Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 12, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 September 1888 — Page 3

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YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN.

FOR THJE, SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT OF OUR GIRL AND BOY READERS.

tlBcl SugfettloM About Collecting 8cb Weed*—Plain DlNctiooi to Regard to Ibo Prrpaatlon mad Moasttag of Choice

Specimens.

As many of the readers of tbfs column will spend a part of the summer at the tea shore, the fascinating oocupatioo of collecting sea weed is suggested, along with some timely directions about the same, given recently in Golden Days.

FIG, I—-"FLOATING OCT" SPECntZKS. The amateur collector's outfit is a very simple one. A tin pail containing a number of wide mouthed bottles, a dip net of cheese cioth with a long handle and a knife for •craping the rocks, shells or the sides of breakwaters and wharves. When the tide is oat little pools will be found in hollows left by some large stone, which are veritable aquaria, filled often with slender filamentous specimens which cling to the fingers and appear to be only slime, like the green scum which grows on stagnant water. Drop bit* of these carefully into your wido mouthed bottles, with a little salt water to keep them fresh until you are ready to mount your specimen Scrape bits of drift wood. Ton may find rare specimens brought from distant waters on the keel or rudder of some old Indiaman. Take a boat and row out under the old wharves you will find an abundant growth fringing the piers and piles.

The sooner the specimens are prepared after they are obtained the better, though dried seaweed, which has been sent unprepared a great distance and has lain for a considerable time, can often be floated out. For floating out this specimens an ordinary washbowl will answer, and, for small specimens, an ordinary soup plate is all that is necessary. To cleanse the specimens thoroughly from sand, and to soften it if dry, will be the first requisite. Salt water is best if attainable

no. 3—THX DRTINO book.

Photograph cards are best for mounting email specimens. Place the spray of alga in the water and slip your card under it in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 1. A slip of glass under the card, or bit of tin perforated to let the water drain through, will be convenient as a support if the mounting paper Is thin. Hold the stem of tho specimen firmly against tho card, and with a camel's hair pencil "paint" the filaments under water in the direction you wish them to lie. Lift the oard quickly and place it on apiece of blotting paper, cover the specimen with a square of linen and then with another of blottiug paper (see Fig. 8). and it is ready for the press. Most algae adhere to tho paper naturally thoeo which do not should be lightly touched with mucilage.

Two fiat boards form a very good press. They can bo strapped tightly together with a shawl strap if yo% are traveling, or can be weighted with stones, a heavy fiat iron, or books. Small specimens will dry in one day, and will not require change of dryers others will need to have the blotting removed several times and dry layers substituted, the specimens remaining In press several days. Write on the card the natno of the specimen (when known), tho locality where found, and the date when gathered.

When the Birds Wake Up,

An enthusiastic ornithologist has attuned himself by investigating tho question at what hour In summer tho commonest small birds wake up and slug. Be says: "Tho greenfinch is the earliest riser, as it pipes as early as 1:80 in the morning. At about 2:80 the blackcap begin*, and tho quail apparently wakes up half an hour later. It is Dearly 4 o'clock, and the sun is well above tbf borison, bofore the real songster appears in the person of the blackbird. Ho is heard half an hour before the thrush, and the chirp tlM robin begihs about the same length of time before that of the wren. Finally the house sparrow and the tomtit occupy the last plaoeoa the list"

This Investigation has altogether rained the lark's reputation for early rising. That much celebrated bird is quite a sluggard, as it does not rise till long after chaffinches, linnets and a numbered hedgerow birds havo been up and about for some time.

Two Uttlit BOM

One merry summer day Two rcees were at play All at ooce the? took a notion

Tbey would like to run away I Queer tittle rosea Fuaay tfXtte roses.

To want to ran away)

They stole along my fence They dambertd up my wall Ttiey cltobed into my window

To make a morning call! Queer little rose* Fuany Uttio rosea.

To make a morals# call!

The Vatal Stotws

Tto facta in relation to the stone called the "Lia FW1," or Fatal Stone, are briefly as follow*. On this stone it Appears that the king# of Munster w«ro crowned. It was origiuallT de| "tod tn the cathedral of Cashd, their mr poiis. In tho year ISIS Fergus, a prince of the royal lines baring obtained the 6o .: :sh throne, pi this for his eor—ktkm at Duo go* wfcm it continued until the time of Kenneth 11, who reanoved it to Seone and in 1285 wr•* ttmoved by Edward (torn Scone to Lot n, where it was deposited in Westminster abbey.

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THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

Napoleon Bonaparte's Fortune—What Become of It?—•SO.OOO.OOO Private Fbad. What KapoVeon Bonaparte did with the enormous fortune be left somewhere when mmtt to St. Helen*, has since remained a mystery. In 1813 be told Marshal Berthin, and also Bourrieone, his private secretary, that he bad nearly 100,000,000 francs, or $20,000,000 in our money, to his personal fortune. That be did not expend it is certain, for there was no occasion to do so. Then, as emperor, the national exchequer received and honored his drafts. In 1805 Napoleon, after having enriched all bis family, had $15,000,000 of his own. The money received from the United States for the Ionisiana purchase he used in re-equipping that grand army that fought and won at Austerlitx and Wagram. At least $5,000,000 of that money was never accounted for by the emperor. Whore did be hide this enormous sum! He was by far the man in Europe in 1814, and not a of the money was left behind him. The French government thinks it has a clue. The result will be watched for with the greatest interest. This fortune is made the basis of a fascinating and ingenious romance recently issued under the title of "Napoleon Smith."

A Popular Poem.

Georgo Mac Donald is the author of the following poem which has been inquired for: Where did you come from, baby dear? Out of the everywhere into here. Where did you get your eyes so blue Out of the sky as I came through.

What makes the light in them sparkle and spin? Some of the starry spikes left in.

Where did you get that little tearf I found it waiting when I got here

What makes your forehead so smooth and high? A soft band stroked it as I went by.

What makes your cheek like a warm white rove? I saw something better than any one knows.

Whence that three cornered smile of bliss? Three angete gave me at once a kiss.

Where did you get this pearly ear? Ood spoke, and it came out to bear

Where did you get those arms and hands Love made itself into hooks and bands.

Feet, whence did you come, you da*Mng things? From the same box as the cherub's wings.

How did tbey all come Just to be you? Qpd thought of me. and so I grew.

But how did you come to us, you dear? Qod thought of you, and so I am here.

Motile Stark.

The speech popularly attributed to Gen. John Stark on going into the battle of Bennington, Aug. 16,1777, was, "Boys, we hold that field to-night, or Mollie Stark's a widow." His wife, the daughter of Caleb Page, of Starkstown, now Dumbarton, N. H., was named Elizabeth, and though there is much discussion about the matter, it is probable that tbe legend is correctly given by the Rev. J. P. Rodman in bis centennial poem of the "Battle of Bennington:"

Tho morning came—there stood the foe Stark eyed them as they stood Few words he spoke—'twas not a tinv

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"See there the enemy, my boysl ^re" Now, strong in valor's might, Beat them, or Betty Stark will slae

In widowhood to-night."

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A Swiss Cus-om. y*

Tho Swiss Good Night refers to the custom of tho 8wiss mountaineers of calling through their speaking trumpets at dusk, "Praise the Lord God." One herdsman starts the call, and bis neighbors from every peak echo it Tho sounds aro prolonged by reverberation from ono mountain to another. After short period, which is supposed to havo been devoted to prayer, a herdsman calls "Good night" This, too, is repeated, ami as darkness falls, each retires to his hut These calls may be heard for miles, and are reechoed from the rocks forsomo minutes after tho orlginall call has died away.

The Raid Oauge,

The pluviometer is a rain gauge, or an instrument by means of which tho rainfall of any area may be determiaed. It is a cylindrical vessel in shapo, and has a horizontal base, surmounted by a funnel shaped tip. A glass tube allows tho water from the outside to enter the bottom of the vessel. Tho water also falls into the funnel shaped top. The gtiugo is placed in an open space, free from the disturbing influences of winds, and when the water has risen one inch in the tube it is estimated that one inch of rain has fallen over the given area.

Locke'* Moon Ifoax.

The "moon hoax" is out of print and a copy can only be obtained by chance. It was first published in the New York Sun of Aug. 85, 28, 37, 38, 20, and SI, 1835. The full title of the sories wos "Great Astronomical Discoveries Lately Made by Sir John Herschcl, LL.D., F. R. S., etc., at tbe Cape of Good Hope," and the articles purported to bo extracts from and condensations of an account of thorn discoveries published in the supplement to the July number of the Edinburgh Journal of Science.

A long Street Car Line.

There is a street car line in Buenos Ayres, S. A., on which sleeping coaches are used. The line is about 200 miles long, nnd horses are*used In transportation, when a man goes a day's journey on tbe cars, be takes a sleeper, each of which is provided with four folding bunks. Tho cars are about eighteen foet long. Horses are employed because they are plentiful. Fuel is scarce and are plcn quentlyd

An Electoral Vote.

The electoral vote fen- William H. Harrison in 1841 was as follows: Maine, 10 Massachusetts, 14 Rhode Island, 4 Connecticut, 8 Vermont, 7 New York, 43 New Jersey, 8 Pennsylvania, 90 Delaware, 3 Maryland, 10 North Carolina, 1A Georgia, 11 Kantockv, 15 Teenessea, 15 Ohio, 21 Louisiana, S Mississippi, 4 Indiana. 9 Michigan, 3. Total, 2M, against 00 for van Buren.

Tbe Vaae»

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The Wafc*.

The term "watch" as applied to a pocket timepiece is not asotd as the ar: 11 1 The first pocket tl-"-»i«ce u* pocket dock" and "t Nurem ^ga lated apt* It was mads in 1474 by 1 uet Bale, ofNui—'burr a yrr.rV 1ft wasviwMdar I was xtt dm and shape of a goose «gg.

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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

The egg experiment shown in tbe accompanying illustration, white without novelty, is, says The Scientific American, interesting on account of its simplicity and effectiveness.

THE EGO XXPKRIlUtXT.

Two pint tumblers, or similar vessels, are necessary for this experiment. Half fill ono with water and the other with strong brine. Into tho water drop an egg. It goes to tbe bottom (see Fig. 1). An egg dropped into the brine float* (Fig. 2). By carefully pouring tho brine through a long funnel .or through a funnel with an attached tube, which will roach the bottom of the tumbler containing the pure water, the water and tbe egg will be lifted and the egg will float in equilibrium at tho middle of the tumbler. (Fig.- 3.)

The first experiment shows that the egg is a little more dense than pure'water, the second that brine is more dense than the egg, and tbe third that the egg can be supported in equilibrium between two liquids of different densities.

photography as a Detective. Photography is gaining prominence in the criminal courts. With its help a Berlin merchant was lately convicted of crooked ways in keeping his accounts. The slightest differences in color and shades of inks are made manifest in the photographic copy. Blue inks appear nearly white brown inks, on the contrary, almost black. A contemporary states that the books of tbe accused were submitted to a photographer, who took off tho pages concerned and brought into court the most undoubted ocular proofs of the illegitimate after entry of some of the accounts. A subsequent chemical test substantiated fi is evidence. &

The photography is to be preferred to chemical test, explains Scientific American,, because it brings its proofs into tbecotp*, andl submits them to inspection, at the sa{ leaving the document ",wawi I harmed while the resist ((jne-liatfuine). I must be taken on tbSS 'balone, and the writUh rearfc^ \fttrns larown. /^"froin a learned

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An Amusing Experiment.

A very amusing experiment may be performed, claims Popular Science News, by taking a saturated solution of nitrate of potash (saltpeter), and, with a quill pen or fine brush, drawing any picture, design or words upon a piece of white absorbent paper. The lines should bo kept away from each other and the entire subject coarsely drawn in outline, like tbo elephant in the illustration. When dry, the lines will be nearly invisible but if one of them be touched with tbe glowing end of an- extinguished match, a spark of fire will run through the paper, following the lines already traced, and cutting out the design as if with an invisible knife.

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This experiment is cxjftalned by the chemical constitution of the saltpeter. This salt contains a lar .ltoowBt of oxygen, so loosely abinad tint it readily leave* the nitrogen potash, and unites with tbe carbrn of tbe paper, when heated to tbe point of ignition. The heat developed by tho combwtioo is not to tgsite the paper, cscsfpt wheso it

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THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD

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Egg Shell Method of Preserving Food. Tho egg shell method of preserving food, particularly meat, without cans, recently patented, consists essentially in inclosing the meat or other article in au expansible wrapper. such as animal membrame, and subjecting it to a sterilizing steam heat long enough to kill off all germs. It is then immersed in melted vaseline, which forms a permanent coating on hardening, and finally inclosed in a protective wrapper, such as gause coated with plaster of Paris, or the coating of piaster of Paris may be applied directly on tho 4xpansib!o envelope, and the articlo then placed in a bath of vaselino dr other plastic substance, tho packngo thus prepared being wrapped in paper or tinfoil.

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PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

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Why Many People Drink Glass of Water Before Meals. A writer in Scientific American having found relief from long continued dyspepsia in tbe practice uow so often recommended at drinking a glass of water before eating, gives the following explanation of its action:

In tbe morning the stomach contains a considerable quantity of mucus spread over and adherent to its walls. If food enters at thi« timA the tenacious mucus will interfere, to some extent, with the direct contact between tbe food and the stomach necessary to provoke the secretion of gastric Juice. A glass of water, taken before breakfast, passes through tbe stomach into the small intestines in a continuous and uninterrupted flow. It partly distends the stomach, stretching and to some extent obliterating the rug® it thins and washes out most of the tenacious mucus it increases the fullness of tbe capillaries of the stomach, directly if the water is warm, and indirectly in a reactionary way if it is cold it causes peristalsis of the alimentary tract, wakes it up (so to speak), and gives it a morning exercise and washing. Care most be taken not to give cold water when the circulation, either local or general, is so feeble as to make reaction improbable. We should not risk it in advanced age, nor in tbe feeble, whether old or young, nor should it be given in local troubles, like chronic gastric catarrh. In these eases it is best to give warm or hot water. The addition of salt is very beneficial. Such a time honored custom as drinking soup at the beginning of a meal could only have-been so persistently adhered to because of it having been found by experience to be the most appropriate time. It does exactly what warm or hot water, with the addition of salt does, and more, in that it is nutritive and excites the flow of gastric Juice.

Care of the Complexion.

The best soap in general for washing tbe face is pure white Castile, though some of the better kinds of toilet soap are equally good. Where there is a tendency to eruptions the pure Castile soap has a healing effect whero most soaps will aggravate tbe trouble. When possible, use soft water to wash in, but as around the city this is impracticable, a few drops of ammonia added to hard water will soften it wonderfully. Apropos of rain water for the skin, an old lady, who at the age of 97 years bad skin as soft as velvet, attributed it to the constant use of rain water in washing. Never use soap on the face during the day, but just before -retiring for the night wash the face with a soft cloth in warm water, using the Castile soap liberally. After drying the skin, rub it well with vaselino or cold cream in tbe morning wash this off, using a very little ammonia or soap in the water.

A few drops of the spirits of campaor added to tbe wash water twice a week is good to whiten tho skin.

Many women who are in tbe country for ftn summer lose much lieneflt of sun and aekJty*i7 through fear of getting tanned if hor A.^v" e"*cc^t at certain hours of tho o»ly Vont.tbffl.ittpowto

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80CIAL ETIQUETTE.

Helpe and Hindrances to Sueoeesful Dinner Party. There are many whose wealth and position entail upon them a ocrtain amount of entertaining. Having, perhaps, no special motive for giving dinners, tbey invite people to their houses because it is rather expected that tbey should.

At all events, people must eat to live, and may as well make that necessity as agreeable in the performance as possible so the question is, what constitutes a pleasant dinner! First and foremost, of course, the meats and drinks for if failure is there nothing can make up for it But supposing that part to bo perfection, the next thing is perhaps not to let the dinner last too long. "Jinked sweetness long drawn out" is all ver} veil bnt one may have too much of a good thing, and there is sometimes a sensation of tbralldom felt at dinner parties which is anything but conducive to brilliancy, or oven cheerfulness, and although it may happen that otto's neighbors are exceptionably agreeable, that is not invariably tbe case, and when it is not, conversation is apt to flag and to require superhuman efforts to make it go at all.

A clover hostess will always try to invite such guests as are in harmony with eadh other but is impossible to manage this sometimes, so that allowance must be made for tbe human lumps of lead who have to bo asked, and also for the electric sort of beings, who carry with them an atmosphere charged with elements of storm and disturbance* and who at an over long dinner become irritable and argumentative, while the leaden ones seem to grow'heavier the longer tbey sit. Tbo hostess herself is, of course, one of the greatest helps or hindrances to a dinner. Self possessed and quiet, dressed becomingly to suit her own style, and above all never flurried or distraite, but with eye and ear on the alert, she is charming, even without beauty of feature, and ber influence over the table is great, even when the party is so large that conversation is practically a series of tete-a-tetes. She can and will, when one of tbe pauses occurs—'which always does occur trerm «ww» during the dinner—prevent tbe traditional "angel1* being too slow in passing, by finding soma topic to start ber guests upon again, or soma lively remark to make them laugh.

As regards tbe guests, it 4s iippoariblenot to feci at times that such sacrifices have beexv made at tbe shrine of policy as to spoil tbe real brilliancy and pleasure of the party. People are asked solely because rf tha value tbey represent, either in the way of riches or rank, wbee it msy be that tbey am tbe dullest of the tell, without one spark cl! intellect to brighten their heavy personality or enliven their neighbor*. However, we must take things cs tbey are, and ns society is now constituted it is not feasible to "wised onfall bores Or nmsttractive people from dinners or aay other aodal gatherings, bat those who entertain do weO to bear in mind that wit, homer, talent of soma sort, art greater factor? in the success of a dinner party than mere gold, if tho nothing else to rscoimntnd them.

Ateld vaalt finding/''

Be careful oat to cultivate a disposition to find fsatt or depredate. Indiscriminate pndse is nauseating but, on the odber band, indiscrimiaate condemnation is irritating. A man or woman of the world o«gbt to bav* good appr *. ttioa and good depredation— eense of tha merits of a keen sense of Ks faults, taste to speslc moderately

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LIFE IN HOLLAND.

TM'~ CURIOUS MATRIMONIAL CUSTOM OF "MARRIAGE BY PROXY.*

The Wife's Legal Position—Wlvw Daughters of the Lower Ballroad Watekwoosn at Sw I*®**-

An Iron Social Role. A marriage by proxy, or, as it is called, "marriage by the glove," is prevalent in Holland, and is brought about by tbe fact that many of the eligible young men after having finished their education depart for Dutch India to engage in some lucrative commercial enterprise or to accept a position in this colonial service. The scarcity of marriageable white ladies in that clime induces tbe would be husband to write to a friend in Holland, disclosing bis wish for a wife.

Tbe friend selects a willing young lady, generally one with a substantial dot and otherwise conforming closely to specifications of tbe letter. A photograph of the favored one is mcloeed in the return epistle. After the lapse of a few months, a soiled left hand glove, with a power of attorney, is received from tbe far away bachelor. The friend in Holland marries tbe selected bride in precisely the same manner as if he were the actual groom, and tbe young wife departs in the next Indian mail steamer to bring happiness to the lonely one in the far east. A marriage of this description is as binding as if the bridegroom were present, and is never repudiate*!. If either party to tbe glove marriage should die liefore meeting In India tbe survivor would share the property of deceased in accordance with the law.

THE WIFE'S LKOAL POSITION. The laws in Holland i.i regard to tho legal p.«ition of the wife are very much behind the age, and tbe husband can do about as he likes with the person and the property of his helpmate. Tbe laws are silent as to the wife's claim on t.ie husband, but lawyers have told me that this apparent void in tbe law book is caused by the invariable devotion of the Hollander to his home and its inmates. Love for home, wife and children is nowhere more thoroughly illustrated than in the Netherlands, and cases of neglect to provide in every possible way are very rare in the land of dykes.

The wives and daughters of tho lower classes try in every way imaginable to aid tbe husband and father in procuring a living. In summer you will observe hundreds of them on their knees in the public squares anned with a three inch spike weeding the grass blades from between the stones, for which tbey receive twelve cents a day. Others are engaged in wheeling sand into outward bound merchant ships, to be used as ballast. You will see a woman pushing a wheelbarrow, containing about 200 pounds of sand, up a broad gangway inclined at least 80 degs., at a gait simply wonderful considering that the wheeler is of the weaker sex. You will often meet a small prooession on the tow path of the river Amstel, consisting of mother and two or three children, harnessed to tbe tow line of the canal boat, verv much in the manner of American mules. Tbey hang, as it were, in the harness, and their swinging regular walk proves that a great part of their lives has been passsd in this way. When the boat comes abreast you feel like using a rope's end on the father of tbe family, who, placidly smoking his pipe, sits in the stern steering the vessel, but your anger will cool when investigation show* that if he took to tho tow path and allowed his wife the helm, all damages for collision, etc., would have to be paid by him.

THE RAILROAD WATCBWOUAN

You cross a railroad track and casting a glance along the iron path, a woman, dressed in red tunic and glistening holmet, waving a white signal flag, catches your eye. She is the watchwoman at the crossing. At every railrOad in Holland this |»osition is filled by a woman, and railroad officials have assured me that no accident has ever been caused by a watch woman's carelessness. Tbey receive twenty guldens ($8) per month. A man would require double that salary and might get intoxicated once in awhile. Distinctions in privileges between married and single women are so thoroughly established here by social custom as to be observed in tbe every day associations of tbe sexes. A native will readily discover whether tho couple walking ou tbe street in frout of him are married or not, this discovery being made easy by tbe strict adherence of the populace to the ancient custom compulsorily introduced into tbe country when under tho Iron rule of "Alva the Bloody." An unmarried woman always takes tho right arm of ber escort, while tbe married one selects the left side of ber husband So deeply has this custom entered into the life of Hollanders that at a church wedding tbe bride enters tbe edifice on tbe right side of the groom, tbe wife returning on tbe left side of ber husband when tbe ceremony has been performed. No unmarried lady can dream of going to church, concert or any place of public assembly without the escort of parents or male members of ber family. She cannot take a walk, pay a visit or go shopping unaccompanied by ber mother or other chaperon. Until the betrothal of tbe young lady has been announced, she remains the sole charge of father and mother, and she makes acquaintances only in the presence of a third party.

Unmarried daughters in that country are chaperoned to ail places of amusement Even dancing porties are Interspersed with singing, recitations, etc., for tbe amusement of tbe eiden of tbe family, who sit around the tables, sipping their coffee, wine or other favorite beverage, while tbe young people dance. Here tbo young must make tbe best of their opportunities, for when it pleasas tbe parents to go home tbe daughters also quit the gayeties of tbe ballroom.—Amsterdam Cor. Naw York Tribune.

A Court Drees In England.

Tbe one article of court dress alone calls for tho exercise of all one's intellectual powers. Like Mr* Todgers' gravy, it calls for anxiety and a sense of responsibility that threatens one with prostration. No man, nre a play actor or a circus rider, or an gweil known as a naval officer, or an army revolver, known as such at Washington because of his powers as around danoer, hss tbe remotest conception of what a court dress is to the constitute

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To a free born American, born through many generations of common clothing that is dftigtr-* to N* as comfortable and hideous as posrible, tb 'tangs to a court dress is appalling. He suddenly finds himself trussed up a Ft-rfed turkey. His front deration ivei re in doubt as to the sex of the wearer—while that of the rear suggests a bunty tailed rooster. This, with bombs braided on bis coat tails and gold grspo vim-4 wofif-1 up his bade—while his patriotic legs fed as if taey were turned out to a cold and heartless world in thin knit drawers. a this a small sword is addsd that embarrass looocnotion and threatens unexpected t»? es by a propensity it bas, from tbe totu ravtty of Inanimate things, to get between the lea*—Dora* Piatt in Bedford's

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WINES MADE TO ORDER.

What an English Landlord Told In a Confidential Chat. In Poole's tales the reader gets an insight into how wines were made at some hotel* Tbe author, meeting a stranger in a country churchyard, recognises Burley, tho former landlord of an inn housed to frequent near Cambridge, now, it appears, retired to enjoy the fruits of his industry. Falling into a confidential discourse about the way in which this worthy conducted his business, the author receives from him a most luminous and satisfactory account of his wine* "You cant deny it, your wines were detestable—port, Madeira, claret, champagne" "There now, sir to prove how much gentlemen may be mistaken, I assure you, sir, as I'm an honest man, I never had but two sorts of wiue in my cellar—port and sherry." "How? when I myself have tried your claret, your" "Yes, sir, my claret, sir. Gentlemen who pay their money, sir, have a right to be served with whatever they may please to order, sir. I never would have any wines in my house, sir, but port and sherry. But to explain the thing at once, sir. This was my plan, sir. If any one ordered Madeira: From one bottle of sherry take two glasses of wine, which replace by two glasses of brandy, and add thereto a slight squeeze of lemon, and this I found to give general satisfaction. As to the pale and brown sherry, sir, a couple of glasses of nice pure water, in place of the same quantity of wine, made what I used to r^all my dolicate pale (by-the-by, a squeese of lemon added Ut that made a very fair Bucellas), and for ray old brown sherry, a leetle brown sugar was the thing. It looked very much like sherry that had been twioA to the East Io'lies, sir, and indeed, to my customers, who wei-e very particular about their wines, I used to serve it as such. "But my port was the wino which gave me the most trouble. One gentleman would say: 'Burley, I don't like this wine it is too heavy!' «Isit,sirf I think I can find you a lighter.' Out went a glass of wine, and in went a glass of water. 'Well, sir,'I'd say, 'how do you approve of thatf 'Why—um— no I can't say' 'I understand, sir yoa like an older.wine—softer. I think I can please you, sir.' Pump again, sir. 'Now, sir,' says 1 (wiping the decanter with a napkin and triumphant! holding it up to tho light), 'try this, if yoii please.' 'That's it, Burley—that's tbe very wine bring another bottle of the same.' But ono cant please everybody the samo way, sir. 8ome gentlemen would complain of my port as being poor—without body. In went one gloss of brandy. If that didn't answfcr, 'Ay, gentlemen,' says I, 'I know what will please you you like a fuller bodied, rougher Wino.' Out went two glasses of wino, and in wont two or three glasses of brandy. This used to be a yery favorite wino." "And your claretf "My good wholesome port again, sir. Three wines out, three waters in, one pinch of tartario acid, two ditto orris powder. For a fuller claret, a little brandy for a lighter claret, moro water." "But how did you contrive about Burgundy "That was my claret, sir, with from three to six drops of bergamot, according as gentlemen likod a full flavor or a delicate flavor. As for champagne, sir, that, of course, I made myself." "How do you mean 'of course,' Burley!" "Oh, sir," he said, with an innocent yet waggish look, "surely everybody makes his own champagne, else what can beoome of all tho gooseberries?"—London Table.

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