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Fashion Notes.

Spring styles are making their ap-
pearance. .. '." III
Scarf draperies for fourreaux grow in
favor. l.. ..n.. .: .s-. ....
Blouse polonaises, with carrick capes,
will be worn. i" ' ..''."..
Old gold, amber and rainbow beads
are to be worn. ... .......
Large quantities of flowers are seen
on all ball toilets. o.
Dress and breakfast capes are worn
by ladies Of all ages. .,.
Fluffy wool fringes are to trim the first
spring dresses. r...
Chambery gauze is the material for
bridesmaids dresses.
Blue gray jet b the coming variation
of this popular fashion.
New percales show dashes of color on
grounds of white or black.
Spanish colors-old gold, yellow and
black are coming in fashion.
Large lace collars and outside cuffs
will be much worn in the spring.
Rose color is worn by the first brides
maid when several attend bride.
The brims and crowns of spring bon.
nets will be covered with network OF
beads.
The last fancy in flower garnitures is
for them to be studded with artificial
dew.
Satin evening dresses are trimmed
with single folds of Grape of the same
shade of color.
The laveuse, or washwoman's tunlc,
is the only overdress worn in Paris at
the moment.
Solid black or white grounds in spring
percales have borders in Oriental colors
end designs.
Carrick capes on spring polonaises
and paletots have stole-like pieces down
the front.
The squarer the neck, the higher the
shoulder straps, and the shorter the
sleeves the more fashionable is the ball
dress.
When several bridesmaids attend q
bride they wear dresses of the same
material and style of make up, but OF
different colors.
Fashionable trimming for cream white
silk and satin ball dresses is made o1
the head and breastfeathers of hummine
birds andBrazilian beetles.
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He Would Tell.

She had invited him to stop to supper,
and he was trying to appear easy ana
unconcerned, while she was on her
prettiest behavior. o,
"Have you used the sugar, John |"
inquired the mother in a winning man.
ner.
"John don't want no sugar." eiacu-
lated the young heir, abruptly;
"Why not?" inquired the father, curl
ously. while John in his surprise swal-
lowed a bit of toasted crust and nearly
cut his throat open.
"Cos he DON'T" explained the heir in
an artful manner, II heard him tell
Mary las night"
You keep still" interrupted Mary
in an hysterical manner, while the young
man caught his breath in dismay:
II heard him say persisted the heir
with dreadful eagerness, "that she was
30 sweet be shouldn't never use no more
sugar any more-an' then he kissed her,
an I said Id tell, an"
The young heir was lifted out OF the
room by his ear, and the supper was
finished in moody silence.
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Russian Cheese,

An article of diet of almost universal
consumption among the poorer classes
in Russia is the variety of home made
cheese known as "Tworog," of which
more than seven million pounds are
sold annually in st. Petersburg alone.
It's mode of preparation is very simple.
Sour skim. milk is placed over night in q
warm oven, and poured the next day upon
a sieve, where it is allowed to remain till
all the whey has run off. The curd is
then packed tightly in q wooden vessel
and covered with q lid made to fit
exactly within it. On this heavy weights
are placed so as to. keep up a constant
pressure on the mass of curd and the
space between the lid and the top of the
vessel is filled with cold water, which
is frequently renewed. Tworog cheese
is, in fact, nothing more than hard
pressed milk curd. In the northwestern
and southern governments of the empire
it is often made from sleeps milk, and
in Bessarabia superior quality made
from the whole milk is prepared, which
possesses far better keeping properties
than the ordinary sort. and which is
exported in considerable q uantities to
Wallachis, Moldavis, aud even tc
Austria.
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Probating the Will Of a Living Person.

A good joke is told OF one of the
most distinguished members of the st.
Louis bar. A short time ago he was
called upon to write the will of lady
of some means, residing at one of the
public institutions of the city. He wrote
the document, and after having it
regularly attested, put it in his pocket
and forgot all about it. A week or two
afterwards he found the will in his
pocket. and, thinking the lady was dead,
took it to the probate court and bad it
probated. Some of the heirs, residing
in Illinois, hearing of the provisions of
of the will, came to the city for the pur-
puse of contesting it. and found to their
surprise that the lady was living, and
not likely to die very soon. The lawyer
is now at work getting the probate OF
the will set aside.-Giobe- Democrat.
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An AdrOit SWindle.

A young gentleman recently drove up
to the establishment of we'll known
matchmaker in London and purchased
O gold hunter for 948. Unfortunately,
he had left ESQ note on his desk at
home. Would Mr.. So-and.so kindly
send a man with him to his business
house-naming an eminent firm OF
1ronmongers? The man might keep the
change for himself. Mr.. So-and.so
hummed and hawed, and found means
to communicate with the cabman, who,
however. told him he had taken up his
fare at the ironmonger's establishment
in question, and that the gentleman was
going down to Pytchly. Thereupon
the man was sent. Arriving at the
establishment, the young gentleman
ushered the watchmaker's man into the
shop, and told the clerk to "give him
that 5O.poundcr. So saying he jumped
into the cab, and drove off. The clerk,
who had politely bowed and gone off
to fetch. the cash, then returned with q
brown paper parcel, which he suavely
handed to the man.. "What's this?"
asked the astonished messenger, "this
isn't fifty pound" Excuse me" was
the reply, "it is. It's the fifty. pound
dumb-bell the gentleman bought about
an hour ago." The matchmaker still
cherishes that dumb-bell.
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What Causes Consumption.

Statistics prove that the percentage
of deaths by consumption keep exact
pace with the number of inhabitants
who follow indoor occupations. More
women than men are victims to it, be-
cause more women spend their time
within doors as a matter of course.
The rooms in which they live are gen.
orally very warm, and without ventlla-
ton. When their poor, abused lungs
break down, they anathematize the
"disagreeable and unhealthiul climate" !"
though their failing health can be
traced directly to an outrageous viola
tion of the physical laws of nature.
How many people in this very city are
preparing for the coming of the under
taker by sleeping in warm rooms, with
the death-dealing base-burner in full
blast2 The old prejudice against night
air still clings to many. They exclude
it from their sleeping and living rooms,
and when they shut it out they shut in
every night enough poison to carry
them over Jordan's stormy waves.
Then the air in churches and public
assemblies is universally bad. Appar-
emily the blessings of ventilation are
unknown to the custodians Of the doors
and windows Of such places. If people
had half the regard for their lungs that
they have for their souls, they would
labor for the passage of pure air ordi-
nance in the churches that would give
them more time and vigor to prepare
for heaven. The theater is not much
better. Until places of worship and
amusement are better ventilated, no one
who has proper regard for his lungs
should frequent them, unless he carries
his own cubic air with him. Factories,
printing offices and all places where
human beings are corralled for several
hours together, are Conservatives for
the propagation of consumption. Who
were the healthy people? Those who,
years ago, slept in rooms that never
knew fire, and worshiped in churches
as cold as the experience of the Polaris
expedition. Now, surrounded by every
comfort, large proportion of the popu-
lation Of this country cuts loose from it's
life every year by means OF consump-
ton. Pure air will make the dead
scourge avaunt. Open the windows at
the top, and keep them open night and
day, and see how quick consumption
will sneak out of sight.-Denver (Coi. }
| Ne,Us.
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How the Judge Repeated the Joke.

The Raleigh IN. .C) Observer relates
this anecdote of an esteemed North
Carolina Judge: Some years agoa case
was called for trial in Cumberland su-
perior court. Among the Witnesses on
behalf of the State was to have been
one Sara Mooney. She was not found
in the courtroom: and her name was
called in due form from the courthouse
window without effect. Whereupon, the
State solicitor, the late Hon. Robert
Strange, who was fond Of q joke, even
of pun, turned to the court and said:
"May it please your honor, the testi-
mony of this witness is not material,
and we will go on with the case without
Sara-moony." Of course the lawyers
laughed at the pun, but the Judge didn't
see it, and cracked never q smile. There
were no railroads in those days, and a
few stage coaches, and judge and law
yers travelled from one court to another
in McKethan's buggies. On the road
to the next court, in the judges own
country, there was quite procession OF
lawyers in buggies following the judges
lead. The Judge called halt in the
middle of stream to water his horse,
and, in the thoughtful mood incident to
that process, suddenly astonished his
brethren of the bar by bursting into
laughter both loud and long. He e1-
planned that he was laughing at Judge
Strange's good joke. Arrived at home,
through with his toilet, and seated at
supper, his wife, as wives will, asked OF
the incidents of his journey. There had
been none of interest. he said, except
the good joke gotten off by their mutual !
friend Judge Strange at Cumberland
court. "And what was that, my dear p
"Well, there was case in which one
OF the witnesses : was named Mary
Mooney. She could not be found, and
Judge Strange, amid shouts Of laughter,
said, I" May it please your honor, we
will 20 on without Mary Mooney. The
good lady pondered awhile, and said she
did not see anything very funny in that
and, after little thinking, the judge
said that he did not either, then, but
that he had seen it while watering hit
horaa i.f.. % .'..
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He Didn't Sell.


II b'lieye III sell the farm, Jane Ann. and buy
house in town;
Jones made an offer yesterdsy-hell pay the
money down.
he said he wasn't anxious, but he had the cash
to spare,
And reminded me that nowadays cash sales are
veryr rare. $E7 -
The farm amt worth much, anyway, the soil is
mighty thin,
And the crops it yields are hardly worth the
putin Of them in;
Besides, that pesky railroad that they're put
tin through this way
Will cut the old place slap in two-Jones told
. ne so to-day.
amt afeared of work, you know-my daddy
allus said, -, /.
There amt a single lazy hair in Nehemiah's 8
head
There want no lazy hairs, know, in that old
head Of his. Az
For he did the work Of three hired men in spite
of rheumatic.
No, no, I'm not afeared of work OF that
don't complain o.,
I've tried to work with wilin' hands in sun
shine and in rain;
And I've allus wore cheerful face, except at
times! msybe,y 4. 81 .%Ei5
When them giddy, head-strons steers o mine
would 'haw when yelled gee!
Perhaps it msy be sinful fos mortal to find
fault
With tsiling shard both day and night, if he
,only makes his salt, 4 I 49, ) -.<
But I've thought while cradin' rain-lodged oats
on the side-hill over there,
That my cross was most toe hefty for small
iboned man to bear.
It's .sllus been my custom when a-plowin'
stumpy soil
To hum some good, od-fashioned hymn-it
softer essed my toll & E0 OLA
But tell you what, twas pretty hard to smoth-
;Aer the words Of sin
whene'er springy root nd break and whack
me on the shin.
mention these ere things Jane Ann. because
Fdtke toleadrTyTF2 1901
A peaceful. blameless kind O. life, from all
temptations freed,
But as long as Hessian flies exist and tater-
bugs abound = 80
Thereu besomc tall profanity at times hoatin'
round. '''' y.
HtFF .l.HL
So now il you're agreed, Jane Ann, I'll sell
the farm to Jones' .'.
He'll find that what it lacks in soil is we'll
made up in stones
And we'll move into the town next week
what's that you're sayin', wife
You'll never leave the good old placeas long as
you have flHifeadb 10 vtr821
Well, there it goes again, yum Go on and
have your say a..
Your bound to wear the breeches-in fggera-
. = tive way; III ... ..
But yon'n find I'll have my way this time, old
.,a girl, as well as you, '..
So if you're bound to stay right here. by gran
nies-Ill stay, too!'
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Oueer Names for Towns.

ST. Nicholas gives the following as
some of the queer names OF towns found
in the United States Toby Guzzle,
Ouray. Kickapoo, T. B., Ono, o. T.,
Doe Gully Run, Omio, Nippenose, Eau
Gallie, Need More, Kandiyohi, Nobob,
Cob Moo Sa, We We Ka. Ty Ty. Osakis,
Why Not, Happy Jack, Q Bet, ,Ohoptack'
Fussville, Good Thunder's Ford, Apop
ka, Burnt Ordinary, Drum Elbow, Busti,
Cheektowaga. Yuba Dam, Dycusburgh,
Ohuckatuck, Nj Wot, Buck Snort, What
Cheer, Forks of Little Sandy, Towash
Sopchoppy, Thirty Daems, Wears
| Switch, Omph Ghent, Peculiar.
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GRAVITY In the Moons Of Mars.

We are able to consider the relations OF
intermatter in worlds where gravity is
so small as it must be in the Maritian
moons. It has been said, by myself
among others, that building and all en-
gineering processes would be much cas-
Ter in world where gravity is very
small than in our own world. But II
less arduous, so far as mere labor Is con-
cerned, they would in some respects be
far more difficult. Much more skill
would be required to give adequate
stability to buildings, made even Of the
most solid materials, in world where
all weights are so much reduced. Sup
pose even platinum were available in
sufficient quantities for architectural
purposes, yet block of platinum Of
given size would press downward with
less force there than block Of deal
wood of about one-twentieth Of its size
on our earth. Whewen has well de-
scribed, in his Bridgewater treatise, the
effects of great deduction in the force
of gravity, though he is not there con-
sidering life in other worlds, but the i'm
portance (Which many are apt to over
look) of those portions of our earth's
frame which lie far below the. deepest
mines ever yet dug by men. the in
terror of our earth could be scooped out
and removed, we should, in fact, suffer
from precisely the same inconveniences
as would affect creatures like ourselves
living in the moons of Mars. We should
indeed find ourselves, like them, in
dread and terror. "Things," as Whewell
truly says, "would not Lie where we
placed them, but would slide away with
the slightest push. We should have a
difficulty in standing or walking,
something like that, we have on
slipboard, when the deck is inclined ;
and we should stagger helplessly
through an atmosphere thinner than that
which oppresses the respiration of the
traveller on the tops Of the highest
mountains" "It is hard, says the in
genious writer in the Spectator, "to
conceive one.storied house holding to-
gether," in the Marian moon world,
"against any serious lateral blows. 3"
Projectiles would be no less deadly
than in our own world !; but the range
which projectles such as ours would OBJ
tain in such world would render close
fighting impossible, on the one hand,
and efficient aiming impossible on the
other. A Krupp cannon, for instance,
whose greatest range on our earth is, let
1s sav. five miles. would on the Marian
moon fire projectile which would leave
the moon forever, and the recoil of the
cannon would probably carry it half a
dozen miles away from the firing point.
Much weaker projectile force would
have to be employed, and less mischief
would be done on this account, and also
because any living body struck by one
of these proiectiles would give away be.
fore it much more readily than similar
body similarly struck on our own earth.
a. Proctor, in Belgravia.
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Words OF Wisdom.

Those who trample on the helpless are
disposed to cringe to the powerful.
We cannot walk side by side with peo-
pie of true nobility of character without
becoming ourselves elevated and en-
nobled
Tears at a funeral are sometimes a
mere disguise for Joy, just as laughter
and gayety amid social festivities may
mask broken heart.
Talents give man superiority far more
agreeable than that which proceeds from
riches, birth or employment, which are
all external. Talents constitute our very
essence.
Many true heart that would have
come back like the dove to the ark, after
the first transgression, has been fright
sned beyond recall by the angry look
and menacing taunt-the savage charity
of an unforgiving soul.
Compliments which wo think are de-
served, we accept only as debts, with
Indifference but those which conscience
informs us we do not merit, we receive
with the same gratitude that we do
favors given away.
The goodness which struggles and bat
ties and gees down deep and scars high,
is the stuff of which heroism is made,
by which the world is salted and kept
pure. It is the seed which bears fruit
in martyrs and makes men nobler than
their nature-and demi-gods and the
prophets of better time.
The man whose mind and hands are
busy finds no time to weep and wall. II
work is slack, spend the time in reading.
No man ever knew too much. The hard
est students in the world are the old
men who know the most.
Habits influence the character pretty
much as under-currents influence yes.
sci, and whether they speed us on the
way Of our wishes, or retafd our pro
gress, their effect is not the less impor.
| tant because imperceptible.
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nv heart ached when I shut the door in

nv heart ached when I shut the door il
your face, and sent you to do you
duty; but you never, never will be tn
wiser You have gone forever, ant
thinking, too, that Hilda was cruel ant
heartless. Oh, cruel Hilda! and NOR
cruel father I"
It made the old mans frame quive
like an aspen leaf to hear the bereavet
girl. He felt himself almost q murderer
as the low plaintive tones made their &C
cusation against him.
He took her hand at last, and said:
"My poor girl, forgive me and hell
me to bear this bitter, bitter punish
ment. From this moment, be Cyri
alive or dead, I will make amends K
you for my unthinking cruelty both *
you and him. You shall be to me al
much my daughter as though you were
Cyril's wife. But as long as Cyril wal
not reported dead, there may be room
for hope. He may come back to III
yet"
Hilda caught eagerly at the ray o.
hope.
"Oh, tell me truly" she said clasp
ing her hands in her intense eagerness.
until the nails almost cut into the ten
der skin, "could It be possible that
there was mistake? Do they ever
put the wrong name DOWN."
"I have known of instances OF one OH
Ger being taken for another in the haste
and confusion of battle, and this tele'
gram was sent while the conflict was
still raging"
So they tried to hope-even while
every one else was thinking sorrowfully
that the kind, bright-faced young master
wes lying with his face to the stars, no
longer ignorant of their voiceless mys'
teries, in his solemn sleep.
Hilda remained at the manor. It was
comfort to the old man to make, as he
thought, this expiation for his fault.
In order that Hilda's position in the
household might be fully understood,
he announced her to be his sons be-
trothed wife, and invited Lady Hargrave,
his widowed sister, to come and lend the
sanction of her presence to the young
girls residence in his home.
The next telegram brought cheering
news. Cyril had lost an arm, but was
doing we'll, and as soon as he would be
able to bear the journey, to be sent
home, wearing on his breast a decoration
earned by his own bravery.
After this there was happy house
hold at Atherton manor. Lady Hargrave
was versed in all the womanly accom-
pishments, and she found Hilda an apt
pupil. :.
The squire could hardly show enough
fondness fogthe gentle girl who had been
so .patient%nd. tender in care of him
through his tedious illness. The sight
of her pretty face bending over her en-
broidery, or engaged in weaving some
delicate crochet pattern, seemed to him
like tangible promise that he was not
to be left lonely old man.
So the days wore on until the pale
young soldier came home. Then there
was quite wedding-the festivities con-
sequent upon the marriage of the heir OF
themanor being reserved until the re-
turn of the bridal pair from heightened
tour in Italy, when it was fondly hoped
that Cyril would be fully restored to
health and strength, 80 that the tenantry
could be made happy by his presence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-10
THE SHAM DOLLAR Ar HARRISBURG

IIARu,BUEG, Penn, Jan. ?.-Ihc following
wa. offered in the Senate this morning. h' m isbf e.
That body, ami recrIed 10 thc Committee ou icie~d
Relations:
E~s9ircG, That senators in Cougr-e g.. instructed
and out Members be- requested to u-+ tH.ir D"tr uud
mfu,uc, secure tLc passage u ni {" I'IH"nrifr
silver.
RfsolreH. That ON Senators b" iUstrl, tt. and oar
nc,nocrs requested. 20 take ~ 20 action a. WI inI 10
result in IAc earliest possible constitutional noun anon
Of the Goy eminent bonds 81 which TIE National liiA5
are ircd.Itc'. tr the Substitution or pay irhi i"rru
in leg, tudcr notes USUAL, GruOnuaic1 "sr' 'i'tcis
Rcsliced Ia Tour senators and Nrrh"' h' u-ttuc''d
aud requested 10 their b's ciu 10 It"c thr chr
issue ANA circulation 81 fOcIllCd Tucnbark' "-1i l
drl for all debts, dues and demands, except ~ tur casts
as tie iigiual contract may pravldc OihcrN!sr.
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THE FIRE RECORD.
N FIRE FOR TIE FIFTH TINE.

Firewas discovered mt o'clock Tuesday eYen-
ing in the cellar OF Ferdinand Brans furniture factory
No l-9 Iester-st. The flames not cXtnguSned
uutIl they had reached the third floor No one was in
tie building at the time the fire broke ont
except the engineer. who arranging his
furnaces for the night. Tie furnaces were
some distance from the place WIDEN the fro
broke out aud clue be obtained as to the cause
The stock was damaged 10 the extent OF $1,000 Mr..
Braun was insured but would not the !mcs OF the
companies The building is OF brick tive stories high
The Icsstc =. r. Mayer. knew nothing about the insnl-
rnees bur estimated the damage ~ 900. This ~ the
NTH time that fire has occurred ia this same building