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National Baptist world., 1894-09-28

vide small necklet by taking the two
sides Of the original crown. Then,
again, it is possible to have merely
single-stone necklet from the junction
of the two slender bands of the coro-
net The achievement is the more re-
markable since it has not SO far been
found possible to obtain fexibility in a
floral design. This trinket is valued
at the modest sum of So, 500.
Another model, comparatively low
priced, but also worthy Of much ad-
miration, is a diamond and pearl
aiCrette for the hair, which can be de-
tached and worn as brooch. The
third figure is a shell hairpin sur
mounted by two dainty little Mercury
wings united by knot Of diamonds
In these days Of much dressed heads
handsome hair ornaments are becom-
ing daily more popular.
It is far cry from these jeweled
playthings Of the wealthy to the simple,
little, ribbon ornament of the every
day girl is probably just as happy as
she Of the diamond crown.
Many a young girl manages to look
delightfully."- pretty with dainty rib
bon bow in her hair instead Of a gilt
tering jeweled one. Two styles are
particularly popular. For the first,
four bows Of velvet ribbon are tightly
tied, with two outstanding ends Of the
same Rose-colored velvet is the ia
vorite, and when a tiny bow of white
lace is introduced the effect is
charming on pretty brown hair
These can be worn with a rou-
leau Of velvet or can be fastened
in the hair with a fine, steel crescent
hair pin. The other popular bow real
ly consists of four ends Of crossway
velvet, arranged two on each side, with
q tie in the center. The outer ends are
longer than the others and are cut in
yandykes. On orange, blue, or pink
bows Of this kind a narrow jet trim
ming is run on little way within the
edge. Another dainty ornament for
the hair is a rouleau Of blue velvet and
Ave rosettes Of blue silk Gsse. The
rouleau is worn across the top and
around one side Of the coil Of the hair.
Near the front end butterfly 10 light
ly placed above good-sized rOsette.
The smaller-rosettes are placed on the
band at intervals, two being quite at
the end.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
The Habits of the Walrus.

Although the walrus is a formidable
looking animal, especially when he
rears his huge head and cleaning tusks
out of the water within a few feet Of
your boat, Mr.. Elliott says he is not
only timid harmless and inOffensive,
but not even given to fighting in his
own family. His tusks, which vary in
length from twenty to thirty inches,
and in weight average from six to eight
pounds each, were given him to dig
CLANS with, and are of precious little
use to him either in fighting or defend
ing himself from attack. He sleeps
comfortably in the open sea, floating
bolt upright in the water, with his nos
trils out and his hind fippers hanging
a dozen feet below. Nature purpos,ely
built him in the shape of buoy, so
that when sleeping or resting at sea
the buoyancy Of his huge, blubber-
cased forequarters brings his nostrils
out of the water without the slightest
effort on his part. He grunts and bel
lows great deal, solely for his own
amusement, apparently, and many a
time have vessels been warned off dan
gerous rocks in thick, foggy weather
by the grunting of the walrus lying
upon them.-St. Nicholas.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
The Sofa Gives Tn.

The Kentucky Democrat tells the
following Of a Catlettsburg gentleman
who has five daughters who are of
marriageable age, who sent his sofa to
be renovated, and the following is a
partial list Of the articles which had
slipped between the back and cushion,
as counted and recorded: Forty-seven
hairpins, three mustache combs, nine
teen suspender buttons, thirteen nee
dies, thirty-fve cigarettes, eight photo
graphs, two hundred and seventeen
pins, seventy-six grains Of coffee, forty
seven cloves, twenty-seven cuff but
tons, six pocket knives, fifteen poker
chips, vial Of homeopathic medicine
thirty-four Jumps Of chewing gum,
fifty-nine toothpicks, twenty-eight
matches, thirty-nine collar buttons,
eleven neckties, two love letters, few
pieces Of candy, two dimes, three quar-
tiers and one nickel, eight buckles, five
pencils, one pen and four button hooks
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28

March, in spite of all temptations Of
offered food. The natural instinct was
so strong that it refused to be over
come by appetite alone.
There is another very curious thing
about the Information of the black
bear. His den is usually a hole dug
under the roots of either standing
tree or an uprooted tree, but it may be
in hollow tree, hollow log, or more
frequently, a miniature cave in rocky
hillside. Sometimes he makes bed
of leaves and moss for himself, but
often he does not. In "holing up
under the roots of tree he is fire.
quently completely showed in, and
under such condition. the warmth of
his breath keeps the snow melted i'm
mcdiately around him. This moisture
freezes on the inside of his den, and
presently he is incased in dome of
snow, lined with ice, the hard lining of
which ever grows thicker from the
frozen moisture Of his breath. AS a
result, he often wakes early in March
to find himself prisoner in hollow
dome of snow and ice, from which he
cannot escape for days, and where he
is often found self-trapped, and shot
without the privilege of even striking
a blow at his assailants. And there
is where nature serves poor Rruin a
mean trick. | have never seen a bear
in such an ice cage of his own build
ing, but DR.. Merriam has, in the
Adirondacks, and this information is
borrowed from him.-W. T. Hornaday,
in ST. Nicholas.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
TEMPERANCE TIDINGS.

IF ONE wants to get in a crooked path
Just follow the direction Of a cork
screw.
STOCKHOLM has the highest death
rate from drink of any city in the world
ninety in one thousand.
TITS doubtful if there is a spot on
earth where the devil feels more at ease
than he does in drunkard's home
RAMS Horn.
DIR. BAER, well-known writer in
German prisons, alleges that forty -four
per cent of the prisoners were intem
perate.
By careful investigation, Mr.. Otto
Lang found that eighty-eigh per cent
of the crimes committed in Zurich
Switzerland, were committed under the
influence of alcoholism.
ACCORDING to statistics of insura nee
companies total abstainers live on ar
average thirteen years longer thar
moderate drinkers.
PROF. STRUMPELL, of Erlangen say,
that alcohol has an evil influence il
the causation of most diseases, and is
the ruling cause of dyspepsia in adults
For one really converted Christian
as the fruit of missionary labor, the
drinking practices of the English have
made one thousand drunkards.-
deacon Jeffries after thirty-one years
spent in India.
IT is said that there is 50 little call
for alcoholic liquors in Burlington, VT.
that drug stores do net find it neces
sary to keep more thana quart of whis
ky in stock. So much for the influencs
of their prohibitory law.
CATHOLIC prelates are laying aside
conservatism on the liquor question
and coming out boldly for temperance
The recent utterance of Bishop Wat
tersons of Ohio, supported by the papal
| delegate, Mgr. Satolli, is further sec
onded by the circulars of Bishop Keane
Surely it is time," he pointedly says
''for them the conservative prelatesl
to notice that the bartender is but .
panderer to vice, and the saloon the
gate to every species of depravity and
crime"
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
BRUINS QUEER HABITS.
Curious Facts Regarding the Black Bears
Winter Sleep.

Curious Facts Regarding the Black Bears
Winter Sleep.
One of the most curious things about
the black bear land the grizzly and
cinnamon also) is the way he goes into
snug winter quarters when winter has
fairly set in, and lies dormant in his
den without either eating or drinking
until the next spring. This is called
Information; and during this period
the ordinary processes Of digestion
seem to be entirely suspended. In our
semi-tropics bears do not hibernate,
but nature undoubtedly planted this
instinct in the brain of the bear Of the
north to enable him to survive the Sc
we're winter period when the SHOWS lie
deep, and all food is so scarce that
otherwise he would be in danger of
starvation. This period of Information
is from about the middle of December
to the middle of March. 1t has been
stated that if bears have plenty of food
they will not hibernate, even in the
north, but this is mistake. | know
Of at least two instances wherein bears
in captivity have "holed up in De-
cember and remained dormant until
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Methuselah of the Horse World.

The latest Methuselah story comes
from England. This time it is not
from man who has a distinct recol-
lection Of Napoleon's grandfather, or
an old, old lady who witnessed the ex
ecution of Charles l. Or nursed the in
fant Cromwell; nor yet does this story
tell of a devoted couple, who arm in
arm, have wandered down the path Of
time together since their wedding day,
the same day that George Washing
tons father and mother were married,
and are now about to celebrate their
platinum wedding. This time the
hero is a horse, and very grand
fatherly old horse, too. He belonged
to the Mersey & Irwell Navigation com.
pany, but left their employ recently
and embarked for the happy hunting
grounds at the green old age OF sixty
two
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
ONE DRUNkARD'S REFORM.
The Good Results of a Little Disinteresteo
Kindness.

The Good Results of Little Disintereste0
Kindness
The following recital was recently
made to us by stalwart temperance
man:
Il had been drinking man for
twenty years, had ruined my chances
in life and made my family wretched.
did not believe in God or humanity.
A whisky-soaked brain is not adapted
to any noble form of faith, either for
this world or that which is to come
One day about seventeen years ago.
when | returned from the shop to my
little home, which was bare Of almost
every comfort, to say nothing of lux
uries, my wife told me that lady had
been to see us. and left an orange
apiece for the three children and some
pretty cards. with Merry Christmas
for us all. Nobody ever came to our
house those days. and | was surprised,
for this lady was the wife of one of the
trustees in the great university, busi-
ness man who stood very high, and she
had plenty of money, position, educa'
ton and occupation. Indeed, she had
OFSl bhAhS UAlttl VIC ll<iSA IoS. Nv i DS1s
myself down to try to reason out some
bad motive for her coming, as it was
my custom then to look for bad motives
in people rather than good ones But
as her husband was not in politics and
could not desire my vote, and as he was
not in any business where | could by
any means be of service to him, and as
neither he nor she could gain anything
from u.s. although | racked my brain to
find something that they could gain,
was obliged to say to myself: 1T may
have been what Christians call the
Love of Godp and when had come to
this conclusion my heart melted
little, and l said to my self: If it is
true that there is such % thing as the
love of God | shall reform, and from
that day | have never tasted intoxicat
ing liquors. Union Signal.
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Alcohol and Anarchy.

There is another great hot-bed of an
archy and crime in our modern civiliza
tion that can never be passed by, OF
overlooked, when we are considering
the dangers that threaten us with uni.
versal destruction-th traffic in drunk.
enness. One Ct the most alarming fea.
lures of the present age is the awful
and shameful fact that the fourteen
most civilized nations of the earth de-
vote one fourth of their labor and agri.
cultural land to the production of this
demoralizing and destructive force.
Forty-four million acres Of the best soil
God has given to man is being used to
produce pauper-making, anarchy
breeding drink, while multitudss=assa.s de
of want and nations stand back aghast
before the deadly work of anarchists
Rev. Louis Albert Banks.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
FAMILY SUGGESTIONS.

NOTHING will give such a polish to
glass, even the finest, as slightly
moist newspaper to wash it and dry
newspaper to give the finishing
touches.
BLANKETS and counterpanes shold
not be included in the general wash
ing To give these articles the care
they require a special day should be
set aside for them.
A RAW egg swallowed Immediately
will generally carry fish bone down
that cannot be removed from the
throat by the utmost exertion and has
got out of the reach of the fingers
THERE ought not to be a dark room
in any human habitation. To have
too much sunlight for health is not
possible. It's intensity under exception
al circumstances can always be mod
Grated as occasion may require.
In escalloped tomatoes put layer Of
| tomatoes in an earthen dish; then one
of bread crumbs, with little sugar,
butter, pepper and salt: another Of to-
maUoes, another of bread, until the
dish is full. Bake three-quarters of an
! hour.
THE gorgeous lamp shades of scarlet,
pink, blue and yellow, an eve special
ist is credited with saying should be
confined to rooms where no reading or
sewing is done. The lamp for night
work should be shaded by porcelain
globes, preferab bly, of white.
To CLEANSE glass bottles that have
held oil, place ashes in each bottle and
immerse in cold water, then heat the
water gradually until it boils; after
boiling an hour, let them remain. till
cold Then wash the bottles in soap
suds and rinse in clear water.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
About President Casimir-Perier.

France'snew president is by no means
the tall. stately man one would imag-
inc him to be from his pictures. On the
contrary, he is quite as short, if not
even more so, as his predecessor, M.
Sadi-Carnot, and just as dapper, care
fully brushed, pomaded and groomed
as was that lamented chief magis-
trate. He enjoys the distinction OF
having acquired his Legion Of Honor,
not by reason Of his Office, but by an
act of conspicuous gallantry during
the Franco-German war, when he was
decorated for rescuing, under a storm
of bullets, his mortally wounded com
manding officer Although not a
count, as was NJ. Carnot, whose correct
style was Count Carnot de Feuilleins,
vet he is allied to the aristocracy by his
marriage, his wife being Comtesse de
Seo11r bv birth
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TO MOUNT PHOTOGRAPHS.
A New Plan Suggested Which Should
Prove Very POPULAR.

New Plan Suggested Which Should
Prove Very Popular
Those who have skill in painting
flowers, either in oil or water cOlors,
can find a chance for the exercise of
their skill in mounting a photograph,
according to the plan suggested III the
accompanying illustration. If I'll col
ors are to be used, let piece of ''ac-
ademy board" be selected, upon which
a background is to be painted in bold
strokes, but little blended together.
The one from which the illustration is
taken shades from a rich brown in the
lower left hand corner to a light golden
brown in the upper right hand corner.
The morning glories, or other flowers,
if preferred, should be painted from
nature, if possible, using only the col
ors that will hormonize well together
and with The background. If water
cOlorS are to be used let piece of
pulp board be cut of the right size and
a piece of water color paper wet and
stretched over it. the edges pasted at
the back. The mount is then ready for
decoration. After the background is
laid on perfectly fiat photograph. it.
self mounted, but preferably un-
mounted, is to be pasted to the academy
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
A Circus Trick Exposed.

An amusing incident recently occur
red at town in the south of France,
during the visit of circus. One of the
chief attractions Of the show was a
troupe Of performing dogs, and, after
they had gone through various feats
their trainer announced that Azor, the
most accomplished of them all, would
favor the audience with a piano-forte
solo. Accordingly Azor mounted the
chair and struck up the 'Marseillaise. :"
At this moment some one in the audi
ence shouted "Rats!'' and Azor made
one bound in the direction of the cry.
This created great laughter, which
doubled when it was noticed that the
piano went on playing, thus revealing
the trick that had been perpetrated.
National Baptist world., 1894-09-28
ABOUT FISHING TACKLE.
How to Mend q Rod and Smell Instead o1
Throwing Them Away.

How to Mend q Rod and Smell Instead Of
Throwing Them Away.
One of the first things young fish,
erman must learn is to do everything
neatly. A bungling bit of work, es-
pecially about the hook, will be apt to
scare away game fish. Some prefer
plain hooks on this account, as they
can be fastened to the line more neatly
than hooks with eyes. If possible, have
a silk line rather than a linen one. 1t
will not cost much and is stronger and
firmer than linen. Always take along
a bit of shoemaker's wax and spool Of
stout silk, red or white being the best
colors. If your fsherman's kit can be
further provided with pair of pliers
and a vial of asphaltum varnish, so
much the better. Many fishermen use
hooks attached to smells or lengths of
gut. The diagram given in Fig. I.
shows the best way of attaching the
loop at the end of the smell to the line
It is most easily done when fastened in
this way. Put knot in the extreme
end of the line (a), pass it through the
loop of the smell (b-b) and proceed as
in diagram, drawing smell and line
tight to make the knot fast. Well.
suppose you are out for days fishing
and your smell breaks, as it usually
Goes, just where the hook is fastened to
it. Do not throw them away, but
scrape the shank of the hook clean or
take fresh hook. Soak the smell in
water about ten minutes to soften it.
Hold the hook with the left hand,
or with pliers, take the silk, well
waxed, and twist it several times
about shank of hook, as seen in Fig.
ii. between a and b. Lay end of gut
along the shank over the silk (see c-d)
and, reversing the direction, wind the
silk firmly around all Gig. ILL.,,
whipping it closely and evenly along,
and pulling the silk tightly at each
twist, occasionally showing the twists
closely together with the thumb nail
or knife. Continue the twisting about
half an inch, then make a loose loop
Gig. Ill, q, lay the slack end Zig. Ill,
b) of the silk 1long the outside of the
coil. Continue the wrapping for three
or four twists outside, of b, slipping
the loop (c) over hook each time. then
draw tightly and cut off all loose ends.
Rub this wrapping well with wax,
smooth down with a knife handle and
cover with waterproof varnish. If this
is properly done, the joining is stronger
than it originally was. If no varnish
is handy the hook could be used for
day without it. AS gut and hooks
can be bought separately cheaper than
the tied hooks, preparing them all in
this way will save pocket money.
Watch the tying and revarnish when
necessary. Keep an eye also on the
smell and wrappings and repair or re-
place them when they appear at all
worn, or else you may lose big fish
some day.
If the gut should break at the head
of the loop, soak it until soft, lay it
back on itself a sufficient distance to
form new loop and tie in common
knot, cutting the short end off.
When rod breaks cut the broken
ends slantwise, being careful to make
these ends fit together as in Fig. w.
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a GREAT PRINCIPLE.
knowledge Necessary to Remedy the Evils
of Drink.

Knowledge Necessary to Remedy the Evils
of Drink.
The great principle Of cause and
effect is not understood in the ordinary
discussions of inebriety. The capri
cious and accidental and the apparent
is accepted as the real. and no effort is
made to eliminate CT to discriminate
causes. Here. as elsewhere. occurs the
old mistake of accepting the mysterious
and supernatural as the real without
question or doubt. 1t is easier to call
inebrietv a sin and moral disorder than
to inquire into the physical conditions
of the life of the person. The progress
of scientific thought demands a study
of the relations of causes and effects.
knowledge that does not include the
facts of the relationship Of causes is of
little value. The evils that we deplore
and seek to remove remain until we
find the causes and apply our remedies
here, then the effects disappear. In
human life the range of causes are SO
complex, and the point Of de-
parture from the normal is SO
obscure, that only critical
study will indicate in a general
wav the present condition. The inebri-
ate represents wide range of causes
that have concentrated into the desire
for spirits. This is simply an effect,
, some lowered state of the nerve cen
ters, and functional activities, which
find relief from the narcotism of alco-
hol. The early causes of inebriety
work uniformly and have distinct re-
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lationship, which ara seen in some

lationship, which ars. seen In some
cases and are not in others, proving
that our means of examination are still
imperfect. The central law OF the uni
verse is the same here as elsewhere: an
orderly sequence of cause and effect
reigns supreme. Inebriety is the effect,
and the causes are clear and tangible to
rigid scientific scrutiny. The spirit OF
modern research demands the facts for
every theory and every system of relief.
and calls in question every statement
concerning inebriety and its treatment
that is not along the line of cause and
effect. journal of Inebriety.
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Glue them in that position, Or if there
is no glue handy use wax. Whip silk
over in even coils until they more than
conceal the break, proceeding exactly
as was done in Figs. II. and Ill, until
the final fastening. Lay pencil or
the finger along the coils Gig. ",
a-I), wind the silk over all three
times, insert end under last coils, as
shown in Fig. ", C, remove pencil,
draw close and cut off the end of the
silk. Rub smooth and cover with
shellac varnish.-N. Y. Advertiser.
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WOMAN AND HOME.
JEWELS FOR THE HAIR.

Real Works Of Art Produced by Ameri-
can Artisans-Single Pieces of Jeweiry
That Can BE Subdiyided Many Times
Pretty Ribbon Ornaments Worn by Our
Everyday Girls.
The fexibility which has SO long
been desired by jewelers. in the con-
sstruction of certain articles seems to
have been attained in the beautiful
tiara Of diamonds shown. 1t is de-
signed IN a very light and graceful
style and can be converted into four
different articles. First there is the
handsome central crown. This may
be taken to pieces and merely left as a
tiara; the 81 les, by means Of clasps,
are joined together and produce g
smaller moflel. Then the large tiara,
supplemented by the two narrow bands
of jewels which rest on the hair, is
converted into a massive diamond
necklacB the smaller one in turn being
similarl adopted. Further subdivis-
ions o. this ingenious ornament pro-
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With Drawu Swords.

The saloon and the home are historic
enemies. They stand with drawn
swords. The one is utterly and terri
bly, against the other 1t always will
be so. One shapes young manhood and
womanhood. The other bebauches
them. One stands for purity, the othe,
for uncleanness. One is the dwelling
place of peace, the other den of vi0
and discord. One sends out benedic
tions; the other, blight, ruin, death.
One typifies Heaven; the other hell.
Do you wonder that womanhood
loathes that darkest of all the plague
spots of the land? She more than
loathes She hates with inexpressible
hatred the merciless monster whose
cruelties against her sex must be writ
ten in tears and blood.-Epworth Her
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jewelers. Remarkable Drilling.

e. A. Williams, a New York watch
maker, recently accomplished re-
markable mechanical feat-that OF
drilling a hole through the entire
length Of common pin, from head to
point, the opening being just large
enough to admit Of the passage of a
fine hair Mr. Williams is the mechanic
who two years ago cut sewing needle
in two lengthwise and then drilled
holes and fastened it together SO nicely
that the split could not be seen with
the naked eve.