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THE OLD STYLE.

his lady loves birthday with one of them
may eXpend an amount only to be limited
by the confines of his purse.
There are royal academicians who have
not been above applying their brushes to the
creation Of these dainty trifies. Mr.. Paynter
and Mr. SAINT have both done work of this
sort, and the great Milais himself expressed
himself as willing to accept such a commits
sion. Alma Tadema once set $500 MS the
price that would induce him to paint pair
of cards. Ordinary designs fetch from
fifteen to twenty dollars, although special
offers Of much larger sums from leading
publishers have occasionally brought cut
some diStinctiyely original and novel idea
Both the Princess Louise and the Princess
Beatrice have done some really artistic
work in this line, although, of course, their
efforts have not been made public, save in
tile instance of the latter princess, whose
birthday book is quite we'll known abroad.
The modern instances here given Of de-
signs for birthday cards are, many of them,
of satin, trimmed with real lace, embel!ished
with hand-painred flowers, white the elabor-
ate fan, with its flowing ribbons is edged
with white swansdown, and gayly decorated
with artificial corn and poppies These
cards are, for the most part, from one
publishing-house in Germany, but there
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Do Not BE Too Sure.

Mr.. and Mrs. Billus had an argument the
other day.
Il tell you, Maria" said Mr.. Billus, ''you
are mistaken. There are only four children
in the Whilks family"
Il know what | am talking about. John.
There are five" replied his wife.
IF you were man I'd bet you $40 on it."
You needn't hesitate on that account,
John. I'll take the bet"
''l'll make it $50 to So"
"Done."
Mrs. Billus ran over to Mrs. WhiIks' and
returned in few moments rather crest
fallen.
you were right, john" she said. There
are only four children"
Mr.. Billus reached into his left tr ousers'
pocket, took out a $40 bill and tran sferred
it leisurely into his right trousers pocket.
Let this be a warning to you, Maria, he
said with much severity. land don't be too
sure about things hereafter" - Chicago
Tribune,
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1t was crowded Madis0n-street car 60
ing west. Among the passengers were two
sweetly pretty girls, with compilations that
were refreshment to look on, and eyes and
lips that moved with all the vivacity Of
youth and joy of life. They were arrayed
in-well, they were eminently correct"
They had been telling each other in play
full, fanciful sort of way what sort of
dresses they would like to be married in.
The other passengers didn't hear that part
of the conversation because Of the roar and
click Of the cable. By one of those curious
sudden freaks of chance that no one can ac-
count for, the rattle and clatter stopped for
few seconds as the car sped on, long
enough to let words fall from the lips of
the younger of the two pretty girls so that
all the car heard it: 81 am going to be
married in"
'May" shouted the conductor at that
moment, announcing the name of the next
street. And then every one in the car
Uttered. while the girl who was going to De
married in May blushed so that the red
roses on her breast seemed only dim pink
cOlor.-ChicagO Tribune.
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Observations.

No man is accountable for the mistakes
of his friends.
Don't call spade spade when it is a
shovel.
No man ever yet minded his own business
who didn't get into trouble.
However great some mems abilities are
their liabilities are always greater.
A man is frequently known by the CON-
pany he keeps out of.
Honesty is the best policy, because it is
the only policy which insures against loss of
character.
Don't lose sight of an honorable enemy;
he'll make good friend.
The soaring hawk has nc ear for music
and rates the cry of the partridge above the
song Of the nightingale
After while the king will do no wrong,
because he will never have a chance.
The man who believes In ghosts may be
better citizen than the one who does not be-
lieve in his fellow-creatures.
Fashion and deeency should always be on
good terms.-May Century,
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A GERMAN HINT.
How Americans Are Reminded to Garry
Umbrellas and Canes.

How Americans Are Reminded to Garry
Umbrellas and Canes.
A man just back from a winter in Ger
many says: THE only way of stopping
the dangerous practice of carrying canes
aud umbrellas horizontally has long been
known to the people of Berlin. There
man no sooner tucks his walking-stick under
his arm than he feels quick blow on it
from behind. 1t either drops to the pave
ment or assumes the only proper and safe
position in which stick can. be carried.
There is no use IN his getting angry with
the person who struck the blow or in his
trying to do him up, for public opinion is
with the regulator of the barbarous and in
defensible practice of which / speak. /
have seen dozens of Americans treated to
this discipline in Inter den Linden while
they were endangering the eyes and dis
cOmmoding the bodies of the crowd there.
Most of them whirled about with fight
bristling all over them, but glance or two
at the angry faces around them usually suf-
feed to calm them down. IN. 7. Sun.
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When a Man Raises His Hat.

/. When he bows to a lady or an elderly
gentleman.
2. When he is with lady who bows to
any person, even If the other Is total
stranger to him.
3. When he salutes gentleman who is in
the company of ladies.
4. When he is in the company OF another
gentleman who bows to lady.
5. When he Is with lady and meets
gentleman whom he knows.
6. When he offers any civllty TO lady
who is stranger to him.
Z. When he parts with lady after speak
ing to her, or after walking or driving with
her, etc.
In the elevator where there are ladies men
may keep on their hats with perfect pro-
priety. Nine out of every ten do with good
and sufficient reason. Elevators are draughty
places and are public conveyanees. though
within doors. To raise the hat when lady
enters is becoming courtesy, but this is very
different from standing with the hat off
while an elevator mounts to the thirteenth
floor. A hat when not on the head is in the
way IN an elevator 1t is embarrassing TO
the occupants TO feel that they may unwit-
tingly spoil a good hat by an unwary turn
that knocks IL in or makes havoc with the
nap.-Correct Thing.
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SOME INDIAN NAMES.
They Are Beautiful, but They Are SO
Very Hard to Pronounce.

They Are Beautiful, but They Are So
Very Hard to Pronounce.
Where have you been?" said guest at
one of the hotels recently as a friend
walked up the steps, well laden with SOU
venirs from South Florida.
"Oh," was the reply, 1--WE been down to
Charlotte Harbor ami up that river with
the unmentionable name"
"CaIoosahatchee
Eyes, that's it. l spent six days trying to
pronounce it and haven't succeeded yet.
These Indian names are beautiful names,
but they are decidedly hard to pronounce.
By the way, where have you been?"
well, l went over to the Suwanee River,
cut over the country and shot gators on the
Withlacoochee, ished for bass in Tsala
Apopka, sailed on ThonOtosassa, skipped
over TO Okonockhatchee, walked by the
shores Of the Weohyakapka, plucked flow
ers by Hickpochee's limpiG waters. visited
the sugar fields on Tohopekaliga, sailed on
the tortuous Kissimmee, was butfeted by thu
waves of OkeechObee, and have also capt
ured tarpon on the CaloOsahatchee. l ex-
peet to visit Istokpogayoxie, Lockapepka,
Hateheneeha and Ecautockhatchee before [
leave the State"
"WellW calculated his companion, as he
stepped into the hotel.-Florda Times
Union.
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lines. As we gradually approached the
coast we could recognize the peculiar for
nation Of the land distinctly. Tall rocks
and cliffs Of singular shape rose from out of
the water and all seemed barren and sterile,
only a few steep slopes revealing here and
there clusters of stunted growth, or now
and then an acre or two of grain. We could
see plainly that in several places powerful
rivers If molten lava had fallen from preeip-
itouS heights. forming wonderful grottoes
and caves along the coast Diana Peak is
the highest point of the island, measuring
200 feet. In clear weather the Island can be
recognized at a distance Of ninety nautical
miles. The rocks extend down into the sea
the breakers burst high up against the
cliffs, there IS not a foot Of land along the
entire shore where a boat could anchor.
The coast seems inaccessible, and only at
the mouth Of the James Valley a narrow
stairway has been EeWn into the rock, with
massive powders OYerhangiDg the disma
approach, where boats may land and con-
meet with The ships in the open sea-way.
Fer hours the island was thus lying be-
fore rs as we slowly passed along its eastern
side. 1t appeared to me like q gigantic un-
Inhabited cliff in the lap Of the sea. Toward
the afternoon we cTUiSed around a tall peak
called sugar Loaf Mountain" which forms
the extreme northern point of the island,
anu from IleIc we cOuiU see Jne little CITY
Of jamestown. It consists of but one single
street, that winds its way upward between
two steep rocks. Eight or ten whalerS were
lying a anchor about 4 hundred feet from
tie coast.
Myself and several companions hired two
of the small crafts that danced and rocked
around our steamer, and were rowed ashore.
The volcanic nature Of the island became
fully visible as We approached the land, al
though ST. Helena has but one burnt-0ut
crater, while the little island of Ascension,
200 miles southeast Of it, has more than
forty. | don't think there is another coast
land on earth that looks as wild and rimOus
and rugged as that If St. Helena, and there
certainly was no indication then that we
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than twenty-five years. Our breakfast was
frugal meal, and consisted of bread, but
ter, cheese and English ale, but the prices
we paid for it were those of the Fifth-ave-
nue. Hotel or the Hoffman Cafe in New
York. In fact, high charges made for
everything at st. Helena are direct con-
tradiction TO the evident poverty Of the
inhabitants.
From the Rose and Crown we had but
a short distance to travel before we came to
Longwood, the last earthly home Of Bona
parte. LOngWOOd consists OF two or three
side buildings where the Overseer lives, and
the old house, the residence proper of the
great Emperor Five or six rooms on the
ground-tlOOT, with rough tiles or boards and
narrow window openings, pair Of garrett
chambers above that overlook the sea, a bit
OF a garden and a patch of q yard with an
old dried-up fish pond and an empty chicken
c0op-that is the place for which Napoleon
exchanged the splendOrs Of the TuiieTieS
and the pOmp Of Paris. All the rooms are
empty, every piece Of furniture is gone.
Nothing remains but the mirrors over the
mantels. The paper on the walls is Of a
later origin, but accurately des signed
after the pattern of the few shreds
that were left when the house was
turned over to the BOnaparte fam
ily, after the tooth of time and the
Telic-hunteT had pitilessly torn the covering
from the cUumbling walls. In the room In
which Napoleon breathed his last a marble
bust stands in the place once occupied by
his bed, surrounded by a simple wooden
railing, on which some dried WTeaths Of
evergreen were hanging.
LOHgwoOd belongs now to the ex-im-
perial family, but little seems to be done
for its maintenance. a French woman,
who resides in one OF the side-buildings
with a maid and man servant has charge
Of the house and the bugial-place She sold
Us some photographs. also at prices current
at st. Helena only.
Napoleon's tomb is much more beauti-
fully located than the dwelling. 1t is in one
of the lovelest valleys and shTined in by
tall cypress trees. a large slab of white
marble without any inscription marks the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-17
A STRANGE SIGHT.
Preserving the Sight of Cattle by Means
of Blue Eye-GIasses.

Preserving the Sight OF Cattle by Means
of Blue Eyeglasses.
The winter in Morayia has been so ex-
tremely severe that the whole country has
been, according to Vienna dispatch to the
London Times, covered with a mantle of
snow since November. The reflection of
the light upon the snow has been so blind
ing that tens Of thousands of cattle have
been attacked with ophthalmia.
At the suggestion OF DR.. Verincourt OF
the Government Department of Agricul-
tHre, quite numb er of farmers have had
recourse to blue spectacles in order to pre-
serve the eyesght of their herds, and on
one farm of single province over 1000 az l.
mails are meaudering about with the aid of
blue eyeglasses.
The entire supply of blue glass in Vienna
has been exhausted. and it has been found
necessary to obtain additional supplies from
Paris and London. 1t is said that the
Chamber at its next session will make q
special appropriation to reimburs the farm
ers and stock-keepers for the outlay thus
involved.
An English farmer who is now in Vienna
says that the sight Of thousands of cattle
gr0plns their way through the snow with
their eyes eneased in immense blue goggles
is one that can neither be imagined nor ade-
Quately described.
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to send our friends upon the recurring

buy to send our friends upon the recurring
anniversaries.
The earliest birthday cards this writer has
ever seen are simply white cards, glazed or
smooth, with wreath or other ornamental
device surrounding a space left blank for
the inscription therein, by the sender, of
some appropriate verse or sentiment. This
style of card was quite prevalent thirty or
forty years ago, but by degrees the de-
mand increased for more ornate designs,
and the cards became more eaborate-per-
haps more artiStic-though Judged flom
present standpoints this may he questioned
by some At all events they were very
pretty and fanciful, and some of them after
designs. furnished by leading artists of the
day, by no means to be deSpised.
One of the illustrations here given shows
a number of these old-style cards, from
which it may be seen that the idea of the
birthday card is greatly indebted To the
valentine for suggestion, if not for origin.
The two designs IN the TOD corner are essen
TALLY on the February 14th order OF design.
The CupidS, wreathS chains and the arrow
pierced heart all being dedicated from time
out of mind TO the one day of the year conse-
Grated to the god of love. The central card is
a French design, embossed around the edges
with lace paper, with a silken cross and
hand-paiEted passion flowers, while the
card Itself Is of rice paper. The remaining
specimen seems almost OF funereal design,
as indeed were most of the birthday cards
of that period, many of which bear as de-
signs weeping willows, funeral urns, lugu-
hrious maidens and suggestions of monu-
mentS in the background, all intended to
illustrate the familiar legend. MANY happy
returns of the day"
Very different, indeed, is the picture
formed by the other set OF cards, all OF which
are of modern date. These all teen with
suggestions of the happy re-
tuInS' thew wish. and many al
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the evening before at the representation OF
Euryanthe," was loud in her expressions
of disapproval "Worse than ALL" she ex-
claimed, " that Nine. Schroeder is much too
old for her part. Her singing is becoming
unbearable. Don't you think so. too?" she
asked, turning to the gentleman next to her.
Would you not rather tell all this to Nine.
Schroeder herself? She is sitting opposite to
you" be replied eoldly
After the general silence which followed
this remark the critical lady turned to the
actress with many confused apologies. at
is that horrid critic, SCHNEIDER. who has in
who has influenced my judgment concern
ing your singing. | believe it is he who is
always writing against you. He must be
most diSagreeable and pedantic person."
Had you not better tell all this to M.
SCHNEIDER himself?" calmly asked the
actress. He is sitting next to you. Pail
Mall Gazette.
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THE PRISON OF
AN EMPEROR.
W1Gr3 The Mortal Remains Of the French
Hero We're Laid,
Longwood, Where Napoleon Spent the Last
Days Of His Eventful Life-A Gloomy
PrisOn-The Tomb of Bonaparte.

No other island on the globe shares such
sad TenOwn as st. Helena, nor is there one
that Is mentioned as often and with as uni
versal interest as this stone-pile in the broad
waste of the Atlantic. Even now, more
than half a century afterward, St Helena
benefits by the fame it has earned for itself
in the annals of history, aud thrives on the
spoiIs of the "reminiscences Of Napoleon I.
says a Cape Town South Africa CORE
spondenr of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
We were still about Twenty-Five nautical
miles away from it when the island ap-
peared on the horizon in sharp, craggy out
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No Damages From Her.

Railroad official breaking the news gently
to wife of New York me1)-Aheml
Madam. be calml Your husband has met
with a slight-that is TO say, one of the
drive-wheels of a passenger locomotive
struck him on the cheek. and
Wife-Well. sir. you needn't come around
here trying to collect damages. You won't
get a cent from me. If your company can't
keep its property out of danger. it'll have to
your engines insured. -Harper's Bazaar.
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AM Actress Critioizea.

A good story Is told in the Stuttgart Neue
Musik-Zeitung concerning one of the most
eminent German actresses and theatrical
critic equally well known to fame. A num-
Der of ladies and gentlemen were the other
day travelling together in railway carriage
from Dresden TO Leipzig. Only two Of the
passengers knew each other, but the con-
yersati0n soon became general aud the Court
Theater at Dresden became the subject of
discussion. One lady, who had been present
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"Isn,t He Just LoveIv qn

There is fashionable school in this city
where young ladies have a class in physi-
olOgy. a few days ago one of the teachers
entered the school-rOom during class hours
and said to the principal:
"He has come"
Bring him in" was the answer.
There was a gentle commoti0n in the
seho0l-room and the girls looked at each
other with much interest. The advent of
masculine visitor was something unusual
Soon the teacher returned, carrying in her
arms some thing wrapped in a white cloth.
She unfOlded the package, which was quite
bulky, ana out Sprang a large skeleton
neatly articulated.
There was murmur of surprise and a
few suppressed screams, but one jolly girl,
who expects to write NJ. ID. after her name,
exclaimed:
Isn't he just lovely ?'-DetrOit Free
Press
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Glass and Paint as curatives.

from Italy as TO the effect of colors on the
nerves Of the sick and insane. In the hos
pital for the insane at Alessandria, special
rooms are arranged with red or blue glass in
the windows, and also red or blue paint ON
the walls. A violent patient is suddenly
effects Of that color on his nerves. One
maniac was cured in an hour; another was
at peace in his mind after passing day in
room of violet. The red room is used for
the eommouest form OF dementia--mean-
choly-usually accompanied by refusal to
take food. After three hours IN the red
room, patient affected in this way began to
be cheerful and ask for food.
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To Curve the pftcbed Ran.

A Cleveland man has patented device
for giving a baseball the curve when it
leaves the hand. The device consists of an
elastic strap with loop in one end to re-
ceiye the thumb and at the other end is
segment of a sphere corresponding to the
shape OF the ball. 1t is claimed that as the
ball leaves this arrangement any curve de-
sired can be given and without the employ
ment of the contortions which the average
pitcher has to make to reach the same re-
Philadelphia Record
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CostIY Postace stamps.

Some stamps are quoted at big prices.
The rarest of French stamps, that Of /
800 new aud S25 if cancelled. The first
Hawaiian stamp issued, with figures instead
Of design, is currently exchanged for $500
bill, if in a good state of preservation. The
stamps Of Reunion Island in 1852, one for
10, the other for 80 confines. both on sky
blue letter-papeT and printed with ordinary
types, are worth more than $500 for the
tWo.-ChcagO Herald.
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magnificent specimens OF date palm

magnificent specimens of date palms and
cocoanut trees, loaded with fruit
The barracks Of the garrison are located
on the summit of the western cliff. A stair
way Of a hundred steps, hewn into the rock.
and zigzag. roundabout road lead up 10 it
and the Old fortress.
As was growing late in the evening we
returned to our steamer, setting aside the
following morning for our visit to Long
wood the great Napoleon's simple fam
house residence-and his grave.
We started with the break Of day over the
crooked. Zigzag road that was TO bring US to
The fortress. The entire mountain slope IS
bare, smooth rock, studded here and there
with large cactus plants eight to ten feet
high. From a distance these cactus-clad
slopes look like vineyards and the Illusion
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A BIRTHDAY CARD
TOR MY LADY Love.
Something About the Origin Of a Pretty
Friendly Custom.
Specimens, Old and New-Dainty Souvenirs
That Occupy Months in the Making, and
Rival January Roses in Price.

Ihere was short period year or two
ago when the custom of sending beautiful
ana appropriate cards to friends upon ami
persaries seemed about to fall into disuse.
Inc custom, however. is such pretty one,
and Its raison d'etre so we'll established, that
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are several American firms
very we'll known tn lovers
Of fine art who publish very
extensively in this line, many
of their cards being of the
most artistic design and exc
cution.
The prices asked for these
little cards often seem eXorbi-
tant, but the amount of labor
expended upon them precludes
the idea of cheapness in con-
nectiOn with them. Often a
single card must pass through
eighteen or twenty different
stages of printing, sometimes
on as many different color
photographic presses and some
OF the more elaborate designs
will require as high as thirty
seven different impressions.
The cards are printed, a
number at once. on great
sheets OF cardboard, and after
ward cut apart by machinery.
Sometimes cardboard is not
used, but instead satin, ,Iapa-
nese paper, even the dainty
Inner bark of certain trees
add ivorine, as the thin, sheet
celluloid is known in the
trade. are used, and very eff.
fectiye work is done on these
materials, though, of course,
the additional care required
In printing entails added ex-
pense to the buyer. Oftenti mes
the production of a birth
day card. from the time it
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He Noticed 1t.

Uncle Tom (teasinglY)-It seems to me |
noticed a tell-tale blush on your cheek last
night when Jack came up for his waltz.
Grace "a girl of the period, delightedIy)-
Did you reallyP | tried awfully hard 70
blush, but | was afraid it wasn't noticeable.
-Munsey'S Weekly.