Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 19, Number 18, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 October 1888 — Page 3

SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

THINGS THAT ARE TALKED ABOUT IN THE SCIENTIFIC WORI )RLPi A Simple fajwriment In Pbjila by Whldi 6MM Are W«f|h«d with the Aid of a

Pair of rtalMcee—A Kemarksble Onwt Foam! In New fork Cttj.

To show visibly that carbonic acid gas fa heavier than air, and that pure hydrogen is lighter, a pair of balance* may be preaed Into the service, say* Scientific A merman, in which journal the annexed cot originally appeared.

WTtlOniXO GASES.

If tbe balance* are not at band a pair may readily bo made of wire, a* shown in tbe engraving. All tbe pivots should be made •taped, to reduce tbe friction to a minimum. The pivot of tbe beam should be a little higher than tbe bearing surface of tbe hooks at the ends of tlx? beam. The conical scale pan may be made of paper, by radially slitting a disk, overlapping tbe edges, and sticking them together. The paper box for receiving the gas is Ave inches in each of its dimensions, and is suspended from the scale beam by a wire stirrup, so that it may be reversed. After bringing tbe scale to equilibrium in air by placing some •mall weights in the pan, the air contained by the box may bo displaced by pouring in carbonic acid gas. The box will immediately descend, showing that carbonic acid gas is heavier than air. Allowing the weights hi the pan to remain the same, the paper box is inverted, when the carbonic acid falls out and air takes its place. Tbe balanco beam again becomes horizontal. Now, by opening a jar of hydrogen under the box, the air is again displaced, this time, however, by the rising of the inflowing gas. When the greater portion of the oir is replaced by hydrogen, the box rises, showing by its bouyancy that its contents are lighter than air. If tbe balanco is allowed to remain for a time, the gas will be diffused and the balance beam will return again to the horizontal position.

A Fine, Large Garnet.

In our lllustgatioo It shown tbe finest, large garnet eryital ever found, perhaps, in the United State#, and discovered, strange as it may seem, in the midst of the solidly built (wrtlon of New York city. It was brought to light by a laborer excavating for a sewer in West Thirtyvflfth street, between Broadway and Seventh avenue. A quartsite vein, tern versing tbe gneiss, contained the crystal.

A lUU(AMU.BUt OAJUqET.

It weighs nine pound* ten ounces (4.4 kilos), and measures fifteen cm. (six inches) in its greatest diameter, and six cm. on its largest traposohedral face. Twenty of the tropeaohedral faces of the crystal an* perfect, while tbe remaining faces were obliterated in the formation of the crystal by pressure •gainst tbe quartette matrix. On the surface the color is a reddish brown, with an occasional small patch of what is apparently chlorite, which greatly enhances its beauty. On a fractured surface, however, tbo color is a light almaudiue, and tbo material in the Interior of the crystal is found to be very compact.

This "find* is of peculiar interest, been use within the post tow years large garnets have been brought to light at other localities in this country, notably at Halidn, Colo,, where large almandiae crystals occur, which are very perfect. In Burk county, N. C., where garnets are mined for emery purposes, they are found in sufficient quantities to warrant the establishment of grinding milk. Although both of t* above localities have afforded large cry Uus, yet no finer crystal of Its aim than the one here illustrated has ever come under the notice of tbe well known mineralogist* Mr. George P. Hunts, to whom we are indebted, by the by, for the illustration. as well as the description of this remarkable caruet from New York.

Ek«trie light Plants and Stations. At the recent convention of tbe National Electric

Light luwoclatloci the president said

in February last there were 4,000 isolated riet |i In lighting plants and central stations ia tbe Uuited State*. which operated 17X.OOO are lights and 1,T30,0SD incandescence lights. Since then tbere have been added 1,301 new touted plants and stations, operating »^01 arc ligbts and 3EL.W4 incandescence light*.

A comp* record t* kept of these, and from it a., am that now there are 8,351 plants and stations, operating every night 102,500 are and l,n"X» ine ecee lights. There are ak» C.88 faor sr ot Mean engines devoted to electric lighting. Tbe capital invested in the electric lig': cc*afMuttaa during the past half year h^ tocreated to tbe extant ot #4^310,101 In February tbm were lathi* r34electric railways, with 1SS mike __aoperating 833 motor can, aad utilising 4,190 bone power tor stationary Fbrtynaine new roods are now built, having a total el ISO mUce of track, and to oss 9M motor can. TVro are also several motor ffcctortaft, mxcm of them employing as many as 1,900 taeo.

Eaaiwlert Biiet

A fcaftmof boildinf coMCrcctk« at the prw time is tbe ^t of «a*„Jedbriek. Ti i» pond to ewtstaiv, or where vapors *t the air. wperk r- rol cb rl l» paii I woHkinki sos.tamxf ale., Is titti

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THE CURIOSITY SHOP. f,

A Queer Lrerail The Story of the Contest for tbe Crown. The story of tbe contest for the crown, in which tbe wren outwitted the eagle, is traditional in Germany, France, Ireland and other countries It seems that the birds all met togetber one day, and settled among themselves that whichever of them could fly tbe highest was to be king of them all As they were starting, tbe wren, unknown to tbe eagle, perched himself on his tail. Away flew tbe birds, and tbe eagle soared far above the others, until, tired, he perched himself on a rock, and declared that lie bad gained the victory. "Not so fast," cried tbe wren, getting off the tail and springing above tho eagle "you have lost your chance, and 1 am king of birds." Tbe eagle, angry at tbe trick played upon him, gave tbe wren as be came down a smart stroke with his wing, from which time tbe wren bas never been able to fly higher than a hawthorn bush. The story is told with a different conclusion in Germany. According to tbe German version tbe tricky wren was imprisoned in a mouse bole, and the owl was let to watch before it, whilst tbe other birds were deliberating upon the punishment to be inflicted upon tbe offender. Tbe owl fell asleep and tbe prisoner escaped. The owl was so ashamed that be has never ventured to show himself by daylight

A President Painted Out.

When Carpenter painted the picture of the deathbed of Lincoln the figure of Andrew Johnson was one of those gathered about the eoucb, and this was as it should be, because be was really tbere with the members of the cabinet and others. Before tbe picture was quite completed, however, tbe feeling in the north bad grown so bitter against Johnson that tbe artist feared lest tbe popularity of the picture would be injured by tbe appearance in it of the tben chief executive. He, therefore, erased President Johnson and inserted Scimyicr Colfax in his stead, although Colfax wfis not really present at the death of Lincoln.

State Secession.

Vermont was admitted into tbe Union in 1791. Its territory was considered a part of New Turk before the revolution. Acting in the spirit of tho revolutionary times, its people declared themselves a free state in 1777, and indepeudeut of New York, and petitioned congress for admission into the Union. Although congress was willing to sustain rebellion by tbe colonies against the mother country, it did not relish its exercise against one of the members of the Confederacy. The petition of Vermont was therefore refused. The controversy remained unsettled until it was arranged bv a payment to New York of 130,000.

The Sorosis.

The "Sorosis. a literary society of New York, admits only women to membership. It was formed somo twenty-one years ego by Alice and Phoebe Cary and Mrs. Jennie June Croly. When the elder Dickens visited this country many of the literary women desired to be present at tbe press dinner given in his honor. They were refused admittance, and straightway formed a literary and artistic club from which men are ever to be excluded. The by laws of the "Sorosis" forbid tho discission of politics and of religion, and aggressive woman suffragists are barred out.

'Poets Laureate.

Tbe custom of crowniug poets is a* ancient as poetry itself. Frederick the Sedond crowned the King of Verses at Ancona in 1290. Petrarch received the laurel crown at Rome on Easter day, 1341. Maximilian I founded a poetical college at Vienua in 1504, In England the king's versifier existed as early as 1351.

"Boodle."

Tbe word "boodle" is thought to be derived from the English won! "Iwttel," a bunch or a bundle of straw. The word is in common use to the eastern states in the sense of the whole lot, as "the boodle of them," and from this usage bas got to mean tho whole pile or amount of a man's money.

Tho First Paragrapher.

George D. Prentice was the first man to use the paragraph in journalism. His personalities were pointed and sarcastic. His thrusts of humor were unanswerable. Before his day nothing of tbe kind bad ever been known in the American newspaper.

Zola's Early Career.

Emtio Zola is the sou of an Italian engineer, and failed to past his graduating examination at college. He tben turned to journalism, in which lie spent two years, living in a precarious and wretched fashion, literally from band to mouth.

The Greatest Loss of life.

The greatest steamboat disaster ever known in this country was tho Ion of the Central America, sailing from Aspinwall to New York, on Bept 8, 1857, with 401 passengers and 101 members of the crew. There were 33? lives lost.

IUch Late In Lifts

Thuriow Weed, tbe eminent New York politician, never made a dollar until after be was 50. Horace Greeley was poor as a church moose until about the same age—or until after Tbe Tribune became a soceeaa.

How Thejr Got There.

The metal balls inside the round sleigh bells are placed inside of the aandcore, which occupies tbe space inside the bell. In casting tbe sandcore is burned away and the piece of metal isckieed in the bell form.

First German Newspaper.

Tbo first German newspaper was Das Frankfurter Journal, published at tbe beginning of the Seveeteech century at Frank-fort-on-the-Main.

The first Patent.

Tho first patent in America was tamed in 1700 to Samuel Hopkins, ot Philadelphia, for an improvement in tbe manufacture of

Omn Iteats PMcta

For a pickle of green tomatoes slice one peck of grtm tomatoes and one damn onioos, sprinkle srith salt and let stai until next day to drain. The? n»7 better by tying tn a large cloth and banging them op. The next day add oee box of grcmnd mustard, ooe Mad one-half ottnors of black pepper, one onnoe of mottard seed, one ounce of allapkw, h- an of s: dove*. Put in a Utle la .-.mate -vers of tomatoes and oniona. S ukle over tike spfc* Pot the urastard in the vl ^ar and pot on vinegar —otgh to cover tiU^hola. LetitbafTtwaoty t.. turns.

A merry heart doeth good like medicine, and' it at meals to better than pepsdn form ironing the part affected with a fiat troe as bot as it c*n be e, a flannel ow give* *p*t~v a. it ^worm* will j. 1 to a tn sent of borax. Wash with a strong sohrtioa thrsa day and tat over the toe, dry

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8UBJECTS OUR

kl. TBRKB HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN.

THAT WILL ENTERTAIN BOYS AND GIRLS.

How Englishmen Prewed In Rnffled Shirts, Knee Breecfcc* and Three Cornered Cocked Data Played Cricket One Hundred Tears Ago.

More than a hundred years ago cricket was a favorite game with English gentlemen, and several clubs were in existence, some of which had already acquired a great repota tion. Although the rules of the game were much tbe same as now, the implements used in playing it were very different. Tbe bat rather resembled a huge curved club than that which is at present iu use, and were only tirp stumpe instead of three.

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CRICKET A CENTURY AGO.

There was no cricketing costume at that time, neither flannels, leggings, gloves nor cricketing shoes. The gentlemen threw off their three cornered cocked hats, pulled ofljl their gold laced coats ami waistcoats, ana played in their ruffled shirts, knee breeches^ silk stockings and high heeled shoes. Thei pigtails would not be much in the way but fancy receiving a five ounce ball on your shins with nothing to protect them but thin silk stocking. However, it was not quite so dangerous then as it would be to defend your wicket in such a costume now, ®er nil the bowling was underhand and the fastest bowling of those days would be thought very slow indeed at the present time.

Bandannas*

Now that we are hearing so much the bandana handkerchief, says Golden Days, perhaps the boys and girls may like to know what the term means.

Most people think tbat it means a red handkerchief of cotton or silk, but tbat is a istake. Bandana" refers to tbe figure and not to the goods, color, size or quality of the handkerchief.

The bandana figure is an arrangement of white blocks about a quarter of an inch square, each with a round or square hole in the center, upon a background or solid color. Tbe blocks are grouped india monds, squares, circles and other geometrical figures, scattered over the handkerchief in any fashion that pleases. A border of white lines, dots, bars or bands surrounds tba whole. They are made of either cotton or bilk, and come chiefly in yellow, red and chocolate oolo with occasionally a lot of blue ones. colors are always very deep and vivid.

Two'Vlews of Day. ty Polly Petulant .» Hi, •'Ob, ri«iu-y rfw) Why dot* everybody worn

Cross as cross can be? Really, in and out of doors, Evervthing goes wrong. Wliv do all the dismal days

Stay so very long?"

Bunny Sadie Smiley-eyes Laughed right cheerily: "Why does everybody seem

Very uicc to roef Really, in and out of doors, Everything's In tuue. Why do all the happy days

Go so very soon r' —M. Thayer Rouse.

Derivation of the Word "Salary." The derivation of our word "salary" is very curious. In ancient times Roman soldiers received a daily portion of salt as part of their pay. Sal, in Latin, is salt, and when tbe salt was, in course of time, commuted for money, the amount was called salarium, or salt money. Hence our "salary," and hence, no doubt, tbe expression, "not worth bis caltn—i. e., his salary.

Tho Dear Dolls.

So far as I have been able to discover, rays Olive Thome Miller in St Nicholas, tbere is not a girl from tbo snow huts of tbe north pole to the leaf huts of tbe equator, wbo bas not had somo sort of a dolL Even Laura Brldgeman, born deaf and dnmb and blind, even she bad her doll, with a ribbon over its eye* (as though blind).

Among the wild Indians of oar country is surely the last place one would look for toys, but the little Indian girls must have their dolls, for in tbe cut are shown two dear creature* from Dakota territory.

They were made by some lovfng mother of the Gros Ventre tribe of Indians. But tbe unfortunate little red skin girl for whom they were intended never received them after all, for tbey were bought by a white man, and sent to New York to ait for their picture for St Nicholas' boy* and girl*. They area queer looking pair, dressed in tbe most elegant Gros Ventre stylo. Tbey are eighteen inches tall, made of doth, with their nose* sewed on, and their face* well colored not only red, like tbe *kin, bat with painted features. Both have long hair with a braid over each ear, but tbe brave bas also a quantity hanging down bis back, and a crest standing up on top—perhaps as "scalp lock."

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aad a striog of bins bwdaarooas betid** little dot* of bend* all over

berwaML Tb* salt of tbe warrior is similar In style, bat tbe btoase is of anblaached smelts, deatbed with streaks sf red paist aad trimmed with braid, alto red. Across hi* brwt^bs^wears as elaborate ornaaynt of

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PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.

Hew and Surprising Inventions and Discoveries In 8nncerv and Medicine. It is claimed that su-gical operations for the removal of sections of bone will soon be robbed of much of the terror which they now inspire, by the use of a newly invented instrument, the osteotome, which will take tbe place of the present brutal methods of operating with mallet, chisel, gouges, etc.

London Electrical Engineer describes tbe osteotome as an instrument holding a circular saw at it* extremity, revolved with lightning speed by an electric motor. This, when held against a bono, makes a clean cut through it in a few seconds in fact, its action is instantaneous. By holding tbe osteotome in a slanting position, wedge shaped pieces can be cut out with equal promptitude. There is no danger of the saw cutting the soft parts, as they are protected by a retractor—an instrument which is passed down and under tbe bone

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-JW 4 I Hip Disease,

Hip d'wpaas is a cause of deformity and untold suffering for children, and it is important tbat its earliest symptoms should be recognised and the disease arrested in its first stage. It is oftenest seen among delicate children or those of scrofulous tendencies and usually does not begin until the child walks.

Dr. A. A. Whitfield states that in the beginning, in the usual form, the hip is nof complained of at all it is the knee tbat offends. When standing, the child rests the toes of tho affected limb on the foot of the other. It lies on the other side and avoids long walks and all active games. These symptoms seem very slight and too often even a severe leg ache is attributed to "growing paius." Oh, those growing pains! When a child complains as above, have him extend tbe limb, holding the knee stiff strike tbe sole of the foot sharply, squarely. It will not be the knee, but the hip, that will cry out Now is the time of salvation in this disease. Rest, good air, good food, early instituted proper treatment are necessary to a perfect cure in the above complaints.

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Whooping Cough.

Dr. Manly expresses the opinion in The Practitioner tbat if the treatment of whooping cough by sulpurous acid were carried out in every case the disease would be unknown at the end of six months. He uses tbe following method: Tbe patient is iu the morning put into clean clothes and removed elsewhere. All his clothes and toys, etc., are brought into the bedroom, and sulphur is burnt upon a few live coals in the middle of the room. Tbe fire is allowed to remain in the xooni for five hours, and then the windows and doors are thrown open. The child sleeps in the room the same eveuing. About twen-ty-five grams (a little under an ounce) of sulphur to every cubic meter may be burnt this is equivalent to rather more than ten »grains per cubic foot. Tbe room is fumigated in a like manner during the night the patient practically living in an atmosphere of diluted sulphurous acid gas for some days, while iu several cases tbe process is repeated at the end of a week.

Vaccination Against Cholera. M. Gamaleia, of Odessa, hns created somesensation amoug foreign scientists method of preventing cholera by inocun, whicm he claims to have established, ^cultivates the bacillus or cholera perm in ^increase Its virus (which is not great), $stlL sterilizes it by exposure to beat "titing 'ofeeniMtM*acci ne" to M. Gamaleia, be inoculated Withng the usual cholera symptoms and irds entire protection against tbe disease, sanguine is M. Gamaleia of tbe valuo of discovery tbat he proposes to ascertain by experiment upon himself, under the observation of a committee ot the French academy, the amount of this vaccine matter requisite in vaccination against cholera.

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

A 8oclety Woman's Advice to Young Men, with Opinions on Their Manners. Mrs. 8herwood, whose opinions as a well known society woman are received with consideration, advises the young men of our free country, no matter how bumble their station, to study maimers and proper dree* and proper courtesy, for there is no knowing wkere they will land as they climb tbe hill of life. Their tailor* and their observation will tell them how to dress. Neatness should be their first and firmest ally, no matter bow plain their clothes. A young man should never be too fine for his work—heavy sboet for walklig, plain clothes for morning, and a change for dinner and evening. Fresh stocking* atd neat looking feet are indispensable, and cban linen is the very alphabet of good dswuing A gentleman's drees should always so quiet as not to excite attention.

According to Mr*. Sherwood, tbere are no ytung mot in the world with better manners ti&n tbe best type of American men. Manly, staple, unaffected, respectable and remarkably graceful, so bright "that, if tbey turn ttemselves on, you can *ee to read by them," the young American man te oonceded to bo a^eeable tbo world over. Many a youth bas wcrked his way op from poverty to good position.

They are wonderful fellow*. There

is tomething In this air of equality and freeckm and of liberty which makes a gentlemen. They behave modi better as a class thin do the young women of America, for tbiy are so chivalrous tbat thef have partly spoiled tbe young women. Tbey are incoco!y better mannered than either young men or young Frenchmen as a rl**s ia, to be rare, an occasional Mia* Nspcy, a glrliah young man, wbo is as abnotnal as a mannish young woman. Both artfortonately ram So are tbo "untaught knives unmannerly." Tbe American men trim chivalrous race. Tbey respect women are tbe noblest men in tbe world. Tfctre are, to be ears, American savage*. Oi» das* wbo ase the bowie knife, who drfak like tbe hippopotamus, play cards, figlt duels, are wildly, forlornly passionate, itnfcfe tad desperate. Tbere is another clsls, wbo pretend to despise fashion and etttoette, wbo dress like fiends, wearing oongunarates of frock coat and white tie in tbe evtiing, dre** coat in tbe morning. Tbey nether know nor care for ettqnetta, and think it Is noble to be thns ignorant these two daaae* have a respect totiwwuai Their apeecb bacomee decent) thar manner* kind, and their sichii are rest-aiaed if a woman approaches them, ft Is wpkndid national peculiarity. Tbe Loodot rough bas no such soft spot It is to be feafed that tbe London man of fashion is not sufibantly imbosd with it As forthepoUte Fitvfaman his external politenem toward tbe**bean sexe" Is very marked wben he wi4u*. bot bis contempt for tham is equally mafeed when bttdoeenet

Dtat whisper to company. Dtot talk to carper* Dbt talk aboat people aafcaown to those

Dht Hitter remark* made to yoa wtHh monosyllables. Tkfa le ctrfUisg. if not

LONGEVITY OF MAN.

THE LIFE TERM OF THE RACE SHOULD AVERAGE S6 YEARS.

The Genealogy of the Patriarchs—Monstrous Hygteale Superstitions of the Middle Ages—Seeping Disease at Day.

A Hint to Drain Worker*. The biologist Bichat, whoee institutions so marvelously anticipated the conclusions of later science, held that tho normal longevity of our race should bo an average of ninetysix years, basing his inference on the fact that' the life term of all known mammals exceeds at least six times the period of their growth. A dog, growing for three years, may live to eighteen or twenty. A horse, growing for four or five, attains, and often excectis, an age of thirty years. A camel, growing twico as slowly, may live to forty years and upward. An elephant, even in captivity, does not attain its full growth before its fifteenth year, and in India often outlives two masters. Some of the larger quadrumana, likewise, grow very slowly several varieties of ha boons, for instance, do not aoquire the characteristics of maturity before tho beginning of their teons and the naturalist Brehm mentions a male cacma who, after becoming the patriarch of his tribe, raided tho durra fields of the Zulu villages for nearly thirty years before he met his Waterloo in a fight with the outraged natives.

The males of our own species grow for at least sixteen years, hut less than oue-third reach even the threefold multiple of that age, and hardly one in 300 tho normal sixfold. Attention has also to lx called to the circumxtanco that, whether th* years of Genesis may have l**yi solar years, moons or seasons, tho gonmlogy of tho patriarchs records a steady decrease of /longevity, since the author of that record can hardly be supposed to have used, within the same chapter, two or throe different units of computation.

Besides, there is an a priori probability that tho average duration of our life term must havo leen shortened by those three billion tons of virulent stimulants, which, according to Dr. Schrodt's estimate, havo convulsed tho viscera of mankind since tho invention of alcoholic beverages, not to mention narcotic drinks, tobacco, made ilishes, premature marriages, indoor life, sedentary occupations, high pressure schools, sleepless nights, and all tho fracas, fret and factory snioko of modern city lifa. There is no doubt that tho average of longevity has slightly increased since science has begun to dispel the monstrous hygionic superstitions of the middle ages, but it is equally certain that those superstitions enormously decreased the average life term of earlier generations.

CONDUCIVE TO LONGEVITY.

Mental activity, under tbe stimulus of a fierce competition, is not specially conducive to length of life, yet a surprising number of Grecian statesmen, poets and philosophers were octogenarians. The sun of the south did not prevent the passionate, though diotetically temperate, Saracens of Bagdad and Cordova from reaching an ago which their Trinitarian contemporaries often ascribed to the machinations of witchcraft Yet neither the Greeks nor the Moriscoes were distinguished for the practice of the ascetic virtues. They loved lifo for its own sake, and saw nothing meritorious in gratuitous self denials.

Physical exercise, out door sports, absenco from toxic stimulants and premature incontinence, frugality in the original sense that implied a predilection for a mainly vegetoblo diet, and tbe lovo of mirth and harmless recreations, generally suffice to keep disease at bay, though tbere is also a deep significance in Goethe's remark, that perfect health of mind and body depends upon the regular, though not necessarily exclusive, pursuit of some practical occupation. Brain workers, ho thought, should follow some mechanical by-trade, and counteract tbe ono sided tendencies of their study by mechanical laborsay, in an amateur carpenter shop, or a private smithy, a la E.

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Burritt or, better

yet, on a little farm, with a bit of live stock and a thriving orchard. Disappointment, oft repeated, undermines health as effectually as protracted physical pain, and for tbe worry of tbe vexations incident to tbo complex and precarious pursuits of modern civilization tbere is, indeed, no better specific than tbe peace of a rustic garden home. Xenophon's bunting lodge, Felix Sylla's cabbage garden, Erasmus' green bouse, tbe patriarch of Forney's home made Eden, with its pear tree nurseries and refugee aettlemen:, and even the woodlands and wood piles of Ha ward en, may have enabled tbdr proprietors to outlive the rancor of their enemies, and in all secular pursuits tbe art of survival in a chief secret ot suooeas.—Felix L. Oswald in The Forum.

from a Jewish Standpoint.

Ask tho Jewish housewife, tbe Jewish mother, whether marriage Is a failure! She will not understand yoa. Sbe will stand bewildered in tbe facoof such a question, and if yoa explain to her what you mean die will tell you that a Jewish mother sees in marriage the acme of happiness, becauso of womanly doty that all them newfangled notions are simply tbe outcome of tbe brain of some man or woman who mimed tbe trno mark of life, and whose life Is a tailare. Sbe will point to ber children, as Cornelia of old did. Sbe will extol ber bosband as tbe ideal of ber lifa Sbe may not havo road as much as tbe girl of tbe period, may not boos accomplished, nor figure em a speaker in assemblages for the advancement ot woman suffrage, bat die will exemplify to you bow a troe woman lives, how a true mother, a devoted wife, arranges ber life, and yoa wiH find that trno happiness to found in such a family, and that marriage is tbe moat sacred bood in existence, which to question is to lay a socrikgioas band upon tbo rock upon which society rests.—Hebrew Standard.

Holding Their Sbooldcrs

Bad.

Fashionable girls in New York are apparently gone daft on tbo qoestion of square sboaldera. Anything to eaualtbnpoae young women now offset is difficult to imagine. While tbey are on tbeir feet they are beautiful to look upon, and beyood criticism of cavil. It Is when they are seated tbat tbe great and glaring flaw of tbe present artificial and fasbionab'j construction of the American young, girl becomes evidafi. W bile tbey succeed in boldingtheir shoulders back, it is impossible to keep tbe neck at the aameaagk, wben seated, unless their faoes are held at the same level as tbe floor. Heaee, tbeir beads necessarily droop forward, leaving along aad noticeable dlstsnoe between tbe neck aad tbe hack of tbe high oollars. It gives tbe effect of cot throat suffering. Bot it is remedied when the girl leans gut ward again, or rises to ber feet Then everything fits in with the correct aad shapely beasty tbat is tbe second natare of America's most beautiful aad famoas pro* dact—Tbe Argonaat

Borafbrd'a Add Phoaphata, Inr ladlneetlea. Dyspepsia, and diaataw incident thereto.

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A WEDOING IN RUSSIA.

The Quests and "Assistants"—Kld Costorn*—'The Maiden's Braid. The guests are far more numerous at a Russian than at an English wedding. They are invited to be "assistants" at the wedding. The witness, who is generally the grandest of the ''connections" of the family, is the most important person. He pays the priest's fees. Then come tho ladies of honor and tbe bridemen. Tbo latter have to purchase sweetmeats for the bridemaids. The "boyarin," who carries tbe sacred picture of Christ in silver and gilt, is generally a littlo boy. When the party arrives at the church it is his duty to haud the pictures to the "reader," who phio*s them behind tlx? "royal gates"1 or loaning against the altar screen.

Tbe old nurse, or hou-sekeeper. superintends tho carrying of the dowry from tbe house of the bride to that of her future husband, and arranges everything for the

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the bride. There is no law its to tbe number of bridemaids or the their costumes. Tbe dresses ore not all alike. On the eve of the wedding day sometimes a "farewell girls' party" is given. No gentleman attends this. All those present must be from tbe unmarried. They sing choruses, chase each other in the garden and romp to their heart's content They devour any amount of tea, ico cream, lemonade and sweetmeats. After supper they say farewell, and leave the intended bride very exhausted in view of the ceremonies of the following day.

The old custom is for the betrothed pair to fast (oat nothing) on the day of their marriage until the wremony, which, in tbe family of a noble, always takes place in tbe evening. This makes the day most tiresomo to a girl. The bride distributes her cast off girlish toys, ribbons and jewelry to her companions. Those things aro called "maiden beauty." The peasant girls cut up and divide among their companions, o:i their wedding day, tho long ribbons which are fastened at the end of tho plait of hair which hangs down tho back. These peasants, immediately after their marriage, have tho hair braided in two plaits and wound about tbo head, then covered with a sort of tight cap tied behiud, or with a cotton or silk handkerchief.

When nt Pargola, in Finland. I often snvr the unmarried girls trooping along in tho eventide, hand in hand, singing their weird melodies, and friends told me to notice tho diiTeronco in tbo stylo of tho hair of tho unmarried and tho married. Tho married women havo in addition, under tho invariable handkerchief, a littlo pieoe of linen, a lappot about the siss of a florin, banging over tho center of tho forehead. This is a more evident proof of marriage than wearing a wedding ring. When tho wvmen bogin to braid up tho hair tbey sing jkirtof a" wedding song: "Ah! my braid, my braid of maiden hair. Ab! soon shall it bo divided in two!"—Caascil's Magazine.

Fun In Confederate Camp. Tbo following ia a southern picture, but for the most part, barring the €40 for a pair of boots, tho *ceno is such as might have been witnessed in many a northern camp. Tbo writer says that the soldier, while idle in camp, is a great "institution," ono tbat must be seen to bo appreciated.

A cavalry man comoc along rejoicing in a pair of immense top boots, for which in fond pride be bas invested full $40 of bis pay. At once the cry from a hundred voices follows him along tbo lino: "Como up out o' them boots!—como out J— too soon to go into winter quarters! I know you're in thar!—see your arm* sticking oat!"

A bumpkin rides by In an uncommonly |igf big bat, and Is frightened at tbe shout: "Come down out o' tbat bat! Oome down I 'Taint no use to say you aint up tbere 1 sea your legs hanging out!"

A fancy offloer is horrified at tbo Irreverent reception of his nicely twisted mustache, as bo bears from liehind innumerable trees: "Take them mioe out o' your month 1—tako 'em outl—no uso to say tbey ain't thar seo their tails banging out!*'

Another, sporting immense whisker*, it bidden to "como out o' that buncb of bar I know tbat you're In tbar I *ee your ear* a-working!"

Sometime* a rousing cbatr is heard in the distance, and somebody oaHs: "Bay*, look out! Hero oames old Btonewall or an old rabbit, one or t'other!"—Youth's Companion.

After buttering tbe tin for a boiled padding, dust it with pounded bread crumbs baking pamroan be treated with flour In the same way and tbe cake will never stick.

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