THE ‘SENTINEL. . I
sour: xoawanx. APRIL 1.
*FAC'I‘S FOR THE CURIOUS.
l
The first street railroad in America was
«unplet'ed in New York city in 185%. l
‘ That gout may be prm'liioed by starva-
tion has‘been iroved by the case of It. .
Jae ues, the English faster, Lwho devels i
first gout on the eighteenth day of his 9
During 1865 eleven new asteroids were
detected, increasing the numbch known
to 264. Of this total, fifty-seven have
been discovered by Dr. .1. Palisa, of Vi~
cone, and forty-six by Dr. Peters, of
Clinton, N. Y.
In the records of Christ Protestant
I'lpl‘tfflptll Church of Philadelphia is an
entry of the marriage of Mr...lolin (Todd .
and Miss Mary Fish. The ceremony was I
performed fill years ago by the Rev.
William Sturgeon, the rector.» ,
Stingl and Morofski have. recently con-
firmed the fact that in the Soja Bean .
there exists a ferment of remarkable sac- i
cliarifying power. Two-thirds of the
starch is converted by this ferment into
sugar. and one-third into dextriuir. This
discovery will. without doubt, increase
greatly the importance of this bean in :igs
riculture.
Six miles from Mackinaw. ~Ill., is a bit
of ground eighty fcet square that is al-
ways so warm that snow melts as soon as
it falls upon it. It is said that when the
earth there is disturbed it. flashes like I
burning powder, and that a peculiar gas
comes up from the ground, which so far .
has shattered every vessel in which an if ;
fort has been made to confine it. i
A curiosity has been taken by a Pierce I
City thin.) man from his well. It is a 3
living fish about one and onehalf inches l
in length. The external markings are I
those of a catfish. but therc are no feel 1
ers about the mouth. The little creature l
is almost colorless, the red blood shoiv~ ‘
ing the traiisiiicciit flesh. It does not
500"] to have eyes, though it is hard to
decide whether it has or not.
The wearing of awoodcn hat led to the
introduction of what. is known as the
oval lathe. A Scotchiiiaii applied for
work in a large factory in England. but
was denied work. As he was about to
ritire the owner of the factory noticed
, m 7 A7. 7 7 7 fig
in e man Tl L . , W__a_.s__._| -.
hat. On being questioned he said that
bring too poor to buy a hat, he had made ‘
one on a turning lathe of his own inven-
tion. An oval lathe was something new,
and the manufacturer saw that the man
was no ordinary mechanic. He gave him
employment, brought the lathe before
the public, aid biiu a large profit, and
finally took im into partnership.
The identity of the mysterious state
prisoner, who in the time of Louis XIV.
was known as “The Man with the Iron
Mask.“ has never been clearly deter»
mined; the most credited supposition,
however. is that the distinguished pris-
oucr wasa t‘ount Maitliioli, a ininisu-r of
Charles “L, Duke of Mantua. lie was
secretly conveyed. wearing-this mask as
disguise, to the castle of l‘igiierol in
him, where he remained until 1686,
When he was removed to the. Isle of St.
Marguerite. and in ltilN his place of con-
finement was again changed to the Bas-
tillc. He died at the lattcr place in 1703.
Ht: was twated with the greatest defer»
ence. but was always closely guardedfi
and durriig all these twenty~four ycats he
was never once seen’ without the mask.
l‘tmtrary to the idea that would be given
by the name applied to him. the mask
was not an iron one. It was black and
made of velvet. stiffened with whalebono
and fastened behind the .head with s
padlock, or by steel springs.
Something About Bald Heads.
“ Bald-headed men die sooner tit-n
those who possess a full head of hair,“
said a physician to a Mail and Express rc-
porter the other day. “Then, doctor,
your life is slitu‘tencd." interposed the
reporter.
“I have adopted a protector. you see;
the skull-cup. If I have no hair to cover
my cranium. I do the next best thing and
use a warm cap. I never go bald-headed.
. no matter where I am. and by that means
I never take cold. The majority of men
who have bald heads wear nothing to
protect the exposed surface, not even I
wig. The result is many of them take
cold and go off with pneumonia or con-
tract some deep-seated disease like
bronchitis or ponsumptiuu. Yet if I told
a. bald-headed man to wear something
warm on the exposed spot 'he would.
nine times out o ten. pay no attention
to my warning?" It is a growin cause
of increased mortality and eserves
great attention both from scientists and
empirical laymen. Bald heads are the
sign-posts of ahigh a‘sthetical civiliza-
tion and at. the same time the epitaphs of
a physical degeneration. Luxury, ease,
comfort. high living and hereditary char‘
acteristics have to be takeninto consider
stion when analyzing the problem of
droid heads. If the future race is to be__
devoid of hair. then it must necessarily I
be a short-lived one, because more sns- '
reptible to sickness. I have noted many
raises of pneumonia. and. where the
- ticnt is a male over forty years old the
woportion is over one-half in favor of f
in; bald~headed. Whenever I have a
bald-headed patient I never rest until he
consents to wear-a skull-cap. If the hair
was no protection to man he would have ,
been created without any. and his skin ‘
made tough and thick to stand, the .
weather. The wise provisions made to
insure perfect physical comfort never
contemplated a period in the.world’s his-
tory when man should go about with his
head~slick ad a peeled union. The mm
who does it repeatedly sooner or later
pays the penalty. ~
' “(Jean was bald in his last days and
shielded has cranium by wearinga crown.
In those days, when bats were not worn.
few people were bald. and those who
were attain ed to conceal the fact. It is
said that user wore the crown to hide
his bald head. and it may be added cor-
rectly that he did it for comfort as well.
Women do not suffer from the exposure
of bald heads because they wear false
head rigging which generally protects
the scalp. 'l‘ hen females are not predis‘
ed to baldness as males. Nature has
oiven them an abundance of hair, and
film who grow bald have some kind of
skin trouble. Yet there are more bald-
- beaded women than the world imagines.
My argument against going about with
the scalp exposed isinoreiy from a by
‘enic point of view and not because of any
also notions about how it-makesa per:
son look. Old men, middle aged men,‘
gilded youths and unfortunate woman-
kind. if you are bald. don‘t grieve over ‘
the inevitable.but wear somethinn warm.
and upon endorsing”. (1 Your (fay: will
be lon in an your rogeny
will b56023 apt to inherit the MEL ten-
dency.” ‘
I anyhow.
A PSALN OF LIFE. .
“rough the wild Babel of our fever‘d time
The song of Homer eoniotli. grave and stem.
With tidings from the world‘s fresh. healthy
prime,-
Tidings which our worn. wmried age con~
earn.
Unchanged. through all the long unniiiaber‘d
mm.
Tb voice of Horn \r sings the song divine.
Which tells of maliike toil-i. of hemes‘ tears.
And of the punishment of I‘riam'a line.
Thelmftie iii the plain is raging yet,
no Watciiflms blue. the beak‘d shim line the
shore; .
Ill- us the foe in grim array is set;—
Ahi butdo we fight as they fought of yore!
For we. too. like the homes long ago.
lust wage slow wins and sail the bitter sea;
M is the conflict. land the trumpets blow.
Lndthe waves roar and rugs uncensingly.
Still must. we wander o‘er the stormy main;
Mt rocks and Whirlpools a death passage
make: -
Still must the Sirens sing to its in vain;
Still from the toils of Circe must we break.
Turn. than, to Homer‘s Psalm of Life. and
see
How they endured whose pilgrimage is done;
And bear the message they have left for
._ theo—
Ouiy by paflcncois the victory won.
——Mocmill¢m.
The. Colonel’s Daughter.
BY EMMA A.
Ol‘l‘l“. R.
Deacon llolconibstamped the snow off ;
his boots and sat down by the kitchen
tire, looking around at the family with
unusual seriousness.
His wife and pretty daughter. Kate.
were chopping meat and paving apples
for mince-pies; and his tail son.
“ ‘tlene.“ was mending a wash-tub.
Mrs: Holcomb looked at tho deacon
sharply, and suspended her chopping—
kuif . ' '
“Anything the matter?“ she said, nnx-
lously. '
‘.‘.\'otliing very bad," the dcacou rcw
sponiled, looking across the stove. at her
affectionately. “You won't think so,
I says to Seth and \Villiaiii, ‘I
know just what she‘ll say‘ ~mcaning
you.“ . ‘
“What on earth are you
ubouti"
“From the t‘olonei‘s lawyer,“ he an-
nounccd. ‘
Erin; uiiciiel was ,tiiie ideaguy‘sihalf
brother. an elderly emu n. “716
had died a in -nth agoin the small West—
ern \‘illagc win-re he had lived.
“llasn i turned out to be worth a pile
talking
of money. and left it. to us, has he?“ said !
‘Ucne; gaily.
“liain't left us no money. said the
deacon. “liadii‘t none to leave, I reckon.
n
I‘m ruiher a~toaishcda The t‘oloncl was -
worth considerable along one spell. » No
——biif he‘s left us something else.‘
“What I“ said Kate. eagerly.
“It's from his lawyer..as Isays,“ the
deacon rejoined, unfolding the letter.
“And Seth :iiid William got copies of if.
“'e. was all at the postoflice when the.
mail come. and tonic ‘em out together.
It says." he went on, slowly 1"aiid Seth's
and Williams says the. very same thing——
that it was the (‘oioncl's last wish that
his daughter Malvina should haven borne
out here. with Seth or William or me.
Iii-said that \vliochr took lierwoiiid be
doing an act of charity, and would be
aarlain to get rewarded in heaven. And
he wanted us all notified in them words.“
“For the land‘s sake.“said Mrs. liol—
comb.
“\Vell,“ said ‘Genc, going on with the
wasixtub calmly. “of course uncle Seth is
going to take her! He‘s the lli‘\l able to.“
“I ruther expected niyselt‘.“said the
deacon, licsitatingly, “that. Seth would
step forward in this here crisis; but he
hain‘t.’ . lie said he didn‘t hardly sec how
he could do it. He said Malviiia must
be somewhere nigh fifty by this time;
and being an old maid.' she might. be.
cantankerous, and Julia Ann mightn‘t be
able to get along with her. He said
“'illiam and me would have to settle it
between us.“
“Well. I never!“ said Mrs. Holcomb.
indignantlyu‘him. with all his money
and that big house I“
"What did Uncle William say!“ said
Kate. “Now see here. 'a Holcomb!“—
u the dcacoii‘s kind eyes fell before her
gaze—~"you don‘t mean to say that. he‘s
going to leave it for you to Clo—you, the
poorest of them all!“
The deacon moved uneasily.
“I don‘t want to blame “'iliiam,“ he
said. mildly. "I can see it‘s just as he
. says
“What did he say?“ said Kate, her
black eyes flashing. .
“He said he didn‘t see how he could
take her, hollow,“ the deacon replied.
“He‘s building his new barn, and he
don‘t feel like having any more expense
just now. And he said he couldn‘t tiiiuk
of boarding people without nothing more
Inbstantial than a rowan! in heaven to
look forward to.“ >
“He‘s a brute,“ said ‘Gcne, warmly—
“he and Uncle. Seth, both! But you‘re.
not going to let them impose upon you,
father? Why. neitherof them would feel
it; but you—good gracious!“
’(iene looked around the bare little
kitchen nieanin I'ly. .
“I always ounht a sight of the
Colonel,“ said the dish-on. looking’ up at
the cracked ceiling, “though he want
nothing but a half-brother; and I can‘t.
just bring myself to refuse the shelter of
my house, if it ain’t much, to any of his
kin. There‘s where it is.“ . '
“You dear old. silly pa I“ cried Kate.
And she slammed her apple—pan on the
table. rushed around to the dcacon‘s chair
and kissed him, violently on the top of
his bald hen i. .
“Your pa‘s right, children," said Mrs.
Holcomb, resuming her chopping~knife
quietly. “It‘s our duty, plain as day. to
take the poor cieetur.“
‘ "l‘liere f“ said the deacon. triumphantly.
“I knew where you‘d stand. I told Seth
“Well,“ srid ‘Gene. rising from the
washout) with a good-naturally despair-
ing gesture, “we are to have our Cousin
Malvina, Kate; but -we are to (give up all
hopes of a college course. an we are to
be married to Mark Hill in the dress we
have on—we shall not be able to scrape
up money enough fora new .one by next
spring; with Cousin Maivina on our
hands." ‘ _ .
He put an arm about his Sister‘s waist,
in mm k sy mpathy, and whirled her laugh
‘and \\'iliiam so.“
ingly away. . '
The deacon looked across at his Wife
rathersoberly. y
“I‘m afraid it‘s true enough," he said.-
“No such thing!" said Mrs. Holcomb,
briskly. “And a‘posing it was! Mark
Hill would marry her quick enough in her
old dude, I reckon!"
“But~‘Genel" said the deacon. anx-
lously. ‘Mebbe Malvina will make" a
dimmer: about that. And he“: set his
heart on , tting an education."
“You idn‘t' have none to speak of!“
aid Mrs. Holcomb. stoutly, ooki‘a
ittle troubled. nevertheless. ,
“They‘ie good children.“ said the
deacon. “They won‘t make no trouble
about it--I know that. But I should
hate to have ‘em disappointed.“
“We‘ll trust in Providence.“ said Mrs.
Holcomb. simply. “We know we‘re do-
ing what‘s right, taking Maivina; and I
don‘t believe but what it‘ll be for the
best."
“You‘re always just the samcwalways
ml good,“ said the deacon, with feeling,
as he picked up his hat and started for
the barn.
And Mrs. Holcomb reflected that she
could hanily be better than the deacon.
$ '- 8 t # i
“She couldn‘t have had a better day
for it rnohow,“ said the deacon, de-
lightcdly.
It was a week later. He stood at the
sitting-room window, looking out at the
snowy, sunny world and rubbing his
work~r0ughened hands with quiet satis-
faction.
Froni the kitchen there came the odors
of simmering applesauce, of boiling tur~
nips and of hot mince-pies.
From the sofa came the sound of low-
toned conversation, proceeding from the
corner where Kate and Mirk lIili were
sitting. rather close togetbermMark. ln-~
iiig a prospective member of the family,
dro ipcd in to dinner occasionally.
sleigh-bells.
The deacon watched the little. old
fashioned cutter eagerly as it came nearer.
For the. deacon‘s resolution had been
faithfully carried out. He hail written a
cordial invitation to poor Maivina, amid
the mild slicers of his brothels. Seth and
William. to be sure. and the astonislivd
disapproval of such of his neighbors as
were in possession of the facts; but with
the laughing consent of his children. and
with the warm aiding and abetting of his
I wife. .
i There had come a prompt response to
his letter .. a brief note, stating Miss Mal—
g viiia lIolcoinli‘s ai‘ccptance of her uncle's
IlioSpitaliiy ;' and stating, further. that she
, would start. directly, and would arrive a
. few days later. .
I The day had come.
l The driver'of the little cutter, turning
I up at the [liifcliingpost with a flourish,
was ‘tii-iie; and the small bundle of green
. veil and water proof cloak which he lift-
;cd down into the snow was his L‘ousin
I Malviini.
3 llolconib stop it‘d in the act of mashing
I the turnips and rushed out to the porch;
fund Kate followed hastily, with Mark
I “in close behind her.
The. bundle had made its way up the
snowy path. The green vcil had become
,I Ell?rlrl g L, Tl if 7‘7 T ALQ «A'T‘ié
' under it a sharp litflc ave, with bright,
dark eyes, and two rowa of faded. cork<
l screw curls.
“We‘w glad to see. you. Malvinaf"
said the deacon; wliilc Mrs. Holcomb
pulled her indoors kindly. and liclpcil to
LIllllIi‘ the voluminous “:llt‘l‘pl‘ih‘f cloak.
it was a queer little woman that stood
l warming her small hands at the kitchen
:sfove and looking sharply from one to
gauoilu-r. when the last wrap had been
i removed.
She was certainly past fifty » so Kati:
mentally ilci‘iilt‘il. Shi‘ also ilt‘i‘lilt‘tl that
long earrings and a juvenile wklace,
and tight curls. bespriiiklcd Willi gray,
were hardly becoming to her faded lit-
tle face; and that her checked silk dress
was not in the best of taste.
Ilut siiefclt a warm impulse toward
her t‘oiisin Malvina. Thcic was a kindly
I Sparkle in her eyes as she lookni around
‘Ctlic modest table —»Mrs. lloleoiub had
. taken up the dinner with hospitable haste
3—4af Illerlit'fli‘t‘ll. carving. with a beam—
ing face; at Kate and Mark. side by side
, of course. and engaged at the moment in
an affectionate altercation; at Mrs. IIol~
{comb dishing the apple sauce; and at
l ‘(ieiitx who had come in, cold and snowy,
, from the barn.
’ She did not appear to be much of a
,talker. She answered their inquiries in
Icllil‘l‘)’ inonosyllables, turning licr gaze
nicdiiativcly around the small. barcriiom,
and through the door to the calico;
covered sofa and the wcli~worn rag
carpet of the sitting—room.
But she wore a look of quiet satisfae~
tioii and enjoyment. and by the time the
last. of the iiiinee-pies had disappeared,
and the dishes been washed briskly by
Kate‘s nimble hands, and they were all
gathered around the sitting-room‘stove,
it had deepened into a p \siiivc warmth.
which softened her sharp eyes and gave
a pink tinge to her faded cheeks.
“I should judge. Uncle Holcomb,“
“I should judge, now, that you ain‘t so
well off as you might be?“
It was an einb irrassing inquiry. Mark
not to have heard it; and Kate and ‘Gcne
exchanged indignant glances.
Surely any other remark would have
come better from their Cousin Malvina,
under the circumstances.
“Well, no,“ said the deacon, meekiy.
“And I suppose." Malvina continued.
caliniy-“l suppose L'ncle Seth and Fuels:
William are considerably better off. now
~nin‘t they 3“
“Well, yes, “said the deacon, “they be. "
“So the colonel said. I always called
him the colonel,“ said Malvina.
And there was a suspicion of mistiness
in her eyes as she spoke the name. "
. There was a silence, broken sharply by
the violent jingling of Malvina‘s long
ear-rings. as she sat straight up in her
chair suddenly.
“I shaii‘t wait another minute!“ she
said, decidedly. “The colonel advised
me not to be hasty, to look into things a
little first. But I couldn‘t know you any
better if I waited a year. you dear, good
man 3"
His listeners stared at each other in
siie t alarm; and Kate edged a little
nca or to Mark.
Was Mal-vino going out of her senses?
“I‘ve been imposing on you shiiinc~
fully," Maivina went on, energetically—-
“shamefully !"
The deacon looked at his wife apple
hensively; and Mrs. Holcomb turned a
shade paler. Something was wrong with
Malvina clearly.
“It Wins the eolonel‘s plan." that: small
person continued, apologetically. “You
know he was always notional; and he
took this way of doing it. "
“Of doing what?“ said the deacon,
finding his voice with an efl‘ort. .
“Disposing of his property,“ said Mal~
vina, composediy. “I an most: from that
letter, now, you didn‘t think he had any
to dispose of? “fell. if you recollect, it
didn‘t say it hadn't. The Colonel dieta~
ted every word of that letter just the d3
before he died 2“ Malvina‘s voice treiubl
a little. “What he wanted to find out
was which of his brothers was the best
and kindest. and thought enough of him
to be willin to put up with the poor,
lonesome olif woman he left alone; and
that would be the one for his money, he
said. And he said all along—he seemed
to feel certain of it—that it would be
you, Uncle Holcomb, though you‘re the
rest of ‘em!“
The deacon looked at her blankly.
eessful of late years.“ said Malvina, “and
there‘s enough for us both. My income
would take care of a dozen forlorn old
women like me, and your share—— Well.
you‘ll find it‘s enoigh to build you the
best house in town, and live better.than
my “110108. Seth and William, ‘ ever
dreamed of doing—”
Mrs. Holcomb folded her apron hi her
fingers treinlilingly,aiid the (lesson strug-
gled vainly to speak.
silk sniiiingl And now that I‘ve let it
out. I suppo‘ . you‘ll all be. glad to let me
go home. I‘m nothing but a bothessome
old woman.“ '
Perhaps it is needless to say that the
Malvino. “‘1:ng down the checked
y.
neither then nor at any time; that Kate‘s
wedding drew was the prettiest the town
had ever seen, and that ‘Gene‘s college
course was promptly begun; nor that the
, deacon‘s surprise has not yet ceased lobe
‘ a subject of wonderful discussion among
his neighbors, not excluding his briothera
Seth and \Villiam.—-Saturduy Night.
"fi———I——-—-—-
A Museum of Crime.
The Museum of Crime. opposite
the private office of inspector Byrnes.
I i the road there came the jingle Of‘
said Malvina, turning upon the dcacon— f
lliil looked at his boots and pretended.
“You see. the Colonel was pretty sue;
,is a shuddering horror; not 50
imnch from what is seen as- from
: what is suggested. Speaking likenesses
of siiop~liftcrs. pick-pockets, burglars,
and eminent “crooks" glare from the
walls upon visitors. Sledge-hammers
1. whose heads are filled with leadcdrags.
i (frills, sectional jiinmies, masks, powder
ltlasks, etc., that were used in the Man-
hattan llank robbery of October 27, 1873,
. challenge inspection in their glam cases. ‘
. 'l‘lic rascals made away with $2,749,400
in bonds and securities, and about $15,-
000 in, money, on that occasion; but,‘
thanks to our unequaled detective sys».
fem, did not retain all their booty. Here
are samples of the mechanical skill of
Gustave Kindt, alias "French Gus," a
‘professional burglar and makcrof bur-
glars‘ toolswhich he let out to impccuni-
ous thieves on definite
of their robberies.
of burglarious kits, toolsp keys,
,wax impresions, etc.. is complete.
‘Tlle genius of Kindt and Klein. so
\vofully perverted, ought to havie made
their fortunes in legitimate fieidséof ope-
ration. Nat \Vhitc‘s bogus gold brick:
Mike Shanahan‘s eiglitm-na‘hambcred
pistol; ' I
scrip; the lithographic stone on which
. ‘ _ « ' ten or tweiitv thousand s iurious tickets
lhc deacon hurried to the door; Mrs. ‘ l '
of the elevated railroad were printed;
stones for printing fractional currency;
bogus railroad bonds used by confidence
operators; the black caps and ropes of
murderers; the pistols wherewitb various
persons were slain; the lock curiosities of
7 Eihgdoh W. Moore, who knethow to
iila-ilc‘omWoT T Tir’o" AAi
ing their emitted sounds; the box in
which the same thief, known as “‘(‘harlcy
Adanis.“put $216,000 in tiovternment
bonds. stolen from the Concord Bank.
Massachusetts. in February. llifiti, and
which he first l-uried four feet bielow the
surface of the Delaware llivcr, and then
dug up and surrendered when under aro .
rest; the pipes, peanut oil. lamps. liquid
niw opium, and pills used for smoking in
opium joints-7 are all here. éllarper‘s
‘ .lllzgtuine.
Not a Poor Man‘s Paradise.
and now here is this more evident, says J.
I‘. Burke in the St. Louis (}l<ilci)ctmmit,
, than in the rural and mountain Idistricts.
True. it is cheaper to live. there' than in
the East, but it is harder to inside money.
(‘a ital is centralized. and labor is so fe ~
fui y cheap that a poor man has no chance
to make expenses. The mcn‘. who are
wealthy have enormous amounts, and
tools! of them do not know linw‘fto spend
it. 1 was recently up in Shasta (‘ounty,
and I would hear of local uiagmtcs With
very common names. and be told: “0h,
Tllvlilis. he‘s “‘iillll $10,000,000. but h'e»
All he does is,
. never leaves the county.
to work in his garden. He was once a
laborer. and is clos‘c, but his sons spend
the money." If i heard such expressions
once I heard tiicni a dozen times. The
‘pionceis are nearly all wealthys.
portation is bad through the northern
part of the State on account of the almost
. impassable condition of the roads. If
you want to travel a certain distance you
are generally obliged to hire a team, and
that amounts to alniost the szuub as buy-
ing it. I had to hire a team to go up into
‘ the country. and kept it thirty days. The
, owner charged me $300. I was forced to
pay it. for jtistice'is very sudden in the
z mountains and I‘d have been (flopped in
Ijail in ajitfy had I called for a com-
promise. This was at (‘alistpga Re-
turning Illt‘llt‘r‘ to San Francisco by rail
l discovered that in the State or local
‘ travel the railroads have three Tlasscs of
coaches. with dress as a distinction. I
' was rather roughly clad after my moun-
tain trip, and approaching the: ticket-
‘scller‘s window laid down a, 320 gold
piece. “First, second or thinl class?" I
was asked. and I replied that I usuall
traveled first class. He surveyed me an
then remarked that I‘d have to go second
class or not at all. It did me no good to
object, either. I found first class_ to
I nil-an elegant coaches where “Edi—dressed
people only were allowed, serond class
for men of ordinary or much; dress, and
- third class for Chinamen and iegroes.
“Nazography.” '
A French paper is soon to appearas the
organ of the science of “nazography.” a
system which, the author says, permits
of divining the character, habits and in~
ciination of people by asiniple inspection
of their noses. He says: long nose is
the sign of merit, power and genius; a
straight nose denotes a just, serious. fine.
judicious and energetic mind; the
nose a propensity for adventure; a wide
nose. wtth open nostiiis, is amark of sen-
suality; a cleft nose, shows benevolence;
the curved, fleshy nose. is amino of dom-
ination and cruelty; the curved thin nose.
on .the contrary, is a mark of a brilliant
mind. but vain, and disposedf’ to be ironi-
cal; the turned—up nose denotes a weak
mind. sometimes coarse, add generally
playful, pleasant and frolicsome; a pale
nose indicates egotism, envy}, heart ess-
ness; and the quick. passionate. nan.
guine person has a strongly colored nose
of a uniform shade.
.
Coast Defences.
We sat. within the sitting—room
And listened to the clock.
It was as quiet as a tomb—
ury heart knock, knock
For, ah, I loved that post mud
And yet I dared not s; :-
so I sat them sore afr , —
Abashed, and shy. and meek.
But presently. she looked sol sweet,
I swore an inward oath,
I‘d ask a iris—though sure eat
Made me exceeding loath.
With sudden move 1 strove to d1.
3 “s an: in: W...
ut swi t i or . mv m
Her bps I couldn‘t taste.
I
With herwhlto hands the bpld me 0!—
“These are.“ she smiling laid.
“" “was“ new"
am y
And a her 1 ‘ cheeksswi warmed.
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Imthunthena that
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San.
“It‘s a sort of surprise. ain‘t itl“. said ,
bothersome old woman did not- go home. -
percentages f
The assortment
counterfeit Reading ditaiiroad'
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Roman l
. WOMAN’S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Sewing Womens‘ Day In New York.
The young women of the middle classes
who used to be able to maintain them-
selves by taking home sewing for the
manufacturing firms find themselves un~
_ able to earn their car fares since the cuts
in the prices of the few past years; while
.-tbe poor women in the tenements who
eked out n scanty living by such work are
simply unable to exist. Three years ago
5 per dpzcn was paid for cloaks. but
t is price has been successfully reduced
to $12, $9, $6, $5, $4, and 33, until it is
now $1 50 per dozen. Dress suits. flan-
nel and sacqnc, are SI 85 per dozen;
, fancy wrappers are $4 per dozen; plain,
l 50 cents. Plain Chemises, 30 cents:
, aprons being 8 cents each; wide-hemmed
: haiidkcrcliiefs are 4 cents per dozen; nar»
row-bordered bandkcrciiicfs, 3 cents per
dozen; white sacques tucked are $3 per
dozen; skirt and saeque, $4 and $2 per
dozen; jerseys being 30 cents per dozen;
or 8 and 9 cents each. The women have.
to supply the thread; the silk costing 50
cents in spool. The work has to he de~
livcre on alternate days. and often the
item of car fares to those living in the
suburbs equals the receipts at these rates.
The manufacturers claim to be unable to
pay an better. because their rates to the
retail calcis have been reduced, and the
latter assert that the competition has
brought the selling prices to cost—2V“:
York Times.
A New Extravagauce.
Fashion has invented a new extrava-
gance This applies to the favors given
to the guests at. parties. The custom be~
gan quite innocently enough. luex ien-
sive and odd souvenirs that. prescrve the
memory of the occasion, without being
vulgariy costly or extravagant in charao
, tcr, were given. Now only money can
establish the popularity of a dance favor.
It is no longer a question of how quaint I
the device is. or how appropriate. but of
how much it costs. Society is laughing
at a woman who gave a party, the guests
at which carried off a set of saltcellars
that she had bought, under the imprcs~
sion that they were intended for souvenirs.
The other afternoon I came iipou quite a
gang of young men and women leaving a
stylish house up town. each of the thlt‘n '
carrying a canary in a tiny cage. The
hostess had conceived the idea of giving
a song bird as a favor for her afternoon
AL
tusc kittens. Indeed, [din told that
lady received a pair of love—birds in a
rage. Love~birds. it may interest you to
know, are tiny paroqueis, about the. size
of sparrows. that do nothing but fight
one another while they are together, yet
die if a male and female are not. kept to-
gether in the cage. In South America
the natives, thanks to this propensity.
call them “man and wife.“~.\w York
' New. .
, _
Novclt tea in Jewelry.
plain, are still favorites.
A row of small turquoise is sometimes '
set. along the centres of queen chains.
5
The chased .s‘lcc\'c.button. with round.
plain Roman centre, set with a diamond .
star. is one of the prevailing styles.
In the long catalogucof flower brooches
the diamond-set carnation pink.
chased Roman finish,
ncnt place;
A novel brooch is a perfert imitation of
an oyster shell in plain Roman finish. and
bearing in its centre a small bunch of
bright enameled flowers.
A little bouquet of npple~blossoms, vim ‘
. lets or other flowers. in chased Roman fin—
, isli and having the pistils tipped with
. diamonds. makes an xquisite pin.
In silver—plated wary the oxidized old
silver style, which is extremely pleasing
in efiect and which'will not taruis .
likely to prevail during the coming seas
' It“).
correspondent given the following inter
esting chapter of White House news:
“There is one room in the White House ;
on the upper floor in the private part of the '
Mansion. to entering w ich Ira. Cleve
inld confesses an especial aversion. It
is the ‘State bedsmom.‘ which is next to ,
the library on the south side. of the builds ?
ing, directly above the Red Parlor. It I
b one of the most oxpcnsively furnished ‘
of an of the lxd—rooms. and used to be .
called
"I'ho President‘s room,‘ though it i
is believed none of the Presidents since l
the war have slept in it. I
l
l
“It has usually been kept as a bed-room
of state. and it is asset-tel by those who
should know that the Prince of “all“.
slept there when he visited President :
Buchanan. It is there that the ladies '
asked to receive with Mrs. Cleveland at. .
formal receptions go to remove their
wraps. On one such occasion during the
past winter, when the wife of a member
of the Cabinet was being shown into that
room. Mrs. Cleveland, who was with her,
drew back and said: ‘Oh, I don‘t like
this room; I never come here when I can
help it. because it has sad associations
for me. It was here that the President
told me goodbye when I was going to
Europe.‘
“This was when Mr. and Mrs. Folsom l
were at the “'hite House in the autumn
of 1885, just bcforc they sailed for Eu»
rope. But the Blue Parlor, where she
was married. and the East Room, where
tas was learned from an admission made ,
by the President himself at a dinner I
party a few weeks ago) the question was .
, asked which brought about the wedding,
‘ can have only happy associations for the f
President‘s loving wife. It was in a I
conversation in which he said: ‘I often
say to my wife, “Poor girl. you never
had any courting like other girls,“ ’ that ;
the President said: 'It is true that I did ;
say something to her one night, when we i
were talking together in the East Room. :
when she was visitinw my sister."
tea. The next thing in this line may.
at a '
recent party of some thirty people each ‘
I Striped surahs in all variety of color—
l
Little coil or knot earriit's hm I .
l '3 ‘ c ‘d or , are now worn on outside garments.
in .
occupies a pmmi~ ‘
- semeterie‘
- i Sateen dresses are to be quite elaborate»
seems .
I Handsome coilarettes of braided wire‘
."in open scroll Work are among the latest
; novelties that have struck the bellcs‘ fan-
cy. Ear-rings in the same st yie,with dia~
iiiond centres and resembling flowers in
general contour. are also made.
' made today consists of a faceted ball.
, over the exposed side of which three nar-
row leaves of
the fourth leaf of thetigure extends up—
! ward to form the face of the top of the
; earring.
I Beauties “'liq. 'ere Old.
I Louis x1v., of iii-mm, wedded Mme.
dc Maintenon when she was forty-three
1 years of age.
I Livia was thirty-three when she won
‘ the heart of Augustus Cuisar, over whom
she maintained her ascendcncy to the
last.
Cleo atra was past thirty when An-
tony fe 1 under her spell, which never les-
sened until her death, nearly ten years
after.
Pericles wedded Aspasia when she was
I thirty~six, and yet she afterward, for thir-
E ty years or more, wielded an undimin-
I ished reputation for beauty.
The famous Mme. Reenmierwas thirty-
; eight when Barras was ousted from pow-
I er, and she was without dispute declared
to be the most beautiful woman in Eu-
rope, which rank she held for fifteen
years.
I Nanon de l‘Enclos, the most celebrated
wit and beauty of her day.was the idol of
three generations of the golden youth of
France, and she was seventy~two when
’ the Abbe do Berais fell in love with her.
Mlle. Mars. the celebrated French tra-
gedienne, only attained the zenith of her
beauty and power between forty and forty-
five. At that. period the loveliness of her
hands and arms especiaiiy was celebrated
throughout Europe.
De Poictiers was thirty-six years of
when Henry IL—tben Duke of Orleans
and just half her age—became attached
to her. and she was held as first lady and
the most beautiful woman at court up to
the period of the inonarch‘s death.
Catherine lI..of Riissin,was thirty~three
when she seized the Empiroof Russia and
on titrated the dashing young General
Or 05. Up to the time of her death—at
sixty-seven—she seemed to, have retained
the same bewitching powers, for the la-
mentations were heartfelt among all
those who had ever known her person-
ally.
Helen, of Troy, was over forty when
she perpetrated the most famous elope—
meat on record and as the siege of Troy
lasted a decade she could not have been
very juvenile when. the ill-fortune of
Paris restored her to her husband. who
is :piortedtohavereceivedherwithun-
qu oning love and gratitude.
White House Gossip.
'l'hnNew York We Washington
. sets and come in a. great variety of pretty
5 designs and colors.
3 One of the prettiest onyx earrings ;
able and make very pretty costumes for
. . young girls‘ house Wt'al'.
id sci: With pearls are ap— .
plied, and which appear to drdnp, while 2
“This is believciffo have. occured in
; the spring of 1885, when Miss Folsom
. made her first visit to the Executive .\lau« ,
, sioii. That the love she promised then
5 had begun much earlier. those who knew
the present lady of the White House
Iwhile she was at school finnly believe.
. One who was at the same school and in-
; tiniate with Miss I-‘oisom‘s room mate
; there, says she recalls hearing the latter
i after she left school, when the news of
‘tiie nomination of Gnover t'ievelaiid to
'bc President of the L'niccd States was
published, say, rcflcctivcly: 'Grovci‘
Cleveland: why, that was the name of
: the ,lllall Frank Folsom used to talk so
much about. that I used to tell her I be-
lieved she was in love with hini.‘
“Others who knew Mrs. Cleveland as
her father‘s friend. Mr. Cleveland, who
pettcd and indulged her almost from her
infancy, and would always defend him.
when any one attacked him, and fly into
a childish rage when unkind things were
said of him in her presence. He was and
is her hero.“
Fashion Notes.
Flowers are. largely used upon the
spring bonnets.
ings are to be worn this season.
Buttons in all sorts of costly materials
Gilt cord is seen on some very fashion-
: able costumes this season as a finish.
(‘olored laces form a part of some very
elegant costumes for summer wear.
The prettiest coifl’ure for a young girl
I is the loose queue witha curly or Russian 5
i bang.
“him will be lea worn this season
than usual and brilliant colors are to take
' its place.
Among the novel spring mantles are
some Whit h are composed entirely of pas-
t)pen meshes. amid otherwise solid de~
signs, are a feature of the newest bead pas-
scmcntcries.
Wire .ail
lEri-ntly tn‘t‘h’olne.
ly made. and velvet is largely used for ,
their trimming.
Velvet and plush skirts are still stylish
for petticoata to some elegant and costly
spring costumes.
Trains of various descriptions are gen-
erally worn by married ladies with dinner
or evening toilets.
Beaded vests. cuffs and epaulets are in
Figured delaines are light and service-
(‘ashmere beaded trimmings. for trim~
ming dark silks and velvcts. are shown.
They are very rich and not conspicuous.
Strips of pinked~out cloth of dificrent
colors, sewn together in two or three
thicknesses. are worn in the collars and
sleeves of dresses.
Blouse waists will be extensively used
for the summer dresses of girls upward of .
four years old. Kilt-plaitcd skirts wilil
invariably accompany them.
Braiding is still seen on English tailor-
made jackets. and gimps of bullion have
been imported. which will give some of
the spring coats a military efi'cet.
Colored beads are in great demand for
trimmings. I‘ink. amber. white, . rl.
pale blue and green beads are mane up
in everything hitherto made of jet.
It is said that. in Paris white kid gloves
areag-ain a necessary adjunct to a ball
costume. Swedish gloves are still prci
ferred, however, for concert, theatre and
evening wear.
Many of the most fashionable ring
mantles are of two materials. By airding
a breadth of new material or setting on
a different trimming the task of modern-
izing a last season‘s mantle becomes an
easy one.
Fine black laces. imitating Chantillv
thread designs. will be used in liarbcs.
forming large fun bows on the tops of
banners, and wide strings are made of two
rows of lace sewed together upon the
straight edges.
Among the recent importations of mil-
linery goods are various kinds of transpa-
rent net. with bars. stripes, duhea or in
plain meshes. These are used as entire
bonnets, puffed upon wires, or drawn over
flowers. partially veiling them.
Desperate Fight With a beer.
The other day as Sam Lusk and anoth-
er man were driving the Nevada City and
Downieville Stage (‘oni ny‘s train of
pack horses over the trail tween Camp
tonvilie and Downic'viile, a big buck
came dashing toward them. The snow
was so high on both sides of the track
that it could not turn aside and thus
and it dared not go back because some
men wpm sowing justhehind it from the
appeal 0 irection. usk‘a com ion
bbed it by a born as it came mad
lip full tilt. The horn broke OE and the
animnlptruck him a terrific blow with
ope of it: boots. cutting the flesh on his
right hand t9 the bone. He grabbed it
bythe remaining born before it could
back on for another The- cm
In which Dusk
sued a d
thedcer‘s
‘ metal so long on high ‘1'."
ended wimknifacuttmg'
throat—M M(0¢L) m
MORBID lMPULSE.
QUEER,NOTIONS '1!ch SOUG-
TIIES SEIZE PEOPLE.
‘l'ho Fatal Panel-anion of a Sudden
nought Illustrated In - Nun-
bel‘ u!‘ lei—Sonn‘ Strik-
Ing Cm Given.
It. is a familiar idea that people at th.
top of a high tower or on the disc. or O
dizzy cliff feel tempud to throw them-
selves over, says a writer in the Detmlt
Fm Press. This is, pg‘htps. the com-
monest instance of a morbid impulse.
Yet there is in the term a significance, 3
e breadth of suggestion. which must relate
back to the experience of every man and
woman. and explain {1‘0“th which ha"
at the time seemed odd beyond ex
tion, feelings which have often led an in-
nocent, self-respecting individual to the
very verve of an atrocity which would
have made of him a criminal.
Morbid impulses may be criminal or
humorous. The humorous, no doubt,
I when executed, often curly their perpe-
trator to the commission of assault. and
battery. at least. That the criminal im-
pulses of this kind are r- sponsible for a
large proportion of nib-uses. against crim-
inqi laws no one acquainted with that
linear defence known a< functional in—
sanity can for a moment doubt. And the
very vital interest attaching to all such
. cases depends in a large degree on the
hazy and almOst imirfinablc causes and
lumiundings which an- involved in the
consideration of morbid impulses.
IIlSlor)‘ rci‘urds niilzilslc instances. It
was. perhaps. more than anything else.
due to a morbid impulw that Nero struck
off the head of that Roman artisan who
came to him with a la-atcn L'L‘ixn cup in
his hand and affirmed that the secret of
making gliss malleable Ilflll yielded to
his lulient investipmtinn. 'l‘loshistorians
who mention the hitherto irreparable less
Civilization has striaincd by the fails
on: to perpetuate this wonderful inven-
tion. ascribe Nero's act to a fear list the
precious metals should be superseded.
hit to the student of this fascinating
subject there can be no doubt that Nero
fcil an instantaneous victim to a morbid
Impulse tocrush at one blow this marvel-
ous disrovery. It. seems, indeed. a re
lief to find so human an impulse in the
nature of a creature who was s- inhuman
as to fiddle when the greatest Lifyuf the
world was burning.
Railings are built securely around the
tops of all the tallest tour-is in the
world to prevent involuntary suicides.
1‘ch 311mg. tint: a niuriiid impulsc lo~es at
\rfiwfiwfi; ’ ’ermfsenfircéf
“‘hetlier the indulgence of the craving
so suddenly born will put an end to his
own life. even, or inflict a dangerous or
fatal injury on some ()IIlv'r, perhaps a
friend or loved one. is immaterial.
Maitre Jcnan Lc Ilonx was one of the
most famous advocahs in France during
the fifteenth Century. 11 is relatui of
him that he was retained to defend a
sailor accused of having murdered aship~
mate. 0n the day of lift" trial the Court
room was Chunlmi. M..i:rc .ichan‘s elo~
qiicace held all present cutruiiced. There
was aliush of rap: :xlléfillutl as be de-
Scribcd the incidents of the alleged crime
and rclatul incid- 1i7..s. which. to fill" :an
eral IIIIIILI.SPI'IH!‘|I li- llliill‘;lI:‘(‘Iillf‘lllilYt‘lV
his (“(1113 iziiii-i'rnt'r. All a: t‘llt‘t‘. if]
the most ixnpassiwned flight of his argup
meat. he paused, and, turning to the tri-
bunal. cried out -
"And still. with all that, this wrcteh
is guilty. guilty. guilty! He has con-
fessed it to me, he has dtN'fllK‘d the
crime; he is Worthy of the must surn~
(nary punishment 3"
And then Maitre Johan sat. down, ap~
History has not
ndcd down lilt‘t'fIl‘t‘I of 11an entraordi
nary scene on three“ present.
. It is thought by some that many of the
instances recorded in the daily papers of
fatal wounds inflicted by weapons in the
hands of rersons who "didn‘t know they
were loa ed" may be explained on the
theory of morbid impulses. The Irish-
.man at Donnybrook fai- who
hit every
bare pate he saw was mun-d first of all
by a morbid impulse. There is some
thing fiendish in the disjmition of many
ifnot most. human beings, which my
never crop out. never come to be realized
in the domain of their conciousucss. but
which may seize on them with a force ap~
part-ntly sujwriiuman at Soinc critical mos
nicnt, when, weapon in hand. perhaps in
sport,a human life is put suddenly in the
balance. and a morbid impulse weighs
down the fatal scale.
It is undoubtedly a morbid impulse
which’prompts one to laugh mnsumedly
at the fall of a stranger on the icy pave-
ment. There is nothing in itself amusing
in a fall. which may inflict grist injury.
But a laugh on a public thomughfate is
generally its attendant.
People riding in railroad cars are not
infrequently smitten by inert-id impulses
to knock the hats ofI people on the IL:-
tion platform as the train IRL1\I‘S. People
calling on a parvcnu are often tempted to
shriek out in his crowded drawing-room
that he made his millions pigrstiekjng.
People in a public assemblage are famili—
iarly reminded of the man who shrieked
just to break the stillness when Patti
Every man
.ple do have. inor—
"ii-disciplined man
ml is often not con-
mny have. and most I
bid impulses. The
doesn‘t yield to.
scious of. them.
The Gem Alphabet.
In answer to aninquiryalmut the “gr-in
alphabet" the Brooklyn Erg’r says: ~"I'he
Reader‘s Handbook,“ compiled by Brew-
er. gives two such lists as art: asked for
by “Mother," one transparent and the
other opaque. They are as follows.
“Inquirer“.
Amethyst, Agate,
' eryI, Basalt,
Chrysoberyl. Cactioloog.
Diamond, Diaspora,
lion-raid, Hg} ptusn laudable.
‘clspar, Fim me,
Unmet. Granite,
Hyacinth, Ilelimmpo,
Iilucmse. Jasper.
Kyniiite. _ Kmkidolitr,
Lvnx sapphire, Laws-lazuli.
1ft“: 0 ‘ . Luna-we,
ham to, Neplirlto.
Opal, Onyx.
Pimps. Portihm-
Quartz, Quart; again,
Ruby, Rise ‘q
Suppliiro, &inion v x,
_ _ Tatum-me.
Iguanas, Ultramarine,
\ «sari-nine, \‘erd antiquo.
Wotan Spphim 'ovid upgl'
Xanadu, Xyiotilo,
Zurbte,
Children at the Drug store.
The danger . of sending children to
drug atoms for the simplest remedies i
found in the log ofn West Madison street
apotiiecary‘s clerk, who has been k
tab of the truancy of infantile minds.
among many funny “slips" are the fol-
wi :
Momma wants ten cents worthof pneu-
monia ammonia.)
Bottle of codtlah (liver) oil.
Twenty cents‘
a. in in. men—oh...
worth of has“: .
Norwalk Chronicler