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FAITH IX WITCHCRAFT.
A CHAPTER OF HISTORY ASTOUND
ING TO MODERN NOTIONS.
One of the IK liilon of the "Good Old
Tlm" What an English Newipapr
finjm Penalties Inflicted by Charch and
Mate The Inrltan.
At Christmas time, according to Bhate
irpooro or Marcellus, no witch has power to
charm, no hallowed and so gracious Is the
time. There Is perliapa no chapter of history
more painful or more astounding to our
modrrn notions than that devoted to witch
craft. Tho delusion was not lite one of those
udde;i outbreaks of fanaticism which spring
tip. nobody knows how, and die away as sud
denly; It was regarded as a lusting evil to Le
punished with the severest penalties of the
church and of the statu. And for the most
part the people who perished under this reign
of terror were women. They were gener
ally old and Ugly, and had familiar spirits to
do their errands; hut sometimes young and
fair women suffered on tho rack and at the
stake under tho terrible imputation of witch
craft. To be accused of this crime was In most
cases to le condemned for it; and, indeed,
there seemed littlo chance of an escape, for
the, testa to which accused persons were put
In order to try their Innocence generally
prov-.' mortal. To throw an old woman
into thk water, and, if sho sinks, to save her
chancer at tho expense of her life, Is hardly
kind y the old woman. Almost any cause
sufliccd as a reason for burning old women.
Two, for example, were burned at Constance
as tho supposed authors of a great storm, and
nnother for dtroying a ship at sea by means
of 111 They wore never burnt, we be
lieve, without confession; but then it was
tho custom to torture tlieni till they did con
fess. One notable form of witchcraft, which has
t.een admirably turned to poetic account by
Kossetti, wus to form a waxen image of some
.erson obnoxious to the witch, and as this
image was gradually melted by the fire, so it
wjii sup;oscd would the victim's life fade
nway. Of thi3 form of sorcery Eleanor
Cot, ham, wife of Duke Humphrey, was ao--u.l;
and llollingshed relates that sho was
condemned to do open penance in tho city of
lxndon, and afterward to suffer perpetual
imprisonment in the Isle of Man. A kind of
soro-ry similar to that for which Eleanor
C'obham suffered led to the execution, in
JG1S, of two ivomen In Lincoln, who were
said to have bewitched Lord Ilosse to death
by burying his glove; and "as that glove did
rot and waste, so did the liver of tho said
Jord rot and vi n;to."
In the Fifteenth century Pope Innocent
VI 11 lisui-J a bull against witchcraft, em
powering iu-jyisitors to seek for witches and
to burn them, end the agreeable vocation
jmist have leen pursued with a zest, for one
Injyisitor burned forty -one witches in one
year, ,ind another burned 100. It is stated
that tena of thousands of victims have suf
fered for this imaginary crime. In the dio
fso of Como 1,000 vera burned in a year at
tie beginning of the Sixteenth century, and
at tlie same time 500 perished in Geneva la
ihn-c months. Tuo belief in witchcraft and
the iutcVrable cruelties eausoJ by this belief
tvere not confined to the papal ciiuich. In
th 5;vcnteentn century the Puritans in
New Upland hanged a number of persons as
weil as two dogs for this imaginary crime;
and for two years Hopkins, the "witch
Cn.fcjr,' drove a nourishing trade in Essex,
In 200 years 30,000 witches are said tohavs
Jtieen dosucyed in England; and as recently
r as 171G, whn iis town was enjoying tho wit
and satire of tb "Qiizen Anno men," a
woman aud her child 9 years of so were
hkiiged at Huntingdon. Addisotl, with a
mind tnat wavered between superstition ana
good sense, said ho could not forbear believ
v'ue "in such a commerce with evil spirits as
W-.t. which we exuress bv the name of witch-
' '2W while, at tho same time, ho could
, to no credit to any particular modern in-
rXnceof it." Thus conclusion is quoted by
'Sickstor.o in tho fourth volume of his
'Commentaries."
Scotland, which is regarded as an enlight
ened part of the empire, hold with the ut
most teuacltv its faith ia witchcraft. The
Scotch, a vfgoraus people, put their hands
to the work heartily. Jt was easy to find
victims, 6ino as wo have said already, they
were tortured until they confessed. Take
one instance out of thousands. Isabel Craw
ford, after the minister had mado earnest
prayers to God for opening her closed heart,
was tortured with iron bars laid upon her
bare shins, her feet being in tho stocks. F or
n timo she boro tho torture admirably, tlpugh
about thirty stone of irou were laid on her
io5, but iu xaovuij tho bars to another part
ofYer shins she broke out into horrible cries,
nnd coutesaftl to intercourse with tho dovih
Kho was condemned, o. course, and at the
t.l.uv of execution oji;!y denied her former
confession. It calculated iU6 ?,000 per
sons were burned in Scotland i:i tho last
firty years of the Sixteenth century.
A century later a witch epidemic broke
out in tho v:llag-: of Mohra, in Sweden. A
iiumlier of children were said to bo be
witched and familiar witu the devil, who
wa described as wearing a gray coit, red
njid blue stockings, . red beard and a high
crowned hat. Tho witches kept tbisexacting
personage supplied with cluiditti, and if
t'.jcv did not procure him a good many "ihey
liad" no peace or quiet for him." Tho poor
wiotches wero doomed to have no more
reice or q'lict ia this world. Seventy were
condemned to death, twenty-threo rere
l,tm;ed in a sinsle (ire at iionra.
a hi.i l.v men of creat intellectual power
,y Erasmus, 15ac6u and tho judicious
I looker, by Sir Edward Coke, C:r Thomas
jlrowne, Baxter and Sir ilatthew Hale.
Ululated London Kews.
i ' Tho I'alniy Pays of MsnstreTsr.
I w9s reading that tho wife of Jack Ilav
ly, thj once well known negro minstrel
; 'manager, induce i him to give her $10 every
"night out of tho receipts of tho show, 60 that
when Le went into bankruptcy she possessed
r,f,., nliit tSO.000. He becrced her
to lend him the money, but sho refused him
end today they are living comfortably on her
Mvimrs. An hour or two afterward I met
Uill Foots, who was a boomer for Havcrly
when that skyrocket of a manager was high
In tho air. Footo cow runs a boarding house
in this citv. and it the custodian of Dock
rtTlor'a theatre durinar the absenca of the
liivkstader minstrels on a tour.
"Oh, yes; those were 'halcyon' days," said
lie. "There was a time when the manager of
minstrel company had to do hardly en y-
thing else than open the doors of a hall and
i..t. iwinln nav to come in. The five or six
vears after the war were especially profit
able. Jew towns, of three to five thousand
inhabitants, were constantly being discov
ered by wide awake agents, and places of
. . . it i :
that sort were aeaa sure lo yieia line auuj
eiiees for anything in the way of minstrelsy,
Rut it isn't so now. The milk is all gone out
of that cocoanut, and tho man who can make
a negro minstrel company pay has got to
hustle for it." New York Cor. Indianapolis
It is noteworthy that a Delict m tnisingas
ful superstition, which destroyed more iuno
n iv.ri.iiii than tho so called Holy Cilice,
SWEET HOME OF MY YOUTH.
Sweet borne
of my rout h, near the murmuring
rtlla
That are oursod In tho laps of
the North Scottish
hills.
Ere the pray streak of morning the songster
arouse
From his leaf curtained cot to his m&tinal vows.
My thoughts cling to thee, and lovingly press.
Street home of my youth, on the banks of the
Ken.
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When the gay king of light doffs Lis gladdening
crown
And mantles the land with his evening frown;
When night's somber cov'rlng the earth's over
laid. And nature Is mourning tho day that Is dead.
Then loved thoughts of thee do I fondly caress.
Sweet home of my youth, on the banks of the
Ness.
Though thy little flower garden t ice ten times
has lost
Its bright summer garb since thy threshold I've
cross'd,
Though Atlantic's wide waters our fortunes
divide;
Still no time nor Epace from my memory can hide
Or dampen the love I am proud to confess
For the home of my youth, on the banks of the
Ness. John Patterson.
THE LATEST MECHANICAL WONDER.
A Figure That rolls Out Ita Watch and
Tells One the Time.
Trofessor Charles Richcl, the Inventor of
the flying machine which created so much
interest a few years ago, is just completing a
mechanical wonder which is an astonishing
piece of mechanism. It promises to create a
great furor throughout tho country. He has
been over a year experimenting with it, and
has at last achieved results which at the out
start seemed impossible, II was given carte
blanche from a watch manufacturing concern
to get up the novelty, timo and expense be
ing a secondary consideration. Professor
Richel has kept the matter secret, and has
permitted no one to enter his study except
ing one or two intimate friends. A reporter
was given a private view last evening.
The entrance to the studio is by way of a
dark staircase on John street. Double doors,
a screen and a heavy curtain shut out the
daylight. Electric lights are used to work
by. There are all sorts of grotesque heads,
arms and bits of plaster anatomy hanging
around the room, p.nd upon, the work bench
are brass molds and a variety of ilne tools
for the purpose of working in steel and brass.
Tho now wonder is a life sized youth of per
haps sixteen years of age. Ho Is a fine look
ing lad, in perfect imitation of the average
boy of tho present day. The figure stands
upon the floor, and is attired in Knickerbock
ers and laced shoes, vest, coat, etc, to all ap
pearances a living boy. Trofessor Richel did
pot approach the figure, but spoke to it, say
ing, " Good evening, Bobby; what time is
it t" The figure turned its head and bowed
slightly, and with its left hand pulled back
the coat. Tho right hand, which had been
hancinc at the side, was lifted up to tho vest
pocket and drew out a watch. The watch was
then carried up to tho ear, at the same time
the head turned so as to bring tho oar qown
iu a listening attitude, while the eyes closed.
When the silent youth was assured that the
watch was ticking the hand dropped slightly
forward; tho head turned so as to bring the
faco to look full at tho wntch, the eyes opened
and a pletised smilo spread over the features.
Tho head was then thrown baclf, tho nana
which held tho watch between the thumb
and index finger returned The watcu o tie
vest pocket and was then gracefully swung
back into its resting position by the smo.
The mouth opened, and with a pleasant
laugh the figure said: "It's just half past 8,
gentlwjn."
So naturally was all this performed that
for an instant it scorned as if the figure was
an actual living being. There was no jerky
movement, ncr tho slightest jar or noise, Tue
r.yes oiieued and closed and the head moved
about to all appearances like a living ona
Frofos;or Richel laughed and said, "What do
you think of it" and tuoa proceeded to ex
plain how it was operated. Insido the figure
is a u electric motor. This had been set in op
eration by touching a concealed button in the
iloor several feet away where the professor
had been friauding. Afterwards be opened
tho chest of the figure and exposed where
the cams, springs, weight balances, spirals
and levers which had caused the arms and
head to move. Tho cleverest Darts are those
which cause tho wrist, thumb and fingers to
move, iho articuiatory mecnanism is very
similar to that employed in a phonograph.
New Yofc Woild.
The Host and Ills C nests.
Social intercourse or tho exchange of civili
ties should bo solely for tho betterment and
refinement of mankind, and if the status of
such is not based upon a high sense of deli
caey and cultivation the results must be
fruitless.
A knowledge of human nature is also im
portant in the grouping of people. A wise
entertainer knows tho ability of his friends
and acquaintances, and would not invite
Cassius-iike friendSj with aversion to music
ia their souls, to a musicrlo, even though a
Rubenstcin was to play and a Patti to sing.
Neither would he Invite the bigot In religion
to meet a rival one of aivcther school, nor an
npostlo of Voltaire expecting pleasure from
the discussion sure to arise. Nor would be
bid political auiipcdes to attend a "con
versation" on government affairs, with
out expecting warm words and un
pleasant clashing cf opinions. Neither
would such invite the brightest lights of the
dramatic world to meet those whose religious
scruples prompt them to look upon the drama
as a satanic invention for tho destruction of
human souls. Kcr v.-cu!d it do to invite the
merry, light hearted, youthful Terpsichorean
to meet the sages of the court and the senate,
knowing intuitively that there could be noth
ing congenial bt-t'een the dignity and
thoughtfulness of the one aud the frivolity
and merriment of the other. A correct re
gard for tha taste and weaknesses of one's
Quests must be considered, to bring only con
genial ieople togelhor as far as lc is possible
to do so.
In official entertaining, hosts have no dis
cretion, and are in no wise responsible for the
juxtaposition of discordant elements. The
rules of ofliclal etiquette fix the position of
rank and privilege in the social world, and
eonscauently the unavoidable and incongru
ous grouping, and unpleasant incidents that
sometimes occur. jars, jonn a. iogan
Chicago J ournah
in
Emperor William's Swords.
The late Emperor William only used two
swords and one saber throughput his long
lighting career. The first sword was his boy Lh
weapon, carried from 1S10 to IS34, the sec
ond was a present from the Czar Nicholas,
which served him from 1S54 to the time of
the war with Austria in 1SC0. On the mem
orable day of Sadowa the emperor adopted
an infantry saber, which be wore to me ia&i,
and on which he hail engraved the names of
nil his victories in the Austrian and Franco-
Prussian campaigns. These historical weap
ons are to be stored in the Berlin museum.
tvwHipr with tho saber belonsrine to the
emperor's father. Frederick William HI,
which always stood by the side of his writing
table in his study. itestou 1 ran script.
A SnOP GIRL'S LIFE.
WHAT
SWEETENS
AND WHAT
HER EXISTENCE
DOESN'T.
Fined for Being Ijite Rlust Stand All
Hay ITal f an Ilour for Loocb Whom
the Girls Marry Why the Seats Were
Removed.
"Well, wo have to be here at 8 o'clock
every morning, whether we live on the east
side, the west side, in Brooklyn or Harlem,
and 8 o'clock isn't an unreasonable hour at
all, norjlo we ever complain; but if we ore
ten minutes late, no matter why, we are
fined. Of course, to the cash girls this fine
means going without the cup of hot coffee or
the little bit of fruit she would have bought
to piece out her little lunch; but, so far as I
am concerned, I don't care anything about
the fine; it is tho restriction that I object to
and the being reprimanded. 1 don't intend
to be late. I am just as much interested in
being here in timo and selling a lot of goods
as the proprietor is himself. I like my busi
ness, and am proud of rny 6ales and anxious
.to begin my work for the day, and the idea
that because I happen to miss a car, or have
one of the thousand little delaying accidents
that every woman and man, too, for that
matter Is liable to, that some man who
knows nothing alout mo has a right to repri
mand me nnd lino mo ju&t makes me cross
and hurts my pride.
"Then the hardest thing of all a shop girl
has to endure is the constant standing from
S in the morning until 0 at niht, with only
one half hour rest at noon. A few j'ears ago
somo one stirred up this subject and seats
were placed behind the counter, but they
havo been all taken away. Tho salesladies
in suit departments can sit down, but not
in the room where the customers are. Of
course, if they go away in tho littlo side
room to rest they miss their customers, and
the consequence is that they stand all day
outside. We do not mind it on busy days,
the excitement keeps us up, but on dull days
we almost faint away sometimes standing
still with nothing to make us forget how
tired we are.
"We have half an hour for lunch, which is
timo enough for u iersou to eat a cold lunch,
but when a girl stands from 8 o'clock until 2,
after a 7 o'clock breakfast, she wants some
thing besides a sandwich and a cup of tea for
her lunch. 1 used to go out aud buy my
lunch and have a regular hot dinner, as 1
would at home. I needed it, and worked all
the better for it, but of course I couldn't get
it in half an hour. I was usually gone forty
minutes. After a while I was denied that
privilege, and 1 have to eat my lunch in tho
lunch room. 1 don't like a cold lunch, and
somehow the thought of the being compelled
to do anything liko that tills my heart with a
kind cjf bitterness that takes away all my ap
petite. It isn't the cold lunch or the hot
lunch room where they make cofTeo in one
end and eat in the other, though ; tba$ isn't
exactly w'uat I a'ui ised to at home, but it is
the restraint that I rebel against.
'At 0 o'clock sharp we are all excused in a
batch, and away we pour out of tho door like
a mob of factory hands, and tho people all
say, 'See the shop girls.' Now, if some could,
wheu they had no customers, go at fifteen
minutes to 0 or ten minutes to G, dcu't you
see we wouldn't all '.lock out together tLnd at
tract attention, for part of us would go at
one time anil part at another, bnt now it is
push and c?owu aud jam to got cut, so that
if you would go decently and in a ladylike
way you have to wait uutil all the crowd is
gone.
i hero ore a great many things I might do
evenings to enjoy myselr, out i am too tired
and feel so kind of bitter and sorry and re
sontful in my heart that I don't want to go
anywhere. 1 like my work, am interested in
it, and do not want to give it up any more
than a man wants to give up his business.
My emploj-er is very kind, my salary is very
geueroij3, aud all that; it is only a tew little
things about the eyitejn managing the
girls that makes us unhappy. We are inde
pendent business women, earning as much.
and in many cases more than men in the
same places, and we do not like to be gov
erued like tho !nrrates o an orphan home or
bouse of correction.
'And what kind of men do we marry?
Well, they have to lio pretty nice, or we d?n't
bother with them. The hotter cia&s of sales
ladies rarely marry employes ia the store
Don't you see we are independent, and unless
we are going to better ourselves very much.
rr unless we eet hoijelossly In loe, we do not
care to marry at a!L I know many girls who
have married very well, and havo lovely
homes. Do we ever marry tho customers
whom we meet in the 6tore? Well," wta a
toss of the blonde h?ad vna t p ctty flush in
the timid face, "I know somo who might
have married some of their customers, but
wouldn't
As far as promotion is concerned, that
rests entirely with ourselves, is based on our
ability, and I think i3 very fair and just.
Some girU never get promoted because they
lack ability and push, and others get to tho
top in a short time. The promotions are from
?ash to parcel clerk,;irom that to stock clerk,
one who assists in keeping the goods in order,
then to bill clerk, saleslady, cashiers and floor
walkers, and wages increoso from two dollars
up to thirty or more."
"How much pay do I get?1 said a little,
fair faced maiden behind the counter. "Five
dollars a week, unless something happens."
"And what aoes happen to prevent it J"
"Well, if I'm late a few minuter I am
fined; if I am half an hour late I lose one
quarter of a day's wages; if I make the least
little mistake in my bills that is taken out of
my pay, aiW if I break anything that has to
be paid for. If I am cick half a day I lose
that, and so 'OU see 1 don'tal ways get the $5.
The floor walker doesn't always look when
she hears a crash, because if she doesn't know
what breaks or who breaks it, why then she
cant report it. But 6hs alvra3'3 docs look if
the superintendent is anywhere on tho floor.
Sometimes one dish costs a wholb week's
pay.
"No, our superintendent isn't a wonjan,
and I'm glad of it. A womau does nothing
but scold and stew and fuss all the time over
little things. Yes, it's pretty hard to keep
up all the fiiibs, but 1 suppose ii makes us
more careful, so that we really do not have
so very mauy to pay. No, wo have no seats
now; they have ail been taken away. Some
times two or three of us crowd on the edge of
a drawer that pulls out near the floor, but we
fly up lively if we see the floor walker corn
ng this way."
"The girls abused the privilege," explained
the floor walker, a delicate looking girL
"They were not quick to rise up when cus
tomers came in, and grew neglectful and
indolent. Of course, it is tiresome to stand
so long, and girls need to be strong to endure
it, but they like the work aside from that,
and in time they seem to grow accustomed
to it, so that they do not mind it as they do
at first.
"The hardest things we have to get along
with are tho cranks that come in here to be
waited on. Of course, it is our busi
ness to shoWthe goods., but just as much
their business to be ladylika I tell you some
of the girls behind the counter are more
ladylike than the rich people they wait on."
New York Sun.
CARE OF THE FIGURE.
GREAT VALUE OF MASSAGE AND
THE DELSARTE SYSTEM.
Ilow the Luxuries of Yesterday llecoiue
the Necessities of Today Development
of Feminine Beauty of Flgare and Grace
of Motion.
One by ono the luxuries of yesterday be
come the necessities of today and the very
commonplace things of to-morrow, it is
human nature that this should be so, for not
only in one case is it true but iu many. The
southern fruits which came to us as a rare
dollcacy but a few years ago are daily seen
on very plain tables. Why not, when they
cost uo more than the fruit which grows in
our climatel Tho oyster, which was some
times sent as a great offering on friendship's
altar to our forefathers from some friend at
the seacoast, is now a staple article of diet all
winter long, and not a costly one at that,
though wo live nearly a thousand miles from
the sea. The treasured silken gown of our
grandmother, carefully kept in neat folds
amid lavender sprigs, is today multiplied by
fives, by tens, by twenties in the wardrobes
of their granddaughters. The printed pages
so rare, so treasured in olden times, are sold
or given away daily in these days. 'Tis but
a short time siuco a stationary bath in one's
house was a rare, extravagant elegance,
fewer still since the first Turkish baths were
established in our larger cities, yet today it
would be their absence which would cause
remark.
"manicure" axd "massage. "
Webster's dictionary, revid rvl r:-.';
lislied in 1SS-, dues uut. contain tho word mani
cure, yet the educated women in the land
grow fewer every week who do not put into
practical use their knowledge of manicure
articles. For the same reason thfvery ono
prefers to comb their hair with the rubber or
shell invention of modern times rather than
with a bunch of long strong thorns or fish
bones, which were some of the contrivances
of savago race3, one prefers to use the file
and tho rounded scissors of the manicure to
trim the nails instead of the penknife. We
see the average woman with curefully cared
for linger nails, when ten years ago not one
of them used the 6ame methods of polishing,
filing and trimming.
Massuge, too, is a word of Nineteenth cen
tury coining. Who of our rugged ancestry
would have dreamed of being rubbed for
pleasure or to enhauce their physical beauty
unless it was the Romans in their ago of lux
ury To be rubbed when ill is but an eppct
e.l part of tho nursing and tretviirflt, tut to
be rubbed into st.rguiats or sleuderness, or
to be patted and punched into roundness and
firmness of outline or muscle is just dawning
upon tho consciousness of the publio as a
thing possible to accomplish. It will only
Tie iu the vcay noar to-morrow when tho
t;iipvomo importance of this massage treat
ment will le thoroughly understood by wom
en in particular. They know how to appre
ciate htheuessand suppleness in another
woman, but they are very loth to undertake
the proper exercie to develop that same
fieedomof movement in themselves, fhat
it may be imparted ia a degree by no act of
their own vclitipn, but through tho medium
of another's 'hands, is a fact to be heralded
with joy, and ther-p is no shadow or possibil
ity of a doubt that the moving of a joint
back and forth, round nnd round, gently,
slowly, with certain delicate manipulations,
will render it free and elastic to vuauu-k-ahlo
degree.
What !o surgeons do in tho caso of a
broken arm, where tho whole limb has been
held immovable for days or weeks bandaged
tight and close against the body? Po they
leave the wrist and fingers stiH and lifeless,
as they appear when tho ligatures and splints
are removed) No. At this point in the heal
ing the daily, and ofttimes twico daily, viLS
of the surgeon are made with oven "more ex
actness than earlier in the case, and despite
the moans and groans of tho patient he bends
every joint of the fingers and w rut backward
and forward, each. m& farther and farther,
until tha tca tured creature can endure no
moro for the nonce. But though tho man of
knowledge may desist until !ia.t time he un
derstands the necessities of tho case, and no
pleadip.g? wiii turn him from his course until
tho joints havo recovered their prUtie flexi
bility. DEMAXDS rKSONAL ATTEXTIOX.
What example can be brought to bear on
anything stronger than this argument in
favor of massage treatment? Tho figure de
mands personal attention today becauso it
receives most notice from others, and light
ness of gait, suppleness of body, freedom of
movement are things desired of every one.
Somo one said not long ago that she would
liko to have been born her own daughter.
This is a more reasonable wish than it seems
and loss egotistical. Tho women of today
are thoroughly alive to tho modern theories
of education and cultivation, and they find it
so hard a task to unlearn half they have been
taught in order to reach a state where they
may imbibe a new course of ideas that 'tis no
wonder they wish they might begin over
anew as a child.
Ono of the terror of advancing ago is the
tendency to stoutness; nothing except
wrinkles do women more disiko than a
heavy, plumping step which some 200 pounds
of flesh, moro or less, to carry about engen
ders. Masvsage is beneficial for this, though
certainly by no means as effectual as active
exercise. The ruDDing lor tuis snouiei te
combined with long, smooth strokes of the
hand from the neck down the spine, and
from the hips to the heels, while the same
mode of procedure applied to growing girls
develops length of limb nnd general height.
Another help to lightness, grace and supple
ness are the movements taught by tho teach
ers of Delsarte. This, perhaps, is tho best
way of all for women who have loct the yield
ing, springing movements of their youth, by
either increase of years or weight. Delsarte
saw tho beauty of nature as it should be iu
tho human form, and studied but to prove
how it might bo developed. His theory If
that at every movement or gesture of any
part of the body an almost imperceptible
ripple of movement should run through the
entire frame, and when one once sees the
giaco of carding out this theory, no other
argument Is needed in its favor. One is
taught that the scat of all movemert U iu
the waist, and the undulation c iho body,
when the waist theory U graceful and mas
tered, is the mo.o beautiful. Tho daughters
of the women of today will bo brought tq
the highest state of physical culture. Why
should not their elder3 envy them? "S. S.
E. M." in Chicago Herald.
An Athlete's Ilulo cf Uealtn.
An excellent rule of health given by a pro
fession athlete is: "Walk to your place of
place of business. Attend to work ia
the usual way, resisting every inclination
you may have to give way to indolence.
Walk home. Never mind the weather; a
little rain will not hurt 3-011 and the summer
heat will not affect you when you have done
it long enough to do you good. This is just
the time to begin the walks. There is ex
hilaration in the air to encourage walking
and the habit ence formed is not Ukely to be
abandoned." Chicago Herald.
The Plattsmouth Herald
Ic on. joying; ct
DAILT AETD WEEKLY
EDITIONS.
The Year
Will 1e ono duriiio; which the Kiihjocls of
national interest :ind importance will he
strongly sio;i tut etl ami the election of a
Prehiclent will take place. The people of
Cass County who would like to learn of
Political, Commercial
and Social Transactions
of this year and would keep apace with
the times should
-Foii
Daily or Weekly Herald
Now while we have the subject he fore the
people we will venture to speak ot our
"Which is iirst-class in all respects and
from which our job printers are turning
out much satisfactory work.
PLATTSMOUTH,
Bo.7m ixi both, its
1888
KITH Kit Til K
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NEBRASKA.
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