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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1886)
10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY DECEMBER . 18SG.---TWELVE PAGES. CHEERING WORDS FOR WOMEN 1 ' 'ifOnlj the Heart is Pure and LiRbt , You Are Pretty Enough to Wed. " THE NAMES OF WOMEN. Tail-it for Knowlc-dKC 'I lie Ser vant Girl and Wa es The Cloilics of .Japanese lfls TliM Greek Maiden. 1C Only The llpiut IH I'uro. 1Mif Iflnnt , ileio Is a question tlio maidens are aski How can wo mnko ourselves fair ? Ono thinks that her cheeks nro a little too fed * Another is mizzllnc her pretty head , To know how to curl her straight hair. This lassie's checks nro a little too pale ; llowr-ati shetnako ilium red'.1 Anil this lltlli ) lady's hand * nro nnt quite As smooth and Mundnr and Mm and \\hlto "As u lady's should be , " shu saiit. And tills ono thinks slio's a trlllo lo plump ; Another ono thinks she's too small ; Jkr Ifcth aio not < julle as pretty as pearls ; And what shall we do for these poor , poor ulrl.s That cannot bo ham ) } ' at all' . ' And 1 , who look nt tliniu , cannot sou Why they mo dissatlsnud. They look flko a Kimluii oi roses In bloom ; Vet over them nil thcro Is restlnc the u'loom Of some fancied beauty denied. The mystical scciet is mine to Impart ; Llsle.li , all who covet the power Of beauty's magic : The wonderful art Xli' . down in tno depths of a m-ntto heart , And .shines Irom the eyes every hour. The hands that do riiailly's senile deeds Arc white as the minors above : And whether the cheeks be losy or lidr , If Innocent blushes and health bo there , They arc pietty enough to love. Jf over the beautiful lips , dear Hut Auntie words HIU said : And whether tlie fonn be plump or slight , I f only the heart Is pure and light , Von ale pietty enough lo wed. Tin : Names of Women. Civc your daughter but ono name in baptiMii. She will bo perfectly * content with it. Her lover never requires , never uses but ono ot her names , if siio has half a do/.en. In Iho height ol his tender ness he never exclaims : "Amelia Jane , come to my arms ! " Ilo simply extends Ins arms and cries. "Amelia ! When the yirl marries lot her always keep her sur name. Then , whenever wo see a woman's name , we shall know whether ehc is married or single ; and if she is jnarried wo shall know wiiat her family name is. If .she has earned a reputation as a writer or doctor , or an LL. 1) ) . , as Mary lirown , she will carry that with her IIH Mary lirown .Johnson ; and in all cases tiiero will bo spared an infinite amount of talk and inquiry as to who she was before she was married. This system is c.ss"ntial to the cause of woman. It may ho said lha t it lacks perfection in two respects ; wo could not tell from the three names whether the bearer of them might not be a widow , and it makes no provision for a second marriage. These lire delicate questions. In regard to the Jirst it is nobody's business to know whether the woman is or is not a widow , unless she chooses to make the fact f prominent , and then she has \vay.s enough to emphasize it. And in the second place it does not at all mutter what be- COHRM of the name of her lir.-L husband. It is the woman's identity that is to bo preserved , And she cannot bo required to sol up mile stonc.s along her new life. Aunahclla is not Annabclhi , or fair Anna , but the feminine of Hannibal , inclining gift ( or grace ) of Hoi. Arabella i.s not Arabella , or beautiful altar , but Orabilla. a pra.ying woman. In its an- gllci/.ud form of Orabel it , was much more common in the thirteenth conturylthan at Itroscnt. Maurice lias nothing to do with lUaurithiB , or a Moor , but comes from Almario-him.neireieh , the kingdom of Iieavcn. Kllen is Iho feminine name of Alain , Alan or Allan , and has no possible connection with Helen , which comes from a diflbrcnl language , and is older by 1,000 years at least. Amy is not from nmcc , but from amio. Avicc or Avis , iloen not signify advice , as some think. It comes from ,1'Mwis , and means happy wisdom. Eliza has no connection with Kli/.aboth. It is the sister ot Louisa , and both arc daughter- ; Hcloiso , which is Ilalowis , hidden wisdom. Them is in deed another form of Louisa , or rather Louise , which i.s the feminine ol Louis , but thi.s was scarcely heard of before the slxluonlh century. Kmily and Amelia are not diflorcnt forms of ono numo. Hmily ie from jlCmylia , the name of an Etruscan gens. Amelia comes from the ( iothle tunalin , heavenly. Koginald is not derived from Kogina , and has noth ing to do with a ( jueen. It is Hem-alt , exulted purity. Alieo , Adelias , Adelaide , All/.a , Alls , Adalino are all lorms of ono name , the loot of which is adol , noble . lint Anna was never used as identical with Annis or Agnes ( of which lasl the old .Scottish Annas is a variety ) ; nor , as Su KtunVily maintained , was Elizabeth ever synonymous with Isabel. A Creel ; Maiden , J. . / . Iliitlim. A vision of dream and liihl : and bliss Hweot c.irved lips fora cniniuurcr'ri kiss , jMl > s with the red pomegranate heart , That somewhat pouted a little apart ; Jlulrns n Heck Of llvhle.an honey aeioss the while Of brow and bosom ; oycs as niglit , Yes , daik , moist oye.s with a core of lire , A wondrous ; ; llnt fiom the .soul's desire , With a slim ; In their ray. Jlonuty lhal roupcd and dn/ed with its sheen , Vor never a fnlrer woman I wei'ii , In tout of peasant , on dais of < ] iu'un , IVus liiirboicd or boused ; or man had seen , Hy nlglit or by day. ThlfNt. Tor ICnowIeil ; o. Harper's Hn/nr : After all the best nr- ouimmt for the education of woman will bo that which ( ionoral Dovens porhajis Inadvertently suggested ( in his address at the Harvard ( | nar'.or-niiilonnml ' celebra tion ) ; that she is among those- who thirst. Kvory iirgumunl and illustration used in the very nblo , though perhaps somewhat discursive address of 1'rof. Lowell logic ally included her ease also. When ho disputed the well-worn proverb and pointed out that there were animals whom ono man could by no means lead to the water ho Implied an argumcdt for these thir.sty ones who huvo not hitherto boon oven led. but only- kept away. \Vhen ho said thatspe.elal aptitudes could bo left to themselves , but that a college should experiment on the latent possibil ities of tlio average mind , the remark was. peculiarly * applicable to thai atix whoso 1 ulolloclual possibilities , if only average , Uavo at least been loft latent by com pulsion. \ \ hen ho hold < : p to admiration those old Now Knglamt divines who , on their scanty palarius , contrived "lo scud their son's through college , poriion Ihoirdaughtors. decently trained in Knglish litoraturn of the inoro serious kind , and perfect in the duties of household ami dairy , "ho sug gested the question whether it is not pos sible for the fathers of to-tiny to make inoro equal provision for llieir oUspring. If wo may trust Abigail Adams , this "JCnglish literaluro ot the inoro serious kind,1' ' had very definite limitations ; for she says of her youthful day. inn letter written thu year before her death (1817) ( ) , v ; . "Fomalo education in iho best families went no further than writing and iirlth- jnotiojln aomo few and raru instances iniisio and ilancing. " It always comes back to iho same thing. What will always stump with un- Kcnc.rousiU's the whole history of man's relation to Women U thai iho backward ness which tro long marked Iho higher female education 1ms not been the result of neglect so much as of restriction Iho repression of a thirst , the refusal to let a large poriion of the human race drink ntltho fountain , be they ever . o I'Mtror. Abigail Adams tells \\a \ in an other letter ( Juno " 0 , 1778) ) lhat knowl edge in women was not mcrly neglect ed , bul ildiculed up to that time. One would have llioughl that Iho alleged inferiority of woman's intclcets would have been of itself a reason for greater aid , such us has always been conceded to weakness of body ; that men would have stood ready to help them into the way of knowledge , as into a vehicle , by the stronger arm. 1 have always tried to convince myself that John Stuart Mill went too far In his theory of w.hat ho calls "the subjection of women. " 1 have held that man's position was ahvay.s what may be called the big-brother attitude tude- certain substantial protection , joined with a good dual of clumsy teas- tng and bullying on lliu way. Hut thu thing that strains tins defense ( lie most has been man's attitude as to thu cduea- lion of women Hi" fact that her love of knowledge has been directly repressed , her thir.-'l treated us a crime. All tins line theories of chivalry and gallantry break down before thu plain fae'l pointed out by Mr. and Mrs. Fuwoett , In Kngluud , and , equally true here , that it is harder loraiso a given sum for the education of women than four times as much for that of mm. Hut the time is fast coming when Iho spiritual promise shall for her be fiilllllcd and she shall thirst no inoro. Tlio Servant , Girl and Wage" . Ilrooklyn Union : There is a discussion going on in tlio New York papers ami , in .some of the London weeklies of a subject In which al least three-lift Its of the people of Brooklyn arc interested , and about which they can , without boasting , claim to know soinelliing the servant girl again. The want that she does not sup ply continues in drive housewives to boarding-houses and to cause the ratio of marriages and births to the population in all urban communities ( o decrease. Thu itisulltutancy and the inelliciuncy of domestic servants in American cities is llm only evil of half such magnitude Unit has not provoked the organisation of a society for thi ) prevention or for thu advaueement ot something. Thu present sy tum of domestic service pre.sunl.s a curious anomaly- . Housekeep ing i.s becoming more and more n bur den ; thu proportion of unlive domestics to the whole number i.s smaller , perhaps , than ever before ; yet tlio wages are higher than over before , and higher Ihan women receive for any other sort of man ual labor , and higher than most receive for labor of any kind. Many' a robust woman gets $1(1 ( a month and board and lodging in Brooklyn a.s a servant ; and many a woman who makes her living by teaching receives loss. The cost of do mestic service i.s ludicrously out of pro portion to the co.st of other labor which rcijiiircs the sumo qualities and skill. Yet the supply becomes less and the de mand greater in spite of the fact that the number of women who have to earn their own living continues lo increase and wages for all other kind of labor that they can do become loss. This i.s thu anomaly whiuh needs explanation. It may seem absurd lhat a woman should sew fifteen hours a day far ! ? ' ! or $ ! a week when , if she be strong and have no small children , she iniirht earn thu samu wages and her board and lodging besides as a domestic. Hut , ab surd as it may bo , it is not inexplicable. The imprint of .servitude remains on thu house servant , a.s it docs not on the teacher , or even on thu seamstress , and rather thanhave , three good meals a day in the kitchen of mistresses most American women prefer lo have fewer meals and less wholesome ones in their own homos. It is because of the pride of American women that thu serving class of Europe has a monopoly- American kitchens. The time is coming when more and mure hoiisuwivcs will have to do without domestics , either by becoming their own servants or giving up house keeping , or they will have to rumovu from domestic service thu survitudo which now attaches to it. Then , of eour.se , such service would cease to bu "help. " and become asjislanco. In so far as tins is a part of the labor problem it throws some light on the cauo of a good deal of discontent which is falsely accredited lo questions of wages and hours of work. It is really a ques tion of social distinction. An American man or woman may not care at all lo eat at Hie samu table with another man or woman , nor to bo considered llicir 'Voeial equal , " as the southern people say in dehn'mgtlio samu feeling between thu races ; but American men and women do not like to place themselves in suuh a relation lo other men and women as con tinually to emphasize a social distinction , about which , a.s an abstract.on , they may care nothing. The servant-girl problem resolves llsoll into this last that wo must put , servant and mistress on the same social lovol--whon , ol course , "servant" and "mistress" would disappear , and ono become simply an assistant to the other or wo must continue to pa3' an anomal ous price for domestic service , which in itself would be cheap enough , but Iho willingness to sufFer thu social distiiiclion which .such service now carries with it ; and it i.s the growing scarcity of this will ingness , whether it bo "right'1 ' or "wrung , " absurd or wise , that explains tliis economic anomaly. The ( JlollicH ilapanc.sR OlirlH. lialtimoro News : Japanese young men of fashion visit iho gins just as they do in this country , take them out to restaurants and till Ihem up with ice cream. They havu balls and parlies where wall/Jug is indulged in ad libitum. The wallx , how-over , is a recent innova tion , but i.s liked by the Japauusu exceed ingly. Tlio costumes of the ladies in .Ja pan are more in consonance , with Ihe dre.ss reform movement than those of American and European girls. First of all no corset i.s worn. Thu long silk sash .supplies thu placu of steel and whalo- lioius , This sash is wrapped round and round lliu waift loosely , and the ends hangs down behind. Thuro is no largo , elaborate bow pinned against thu back like thosu seen in the representation of " .Mikado , " on our slugo. Koine of Iho ultra-fashionable girls of Tohio however , havu adopted a method of making their waists look .smaller , according to thoKuropoau mode but no cornut is used simply a belt buckled around Iho waist. Thu ladies r.ro fond ot picking the strings of the banjo , and are up lo thu times in a fash ion whluh has been greatly in vogue among American girls. Japanese girls attire tlusinsolvus in pretty much the samu underwear as Amuriean girls , bul thulr Blockings are built moru on thu or der of a mitten for Ihu hand , lliyrc being a separalo receptacle for the big inc. A very curious faot thu reporter gleaned from the interpreter was this : The Jupa- nesu think that all Europeans have very old typos of faces. Tlio llenl Tiling Is.Muoli Hotter. Alban3' Kvonmg Journal : KUuri by telegraph are a novelty , and the testi mony in Iho $5,000 broach of promise Mill of Miss Junnio Davenport , of Blooming- dale , N. .1. , against Louis Kyerson throws somu light on thu art. Jennie , who was employed as a Com panion to young Kyortiun & mother , occu pied the room immediately l < im < the yoi.ng man , and Iho two constructed a telegraph line , a cord answering for the short eircuil. A Unv bell was attr.ohed to each end. The tingling of the bull was used lo ivprosunl a kiss , and when they- bade each other good night the bolls rat- lied for hours at time. Thu fair plainlifl said , us she enthusi astically described their schemes to out wit the old peoplei "Louis { insisted on telegraphing our kisses every night , and .oh ! but didn't ho want a lot of them ! " The majority of lovers will , however , bo warned by thii sad end of the courtship to ' beware ofklsslng'by electricity. AMONG THE WITS AND WAGS , The Pate of Fanny Foo-Foo , Ohild of the Great Tycoon , ANOTHER ON THE TRAIN BOY. r .Mutr * nnil lloxliiR Gloves Tlio liticlovliont Cnko and Other Cnlcc Sharp 1'olnlH on Various Slinms. A Paper Muslin I'anny Foo-I'oo was a.lntiaticsoglrl , A r Find of the irreat Tjcoon : She wore her head b.ild and her clothes were made Malt pettico.it , half panlnloon : Her face was the color ot lemon peel , And the shape of n tablespoon. A handsome young chap was.lohnny Ill-Ill' And no were paper muslin clothes ; Ills glossy bliiok ludr on the ton or his head , In the shape of a shoo brnsii rose ; Ills eyes slanted downwind as If some chap Had savagely pulled his nose. Fanny Koo-Foo loved .lolmn Ill-Ill , And when In the usual style He popped , she blushed such a deep oranso tlnce You'd have thought she'd too nuioh bile. If it hadn't been for her .slant-eyed clanco And her charming wide-mouthed smile. And olt In the bliss of their now born love Did these little I'anans slray All mound In spots , enjoying Ihcnisclvcs 111 n strictly Japanese way ; She howlitiK a soiiii to n one-strliu : lute , Un which she thought she could play. Often he'd climb to a high ladder's top , And quietly thuro tcposo As ho stood on his head and fanned himself , U'hlli ! she balanecd him on her noic , Or else she would jret In a plekle tub , And be kicked around on bis toes. Tim courea of true lovn , even In Japan , Often runs extremely rouiih. And Iho llcrco Tycoon , when ho hcaidof this. Used Jananeso oaths so toii li That his coutllers * hair would have slood on end If llie'y only had enough. M ) Iho Tycoon buckled on both his swords , In Ids pistol placed a wad , And went out to hunt for the truant pair , With Ids nerves braced by a toil , He toiind them cnjoylni ; their guileless selves On the top ot a lightning rod. Sternly he ordered the pontlo Foo-I'oo To "come down and out of that there , " And liu told Ill-Ill to uo to a place i won't say precisely wheie. Then ho drained elf Ids child , whoso spasms Evinced unusually wild despair. 15ut the Tycoon , alas ! was badlv fooled , Despile his paternal pains. For.lohn with a toothpick , lot all the blood Out ol' bis jugular veins ; While with a back .somersault on thu lloor Foo-Koo battered out her brain ? . They burled them both In the Tycoon's lot , Might under a doswooii tree. Where they could list to the nightingale and Tlio buzz of the bumble bee ; And where the mosquito's sorrowful chant Maddens the restless lieu. And often at night when the Tycoon's wife SI inn be red as sound as a post , His almond-shaped eyeballs looked on a slghl That scared him to death almost ; 'Twas a bald headed spectre Ilittln about , With a paper muslin ghost. Score Ono Against tin * Train Uov. Chicago Herald : ' "Tain't o'ften thai wo get left , " said a tram boy'but "omolimes we have to knuckle under. T'other day- had a pas senger who refused to buy u thing. 1 Kcfit at him , and made a side-bet with the brakeman that I'd fetch him for a lifty- cent book before wo got to Chicago. Hut what d'yo s'poso happened ? The chap got Jfi out ot mo and my name on some darned list or other. He was the agent for some new-fangled life insurance con cern , and 1 didn't sell him a cent's worth. " Made a Slight lUlstakc. Merchant Traveler : Hilly Sellers , a traveling man , was waiting for the St. Louis girl iio was going to take to the theater to put on bur wraps. "Ah , " said he. as hcstra.ycd toward Iho canter table , " 1 sec that some of folks arc admirers of the manly art. To whom do the boxing gloves belongy" "Will you bo kind enough to hand mo mull's have in ' hand " my car you 3'our , she returned icil3' . A chilliness then avoso between them which has not yet been dispelled. Where to Knok for Financial News. Detroit Mercury : "There doesn't scorn to bo much limmcial news "in tiie papers nowa < lu.ys"suid Uigloans , with : i dissatis- ik'il irrimt. "Whom do you look for il ? " asked Kecnsight , "Why , in the financial column , of course. " "Ah ! that accounts for it. " "Where else would 1 looicV" " 1 always scan the telegraph news un der the head of "Mysterious Disappear ances. ' " Ijilcc tliu Mvory Snilile Stood. Detriot 1'reo Press. "What'.s the speed of that horsoV" was asked an old colored man who was leading a had looking eqiiino into a blacksmith shop , "Which way ? " "Why , I don't see that it should make any dilforonco which wa3 * his headed. " "Dat's kasn 3-011 ( loan1 own him , sah. Hi.s speed when he's gvyino homo jist keeps a stop watch bobbin'all over , but when ho comin' away from do ba'n 3-0 km cotch his time by a turbackor box. " Didn't Wiuit a Train. Detroit F.reo Press : Yesterday , after Ulllcer Buttonal thu Third street .station , had called a train and most everybody had loft the waiting room , ho approached n middle-aged man who had boon silling there or four hours and inquired : "Is this your train1' "tliicss not. " "What train are you waiting for ? " "Xono. " "Oh ! 1 supposed you were going out ! " "No , Mr. My-sou expects his wife i.s going to run invuy from him , and mo and the old woman and Sam are kinder scattered around the depots to head her oil' in cn.su she tries to slope. If she don't como purl v soon I'll think sho's stnrtoil ' out afoot , 'for she was terrible mad and is a great walker. " Uakt'i for Kvcryliody. A downtown bailer who prides himself upon the quality of his cakes advertises thus : For Iho pretty girl angel cako. For the pugilist--pounil cako. For the liyspoplic stomach cake. For tha laborer back cako. For the agriculturist boo cako. For the rod headed girl ginger cako. For Iho chiropodist corn cake. For the boat sppngo caku. Tor Iho impecunious man short cako. Fur iho panignipher spice cnko. Ileon Tlniro IJoforo. . . . . When yon tell her she's the sweetest , 'I ho iiroliiest i ml nualest Mans jim'vu met , ami that the ground sha walks on you aduro , if you hoard her murmur "HatsI" Then bn very sure that thal's A "isa lhal hho's no noentiyte , bul has boon there botoio. Uiuln't iho CJionk to Say Grace. Tim Kovorond Mr. Chasuble.au Episco pal clergyman , for seine time presided over the rolli.'lous services in ono of our suburban towns' . Cha-sublo was a good deal of a gourmet as well as a faithful pastor. ODD day ho happened in at a parishioner's house about dinner time , end weakly' accepted uu invitation to dinner. He found the table decorated with n sporadic dish here and there , with nothing that promised thfe smallest satis faction for either thu appetite or the palate. "Mr. C'hn uble"shid.lhe head of the hotite , "will yon ofler tlinnks for these viands1 ' " 1 would beglad touropmmodatcyou , " ' said thu clergyman , "but I haven't got the cheek.1' ' The niickwiicat Cake. n. r. n.Hitr. No dainty In win ter for breakfast SUP parses the eakes made of buckwheat a-swlm- mliiu in lassc.s and sliding In batter as yellow nt gold , and nothing Is like 'em to keen out thu cold. How splendid tlmylook so ex quisitely browned , all hot fiom the gitdille , madoperleetly round , by Mol- be , my Motile , who bakes 'em with skill , and patiently waits till 1'vo eaten my till. No wonder t love In the muinliiir lo bear Iho breakfast bell rltn : out Its thlinus oteheer. 1 dress in ajllTy and hurry ho- low , where Molllo U greasing the grid dle , 1 know. Iluirah for the winter whoo frosliiies.s makes an appe tite eager for hot buckwheat cakes which , sliding in butter and swimming In losses , is something lor nreakfast that nothing sur- p a s s s c s . Hill Travor's blotto. A new story is told of W. U. Travcrs. the wit of Wall street. His wife was one daj' bringing a motto in their homo which read , "Hod Hle < s Our Homo. " "Let me put one in the other corner , " said Mr. Travcrs. "What is the motto ? " " 1 would like lo have tl read , 'And D n Our Cook. " The CtvlU/Ri * . lloitun Cuiii'lfi : ' 'Us Hope that Ik'hts the way through tiuuhlc'.s night , "I'ls llopo that cheered Hie world since time began. 'Us &oap that makes our clothlm ; clean and white. "I'ls soap that civilizes payagu man. Kprccknt.s' Hopeful Son. A sou of Clans SnreckoLs , the Sand wich island sugar millionaire , was deeply fascinated with I'ay Templeton while she was playing in San l-rancisco some years ago , and ho presumed her with numerous elegant and costly diamonds. The town knew of Ins passion. Ono night the funny man of the company- approached Miss Temploton on the stage and , wetting his linger : ) , touched one of her largest diamonds and asked : "Paste ? " Quick as a Hash she retorted : "No ! Sugar ! " The whole house in an instant saw the point , and a roar of laughter went up such as never before or since has been heard in 'Frisco. The Original "Undo Tom. " lie once was a slave , as black as a coal , And before the war he was bianded. lie started "Undo ' ' " up Tom's C'abin" troupe , Hut 'twub not very long ere it stiauucil. The reason , 1 think , Is most plain to be seen ; lie loved liquor ton well now.lhis man did , Brandy smash caused his Uoupe lo i-musli up , 1 ween , Second nature for him to be branded. Didn't Think it Aflvlsalile. Now Vork Sun : "Won't ! you give my new play a pull'/ " asked an author of a dramatic critic. "J hardly think it would be safe. " "Why not ? " ' : "Well , it's so weaiithat u pun" would blow it to pieces. " ' , His Uncle. "What luck did 3-611 have fishing Pen ny-short ? " asked a gentleman of a well- known impecunious character , who owes to nearly everybody' . "Splendid ! While 'I ' was out twenty men with bills called at 1113- house lo col lect 11101103' . " , lie Xovor AVill. Wall Street News : ' Ho was a young man who had been talking Ioudl3of his father's riches and his own prospects , when an old woman leaned over the seat and asked : "Young man , did you 2:13' : 3'our paw was rich ? " "Yes , ma'am. " "JIo'll bo apt to found some charity , won't ho ? " "I think. so. " "Sullied on anything yet ? " "No ' " , ma'am. "Then please call his attention to an idiot asylum. " An IJnniifterly Misor. New York Tillies : H i.s very seldom even in the curious history of litigated wills that such a revelation occurs as was made yesterday in the. .surrogate's court. It came out lhal the late James H. Paine had left with : i friend , who afterward became - came tlio administrator of his estate , a package which the custodian supposed to consist of private papers. Thi.s jmekago remained in the custody' of his friend for 111.1113' years during the lifetime of the depositor. Only once , and then some Ion 3'oars after the do- poiit was made , did jic inquire about its safety. After his death the package was opened and found to contain more than CiO.OOO in bills , of which more than 510,000 were still current. Wo boliovu that this performance is unparalleled. Misers often keep their hoards in unlikely places , but tho.y always keep them whuru they- tire accessible , and in all the stories of nilsurn the chief joy of Iho miser U lo count hia 11101103' . In this case the minor gave his hoard into the keeping of a friend , and apparently ceased to trouble himself about it , himself living mean while by begging and in apparent pov- ci ty. The honorable conduct of Mr. Chickor- ing i.s not no unusual , wo may bo thank- fur to say , as the recklessness of Mr. Paine about his monev , but it was re markable. There was nothing , so far as appears , to prevent Mr. Chlekering from pulling in his own pocket u fortune of prjO.OM without exciting oven a suspicion that ho had il or had had it in his posses- hion. The current estimate of the dead man's estate was about one-seventh of that amount. Many honest men would bo anxious to bo preserved from such a temptation as that which does not seem to have presented itnclf to Mr , Chickor- ing us a temptation at all , A. Chicago Herald : "Christmas and Now Year's do not oomo on the samn tiny of the week this y ar , " remarked a solemn man at the bar of a Callioun place saloon. " 1 reokon you nro mistaken , stranger , " retorted a 3'oung fellow who had jtibt emptied a bottle of bno | label. "No , sir ; 1 am not mistaken. " "Hut I insist that you aro. " "I am not a boiling man1 drawled tha solemn man as ho wiped n tear out of his loft eye , "but I'll wager you a bottle of thcT/idow that I am riu'ht. " " 'I hat Christmas anil Now Years do not como on the same week this vcar ? " "Certainly. " "Well , I'll cover y-our wager , " chirped the 3-oung fellow , smiling at the bar- keeper. "Now provo to mo that yon are correct. " " ( Jot a calendar ? " "No. " "Well , never mind. I can provo the truth of 1113- statement with or without an almanuo. " ' * " ( Jo ahead ; I'm gotlmg thirsty. " "Well , my dearyounir friend , " began the solemn man , "you see Christmas and Now Year's , which are only a week apart , occur in different years , and not on the same day of the week this year. Como now , order the wine. I'm in a hurry. The gag is a fresh ono , and I must make time if J expect to lind any more .sturgeons to-day. CHUNKS OF HOIIE COMFORT , The Inijiortnuco of the Pay-as-jou-po Sys tem to Housekcencrs. "NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER. ' A ' .Child's Ideas mill It.i Maul ; Ac count 1'olnts I'uHor on Decoration tionrmu'iiiulUy nt Meals Ar- rnnuiiicnl of Jlon e Plains. Nobody lnt "Mother. If. ( ' . ItMlUf. Nobody knows of the \voik It inakes 1 o keen the homo losrutliui ; Nobody knows of the steps It takes , knows but mother. Nobody listens to childish woes Which kisses only smother ; Nobody's pained bv nntnjhty blows' ' , Nobody only mother. Nobody knows of the sleepless care Hi-stowed on b.ihy br l her ; Nobody knows of tlio lender pruy'r , Nobody only inothur. Nobody knows of llm lessons t Ot loving unu another ; Monody knows of the patience sought , Nobody only mother. Nobody know of the anxious fears I.i'M diirllnis may nut wo.ilbu'r The storm ol Illo in alter years. Nobody knows but mother. Nobody kneels nt the throne above Tu thank the Heavenly Father , tor that swcetes-t irllt a mother's love ; Nobody can but mother. You'd Hut t or I'ay OH Von Go. It is u very convenient tiling , writes Kinil.y ! S. lluiiton in the Toledo lllnde , to have u .standing account : it u More where yon can go nt any lime , order what you | ilu si > , and have it charged. wit limit I ho worry of having to consider wlielher you have enough niono.y in vour purse to pay for it or not , but it is also into that these. items , sina.l though llioy may bo , mount , up with appalling rapidity into a. sum that always surpasses oxpeetalion. ll . sides tliis , the vor.y bust calculators. anil those who generally use a wise eeonoiny , buy things in this way which they can easily do without did thuy take time for relleclion which casli payments would often compel. It is so easy , when an arti cle that seems at the time desirable is se.on , to order it sent ami charged for , that temptation overeomes the buyer bu- fore tlio strength which comes from looking at the matter on all sides enables her to ro.sist thu impulse to buy. Often purchases are made in this way and re gretted , while something that was far inoro necessary must in consequence bo gone without. Merchants understand that u great deal more is likely to be boucrht where there is a running account than when cash is paid down , which explains their readiness to trust those whom they have reason to believe will pay what they honestly owe. The excess will , in nine cases out of ton , more than compensate for tlio loss of Interest upon the out.itand- iug sums , though there is no question but that they sometimes lose largo amounts by the failure of individuals through misfortune , 'sickness death , or deliberate rascality lo discharge their debts. Of course there are verv many women " who cannot conliol this"matter. . Their husbands are this treasurers and dis pensers of the family finances , and cash payments are impossible without the masculine approval. They see the. mat ter only in the light of diamond cut diamond. Their customers make them wait for their returns , why should they not proceed in the same way. Nor can they be made to see. even from a selfish point of view , that the pay-as-you-go sys tem , so far as family expenses are con cerned , is far cheaper in the end , to whatever extent it can be made practica ble. And truth to toll , it would be tar easier in most eases to carry it out than they will acknowledge oven to them selves. The women , however , who can com mand the money , and those who earn their own living , will bo far wiser to adopt the rule of buying nothing which they cannot immediately pay for or for which the 11101103- at their command in a future so near as to make it a certainty , than to have things charged week after wool ; with tlio expectation of settling it in a time which may lind them in a posi tion that will render the payment a most dilliuiilt matter. Uncertainty is an ele ment entering very lamely into tins lifu , and tho-io people who bavo the fewest odds and ends floating out , lo become tangled at some inopportune moment , have generally the greate-.t measure of happiness A little self-denial in iho present 111113' save you a largo portion of discomfort in tlio future , for to the thoroughly honest person , that one who means to deal fairly by his kind a debt that cannot bo paid is an ever pressing nightmare. Decorative Itlon.s in tlio J'nrlur. ' Toronto ( Hobo : Various parlors of one's acquaintance convince one that decorative ideas , despite the vast number of agents for their.di.ssomination , are ab sorbed very' slowly by women after till. Those- seem to bo a principle of order anil regularity so deeply rooted in the foini- nine mind as ellectually to outset all artistic schemes for the breaking up of line and cord necessary to produce a. pleasing olloet. The principles of mantel ornamentation , for instance , thoroughly absorbed by ourgrcat grandmothers long ago , show in many instances little of tlio progressive spirit so marked in tidies and pincushions. The old vicious habit of having things strictly in pairs is still il lustrated all over the land. A wall I wet of must represent to the ruler thereof a whole housekeeper's decalogue in the religious exactitude with which one side of it corresponds to the other. There are but two "odd" pieces upon it , and these consist of a big vase iilled with artilicial llowors In the middle of the mantel , ami a bigger picture hang ing directly ever the vase. On each side of the picture nang two smaller ones ; under each of those is a "bracket" in wools , each corresponding to the other in all respects save that ono has a pink impossibility and the other a rod ono , in the way of roses. Cabinet photographs , in frames to correspond , adorn tlio brack ots. The big vase on the mantel is ( hiked by two smaller ones , impartially ngl3' , of that white material which when poorly wrought suggeMs tombstones and stalag mites and candy in equal proportions. Then comes busts ot celebrated individ uals , selected , I am certain , because thov "matched" in .si/o , and then two morb vases , blue , with hanging crystals. Ouo Mile of the room is the direct counterpart of the other : Ono feels as if ono wore in the midst of a carefully arranged puz/lu , of which an Inadvertent movement might forever shatter Iho proportions. Jn a room , as in a picture. , balance must bo preserved , liut quito as absurd in a room as it would bo in a picture is Iho fashion of directly or exactly reproduc ing any of its features. A Child's Host Ideas Derived From Ha Mother. San Francisco Chronicle : Up to Iho time a child can talk and say funny things sha--it is generally particularly so with f fin ale children aho is her mother's not. Then she is taken posses sion of by ( ho malu parout. A little while after oho is born the now-mado parent like < > the novelty of handling her , but ( hat does not hist long , TIiuii for a whilu she is a nuisance to thu father , but when she begins to got "cute" and cunning , when her mother 1m * with inliiuto e.uro and affection developed her infantile br.ijn , thu father stops in and bejjiur ' , o j Seal Caps , Seal Gauntlets , Seal Walking G-loves , Seal Turban Gaps , . . / ' . . , , , . . , , , , / , . . , ! * . AJ'tilt title nflltr ( Vlejiiirah'jl SHvorinan S'oiiM'ttpi mill tJlovps. Silk Mufflers , - Silk Suspenders , Silk Handkerchiefs Novelties iu Holiday Neckwear , ( 'loves mill Jlo- slei-y. Knit Caps , Jersey Caps , Toboggan Caps. ( food Wnvm Knil Caps , 4-Oe , 7.V itiul $1 , \ 01'MAN'S IIA'IS. - H. B. HUDSON , Millard llnlol lllock , IL'L'2 HoughiH si , HOW TO ACQUIRE WEALTH. Di'iiii'hiij , Tit ( it Mi > nl'i. \inrni1trt' 'JOIh. Illy tec. * . \ < > Jllunka With $ ! A You Can Secure One City of Barletta 100 Francs Gold Bond These bonds arc drawn ! times annually , with prizes ol" U.tWO.UOO . , 100,000000 , fiOO.OOO , iiOO.OOO , 100,000. fiO.OOO , etc. , down to the lowest prize ol" 100 Francs ( Jold. Anvonc bending us if 3ill secure one of these Hcnds ami is then IJNTITLUD to the'wholc prize that it may draw in next drawing , balance payable on easy install ments. Tliis is the best investment ever offered. Besides the certainly receiving back 100 FranrsGold , you have the chanee to win four times a year. Lists of drawings will be scut free o'f charge. Money can be scat by luglstcred letter or postal note. For further information , cull on or address HER LIN HANKINCJ CO. , 301" ) Broadway , New York. N. II. The < e llonds arc not lottery tickets , and are by law permitted to be sold in l.n fT.n.1 monopolize the credit. It isn't fair. Hut the mother always lots him. Sineu this column admitlcd clever children , fond parents como to me and lull mo of llioir precocious progeny. U'H an excellent thing , especially in mothers , but 1 notice wnon a lady tolls mo a story of her baby- she says "our baby. " Hut when a father talks ho always begins about "my little girl , " and generally says "I have a little daughter. 1 never met a child yet whoso best ideas wore not derived from the motlior. 1 have heard oi children who have been potted by their fathers , but ( hey generally talked slang , which their fathers thought uwfullv bright. Hank Ac-count. Toronto Ulobo : I saw a very sensible hint for mothers the other dav m Haby- hood , under the title of "The Haby's Hank Aeeount , " advising the fond ma ternal parent to dispense with various liltlo mailers of garniluro with which his roy-al highness is usually invested , and put the sum they represent , away for his fulure ( more practical ) uso. It is really of comparatively' little importance to his present health or happiness that his pet ticoats . hoiilil bo trimmed with Torchon , or his cloak embroidered in silk , or his perambulator upholstered in plush , or his nur.se .of that expensive variety that will consent to walk abroad under the insulnViont protection of a white cap in summer time. He is really quite as much delighted with a box of blocks with which to cruet his architectural fancies , or a wpolly baa-lamb at 2. ) ceiils as with the most expensive Parisian invention that over rolled realistically about the lloor and 3'apped ami .snarled and wagered its- tail at live dollars and a half. The un necessary expense attendant upon ex treme youth does not minister to any thing but the vanity of extreme youth's mamma , and if placed in the imbeaiilifnl but profitable seclusion of a bank-book would some day go fartoxyard fTm educa tion and establishment in life of the youth , when It is more appreciative. Ho Pimislua ! . A witty- woman once said her husband iuul three hands"right , left and a little behind hand. " She was very prompt ami puncliial in all her ways ami this fault in lier generally kind husband was like a thorn in the llesh. A wise and thought ful man is usually' found promptly in his place at meal lime. It is one ot the most liscouraging things in the world to a housewife who prides herself on her iood ; cooking to have the heiulot the do mestic circle and the chief object of all the nice , delectable thiiiirs that arc placed upon the table dilatory about taking his chair at meal lime. Mothers hhould bo veryslncl with their boys. The 3'oimgstcrs are -.o fond of \ > \ny \ and it is such a trial to have the face and Itands scrubbed that it is often a dairy tu.sslo to gel them ready for the table. 15ut per.suvorc ; the luibit once formed , md it is important enough to use the rod energe.Ucally , will Do of lifts long service lo Iho man and bo moans of mak ing his wife a happier woman. One mother gave her boy ! ) . i cents for being punctual at meals three times a day for a week. If ho failed ho was lined. Jt worked liico a charm. The Arrangement of House Plant" . W. 1) . W. in Iho Caterer : l.ovors of lowers having housed their pets from llm Tosly chill of autumntho question arises , low can they bo satisfactorily arranged in their temporary homo ? Ono very beautiful way to arrange them s as follows : Take a lur o looking glass or mirror and place it on a sunny- side , or fatill bet tor , in n sunny corner of your silling room. In front of it place a table of llowor- step.s. If the table bo used cut a picco of lark oilcloth the shape of the lablu to ) ) and plneo It there for protection from thu water. On the table group your llowcrs is closely as possible. A Few pots of Konilworth or CJcrniau ivy , arranged across the front , will add greatly to the oil'eot , as they grow downward , and in a liltlo while will entirely hiilo the pots. When carefully managed every ( lower will bo duplicated in the mirror , and the whole bo a da'//.Img mass of groon. You may Mill further heighten the beauty by placing some wandering Jew or ivy In bottles Iilled with water behind the glass an.I train it around the frame , and hang a canary bird in a brass cage iminedi- uloly in front of the mirror , A Rhiintly Voyngo. Detroit Free Press : I was in Nassau several months in the interest of Iho con federate government , ami among the queer things which happened in that connection was the arrival of a couple of men with an invention which they do- iircd lo hell lo the confcdorato slates of America. It was about the linio torpe does1 wore coining into use in our south ern bays and rivers , and when the fodur- ills hail tightened their grip on the blockade - ado BO that not more than ono runnoroiit of six could get in. These strangers had invented a biiS-marino torpedo- boat One was u Frenchman an'1 thu oilier F.nglUh , and the work had been done in Knglund. 'I ho boat was brought to Nassau by a Hi-itis-h steamer , and it was thuro ibai ihuconfed- urato irovermenl was invited to o\aiuino her. Thu boat was supposed to have Ijcon coiihlnic.U'd oa t.iii'iitiiuprinciples. . She wnb of .iron , twunt } su feet long , jive beam , and a hum wr four toot depth of hvlo. blw was prope.Ilcd by an atmospheric engine , and was intended to make her way in any direction below the surface. In attacking a vessel she would sink below her , atlach a torpedo to her bottom , and then back oil'anil explode - plodo it with clectrieitv. .lusthow the torpedo was to bo attached I can't tell vou , though it was illustrated at the time. The boat arrived at Nassau in pieces , and for fear that some of the federal spies in the port would get on to the in vention the hoses were carted oil"up the country to a .seashore plantation , and it was there that we found thu boat afler .she had been put together. That she would run on the .surface and below it was demonstrated to our satisfaction within a few hours. Steering by compass when below thu surface , she preserved a ronr.su us .straight as an arrow , making a speed of ten or twelve miles an hour , and remaining below some forty to sixty minutes. The problem of how to got rid of ( lie federal bloekaders seemed lo have been solved. With such a boat as that in Charleston harbor the whole Yankee lleot would have been terrori/.ed. The only' point upon which wo had doubt was thu working of Iho torpedo. If lhal failed to work then the boat wa.s of little use. The inventors had not y-et made a practical torpedo le.st , and llie.y seemed to hesitate. However , when they were told that the success of a sale < lc- pon-led upon a pratioul illu. : ration. llioy asked for Iwo or three day's' lime. I presume - sumo they made experiments during this interval , for when we visited thorn again they- were iiuite prepared. An old schooner had been towed up from Nassau and anchored a mild oil' from shore in t > evont3" feet of water , and they were to practice on her. They seemed to have perfect coiilidencu in themselves as they shul themselves up in ihe boal and sunk below Iho .surface , and wo hud lilllo doubt of their success. There wasn't a ripple bv which wo could trace the pioirre.is of tin ; boat , and alter giving her twelve minute * ' time wo began to" expeel this explosion. Wo waited a full hour , and wore then satis- lied .something was wrong. After two hours had gone a couple ot men rowed oil'to Hie schooner , but no sign of the torpedo boat could be seen. Tbreo weeks later the boat was washed up on the shore of one of the small islands to the south. She was bent and bruised and broken , anil in I KM' hold the corpses of the two inventors worn washing about. Tiie torpedo bad not been exploited , but the engine had broken down and the poor follows had lam at the bottom of the sea until their fresh air wa.s exhausted and then died a horrible death. WOMEN OF THE HAREM. A Rrloi'Oliinnso of ( ho Peculiar Fon- uiro of < ho Orient. ( join-nil Lew Wallace's Lecluro : Ono of the conditions upon w hlch a woman onler.i ( In ; harem is lhat .sli is gives up all family ties and connections with thuout- side world. While poly'gamy is allowed in Turkcv not more limn U per cent of his majesty Moslem subjects have harems. Ciimeral Wallace depleted in a humorous vein ( In ; Giiriosiiynf the American womun lo visit the harem. They always hnvu a great desire to sue the poor creatures at home , and dcviso soiiiu moans to raise them from their degraded condition. After a visit many of thesis ladies change their minifs about the fearful fate of the Turkish womun. The Turkish ladies assembled in a common reception room richly lur- nishuil They are attended by a throng of slaves , while and black , who do their every bidding. The mistresses of thc.se > harems wear coitiimos which Ihe speaker , nflcr apologi/.ing for his dulieionoy on Iho subject ot fomiuine uppurol , under took to de.seribo. Their clothing is of the richest material. Of HID general in telligence of these women their American sinters who have * ceii them do not speak in fluttering terms. The conversation between tlio Turkish women and their visitors nearly always runs about thi.s way ; "Whore are you from ? " inquire Iho luxurious wives of the Mohammedans. "From America * " "Whcro is America ? " ' It's the " over ocean. "Do you over go out there without wearing veils ? Aren't 3-011 ashamed bo- funs the meiiY" "Wo don't pay any attention lo the men. " It is the general oylnion that ladies of tlio harem are prisoners. This is merely u delusion. Kvory Turkish woman has bur own iiuurlisre ; and her own slaves lo wait upon lusr. She can take a ride whenever t > hu wishes , and she wears what hho pleases without any interfe-renco. The Turkish headdress is , with dnu deference lo the htyleo of Paris and Now York , the most becoming of any in Iho world. It makes the homeliest women handaomu and the haml-somo ungclio , The Turkish women are , nuxt to our own American women , thu most beautiful I bavo over seen ( ilimpses of them can can bo caught 1'ndayfc ' , the Turkish Sun day , or from their carnagas. They do their own .shopping , it is ihoirs lo buy as they plcuso and their husbands' to pay for it. It is incorrccl lo say Unit there is no homelifo among thu Turks. Laying iisldo the Ho of husband and wifu there remains that almost as dear par ent and child. Thu residents of HIM harem , which pieans a fiucrcd or faccrut pjacu. aru pabi-iijiialoly devoted to their childri'Ut uiion whom llioy can shower' all the U'murnw > 3 of u woman's uuiuru ,