The Abbeville messenger., August 31, 1886, Image 6

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A.T EVENTIDE.
jfit t* Might hour, beneath a tree
I lie, and breathe the fragrant air.
All nature seems to smile on me:
liy mind is free from earthly care.
V*r In the West the waning light
Is struggling with the twilight's haze.
My soul drinks in with rapt delight,
The fairy scene that meets my gaze.
How silent is the summer air,
A solemn, stilnoss, silent, grand.
The zephyl a playing through my hair
Seom strangely like a fairy's wand.
The creatures all have sought their rest;
The songsters sang their last "good-night
The owl now leaves his gloomy nest,
And through the twilight wings his fllgh
The marsh resounds with croaking frogs;
The crickets now take up the cry,
While o'or the surface of the bogs
The swallows skim, and wheel, and fly.
And soon the chorus swells complete,
And wierdly sounds. The day's last ligt
Departs, the deep'ning gloom to meet.
The veil of darkness falls. 'Tis night.
?S. S. Stinsont tn Leisure Moments.
WROUGHT BY A DREAM.
Miss M. is a pretty heiress, whose nam
for obvious reasons we must suppress
Mr. R. is a young diplomatist who fat
cies he has every chance of becoming a
ambassador before the last of his short
cropped locks has deserted him. Mr.
had ncard of Miss M. as being the owne
' of a wonderfully beautiful diamond neck
lace, and also as possessing more pcrsoni
attractions than are supposed to belon|
to ifnt hllt.intAroatinfT nonnore Aficn If
J ^/MU|/Uk 0* JJA,
on the other hand, had been iuforme
that Mr. R. was a very decent sort c
fellow, with the smallest amount possi
ble of foreign officer swagger. The;
met for the first time under Lady It.1
roof, and surveyed cach other with mu
tual interest from opposite sides of a:
claboiately decorated dinner table. Th
necklace cumo up to Mr. li.'s expecta
tions, but their owner surpassed them
Not only was she pretty, but also viva
cious nnd evidently amusing?not
paiuted, dressed up doll, like the womai
Ibeside. him, got up for admiration am
incapable of conversation. ]Not beinj
accustomed to admire without some sor
of return, he left the doll to the tonde
mercies of his left-hand neighbor, an<
devoted his attention to Miss M. The;
, had grown quite friendly over fiv
o*clock tea, nnd now exchanged tele
graphic signs across the table about an;
small episodes that arose 'during the din
ner. Mr. It. thought he was getting on
and became so engrossed that he ne
gleeted hii favorite entree and ha<
scarcely time to do justico to the saddl
of mutton. But when the regulation ic<
cream had made its rounds he noticed)
sudden change in the ^irl opposite t<
him. She turned as white as her owr
liandkerchitf, and loaned back in hei
chair, silent and abstracted, with wid<
open eyes and parted lips. For the res
of the time she scarcely talked at all,anc
seemed incapable of rallying; but shi
f hook her head when he made a sign th&
he was ready to assist her out of th'
room, and kept her scat till the ladie
rose and tiled slowly through the door
Be wou'd have given much to follow
them at once, because his curiosity wa
vividly roused. He was sure there wa
some mystery behind the scenes, for sh
^. looked as if she had received a shockseen
a ghost, or discovered an unwished
for friend. As soon as he could ge
away ho looked round the drawiuj
room, and seeing Miss M. sitting ap-.'.r
from the other ladies, and turning ovei
the leaves of a photograph book in evi
dent preoccupation, ho made his way t<
ner, ana standing before lier, so as t<
shield her from observation, asked in i
low voice if he could do anything fo
her.
She looked up in surprise. "Thanks
I don't want anvthiner."
"But you are annoyed or ill?one o
the other. I shall never forget you
look at dinner."
"Did anyone notice it?" eagerly.
"Not a soul except myself. Of course
I don't wish to force your confidenct
but if I can bo of any service to you?"
"No one can do me any good," hui
riedly. "Only I wish to heaven I ha
never come."
lie lookrd at her with genuine con
passion, for he saw that she was shivei
( mg from head to foot.
r, ./ "Shall 1 fetch Lady K??"
jNot lor the world! I would tell you
only you would think mo 60 foolish,
looking around to bo sure that no on
could overhear.
"I promise ypu I won't," earnestly, a
he took a chair and sat down ju?t i
' front of her, so that she should not hav
to raise her voice. "Pray, tell me."
' It was only a dream,'' with the gho:
of a smile. "i.ust night I Ihought 1 wu
being murdered for the sake of this nccl
lace," playing nervously with the dii
monda roun<l her white throat, "and
woke up struggling with a man?a ma
with a Ionor chin and reddish hair,
felt I should know him anywhere, and
saw him to-day at dinner"?with a shut
iV der?"handing the liqueurs."
"Why, that was llird, the butler. Yc
couldn't be afraid of him."
"I am," looking up at him with terrc
in her pretty o>,es. "lam sure he wi
try and murder me to-night. I can't g
to bed. I should never close my eyes,
%- . and she shivered again.
MYou can go to bed and sleep in po
feet confidence. I'll tell you what I:
; do for you," and Mr. It. smiled, feelin
that ho waa making a noble cITort. "Ot
juuiijb iiu uu mo H?me corridor. l na\
heaps of letters to write?woix ; luck?i
that I must sit up. I'll kei-p my do<
\ ajar, whidi won't be noticed, as there
a light in the passage, and my cars are i
sharp that I would defy any one to pa
without my knowing it. Will that coi
i/. tent you?"
jjhv "You are very kind; but he migl
-wait till your letters are finished."
"That will make no difference,
promise to sit up until my hot water
Drought. Will that satisfy you?"
fo V "Oh, but that's too much."
"Not at all. If you .tell me in tl
$F morning that you've had a good night,
with a plefcant smi'e,f "I shall feel amp]
^ Iiaoi^OO T nnn A 1 ~
, (V. .4V?< UIMVV* f wvwiuvvf A vuu uw W1WU 1UI
rj-:' ., sleep than most people, and I'm sure 1
& . take it out before luncheon."
Miss M. expostulated, but he woul
^ not listen, being quite excited at tl
reglT .. idea of rendering a service .to such
pretty girl; and when tho guests separt
' ' '
ted for the night and he whispered: "I ,
haven't forgotten," she gave him so 1
cbarminsr a look of gratitude that his I
heart fluttered like a schoolboy's
******
Two o'clock, a. m., with a decaving
fire und without the solace of a pipe,
lio bail written two or three letters just
to save l?is conscience, but the effort had
been so great that he wouldn't havo be
pun unotoor 10 save ma mo. 111 oruerto
reassure Miss M., who might be on the
lookout, he left the smoking room on
Sretext of a headache, aud established
imself in his room about midnight.
} Smoking and sleeping were both out of |
' the question, and two longer hours he
had never spent in his whole existence.
He heard doors opening and shutting
down stairs, a suppressed laugh at the
la?t good story told amidst tobacco
smoke, the tread of several pairs of feet
in different directions, and then silence.
Miss M. being no longer there with
her white face and her small figure all ot
a tremble to work upon his feeling3, he
began to feel his position eminently
ridiculous. His excitement had cooled
down, his compassion had waned like
the moon; but, infinitely bored and intensely
sleepy, he was bound by his
promise to a girl. And all on account of
a dream! He asked himself, with his
ie fingers running through his usually neat
i nair and his mouth distended in an unl
conscious yawn, if anybody had ever
n neara 01 a young man being victimized
t- by somebody else's dream. It was arrant
nonsense, and he was a fool to give in
sr to it. No, not quite that, with a throb
of compunction, or the girl would have
il worried herself into fits; but ho ought to
g have reasoned with her, or sugt
gested that she might have a dog
d In her room. Lady B.'s Fidget would
>f have been sure to bark if a mouse I
i- had squeaked, and would have howled i
y the house down at sight of a burglar,
a A pity he hadn't thought of it; but supi
posing he had, Miss M's gratitude would
n have been given to Fidget and not to
? himself, nnd he rather wished to win it.
Another yawn, till he thought he had
* cracked his jaws. The fire was dying
- out, he was alra d to stir it, but he
a thought might tickle it with a poker. He
n got up cautiously and was stretching out
1 his hand for the poker, when he heard a
? sound in the passage, lie began to think j
t his nervous system was deranged, for he j
r had never believed there was the smallest j
i reason for his watching. But the sound I
Y was repeated, and sont an unmistakable j
e thrill through his veins. lie got to the
!- door noiselessly, thanks to his slippers,
7 and without opening it any farther peered |
- through the crack. He could scarcely
, believe hi* eyes when he saw Bird, the
- butler,carrying a pair of tiny high-heeled
1 boots in his hand. Was there really
e something in tlie dream after :?ll? He
e waited till the man actually stopped at
* Miss M's door and placed his hand on thft
I handle.
Then with one stride he was by his
3 8ide'
, ''What are you doing here?" he said,
. in a stern whisper, staring the butler
straight in the face.
. The man started, turned perfectly
livid, and let the boots fall from his
shaking fingers, but he made a great
effort after composure, and tried to
* steady his voice as ho said: "Iliad fors
gotten to send up these hoots before, sir,
and I was afraid the young lady might
want them the tir.->t thing in the morn>
0 ??
in"*
"If she did it wouldn't be your busi^
ness to bring them. You must be mad
T or drunk, and I shall report you to
? 1 yourma-ter to-morrow."
The m-in's under lip shook and his
eyes shifted uneasily. "I meant no
~ harm," he said, sullenly, as he stooped to
} pick up the boots."
a But Mr. It. stopped him x>n a sudden
r impulse. "Leave them here and go off
at once."
, Bird seemed inclined to remonstrate, I
' and even stretched out his hand again as ,
r if to take the boots, but Mr. i
r I R. signed to him to go, with a significant J
frown.
The butler slunk down the passage, :
? giving a backward lock before he turned '
5 the corner. Mr. I). watched him out of ;
' sight, then picked up the boots and carried j
_ I them to the gaslight. Nothing in the i
ft I first, a dainty, innocent covering for a 1
j pretty foot. But something hard rattled j
j in one of them as they dropped on ,
. the floor, and he was not surprised to tind !
in the si; o:id a I >ng, pointed knife.
As he drew it out and scratched his finger i
[ with the sharp eJ?;e, his bl od turned i
?? cold as he thought of thj girl's white !
e throat and a ctim?on gash.
If it had not been l'or a dream that
^ girl wou'd have been brutally murdered
m in her bed.
******
6
Mr. R. thought it right to tell the cirst
cumstances of the case to Lord and Lady
ua , B. Miss M. agreed with him, but said
i. the would go home before he spoke, to
! avoid a fuss. As soon as she had left the
I liou-c the story was told, and Lady B.
,n : nearly went into hysterics. Lord B. said
X there was not sufficient evidence to supX
port a chiirge of murder,, but he declined
j_ j to have lus enterprising butler any longer
in the house. He therefore dismissed
u him at once on another pretext, and Mr.
| George Bird is now on tho lookout for
)r ! another | lace, where he may cut a throat
H when he foels inclined, with no troublcrQ
tome third party to interfere. A nice
'? thought for those who are about to engage
a butler.
r_ This story is true, only a few trifling
21 details having been altered, and the
? proper names suppressed. Mr. Bird is
jk the only person concerned in it who
ro would be able to bring an action for libel
,0 against me, but for his own sako he is
>r likely to keep quiet.?London Lift.
13 An Indian boy, a Pawnee, one of CapJ0
tain Pratt's pupils, edits the Indian
88 Helpar nt Carlisle, Pa. Here is one of
his "notes." Some older and lighter
. complexioned people could not do bet1
ter: "One hundred vears aero, ono hun
_ drei miles northeast of Carlisle, the In/
dians in ono day killed many white poo.
* pie. It was called the Wyoming Massa;
ere. Everybody called the Indians,.
' 4'savage brutes." Recently in Wyoming'
,, Territory a party of .white men killed
j many Chineso workmen. Now boys and
^ girls, it is time for you to call these
r? white people 'savage brutes."* Not all
Indians are savage. Not all white peo^
pie ar* civllltod.
io Queen Elizabeth style is expected t<
* dome in agfcin about 1838. This is, inl~
i deed. rufL?Boston Transcript,
a * \ *1 ' !*' % ;
much as it did. The Black Crater
sprouts uo in two places. When we
were there, or as close as we thought it
prudent or possible to go with the time
at our disposal, it was sending np from
ono place lingo boulders, and from the
- other, columns of cinders, which rose to
* agicat height, spread out liko an umbrella,
ana then descended in coormoui
t showers. What a noise it made! How
r grand a spectacle 1 Away to the south, in
, the direction of Ruapehu and Tongariro,
\ were numerous jets of steam. Ruapehu
stood grandly up cased in his mantle ol
j snow, while from Tongariro was issuing a
, large column of steam. After feasting
t our eyes on the Black Crater and its mar.
vels, we skirted another series of spurs to
get as close as we could to the back of
OtukupuarJnui, or the Pink Terrace.
^ We were exceedingly anxious to know il
, the Terraces?those wonders of the
A MOUNTAIN TORN APAKT
AN AWFUL CONVUL8ION OF NA
TUBE IN HEW ZEALAND.
Havoc WronKkt by Volcanic Erup
tions?Vivid Description of th<
Convulsions of Nataro.
Mount Tarawera, which was ton
asunder by the recent convulsions in New
Zealand, has been regarded, says tin
New York Sun, with a sort of horror bj
the Maoris for hundreds of years. Ac
cording to their traditions Tarawera was
the home of the last rnoa in the Noit!
Island. Its top, somewhat more thai
9. nnn foot-, nhmrn tVw? tnuol r\f lol-n
"')WVV - W "VV ' " ?.W V ? W. W* WMV
was barren, and was divided into thrc<
rocky tables by two.volcanic craters,
The natives of the ri&ghboring Maor
villages have carried their dead to th<
mountain top aud left the skeletons or
the rocky tables to whiten in the sun. 11
was a superstition with them that anj
stranger going to the mountain top woulc
bring on a storm. The Maoris have n(
traditional account of the eruption whicl
the conformation of tho mountain provec
to have taken place. It is believed thai
any convulsion which had occurrec
within 500 years would havo a place ir
the existing traditions. It is said tha
the only previous eruption in the IIol
Lake district which was atceuded with
loss of life, and of which any account ha;
been preserved, occurred some 120 year:
ago. when a part of Ohincmutu?a dozer
miles or so from TaraWera?was sub
merged in Lake Kotorua. The temperature
of the lake at the time of this con
vulsion rose above tho boiling point,
and thirty natives were scalded to death
The lake district was visited by manj
tourists and was called the Wonderland
In a book entitled ''Maoriland,'
printed in New Zealand, is the following
lucuiiuu \j i laiuucia. iuuiu in i
strange fascination about this curioui
truncated mountain. It looks bare and
scarred, its steep walls rising up black
and terrible as if blasted with lightning
the very sublimity of de-olation. K(
wonder that the .Maori imagination invests
thi9 spot with a sacied horror. Ii
is to them a city of the dead, and ma}
not lightly be approachcd; and whei
clouds gather round its summit and vol
in heavy masses along its sides, driver
by the tierce winds that piny about th<
crest, it requires no active imagination tc
peopic it with weird and spiritual ter
rors."
The lake lying to the north and wesl
of the mountain nnd partly encircling iti
base is described by the same writer as j
spltndid sheet of water, changeable in
expression as the human face.
A vivid description of the eruption, aj
seen by a traveler in the town of Roto
rua, liiO miles distant in a straight line,
is printed in the Otngo (New Zealand
daily Times. Through the windows o!
his room he saw a vivid light arising frorr
the direction of Tarawera. He at onc<
exclaimed: "Oh, it is an eruption!'
Every one then dressed and went to the
front of the house, where they stooc
watching the flashing light. A little before
2 a. m., trom flickering flames thi
light condensed into a vt^st and massiv<
pillar of fire, rearing it-elf high up in the
heavens. This gradually extended liter
ally along the range till it presented ar
apparent diameter of about half a mile
As ho loft the hotel the pillar of fire,
which was accompanied by a continuoui
terrific roaring, seemed gradually to be
eclipsed by a dense black cloud which
settled on it, hanging like a pall over th<
flames, which were hidden but not extinguished.
The black cloud pillar ros<
straight in the air. and then
came continuous explosions and
roars, which seemed to giv<
way before terrific thunder, accompanied
by vivid flaslic3 of lightning. At first,
starting from the pillar, the storm seemec
to extend and settle down over the whol<
face of the heavens. The lightning wai
both forked and sheet, and flashed inces
santly. The thunder roared from everj
point, the whole atmosphere being Slice
with air pervaded with suffocating sul
phur stench. Ali along the road spring;
had broken out in every direction, bub
bling and boiling, rendering walking s
task of extreme danger. By this time tin
inhabitants were aroused to a sense o:
the imminent danger of their position,
and, sallying forth from their houses
were departing toward Parekoi througl
the deep daikness, unillumined excep
by lightning flashes, and picking thei
way with the aid of lanterns. Durinj
the whole of this time a gale of wine
was blowing across Rotorua and towarc
the sent of the eruption, which probnbh
proved the means of saving the township"
At about 4 a. m.. however, the windsud
denly dropped, the smoke all over lio
torua became denser, and then a thicl
and heavy shower of ashes began to fal
continuously. Then Kotorua people gavi
themselves up for lost; the darkness be
came thicker, no one knew which way t<
turn, and dawn was earnestly prayed for
At about 6 a. m., day began slowly t<
break. Below thj jetty canopy a thii
blue line was seen on the northern hori
zon, and gradually the surrounding ob
jects became dimly visible, and it wai
seen that all the surrounding hills anc
the whole face of the country wer<
covered with white ashes. Still the b!acl
rvi 11 <i v* vnan frrvm rI\> ro ttt nro Kiif hul
filial ivoo iium luionuin, uuv biiu out
phur gases were less oppressive, and peo
pie began to breathe more freely.
Tho scene from a hill a few miles soutl
of Mount Tarawera and the lake, as i
appeared two days after the eruption, i
thus described by the correspondent o
the same paper: "It looked like ai
arctic scene, and as we stood on the ridg
of the hill it seemed as if we were tn
first explorers. There were apparentl;
hummocks of ice and mountains coverei
with snow. All these were from a fln
white deposit which had issued on tha
fatal night from the new crater. Ther
had been a green hill which had bura
out into a fearful volcano. A larg
part of the hill had fallen in. an<
there -was a crater much larger thai
Mount Eden. A constant column o
steam was rising from the might;
caldron, and at intervals there issued
great showers of cinders and huge rock
driven far into the air. There was i
continual roar, varied at intervals with i
loud boom. The mud volcano we calle<
the Black Crater, not having with us an;
native who knew the original name. W'
climbed to a high hill that enabled us t<
look down upon this particular volcano
It lies in the country between the Pinl
Terrace and Kakaramoa Mountain, an<
- not far from Okaro Lake. All the conn
try around the lake is covered with th
white deposit, but tha lake stands prett,
world, with their baths and their beauty ?
had survived the terrible upheaval. All
the ground about the Pink Terrace had
fallen in. Wc looked down upon some
thirteen or fourteen craters all belching
forth stones and ashes. We could not
count the separate craters exactly, owing
to the smoke and steam, but it seemed to
us that the whole area which had been
occupied by the White and Pink Terraces
aud the Lake Rotomahana was now
occupied with vast craters, all roaring and
belching forth stouca and cinders. W?
were on a much higher level and could
see all these craters working away belo\*
* us. It is a magnificent and awful sighl
1 .?one never to be forgotten.
Dead Souls.
An old physician remarked lately:
* "There is no study in human, nature ^so
difficult to me as a certain class of young
girls. I spent a part of this summer with
two specimens of this class. They had
the usual amouut of rapacity for observ?
ing. and understanding, and feeling.
1 They had been educated at much cost to
? their parents; both were constant atteud;
ants at church.
"I saw nothing in their faces, man'
ners, or bearing to argue that they were
* i imbecile. Their mother was an invalid,
> i Hearing ine grave. rsojnuig couia he
" 1 more touching than the p:itient appealing
r ga/.e with which lier eyes followed them,
j watching for i-ome signal of affection.
But they had eyes and thoughts fornoth|
ing but a gown they were making.
' They were used to her love, her illness,
) even to the thought of her death.
1 I walked out with them through a
, great forest, under the solemn stars.
They saw no beauty, no sublimity in
J them. They chattered incessantly of the
1 new trimming of their bonnets. They
1 were used to Vhe meaning oT the trees
and stairs. The only thing apparently
' to which thev were not used were the
changes in ribbons, puffs, and flounces.
1 "I went to church with them, and lisL
| tened to the great 4Te Deum' which has
come down to us through many aues, and
| filled the hearts of countless worshipers
; of God. They nuriged each other while
they sang it to look at a beaded cloak in
? tho next pew.
"We physicians now test the temperature
of a patient's body, and if we find it
below a certain degree, know that death
* is already in the heart. When I find so
low a degree of temperature in the words,
actions, and thoncrhts of n. liumnn
I begin to fear that the soul within is
' cold and dead beyond reonll."
I Old John Bunyan tauqht us the same
lesson in his picture of the man with the
' I muck-rake, who incessantly scraped toj
gether the foul, perishable stuff, and
' kept his eye bent on it. while the great
world opened around him, and the wind
| blew, and the sun shone, and God waited
, j for him behind them all.
, ! Do we, too, use this rake, and what
^ ; is it that we gather??Youth's Companion.
< The Original Weather Prophet.
? j An almanac maker in London named
j I Partridge, who flourished in Queen
. j A.nne's time, was the original weather
r i prophet. Like our cherished Old Prob?l
| bilitios of the Signal Service, he foretold
. j storms iu March and December, showers
} ; in April and May, hot weather in August
. ; aud frosts in December. Dean Swift bci
; came disgusted at Partridge's preten*
3 | sions, and determined to put him down,
f j Walking nround London one day, heno;
tired over a smith's shop the sign, "Isaac
' ; Bickerstaff." It struck his fancy, and
[ j he stored it in hi3 memory for future
t i use. In January, 170s, Partridge enmo
r ' out with his almanac as usual. A few
r j weeks afterward London \vas astonished
1 ! by the publication of a small sheet which
j I purported to contain the predictions of
j ! Isaac Bickerstaff, astrologer. It made a
! profound sensation, and the sale was
. , great. Instead of the vague and definite
. j hints at futurity which Partridge's alE
manacs contained, it foretold foreign and
j domestic events, with the greatest parq
ticularity, giving even the hour of the
. day when deaths of famous men great
5 victories and defeats should occur. But
. one statement created the most talk; for
> at 11 o'clock on the 20th of March it
i't was predicted that Partridge; thealma.
I nac maker, would die. Partridge him.
i self stoutly denied its truth, but it was
9 j of no use. On the 30th of March another
1 j pamphlet came out giving a circumstano
| tisl account of his death, after a sincere
c repentance of his sins and a confession
- of the worthlessness of his almanac.
. Eveiybody believed he was dead, and
Partridge was never able to convince the
ti nublic that he was still alive. It broke
t up his business, and in a few years he
s really did die. It is a pity that the Dean
f isn't still on earth to deal with Vennor
a and Wiggins. A good dose of ridicule
0 is probably the most effectual weapon
e which can bo used against them, and the
y Dean was a master of. the art.?Ban: Per1
ley Poore.
? Some Old i'eople.
Instances of extreme old ago are raj
ported from Russia. The 2{</vostiy a
0 Russian Journal, announces the death in
j the almshouse of St. Petersburg of a man,
a aged 122 years, who had been an inmate
. since 1818. His mental faculties were
1 preserved up to the time of his death,
J and his general health was excellent to
* the age of 118, when he commenced to
9 fail. There is in the same institution a
a soldier's widow, whoso a^e, as shown by
* documentary evidence, is at least 110
1 years. In our own country, at New Hoi
y lajid, Ohio, Mrs. Arnold has just cele0
bratcd the 109th anniversary of her birth;
u and her two sisters are still living, aged
? respectively 100 an<M02 years.?Science.
1 The Corean Government has Issued at
educational law which requires all chile
dren between eight and thirteen years of
y age to attend school.
1" , 7 ' > >'. ' %'*: " * V ' -
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
ftriped etainine is the ruling fabric.
1 alse chignons are not worn in Paris.
The rage for black stockings is on tbo
wane.
! Parisians no longer wear high-heeled
sll )C3.
Jewelry is not worn with summer
toilets. J
Hustles are less exaggerated in Paris j
than in London. !
Tint* of violet and peach are favorite |
colors for thin summer dresses.
Pongee silks have twilled and frisc ;
stripes for harmonizing or contrasting
colors.
Vests of white corduroy, buttoned with j
| pearl buttons, arc worn with indigo bluo '
I costumes.
White silk vests, braided with gold of !
a pale tint, arc worn with blue tailor- '
made dresses.
A girl in Richmond County, Ohio, ,
killed a big rattlesnake, tanned its skin,
and made a belt of it.
Promenade costumes arc severely plain, I
the tailor-made gown being the sine qua j
non of the fashionable woman.
Point lace will be beautified by being j
rubbed gently with powdered magnesia
and then exposed to the sun for several
hours.
The Prussian State railways employ
women as guards at crossings. Theii i
daily wages are from twelve and one- j
half to nineteen cents.
Miss Maggie, a fine, hardy specimen o! .
Western womanhood, has secured the !
Government < ontract for carrying the !
mail between Pomona and Hincon, Cal.
ITnrr*ihr zinc on/1 rrmnma -nrill nrvf t
I now need to hurry up their wedding
| ceremonies as much as formerly, wlieu
they could not be performed alter 13 I
j o'clock, noon. The l^ueen has given hei
j :i3scnt to tlia Marr.age act, which per
I mits wedding-) to take place between 8
I and :) o'clock.
In Ion a !;55 women own and direct :
farms. 18 manage stock larms, > owr '
grcenhou c-. To> manage market gardens,
I i;J .serve as county school superintend- j
ent?, manage intermediate institu;
tion of learning, 125 are physicians, 4'J arc
j registered pharmacists, "> attorneys at
i law, 10 ministers, \\ dentists, 110 profesj
sional nurses, and one is a civil engineer.
1 ?Inter-Ccrm).
i A magnificent dress lately sent from
j New York to a lady in Saratoga is of
, silver gray satin combined with cream
j white watered silk, and trimmed profuse;
ly with point duche^se lace and smoked
i pearls. The stomacher, collar, cuff--, :
and epaulettes are made entirely of pearls,
while boucle pearl fringes fall from the
| epaulettes over the upper arm and decoI
rate the lace falls on the overskirts. The
; cost of the dress wa3 $G;>0.
A delicate mode in disposing full drapi
cry is shown in a dress of pale ambertinted
silk, having lace stripes alternating
with narrow plush stripes of rich
emerald blue. The draped skirt is of
Valenciennes lace, long loops of watered
ribbon are placed as bows at the sides,
and at the back of the bonli'ant putTs at|
ranged in an upright style bsneath the
j postilion of the basque, which is short at
j the sides with a pointed fiont.
New Styles in Jewelry.
Scarf pins are having a great run now I
.among lady patrons.
j1 Silver belts, also leather belts with sil|
ver trimmings, are in demand for sumj
mer wear.
A popular brooch is one of the many
1 forms of gold knots, chased, plain and
| set with gems.
A new gold brooch, just introduced, is
i in form of a large knot or coil of gold in
i the open or pierced work.
A new feature in silver jewelry consists
of lacc pins, sleeve buttons and studs set
with moonstones.
A silver pin that has proven very acceptable
is the clover leaf in enamel, that
exactly simulates the natural leaf in
color.
Bar pins and bracelets made of a com|
bination of metals, including gold, sil]
ver and topper, furnish attractive ornaj
ments in rococo style.
One of the h u.dsomcst bracelets seen
was at the theatre. It consisted of a
double row of large, clear diamonds and
equally fine rubies.
Very popular are the flower brooches;
sometimes a cluster, often a single flower,
sometimes entir?lv of orolri nnrjiiii nnnm
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clcd of set with gems.
j During the season jmt passed ladies
! have appeared at the theatres, concert*
: and other places requiring ordinary street
| attire, wearing solitaire earrings, gem
j hair pins and diamond bracelets.
A pretty conccit in silver neck pins arc
those that take on the form of a single
flower, in the heart of which appear
double fancy stones. These stones are so
Bet that by touching the stem of the
Slower the centre is reversed.
A novel and very beautiful brooch has
4 moonstone for its ci-nter, mid from this
radiate numerous gold threads in curved
lines that make the brooch nearly round
In shape, and at the end of each gold
niliv/tro o fintr rltntrinrwl
Bouquet pins in gold or silver always
I find some demand in cities, but in this
country are as yet confined to the use of
the ladies. In Paris gentlemen, however,
are wearing gold and silver safety pins
for fastening a flower in the buttonhole.
A unique chain seen recently consisted
of two slender strands made up of alternate
links of gold and platina, and
barred off, here and ^hcre, with a pearl
bead. This chain was the length of the
usual fancy vest chain with a swivel at
one end and a bar at the other.
A favorite bangle consists of numerous
slender gold or silver wire circlets, no
two of which arc decorated alike. As
many as eighteen or twenty-lour of tnese
are worn on one arm, each one independent
of the other, not being connectcd in
Km* Vinrtrrinrr Irinqp nrniinfl tKn
cIUJ noj, uuv ?
arm.?JSrcio York Mail and Express.
A considerable industry is now carried
en in Europe in the manufacture of picture
frames from paper. Papor pulp,
glue, linseed oil, and carbonate of lime,
or whiting, are mixed together and
heated into a thick crca n, which is run
into molds and hardened. The frames
are then gilded or bronzed
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f
DISEASE AND INOCULATION
hesult op interesting investigations
by doctors.
Possibilities and Impossibilities of
Inoculation as a Preventive of
Disease?Distrust oi" Pasteur.
The roccnt failure of Dr. Valentine
Molt. .Jr.. of t.hi* Oltxr t.n rnrr? r?nf h in
experiment in inoculation as a preventive
of hydrophobia in the person of Harold
Newell, son of Dr. William H. Newell,
of Jersey City, the first experiment of
its kind undertaken in this country, lend9
renewed interest to the question as to
what has been accomplished and what is
now doing by scientists in the Unitod
States, and in the world at large, to prevent
the spread of contagious diseases by
inoculation.
Tha following facts were recently
given to a reporter of the Commercial
Adcertiser by an eminent New York
physician: "Inoculation, as practiced
in the United States, has usually been
performed by veterinarians in private
practice or by empirics, Hcccntly, however,
the State authorities of New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Maryland have inoculated
to a considerable extent. But in
none of these cases have records been
kept which arc of any value in deciding
upon the bonetits derived from the operation.
"The only work, which is generally
known, now in progress in this country
for the prevention by inoculation of disease,
is that doing in the Agricultural
Department at Washingtou. It is under
the charge of Dr. Saimon. Under his
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oupui vioiuu iiivcsti^abiv/ua iii luu uidcuaca
of pleuro-pncumonia and hog and chicken
cholcra have been made. He has, in
these investigations, endeavored to obtain
a preventive vaccine for these diseases.
They have b :en continued now
for more than a year, with partly successful
results. lie has been successful
in preparing vaccines which will confer
a certain immunity, which, however, is
by no means absolute or certain. A number
of experiments have been undertaken
to show that the immunity which
follows attacks o!' certain contagious diseases
in animals is due, not to the direct
action of the micro-organisms, but to an
acquired indifference to certain chemical
poisons which are produced in the growth
and multiplication of the germs. The
effort has been to show also that this immunity
may be conferred by muking inoculation,
not with the micro-organism
or germs themselves, but with certain
chemical substances abstracted from
fluids in which these germs have been
developed. .
" The study of the micro-organisms of
disease is going on to a limited extent all
over the Lnited States. All infectious
diseases, so far as we are able to judge at
present, are due to the specific action of
1 micro-organisms. In the case of any dis,
ease, in order to make it likely that a
vt&ucuie \vui act us it prcvuutivu, it m
necessary that the disease in question
. should be one of those in which one atI
tack successfully overcome confers future
: insusceptibility to that disease. In such
; diseases as diphtheria there 13 no proba;
bility that inoculation would be of any
i value. Persons who have suffered from
this disease gain rather a greater aus;
ceptibility to it than otherwise.
| "'Cholera probably does not belong to
that class of diseases in which inoculation
could be used successfully. Bnt it is
possible in cholera that a limited protection
from the disease may be conferred
; by an attack. That that immunity is not
at all perfect, is shown by the fact that
in many instances persons who have suf:
fered in one epidemic are striken down
i in a second, and ultimately die from the
; disease. On the other hand, in the ense
of smallpox, 4 typhoid and typhus fever,
vellow fever'and other of the infectious
! diseases, one attack confers almost nbso|
lute immunity from a second. Now it is
I possible that, for any of these diseases,
I there may be discovered methods by
1 which vaccines can be prepared for prei
ventive inoculation.
"The great difficulty in investigating
the infectious diseases is the fact that
; many of them are peculiar t? man, and
j none of the lower animals are susceptible
to them. This is true of typhoid and
i typhus fever, cholera, yellow lever and
i many others.
"There is very little doing at present
concerning inoculation lor infectious diseases.
The belief in the germ theory of
communicable diseases is rapidly gaining
ground. In Germany and France it is
, almost universal. Investigations are
making in several medical schools in this
| city in regard to the relations of micro<
organisms to disease. But nothing of importance
is doing in the matter of prei
veutive inoculation. Comparatively ljt
tie has been done as yet compared to
. what may yet be accomplished in this dii
rection. More has been done, however,
i by investigations in this.direction during
j the last few years to place medicine upon
a scientific foundation than all the inj
vestigations in the previous half cen!
tury.
! "So much for generaliza'ion. Now to
i be more specific. Inoculations arc making
to prevent hydrophobia, but for the most
f>art in Paris. The majority of the procssion
is incredulous as to the efficacy
! of Pasteur's methods. Thero is a ;growi
ing distrust tff his theories and practices.
No reasonable explanation of the
| cause of death in several of his later
cases has been given. Assuming that
j inoculation will prevent the disease, the
j weakest point in his experiments is his
I failure to discover the germ which is the
j cause of the disease. He has made a
i largo number of experiments and claims
certain results, but the whole method is
purely experimental and can only be
judged by the practical results obtained
by its use. So far these results can
hardly be suid to support his claims.
Among scientificmen in England and Germany
there has been from the beginning
the greatest incredulity and distrust of
his methods. They arc lacking in scientific
accuracy and that attention to detail
which are necessary to belief on the part
of scientific observers. Ilis roports have
been meagre and wholly lacking in de- *
tail. At the sumo time it would bo
unfair and unjust to condemn until we
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nave iuuer ana more accurato reports
than wo have at present."?New York
Commercial Advertiser.
It is said that the colored people of the
United States maintain more secret and
benevolent societies than any other people
on the face of the earth, ... t
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