OUR YOUTHS’COLU MN.
.plainly visible, and in others impen;
LITTLE PRINCE TATTERS.
Little Prince Tatters has lost his cap!
Over the hedge he threw it; 0
Into the river it fell “kerslap!”
Stupid old thing to do it! 1
Now mother‘may sigh and nurse may
fume
For the gay little cap with its eagle
plume.
One cannot. be thinking
such matters!
Trifles are triflesl” says little Prince
Tatters.
all day of
Little Prince Tatters has lost his coat—-
Playing, he did not need it!
Left it right there by the nanny goat,
“And nobody never seed it!”
Now mother and nurse may search till
night
For the little new coat with its buttons
bright,
But—“Coat sleeves or shirt sleeves, how
little it matters!
Trifles are trifles!” says little Prince
Tatters.
Little Prince Tatters has lost his, ball!
Rolled away down the street!
Somebody’ll have to find it, that’s all,
Before he can sleep or eat.
Now raise the neighborhood quickly,
do!
And send for the crier and constable,
too!
“Trifles are trifles; but~serious matters.
They must be seen to,” says little
Prince Tatters.
-—Laura E..Richards in St. Nicholas.
Fishes Need Slippery Coats.
The slippery coat of slime found on
all fishes is essential to their exist-
ence. It is secreted usually in a con‘
tinuous series of duets with numerous
openings, which in some cases ard
ceptible There are also pores fo1 thi
secretion of the mucus in the fish'.t
head. The slime exudes through in:
divisions between the scales to tlml
outer part of the body, over which it '
spreads, forming a sort of outer skin,
or covering transparent, elastic and
tenacious, and often having consideu
able body. Fishes vary greatly in the
amount of slime which they secrete.
The eel has a very liberal share, and
an ordinary fish of two pounds weight
will usually have a coating of slime
a thirty-second of an inch in thick-
ness.
One of the important functions of
the fish’s slimy coating is to protect
it from the atacks of fungus, a form
of plant life found in all waters, salt
and fresh, foul and pure. If the fish
is so injuied that some spot becomes
u-ncoveIed by the slime a barely visi
ble fu "rgus will be likely to lodge there,
and hen it is once lodged the DI‘O
cess of its reproduction is very rapid.
It soon extends over the gills and
kills the fish. The primary purpose of
the slime of the fishis to reduce its
friction when in motion and increase
its speed. It also serves as a cushion
to the scales, which it thus protects
from many injuries. The slimy cov-
ering makes the fish hard to hold, and
so enablesizit the more readily to es-
.cape from its enemies. In some cases
the slime has a very rank smell, and
this serves as a means of defense
against other fish.———St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Singing the Pain Away.
An eight-year-old child with a cut
in her hand was brought to a physi-
cian; It was necessarv for the best
results to take a few stitches with a
surgeon’s needle. While the physi-
cian was making preparations, the lit-
tle girl swung her foot nervously
against the chair, and was gently ad-
monished by her mother who stood
near to assist.
“That will do no harm,” said the
doctor, kindly, “as long as you hold
your hand still,” adding, with a glance
at the strained, anxious face of the
child. “You may cry as much as yOu,
like.” . ' P
“I would rather sing,”
replied the
girl, with a smile. ,
“All right, that would be betterf
What can you'sing?” I
“I can sing ‘Give, give, said the lit-
tle stream.’ Do you know that?” -
“I am not sure,” responded the doc-é
tor. “How does it begin?" 5
The little patient proceeded to illus~f
trate. I
“That‘sbcautiful,” said the (lotion;
“I want-to hear the whole of it.” i
All the while the skilled fingers were '
sewing up the wound, the sweet. child-
ish voice sounded bravely through the '
room. and the only terns shed on the ;
occasion came from the eyes of theI
mothei.
It is, I belie e, a physiological factI
" that some expiession of one‘s feelings
'- tends to lessen pain. ——Cong1egationa1- I
ist. I
Wasps Make Paper. .
Wasps were the first and‘original,
paper makers, and as geometrlcians
and architects vie with their relatives
the bees. One has only to study the
stories in that gray apartment housel
called a wasps’ nest, to wonder at and
admire the skill of the builders. The
wasps build their nests of a material
made by gathering bits of weather-
worn w00d and chewing them up,
making a true paper pulp. These
builders are equal to emergencies. A
wasps’ nest was once involuntarily
unroofed that was under a board.
Several days later it was discovered
that the nest was well roofed by neat
paper shingles. Never before, proba-
bly, had these wasps or their ances-
tors been called upon to roof a domi-_
cile, but these did this original work
with much show of the knowledge of
the principles of roof construction.-~
Chautauquan.
\
Tommy—What yer so sore about?
Jimmy-—A.w, it's pooty tough on a
feller ter have ter wear his blg brud-
der’s pants.
Tommy—G’on. Yer oughter. be
glad yer big brudder ain’t a sister 1111’
wore bloomers.—-Phlladelpl1m Record:-
IMarib, though invoice
'1 HE E v’ E N 1 N G; " GAZETT E
PATTI AT FIFTY-SIX
A WONDERFUL WOMAN’S FOUNTAIN
OF PERPETUAL YOUTH.
StillF
and Sound V oice— fie: Latest Love—How
Nicolini Won His Way—The First Match
With DeCaux,
That wonderful woman, Adelina
Patti must have found the long-sought
fountain of youth. At 56 she is still
f1es'h and attractive, her voice is clear
and sound. The story runs that she
met Baron Cedarstrom, her third love,
at Pau last year where, too. she met
Jocelyn Persse, an Irishman, to whom
she was reported at one time to be
engaged. The Baron is described as
about 35 years old, of commanding fig-
ure, and fine appearance. or course,
he has a musical education, and he
possesses a fine baritone voice. He
has a small fortune, but Patti has a
far bigger one. He'swas entertained
by Patti at her Welsh castle, Craig-y-
Nos, last summer.
Patti’s last husband, Ernesto Nico-
lini died in January, 1898. A year
or two afte1 her debut, in 1859. she
was engaged to the late Max Stra-
kosch, but this affair did not last
long.
The diva, then riding on the top
crest of success, seems to have passed
the next few years fancy free. About
1863 or 1867 she met the Maiquis de
Caux, of an honored French family.
As they thought well of each other,a
marriage was arranged by the Em-
press Eugenie. The ceremony took
place in the summer of 1868, and they
began mar1ied life most happily. In
this fortunate state they lived for
several years, according to the—obseu
vation of others, without a cloud up-
on the domestir: horizon.
Then Signor Nicolini appeared upon
the scene. They first met in 1871. The
wooing and winning of the diva by
Nicolini forms the g1eatest romantic
episode of her life, and is considered
by many the most incomprehensible.
Words can hardly express the {IVGI-
sion in which Patti held the singe1.
Nicolini, according to all accOunts,‘
seems to have been of rather ordinary
musical ability. He appeared to imi-
tate in every possible way the great
he fell far
short of his ideal. This rather ser-
vile copying in dress, manner and so
on, may have had much to do with
Patti’s feelings. For, when young.
she had heard Mario and Grisi, and
that Nicolini should attempt to dupli-
cate Mario in minor details may have
been the original cause of her aver-
sion. Nicolini however who had a
Eresh and Attiactive With a Clear '
‘ sing, Nicolini shOuld not appear. This
wife and child1en, followed Patti 1115}
over Euiope . V. hen he knew that she
was to appear in a certain city he
would secuie an engagement for that
city, and if possible, in the same the-
atre. So successful was Nicolini that
afte1 a while she found him singing
Romeo to her Juliet in Gounod’s op-
era. She could hardly bear him, and
again and again would have refused
to sing with him, except for business
reasons. Such fervent lovemaking as
' came out in the scene, though one-
sided, had not been witnessed before
on the stage by that generation, at
least.
And it all met the hearty approval
of the Marquis. Nicolini was received -
at the home of the Marquis and Mar-
quise as a guest. Signora Nicolini,
however. did not like the turn of af-
fairs, and though they seemed to be a
devoted couple, many were the out-
breaks an-d many the times when she
reproached her huspand with being
a “veritable Don Juan.” When Nico-
lini had effected. a reconciliation with
his wife, he usually celebrated. Nico-
lini even t00k the Marquis into his
ADELIN A PATTI.
confidence. He went to Patti’s hus-
: I can find myself. and that is straight
I try Salt River has been regarded as a
band one day, and asked how to gel ‘
rid of a young woman whom he knew
In St. Petersburg, and who had fol
lowed him in his tour. This came to
Patti’s ears, and she contemplated in-
forming Nicolini’s wife.
soon after Nicolini
found a way to
send the girl back. '
Shsb'Edid not i
carry this into effect, however, and .
. miles from Louisville at that. It rises
About this time or a. little after, é
Nicolini seemed to be not so disagree-
able to Patti. Anonymous st01ies and
bits of information were sent to the.
. Marquis, to which he paid no heed for
along time. Finally, however, though
he would not appear to make use or
the poinTs lavished upon him, a cool.
' lands that produce also timber, fruit
grains and cereals.
ness developed betv‘veen himself and =
his frequent guest, which increased
until he no longer invited Nicolin to ,
his house.
0‘ .
One day in Moscow there fell into 3
the hands of the Marquis a letter of
Nicolini’s, which was addressed to
Patti’s chambermaid. The Marquis
would not open the letter, -‘tl1oug11 he
could not fail to guess pretty accur
ately its contents. He demanded that
the opera of “Romeo and Juliet” be
stricken from the list to be presented
In Moscow. The director assented.
but owing probably to the repiesenmr,,.._.
tions of the interested artists, be al-
lowed their names to be announced in
lover-like husband to perfection.
a
“Travlalt-a.” Enraged at this, the
Marquis would not allow his wife to
appear at all, but was appeased on
the promise that if she would only
promise, however, was broken.
A few weeks later the Marquis and -
Marquise separated: But it was a. long
time before a divorce could be ob-
tained. Finally when the French di-
vorce laws were passed in 1884 they)
were legally put asunder. In~ the
meantime the Nicolinls were also di-
vorced. All being ready, the diva
married Nicolini in June, 1886. As
they couldn’t marry in their Own
church (the Catholic) without special
dispensation, and as that special dis-
pensation could not be had, they were
united in a little Protestant church.
near Patti’s Welsh castle.
For' a. long time before the marriage
Patti suffered in the estimation of I
many people, but in the end, she re- ’
gained all her prestige and the affair
never has been laid up ag'iinstz her.
In fact, all agreed to forget it, and it
was recalled only by the death of N 1c-
011111.
This rearrangement of the trio prov-.
ed ‘as happy as the original marriage
of Patti and the Marquis was for a
time. Certainly Nicolini played the
He
toOk the greatest care of his wife,
watched overvlher voice, would not let
her exert herself unduly, and even pre-
pared the tempting but harmless little
dishes after the theatre. -
And when Nicolini fell ill of cancer
it was the incomparable Patti who
watched over him carefully and faith-
fully, giving up her engagements that
she might be by his bedside.
__.._
A SINGLE TRACK RAILWAY.
It In Ten Miles Long and Runs Success—
fully in Ireland.
Little is heard at present about the
“bicycle' railway” in this country, and
it may not be generally known that a
single 'rail road is in practical opera-
tion in Ireland.
The Listowel and Ballybunion Rail-
way sounds like' the invention of some
mad humorist; but such a place as
BallybuniOn really exists.
It is a very popular seaside resort in
the southwest of Ireland. The dis-
tance between this point and the oth-
er terminus at Listowel is ten miles,
and there is one intermediate station:
that of Lisselton. The system on
which this railway is worked is called
the Dartigue single rail elevated rail-
way and was the invention of a
French engineer. ’ '
r
Puzzled by so llIany Ways.
A certain man made a display of
dense ignorance the other day when
he went into a restaurant and asked
the waiter if he had any eggs. “Yes,”
said the waiter. “we have.” “Well,
bring me some.” “How do you want
them cooked?” “Oh. any old way.”
“My dear man,” said the waiter, “that
order will hardly do. We have over
500 different ways. of cooking eggs,
and you will be pleased to make a sug~
gestion or mention a choice.” This
astonishing fact had the effect of par-
alyzing the customer’s tongue fer a
while. and he finally recovered enough
to whisper in awe, “Scramble ’em.”
“Yes. s1r.”_ replied the astute waiter,
still lingering. “' vhich way?” “011.
any old way.” “S11,” said the waiter
in a determined way, “I mustinsist you
will make :1 choice—there are, seven-
ty different "ays of scrambling eggs
in this establishment.” “W'ell. then,
fry them for- me.” “\Vhich way?
We have forty ways of fryingeggs
here?” “All right." said the customer
slowly as he reached for his hat and
arose, “you have one way here that
out of that door. Good-(1:1y.-—Plziladel-
phi-a Record.
“To go up Salt River" has been a
phrase that runneth back as far as
the memory of the men who voted for
Jackson. In many parts of the coun-
myth, with no more real being than
the Styx. But as a matter of fact
Salt River does exist, and not many
in Mercer county. _I-t flowslthrough'
Mercer, Anderson, Spencer, Bullitt,
Hardin and Jefferson counties. It is
bordered on both sides of its tortuous
course by rich farms and tobacCu
Mike—No sir: I pasted that voter.
Ward Boss—Did you vote that pastert =
Emmi-LnJI'm.~-'~~'r.- ........,,~ .1
THE COMING STYLES
PLAIN, SLIM EFFECTS ARE ORDERED
BY DAME FASHION.
Skirts of Anatomical Fit—Chances for
Women to Adapt. the Modes to Their In-
- dlvidual Needs- The Tunic Princess;
Change' in Sleeves _
(By special arrangement with the N. Y. Sun .)
Within certain limits this is a sort
or a gO-as- you-please, wear what-you-
please season in mode' .\for there is
every kind of coat be "/311 a bolero
and a redingote, every t: nceivable va-
riety of trimming, with a greater va-
riety in skirts than ever.
most telling secrets of distinction in
dress is some combination of materi-
als and colors which is entirely
novel. So if you can originate some-
thing in this line you can add the de-
sired chic appearance to yodr gown,
Every woman has her pet conviction
; as to her infallible judgment and su-
perior taste, yet very few master the
subtle art of adapting the fashions to
individual needs. ,_ A Frenchman’s rule
for success in becoming dress is that
the face should be younger than the
costume, remembering always that if
you ignore your defects other people
will not be so charitable.
Dress is a strong influence in a wo-
man’s life which she cannot afford to
overlook, but it is the ethical side of
the question which has no place in
a fashion article, that is most interest-
ing. It is astonishing how quickly we‘
become accustomed to new fashions,
how soon the old modes lose their
charm; One fashion is hardly estab-
lished in fame before another is thrust
out for approval, and so it goes on
through incessant changes until it
would seem that they must crystallize
at some point just for lack of novelty.
It was only a short time ago that we
were forewarned that all our skirts!
must be fi-ounced, or trimmed gener-
ously in some other way, and now it
is announced that the latest and
most fashionable skirt is quite plain.
fastening i'nvisa-bly in front or button-
ing- down the back. In theory this is
much the same skirt that came to us
early in the Season, 'but this latesl
editon is so very plain, so extremely
anatomical in cut and fit, that ease
and convenience are not on the lie
of its virtues; From the knees down
it has a pretty flare, supplemented a.
the back by a- round pointed trail
very much like a bird’s tail in shape
Again, it is only the slim, well round
led figure that can hope to adorn thi
plain skirt, so the usual modification
are to follOw In its wake; The fitted
flounce is losing ground, and the pretty
flare is given by shaping the cores.
Most of the skirts yet in sight have
some sort of trimming, one of the pret-
tiest in cloth. being waved hands over.-
lapping one another from the knees
down, and finished with rows of
stitching.
row circular flounce ,on each one, are
another Parisian fancy.
The tunic princess is perhaps one of
the most acceptable forms in which
the hips can be incased, as it falls over
the skirt proper-and, while religiously
tight fitting and close as possible
down to the knee, 'the fact that it is
loose at the edge and a separate gar"
ment frdm the skiifi gives it a 111011,l
graceful effect. It r'equiies a pmfecl
'form to be a success and anlcxper-l
dressmaker to master'the difficulties.
of fitting it. The surest way of carry
iug out this fashion is to trim thr
skirt in the form of a tunic. and will
a narrow belt at the waist the effect is
very good.
The cloth gown made with a radio ,
gote is one of the season’s famine-
and gains p0pularlty. The skirt i:
cut with a deep circular flouuce,a'.1r'
the redingot’c, also ClllI’. circular am
quite close fitting around the 111,:
reaches nearly to the hem of the sl: 11-
One of the; '
Double skirts, with one nar-.
'GENERIL
To Clean Black Silk.
When a thrifty Frenchwoman wish
(~35 to clean black silk, she brushes it
thoroughly and wipesit with a, cloth.
'Then, after it is free from dust, she
lays it flat on a board and sponges it
with hot coffee which has been Strain-
ed through muslin and freed from sed-
iment. The - silk is sponged on the
right side, [allowed to become half dry
and then ironed on the wrong side.
The coffee removes every particle of,
grease and restores the brilliancy of
the silk without giving it the shiny
appearance or the crinkly and papery
stiffness which results from beer, or
indeed from any other liquid except:
ammonia and water, which last does
not freshen the color and gloss of the
silk as coffee dues.
improved by the process, and the good
effect is permanent.
'Silk should never be ironed with a
hot iron put directly'on the silk. Al-
ways lay thin wrapping paper, such
as is used by our best dry goods stores
over it, and iron through the paper. .
When stitching thin silk, or, indeed
any goods flimsy enough to draw in
the machine, lay paper over it also and
stitch through. The paper will tear
away easily alongthe line of perfora-
tions made by the needle.
Present Day Lack of Gallantry. -
Duringthe past few years life in
the great ‘centres. of population "has
witnessed a falling off of many of the
little gallantries of men to women.
The entrance of the gentler sex into
the labor market as a competitor of
man has tended to blunt the ch‘ivalrlc
feeling so characteristic of our fath-
ers. Says the Chaperone Magazine:
“Little attentions mean much to a wo-
man," and they have lacked the small
courtesies of life due tothemselves
from the opposite sex so much and for
so long that they are trying to make
themselves believe that they can do
without them, act as if they did not
expect them, but they do. They are
longing for the days of their grand-
fathers, and the men who lived in
those times. The old saying that
everything will come back in "seven
years has failed miserably in this
case, ,_and it is a serious matter. We
have wondered what would become of
our women! But what has become of
our chivalrous, courteous men?”
The feat of Dewey and Merritt lb
. :apturing Manila after the protocol q
peace had been signed, has been com-
pared to' the battle of New Orleans,
fought and won by Andrew Jackson
January 8, 1815, two weeks after the
treaty of peace had been signed at
Ghent. But the instances are far from
parallel." Dewey’s capture of. Manila
on Saturday was the logical sequence
of his glorious May—day victory. He
began and-ended a campaign which
has been an unbroken series of suc-
cesses, and his occupation of the \Phil-
ippine capital, late as it is, puts a dra-
matic finish to the war and makes
easier the task of securing the fruits
of our wonderful military success.
Jackson’s victory at New Orleans,
however, only served to console the
United States for its military failures
and to soothe the mortification 01.
having concluded a peace the terms of
which did not even refer to a. single
one of the wrongs to repair which the
war had been declared.
belatedsuc‘Cess saved the Madison ad-
ministration from wreck and later
made Old Hickory President, but New
Orleans had none but a sentimental
value, and was fruitless of any real re
sults.
SINK IIEABAIIHE
Positively cured by these
Little Pills.
They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, ,
Indigestion and T00 Hearty. Eating. A per-
fect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi-
ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue
Pain in the Side, TQRPID LIVER. They
Regulate the Bowels. Purely~ Vegetable.
Small pm. Small pose.
' - Small Price.
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INSURANCE
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.—_—
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”LNDEQEMBER 4, 1898.
Trains leave South Norwalk as follows.
FOR NEW YORK — Accommodation
trains at 9. 36. 11:40a. 111., 1.11, 3.04, 4.07,
5. 33, 6. 41, 8. 11,10. 20 p. m. Express trains
at 4.. 55, 5. 45, 6.15, (local). 6. 55, (local),
7.13, (local), 7.54 (local), 8.16. 9.03 (local)
9.58,10.35. 11.35. (local) 3.. m. 12. 47
2.25: 5.10 5. 55, 7. 55 p. m. For Washing
ton via Hal lem River 12.53 am
SUNDAYS—Accommodation 9.05 a. m.
5. 35, (local), 7.20, (local)10.10 p. 111. E1
press 4. 55, 5.45 a. m.
FOR NEW HAVEN AND THE EAST-
Accommodation trains at 6. 28, 7.42,
8.46 and 11.42 a. m., 1.12, 2.42, (to B p’t,)
4.18, 5.27, 6.27, 7.28 (to B’p‘t), 9.15
and 11.15 p. 111. Express trains at 1.11
1.29 9.11, 10.05, 11.08 a. m., 12.02, 3.05
5.04 (Naugatuck Express) 7.05, 9:05
p.‘ m .
‘ SUNDAYS—Accommodation 7.42, 9.12
a. m. and 7.15 p. 111. Express 1 11 and
1.20 a. m.
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