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SOCl'KTY HAS A W KW T'A I)
UPPER TENDOM ADOPTS THE "SPELL
ING DOWN" AMUSEMENT.
Ami lifts us .tlurli full Out of It its Do
lliu Itojs nml Olrls Who right for
(IrlhiiKritpblo llooors In lln, "l.lltlo
Iteil .Mrhool linn...."
CopyrlKlil by AlniTienii l'n'ss As-ix-littlon.
r IT worn not no
Irlton cotuiatlsou
I would liken fash
ion to iincrcentria
roiiiettliatrettiriiH
on It m orbit In n
cert nl n Inpsi) of
yenm, or ton tido
iucMstirclc" like
that of tho Medl
tcrrnticnn, which
iiovcrthcli'sMliitho
courfo of 1 1 tn o
rcachcH tho IiIkIi
CMtrockHlt washed
n htinilrcd ynnrH
uuo. This hIiiiIIo
in trllo when npplicil to tho fnslilons of
dress, hut It Is lent ho when turned upon
thooof inanucr, at It may ho with t'lpinl
truth. liislnnci'M n ro continually crop
plow up to mIiow that what wn used to
ImiKh nt our Kratulparout for dolui wo
now do ourselves with it comical uvminp
tlouof orlKltiullty.
Onu may read theso thliiKt at one runs,
mid without tnultiplyliiK Instances wo can
refer to tho latest development of this ro
vlval of uutliiiu customs, tho spellliiLt
Kchnol. "Tho spelllnn mIiooII" noiuo one
e.xclalnm with an Incredulous IiuikIi; Imt
wuunswer him with 0110 of nood naliired
Hitpcrlorlty, for It Is evident hy this that hu
lives out of tho world. In n certain ftriivu
clrelo of Nuw Vork society, onu neither
youiiK nor old, neither foy nor fast, a
Kreat deal of Kenuliui ntniisuiuent is helm
culled this wlntei hy leasing new lfo to
an old custom. Tho fad, if it must have a
modern and slangy denomination, was
started hy a I lost on mly who Is passing
tho winter here, uud with so llttitiK mi In
itiate and with so many prominent people
ilerivlhK pleasuro from It thu fashion will
doubtless become. Keneral.
".IuiIkIiiu hy recent experience," ro
innrked CornelluH Van Cott, postmaster of
the city of New York, "spelling needed
this lltllp Imilly. Whatever tlio causu tuny
1h whether tlio Introduction of nowly
coined words, or tho prevalence of foreign
words in our literature, or tho Invention of
spelling by sound thu fact remains that
tho younger generation Is uIwiivh spelled
down hy tho elder, and thu elder cannot
inako as good u record as It did years ngo."
A
"IN A CKIITAI.V UIIAVi: rllMM.K."
Mr. Van Cott is an enthusiast in this
new-old fashion, uud hu is said to Ihi n
champion speller. At it "bee" held recent
ly ho spelled down 11 party of forty on u
remarkably slmplo vord, "dagger," every
Ixaly clso pinning their faith to two n's.
Hut thuhlmplo wonts weru ever thuhauu
of tho Infancy of tho spelling school. It
was "rhomlKild," "phthisic," "phnrmaco
po'ln," "caoutchouc" and others even in ro
dllllcult and unusual that everybody
learned to spell anil could not lm caught
on. It was on such words as "lily,"
"pony," "poison," and "poniard" that tho
lino of spellers Used to go down like a
house, of cards. This is general of nil
spellers today as It was many years since,
and In thu latest revival of thu fashion In
1875. In that year there was n perfect
crasto for It in tho west. Schools, churches,
societies uud prlvatu houses were nil the
scenes of this rivalry of owcls and conso
nants. Thu young nun, then, who re
fused to spell on any ground whatuver
was, If not ostracised, at least subjected to
it severe letting alono. Tlioru wore a few
cases of stubborn objection to revealing
weakness in that liuu among the young
men, hut novcr among tho maidens. Thoy
were always ready to spell thu dear crea
tures aru generally ready for every form
of inlli) dissipation and they never seemed
to mind whether thoy spelled well or bad
ly. It was sport all tho same.
Not that I wish to say that tho girls of
thatgeneratlon nowourgentlo young matrons-spelled
very badly. On thocontrury,
they were famous for prollclcncy. Yet It
sometimes occurred, in a moment of nb
sent tnlniledncss, let tnu say, that "oho"
niNsed a word and "hu" tipullcd it correct-
Till! AlOTIIKOSIS OK TIIK SCHOOL.
Iy. Truu love carried out thu adagu then
in every sense. How could ho explain and
how could shondni't her grievance! Oh,
It was all tint, to that detestable spelling
school, mid tho poor Inanimate thing re
ceived it Htilllclent amount of abuse from
lover and sweetheart.
Yet, after all that may bo said of Its suc
cessful revival In '7.1 and lt curtain popu
larity In tl, thu apotheosis of tho spelling
fcchool occurred In ourginndfathefs' day
In tho day of stngo couches and pillions.
J10 day of high boots anil multicnped
coats, In thu day of poko bonnets and puco
colons! silks.
Dr. ICgghston has written of tho custom
In his excellent "HUtory of tho Colonies,"
but he might hava told a still more mil l-
i
is
f M Til y&si V W I
-rc,u;
rnhlonniliiinuMnKMorj- anil who no fit tea
j tin ho to tell It of thi' Hprciul of the crn.o
In the log cabin epoch of the history of
Indiana. Then In n back county of that
remote reserve, tho girls, healthy and rosy
cheeked, rode "double back" for miles to
tho Friday night spelling school.
It was usually hold In the poor building
full of chinks, through which thu hitter
wind whistled, that served as a school
house on weekdays and meeting house on
8umla)s. Around n great stove, glowing
red, they formed in a circle, every girl and
every "fellow" with mittens on, and lliu
girls with shawls and even comforters
around them, and in thu face of physical
dllllcullles for It wits hot in front and
very cold behind theso ploueet, theso
citizens In einbryc, pursued their con no
Into tho dictionary it nnfully nml "maid
fully" The result has bec:i In many Individ
uals the inheritance iu' thu ability to keep
wot.lsln nit ml. clothed In thocompletu ar
mor of Webster. Now you know who) to
replj when next that lsiastful Individual
who has corrected it word for you says
with false candor, "I don't know how It Is,
but I can sim-II It comes naturally." You
may tell him to give nil the credit of It to
his mother, or you may relate tliunneeiloto
ill Its two hundredth edition of (leu. .lock
son, who, as liu corrected it misspelled word
In an important statu document to which
his secretary had timidly called his atten
tion, growled out, "I'll llx It your way this
time, hut I wouldn't glvo a cent for a man
who can't spell a word but one way,"
What memories are associated with those
old time spelling schools! The excitement
Till: nilPAY NIOIIT SI'i:i.l.lNO M IKKIU
which ran high as one after another went
down 011 11 knotty word, until only two,
perhaps, weroleftof n long lino of spell
ers; tlio feast of apples and nuts after tho
Ik'o was over the nuts cracked on a lint
Iron between tho knees of tho boys thu
big, choice goodies being slyly reserved for
some favoritu maid I This humble amuse
ment supplied tho place of, theatre, opertt
and ball to these simple folk. Then thu
ridu home in thu frosty moonlight, tho
merry laughter of the crowds of young
people, or the soft iovo words of somo
couple, lagging far In tho rear, who wero
"keeping company."
Theso inv memories which last through
lilo with many who wero nctors in that
rustle drama. A man of wealth and posi
tion in New York, who is particularly II
blcto lapses of memory in regard to tho
spelling of words, recently told mo that
.....ro was one word over which he never
hesitated tho word "separate.' lie never
wrote it without recalling tlio time when,
forty years ago, in it western country
school house, ho had "downed" the best
man in tlio spelling school on that word,
and, Hushed ami triumphant, linil on tho
lioiueward ride received it kNs from tlio
beauty of tho county, tho girl he afterward
married. Fkancis M. I.ivimistiin-.
A I'reoi'll llreill'li of I'lumUn Clue.
At Inst thu hard commercial spirit of thu
Nineteenth century seems to have spread
to thu sentimental laud of France. For
the llrst time in thu history of tlio country
. French deceiver has l;eii sued in a
French court for breach of promise of mm
riaite, and had a verdict for damages of
Sl.OUO returned against him. It Is Interest
ing, however, to nolo tho sharp lino of de
miirkatlou drawn hy tho bench between
the material anil tho merely romantic as
pects of tlio case. That pecuniary compen
sation could mnko amends for tho trilling
with tho plaintiffs directions doos notseiyn
to havu occurred to thu tribunal. Hut In
asmuch as tho plaintiff's family had pro
vided a trousseau, which, through thu
fnlthlessncssof tho bridegroom, is loft upon
their hands, they are to Imj Imlcmidllcil by
the gentleman who loved and rod o away.
It Is a decision full of interest, and shows
that tho French nation, however senti
mentally it may talk, Is at bottom tpiltc as
practical as other nations.
A Villililbln I111II1111 Curiosity,
A totem pole, recintly received In Amer
i a from thu Queen Charlotte Islands, Is
lid by West Shore to bo tho largest ever
jet procured of tho Indians, it being forty
feet in length by live feet in diameter. The
1 irvlngon it is grotesque and strange In
lliu extretnu nndof a l.unl rarely met with.
.Mr. Hart, who was for nearly thirty-four
years with tho Indians, says that never be
fore could a similar totem polo he procured
by white men, although efforts were made
to do so. This 0110 was left at a deserted
vlllnL;obyonoof tho Skldogato tribe, and
fell into the hands of Hart's agent. It
w.-s brought down Intact. Its ago Is con
sidered by experts to hu close upon NX)
yiars. Tho wood forming It is cedar,
w Ideh, when above ground, is p-actlcally
non-decaying, mid although ithcrhenten
and st 11 nod the t.lic rtnl preserves Its
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Peculiar
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l'cciillar la combination, proportion and prep
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reiuoilloi of tho vegetable kingdom.
1'cculUr In In medicinal merit, Hood' S.inapa
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I'ecullar In itrength and economy llood'a Par.
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