' but they could not We never take apprentices here unless they know how to face and bind, to shirr and line nicely."

LEARNING THE TRADE.

A pretty blue-eyed girl who was covering a tall turban with dark-green velvet said: "It took me a year to learn the trade. Now I prepare hats for the trimmer, and that is next to being a trimmer. In another year I shall advance that far. I bind, face and line hats and put on the outer covering of plush or velvet The trimmer then takes it and arranges the bows and feathers, pins and clasps."

The reporter entered a large work room in a fashionable uptown establishment, where a hat of the plainest kind cannot be purchased for less than $30. Over twenty girls, ranging in ages from 13 up to SO years, were seated at work by long tables, under the direction of a little Frenchwoman, who walked up and down the room inspecting the work of each one.

At tho lower end of the table a small, brown-eyed girl was sewing the wire about a hat of dark brown straw, while her near neighbor top-sewed a facing which the third one, was to put on. At the head of tho room were two young ladies handsomely dressed, one engaged in fastening a cluster of swallows in a dainty bonnet of blue and gold, and the other eyeing the effect of a clustcr of feathers on a Gainsborough hat, perched on the hea4 of a pretty maiden of 17. "You see here all the stages of tho millinery trade," said tho forewoman. "I design the hats—those that are not copied from imported onea They are first given to tho little apprentices at the end of the lino and go upward until thoy reach the head trimmer. Tho hat or bonnet is then judged by me, and, if satisfactory, ticketed, brushed off and put in a box. As each person completes her work I inspect it, and if it is not perfect I point out the'defect and it is done over again.

SPECIAL TALENT REQUIRED.

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"Does it require any special talent to become a good milliner? Oh, yes, indeed. Up to a certain line we can teach any one with neat, deft fingers, but it takes inborn taste and good judgment, to say nothing of an artistic eye for coloring, to trim well. A good milliner knows by instinct where to place a bow or a loop: how to minglo two colors or materials harmoniously. Sometimes the droop or poise of a feather a half inch will make a great deal of difference. Exquisite neatness is required even in a beginner, for a stitch at all misplaced is sure to be olvserved. A person who has no artistic taste can never be a good milliner. I think it is more of a profession than a trade."

The salary paid to an apprentice is generally very small. If she runs errands it may lie as high as $2 the first month, and this is increased to $6 and $8 at the end of the first year. Good trimmers get from $25 to $40 a week and some designers as high as $50 and $75, but the averago salary is about $40.

The work is not considered so tiring ns dressmaking and is far more pleasant, as the daintiest of materials only aro handled. In most large establishments there are three or four departments, each with special designers and trimmers, ono for ladies bonnets, another for hats, one for misses1 hats and still another for children^ "There are ten times as many good milliners in Now York as there were five years ago," said a prominent dealer. "The fact-is that educated women have found it to be a trade needing sufficient study and talent to satisfy their ambition, and it pays as well or better than teaching. The majority of milliners, especially among the young girls, are noted for their good looks, modest behavior and intelligence, and there is a reason for this—a girl who has not these attractions cannot become a good milliner."—Now York Journal.

The Mullein Test In Consumption. The success attending the treatment of consumption with mullein leaves by Dr. Quinlan, of Dublin, and which has been so widely published, has led him to make a formulated statement, showing briefly that in the earlier and pretubercular stage of pulmonary consumption mullein has a weight-increasing and curative power, greater than that of cod liver oil, and equal to. that of Russian koumiss. In cases where tubercles are well established or cavities exist, the mullein has great power in relieving cough phthisical diarrhea is completely obviated by the mullein but it has no power or effect on the night sweats of consumption, which aro to be combated by atropia sulphate.

Three ounces of the fresh green leaves, or about ten times as mnch of the dried, are boiled in a pint of fresh cow's milk, and after boiling a moment the infusion is allowed to stand and "sipe" for ten minutes, when it is strained, sweetened and drank while warm. This quantity is taken twice or three times a day. It is generally mnch relished by tho patients, who regard it as a pleasant article of diet, rather than as a medicine. Tbosmoko of these leaves, inhaled into the respiratory passages, relieves irritation and spasmodic coughs.—Chicago Tribune.

Great Britain's Big Cities#

Another surprise is the short distances between the great cities* of Great Britain. Dublin is only four hours from Liverpool, and Liverpool not much man than that from London. Glasgow and Edinburgh are about as far apart as Baltimore and Washington, and in England you may strike a half dozen cities of several thousand inhabitants each within a radius of an hour or two on the cars. —Oor. Cleveland Leader.

It add that a "mala cannot brsy If a brick ba tied to his taiL" Yes, bat what b»of the man who engineers the tarick)

HOW SHALL I KNOW?

How shall

I know, dear friend, when

far away.

If you are sick or sad?

Or needing me to help you through the day If you are gay and glad. How shall I know}

The lonely niyht wind rustles by. Over the fallen, withered leaves

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hear a sadly echoing sigh, And know it grieves To-night for summer's lovely dead

With sorrow that is almost human I tell myself, tis not the wind instead. Some sorrowing woman, For loneliness, through all the night is weeping. For some dear one her tireless vigil keeping. Her sable garments all the deivd leaves sweeping.

How shall I know if you thus sad and lonely Shall walk to-night? Tearful, bewildered, sighing, longing only,

For morning's light?

Ah! would that I might know your deer head pressing It's peaceful pillow kindly sleep caressing i.

That it 131,

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Each precious s^nse but, oh, lKis priceless bbssing Comes not to me. I'm ever vainly gutssing

What is your plight

Surely my thoughts, my earnest prayers must reach you, Tho winds go by With them I'll send my longings if they teach you

How shall I know if gladly you remember The distant friend, And through the gloom and clouds of bleak

November Kind answer send?

Oh, if to-night were the assurance given You think of me, There's not a soul outside the gates of heaven

Could happier be! -Margaret Holmes in The Current

SOME JAPANESE FOLK-LORE

The "Wind Imp" and the "Thunder Cat." Unluckys Days—Warning to Children.

A familiar sight in front of Japanese temples is an immense figure of the "wind imp" and another of the "thunder cat The wind imp has a huge bag of compressed air on his back. By holding one end, loosing it, or removing his hand from it, he may make tho wind a gentle breeze, a tempest, or a tornado, at his pleasure. Travelers over long and tedious routes often have their faces bitten or torn by the wind imp as he passes, though to them he is invisible. The thunder cat carries on his head five drums fastened together, with which he makes thunder. He often escapes from the cloud to the ground, doing terrible mischief. When a victim is killed by lightning it is because the thunder cat has leaped upon him.

Another of the supernatural beings who infest the earth is the kama-itachi, in the form of a weasel, who tears and lacerates the faces of human beingfe with a sharp, invisible, twoedged knife. If one slits on the pavement or among tho sharp pebbles of the garden paths, or up the mountain side—which, because of their awkward clogs, is of frequent occurrence—it is the kama-itachi that made him fall and if cut, it is the imp's sharp knife that did it

Tho lappa is another imaginary enemy,who appears to man tho water. Ho lias tho claws of a tortoise and th body and head of a monkey. He delights to seize unwary victims, especially, promising boys, who invade his kingdom. 4,

The dead are always placed with their feet to the south., Therefore people will not sleep in that position. I noticed with much interest a diagram of the points of the compass hung upon tho ceilings of hotel sleeping rooms, and the same in private dwellings, to aid the traveler or the unwary in avoiding this ill-omened position.

Certain days are very unlucky. Seeds will not sprout if sown on such days. O11 ono of these, tho head must not bo washed or tho hair will become red„a color of which they havfl a great horror, as partiining to ovil spirits aud bad men—such as English snobs. Indeed, any color of hair. Lytt tho blackesl black is intolerable. f't-v

Children must never fneosnro their height, nor place any burden upon the head, or they will bo stunted, and for a man to be undersized (according to their standard) is a grief aud misfortune. Before an eclipse of tho sun or moon, wells aro carefully covered to prevent poisou falling into them from tho sky. A devil is supposed to stand between an angry husband and wife. Children are taught that if they tell a lie, an imp will pull out their tongue which exerts a most wholesome restraint When a deformed child is liorn, its parents are charged with some special sin.— Helen N. S. Thompson in Overland Monthly.

f*. Preserving tho American Buffalo. The slow but sure processes of the last few years looking to the extinction of the American buffalo liave been a source of regret. Tho National museum at Washington, realizing that the matter of extinction was merely a question of time, recently sent the chief taxidermist, Mr. William T. Ilomaday, to obtain specimens for preservation liefore it was too late. The party reached Miles City, Montana, May 12. It is believed by the best authorities that there are not more than 100 buffaloes in the whole of Montana outside of the National park, where there are probably 200 or 800. Tho party started from Fort Keogh, crossed to Big Dry river, and then followed Big Timber creek and Mussel Shell river. It was believed that by so doing all of the buffalo feeding ground would be traversed. A small herd of dozen or more is known to be in southwestern Dakota. That tho buffalo has practically disappeared from oar prairies may be inferred from tho above. Skins of buffalo heads are now held by Dakota taxidermists at $50 each, and it is safe to assume thAt they have given up hope of obtaining more. Mr. Homaday has been quite successful in his trip and has secured some specimens for the museum.

It is a wonder that some steps are not taken by private or public enterprise to preserve from utter extinction an animal so useful. It is said that the quality of the hair can be greatly improved by cultivation and proper breeding, and it would seem that some steps taken in time might prove most advantageous ultimately. In this connection Science notes that Mr. S. L. Bedson, of Manitoba, became possessed of a young buffalo bull and four heifer calves, which havo so increased that he now has a herd of eighteen bulls, twenty-five cows and eighteen calves, all thoroughbreds. On craning with ordinary cattle the half-breed possesses the characteristics of the thoroughbred, save color. On crossing a thoroughbred bull with half* breed cows he has grown three-quarter breeds closely resembling the buffalo, the bead and robes being the equal if not superior. Experiments to improve the flesh are now in course, and it is expected to folly develop in the new animal the strong points of noble head, pelt and flesiL—Chicago Tribune.

locating The Hotel Stairways.

I always make It a point when I stop with my wife, at

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hotel not built upon the plan of

the Southern to familiarize myself at the earliest opportunity with the location of the stairways. I have never been through a bdtel fire, but my information is that the elevator boys are cot inclined to emulate the heroic example of Casobianca. In fact the elevators generally stop on snch occasions, and a safe if rapid descent by the stairway is much preferable to an excursion on a Are Mcspe.—rneedi*n in Gkto-Democrat

PEOPLE* IN AN EMERGENCY.

VtMn are Mora Composed Than Uea. te Time »t Daager—Brain Trouble.

The demeanor of people under emergency'is always an interesting show. I was once in* what threatened to be a very serious smashop on the Erie road, between Buffalo and. Niagara Falls. Nearly every one on the*, train went clean crazy, rushing hither andL' thither, some even trying' to jump from thoplatforms, though the train was traveling at. forty mile speed on a high embankment Tho women were the most composed. I' fancied because they were rigid with fright When tho chain brakes were got to work, theair brakes being crippled, and tho train wasbrought up, a dozen men fainted, and there* .was a chorus of hysterical sobbing all around.

In tho mOrtting I was on a train on thoSixth avenue elevated when ono somo blocksahead broke down and brought us to a halt,' For a few minutes we all sat quiet enough*, reading our papers. Then somebody saidt. "What tho dickens is tho matter!"" In a moment there was a stir. Some faces blanched,, others became serious. Wo looked out of thawindows, but could seo nothiag. A train went by on tho other track and made thestructure shako, and twenty men jumped up. Then there camo a rush from the rear cars* The approach of a train behind U3 had aroused the fear of a smash-up.

This rush created a veritable panic, which, vras added to when a gang of workmen hurried down the track evidently bent on business. There was a cry that wo should got. down and walk. If tho trainmen had not shown determination tho track would havobeen blocked with passengers in a minute^ After ten or fifteen minutes wo got started, again, and you should have hcaid tho siglk of relief that sounded through that train. A young woman opposite me had sat, during alk the tumult, perfectly composed. As soon as it was over and tho ghost of danger was passed she said: "Oh, myf aud eollapsed in her seat. She had fallen in a dead faint, not from fright, but from nervous reaction.—New York News "Babble."

Bitten by a Big Centipede. There is one "pleasure" that is experienced in a mining camp that is found no place elseto as great an extent. This is in the company of insocts and reptiles. Centipedes are, of course, tho worst Some of the visitors to th» St Louis camp, near Silver City, N. M., tell of very startling experiences. I rememberono incident in Arizona that overybody going: into that country should keep prominently in mind. There wore a number of men in camp„ some of them green ones. Ono of the latterwas awakened during the night by something, crawling over his arm. IIo turned his head and saw an imnjenso centipede. Ho wasgreatly frightened and started up with a jump. Of course at tho same time the centipede thrust its thousand legs into the fellow's arm. Ho sqpeamed and awoke his companions, and tho reptile was killed.

The next thing was, what to do with theman. The nearest possiblo assistance was four miles away, and very poor conveyance to reach it One of the boj*3 suggested thafc potatoes be mashed and put on the place where the centipede had fastened its legs. That was done, and the man was '.alien to nearest por-sible phice for help, and it wa* there found that

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with which to drc» the injury short of a twelve miles' ride. At tho end of that rido assistance was procured, and tho poultico of mashed potatoes removed. With it camo flesh of tho arm to tho bono. The fellow recovered, but never lmd any uss of his armTho only thing when you como in contact with ono of those things is to remain perfectlyquiet, as motionless and dead as a log. Thechances aro then in your favor.—Mining, Speculator in Glole-Demoerat

How Horses nr« Som*tIm«» Trained. "As for ltarey, tho most of his 1 v.siness wass trickery dono by locusting a::l loading.. Horses are awfully fond of locusts a:id carrots, dnd they will do almost anything for them but loading is tho great trick." "What is loading?" "Loading is slipping about an ounce weight of lead down tho ears of tho horso. You slip a load, to which a small picsce of string is attached, down the horse's ears, and no mattor how vicious the ber.~t may bo it becomes dazed and stupid when tho load plugs its oara. Tho horso does not understand what has happened to tho world when he cannot hear well, and ho becomes as docile as you could wish. When a horse is loaded you can yoke him or do anything you wish with him and he will not object It is a thousand times more merciful and far more effective than the horrible plan of putting a twitch upon the ear or upon tho nostril, a practice still indulgod in by uomohorse coupers. Leaden weights aro mudo for the purpose. Any small weight will do, but it is hotter to have ono made to fit."—Interview with a Trainer.

Mine. Wagrncr as Director. Mme. Wagner was tho virtual director of this years representations of "Tristan and Isolde" at Baireuth, giving to the artists tho same kind of suggestions that her husband used to give, and taking his place to tho best of her zeal and ability.—Frank Leslie's.

The Voire of the People.

The people, as a whole, seldom makes mistakes, and the unanimous voice of praisewhich comes from those who have used! Hood's Sarsaparllla, fully justifies the claim* of the proprietors of this great medicine. Indeed, these very claims are hosed entirely on what the people say Hood's Harsaparllla has done. Send to (A I. Hood A Co., I»well, Mass. for book containing statements of many cures.

BROWN'S

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Da. If. 8, Boooixs, of Mwfon. mjv: "I Meoomaod Brown'a trot1 Bittani valuable toolo for wiriehfaictb* blood, aad ntooring all d/p«pUo «rinpt«CN. It doM not hurt tb« tooth."

Dixzxxx, KerneM* Ind., njra: "I •d Bnnrn'a Iron Bitten eeM or blood dioeamm, abo wheo a tonJo wag it has proved tborooctur mtMaciorj." Bvm, St. Mmt St. Orfjaas. Ia, fnm BitW* sUmmI m» In a om* mbc. find I heartOf oonuaeod It to -1

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