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wood. a dark, brown-stained clothes-chest,
for instance, shows natural wood on the
edges, and wherever there is any carving
the natural wood grains are disclosed at
prominent points as though the finish had
been worn away. Now back century be-
fore this sixteenth century period the fur
niture used was still more primitive; the
artistic lines were all there, with the charm
and richness of good taste; but the resources
of the cabinet-maker were limited and the
work was by necessity severely simple. We
show here a sideboard of the fifteenth CEN
fury and it can be seen that while the style
is good, it is decidedly cheap Take this,
then. as the style for your dining-ro0m and
you can proceed on safe and inexpensive
grounds.
Folks say, "Oh, yes, but the fabrics cost
so much" Nonsense. It's simply because
you don't know what to ask for. Tell a
friend that you have at your parlOr windows
a pair of genuine antique lace curtains and
it will sound very grand, yet l know re-
taller who is right now selling beauties,
simple, of course. for SIS pair Here is a
list of cheap upholstery stuffs, all of which
are shown IN styles just as refined and cor
rect though possibly not in every case as
elaborate as the best class goods
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price for a bath is about cent. There are
three prisons. with the prisoners fed by
their friends or left without food, none
being supplied by the Government. All
prisoners have irons riveted about their
legs and connected by chains with an iron
band about the neck.
The palace of the Sultan is outside the
city surrounded by high walls. 1t covers
space Of 1900 yards long by 600 wide. and
this is divided into gardens, attached to
which are paviions. There are two large
courts, mchouar, or places of audience,
around which are arranged apartments for
Ministers, Secretaries and guards. the
treasury, containing, it is said, large
amount of specie, adjoins the house inhab-
tied by the Sultan whenever he visits his
capital city. The floors of these palace
rooms are paved with various coiored tiles;
but with the exception of mats, carpets and
cushions the apartments contain no furni-
ture. The southern part of the city is oceu-
pied by the Jews. a section nearly two
miles in circuit is inclosed in high walls. 1t
is called "El Meah." meaning the "salted
place." and referred to in derision as eel
MessOus," the ''Dlace without salt. "-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
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PUTTING CHILDREN TO BED.
Advice That Every Mother Should Car,
fully Consider.

Advice That Every Mother Should Care
fully Consider.
TsHE mother who puts the timid child
XIX, to bed, and takes away the light, and
SESS goes downstairs and leaves him to his
conjurng, careless and indifferent and dis
believing, or bent on overcoming the mis-
chief forcibly, is destroying something that
one would think of small worth to her-not
only his nervous fiber, but his love of her
self; and the day will come when fate will
have its revenge on her in his own indiffer-
ence to her, and she will recognize it, even
if he behave IL all outward respects like
dutiful son. 1t is her part to examine
the matter, to reason with the child, to
comfort him, to see how far it is posi-
bic with him TO subdue the fear. If she
cannot stay with him herself, she can
at least leave the door open so that he may
hear the cheerful downstairs voices, the
hum of life, not to be shut into his tomb. as
the unformulated thought of his desperate
little mind makes it: she tan leave lamp
on the hearth and so let there be some light
to dispel his fancies and to keep back the
dark and its uushaped visions. She may
regard 1t as tritling, but to him it is tre-
mendous, and If she is wise either IN
mother love or human kindness she will
not let the imaginative and. sensitive child
suffer more than 1t must, remembering tnat
that temperament, if it has more TO enjoy
through life than others, has also much,
much more to suffer.
When few nights have failed to bring
calm to the little being out of the expert
ence, and the last going to bed alone is as
bad as the first, and all threats have only
made the matter worse. and all reasoning
has produced no good result: when he
has tried to conquer, and the effort has
left him trembling as violently as il he
had an ague-then it is something
not to be overcome by harsh or
rough or peremptory measures, and the
mother should see to it that this child has
some active physical exercise just before
going to bed that will make his little body
glad of rest, and she would best lie down
beside him, or find some work that she can
do upstairs till he falls asleep in order to
afford him the comfort of companionship
and the sense OF her embracing love, and
soothe his irritable nerves to repose instead
of r0using them to action. These nerves
would never have been irritable had she not
insisted on her own way too long in the be-
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head, and round this a turban made of
many-fnlded length of muslin. In cold or
rainy weather a cloak of thick woollen ma
terial jelabeer) is worn instead of the haik.
This has a pointed hood which, placed over
the head, gives the figure a cOne-like ap
pearance. When not in use this hood hangs
down the back. The jelabeer has holes for
the arms to pass through, and descends low
enough to cover the knees. Many of the
poorer classes always wear the jelabeer.
Sometimes. and especially in the north of
Morocco, the jelabeer is of dark color, In
this part jackets and loose trousers of cherry
or some other colored cloth are also a
good deal worn, and striped materials in
various textures are favored by the MOOrs.
The dress of the women is much the same
as that of the men; but the haIk is arranged
differently, and is employed in conceallng
the features when any OF the opposite sex
are present The hair is carefully covered
by a handkerchief Of black silk, over which
another of gay colOrs is coQuettlShly ar
ranged. The women wear red slippers.
aud these are often handsomely embrold-
cred in gold. The ladies are very partial
IL Jewelry. The wealthy wear finger-riDgs
and huge earrings Of gold set with precious
slones necklaces of amber or coral and
massive bracelets CT gold, armlets and
anklets of silver fnlaid with gold.
Diamonds are not much in use, but Tu-
bies,- emeTalds, generally uncut, and pearls
of inferior quality are often seem The
Moors consider that the risk of fraud by
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AMONG THE DAISIES.

Out on the meadows, SO sunny and broad.
Millions of daisies are growing
Golden-hearted and white as snow
Where the skylarks' nests are lying low,
Meek little flowers of God,
With the warm winds over them blowing.
Blossoms OF purple and beautiful reds,
Tall proud flowers of blue and gold.
'Mongst the masses of daisies pale.
Shine respondent. while cloud-ships sail
The azure over their heads,
To lands whose story 10 man has told.
But the little white daisies no envy know;
Each lifts up TO the glowing sun
Its golden heart with loving grace,
And its innocent humble face.
Each doing its best below.
Till its bloom is withered. its course is done.
And might we not then from the daisies try
TO learn this lesson, although In part
For our days are passing so quickly by
.Be always sunny and pure in heart"
Alameda Cal, July 20, 1890. ANELEH.
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GEMS IN VERSE.
Written for THE SUNDAY CALL.
THE MIsANTHRoPE.

through the dark medium OF hate.
. Life to him held nothing good or great
n To his wifully seif-blinded eyes
- deepest black seemed the bluest skies:
Gold was copper and diamonds were glass;
Earth's best was naught but tinsel and brass.
Love, the sanctihed, the true, the pure.
Did not exist. he was very sure.
Not immortal nor divine the flame
Which mankind called by that hallow'd name,
But a Pickering, delusive light,
Like will-o'-the wisps that dance at night
o'er the deep morass and lonely moor,
And the unwary to ruin here.
Friendship was cringing hypocrisy
And sycophantic servility;
Damon and Pythias were mythic men
who had never lived in mortal ken:
Self-sacr ifice and sell-denial
Were empty words that stood no trial.
The romano ers and the poets brain
The foolish tales might still retain,
But rational beings such as he
Could clearly through their illusions see.
Into holy mysteries ne pred
All that was noble and pure denied;
For every act of human kind
Some evil motive he sure would find.
In short he held it beyond dispute
That man was most ignoble brute:
The proving beasts of the iungie-den
Were not more fierce, more cruel than men.
To the idol self, their knees were bent
In alteration most reverent;
To this Moloch were their of'rings made,
And on his affairs the first fruits laid
The earth was yelled by the mist-clouds dim
OF incense burnt in honor OF him.
Thus ran the one, universal creed
Do thou minister to thine own need;
Let thy brother OF himself take care,
1t concerns thee not how he 10Th farel
CRASH ey'rything that the hands can hold;
Life is worth living but to the bold
No matter what means help thee ascend,
II by prosperity blest the end.
Only failure no pardon can win;
That is the inexcusable sin.
Down with the weak Success to the strong!
To them alone does the prize belong!
" And these call themselves. forsooth.'' said he,
50 The great heirs of Immortality!
So this philosopher from his throne
Passed judgment on earth; himself alone
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ginning, If she had given them no chance TO
get on fire. and then 90 on exciting them,
selves. II she had put the enid to ped
alone from the very outset Of bis career,
90 chat it was the natural order OF things
to him, and BIO had had the habit estao-
lished of quiet sleep and absence of fear
from the first, in ninety-nine cases out oil
hundred there would never have been any
trouble of the sort. But If through any
idiosyncrasy of the child, or any remis5ness
of her own, the fear has come upon him,
she will never in all the years remain
ing have greater love outpoured upon her
than that child will give her who sees her
lowering over his pillow, moving about his
room, or feels her pressure on the bed be-
side him till the drowsy warmth steals over
and wraps senses and Imagination and all
together, and lets her off again to the duties
that are less imperative than care of that
chlld's nerves, to the pleasures that are
less pleasant than the love he gives her in
return-Uarper's Bazaar.
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buying Chinese, Turkish or Japanese en-
broideries; for the decorative craze has
encouraged the manufacture of table covers,
scarfs, and tides in this country-coped
in the native colorings, designs and textures
of the Eastern weaver. The copy is gener-
ally remarkably true.
The story of sending warming pans to
the Kottentota, where they were dead
failure as warming-pa but a glorious sue
cess as stew-pots, finds repetition in the
japanese chair-cushionS. They were of
straw and coarse and entirely untitled for
the purpose intended. but hung on the wan
they make excellent memorandum cush-
ions They are frnged all round. the edge
ornamented by three or four Chinese
spiders, and long pins with tassel on the
head ends are used to attach cards, letters
or mems" to it.
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at the Grand Prix de Paris, and designed
by Redfern specially for one of his most
swagger patrons, is light ffawn-colored
cashmere with appliqued panels Of striped
satin surah around the foot of the skirt.
These are in bronze brown with narrow
diagonal lines of light blue and maize color,
and are bordered with loop pattern done
in gold braid. The bodice is q full vest of
maize-colored China crepe, confined by
corset girdle of silk and braid; over this is
an open Jacket of the cashmere with braided
collar and silk lapels and cuffs. The sleeves
are in melon puffs, high on the shoulder
,>-S
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Fighting the Moths.

The moths good time is just commenc-
ing. The hot weather makes him active
and industrious, and last winters furs and
wraps. and the regular spring clothing
scattered UP and down in drawers and on
pegs, afford him ample scope for work.
The preparations sold at drug-stores are
effective, bnt they smell so atrociously that
they make rooms uuinhabitable. Camphor
and turpentine, placing little of each in
every drawer is simple preventive, and if
moth can stand the combination it de-
serves all it can get.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
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OUR NEIGHBOR's WAYS.

How easy 'twould be for to act
In much wiser way than he
"If we were In his place." we say
chow much different things would be-"
II we were in his place no weeds should grow
Along the fence or in the grain.
That troublesome gate should be fixed Straightway
And the hogs kept out of the lane.
The house should have new coat Of paint,
The stock should be better fed.
And the farm impl Elements on the place
Should be kept under she'd
We'd treat the nelghbors socially
And enjoy life as II passed,
And lay by money for rainy day,
Which is apt to come at last.
If we had his chances in the race,
We'd let the world all know
That man can live as TO be
Missed when he's called to go.
''If we were in his place" there's the rub.
We had not thought that he might say
That il he were in our humble sphere
He'd manage things i'll 4 wiser way,
His mistakes might not be ours.
But If his lot our own conid be,
fear we'd fail to accomplish moro
For the worlds good than he.
We are apt to estimate our powers
Much higher than our neighbors do
And blame our poor success in life
ITO our chances being few
But if we want to know our worth,
The best way is to cast
Our successes and our failures up
And see how they balance last.
To Judge nelghbor by ones self
Is hardly the fair thing to do.
Because we're almost always sure
"To profit by his failures,'' too.
NELLIE C. DAVIS.
LaEepoyf lake COirlfy Cal
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MSFAEW YORK, July 81, 1S9O.-Among
IMk the many events of the fashionable
1SXls season there are hardly any more
important and more eagerly anticipated
than the great races in the summer. In
Paris it is the Grand Prix which men and
women alike look forward to; while across
the channel Ascot week sets hearts a-flut-
tering with the hope of gain or conquest,
and sends all the smart people Of society
out to the race-tracks. There it is that cot
tages are rented, begged and borrowed.
house-parties made up and for weeks and
weeks beforehand modistes and tailors are
busy inventng and bringing into being the
most marvellous and dashing toilets for the
important occasion. Redfern is one Of the
busiest of the firms thus occupied, and his
racing costumes are as strikingly success
full as his wOrld-famous yachting gowns,
without which even royalty is unsatisfied.
The first sketch gives an idea of one of
these gowns, which was worn at the Ascot
meeting.
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say fifteenth century style"
If asked "Would you furnish an entire
house in one style?" | would say mo, L
would no more think of having every apart
meut dressed alike than | wonld put my
family in livery. The monotony of such
home would be unbeara bie-enough to put
a man in the mad-house."
| would select my furnishing from the
most simple STYLES, for three reasons: First,
because the cheapest; second, because in
simple things you run the least risk of get
ting slop work, and third. because simple
pieces, especially of furniture, are more
easily taken care of. more easily busted or
vanished. During the past few years we
have had in chairs and a few other odd
pieces the sixteenth century style-a style
you will recognize by the worn look of the
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speaking, so rancid as to make the mess I'M
endurable to foreigners, unless under the
pressure of hunger.
The city of Morocco is called " Mar
akech by the Moors. 1t was founded in
1912 of the Christian era, and the situation
and surroundings are beautiful. The city
is on a great plain, fianked st the north and
part of the way ON the east and west sides
by luxurious woods of date palms. Gar
dens, fields and distant mountains fill in the
remainder and the southern bound
airy. The northern part of the place con-
tains the sanctuary of Sid Bel Abbes and
many remnants of old walls built of
'tabia." At distance the city has solid.
compact appearance. The houses Of the
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MnsliHS for curtains.
shown in striped and
checked ground with
beautifully embroider-
ed designs madras for
curtains, sold by the
yard or pair; cotton
tapestries for curtains
or coverings, finest col
OTing and effects, many
of them direct copies
of the most expensive
goods; cotton pongees
for draperies, limitations
of the Chinese and
India silks, same de-
signs. colors and weight,
but cotton chenille
stuffs for curtains, plain
or figured, by the yard
or pair; denim for dra-
peries, same as Overalls
are made of; cret0nnes,
petit points, ramies,
spun silks, Canton fan
mel draperies. and cot
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IN A HAMMOCK,

AT eve. as the sun was setting
In n molten halo of gold,
! dropt me into hammock
And dreamed of land oft-told.
And as lay In this trauced langour,
Fair visions in varied array
Presented themselves before me,
Till methought twas sunny day.
1t seemed that my soul was floating
Away on feathery clouds of light.
And my heart in its rhythmic pulses
Was happy at the sight.
When 10 from out filmy cIoudland,
Came trooping in happy array
A host of dimpled cherubS,
And each in his sportiye play
Brought forth in his chubby fingers
shell OF pearly white,
With the heart OF the tint of the rosebud
Aud all so shiny and bright.
And as they trooped before me
They dropt from their pearly vase
A rose, pink and lily,
And leaves OF delicate trace.
Fruits in abundance and blossoms,
And ropy strands Of gold,
Nuts and spicy perfumes,
And gems both rare and old.
My eyes were filed with amazement.
And asked the name of this land
Whore all the night seemed daylight.
And nature layished with generous hand.
And they whispered to me, dreaming
a. Its name is the Golden State
+" Where graceful ships come sailing
I'm at its Golden Gate
The Earthly Paradise"
an Francisco, J,ly Is 1890. ALMA ALDEN.
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4 Population of Fifteen Million
People, Made-Up of MoOrs,
Arabs and Berbers.
WOMEN WITH HAN psoME FACES.
The Peculiar Style of Dress Worn
by Both sexes-FIowins Robes
of Snowy Hue Adopted by the
Better: CIass-The Public Baths.
Description Of the Palace of the
Sultan.

HE Empire of Morocco is a country
s4 larger than Spain. 1t is known to
ef45A the inhabitants as Magrit-el-Aksa. or
thg extreme west" ana has an area of
$4,000 square miles. Within these limits
ere the three former Kingdoms of Fee, Mo-
rocco and Tablet. The two first were
Formed by twenty provinces in the north
'ern and middle regions, with Tablet oc-
.cupying the southern portion. The whole
extent of the country is traversed from
the northeast to the southwest by the
Atlas Mountains, with numerous rivers
and streams between the different mountain
chains There are $50 miles bordering on
the atlantic Ocean, and $50 on the Medi-
terranean Sea The population is esti-
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1t is mainly of checked summer silk,
pale tea-cOlOred ground, barred with many
narrow lines of dark turquoise blue and
scarlet. Across the front of the bodice,
just above the bust line, thus giving yoke
gee in its natural color, which is closely
SHRED to cover the bust and is then drawn
across and fastened in point over the left
hip. Another width is draped across just
below the waist passes under a large
enamel buckle on the hip and hangs like
sash to the foot of the skirt The sleeves
are of the pongee, in the close coat shape,
and have cuffs Of the plaid silk with rows
of small buttons enameled in blue and
scarlet on silver foundation like the
buckle. The other gown, which wSs worn
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BY THE BROOK.

On to the sea, on to the sea!
Sang the laughing brook to me;
Eddied around and whired,
AS flag TO the breeze unfuried;
Sported awhile with giee,
Then jinkled on to the sea.
over the narrow fall,
over the rocks and ALL
Shot meath the willows old,
Then tunibled along and rolled.
With musical chime and glee.
Its winding course to the sea.
Was ever being so bright.
Was ever voice so light
Ever a song SO thrilling,
Ever heart so iithe and gay
Ever youth SO sportiye in play,
Ever mind from care SO free,
AS this musical brook in its path to the scar
July. 1890. JOSEPH T. CoPETHoRNE.
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STREET REMINIs CENCEs.

hear the hum Of voices.
And the steady tramp of feet;
find that am passing through
A wide and crowded street.
1 muse DER all the change see,
Each place so altered grown,
And pass along in solitude
Unnoticed and unknown.
I've been for years In foreign lands.
And now but seek to trace
Amid the throng of human forms
Some weli-remembered face,
But all 1 see are faces new,
Nor place can behold.
" here once would not fail to see
Some sturdy friend Of old.
Where now that place of choice resort,
Where many went to dine
Where oft found genial friend
With merriment and wine?
Alas the diners meet no more,
The table d'hote has fled,
And in the place where long 1t stood
There is a BANK instead.
And gone the shop SO bright and gay
OF the charming miHIner's;
All other shops were dull to see
While she was still in hers.
Her charming bonnets all have fed
No longer there they dwell.
For now, built high in greatest style,
There stands a grand hotel.
Gone the shops and many a stand
Attractive on the street
Removed by wealth's imposing hand
Has made a change complete.
The streets themselves scarce now know,
So overrun with bars
For the unknown of long ago
The gliding cable-carS.
And far and near the scene is bright
When shades OF night prevail
The lamp of oil, the light Of gas
At the electric pale.
The many cOlors are displayed,
Bewilder as gaze,
And oh miss mid all the glare
The light OF other days.
Once desert hills rich domes possess,
With wealth's abode displayed.
While newer streets are opening still,
And newer homes are made.
In wide expanse the city spreads,
With population vast,
But who find what time has changed
Sigh Ger buried past. 3. L.
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A PRAYER.

God keep all who travel tonight,
BY sea or by land
Father in heaven, hold them
Close with thy powerful hand.
Keep them. o Father, from danger,
Danger by land and sea;
Safe for those who love them,
This is my prayer to thee.
GRACE HIRRARD.
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W hat ruins the
appearance of many
homes is the picked
up look about them.
They have no char
acter. Picked up
t him G S IN ay b e
cheap, but if they
fail as a collection
to harmonic, then
they cease to be
decorative, and the
motive is lost. In
the first place, then,
your rooms must
possess a character.
If q person should
ask me "W hat style
of house decoration
is the most elabo-
rate, luxurious, and
necessarily the most
costly ?" writes C.
r. Clifford in the
Pittsburg Dispatch.
| would say the
Louis XIV style"
If asked " What is
the most sensible,
simple and neces-
sarily the most mex
pensive ?" l would