The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-02
SWEET JASMINE.
How This Fragrant Flower Hecam
h symbol Of Marriage.

Long before orange blossoms became
associated with weddings the fragrant
Jasmine was commonly used for the de-
coration of a bride. A very. pretty leg
end of ancient Tuscany tells now tn ms
warm countries Of Asia, brought home
with him a rare tropical pla IN Tnsca Inv.
He gave a small slip to a certain duke;
who set 1t among his most treasured
plants where It rooted . a sne Tnr and SOON un,
grew to be a good sized plant. me
duke was so proud of his rare posses
sion that he gave ays s tba ni ordere ear so i
and on no account to give even a slip
not a foWer-to any person.
and he would nave been faithful to his
charge had he not happened to iall IN IN
love with the sweetest. peasant maid n
her lover was not much richer, 50 they
were unable to marry. On the birthday
Of the peasant the gardener n na ING
choice presented her with a bouquet
of bowers, and among the other clip
pings in the bunch there was one from
the dukes cherished jasmine bush.
Nothing could be too good for the gar
dener's maiden, SO in this one instance
he relaxed his care OF the SHRUB; me
spring, wished to preserve it,. and SO
placed it in the ground, where it rooted
and remained fresh and green al win
ter, thus spmbolizing her love for the
gardener; and in the following spring IT
grew and was covered, with blossoms.
The little bush fourished and the flowers
multiplied so under the maiden's care
that she was able to sell many of the
sprigs for a considerable sum-, thus
spreading the unknown flower abfoad,
precious love token. on her breast, she
was welded to the happy gardener.
To this day h TUSCAN g1rls preser rye
of sweet jasmine on their wedding day;
s and they gIr, ha Wear = pre eSeh a w snrig i Is Rich +
enough to make a fortune OF a poor
husband.
The MAN Under Thfrty-ive.
Miss Lillian Bell, the clever Chicago
Of op' The Man Under Thirty-five" in De
cember Ladies' Home Journal. She as
serts tina conversation with a man I'M
man under thirty-hve never converses;
he only talks. And your chief accom-
plishment, of being a good listener, is
he does not in the least care whether
you listen or not. Neither is 1t of any
use for you to show that he has surpris-
your approval or disapproval: He is ut
terly Indifferent to you, not because you
do not please him but because he has aas
there in that chair; he bows to you In
the street, oh, yes! He knows your
name and where you 1--we But you are
He cares not for your likes or dislikes,
your cares, or hopes, or fears. He
only snlysa wants Ha you ! to mi be pretty vou a wi1l. wg He
Will not know it. Have a heart and a
soul They do not concern him. He
y wa Giri y yob him 10 Fl sasie al. h0u are
How Pearls Are Formed.
These beautiful Jewels are accidental
nacre about some foreign substance like
a grain of sand or. a parasite.
The Chinese take advantage of this
aartificialiy says the san francisco "Ex-
aminer." They introduce a round grain
of sand, glass or metal. through. a min
oyster itself. In some instances whole
chaplets of pearls have been produced
by he insertion Ct grains Of qqartz. con-
tin have also been introduced into the
shell.
prised but panied, If an oyster is capable
Of experiencing that sensation, by this
intrusion of his domicile, but he sets to
work heroically to make the best use
his power to get his house in order. He
cannot cast out the inanimate intruder
nacre. IN time it is entirely covered with
the substance and the ingenious China
man opens the shell and is rewarded for
his time and labor by finding the pearl
formed in the lines he had laid down
many months before.
Teaching a Young CHILD German.
A young child can learn German only
by hearing it constantly spoken. Teach
him a vocabulary as you teach him En-
glish, giving him the German names for
the objects that surround him and the
articles In daily use. Then a theS verbs
earns TO express himsel fiuently in the
language. Uniess care IL taken o little
child sbsaking twoE1anguaEes Is apt to
hybrid words: this you must guard
against. This same rule applies to other
languages.-Ladies' Home journal
Beautiful Doyleys.
Beautiful little doyleys. In white pea
gee silk, are heInstftched and enlhrsat7 a.