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THE DAILY IIKHALI), I'LATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11887. NATURE'S MAItVEL. MAJESTIC CEAUTY OF THE GHAND CANYON OF THE COLORADO. Tlio I.:inl--!i 1'iiflcr the Shallow of tin) I'eitkft of llm N.tn I'r:iii-Nc Mountain. A SIuimiIou Sc-n A ':i!liy (S.OOO I'net Dot p. TIkj tvliolo face of tho hunl now f-h'.ws . that this r l'on wns om-o th" si-fiio of vio- , lent vol.-anK; ilistiirlrtti'-o. Ono or iu'Tm of tho p-'ftLs of thi! S in I'riiiK-i niowri' ilti-i ; li 'lay t-xtinct crati :s. Tim ;rouii'l in l . .-! ' is OOVPH'll With KCflf'iif, flll'l til" 11 I -111 T. ' -i ! noatteivil nho:;i h;iv-that ili-t irt-.l, l: ol. a, uncanny ai nruin o resulting from soiii.j i If .nvulsion of nat :ut: j Willi an curly st.irt ivc nnik" ;o'wJ h"u1- way. Tliu rouii till t!m way fn.iM t.un has lxtn very K'1 for n inoiintiiii li ti i'-t, with i only ono or two ro:!:y or. st-cp lii!!.-:. Wo ' imss Il'l Cult- :i t o:ir riht : anl stop ut 1 : I lfo;si Sjirini win to wo water o'ir htooic. I This 'spring'' is simply a hoi., .hi;; in t!.f ftroini'l to :atrli th" oozing or "siM-iaf." that Hows from tint tt-n lYjim-is.-o mount liu-i. It : whs not loin; l.ef ic H t ;.;ui'l.r j.oiioi.1 to ait ul.rnpt limit: in lh 1 vi ta ti.r..ii.-.h thu ; foiv,: fivi- here a; cl.-vwher" Irom ;i.i-li r- ; l.nish unl wo l.now lint we wen aria; ; ur ioal. I.i a I", -w moi" minute-; wo lro o l).so!iitt ly i'. hin a f-w yaril-i f th" Ii!viii. i Thu walls of til" cul.Vi'll with alio " ll Wo ; juinpivl from I t-.j wajon a::l !:il"tl tin- sty. p j iii'-lim; Ii-ailini; t it. Tin-ru was no hint of j the lori-s lint await'-.l in. TIm- Ki'oiio liurf's upoa t!a eyo in nil its I Maji stiu If.'itjt.y. ""Ij-1 lr.-in reels t'no fa'-ul- ! tiosure almost j'araly:-:i-'l in oiil ;iu!.i; i.e.; : tho stupendous lrpi hs, th'3 nwfi.l t'hams, tin) uma.in, ro;i;oi:i' i at ion of i:is!-i!;ili'il luitto, mountain, rooky pinnacle of ii tliousaii.l fantastic forma now urif.-Ul'.-l to our view, v It looks as if the haii'.l of an nvrtrjiiiK oil ' hail swept tl:..' i-' -ion in wrath. It i:i si;perl, fearful, fitina! in, lmrrihie! TLu vi .ta ex teinlin; for immun.v ili.! umvs in overy 1 i : o; tioii shows the vul iitJ, weiril, uncanny, lv:.u tiful forms of p. a!:, c-lill', anil roi-ky era ris ing from the 1. p:h of the mighty j;orK. They hftvo ii t!ioiianl sliajK-s. Koiii's i'l'..- liko castles, sotuo re.-eml.lo tlie ruins of co'.onviI cutheunils. Some are t i.-t'-il nml il toi t.il bo ns to resvinM nothing hut their twin brothers far off in th ; ih-tam-e. The I ril liant and varied crolorin vcrinili ti, blue, gray, brown, yellow, white of rotjc ami t-hlt u.lils to tho spleiulor of Hi.! fvene. Do wo know liow long t'ue cunyou i.-.' llov wiilo it is WodonoL want to l.nowi Not yet, at lea.st. Its suiiliinity s-ulliees. We liavo K'jon it lM?foro. Wo ma-.t liavo sren it before. Uut where I In our ilreains! A STL'l'KXIKirS KfUXt:. But tlio seene is so stupi'.niloijs tiifit tv'u can- not rely alone ujx'ti tin; cj-o to tal: it in. Wo must all in tho ui.l of other faeuitii's before wo ran even form n fai.it eoii;-.'pti' :i of the immensity before us. Hero is a "sermon in Btones" iinb.HxU Tuo view before u. presents n. ehism r.ioro than twelve mile? v. i,L, in ro than one milo in depth, and stretches for mill's mid miles to tho east and to th west. Tho wall of tliocan yon doc-s not at this point go sheer down to tho liottom, but prcc'ds to it by n scries of "lieiiches." Still il descends periK-miieuIarly or nearly to to tho first beneh so inrmy hiiudreds of feet that wo grow dizzy win n we look over nnd contemplate it. We cannot seo tho river i mined inti.h below us partly from this circuuistane?, p:irtly becauso tho view hi ol)Strueted by many K'.T-"it'c forms of rock and earth. Far away to tho cast we cateh a glimpse of a narrow whito thread which wo aro told is tho river. Through po'.ve: fid . glass we can see it s-'ethiu aii'l boiling over rapids, nnd at times when the breozj ui.s away v.e can hear tho roar of thi casrado. The distance, how ever, is so enormous that we can hardly beiievo the: statement of tho guide that tho stre:-ii is here a laro ono sev eral hundred feet v. i lo.. Kearh opposit'.1 . here we stand, " tho top of an isolated but te, who;;e f-ntidat.icn seems almost at the bottom of the abyss is tho rand stone rock know n as lieidelix'rij cat ie. Mi'us uwny to t'ue noi tliv.e-t is an iaimen-: foraia tion so distant v e cannot iletc-rmh'.o its c m jiosition looking li'.:e th'M i" ins if ncu'. hodral. Scattered thron;;iioiit the length r.n.l lr.-t adt'-i of th gorge as far i'S the t ve can rcn.c!i, an I isolated for the most p-.r!. a:v -ipmii pfa'cs cras nnd even m.-sus Here and there far to tho north wo cai-.-h iiiiniis-es of tho distant walls cf the canyon "on the other sid .1? THE CK.tO.ouiST.'s' S I ATr:iEXT. After th. first i.-nriv.-.-ion -f tlr behc no of nwo, of v.oii'irr, it'mcst of ho! l!n ll'.omrhf cc r.'.ts. "Hero has b. : n d er ror so:-:h mighty couvui.-ii ii of natitre th.-.t : .'.: ; al most cs if it ha 1 sl:akea t!:i tarth to i;.s c: u t .r." Wo can scan . ly credit tiw stat:-sr.cnt of rehu'i.:ts that tiv.' r;v, r i : i its course lor njes has cu- this ti. .:!:';," lieon wi'ertd bv ihe ev.-.iVin which has agencies of mechanical too aid i f long by the lit of ve'.oc- I corroi"n and disintegration. 'I he wear of streams au i-rformeil by hard ir.ii'.eral f-ii.r: a:s carri-tl : current is enorni. J. "Th !e:nt ity." f?s Ci.pt. ortance. The Colon exceptional river. II per mil.- through I ho (the Grand canj'oril anthoritv observes: " tc.a, is ol il.mi.l'J lm ido ia this respect is an 10 average fall i i feet district of th Kaibab 11 1,'.0T." The same Those who have long and carefully studied the Grand canyon ol the Cdorado" do not he-itate for a moment to pronounce it l y far the most sublime of earthly spectach s. If its sublimity coiii.-ted mi1v in us dimer.-ions it could bo sudieienliy tet" forth in a single sentence. It i.s more : than -oil mi'.os long, froui 5 to 2 v. ido, an i i from o.OHi to 0.0' i0 feet deep. There are in tho world valleys which are longer a:: 1 a few ! which are d-. et.er. There are valleys Hanked i bv summits lef tier than the palisades of tho j Kaibab. ytiii i he Grand canyon is the sublim- i est thing t'li earth. It is so not alone by virtue ! of its niligr.hu le, but by virtue of the whole j its ensemble."' i There is a trail, hut a difficult one, leading i from a jxiint in this vicinity to the bottom of the canvon. an l guides can no proem ea to i o a '; n.i.ict" tho tourist to it. One must have a vi rv steadv hea l, however, to aeeomplisl the fe .it. and be a cood strong chmbt liesides. j Boaie idea of the task may be had from the j fact that the tripoocr.pies three days and that j the difiicullios of climbing are so great that j nothing can bo transported but a small quan- j titv of food. The hardships of such an un- dertuking aro therefore r. parent. Vcr3' few j persons have ever attempted it, bat among them have been two la lit s, uion o::o of ; whom, as I am informed, the effect of sur- j mounting such an incline has left an indelible j impression. cue nas ueer oven u. woman since. New York Times. Tying th Frislcy Laces. Returned travelers from country and sea side hotels speak of the low shoes worn by the ladies this summer. The ladies also speak of them. Tl e laces would untie, mi l who was to tio them but the escorts. In this way masiv a "board walk" promenade was pro longed and mutual happiness resulted. Some f t7a dudes, however, complain that they rrm-knl their heavily starched wawtcoasU in stooping down to galiantlj tie the frisk, laces New York Sun. CORDIAL GREETINC. Novel Itecrplion l n StratiKer Uul't" 1 HoHj.ll.illf A SiiBfbtlwu. Min. Y. is n brilliant llo:toii woman ol ubiindmit executive aijility, nhr?wl wit, iii(J l. li;;htful hospitality. The exigenciea of her lnihband's business Jed to the keeping Hp of; an 'MaMishm--iit in tho webt.'whero Mr.-i. Y. j passi-s somo liionths or the year, and where j hho entei taiiiH a (.-rent many p?ople. One day i there was broiiKht to Mis. Y. the card of an ! Kn;;Iish g.-nt! loan, acconipunied by a lettf r . of iiiti"Miiicti,n fn.ni f i lends of tho Y'.s abroad. . The ho.-te-.- went down btuirs and grci ted tin) j guest cordially, i ' W- aro so u'-cu-.tom'd to travelers here," hh" said, '-thnt we know just what to do with j Mi. m' We exoeel evervbodv to arrive tt a , 1 ! ttaiii.'d and -iii.u .ted ; and we let every l.')iy tai..- a bath tin? lir.-t thing. I poko Vj tLi servant befom I caiao down, and evurything is all ready." IJtit," Mammored tho st! anger, "I Hlinot thi:.l: of put tin : y. ii toso mu h trouble. 1"' t)ii, 1 know j.r-t how you fee!,"' interrupted :irs. Y. "A hi. ill is tho only thing that re stores mo to my normal condition 1;i .i l'vu b. . a trav. lii:.', and you have con..) riht tiirough from i; . ton." The ' gac.-.t iii niuried, but Min. Y. was too ex t r. t-.o truly lio-.j !l:il;n to ailoW prevent, tho carry in;; out if ,' :.(. The I " i ' i i :l:!iiau was hi i :-Ti;p!''i htr ki.iiUy KIIOWII Uj -s! to !.. i: 1: bat! 'miii ii oom, m hero it is i u it !i the pi-o,i ess ii of his t It r. :! : ic.il:; y t itn- t i :, win : yi.'i upon tho originality !-ri-:;ii bo-pi' uiity. t ci".--c n'h .1 a-uin to Y. awaked him. In due the pari' I h..; inind." s 'Oh, y fid batli, noon, as I'm a i id every! ag to your sai I. lio r' I and lew I I ha e to c 1.1, '-I l ave ha ladjlight-mii-.t bid you yootl aftor itoii a train." "What!'' cri. d tlio ho.iess tighast. "You are n t g-'iiig:"' 'Unfortunately, I mint. I only stopped over a i ruin I call on you." ".Mire;,:" Mi c::.-l-iiiued in di.,may. l-I thought yen had como to remaiii. You cer- tain! v can t , no'.'.' when 1 haven't seen you at all." "I reai.y mi: t," was tho ropy."buf I assuri? you I have had a mo.-.t I'ei'ie.-liing b:th, and I lilwaj-s shall r t.i -mU-r with sineero pleasure your '.iniou': hospi; alii j'." Tho story wit:, too yinil to k'-ep, and IIrs. Y. told it at her ow n exp"iiso, greatly to tho en tertainment of h. r friends, who declared that this fashion of entertaining callers was ono which deservid to bo widely introduced, as it would sol vo many a ih-rplexing iia- stion of the proper luelhoil of dispo.-ing of guests who were not easy to anntse. Uostou Cor. I'rovi deuee Journal. A I'atal Ilat.lt of Spceeli. I heard on State sireefc tho other authent ie story of detective aoiiteness. dav mi Ev ry- body : " -k !hat Jllell have i r iiiy .car .--;.!d, when tin 1'ivorite exori do i.-o i ui.v... m, oiine ion. Thus one man says 'pvriselyy' another "exact ly," and there is a consiiierable faction for hom tho words "just so"' or '"to be sure" seem to fid the re q.dred need. I'.'ot long ago a Host on man stole a largo sum of money from his employ ers and lied to lii" west. A description of him was sent to detectives and polio superintend ents generally, and about a month after his escape a ilinae- :a ctiiivr telegraphed that ho thought h had his eye ujw.n tho person wanted. His appear:inco, however, was very different from t iiat d- criiied in the circular. The situation was a pressing one; if tbe CUp posed crimiiiid v. as s:i: h in fact ho might at any moment ity to Canada; on tho other hand, to a it C"-;. an innocent person would cause a good w .d of troubla. Thy object was to i-ieiit ify tho man if pos siblo within a f l-j i;rs. In this emergeney tho Ltoston d-t"--tivo in charge of the case ex amined and t i-ess exainini' l tho thief's em ployers as to his peculiar!! ies. They could hie u:-oii nothing distinctive till lhially tho dote.-, ivo inquired in a moment of inspiration if h- had iiiiy particular way of expressing him-s-.. h'. 'Yes,'" was ;ho reply; "I never knew t ) fih.nv to talic lb roe imuui.es witnout say- ing. I I elieve formation w; you. is f. " In half an hoar tho b--1 graphed to tho west; v. i. :ini had a lour long uis too ;it with Mimiesot his man, :i detect ivo and before. , the thief was arres !. Boston Post. K:i-ciu: sis u Lecturer. Hi-lecturing was forced upon him moiV and more. lii-. family was increasing, lit kept ops n hcviso. Ho had to buy more land to I roiuot '.lis view. l,r tii" iiili. g f his p;::so tho only means h. l-oUld i'lVl l ,v ni"ro w i was lecturing. As his narti'i iy known to tlio managers : vum-5 in New England and tho couutvy l. the;: nl U.J w t. h - el .it i c. n':.!, with much travel- leg, tgh to nil the over yawn cotno and out.o, thuiigii lag ncv- tho, ma, ile' ceiv g.-m U'ln r mac! i m . ;avs were as than ;:d it. His fees iu small; rot so large, perhaps, aiorc skilfttl ittanagcmetit inigiit hav. them. Ho writ-s to -,Ir. AlfeXr.iitVr ::d in Vr-iX that the most ho ever re ed was i-"i ) for tt n lectures; in Boston, ',: i:i t!ie country lycout'is, ':U and travel ing expenses. Then, irom t!:e liberal style cf his housekeeping, ho parsed with his n-.igh-b..;s rr a -ed to do man, and paid, his friend:- thought", more tha.'i a fair proporti n of the town taxes. !so it came about that ail these years in the forties were years of un remitted watchfulness and sometimes anxiety to keep out of debt. Cabot's Memoir of Emerson. Prosperity of the Hebrews. "Nothing has impressed mo so much," said ono of the prominent dry go.xls merchants the other day, "as tho way in which tho lie brews have multiplied ami prospered iu this country. Not further back than 3 thero were only 5n,Uii(l Hebrews here. Today there aro nearly ToO.'.HX). .So ycu wiil see that while the population of the country has increased threefold in forty years It was e,W0,i .K) iu 1S4 j the Hebrew jiopukition has increased in a very much larger proportion. Of course there aro more Hebrews m Russia, Austria ami Germany than there are iu America, but we come next. If tho figures which I have given may bo taken as a basis for estimating the future growth of the race, it v. id not bo long before this country is in the lead." I asked my friend-to what ho attributed tho sui-cpss of the Hebrew, and he said: "His thrift is proverbial, but I have yet to meet a man who will deny that ho is public spirited and generous ii. the support of benevolent and worthy iustPu'.ijns generally. Certainly he is law abiding." "Rambler" in Brooklyn Eagle, Ancient Climate of America. Goldsmith's Geography, published in 1S24, describing tho Unitsd States, says: '"People become old in America s-xmer than in Eu rope. Upon females the influence of the cli mate is still more sensible. When young tho women aro generally Icautiful, particularly in Philadelphia, but after 20 they lxgin to lose their frtsh color ar.d teeth, and at the ago of many of them would ia's for Euro peans at 4'X What funny things those old geographies were, tj be sure. New York Tribune. , wuawiw. Kansas mines yield annually about 6,000.000 A HOSTESS f all of coal after raking out all tho dead cin der and ashes in tln range; never fill jour stove with coal above tho top of the lining. I Never uo a i-hakr when it is possiblo to avoid it; instead, use tho jH.ker freely and you wiil have a better fire and mo less coal. Shak ing the lire bride i it down into a solid mass and the aii; cannot circulate through. When the fie from iuiy caum becomes dull, do not stir it over Hie top or put in wood, hut rake out tho cinders and 0en the drafts. At night do not close the drafts as soon as tho coal for the niht is put on, but let it burn a short time, or, as one man expresses it, "until you think tho coal is warm all through." There ia then very bttlo danger of gas, even if the stove is a poor one. The ashes should never accumulate in the ash pan until they rea-h tho grate. If thm happens even once, the grate w ill usually lie burned out. Always run tho' range no that you can get all the he at needed without having tho top r d hot, as this will warp the covers and centers, and if a little water should happen to fail on the Move while o hot, tho top of tho range is very apt to crack. Keep the htove well blacked; if the lids get covered with greaso turn them over and let tho top of I hu lid conio next the lire until the grease is all burned olf. If the covers ure red and the bhi'-kening does not adhere, let them get wet, so that they will rust a little, and then black them. When buying a range, buy one that is moderately heavy and made of the be.-.t quality of iron. All tho joints of a healing stove; or range should lit well; bo on use if they do not, when tho range has been used a short time you will notice gas escaping, and will not bo able to tell where it comes from. Nellie Wiiley In Good House keeping. Labor Saving Hints. I write to thank those who kindly sent directions for removing a teacup that had be come wedged in a pitcher, l'erhaps it would bo well to state that before any answer reached me, I experimented successfully by holding the pitcher bottom side up over a steaming teakettle; by tapping smartly on the bottom of tho pitcher tho cup fell out. I think that thero is sueh a thing as "honest dirt," and that thero should never bo such an amount of trimming of children's clothing ii3 to keep one always busy making, washiag and ironing thonj. I have two children, and I find time to tell and read stories, tako walks, and even play v ith them out of doors and swing them sometimes. 1 must tell the readers my method of wash ing dishes. A tubf ul of clean water is kept in the kitchen, into which all of tho "sticky" dishes are dumped bodily and left until their turn to be washed arrives. The tub ia used only for this purpose. This saves timo and labor. In washing "stuck up" kettles I use an old knife, kept for the purposo, to scrape them with, and never use my fir.ger nails, as many people do. Where this is practiced the i' ger nails aro usually anything but "a thing of i onuty," and ore a plague instead of "a joy forever." I have seen finger nails from this practico broken, worn off square and blunt enough to "set one's teeth on edge." To clean bottles easily and quickly, turn a cup ful of fine shot into them ; fill nearly full of hot lye and shako well. To have peas look green after cooking them, put iu cold water and let them come gradually to a boil. This is to be done when they are first put on the stove to, cook. It is convenient to have four holders to use around the stove. Two of them can then bo spared for the wash every week. Dotroit Free Press. Tlio ATlso Hostess. A hostess should, of course, exercise a wise exclusive ness, such as Lady Palmerston de scrilied when she said she "passed Lord Palm erston's acquaintances through a coarse sieve." No woman who entertains should in vito ber guests carelessly. The very respect which sho owes to herself and her guests should prevent this. As a clever woman in London once said, "I am nover flattered at being a-'tked to Mrs. J 's camp." No wo man should allow her house to be degraded to a camp. One should winnow the chaff from the wheat. A !dy in entertaining has to remember c!wa- : to invite those who are congenial. No or e in this country can afford to make liar p -rties either political, musical or liter ary exclusively; but one should have a gen eral idea of sets and of their tastes, and of who would like to meet whom. Especially is this important at a breakfast or n, dinner, where the guests must sit and talk for two or threo hours together; thero ia no such ordeal of ngreeability. To invite a vaporous, airy, foolish woman to sit next an Oxford profes sor, w ho has a specialty on which he wishes to talk and which sho would not understand, is to make them both miserable. To ask a voung poet to sit next an old campaigner, who has nothing to talk of but the dissection of character, who Is given to social parboil in" is to make both miserable and wiil ruin one' dinner at least. To ask a busy politician to sit next an abstract philosopher would not be half as bad. Therefore a woman has much to consider before 6ho begins to enter tain. Harper's Bazar. ,. Kennedy for ToSson Ivy. ' People who have sought relief during tho heated term at the various seaside resorts which dot the coast of Nov.' Jersey have suf fered at intervals from a plague of musqui toes and black gnats. Others, who preferred the mountains and inland attractions, ave suffered greatly from contact with poison ivy. Tho former found a remedy in pennyroyal ar.d brush fires, but many of the poisoned ones got no relief. They have not responded to treatment. As a rule, limo water, butter milk ar.d oxido of zinc ointment, into which a little white precipitate has been nibbed, will effect a cure. This year it seems as though tho poL-wn has had to run itself out. A gentleman, however, who after suffering for t'ii days more torture than usually falls to 'the lot of man, finally got relief in tho fol lowing manner: He saturated a slice of bread with water, and then spread over it a goodly amount of soda. This plaster he ap plied to the eruption and kept the application moist by dropping water upon the bread as fast as the moisture was absorbed or evapor ated. This dissolved the soda crystals on the skin, and gave almost immediate and perma nent relief. So badly was ho poisoned that at one time he had on his body twenty-one of these ijoiiltices. representing three loaves of bread. New York Hail and Express. The Dress of Children. As a rule, the higher the position of the parents, the more simply the children are dressed this rule holding good as regards the roval and noble families of England. Uufor timatelv, our country people have acquired abroad tho unenviable reputation of loving vulvar display; but Anglomania has had the desirable result of inculcating a love of sim tilioitv Teachers in French and German i schools have been known to complain bitterly of the demoralizing effect produced by Amer ' ican girls upon the other pupils. The de moiselle or Fraulein, as the case may be, ' having been accustomed to the plainest style of dress and coiffure deemed suitable to her tender years, is rendered enviou3 and discon tented by as3x:iation with such free and inde . pendetit'yoimS women clad in silk attire, as a ! school costume, with diamond earrings flash- ing ia their ears and their fingers loaded j with rings. Wbiio there will always be, iu every community, a select rew wno win know bovr to dress simply on all occasions wher rich garments would make tbmu uoo plcuoun, tho musses aro not hoppy unless they aro testifying to their wealth with tho gorgeoui-riess of their robes and the profu sion of their jiweis. New Orleans TIme Democrat. rtinornoii nl liiu Children. Emerson was pluyful and winning In his ways with Ids children, but ho did not often romp with them, ami ho discouraged the'r de voting tho early hours, even of a holiday, to amusement. "Ho taught us that at breakfast all must lo calm and sweet, nothing tuut jar; we must not begin the day with light reading or games; our first and lM"-t hours should bo occupied in a way to match the sweet and serious morning. From tho age of 1" or 14 he thought they should bo encouraged ns much ns pocsiblo to regulate their own conduct. He would put the case, and l-ave thorn to tliinlc and act for themselves; and ho did not four to inculcate, even at this age, the whole of bis own doc trine of self reliance. To one of his daugh ters who was away from home at school, ho writes: "Finish every dy and m done with it. For manners and for wise living it is a vice to rememlier. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. To-morrow is a new day; you shall be gin it well and serenely, and w ith too high a spirit to bo cumbered with your old nonsense. This day for all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with iu hocs and invitations, to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays." Cabot's "ilemoir of Eiiiorsou." t.irllsh Figures Spoiled by Athletics. It is tho athletic gill, the new type of girl who goes in for pretty nearly all the sports her brother takes up, who is, if she has pre viously cultivated her figuro, the worst do formed girl of all. There is nothing like athletics and corstts, mixed or in altorni-.te tloses, to bring out the possibilities of curves, tw-istd and abnormal developments in a mod ern girl. All British femininity is at present engaged in screaming contradictions ut La bouchere because he had tho hardihood to de clare that tennis playing girls were crooked. In a half dozon groups at Central park tho other day I picked out four players whose right shoulders were noticeably of different shapo from the left, and six or seven in whom the same thing, though less obvious, hud begun to manifest itself, the summer exertion enlarging the muscles and light clothing thrusting them out of place and accentuating the uneven development of the body. Girls who row in corsets are a curious sight, the extra muscular development all taking place high up, whero the blood has a chanco to cir culat?, and making the shoulders tower above the ret of tho body. Chicago Herald. A Troubleiioiiio Form of Ilenuty. Mrs. Reformer Jenuess-Miller'a latest ol joctive point is the bustle. In her magazine, Dress, she comments on the amusing alacrity with which women fly to the defense of tho bustle whenever that highly ornumental and pestiferously obtrusive article of dress is assailed. She quite overlooks tho most gro tesque phase of the bustle question; that is the constant solicitude of the average wearer when on the street. Bhiglo out any well dressed woman you happen to meet on promenade, cud ten to one, if you-follow her, j-ou will observe that about ouco m every block of her walk she will give her bustle a flip, furtive or bold, according to her dis position. No woman is ever certain ten minutes at a stretch that her bustlo is iu the regulatiou state of discipline, hence her miud is forever on tho rack. Detroit l-ree i ress. Prevention of Wrinkles. Evidently quite a number of us aro grow ing old because we aro interested iu knowing what w ill prevent wrinkles. 1 no nesi remedy Ls. of course, lack of caro and absolute hard heartedness, for the emotions cause wrinkles. When they are just beginning to be baio wrinkles, sort of baby wrinkles, tho old Creolo recipe ia really of some use. This is to take a small quantity of tine olive oil on ono's fingers aud rub the wrinkled place flvo or tea times twice a oay, communis luia until the wrinkles disappear. But with this, all tho ether things that keep women beauti ful are necessary, nt of ail tho use of plenty of soap aud water. "Bub"' iu New York Star. To Fill Cracks In Floors. Cracks in floors may bo neatly but perma nently filled by thoroughly soaking news itnners in nasto made of a half pound of flour. three quarts of water and half a pound of . . ... r.-1 - . : 1 1 I . alum mixed ana uouea. i ne mixture w m uu about as thick o3 putty, and may be forced into the crevice with a case knile. It will harden like papier niaehe. Boston Budget. Tho best remedy for bums is claimed to bo a. i 1 . : . i .,7 essence Ol peppenmm. uiiti musy miim. Wet a solt cloth or raw cotton and apply, it stops tho pain instantly end draws out the Ore. The women of New York have been granted more patents than their sisters m any other state. The women or J-iassacnuseiis, uuio, Indiana and Wisconsin rank next in order. . There i3 a prejudice against peacocks' feathers for household ornamentation, be cause old women say death comes to the house where they are disilayed. Tor ingrowing too nails use equal parts of mutton tallow, castilo soap and white sugar made iuto a salve. Apply until the swelling is down, then trim the nail in the center. Said Lucretia Mott, when asked how she managed never to have any trouble with servants: "I never ask them to do anything I know they won't do." The taste of fish may be removed very ef fectually from knives and forks by rubbing them with fresh orange or lemon peel. If soot is dropped on tho carpet, cover thickly with salt and it may bo 6wept up without injury to tho carpet. . Mrs. Grundy says that the conspicuously fashionable woman who is "charitable and kind" is a real curiosity. Ficas, one who has tried it asserts, may b driven away by scattering flour of sulphur liberally about. A teacup of lye in a pail of water will im prove the color of black goods. At the Qneen's Fountain. Near Invermark, on Lord Dalhousie's es tate, a fountain was some years ago erected to commemorate a visit paid to the place by tho queen. It bears this inscription, in gold letters: "Rest, stranger, on this lovely scene, aud drink and pray for Scotland's queen Victoria." A Highlander was shocked ono morning to read the following addenda, traced in a bold hand, suggestive of the Lon don tourist, immediately underneath the original: "We'll pray for Queen Victoria h -re. but go and drink her hea.th in beer." NTc w Ycrk Tribune. k3 The Kim't quality ol yinU 10 i;r cent. chrni.iT Uis the JlifM. ippi. Will never be uikU i tcl.i. Cull PETER r. ;, fJwi Ti .fOll A I.I. r u ii n n k r. U r.r m T. f H i1 FOR Parlors, IBcclrooms, EJiiunLrooms. Kitchens, Hallways iud Offirrs, -GO Where a nuigni fieciil slock of abouinl. UNDERTAKING AND F.fcBA!..' 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