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, 1889-02-01

Lucy Hooper, writing of PATHS re-
cent performance in Paris, says: THE
diva vas far from feeling content with
her reception, though she was enthusi-
astically applauded and received myri-
ads of bouquets. But Nine. Patti is
not only frenziedly jealous of any
prima donna whose renown so much
Us approaches her own, but she can
not endure that any singerin the com
pany, male or female, shall achieve q
success while singing with her. On
the first night Jean de Rescke, as
Romeo, won such a triumph, especially
in the balcony scene, hal at the close
of the act Mime. Patti went into hyster-
les and declared that she would not
finish the opera-an apology must be
made for her and the audience dis,
missed. 1t took all the persuasive
powers of the directors to induce the
jealous little woman to bring the per-
Torrance to conclusion. Nine. Patti,
who is AZ years old, is beginning to
feel the advance of time, and is con-
sequently twice as cantankerous and
quarrelsome as she ever was before.
1t is now a question as to her success
sor in the role of Juliet. There is still
talk of the unlucky debutante, Mile.
Darclee, whose breaking down at the
dress rehearsal brought about the n
gagement in hot haste of Nine. Patti.
But it is also whispered that Nine.
Marchesi's Australian pupil, Nine.
Melba, will be called upon to assume
the role. Chicago Journal.
, 1889-02-01

The mode Of preparing camphor for
commerce as ~practiced by the Japan
Csc is n species of distillation. The
wood is cut up into chips and these
are put into n tub fitted over n large
iron pot under which n slow fire is
kept The pot is partially filled with
water and the bottom of the tub is
pierced with holes through which the
steam from the heated water passes.
The tub has a close fitting cover, and
a bamboo pipe connects il with a series
of other tubs. The steam passing
through the chips separates the oil and
camphor from them, and in the last
tub the cooled extract falls upon
straw which catches the camphor
crystals while the oil and water escape
and are held in n lower compartments
The camphor is collected and packed
for market. and the oil is used for
illuminating and other purposes
Good Housekeeping.
, 1889-02-01
Good onnlltIe. Of rnrncntInc.

After "A housekeepcr fully realizes
the worth of turpentine In the house
hold she is willing 10 be with.
out a supply of it. 1t gives quick re
lief TO burns; it is an excellent appli
cation for corns; il is good for rhcu-
matism and sore threats, and it is the
quickest remedy for commissions or
fits. Then il is a sure preventive
against moths; by Just dropping a
triile in the bottom Of drawers, chests
and cupboards, it will render the gar
meuts secure from injury during the
summer. 1t will keep ants and bugs
from closets and storcrooms by putting
a few drops in the and upon
tho shelves; it is sure destruction to
bedbugs and will e%ffectually drive
them away from their haunts if thor
oughly applied TO the joints of the
bcdstcad in tho spring cleaning time,
and Injuries neither furniture nor
clothing. A spoonful Of it added 10 a
pail Of warm water is excellent for
cleaning paint. A. little in tho suds
on washing days lightcns laundry
labor. - Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1889-02-01

News from the other side is to the
effect that the canopy wells, upon
which we are squandcring u money,
arc in Paris dedicated to the cocodettes,
and that women of good form decline
to wear them. However, / do not
think this will affect their use here,
inasmuch as we have always known
that the ladies of the lake have the
best styles in Paris. An American
prides himself on his fortune and his
ability to make it; an E~nglishman on
his horses, the way they r. groomed
and the absolute-perfection of his get
up; a Frenchman on the magnificent
toilets and the superb carriages dedi-
Gated to her who daily drives around
the lake and causes envy in the heart
of every one of his companions.
Curious, isn't it2 No man in the
world spends SO much money on
women of this kind as do the French;
no men are so respectful to them or so
much governed by them. Az Eng
lishman, no matter how well bred he
may be, always feels that he can give
his mistress either a mental or physi-
cal beating; but they do these things
better in France. New York Letter.
, 1889-02-01

Plunging about on the levee in the
blackness the other night a reporter
discovered n retreat, the novelty of
which knocked him all in a heap. Ii
was a lodging house, but there were
NJ beds. The guests did not ~reclinc
on the floor either, nor were they
hung up on hooks, and yet they slept.
The room was perhaps seventy-ive
feet deep by twenty wide. About
three feet from the wall and extend
ing around il was n rope fastened TO
posts placed at intervals. 1t was
about five feet from the floor and was
slightly slack. Underneath it were.
other ropes similarly stretched, the
whole resembling a rope fence. With
their backs to this support, and with
both arms thrown over IL TO keep from
falling. were twenty-five persons,
mostly colorcd, but among them sew.
eral wrctched white men, and all were
sleeping soundly. The place was
dimlg lighted. and the old darby pro
prietor sat patiently waiting for more
guests 10 arrive. His charge for lodg-
ing, OF rather TO hang on the ropes all
night, is but five cents. Louisville
Courier-,Journal. r
, 1889-02-01

Tho amountof material necessary in
the construction of a 1900 ton steamer
is simply astonishing. 1t takes 40, 600
lineal feet of timber, % tons for hog
chains, and in all so tons of iron, 120
bales of oakum to calk the seams, and
fully S., 900 worth Of paint. The cost
of such a boat at the yards runs about
$50, 600, to which an additional $25, 900
may be added for furnishing. 1t takes
generally about five months to put up
a LEGO ton boat, and it should last ten
years with ordinary care. When the
hull of n boat is finished every nook
and corner is filled with salt, about 100
barrels being used fora 1 200 ton boat.
This is done to prevent the rotting of
the timber, and, strangely enough, the
cabins and upper works usually decay
much sooner than the hull. -Globe-
Democrat
, 1889-02-01

Many years ago, while living in
B.ston, | knew a ship master engaged
in tho Newfoundland trade, TO him I
gave an order TO buy for me in that
island one of the native dogs, and ex-
pected TO get M of the well known
big, long haired animals. The captain,
however, brought me a female puppy
of a smooth, short haired breed, which
he said was considered by gunners in
Newfoundland as the best of water
dogs When a year old Fanny was
about the size of a small pointer, say
eighteen or twenty inches, with short
black hair on body and tail, the latter
straight, ears small and rather pointed
and with a wild and somewhat wolfish
eye, like that of an Indian dog. She
was rather savage in temper, except
TO myself, and would fight any
dog Of either sex. When she was
about a year old took her with
me TO Chicago, and the first time l
had her out duck hunting she brought
put my ducks like a trained retriever,
though she had never before seen a
gun fired. She could swim and dive
like an otter and no crippled bird
could escape her. She would dive off
of the Chicago pier and bring up a
white object from the bottom in eigh-
teen or twenty feet of water. In those
days plenty of ducks could be found
on the river just outside the village, for
Chicago was then little more in 1910.
On the river banks lived Irish squat
tiers who kept geese, and the first time
| took Fan along the river she attacked
a flock Of tame geese, killed the gan
der and brought him to me, and 1 had
to pay the enraged old woman who
owned the geese. Forest and Stream.
, 1889-02-01
The King OF Corea-

Just QUE hundred years before Co
lumbus discovered America, genera
tons Hfore Shakespeare was born,
moro than than two hundred years be-
fore Luther stirred up Germany with
his prfaching, a hundred years before
the FIST Bible vas printed, when all
England was sleeping on straw, and
wheh pins had yet to be known, the
preknt dynasty of Corea sat upon its
inn rial throne and governed its
crf1m faced, almond eyed subjects.
The blood that flows in the veins of
NHi, the present king of Corea, is of
The same continuous royal stream
has flowed over the Corean
throne since 1892. During that time
tw~enty-nine kings have reigned, and
the power of each has been more
despotic than that of the czar of Rus
STA. The royal blood has not weak
ened in its flowing, and his majesty of
today has the best qualities of his an
cestors and is one OF the most progress
sive of the Asiatic rulers. Frank G.
Carpenter.
, 1889-02-01

The cardinal archbishop of Saragosa,
who of1iciated as chaplain royal at the
christening of the two daughters of
the late King Alfonso XII, in 1880 and
1882, came here expressly for the con-
firmation of the princess Of the As
turias and the Infanta Maria Theresa,
now bright, pretty girls, 8 and 6 years
old. The royal children are carefully
brought up and educated under the
eyes Of Queen Christina by Spanish
and foreign governesses. They al
ready speak English, French and Ger
man, besides their native tongue. The
Infanta Maria Theresa is brighter, but
less docile and more delicate than her
sister. The queen does not allow them
to be spoiled, though the stately eti-
quette of the Bourbon court obliges
the attendants and courtiers to treat
them, and even the baby king,
with singular attention. Old gen
erals and proud ladies of the arts
tocracy can be seen kissing tho hand
of the little monarch, who is a lively,
talkative, healthy looking child, 3
years and 8 months old. Tho royal
children are only allowed TO Sllay with
their little cousins, the children of the
Infantas Paz and Eulalia, who are
about the same age.-Madrid Cor.
London News.
, 1889-02-01
The Eccentric Duchess of Montrose.

The Duchess of Montrose is very
fond Of dress. Her favorite color is
scarlet, and when this elderly lady
(she is 20, | believe) is gotten up in q
toilet of her favorite hue, supplemented
with a scarlet ulster, her appearance is
certainly peculiar. She is extremely
popular with the lower orders, to
whom her grace is well known by
sight from her constant Reorganization
of ace courses. Curiosity took her to
go TO take a look at the great Socialist
demonstration in Hyde park. On ar
irving there she was instantly APP
preached by n number of roughs, who
proceeded to give her some good
natured advice. Now, your grace,
don't stay here-go homo and take
care of yourself-it isn't a fit place for
you" We'll, boys, I'll GO" answered
the lady good humoredly. And as she
turned away some one in the crowd
cried, Three cheers for Caroline,
Duchess of M~ontrosel' an appeal that
met with a hearty response. Imagine
a meeting of British Socialists cheering
a duchessI" continued my informant.
| have been told, but do not know
with what truth, that the Duchess of
Montrose is the lady who became,
some thirty-ive years ago, greatly at
tached to James Buchanan when he
was United States minister TO London,
and who would have married that
gentleman had not her relatives
strongly opposed her alliance with an
American. heard this story several
years ago in London, but the name of
the lady was not then stated. London
Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph.
, 1889-02-01
MANNERS oE HE FRENCH.
They Seldom Swear and Do Not Talk
Slang-Inclined to Availability.

Slang-Inclined to Availability.
French are gentle. 4 Ger
tain mlldness of demeanor, which is
among us mainly confined to such in
dividuals as do. not fear tho conse-
quences of failure in self assertion, is
everywhere observabR The fiercely
m~ustachioed concierge shares it with
the blind academician. II is the rarest
imaginable chance to hear an oath.
There is something feeble and inefii-
cient, an acknowledgment of inarticu-
~lateness, about the intenser sort of eX-
pletives, which are wholly foreign to
the French temper, accustomed to per-
feet facility and adequacy Of expires
sion.
Similarly with slang. French ar
got is almost a language by itself.
Slang, as we comprehend the term,
and as Wait Whitman culogizes and
employs it-namely, the riotous me
dunn of the under l~anguage-is un-
known. One may in a week hear
more oaths and more slang of the
coarse and stupid sort in Wall street,
at the seaside, in the hotel corridors
and street cars and along the side
walks of New York and Philadelphia,
say, and in public generally among
us, than in the length and breadth of
France in a year.
There is not the same b~urlesque of
'heartiness, " the same slapping on the
back, the same insistent invitations to
drink, the same brutalite-in fine,
there is infinitely more g~entleness.
Their occasional savagery strikes us as
ineffective and amateur, their fury
seems fustian. The ''rapier thrusts''
of sarcasm, the kind of writing and
talking to which some of our news
papers apply their most eulogistic cpl
tibet, ''scathing," the bitter banter to
which not n few of the best bred of our
young girls seem Just now especially
addicted, would excite amazement in
France.
Persiflage there is new personal
when it is good natured. In any event
there is far less of it than of compli-
ment, and this compliment is less fac
titious than are our personalities of
the uncomplimentary kind. The diff
ference shows an important tempera-
mental distinction as vel as anything
can. The French are as inclined to
the amiable, the agreeable, the social,
the impersonal, as we are to avoid
being the dupe of these qualities; per-
haps they are less duped than we are,
and at any rate the amount of fruit
less friction which they save over us
is very great.
Indeed, with us this friction grows
by natural selection; it is popular be-
cause, \ conscious of immense kind
illness at bottom and our own
withers being for the moment un-
wrung, we like to see the CALLED jade
wince.-W. Q. Brownell in Scribner's.
, 1889-02-01

When the duke and duchess of
Edinburgh went to Greece it was dis
covered, on arriving at Athens, that a
trunk containing certain indispensable
articles of attire, 10 wit: undercloth-
ing belonging TO the duchess had been
left behind at Malta a telegram or
dering the said trunk 10 be sent by the
next days steamer would have been
the cheapest and readiest way of OBJ
tanning it, but the duke of Edinburgh
actually dispatched one OF the vessels
of his squadron all the way to Malta
to bring back the trunk and its con
tents.
This trip of her majesty's ship must
have involved a cost to the tax payer
of some hundreds of pounds. The
transaction is altogether IA scandalous
one.-London Truth.
, 1889-02-01

One-ffth of the immigration to this
port from Europe last year was from
two countries which have only re-
Gently begun to contribute TO our pop
ulation-Italy and Russia. The re
port from Castle Garden shows that
out of 1888, 030 immigrants for the year
43, 6S3 were Italians and 80, 937 were
Russians. The immigration from these
two countries was as high as hat from
Germany, and the immigration from
Italy alone was just about equal TO
that from Ireland. We arc informed
that very nearly the whole body of
immigrants classified as Russians"
belonged to the Hebrew ace, and that
they find life here SO much more de-
sirable than they found it under the
car of Russia that they are encour-
aging their brethren whom they left
behind them TO follow their example
IN coming to America. New York
Sun.
, 1889-02-01
rhoma. nenton ana the no,.

Many years ago a slim built youth
was trudging through the streets of
New York, bent under the weight of
a dozen copies of Benton's Thirty
Years in Congress-" bound together
by a strap. Entering a small park he
rested on a rustic scat. Presently a
large man sauntered along. noticed
the boy and his load, sat down and
began to question him.
why r you losing timer" he
asked.
Il can make il up on the home trip,
when | shall have nothing TO carry"
why are you not provided with a
handcart or barrow2"
MY employers provide mono and /
can't afford 10 buy one"
DO you read The SUM"
"At odd hours / do"
Look in the editorial column to-
morrow and see what is said Of your
employers"
The youth did so, and found a
scathing article d%enouncing the firm
for overlooking its messengers and
treating them like beasts of burden.
But before tho man had left the boy in
the park he asked him TO look at the
portrait in the front part of the books
and see if he recognized it. The boy
complied, then hurriedly looked at his
chance acquaintance and said in aston
menti
Why, it is you'll"
you are right; l am Thomas II
Benton"
Tho boy was James Eagan, now a
wealthy liquor merchant of Chicago.
Chicago Times.
, 1889-02-01
Nltro-GIycerino for Disease.

Nitro-glycerine bids fair, say the
doctors, to become an important rem
edy for diseases of tho kidneys; and ex-
periments are now making in cases of
Bright's disease. Nitro-glycerine of a
pure quality, possessing all the explo-
sive powers of the substance, is pre-
pared in alcohol (Which removes the
explosive quality in the proportion of
one part of the nitro-glycerine TO
ninety-nine of alcohol, and is then
prepared with sugar or milk in tablets.
Thus prepared, it is called ''Trinitrin."
PHILADELPHIA Times.
, 1889-02-01
s~IaeNtahon,s NiemoIr.

Marshal MacMahon is finishing his
memoirs. He has sent proof of the
chapters relating to the military opera
tons of the Austro-French war of 1889
TO the Archduke Albert, inspector of
the Austrian army, and those relating
TO the war of lS70-71 to Marshals Won
Moltke and B~lumenthal, requesting in
each case TO be informed whether he
has stated facts accurately. The in
terest of the memoirs will center on
two points; First, the influence politi-
cal considerations had in preventing
the retreat of his army on Paris after
the defeats ut Woerth and Forbach in
1870, and, secondly. the part which
the marshal played in assisting and
afterward frustrating the attempts at
4 monarchical restoration in 1851.
The marshal, as was well known,
thought the Comte de Chambord acted
very fooiishly. The crown was ready
TO his hand and he had only to make
n move 10 grasp it He was, however,
dissuaded from it by the Comtesse de
C%hambord, who. having no children
and hating the Orleans princes, loathed
the idea of raising her husband up on
high simply TO make the throne secure
for his cousins. -London World.
, 1889-02-01

a stingy man never loses an oppor-
tunity Of getting something for no
thing, and his efforts 10 bring about
this end arc sometimes very amusing.
Old Mr.. b, who lived some years
ngo in n Connecticut town, was what
his neighbors called Every close" but
Erasping rs he was, there was one
thing he would not accept, even for
nothing, and that was Intoxicating
drinks OF any kind. He was strictly
temperate.
One day he was asked to drink with
several of his neighbors at the village
store, where drinks were sold at ten
cents each
mo, thank ye, The replied; "Inever
drink, gentlemen; but, if it's all the
same to you, I'll take a gimlet in
stead.-Youth's Companion.
, 1889-02-01
A New -Gnnpowder.

At the Royal Powder factory of
Wetteren, in Belgium, a new gunpow-
der is being made. They call it poudre-
papier, or paper powder, and it is
claimed that a charge of 81 grams go
grnins) gives, in a rifle of small cali
Der, an initial velocity of ego yards to
the ball. This is equal TO, if it does
not beat, the Lebel powder. The ad-
dltional advantages arc attributed to
It of not smeariug tho barrel, or pro-
ducing no smoke, and of causing little
ecoil.-Frank Leslie's Newspaper.
, 1889-02-01
The Tyler Desk Co.,

Of st. Louis, Mo-, are now pushfg an
other ingenious Office Device. THIS time
1t is Tyler's Royal Automatic Type Writ
err Cabinet and Desk Combined. 1t is
adapted to every Machine now in use,
and said to be the finest on Earth. The
Tyler System of Bank Counters are also
attracting great attention, while the fam
ous Tyler Desks-some 400 styles-con-
tlnue to grow in public favor. Illustrated
Catalogues irps.
, 1889-02-01

DR.. Alva II. Dolby says that a typ
ically healthy woman can dance with
mpunity, just as she can ride q horse
or play tennis, but, he adds, compare
lively few American women are typ
ically healthy. Moreover, a woman
in u ball dress is almost invariably
laced too tightly, and he never knew
u woman who danced who did not
dance too much. Annals of Hygiene.
, 1889-02-01
EleetrIe cenden.atIon or stenm.

A variation of DIR. o. J. Lodges x
periments on the electric deposition of
dust has been tried by NJ. Soret, of
Geneva Steam submitted 20 electric
discharges was instantly precipitated;
and when tho pole of the electric ma
chine was sufficiently near tho surface
OF the water-the other pole being at
tached TO the platinum cup used for
the boiling-the steam was condensed
as rapidly as formed, presenting the
anomaly of steamless boiling water
Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1889-02-01
LITTLE ONES.

The little oueS are pests. VIC sigh
And Isus OF trouble make US;
Ere Eoidrn morning pes her y
They frDa. Sur slumbers wake US
Nay oft ere half the uight Is o er,
They start US from our dreaming.
And We must rise and walk the floor
Until they cease thei screaming.
PERHAPS our rashness we deplore;
Indulge In wishing. maybe,
W. had remained a bachelor
While singing. "Sieep. my babyr"
We wonder why &C took a wife,
While wrath within us uursed Is,
And think OF all the Ills OF life
a squalling babe the worst Is
But when grim death Is lowering high
Gar distant may that day bed
Take all we own, o, DordT' we cry.
But spare to US the baby"
Boston Courie
, 1889-02-01

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. Will positively cure all
kinds OF piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt, at % cents per box-by mail
DC SSSta
, 1889-02-01

There are some men in this world
who couldn't tell you that two parallel
lines may be infinitely produced and
never meet, without filling you with
an earnest desire TO denounce the state
ment as a malicious lie. And they
are always excellent people. -Bostonj
Budget. y
, 1889-02-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup should
always be used for children tecthlng. 1t
soothes the cniin, sui HSoo go Il snms allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle.
, 1889-02-01
Buekiens Arniea saivr.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
eorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. Ii is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. p:ee % cents ner box.
For sale By DIR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1889-02-01
How can parents allow their children t.

How can parents allow their children to
cough aud strain and cough and calmly
say; "Ohl it is only a little cold" and
keep giving them cheap and dangerous
medicines, untll they are down with lung
so easily relieved by Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup? 1t has no superior, and
few equals. For sale by w. N. Hunt,
druggist.
, 1889-02-01

4 st Louis sportsman recently pro
cured in Oregon a trophy hat is one
OF the greatest curiosities of its kind in
the world. II consists of a large and
perfect pair of caribou a%ntlers, which
are entirely covered with a fine, close
growth of hair.
, 1889-02-01

a tame crow belonging to a farmer
e R~idgeway, Ont, has been taught
TO distinguish colors, and will pick out
from n pile of articles of various coll
ors one of any color asked for.
, 1889-02-01

Kellner wishes to state that he is soon
to wind up his business here, and will
therefore close out his entire stock of dry
goods and millinery for less han they
cost at wholesale.
, 1889-02-01

A French subterranean river bA
been explored for a mile or more H
M. Martel, who derives from his IN.
vestigations n theory of the origibfoi
canyons. ~