The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

mm il P f i » ymp 1 ,l»ppi^yippwg The Cedarville Herald, -THEBATTLE FIELD. W , H.*BLkIH, FaUlstAV. CBDARVILLR, i : t A WARNING TO MOTHERS. T oo .‘dueh (Jnttolflsluiosii tllcoljr to Make Children Snlllah. Thera Is too much of her la the homo. •Sjho may he the patient, self-sacrificing mother, who gets ovcr-jired that others may go free; she may he an elder sis­ ter who has sacrificed all ’ the graces and gifts of an individual life to a family of youuge.r brothers and sisters. Perhaps she is a maiden aunt, who smoothes the way with anxious eager­ ness for everybody's feet hut her own, or ^grandmother, whoso burdens mul­ tiply with the coming of the second generation, because Th(TTyoung mother has not learned the Becret of living her life independently. Whatever emergency of life may have called out her unselfishness, there it is, and, as I said before, there ■ is altogether too much of it Why? Because there is such a thing as an unselfishness that passes.beyond its proper hounds and becomes mean- spirited. , It lays aside that proper recognition o f self which commands respect and which is wholly necessary for individual well-being. That the mother should he the head, the brains of, her family, what is more fitting? That she should be hands and feet, that she should serve before them like a hired assist-, snt a thousand times no! These unselfish women, in their, anxiety'to exemplify the golden rule, quite forget that self, after ail, under- ' lies its measure of values. If a great . many women treated their neighbors no better than they treat thomselves, this would bo a sad world for neighhor- liness. * . And this unselfishness is sure to work mischief iu a family, too. For un­ selfishness is hnlilce most other virtues, in that it breeds its opposites, not its own kind. In a family where the wife or the ^mother, or the elder daughter, is ‘ anxiously unselfish; where she watchos every opportunity to do for the other members of the family what there is every good reason they should do for themselves, those others learn quickly enough first to accept it, then to as­ sume it and finally to demand it Aud so there comes out of the home Of the unselfish woman, a flock of care­ less, self-seeking children, intent on tluimsdlvcs, criminally heedless of everybody qlsc, trampling on the rights of others, and having to unlearn, perhaps late in life, the selfish lessons they learned at their unselfish mother’s knee. Purely is it .that the lesson is learned aa it should be, and so is kept up the ' army of selfish men and women who make half the burden and unbappiness of living.—Boston Herald. BOMBS FULL, OF WHISKY- _____ Why the Shell* X'lrcit by a Certain Union OHfft Ship Hid Not Uiimt. Perhaps the most amusing part of the bombardment of Corpus Christ! affair was the way in which many of the con­ federates obtained a good drink Of whisky.... Numbers o f the shells did not explode, one falling in-a field belonging, to an old German, ho looked at it long and covetously. Game was plenty, powder was scarce, and this shell must have many pounds in Its capacious sphere. How to possess it was •the question. If he tried to drill out the fuse the bomb might .explode, and. he would lose not only the powder but his life. Seeing an old darkey approaching, he bailed him, and with a few cents in­ duced him to undertake the job, Giv- A STRANGE ANIMAL. Aunt IfaiuiaU'd lilo:« Concerning a (Until- ntor. Miss Hannah Bnscomb, a native and resident of Huckleberry, was one of those people who have a firmly-rooted objection to displaying or oven admit­ ting their ignorance on any point what­ soever, Site always held that “ folks that had good sense could gan'lly make out V get along ’thout lcttin’ on wliat they mi'n't quite us you might say downright terl"in ’ bout, in matters that they hadn’t took no special ’count of.” This belief of Miss Bascotnb’s occa­ sionally involved her In difficulties, and often led her to make amusmg mis­ takes; but as she was happily uncon­ scious of this latter fact, it did not in the least disturb hgr theory, or her pence of mind. At one time she was making a visit to her niece, and took the niece’s little I eight-year-old daughter to the Art Mu­ seum on a tour of inspection. Her comments and criticisms on the various works of art displayed there, had at least the merit of originality. At last she stopped before the sculp­ tured figure of the “ Dying Gladiator.’’ “Well,. Mattie,” she said, addressing her grand-niece, after some minutes of silence, "this is the greatest piece o' oversight I’ve found hero yeti I per- sume t* say these art things have come in so fast the committee have grown kccrlcss; for I persume likely'there in a committee t‘ look after ’em as they come in!” . “ What's tlio matter, Aunt Hannah?” asked. Mattie. “ Matter!” said Miss Bascomb, indig­ nantly. “ Matter enough, I sh’d say; Here's this piece o' sculpin' called ‘The Dyln’ Gladiator,’ an’ there aint no sign ■of’ a gladiator in It! The man that sculped it must 'a' been tryin’ t' play a joke on the committee, an’ a pooty poor joke 1 call it," “ What in a gladiator. Aunt Hannah?” asked the little girl, doubtfully. ‘ •Somethin' very much the same as .an alligator, child,” replied her aunt “Jest ahint the same as an alligator; .you've gbt the plctcr of an alligator t’ home, you know, in one o’ your books!" —Youth's Companion. A Courteous Invitation, • iMCrc—Awfully polite fellow your Denver cousin, 3111ns Kertess—He was a'little taw when he first came, la.he improving?' I)ir re - Wonderfully. Wlven he won the last big jack-pot from me laat nlghl ■ he told me I must he aura teeall again. Inglmn implements and a vessel toTioIcT the powder, he retired to his house, fearing an accident and not wishing to be held accountable. In a short time the negro appeared; **Doy ain’t no pow­ der dcre, sah; dis am whisky.” The Gorman could hardly believe his eyes, but it certainly looked like whis­ ky—and it smelt like whisky—but taste it ho would'not, for it might be poison­ ed; still, it was too rare to lose, and— old doe would hot count—ho would try it oil liiin! lie poured out a good cup­ ful and gave it with the money to the Negro, -The man drank and smacked his .lips “ It's, fine linker, boss—I’se ’ bliged to you mightily.” and ho went off feeling the better for his potation. It was strong, for he was soon “drunk os a lord.” -After a sleep ho.woke to tell the story of,his discovery, with the offcct that there was an immediate search for bombs; ten were opened, and the contents helped to make convivial the celebration of the worsting of the fleet Later events brought the explanation of how the United States came to use the whisky as ammunition instead of powder. Flower Bluff fifteen" miles from "Corpus,” as the town is called “ for short,” is a great hunting ground, and during the war, as now, people reported hero for that purpose—notably Capt. Kitredgo of the United States navy. Southern troops'were too few to spare then fo y . unimportant points, so ho could with impunity sail around the bay at pleasure, land at the bluff, aud there hunt, lin'd buy butter,, milk and eggs from an old farmer who lived there. This, ho did nearly every other day, until at last th„oman came to town for supplies and told how the captain patronized liim. Ware’s cavalry at once proceeded there, hid- their horses in the sand-hills and themselves in the house, and when Kitredgo and seven men landed they took them prisoners. They also attempted to capture the steam launch and, three men who'manned it, but thc.^s escaped back to the fleet with ,tho nows. The prisoners were taken to Corpus Christi and were given the free­ dom of the town. .'Col. Ilobby allowed Capt. Kitredgo to send a boat to bis flag-ship and procure nil the luxuries lie desired. Once when these two were taking dinner together and enjoying sqme of the northerner’s fine liquor, the southern commander told the talc of the whisky.iu the bombs. Kitredgo listened attentively and then laughed long and merrily. “ I ehn account,” said Jio, “ for the milk in the eocoamit-or, rather, the whisky hi the slielL .Some little time before the bombardment a barrel of my best Bourbon disappeared. I could find no trace o f it, yet regularly after watch the men were found to be smelling of liquor. No one knew .where it came from, how they got it, where they kept it; but liquor they had, that was" sure. You have given me the explanation; they must have drawn the charges from the shells that were pilgd on deck and filled them with the stuff, drinking it when, on watch. Evidently their store was not exhausted when I used the shells, I now comprehend why they would not explode—a fact which puzzled me at the time.” There Is still one of these shells In Corpus Christ!, and the gentleman through whose house it fell keeps it, unopened, as a relic of the days when the town was under fire.—Frank Les­ lie’s Weekly. A NIGHT WHEN ALL WAS PEACE. Story of a War Incident in the Shenandoah Valley* It was a bright moonlight bight in Oc­ tober. The peisimmon trees along the roadside were heavy with fruit just be­ ing touched by the first frosts, and now and then we caught the pattering foot­ steps o f coon or 'possum on the dry leaves under the forest trees There was war in the beautiful Shen­ andoah valley—bitter war, with rough riders scouting .tlio country to burn and pillage ahd add still further burdens to the old men and women left tit home. We know, this, and yet as we rode soft­ ly along the highway growing’ up to grass, and heard the songs of the crick­ ets and the cries of the whippoorwill, there was no bitterness in any man's heart. It Was a night so calm and gen­ tle that one forgot his enemies and re­ membered only his friends. There was only a corporal's guard of us—in escort for the mail-rider. As wo came to the bast and west road and hatted a moment to listen to the bark­ ing o f a Watch-dog afar off, there sud­ denly came to onr ears the clatter of a boras’* i>et coming west at a gallop, We drew hack into the shadow, dressed onr line, and «v«ry man nnslung bis earbine. . " “ Fire at his horse if he refuses to halt,” whispered the corporal, and the next minute he had cried “ Halt!” to’ the stranger. The unknown pulled u p bo suddenly that his horse reared, wheeled about, and fell down, Three o f us were off our liorses in&tthrice, ami while two ad­ vanced iqon the stranger tlio_tlncjl caught bis steed as it strugglecTup. “ Its's a woman!" exclaimed one of the men who bad placed his hand upon her shoulder before lie detected her sex; „ iso it was. Sho. moved out of the shadow cast by the branches of » road, side tree .and stood full iu the moon­ light. Wo drew nearer and looked up-, on her with wonder and admiration. She was not a woman, but a girl'of twenty, handsome of face and trim of figure,.'and she looked from man to man and uttered never a word. She -had-boen wtthin-ourltnest-sho-was-r'id- intr towards those of' Fitzhugh Lee. A courier anyhow—a spy, almost without a doubt Aud for what seemed five long min­ utes no one spoke. The soft, white moonlight seemed to compel silence; the songs of the crickets were songs of peace; in the thickets the Whippoorwill, swelled her breast and lovingly called her mate.. At length the corporal slowly swung himself out of his saddle. He was a bronzed-faced old fighter of many battles.- He motioned to the man holding her horse and the animal was led nearer. Then he knefi^ and held out his big, sunburned hand for her dainty foot She placed it there and vaulted to her seat—we drew back and uncovered our heads,- aud with a nod of her head she was off to the west —to find a clear road, to the enemy’s lines! “ What made you do it, corporal?” I whispered as we rodo on in silence. ‘ •'Twas -tlio will of Heaven!" he* re­ plied as he uncovered his head. “ To­ day we had war: to-night God sends us peace!’’—M. Quad, in N. Y: World. SOLDIERS AT DIVINE SERVICE. They Appeared Ilovotit Fjinusli to Sat­ isfy the Most ICvactlng of Army Marti­ nets. . i Maj. Rnndlctt, of the Ninth cavalry, was a good soldier and a man pf disci­ pline, but he believed in allowing the men some sort of liberty so long as they remained within the bounds of reason, lie never urged them to. attend relig­ ious service, and there wero a good many of them who never went He seldom asked wliat they were doing when off duty, so loug as he knew they. would .probably bo ready when duty called thoim One day his: post was vis­ ited by a colonel commanding, and every' one got ready to go on good be­ havior. There was no order, or any­ thing of that kill'd, but it was well known the colonel disliked the general looseness of army morals, ami particu­ larly disliked seeing men ahd officers, lounging about their quarters on1Sun­ day, when they .should be at church. He had spuken-of the matter so often, and his views were so well known that Mnj. Rnndlctt resolved to win his ap­ proval, and then tell him how it was done. ‘ Wo, on Saturday evening at retreat lie issued an order that never had been Issued before. All the companies wore drawn -up in line for roll-call, the first sorgcuuts took their positions .before them, and at tlio proper distance were the company officers. At his regulation distance from these stood tlio visiting colonel commanding the regiment. ‘He- listened to the strains of the band and approved them. He heard the sergeatitn call tlio roll and report in the swift mil itary monotone that the companies were presented or accounted for, and then lie heard those same sergeants turn to the men and recite another or­ der, retire to their po3ts and the parade ended. What the sergeant had said in that last moment lie did not know, but supposed it was something about fa­ tigue. lie received the reports of the cupttfins and dismissed the companies. .Next morning he was surprised to see what clean and tidy men Mnj. Rand- lett had in his command. Every one of his men had on clean clothes, whether or not ou duty, and every one, when the time came, went up to the Catholic church just beyond the reser­ vation lines. There was no chaplain at the post. The colonelwent to mass, as ho was a devout Catholic, and felt .proud to be in the same army with a lot of men who kept the Sabbath so well and made themselves so tidy. At dinner he asked Mnj, llandlett how he had managed to bring*his men into such a commendable habit, but Randlett only parried the question, Two years afterward, however, tho two men met at a dinner in ‘Washing­ ton and the-colonel was telling of the excellent Sunday observance in ltand- lctt's command. He could nob speak in sufficiently high terms of that por­ tion Of the Ninth Cavalry. “ I'll tell yon litiW it happened," said the major.; “ IIow?” asked the colonel. “ Well, after the sergeants finished calling the roll that night I had them read the following order, which I was sure you would not be able to hear and would probable not. find on the hooks! ‘AH men not on guard who attend mass to-morrow morning will he excused from duty. All men who do not attefid mass to*htorrow’ m&rning are for - fatigue.’ And them Was only on* man who didn't gd ” “ Whowasthat)’" ‘‘A recruit who thought ‘fatigue’ meant rB»ting.’’--ChkiafO Tler«ld. IN WOMAN’S BEHALF. MUSIC HER FORTE. Tlio Work of #H»*Maude ValjcrleWhite, *9 Kiigllnh httiljr. Miss Maude Valerio White whose vo­ cal composition have brought her into prominence as’ possessing musical tal­ ents of a high order, was born . at Dieppe .Tunc 29, 1850. Her parents were English and,lived at Valparaiso, where tier father was in business as a merchant Miss White has seen a great deal of the world, for, though bpcu in France, sho subsequently passed many of the early years of her life in Chili, whither, by the'by,, she has recently gone on an extended visit to her two married sisters; sho’ was for two years at Heidelberg, and it was not until she was well advanced in her teens that she took up. h e r , residence in .England, Twherc-she-firstrrcceivcd—instruction-4n- music.-from W. S. Rockstro, and after­ ward at • Queen's , college, from O.Uve May, to whose assiduous care and classic taste she attvibutesVnuch of her ultimate success. In 187(1 she entered the Royal Academy of Music as a stu­ dent, studying compositions under the .late Sir G. A. Mucfarren and piano­ forte playing under his brother, Walter Macfarren; in 1879 she gained .tho Men- delsshon scholarship, the committee of which decided she should continue her studies at the royal academy with these professors and F* W. Davenport- It was .Charles Santly to whom the credit belonged of having first revealed' to the public MissWhite’s very remark*, able talents, for, having one day at the academy becn-prevailed on to try over her setting of “Montrose’s Love Song,” lie was so impressed with, the beauty •and originality of that composition that lie went. through it- again and again, and afterward made its success with tlio public by liis splendid singing of the song all over the country. To this great vocalist the mvtsieal world also owes its acquaintance with her beau­ tiful songs “ Absent Yet Present,” "The Devout Lover," and her characteristic setting of Heine's poem "Ein Jangling liebt ein Madchen." Failing health necessitated the retirement of Miss White from’ the academy in 1881," when slie was created ap associate; but be­ fore leaving sho produced at one of the public concerts of the.instituticn a mass for solo and chorus, with orchestra. Two years’ sojourn in tlio genial cli­ mate Of Chili restored-her to health and musical activity,- and,- after studying for a short time in Vienna she took up her residence again in London, whiqh she lias since made her’ headquarters. Miss White is a highly, accomplished linguist and speaks and .writes .perfect-, ly in French, German, Italian and Spanish, besides English, .and-this cir­ cumstance may account for her having set. to music so many German and French lyrics and for the singular pro­ priety with which lias observed the accent and motor of verses in these and her own mother tongue.—-Chicago Post. WHAT IS WANTED. A Iloinniul Tor It:ir1it<lor Ainrtimmta for. Women 11 tlio I,:<rRO Citk-H. The demand for bachelor apartments for women in New York city is grow­ ing more and more urgent every year, ns tlio great metropolis attracts to her­ self n steadily increasing corps of single ■self-supporting ivbincn. Back hall bed­ rooms.and the grim, dretlry boarding­ house parlor used in tlio early days of feminine independence to Suffice*, since pioneers in a worthy cause can put up ^ith many inconveniences posterity will not tolerate. When women began life at first alone and in a city, tho salaries were small and tho earners thereof clung to the respectable but shabby boarding-house, fearful to take a bolder stop. Now, however, we have changed all that. The young woman, immediately she can earn more tliafi will pay for one room hack, begins tg dream of certain privileges and possessions that can never bo hers in the hoarding-house. In the attempt to make the dream a reality she falls into the habit of ex­ amining smalt flats, floors for rent, etc., but uothing so fulfills her ideal as the bachelor apartments—those especially built for the unmarried man. There she sees space sufficient, yet never too great, and all so well arraigned. There are all the foundation comforts of home, with never a responsibility, and the price not out of her reach'. But this clysium is sot apart for mas­ culine use and pleasure alone, and who will build snch a castle of delight for women? If a lodging-house is prepared for women it is hedged,about with a barrier of yules and regulations that no seif-rcspecting, independent fcmtilc would or could submit. to. One had rather suffer the little back room than endure restrictions suitable, perhaps, for an old-fashioned girl's boarding- school * It would seem, however, that the time had arrived for prejudice and sus­ picion to be laid aside, and an apart­ menthouse arranged for feminine occu­ pants. Whoever may undertake such an investment will do well to profit by foregoing examples, and let the pretty suites o f rooms fb women on very nearly the same terms that hold good with the bachelor housekeepers. Tho lady managers o f tho New Orleans Woman's club some years ago inaugu­ rated the unheard-of plan o f letting the unused rooms, of the club house to working women, on truly masculine terms. To the astonishment o f the in­ credulous, aud thedslight of the mono- S era, the schema worked like a charm, leery room ia filled with desirable ten­ ants. who, triumphing in their digs freedom, in their latch keys, and; confidence o f others, prove the right \ the >spinster to enjoy equal privile with the bachelor.—Illustrated A« ican. ■ NOT AS IT WAS* Note, tile Clmnpe y l Tiling* Iu tho lion liolil In th e Vast Vaw Yean, The woman’s question .is the pa mount question of the day, and in j varied inteipretations is as interesti* now as in the days when Dr. J. G. IIoh| land included ■the..theme among Jiiii lectures, After Ilia woman lecture a New England town, where emanci-f pation hud been embraced to a consid/ erablc extent, a young lady who wcj engaged in the study of medicine said to him: “ Doctor, what you say is very : 'good for women who have husband*^ and children, but what do you Say. to those of us who have none?” _____ “ I say got them," answered the doe-l tor. Apropos of this woman question fi | may bp pertinent to ask why, in th&'i name of all that is reasonable, is it any| more dangerous to society for a woman to neglect certain wifely duties once in­ cluded in her sphere o f action than iot a man to shirk all home' responslbilitiei except, that of growling about th# things tho woman leaves, undone? Now* . ..v . ... . . in the humble homes which the mas- Christian Inquiper. writer and lecturer extols so eloquent-.' ly,. where the ideal wife looks well to:., . „ ,. ... . tlio wavs of her household, the has- iwtalt the seeds* To each band i kindles .the fires, sweeps- the. fcujt add throe pints o f cold walks, splits the kindlings, brings- up the coal, does the marketing, and lends-; a hand on Mondays. . Who kindles the fires in. the city household? The maid servant. ■ ~ Who scrubs the stoop and pavement? The man servant. Wlio mends the broken • lock or re-; duces the refactory hinges? / The locksmith. Who docs the marketing and settle! tho bills and hears the growling be-, cause they are larger than they were last week? The wife, '' ' Wliat particular use is the -city bus-’ band in the household “Just to pay for fault,” one exasperated wife says. And why is it so much more to be de*n plored tliat'thc wife" doesn't do her. oivs lawyer and .missionary worker. She bclqngs to a,high-caste family in Tpldo, where she educated and studied, law, being tlio first Japanese woman to ever take up that profession. Being so | unfortunate as to have a drunken hus­ band. Mrs. Tel Sono resolved to getrid of him by .coming to America, which she did, making hci; first appearance in’1 this country at tlio annual convention of the, Worjd’s Woman’s G T. U. is Boston last autumn, where she entered tho field of temperance workers. . She is now traveling and lecturing on tom; pnrance and recently spoico iu Was! ington city. It is said of her that Shoh| really an interesting speaker, and while her English is a bit choppy, her qualn expressions Increase rather than de-'j tract from her lectures. Upsides beinf an enthusiastic temperance, worker, sli«: is an ardent Christian and a good ex- hortcr. When a lady was presented whose friend she knew sho kissed ,hef and said: “ Praise the Lord.” Whc#l she was through her lecture dlie Hold a regular recep* ion, when all had *] chance to greet her. Sho is an amiable and intelligent little lady,and evidently! is very much in earnest in hen temper anco work. INTERESTING NOTES. HOUSEHOLD brev i -K e ro sen e pH w ill rem ov Lemon Show (with cor; a pint Of boiling wate g tablespoonfuis o f > !*t with eold' Water), the lemons, one and a qm of sugar* Remove f rotr. •jyben a- little cool he bites o f three eggs. Turn and pour custard aroun Budget -Th* question is often asV will pastry keep?” i ,pfcin cold weather for a . 's providing a damp clo pit, or in. case of puff p;i bed op the outside with 1 vered closely. This prove i »t forming over .the paste, [certain to do if it is put m [plate or In "a bowl without . Y, Tribune;— ------------------- —Railway Pudding.—Thre- [of a breakfast cup of flour, d dittosugar, teaspoonful bakin ino egg, mix all quickly tog- ko in a £hallow dish in a q from ton minutes to a qu;u hour.' Serve with jam. capital pudding for a busy in itcan be made and baked preceding, coursey is being ^Qrange Marmalade—S, oranges-very thin and out sim itstand fiwenty-fou'r hours, 1 Ifll the fruit is tender. Let ©l.next day. Then add one Agar to one and one-half j huitt-and boil till the fruit jarCnL >which will be fro aihutes to an, hour.—Good 1 NT- j ' —Rice Cream.—Bake one o riceia half a pint of milk. \vi dunamon. When done ret skin from the top. Dissolve o ounce gelatine, that has bee aa jittle cold milk, in half : toiling milk, add tho yolk o ind three tablespodnfnls i Agar, Stir over the fire for lies, ini* it with the rice, tin anyway? ft m x l cn in ^things and find aa mould to set Serve in a vith!raspberry jam put rourid littlepiles—Housekeeper. —Cake.—An excellent re cooking if she can earn -more money at; ske And one which may be, u something else than that the inan Variety*o f ways is the f- should not make his own trousers andj Jnecupof butter, one of mill split -the kindlings evening instead of ; i##r,.three o f flour, four e . going to his club?—N. Y. Sun, ■! Bjspoonfuls of baling pOwd likes a large loaf cake and Accomplished Mrs. Tel Sono. lice With a cup of shredde Airs. Tel Sono is a bright little Jap-' fitted. Half, the quantity anosa lady who has won considerable; ood layer cake, and half : distinction as a temperance-lecturer; < mount with a cup of niced.v arrants added to the mixtm-i ;t{Mrbaked in gem-pans V . Children.—Christian Unioi -Scalloped Potatoc*.—I’u thin potatoes enough . ai. Urense a pudding-db a tea-spoon of sweet butt ‘ttora, put in a layer of inkle with salt, and fleck \ butter, dredge on, a.little i hr layer of potatoes and hn the dish is filled, or the :kaustcd, add sweet rich mill vpr. Place in the oven u ly.1 Bake' for forty-five Until tender, remove cove: Wn over the top. Serve :-dish. An oven a littie sk TiiKltn is a womah in Oregon who has worked twenty years at stonecuh ting. Miss M at L. D esmond , a Boston pub* . _ ________ _ lie school-teacher, lias been appointed rfflecss gowns with sii *h: confidential clerk to the commissioner ad Very short trains are of Indian affairs at Washington. ' Miss M ahed D uni . ap , a graduate of the Philadelphia School of Design, ia* been appointed one of the five ladiesW decorate palace car interiors at ITU* mington, I)cl. T he London School of Medicine of Women attracts students not only froi* India, hut from European countries, where women have fewer facilities fof the study of medicine. A nnie R. 'C hittenden ,’ of Osceoie. Ia., has patented a road-cart which b designed to support the weight of the occupants on the axle, relieving tb* animal of all strain, and obviating ~ disagreeable jar frequently found carts as now constructed. ’ M rs . L ilt L ord T irrr has beep pointed on the board o f school exsm- era in Buffalo, N. Y. She is the ft woman in Buffalo to hold such a pcsb tion, and her appointment is lap due to the effortsjof the Women’s rational.and Industrial union, fiheb said to be exceptionally competent. M rs . Oi.tl’iiANT lias just complete* her “History of the Holy Land.” Ta* material was all gathered by heftfif during a tour through there two yew* ago in company with bar eons. M# Oliphant’s health has never been tame since the death o f her youngH*; non a year ago. and eita is kept ia " state o f constant suspense by th# oats condition o f fasr nunsinin f sou. M; thanone too quick, as mill: easily.—Home. Velvet Contg. Any woman who wishes :l li tutnc to wear “ for best" • ent time until the June ow cart do -no better than t ■Utlsouie velvet coat of go< perfect fit, to be worn oi Irtof fine Venetian or la li* ered with a velvet hen 'hich are passementerie p> s of tho velvet. This -Id bo elegant in shades green, nut brown, pah* i. h violet velvet coat, fawn v brdwri velvet, or stem gr. moss velvet, etc. K * rtek polonaises and pe-f,*. *riy importations Cspecmlly ••tames, and they tire so , lrl« f-nd decoration as to he i ‘ all figures.—N. y . i »0 m . Mi# Hats of I'rciHli Won Trench Women have a st*.' . ■the picturesque. They *-!< * dariftg in their airv arr.u flCWCrs* butterflies," lace turning, as well as in the <■ es i',to which they so their hats. As a ‘rule, n quid; eyo for color, a precise unil exacting in t » f perfect matching of sh; ‘“ illy adeceed in produchi Us ensemble, being <> la tha combination of Subdued tints and.h were favored than dee t Shades, though oi * cj •salmost startled t>v s nne “ viHd oosttfcM*, or dash of i Hums Journal. KUOf-ke.f Qt *k tj Job—Moat Starved t 1 ain’t « t nothin’ in font . ‘ _ WilHe-vTliat s fcfftottdn*y* kin hook? * * Bili. an -*f Fil bock that,” "ilaHr* ■.Kl (I i <r is-..