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japanese PiHow.

"obi" is very elaborate affair. The rich
embroidery which adorns it is of the very
best material that the purses of the wearers
will afford. 1t is really the only part of
their costume which gives them scope for
display, with the exception, perhaps, of
their head-dress.
The head-dress is most elaborate affair,
built on foundation of cardboard, which is
blackened; the hair. being passed over it, is
then smoothed down and well oiled. and
into it they put flowers, combs, fancy pins
and other small articles intended to heighten
their personal attractions. The result
is frequently an artistic triumph. 1t
is tedious process, and perhaps for this
reason habit has taught them to sleep with
out soft pillows, instead of which they use
round piece Of wood, like a rolling-pip,
about eight inches long, supported on two
wooden feet, and with hollow for the neck
TO lie in, so by these means the ladies are
able to leave their hair untouched for sever
al days, as at night it does not become at all
disarranged; and for that consideration, of
course, they can reconcile themselves to the
use of the wooden pillow-St Louis Globe
Democrat,
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AS THE CURTAIN
ROLLS DOWN.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the
"Passion Play" This Year.
The Financial Aspect Of 1t and What Becomes
Of the Money Made-The Salaries Of the
Players-Mayer's Donkey.

G5TATION Oberau; it is there where
@ the Oberammergau tourist takes
SC leave of the crowded railroad car
and consigns himself and his chattels to one
OF line of vehicles. the diversity of which
is simply astounding. My travelling COM
panion counted 1873 different specimens which
we met on the new road that leads past the
old monastery of Ettal-yellow omnibuses
with hard, uncomfortable wooden seats;
elegant private equipages of all descriptions
light quickly travelling buggies. peasant
wagons and carts. And as to their contents,
it was perfect defle of the various types
and nationalties of the Passion guests.
The sturdy peasant from Lower Ba-
varia in his long black Sunday coat with
tho silver coins in place where buttons ought
to be, sits TRANQUILITY by the side of pretty
young girl from Munich; the puff-sleeved
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and fed her with what he had picked up.
This he did twice in my sight before taking
anything to himself"
had some time previously received from
a CORES pondent in Wales, a stranger to me.
a precisely similar account OF another of
these birds. "One day, in the bitterest OF
the weather, when l am sure our friend, the
rock l have spoken of, was indeed reduced
to great eXtremties, the bird nevertheless
performed the following coed deed: 1t
picked up bit of bread, carried it to another
rock, which sat on the terrace wall, too shy
to come nearer, and fed it there. Nor was
this after having satisfied its own hunger,
for it had only just alighted,"
When put this little story down had
misgiving that any one who might read it
would scarcely be disposed to believe it, as
beyond credibiity. | was therefore much
gratified at having so soon afterward seen
such an exactly similar fact recorded in cor
rOb0ration Of it, as above. 1t was, indeed,
l think, very touching incident, and one
to make every one, l should hope, who
reads it, have much coed feeling for all
Gods creatures.-LondOn Spectator.
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WHICH &?

fairy rose on a slender throne
In beautiful garden grew;
1t waved and nodded In graceful mirth
the daylight through
So grand it looked in its dreamy pride
That the fiowerets at its feet
Nodded assent to all lis wants.
And looked quite demure and sweet
But truly "pride hath FAM as it's said.
For the beautiful rose had withered away
And its waxen leaves lay scattered about
Like the silent snow" of another day.
Hard by the dead rose was pansy flower
With bright little eyes OF velvety blue:
Not mark or trace Of this borrowed pride
On its perfect features grew.
Neither the sun, nor the wind nor the shower
Could mar its sturdy grace;
And when it breathed TO God its humble
prayer,
There was peace on its upturned face.
My dear, in your moments of reverie
Which viii you choose of these two
The rose with its deadened rose-ieaves
Or the pansy OF drawer hue?
Which can truly say to its master,
o Lord, have accomplished for you
The work, and the deed, and the labor
All that had promised to do 80
'd'l francisco, September, IS90. ALMA ALDEN.
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WHAT MUSTACHES TELL,
An Odd system of Character Reading
FROM The Hirsnte Adornment

An Odd System of Character Reading
From the Hirsute Adjournment.
There is great deal of character in the
mustache. says the Northwest Magazine.
AS the form of the upper lip and in the
regions about it has largely to do with the
feelings. pride. self-reliance, manlness,
vanity and other qualities that give self
control, the mustache is more particularly
connected with the expression Of those
qualities or the reverse.
When the mustache is ragged and, as 1t
were, flying hither and thither, there is
lack OF proper self-contro. When it is
straight and orderly the reverse is tile case,
other things, of course, taken into account.
If there is tendency to curl at the outer
ends of the mustache there is tendency to
ambition, vanity or display. When the
curl turns upward there Is a geniality COM
bined with love of appreciation; when the
inclination is downward there is a more
sedate turn of mind, not unaccompanied
with gloom.
1t is worthy of remark that good-natured
men will, in playing with the mustache, in
variably give it an upward inclination
whereas cross-grained or morose men will
pull it obliquely downward.
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METAMORPHOsIs.

Narcissus lovely youth, once on time
When Phebus round his form halo shone,
Resolved at once, at Cytherea's shine
To win the nymph he loved-and her alone.
In passing onward he chanc'd by a we'll
Quite curious Ike, down in its depths he gazed,
And there In love with is own image fell
And lovingly his own great beauty praised.
The pure, clear water showd his true reflex,
AS In looking-glass as truly seen;
And any maidens heart twoud surely vex,
To see where Aphrodltes hand had been.
No maid was destined eer to be his bride,
For him the gods decreed loftier fame:
At length he pinned away, and when he died
Was turned into the flower that bears his name.
o. modern maiden! do not miss your chance.
Nor leave it to that grim eleventh hour;
Lest like the maid beguiled with Cupld's prance.
You'll be IoSt-and he'll be turned flower,
THOMAS H. MATTHIAS.
San Francisco, Sept. so, 1890.
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During bright nights. when the full moon
battles her vlSage in the silver-tnted waters,
the miStS which dance across them appear
like floating elves with golden, gittering
hair ana the m0notonOus, plantive whisper
ing of the reeds narrates the ancient lore of
the handsome Prince who lived in the castle
by the lake, and who loved the torester's
pretty daughter and woOed her every night
under the sheltering branches of the beeches
But one day there came a seductive Princess
to the castle and her brauty and riches
lured the heart of the Prince away from
his forest maiden. The poor, forsaken
child of the beachwood grew melancholy,
and in her despair slnghi death in the crys-
tai waters of the Uklei; and it is said
that on the day on which the faith
less lover led the rich Princess to the
altar to be wed, the waters of the
lake swelled to immense proportions.
burying in their angry foam chapel and
bride and bridegroom, and all the retinue
that stood in line to celebrate the event.
And to this day the initiated discovers dur
ing moonlit nights the ringing of the bells
deep down in the bottomless pit of the lake.
From Sielbeck the road winds along the
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~ SPANISH days. fair Spanish daysl
4 Yelled in romance's magic haze.
y Colored by fancies manifold
Shining through mem'ry's mists Of gold;
Fen as read of We see
GAS on page of history
The red-tiled churches, cross-crowned spires,
The neophytes, the gray robe Of friars.
The stately groves of graceful palms,
The forts, the groups of men-at-arms,
The sunny skies (as blue now,
The aqueductS, the rustic pillow,
The clustering grapes the olive trees,
Which shiver cen in summer breeze.
The mission ship San Carlos ride
At anchor on the peaceful tide;
hear the liquid Spanish tongue,
The silver-throated chur, h-beils rung
The sound of merry dancing feet
l smell the roses pink and sweet,
CASTLES own roses. brought so far,
Ana listen to the soft guitar.
But these have passed, my dream is DER;
The old old scenes can come morei
developed IN times mystic haze
Must they remain-those Spanish days.
Yet this remains, your ring, which glows
And DER my hand its color throws;
This ruby crclet, still as bright,
AS vivid as the rosy light
Though worn and dulled, the rim of gold
AS twas in sunny days of old.
Dear friend. thy gift I'll keep always.
Memento sweet OF spanish days."
Alameda, CaL Sept 50. 1880. ANELEH.
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AN ANS WEIR.

Was ever a being so bright?
Was ever voice so light?
Ever song SO thrilling.
Ever mind from care so free
AS this musical brook in Its path TO the sea ?"
j. T. Copithorne in THE CALL.
Yes, brighter far than the brook.
Brighter than e'er its glowing look;
Sweeter, too, than the song
Hummed as 1t whirls along
On its serpentine road TO the sea
Is night of stars to me.
Up in the limitless space above
In martial lines they onward rove,
With twinkle OF eyes and glimmering face
Into the realms of boundless space.
So a brook In its path to the sea
Is never so bright to me.
Journeying on to a solemn tune,
Onward led by the regent moon,
With peaceful mind watch them march
Proud as soldiers meath triumphai arch
Till the rear at last glides soft away
And forth from the east comes the great king
Day.
Go. scan the sky and the brook to the
VIII be but a meager scene to theei
san Francisco. 1890 j. VINCENT O'SULLIvAN.
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In our other sketches just received the hat
at the top is 4 dark blue felt, with a very
small crown, upon which is massed bunch
of ribbon loops and a bright tan-colnred
bird. In the center is a more dressy little
bonnet of petuna cloth, embroidered with
silver and banded with velvet. Tips of
deeper shade curl over the crown at the
back and small silver-gray bird guards the
front. The last one is comparatively
simple walking hat OF cadet blue felt,
trimmed with velvet of the same color and
a black bird The brim slopes down in front
to quite cover the forehead, but is rolled or
q sides and hnnl
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A SHATTERED ROSEBUD.

Last sabbath morn the summer sun
Shonc down upon garden fair;
lily sweet, like white-robed nun,
Bent IN the incense-laden air.
The jasmine shook Its silver bells,
The violet trembled in its bed,
Forget-me-nots from leafy delis
Answered the blue sky overhead.
A butterfly with jeweled wing.
New broken from his gruesome coil,
happy, freed and glorious thing,
Flew gladly from his earthly MOL.
He lowered DER a stately rose,
And lightly touched its loveliest bud;
Sudden as when the north wind blows
The petals fell, snowy shroud.
Last Sabbath morn the summer sun
Shone down upon house so fair;
None deemed specter pale and wan
Would dare unbid TO enter there.
While all around the house looked bright
And heaven seemed bending but to bless;
Within was sorrows darkning night,
And bitter tears and sore distress.
A mother claSped in anguish keen
Her darling baby to her breast,
And in her grief could scarcely ween,
That God could give it better rest.
There to her side there gently stole
An unseen form in robes of white,
And bore away a cherub soul,
To blisSful realms of golden light.
So death had only power to rife
The shattered rosebud lying there;
The rare perfume, the subtitle life,
Sped to its maker like prayer.
And through the ages long and dim,
Last Sabbath morn the sweet words came,
OfJeSus calling unto him
The little ones in heaven to reign.
And he who watched the sparrow's fall,
And richly clothed the lily frail.
Still listens to his children's call,
While clouds OF glory round him trail.
He wipes away the nourner's tears,
He bids all sorrow quickly cease;
He lights with joy the sable bier,
He welcomes TO a land of peace.
IN Francisco, Aug. 20, 1890. MARY E. SAcHETT.
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TO ONE BEREAvED.

No longer weep oh, sorrow-laden friendl
Nay, lift thy tear-dimmed face 10 heaven and
smile,
For thy beloved has only gone before
And thou wilt follow in little while
Wit follow to that bright and happy home
Where all our trials and tears shall cease;
Where souls are ever filled with joys celestial
And over al doth reign the Prince of Peace"
There doth thine own dear loved one wait for thee
With radiant eyes, upon the shining strand
To welcome thee. with sweet and tender words
Unto that fair-that blessed " Heavenly Land"
san francisco, Sept so, 1890 LYNN DARE.
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rock gently TO and fro on the pictur-
esque shores of the lake; the great
tree-topS of the beeches are reflected
in the crystal waters, and the boat of
the fisherman glides gently over the
ripping surface, the while he lures the
frisky trout from the depths below.
BuriCd in thick green foliage the little
town of Eutin lies between two of these
lakes. The tall, pointed spire Of her cathe-
dral is visible from way beyond the hills.
On the peninsula, between the city and the
lake, stands a stately castle. which in its
present form dates buck to the seventeenth
century, when it was rebuilt after a fire had
destroyed the former structure. Old-time
trenches. constantly filled with water, sep
arate the castle from the adjoining park,
which III the beginning of the eighteenth
century was laid out in the genuine French
style with closely cropped hedges, artificial
grOttoes. statues of nymphs and other
neurological figures. In later years Duke
Peter transformed this park into an English
garden famous everywhere for its extreme
beauty; but its prime charm lies in its mag
nfcent linden avenue, through whose
leafy boughs the sun paints golden lights
upon the paths below. The avenue leads
from the castle down to where the lake cuts
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JAPANESE DRESS.

Both Sexes Wear the Same Kind of Out
side Garment.
The japanese dress is easily described. 1t
consists of series of loose wrappings, with
a gown (kimono) over all, common to both
sexes The distinguishing feature between
them lies in the ''obi or girdle, worn by the
women. 1t is wrapped round the waist and
tied into bow at the back. Though usually
worn of one subdued color, the holiday
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In PICTURESQUE
EUTIN, HOLSTEIN.
Where Carl Maria Won Weber, the
Great Composer, Lived.
A Lovely Spot That Once Held Many Famous
People as Dwellers in Tits Wonder
full Gardens and Scenery.

HAT is no doubt of interest to all lovers OF
E6 music to know that on the list of July,
AZ 1890, the unwilling of the statue of one of
our greatest masters of music, Carl Maria Won
Weller, took place here at Eutin, his native
town, writes a correspondent from that place
TO the st. Louis Post-Dspatch Although at
the present time the name Of this little city
does not penetrate from hemisphere to
hemisphere, no more attractive place could
have been found wherein to rear memorial
to the great composer, nor one around which
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CHARITABLE BIRDS.

wonderful Performances of Rocks That
Are Well-Estnblished Facts.
l read with much interest in YOUR last
issue, IN Mr.. Reds communication, the fol-
lowing passage: II observed curious
thing one day lately. Some food by some
good Christian had been thrown out to the
starving birds, when a rock came down and
flew back to where he had left another rock
sitting In very weak-looking condition,
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The foils are idly crossed upon the wall.
Tied with silken ribbon, soft and wide;
The color that his lady wears-falr blue
Shakespeare, much read, alas lies tossed aside.
L am the lady who the fair blue wears;
l am his heroine in Shakespeares plays.
Often I've welded one bright, steely foil.
Alone dream away the autumn days
Out from our home my hero brothers gone;
Out to win bread, perhaps renOwn and fame.
Life that was like one long, bright summer day.
Never again can be 10 me the same.
October, 1890 GRACE HIBBARD
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If a man calls you jiboose, and you are

If a man calls you jiboose, and you are
Republican, never mind. He simply has
a new word and doesn't know how to use it.
But if a man calls you a jiboose and you are
Democrat and of the milk and water
variety. then smash him or not as you
please, for a jboose is "a professed Demo-
crat who is better and purer than his party,
in his own estimation. and is loaded with q
set Of prize-package principles which can
never he put into practice"
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banks of the KelleIsee back toward Eutin
through the so-cailed Dome" mighty
ere of beech trees, whose tops form the
arched outlines of gothic cathedral. and
as we wander along this path more than one
charming fragment of the delightful en-
Virons OF Eutin Tasses before our wonder
ing vision.
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It is small low turban with brim bent
in curves over tile forehead, and is made of
velvet several shad s. darker than the coat.
A couple of narrow bands of silver tfnsel
ribbon are carelessly folded about the
crown, aud a small dove-gray bird DercheS
at the back. The other model is a large hat
If beige-cOlOred felt. with brim turned up
closely at the ok and fiaring widely in the
front. A double twist of grenat velvet
wreatheS the crown and there is, b sides,
full trimming of ostrich tips shading from
the dark red to pale tea-color on the ends.
One of these is curled under the brim 10 rest
upon the hair.
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A thief was tracked in New York the
other night by the trail he left Of stolen sill
yer spoons.
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The Reducing of Flesh Is a Nat
:. ter of Diet and System
attic Exercise.
NOT NECESSARY TO sTARvE.
Lotions, Herbs, Acids, Drugs and
Nostrums Injurious Not Neces-
sary TO Avoid Everything One
Likes Bread the Most Fatten-
ing Article of Modern Diet.
FIesh-Laden People.

I'M OMETIMES when a woman
(.( Z loses her waist line and ends it
\ difficult to lace her shoes she
a. \ deserves sympathy. but when
( J she becomes the victim Of
E/ banting system she is entitled
To- l3itv. Superfluous flesh is a dangerous
thing 10 experiment with; it can be worked
down. run down and even walked down, but
to resort to drugs is to lay mp a grudge that
nature will unQuestionably avenge With
out The slightest pretenseS as a specialist i'll
obesity, MIR Robert Bonner is one of the
best authorities in the country on the subject
Of corpulency. Did he care to hang out
sign-snd receive Office patients he could in
ten years realize the equivalent OF the for
tune it has taken the very best Yeas Of his
life 10 accumulate.
You could not make him believe that
gentler, daintier or more sensitive creature
breathed than Maud 5, or that the treat
ment she gets would not rebound to the
health, comfort, beauty and anlablilty Of
refined woman
He says: "Supertluous fat is either 4
disease or a luxury. If the former, the cause
must be ascertained; if the latter, then all
that is required is a suspension or diminutiOn
IF delicacies, early hours, less sleep andmo
work than usual.
Workers are never fat, for activity is
attended by a loss of tissue When Maud S
gets yulgarly fat l have her work it down.
Not all at once, for that would derange her
system, but according to a regular system of
exercise that increases with her strength
without the least eXhausting it. Instead
Of speeding her all around the track the
training begins with n quarter. The next
day half the circuit is made; the following,
three quarters, and the fourth the round at
the same pace. The regular work is limited
to brisk walk. This system is kept up
with gradual increase until she is in con-
iitiOD
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his life, who must have carried many an
invisible cross and crown of thorns, can
fully and wholly represent the sufferings of
the Savior.
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GEMS IN VERSE.
IN SPANISH DAYS.

Written for THE SUNDAY CALL.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-11

Seats on sale at Hawkins cigar store
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Senator PlUmb's Bill.

The bill introduced in the Sen
ate by Plumb, relative to National
bank deposits and silver coinage,
provides in brief as follows: That
the compulsory requirement Of
deposits Of United States bonds
with the Treasury by national
banks be limit, d to $1,000 for
each bank this il not to apply to
deposits Of bonds to secure public
moneysl; that U. S. mint certifi
Gates shall be issued equal in
amount to national bank notes re
tired since 1882, and hereafter to
be retired; that the present silver
coinage law shall be amended SO
as to direct the Secretary of the
Treasury TO purchase all silver
bullion offered at the market price
not to exceed 81 for 371.25 grains
OF pure silver, and to issue Treas
ury notes in payment. When the
price is for six months in excess
OF the above figure, purchases are
to be suspended and coinage TO be
free, bullion silver bars to be paid
in redemption in U. S. Treasury
notes at the rate of 81 for 400
grains.