Bloomington Telephone, Volume 7, Number 48, Bloomington, Monroe County, 12 April 1884 — Page 3

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Bsv. Nelson Atres, a ptominent Episcopal minister of Baltimore, publicly acknowledged that bo believed in purgatory, and was summarily deprived of his pastorate. If he we:re a Catholic clergyman and did not believe in purgatory, he would be similarly punished. Verily, the path of the preach

er is thorny.

Harby Bkatty, a seventeen-year-old

boy at Easton, Pa., is the latest ex

ample of what dime-novel-reading will do for the rising generation. He was

an enthusiastic student of trashy litera

ture, and when his father attempted to

chastise him for some misconduct the

lad drew a revolver and shot his parent.

He was disarmed, soundly thrashed, and then fired from home. Not the least of the evils in the world to be corrected is much of the reading matter printed for and permitted to get into

the hands of the young.

A fashionably attired young man

did a very comtemptible thing ia the

station in New London, Connecticut, the

other evening. Calling a newsboy, he

took a paper, handed him a dollar, and cried: "Come, hurry up, the cars will

start in half a minute." The little

fellow counted out ninety-eight cents

into the extended hand of the young

man, and a second later oft went the train. .The dollar proved to be a counterfeit of the plainest kind. Goodnatured employes at the station combined and made good the small boy's loss.

The evidence seemed overwhelming against Edward Johnson, a colored many on trial for burglary in Batavia, Ohio His trial had lasted four days, and the audience in court thought him sure to be convicted. He asked permission to speak and talked forty-five minutes. He fairly tore to pieces the State's network of evidence, plunged most of the jurors in tears, amazed th9 Court, captivated the audience, and made a speech which the Cincinnati papers say has no parallel in rude eloquence since the days of Chief Bed Jacket. He was acquitted.

A hint or two aa to old-time leap year privileges or penalties may be found in the following from a book printed over a century ago: "Albeit it i nowe become a part of the common law in regard to social relations of life thai, as often as every bissextile year doth return, the ladyea have sole privilege during the time it continneth of making love to the men, which they do either by words or by looks, as to them sdemeth preferable; and, moreover, no man will be entitled to the benefit of the clergy who doth in anywiss treat her proposal with slight or contumely."

The Paris Morning News gives certain hard facts regarding the climate of Kice, which, if correct, throw a carious light upon that "health resort." They go to show, in fact, that it is the most unhealthy city on the face of the globe. The death rate for the year is as follows, per 1,000: London, 22; Paris, 23; JS"ew York, 25; Nice, 44. Among the large cities, those which show the fewest number of deaths in proportion to population are, in the order of their superiority, Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Brussels, Edinburgh and Christiania. A BMabkabi instance of honest bankruptcy has occurred in England. Iii 1874 Mr. Samuel Osborn, a steel manufacturer of Sheffield, was compelled to file his petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities amounting to 70,866, and assets estimated at 50,969. He bought back the business from the creditors by a composition of 12 shillings on the pound, payable in three installments, the last of which was paid throe months before it was due. Mr. Osborn determined to pay the balance of 3 shillings in the pound, and set himself ten years in which to accomplish this task. A sum of 28,000 wiie required and the other evening the creditors received the intimation that Mr. Osborn was now prepared to pay the whole of their claims in f ulL

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The manufacture of rope from asbestos is likely to become an insustry of consiberable importance in England,

the strength of the article being estimated at about one-fourth that of ordinary hemp rope of the same diameter. I? Bope of this material of one and a half f inches in diameter is stated to have a j breaking strength of one ton, and twenty feet of it are calculated torepre4 sent a weight of thirteen and one ' fourth peunda. Some of te purposes, as enumerated, to which this kind of rope is especially adapted are theatres, fire brigades, and scans of escape from dwelling and public buildings, its ad-

Jy vantage being that it will not Ijreak and l drop its burden if the flames bear upon

Margin, the celebrated black-lead pencil maker of Paris, is dead. Ho drove every day in an open carriage, attended by a servant, to his stands, either by the column of the Place Vendome or on the Place de la Bourse. His servant handed him a case, from which he took large portraits of himself and medals with descriptions of his pencils, which he hung on either sidet of him. He then replaced his round hat with a magnificent burnished helmet mounted with brilliant plumes. For Ids overcoat he donned a costly velvet tunic with gold fringes. He then drew a pair of polished steel gauntlets upon his hands, covered his breast with a brilliant cuirass, and placed a richly mounted sword at his side. Hissorvant then put on a velvet robe and helmet, and struck up a tune on an organ mounted in gold, To the crowds gathered around he then exclaimed: "I am Mangin, the great charlatan of France 1 Years ago I hired a modest shop in the Eue Rivoli, but could not sell pencils enough to pay my rent. Kow, attractedbymy sweeping, crest, my waving plumes, my din and glitter, I sell millions of pencils." This was true. His pencils were the very best.

Owing to the great depreciation o landed property in Ireland two schemes are said to be under consideration to relieve the owners. The first is to es tablish a land bank with a capital of 10,000,000, guaranteed by the govern xnent to pay 8 per cent, - It would be empowered to lend money to landlord for incumbrances created before the Land Act of 1881, the interest to be 3 i per cent., and tho loan to be a first charge upon the land, repayable as a, terminable annuity in seventy-two years, The second scheme is to establish q land security company (limited) with one government or official director, and two directors to represent the shareholders. The capital would be, as ia the case of the bank, 10,000,000, to be garanteed by the government for seventy -two years. The company would have power to borrow money on debentures at 3 per cent, on the government guarantee, and to charge up to 3i or 3i per cent. Its object would be to lend money either to landlords to pay off incumbrances or to tenants to buy their holdings, the rate of interest in each case being a maximum of 3 per cent. Compulsory powers would be given in certain circumstances.

Modern Age for March: Prom

inent among notables at Washington

may be mentioned Col, Tom Ochiltree,

Member of Congress from Texas. No man has ever "said" more in a given time; no qp& has ever done more, to say nothing of having "done" Enrope, Asia, and Africa, with America thrown in several times. No one has "ever caught so many fishes, over killed so many reindeer, ever trapped so many beaver. He has probably swam Hellespont oftener than Leader himself, and with better success, since he lives to tell the story ! By some happy arrangement of the stars he is "on the spot" ut the precise moment that every event of importance takes place. He is probably the only man living who has declined an invition to dine with the Prince of Wales upon a plea of a "previous engagement." He confesses to being a "little disappointed," as well settle Prince; but, UU faut souffirir pour etre belle," says the French proverb, and to be distinguished also demands sacrifices. It was more distinguished to decline, so he acce pted the sacrifice and declined the invitation On intimate terms with the crowned heads of Europe, during his recent sojourn in Paris, he was "hand and glove" with the high officials, and consorted chiefly with tho nobility within the sacred precincts of the Faubourg Saint Germain. His intercourse with august personages is marked by but one unhappy faux pas. It is reported that during a recent visit to Queen Victoria, he persisting in singing "John Brown's Body" in spite of the frantic pantomime of the American Minister the interview broke up in a panic Naturally the idea of "John Brown's body" (her John Brown's) "laddering in the grave" was harrowing It was ft case of mistaken identity, but the effects were fatal; his star in that quarter has set. In the last campaign he nominated himself for Congressman, ran, and "got thar," It is according to the eternal fitness of things that he represents a Texas district. There is a vastness, an expansiveness, a longitude and latitude, as it were, about him peculiarly fitted to represent that great State.

Hew He Did It. "During the craze for Union Pacific stock," said an old broker, "I furnished shares to thirteen different clergymen in New England, all of whom soldtheii government bonds or took their savings out of the bank to buy with." "And how did they make out T "Twelve of them lost three-fourths of their investment" "And what about the thirteenth?" "Oh, it was through him that I sold to the other twelve, and he made about $5,000." Wall Street Nem.

freezing out.

Row a Young I. .tfy EnlertalntMl Twe Sultoi s ftiul C'uugiit Cold. "Freeze-out1 is a game familiar to voung gentlemen of the younger class. It is practiced to a considerable extent, and those who have at any time participated in the game will appreciate the occurrence we are about to narrate. A young man in one of our grocery became acquainted with and enamored of a certain young lady. Many pleasant moments were passed by the two in whispering sweet nothings to each other over the wire. At last the parties became "known to each other, and from appearances their romantic acquaintance ripened intowarm friendship. An invitation to call on the young lady was finally extended to the young man, so one evening he adorned himself in his best and proceeded to the residence of the fair object who had dented his heart with her affections. Arriving at the house lie rang the bell and was ushered into the room, which by the way is a double parlor, separated by folding doors. It was a bitter cold night and the young man was thoroughly chilled by the time he reached his place of destination. He drew his chair up a notch nearer to the stove and began chattering away, scarcely giving the girl time to usher a word in edgeways. Thus half an hour was spent. From some cause it seemed to the young man to bo very chilly in the room, notwithstanding the glowing fire in the stove before him, and with his teeth he rattled all the tunes he knew. "Miss Flandileo," the youhg man said, "d-d-do-don't you think it's rather ch-ch-chillv in here?" and his teeth rattled, and he squirmed about in his chair, and acted for the world as if some unseen vision was above him dropping ice-water gently down his collar. His feet were frigidity, and chased each other about on the rounds of the chair. His lingers were benumbed with cold, and seemingly he had lost control over them. He first placed his hand s in his pantaloons pockets to warm them, then in his coat pockets, and finally he raised himself slightly from his seat, and his hands found a resting-place between his castoriums and the chair, and he gradually 1 1 "I . i i ! ?A

eagea nimsen nearer tne stove unui u was nearly lost in his embrace. At this moment the young lady excused herself from the room, giving utterance to this expression : Yes, Mr. Twoleg. it does seem chilly. Ill have my little brothel bring in some coal." And thus he was left alone in all his chilliness, and as tho door closed behind bfc object of admiration he bounded to his feet and pranced around the room, wringing his hands and gnashing his teeth. He rushed into the hall and hastily slid into hid overcoat and gloves, feeling as if he was to die by freezing while trying to have enjoyment he would do it with his overcoat and gloves on. Returning to the room he settled himself once, more into the chair, and a hundred thoughts flashed through his mind ; he thought that a blizzard was visiting the neighborhood; thought perhaps the North Pole wasbfeseiging the city; thought he thought well, he thought of everything nice and warm. He heard a ripple of smothered laughther in the adjoining room, and advancing softly, put his ear to the fold ing doors; then he placed his eye in the keyhole and saw o.nd saw well, he saw a nice, warm, bright fire in the other roou, and a strange young man sitting h?side the young lady who had so delightfully entertained him during the first part of the evening and the strange young man had his arm slipped gently around the girls waist. Ye gods and little fishes ! The thoughts that flashed through his mind. A sudden thought took possession of him and he slipped to the stove and opened tho doors and gazed in upon a lighted cacdle! "only that and nothing more." The discovery he made warmed the young man's blood, arid he at once determined to be avenged. Closing the stove door, he awaited patiently the return of the young lady, who shortly mado her appearance. Mr. Twoleg, enveloped in his overcoat and more comfortable, insisted upon chatting with Miss Flandileo for another hour, and then as it was getting quite late, he took his departure. ; To a friend Mr. Twoleg remarked, the next day, that he thought the young Jady had a bad cold now,andhe was certain she had received the worst of the bargain, Exchange. America's tireatness. President Wilder, of the New Eng

land Bjstonc-Cie aeal og.cal Society, in his annual address quoted the expressions of eminent Englishmen in regard to the greatness of America : When speaking of the greatness and influence of our country, with its aspirations, suggestions and possibilities, Dean Stanley said: "It cannot be realized until touched by the actual sight of it. Then we feel that we are in the presence of one of those great creative epochs of nations, a vast and heavenward inspiring destiny." "What is America now?" said Canon Farrar, of En gland. "A mighty civilization, destined perhaps, to surpass our own, a land of illimitable hopes, a boundless continent! If glorious has been our legacy to her, gloiious, too, have been her gifts to us. She has given us a type at once of manhood, enthusiastic, practical, self-sacrificing, prudent and godly." Hev. Dr. Parker, of London, when speaking of our cotfntry and its institutions and possibilities, says : "America is more than a continent, it is a little world!" Matthew Arnold, who is at present in this country, when speaking of its influences under Puritan discipline, says; "It has become an incomparable and all-trns formitg remnant, and .the common topic of admiration for the world." Mr. Gladstone says: "I am proud of America. America has a territory fitted to be the largest continuous empire ever established by man." Lord Coleridge, when reoently here, said: "I rejoice to see this independence and prosperity of your middle cliisscs. It is not the immense size

ot your country that strides me most. It is the bigness of that sentiment which has given its best blood in vindication of human right." And Prof. Seely, of the English Cambridge University says: "The United States has solved the problem how, from a fringe of set-, tlement on the Atlantic, a whold continent as far as tho Pacific may be peopled and prosper under a united government. If the United States holda together for another half century iSt will, at the end of that time, completely change the condition of such old States, as France and Germany." "JSatcr" vs. Milk Hetties. In a crowded car of a railroad train just pulling out of Boston an old lady, whose hair had been turned to an irongray by some 70 years of earthly careia the rugged New England climate, and whose nature had been thoroughly im ¬

bued with the hard common sense of

her hardy ancestors, was sharply catechising a young man about 25 years o age, evidently her son, whose modern home in the suburbs of Boston she was on her way to visit. "So the baby died last week, did she, Charlie?"

"Yes," very quietly and humbly. "What on "airth was the matter ? She was healthy when she was born, wasn't she?" "Yes: but she didn't seem to thrive." "Didn't seem to thrive? There was suthin' r other the matter now what was it?" "Well," apologetically, "you see Lily was nervous, and and well, we finally had to wean " "What! you, Charles Grranard,whom I raised up ! you allow a baby two months old to be weaned? I don't wonder ye sit there and Jell oneasv. I should " "But, mother, the doctor " "Doctor to fiddlesticks ! What do I care for a doctor? What do ye suppose we did fifty year ago when half the time we couldn't get a doctor ? We raised our children then ; we didn't kill 'em ; but Ave didn't have anything to do with weak-kneed doctors, nervous gals and milk bottles. "Well, but you know the women then were " "Yes, yes. I know ye'il say they wan 't so narvous, and I grant they wan't. Thank the Lord, I was born 'fore they had narve. Then a woman was supposed to marry a man to help him along; but now, goodness! they're more expense'n they be good, and I. for one, don't blame a man with any sense jumpin' the traces when it comes to marryin Lor' sakes, if a gal has one chil l now folks thinks it's suthin' wonderful, and she must have a servant to help her and the whole family to wait on her! I had je&t twelve children and did my own -work, and it wasn't counted no great shakes, either and no more it ought to le. Yer father worked from airly mornin' till late at night, and why shouldn't I? But things is changed now. A gal must have absolute ret a year or two arter she's married, and then arter that she don't do nothin'." "But, mother, Lily " "Yes, 1 know. Of coarse Lily is different and couldn't help it, and was narvous, and that's what all you foolish young fellers say. But sires a gal, ain't she ? And I was a gal, and what I could do she could, if she only had the grit; but instead of nursing her own child she gave it cow's milk and it died. Now, Charles Granard, I've sed my say, and I do hope, if the good Lord forgives yer ioolishness and sends ye another baby, yell consider that lies full's good a jedge's you'n yer foolish Lily are how it ought to feed, and that ye won't go to tryin' to improve on nater with yer new-fangled rubber arrangements. There, new, ye hev a piece o' my mind, and I hope ye'U hoed it Exchange. A Problem in Mathematics "I am stumped," said littie Willie Bulltriger the other day, as he mournfully laid his slate and arithmetic on his teacher's lap, and he rubbed his throbbing brow with the knuckle joints of all his fingers. "What's the matter, Willie?" said the mistress in her kindest tones. "Which one is it!" "Oh! it's that n about the eggs and the old hen and bad boy." "Oh ! I see. 'If a hen lays two eggs a day for seven days, and a bad boy breaks one each alternate day for two weeks, how many eggs will be left in the next !' Why, that is not difficult to understand, Willie. That is easy !" "Yes. Part of it's easy enough; but I can't get the rest of it through my head. The boy can break the eggs easy enough; but I can't understand the rest;' "Now, Willie if the hen lays two eggs each day for seven days, how many will

there be in the nest, if nobody bothers them?" "Why, fourteen, of course." "Yes. Well, now, how many days are there in one week?" "Seven." "That's easy. Now, if there are seven days in one week, how many are there in two weeks?" "Fourteen." "There. You are getting on nicely. Now if a bad boy breaks an egg on each alternate day, he will break just half as many eggs, as there are days, in two weeks, will he not?" "Yes'um." "Therefore, he will break how many eggs?" "Seven." "That is right. Now, if there are fourteen eggs in the nest, and seven are broken, how many will remain ?" "Why, eeven." "That is right, Willie. You see it is a very easy problem." "Naw 'taint. That aint where I was stumped. I got it that way before. I understand that part; but the part about the hen's what bothers me." "About tho ben?" "Yes. Ma says no hen in American can lay two eggs a day." Through Mail Young man, remember that a friend is another self. The one needs the assistance of the other. If yon have fouud a true friend be thou true to him, for ye know not at what hour that friend will prove himself to you a friend indeed.

Snake-Killing Dogs. "What sort of a dog do you call that?" inquired a reporter of a plentv-of-time-and-nothing-to-do-with-it sort of a person, who with a brace of dogs, bad overtaken him on the Kingsbridge coad. "I reckon ye'd never guess," said the Virginian. "He ain't a pointer nor a setter. He might be taken for a Spitz, but he ain't; aud, I reckon, the only one in the United States. I raised him down yonder in Culpepper County, Virginny; and talk about snakes! why, jest look at him at the very mention of ix f "

The little dog certainly had been seis ed tuth what the reporter judged from personal experience to be a regular Virginia chill. His ears stood erect, and every lash of his tail nearly threw him out of plumb. "Just come over yonder on tho hill side," continued the owner, "and see what he's good for." The reporter followed him over the fence, the little black dog leading and making for a slight declivity covered with rocks. "That's a likely spot for his game," laughed the owner. In a moment the excited animal was tearing away at the stones, utterly short yelps, while his companion, a fine fox hound, stood by looking stolidly on. The small dog soon struck hard pan, judging from the noise, and out writhed a goodly-sized garter-snake. The next moment the reptile was ten feet in the air, and tho tosser, bracing himself, grabbed him by the neck as it came down. Then ensued a wrestling that defies description. He shook the snake so that he lashed his own sides unmercifully, a proceeding which seemed only to enrage him the more. Now he was thrown off his feet, lying on his side; now he was rolling in and out among the rocks, yelping, snorting and throwing the gravel about, while his master danced around in delight, and the fox-hound bayed in evident rapture. 1 ue snake, though a good-sized one, atood this treatment and gave out. Then the dog carefully crunched every rib and bone of the snake, down to the tail, laid the defunct reptile at his master s feet, made his "how d'ye," and looked again at the heap of stones with an eager air. "Shake 'em out," said the owner, and for half an hour the black bunch of dog flesh literally waked snakes in that locality, and killed six of the reptiles that had been aroused from their winter sleep. "Oh, he's a caution to snakes," said his owner, tossing the dog a lump of sugar; "but these snakes don't show him up, though. You ought so sec him tackle a moccasin. See this collar? Battles ? Sure's your born. That rattle represents the last of five rattle snakes tossed in Culpepper County; and talk of moccasins ! he's at home with a nest of them." "When did he develop the taste?" "From birth, I reckon; but he knocked around mv place for a year before I fairly sized him up. We considered him of no account, but hie day a circus came along with one of these yere snake charmers, and the girl 'lowed her snake hadn't eaten for six months. The long and short of it was she offered a dollar for the pup, and I made the sale, declining the invite to nee the fun, as she called the feeding. Wall," continued the Virginian with r roar of laughter, in which the little dog joined by showing his teeth, "the next morning I looked out of my window at sunrise, and there a-ruahing through my simlin patch was that yere snake charmer. She came up all a-standing under the window, and I'm dog-goned if she didn't tongue-lash me till I 'lowed I had enough. She had a dead boa-constrictor about ten feet long over her arm, which she wanted me to come down and pay for. But I didn't, though she sued me for selling her a wild dog, as she called him, but it didn't cost me a picayune. You see she chucked the dog in, and, as I heard from a cady buicher, she hadn't loosed her hold before the dog had the snake for all he was worth. He got his foreleg broke in the wrastle, but when they tore em apart he started for home, and there he is." Ney) York Suru Tips in Paris. In private life every service rendered by one's inferiors an5 servants is equally expected to be rewarded, not only throughout the year, but at the beginning of the next besides. The waiter who tends upon one in the restaurant receives upon an average 4 pence a day for Kervinr one with two meals 6 pounds 1 shilling 8 pence per annum; the waiter at the cafe receives 2 pence 3 pounds 10 pence per annum; the barber expects 2 pence each time he cuts your hair 4 shillings; tfeo attendant at the bath ditto. Seeing that a warm bath is out of question in an ordinary French apartment one goes at least twice a week 17 shillings 2 pence per annum. The concierge expects at least 10 francs each time the rent is paid, which is four times a year total, 1 pound 12 shillings. Woe betide the tenant who fails in this latter quasivoluntary contribution. His most intimate friend will be tcld he is not at honie when he has made a most important appoUtmont ; he himself will be left at the street door af rer dark until he be clamnied with cold or weary with waiting. If the question be asked: "How does the concierge know that it is the defaulter in question who is pulling the bell?" the answer is, the concierge does not know; but accordingto her lights, if there bo one black sheep in the hone, she indiscriminately inHicts Buffering upon every inmate. The good pay for the bad; that ia tho maxim, from which there is no appeal. The landlord sides with his understrapper. If he should dismiss her, the chances are that the houso faHs from the fryingpan into the fire. An old Anglo-Parisian whose concierge was ill was heard to express the hope that she would get ver it. "You like her very much?" sked his friend. "Not so," came the mswer; "but I prayod for the removal of her predecessor, aud we got worse; 1 prefer putting up with the known evil." No Parisian will quarrel with his concierge; if ho does, his life will ie a misery- ever afterward. Until 3 o'clock in the afternoon ho will live upon a desert island. Not till that hour wdl his letters and newspapers dome to hand. Cor. London &io6j

SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE. The plainest white damask of the finest quality is most elegant for tho table. " Mahogany is the most fashionablo furniture for libraries as well as for dining-rooms. Thb rockers of bamboo roolung chairs are now painted either a bright blue or red, Large pattern carpets are coming in fashion for halls. They are not suiUblo except for large halls. If the boys' shoes are stiff from having been wet, rub them at night with a little castor oil. Thin will soiten and make them comfortable again. It is said that a few drops o carbolic acid that is, ten drops in one pint of water will, if poured ever the flowerpots, kill all living things except the plants. To remo ve ink stains from Turkey red or white table spreads, add a spoonful of kerosene to a pint of strong soapsuds, wash and rinse immediately, and all traces will disappear. . If you a:re afraid your yeast cakes are a little stale, put one of them in a cup of warm water with a good pinch of hops; let this stand for an hour or so before using; it will have an excellent effect on the yeast and will insure good breath Pbettv banners for the wall, or small screens, are made by taking a strip of silk or satin and applying the handsome woven rose buds or pansies which can be purchased on cards at stores where fancy goods are kept. Tasteful fringe can be made by raveling out the ends of the silk and tying it in knots. A handsome little lambrequin for a bracket is made of black satin cut in points. Trim the edge around the points with short and fine silk or chenille fringe. Across the top paint a vine with green leaves and red berries, ind on each point put a rosebud or a tiny spray of foi get-me-nots or of heliotrope. The ugly back of a splint rocking chair can ba improved by covering it with a strip of dr ab linen with a narrow border in outline stitch on each edge; slip one end between the strips of wood at the top, and br'mg the other end under the bottom, aud fasten them securer ly. If tidies are put on these chairs, the only way to keep them in place ia to tie them to the rounds at the top; if done with ribbons this looks pretty. A table-scarf that is tasteful and quite inexpensive is made of dark-green felt It should le about half a yard wide; have it pinked on the edge, and on each end put a strip of silk patch-' work, familiarly called "craay patchwork." Have this strip about one quarter of a yard deep. ake a fringe of the felt, cut in very narrow strips, and six inches deep. Each edge of the silk patch-work should be feather Btitched. Tamboured embroidery on muslin or on net is the latest novelty for curtains For simple sash curtains, the sprigged or dotted patterns, or those with large rings or. daisies wrought ix them, are used without borders, while for the flowing curtain? there is a vine or striped border, scalloped on the edges down the inner sides and across the bottom. Lambrequins are abandoned. Poles of brass or walnut, with rings to which the curtains are attached, are used for curtains of all kinds, whether thin or

thick, muslin, lace, cotton or

The Democracy of Fashion The development of social conversation under republican institutions is to be expected. One man is as good as another, and if he thinks himself better he must be careful not to betray his consciousness of superiority lest he be set down as a conceited and therefore highly objectionable person. Onoe out of the beaten path, the citizen ia likely to be made the butt of ridicule or a target for the stinging shafts of con sure. Superior mental endowments may palliate social eccentrioit ies, but the lingering feeling remains in the public mind that a man of brains would be more valuable to his community i he would yield somewhat to its penchant lot running things on a dead level. Wayward geniuses, although petted and indulged, are not held up as examples lor imitation. The sense of equality is almost a faculty in republican life, outstripping both eye and ear in detecting that which iei inconsonant with public taste. In his mother's arms, at school among his playmates, jostling on the street from crowd to crowd, and throughout the eager competitions of all his career, the young man ia taught the lesson of conformity to establish order. Every change, whether a ua tional statute or a cut of the coat, must be tested, carefully considered and generally commended before meeting with public favor, and novel opinions and novel garments are alike relegated to a probationary ground of half suspicion. Before the w;.u of the rebellion a mustache was the mark ov a dark conspirator or a foolish fop, and a billycock or Alpine hat laid its owner open to the suspi'KO of beiuK a professional swindler. We have progressed greatly in this respect since that time, but the American idea in the matter of masculine attire does not yet appear to he sufficiently expansive. In Europe, where society is more diversified and culture of an older and more established growth, the young man of the period is allowed free swing in selecting his

wardrobe. As the center of fashion

drifts from plac to place the modifications of coat, hal; and trousers are accepted without question or remark. The Prinee of Wales has for a long time been the arbiter elegantariuui of masculine fashions, and to the London tailors the young man munt lock out foi latest styles and novelties of ctrfc. London garments, however have never made much headway in this country. Ph iladelphia Record. Prof. Blackie confessed to speaking from experience when ho characterized courtship "aa a period of ecstatic worship," and the time following it one of "evangelical toleration," which is "a grand school of sunctifioation.'9 Perfect valor consists in daing without witnesses all we should be capable of doing before the world liochtfw-oautl