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Tiff DAILY HERALD, I'LAI'ISMOU I II, rfusrtKASK A, WKDXhSDAY. FFJlIUTAflY 8, 1SS3.
A STATE BANQUET.
ABOUT FORMAL WHITE HOUSE DIN
NERS, PAST AND PRESENT.
Til llljjln-!. Social l'.v-iit in Washington
1,1ft -Tint liivliiitiocrt ami t!i (iiientH.
I'luixTh, Scul.it uri , Wiiic uiitl tli
.VIot l.'i'iulslv CtmLcry.
Tli" prr i-idt-nt g.ive liis first state dinner
iiit a giv.-it w hile ii;i. it was to tli cabi
net. ujmI :: 1 1 giie-' v -i-l u heavily en
graved inv it-iliti'i it i -1 1 hi an en velope,
which Leers I bo i;:!iun:d coat of :i I'll is. Tlio
White 1 Ion I'.ii.i r and l i'.r i . haven gigantic
piialvl 1:1 goM noon iliem. It l-;irs il
-old sh. Id on il ; I.; -1,
tho word-; -'il i'lur in: . I
in vital ion i t a si . i - ( :
li l 11 cabinet igi :.; 'i.
i:;d il ; Ix-ak holds
I'fii." Tho card of
i-i almost us lil-'
II.
is engraved iu
and il. Ii. I It.- word i; ''file Presi
dent ill.il S I'1, i k-.lid r .:iflio.' L the pleasiao
of the company of at, dimicr oa
veiling, at -! jt k, I'-ss."
Tin-.) ;ii;ii-.-.. 'ict several hours, and tho
gui-sts Ilrst as--"lab! i: Hi J-k;:-t room, and it
i 1k-im Lli::t tie j.iv. M.";taid .'.! .:. Clove'it l i
ri-t civo 1 'J to ti t.-.iki Jtfc oil'---,
linl tl-co they cut i '.-ii ::s l-igli as twenty
courses. The. dinner j :i:-t m'-nt iouotl v.us i.ny
of thirty cover.-:, and I ho Mate d-t mg (tide
v.a i ml in ii i onlin.iry f-;.-:!. Thre are
thn o vav i,i v.kicii 1!'" .i I may lie j;r
rigid, a riling t tke number of guests
who are lo I" :
and l:
!!, as it
usually st and::, i ; !:
is a L-.ig . ,il, i- i.'l
the. s.a'to lining i
i:iirt;--:ii:i s;t, . .v.;
to .; -11 i. Ii. i. 111. .!.;;
!. r '-f' a: -' in a;
I ' : i ::l ihir; y-:,. It
i i.'.s l ii i i'i;:l length f
::ii. Wlicn i::oro lli:i:i
I- I: i-!::i:i;;i'il ly ud'lii:;;
i"i 'in iii.i;.o it ji;.;:ji; :t?
i::. .'.!:. f, Iiy IioHowin; s:t
111 '.: t.r.ui imi anvil,
i is ;;. i- tvo.i.-; ili:rin.j n sU.tte
.;.. ' '.i!-;i- p.irlor. rs larj;o
i:r !" r: l;n.i.iu tliiri v I'.-t
J. ilti!, rr;. its ccii'ii: is :"u
I wi :j ; l;a.-,o oi' Villi
ri-l s'..,ry of a i-i'.y lious-.
t!i-' iii :; '.r.r
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ililini-r. 1 : .X ;,!'
:.s t;- j:n.;i:l !.
viil.' ami ..:: ;' 'i
lii;iii lU-.' i wo;.'.
viti:!o;. s :' 1 5.
It li.s at t!.i- !. t. I i'.-.y ;.. t j.roi:K':i!j;'- tv
riilor, i.inl it.; wi.inov. iooI: o;i!. :i lii l'oti
rnii" ;iiil 4;. i- i.i;i:iur.i"..' . lumijoins thollel
jiarU r on ..a- l.r.iul it li.is v. in !s on I'io
upl urilc i.'.;'..! f ti: roi.m '.vliii !i Iih' into tho
jlii 1 -o.i- ; v:;'..)ry 'if ill Wliito Hou::o.
Ti: ;!;. : s r :. t:.'.--n!iinT (:1;!-! arc ho
yoii'i i.;.i. 1 liorist juli h:s l;ist
t'fTovl.s on th :,vi t ;.:!; v. l:ic!t l;..-s in tho ttn
ti'roi' t'.ic t'. !;.-. ''lii.; l.:.:o runs i:"ajly the
v.Liilt K'i!:'.!i I' t".v tniii.-, and it is a mirror
with it i;;'M l iwi i'.'K.;:' threu inchfs liih, and
this, I;iriii,-7 a j;rt slai'i dinner, is fraim-d
with tho clioiccsfc of liov.crs and grivna. A
thousand ro.-vsaro oiu-n used at state dinners,
and iiIm ul th. v:n:o jiiiiiiiier of farnavioa
j;inks. liuri::. a rin.; ;:i 1 1 jfs-tattfilinnrrs
lia--'o coijsii::; ! Vt.'-)'j.t s:i:-;iy.s of lilies f th.
v.lIIi'V, .-.i ri:;j ; of s:a:i!:;x aad thous;iii'.ls
of other .v.i rs, :.r.rh a.i;jlii::s and caiia
lili.-s. tin!-.:? t:.:i';rs aro i:i:ido, and Khips
of flowvrs in full s.iii ;ti-i .-.ciicd hioii the
taM. At cs'.iiL-rs th'-r mr.y Ixj 1. ridges ,".::d
castles, and onv tJioro.vaa a di-sign vlii-h
ropresi'ntod tlie Ilunrriii; (lardi'iis of fcy.'nii
rami:t To thc-o ilov.'!-s is ud.li.-J tho Lril-lianc-of
tho state china, and tho wins sparkles
in cut glass.
It goes without caj-in; tlir.t guests at Ktato
tliauoi-s always appear in full dross. Tho
l:fii wear boiled shirts and the decollete dre.-s
prevails, as a rule, villi iiio luuies. At tho
dinin-r i eferrc.1 to ?-Ir.-:. Faircliild's ilress ws
ileeolk'to and ilrs. Cudieott's d:-etfS v.a3 v.ll
tilled in v.itli l i; o ::t t::o front. Jlrs. Gen.
Jo Ili'-vn-y ivoiv a lilr.-j satia train of silver
1 ro:-aJ.. u'.nl her fo:-.u. .v?s low, ar.d JLi-s.
J. V. I. l'ri;yn iver.- a, mil) veivot, wiili a
low necke.l ivuist. Zh:,. IVhitiiey appeared
in jr rl ray :-atin, r.-i 1 rir.. liialls looked
roal in : tiaine.l r lje o: o'aek vel et.
'i'Le men looked v. lco, r.r.d Daj-ard
walknl o;:t with rIrs. Cleveland, while tho
president :-..t with r.ie.-; Bayard on Lis right.
Speaker t'a.' SIo lojks -Ik'j a .' t.ites'.iinii iu a
swalio'.v tail cuut, M-"":a;.ir IIer.i-st was
:;l!rt:,lii.er thai; ever i:i his c';iv.' l:ani!ner
j.i:-.!v. a'.. : :- iviar.- T.r.:.i;:r r.;.;ca!ed almost
judicial, wiiii i;i ; !;:!; kuir l:::::;iiis down
over Lis i'.;.: r.r. l V:;a.d I'o:terand Uen.
Si:ei-:da.i ;vro s..; i. iy su v.stwL i'uS
thirty . -.i 'a j.iii-..s ;:iv:;a.l tkis Li;- table,
tk" li;,!;: i;Y: :,: ::!: vi.;o l!ov and
laid t!:e ;-or.c-:;; i. .':-.'.. t!-. i-ri!loiis and you
have so::!;- iu :i i T li; . -t v; . Ik i:i; on vait
.Tjs ia fiii d:v.:s s.-it.s nvd In v . the dark
cye.1 ''vr..-:I prosidh:;? o.er tLiev.k e, c::d
yo.t may L-j.;ia to ;.p,vc,i.:.;e
TotLis, however, !.;:v.t lv
and it e ::ics o;t i.i s-hrpr- i
eye wliile ft ti:o ti::
stomach. The cool; of the
. iato diiuier.
Iiii-d tke food,
:t please vour
.k!er vour
:l: . e
lio::;;
-eis
ii beit-.r tnku y V.ivm v Verk bookkeeper,
:i:;d 5:e is r.s i:;;;oii vf c: r.rtibt so:jie of the
backers of K-.-.rop.-. lie builds his dishes
w itk tke e.ti' i f the p;".:::ti r or the sculptor, -t
ur.d cat-ties and bu's a::d isca: ly every ob- j
i'et i:s i:.;t;:: o i j r -;i seutc.I bv hini i;i tko !
fv-rm that lkc dishes cjnmno i the state diu-
zi:r tali.
c;:ri:;:is
Ai tke rec.'iit uin::er there was a
tar..! tku v:i I there was a
sa;.;are.l t:
ean-iied 1
1jv e;;:ir.
with wkit
li".- cov.-'.vl v. It ii ecu -;-rves and
k.. Iio had e.e-.r tke:;e tall and
".ra, a:..I tk - tr.pers wciv tipped
l'ki": a:id rub".' shades.
The Ciitiki::; in tko V.'k;tc Lipase is dono in
tk." l:itel:-:is :. low tf.irs, ;.:kI tke chief room
is dhvci! below tke dining iol.i;. The
V.'kire Ii .n.-v ki:; k.c'-.i ccns:-;t-i .f two largs
rooius. h.i:::' v. kh iv. ki.: tii::;--i!s of everv
ckai aet. r axul co'or. 1
lost a:i i x ai: t i'-iU
thie l.ia 'n kotik
w :Lh ii.a ;::ip.ti.a;e i!:iv
Ktauds i': the toiler
cx.': Lai a ::i::::b: r of
LI ' cuouzh to
o tke v.ails, and on
l". anil beii :-s r.aioke
or. A l:g ::i:;e table
of t'.o room and the
issl-iaats. iIor.-earsa
l, and he takes pride
vkite c;.; and an apro
j:i n:s cal.ii:..
The iees fer state (.'i::r.ei?
r..-;ti'.i!iv como on
the tui .lis ia forms !!s .i.l -ly tikferent astke
llowers, r.::d an .-ld i'renc li v.::ia; hero has
made a fortune ::i f;.i r. inking iees to noted
lUnner tables. Sao has supplied the presi
dents with -.heir iee cren::i sinej the daj's of
Buchavia;!, tiio L r.!:!i-.;.-t as ir.ueli of aa
artist c tk i kef. Fraiik U. Cai'iienter in
New Ycrk V.'crkl.
A Novel Pencil.
The pei furno per.eil is a no velty in theory,
if ixc iii prat-ti.-.-. V.r.i never heard oZ it!
Neither did ar.vl-ody until a.' ter the device
had bet a shov. a byad u.pvr peddler, pissi
bly the iave::tor, fer they are iot known to
tke stnis. The bkiek lr id was combined
with strong see-it.-.. so that when Lo wrote n
a card n li' liente and pleasant odor was given
out. T'n-. ro isn't much live in an;,- manufae
tinvr catehiug up the idea and stocking tho
market, f"r tiie tllselor-ure of the trick de
stroys its value.
'If you write with it," explained tlio
seller, illisralicg it on the spot, "esieeially
if yea tio i: reasonably close to the nose of
An uninformed n.'rso:i, ho or bke is delight
fully and mystcrioudy .assailcl with a faint
irfume." New York Sun.
Had Had Experience.
Employment Agent That family
pay
go-xl wages aud you U tter try it.
Lazy Domestic Is tko man of the house
very ijarticular about things!
"No, but his wifo is.n
"Oh, it don't unite? about her; I'll go."
Omaha World.
Sir. Urpeir'n After Dinner fcpfteoh.
It is J) o'clock jiow. AVe siro in Dol
raonk'o's, and Mr. Dcjjow is at th: ccntfr
of si Ion?; table on tlio raL;cl dais at the
rnd of tlio nvun.
Supt::(i vi remain and wf how tho
HjKHfli is irci;trccl tliat wo sliall real to
niorrow in all the inornin;; pajxTii, and
wliii h will conviilsti witli laughter this
vc-niri'j a rMnii ul of lucky ;t:i sis. Tho
half hour's play has dono inon to ilisj-i-jtatc
tho f;;ti;-uc of tho day than any tonio
that w.iH ever hn'Wt.tl. Now tlir.t rver'
thin; is ipiiet the jircparation is lwun.
The subjoi t of the speech is carefully
considered and the )oinls wliich are to
lx? made art lixod in logival order m tho
Bjieakcr's mind.
"Are no iioUh to lie mudo?" j-ou ask.
No. In after dinner Kjeo-hes Mr. Do
pew has long since given up that prac
tice as a rule. II trusts to his foot ffr
tiio language,'' and willi feet ho well
trained by years of practice behind din
ner lablcs he seldom trusts in vain, llo
smile:; as something oeouis to hi:n. Vo
will u;nile to-ni,'j;lit when we hoar that
brilliant idea clothed in words. ' All my
Kjieeehe:; are not prepared so hastily.''
explains tho orator. 4,Vho;i I have asot
oration to deliver, as I do have three or
four times a year, I carefully write down
my exact language. No, I don't dictate
i!. for the choicest expressions can never
Ixj formed except at tho point of j our
own pen. On those occasions I read up
on tho subji-ct with great thoroughness,
digest tho mass of matter with great
care, and then I generally write the
fipeiH-h at two sittings. In such cHortii I
lind that pat expressions come to me in
church somelimes, sometimes in my bod
chandier, at tho oltice or in talking v.idi
a friend. A speech of that :;ort is not tho
work of half an hour, hut of weeks or
even months." Benjamin Northrop.
"K:vjv.i,uiV of tlio Seine.
The river Seine, as well as tho streets
of l'aris. has its ehilTonniercs, only those
who make their living by gathering what
ever they ilnd floating in tho stream are
known as "ravageurs" instead of rag
pickers. They ply their business in skills
and ilatlxxits, with tho aid of short har
H'ns, and nothing from a dead cat toaii
old cork comes amiss to them. Bodies
of dead animals form tho most important
ic.rt of their river gleanings. All kinds
of dead things are to lie met with in the
Seine during its progress through the city,
even snakes and seals being included in
tho list. These bodies have a money
value to the "ravageur;" n inedhna
sized dog, for example, i3 worth at least
sixteen cents, provided tho skin is in
reasonably good condition to lo made up
into leather. The lxxly is sold to an
establishment that makes a specialty of
extracting the fat for caudle and soap
manufacture. If tho body is too decom
composed to be disposed of in this way,
tho ravageur" buries it, and as long as
any flesh remains on the bones, finds a
ready salo for Uk maggots among the
lishermcn who angle along tho river
bank. Paris Cur. New Orleans Pica
vune. Skill of Ancient nuUdcrs.
A jxrsonal insj?ction of tho pyramids
of Egypt, made by a quarry own?r who
spent some time recently on the Nile, has
led hhn to tho conclusion that the old
1'gypt ians were lietter builders than those
of the present !aj He states that there
are blocks of stoue in tho pyramids which
weigh three or four times as much as the
obelisk on tho ei.-abankment. lie taw a
a stone whose estimated weight was 880
tons. But then tlio builders of tho pyra
mids counted human labor lightly. Thoy
had great masses of subjects upon whom
to draw, and most of their work was
done by sheer manual labor and force.
There are stones in the pyramids thirty
feet in length which fit so closely to
gether that a penknife may be run over
the surface without discovering the break
between them. They are net laid with
mortar, either. There is no machinery
so perfect that it -will rrutke two surfaces
thirty feet in length which will meet to
gether in unison as these stcnos in tho
pyramids meet. It is supposed that they
were rubbed backward and forward upon
each other until the surfaces were as
similated. London Iron.
An Excess of Modesty.
Modesty Ixjrn of true humility is
scarcely ever recognized as such, for it
is not obtrusive, and when it affects o:io
man's relations to another it docs ro "ia
the right way, the inferior yielding to the
superior. It is possible, perhaps, for the
naturally modest man to v. hoJly resist
his inclination to yield to others and keep
in the background, and yet he should try
to do so whenever an excess of modesfy
threatens to handicap him in the race of
life. Neither employers nor the critics
and censors of the world at large have
time to go into nice analyses of individ
ual character, capabilities and merits.
The modest man, however capable, who
does his work quietly without ostenta
tion, and shrinks from the observance
of others, must bo much more gifted
than his fellows if ho is to bo found out
and advanced by them as against his
companion worker, also capable and
faithful, who lets his light s hine before
t he world and provides it with reflectors
to increase its effect. Baltimore Sun.
Projjress in Dentistry.
'But speaking aliout false teeth,'' said
the dentist, "the next thing we are going
to make is teeth that will look so much
like natural teeth that the closest insjiee
tion will not be able to tell the difference.
Here is a set I made as an exierime.'it
for an old lady. You see that all the
teeth are discolored, and most of them
are irregular. Here's one that looks rs
though it had been broken oil a little.
Here's another little point that gold fill
ing in there. That would deceive any
lxxly. With the perfeet arrangement we
have now for holding the plate in place,
there is no danger that anybody can de
tect those teeth from tho genuine ivory.
A set of teeth like that is a work of art,
isn't it? Ars celare artem, eh?" New
York Commercial Advertiser.
t'sefal in Uiphthcria.
A commission of the Paris Academy oi
Medicines finds that hydronurcc aciJ.
which i3 highly antiseptic, lias a thctirr.
peutie ;-cticn when inhaled. It dissents,
however, from tho opinion of glass work
ers that the inhalations cure consumption,
but considers that they may bo useful Li
t'Jr.htheria. Arkausaw Traveler.. ,
A TATTOOING CRAZE.
A l''d 1 bat 14 (irouiiiii Anion; Tcopla
YVbo nv?t 1 Know Keller.
Professor S. O'Koiily ju.-t now it illus
trating iiie art of tattooing ia a Bowery
museum. His .subject is a young woman
who is ambitious of posing as a must urn
freak," and to th.d end lays aside modi-sty
and endures the pain incident to tho
pricking of a sheaf of lifty needles, with
which tho prof-s'T indelibly delineates
birds, I leasts, reptile';, hcruidic leir.s
and human figures in her sensitive skin.
The 'professor" is a. historian a:; far as
his calling is concerned, and likes to talk
about it.
"Of cuunm it's popular," ho said.
The art was never so gene rally prac
ticed since it was used to mark slaves.
YouM ho .surprised at tho numlier of
people of tone and position in society
who conn; to me to be marked with de
signs and colors tkat will njv r bo oblit
erated while they lie. It used to lo
that sailors were the only jusiplo who
coveted such branding. There was some
rea-on arid utility in it for them, as it
often served to identify them when they
peri.dscd in their perilous calling. Ile
cently, however, tliey form but a small
proportion of tiioso who wish to come
Under the needle.
"When tho work is artistically dono
men and women can thus qualify them
selves to earn a very substantial and easy
livelihood in the mus-Mims. 1 have
latotx-d twelve persons from head to foot,
live of whom were females who are now
exhibiting themselves at good salaries.
The most succi-ksI'uI of there is Mrs. I M
Burgh, who is now exhihitiughi London.
Slit? has a largo picture o:i her back, done
in colors, re ire.-. '.'ii ting the 'Lord's Sup-jK-r.'
Her body is completely covered
with l,8Ul different designs. Her hus
band, also, is covered from head to foot,
and is as picturesque as Capt. Constan
tino, tho talooed Creek, v, ho dii.nl a lew
years ago. The work, in his cjiso, began
when ho was a British soldier in Burmah.
anil was in progress for years. Ho met
his wife; while tho List touches wire
being added to his picture gallery, and
she was squirming under tho first thrusts
of tho needles.
"Another distinguished example is a
noted Canadian athh'te. Nearly all Ids
work was done at one session, lasting
thirteen hours. 1 used fifty needies in
the bunch that marked him for life. It
was simply a vagary on his part, as ho
had no purpose of exhibiting himself for
a living.
"There is no danger in the operation if
properly dono, and tho pain may be
greatly diminished. 1 use a mixture of
hamamelis and cocaine to moisten tho
ink and take sensation out of tho parts I
am operating upon. There is no sore
ness, and very little pain. It is not
always safe, though. One operator in
AVest Virginia was sentenced to two
j ears' imprisonment for injuries resulting
to his subject's from i::-,ing saliva with
which to moisten the ink. Persons tat
tooed by sailors have contracted diseases
communicated by the use of saliva as an
ink moistenor.
"The majority of the tattooing of the
present day is probably done in Africa,
where different tribes have distinguish
ing marks pricked in their black sk :;.
These badges are generally put on tho
face, nee!-: or breast. A fi.-.!i bone is uneil
for a needle. Tho South Sea Islanders
are almost universally tattooed.
'Tattooing merely for purposes of
identification is much more extensively
practiced now than there is any populuv
conception of.
"The majority of the people who cor.:.?
to mo are of the middle class, though
very often I receive orders to go to
private residences up ttwa to do mark
ing, especially on children. On one oc
casion I received an order lo come hi one
of tho big houses on Fifth avenue, and
when I got there I had to put dis
tinguished marks on a set of triplets, all
of whom were about a month old. There
was also a young miss of about IS years,
who, after watching me at work, came
to mo privately and requested me to
prick fancy garters on her legs. I did
so, and she was very proud of them.
Alter that I received several orders of
the same kind from young ladies. Tho
upper class are as a rule very good
patrons of tattooing artists. It 1 las grow n
to be the latest fad in da.ledom. The
favorite designs for them are their fair
one's pictures, and you can rely upon is
they have to pay handsomely for it. As
far as tatooing is concerned, it is grow
ing more popular m this country every
clay.'' New York Graphic.
r!eatti Kate in linssia.
In tho thirteen central provinces, tho
heart of Russia, the rate of mortality is
as high as C2 in 1,000 per year. Accord
ing to tho last reorfc of the director of
tho medical department that issued iu
October, 18S7 it appears that in some
parts of the empire mortality reaches the
high rate of (iO to 80 deaths per 1.000 in
habitants. The death rate among chil
dren is still more frightful, being GO per
cent., and in some districts even d per
cent., of tho wholo mortality. According
to tho same unbiased authority, of the
2.800,000 jiersons who die yearly in Rus
sia, 1,000.000 are tho victims of '-sanitary
conditions," which means hunger
and want, because the. sanitary conditions
of our people have always been what they
are now, that is to say, very badl
Notwithstanding the high birth rate,
which is 45 per 1,000. duo to very earl
marriages, the population of Rusyia in
creases but slowly, and in many places it
oven decreases. Tlio people sire dying
out. If this does not prove misery what
does it prove? Stepniak in New York
Mail and Express.
To Avert OpJ.tlialraia-
A writer in Nature states that threo
cases have come under his personal ob
servation in which brown skinned native?
in very di.Terent parts of the wor! 1
blacken their faces to protect them from
intense light and heat. Tho examples ha
gives are those of tho inhabitants of
Morocco, as well as of others along th3
north of Africa, who blacken themselves
around tho eyes for the purpose of avert
ing ophthalmia from tiio glare of hot
sand. The natives of Fiji pur.-tre the
same method, as do also th-? natives of
the Sikhim Iliiis, and it is only reason
able to suppose that a practice of such
wide diffusion and such f trikiiig similarity
. ia found really useful, that is, protective,
Iin the places and under tho circumstances
contemplated. New York Tribune.
town Lir:: CHi'r r:
a I.t it.I-e- l ;iv;;i ! in v.i
?ii.iji--s " - .. .'...'M- i: :.
l-I:;,;v.-:-.'. i :;. d l . : '. : r
thai lov. o ii: is :: : . ,
find that b ' tor- (be tac; .!. i r.
i-t made g
o.id bv t'ii; regal. ; : '. .
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'ood, 1 e- r:-:
iutheeiii .o.;il ; :.;.;'! tk b
Br. Pother -i;!. ,.f id.. -.. I. .
pi-p:trt d a j a ; i-r in v. i:i' !i h- .
"effects ;!' t-.-v.-i i:i" :i i. ! :. i
l-o.lv." r.iid li.-ope:; i : vi..': : ..
that the subject i ". "r.t.t oe c: i :! . to
Hatter our national vaaiiy." !:
i-ounts for tlio iegenerac v 1 ti :..tv
after this lcantu r.
"i'rowt .ss in knight eod jieasa-.t ;i!ik"
was the one thing to be !e- in d. lk:t
with the ti. veiopii:.'!;! of c. mur. an !
tho march of i i iiization. a change f:i:i."
over tho spirit which moves nu n.
active brain was seen to lx even iuro
valuable than physical prowess. The in
vention of gunpowder left the .t. ib.'. ei t
warrior shorn of much of hi; advantage
on the battleii M. Then the i!L-covcry of
steam completed hi.-; discomliture. Tin
day of the big man has passed away. :.,:d
given place to tho smaller, a ti e brain
toiler. In these days, of sb-am power,
an acute brain and si lissome band are
much more desirable than a brawny
arm. Th selection of tho idlest Las
taken another direction in the Inst lew
centuries."
The injury, this writer asserts, be-ps
with the ry exi-:!ea-;- of the child and
continues t; "i:o cad. "Instead of the
i'.:ie'i., liionol.i pIihis life of the coardry,
t lie town c!:i!d bv . m.iid pervetind e :--it(-me;:t.
"' ' '
v. l.icli. to the average parent, seems s
lull of promise: The physiologist looks
u it wli.li auspiciuM, and the family
ir.i iiicid a'l(-ndn:;t knows that s.ieh a
cisiNl is liabl" to tubercular meningitis
(wate r on the brain ), and can estimate
the risk.-; it i una iu the ordinary makidieu
of childhood. "'
Br. I-V.ihergi'l rims eot.iiier to the
gene:al i j.iciou ooi:ce!";!;!g food. I its-ays
the premature development i f tho
in-rvous syst; in toils i!j-.on the tkuiml
laiiv e- orgai.s of the town child; in cou
; . jiieiiee be can not dig st p;-:.i ri-.-s,
du:np!!ng.-i and cr.ke, and so feeds on
m:-a;, ;:.h ami bread, which he can tli
gert. H.-say.-.:
'i ho di. t arbanco of the nutritive
r.:i:'i- by piceociry luti st.'rved 4.1 -e diges
tive organs. Indigestion lias stained an
r.::de.-iiab'e dietary: :;:.. i eacess of i;it:"o-;,e:i.:-'.-d
we.'-.te bask il t tlio reversion of
tiie liver to the early primitive uric acid
formation. This. L: iis turn, rniaiis a
long series of morbid sequence.--.."
1 lore i.s a melancholy i-or.diiion, truly.
What vveougl.i fo ' r.t wo cannot dige.-.t ;
viiat we tiig-ifc si: a ply entails a "l'-iig
t cries of morbid sequences." We cannot
follow th.-4 whole argument of tho writer,
bat wo j.re;.e:!t, his c -nelu-aou:;, which
j.ro not ;::".ge:her i.-opi-ics.--:
"Town life is not ;. i.ataral life. If it
has cc i iam suivantages, it also has sundry
drav. 'oac'e'-. Tia- y-cifect devo!onn.-i;t of
the d.-ge.uive organs has far reaching c-.-n-s.c;:uei'-ces,
as we l ave just seen. Knowl
edge most precede conduce. The realiza
tion of the fact tied the digestive dd'iicu!
tk s of town dweiitrs lead ihem t ad- pi
a dietary which is injurious in its ate r
re:;!ts. will ";-usc them to correct ii.
Already, indeed, we see many l-Ii'sl'
starting out on a new track in tin4 spread
of vegetariaJiisoi. along with the Bin.;
Iclbboij.'. In 1 1 iis fiction they have i!.t
waited for physiology to pronou::i:e an
autlioritativo e);'iiij!; hut have .acted on
their own account, guided by sona.- in
stinctive impulse. Modi.'icr.tions in our
food customs are required for town dw, Ti
ers. They should have- food whi'-h v. iil
nourish them and sustain them, without
any bad after effect".-:, ami vvhicli, tliey c:::i
digest. Possibly, too, before long it will
be found that some modification of !:;
existing sola me of education is dodrablo
in the interest of the" weaker children,
i'os-ibly. too. it may be found that !it'!
town mit.'s expand v.h--n restored I" the
i..i;e!i-v. and can lend a more natr.r d hfo
t!;a:i tliat to which, at pri sei.t. tii- y ale
cnilemned bv the growth of large tow: -s,
which exercise such a malign inihu n o
to-,-;! those v iio dvv. ii therein, and rs
?,eciaily those who are i-cri and reared in
such towns." Com ;" r -Journal.
.'ot Sitfncif-r.t ty Civ!!i:'.-1.
The Chinese minister lately :;ca:-.b:
to a loading European court was tuki
lea of a very eminent ilnglishnian. a:
pitying him that his wife hud go?:o
England for the education of their e'
dron. saiJ: "Yen must be very Ion
But of course you leave a number tv. .
"I tried to explain lohkii." said the L:
K.-hman. "thai that war: quite- out of ;
question. 3;y wife would b? hi a eyt
rage if i tool: a second wife, stisd ir-y g.
f-rnment wc.-ii-.l puni.-h iae sevt nd
Tl:e Ciiines'.4 u'pioniati.st was astonish
ed.
dlh
but after a pause hc-sai-1 : You Bun pe;
i:ave so much moro intercourse w
China now, tiiat we may hoiw.- yi.u v
iiil
tiiion lvoiie suiilc-Ieiitly civilized to ;
as we do." In this spirit the Chin
diplomatist started for Europe, and
this spirit ho will probably return. ,
JameV Gazette.
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Treatment f ( olils.
Coids ar? usuahy negleetetl in their
t ariy stages. Or.ce they get a gr-j.,
eradication i ; diil'cu't. Take heroi-;
d'-'se-; of quir.ir.e when congestion b-'ghii
aral sneezing i-ianifesis itself. This is a-
i n;-; r a spei .bo as
! Avot-1 col Is bv 1:
the world contains,
"blng tia- feet and
liaia-'s warm and. dry. Breathe throng1!
the r,o e a::i n-.t tlirough them-.nth.
j Th-.4 mouth
breather I' nearlv jdvvavs tk"
vugini of catarrh. An Indian onee said
that ho could v. !ii: hi a personal contest;
anv whig- man who breathed through
cr:;
-IN-st Tbree Hoots."
r..:nrand C-V -$ Lns s"I---te! a; the
'lic--r three i.t.ok.s f.a young men.'" .'to
cording to his view of tin- matter, bliak" -iieare.
B i '-vell and Xu- i-.t:lr.ys "Es
says."' AirU-k.iccn I'arrar has taken ?.
haml in tlio c-4ntrover-y and selected in
tho bo.-t three Bante. Shakespeare and
Milton, and a-; the second ln-st thrt .
Epietttus, Mnreus Aur lius ami tho
"Imitatio Cnri: ti." the one list being en
tirely poetical .-.nd the other entire!;' re
ligious. luUic Oj.ir.io:!.
The population of Paris is said tc bu
decreasing quite rapidly.
Th
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Is ojoyiiig a
aZTT AMD W1IELY
EiDIXIOiN S.
"fur
a VtW7
oui V:
Will bo otic (luring wlti'-'i !!: '.ibjeets nf
lint ioiutl interest ni;! iitibn, ; .i:-o will l.
Strongly fjitalt 'i t.iil tin- -!(e;i..;; ol'a
President wiil tako j.Jhce. ';: j.r.iprr ol'
('ottbtV wild
Political, Commercial
and Social Transact', oris
of tlii vt'iif ati'J ,..i;.! l :oo;i ;:i v.!;!i
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t!:o time-.; siiotiM
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Now while we h.ivo the sul-jo-t 1 nylon It.:
jieoplo Vti; will venture lo Mn-nk ot our
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"Which is iht-c!i;ss in fill respfcts ;i?:l
frofn wliic-li our job r; tin tor.-, are tnnii.'io
out unicli tl.fiictj ry work.
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