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splendid banquet was then spread
before them, after which they were ush'
cred into the presence of her Majesty
the Empress Dowager by groups of foul
and five. 1t may interest the ladies to
know that her Majesty wore on the occa.
sion an apricot yellow silk long dress,
with black velvet jacket. Each girl
carried a tablet bearing her name and
age, also the name of her father, banner,
etc, which was presented to the En-.
press while the girl stood before her.
After some interrogations, and in no few
cases even monitory words for having
continued to shave the forehead, her
Majesty formed her opinion of the can
dldate, which, when unfavorable, was
signifed by handing the girls tablets to
one of the euuuchs with the order to
present the aspirant with roll of silk.
The girl with her silk was then taken
back to her cart. never more to partlcl-
pate in the imperial matrimonial compe-
tition.
The selection of a new Empress in
flicts a serious burden on many poor
men whose daughters are eligible and
must be presented, but who have little
means to defray the expenses incidental
to iourneying to Peking and frequent
visits to the palace. Most OF them pray
to be put out of their misery at the hrst
ins nspection, and those who survive to the
last, and are then rejected are really TO
be pitied. San Francisco Ch'Vnacle.
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The Irridescent Sunbeam Treatment.

It has long been known that free
exposure to sunlight or diffused day
light is tranquilizing to the nerves, and
the physicians at Alessandria, actlng]
upon this, have carried the test nuch1
further and distinguished between theA
effects of different colors in the lights
The sashes of an asylum window were
filled with glass of various eolors, and
the walls and woodwork were painted toll
match the glass. A patient suffering
from melancholia, who refused to eat,a
was placed in one of the rooms with
walls aud windows of bright red,
Three hours exposure to this influence.
produced cheerfuIness and he asked for
food. .
This seemed very important to physi-s
clans, who know that with the insane.
whose malady begins with melancholi8i
the refusal of food is the earliest, the
most common, as we'll as the most
dangerous symptom, and is generally
persisted in until nourishment has to bel
administered by force; so that the re-,
moval of that fancy and the restoration
of healthy, spontaneous desire for food!
caused by only few hours subiectionl
to light influence is an important fact in
the annals of medicine, Another melan-;
choly patient, who always kept his hands:
over his. mouth so as to shut out foods
and air, was placed in the red room and
soon began to improve, and the next
day had so far forgotten the halluclna-I
ton that he ate with hearty Appetite
Still another patient, q violent maniac,;;
was placed in a blue room and became
quiet in an hour, while fourth was
completely cured after passing day IN
a violet colored room. York Herald.
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A Professional Treasure Hunter.

Standing in front of the HOLMAN
House the other evening, with huge
diamond in his scarf and cigar in his
mouth, was man who follows peculia,
calling. Some four years ago he was q
clerk in grocery store in little town
on Long Island. Everybody in the town
knew "Biliy" Delaney, but perhaps they
wouldn't recognize in the well-dresscd.
handSomc man in front of the Hoffman
the Billy of few years ago. He is a
professional treasure hunter. His first
delving experiment was on Long Island.
and it was so successful that it enable
him to quit clerking forever:
One day he turned up in North Caro-
lima and organized company to seek
for family plate hidden during the war.
This venture was not ds.: ling success,
but it repaid the trouble. From South
Carolina he went to Honduras, and there
he struck q small fortune III silver coin
which was buried over a century ago by
an alleged pirate. How Delaney came
to know its whereabouts will probably
always remain mystery. York
S'ar.
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Scientific Legerdemain.
these days of adulteration,


When all things are not what they seem,
And everything is something else,
it is no more miraculous that olive oil
should be squeezed out of peanut than
that Java colce should be ground out of
the chicory root, or that black pepper be
only another name for pulverized cocoa
nut shells. Science is making such
rapid stride helping US in our gastrono-
mic need that nature herself must get
out of the way or she will be run
over. Even the poor honey bee
was accused, not of laziness, for that
would have been too palpabe an in
justice, but of being too slow and
spending too much time over the clover
heads.
II will remedy all that" said Science.
And she did. Shutting up the bees.
she knocked the head out of a barrel of
glucose and told them to 60 to work and
help themselves, which they did faith.
fully. Their long journeys to and from
the towcry fields being done away with,
they had nothing to interfere with their
getting down to actual business. The
SCnelnc was SuCSeSS, loi tho Aoaos was
piled into the combs in treble abundance
and in one-t third the usual time.
And yet Science wasn't satisfied.
Greedily she put her wits to work.
"What's the use of going 10 the expense
of buying bees' ] eau make the comb
quicker and quite as we'll as they: and
as for the honeywell, glucose is
honey"
And so the occupation of the honey
bee being gone, so far as it had any
hand in what is known as the ''honey
of commerce, it now confines itself in a
small way to home manufacture, samples
of which, if the reader particularly
wants. he must particularly search for.
- Wushingt0h .Stur.
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The Latest in Fans.

The old styles of fan have come in.
The newest of the fans in the Empire
fashion are made of gauze with iuch-
wide gauze ribbons on lisse bands run
ming across in rows, each row being
painted with q vine pattern in flowers,
or with cherubs' heads or some SCROLL
work notion. They are very pretty, Of
ten in exquisite taste and not dear, but
there is not one of them which can ccm-
pare with the genuine Louis Quin; e fans
in those famous old Nernis Martin
mounts which time has not robbed of
their lustre, and which are now being
unearthed rapturously from the old
brio a. a-brac shops and auction rooms.
Some of them have mounts of nothing
more substantial than paper, Others are
silk or vellum, all are marvelously
painted with the smiling, simpering Mar
que:scs, the powder and patches, the
minute and delicate art, the graceful
prettine=s of that pleasure-loving era.
The simpler of the antiques and the
more numerous limitations of the antique
are studies in pink-the soft pink and
the blue and the white of Dresden china
landscapes. The more elaborate and
richer are wonders of gilt.
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MAGNITUDE of the Potato Crop.

The Importance of the potato crop can
hardly be estimated. From the small,
insignificant tubcr from the mountains,
has grown up one of the greatest indus
tries of the age. One hundred years ago
they were hardly known as an article OF
food. Now there is scarcely a table in
all this country, or Europe, that IS not
supplied three times day with the lus.
cious esculent. 1t is a staple in every
household and forms the main portion
of the food for the poor and laborlnS
classes.
In Germany, the crop for 1888, amounts
to the enormous sum total OF S,6l4, lS4
bushels, valued at $232, 1Ss, 54s, while
the entire wheat crop of that country is
only one hundred and four million BUSH
els. With its immense population, what
could Germany do without the potato2
In Sweden, the latest reports show &c.
4S4, ISL bushels of potatoes, and only
3,4oG, III bushels of wheat. The potato
crop in that country is equal in value to
all the other crops combined, oats eX-
cepted. In Scotland, England and Ireland
the ratio is greater.
In the United States, the crop for the
year 1886 was 16S, ,05l 900 bushels, while
in 1884 it was more than 1000, 0OU
bushels, valued at more than one hum
dred million dollars at the local markets.
Cotton growing is the leading indus
try of nearly all of the Southern States.
For many years cotton has been king of
our products, yet who realizes that the
market value of the potatoes grown in
the United States is equal in value to
one.half the entire cotton production.
All Of the oats, barley, rye, buckwhest
and rice combined is worth less in dol.
lars and cents in the market, than the
potato crop of our country. Farm,
Field and Stockman.
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Fashion Notes.

All aprons now are long.
Chatelaines are IN again.
This is season of ostrich feathers.
Short dresses are worn for outdoors.
Ribbon is used more profusedly than
ever.
Dressy tea-gowns have silken waist
coats.
Green in millinery appears to be as
popular as ever.
The cmbroideries for dresses are many
Of them guipure.
Some hats arc quite caricatures, being
so large, contorted and outre.
The latest use for shocking is as de-
cora:ion for nigh.dress yokes.
Youthful-looking blouses for misses
are made of gay plaid silks or woolens.
Black trimmings are especially liked
for red and green frocks for Little girls.
The deep Russian collar, pointed like
vest in front, is fashionable piece OF
fur.
The style of dressing hair has a
tendency to be lower than has lately been
worn.
Some of the newest hosiery shows ex-
tremely gay colorings and fantastic de-
signs.
Ripe cherry is the name of the very
newest red. AS yet it comes only in the
finest of silks.
The last idea for bodices is to have
them very open around the throat, but
not cut square.
New handkerchiefs are shaped like
vine leaves, and button -holcd around the
edges with bright colors.
In the evening little wreaths of flowers
are worn en- chaperon-that ls to say,
very small and placed on one side.
A bonnet that is shaped exactly like a
saucer is very new, very French, very
ugly; and the acme of discomfort.
Some very handsome new mats and
table scarfs are of gold colored satin
wrought with electric blue and silver.
Dinner costumes of black corded silk
have elbow sleeves, which are finished
with a fall of black thread lace headed
by band of cut jet.
Tucks, shocking and feather and her
ring bone stitching in colored floss are
the favorite trimmings for little girls
fro, ks the present season.
Long coats, that cover the entire dress,
are made of black broadcloth and
trimmed around the neck and down the
front in a straight line with Russian
sable.
For little girls there are hoods in
white Sicilienne or in cashmere. The
crown is drawn with close rows of cord
ing and the front finished OF with lace
ribbon and full aigrette.
The new long nits just brought out
for wear with dinner gowns, have no
fingers at all, but have q double row OF
! silk embroidery around the top of the
hand and the edge of the thumb.
The newest jerseys are in directoire
style, with wide, short revers of silk OF
of moire, and the full space from the
throat down crossed at the waist line by
a very broad wrinkled Empire belt.
Two interlaced circular rings make a
brooch just now much in favor with
Parisians. Sometimes both are diamond
get or else one IS of diamond, the other
of frosted gold or else of black enamel.
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A New EMPRESS.

On November Stll appeared an edict
from the Impress announcing that leh-
hoh- -na.la, the daughter of the Manchu-
Brigadler- General, kwei-k!ang younger
brother of the Empress, had been Sc
!ected as the consort of the youthful
Emperor of China. and that two girls
named Ta.ta-la, daughters of Chang
shuh, Manchu V;ce-President of a
Peking Board, aged fifteen and thirteen
years respectively, had been chosen for
the harem. The Emperor's marriage
will take place, according to present ar
rangemcnts, at the time which the
Astronomical Board has ascertained, or
at all events has declared, to be pro-
pitious.
The process of selecting the Emperor's
consort is interesting. After two in
spections at considerable intervals, the
number of candidates was reduced to
thirty one, who are daughters of man
darins of above the fourth rank, and, OF
course, of Manchu extraction. These
thirty-on young ladies were conveyed
in carts to the palace in the early
morning at 2 o'clock. Tley entered by
the "Gate of theSouthern Sea," which
they crossed in six boats, and were
conducted to the palace, which
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His Mothers Portrait.

A touching incident is reported in
connection with the recent wreck, near
England, of the Estrella de Chile. When
it was thought that the vessel was
doomed, an apprentice went below in a
hurried manner. Afterward, when the
crew took to the rigging, most of them
held on with both hands, but the ap-
prentice kept one hand on his breast
''Have you got your money there,
youngster2" asked sailor. "No," re-
piled the apprentice, ''but I have the
portraits of my dear mother and sister. "
1t was for these he had gone below in an
hour of danger.
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A Picture of Life in o Mining Town.

The Virginia City Enterprise gives
this picture of life in the mining towns
of Nevada. A party of ladies and gen
t!emen in Sutro wanted to attend the
theatre in Virginia City. starting at
the mouth of the Sutro tunnel, at their
own doors, they travelled four miles un.
der the mountains to the G. and c. shaft,
and then dismounting from the cars,
they boarded the cages in the shaft and
were shot upward to the surface, verti.
cal distance of 1910 feet. coming out
within stones throw of the ticket OF.
ice.
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The Human Hair.

The durability of human hair is a
fortunate thing for those whose soaps
more or less lack that adornment. What
would be the condition of one-half OF
our female friends if human hair was as
peri> liable as human flesh2 What could
art or science do toward restoring to
woman her chief attraction, if human
hair were not nearly as imperishable off
the human head as on it2 Even death
itself, which in time leaves no trace of
flesh and bone, seems, under certain
conditions, powerless to destroy our
hair. Numerous arc the instances not
only of the growth of the hair after
death, but also of its virtual indestruc-
tibility. A very curious example of this
was brought before public notice at the
monthly meeting of a society Of anti
ouaries. A member produced photo
graph of the back hair of young
Roman lady, who, Judging from a coin
found lying under her cotnn, must have
lived about the time of Constantine.
When the coffin was opened it was seen
that the body had been buried in gyp-
sum with the head on q pillow. The
front part of the skull had given way,
so that the back of the head was thrown
forward, and on it was long folded
tress of female hair with two ct pins
remaining in it. 1t was of lovely all
burn color and in excellent preservation.
Now, it is not for one moment insinuat-
ed that this interesting tress was such
as young ladies of the nineteenth century
hang over the back of the bedroom
chair. 1t indisputably belonged to the
head of the Roman girl when she was
buried.-Piiladelphiu Press.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS
Oueen Victoria's Plate.

The value of Queen Fictoria's plate is
said to be about -, 500, 900. 1t is gen.
orally kept in the "gold pantry" at
Windsor, and but little of it is displayed
except on state occasions. Theappoint-
ments of her bedroom are very costly,
however, all the basins being of solid
silver, lined with gold; the toilet SER
vices are likewise of silver gilt.-New
York. Telegram.
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Watches Set in Umbrella Handles.

In Macy's day or two ago the atten--
ton of a casual observer was attl tlacted
by the extraordinary degree of interest
with which lady customers at brief in
tervals seemed to regard the handles of
their umbrellas. Inquiry of salesman
drew forth the statement that one of the
latest fads of the fashionable world is
the wearing of watches in umbrella and
parasol knobs. The instruments are of
standard make, keeping accurate time,
and add $40 to $500 to the cost of On
ordinary silk umbrella. Women find
them useful in shopping excursions.
-NeU York Tribune.
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Queen Victoria has requested that for-
eign married ladies presented at corrt
must be accompanied by their husbands.
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Advantage of Being a Blonde.

Every year We get the cry from fashion
writer's: "Blondes no longer in style;
they have been superseded by their
darker sisters" etc. Now, that's all
nonsense. You cannot do away with
the blonde, nor can you do away with
frizzled, banged hair. Pre-eminently,
the blonde is the beauty of civilization:
She is among US, to stay as such, and
she cannot be driven away. A brunette
now and then may rise supreme over her
BY reason of wonderful loyeliness, but
we are speaking collectively. A woman
can dress more effectively with blonde
hair than with dark. 1t lights up better
and is more youthful. A well-kept
blonde has ten years advantage, in point
of youthful looks, over the average
brunette. Once in lifetime or so there
arises a miraculous brunette who COM
pletely surpasses her, but for steady,
ordinary good looks that make no pre-
tensions Of great beauty, the blonde car
ries the palm. You cannot expunge
her in favor of the brunette even in lit
erature. In the novels turned out dur
ing the past year there have been 3S2
blondes to 100 brunettes.
Hairdrssser.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-30
HousEHoLD.

VIRGINIA tPoNeE PUDDINe.-One
pint OF milk, two unces OF butter, two
ounce Of -four, two ounces OF sugar.
three eggs, / tablespoonful Of vanilla
Put the milk on TO boil, rub the but
ter, -four and sugar together, and stir
the hot milk into them until 1t Is athick
batter. Then remove from the fire and
let 1t cool, Beat the yolks Of the eggs
well and add to tie batter, then beat the
whites to a stiff froth and mix in gently.
Pour in a pudding dish aud place in a
pan Of hot water and bake three-quart-
ers Of an hour.
SAucE.-Half cup OF butter, half cup
of powdered sugar, quarter cup Of
cream, four tablespoonfuls Of wine, one
tablespoonful Of vanilla.
Beat the butter to a cream, add the
sugar gradually, beating all the while.
When light and creamy add the wine
gradually. When all Is beaten smooth,
place the bowl in a basin Of hot water.
stir until the sauce is smooth and creamy
and no longer. This is an excellent des-
sert.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-30

SCION Of ealamine, from Scion TO Cleo
buio Of Linde, from Cleobuls 70 Mysen
ol Choue4 and from Mysen TO Chilon
Of Lacedensnia who mot less modest
than The ofhers, fastened 10 send IL to
ApoIlon and afterwsrd this q fell
into the hands Of the satraps Of Persia,
tken into those Of Alexander The Great,
yho made ne Of it at the dinners Of
OF AL the Greeks, the Athenians
were those who enforced the wisest
customs and laws against drunkenness.
0neos their sncient kings, Amphictyon
tang : his subjecta 70 put water into
|4heir wine. TxSF4
The police watched in order that
there should be no excess Of wine, and
these ~ofdcerA called aess0ptes, were as
signed for this dnty. The proportion
ct wine TO water most generally used
Wa two Of vino 10 FIVE. Of water, or ms
of wine to three Of water. This SIMPLE
manner Of living continued : long time
IN Sparta. The cooks we're banished
= p~oisoners would be, which seemed to
establish the fact thst the Iacsdenon-
ians did mot eeoEn, according 70 the
example Of PittacuA to grind their
grain, make their bread, and to cook
their food themselves 49,
The law-maker, Lycurgus, who made
Of Sparta . sort Of vast barracks, insti-
tuted public repasts. He obliged the
Ecitixens, says ,Plutaerch, to eat together
and TO consume the game kind Of food.
Heforbade them TO take their repasts at
home, upon sumptuous couches, and at
magnificent tables, to mSke use of cooks
and Of capable servants in order to
grow fat like ~gluttonous animals, and
TO corrupt at the same time both spirit
and body. by abandoning themselves to
all sorts of se~nsuslity and debauchery.
They were not permitted TO eat at
home and to come to this common re-
past satisied. Those who did not eat
or drink in public, we're r~cprimanded
openly for their intemperance or their
fastidiousnesA which made them scorn
the common food.
The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-30
THE FLOWER GARDEN.
WATERING PLANTS.

The care Of plants in winter and the
Necessity for careful watering leads to
these suggestions from Woman's Work.
In growing plsnts In pots, success de-
pendss very largely upon the watering.
A recent writer says, Success depends
more directly upon the skill TO discern
whom to give, and when to. withhold
water, than upon the actual constitu-
ents Of the SOIL In close connection
with this point in the management Of
plants, il the subject Of drainage. II
That Ia not good and free. there can be
no healthy growth, chiefly because the
water il detained in the soil, and by its
presence contributes to produce an un-
Wholesome O D lition of its soluble and
gaseous constituents, and also renders
r. mineral parts close and obstructive
70 the action Of air. When the water
applied to plants does not make its way
quickly ont Of the latter by the usual
openings in the bottoms, ii may be sus-
pected that all is not right with the
Drainage, and an examination should
be made in, order to ASCERTAIN what is
wrong, and how to put it right. II the
water does not pass freely through,
neither can air, which Is hardly q less
essential agent, in the process Of Ella
borating the crude elements Of plant
food contained in the soil, and prepar-
ing II for absorption by the roots.
The question Is often put, Chow
often should / water my plants?" No
practical gardener can answer that
question otherwise than by saying to
water them only when they are dry.
The atmosphere in which the plants
grow, whether it be hat Of . room or q
greenhouse is subject to variation, par
ticularly in respect to the amount of
moisture it contains. This will vary
from day to day according to the tenn
perature Of the outer air, the amount
Of moisture diffused In it, and the di.
rection and force of the wind. The
heat OF fires, or other warming appar-
stns, will also influence the amount of
moisture in the air, and limit or in
crease evaporation accordingly. It is
in close observation Of these influences
on the plants that the only sure guide
10 q sound knowledge of their require
ments in the matter of water a be
found.
Never adopt . routine method of
watering 81 stased simess ana giving 70
every plant, either IN me- morning Of
evening, less or more water, whether II
be dry or moist bou the roots, SIMPLY
because the Watering POI happens 70 pc
e. hand. flants snouiG neve pc a..
water, but they should be allowed to
become dry to . degree short Of injury
from drought, and then be watered
thoroughJys 20 That every PARTICLE OF
the SOL N ne Pot may Pc moisted- ,