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A Cremator Cremated.
At the cremation of Dr. F. J.
LeMoyne, the American apostle of the
process of incineration, at Wsabingtou,
I'a., there vaa a market! absence of the
vulgar curiosity which characterized
the cremation of Bzron lie Palm, and
no manifestation whatever of the repor
torial inquisiliveLess which gave ofiense
when the body of Mrs. Been Pitman
was rrtluced to ashes. The express
wish of the friends that aii the proceed
ing* should be quiet and unostentatious
was req<ected, even to the conduct of
services over the bcdy at the late resi
dence of the venerable champion of
cremation
The relatives and a number of citi
zens of Washington assembled at nine
o'clock in the morning. To the Bev.
Dr. Brownson and Be v. George B. Hays
a special invitation to be present was
extended, and these divines conducted
the services. The exercises consisted
in reading a few selections of Szripture,
and prayer by Dr. Ilay*. When these
exercises bad been concluded the re
mains were placed in a plain rosewood
casket and were removed to the hearse
by Dr. Frank Li-Moyne, Julius Le-
Moyne, N. iiarding, Coaa. Harding,
Mr. Proudht, and William Wills. Car
riages were then taken by the family
and friends, and the small cortege
finally wended its way to Gallows Hill.
Here the body wan removed from the
bearee to the catafalque, when Dr.
lluys took a position on the steps lead
ing into the building, and said : "Wo
have now brought our deceased friend
to the place of his choice, and here we
leave him."
He then announced the request of
>the relatives that all should proceed
back to the village, and pronounced
the benediction. The pallbearers men
tioned above, Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Wills,
Miss Fannie Wills, Misses Sophie
and Annie Harding, and Miss
Ivute LeMoyue, lemuined in the
building, while the friends who cauie
in the procession, and a number of peo
ple who had previously gathered about
the cemetery, started back to town.
At 10:30 o'clock the body was re
moved from the coflin, placed upon the
iron ciib, uud was quickly thrust into
the retort, and the door closed, A vol
ume of smoke instantly rushed from
the chimney, and the odor of burning
ilesh was distinctly perceived by those
outside of the crematory. There wus
no odor to those inside.
The furnace had not been heated to
near the degree attained at the DePulm
and Pitman cremations, and the pro
cess of incineration was slow. It was
about Bix hours before theconsumptiou
of the remains was completed, but at
half past 4 nothing was left in the re
tort except the scattered piles of ashes.
The furnace was then sealed, and will
be left to cool until Friduy evening,
when the ashes will be removed.
The post mortem examination before
cremation disclosed the fact that the
brain of Dr. LeMoyue weighed forty
three ounces, or six ounces and a half
less than the average man, and one less
than the average woman.
His will was read to-day, in which it
was provided that the heirs to his prop
■*erty must eiiter into an agreement to
have their bodies cremated before in
heriting their respective shares. The
amount of the estate is placed ut £300,-
000.
An lmraeuse Treanre.
One of the richest storehouses ol
rarities in the world is the lamous
treasury of the Sultan of Morocco, in
Fez. It was founded in the year 815,
by Edris Ben EJris, who was also the
iuunder of the city. During the mid
dle ages, Fez, then the capital of the
kingdom of Morocco, wus one of the
most populous Mohammedan cities in
the world, and though it declined after
the removal of the sultaus to Morocco,
it is still a place of great importance,
containing one hundred mosques, and
ranking with the Western Arabs as
their specially Holy City. Almost
every sultan has added to the treasures
of the lloyul Museum, which contains
magniiiceut spoils from the various
Christian armies aud torritoiies which
have boon vanquished or rausacked by
the Mohummeduu conquerors. A great
mass of the enormous treasure accumu
lated by tbe Moors during their domin
ion in Spain was transported to Fez
and is preserved in the ltoyul Museum.
The sword of Ferdinand the Catholic,
set with precious jewels, is said to be
included among the rarities. The
treasure chamber bus always been
guarded with jealous eHre, aud travelers
who have beeu admitted to a sight of it
assert that there are no less than two
thousand locks. A Tunis journal re
ports that Sultan Sidi Muley Hassan,
who is a great sufferer from the gout, a
few mouths ago intraßted the two
keys to the keeping of one of
IP-* brothers, Prince Muiey Abbas, who,
in his turn, not relishing the charge,
made it over to tho Governor of Fez
Last mouth the sultan received from
one of his vassals a handsome revolver
Bet with gold and precious stones, as a
present, and the valuable gift was im
mediately transferred to the great
treusnro chamber. When the place
was opened and the inventory revised,
it wits discovered that some of the
chests uud closets Lad beeu broken
open and completely emptied of ibeir
precious couteutN. The utreals which
immediately lit came the rule in tile
palace led to no satisfactory result, aud
the Bultau of Morocco is now ofi'eiiug
the sum of jCB.GOU for the discovery of
the tliiel or Gileses.— London K<:ho.
IlEl'Ali.lNiJ THE ItAVAOLb OF \VAII
Work, whicl. bus been iu progress i n
tbe restoration of famous monuments
of Gothic art, ever since tbey were in
jured durii'g tlie Franco-German war,
is now going forward with rapidity.
It has been uicided that an entire new
roof shall be buitt for tbe Cathedral of
Melz. the cost to be at least 400,000
marks (about 8100,000). Of late, the
painteu a iudows aud the arches of the
trifoiium have been tbe chief subjects
of attention. At Strasburg the repairs
are approuchiug their completion. The
gildiug of the great doors of the main
entrance has been undertaken by a Par
* isiau gold-worker, who, with a stuff of
ssaißtauts, has for some time been en
gaged on other parte of the edifice.
Bismarck's Change of Base.
In the ordinary course of political
evetita a Minister who changes Lis opin
ion on an im|>ortant article of hia polit
ical creed, is very apt to lose his Parlia
mentary majority and his seat at hia
master's side. Prince Bismarck is an
exception. He can change his views
with no apology beyond the remark
that he is content to leave hia record
for history to decide upon, and still re
tain a working majority in the legisla
tive branch of the Government. The
fall popular elections, which have re
sulted victoriously for the head that
planned German unity and handed
Kaiser William a cioan at the close of
the French war, involved many quea
ttofis of grave importance, not the least
of which was the persousi inconsistency
of the Prime Miuister himself. A life
long free-trader, he has become the
leader of the protectionists in the
Ileichstag. Almost the creator of the
May laws and the " head-front '* of the
anti-religionista in State matters, he
spends his summer coquetting with the
Pope at Home, and even abandons, ap
parently, the party of the separation of
Church and State and the secularization
of the public schools.
The outlook would seem to lie dismal
enough to I'ricce Bismarck. It should
be remembereJ, however, that the anti-
Catholic movement which politically
ostracised the clergy and drew to the
government's side mauy of the most
prominent scholars and educators of
the land, gradually became nothing
short of a league of irreligious radical
ism. In short, it was the bed in which
the Communism and Socialism of the
la9t year in Germany found rapid
growth. Bismarck at first led the break
from the Church, but undoubtedly had
no idea of leading a break from religion.
lustead, therefore, of astonishment at
Priuce Bismarck's present position
toward the old laws on religion and ed
ucation, one hardly sees how it could
be otherwise. There is a deep-seated
fear of Communism in Germany. This
fear forms the bond that holds the Con
servatives together. This fear, under
the stroDg personality of Bismarck in
dealing with the Ultramontane elements,
has caused a political revolution with
out a change of leader. The Protest
ants follow him because he has turned
his back upcu the religious radicals.
The Catholics follow him for he prom
ises, iu some way not yet disclosed, to
ease up the May laws ; and the manu
facturing portions of the country laud
his uame for his reticent tariff measures.
These are the reasons why he has wou
before the country. He also has gained
a poiut by touching the old chord of
Germau unity in the Austrian alliance
which was agitated just in time to at
feet the elections.
If it was difficult for Prince Bismarck
to manage his old party of progression,
it will be doubly difficult for him to
hold in line this many-uniformed army
of Clericals, Conservatives and Poles.
But for a long time Germany bus seen
this diplomat work.wonders ; aud from
force of habit, uo doubt, shejwill expect
him to continue his marvelous manip
ulation of State forces for the glory of
the Empire. AT. Y. Examiner and
Chronicle.
PATERNAL DUTY. —The father who
plunges into business so deeply that be
bus no leisure for domestic duties and
pleasures, und whose ouly intercourse
with his children consists iu a brief
word of authority or a surly lamentation
over their intolerable ezpensiveness, is
equally to be pitied and to be blamed.
NY hat right hus he to devote to other
pursuits the time which God hasalloted
to his children V Nor is it an excuse to
say that ho cunnot support his family
in their style of living without this
effort. I ask by what right can his
family demand to live in a manner
which requires him to neglect his most
solemn aud important duties ? Nor is
it an excuse to say that he wishes to
leave them that competence which ho
desires. Is it un advantage to be re
lieved from the necessity of labor ? Be
side, is money the only desirable be
quest which a father can leave to his
children? Surely well-cultivated in
tellects, hearts sensible of domestic
affection, the love of parents and
brothers and sisters, u taste for home
pleasures, habits of order, regularity
and industry, hatred of vice and vicious
men, aud a lively sensibility to the ex
cellence of virtue, are as valuable a
legacy as an inheritance of property—
simple property purchased by the loss
of every habit which could render that
property a blessing.
Hoi" YKAST BREAD. —Take warm
water, so it will not scald the flour or
yeast; stir in thick one teacup of yeast;
set this in the evening ; in the morning
as soon as possible, knead np quite
stiff; put in a handful of salt ; keep
where it is warm ; work down as it
rises two or three times ; then make
out in loaves ; bake when light. This
kind of bread requires better flour than
salt rising, but it can be baked early
iu the morning. Use potatoes if de
sired. This will make four loaves.
COLD SLAW.— Cut cal>bage flue,
sprinkle over it popper and salt, bet in
u cool place, add tbe yolks of three or
the whole of two eggs, live tablespoon
fula of strong viuegar, three heaping
teaspoonfuls of sugar, one-half tea
spoonful ot made mustard, butter the
size of uu ulmonii, put these in a tin
cup, stir over the tire until it becomes
smooth paste, let it become cold, then
mis willi cold cabbage when wautovl for
use. Nice for fried oystera.
TOMATO CATsvr. —One buabel of to
matoes, one gallon of viuegar, two
ounces of whole cloves, two ounces of
whole cinnamon, two ounces of wbolo
allspice, six tahlespoonfuls of mustard,
one tsispooulul of Cayenne pepper, two
cups of sugar or more if wanted, aud
salt to taate. Tot the spioe in a bag
aud boil iu the catsup.
SALAD.— Oue small head of cabbage,
one cup of vinegar, one cnp of butter,
live eggs, two teaapoonfnls of ground
mustard, one teaspoonfnl of black pep
per; make a weak brine of salt water,
let the cabbage stand two houra than
drain it, put the vinegar on the stove,
add butter, mustard and pepper, when
nearly boiling hot (not quite, or it will
cook the eggs),stir in the beaten eggs,
iln with cabbage wbile hot.
A Juvenile Sermon.
Proverb*, xix, 20. "He that waateth
hia father and cbaaeth away bit mother
u a aoc that causeth ahame and bring
eth reproach.''
Many a rainy day haa passed ainco
the rainy Sunday in Chicago, year* ago,
when a person now preaent, and an
umbrella long paaaed away, weot to St.
Jama*' Chnrch to liateu to the Bishop
of Minnesota. With trne human na
ture and Christian self-indulgence the
old folks of the parish stopped at home
on aocouut of the weather, but sent the
lender little ones through the tempeat
to answer to the roll-call at Sunday
school, and listen to the chanting of tne
Litany, accompanied by the diapason
of the thunder cloud. As the man
with the umbrella saw the little ones
returning, wet and bedraggled, to the
homes where papa and mamma had
been so comfortable throughout the
storm, he nursed the rebellious thought
that the sunshiny influences of home
might bsve beeu as profitable ss a
shower of catechisms to those tender
blossoms which can never die. It was
evident that good Bishop Whipple
thought so to ; for, instead of reading
the written sermon, he cast it away aud
said " a few words to these children,
which, perhaps, the few older people
present may afford to listen to." In
the story of Joseph and his brethren,
he showed the holy type of the medi
ation, and that of such as little children
is the Kingdom of Heaven. It was full
of pleasure and hope for the babies,
and solemn thought for the older ones.
We thought of that sermon yesterday
morning when we saw eleven children
convicted of crime in Judge Brown
ing's court. Think of it, fathers and
mothers 1 Eleven children, on Monday
morning. The day before was Sunday.
If seven of those boys had been in a
happy home, or in a Sunday-school,
they would not have been stealing rope
from a raft at the river's edge. They
would not have been sent to jail for ten
days. The biggest one among them
didn't appear to be more than fourteen
years old ; the smallest was a little fel
low—just out of his babyhood—not as
high as the table. They all laughed as
they pleaded guilty, and didn't seem to
care a tig. What sort of a life is be
fore these children? What are their
parents doing for them ?
Two others were arrested for vio
lating the ordinance in regard to public
bathing. The misdemeanor is, of
course, a slight one, and we mention it
to show how slight an offense may
bring a boy into a criminal court, and
familiarize him with things of which
there is no present necessity of his
knowing anything. Another little boy,
not more than ten years old, was sent
to the reform school at Eldora, he be
ing utterly incorrigible and beyond the
control of his mother. His sister, a
girl of fifteen, went to the reform
school at Monnt Pleasant.
We do not believe in depravity. We
do not believe that these children, with
proper attention, proper education and
proper affection on the part of their
parents, would have thus gone astray.
Some of them, perhaps, are past
preaching to now. This sermon is for
fathers and mothers who have children
whom they love more than they them
selves will know, until they find their
little oues in similar trouble and dis
grace. The man whose duty calls him
abroad at all hours, sees mauy a youth
ful wanderer on our streets. The pale
light of the midnight stars shows, as
plain as the blaze of the midday sun,
the down-hill paths through which
these young feet are running races. It
is the neglect or indifference of parents
" that causeth shame and bringeth re
proach."
How can all this sorrow and suffering
be avoided ? By the daily influence of
that most Bacred of all secrot places,
the home. Make it a pleasanter place
for your boys and girls than any other
place in the world. Make it so at
tractive that it will so govern their
tastes that, when they are not there,
you can be sure that they are in some
other good place. Use the influence
thus gained to teach them, first, hon
esty ; next, self-respect; and next, in
telligence. It is a sad fact, but " pity
'tis, 'tis true," that more than nine
tenths of our criminals are compara
tively ignorant people. These poor
young ones at the police court didn't
have any of the air of the school-honse
about them. Our schools are plenty,
and as ftee as water. When they are
there, they are in far less mischiei than
when they are out; and every good
thing which they learn is a morsel of
refinement that will last all their lives.
Let them work at sohool and be happy
at home. Let them be watohed. Weed
their minds as you would weed a poorer
garden, and they will neither waste a
father nor clmse away a mother, or
causo shame, or bring reproach.—
//illckeye.
General Garibaldi is described as
looking woll, but pale and tbin. He is
extremely anxions as to the issue of his
divorce ease, which WAS to have been
decided in the Conrt of Appeal on the
7th of August. A curious incident oc
curred at the last trial. The young
King, who has a chivalrous admiration
for the old General, said, while the
tiiul was pending, •' I hope he will
succeed, ' povero vecobio.' " bome of
ficious person carrie l the phrase to the
judges us they were deliberating, with
the addition that the King desired that
tbey would pronounce a favorable ver
dict ; whereupon one of the judges,
much offended, wrote to the King, say
ing that he could not bring himself to
believe that lus Majesty intended to
iufiuence the decision of the judges,
and that rather than submit to pressure
he should prefer to resign. The King
was half indignant, half amused, and
himself related the episode to the Min
isters, asking whether even a constitu
tional King might not have and express
a "hope" or a desire. "The Judge,
however," he added, "is honest and
courageous; but I am sorry any one
should deem me capable of an uncon
stitutional act."
A man who fell over a bridge the
other day was alluded to aa quite an
aristocratio person, because he could
trace Lis deaoent from six piers.
The bonds which are most apt to be
irredeemable are vagabonds.
Ovi T-Senstllvrness.
A prolific sourc- of unprofitable sor
row is caused by fancied slight or small
misunderstandings. Too much impor
tance ought never b* attached to tbeae.
We should not be too sensitive for com
fort. We ahonld not tenaciously watch
over our peraonal dignity. The trivial
things which destroy our composure
and invade oar peace, are pitiful. An
acquaintance is preoccupied, and passe*
ua with a hurried recognition oo (he
street, another fails to return our call,
or seeius to prefer the society of some
one else to ours, and we are harrowed
and hurt—perhaps bitterly reeent the
fancied injury. A noble-natured per
son will never resent the omission of
others, or falsely construe their motives.
It is a good rule Dever to listen to the
suggestions of pride, suspicion or jeai
ousy, in regulating our intercourse
with the world. Even where itjuries
have beeu received in return for twoe
fits, if you would know the hsppiness
that true nobility of soul confers upon
iU possessor, forgive, as far as possible,
forget. Tbe brave only know bow to
forgive. It it tbe most refined and
generous pitch of virtue human nature
can arrive at. The coward, the mean
soul, never forgives, but waits in am
bush for an opportunity to strike in the
dark or sUb in the back. The power of
forgiving flows only from a strength
and greatness conscious of its own force
and security, and above all the tompta
tions of resenting every fruitless at
tempt to destroy its happiness. Small
minds are hurt by small evenU ; great
minds see through and despise them.
True self-respect is always full of re
spect towards others, and wastes no
thought ou petty meanness or the dis
courtesy which arises from ill-breediDg.
The Responsive Chord.
In the early spring of 1863, when
the Confederate and Federal armies
were confronting each other on the op
posite hills of Stafford and Spottsylva
nia, two bands chanced one evening, at
the same hour, to begin to discourse
sweet music upon either bank of the
river. A large crowd of the soldiers of
both armies gathered to listen to the
music, the friendly pickets not inter
fering, and soon the bands began to an
swer each other. First 'he band on the
northern bank wonld play "Star Span
gled Banner," "Hail Columbia," or
some other national air, and at its con
clusion the " boys in blue" would
oheer most lnstily. And then the
band on the southern bank would re
spond with " Dixie," or " Bonnie Blue
Flag," or some other Southern melody,
and the "boys in gray " would attest
their approbation with an " old Confed
erate yell." Bnt presently one of the
bands struck np in sweet and plaintive
notes which were wafted across the
Bappahanock and caught up at once by
the other band and swelled into a grand
anthem which touched every heart,
"Home, Sweet Home!" At the con
clusion of this piece there went up a
simultaneous shout from both sides of
the river. Cheer followed cheer, and
those hills which had so recently re
sonnded with hostile guus echoed and
re-echoed the graud acclaim. A chord
had been struck,.responsive to which
the hearts of enetJies—enemies then—
could beat in unison'; and, on both sides
of the river,
Something down the soldier's cheek
Washed off the stains of powder.
Vicarious Morality.
It was " Artemus Ward," we believe,
who remarked, when men were being
called upon to make sacrifices for their
country during the late civil war, that
he was ready to sacrifice all his first
wife's relations. Such vicarious pa
triotism as this was very common at
that time, and the joke was thoroughly
relished.
We are reminded of the humorist's
remark by a certain thing that we see
about us every day—a thing which we
have been accustomed to call vicarious
morality. There are a great many peo
ple who have very strict ideas of mo
rality—for others. They belong to the
straitest sect of the Pharisees —by
proxy. They repent in sackcloth and
asbes of their neighbors' sins, and are
full of sorrow for everybody's evil ways
but their own. Nobody is so qnick to
see or so prompt to denounco any in
fraction of the moral law as this class
of people, whenever the infraction is
not one of their own. But as regards
themselves and their own misdeeds they
are quite otherwise. In the same in
stant they denounce the fault of another
and commit the same or a worse them
selves.
For example, a journalist not long
ago, went nearly into hysterics because
a fellow journalist had " slandered "
some one, as he thought. He insisted
on an immediate and abject apology ;
and in the same paper, almost in the
Bame oolnmn, perpetrated an outrageous
slander upon a full score of Christian
men, which he has thus far failed to re
tract, though the slanderous character
of his statements has been publicly
pointed out to him. He was too busily
engaged in plucking the mote out of
another's eye to see the beam in his
own.
Tenderness of conscience is a good
trait in general. But when it takes
this special form of tenderness for some
one else's sins and callousness for one's
own, it is not quite so commendable.
Morality is good, but vicarious morality
is u doubtful blessing to the world. Ou
the whole, we do not believe that the
principle of divisiou of labor is appli
cable to religion, however true it may
be in economics. A man ought not to
leave all the practicing to others while
be does all the preaching himself. —A'.
1". Examiner and Chronicle.
SIMPLE CURE TOR UHLI-MATISU.—
i " Boil a small }>otfol of potatoes, and
bathe the part affected with the water
in which the potatoes were boiled, as
hot aa can be applied, immediately be
i fore going to bed. The peine will be
removed, or at least alleviated, by the
next morning. Some of the moat ob
stinate rheumatic pains Lave lately been
cured by one application of this novel
and simple remedy."
I Our floral editor says that plants should
| always he watered with a sponge. What
, s vast field of usefulness this opens to
I the cracker-barrel politician !
Personal
Carlyle'a books bring bun Cl.OuO a
year.
> Christine Nilaaoo is ic her estiva
'Sweden.
Adeline Pitti is at her conctrv home
in Wales.
Emperor William favor* a world s fair
at Berlin in 18bj.
Jay Gould personally controls I,NJO
mile* of continuous railroad.
The Emperor William is described
by a correspondent as sun burned and
vigorous-looking.
King Humbert, of Italy, u Uviog a
retired life at Monza, where be ta ab
sorbed with business of tbe Bute.
Not many Governors can make them
selves useful at camp meetings by
preaching, as does Gov. Colquett, of
Georgia.
Wade Hampton, the son of the Sena
tor from boniii Carolina, haa just been
married at Louisville, to Miss Catherine
Phelan.
It is fifteen years eiuce I'eter Cooper,
that plain-looking old mau, donated to
the public the institute which cost him
8000,000.
' The Princess Louise superintended
the repairs at the Government House,
I even mixing the paint when the tint was
not to her liking.
King Alfonso of Spwin, though a wid
ower, is but twenty-two years of age,
and his prospective bride is about four
months his junior.
The Shah of Persia has ordered 1,-
500,000 postal cards at Vienna, possibly
with the intention of becoming a rival
of Private Dalzell.
The fifty-three young men whom Al
exander H. Stephens helped to an edu
cation repaid the money as soon as they
were able to earn it.
John Bright called Wendell Phillips
the most eloqnent living orator, but
Murat Halstead, says that " Wendell
Phillips is the most able and eloquent
fool in the country."
John E. Seely, of Goshen, N. Y., is
reported to have returned from Western
mining speculations and a three years'
absence with $5,000,000. He was a
horse farrier when he left Goshen.
James Bussell Lowell will be sixty
years old next February. The ill health
of Mrs. Lowell and dislike of the mo
notony of his position may cause him to
resign as Minister to Spain ere long.
The British Ambassador to France,
Lord Lyons, is an old bachelor who
drinks nothing but milk and soda water.
He has $50,000 a year, besides his house,
and he has held his place some twelve
years.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale insists
with much force that men are not to be
improved in the bulk, by the hundred
thousand, but in the natural gronps
which circle round the domestic hearth
stone.
Louisa M. Alcott, the author, daugh
ter of the venerable philosopher, Bron
son Alcott, was the first woman to reg
ister in the town of Concord, M-ss., in
order to vote for members of the School
Committee.
Mrs. Stewart's physician says several
men of reputable positions are known
to have been connected with the Stew
art graVe robbery, and that the disclos
ure of their names would startle the
community.
Women somehow get over childish
notions that men never outgrow. Some
men celebrate every birthday as long
as they live, while women quit doing
so almost as soon as they grow up.—
[Boston Post.
A life-size picture of a lion, presented
to the Spanish government by Hosa
Bonheur, will probably be placed in the
museum at Madrid, although there is
a rule against the exhibition there of
works of living artists.
A phase of fashionable life at Newport
is shown by the following advertisement
in a local paper: " Miss Thompson,
from New York, shapes and polishes
ladies' finger nails at their residence,
llate per visit one dollar," etc.
The Japan Gazette states that previous
to his departure from Yokohama, Gen
eral Grant left 300 yen with the au
thorities to be applied to the prevention
of the spread of cholera. The yen is
equivalent in value to the American dol
lar.
For Woman's Eye Only.
The new bead trimmings cost $lO and
§ls a yard.
The true gentlewoman causes all to
feel perfectly at ease in her presence.
Women are archers by natnre. The
bent of their inclination is to trend
beaux.
Crochet lace in shaded wool is nsed
to border embroidered ties by English
women.
Gold filigree rings in very pretty
Eatterns are used to fasten the wide
onnet strings of soft silk.
The latest absurdity is a silver band
worn around the neck. It is called the
bonanza necklace.
Cincinnati milliners place hamming
birds so that they seem caught in the
silk trimmings of a hat.
Collars and cuffs of new gingham are
now in vogue, and are quite elaborately
embroidered in white.
Humming birds play a very promi
nent part in the decoration of the girl
of the period's new bonnet.
Gray ostrich plumes, tipped with
scarlet or some other brilliant color, are
promised to be all the rage.
Dress materials were never before so
handsome, and there does not appear
to be any limit to the variety.
Once more have Boman sashes been
revived. They are worn to form a large
loop at the aide of the waist.
Little gold coin* dangling from finger
rings are fashionable among those who
have no occasion to spend them.
A garment worn by a pretty American
woman is approvingly mentioned by the
Parisian! fashion correspondent.
The new coetnmee have elaborate
pockets, and it seems possible that the
days of leather bags are numbered.
The Archduchess Marie Christine, in
addition to her other accomplishments,
occupies herself wiln wood carving.
A Prairie Firu.
la an article «Btitied" boras Feutusus
of he eras t'muai, in Mr.
Henry King fire* tl»r following >mi
description of that bennufnl acoorf*. -
a fir* on tfie prune* :
Next to calamiit«* uk* that U*e borae
•lewder • wife told of, tbe great MMX
Ung fear of tbe rattlers on Ute border
in all tbe new aad thinly peopled por
tion* of henra*. in fact—ia tbe coming
of tbe autumn prairie fir*, wbicb a*
frequently menacea tbeir atacba aad
criba, tbeir belpieaa stock, tbeir a tablet
and cabins and even tbeir livra War*
it not for it* known danger and power
of havoc, tbit tempest aad scourge cf
fire would Le s spectacle of comnsaad
ing force and beauty. First, you will
catch glimpse# of what TOU take to b*
gray wtsps of Laze awsy off on tbe ho
rizon; and watching, you will aee the**
vagrant particles deepen gradually, and
gather into a definite volume of smoka,
black like a rain-cloud, and brona*
about tbe edgee. Then tbe strange,
number bnlk starts forward across tbe
prairie, and you bold your breath at
sight of tbe rapid progreaa of it. (A
mile in two minute* i* not an exoep
tional rate of speed for a fire once fairly
under way.) It halts an instant, yoa
note, over a broad swale where there ia
standing water; but it is for an instant
only. The next moment it reschee the
upland again and the dry graaa; aad
directly it grasps a belt of the tall,
thick blue-stem and the flame leaps
suddenly and madly oat above the
smoke, then subsides again, and the
black mass grows blacker than ever,
and rolls higher and higher, and you
can scent the burning grass, and hear
the distant roar of the fire —an awful
roar, resembling the sonnd of artillery
in heavy timber. And it is so oalm im
mediately about you that you do not BO
much as miss the ticking of yonr watch
in your pooket; there is no breath of
air stirring, and the sun is shining, and
the heavens above yon are blue and
placid. Bat the stillness will be broken
soon. The oncoming cloud is only a
few miles away now, and you easily
trace the scarlet and terrific energy at
its base; the smoke begins to hurt yonr
eyes, too, and the heat becomes heavily
oppressive. And then, all at once, tho
wind smites and staggers you, that ap
palling roar deafens you, and the sun is
blotted out, and you are in a dark
ness as of a midnight without moon or
■tar. It is an experience of but a dozen
seconds or so, this sudden ptuuge into
darkness, thongh it seems an hour, and
when you look out again, you fiad that
the fire has passed you a mile or mora
to your right, and is still rolling des
perately onward; and there in its traok
are charred and smoldering stackß of
hay, and an occasional house aflame
anil tottering to its fall, and a group of
men and boys beating back the outer
line of tbe fire with brush and old
clothes, and sending forward little
counter-fires to meet it and if possible
keep it at a safe distance. The creek may
stop it and smother it when it gets
there, though such a hope has mere
chance for a warrant. Sometimes these
mighty conflagrations vault aoross
streams twenty or thirty yards in width,
eo ewift end resistless is their mo
mentum; and as a rale they are effectu
ally stayed only when they reaoh a wide
extent of plowed land, and have to
yield, snllenly, for lack of anything
more to feed their inexorable fnry.
A Mysterious Dinner Party.
A mysterious dinner party was given
a short time ago, by an elderly gentle
man, in the Hotel Demuth, at St. Pe
tersburg. One morning the gentleman
in question called on Mr. Pintscher,
the manager of the Demuth restaurant,
and ordered a luxurious repast for six,
of which he liimself made out the menu,
selecting from the wine card the costli
est vintages. He asked for an estimate
of the dinner's cost, paid the amount
in advance, and requested that every
thing should be prepared for the enter
tainment of his guests at seven o'clock
precisely the same evening. At that
hour ho entered the room reserved for
his banquet and took his place at the
head of the table. To the chief waiter's
respectful inquiry, " whether he ex
pected his friends to arrive soon, as the
dinner was quite ready," he replied,
" They are alt here I Let the soup be
served forthwith I" By his express
command the puzzled attendants then
proceeded to help the absent guests to
course after course, setting down full
plates before the empty chairs, and
pouring out precious wines into tba
groups of glasses stationed before each
untenanted place. The gentleman ate
and drank oopiously, now and then
clinking his glass against the masteries#
goblets ranged upon the table to his
right and left. With the first round of
champagne he arose and made a speech
to his imaginary friends, from the tenor
of which oration the waiters gathered
that they had been engaged in attend
ing to personages long since deceased.
When the gentleman had concluded his
remarks he again went through the
clinking formality, drained the con
tents of his glass, and turning to Mr.
Pintscher, chilled that amazed func
tionary's blood by the following ghastly
statement: " To-day I celebrate my
joyful meetiDg with my beloved rela
tives—my dead wife, daughter and
three sous, two of whom fell in the last
campaign. Do not be afraid ; lam not
mad. It has done me a power of good
to spend this happy hour or so wuh my
family. Yon may look for me again
thia day twelvemonth."— Exchange.
"John, did you take the note to Mr.
Jones?"
•• Tea, bat I uon't think be can read
it, air."
" Why so, John ? "
" because be is blind. While I wan
in tbe room be asked me twice where
my bat was, and it was on my bead all
the time." |
LEU. >s Pit —One cup cold water,
one cap sugar, one cop chopped raiaiaa
and one lemon; squeeze ont the joioe
and then chop the other part; bake
with two crusts. This makes two amaH
or one large pie, and is the beat leases
pie 1 ever saw that oonld be made
without eggs.
A hard oase— A metallic coffin.