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I I” R cuma's BULEBS.
THE JEWEIMF iniu
uisrouio AND ROIAlf'I'lC VALUE 01'
run ROYAL REGAL“.
The Famous Pitt or Regent Diamond--Eu-
genic’s Superstition.
—_—
HIDDEN OUT 0!" SIGHT FOR FORTY YEARS
_—
The Object of the Sale to Provide a Fund '
for Superannuated Workmen.
About February 1 the annual propo-
sition to sell the regalia of France was
made in the Chamber of Deputies and
carried by an enormous majority. Many
times before, particularly when France
was paying the terrible blood-money
, demanded by Germany after 187071,
the proposition was made to sell these
jewals, but either Bourbonism and
Bonapartism were not moribund, as
now, or else—awhich is very likely—
therc were substantial reasons against
selling. Except the famous Pitt or
Regent diamond, none of the present
crown jewels are worth large sums. al-
though much of the regalia has an his-
toric and romantic value. like the mantle-
clasp of Charlemagne. which is set in
rough diamonds. It was not proposed
to sell either these relics of glory or the
Regentldiamond- and what remained,
although it might make a very consider-
able private collection. did not amount
to much when its price came to ‘be
poured into the national tremury and
then divided among the fifty millions of
French people. The consent of the
Senate is necessary before the sale can
as authorized, so. although the Cham-
ber of Deputies have had the jewels
examined by a commission of experts,
the conservatism of the Senate may yet
save them from the anctioner' s hammer,
is it did when a similar resolution was
passed about three years ago. The
determination to retain the Regent
iiamond, which is valued at $2,500,000,
is easily understood if account is taken
if the many times that it has helped the
French government out of a tight place
financially. It may be asked where a
ouyer for this. the finest diamond in
the worldJnot excepting the Koh-i-noor,
1nd which is estimated to be worth over
$2,500,000, could be found. but there
are many collections of jewels, like the
Brunswick, the Domidofi'. the Tcrlonia
collection, etc, that are worth some of
them nearly as much and others more
than this sum, to say nothing of such
noney kings as the Duke of Westmins-
er, the Vauderbilts. the Mackays. etc..
who could afford, if they fancied, to
1wn this priceless gem. It is an in-
vestment of the most solid kind—be
sense it has been practically proved
zhat it cannot be permanently lost or
stolen or destroyed. and is not likely to
)0 ever diminished in value by the
inding of its superior. Therefore the
:ommission recommends that it he re-
ailed, as a part of the capital of the
French people, which, although it pays
10 intérest. costs no taxes, and in times
1f national emergency is waith many
dicusand men, many millions of fumes.
Visitors of- the Paris Exposition in
1878 will remember the glass case in the
Juilding facing the Trocadero, where
he crown jewels were on exhibition.
Apparently this spot was no more
guarded than any other in the Exposi-
tion. A gendarmc or two sauntering
wound was all one saw of tho precau-
dons the government took to secure the
measure; but passing through the
place day after day. one began to notice
certain pcrscns—provincials apparently
-who-never seemed to weary of the
gains or of the views to be planned from
:hat particular building of the TrOcadero
park. These were the guardians of the
glass case.
nuanm's summon.
The Frenchrogalia. at one time the
110st interesting'and valuable in Eur~
1pc, have become among the least inter-
esting and valuable. except for the gin.
:ious "Regen " The loss of the blue
iiamond and the Sanci diamond in the
:roublous times of 1792 left Only the one
great stone of any special note. It is
aften'suppcsed that the famous diamond
necklace ordered for _ Mine. Du Barry.
and which was tho first step toward the
guillotine of poor Marie Antoinette, is
yet among the jewels, but it is not and
never was. After the fraud. which is
too well known to be recapitulatod here.
was consummated, the necklace was
sent to London. taken to pieces and the
stones sold separately. The Empress
Eugenie remembered this, for when, at
her marriage. the municipality of Paris
raised six hundred thousand francs to
buy her a diamond necklace. she declined
the necklace, but accepted the money
to found an asylum for poor girls. She
was a woman of superstitions and pre-
centiments. and it was said that the
experience of a former i—‘t‘yal lady of
France with a diamond necklace made
her regard it as an evil gift. She had
no prejudice. however, to diamonds. and
among the present collection to be sold
is the famous girdle of diamonds which
popular, though mistaken. rumor says
the Empress had made in order to sur-
pass tbc one worn by Mlle. Derval in
the revival of La Bicha an Bois. Strange
to say, the commission of experts falls
into this mistake, although the ofloial
records show that the girdle was ordered
on the 23d of June. 1864, and finished"
on the 31st of December of the same
year. to be the Empress' New Year' s gift
on the next day, while Mlle. Dorval did
not produce Ira Bichc an Bcis until late
in the spring of 1865. The exquisite
necklace of Fiji pearls. said tube the
finest string necklace in existence. is.
not in the collection. it being the
Empress‘ private property. But the
tiara she wore on state occasions. and
the crown made for Napoleon III..iu
1854, for the ‘coronation. which never
came off, are to be sold. Although the
Emperor never were this crown. yet he
wore, on occasions of state, the golden
circlct which had been used on simi-
laroccasions by,l'.icuis XVIII- find
Charles X.
These crowns are to have the jewels
taken out and then to be melted down.
as are likewise the swords, one of which
belonged to the Dauphin, afterward
XVIIL' The object is to keep them
from falling into the hands of museums,
as the commission rightlyconsidors it
beneath the dignityj of the French
people to sell their national relics for
curios. The clasp of Charlemagne will,
of course. not be sold. Although the
beauty and costlincss of this are not
apparent, except to the eye practised in
gems. it. yet would have considerable
commercial value if the rough diamonds
were cut and polished by modern
methods. This was found' in the tomb
of Charlemagne. and Bonaparte, who,
took the Regent from the crown and,
wore it“ in his sword hilt, took this clasp -.
from the regalia and wore it constantly
about his neck. It is net thought likely
that the chalice of Cardinal Richelieu, set
with diamonds and rubies, will be sold.
nor the famous golden vessel. weighing
over 100 mares: which has been used at
many coronaticns cf the French sover-
eigns. It is propcsod. however. to sell
thb'last naméd.fas' it" has always "-been
asserted, and without contradiction. that
the only insignia of the Legion of
Honor owned and worn by Napoleon
III. was that of the First Napoleon.
m REGENT DIAMOND.
To return to the Regent diamond.
This stone has played an important part
in history. Perhaps to it is due the
1ise of William Pitt. the “heaven-born
minister," and the ultimate career of
Napoleon Bonaparte. The grandfather
of William Pitt was governor of Fort
St. George when this stone was offered
him by a sailor for £1, 000. It had been
found by a slave. who concealed it' 1n a
wound in his thigh until he reached the
so: ashore. There he sold it to the sailor
for a small sum of money. The sailor.
after getting him on board ship, took
the stone and threw the slave overboard.
The thousand pounds which he received
for it he spent in drunkenness and not-
ing. and then committed suicide. Gov.
Pitt brought the stone back _to Europe.
and on the proceeds of thesalc founded
a great estate. without, which William
Pitt, the younger. would scarcely have
reached the early prominence that made
him minister in his twenty-fourth your.
The Regent d'Orleans bought the stone
for $075,000—a sum too great to be com-
puted in francs—and not quite half its
value.- Diamonds are appraised by a
sort Of geometric progression. each carat
increasing in value. until when as large
astone is reached as the Regent, it is
enormous. Although this stone is not
as large as the Koh—i-noor. it is infinitely
patch. and immensely superior in cut-
ting. The last cutting of the Regent
took two years to accomplish. and was
done by hand, while the Koh-i-noor,
after coming into possession of Queen
Victoria, was cut by steam in thirty-
eight days, and by connoisseurs is
thoughttohavo been injured may.
The part the Regent played in Bona-
partc's career was when he was Consul
and when money was needed to carry
on the great conflict with the rest of
Europe in which France was engaged.
The treasury was empty, and not 'evcn
Napoleon could make war without
money. He, therefore, boldly seized
the Regent and pledged it to the Dutch
government for a loan which equipped
his army and made him the conqueror
of Europe. At this time it was in the
custody of Vanderbcrgh. a - Dutch
official, who is said to-havc. kept an
exact imitation of it' in crystal. not only
[to deceive robbers. but' in order .that his
wife might occasionally wear the Regent
when she was on grandc tonne. It was in
time redeemed, and Bonaparte. with
imperial hardihood, wore it in his good'
sword. At Waterloo it was captured
along with his travelling carriage'and
other effects. In 1870 it was removed
from Paris to Tours, and afterward sent
to Bordeaux, but never was out of
France.
111an ron Pom mass.
The strange immunity it enjoys from
normal loss or seizure is easily oom-
prehendcd when it is remembered how
impossible it is to sell or dispose of it
in any way. The only time it was ever
stolen was in the celebrated robbery of
the Garde-meublc, when both the blue
diamond and the Sonic diamond disap-
peared. only to turn up forty years
afterward. The thief. however. wisely
declined to trouble himself with a
two million-aud-a-half-dcllargem. This
robbery, the most remarkable on record,
occurred in September, 1702. It had
been the custom to exhibit the crown
jewels of France to the people the first
Tuesday in every .month of the spring
and autumn. but in 1792, the govern-
ment then existing concluded not to
take the risk in those troublous times
and had them removed to the Garde-
meuble. where they were scaledmppnd
kept under stronggucrd. Wcthiu a
month. Paris. was; electrified y ;.;_f_hc
Knows thatthcmpcsltcry Fbcen
rifled. and csssythjng of “lacuna
The locks were not picked andtothis
day the manner of the robbery remains
a mystery. A servant maid. walking
along the Rue Florentin early in the
morning. found a magnificent emerald
lying in _the street. She picked it up,
and with the honesty characteristic of
French servants in those days. handed
it over- to the police. This led to the
discovery of the loss. Naturally the
excitement was tremendous and was
increased on the day after the theft by
uncle conveyed to the keepers from the
thieves saying that-from motives of
patriotism (f) as wall as prudence, it
had been determined *to restore the
Regent, and it would bafound at .a
certain point in a ditch of the Alice des
Vauvcs in the Champs Elysees. There
was the queen of jewels found, along
with an onyx vase of great value, also
belonging to the regalia. At the time
of the robbery the treasure consisted of
7,482 diamonds. 230 rubies. 150 amor-
alds, 135 sapphires. 71 topazca and three
,amethysta, besides numerous objects of
'art like the golden chapel of Richelieu,
the Dauphin’s jewelled rattle. usedby
the royal children. etc. But the blue
diamond, as unique in its way as the
Regent. and the Sauci‘werc forever lost
to France. Forty years afterward, the
Hope diamond reappeared in England.
and was pronounced by experts _to be
the identical blue diamond of France.
It had been bought in London by Mr.
Hope. an English gentleman of wealth
and a jewel collector. Its shape had
been altered and a large piece takenoff
one side, making it regular in shape.
It was done so skilfully that connoisseurs
at once concluded that the value of the
piece was known by the persons _who
had it cut and it would eventually turn
up. It did. Many years afterward two
blue diamonds. exact matches with
each other and with’tlic-Hopo diamond.
were placid in the Duke chrunswich
collection and were pronounced to
have been originally one and the same
stone. The piece taken ofl' had been
again subdivided, and the blue dia-
mend is now in three pieces. The
Sanci diamond reappeared about 1820
as the property of, Count Demidofi, the
Russian Rothchild. whospont mostof
from it, but it was adjudged to be the
property of the Damidoffis. who had
paid eighty thousand pounds for it.
Exclusive of the Regent diamond. the
jewels are valued at about fifty-six mil-
lcctiOn dates back to the days of Anne
of Brctagnc—the Charlemagne clasp
having been found less than a century
ago—and its. last contributory” the
Empress Eugenie. A very marked dis-
tinction was made between the right of
the French sovcrcigul to use. and to
possess the crown jewels. They could
have them set in any way they liked,
but it was amattcr for the Council of
State when any personal jewels were to
be set with them. Marie Antoinette had
smagnificcnt parurc of rabies, which
was herindividual property. 8110 wished
to add to it certain of the crown jewels
which were of no great historic or
pecuniary value. Louis XVI, after
laying it before the Council of State.
was required or permitted to pay over
the value of the crown jewel the Queen
desired to use into the treasury.
The object of the propcud. Vesicle to
provide a fund for superannu'ated work-
men. While the consent of the Senate
his life in Paris. _A lawsuit resulted.
lions of francs; or 01.1%.000. The col-1 _ques
has not yet been given. itis piobuble
that it will be. and within ayciii, the
mentor part of the royal and impciiul
rcgalia of France will be spread to the
four quarters of the earth.
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rnn QUEEN'S STATE-COACH.
The Queen of England’s state-coach
is a prodigious affair. It is indeed
probably the grandest in existence.
This coach, which was built in 1701, was
designed by Sir Thomas Chambers, and
painted by Cipriani. It is twenty-four
feet long, eight feet wide. and twelve
feet high, and weighs exactly four tons.
The body is richly gilt, while the panels
are painted in masterly style. The
coach itself is composed of eight palm-
treas. which branch out at the top to
sustain the roof. At the top are the
figures of three boys. representing Eng-
land, Scotland and Ireland, supporting
the Imperial Crown of Great Britain.
The whole body is supported by four
braces, held by Tritons. those in front
supporting the driver' s seat, while those
behind carry the emblems of authority.
The driver's footboard is formed by a
gigantic shell ornamented with, marine
plants. The pole is twelve feet long,
and the end of the splinter-bar is ',
carved into dolphins’ heads. ' The total
cost of this elaborate coach was no less
than seven thousand five hundred and
twenty-eight pounds.
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1111111 murmurs.
There is scarcely a portion of the
world which is not being devastated of
its birds at the present moment to minis
for to. the fashionable wants of the
.women'of Europe and America, and it
is as wall that the root of the evil should
,be recognized atoncc. This has been
,done in Europe. and the point must be
insisted on again and again in thiv
country that the vanity of womankiud
is ‘in this enlightcuod age the cause of
tho “ wholesale destruction of bird life '
:on this side of the Atlantic as in Europe.
gNor 13 it confined to the. higher clashes.
.Tlic difiercnce between the factory gill
and the high-born lady as regards the
question of bird-feather decoration is
only one of degree, the former paying
as many half-pence for the starling's
wingin its natural state asthc latter
does in shillings for the same articles
dyed or gilt out of recognition as it may
be. New Guinea _and the Papuan
Islands are being deepoiled of the Birds
..,_
,sun birds and rollers, Southern Europe
of its bee-caters, until every one of
these countries is being exhausted of
its feathereddenizcna. It is no longer
the brightly plumaged. species which
are being laid under contribution, .for,
as exhaustion has begun to limit the
supply. the scborly clad birds are now
being shot down in thousands to minis-
ter to "‘ fashion " in this country. Thus
any one with a knewlcdgei of birds has
only to walk down any fashionable
thoroughfare in London and note the
materials with which the bulk of the
hats in the milliners' shops are decor-
ated. to see that rcbinl. spmrows. lei-ks
and starlings are a staple cuminodity
with the trade in that country. Dyed
they are in most cases, and occasionally
relieved by the wings ofsomo Indian
"jay"—-1'.Vc.. roller—or African "merle’I
(glossy sterling) or sun bird, or it may
be with a few "osprey: feathers. These
last are the long breeding plumes of the
cgrets. which are developed only during
the nesting season. and the slaughter
among these birds at that time of the
year must be something incredible. No
wonder that Mr. Allen complains that
- the "swamps and marshes. of Florida
have been dopopulsted of their cgrets
and herons." It isnot self the birds
thus slaughtered are harmful. the kill-
ingoffliemhcneflcisl. .Outhe centrary,
the Wei the speciesnowmassa-
cred arc, _ distinctly beneficial to the
$5.311” inhabit. and surely no
coun
one “him that this country should
be deprived.“ its birds and reduced to
the generally unaviferous aspect of
France and Italy.
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Cm SHBIWDM'.
Chip..s Chinese house servantlong
employed by one family in San Fran-
cisco. having: accumulated a snug. little
sum of money. recently. determined to
payavisft to his relatives in Chinatc
spend the New Year. and to return here
after the holidays were over. Desiring
to correspond with the family during
his absence. and not being able to write
in the English language, he hit upon
the following novel expedient: Ho ap-‘
plied to a friendly neighbor. 'a young
lady. towrito from his dictation. enclose
and address a letter to his mistress, he
. taking the some with him for the pur-
pose of- mailing from China. A few
days before his departure the lady of
- the house chanced to go into his room,
and there saw lying on the table a.
sealed .lotter addressed to herself.
Thinking its presence an oversight on
the part of Chip. she opened the letter,
and on reading it discovered the true
inwarduess of the same. Not wishing
Chip to know that she had surprised
his secret. she had a new envelope prca
pared and addressed in close imitation
of the original. and left thc‘lettcr where
she had found it. The letter graphi-
cally described the trip from SangFran-
cisco to Hong Kong; it'dwclt particu-
larly upon a terrible storm at sea,
during which nearly every one was
seasick except the writer. Chip's arrival .
' home, was touched upon ;. the joy of his ‘
mother and father was foelingly de-
scribed; lastly the date of his return
was given and a_ speedy answer re-
quested. Chip. having secured his
return certificate, departed asarranged.
and. sure enough..thc lastChina mail
brought the wonderful letter from Chip.
and, no doubt, when he receives the
answer. which was. sent promptly, his
heart will swollavitli pride and gratifica-
lion.- and his importance' among the
circles of his acquaintance in his native
home will be duly increased byh1s
native correspondence.
2mm Jinn courts.-
Aycungwomsnfromthe country
was suing her «ax-sweetheart for breach
of promise. and the lawyers were as
usual making all sorts of inquisitive
lions. “Ian guy.“ remarked 'onc,
“ that the defendant frequently sat very
close to you?" "Yes. air," was the
reply. with a blush. "How close i"
" Close cnoughao'ee one cheer was all
the sittin' room needed." “And you
say he put his arm around you i” “No
I didn't.” "What. did you say. then. " "
“I said he put both arms around me.”
“Then what?" “He hugged me. "
"Very hard?" “Ice, hadid; so darn
hard that I came purty- agar hollerin'
right out.“ “Why didn’t you holler 1’"
"Cause I was afecrd he'd stop." The
court fell OR the bench and had to be
carried out 11nd. put under. he hydrant
for the purpose. 'of resusclta ion.-
_ulb0~m
A coach acnhining a young man and
woman with one trunk on behind—
behind the coach we mean—is pleasingly
suggestive of matrimony. But half a
doom young ones. and sevcnbandboxes,
is much more suggestive—there's no
mistaking that sign.
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v
1n coun-r! cents.
The diet of the Irishman in this part
of the, country is. of course. potatoes
and milk. As he himself puts it, he has
potatoes 21 times a week. In the event
of a blight. such as the historic one, the
resultincortain parts. of Ireland could
scarcely be less disastrous than at any
former period. If one may judge by
tho physique of its consumers, the diet
requires no recommendation of the mod-
cal faculty. for a more stalwart race it ‘
would be diflicult to find. In this cor-
nor of the country so long “ preserved."
we should expect to find the natural
Irishman. and we certainly found him.
The native Irish is almost universally
spoken ; but at the same time the ma-
jority of the younger generation speak
English with a broguc of the most
exquisite flavor. Here, also, we have
the Irishman in the typical attire to
which caricaturists have mustomcd us.
To the visitor from the other island. it is
a ludicrous picture to see him in tall -
hat. blue tailed coat. and knee-breaches
at work in his wretched plot. like a
philosopher out for a little recreation.
'It is not so much the style" of his
garments. however, that makes their pic-
turesqueness; it is their positively mir-
aculous ruggedness. We feel that this
ruggedness has quite passed the stage of
disreputability, and has actually become
ornamentation. But it is above all the '
hat that fixes the attention. We have
often closely inspected it, and our won-
(161' never ceased how. in the course of a
single life, any hat. however weather.
beaten, and however brutally used.
could attain that pre—Adamito look. It
is the great charm of travel in Ireland.
that one, can become acquainted with its
pacple in so short a time and on such
easy terms. The Irishman is the most
approachable of human beings-undue
.the very Irishman the stranger wishes
to know is in most cases his own lord
and master, intercourse is thus made
doubly easy. If in the course of a soli-
tary walk you should desire the solace
of :1 little conversation you have but to
take your seat on one of the turf walls
that form the fences in this parts of the
country. If you are a smoker and pro-
iucev your pipe. you will present an
additional inducement Before you are
well seated you will be saluted with: “ A
fine day, Sir. God be praised!" and a
‘ on class figure will beseen approaching
with spade or pickaxe over his shoulder.
Sharing your tobacco with him it will
remain with yourself to conclude the
interview. «Before ten minutes have
_ passed you will have had the outlines of
his family history. and his views on
thinus in general, not even excepting
nis priest. At the end of nsmany honrs’
:onvcrsation as you please he will speed
you on your way with a fervent “God
preserve you long i" and part with you
is if you had been his life-long friend.
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,cnnvnsn rum;
The ancient belief of Chinese writers
was that there had been before the time
of Confuciusa period of two million.
two hundred and sixty-seven years.
when the powers of heaven and earth
first united to produce man as the pos-
sessor of the soil of China. However.
from the time of the Emperor Yaou,
upward of two thousand years before
Christ. the Chinese had two different
years—a civil year. which was regulated .
by the moon. and an astronomical year,
which was solar. The civil year con-
sisted in general of twelve months or
lunaticns, but occasionally a thirbenth
was added, in order to preserve its cor-
respondence with the solar year. Even
at that early period the solar or astrcno-
mical year consisted of: three hundred
and sixty-five and one-fourth days, like
our Julian year, and it was arranged in
the same manner, a day being interlaced
every fourth _._year At the instance of
the Jesuit Sohall. the Chinese, in the
seventhcenfury. adopted the European
method _of- dividing the day into twenty-
four hours. each hour into sixty minutes,
and each minute into sixty seconds.
The civil day begins at night. and ends
at. the midnight following. Since the
year one hundred and sixty-three before
Christ, the chincsc writers have adopted
the practicc‘of dating the year from the
accession of the reigning emperor. An
emperor, on succeeding to the throne.
gives his name to the years of his reign.
He ordains. for example. that they shall
be called Ta to. In consequence of this
imperial mandate, the following year is
called the firstTthe, and the succeeding
year the second. third. and so on to tho
and of the chapter, until it suits the
“Great Pure,” or “Great Bright." to
ordain that the years shall be called by
some other appellation. The periods
thus formed are called by the Chinese
Nion-hoa.’ According to this very‘singa
ular method of dating the years, a new
era begins with every reign. and» the
years corresponding toaChinesa data
can only be discovered when the inquire! ,
has before him a catalogue of the Niec-
liao, with their relation to the years of
the' Christian ' era. an exceedingly
troublesome way of proceeding in order
to find a date. ”-0.”—
ssaniixaars or murmurs.
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The only instance of a President
marrying a second time is that of
John Tyler, who was too bashful to
kisshis first wife during their engage-
meat. .but was held enough to marry a
young girl shortly after her death in the
White Hodse. The first three Pred-
dcntsnrarricd widows, and Washington
had one or too love afiaira before he
V got Martha Custis. . Washington seemed
to‘make it a principle to fall in love with _
nothing but .hciresses. and he got a
nice lot with. Mil-tho Castle. who used
to tell him she brought the money into
the family. Jefi‘crsonwas a good match
while he was in the White Hausa He
was a widower and true to his first wife.
Martin Van Baron was also a widower
President. but though he said sweet
things without number. he did not talk
love. Jackson's wife was buried in the
dress made for her White House recep-
tions. and Arthur put a memorial win-
dow to his wife in St. John's Church
whilchc- was President. and alsosstln
' - herald-pew.
The bird-wearing fashion had its
origin in Paris. Some seven years ago
there appeared eta belief the demi-
monda in that capital a woman wearing
.onhcrhead—dmflndeadbird. The
bird had artificial eyes. and its wings
and tail were spread out so as to give it
alifelikcappcsrsnca' The woman had
no; thought 'of "setting a fashion"
Shcwantcdtobe talkcdabout. and
gained her point.
This remedy for hiccoughs can always
be used by some one also upon a person
troubled with it. You say to your
friend something like this: “See how
' close together you can hold the tips of
your f_orc-fingers without touching.
Now keep your elbows out from your
sides. You can get your fingers closer
than that.“ They are touching now.
There—now hold them so Steady!"
By this time you can generally ask,
“.Nowwhy don't you hiccoughr' The
involuntary tendency to breathe slowly
and steadily when the attention is fixed .
on pcrfouning _a, delicatp manipulation:
counteracts theoonvulsivcachou of the '-
diaphragm.
‘4: 1_
mm mm moss or run MOON._
The tidal wave, set up on the earth
by the moon. mu to a certain extent
also upon the moon's orbital period.
The moon is drs$cd forward in its
path by the terfitiukl tidal wave as
certainly as the. wave is drawn
backward on thorohtflng earth by the
moon, and this , an. enlarge-
ment of the orbit bf? silicon. ands
recession of the frcmjhc earth.
This process mus go on unblihodsy
and the month both meet iii, count
period of about 1 hourp'l' ‘1 flit if '
tliisbo the’ case. t moon must have
been once. much carer to the earth
than it is now. Pref. Darwin carries
back his investigation in this direction
to a time ,when the ‘moon revolved
about the earth in comewherc between _
two and four hours, and in a position,
where it was nearly in contact with the
earth. and inwhich it was rotaflngin~
bolookeduponas . .. if
cntto the time wh - ohbagaints
" work of grinding We axial velocity
and expanding orbital range.” The
moon then started on its long spiral
journey out from the 'carth. Prof.
Darwin calculates that this start oc-
curred not less than 54,000.0000fysars‘
ago! But the most rapid rate of rota-
tionina fluid mass thatwouldbecon-
aistcnt with spheroial equilibrium is
two hours and tw minutes. One
second of augmentation more than this
in the rate of rotation would inevitably
cause the rotating mass to fly asunder.
The presumption isthat the earth did
fly asunder from overfast spinning.
and that such disruptionwas coincident
with what Miss Clarke speaks of as the
"birth throes of the moon." Prof.
'Darwin. however. comeives that. in all
probability, the lunar-terrestrial sys.
tem' 1s an exception among the bodies
swayed by the sun. due to the circum-
stance that the moon is proportionally
by far the most massive satellite known,
and that the influence of tidal drag has
been concomitantly great. No other
satellite ever possessed tide-raising cap.
abilities at all comparable with the in-
fluence which is exerted by the moon.
The sepaiaticn of satellites from their
primaries essentially depends'upon, the
attainment of a disruptive rate of rota.
tion—_-an effect which may be prevented
by the secondary efi'ect of the additional
tidal drag set up by the and keeping
down the velocity of the rotation of the
piimary below the velocity that would
correspond with the actual point of
disruption. The earth just escaped this
degree of retardation, and hence the
existence of its solitary satellite.
w..—
A PASSING JAPANESE ART.
An important branch of Japanese art
is on the eve of disappearing. Up to
this date one ancient section of what
may be called the decoration of the
nude, remained unaffected. This was a
tattooing. In all the revolutions of the
last thirty years the people have kept
faithful to the demo-pictors. The
higher classes. the daimios and such
like dignitaries. might possibly ignore
the skin adornments of their humbler
countrymen as a relic of the pro-Euro.
pean era Such an unpatriotic idea,
however. never entered the minds of
the nation tit-large, by whom a well
tattooed person was regarded with the
some aesthetic pleasure that a well-
dressed individual is in western society.
At one time, indeed, the practice of
tattooing was carried to as great a per-
fection in Japanasin Polynesia. The
poorer folks moved about very lightly
clothed, and thus had every oppor-
tunity for exhibiting the wonderful
etchings with which their skins were
decorated. On a well-tattooed Jap
every inch—except the hands and face
—is occupied with some pictorial repre-
sentation. Mon and women, light blue
dragons, lions, tigeraand a host of other
objects might be commonly seen care-
fully prickod in with Indian ink. until
the skin appears as it covered with some
"loud" patterned fabric. »A tattooed
man never looks unclothed. ‘Hc seems
constantly clad in the same harlequin
costume. and must) surely feel that he
goes to bed without undressing. All
this is, however. doomed. A law. has
just been passed that in future it will
be an indictable offence for any one to
tattoo any one else, or to be tattooed
1.; mself. Thus. by one scratch of the
pen, a large and skillfulclass of men
is thrown out of employment. and as
the tattoo marks were in many cases
family cognizances, the Japanese
heralds are in doubt whether in a few
years the members of any clan will be
able to claim kindred with each other.
W
now TO 03003]: AN ORANGE.
The very sweetest orange and richest
is the black or rusty-00am fruit. Pick
out the dingiest orangesin the box, and
you will get the best. Another way to
choose oranges is by weight. The
heaviest are the best because they have
the thinnest skin and more woightof
juice. Thick-skin oranges are apt to be
dry; they either weigh less because of
having so much skin or because of the
poverty of the juice in these particular
specimens. A slight freezing on the
tree causes this condition in otherwise
fine fruit. The “kid-glove" oranges
are the two varieties of small fruit
grown in Florida' from stocks respec-
tively brought from China and from
Tangicrs. They are called “ Mandarin "
and “Tangerine." They may be eaten
without soiling a kid glove, becauscthc
skin is loose and thc’little "gcrcs" or
pockets of juice come apart very cleanly
and without breaking. All the above
applies to Florida oranges. The
Jamacia and Havana orangesarc much
paler yellow. and their juice is usually
of more acid quality than the home-
grown oranges
_‘M—
run near. nauwnl muons.
- There is, we fear, still prevailing
among large sections of intelligent
persons the belief that Darwiufa theory
was intended to prove that the monkey
’wasthc progenitor of man. Ofcourso
no one who reads Darwin's works for
himself would ever go away witth
a misconception of the whole question.
What Darwin's hypothcds suggested
was. not that man was descended from
the. monkey, but that both man and
the monkey may be descendants of a
common progenitor. a common type.
now extinct. and of which no indisput- ,
able traces have yet been found. From
this common typo. or ground form, so
to speak. the process of development
may. according to Darwin have resulted
in two distinct branches or offshoots-
the one branch of development ending
in man. Itis.;intho absence of any
certain times of the extinct common
type or progenitor. not a subject on
which to but is _a theory or
hyp0thesis which. in the opinion of
Darwin and many other scientists after
him. best accounts for the morphologi-
cal development of man viewed merely
from the physical side.
Aprons msotwliohvun enough“.
thinkthathccandecuveevau Codby
affected sad and throwing the veil of
holiness over vices. damns all mankind 4
by the word of his power.
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Much interest is awakened in the
coming events in the Imperial family.
says a correspondent in Chinaof the
London Tim. The Emperor is ap-
proaching maturity, being now sixteen.
His. guardians have been letting lim
out gradually, and during. the brunt
Winter he has enjoyed much room '
on the ice on the lakes which fouithe
most beautiful features of the prince ;
grounds. Her Imperial Majesty,the
Empress Regent, has also :spent much I
of her time out of doom. But the
time has now arrived to pr pare for the
marriage Of the young croft; _and
all Manchu families above mountain
rank having daughters between the ages
of twelve and eighteen must bring them
to the palace for inspection by the
officials charged with the duty of choos-
ing a consort for the sovereign. These
"pilgrims of love have in many cases to
{perform long and arduous journeys from
their homes, and it would not be difli-
cult to construct a romance out of the
incidents of such ’pilgtgmages, the hope
which sings in the maiden’s bosom each
fresh morning when she resumes her
‘journey, the disgust and despair which
serve her for pillows each night as she
bemoans her aching limbs in a dismal,
dust-begrimed roadside inn, with not
evenaTurkish bath on the premises.
The girls are saidto be detained long in
suspense—tho worst part, of hanging,
according to the Hibernian saying-but
the rejected ones are p” y restored
to their parents and guardians, and
return to their homes perhaps sadder,
ifwiser, but probably in most cases
thanking their divinities that the ordeal
is over. and that the interdict against
their marriage is at length removed.
For a year at least before the Empress
is chosen no Manchu girl within the
prescribed limits of age and of eligible
age and eligible rank is allowed to
marry.
Another pilgrimage shortly to be
undertaken attracts great attention, for
it, too, marks anfiepoch, find _may have
wider reaching practical consequences.
The Empress Regent, the Emperor, and
the “Seventh Prince,” the father of the
Emperor, with all the court, will leave
the capital on the fat of April to visit
the tomb of the late Empress Dowager,
who was known as the Eastern Empress,
the childless widow of Heintung. The
last Emperor,lTungcha, is also buried
there, in the tungling. or Eastern
Tombs, situated among the hills that
bound the plain of Chihli on the north,
and about one hundred miles east from
Pekin. An Imperial progress in China
somewhntfiresembles the journeys of
Catherine 11., and Potemkim. the road
maker, is a permanent but unobtrusive
institution. Whatever may be the short-
comings of the Chinese. there is one
thing in which they excel all creation
and that is digging holes and filling
them up.
A flat of ahigh ofiicial throws a swarm
of mud-carrying ants—be they soldiers
or only “coolies,” it is much the same—
on to a line of 'groad, and in an incredi-
lily short time its valleys are exalted
and its hills are brought low, the rough
places become smooth, and the crooked
plain. Such is the transformation
which the Imperial road to the tombs
is now undergoing, and when the time
comes for the Imperial cortegcto tra-
verse it its surface will be as smooth as a
billiard table. Unfortunately the Chi- ~
nose know not macadam, and their
road-making runs into the extremes of
soft and hard—either loose sand or mud,
which is washed away by the first gale,
or else solid blocks of granite, murder-
ous to axles and the bones of travelers,
and when worn into deep holes destruc-
tive to the poor animals which have to
draw loads over them.
“HM.—
Trmannonr 0F cusronr.
A good illustration of this thraldOm
can be found in the inconveniences to
which people submit in the purchase of
articles sold by count. The American
people have employed a decimz‘il system
of currency for nearly a century . but
few of them have yet learned how to
use it to the best advantage. For ex-
ample, suppose a person wishes to buy
a fewpostsge stamps of the two-cent and
one-cent denominations ; and from more
habit calls for a dozen of each kind.
costing thirty-six cents. If he has not
provided the exact change, and gives
the clerk half a dollar, hefnust wait for
his change, fourteen ‘T'cents, to be
counted out in some form. Now, in-
stead oLa dozen, suppose he had taken
ten or fifteen of each sort; the cost
would have been thirty cents or forty-
five cents and his change could have
been made with the least possible expen-
diture of'thought and time. What has
been illustrated in the purchase of
postage stamps, is even more’strikingly
evident in purchases made at the
grocer's and the baker’s. Much trouble,
inconvenience and loss of time can here
be avoided by gauging the purchase by
the price, so that the cost shall come in
aliquot parts of the dollar, or as nearly
as possible to such parts. Thus, corn.
meal at two and a half cents per pound
should be put in packages of even
pounds, four, six, eight, etc. ; sugar at
seven and a half cents, in like manner ;
flour at three or four cents, in packages
of five, ten, fifteen, etc, pounds: and
in like manner for whatever is sold by
the quart or the peck. At the baker's
we usually find buns, small cakes, etc,
for a cent apiece, some at two cents,
some at three for five cents, and so on.
WG-—
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
In cutting down our trees, we have
been' 1n danger of destroying the greatest
of our heritages. In Prussia and Ger- . ,.
many the laws relating to the forestry
exhibit the wisest forethought on the
part of the government, and the people
sustain it in every effort to preserve what
other generations had well-nigh deprived
them of. These nations set us an ex-
ample which it would be wise to con.
sider. Their laws have given raiscto a
large system of tree-planting, thinning,
and preserving, and also to an enormous
literature regarding arboriculturc and
great rainfalls and droughts are obviated
while malaria from both causesis greatly
diminished. The ill results of the old
denuding process are rapidly disappear-
ing. showing that nature’s capillary
clothing must be respected, for utilitar-
ian as well as sentimental reasons. In
the United States the general fashion
of extravagance prevailing in respect to
forests is largely due to ignorance. Only
lately has the scientific man impressed
upon him of average intelligence the
necessity of tree-preservation and the
desirability of using other materials
than lumber for many purposes in which
wood was formerly considered indis-
pensable.
After treating her like a goddess. the
husband uses her like a woman; what
is still worse, the most abject flatterers
degenerate into the greatest tyrants.
As oncman that runneth in haste and
leapeth over a fencemay fall into a pit
which he doth not see, so is a man that
plungeth suddenly into an action before
he hath considered the consequences
thereof. ._
Norwalk Chronicler