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Irish Point Lace.

A Limerick Qre'and) letter to the
Philadelphia Press says: The finest and
most beautiful lace made in Ireland
comes from Youghal, and is known as
Irish point, which is recognized as an
original lace from its extraordinary and
skiIlful combination of some twenty-five
or more different stitches, copied from
various foreign laces. This lace was
originated by Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, a
lady who had devoted her life by SOL
emn vows to doing good in connection
with the school of the Presentation Order
of Nuns. Having found in the Youg-
hal convent a piece of antique lace, Mrs.
Smith undertook to make q copy of 1t.
Her efforts were attended with great
success, and she determined to teach the
art to the children who were then at
tending the parish school and were lit
orally suffering from want of food, Tor
famine hung over the land. The only
employment then open for them was
muslin embroidery, at which for ten
hours of steady labor they could earn
two cents. From the fact that this lace
has been kept up to the early standard
and even improved, there seems to be q
steady demand for it.
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Fiddles for FireWOOd.

When Ole Bull, the renowned violin
ist, was staying in Paris in 1910 he re-
turned home late one evening from
concert and as the night was cold he
ordered his man to make fire IN his
room. The latter dragged toward the
fireplace huge box. on which the word
"Firewood" was painted in large letters.
In answer to Ole Bulls astonished in
ouiry the servant told him that the box
had been delivered that day at noon by
his masters orders, as he thought. On
being broken open the box was found to
contain twenty-five violins and the fol.
lowing letter: "Great Master: The un-
dersigned, being members of various
amateur philharmonic societies, hereby
declare that they will henceforth cease
to perform on the accompanying instru-
ments. The same wood from which Ole
Bull can draw life, love, sorrow, passion
and melody, is only to be regarded as
fuel for the flames in the hands OF tho
undersigned, who therefore request the
maestro to make an auto-da-fe of the en-
closures, and to look upon the ascending
smoke as incense offered to his genius by
penitent dabblers in the noble art" This
curious epistle bore the signatures OF
twenty-five young men. Three days
afteward Ole Bull gave dinner, to
which he invited all the senders of the
valuable s'frewood." Each guest had
lying before him on the table one of the
violins referred to, and by its side gold
ring with the incription SOLITUDE and
Perseverance"-a piece of seasona5le ad-
vice to the faint hearted dilettante, and
a symbolic indication of the means by
which the virtuoso himself had attained
to fame. e.-Rundschau.
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Novelties in Jewelry.

Plain band rings, in nugget finish, are
selling we'll.
The demand for single moonstone rings
is still strong.
Fancy single-stone opal rings are find
ing q ready sale.
Doublets of rubies and emeralds are
again popular in rings.
Tourmalines, in combination with dla-
monds, are seen in fancy rings.
Fancy or plain single-stone opal scarf
pins are rapidly making their way into
favor.
Antique shape intaglio rings are now
made in nugget-fnish and are we'll re-
ceived.
Twisted wire rings are popular, two or
three of different colors being knotted
together loosely.
The enameled pansy, diamond edged
and centred, are now used in scarf pms
with good effect.
Plain bar pins set with pearls and tur-
qouises seem at present to pleas more
than elaborate patterns.
Louis XI. styles are reviving in Paris.
Miniatures set round with diamonds, are
considerably worn there.
Spinels and chrysobcryls. in combina-
ton with diamonds, are still numbered
among the popular oddities.
Scarf-pins in the form of birds claw
grasping a gem-cut piece of topaz or
hematite arc occasionally seen.
Red onyx sleeve buttons. gold-rimmed
and cut in antique intaglio, are neat and
in harmony with popular styles.
The moonstone ball, enclustered in
diamonds recently noticed in rings, is
also to be found in studs and collar-but-
tons.
Queen chains in oxidized silver with
flat pendants, one side of which is orna-
mented with antique heads, are worn by
some.-Jeoelsrs' Weekly.
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Temperance Notes.

Under the local option" of the Dow
law, thirty-two towns in Ohio have closed
all their saloons.
A st. Louis physician cured case Of
alcoholism by giving opium. Then he
cured the opium habit by giving cocaine.
Now he is searching for cure for the
cocaine habit.
Sustaining the crime Oh rum-selling
either by your silence or sanctioning it
by your vote or influence makes you NOR
ally responsible for all the crime, wretch
edness, and poverty that flows from the
trafic.-Demorest.
On motion of Mr.. H. Fl. Fazon, re.
cent temperance meeting, held at Don
ner's Landing, Mass. resolved, that there
are two classes of men equally dangerous
with rum m-sellers-the politicians who do
their bidding, and the criminal lawyers
who defend them.
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ARevival in tho Homo.


We deeply want q revival Of domestic
religion. We have been saddened at the
terrible accounts of the impurity of this
city, but doubtless one cause of this
state of things is the neglect of household
religion among Christians and the entire
absence of common decency in many OF
the lodgings of the poor. The Christian
family was the bulwark of goodness IN
the days of the Puritans, but in these evil
times hundreds of families of so-called
Christians have no family worship, no
restraint upon growing sons and no
wholesome instruction or discipline. See
how the families of many professors are
as dressy, as gay, as goddess as the children
Of the non-religious! How can we hope
TO soc the kingdom of our Lord advance
when his own disciples do not teach
his Gospel to their own sons and daugh-
tsrs7 Have we not need to repeat the
lament of Jeremiah2 Given the sea
monsters draw out the breast, they give
suck to their young ones: the daughter
of my people is become cruel, like the
ostriches in the Wilderness" How diff
ferent this from the father of the faith
full, of whom the Lord said: II know
Abraham, that he will command his
children and his household after him,
and they shall keep the way of the
Lord" The surest way to promote god
illness abroad is to labor for it at home.
The shortest method for the overthrow
of priestcraft is for every man to be tho
priest of his own house, and to warn bis
sons against deceitful men. May our
dear children be so we'll taught from
infancy that they may not only escape
the common vices of the age, but grow
up to become patterns of holiness!-Rsu.
G. Il. Spurgeon.
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TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
A Sober Dog and Drunken Master

A Sober Dog and Drunken Master.
The dog was sober, but the man was not;
Indeed, he was so drunk he scarce could
stand
Though ''half seas over" he was on dry
land.
A fat, good-natured, well-dressed, genteel N
sot,
Whose record at his cups may pity blot
He drank strong liquors Of the ''choicest"
brand
From large supplies he always kept on hand.
He was a wine importer, and he got
To be, alas! his own best customer.
The dog kept safe distance from the tap,
A steady, well behaved, and faithful cur;
When he was thirsty he would gladly lap
Cold water, and he never lost his way,
AS his unhappy master did that day.
&c W Bungay, in T importance Advocate.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
A Haven.

a Haven.
There's haven, safely locked
By two arms outstretching wide,
Where for many an age have focked
Storm-tossed ships from every side.
Depth enough it has to float
Every vessel, great or small,
Stateliest build, or simplest boat,
And there's room enough for all.
Ever on its swelling breast,
Pours the sunshine from above,
For this haven. safe and blest,
It is Gods unfathomed love.
And the arms, its sure defence,
By the rudest shocks unstirred,
Are our Gods Omnipotence
And his never-failing word
Anchor here, o storm-tossed soul,
Here thy fears and doubts shall cease
Though without the pillows roll,
Here is safety, rest and peace.
Sarah Gera!dina Stock
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W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Wffehood,

W11enOoQ.
To be decked as bride is,
Orange bloom in my hair,
To be wed, as maids pride is,
By altar, with prayer;
Side by side, hand to hand, with him
As his chosen, to stand with him,
So happy, so grand with him,
Was it not thing rare?
To think Of him always,
My gold, without alloy,
To meet him in Railways,
About my employ;
At his beck wing to him,
Talk with him, sing to him,
Walk with him, bring to him,
Each grief and each joy.
To have him, my own one,
Possession enough
To have him enthrone one
Over all Of the stuff
To feel myself one with him,
Till shall set life's sun with him,
However stream run with him,
Smooth current or rough.
With him to be seated
At the table 1 spread;
With praise to be greeted
For butter or bread;
Life's loaf there to break with him,
Life's rage there to take with him,
Lfe's future to make with him,
My lord and my head!
To dream with his dreaming,
To see with his eyes,
To scheme with his scheming,
Be wise, as he's wise,
Linked for woe and veal with him,
All life's changes to feel with him,
Night and morning, to kneel with him,
Facing the same skies.
Great grows the wonder,
As round rolls each year;
God Joined, naught can sunder,
Whether there, whether here;
Up life's hill to climb with him,
To keep step and time with him,
As bells chime, to chime with him,
With note soft and clear.
The wonder still greater
And growing more sweet,
That God the Creator
No life can defeat;
That should be made for him,
That I should have stayed for him,
Helpmeet, handmade for him,
Completing completes!
j. B Rankin, D. D., in Independent.
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1t Tastes Nice.

That is one of the greatest dangers OF
strong drink. 1t creates an unnatural
appetite, and thousands of poor drunk
srks are bound by its power, though
they sorely wish they could free them
selves. Little folks, don't ever be
tempted to take any of this poison drink
because it tastes nice. 1t will deceive
YOU. Alcohol is like ill-o'-the-wisp-
it tempts people from the path of safety,
and leads them on to ruin and misery.
Don't let it deceive you Temperance
Banner.
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The Lords Prayer,

"Our Father" Not your Father alone,
or mine, especially, but the Father of
all the nations on the face of the earth.
Acts 1926; Rom. 8:15-17. "Who art
in heaven" God has home; He who
has implanted a love of home in our
hearts, certainly has home of His own.
Sec 2 Chron. G:21-30. "Hallowed be
thy name." Reverence for God, and all
His attributes, is one of the most impor-
tant elements of worship and devotion.
Sec Lev. 22:32.
"Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
on earth as it is done in heaven" Never
will this petition be realized to its full
extent till the earth is made new. See
Rev. 21:1-5; lisa. 65:17 90. ''Glve
us this day our daily bread" God alone
can give US fruitful seasons and rebuke
the destoyers of the fruits of the earth.
He can keep US alive even in famine.
Nal. 3:11; Isa. 9S. 16. We should not
be over-anxious about to-morrow's sup
ply. Sec Matt. 6:34. "And forgive US
our debts as we forgive our debt
ors." Here is the most difficult and
hazardous of all petitions. Who would
dare to even think or speak evil of any
one, after making this petition to God.
Often it is as if one would say, Let
others attack me in my reputation and
my estate, as have dealt with theirs.
What terrible state of things would
presently be inaugurated if God would
literally answer this prayer. Sec Matt.
7:12. When making this petition We
should not forget to ask for help to love
our enemies.
"And lead us not into temptation" !"
Here is where so many fail; they feel
strong in themselves, and when tried by
t,mpting bats they are trapped at once:
defalcations, coveteousncss, lust, and
all varieties of wickcdness have each trap
or snare peculiar to themselves; and
these are Gods detectives. Reader, let
US pray, that we may be forwarned, tc
detect the snare, and flee the first
appearance of evil. 2 Peter 30.
''But deliver us from evil" If all
would daily and hourly present to God
this petition, how many dreadful accidents
by land and sea would be avoided, and
how many lives of holiness would be,
instead of the moral wrecks we see,
everywhere in this world. See John
17:15.
s'For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory forever. Amen"
See Rev. 5:13, IA.
Let us daily present this sublime,
comprehensive prayer slowly, carefully,
revcrcntly, grasping as far as possible its
far-reachlng, elevating spirit, concsntra-
ting all our powers upon each petition. -
Joseph CldrEc.
Out of free religion has grown free
irrcligion; and out of infdel liberality,
Immortality. Cook.
Colonel Robert Ingersoll, in an address
given to jury few weeks ago, said OF
o1cohoI. eft is the sum of all villainies,
the father of crime, the mother of all
denominations, the DEVILS best friend and
Gods worst enemy"
A memorial was adopted by the Brit
ish and Colonial Temperance Congress
held recently in London, to be presented
to both houses of Parliament, asking
that they take steps to stop the sale and
importation of liqours in their colonies.
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Days against Marriage.

According to the authority of manu-
script dated in the fifteenth century there
are thirty-two days in the year on which
it is unlucky to marry. These days are
January first, second, fourth, fifth,
seventh, tenth, fifteenth; February sixth,
seventh, thirteenth; March first, sixth,
eighth; April sixth, eleventh; May fifth,
seventh; June seventh, fifteenth; July
fifth, nineteenth; August fifteenth, nine
teenth; September sixth, seventh; Octo-
ber sixth; November fifteenth, sixteenth,
and December fifteenth, sixteenth and
seventeenth. Consequently January is
the worst month and October the best
month in all the year for marriage.
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High Living Kills.

In questioning a physician who has
examined President Arthur's disease he
said: "The human system assimilates
nothing but pure food and water. If
fermented liquors are drank the kidneys
re-distill them, the food is received and
! the poison passed off. The President
bucked his kidneys against the copper
distillery and the fermented wine vat
too long. His kidneys surrendered to
the copper distillery and now he has the
old Bright's disease and indigestion,
| which have killed so many bon gipants
and which nearly killed General Schenck
! and which killed Hubert O.. Thompson
in New York"
"Then to live a good old age you
doctors recommend temperance in eat
ing and drinking 2" I suggested.
"Certainly. Champage quickens the
heart throbs. You live faster and that
shortens your life. Then the re-distilla.
zion of the champagne wears out the
kidneys. Sometimes the kidneys are
worn out and cannot re-distill the poison.
Then the poison goes into the blood and
is pushed out through the pores. It at.
tacks the nose pores because they are
large. and make red nose. Kings have
Bright's disease while topers have red
noses. 1t all comes from intemperance
and drinking"
care Bright's disease and dyspepsia
quite prevalent nowadays2" I asked
the doctor.
every. The Prince of Wales has the
same ailment. The same disease killed
Vanderbilt, who before he died lived on
SKINNED milk"
Why Prohibit Rum Selling?
Because in the form of beer, whisky,
wine, brandy, etc., it contains large
proportion of alcohol, which acts as a
slow, insidious, acrid and deadly poison to
the human system; contains no nutrition
nor any healthy ingredient, and no de-
sirable influence can be obtained by its
use. Its only effect is to produce de-
lirium of unnatural excitement or ab-
normal stupor and permanent derange-
ment of the vital tissues. Its use blunts
every moral sense, predisposes the sys-
tenn to all the diseases common to hu-
manity, poisons the animal life, weakens
the will power, enfeebles the brain,
while stimulating the animal passions.
1t is the common cause of nearly all the
vice, crime, pauperism, and wretched-
ness, cursing the individual, the home,
and the community by its ravages.-Dsm'
crest.
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The Tear Handkerchief ofthe Tyrol.

In some portions of "yrol a peculiar
and beautiful custom still prevails. When
a girl is about to be married, before she
leaves her home to go to the church, her
mother hands her handkerchief, which
is called a tear kerchief. 1t is made of
newly-spun linen and has never Teen
used. 1t is with this kerchief that she
dries her tears when she leaves her IA
theirs house and while she stands at the
altar. After the marriage is over and the
bride has gone with her husband to their
new home, she folds up the kerchief and
places it unwashed in her linen closet,
where it remains untouched. The tear
kerchief has only performed half of its
mission. Children are born, grow up,
marry and move away from the old
home. Each daughter receives from the
mother q new tear kerchief. Her own
remains where it was placed in the linen
closet on the day of the marriage, and
there it remains until her death, when it
is taken from its place and spread over
the placid features of the dead, never to
be removed.
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is spelled out the word "BRoTHER." Had
the prodigal been true and pure and noble in
life and honorable in death, he could not
have been carried forth with more tender
ness, or slept in more beautiful garden OF
thedead. Amid the loosened turf the brothers
who left the country for city life five years
before now part forever. The last scene OF
the fifth act Of an awful tragedy OF human
life is ended
What zaade the difference between these
two young men 2 Religion The one de-
pended on himself, the other depended on
God. They started from the same bone, had
the same opportunities OF education, arrived
in the city on the same day and if there was
any difference Edward had the advantage,
for he was brighter and quicker and all the
neighbors propheSied greater success for him
than for Nicholas. But behold and wonder
at the tremendous issue. Voices come up
out Of this audience and say Did you know
these brothers? Yes knew thsm we'll. Did
you know their parents Yes intimately.
What was the city, what the street, what the
last names Of these young men. You have
excited our curiosity, now tell us all.
I will. Nothing in these characters is ficti-
tions except the names. They are in every
city and in every street of every city AMI in
every cemetery. Not two Of them but ten
thousand. Aye, aye! Right before me To-
day and on either side of me and above me
they sit and stand, the invulnerable through
religious defence and the blastel of city al
lurements. Those who shall have longevity
in beautiful homes and others who shall have
early graves Of infamy And am here to-
dsy in the name OF Almighty God to give
sou the choice of two characters, the two
histories, the two experiences, the two deSti-
MES, the two worlds. the two eternitleS.
Standing with you at the forks OF the road
something makes me think that if to-day l
set before the people tho termini of the two
roads they will all of them take the right one.
There are before me in this house and in tho
invisible Audience back of this-for journal.
ism has generously given me every week full
opportunity to address the people in all the
towns and cities of Christendom-l say, in
the visible and invisible audience there are
many who have not fully made up their
minds which road to take. "Come with u.s."
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-26

this list I'D ipfluitum, but enough Is shown
10 warrant the publication Of an English
American dictionary OF synonyms for the
use OF travellers"
Ouspensky, a popular Russian writer,
r, Gently found river steamboat Ia the
Caucasus piloted by a youth OF seven
teen, who, although he was possessed Of
remarkable intellectual qualities, had
abruptly Abandoned his studies for man
ual Z II with intent TO put Count Tolstoi's
doctrines into practice. Many Russian
famllies-psople OF standing and educa.
tlon--are taking their children from
school, abandoning the delusions of So
called civilization and retiring into re-
mote country di tricts, where they pro-
pose TO realize some vague IDEAL of prim-
tive simplicity. This strange movement
io vigorously supported by Count Tol
stoi. The count divides each day into
four periods, separated from each other
by meal, and he iudulges in hard labor
and In literary work alternately. He has
thus become accomplished in bootmak.
lug, xpert in wood splitting and very
decent agricultural lahorer. Whenever
be visits his estates he assists his farm
bands in Flowing, sowing and getting in
the crops,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-26

ously, however, for buried treasures. The
story Is invariably the same. An old
Mexican appears on the scene first, and
Is observed taking bearings Of landmarks.
Then comes the account Of how years ago
party Of Spauiards or Mexicans travel
Ing through Texas with a vast sum Of
gold we're forced, by this or that circum.
stance, to abandon II; how they buried 1t
and marked the spot, hoping TO return
for 1t some day, but never did soj how
the secret was revealed years atterward
to somebody, and then--the digging com
mences. The files Of THE GAZETTE tell
OF numerous episodes Of this kind. No
particular case Is in mind now, for there
Is a sameness about all that renders a
specific illustration unnecessary, but tho
train Of thought was brought up by the
account wired from Weatherford a few
days ago to this paper Of the digging
going on there for treasure said
to have been buried by Mexl.
cans nearly forty years ago. THE Ga.
zETTE hopes the searchers will not dig
in vain, but fears they will have
their trouble for their pains.
According to the traditions those
old Mexlcans must have been greatly
given TO travelling long distances with
great sums OF money. II all the stories
we have heard Of treasure trcves are true
there are millions Of Mexican gold aud |
silver buried under Texas soil We hope
some Of it will be found by Texans, but
THE GAZETTE confesses to skepticism as
to the outcome. The man who digs the
earth with plow and hoe, woolDg the pro-
ducts OF nature in the shape OF grain and
cotton, is far more likely, IN the long
run, to fed wealth than he who delves
Tor Mexican gold, buried In the long
years ago. But THE GAZETTE does not
lesire TO discourage anybody. 1t merely
hopes when the FIRST big find Of hundred
thousand dollars or so is revealed to get
he details for early publication.