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THK DAILY HERAL 1)7 1 All u x u , a . .
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WOMAN AND II03IF.
A HOPEFUL SIGN FOR THE FUTURE
OF OUR COUNTRY.
Tjrpn of (ioHHiiK-ri Tuilr ."la.lo ;irl."
Tulrn Till ly I it'v ii rrml iuu.
Care for Ivy 1'oimni NoO-s.
If thero it nnyt hing 'alciil.itcd t diturh
tay usual self .n-.i' iiiul s r nil y tit soul, il 'n
tho PJK-H.'H-I'' f till -t I :! -fit I, ;'. Illrli--I.'.l
women, xttdlihly i cdwii d limn wi-ult.h to
)ovt'rty, hitting !ovii with fnli'i-d hands and
liArping i.!..mt hi r "I.fll r d.t," .r tho
cruelty of the fat s Mi.it. iii.i-l'- her . -itl':i t
on her ow n rc-on ! f'r it :i ddmol. All
of im know or Ikiv.-li'Mf.i of smli untiii'.i.
They nrodri-adful t hrm in tli; sidi-s .f idl I
their old friends.
I went :! with u friend In S'-cii woman
li.'i'l 'H l-i-ii rich lt:t wa: n.w pnor.
u fewrc-ninrtiits of her former f.'r vy wers 1
lx " in li-r Iwimr t li 1 1 ; 1 1 ron::is. Tho
second M'titi iii'o hlic u!U r-l was, sir, do
I lint think I have alwnys Jive 1 thu;: no! I
lmvo seen Utter l.-iy I"' '1 iii- was i-u'd with
n sweep of li-i- li.-inl I hat I rt'.i in t ne jiii of
furniture mid I. its of expi'i! .ive lri- a l.rnc
iiiul in-ost 1 y picture or t : r-rc M-iitat i ; of
'f "IxtVr l.v '1 in n slut Iwgrja to weep,
rid I let h'-r v.c.i Tliero ::! wit, :i strong,
Healthy, ii'-c'iniplis'ieil woitiini, in th very
prime of lite, tve-.-piri;' Imimus?) tlicro was 1-e-foiv
her th" m i --ity of t-,-!riuugiiii lionori'.lilu
living for . -r. If. 1 did:ij v. . p .my i.iyseif.
Her friends li i l ex rti-l th.'in-i-lves to se
cure her :in e'i" lii-iil position ms teni-hir i:i a
pchool where li dti ie.4 v.oiiM l.e light. I!i!t
;'! said s!i! ' r.hran.i lrn:n niiimif; iiitncoii
tacl, w ith an b i v :-ii I everyim !y,'" and said
noiiiethiii ulioitt leii:;4 forct 1 to associate
with "all sort of common people,1' that (piito
upset me, a:i t 1 was- la I wiieti i was onLsido
with my friend, and at li'.K-rty to cxp! ess my
self frci ly ami 1'orcihly.
Is tliere, on t! e l Ji r hand, u spectacle
more wui'thv i4' pi :i! and .'tdmir:ti ion than
that of :i women suddenly thrown on her own
resource.-., i ( iu the ch.'.ri'y of fii.-nds,
and liravcly t.:!;i;i'; up the lutile of life for
herself, and. perhaps, for her chllti'inf
ilundreils of v. oim n are doi;i,c t!;i.s in our
iw:i oimt rs . ! :i:i. il lira v ! y and u. M. witii
rat vain dri vrlm ninl v i.ilie.'.i for "'f,ettir
lay.-"," the days that were n.l, alter all, their
letter days l.;ny of tie m woi;id l;ot (;o
liat'li to their old. n .rh i -y lives if tb y
con id To wo: !;
fall," and a ho
our own cot:::! I .
Women I' V- 1 1 "i :
fvA (:th '.i.r Hi :
: poasi!ii;ii i- : l.r
Jt K I t.:V it,.:
t'aat s i m.-iTiy f
d:v":. of ;i'lv. i .- i. '
K.t vis ri !!. d u;
sie-iil. I I e 'l!ie cor:t:io:i lot
;i'!' si, .'ii fiT the future in
!.i-s iii tin: jact that soi:i.sii3-.-
ciriii:;;; ti.cir mv:i living
I lhe::i eive.i duties mid I'i -.i
i'i r.-I .'.-.ted to men r.ou-
of i;cre:i-tl e.iod se:vi:
our Women I not, in Iho
V, S:l lln;'i:iluV.IV:i, bid with
i. p : ieiirs, in.d.e t'.: -u.s. Ive3
;iporii-:g en I i::il in ;:i'n :it
iJ:i:u: in Cioi;d iliuse!:cepi:g.
wo;i;'-i.'. Zen:.
J ;t ill at; I he Wi
C'harl s Dudl-v" ;;,n;-l-lc
! ion. "I :i i. nil i
, in repl;
1 his v. ii'.
to tho
a;-i t
1 depend
i til lid:
ti 'o.i wn
i kind 'X
in-ai r
l h'.i'U iad be is.
ri.;l't to ray ;!. v.o
f U v lie : be i s
riart of Vi.'.er.'-' a
ii woiiM
- l U .i "I v. 1
ili I I ! l
:l l::i:d
better
would
i wife's
"J ):s ! e! ion is t!io
many a Lu.-hu:id
bold tv- to ope.; hi
l-j;r;i il l.e !::a-i.
Kt-lel-rf.
Tin t o is : carce!y
her L:t:b:::id m;:".:--tJ
tell hi.:i wiio 1
stv:id til- :.i t !.!!.:,
jtkcoi hini: !;"l l-ti
yiiatfcj" lu'ii! h:iv.
f.U'l p-lv-4-d ::!! I;
a v.-
Ll'l!
who uoe.; not take
iio Ja r coidi le!;i o
L it: rr; M'c from and io
or. J el ii.ie.;, li I bini j e:.d
tr:i.; li t V: IV liiliclcMl
g hem il;-. t o: read
one fi r whom tb -v ivuv
not i . :, ::! .!.
receiw
eye of the:
cause thev i
fr
that
be.
li-h
l::
) V V. o;
a
l..'VI r
partlie
r.ti.dit.
. of i'.
l e.if ll '. I'.o
not l.e
thiit v.oiij-:
v. not be-
no; y :ir tee
caa a the wile i
j em. but ioip!y
that ere i.or.o of
home b.-ttef.; ar-.-
airaid or asii:ii!NI t; show
b; eauso they co:.'t.iiii ibisig.s
bis :.;r:'ir. I low often the
written ::! fr daughtciT.'
or sisit rs" : '. I low i
enre-ican be j..id li. r t!u
in h of the family
, v.'liuM bo proudly
withheld from se-i-in law or bj
'hen there are tho lcUcr ; i re
.er-in-la w !
dear, inti-
j:liTv' girl friends, w
j jKiur out the -s
tlM-ir heal t uiion tsu-er icr the svuipathy
and
fiircl-tainineiit oi :wi-ft J.;rs. 'ones, net
not f'r
the '- s -. s.:r a.-ti'' Sir. Jones. A
vcrv laug.
liib!c but tensibie reason for a wife
svithhohliitg
wai given by
Mho said : "
fe.ssions of n
her letter from her husband
r, v-oute::i!orary not Jong since.
These letters eemain the eon
('iier t''Ul. tiie coiliideiiees if
jinctlnr Miind,
if irivcii anv r
, th:.t woUkI Io
rudely treated
rt ! pliLl'
ly. Ami while
lmsl.and and witc nro one t i each ether, l .icy
ore two itithe eyes of other proji'c. and li,
mav we'd hap;eii that n Irieiid will o,;s:re t:i
impart tomelhiug to c ; .;y eet woman wuk '.i
she would not intru t to tho babbling l.u.i
Jjandof that v.onian."
Tlvte the whole thing in a nutshell. Bal
timore Anierican.
TJ' Xntlinn f Cloves.
A great deal u-;e!. !s on the first putting
."I of gloves. Have the hands perfect ly dean,
Ay and cool, and c
nrfcile the hands are
ever !ut on r.ew gl.ves
warmer damp. Whero
ti jvroji is troubled with moist hand
re!l to iWi!er them ere trying on the ;
It
1.J
Jut in most ea -es. if the bands are dry and
-Ool, this is not no' led. Firs', Work oil tho
fingers, keeping the iknmb outside of tho
jlove, and the wrist of the glove turned back.
'IV hen the J"..igers are in smoothly, put in tho
thumb and work the glove on very carefu'l;,
then p'acing the elbow c-n tho Jinee work on
tho hand. "When this is rlcinc, smooth down
I bo wrist and button the second button first,
then the third, and so on to tho end. Then
smooth down the whole ;rlov. ami fallen th
first but fe,:;. la- te:ii ig the first button last,
when rutting on a glove for the lirst time.
UiaUCS a gxwl ileal Ol ui:ieie:;ie n: i:
. i i . i : "r r.. 4 1
i'-t.
although it may svetu but a very little thing,
it does not strain thoy.art of the gl -ve thai;
is the easiest to strain at Crst. and prevent-
.- iniar:riw' of t!u bv.ttonaoi.. cither v.
of
tii j -
,-! f-.'i is sure to take place u ye
u b
'tu ut
Him iirst button to l";wea the J.
Vh?! removing gK.vts n
tbotiiof t:iC lixvfi to I
luni back tho r -t ""'l !
n-ln'ch will, of com -.-f. n-r-.-e
:ci" i ir.mer.c.i at
II tls.:a o!l", Ii'i,
Il i ir carefully,
ita'e th K-Ing
wrong eMe out Tut u i'a-.ii right sid ) cut.
tarn the thumb in, snrvth Ihcni cut l-.n-tb-vri-se
in a- near o; p- ii !e the hap' tl.::;
vouW bo if on the luii.d--, aul place away
with a fririp of v-hii.j c.iuiou llanucl bef.vr -a
if tho gloves are light, but if dark Cibrcl tho
flannel may lo omitted Never rcdl g! j-.cs
into each ether in a wad. for they will never
look as well nfur. The::- u ni vrys somo
moisture in themi from th-.- l.ar.i'.s; e:Jr.sc
fpjentlv, when rolled r? tLU r.joisturc hut no
.W"ce of drving. ".ml must w n k w.U th
glcvi-s. making them hard and stiff and of
very little u-;e alter, a far aJ looks or fit ari
concoru'.d. Boston BuJg'.'t.
Lute ami I'ricmls!:: J,
Men of every atiou, with the exception,
perhaps, of I'raacc. go to r.:-n or intellectual
sympathy, for exchange cf e-rrr.-st feelings,
or t-piritual intorcotiiniuuicjlion. in -short,
for coiupanicuihip. Love, as generally un- J
derntood, they got f ron ami give to wemen,
necessarily; but friendship they seek oiul
find, as u rule, in their own sex. Tliat It a
false love which doen not iiieludo friendship;
Lut it Is tho lovo which tho mass of meu fw l,
nn I tho must of women inspire.
Tru.j love, 1-ivn of tho highest klnil, co:i
laius r.ie I 1 1 j i 1 1 1 of friemlnhip, iuTus.'fl with
M-xiuility ; friendship is w.-xless; therefore,
M-rcne ainl staMe, mid oniprehends tho eolu-f-.rts
of love without it piUAion. JIany men
nrc ir.i-.'ipal.Ii- of frieitd.iiiip; Imt the lowest
and t ho Ih-isct think t Iic-iii.'Ivi h cap:iolo of
love. Most of those call-d t ho liest uud wisest
would heolf t the very idea of friendship
with women; ninl fri-iid.ship utid cuupitnioii
fhip may cnnvii'i nil iiiterchangeahle. Is
not. companionship Jifce the rich deposit in
life's retort, lifter love'rf 'uission has ceased to
Srirkiu nnd eirervfsce? Junius Henri
Lrowne in Cosmopolitan.
VitrloiiH Type of iisiei h.
Tho most dunge rous t yp of go;siier is uot
ho woman who has won u renown in her
prof.-ssion. II'T notoriety is our protectiot!.
Wo are on onr juar.l in her presence. Wo
Hx-al; cautiously and listen indifferently, and
she i ; only able to injure where til:e is not
I. nov.n.
! '..r more to le dreaded is tho renlly good
heartcl hut indi.-;ereet and garrulous woman
who loves to impart information. I knovr
Fonio excellent wives and mothers, devout
church members, ami tireless workers for
charity, v. ho would !: indignant were they
classed among tin; despised gossips.
Yet thest; Kamo women have related in my
presence 1 ho outlived errors of peoplo whom
I loved and reflected. They have brought
out tho foldi-d and tiled away follies, long
hid in tho dusty pigeon holes of tho past, for
my eyt- j to peruse in tho glaring light of tho
pre::e:it. They did not mean to ho malicious
they simply lacked tho strength of mind to
bo silent oonct ruing an old talo which could
in no wiso benefit mo to hear. It was the
love of imparting information, the impulse
to astonish rather than any wish to injure.
Hut its effect was pernicious and harmful.
Ella Wheokr V.'ilcox.
Tho "Tailor illado Girl."
I have not spoken of tho "tailor rnadu girl"
yet. This not undescriptive title has been
jiven to tho somewhat independent girl who
:li esses in plain cut gowns, with little or uo
trimming, in contradistinction to the clingr
log young women whoso gowns aro hung
with ruf'los and ku-e. There are some men
wliii prefer tho "tailor made," while there aro
others who prefer the dinger. The "tailor
m.-do" is not necessarily the leust bit mascu
b.ie. neither is she husband hunting. She is
fond ol' walking, and so she wears rhoes that
do not pinch her feet She "goes in" as they
say i:i Ilngland for out of door sports. Sho
rows, she rides, she valks, and the wields tho
l.'.v.ai tenuis racquet. Sac tr.lks more about
t!: .so aniiisciao!:! than she does about moou
li.-.'.bt, love and flowers. Sl;e i.; almost as
foa l of animals as s'io is .f laen, r.ud, in
s!iort , she can amuse herself without men,
which tho dinger can not. She id not afraid
ol" being an old maid; tho dinger is; and she
the "tailor made" i ; quite as loath to
Marry : the athletic young man, but when
she meet., her fate the accepts it gracefully,
and makes quite u-j good a wife and mother
does the dinger. "ihunswick" in LSoston
Gai'ttte.
1'acrs Tell Ta!c3.
1 never see a group of tirsd .men hurrying
by when the day's work is dono that I do not
wonder what kind of homes they are going to.
and I thin!: I can tell by the eag'jr or sorry
cpris-siou of their faces and tho elasticity or
slowness of their steps whe.her their antici-paiio.-j
are theerlul or oi.hcrwisc. I once
utw a man going home with a face so be
grimed with coal dust that it was anything
j but agrceabl to hvjk at it. but which became
j ahnost ; h.-ri ied with a sudden lighting tip of
i j".v whi'-h shonu through all tho eooty black
v.h-ii, from a do"r in tho distance, there
came a litllo fair haired, blue eyed girl, fresh
a:: I sweet as a rose, who, with a glad cry,
"papa, papa, papa's turn," threw herself into
his arms. I knew the man was very poor,
but I knew also thot ho was happy in a home
tho thought of which made the longest hour
seem short, and in a w ife who had helped to
make him a nobler and better citizen than
aro thousands iu the higher walks of life,
who spend upon one dinner moro than lie
was wort h.
"T'essed bo the wife who, having won her
husband's love, knows how to keep it cud
docs it.' Mary J Holmes in Chicago News.
Popular Conversation Parties.
It is astonishing how difficult it is for a
party of lifty, we will say, to talk well. They
sit. those fifty people full of ideas, and stare
iu each cither's faces if they have met to talk.
Hut get them into a crowded room, and how
every tongue is limbered! Let some one play
a piano forte solo, ami tho effect is equally
good , everybody wishes to talk. Thers has
boon a great effort made recently for popular
.conversation parties. Several clubs havo
private meetings at the houses of members
lor familiar talk. A number of ladies' clubs
tiavo attempted jt, but the result is utter si
lence. Alt ape afraid of their own voicea.
There uro one or two tHipirical remedies,
hovcver. If at '"honies"' and at evening i
ceptior.s the aids to conversation are not pro
lific or heart inspiring, if thero is no ready
made topic at command, it is not a bad thing
to throw an explosive conversational shell
into the middle of tho floor. The powers of
talk are often thus unloosed. A startlingly
clever observation might bo quoted, or a
question of such u character that it will
shock no prejudice. These aro the empiricui
remedies. Harper's Bazar.
KdWeriy tor Ivy Poison.
I hn-e read an aitido jnyour paper on ivy
poison, ainl, as I have had consiuerabja ex
perience with ivy poison, I wish to give a
rure and simply remedy which I think was
tho first to discover. About twenty-five
years ago I was badly poisoned by climbing
trees to get wild grapes. I was literally poi
soned sill over. Hy limbs were swollen and
broken out with little blisters. My parents
were away from borne at lhi lime. I did not
know- what to do. I had heard that salt
water was good. 1 could find no salt in tho
house, but found oino baking soda, so I
thought I would try that. 1 got a large
wash basin, put in obout three quarts of
wa'cr an 1 about four ounces .- soda. 1 then
bathed myself good all over. It knocked ih--
ivy poison higher than a kite. I was poi
soned several times after that, but ahvays
ciir-d iv.yiif yith the wao remedy Also I
know- cf many ease? whore they used it ju
my recommendation, and tby all were
sjieedily cured. S. Ileberling in Sci?utiO;
American.
Katen witb the FiuEer.
Another question often repeated is this,
"What shall I cat with my fingers" Al
fn'.ugh it is considered vulgar to bi seen
p.tkir.g a bone, we havo lately observed very
well Lrd people take the leg of a little bir 1
in tno aiigiis, and delicately remove the
flesh with il::- teeth. It is uol generally done,
but it can be done neatly. Cheese can be
eaten fi-oi.i tho Qugers, and so w ith all tho
fruits: a very dry little tart cr a cakeccin be
tattn with the lingers. Asparagus is also
conveyed to tho mouth with Iho fingers.
Mamr English cntlemcn eat lettuce and cel
ery, with salt alone, witb tho fingers. Olive
oro olso cafcea in tho wuno way. Pastry,
hard icecream, jellies, blanc mange, pudding,
aro eaten with tho fork. Tho dessert spoon
is only used for soft custards and preserved
fruit, or melon which aro too noft for tho
fork. When Btrawljerries oro served with
tho btems on, t hey should lie eaten with the
fingers, when served hulled and creamed,
they should, of course, le eateu with a spoon
Harper's Bazar.
I'ret of Antique Statue.
Did you ever notice what beautiful feet tho
Venus do Milo has, how well formed and yet
how large they aref All antique statues havo
large feet, and by what alierration of taste
we have leen brought to admiro these little
sausages of compressinl heel and crimped tocA
that imxlcrn women intridu:e into shoes and
slip K-rs several sizes too small for them is more
than I can toll. To make themselves still
more ridiculous they are jerched upon tall
heels, and when they walk they have tho
graceful strut of an ostrich. 1'hilips, in his
"As iu a Looking Glass," calls it iieacooking.
And w hilo I havo the floor permit me to ask
if any ouo in Louisiana ever saw a statue of
Venus, n Juno or a Diana with wasp-like
waist, skeleton arms, and a prominent addi
tion to tho human form divino at the lower
end of tho backbone. I do wish it were pos
sible for our women to go back to tho simple
manners of the early Greeks and tho Spar
tans. Henry Haynie, in New Orleans Picay
une. A Judge's Sensible Words.
Judge Tuley occupies a position which
enables him, almost compels him, to collect
statistics as to the causes of divorce. In a
recent interview he said:
"I would not add to nor take away any of
tho cause3 of divorco now given by tho
statute. If it were practicable, I would pro
hibit by law any newly married couple living
with tho parents of either within tho first
five years. When left by themselves, their
character sooner assimilate and they much
sooner learu that in order to bo happy tbero
must be continual and mutual self sacrifices
rjid dependence of each upon tho other."
Thero is condensed in tho last sentence the
result of much experience by a close thinker.
A vast amount of unhappiness might have
been avoided if every newly married couple,
and the parents of each, could have been
made to know this before it was too late.
Chicago Times.
Knjoyable " I.I t tie Dinners."
Thosincerest form of hospitality, and by
far the most enjoyable left to us, is "little
dinners.' Showy banquets and display feeds
may possess some interest as spectacles, and
various forms of glorification, private and
public, individual or collective, but tho real
soul of good fellowship is a gathering of six
toa dozen iersons- intelligent, ''congenial
round tho table of a discriminating, experi
enced host or hostess (or both), who invite
their friends, not to show the extent of their
wealth and the luxury of their plato though
there i3 no objection to the use of tho beauti
ful things, if one possesses them but whoso
first thought is comfort and a littlo season of
unclouded and, therefore, rational enjoy
ment, on such a basis as can bo repeated and
made a part, indeed, of tho daily life its
milestones and happy occasions. Jenny
J une.
Tales Told by Servants.
Three-quarters of tho intimate domestic
scandals of society probably get afloat
through the interchange of confidences. It
is told of a young married woman, that she
complained to her mother that she waa not
pleased with her maid.
"She seems to bo a handy girl, dear," said
mamma, "and to understand her work."
"Yes, but she will talk to tho other ser
vants wherever she goes."
"Well, my dear," observed mamma, pla
cidly, "they talk to her, I suppose."
"What of thaU"
" Why, get her to tell you what they tell
her. and let her tell them whatever she
pleases."
From such philosophy as this, there is, of
course, no appeal. Alfred Trumble in The
Argonaut.
Kissing Little Women.
Little women, as a general thing, have the
better of it as far as kissing a man is con
cerned, Ijecause they have to reach up; that
generally necessitates putting a hand on each
shoulder, and the human representative of a
Newfoundland dog is charmed to his soul be
cause he thinks the little woman likes him so
much. The woman who has to reach up to a
man can always control him Her aim
acquits her of her folly, and he is certain to
regard ber as a dear little thing, and never
see her Machiavellian schemes for ruling
him. If 1 had daughters I should put heavy
weights on their heads in early childhood to
keep them from growing very tall, because
to the small comes the victory. "Bab" in
N2w York Star.
For Peripiring J'eet,
Bathe the feet in a weak solution of per
manganate of potash, about forty grains of
the salt to a pint of water; or sprinkle tfce
feet with tho following powder, made by
mixing together seven ounces carbonate of
maguesia, two ounces powdered calcined
alum, seven ounces powdered orris root and
one-half dram powdered cloves. "I V K "
in Yankee Blado.
Their Own Cottage.
Seven Maine schoolmarms, tired of board
ing house life, are planning to erect a cottage
for their own use. They havo saved a few
hundred dollars each and their building en
terprise will be undertaken on the co-opora-tive
plan. Chicago Herald.
Discard the old opinion that "one piece pf
work should be completed before another is
begun." You will find that a changof ork
affords rest, sometimes it jven asem to give
fresh vigor to the worker.
When a person is "sick at tho .stomach"
ice taken into the mouth in small pieces and
allowed to melt before swallowing, will m
many instances relievo the discomfort.
Do not leave any tomatoes in the bottom of
a tin can. but pour them into an earthen
bowl till yo i want them. This applies to
nearly all canned vegetables.
That unsightly excrescence commonly
call-id 'i wart can be remeved by touching it
several times a day with castor oil. This is
the simplest known remedy.
A pretty looking dish can be made by lin
ing seme cups and saucers with lettuce leaves
and putting a larg-j spoonful of tbesalu Jin
the center.
To lessen ibe fatigue cf cliitbing stairsd5
not throw the body forwar J. Step leiiursly
and hold tho body erect.
White au.l pila shades of pain may b
beautifully cleaa'd by using w Luting in the
water.
A spoonful of fine salt or horse radish will
keep can ot milk sweet for several days. .
Never leave the cover off tbe toa canister.
A MOSLEM HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
ccncf Kpteinler In a Slonque Cllitipe
of I tie Worfthipera.
You enter this mosquo through a bronzo
door, having, of courae, previously shod your
profane feet with protecting bubooches; nnd
then you are frco t ex nino and admire.
The first feature that strikes you is four enor
mous pillars, which might bo comjared to
four fluted towers, and which support tho
weight of the principal cupola. Tho capitals
of th-so pillars aro carved into tho form f u
mass of stalactites, a style of ornament
which may lj observed iu many fine Persian
monuments; and halfway up they are encir
cled by a band covered with inscriptions in
Turkish characters. The strength and sim
plicity of theso four piilurs, which at onco
explain to the tyo tlto constructive system f
tfce building, givo a striking impression of
robust majesty and imerishuhlo stability.
Sourates, or verses from tho Koran, form
bands of running ornament around tho
reat cuiola and the minor domes and tho
cornices.
From tho roof nro suspended to within
eight or ten feet of tho ground innumerable
lusters, conqiosed cf glass cui full of tal
low, set in a circular iron frame and dec
orated with balls of crystal, ostrich eggs and
silk tassels, as in Kt. Sophia and all the other
mosques. The mihrab, which designates the
direction of Mecca the niche where rests
tho sacred bo0k, tho Koran, the "noble book
taken from a prototypo kept in heaven"
is inlaid with lapis lazuli, agato and Jasper.
Then there is the usual member, surmounted
by a conical sound board ; tho mustaches, or
platforms supported by colouettes, where tho
muezzins and other clergy sit. As ia all tho
mosques, the side aisles are incumbered with
trunks and bales of merchandise, deposited
by pious Mussulmans under divine safe
guard; and finally, the Z-j::- i-. i.i.'i. 1 ... .
lino matting iu summer and carpets iu win
ter. While I was lost in wonderment at tho
splendor of this mosque several Moslems
came in to pray, with the usual prostrations
and board stroking and yawning. Two or
three women also camo to pray, clad iu
feridjis of brilliantly striped silks roso and
white, azure and white, yellow and red and
they, too, kneeled on tho matting and lowed
and touched the ground with their brows;
and their littlo baby girls, with their line
eyes and white veils wrapped round their
heads, stood patient and motionless beside
them, not being yet old enough to pray, or
perhaps not strong enough on their legs to
prostrate themselves without irremediably
losing their balances. Atlantic Monthly.
Men AVlio Get Side Tracked.
Perhaps tho most numerous class of men
who get sido tracked are those who stajrt in
lifo in an occupation for which they have no
natural aptitude. There are thousands of
farmer boys who never should remain on tho
farm tho loud protestations of the agricult
ural press to tho contrary notwithstanding.
Thero are, doubtless, men who make a lifo
business of stirring tho soil when they
ought to be stirring the senate; and, on tho
contrary, perhaps, thero are men who aro
trying to 6tir the senate who ought to h
stirring tho soil. Good business men ore
frequently spoiled to make poor preachers;
and there are many largo and heavy lawyers
who would mako ideal blacksmiths; and
thero aro socio slender and unsuccessful
blacksmiths with the keen logical brain and
the shrewd masterful mind of tho lawyer.
Such men aro sido tracked for life, unless
there is somo great event crosses their track,
such as crossed tho track of Grant the teani
stor, or Cromwell the country squire. But
no doubt there aro many Grants who always
team, and many Cromwells who never leave
tho farm. Thero aro many men who start
out in life, like hunters, on tho wrong trail.
They never bring down their game because
their gamo has gone in another direction.
They aro liko fishermen who hob f or cod in
& trout brook, or start a-whaling on an in
land pond.
There aro eome men who are sido tracked
for lifo at their Very birth. They aro born
into a mesh of circumstances from which
there is no extrication. Of course it is easy
enough to say that a man, liko water, wiij.
alwa3Ts find his level; but its hard for water
to rise plumb with its fountain head when
confined in an underground pipe. It would
havo been difficult for Shakespeare to assert
bis claim to immortality if he had been born
in Patagonia, and wo would never have heard
of Plato if he had first seen tho light in
Sc3'thia. To say nothing of the hereditary
kifluences that mold the unborn man, tho
environment of ths young human's infancy
usually shapes and directs Lis dcstiny.so irrev
ocably that only men of tho strongest will
and the toughest mental and physical fibe?
can ever counteract tho impetus that is given
them in childhood. Yankee Blade.
Mr. Lincoln's Little Speech.
Mr. Lincoln was quite apt to prepare him
seif in advance for these little events, and
when ho did ho gonerally followed bis rn.ir.u
script carefully. Mr. Hitt was present when
tho representatives cf tho national conven
tion, headed by George Ashmun, called on
Mr. Lincoln to inf orcn him of his nomination.
Mr. Lincoln did not quite liko to see a man
reporting him, especially when ho was only
making a speech of a few minutes, and w hen,
after a littlo general talk, Mr. Ashmun
stepped forward and began to address Mr.
Lincoln, Mr. Hitt got behind one of the spec
tators, and proceeded to tako Mr. Lincoln's
response verbatim. After tho affair was over
Mr. Lincoln camo tip to Mr. Hitt and asked:
"Did you hear all that I said." "Every
word," was the response "Well," said Mr,
Lincoln, "I was afraid you would not bo ablj
to hear, so I wrote what I was going to say
beforehand," and ho handed Mr. Hitt tho
speech in writing. Mr. Hitt and Henry J.
Raymond compared the written speech and
the stenograpic report, and thero was not tho
variation of a word,-"F. P, P." in Chieagq
Times.
Sewer TTasto of Paris.
Sometimes the waste water of the kitchen
and that of the closets is all emptied out
into the sewers. Sometimes it is caught iii
a barrel shaied vessel fpainttdj which re
tains the solid mutter and lets tho water
pass. These receptacles, called tinettcs, arp
removed at stated intervals by jiersons whq
use the contents for fertilizing fields in tho
suburbs. A great majority of the hou:a
still have cesspools or tincttes in the cellars,
which are pumped out or removed by tho
main entrance at stated intervals. So far
only about 1,000 houses have th?ir closets
directly connected with tho sewerj," though
the number is increasing rapidly and all will
eventually be so arranged. It will then bo
mora difficult to keep the sewers clean, but
the nettoyago will follow its normal develop
ment, and fie neatness of the underground
avenues will still rival that of the stwrta
above. Paris Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Cobalt for Plating-.
Mr. Alexander Watt, the author of several
valuable works on metallurcrv. thinks that
cobalt should tako its place as a substitute
for nickel for coating various articles. 1 ho
fldvanta-rps claimed for it aro its superior
whiteness, and tho readiness with which it
nay be deposited by electricity. Chicago
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