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    CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 189?
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WOMAN AND HOME.
LOOK OUT FOR THE Tf1IFLE9, FOR
THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
Ii'Urrr of MiiiiniIiik Women 1'iir
llnmriititrlniiM A "lied lln" for Chil
dren Arc of .Seolt'n Heroine, A III
riiuloliti'il Woman.
It In In Utile things tlmt tlioo subtle
difference between the woman of tlm
world niul tlm novloo nru most marked,
Iiuimrtnnt trlllosnro nn essential piirt of
beauty' environment. Ono inny kissoss
nil of the virtues of splendid character mid
yet full to strike tlm keynote of popular
success In nny given direction I nliso of
rertiiln crudities of innnuer, dress, look
mid general environment. It In therefore
of tlm utmost luiiortmicn to every otm who
aspires to popular recognition to remember
tlmt It Is not only n duty to enhance pur
Honal charts to tlm iltnioHt, but to mid tlio
rellnlngund Irioslstlhlo nttnictloiiH of tin
sclllshucss, thnughtfulhcss, delicacy mid
regard for tuliinrdctnllsof thotollct.drcss,
speech mid hearing to natural ndvmitnKvH.
When womnu kiij-h of drexn or miclety,
"I do not care for either; I regard both iin
a bore mid waste of time; I do not. believe
In h'lvlnu my pteclous hourH to frivolities
Hid Useless pastime; I have somellilliKof
.11010 Importance to think nltoiit," slm
stultllles herself with it ertiilii kind of self
fiitlsfiictlon which excludes the higher
Ideas mid, however lino her natural men
tal endowments, at onco proclaim herself
iKimrmit of tlm most powerful laws of
illlTcrelitlatlou In tlm nsceiidluK nciiIii of
complex human development.
Jenness Miller neknowleilKCM tlmt crudu
conditions of life will always exist, but
there Is no reason why any one who hiiHtlm
leisure, opportunity and means for harmo
nious development of tasto should cIIiik to
tlm old ascetic, notion of the iin worthiness
of the Ixsly, and despise mid neglect tlm
functions which are devoted to pleasure
pure mid simple.
It Is a duty to neck noelety, not only for
mental Improvement, but for tlm stimulus
nITortled to tlm blood and Kdicral health
by pleasurable relaxation from serious
duties, mid culture of manner, which la
(illte as Important as tlm development of
the mlud. To all properly constituted peo
ple society that Is, association with onii'n
fellows for tlm mere delight of companion
ship should alTord genuine satisfaction,
mid healthfully constituted peoplo have n
perfect riKht to resist thu pessltulsni wlilcl
InvelnliH itKalust those Important trilled
that aro(Ultoas necessary to well rounded
character iin arc tlm serious Interests which
come from profound study and participa
tion in phllanthiophy and moral reform.
Variety In needed for harmonious growth.
Uhlcngo Herald,
lli-Krei's of .Mourning.
Drew Is a curiously Impressionable, not
to say medlunilstiu, material. It can ho
umdu to express p'J'Ky mid suverlty, co
quetry mid prudlshuess, prldo and humili
ty, ood tasto mid uverydeKfeo of tasto
lessncss, hut to try to liuiku It expn'.vi
unmitigated and, it Is to bu presumed, tin
IllltlKahlu W(M) Is pushlliK Its capacities
entirely too far, Ilccauso no matter how
perpetual your real anguish may bu, after
a certain tlmu has elapsed fashion ordains
that the blackness of darkness shall bo
"lightened," and that after a curtain addi
tional iH'rlod it shall bu renounced alto
gether, so that thosu who supposed by your
ilreM n year or twu iiko that you wero in
consolablu now glvo your alturutl clothing
n startled glance and mentally exclaim, "So
alio It not so Inconsolable after alll" The
very possibility of nuch n ruinark being
made out rages a sensitive nature.
If "deep mourning" symbolizes a broken
heart, then "half mourning" slgnlllus that
thu two plecoH nro in process of reuniting,
mid Ivft-otT mourning means that tlio crack
Unnlonuur visible. If onu would avoid
thu cold blooded conclusion onu must not
Klvo bereavement a blacker hue by draping
It in funereal tawdrlncss purchased at thu
"inournlnx counter." To wear inournliiK
after a death la 110 uioro needful than to
"wear rejoicing, " if such a thing weru pos
slble, after a birth. There needs no other
aymbol of your joy In thu latter ease nor
of your grief in thu former.
If our clothes must express our extrem
est emotions, thu garment of pralsu is to
bo preferred to thu spirit of heaviness.
Wives and Daughters.
Worn 11 niul rurllainvntary I.bw.
A point umiii which women must Iin
provo themselves is In mastering thu dllll
cnlttes of parliamentary law. Tliuamouut
of knowledge required to conduct an ordi
nary meeting is not very exacting.
It is painfully embarrassing for a wom
an to attempt to conduct i meeting who
does not comprehend thu simplest routine
of business; who does not know thu differ-
cui'u between a motion and a resolution
mid cannot determinu whether or 110 a
point of order bu well taken. It is emliai'
rasslng to thu chairman, and It is quite as
embarrassing to her friends, who somehow
always feel as If they wtru iiersonally re
sponsible for her blunders mid ignorance.
11 u l it is cheering to notu how rapidly
women aru learning. This Is strikingly
shown to any ono who has attended nn an
nual convention several years in succes
sion. At each there is a marked advance
in correct methods, In thu smoothness and
promptness with which business is trans
acted. In ten years or live It is not unsafu
to prophecy that women in general will
know as much abmft tpcakiug and the
proper manner in which meetings should
bo conducted as they now know about
cooking and sowing. They have many
more opportunities to learn than they have
ever had liefore. Thu club, thu society,
political, benevolent and religious, nru
omnipresent, and thu woman's national
convention is nil established institution.
Thu schools mid universities aru doing a
great deal for thu coming generation.
Girls now have their debating clubs mid
societies. Chicago Inter Oceau.
A "lld Day" for Children.
Alout once a month I noticed that my
two strong, actlvo children grew whnt was
called "cross." I determined to watch for
the cause, mid discovered that even thu in
fant boy can ouly stand a certain amount
of exercise without Is-coming "worn out."
Wheu therefore at night I found onu or
the other particularly "cranky," I would
say to myself: "It Is time this child was
rested. Tomorrow must be a 'bed day.' "
The children understood that this was In
nowise punishment, but a simple sanitary
measure. Playthings there were lu plenty,
hut no getting tut of lied. How that room
did look, sometimes! Cut papers, toj,
everything In every direction, but I knew
that the little legs mid Ixsly weru obtain
ing a much needed rest, mid what did a
little clutter more or less amount to?
The next day they would bo as bright
and "chipper" as young robins, I (Irmly
bellovu that by this plan I have warded oil
many u little attack of actual Illness by
builillng up tbu physical strength no tlu.t
Iclliess could not tnku a hold. This plan
I believe to Ih original with me, but 1 am
not ouly willing to give it away to all
mothers, but to send iin well hearty good
wishes with It. A Mother in Ilousekeep
rrs' Weekly.
Nrott'o lli-riiliiK (li'iieriilly 0111m.
Out of thirty of Sir Walter Scott's hero
ines sixteen are described as under twen
ty. Of the other fourteen six are undated.
This leaves us eight, three of whom are net
down as over twenty; two start at one side
of thu lino mid am carried over to the
other; two are by Implication rather than
by the Intention of the author taken out
of their "teens," and one, Amy Itobsart,
In a herolnr "of mi uncertain age," since
dim Is historically a middle aged matron
and fictitiously n youthful bride. Of llm
kIx undated, tlm presumption is altogether
lu favor of tlm earlier age. A member
onco entertained a club with the state
ment that nearly nil Scott's heroines are
motherless.
They are girls whohavegrown up lu the
companionship of uncles or fathers, older
men, mid with an early responsibility of
thought and action. They have had to
plan their own wardrobes and decide upon
their own conduct lowanl their lovers.
Homo of thorn liavu been behind tlm sceimn
of stirring political events. Nearly all
have been thrown into situations where
they had to think for themselves, to act
with decision and lu general to ftllllll the
whole duties of heroines. Tlm heroines of
Scott ore, some of them, ouly lay llgures,
but at least mi far as they have character
they are women, and they Justify thedeeds
which aru dono to win them. San Fran
cisco Iteport.
A Dlsi'iiuli'iiled Woman.
As I write, a neighbor comes in and com
mences to worry and fret for fear her boys
will not do right, and shu chafes constant
ly because they live on a farm instead of lu
town. She lives lu thu shadow and makes
all around her unhappy. Shu has not
learned to sou the silver llnlnu-to tlicclouds
that lilt across thu path of all.
Last Hummer wu went for a picnic. Din
ner was late a half hour, and this neigh
bor kept grumbling mid said I hero would
bu nothing lit to eat. 1 pitied thu husband,
for his wife was a dial to him and we nil
knew It. After a splendid dinner wax
nerved wu climbed a cilli and sat watching
thu ducks tilting on tin-rippling water
below, A mother duck was teaching her
ducklings how to swim. Some sang songa
while wu tossed pubbles into tlio water bo
low, and I know wu weru all thinking of
the days of our childhood when wu wero
gleeful, happy children.
Wlillu we wero lost lu memory thu neigh
bor railed out. jeoringly "Do look at them!
They act as though they were half wittod."
The husband laughed and said, "Our folk
over yonder don't know how to have good
times; they'll neverseu 'sermons In stones,
books In running brooks.' "
She was blind to tlm beauty everywhere
revealed, for nature was lu ecstacy. Kx
chnnge. City (llrls In Country Hum.
Onu city girl can work inoru havoo in u
quiet country homo than a frost in August.
Kvery daughter is II red with an ambition
to wear her hair in homo delightfully be
coming manner, and thus spends hours be
fore the tiny mirror lu the room under thu
eaves when other duties aru positively ap
pealing with tears lu their eyes for her
presence. Thu neat gowns aru torn apart
ami made simply hideous by tlm amateur
dressmaker's attempts at remodeling on
thu city iuinIIsIu's plans.
Let thu city vision hut himt ujhiii the
vluwof thu country congregation and thu
following Sunday will see an a nay of head
gen r tlmt would make the most violent
nightmare turn green with envy, while the
youths who form thu beaux of the back
woods Kcttltmcut literally bow down and
worship 1U the shrlnuof this new type of
woman, who, in contrast with the maids
and matrons they have always known,
seems like some shining, Hashing meteor
among a host of pale mid unchanging con
stellations. Ah, the heartburnings, the jealousies,
thu broken romances and the unknown de
Hires and longings that couiu to these
peaceful dwellers through thu distracting
inlluence of these city gjrls. Chicago Trib
une. Woman's Kroiiiniiles.
Thu most recklessly extravagant woman
has a vein of economy somewhere in her
composition. Kconomy Is born Inn woman.
It may not develop In a manner to provu
either injudicial to herself or her husband.
Vet there will always Ihi some point at
which she will retrench, will look well to
the pennies mid think and calculate with
thu ablvst financier. Shu may lu willing to
pay 810O for n gown, but will shop nil over
town to save ten cents n yard on thu lining.
Shu may spend live dollars for a ride in
thu park, hut shu will begrudge live cunts
car faro when nut shopping. She may
stint tlm table at one time and lo wildly
extravagant at another. Shu may 1 it In a
whole garment by the deslru to finish it
cheaply, which deslru has remorsefully
seized her at the last moment, but there In
onu thing In which she never economizes.
When she loves she loves with her whole
heart. Them Is no stint only a giving of
all thu wealth of her affections. Therefore
do not laugh atherllttlueconomles; simply
rumemlier that a woman to Ihi womanly
must bo just made up of thosu contradic
tious that seem so ridiculous to thoaveraye
masculine mind. Philadelphia Times.
Two Un-fiil Thing.
There are two things thnt I never travel
a day's journey without: One Is my tooth
brush, which I need after every meal, for I
don't want to go Into thu next world tooth
less, much less through this. I want my
good, strong, white, even teeth, which cost
1110 years of Infant agony and led to in
numerable howls, but never enriched a
dentist. I want them toeat with, to laugh
with, possibly I may even want to gnash
them wheu I shutdown my trunk lid on
my fingers, for au instance, and then they
must bu firm rooted to stand the strain.
So I keep them lu good order as onu of the
duties I owe the House Ileautlf ill, of which
they are the ivory gates.
The next thing I must have is a lemon.
It is easy to get as far as Gall Hamilton
from a lemon, mid I don't mind telling you
that 1 11 so a half lemon for soup, Thnt is,
I juct swab my facu ami hands with It be
fore retiring, and it wipes out every freckle
and keeps my skin as clear as wax. Some
people like freckles. I don't. I tried fate
massage and lotions, but thu freckles never
budged. Now I haven't 11 slnglu one, and
It's nil owing to the potency of a lemon.
Detroit Free Press.
Mr. Cooper's IVrullitr I.I n of Work.
Mrs. Sarah II. Cooper lias taught an
adult' Hlblu class for more than forty years.
She now bus In thu First Congregational
church, of Sun Francisco, a class with a
membership of over :!00 intelligent men
and women. Visitors from all over the
country inny bu ecu lu this class from
ts.ibbath to Sabbath, Her method of teach
Ing Is S KTntle, and her power to draw tn
the thought of tho-e present Is said to Ik1
remarkable. She pncsr great personal
magnetism and In thotoughly versed 1 1 1 tlio
Script tiles.
Mrs. Cisiper often olllclates at funerals,
for which the friends of tlm deceased feel
that her sympathetic and tender nature Is
peculiarly adapted. On several occasions
shu has filled thu pulpit of different
churches, to the great satisfaction of her
hearers. For the past twelve years she lias
rarely been absent from her lllnlu class,
Tlm free klndcrgnrlen"?ork of the (ioldcu
(late association had its Inspiration lu this
notable class. Over 10,000 little children
have been trained In the kindergartens
founded by this association. This Is prac
tical, Chtlstllko religion. Ilostou Wom
an's Journal,
Two TIiIiirs TI111I Keep Women Hark.
There Is no dearth of women who are
willing to stand In public places and make
pretty speeches about helpfulness and
charity ami all that sort of thing. No
doubt Micy mean It too. 1 do not charge
them with Insincerity. Hut tills Is onu oit
the Inconsistencies of human nature, par
ticularly of feminine human nature. They
bellovu in tlm broadest kind of charity to
talk about. Hut very few of them seem to
have faith In the application of their own
theories. To write pathetic verses about
their less fortunate sisters is a pleasing
pastime for some women, but It is a 1 It t lu
hard to see how the subjects of t ho pooliH
are benefited.
This spirit of-what shall I call Itr I'll
call it conservatism; women like that
word Is the first and great obstacle lu n
woman's path to society. The second la
not less hard to overcome. Almost any
mail may own a suit of dress clothes, and
this renders him presentable anywhere.
Hut 11 woman in order to dress as swell
society requires must have money. Mar
garet Mautoii In New York World.
I ruinous Women with Small Kiiiullles.
Among famous women who were moth
ers of small families comes Kll.abeth Har
Jrett Hrownlng, who had only one son.
Mrs. Sotnervllle, the mathematician, had
jtwo daughters and onu sou only, though
I she was twice man led.
Mine, (ioorgo Sand had two children, a
Hin and a daughter; so had Lady Mary
J Montagu, whoso "letters" nru so admired
in our own ineraiiirc, ami .Mine, do He
vlgne, writer of equally famous "letters"
in French. Mine, de Stael bud three chil
dren In her early married life; when forty
eight years old shu married a second time,
and then had another son.
(leorgu Kllot (Mrs. Cross) was childless,
and mi was Mrs. Cralk, theatithorof "John
Halifax." Mrs. Harbauld, whoso prose
mid poetry were both much admired in the
last century, hail no children, and thusame
was the ease with her equally praised eon
temporary, Mrs. Ople. London Tit-lilts.
IHaliw ashing as it I'lnii Art.
The woman who can find any way of
making dishwashing, if not a pleasant
task, at least a less disagreeable one than
It is now, should bo canonized by her grate
ful sisters. Ono woman who has spent
much time In experiment lu this branch of
household lalior makes thu following sug
gestion; Nothing is better for cleaning greasy
dishes, especially cooking pansiind kettles,
than mi old whisk broom. It removes the
tenacious particles that have fastened in
the kettles and spiders much better than a
iknlfo or an Iron dishcloth. It Is Invalu-
ablu for cleaning graters. To keep thu
hands from getting hard and chapped after
dishwashing rub them with cider vinegar.
Clear lemon juice is also excellent.
Kelevtliig Curst-fa.
Very corpulent ladies find a corset made
to order, from actual measurement, more
comfortable, also more expensive, than
one selected indiscriminately. Indeed the
habit of wearing any make of corsets re
gardless of lltuess or comfort is a bad one.
A better way is that of trying corsets from
thodllTcrcnt manufacturers until onu is
found which gives comfort ami perfect
satisfaction, and also, if possible, lends ad
ditional beauty to thu form. A 200 or 5IXI
boned corset can never bu a comfortable
article for a 200-pound woman to wear.
Such corsets aru at varlancu with all hy
gienic principles, mid the sensible woman,
bu shu lean or corpulent, will do well to
eschew them entirely. Klza Hunan in
Housekeeper.
The Secret of Hteilii( I.lutitly.
Anybody can hnve a light step who will
bu at the pains to set the foot down right.
In that lies all the difTereiice IsHwccu a
thumping, lumping gait and the light,
tread that makes peoplo call you "velvet
footed." Thu wjiolu art and mystery lies
In a single sentence; Put thu ball of thu
foot down first, throwing thu weight upon
it, and letting the heel come to thu floor
thu hundredth part of u second after.
Treading flat footed over all the solu at
once thu weight comes with a jar that Is
about equally destructive toqulct, to grace
and to shoo leather. Hy stepping first on
the ball, just back of the toes, its cushiony
muscles act as a spring and make walk
ing 11 double pleasure. New York World.
To hasten thu euro of a burn or scald
there Is nothing more soothing mid effec
tive then the white of an egg. It Is con
tact with the air which makes a burn so
painful. The egg acts as a varnish mid
J excludes thu air completely and also pre-
veins iiiiiiiiiiiuuiiuu.
A New York working woman who spent
many years as nn operative in a men's
uccktlo factory now earns a much easier
living by going from house to hoiisu in a
certain quarter and teaching young women
how to maku scarfs lu their own homes.
There is 11 gissl deal of sentiment In n
gift which lias the work of one's own
hands lu it. It means much more to the
recipient thnn a purchase which represents
only a given amount of money.
Woman everywhere seems to bu putting
thu old occupations aside, and mothers
relegate now to professional experts many
duties of life which they learned from thu
women who gave them birth.
A well known writer says: "The appre
ciation of women In industry will become
more generous and more general us they
becomu a more stublo mid more general
factor in labor."
For croup usu flannel cloths wrung out
of very hot water and applied to the throat
end chest; cover with dry ones and renew
with hot as soon as the others commence
to cool.
When n pudding Is Isilled in a mold, take
It from the water and pltuigu it Immediate
ly into cold water, then turn it out quickly;
this will prevent It from sticking.
Never allow people to kiss a child on Its
mouth. Dlseasu is so easily carried lu that
way that you must taku thu ounce of pre-(uutinii.
A COWL 3 GI21ARD.
I'hj-slolon.V of no tlileifstliig Portion nl
11 Chicken' Anatomy,
A fowl's gizzard, where so many lot
articles turn up, Is a curious trap us wrl!
us 11 necessary vital organ of the fowl
Diamonds, pearls, coin, buttons, tacks,
orange peel and about everything else
rave dynamite bars Leen found lu the
gizzards of fowls.
A study of this organ Is Interesting.
Kxporlmonts liavu demonstrated that what
may be called the gastric juice In fowls
has not sufllrlent power to dlsiolvo their
food without the aid of the grinding ac
tion of tlm gizzard. Ileforo the food N
prepared for digestion, therefore, the
grains must be subjected ton triturating
process, and such as are not stilllcieutly
bruised In this manner before passing Into
the gizzard are there reduced to thu proper
statu by Its natural action,
Thu action of the gizzard Is, In this re
spect, uiechmilcal, this organ serving as 'i
mill to grind the feed to pieces, and then,
by means of Its powerful muscles, pressing
it gradually Into thu intestines lu the
form of pulp. The power of this organ is
said to be stifllcleut to pulverize hollow
globules of glass lu a very short time mid
solid masses of thu same substance In a
few weeks. The rapidity of this process
.seems to lie proportionate generally to the
size of the bird. A chicken, for example,
.breaks up such substances as are received
into Its stomach less rapidly than the ca
pon, while the goosii performs the satno
operation sooner than either. Needles,
and even lancets, given turkeys have been
broken in pieces and voided without any
apparent Injury to the stomach. The rea
son undoubtedly Is that the larger species
of birds have thicker and more powerful
organs of digestion.
It has long been t lie general opinion that,
from some dellcieticy in thu digestive ap
paratus, fowls are obliged to resort to the
Use of stones and gravel in order to enable
them to dispose, of the food which they
consume. Some have supposed that the
tisoof stones Is to sheathe the gizzard lu
order to fit It to break into smaller frag
ments the hard, angular substances which
might be swallowed. They have also been
considered to liavu a medicinal effect.
Others liavu imagined that they acted as
absorbents for undiiequantitles of acids in
the stomach or as stimulants to digestion,
whllu It has even Jteun gravely asserted
that they contribute directly to nutrition.
Iicpciited experiments, however, Imvees
tnbll.died that pebbles are not at all neces
sary to the trituration of the hardest kinds
of substances which can bu introduced into
their stomachs, and of course the u-iuil
foisl of fowls can lie bruised without t heir
aid. They do, however, servo a useful
uuxlllary purpose. When put in motion
by the muscles they are capable of produ
cing some effects upon thu contents of the
stomach, thus assisting to grind down the
grain and separating its parts so that the
digestive fluid or gastric juice comes inoru
readily lu contact with it. Hartford
Times.
Tntvrlli-g with a Wlieellmrrmv.
"Potter, the wheelbarrow crank," trav
eled across the continent in 18TS. His full
name was Lyniau and his placu of resi
dence Albany. Ho was a shoemaker by
trade and much given to boasting of his
feats as 11 pedestrian. O'Leary was doing
his big walKliig about that time mid bad
just finished , ten days walk at New
York city. Onu day hi thu presence of
many witnesses Potter said that lie him
self could outdo O'Leary In feats of endur
ance. Some ono suggested thnt liu walk
to San Fra.iclsco on trial. Potter did not
hesitate a moment, but offered to wager
that he could maku thu trip in a given
length of time and, furthermore, that ho
could wheel u "paddy" barrow thu entire
distance,
Thu money was covered, and Potter left,
his liouiu on Dove street, Albany, on the
morning of April 10, 1S7S, and arrived at.
San Francisco on thu evening of Oct. 6,
being exactly 180 days in making the trip.
The wheelbarruw and load (his clothing
and cooking utensils) weighed suvetity-llvu
pounds. The distance traveled was 4,(iS.'
miles, Philadelphia Press.
'Winning Over it Noiiiliinesu King.
Handsome stuffs, mantles, sabers, a re
volver, brought about no truce of pleasure
on King 'Delia's face. It was ,v head In
ebony. Hut when I gave him a half dozen
artillery muskets and a repeating rillu the
first smile illuminated his features. He
laughed, gave me his hand, then clutched
the rifle and said, "I mu glad." Then I
presented him with n chest of cartridges,
mid his delight was manifest. I called to
my spahl, and he brought mi Arab horse,
with all his rig.
A handsome mantle had been thrown
over the saddle worked In gold thread, mid
when the mantle was whisked off then
Tlelm could stand It no longer. All efforts
at restraint gave way. Theru was no sto
ical Indifference, but childish Joy. Tlio
horse was hugged, anil I learned afterward
that the king had passed the whole night
near his horse playing with thu repeating
rifle. Hevuu Hleue.
The Purser.
The Pnrsoo, iintrammeled by his sur
roundings, is seen in Homiiny in nil his
wealth of height and dress. Thu men are,
without exception, tall, finely formed and
stately and possess a robustness and beau
ty quite at contrast with their Hindoo
neighbors.
Their street costume is a peculiar long,
white cotton gown, wide trousers of the
same material and color and a tall miter
shaped hat They have a general reputa
tion for sobriety, frugality and sagacity,
and they seem to thoroughly understand
the accumulation of fortunes In this re
spect resembling tlio Hebrews. Tlie wealth
iest residents of Hombay nre Parsees.
Cor. Washington Star.
Wagner's Nerve.
Wagner, the eminent composer, had the
nerves of an acrobat. Once ho was climb
lug a precipitous mountain In company
with a young friend, Wliensomo distance
up and walking along n narrow ledge, the
companion, who was following, called out
that he was growing giddy.
Wagner turned around on the ledge of
rock, caught his friend and passed him bo
tweeu the rock and himself to thu front.
Youth's Companion,
When I'arcliniout Wu First t'ncil.
Parchment Is thought to liavu been first
used nboiit the Third century, II, C. It
was superior in many ways to every other
material. Kven at the present day the u-c
of parchment for documents of Importance
inevalls over that of paper. New York
World.
Do llhiiiiontU Itreeil?
Hues assures us that diamonds breed,
nnd that u certain princess of the house of
Luxembourg luiil two which bad a fau.iiy
lu the course of a reasonable time. The
.ittno Interesting assertion Is also made by
Iloethlus. Paris Figaro,
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