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vet bands. which are adapted as necklets to
young women Of sporting proclivities
The wrought jewelry shows exquisite flower
designs In pink and white enamel spriukled
with precious stones. apple blossoms. minia-
ture pond lily. with white diamonds In the CEN
ter and Others. The lotus flowers figures
largely In the fancy articles. which are beginning
to arrive in anticipation Of the holidays aud the
season Of gifts. There are lotus ciaret Jugs
coffee sets individual condmenr SETS inkstands
A lotus leaf forms pretty candestick In white
or colored bronze with an insect alight upon IL.
Vienna sends some jeweed photograph frames
in tancifu shapes-tan, butterfly. palette and
easel. Some pretty menu stands are seen in
Royal Worcester china. and constitute also in
dividuai pepper and salt holders. Two acorns
with perforated tops are intended for red and
white or black pepper. Between them and an
front of them an acorn cup stands ready to re-
ceiye the salt; and two daiaty oak leaves at the
back form the support OF the stand, In the slide
OF which the menu card is placed.
New dessert dishes take the form OF curled
leaves with fruit attached TO the handle OF
under the turned edge for decoration. Plums.
peaches green figs and other fruit are made TO
look very naturel. and show great refinement in
manipulation. JENNY JUNE.
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A Tale of Two Cities.

Gath in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
With all the abuses OF Washington CITY, it Is
a greater source of light aud hope to this region
OF country than Baltimore, Richmond. Freder-
lex and twenty such places put together. Bati-
more city does not develop except as might be
expected. Ii 1t is possible to go wrong on any
subject. that town is sure to go wrong. The
strong hand Of the government preserved its
merchants from the miSnrieS of the rebellion
but they have never had any gratitude Wash
ingtOn has sucked from Baltimore apparently
the merits the latter once was allowed The
women of Washington to-day are handsomer
than those of Baltimore. Ii used to De said
that Baltimore had the best living; it has not
to-day We'll kept hotel, and the restaurants
that once We're famed there have passed out
There are at least three restaurants for ladies'
and men in Washington city which can serve,
any thing better than the best restaurants of
Baltimore. can get better terrapn, canvas
back duck. celery, parrish and birds in WASH
in@ton than in Baltimore. / went to the theater
there with the wife of prominent general in
the army 1t was a tneater where once u great
convention met at the eve of the war. There
We're not IN the house over two hundred per-
sons. and the performance was soulless im-
talon OF a late piece i'll New York.
Baltimore is the most arstocratic town. | sup
pose in the United States-that is to saw there
is more talk in it about family. and marriage.
and such thing, and they ali know their peli-
@rees, more or less. But the shadow on the
town is It's self-righteOusness, its belief that it
has the best, that it cannot learn anything from
the'present day. will give conversation that
l had in Washington ~ it'll prosperous man on
this subject. He was an intense southern man.
and his father, l have understood. was the
courier who brought the news of Nat burners
insurrectiOn fifty years ago from the governor
OF Virginia to the President | was therefore
surprised to hear him say only yesterday: Il
went over to Baltimore to see Tom Winan's new
house. From what the Baltimore people said,
thought it would be a wonderful thug Why,
my dear sir. we have got fifty houses in Wash
in@ton. that we don't brag about. that put it in
the background. Baltimore has got to be very
ms pd place. The people come driving to
Washington on all the railroads they can find
and hardly see anybody who knows anything
about Baltimore"
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s"WOsBan in The War;,

To Tie Editor Of THE EvENISG STAB:
have list read in your issue of SATURDAY. last
an interesting communication. under the above
title. relative to the noble and labOrous duties
that fell 70 the lot OF WOMAN during our late
civil wa-. and fer which she has never received
a fair and just compensation Indeed, her val
liable services have not even been recognized by
any act OF Congress. SO far AZ am Informed.
am personally acquainted with most excellent
lady. row residing in this ueighbOrhood who
volunteered her services as a nurse In the Union
army. and who, through fatigue and exposure
while attending tn her arduouS and responsible
duties. became aftic with infiammatory rheu-
natIsm. from which she has been a great and
almost helpless sufferer ever since. Now, can
any rigntminded person doubt for moment but
That this lady Is As justly entitled to a pension
as any soldier who may have lost a ley or AN
arm IN the service. for she is more helpless by
lar and her suiferings are greater than nine
teHthS Oh those who are manned? This is but
one OF the numerous Cases that could be cited
In which great in Justice has been done the wo-
men who served III the army in their womanly
capacity. therefore hope the subject will be
brought To the early attention of Congress and
that suitable legislation will be had in the mat
ter by which this great wrong will be speedily
corrected. trust there Will be found in Com
greSS enough real men to take some action in
the matter, though the women do not hold the
ballot. JSH
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Effect of Standing Armies.

II is generally supposed that nations
physique is improved by army life. but such is
not the opinion OF Prof Mumphry, president of
the British Sanitary institute, who said In a re-
cent lecture that under the most favorable cir
cumsta1ces, and in spite of the good influence
OF drill. and discipline upon the physical and
mental qualities of the men. a standing army
was TO some ezteut necessarily de;eriorator Of
NATIONAL physique. inasmuch as by the selecting,
influence oil recruiting regulation the best speci-
mems were withdrawn from the com,nuntty inst
when thew were entering upon the vigorous
period of life. and the were subjected to q high
rate of mortality. especially from lung disease.
which was attributed to what had been termed
''vitiated barrack atmosphere" as we'll as from
exposures Of other kinds. The augmentation OF
an army. therefore. directly deblitated nation
and leSscned its fighting power by the drain it
made Uron the best bone and blood of the land.
Tbs WIS fG;ly "a serious the drain which it
made upon gold. even if we took into account
The elimination OF gold-producing power conse-
quent on the abstraction from the labor market
OF so many men IN the prime OF life, and ii was
less easily repaired
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NAsby.


Leander Richardson in John swinton's paper.
have not seen Nasty i'm New York for some
months. There's an odd fellow for you. He
can work harder aud steadier. both at q demi-
john and typewriter. than any other sitter
ar fel!er" in the country. He never travels
without both the articles mentioned as his side
companions. His method is to hire q whole
section in Pullman. have the curtains drawn
and the table set up, and proceed to business
with the typewriter on top OF the table and the
jug underneath. He takes drink to a page
and his eagerness Il the jug makes him rush
on the page ut u very lively gait. Nasby's tace
looks Like the moon before a storm. and his
garments look like q second hand store after q
cyclone. He thinks whisky heavens best gift
to man. For some years past he has been trav-
cling abroad getting material for a history OF
the world. 1t will be sold by the cord. He has
made a great deal of money. and through pru-
IDENTIFY buying his liquor at wholesaie and sell
ing it to himself at retail. lac has saved up q
fortune by saving the balance. lie rs short, TAT
ana ffty. and he smokes fve-cent cigars
when he can get seven Of them for a quarter.
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The Doctor.

It is the doctor: mark his easy grace,
The kindly Smile that lights thoughtful face
Carefully bending over the well-wstched bed.
Where the Door sufferer rests his weary head:
Drawing I'll. curtain just little wider,
So gently that il scarce diSturbS the spider.
'An1 n0S are We this morning. but so so.
Wen Rome was not built In day, you know;
You slept, you say. out poorly through the night,
But better coward morning that's all right:
The movement OF the pulse Is somewhat quick,
But that one must expect when one Is sick.
Pray let me see your tongue. There, that will do
You'll be new nun In a day or two;
The weather Is against you. damp and raw
The like OF it think / never saw;
You want little rest and change of dict;
Good nursing above all, and perfect quiet;
Yes, on the whole, best keep your bed to-day,
And don't let business trouble you, by the way.
Your nVerS somewhat torpid, nothing more;
Good morning, take your mixture as before"
Hence 10 the parlOr, writes a recipe,
And, bowling blandly, takes his leave-and fec
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The Modern Cinderella.

"Bfing me tiny houses skin"
The bOisrerpuS tanner cried:
sit must be as a rose leaf thin.
And scarce three fingers wide"
He seized the fragile tiny bit
Within his braWny hand,
And cast IL In the Seething pit
And so the skin was Iannd.
Then came cObDler tAhis side
With TOOLS that cObbiers use,
And deity wrought that mouSe's hide
Into pair Of ShOea
~rell me, asked, 40 cobbler, ten
Foe whom these morceaux be7n
"a lover bid me build them wen
For his true love-" quoth ha.
"Where dwellS this maid with fairy feetas
In wonderment cried:
The Old man shifted In his seat
"Chicaaso," he replied
EUGENE FIELD
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Now Tell 0s About Oshkosh.


German paper explains the origin OF tho
name Kalamazoo by declaring that the first set
tier in the place was German; that
he had son named Karl; that he kept
. saloon. which he closed, lawfully. every
night at o'clock, his injunction to his
son being regularly made at that hour In these
words: karl, macht Zul" The Indians took
note OF these words and didn't like them.
as they shut OF the supply of whisky. Like All
Baba In the Forty Thieves" they tried to gcs
the open sesame OF the place. The nearest they
could come to IL was "ka'lama'zu l." and vhen-
ever they spoke of the location Of the enter
prising Germans saloon they always referred
to it and him as ''0ld Ka1ama'zu." In due
time the name with the modern spelling, kaia-
mszoo came as q matter OF course. az
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IN THE FAR WEST.
Morals, Climate and Worldly Pros.
poets Of the Pacific Slope.

WEALTH OF SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND
INvALIDs ADVISED NOT TO SEEK HEALTH on
THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC-THE sTATE OF
MORALS AND SIGNS or IMPRovEMENT-THE
STAR OF EMPIRE TO REMAIN EAST OF THE MIS-
souri,.
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CowHIpEp BIZ AN INDIGNANT WOMAH.-The
Circleyile, Ohio, daily Herald printed an 40
count OF trouble between Mt. Y. n. Cuskey and
his wife bringing the case down to a Temporary
separation last Sunday and the Subsequent re-
turn of the wife to her husband. Tuesday aftei-
noon Mrs. Cuskcy tackled Mr.. Murphy, the
senior editor, aud castigated him with . cow
hide.
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ENGAGED TO EIGHTEEN GIRLs-A pretty
young girl told q pIaintive story before Justice
Cute in Albany. N. Y, Wednesday, complain
ing that dashing Harry Finklestein. OF Troy.
had won her affections, and under promise Of
The girl afterwards learned that her Harry was
engaged to seventeen other girls. OF whom he
had borrowed similar sums. 90 the match was
broken OF and al attempt made to recover the
money.
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In Communication to the Academic des Sci
ences N. Krechei has drawn attention to q new
method OF collaborating milk. It consists in
ing the same density.
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The Winncbaco Indians on tha government
Pay rotS IN wisconsin have dwiadied to ia
OF whom GA are females.
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From Cayliari, Sardinia. comes the news that
band of brigands attacked train in the Bo-
norra tunnel. 1t was a special train, aud car
rird the pay OF the railroad officials. On coming
to standstili in the tunnel the bandits tried to
take 1t by storm. company OF soldiers on
board wanted to see them. and their attempted
robbery PAmer!caine" was q sad failure
French Inventor. who has patented.a ma
chine for the use OF concentrated solar rays as a
general motive power has set up three OF his
machines In Algeria for the French government
lie IS now carrying on experiments at the island
OF Porquerolies. near Hyeres, In France, where
he Is threshing Indian corn and raising water
by the action Of the suns rays
Phillips Exeter Academy has, the Portsmouth
Chronicle says a student who boards himself
on fourteen Cents = day.
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From the Montgomery Advertiser
In the quiet cemetery at Marion in this
state. is monument that few people, now liv-
Ing. have any knowledge of, though 1t Com
memOrates an act Of heroic devotion in humble
life more worthy of cOmmemOration than many
that are heralded to the world by tn trump OF
flame. 1t Is plain marble shaft. perhaps
eighteen feet high, surrounding a granite pc
destal. ali in simple and unostentatious style
and taste. The inscriptions On the four sides
OF the shaft tell the story, and are as follows;
On the west:
Harry, servant of H. Talbird, d. D..
president OF Howard college. who lost his life
from injuries received while warning the stu
dents al the burning OF the college building ON
the ni%ht OF OCTOBER !, 1854, aged % years."
On the south:
IA consistent member O: the Baptst church.
he illustrated the character of Christian ser.
want. faithful unto DEATH"
On the east:
las a grateful tribute to his fidelity. and to
commemorate noble act. this monument has
been erected by the students of Howard college
and the Alabama Baptist convention"
On the north.
He WAS employed as waiter In the college.
and when alarmed by the flames at midnight
and warned to escape. replied: 4 must wake
the boys first. ard thus saved their lives ut the
cost of his own"
This Is all: but STORED urn nor animated
bust!' would tell no more or better illustrate
uaselfSh devotion to trust and bravery In the
discharge OF duty than was displayed BY this
| humble negro. The heroes Of this life are not
ali found among the great men Of earth.
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
USDERGRoUSD WIRES.
The Gable Now Being Laid In This
City.

ONE THOUSAND FEET COMPLETED ZACH Day
The METHOD OF MAKING AND TESTING THE
CABLEs-A TALK WITH TBB ELECTRICIAN IN
CHARGE
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Grand Rapids, Mich, requires funerals te
move through the back streets.
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III O
ribbon. Silk cords conf1ne the waist. The
sleeves are little full and slightly flowing. easy
upon the arm and trimmed with lace Another
style of mourning dress Is cut with mOyenage
waist. which clearly defines the waist and hips.
The skirt is laid in very full small perpendicular
folds around the elongated center Of the back of
this bodice aud to the sides, which may be
panelled or simply made to meet front formed
of two killings, with rim OF rose embroidery
between in solid, self-contIacting, or varied
coIors between, as preferred. Certainly upon
white white is more elegant than any color,
especially if the hip-belt, which covers the edge
of the bodice and defines it, is of black velvet.
Still another morning gown Ia Of gray surah
the fullness laid In lengthwise pleats upon q
straight lining, which strictly outlines the fig
ure, but is easy as well as graceful. The hip
belt Is Of ruby satin. and Is passed under the
peats, re-appearing upon the plain parts Of the
bodice, and the color is repeated in the cas-
cades Of lace which are carried down the 'front.'
1t is very common now for ladies to adopt the
European custom and breakfast In their bou-
doir, generally lovely secluded room, with
stained glass windows, an open fireplace, and
perhaps rose silk curtains to give becoming
tint to the complexion. These gowns are for
boudoir breakfast purposes and those with q
mOyenage bodice are particularly adapted to
women Of stately, handsome figure.
JEWELS AND ORNAMENTAL. WARES.
Really fine gems are now mounted as nearly
as possible in an invisible" setting and rubies,
cats-eyes and Others, are much preferred to the
diamond. This is not surprising, for fiawiess
ruby is worth Eve times az much a. diamond
OF tho same size aud equal quality. A ruby
ring Is now the first choice for an engagement
ring, or smaller ruby may occupy the center
with sapphire on one side and q yellow dia-
mond on the other. II diamonds are preferred
they may be arranged in different coiors In the
form OF clover leaf and q happy idea Is to
make it four-leaved clover. A novelty In brace
let's consists Of rough gems set In nuggets Of
virgin gold connected with cable chains and in
silver are jockey caps pendant upon black vel
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DINNER DRESS.

The majority Of the elegant toilets ordered 80
tar have been intended for dinners and presum-
ably for wear afterward at opera or theater.
Among them was one which reproduced and
blended all theautumn colors-red, gold and
The Panola weekly star., 1883-09-08

There Is perhaps no ordinary crop
grown that yields as much profit as the
asparagus. Everybody seems to like Il,
and the demand for Il Increases far be.
yond the growth Of tho population. but
In this crop, as In almost every other.
everything depends upon the proper
cultivation Of Il. We have seen state.
menis that as much as from one to two
thousand dollars have been the profit Of
single acre; but Il Is very difficult 10
get at the exact net gain Of an acre. as
there are so many expenses TO be de-
Quoted which are not AZ all times count
cd. An experienced trucker does MOI
grow only asparagus upon his land. but
other crops. which would generally be
sufficient to pay for oil the expense Of
The asparagus crop. and thus leaving
this clear.
In speaking of the asparagus crup,
some people AK Of Us what variety l.
the best to plant to obtain tho best ~
turn; but Il Il now known that there Ia
no variety that will come true from tho
seeds and a. asparagus can not BE-
raised In any other wsy, Il & foolish to
talk Of variety. II Il discovered that
the plant has male and female flowers
on separate plants; hence one plant is
crusscd by another were In flower. No
doubt tho~e who have endcavorsd 70
improve the plant, and supposed they
had new varieties. were honest In their
opinion and soli than In s~x.<.a e~ssk /.
there is also no doubt but that they
were entirely mistaken. aud that the
superiority Of their asparagus was 4
mere mailer Of culture. u has rot bees
many years thai the separation of the
sezes In shese planss hes bsen mad
known; and this being The CO... q
course : distinct variety Of asparagus I
out q tks question. 8<rmssaors f<is'
2fHF
The Panola weekly star., 1883-09-08
The Cultivation and Harvesting Of
Barley.

Barley may be treated tho same as
wheat, sown in the fall after summer
following. or In spring, according 10 the
variety or climate where II is raised.
Sometimes winter barley Is sown after
wheat, provided the season is long
enough TO admit Of turning under the
stub6le and getting the land In condi-
ton to receive the seed In time TO in
sure fall growth. Barley will thrive
moderately well In soils that are con-
sldered too light for wheat. but In all
eases Il requires a fertile soil 10 pro-
duce good barley. In Europe barley
enters into the rotation OF crops, and
either the spring or winter varieties aro
'own. as most convenient.
The usual quantity Of seed sown Is
from two 10 four bushels on an acre. the
former being an abundance u sown In
drills. But the quantityshould be varied
eomowhat, according "a the character OF
the soil and the comparative earllnes
Or latencss OF the time Of sowing. There
are also great differences In the yarlc.
". Some have habit OF tllering very
nbundantly, while others only sparing.
ly. and the quantity Of seed sown should
be varied accordingly. On very rich
foil. and with varieties that tlllcr
freely, two bushels broadcast would be
abundant, while twice this quantity,
under different conditions. might not
be any too much. The farmer should
always take such things Into considera.
tion, and use his own judgment, II he
has no better guide. In sowing barley
or other kinds Of grain.
In the best and most favorable seasons
barley requires more care In harvesting
that wheat, oats or rye. rs the grain
soon becomes dlscolorcd II exposed to
unfayorablc conditions. Barley should
always be cut before the straw is fully
ripo. for when Il reaches this condition
II is very brittle. and The heads easily
break of In handling. As soon rs tho
grain has hardened sufficiently to admit
Of rubbing or the chat In the hand. II
Is timo to commence cutting. The
grain at that time will have passed the
milky stage, and when crushed will be
like firm dough. The stalks may still
be little green at the upper part, but
this should not cause delay In cutting,
for the grain win be heavier and better.
and secured with less loss than II har.
vestlng Is DELAYED. In harvesting.
rcapcrs and binders may be used rs for
wheat, but u the straw be short Il may
be cut with cradle. and then bound In
bundles and set up In shocks TO cure n
few days before hauling Into tho barn
or stacking out 1t should never be
left out in the swath. for q very light
shower or even heavy dews will often
produce moldincss, and injure the
color Of the grain. Barley. when well
put up In stacks or stored in dry barn,
e no more liable 10 injury than wheat;
therefore, the farmer noed be In no
hurry about thrcshlng Il. unless there Is
danger OF loss from vermin.-N. y.
San.