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The Irish standard., 1892-12-10
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CANNES Had Very Easy Tirns Sc !! II
Z Rand Of the Pharaoh.

CANNES Had q Very lEasy Time g lllslI
~. 5S3ss Land Of tho Pharaohs. ssss
n Egypt the dog was. . end 9ssl g.
faithful servant, says Nature. He hved
In the house with his master, followed
him in his walks, attended the public
ceremonies, sometimes free, at other
times held in leash by a slave or g child
or in princely families by q favorit ae
dwarf. At his meals he had his place
marked under the benches of the guests.
The house dog was shaved, combed
and washed He was sometimes tinted
with henna, as if he were woman.
He wore fine collars on his neck, fur
nished sometimes with an earthenware
clasp in the shape Of a bell or flower.
Children played with him, became at
tached to him, and the hero Of one
story, to whom his father had predicted
at his birth that he would die of tho
bite Of dog, willingly confronted
the threatening danger rather than be
separated from the dog he had raised.
He. of course, had a name to which
he Observation-Disclosures. the ferreter;
Khaoubsen, the lamp or star; Soubon,
the strong, and Nahsi, the black.
He is seen with kings as well as with
common persons. Rameses II. during
the earlier years of his reign was al
ways escorted by female dog, which
was called Anaitiennaktou, or Brave.
as the Goddess Anaitis.' A petty king
of the eleventh dynasty, about $500 B. c.,
had five dogs, which he so loved that he
carved their names and engraved their
portraits on his tomb. They were, in
deed, blooded animals whose names re-
vealed their foreign origin. The finest
of them was called Abikarou, a faithful
transcription of the word abaikour, by
which the hunting dog is designated in
many of the Berber districts.
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CEREMONY AMONG BIRDS.
The Love of Display Among Species OF
tho Ieathered Tribe.

The Love of Display Among Species OF
the Teathercd Tribe. l.
The singular wattled, wing-spurred
and long-toed jacanas have queer kind
of meeting. They usually go singly or in
pairs, but occasionally, in response to
call by one of them, all who are within
hearing leave off feeding and fly to one
spot, where they walk about with their
beautiful wings erect Or half open, or
waved up and down with slow and
measured motion.
With these two species both sexes
join in the display; but that of the spur
winged lapwing is altogether peculiar,
inasmuch as it takes place with three
individuals only. These birds live in
pairs, and at intervals during the day
or on moonlight nights one bird will
leave his mate and fly to another pair
short distance away. These will re-
ceive the visitor with signs of pleasure.
They place themselves behind him.
first going to meet him, and ali three
march rapidly, uttering special notes,
Then they stop; the leader stands erect
with elevated wings uttering loud
notes, while the other two, with pulled
out plumage, standing side by side,
stoop forward till the tips of their beaks
touch the ground, and with a low muir
muring sound remain for some mo-
ments in this strange posture. Then
the visitor goes back to his own mound
and mate, and later on they receive q
visitor whom they treat in the same
ceremonious manner. They are said to
be so fond of this form of visiting that
they indulge in it all the year round.
The Irish standard., 1892-12-10
CHAPTER ~.

Miss Mayhem hu,nbly hoped that her
frightened grasp on hfe-the little hectic
flush Of hope that came to her that au-
tunn morning-was not due to a presen-
timent of Sister Ma1tha's near depar-
ture The world looked very beautiful to
her eyes that crisp, blowy day. There was
alittle gap between the Woods house and
old MIR. Simons place, where she could
catch distant glimpse Of the hills with
the yellow foliage shining against the
blue like golden pillows fringed with
flame, The pale glim,ner Of the fad
ing willows. the white stems of young
Dirches seen through thinning wells OF
leaves, seemed like a new and delightful
picture Today there were no troops OF
school children passing by with their
dinner baskets and books. but q great
company of elnigrating birds settled
down in her front yard, preened their
feathers and consulted together with
noisy talk on the wall, and at last rose
and flew away with great whir Of
wings. The smallest incident made her
happy.
It was easier to love her neighbors
when her head ached less and the films
of weakness, spotted with black, ceased
to dance before her eyes. She held up
the little rose colored garment she was
making in her thin, pale fingers, and felt
an unusual sense of comfort and warmth
steal over her DIS she listened to the soft
snapping Of the logs on the old brass
andiroas. The large empty house seemed
warmer and coziel now that she knew
Sister Martha was speeding homeward
on the train. In country phrase MRS.
Whitcumb was no company for her
sister-in law. They could not find q COM
mon meeting ground, and to have her in
the house. even though unseen. brought
with it Il sense OF oppression,
Meantime the captain sat just where
his visitor had left him, when she closed
the front door and he heard her foot
steps retreating down the walk. He felt
utterly weak and unnamed: the water
stood in great drops on his forehead as
he lived over the scene and saw what
was in his heart when he was tempted
to clutch the wo1nans throat He had
knocked down a mutinous sailor once on
shipboard with a Delaying pin, and he
remembered having had the same sersa-
tions then, before the fellow began to
show signs Of life. But there were other
things to think of, terrible as that MUIR
derous impulse looked to him, and deep
as was the precipice over whose brink
he had taken a flying glimpse.
The confession Of that woman came
back to him bit by bit out Of the turmoil
Of his sensations. He saw how poor
!. Vinie had been tricked by Martha w hit
i cumb and her own mother. who was
rabid to seize upon any runner to his
hurt. however black But Vinie had
loved him all the time. Her soul, inno-
cent and white. had taken no stain.
Even if she believed he had Wronged
her she had forgiven him. She had
faded and Withered and suffered in
silence through the years, but had kept
li1nmer 81 trust in him in her
gentle hear She had sat BIZ her win
~ osyS IL, afyateh him as he passed with
/. She had listened for his
81 the igna of hist
Is, T''' :..s.s
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SOME QUEER FOOD.
The Tempting Hedgehog and the Baked
ELEPHANTS Foot.


The hedgehog figures frequently in
sylvan repasts though he is hardly big
enough to be sent to table as piece de
resistance The primitive manner OF
cooking it supersedes the most costly
refnements of elaborate batteries de
cuisine.
The elephants foot, or rather the
slice below the pastern, which is q
famous dainty in eastern hunting
Camps, is treated on precisely similar
principles, which shows that the
simplest cooking of all nations has
much in common, like their folklore.
Shakespeare's British hedgehog, like
it's cousin, the porcnpine, is shrouded in
a plastic tenement of clay. Then he
is laid to a temporary rest in a bed Of
smoldering cinders
When supposed to be done to a turn
the dwarf pig is dug up, and then the
prickly skin is detached with the split
ting Of the case Of clay. All the generous
juices, with their bouquet, have been
confined and transfused.
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!. Rats Lflke Goos,eberries.

E a Milnthorpe CIV reland, Eng
land, man says that ripe gooseberries
disappeared from his garden very
y this year, and he SUPPOSED that the
mischief was done W black birds One
day his attention was called to . rat.
taking the fruit of bis nont md
dropping them 81 other IL ts below.
Presently ano ia We'd
y - 0, 0 |.1as
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in the heart OF this man, who for years
had been an enigma to all around him,
whose sole thought now was how to
make one frail woman happy, cherishing
her with his strength and watching
| over her with care more than maternal.
! Life sweetened and frightened for these
two who so long had wandered on lone
| ~ and barren paths The old house un-
der the elms seems to smile on the pass
ers as if it had renewed its youth, and
at times the door swings open to the en-
trance of guests. thus fulfilling that
ideal Of hospitality that always lay so
close to Miss Mayhew's heart. You may
see her almost any day, still at her win
| dow. returning the greetings of the
school children, still fashioning those
/ dainty little garments for the babies of
her poor neighbors.
| Life in the old Mayhem house is as
| simple and transformations as of old.
Under the gentle prompting and infu-
| new use and exercise for his energies.
| His fortune has become fruitful in the
best sense. and is blessed to others. The
! old house where he lived SO many years
alone has been enlarged and altered,
and turned into a hospital for incurables
supported mainly by his gifts, and just
| beyond through the trees you may see
| the walls Of a beautiful new free library
building rising rapidly. And if you are
stranger and ask for details you will
! find that it has been endowed by Cap
tain Bligh, one Of the most public spir
| tied men in the town.
! Ann, in the new kitchen, built for her
under the supervision Of Captain Bligh-
SO comic table, SO convenient, 50 far sur
| passing the ideal Of any kitchen she had
ever known-Ann in her own doninions,
with the old parrot beside her, to whom
in his repentant and meek dotage she
has become reconciled, speculates on
the strange events in her life; and one of
the insoiuble knots to AIMS understand
ing is Mrs Martha Whitcumb, what
/ allied Sister Martha that day she depart
ed so suddenly for home, and why has
she never congratulated Captain and
Mrs. Bligh on their marriage, nor paid
another visit to the old Mayhem home-
stead2 ..sls
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-09
THAT FUNNY STORY.


He Didn't Hear 1t, but He Saw the Point
and Proflted Thereby.
He had had pretty hard day of it
and had gone to bed early. When his
wife entered the room he was sleeping
soundly, and no man likes to be awak-
ened half an hour after he gets asleep.
She was evidently amused at some
thing, and as she approached the bed
she exclaimed:
"John; Oh, John!"
He never moved.
John! Wake up!' she persisted.
"There's one Of the funniest Incl
dents"
He still slept and she began to shake
him.
John! Listen to mel" she cried.
He mumbled something and she shook
him again. He opened his eyes and
gruffiy asked what the trouble was.
"There's the funniest story in one OF
the papers," she said, ITS about Gold
dust the millionaire, and it makes me
laugh every time think Of it. I'll tell
you about it."
"No, you WON'T" he exclaimed hotly.
."What in thunder"
"Why, John"
81 suppose you think it's joke tc
wake me up out of sound sleep to tel
me some foolish story. What do yor
think went to bed for?"
Don't you want to hear 1t, John|
she asked in surprise.
mo, don't"
"Dear me-" she said in puzzled sort
of way, don't you really like to be
walked up in the middle of the night t.
hear a story any more than l do wher
get to bed first?'
He glared at her and she retreated
but she knew that the shot had gone
home. He doesn't wake her up any
more and expect her to laugh at some
joke or story he heard at the club.-De
troit Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-09
narrowing Kettles.

The neighborly habit of borrowing
household utensils is of very ancient
standing, and in one case at least has
had the honor of mention in English
literature. Rev. Michael Balwhid-
der in his "Annals of the Parish"
in 176O, tells very quantity of the in
PRODUCTION of jam and jelly making in
his parish by the great arrival OF sugar
from the West Indies, so that this style
of preserving, hitherto known only
among the gentry came to be common
thing among the village folks, and adds
that lit occasioned a great fasherie to
Mrs. Bawlhidder; for in the berry time
there was no end to the borrowing of
her brass pan to make jelly and jam,
until Mrs. Toddy, of Cross Keys, bought
one, which in its turn came into request
and saved ours" 1t would now prob
ably be very difficult to find any family
even in the Iowly village that has not
brass jelly pan of its own, but the
ancient and unwise custom of borrow
ing household utensils continues in full
force as ever.-N. Y. Tribune
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-09
FASHIONABLE EINERY.
New Novelties to be Fouud at TIL,

New Novelties to be Fouud at the
jewelers..
White enamel is conspicuously pres
ent in jewelry. Blue enamel, light in
tint, has the next prominence.
The tendency of design toward floral
forms is so prominent that it seems
there is vast field now for things beau
tiful
The jeweled griffin that has been OBJ
served among new chatelaines is now
used on shell combs, and on the bonnet
fixture worn in the back hair
The perforated dishes of silver gilt
ate charming. One represents all sorts
of flowers springiug from n common
center and blossoming around the up
turned edge.
Iridescent gold jewelry appears in
the prettiest of forms, chiefly floral.
Flower brooches. with fine gold stamens
sparkling and quivering in the center,
and very attractive.
The fine hand sawed pierced work is
popular. Some pretty, light ornaments
have been observed on portmonna es
and card cases, 1t has the advantage
of not rubbing or catching, Us the raised
work is more likely to do.
The new gold baracelets are extreme.
ly pretty. They are sectional but close
ly fitting Some of these are covered
with rails ed work and have the appear.
ance of continuous band; others have
the folded tape design seen in sleeve
buttons; others, knots of gold and plati-
mum. An altogether new design is a
scale-like arrangement of oval coins. -
| Jewellers Circular.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-09
WIT AND WISDOM.

The man who is not honest in his
religion Is not to be trusted anywhere
Rams Horn.
When the head OF mortal gets
turned 1t is always turned the wrong
way Galveston News. ai5
A mans idea of practicin2 economy
Is to preach it three times day TO his
wife. e.--Atchison Globe
After all, the best amateur actor is
the one who pretends TO enjoy a piano
recital -Elmira Gazette.
The greatest triumph OF mind is
when man knows enough to mind his
own business. Meridian Republican.
-liostess--Won' you sing netting,
Mr. Greene? Mr. Greene-There are so
many strangers here / y Hostess
Never mind them; they'll be gone be-
fore you get half through. Spare Mo-
ments.
-Brown-"I believe that Smiths
baby will grow up to be pugilist" "
Joncs-"Why, has it remarkably largo
arm and fst?" Brown-"No, but it
has q remarkably large mouth. Kate
Fields Washington.
What DO You Think? = Charley
Horsey-I don't think $50 horse is
| very fast, do you? Miss Tennis Cooking
at the clock)-Well, its great deal
faster than an 1889 man, don't You
think9-Detroit Free Press.
--"How do you like my latest con-
tribution?" asked the poet of the editor.
"Twice as well as l did the one be-
fore" You measure closely" "Yes.
You see it contained only half as many
stanzss w Washington Star. ts i
| An Apology" Miss N, how
could you think that had ever said in
company that you were stupid? Quite
the contrary; whenever your name was
mentioned was always the only one
who didn't say o."-Renchthaler.
--Gusher entertaining frie nd)-Ah,
dear, boy, what can equal this-eh? A
bottle of good wine and the cares of the
world lost in the fragrant clouds of a
| good Havana. We've nothing TO grum-
Bile at-ch? y-IIum-no-unless
it's the wine and cigars.-Funny Folks
| Il care more that the world should
| grow better than it should grow wiser.
| The external must be developed from
the internal ltmalSes my head ache to
look at human growth from any other
point OF view That is the great mis-
take of Fourier He is wise and great,
and often prophetic, but he thinks to
produce perfect men by surrounding
them with perfect circumstances must
be the result of perfect mcn.-Lydia
Maria Child.
And never dare to hurt any soul
The most awful consciousness a man
can have is that he has hurt human
soul years ago, and now has no power
to repair the damage. He may have re-
covered himself from the injury to his
own being, but the knowledge that he
has ever injured the soul of another
man or woman who has gone out of his
sight now, so that he can not know
how serious the injury mSy have teen.
is terrible thing for any ole to know
bishop Brooks
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-09
HER POWDER PuEE.
The American Woman's Art OF Making
Up "a Compicxlon.

The American Woman's Art OF Making
Up a Complexion.
The world used to say that all Amer
lean women powdered, just as they say
now that she smokes cigarettes. In the
old days there was bottle stuck in
some corner of her bedroom, with a
more or less soiled, stiff rag hanging on
the cork, which was called into service
just before start was made for shop
ping or calling tour. 1t was sort Of
wipe and promise, and the services OF
several good-naturcd women friends
wre required along the way to remove
the eXtrancous Jumps of dried powder
which would naturally be caught in
prominent parts of the face or sunk in
to the pet dimples. But to-day to make
up face properly is to master an art
having elementary rules as exact as
those of science. Perhaps woman's
glass tells her nature was not as lavish
as it might have been or the informa-
tion may come from equally frank
friends. At any rate. she is either en-
gagged in a fair encounter with nature
or in a war of fortifcation against
times siege. The old white powder has
been superseded by brunette powder,
blonde powder and natural complexion
powder, all of which are used by direc-
tion of the druggist, who tells the ex-
pectant fair one exactly what powder
will give n fair imitation of what has
been or should be- The eyebrow pencil
overcomes deficiencies in the eyebrows
and only a trained eye can detect the
assumption of reality.-N. Y. Adver
tiSor
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-09
NUMBER 10.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


If You lay up treasures in Heaven
you will be sure to want to go there
Rams Horn.
Reports from Japan indicate that
about four hundred people are baptized
in the protestant churches every
month.
The Cumberland Presbyterians,
whose membership is mainly in the
middle southern states, increased over
o,0oO last year. s3f af
Priests ofthc Greek church are per-
mitted to marry. But If they do they
are debnrred from rising higher than
the priesthood i e4Ve W4l
An exchange is responsible for the
statement that only 700, 900 Of the l,500,-
600 Catholic children in this country are
in parochial schools, o 49,
-Andover Theological seminary asks
f990 900 additional, that salaries and
scholarships may be maintained and
that the buildings may be preserved
from decay.
A missionary OF the British Foreign
Bible Society tells OF Bible meeting
held in Madagascar which was attend
ed by l,s4o persons, representing eleven
ehurehes and coming, some in canoes
and many on foot, distance of from
ten to twenty miles H''t t'tt 'iH
The Cincinnati Methodist, confer
encc has among. its two hundred minis
ters, three general conference secre-
taries, five college presidents, three ed
itors, four missionaries in foreign lands,
and one superintendent OF missions in
South America 1t takes the Ohio men
to get offices. -
Two Of the departments of Boston
University have opened the College of
Liberal Arts and the School of Theol-
ogy. In the former there are over threo
hundred students. Extensive changes
have been made in the school Of medi-
cine, enlarging it 80 that it's capacity is
aiore than doubled. tsi 9N
Another specimen OF very early
Christian literature has been discovered
The Apology of Aristidess"' s"''written,
as nearly as can be ascertained, in tho
early part OF the second century, 1t is
q defense of the Christians of that time.
addressed TO the Roman emperor, Had
rian or Antoninus Plus.
There is in Anitate Turkey 'pen-
ny school" for poor people, the teach
er's salary and other expenses of which
are raised entirely by penny contribu-
tions from Christian women in the city,
and half-a-cent week from the chill
dren. To pay this small fee, many of
them often 60 without one meal
week.
Miss Gertrude Howe, for twenty
years missionary OF the Women's For
eign Missionary society in Central
China, has returned to this country,
bringing with her five bright young
Chinese students, two young women
and three young men, to complete their
education and take medical course at
Ann Arbor
The faculty Of Wesleyan Univcr-
sity at Middletown, Conn, have taken
q decided position in regard to athlet-
les. They have issued an order that no
student who failed TO pass his last ex-
animation and Is now conditioned, will
be allowed to hold position In any of
the athletic clubs, or take part in any
| of the contests ef aN
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-09
The White Sponge.

The white sponges sold in the drug
stores are not dangerous to use, as some
people supp, &C. No drug store could
afford to sell sponges which had once
been in use, and in the hospitals refuse
sponges used in cleaning wounds and
sores are now generally burned The
white sponges have been bleached.
Only the finest and best are selected for
bleaching, and these are placed in q
bath of diluted hydrochloric acid with
little hyposulphite Of soda. Left in
this mixture few hours, the sponge
becomes as white as snow, though the
process is not generally carried so far,
light shade of yellow or straw color
selling more readily than the white
St Louis Globe Democrat
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-12-09
FRENCH PEASANTS.


hurAl Lie,
M. Betham Edwards, in her France
of To-Day" speaks again and again OF
the benefits accruing from the owner
ship of land by the peasantry. AS
native of England, she seems 10 have
been peculiarly impressed by this feat
ure Of life across the channel She
writes with special enthusiasm of Osse,
"a remote Pyrenean- village admirably
adapted for the study Of rural life" "a
beautiful spirit Of humanity" she de-
clares, "a dclicacy, rare among the most
polished societies, characterize these
frugal sons and daughters OF the soil"
AS sordness carried to the pitch OF
brutality is often imputed to the French
peasant, let me relate an incident that
occurred hereabouts not long before my
visit.
The land minutely divided, many pos
sessing cottage and field only. One OF
these small owners was suddenly ruined
by the falling Of a rock; his cottage,
COW and pig were destroyed. Without
saying word, his ncighbors, like him
self in very humble eircumstnn nces,
made up purse Of five hundred francs,
large sum with such donors, and, too
dclicate-minded to offer the gift them
selves, deputed an outsider to do IL
anonymously.
Another instance in point came to my
knowledge. This was OF a young wom-
an-servant, who. during the illness Of
her employers, refused to accept wages.
"You will pay me some other time,
said the girl to her mistress, 81 am
sure you can i'll afford to give me the
money now.
Peasant property, and rural life gen.
orally, here presented to me some who'll
" new features. One OF these Is the al
most entire self-sufficingness of very
small holdings, their owners neither
buying nor selling, making their little
crops and stock almost completely sup
ply their needs.
On field or two enough fax is grown
with which to spin linen for home use,
enough wheat and Indian corn for the
years bread-maleing, maize being mixed
with the wheaton flour. Again, pigs
and poultry are reared for daily con-
sumption.
Expenditure is reduced to the mini
mum. Coffee is luxury seldom in
dulged in. A few drink homegrown
wine, but all are large milk-drinkcrs.
The poorest is good customer of the
dairy farmer. Youths Companion.