U QEREAL CHAMPAGNE USED. Realism on the Stage that Is a Part of the Progress of the Dram 2}. . " One of the features of a much-dis- cussed play once running at a Broad- way theatre was. the breaking of a. bot- tle of r'hampagne in the second act. The bottle looked like the imported ar- _ ticle‘and the fluid that poured [run it resembled champagne. A man who knew it all sat with a woman in orches- tra:~ seats near the stage one night, and when the champagne incident was in? troduced she said: . . “Why, just look at that!‘ He has broken a botle of real champagne. Isn't that realistic?" ”It’s a good imitation," said her es- - Cort in'a superior way. "Do you mean that it isn’t ycham- .“ pagne?" I, “No, it isn't," said the escort. “It is either weak tea. or a. preparation of gin« ger ale. They never use the real thing." His statement carried conviction to it was not a theatrical novelty, either. the people who sat within sound of his voice and every one of them expressed admiration at the cleverness of the counterfeit. As a matter of fact, ac- cording to the manager. real champ- pagne was providel for the scene, and Stage realism has been the making of many plays, and managers now know that in 'well-stagfl performances it should not be neglected for the sake of a slight saving in expense. The time when tea could serve as a substitute for champagne has passed. An actor who is as well known because of his many quarrels as because of his acting introduced real champagne in a sup- per: scene ten years ago, and, what is more, he starred it on the bill. Under- neath the cast was a. line stating that “the champagne used in this play is imported by the well-known wine firm of Fla-2,8; Fizz,” or words to that effect. This served the double purpose of call— ing the attention of the audience to the realism of the scene and Of adver- tising the wine—New York Sun. The Grapa's Cu rions Flower. Ever notice the curious flower of tht grape? Beatrix will wager her favor- ite: bonnet that not one in twenty who eat grapes with gratitude every autumn "‘ could name the peculiarity of its dimin- ’7 utive bloom. The unopened flower looks like a little balloon. The balloon- shaped portion is the corolla; the calyx is a rim or disc at its base. When the flower opens the petals break away be- low, or at the base of the balloon. They cohere at the top, shielding the stamens. and thus the flower is said to be “hood- ed." When the flower is fully expanded this cap .or hood falls off, leaving the live bare stamens. _ _ Sosamors on the Congo. Only twenty years have passed since Stanley solved the mystery of the Con- go River. -To-d-ay forty-five steamers, ply on its waters; half of them belch-g to the Congo State, the others to for-. sign companiu.-Chatanooga Timsa Yr: WEEKLY.- non’wAij - GA'Z'E THE INDIANS’ BATH. Sweathoml more British Columbip Na- tins Oisaaso themselves. . The N'hia-Xsamuh‘ Indians of the interior of British Columbia. have sweathouscs and indulge in a. toeat somewhat similar to our Turkish bath. By [the side of streams of melted snow at some distance from the village, among the pines and firs, are two curia ous structures. One is made of small poles set up like the roof of a. house. These are covered with flrboughs, and finally with earth, the door, facing the set-ting sun, has a blanket hanging over it. Within, on the south side, is a circular hole (in the ground) about two feet in diameter and one foot deep, filled with burned and crackled stones. The remainder of the floor is covered deep with a soft bed of fir twigs. In front of the door one will see traces of a good-sized fire, and many stones, both those that have been burned and. blackened in the fire and those brought near, but still unused. This is the men’s sweathouse, or part of the bath- ing outfit of the village. The other structure is similar to this in essentials, but at this particular vil- lage it is not covered with soil. -. It is roofed with blanket mats or skins when in use. This is the sweathouse for the women. ' "When the N’hia-Kanmuh‘ wants to take a. bath he builds a fire, and heats a number of stones. These he rolls into the hole in the floor of the village sweathouse. He then enters, closes the door with his blanket, and reclines on the new bed of fir boughs. Here he lies until in the close small but, with no opening for ventilation, and close to the roasted rocks, he perspires as freely as do the stokers in the hold of an ocean ‘ liner. He then rushes from the house and leaps into the melted snow of the mountain torrent. Returning to the sweathouse he repeats the operation until satisfied that every pore of his skin has been cleaned by this vigorous treatment. These Indians say they take this bath about once a month, and we may well imagine that that is sufficient, for it is not hard to believe that the absence of sick people at the village is due to this trying custom.—Chicago Inter- Ocean. ‘ J A Chanoo for All. Mrs. Gabb—Aro you goin’ to have your darter take music lessons? .Mrs. Gadd—No-o, I guess not. haln't no car for music. Mrs. Ga'bb—Well, I wouldn’t be dis‘ couraged at that; mebby she might» learn to play classic, any-how.—New York Weekly. She soo‘finea nc'twoon Drinks. There is not a saloon between Flor- ence, Ala., and Paducah, Ky., on the banks of the Tennessee River. distance is more than 300 miles, and is said to be the longest of its kind on any navigable river in America. —-Nashville Banner, - LULLABY . AS SUNG IN “FRITZ.” ony. Composed and Sung by J. K. EMMET. l 1. Close 2. Bright; your be 4—- ~— ....__ THE NAVY OF JAPAN. It shows More Progress Than That of Any ' V Other Country. _ The Western powers are beginning. to view Japan's activity in navy build- ing with amazement. A generation ago she had literally no navy. Even at the beginning of the last war with China, her modern equipment was con- flned almost exclusively to a half dozen unarmored cruisers—the best of their class, to be sure—and fifteen gun-boats. Thewar brought many substantial ad- ditions to her navy, and now she has no less than forty-eight sea-going ves— sels in commission, including two first- class battleships of 12,800 tons each. These figures are not so imposing, absolutely considered, except as'an evi— dence of quick growth; but the ad- ditional modern war vessels that Japan is building in England, Germany and the United States are of such magni- tude and excellent construction that Mr. Charles A. Cramp, our own famous shipbuilder, pronounces Japan’s pro- gress to be more noteable than that of any other country in the World, ex- cept England—Scribner’s Magazine. The World’s Largest Flower. The largest flower of the world grows on the island of Mindanao, one of the Philippine group. It was first eyes, dc discovered there some years ago by a German explorer. It is a flve-petallcd blossom nearly a. yard wide. At a dis- tance the buds look like giant cabbage- heads. A single flower has been known to weigh 22lb. The natives call it the bole. Specimens sent to Europe were recognized to be of the species Rafflesia, a plant discovered in Suma- tra, and named after the English Gov- ernor of that island—Sir Stamford Raf- fles. The bolo is only to be found in' the neighborhood of Apo, one of the highest volcanoes in the Philippines. or about .2500“. abova the level of the sea. , To Clean Prints and Engravin's. Immerse the print; for an hour in a lyo made by adding to the strongest muristic acid its own weight in water, and to three-parts of this mixture add one of red oxide of lead or black ox- ide of manganese. Indian-ink stains should, in the flrst instance, he assist- ed out with hot water: pencil-marks should be carefully taken out with in- diarubber or a piece of stale bread. If the print has been mounted, the paste on the back should be thorough- ly removed with warm water. A Chinaman's Endurance. The Chinaman, it is said, can write all day, work all day, stand in one po- ' sition all day, weave, beat gold, carve ivory, do infinitely tedious jobs and dis- cover n'o more weariness and irritation than if he were a machine—Indianapo- The ; lis News. Human Nature. We always like to see something new. and'talk of something old. Le - na, my dar - ling, morn - ing, my dar -11ng, ‘ l L A ' _- ————N i__ 7‘ V l .9 * gig—3” -—.::"’*_:L’:.T s— ~I—-—I;-——".—-.'—-:“ws = J“ r” 1' e .I . . _ - Move not dear ,. ' 1 Sim our Lul - la - by Fear thou no (lan ger, Le na, 7 . “‘31 (if you 0583’ your eyes; Sunbeams glow all ’round you, Le - na, Peace be , Wlth -' ha in dar-linn‘, For your brooder watches tbze, love, mg: dam-ling, Blue and cloudless be the nigh you, Lc - my dear. sky for Le'- na dear. 'soup boils. I A Fetching , Gown. The incongruous combination of net. chiffon, or other transparent bodices, with cloth or velvet skirts, still ap- pears among dressy winter toilets, and one very attractive gown lately worn at a fashionable gathering in the city consisted of a"tailor skirt of nun’s, gray cloth elegantly-fitted and hung, and lined with gray taffeta, shot with pink. The skirt was finished with stitched straps of cloth trimmed with small pearly looking buttons of opal gray. The waist was in full blouse style, formed of creamy point do Gene net. draped full over a second under-waist of the most exquisite shade of pink Liberty satin; The bodice opened at the side where it was cut in scallops, with a deep frill of beautiful lace pleated beneath the scallops. and fastened . across with the same handsome buttons that decorated the skirt. These buttons were only visible through the meshes of the filmy lace pleatings. The collar was of pink sat- in and lace. At the waist was a jewell- ed belt of gold filigree, and the close sleeves were minus oven a little frill or puff at the top. (a Brown Sony. Ingredients—One pound of bones, one carrot, one turnip, two onions, 3 bunch of herbs, two ounces of barley, two ounces of dripping, two quarts of warm water, twelve peppercorns, one ounce and a half of brown thickening. Method—Prepare the vegetables and cut them in halves; chop the bones; melt the dripping in a. large saucepan and fry the bones and the vegetables: pouncfl any dripping that is left and put in the herbs, spices, pepper and salt, and the barley (blanched). _Put on thelid and let all simmer fer three hours. Strain of! the soup through a colander, put the liquor back in the saucepan with the vegetables cut up small, add the thickening and stir un- til the thickening dissolves and the ———-a-—-—-— Worth nemembering. Do not sleep with flowers in your loom, for during the night they will ive oi! the carbonic acid gas they have geen living on in the day, and will consume some of the oxygen, all of which you need for your own use. Sleep la the time when brain repair takes place, and two hours of slumber ob- tained before midnight are worth more than three afterwards. Sleep is sound- est in the first three or four hours. If you wish to preserve your youth and good looks, you must not indulge in late hours; insufllcient sleep effects tho nervous system, the skin loses its freshness and elasticity, and becomes prematurely lined and wrinkled, and the eyes get a tired. drawn look. "Do you actually believe in signs?" 1 “Why, certainly. For instance, if i awake in the morning and it is rain- ing hard, I know that it is the sign of a wet day." An - gels guide thee, Le - 11a dear, my dar - ling, Noth-ing e - vil Birds sing their bright songs for thee, my dar - ling, Full of sweet-est T 'i‘ v; .. _.._ , colors in mulls". Bright tulip colors, red in human. geranium, and other brilliant dyes. mauve, and tangerine yellow, are the 310312 Popular colors in millinery as it ‘3 now presented. Violets, velvet, and Venetian lace trimmings are so fash- ionable on bonnets and toques worn in Paris, and sent to this country, that notwithstanding the fact that these flowers decorate seven-tenths of the headgear worn here. they are likely to be elected by a. large portion of our best-dressed women as garnitures for their spring hats and bonnets. .But the violets selected are as different from the everyday sort, seen every- where. as a paper rose is different from a genuine Jacquc. The French-made violets are soft and flexible, and per- fect replicas of Nature’s own produc- tion. The petals are shaded and vel- vet-like, and many of the delicate clus- ters are perfumed with the natural odor of these modest blossoms. They look refined and dainty on any style 0! head-covering, and are becoming aliks to the young and the elderly. Shark Charms" in tho forsia'n 661'}. In the Persian gulf the divers have a curious way of opening the season. They depend implicitly upon the shark conjurers, and Will not descend without . their presence. To meet this difllculty the government is obliged to hire the charmers to divert the attention of the sharks from the fleet. As the season approaches, vast. numbers of natives gather along the shore and erect huts, and tents and bazaars. At the oppor- tune moment—usually at midnight, so as to reach the oyster banks at sunrise —the fleet, to the number of eighty or a hundred boats, pulls out to sea. Each of these boats carries two divers, a steersman and a shark charmer, and is manned by eight or ten rowers. Other conjurers remain on shore, twisting their bodies and mumbling incantation to divert the sharks. In case a many. eater is perverse enough to disregard the charm and attack a diver an alarm is given, and no other diver will de- scend on that day. The power of the conjurer is believed to be hereditary, and the efllcacy of his incantations to be wholly independent of his religious faith.'-—Lipplncott’s Magazine. _—fi_——— loasehold mars. To keep rust away rub steel over with lard after having been well cleam ed, and to take all the lard use lime. An excellent linlment for bruises is equal parts of laudanum, alcohol, and oil of wormwood make a good liniment for bruises. . For an eye-wash have 3 to 5 grains of alum dissolved in $5 pint of water, rand applied to the eyes whenever they ‘ars wall: or inflamed will strengthenthem- “NOW, boys,” said the teacher, aftei delivering a little lecture on the divis ions of the year, “how many months have‘twenty-eight days?” . “All of them," promptly replied a bright boy in front. . - coil-ii and assay. Nothing gives a smarter appearance to a walking costume than a lace ruflo and jabot; with fur trimmed coats they are particularly smart. The lace should be of a soft, cream tint and of a good quality, as with 'fur especially poor lace is in bad taste. ~ The collar illustrated has a band of violet velvet round the throat, with a pleating of the same at the back, over which fails a pleating of lace carrud in a narrower width round the sides and front. The jabot consists of thread irills of lace, the two lower ones being run on net to make them the required sength; two rosettes of narrow lace are placed on the collar band each side the front. m— A Ready Reply. A tipsy Scotchman was making way home on a bright Still“! mor when the good folk wor wonding tn way to the kirk. A littlo dog jerked himself away from a lady who leading it by a ribbon, pad as it from her she appealed to the tint psa- ser-by, who happened to be the in. briate, asking him to whistle for poodle. "Woman," he retortcd, rug the solemnlty of visage which 0 ‘ Bcotchman can assume—"Womanm is no day for whustlln'!” Ilsa Wanted a bivoraa. Scone—Lawyer's once. Enter littls girl, sobbing bitterly. Lawyer: “Why, little one. what‘ wrong?” _ Little Girl: "Are you Mr. Blank. tho lawyer?" Lawyer: "Yes. What. is it I” want?" Little Girl: "I want-(scin—l wall —a divorce from my pa and ma." The Dun—I hope you won’t be of- fended. if 'I' remind you that we are very much in need of the money. The Dunned—Not at all. If any- body’s going to be offended it is your- self.——Boston Transcript. Honesty is the best policy; but he ' who acts upon this principle is not an honest man. m__________.— can come near, mel - o - dy, 1“ A rit. , , I ~" $— -—.'———' . .1 4 s— ' : a P— 4—— —" K37 L IL ,e i; ‘ “”_— " V L I K -- Bright-est flow-ers blow for thee, Dar - ling sis - ter, dear to me. An - gels ev -. er hov' - er near, Dar - ling sis - ter, dear to me. _ A f U Hum Go. to sleep, go Go to sleep my ba. - by, ,7 to sleep my ba - by, . ..... N__i______ #fi l l j :l 0 a 'U' \/ a ' sleep, Le - on sleep. m LL37
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