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GEO. M. PAYEE Prop.
MOUNTAIN HOME. IDAHO. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1889.
VOL. I.
NO. 51.
ABOUT BIRDS' EGGS.' (
1
FREJUDICED VERDICTS.
COURT PAGENTRIES.
OUTWARD MOURNING.
RELICS.
ABOUT BIRDS' EGGS.' (
htir^tlng Fart, Concerning Their Com*
position an*1 Formation.
Eggs are composed of two principal
parts, termed, from their color, the
yelk or vitellus, and the white or al
bumen. The latter does not exist ih
the ovarium or egg-bag; there, as we
may see in almost every fowl that
comes to the table, is also a numerous
collection of yelks of various sizes.
When these are fully developed, they
drop, one by one, through a passage
termed the oviduct into the uterus, in
which the egg is perfectly formed, hav
ing collected its albumen or white, and
its calcareous shell, and from which it
is ultimately expelled.
The very expeditious growth or pro
duction of the white of the shell is an
extraordinary exertion of nature—a
very few hours only being sufficient to
produce it. The texture of the shell is
admirably calculated for preserving
the contained parts, and for retaining
the heat that is conveyed to them by
incubation. Immediately under the
shell is the common membrane which
lines the whole cavity of the egg, ex
cept at its broad end, where there is a
small space tilled with air. Within
this membrane, the white, which is said
to be of two kinds, is contained; and
near its centre, in an exquisitely fine
membrane, is the yelk, which is spheri
cal, while the white is of the same
form as the shell. At each extremity
of the yolk, corresponding with two
ends of the egg, is the chalaza, a white
firm body, consisting of three bead-like
globules, and it is at these points that
the several membranes are connected,
by which menns. in whatever position
the egg may be placed, its various parts
are retained in their proper place.
Near the middle of the yelk is a
small, flat, circular body, named the
cicatricula, in which the rudiments of
the future chick are contained; and
from these, in consequence of incuba
tion, or from a certain degree of con
tinued heat of any kind, the bird is ul
timately hatched. In this process the
germinal membrane, as it is called, or
rudimental parts of the chick, is ob
served to become separated into three
layers, from the external layer of which
are formed subsequently tho osseous
and muscular systems, and the brain,
spinal cord and nerves; while from the
middle and internal layers are formed
respectively the heart and blood ves
sels, and the intestinal canal and its
appendages. Tho yelk and white of
the egg gradually become thinner, sup
plying the growing chick with nourish
ment, which, increasing in magnitude,
at length bursts its cell and comes
forth, still retaining in its intestines a
portion of the yelk to servo for its sup
port until its powers are sufficiently
vigorous to enable it to digest extrane
ous food.
•I.
a
ous food.
It is a remarkable fact, that those
birds, tho nests of which are most un
covered. and the eggs of which are
most exposed to the sight of their ene
mies, lay them of a color as little dif
ferent as possible flora surrounding
objects, so as to deceive the eyes of de
structive animals; whilst, on tho con
trary, those birds, the eggs of which
are of a deep and vivid color, and con
sequently very liable to strike the eyo,
either hide their nests in hollow trees,
or elsewhere, or do not quit thoir eggs
except at night, or commence their in
cubation immediately after laying. It
must, moreover, bo remarked, that in
those species, the nests of which arc
exposed, if tho females alone sit on the
eggs without being relieved by the male,
these females have generally a different
color from that of the male, and more
in unison with neighboring objects.
Pure white, tho most treacherous ol
colors, we find to bo the color of the
eggs of birds which build in holes, as
the woodpeckers, the kingfishers, tlie
swifts, the dock and water swallows,
and others; also of those birds, as the
titmice and wrens, which construct
their nests with openings so small that
their enemies can not see into them.
Moreover, we find eggs white in birds
which do not quit thoir nests, exeept
at night, as tho owls; or for a very
short time during tlie day, as the fal
Finally, this color is found in
cons.
those which lay only ono or two eggs,
and which immediately begin to sit, as
the pigeons, etc.
The clear green or blue color is
to tiio eggs of many species
proper
which build in holes, as tlie starlings,
the fly-catchers, etc.; it is aise common
to the eggs of birds tho nests of which
aro constructed of green moss, or situ
ated in the midst of grass, but always
well hidd en. Green eggs, too aro found
with many powerful birds able to de
fend them, as the herons.
A faint green color, approaching to
a yellowish tint, is observed in the
of birds, as the partridges and
pheasants, which lay in the grass, with
out preparing a rogular nest. Tho same
color is remarked in those which cover
their nests when they leave them, us
tho swans and the ducks.— N. Y. Led
eggs
ger.
_"Your story, Mr. Winterkill," «aid
the magazine editor to the rising young
author, "suits me very well. I ob
in it some trivial faults, how
For instance, you describe the
serve
ever.
heroine's canary as drinking water by
•lapping it up eagerly witli her tongue.'
Isn't that a peculiar way for a canary
to drink water?"
"Your criticism sur
said Mr. Winterkill in a
"Still, if you think your
prises ma,
pained voice,
readers would prefer it, let the canary
drink its water with a teaspoon." —
Chicago News.
_A busy doctor in Scranton, Pa.,
sent in a certificate of death to tiie
health officer, and Inadvertently placed
his name in the space for "cause of
death." This is what might be called
' accidental exactness
(
a
of
ul
or
the
its
of
a
sup
un
are
ene
dif
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
is
of the Rare Privileges Knjoyed fcf
Wenteru Editors.
We take the following extracts from
he last issue of the Arizona Kicker:
"Explanatory. —Last week we an
nounced that we were on the trail of
•I. II. Davis, the Apache avenue grocer,
and that this week's issue would con
tain un exposo calculated to startle the
community. We had over a column
of it in typo when Mr Davis called at
the Kicker offiee and subscribed for
tho paper and gave us a column ad. for
a year. Mr. Davis is not only a gen
ial, whole-souled gentleman, worthy
of a place in our best society, but an
enterprising, go-ahead citizen who is
a credit to the whole State. When
you want the best goods at tho lowest
prices cull on him."
•oi
ing
and
two
in
of
"Reforming Slowly. -When we
struck this town the chief of police Uy
drunk on the sidewalk in front of the
post-offlee, and the six patrolmen were
playing pool or poker. Any one of ,.
the crowd could be bought for half a
We have been pegging away
or reform with each issue of the
Kicker, und we are pleased to note an
improveme.it. The chief hasn t been
drunk for the last fortnight, and yes
terday wo counted four patrolmen or.
their beats at one time. All reforms
move slowly, but patience and per
sovoraneo will acoompli-h much. Wo
shall keep at it, and we predict tba
the day will yet come when we shall
have a police force which will not fear
a drunken Indian nor sell out to a
gambler for less than two dollars a
sell."
dollar.
"Not This Year. —Considerable
anxiety has been expressed by our
many friends and well-wishers over
the fact that tho Kicker did not get tlie
city printing again this year. In
answer to all inquiries wo reply that
wo did not want it. The total income
last year was ninety-six cents, while
wo lent over $15 to tho mayor and
aldermen and never expect to get a
cent back. We can't stand that kind of
u racket more than one year."
"Some Other Eve. —Wo have re
ceived several communications from
loading citizens asking tlie Kicker to
•go'for Judge of Probate Smith, who
has been too befuddled with b id whisky
for the last month to attend to busi
ness. There is no doubt that tho
judge ought to be raked fere and aft
but we can't do it just now. We are
bis creditor for about $'20, and if wo
opened on him he'd tell us to whistle
for our loan As soon us we get our
money back wo promise to make tho
fur fly, not only in the case of the
judge himself, but f orn the coat of his
brother Bill, who is also steeped In
liquor and rendering himself a public
nuisance. Have patience, gentlemen."
—Detroit Free Press.
BUYING A FARM.
at
or
it
BUYING A FARM.
A.lvtce to the I.Hml-llungry In tile Older
States ot tlie Union.
To one land-hungry I would say:
Go slow. Buy within your means, and
have some little money to spare. A
man owning land can always get
credit, because his laud can not get
away. To the one having a few thou
sands of dollars and not much farm
experience, and yet anxious to own
land and go to raising big corn and
cabbage, 1 would soy : Put your money
in some good savings bank and hire
out to some thorough-going, hard
working farmer for a year or two, and
more practical, common-sense knowl
edge will bo gained than by reading
what others have done for years, and
after serving such an apprenticeship,
and still anxious t > farm, you will
know what kind of a farm you want.
Ono of the best kinds of farms to own
is a grass farm. Grass land, tho world
over, stands the highest in value. In
Holland such a farm sells for $1,000
per acre and over, in England from
$600 to $800 per acre, and in our own
country such land is eagerly sought
after, und when once gotten is hold
tightly. Grass holds fertility; it
grows tho season through. Even in
winter its roots reach out nnd gather
in tlie ammonia contained in the snow
Grow till the grass you can,
and rain.
and keep as much land covered as pos
sible. is tlie secret of retai ling fer
tlllty on tlie farm.
Men wiiti large menns cau purchase
what suits their fancy, and can buy
what stock and implements they de
sire. even if prices are high. It is a
pleasure for them to do so, and even
if they should spend foolishly largo
it is not wholly lost, as many
sums,
deserving laboring men are helped and
the neighborhood is better for tlieir
presence und enterprise.
At present land is low. but it will
not continue so.
to the West has taken up most of tlie
land suitable for agricultural purposes,
and the tide will sot in toward us be
fore the y. ar is out.
buy for themselves a few agres of land
and pay for it will not bo sorry they
did so, and those owning large tracts
that they can not work Ht profit, and
that hang liko a millstone about their
nocks, should devise means to attract
worthy (lien to buy and settle in tlieir ;
midst, and thus help to make a part of :
their land more valuable than the
whole was formerly. Maryland has
ono of tho most healthful climates and
a soil suited to grow almost any crop,
.nd thousand of acres that can be !
We have many I
and we
There is considerable difference
between a key on a seaboard and a C j
the keyboard.
The vast emigration
Tlio-o that can
a
of
bought extremely low.
good, prosperous
want many more
Baltimore American.
farmers,
of the same kind.—
on
I
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SOME CURIOUS RELICS.
*Hld For Genuine
tint Ion Curios.
In Calvin's day there was enough
"wood of the true cross" to load a
ship, and there is scarcely an object
neeted w ith sacred history which
not multiplied in a very ombarrass
I ra
Fnhnlou« Trie
tho
a
that
last
•oi
for
ing manner.
The saints aro as freely duplicated,
and even triplicated. S'. Sebastian's
body is in four places and his head in
two others. St. Philip must have hud l
three feet, if all the relies associated
with his name are to be accepted as
authentic, while two different monas
teries exhibited the skull of St. John
the llaptist—one when he was a young
man, the other after he was advanced
in years and wisdom. In these days
we are less reverential over memorials
like
tlie
of tlie great, though the care with
which Burns'and Shakespeare's houses
preserved is a proof that the hero
wopgW t elemont is not eliminated
from t h e spirit of the nineteenth cen
The c , lair8 in which the liter»*
,. J fetch ed, we are afraid, rather !
al8ttppoill Ung prices at Mr. Godwin's
galu _ \ r ct Antwerp preserves with
caro the seat in which Rubens I
gat when Uo , m inted the immortal (
.. DeBCent from the Cross," and Kam- ;
me ,. herpe Sehemekel paid 58,000 I
florins t0 W()me tho possessor !
()f the iyoI . y arm .,.), n i r which '
GuBtavu8 Vasa ,„. egente(1 to th J
of *j-j, wag expen _
^. v y e entlu ; sittsm ' (!U . od wUh lUat I
eyinced whon the pniyer book of
charles j which he had used on the
Bculfold. changed hands for no more
than £100; though, on tlie other hand,
it was small compared with the501,000
francs which were disbursed for tho ;
coat which Charles XII. wore at the
battle of Pultowa.
A tooth of .sir Isaac Newton sold for
£7!I0, to set in a ring; and when the
bodies of Holoiso and Abelard were i
removed to the Petits Augustins an
Englishman is said to have offered
100.000 francs for ono of lleloise's
teeth. The hat which Napoleon wore
at Eylau sold for 1,920 francs. Sterne's
wig brought 200 guineas at auction 1
and tho pens with which tho treaty of 1
America were signed sold for £500.
It may. however.be noted that these
prices were sold at a period when tho
•curio' rage was more virulent than
now A few years ago Thorsvuldson's I
hair-brushes wJnt for a good deal loss
than nn "old song'' fetches at a I, en
den book
sculptor is almost a demigod among
his countrymen. Blueher's sword
scarcely brought the price of old iron,
and it is painful to remember that the
white kid nether garments of George
IV. were disposed of as a "job lot."—
London Standard.
though the great
sale,
THE TAME-CAT GIRL.
London Standard.
j
I
I
THE TAME-CAT GIRL.
A Sensible Talk About English anil A mer
leau Young Women.
The reproach aimed by Americans
at tlie English girl, viz., that slie is of
the "tame eat" order, and that her
husband will trust lier with his bills
or tlie darning of his socks but not
with his ideas, is as great a miscon
ception, in many respects, as the En
glish estimate of American women,
but from tlie American point of view
it has some foundation in fact,
need only look at Iho life of the or
dinary Englishman to discover the
foundation upon which this exagger
ated inference is based. He always
a "tenderness for his club,
•an ventilate among his fel
low-mea his ideas political, moral and
social, to which, it is quite true, bo
does not, as a rule, treat bis wife,
he has a male friend lie can pass hours
upon hours in his company without j
being bored, which, unfortunately, ;
does not always happen in tlie case
of his wife, and tlie very fact that
women aro tho first to declare
that no wife wants her husband
Wo
If
retains
where he
always with her is a proof,
or less, of a certain incompatability of
temperament and thought. Probably
it is on these and kindred grounds that
tlie American forms lier opinion of the
average English girl, and. until she
more experience of English
cor
moro :
gains
habits, imagines herself strictly
On the other hand, for a fair
rect.
and impartial opinion of the American
girl, one must apply
glish man than to an English woman,
for he is more on a level with her in
in touch with her in
•athcr to an En
Mrs. SHmdiet—Have some more of
the mackerel, Mr. Boarder?
Mr. Boarder—No. thank you; but
I'll take a bucket of water, if you
please.— N. Y. Weekly.
thought and inor
it no secret that the unpreju
idea.
diced, educated Englishman is a gen
eral favorite with American women.
It ho has a particle of discernment he
discovers Unit American
very soon
freedom is by no means a synonym for
license, and when he has fully assimi
lated that idea bo finds bis relations
American girl most
;
:
minders" of unpaid bills to certain of
its custom r* received in response to
one of them, to whom "plenty of time '
! had been granted, this touching ap
I peal: "You have boon very good to
me. Please continue to bo good, and I
will pay you soon." So persuasive an
application for tin oxtension of time
had its effect, and tho members of the
flpm yotudj i n executive session, to be
j -good" a little while longer.—ot
1-.
with tho "nice"
charming and cordial and fascinating.
But in the matter of propriety of be
havior lie discovers that she is inex
orable, and that, so far from being
permitted more license of speech or
action, he in reality enjoys less.—Nar
tional Review.
An Elegant Sufficiency.
—A Arm who recently sent out "ro
^iha.n» Messenger*
FREJUDICED VERDICTS.
\Tby.Juror. W
to Deri«!« In I'atot «f ) The
('lient*.
1*0
"You would be surprised how little
tho average juryman appreciates the for
importance of his position." remarked j in
a young man who was drawing his pay
a week's jury duty. "I'm not
sufficiently well posted in law t
that the whole jury system should lie ; the
abolished, but my experiences of the i |,ut
last week tell me that it should be | as
remodeled. On Monday I
went to court and found 150 other men.
eently
St.
Year
ours,
rules
very
all
the
was
half
were
now
for
say i;or
radically
like myself, kept away from thoir
business, it was time for recess when
tlie score or so of excuses had been
made to the judge, and tho court
hadn't been reopened many minutes
before we were dismissed for the day.
Tlie next morning as each ease on the
docket was read off a lawyer would
gel up and ask for an adjournment eu
some trivial plea or oilier.
"The jurymen would then be dis
mis-ed until the afternoon, and soon
after reassembling would lie excused
Tills dilly-dallying
was kept up tho cu ire week, and
alt hough wo had nothing to do tho
! till the next day.
, ,
I days were so broken into that none of tin
( os could attend to any private busi
; The 150 jurymen were divided
I into two panels.
! tried a single ease, and I scarcely
' think the other panel had anything
more to do. The jurymen were paid
$1.500 for tlieir week's work, while
I the two eases tried wore for
'**«">»
the
a
of
The
me 1 was in
amounting to only $1100. Law
comes high, and it seems that the
country must have it.
"1 have spoken of bow little serious
attention the average juryman gives
Tlie one we tried was a suit
;
i° l $' o 0
locked up in tlie jury-room one of tlie
every tiling.
to a ease
moment wo wer«
a
men began to
•Boys,' said lie, 'I'm an old hand
at this business, and liavo been on
more juries than any oilier man in tlie
city,
the
i
moments, and we can get home in
time for > f?m>ss you re all.
1 f "'' llu ' l ,laill,llT; she s a poor woman,
1 and the other fellow has plenty of
dust. If we decide in favor of the j
P tainliff ' ' v "' u °"'.V l»avo to agree as,
to the amount of tlie verdict, and then
the job is done.' j
I "I was tlie only ono who held out, j
but all argument was useless. The |
fact that tlie woman w;
1 how to go about
I'll show y
decide it ill a few
so as te
.
poor j
seemed enough to convince the jury
men that she deserved a verdict in lier
men.
The rich man gets very little |
fair play in the petty courts, ns far as |
concerned. The big bugs
favor.
tlie jury is
have influence enough to get excused ■
from jury duty, and they leave tlie [
box to be tilled b\ small tradesmen.
j These jurors are mostly men of such
box to be tilled b\ small tradesmen.
These jurors are mostly men of such
pronounced socialistic tendencies that |
it is utterly impossible for them
see beyond their own pet theories,
They are no doubt honest enough as a ,
rule, but their prejudices are too :
allow them to judge in u i
»•and capital form the
Mr. Holder, was
tlie road by nn
strong !
case where lab
bone of contention."
A lawyer, commenting on the same
subject, said Unit as the judge took a
directly opposite view from tlie jury
men things were rat her even up. In
a case of poor plaintiff and rich de
fendant, whatever feeling the judge
might have was sure to lie against
sending tlie matter to tlie jury. He
know the jury would bo apt to favor
the plaintiff, and Unit meant that the
defendant would appeal the case. In
that event the judge's decision was
i»>t to be reversed, a thing which he
would not be likely to relish.— N. Y.
Sun.
A TRAINED GOAT.
to
•rli
»list e
lie Music nl »
A.
olcrli
Its tV.
..I.
A traveler in tho Holy Land,
>ne day stopped
who said he
show him how Ii ist trained
Tlie traveler, noth
sttys
Aim I),
wanted I
goat performed,
ing loutl
such a novelty
at be'ng entertained where
was hardly to be ex
il bis willingness, and
commenced.
peeled, expref
the performa n
The Arab dismounted from a miser
spread a small carpet
able donkey,
upon the ground nnd culled up i
mtiro looking ;
le
t lint had been
at
From a bag the
ik a number of blocks, six
following behind,
man first I
nd
inches long, cylindrical in shape
VOSS the top, and placed
deep attention.
Without stopping his music the Arab
thon lifted one of the goal's forefeet
inier it another cylinder,
motion under all
the goat « as
gradually lifted until finally the,
pillars of wood wore four feet from the
ground, tiio patient animal preserving'
its balance perfectly, and appearing
■ as if standing on stilts That the
music, if it could be called music, was^
: an important factor in this perform
ance. was very evident, for the mo
! mont it ceased the gout began to
waver and tremble; but upon the
strains being revived the animal
seemed to acquire fresh confidence.
When tho music entirely ceased it top
pled over and fell to t he ground.
The next trick, if we may so term it,
was to build up the columns in an un
even manner, so that finally they wer«
removed from under the forefeet, the
animal standing upon its hind logs on
the pillars, throe feet in height-—St
j Nicholas,
inches no
tw.
four upon the carpet at a small dis
tance apart Tlie goat immediately
stepped upon them, c r.-fully putting
a foot upon each block. Now the
Arab placed in bis mouth n small reed
musical instrument and began to drone
air that was evidently
s it pr eked
up its ears and assumed a position oi
a monotonous
appreciated by the goat.
and slipped
and repeated the opt
its hoofs. In this way
COURT PAGENTRIES.
Tho
The l>lsitp|»«*rttttc<* of Oltl-TI
l*oin I» nml OksplAy of Itoyulty.
Tho time seem* fast passing away
for tho frequent great state pageants
in which live royal courts of Europe
the state and show
|,ut they be
as the age advances.
It is true Unit our
j more and more rare
Attention is called to the fact by a
notable exception to it which was re- in
eently seen at the Winter l'alaeo. in
St. Petersburg. Tho Russian New
Year comes eleven days later titan
ours, and is preceded, according to the
rules of tho Russian Church, by a
very strict fast of six weeks. Then
all the j
displayed as the new year opens. On
the Inst of these occasions tho festivity
was observed with quite as much
splendor as in earlier days,
half European, half Oriental.
were wont to indulge,
now and then wo hear descriptions of
ceremonies, attended by all
( the old 'll time.
i;or
f tlie Imperial court is
I 1
tin ir displays.
It was
Tlie
and uniforms were dazzling
ml varied, and Circassians and Sibe
costumes
rinns vied with European Russians in
the brilliancy and gergeousness of
The halls of the Winter Palace, says
a graphic account, "were converted.by
means of rare tropical plants, into
gardens of delicious verdure; tha
mellow sheen of thousands of wax
candles contrasted with the brilliancy
of the electric light, shining on buffets
heaped high with the coronation plate,
and a background of supper tables
was laden with nativo and exotic
delicacies."
Such scenes, which irero once not
uncommon at European courts, are
now rarely presented at any except
tile Russian court.
In England a gorgeous state pageant
is in these days rare indeed,
occasion of her jubilee, a year and n
half ogo, indeed Queen Victoria mmle
a brilliant celebration, at which Kings
und Pr necs attended in n glittering
tleek; but even then it was noticed
on
On tlu
in the Queen did not wear the great
all. crown of Britain,' which, with tho
Koh-i-noor gleaming in the center,
of visitors to the Tower of London see
the j inclosed In gla s.
as, Paris lias not witnessed any very
splendid pageant for more than tw, illy
j years. Parisians who remember the
j displny of Napoleon III., when, in
The | 1HÜ7. be was visited in turn by nearly
.
j t ,very crowned head of Europe, and by
, v t least one Asiatic potentate, can lind
lier
the only great
dhing fnat has taken place since to
| ,. ( p m | it. Franco is Republican, and
as | „n„.e the downfall of the Empire lias
become less ostentatious

tlie [ tlie
If used to be I ho boast of Spain that
court of Madrid wi
curt in
"Madrid r.s sola
Europe.
such used to
the only great
I
tlie
court of Madrid wi
curt in
"Madrid r.s sola
Europe.
rlc," tlie Spaniards used proudly to j
| declare in tlieir musical tongue; bel I
tojihe glories ol
have pretty m
, still a more stiff and rigid ceremony, j
: indeed, at the Madrid palace than in !
i any other, and a host of royal servant!
pass daily through a strict routine I
but oven coronations and loyal bapt :
with far les> 1
f the old Spanish court
nuch passed away. There
performed
isms are
brilliancy of cercn^iny than formerly.
it is said that tho present King ol i
Italy lives in almost as modest a sim
plicity us his fut her. Victor Emmanuel,
■ lid before him. Certain it is that
ex tent at least,
| ma de by tlie l'o|
j when he was the temporal ruler of the
Eternal City.
Remo rarely witnesses a great royal j
pageant, while it is deprived, to som< ;
if tho stately parades
and his Cardinal.
The German pageants of tlie modern
day are, for (lie most part, great mili
tary reviews and maneuvers, designed
In set forth the armed prowess of tlie
Empire, and tlie same may be said of
those of the Austrian court.
1
With tlie more democratic age is
vanishing the old-time pomp and dis
play of royalty, as if it were felt that
eh display is out of place at a period
when tlie people are taking a greater
share in the Governments, and at a
period, also, when immense sums of
arc needed by the sovereigns in
their huge military
sll
I
money
order to k' ep u|
Youth's Companion.
armaments.
English Walking Jackets.
so becoming to fine fig
Jnekets are
lires that they are always liked to wear
I over dresses that are made without
•s. piping of a contrasting
f c oth or else a piping of gilt
braid will edge llieso jackets.
rs, short und broad, are
liselose a
I redingott
nts of the jacket and disclosing a
it of lighter cloth nearly covered
| with applique designs, curves, unii ■
c-ques. (lowers, etc . done in clot i n a
darker shade and edged with tea icr
braid. I lie Empire belt four or ive
inches wide is placed across the vest
! <>f many jackets, disappearing under
Hie rovers, and is usually or <^ oUl !
j elaborately braided. Iho \ ireotoiro j
capon, or th reo doop eollarn, t u* arges j
j ing only to tho shoulder ips. are
| othe' ja kets. am 111 ' V, 1 ' ^ :
liked in «lark green c "' n ' w ' - v " ' ^ j
! cloth piping oi o so gi >nl " ,m .
1 edge of the '' a '"'' J' 1 . 1 '
! i"' 1 ' used on dial) or brown cloth caj es,
while silver braid edges those o gray
cloth. Harper s Bazar,
I Directoire revt
toned over at the top t
vest of cloth of lighter color in some
jackets, while others have long rolling
I rovur» extending to tho end
\ fri
The .
if the
:
—Tlie old lady went to tlie theater
for the first time. The play wn*
"Waal," she said
"Julius Cæsar.
afterwards, "I've hearn tell that the
bad, but 1 think it's
Its nothin' but crime
thcayter were
wuss than bad.
to kill all them feilere just to amuse
theaujience, and it oughter bo put a
»top to."—Harper's Uaaur.
OUTWARD MOURNING.
:
Tho t'urttom of Wottrinic Cnt|M« for l,nn|
IVrlmU fui I lot:
VVe go through a great deal of fnlse
sentiment and false politeness in the
matter of our funeral ceremonies and l ' a
I» III.
-
our mourning attire. In tho youthful
days of our present sexagenarians tha iean
mark of mourning a piece of black
crape around the sleeve of a colored
coat was reserved for tho army only.
Army and
make tills modest manifestation stand
in lieu of the glossy subie
hat-bands of civilians.
howl, as well as a sneer, when these
civilians adopted the military custom,
and on the sleeve of a
navy officers alone might
and deep
There
saw
eolored coat mai
stitched a black hand to denote tho
deatli of a dear friend or near relation.
custom gained ground, and is now reo
ognized, adopted and approved of.
There are many who set their faces
llowls and sneers notwithstanding, the
against tlie excessive mourning of by
gone attire. No longer do all widows
even think it necessary to clothe them*
selves in crape, and tlie life-long obli
gation of tin' widow's cap, like tho life
long obligation of the widow's black,
Is at an end. These who like to cling
to the ancient methods have tlieir will
and do tlieir pleasure, but those who
do not those who carry death in their
hearts and do not cure to show it to the
world —or those
,
10 u ' u ' y 1110
deeply afflicted-may_ dispense with
mourning altogether, if they have the
mind. Simple black answers all tho
purpose, and the term for tliie is great
ly curtailed. We no longer feel that
we owe it to the memory of the deal
dead to make ourselves uncomfort able.
and to spend money on mere show oa
mere signs and symbols to gratify the
watching world. Deep in our hoarta
wo bear the sacred imago—we keep
alive the holy (lame. We have loved
that noble man, that pure-souled woman
—the father, the lnydiand, the glorious
brother, the mother who bore us, and
the sister
playmate. Wo have loved for all
our life; we shall love to the
hour of death. But need wo then
clothe ourselves in crape and woolen,
and mark ourselves "Bereaved" as by
| a placard pinned to our breast? Far
better and more suitable-aye, and
; sometimes far more sincere, too—tin
undemonstrative acceptance of tho in
j evitable - the quiet eherishingof seorel
, sorrow-tho close concealment of tlie
was our cradle
who
The sorrow lies there,
:. ...
sacred love,
and we do not wish t
world as a beggar unfolds his sore.
We do not wish to be questioned not
condoled with. Who can comfort us?
No one! What gi
tlie world to Haunt our grief in crape
and weepers in the face of tlie curious,
I Tec
1 does it do us or
tlie world to Haunt our grief in crape
and weepers in the face of tlie curious,
the unsympathetic, the critical? Tec t"
soon loft
gauntlet of all out
Far bel.tot
the slightest indication that is posse a
general
tl.is which attracts genera) l'
a
!
much" or "too little"—"t
off" or "too long kept on"—"the fashion
want to run the
dead friends' criticisms?
ble —so slight as to
notice - than
attention?—Duchess of Rutland, in
too smart for mourning" or "the depth
ridiculous for the occasion." Do we
escape
London Queen.
i
ARMY-WORM REMEDIES.
How to Stop tiio lucre»«* or Till« He
re A K ric-«ltunil Fest.
worm, according to Mr.
•c Bruner of the Nebraska Ex
str
j The army
; Luwre
périment Station, lias appeared in that
State in threatening numbers; and as
of checking its increase he
suggestions in a
a means
makes the following
recent Station Bulletin:
Chief aiming tho remedies adopted
for keeping in check the increase ot
this pest is the burning of old grass,
stubbie and other like receptacles for
and hibernating larva 1 . Per
for the absence of
1 the eg
haps this accounts
the pest from our frontier settlement»
in this nnd other Western States for
the past twenty years and more, tha
customary fall and early spring prairis
fires having destroyed such eggs and
larvæ as would otherwise have entered
spring and summer cam
This is a preventive before the
The burn*
upon tile
paigns.
pest has "materialized,
ing should be postponed until spring
lias well advanced, to bo of most
benefit. During late years, the increase
of area cultivated, and the prevention
of starting fires on the prairies, espe
attic districts" of the
dally in tlie •
Northwest, lias perhaps been the di
rect cause for the presence of this in
sect in injurious numbers.
Ditching, rolling, plowing, etc., are
remedies that can be used advantage
ously now. Ditching and fencing can
be resorted to in preventing tho worm»
from passing from ono field to another.
j- ence boards set on edge and saturated
w iu, kerosene will effectually check an
a( ] valu .j ag column, after which they
cftn j estl .„yod by crushing. Ditch
in(fi w i t h tho opposite side of the ditch
fpom ttl0 advancing host "dug under,"
"corral" the worms for the time
belng whon they can bo destroyed by
! CPU shing, or by covering .them with
j h a ^ or s tniw and setting fire to it.
j p ()isoniny: w^h London purple and
p apis p re en has also been resorted to
: with good results; but as long as other
j ttn j i OS s dangerous methods do not
fail.it is advisable not to resort to
these. Grass or grain that has been
8])payed w ; t b these poisons should
neyep be fed to stock, as there is dan
.
ger of poisoning animals so e .
Orange Judd Farmer. J
-"Mr. William C. Smith and Mis.
Mary White wore very successfully
married at the home of the bride'.
parents last night." was the rather
unusual way in which a young reporter
began an account of a wedding, which
was at least one instanoe of marriag# I
»ot being a f ailur e» j
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
—Tho wifo of Senator Reagan, of
Texas, is his private sue rotary, and as
such.draws u salary of six dollars a
l ' a >'
- .In:
Diazoi
is the name of a Mex
iean living in Santa ltarbara County,
California, who is one hundred and
twenty-nine years old.
Ohio wh
— "A mother of preachers"—this is
wlml a writer calls an elect lady in
was tiio mother of live living
Methodist preachers, all effective.
P. S. (lilmoro. the band master,
gives tills terse autobiography: "1 Hrst
saw tlie light in tho bogs of Conne
mai n, but I was born in Boston in the
nineteenth year of my ago."
After all, tlie queens of nrt are
great r than the monarchs by birth,
Patti refused to sing for Queen Vic
toria last year and Bernhardt would
not piny for tlie Sultan of Turkey a few
days ie
ria 1 Emperor of (Tina, a boy of
seventeen, has a serious hesitation in
bis speech and speaks with eonsider
lle is quiet in disposi
tion. but very obstinate whon once he
has formed an opinion.
Mrs. Bnbeeeu Kobertson, of New
York, a member of tho Church of the
able difficulty.
Heavenly Rest, has given $200.000 for
the establishment of a summer resort,
at some place near tho city, for the
iv ,,f peer mothers and their el.il
...
— Miss Messel MeGann, of Canada,
a teacher of articulation in the Missis
sippi Institute for Deaf and Dumb,
who died at Jackson recently, was
known in every institution for the deaf
and dumb in the United States and
Canada as a successful teacher.
—Miss Helen Blanchard, of Phila
delphia, is the possessor of a very
large fortune, which she derives from
her invention of the "over and over"
attachment for sewing machines. Site
borrowed ill exorbitant interest the
money necessary to pay for.her palent
illiee fees, and now enjoys an income
that is exceeded by that of but lew
women in Huit city of rich spinsters.
—Mr. Windom is tho oldest member
all
'
by
in
tlie
of the new Cabinet, being nearly sixty
three years of age. Mr. Miller is tlie
youngest, not having reached his forty
eighth year. Mr. Blaine and Mr.
Busk are about the same age—tifty
nino. Mr. Proctor is lifty-uight and Mr.
Truey sixty. Next to Mr. Miller tho
youngest man in tho Cabinet is Mr.
Wanamaker, who is not quite ftfty
not
us? l
E. C. Carrigan, of Boston, who
or died the other day, was noted among
Dartmouth men not only for his prom
t" 1 ' ll ' 8 ivotivity as an alumnus of tho
ccBcgo. 11° had an interesting col
lege career. Ho worked his way
through, taking six years to complete
He was manager of tho
boating club when Dartmouth won
so ond place at Saratoga. He received
a scholarship of two hundred and fifty
dollars from tho college, and Inst year
l' a "l the money back. He was one of
a committee representing tho alumni
in the management of tho college, and
it, was through his efforts that tho
degree of LL. 1). was given to General
B. F. Butler.
Dartmouth men not only for his prom
inence in all educational matters, but
his course.
'A LITTLE NONSENSE."
—Young man—"Will you givo as
sent to my marriage t<> your daughter,
sir?" Old man (firmly)—"No, sir,
not a cent."
—"Gentlemen of the jury, have you
agreed? What is your verdict?" "We
find the prisoner not guilty, if he will
leave towfl."
— Descriptions often tell nml»»
The J si I
inly sport
intimes flush.
For pales! m-
•l'iie tallest man is orten short.
—Merchant Traveler.
—"This is what might bo called a
water-bury," said the champion skater
when he fell through tiio ieo in tiis ef
forts to in ike time.—Jewelers' Weekly.
—Teacher—"Now, Johnny Smart,
Johnny —"But it's rain
make 'K.'"
ma'am." Teacher—-"Well, what
ing.
ma'am."
house crying, and in a very mussed
up condition.
bis mother, "haven't I told you time
and again not to play with that wicked
little McCarthy boy?" "I Iiain't been
with him," sobbed Tommy;
of that?" Johnny—"We can only
when the sun shines,
Drake's Magazine.
•K'
make
Tommy Traddles came into tho
"Now. Tommy," said
Bazar,
replied, heartlessly,
w ,-itc for it any more, any how, not
to t .},j s office. Come down after it
yourself, and if we've got any to spare
you can take it along with you, Tra
| c _| n , Birdie."—Washington Critic,
ol i, e rs had given it up.
(„quired tlie teacher.
tiio kid. wisely, and the answer
pugged ._Washington Post
playin'
• lie's been playin' with me."—Harper's
—"I do not write for money," said n
poetess, proudly, to the editor;
write fur love " "Oh, do you?" ho
"Well, don't
"I
_"What did Noah live on when the
flood subsided and his provisions in
tlie Ark were exhausted?" asked a
West End Sunday school teacher of
her class last Sunday,
squeaked a little girl, after all the
"Well, what?"
"Dry land."
"I know,''
—Police Judge (to officer)—"What
is the charge against this prisoner?"
officer—"Smashing a window in a jew
J elop . g gtore ."
Judge—"What did he
f^t?" £f cer "", A
Judge-"!hen it is a watch case,
Officer surprised)-"Yes. sir
was pretty well 11M f, our
when I ^ lg Dot worth SO
I
j
He
much as solid goods, we'll give him
^,..1 tut no.—Jewelers' Weekly.

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