” 'I‘HE SENTINEL.
' , face.
. /
— 'e
“I seem NUKWALl‘t. novrnnsn ~37
rscrs m viii: CURIOCSE
While the Shakers of this country
number only 4.0.0, their wealth amounts
to 8110004200. I,
Some ladies‘ b)OlS shiwn in a Boston
shop window are $100 a pair. The but-
tons look like diamonds.
It was diiriizglhc r ign of the Roman
Emgeror (‘on marine the Great i300—
Sll. A. l).i that Sunday was first pro-
claimed it dav of rest. . '
.
The largest wooden structure in the
world is said to bellN' government build-
ings in the capital of New Zesland. "the
block is four stories high. and occupies
on area of nearly two acres. The city
itself iuniostly wooden on account of
the earthquakes of the region. and is
called "The city of packing cases“ and
“The city of-match boxes.“ .
As for the amusements of the early
Romans it is almost incredible how hor-
rible. they were. Utic of their great de-
‘ his was to see wild animals tear each
of er in pieces. They had lights of bears
ind bulls. also of elephants. tigers.
g‘rntfes. cun crocodiles and .‘elpt‘lll
Three or four hundred bears might 0
killed in a single dav. On one great oc-
casion. no less than 5,000 lllllm'tls pcr«
iheil.
In the curly days of the Greeks they
ate tliiee daily gulf‘fll“, reclining on
concles. and used neither tablecloth nor
nlpk as. In primitive fashion. also.
they :iiscd their lingers for knives and
forks. but sporms were common. Among
the cmiinion people dried fish and barlcy
bread. with t alt-s. were the staple food.
Ainou.r the Wt'll‘ln do all sorts of luxu-
ries were irdulqed in. The sftcraiiiiner
drinking-bout was cnlivi-ncd by varied
conversation. music and dancing.
Ilr, \ti’liam ll.’ .‘lavs ridicules the
idea. in the ll‘m-‘r‘ 7| Lon-‘r‘f. that a high
forehead is an indication of a good brain
Ind intellectual superiority. The si e
of the forehead he says. dcpcn-ls much
on the line of growth of the hair that
liuii s it. The reel seat of the higher
faculties is in the posterior lobes of the
brain. and “the idea that a high for»
: ahead is. taken alone. the index of siipc»
riority. is as baseless as any of the CV
plodcd p-‘op vsitioiis of phrcuology, with
which pecudo science it deserves to be
clns c.l." _
Mr. Clifford Robinson. of llebron. says
the Boston t‘:."i7.-i‘~.~~. can t-‘ll us Iiir_c a
sheep story as is often heard. In the
spring of 18“» he lind two ewes which
brought up two cwv lniiibs. These four
sheep lie wiiitcred. and Scptcmlcr Iii.
his». .‘lr. ‘lil‘tltllhllll sold to Mr. door-4c
Cowlcs right liiiiibs \\ ll.Cll were raised by
tho e four ewes each ewc rearingtuins
;—u:ic 3 ll r of which \vi-Fglicd L?” pounds
and arrtht-r I‘ll pounds. '1‘: e four pairs
weighed 41 p vuud~. 'l‘hvs- lambs we-re
.lnt‘lt‘ -ii ‘Vl‘l'k‘ old; at 7»: cents per
pound they brought $5.10. The total
meipts for lambs and wool from these
fen. shccp \\'.13 over $- ‘2. making an av-
erage of a little more than $5 per Iltad.
-__~~—.——
A Child‘s Marvelous Es ape.
The .\'cw York Stor'piinls the follow-
ing story: Hue :ifternoiin. twelve years
ngu. lugiiiiioer \V. t‘. Roberts. of the
'I'hiladclphia. \Vilmiiigton Mid llnltiiiiote
Road. was driving his locomotive and
nineteen cars over the road at a spec l of
thirty miles an hour. when he saw on the
track before him a little black object
that he took to be inanimate. .‘.s the en-
gine sped iie .rcr the obstacle moved and
Roberts lllt’lllfl'lll it must be a dog: Three
hundred yards further on. the. train still
nriii rig with no slacking of speed. the
engineer iiizidc. o..t a little child standing
between the ties and looking innocently
at the (‘Ulnlug monster. Roberts realized
that his locomotive Could not be pulled
up In time. The child must either move
or be killed. his whistle sent out a suc-
cession of piercing shrieks and he re—
versed his engine. bit still the baby
stood there, its frock blowing in the
breeze and a gleeful expression on its
The engineer was in agony of d:-
spnir. It flashed across his mind that in
Inotlier secoiid‘he would crush a little in-
noccnt about the‘snme age as (no he had
at home. He shut his eyes \\ hen the en-
gine was at the spot where the child
stood. A hundred yards further on if
tum: ton standstill. For minutes Rob~
crts leaned against the side of his c.ib
without finding courage to get down and
look :it the baby‘s mutilated body. By
this't‘iiiie the conductor had hurried to
woe; the little one had been standing.
He v tilled to lloberts to come-there. The
engineer obeyed like a criminal going to
the place of execution, but the amt mo-
ment he felt that find had reprieved him.
Sitting on n patch of grass. the only soft
place along the road for half a mile on
either side. was the child, sound and un-
hurt. Just as the engine, swaying under
the reverse‘ motion. reached her. the
child had fallen forward on the cow~
catcher. The con iliiig hook caught in
her dress aul hel her for an instant.
Then n reel of the engine to the right
threw her to one side, where she fell on
the grass. One trifling bruise on the
forehead was the only mark on her skin.
The child is now a young lady who lives
on the line of the Philadelphia, “'il~
mingtou and Baltimore llailroad.
Curiosity of Bucks.
The curiosity of ducks is great. and
the piopcrtioiiato amount possessed by
the finale over the male is usual with
the sex generally. Out of a toll made
on the Gunpowder Rizer last season
eighty-seven per cent. of the killed ducks
were females. In tolling, a small, play-
ful (he speaks or other dog that has
been chained up is let loose between the
blind and the water. A corncob is
teased to him, which he retrieves. and
just as he gets to the front of the blind
Inother is tossc l. and he is keptrplsying
around until he has attracted the ntteu~
tion of‘ the ducks. They soon grow in
terestid in the maneuvers of the dog.
and begin gradually to approach the
shore. Their curiosity ‘increues. and
they will approach to within n few feet
of the shore. . .
The Parrot and the Monkey.
" A Parrot wn‘ swinging in her cage
under I ties when a monkey owned at
the next home came over to Boost that
he had the “‘isest Mistress in the World.
The Carrot sqnawked and tackled and
merited the All station. and Added;
“Xe one can compare with my own
mistress for true ,nisdom." . -_
. The subfiect was being Hotly Disputed
when down flew the Crow. and ' it was
tolesvtittokim.“ - ~.
“Why. Indie-sud Gentlemem"uid
~ the transit!“ Fir-t than neither of than
In! on good Common Sense in Proved
fifitfihfir keeping the like: of
I” e~ d ,. ‘ .» .r
Nit-l9 ' may: no ‘
, W
to Best Witnesses Against “Iv—Ml,
that Captain IIlll‘bCOK‘k \vould try to gi'l
,1 swept the horison with my glass over
i was and no mis‘ake, and it was e actly
nausea-amen":
LIVING AND DYING.
finding to-day n hard task done-—
Finding n morn] conflict Won:
An answering glow the setting sun
Ono‘s wnrm bent-t giving—-
Companionship of those we prize.
0r o‘er: one glance of love~lit eyes—-
And this is living!
Stealing away an unshared grief.
While naught but woedscompoce the shunt.
- Unsigbtly blocs upon the led
Our can haying:
‘Abe sky o‘ercut: when day begins,
Loving the one another wins— '
Ah! this is dying!
But death itself to life must yield,
And lo! Heaven‘s portals are revealed;
The King‘s great register unsealed—
()h. joy supernal! '
Shows us as what we strove to be,
And love has turned for us the key
To life eternal:
-—Hurtford Times.
A SCRAP OF HISTORY.
In his speech at Cooper Union. Pct.
2‘2, Mr. Hewitt. then n candidate for
Mayonnow Mayor—electgiive a sketch of
his own life as an answer to some attacks
made upon him as a “rich man.“ In the
Course. of the remarks h'gsaid: "I be~
came nearly blind. and was compelled
to iss a year in Europe. for, whichl
pal out of the earnings whichl had laid
up from the lessons 1 had giVen. 0n niv
way home another“ accident occurred :—
theship on which I was went to the
bottom. andl “'ls saved by another acci-
dent in one of the boats of that ship in
company with a man who has b11311 .
Mayor of this My. who was and is l
my friend and brother. andwill be to the 3
end ol‘my life. I landed in rnidwiutcr i
in a borrowed suit of sailor‘s clothes-v—
not a thing of my ownu—snd I had three
silver dollars in my pocket. whit h con
stituted my entire worldly \vemth. l
was th‘lll-Vrlwo years cf age.“
let the captain of the rescuing ship
“The night came on clear and beauti-r
ful. and we kept straight on; We lost
sight of the best as the daylight faded.
but in half an hour or so we saw her
again. and we still had her right. in line.
'As we neared her I kept the ship up a
little so as to bring the boat under our
lee, and I put men in the fore-chains and
along the sides with plenty of lines, and
made all possible preparations to make
fast. I knew the men in the bout would
be so chilled with the cold that they
would be nearly helpless, and whatever
was to be done would have to be done by
ourselves.
‘fWe got them out all right, and it
was as Iliad surmised: they were most
of them too much benumbed to climb up
the sides. and had to be helped. \‘Vhen
they were all safe. on board we tried to
hoist the boat in and she broke in two
with her up n weight; how she ever lived
as long as she did is a mystery.
“Captain Hitchcock told me they
rowed as long as they could after leaving
the ship. with the intention of getting
into smoother water beyond the Gulf
Stream, and he had thought that. in cas:
I fell in with the other best I would do
just as I had done. The two cabin pns~
sengers took their share of the labor with
the rest. They were. both young men.
with adiffercnce of perhaps five or six
years in their ages, and had been travel-
ing in Europe, the elder ofthe two being
tutor for the younger. who was thesou
of a prominent citizen of New York.
They took passage nt Leghorn for New
York, and when .their turn came to enter
the long-boat they had done so without
complaint. and had borne the privations
of the night and day as cheerfully as any
one else. ' .
“All day they had watched and hoped.
hoped and watched. but there was no
sign of a sail. The night threatened to
be cold. and there was little expectation
that any of the p irty would live till
morning. even if the boat continued to
float. As the sun neared the horinou
the younger man was lying in the bot-
tom of the boat. wrapped in his over-
coat and a blanket. while. the'elder sat
in the stern with the captain.
"Just as the sun was dipping into the ~
tell the story as he did a few years ago to
is little circle of friends in a New York .
club: ’
“In is“ I was commanding the ship '
Atlanta. and in the month of December ,
of that year was making a voyage from
Liverpool to New York. On the, lltli l l
was crossing the Gulf Stream. and had 3
got well over it. when. near evening. I ‘
saw a ship under full snil several miles to
windwar . and evidently heading for !
New York. like myself. ~.\1_v barometer?
had been falling rapidly. and as I always :
rcnirded it with grin! rare and obcvcd
its orders. I took warning and sh -rtciicd
sail. Ilut I noticed that the stranger kept
everything spread. and when night came 3
on and hid her from sight she “as far o'f 3
on the horizon. and di‘ln't EPBQIT to have :
taken in a stitch of canvas, During the 1
night it came on to blow heavily—a rcu~
ular cyclone. in fact food you may be ;
lurc I was glad I had taken in sail. It ;
only Ia—ied a l ouple of hours or so. but
was very rough as long as it was do us.
“About. nine in the forenoon the watch i
reported pieccs of wreck limiting on the g
Water. and an hour later we sighted about l
and bore down for her. It was as I h id
feiiiel: The stranger had foundered in
the gale. and this was one of her boats.
"She proved to be. or to have bt‘t'n. é
the .‘lllgt‘rlt‘llll ship Alabziniian. Captain
Ilitchcoi'k. fioin Leghorn to New \ ork.
and beside her otliceis and crew she had
two passengers iiiethe cabin. .‘llt' was
under full sail \\ hen the wind struck her.
and in 2; very short time she was an on
seawurlliy wreck. Shi- h d two boats,
one a ‘Iltllf‘ll li e boat and the other an
old and rotten long boat. Lots \vcre
drawn for places. and the life~boaticil to
the first 0 liver. while the long;r Vb int went
to the Captain. The two cabin [Iss‘i‘n
gers went to the lnngrlwal. and llls‘iillJlC
of the crew. It was the life-boat that I
picked up. with the first ofliccr in com~
wand. and he said they lcft the ship at
2 in the running. and lost sight of the
long boat soon after. She. was ii-~nrer
the ship than they. as the Captain, had
been the last to leave her.
“The weather was cold. audithey suf
fcred considerably from their cramped
positions. but in a little while after t oin-
ing on board they were warmed up and
all right. .\ othing could be seen of the
long-b int. and it was not CI rtain whether
she was still afloat. 1 determined to
save her if possible to do it, and iii-,-
great question was to determine, what
course to steer to find her. I remained
out of the Gulf Stream as soon as he
could. in order to find smoother water,
sud after carefully studying the situation
I changed my course in accordance with
this theory. I sent men aloft to kc: ) a E
sharp lookout. and report the least sign
of a boat. and tovwatch tor anything
that would indirnte she had gone down .
and was past all help. .
“Noon came, and then one o‘clock, ‘
sud then two. and no signs of the boat. ‘
I went to the cabin with my first otlleer
and the orlicer of the Alabamian. and we
held a'coiincil. Une of them thought I
might to run on another course. and he I
gave his reasons for it. and then the
other. who had been wavering on the
vsnbjict joined him. I persisted in my
he’lief. and stoylone in it. Somehow
I could not. see eir reasons as they did.
and I had a ‘rm conviction that I was
right. and if the captain of the Alaba-
mian had done what I should do under
similar circumstances. he would be ex-
actly in the track I was running.
“The afternoon went on. and about an
hour before sunset I went into the eross~
trees to have a look on my own account.
nnd over again. but saw nothing. and felt 1
what a terrible respons‘bilify rested on
me. and what would be said of me for
holding my course against t c advice of
the others, if! shou'd not find the. boat.
“Just as memo was within nhand—‘
spike‘s length of the hot: on I saw a
speck on the crest of a wave. It wen ,
down as the wave fell, and I believe in ,
heart stupm d beating till the speck cam
u‘pngain and showeditself. There it
ilead ahead as near as you could draw 3.
Inc.
“I hailed the deck. and sent the first
officer to take the wheel. I told him not
to vary the breadth of a hair from the
course we were running. Then I came
down, and sent a man up tr. take my
plm.
“ ‘Have you seen anything?’ every
body asked as I reached the deck. “
“ ‘Notliing I‘m certain of.‘ I answered:
‘but we may have developments pres~
sully. I don‘t know if my heart was
beating then, but presume it .was.
“In n little while—it may have been a
quarter of an hour, and just us the sun
was dipping into the horiaon—atbe man
in the rigging called out: ‘Sail hol’
' _“ ‘Wbere am? I asked.
“ ‘Desd ,sir. I think it's the
bouts» . » . .
,_ “M mfllfi .ill" meat but
I-hiodlonfiposcu‘gpol 3’.“ i ; ‘rg.
Of course everybodv clumsilueiw
« handlel with great care.
Tread aloud by one of the group. and
: hands “hi'e voir guests. we be; .
f . opluuce of the rice in; an ‘lllL! piece of pla'e. ‘
can ‘
and nobodyslse‘vu. u I but u
ran-ab! sinuous-mm... ’
Wa\‘t‘S.
mission. he won d offer prayer. Uf
course. it was given at once. ‘And I
never. in all my life,‘ said Captain
Hitchcock. ‘lienrd a more bea‘itiful
prayer from the lips of mortal man.
And as he said “amen.“ and Isaid
"amen ‘ too, I raised my eyes and saw
your e'lil.’ ,
“Perhaps.“ said Captain Raymond to
his group of lidcncrs~—“prrhape you‘d
like to know the names of those two pas-
sengers: They are familiar to you all.
andryou‘ll find them at the bottom of
ftliis letter. which I received. With a sil«
ver pitcher. a few (I .ys after we reselicd
New \‘ork. I haven‘t seen it for some
time. until it turucd up today while I
was overhauling my desk. It is an old
letter. you see. and was written before
the envelope was invented.“
The. letter was
It was then
run as follows.
“New Yoitk. llecombcr 38. 1““.
“Draw. Sin: ihsirous‘ of testifying our
. grateful rf‘llnt.‘ of the noble disinterestcdiiess
a With “hi li you stood IIK In your course on
tho l‘.‘th of l‘cccinber last in search'of the
naptam. pass-113‘". and crew of the ship
a
‘n' amino. which fuiin-lered on that day at
the eldcr of the twain said tol
Captain Hitchcock that. with his per-‘
p asset! in ound and
v WOMAN’S WORLli Z
S
‘ .
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
The Girl In Front.
She set before me down the aisle.
She looked so sweet, so free from guilo;
I not and watched her for awhile,
Thoughtloss of put 'r.
Shogun nhfnshionnb 9 but,
us opal no positooftll
And an that I goon see wnz‘thnt
And her back bair‘ . '
Such shoulders. such nperfect waist
A brecum \‘enus might have graced.
Her toilet was in perfect taste
And fashion new.
“I know that she is fair." I said.
“‘As fur as dainty, and well bred,"
Then. when she turned her pretty head.
She turned mine, too.
"- —Iihmbfer.
Tailor-Made Jackets.
There is only one place in which a man
can detect the ditlerence between the
genuine and the bogus tailor—made Jacket.
"1 but place is the theatre. Your real
msvvell. who broke her style with a
’plethoric portt-uionnaie. walks to her
orchestra chair. shrugs her shoulders
With a compressive wriggie that drops
the collar of the jacket down her b: k.
pulls one sleeve of and then the other.
and finally folds the garment outside in
With much ostentatious indifference and
tosses it over the back of the chair so as
to have the collar with the Fifth avenue
label e\posed exactly under the rinse of
the lady in the‘ seat behind her. The
spurious and economical swell doe-i noth-
; lug of that sort. Reaching her seat she
turns hcr back to the stage and her face-
to the folks in the next row b icksquirms
out of her jacket. folds it outside out.
and hangs it so ski fully over the bar k
of her chair that no one but a mind-
rcader can ever discover whether it has
the right stump within or no stamp at
all. But everyone knows by the way
«the garment is folded whether it is the
*gcliuine article or nut~~.\'e:r l'url' Let'cr.
I
l Chances of Mat rimuny.
I do not undertake to tell each of my
fair rcidezshow old she “'lll be when
led a blushing bride to the altar. if that
should prch to b- her destiny. but sh:-
can be told what the rhaucrs are in the
prcs‘ent state of our knowledge of statis
tical facts. If We take the weddings
that actually cccur. we shall find that in
every thousand there will be 1 :0 wives
under twenty years, while there will be
only nine husbands of that tender age.
llut perhaps these facts will be bt iter
stated as follows. thus: In every flan!-
saiid marriages there will be:
Mini-«ml v. lt'irrs Jews.
1!...“ ..IT'.‘ ........ l'ndcr‘fil.
31’) .. . "l ........ llctwoon i" and 21
‘W‘ ..... i ....... Betwwn 1‘» and is“.
7‘.‘ . \l ........ Ilet ween I1" and if). ,
‘l ....... 4i: ........ Bet ween 35 and 4”.
4:1 . . 20. . . . .. . . Between lit null”:
“.‘J ........ " ........ Between 43 and 30.
l‘.‘ ........ J‘- . _ Ilvttvoou .‘.il and .11
0? ...... l..... .~.Bet\u~en .‘C- ntidhtl.
l
The remainder. nine men and
women. will be scattered n'ong between
.sixly and eighty year.»~—~au age at which “
almost any one Would be
expected to
know better.
It will be seen. however.
that the desire as well as the opportunty 2
for marriage falls off rapidly in both
sexes after thirty: up to that v.- both
sum to increase. Io'olll’gu 1:11... .
sen. rindvof the kindness \"e "waived at your .
“ “3- know that no u ‘eriiig of 0
add to the proud let‘liii; of salt. ~tlou
\\ hi h must lune atiiiiintcd your bosom when
upon your own deck you saw the eighteen
human beings whose lives you had saved;
but we wish you to pussrs‘s Stun»- slight token
which in after-days may serve to remind
your children out your trends of how nony
,i'ini did your duty to your God not your
fellow-limo: and we desiri- that other ship
masters. invited as well bytheir own immune
img iilses as by the approbation which so no»
bl.- iin s t never fails to ( all down from the
public. may ‘ go and do likewiso.‘
”In conclusion. we congratu'nte you upon
the opimrtuiiity you have enjoyed of grati-
fying the must rllt‘l‘ulls [u‘ulllgtlllg’a‘ of the
soul we pray t. at Hem on ma" shower its
choicest blessln 3 men you ant \‘cuis. and
We ling yo i to be assurel of the lasting grati-
tude of. vet ' truly. Your fr.ends.
“ .DWARD Coors“. . , .
“ Armin: S linivrrr. \ lassengers.
. “To Car-lain George ll. Raymond, of "the
ship Atlanta. of New York.“
“A day or two after rrcL-iving and an-
swering this letter.“ Stid Captain llay~
niond. “I received an invitation to go to
Mr. I et-r (‘oopcr‘s house. as the fan‘iily
was very desirous of seeing me. I was
so busv with the affairs of my ship that
I could not respond at once. but sent
word that l w -uld call on New Year‘s
llay. When I called. and my mime was
announced. they did not wait for me to
:40 into the parlor. but all came out into
the hall to greet me; the ladies resscd
around me. and I nastire you it was
g rather embarrassing for ayoung sea-dog
torcceive so much attention." Iliad
. ‘
done noth'n‘.r more than my duty. and
lso uchuw felt that I “as being th Inkt‘d
and praised a good deal beyond what I
merited. I tried to tell them 3), but they
l wouldn't listen to me. and all the time I
w is there they made such a hero of me
that I didn‘t know what to say. and
wondered how I would be able to es
in ie.
l".\'one of the. Co upcr or Hewitt family
have ever forgotten me. but. on the
contrary, they miss no opportunity of
referring to that incident of the l2th of
December. When the lotos Club gave
a dinner to Mayor Cooper I wanted to
come as much nsI ever wanted to do
anything in all my life. and I thought I
would do so; but I don‘t like to be called
up for a speech. and I knew that Hewitt
or Cooper would be sure to have me out
and make me say something; so I stayed
away. and saved the club from listening
to the story of the loss of the Attribution."
“I f you had told that story as‘you have
told it now." said one of the listeners,
“you would have made one of the inost .
effective speeches ever made at a dinner !
patty.“
5““80 say we n1l."—Harper‘a Weekly.
F" Collecting‘l‘ostagewstanips.
V The mania for collecting postage
amps seems to be gaining more ground
th ever in France. writes the Paris
:ondent of the London Telegraph.
the most famous collectors in
postn
boun v times. and another who keeps
two cle. s employed in classifying and
nrran in his enormous collection.
Add l
trade, and one of the best known of
these has lately ofiered from £20 to £40
for certain stamps. Tuscan pgstage
stamps dated before 1860 will pad
for at the rate of £5 each, while stamps ‘
from Mauritius for the your 1847 fetch
£80. and French stumps of 1819 are
quoted at £1 each.
There have been some very large
chaos of diamonds
in London dugin the past nee on, owing
tothelrrgreat 1: «paces. The market
there is flooded vntb statics from the
South African fields. where the .yield is
said to, but touched ‘ '
month. “gene‘s at this
variety It owns
pur‘
Scuth " A
«met, {Id in
your 80- ‘
i man who has over a million '
3 amps preserved in 1:10 richly
this. there are in Paris about i
150 wholesale firms employed in the'
by; Americans in l
1-H)!“ MW“W ‘
‘lllndooit‘hild Marriages
doo family of good caste. says a writcr
iii aconteiiipomry. that it’shoiild ion~
tniu no unmarried daugh’cr of mature
years. ’l'liccvistciice 01 such a dough .
, ter is not only a social disgrace. but a re.
Iigio :3 crime. When.
father‘s mind is irit one of pleasure. not
perhaps 0: very n. .tivc regrit but siui~
, ply how to find a husband for her. It
is not iieCcssury that she slioald become ',
a wife in our sense of the Word. It stif-
lici-s that sh - should be given in Illa!”
riag'c. and go through the ceremony of
the seven steps, which (,‘Ulllplt-lt's the re~ ; Time is a marked centrist in gowns
ligious rite. Aged liralimins of goof
fziiiiily still go about the country riiiirrv-
ing. fora pc iiniary consideration. '
male infants whom they sometimes never
‘ see. again.
‘ still living this nboniinabie practice was
a flourishing' trade. A Kulin llrahuiizi.
palinps \v‘liiteditiircld. and liilf blind
: ind decrepid. went the. round of his
belt each spring. going through the.
ceremony of marriage with such 1‘ male
in ‘ants as were otfered. and pocket:
tug his fee.
boiled to
and perhaps never re-
the child‘s house.
man; when .he died she became a widow
for life. The llindoo child~widow is
looki‘d upon as a thing iipait and ar-
' cursed. bearing the penalty in this world
for sins which she has Ct.llllllllll(‘d’lll a
net existence. Her hair is cut short. or
er head is ~shavcd altogether: she ex—
changes her pretty childish clothes for
the widow‘s course and often squalid gar-
_ rneii‘t; sh} is forbidden to take part in
any vil‘age festival or family gathering;
the very sight of h-r is regarded as an
‘ ill omen.
.are starved into \inariition by constant
: fnsts. sometimes prolonged to seventy-
two hours. Amid the enial and bright-
colored life of the Ilinfoo family she tlits
about. disnrrsyed, silent, shunned. dis~
figured—in some parts of India 3 hide«
ously bald object—forbidden all joy and
all hope. There are hundreds of thou-
; sa-tds of widows in India who have ac-
; quiesced in their cruel lot. They accept
. with a pathetic faith and resignation the
‘priest'y explanation which is givefi' to
. them. ‘They penitently believe that they
are expintin sins committed in a past
, life, and t icy humbly trust that their
unifying sorrows here will win a reward
: in the life to cume.——I.o:idun Standard.
ltInrringo Customs in Turkey.
All weddings in Turkcyamoug Turks.
whether in province: or cities. are ar—
jranged by old women, and are compli-
l cated. tedious atfairs. '. The bridegmo n
_ holds fete several days at his home for his
, men friends, and the prospective bride
at her home with her young friends—-
l girls. of course; The night before the
‘ wedding the married women of her ac-
quaintance come and eat the married
women‘s dinner with her. which consists
principally. as Sum Weller would say. of
n “swurry” of leg of mutton and trim-
mings. The next day? the bride is taken
to the bridegrootn‘s house in n'sedan
chair, withs retiuue of slaves cit-tying
her wedding pre cuts. on travs on their
l hen covered with Colored tarlatnn.
The pI'OCt‘S~I0ll is sometimes qu‘te im-
posin‘ . The bride‘s female relatives are
also t ere in the new harem until nights
fall and they retire tether homes, leav-
ing the bride on a set-tot throne, veiled.
The bridegroom iathen admitted, and he
is to throw himself nttlie bride‘s feet and
offer-her his wedding’ present of some
handsome jewelry. an beg her to raise
her veil and strike him blind her
, beauty. Sometimes lie is struck umb
by her ugliness, for however looks on her
, face unhlnfterthe wedd‘ . ,
When: babe isbaruf f any house,
tells it it be t boy.
Therm is proud for
Mucus“
l .
’tbere ll _
less if a; girl.
urbih'rhtr
five .
It is essential for the honor of a Hill» 5
‘ . therefore. a to .
male infaii'. is born. the tirst Iklf‘n of her '
l'e- 1
Within the memory of men ?
‘ .
\0
'long as he lived she could marry no other i
Her natu'al woman‘s lllll incts é
mothers. They are too thildzlike them
selves. “'b n a girl is born to a Sultan
they fire seven guns: when s be . twen-
ty-one. The boys die early, t e girls
are more apt to live. This is supposed
to be a divine interposition of Provi-
dence to prevent too many claimants tc
t e throne. Babies are dressed like
mumm es in swsddling clothes for six
months: then the boys are put in trou—
sers. somet mes in generals‘ or colonels‘
uniforms. regularly made.
to present his bride. The new Sultan
predecessor. and every year of his reign,
at the feast of the' llnmnzan. he receives
a new one frbm h 3- mother and takes
any other girl or woman to his harem
who become mothers are instantly pro~
muted to the rank of Sultans. Six
months before the feast of lla-unznn, the
\‘alide Sultana orders that all the young
candidates be‘brought to her, and she
chooses fifteen and sometimvs more of
the lot. There are immediately tit
under diet and training, and at the he
ginning'of the great feast she again
chooses, and this ti re the choice is
finaL
Girls arrive at. legal ma‘orltynt nice
at ten. Children of twelve anl thirteen
They are old at twuitystivc. The old
Turkish women have a hard lot of it.
Beyond a respect for age which they con-
,trive to inspire by tooth and nail among
not happy. Still. they are \rovided for.
l and as long as a man lives e feeds his
family. one and all alike. ~Broollya
ytlgtl:;ll€‘.
Fashion Notes.
Velvet is the material for winter b.311-
nets.
black velvet bonnets with white
strings are very stylish.
The most stylish b innets of the semen
have soft crush crowns.
l‘ofnt d‘ esprit is a lace which will be
much worn this season.
Plaid neckties make a bit of brightness
in little boy s‘ costumes.
The Dutch peasant costume is n favor-
ite dress for girls from six to ten years.
The plumage of the osprey is very
ipopular for millinery purposes this seat
e011.
ones.
ders. appear on of the
dresses.
Plain skirts should be of richer matc-
some
costume. .
('mivas. tweed and Cheviot are the
lending dress materials this season for
general \chl‘.
Brccadcs in which
are woven gold
. evcniiig dresses.
Gray watered silk with black cashmere
is a favorite combination for gowns for
. elderly ladies.
A handsome fichu of tulle and old point
_ late is sprinkled with tiny shells of
iiiuthcr—of-pearl.
5 Silver gilt braclcts are very narrow
land are set with t‘uraiuoises after the
‘ manner of garnets. ' '
of light Weight \\ hich bids fair to be~
j coini- popii ar. as it drapes nicely.
V lila k and ycilow in combustion has
not been son in a long time in elegant
costumes. but this winter it reappears.
Dark red shades are much used for
. velvet toilets. and for use with thew: are
‘passemcuterics that have red stones in "’
them.
Mauv elegant imputed suits are black
. throughout. or clsc in combination with
'whitc, Suede. green or the brighter or
. dull red slia ics.
lof French and English make. the former
ter plaitcl and plain.
E p‘aid appears on the bonnet or toque.
5 Chestnut boils of eua'iieled silver. so 3
like rhv lipe nut that it is hardly possi-
ble to distinguish them, are worn upon
bangles and keep up a tintinabulation
. with every movement of the wearer.
Popular combinations for elegant
gowns of satin and velvet tllQ green and
b own. or llt'liutrope and Suede. or two
shades of heliotrope. green or brown.
the difference in shades often depending 5
- merely on'the ditIereucc of the two ma-
tcrinls.
Did you ever stop to think what a great
corporation this i ennsylvania Railway
l The World‘s Greatest Railroad.
' 0f the 123.000 miles of railway in
- i<l
lthe I'iiited States it op.-r:ites 7.000.
23.000 locomotives in the country it owns
5, 2.000. 0f 750,000 cars of all kinds 100.-
i000 run on its lines. Its share of the-
E gross earn‘ngs of all American railways
i-$750.000,000 a year—is ten per cent.,
. or $1,500,000 a week. Every yeir it car- I
i ries 30,000,000 passengers and 60,000.0th
Eton: of freight. the tonnage beinu, one-
? sixth of the estimated total for slil rail-
lways in the country. To carry on its
2 vast operations an army of 80,000 men is
‘ employed. ,
Hitherto our Chicago railways have
been the mist. ambitions in America
The vinrorous manner in which they have
reached their iron lingers out into the
“fest has been simply marvelous. AL
read y at the base of the Rock y Mountains,
it is predicted for the Northwestern. the
St. Paul and Burlinflon—the great. trio
motives taking drink from the Pacific.
So ra id are their strides, indeed. that
the eunsylvauin must go out into the
West and conquer new territory. or be
soon compelled to yield to another the
title of greatest railway in the world.—
C‘him;o Herald.
An Old Fashion Revived.
The old healthful and happy fashion
of havmg one or two wide log fire-places
in either hall or library has been revived,
says an exchange. An increase in the
number of these is noted by architect:
and designers. all of whom approve the
revival and predict‘the happiest possible
results from the fashion. There is no
home delight quiteequal on long winter
nights to that of watching the great logs
a: they slowly burn. sending their count-
less sparks up the chimney. Where the
winter is. mild this dram pastime is
more or less circumcri . of course,
but in the regions where winter means
something more than rain and mint. those
who once sit b such nfireside never for-
get it after-w , and it. is, perhaps. not
too much to any that they never are
happy without one.
ANechrleymnnhu beeuflnedflo
torykuplngneow. Tbreow belonged
“'hen the Sultan takes a wife no one ‘
many is considered necessary more than '
inherits all the widows and slaves of his .
who happens to strike his fancy. Slaves .
years of age and are frequently married ,
are often seen with babies of their own. 3
younger wives than they. their lives are :
land the delight of he congregation.
i Christ mas dinner.
l
l
Square, and diaiiiond-shaped buttons;
are considered more stylish than round '
Double rovers. extending: to the shoal: I
new .
% the wassail bowl went around.
threads are very elegant and stylish for i . , _
fever. receivtd the u ‘t of coudcscension
.iwith superb nplomb. remarking. in an
amide. to his «unipanion:
”Sackclotli“ is a loosely~wovcn serge 3
being much gathered and puffed, the Lit~ ;
I‘laid velvet for jetticoats to walking,
,stiitsl are more and more popular as their :
{natty cltc: is appreciated. The same i
,3:iven by the Dissenters for thc'r non-ob~ '
(lfi
—tlmt another decade will see theirloco~ '
CHRISTMAS. .
; CUSTOMS * AND BELIEFS RELA-
5 TIVE TO ITS OBSERVANOE.
5 Modifications of the Bomnn Sutur-
l noun—Mistletoe. Holly and
) Yule — Tree — An Ancient.
l English Xmas Dinner.
l
I
When Romnnsnnd Greeks came into
the early church, like simple hearted
children dragging their toys after them,
‘1 the wise old church fathers, ns “‘18. as
they were piotigdld not snatch away the
. pluythinas and scold the children. but
i made a new significance tor every cere
mouy and belief. They accept d the ,
5 Roman Siiturnalia withlts jubilant dance
sad song. its guy proce sions. its inter~ .
change of gifts, its humiliation of the,
master and dignifying of the slave. and =
turned it into Christmas. the most joy-
ful of festivals the giving of the gift. '
the condescension of the mightiest that’
the lowliest might rise.
A singular con ‘idence is that of the .
time of Christmas and the Saturnalin
; with the Driiidicul feast of June or Yule,
‘ celebrated at the winter solstice in honor
of the stin‘god. Tiitaues. Moreover it is
7 from the Druids that we’borrow the sig— ~;
nilicant mistletoe and holly.aud the n tine é
. '18 well as the use of the Yule-log. But
linstead of stately. white-robed priests
' deliberately gathering the greens and
distributing them here and there in pro- .
pitiation of sylvan deities. we have a
‘ merry band who eagerly tear orl' the
‘ bsanches and hang them up as a trap to
un wary maidens ”caught ,and kissed
under the mistletoe.“ The Yul --log. too,
is no longzr a sacred sacrificial emblem.
A perfect thicket of purely English ob-
scrvances and legend: have sprung up
x‘ around the old Heathen Christian festi-
vul. There were the waits or watchmen. 7
singing their carols before light from‘
door to door. There was the Lord of
. misrule with his rollicking companions.
s turning everything topiy-turvey in their
'way. filling the air with the noise of
drums and pipes, daunting bright ban- .
Snor-i and many colored ribbons. riding
their hubby~horses into the very church-:3
'to the hearty disgust of the preacher_
‘dreaming already of the prospective
Naturally. this gayety and gold living '
increased in magnificence as one as
Conded the social scale. The King's
l 0rd of .‘Iisrule was a most gorgeously
arrayed individual. while his masque be.
came a splendid pageant. lasting several
days and costing thousands of pounds.
The Christmas dinner. in ireover. became
exceedingly formal and cerem minus.
. , ; Carols were composed to be sung when
rial than that used for the rest. of the«
.
thoboar‘s head was brought in and when
Genen
ally some one high in odice was chosen
to perform these services. It is related
of Henry II. that he himself brought in
the boar‘s head and served it to his Son.
That lordly young sprig of royalty. ho“-
“Methinks
‘tis no great deed for the son of an earl
! to wait upon the son of a king.“
The wnssail. from Anglo-Saxon. wae=~
bell. "be in good health." was for the
iich a highly spiced beverage. for the
p ior simply ale with roasted apples '
dropped into it. The latter compound'
was also called “lambs‘ wool.“ from its
smoothness. I have already spoken of
he feasting. This was carriei to an
. normaus cuent by the nub‘es and lords.
twho threw open their doors to the ten-
zintry and gave without stint refresh-
; meat and good cheer. Um: rule for
' crouching the ale was that a fresh cask
ihou‘dbe brought in whenever the Yule
.og cracked. A whole ox was the coni~
. rlloll roast. and the mountains of mince
e:iie a d plum pudding eiusunied p 5s
! lescription. Special receipts were used
;?or Chritmis pies and puddings. and ;
j ;hese were cherished and transmitted as
aeirlooms. Henri Quatre. it is said.
wishing to entertain an English litiibas. ,,
color in an appropriate manner. mzdc'
.lSO of a bong tide English pudding re-
; :cipt. But, n‘as. he forgot the c'oth.
' ind the poor cook. following with voll'
i ‘icntious exactness the directions of his
'oyal master. was surprised and Confused
. oy the ap carance of a til it. sticky ms 5. ‘
5 which ho to be served in s yup tureen~. .
. All this nicrryniaking and stalling was
«f 3f course regarded by the Puritans with
‘ extreme distal-'01"- They culled the lie-fly '
jfire “superstitious food." “meats of-
;‘fcrcd to idols." Milton was an excep-
Z tion, but Milton was a poet and enjoyed '
5 humanity‘s escapades in spite of his
l .virtli and cdu‘ation. The chief tea on 2
scrvnnte of the day was that it was not
mentioned in Holy “’rit. and was there-
fore the invention of man. They were
not alone in considering the date a doubt
ful one. Thoughtful minds t utside their
sect were agitating the substitution of
another day. This change was brought E
about in spite of the remonstrances of‘
the famous Lord Chesterfield and the
5 Earl of Macclcsfield. the former furnish—
‘ ing brains. the latter e'o iuenca. 'Ihere
vision of the calendar had a disastrous
cliect upon the fortunes of the Earl's son.
for when he appeared afterward as a can-
didate for Parliament the mob beset him
i with cries of: “Give us back those
eleven days which your father stole from
us. you rasc d."
The midnight massiu France. the tree
’ and the distribution of gifts by Knecht
‘Rupert in Germany, the preparation of
; cakes and “savory haggis“ in Scotland,
§ are almost the only peculiar cn~toms
i worthy of remark, aside from those men-
; tinned. Whatever or wherever the origin
lof Christmas. it has nowhere obtained
T as enthusiastic a reception as on English
: sod—New York Graphic.
1 ——-—-—.—-————
‘ A Stiltferer‘s Printed System.
A prominent manager of one of the
' largcst and most prosperous life insur~
; ance companies sales that some twenty-
five years ago. when as a timid youth be
S went into the busines< It the suggestion
,‘ of an uncle because of his aptnr—ss at
; figures. be cluttered so fearfully that lie
I co lld not carry on a conversation. and
iconsequently he found it very ditfic-ult
E to achieve any success in a pursuit that
‘ required so much explanation and athh<
E metical demonstration. In the emer~
‘ gency of failure ordesving the bu iness
, he invented a cyst ‘m of elaborate printed
. explanations. which succinctly stated s‘l
the facts and data which it would have
takeua clay for him to verbally say. even
if he had sutured his victim in a corner
by a rope. This printed system we: so
, successful that it led to the general
; adoption by all the compsui Whose
‘eireu‘are yive so much detail that. every~
zthing is sin to the dullest comprehen?
l lion, an new consequently the labor of
g the agent is much simplified. It should
5 be added that the ingenious youth, now
‘one of the most influential citizen has
l since comp‘etely cured himself o'f'the
l was ‘1’ " i
a one fresh lemon. ,
3tin and bake till a like brown color.
{fit-W. Jewel-ems“ .3-
_ HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Recipe;
Srnvnn Cain—Throe—qunrters of 0
cup of an . one-quarter cup of butter,
whites 0 two eggs. Inlf cup of water,
one and a quarter cups of sifted floor,
two teaspoonfuls of baking p0 der;
bake in a quick oven.
Pomona: CITRUS.—Pfil’e,' tn 9 out
the seeds. cut into any small fancy om;
weigh it and put it. into a stun jar or
deep dish and plac.~ in a kettle ‘ water
to boil: when soft enough to pass a fork
through easily put it into this following
syrup: Take the weight of the Citron in
good loaf sugar. clarity it and boil the
syrup with the julceot one lemon to every
.pound of sugar and the peel cut in sin-ll
Squares. Let the cit ron simmer in this
a for an hour. or until the liquor is thick
and rich, then let it cool and
jars. well secured from air.
Qua-.3 or Pf‘ltlilxui—qne pint of
bread crumbs, one quart of sweet milk,
one teacup of white sugar. yolks of four
eggs. one tablespoon of butter: pour the
put in glass
l milk over the crumbs and let stand till
: soft. Beat up eggs. sugar and butter and.
stir the bread in. bennn: till light. and
‘ flavor with the pin-e ntid grated rind of
Pour into ngresscd
Beat up the whites with four tablespoons
of sugar to a still froth. spread oyet the
pudding, dotting the top with pieces of
current jelly an! s t in the oven to
brown. This is very nice cold. ’
Bur-2r STEW. I :tsii Ramona—Cut
two pounds of IIIC“. juicy beef into
. small pieces and put them into an earth—
enware jar with a t'ght-titting lid. Add
‘ a pint and n half of water. a tenspoonful
of salt. half that quantity of pepper, and
two or three onion~ chopped mail. If
the flavor is liked a small carrot may be
cut into small di 9 arid added to the
rest. Put the lid 0‘1 the jar and stew
the contents in a moderate oven for an
hour. then remove the jar from the oven
and have ready p ciedsome gond. meaty
potatoes; lay these on top of the meet,
etc.. put on the lid and return the ya: to
the oven again for an hint and n half.
The potatoes will by this time be reduced
almost to n mash. and the stew will be
found most excellent It makes a real
«way dinner for a wet, unnmfortable
day.
I‘Rasn BEEP, I’or FFI‘.—lee three
pounds. or more. of Se in beef, entirely
free from bone or gristl:~; put it in n fit
with two tablespo mfu‘s of cold water.
then cover with a very close-fitting lid.
7 Set the jar into :i saucepan containing
. sufficient boiling ware. to rearhto wrthin
two inches of the top of the jar, and
keep it boiling for fo ar hours. When
more water has to be added it should al-
ways be boiling. \Vn’ezi done enough the
meat must be chopped small with 3 knife.
then pounded to a paste. with sufficient
seasoning of salt and pepper, a small
piece of butter. and the juice which has
come from the meat—if there is t ‘0
much of it kecp part hank. l‘ress the
meat into small meat-la s. pour dissolved
butter over the tops. to entirely e \clude
the air. and store in :i (Gull. dry place.
Beef prepared in this way will keep
good for a considerablctim .. and is 1‘-
ways a handy dish for breakfast or
luncheon; spread p na bread and butter
it is simply delicio is.
Hints.
(‘ersxixo FLU'H: B i \uiis.—-Scrubbing
Household
. them with a mixture in ide by dissolving
unslsked lime in bui‘ing water will have
the desired effect. Tln~ proportions are
two table-spoonfuls to a quart of water.
No soap need be used.
Sun-zit S.).u:~-i’or cleaning silver
and britannin: one hilt pound of soap,\i,
three tublespoonfuls of spirits of turpen~ j
tine. and half a tumbler of water. Let}
it boil ten minutes: a ld six tablespoon!
fuls of spirits of linrzshurn. Make a suds\
of this, and wash silver with it.
(‘ersxtxo Bi: \s<.—>‘iilpliuric acid will.
remove spots {mm brass that will not
yield to oxalic mid. it may be applied
with a brush. but great cure must be
taken that no drop of the acid shall come
in contact with clotlits or skin. as it is
ruinous to garments and cuticle. Bath
'lil’lt’k or rottcn— tun: may leased for
polishing. the latter b iug preferable for
delicate work.
Soar Fol: (‘uzsxixn Ci.“Tlll-Zi.-—FO¥ n
soap to clean clothes without rubbin :
. Take twu 1'0 :uds snl sods. two pounds
yellow bar soap. and ten quarts water.
; Cut the soap in th n dices, and bail to-
gether two hours. strti n, and it will be
lit for use. Put the c’othes in cook the
7iiight before you wash. and to every
pai'ful of water in which you boil them.
add a pound of soap. They will need
no rubbing, but merely rinsing.
c——.——_
‘
Dynamite Guns.
n
The last ('ongre s made an a proprio-
tion to urcbase a ship whic would
have n igh nteof speed, and which
~would be armed by dynamite guns.
Should we succeel in procuring such 3
vessel, it might secure us against naval
attack. even though we have no fortifi-
cations. lieutenant Zalinski, in New
York harbor, demonstrated. by actual
experience, the [ms-sill“ ty of safely dis-
charging dynamite “shell: of any size,
through the use of compressed air for
womllina‘wem. 5. In this case it was
proved t projectiles, containing n
hundred pounds of explosive motive mn‘
terinl, can be expelled from n pneumatic
gun tube, with great accuracy in run
the shellexploding on striking the water,
or my other sub farce. 1 here is no
reason why five hundred pounds could
not be used as safely as one hundred
pounds. A swift cruiser, armed with
these guns and shelLs, might be a terror
to an attacking fleet. for no other nation
has as yet utilized the dynamite gun. It
is curious that we have been the first to
originate warlike inventions; the Dam-
gren gun, was the first of the great ord‘
nancenttempted by any nation. lint this
mighty PTOJOCtIIQ’, as we ih'iught it, is I
rmere baby to the giant ordnance of
Great Britain and the continental ac-
tions. \V’e first tested a monitor, which
was copied. and resulted in the creation
ofn new class of ironclad: in all the
foreign caries. A successful dynamite
gun or guns. or a swift cruiser. also
would be imitated and surpassed by the
French, English and Germans. But
what. ity it is that human ingenuity
should lie wasted on these death dealing
missiles! Surely the day will arrive.
when, by general consent, wars will. come
to u: Chi—Du-ioreal.
The "yen and the Lion.
After all the Beasts of the Forest bud
Adrmusd that. t¥ Lion wu King, 3
Hyena took great Pains to circulate his
opinion that such was not the cue.
“Why do you do, this?” asked the '
Wolf a he met the Eyes». by chncecnn
day. “He will be a Lion in spite of all.
you on my.“ ’
“Y but Peebnpl I can make some
one that I'm not n Hm” was
the reply. as»
ileum—The Public seldom maker a
W, in fixing ups Hm
Norwalk Chronicler