Lititz Record

              Published E y e r y F r i d a y M o r n i n g by
J. F R A N K BUCH.
OFFICE—On Broad street, Lititz,
Lancaster County, Pa.
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i t i t z , LI-NC. Go.. P a .
IJ1HE OLD
Lititz Batejani Confectionery.
In addition to its extensive daily output
of Bread, Rolls, Buns and Cakes, will con-s
t a n t ly receive and keep in stock
F r e s h ' Candies,
D r i e d F r u i t s,
N u t s o f a l l k i n d s ,
O r a n g e s , Bananas,
W h i t e Grapes, &o.
Afresh stock just received, which will be
«old at Special Low Prices.
I. F. Bomberger.
EgGpach'g B^en],
LITITZ PA.
Fresh. Bread, Rolls,
Buns, Sweet Cakes,
Streislers, Sugar
Cakes, &;c.,
Served dall in town and country. All ord*n
for funerals or public gatherings promptly
attended to. A special feature in t h e busln«*i
will be I he baking of GENUINE BYE wa4
BRAN BREAD. My aim shall be furnish t
good article at all times. Give me a trial ttaf
satisfy yourself.
Have also added all necessary tools for or
namenting cakes, and am now prepared U
ornament cakes for weddings and parties la
u y style desired.
HORACE U KSCKBAOBL
m W BAKERY.
The undersigned, having opened a new
Bakery in the village of tjnionville, Penn
township, would be pleased to have a share
of public patronage. He is daily prei ared
to serve
FRESH BREAD
(Wheat and Itye, pan and hearth baked),
Cakes, Ilolls, Buns, Biscuits, Cinnamon
lakes, &u., at the Bakery, or by the delivery
wagon, which will make regular trips
throughout this vicinity and through Lititz
every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY.
•KSf-Oakes for Weddings and Parties baked
and oruiiinentea t o order.
Funeral orders served on short notice, and
at reason* ble rates.
6may-ly DANIEL GRAUL.
WARWICK HOUSE.
ONE SQUARE N. OP R. It. STATION
L I T I T 2 , P A .
This well-known Hotel is conducted in good
style a n d offers excellent accommodations to
the traveling public at the lowest rates.
W H E N Y o u COME TO L I T I T Z STOP HERE.
i \ G. CARPENTER, Prop.
STURGIS HOUSE
HOTEL :-AIB-:-RESTAüßMT,
L I T I T Z , P A.
This well-known House still continues to
accommodate the public in t h e manner so
well known and highly appreciated by its
many patrons.
—THE CHOICEST-XT
THE BAR.
I-iAGE I B E E R a n d o t h e r R E F R E S H -
MENTS at al 1 t i m es.
Returning thanks for many past favors. I
hope to receive your patronage in the future,
KDW. S. STURGIS, P r o p ' r.
Lititz Springs Hotel,
LITITZ, PA.
This well-known House, centrally located
•in the town of Lititz, half a square from the
railroa 1 depot, is prepared for the accommo-dation
or' guests at all time*, and will be
specially piepared for any number
DU KING THE LITITZ FAIR WEEK.
CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS ami CIGARS
••: AT THE BAll.
in the Basement of the House, where all
kinds of Refreshments can be had.
16sep-tf P. G. R I N G E R , P r o p ' r.
J ) E N N HOTEL,
PENN, LANCASTER CO., PA.
The proprietor has ample accommodations
for the traveling public at reasonable rates.
The bar is well stocked with choice
LIQUORS, WINES AND CIGARS.
In passing by the way stop.
loct84 B. J. 1BACH, Prop'r.
Union House,
AKRON, PA.
All neccessary accommodations for man
and beast, at the most reasonable rates. All
kinds of Temperance Drinks and Choice
Cigars a t t h e bar. The house is one of the
finest buildings in the village. When travel-ing
the way please give me a call.
"^¿•Telephone connection.
J O H N A. GETZ,
81un-tf Proprietor.
S T E AM
CIGAR BOX MANUFACTORY.
The subscriber lias opened a Cigar-box
Manufactory in Lititz,in rear of Bread street,
and having modern improved machinery,
6an make'
All |mdg of Cigaii Bo^eg
AS LOW IN PRICE
as oan be.had elsewhere.
All frotft promptly executed in neat and
good style.
Labels of all designs furnished. I should
feel thankful to my friends and others for a
snare of .their patronage.
Telephone Connection.
WM. M. AMER,
20nov86 LITITZ.
PHOTOGRAPHER.
<XPRICE LIST>
from $2.00 to 15.00
from $2.00 to 12.00
from 75c. to 4 50
from $1.00 to $2.50
from 50c. to $2.00
Ready-made Overcoats,
Suits,
Suits made to order,
from $8.00 to $35.00 Overcoats made to order,
from $8.00 to 28.00
Knit Jackets,
Wool Shirts,
White Shirts,
Percale Shirts, from 50c. to $1.50 Undershirts and Drawers,
from 25c. to $2.00
Red Underwear,
Also Camelshair,
Bows and Cravats,
Silk Handkerchiefs,
Gloves,
Hose and Half-hose,
Umbrellas,
Suspenders, from 25c. to $1.00 Linen and Celluloid Collars,
15c. and 20c Linen and Celluloid Cuffs,
25c. and 40e Paper Collars per box,
from 10c. up Hats,
from 25c. to $4.50 Caps,
from 15c. to $10.00
FUR CAPS! IDE CAPS! MUFFLERS, SCARFS
AND PUR MUFFLERS!
Gum Caps,
50 cents. Gum Coats,
from $1.25 to $6.00
By calling at my Store on Broad Street, you will find that at the
above prices any of these Goods can be had.
T T v ^ s u l t e x H E . S ' ^ e l l ,
RECORD BUILDING, LITITZ, PA.
from 75c. to $2.00
• at $1.50
from 5c. to $1.00
from 10c. to $1.50
from 10c. to $3.50
from 5c. to 50c
irom 75c. to $3.00
J. STUMP $ CO.,
Black Cashmeres, Dress Flannels, Delaines from 5 cents per yard. up. A wry
nice line Delaines at TO cents a yard. Century Cloths, Dress Ginghams,
COMFORTS AND BLANKETS,
Ladies' Balmorals, 2 for 75 cents. Ladies' and Gents' Underwear in White,
Scarlet and colored. Warners Flexible Hip Corsets, Ramona Corset, good
make; also the Comfort Hip, Acme, Leonta, Improved, Coraline, &c.
A large line of Saxony Yarns, in White, Black and Colors, at ioc, 12c
and i2%cper ounce.
CALIFORNIA HONEY,
JELLY S i t PAILS.
COFFEES ARE HIGH IN PRICE.
r p T n A Q A very good IMPERIAL or ' OOLONY TEA at
J.UJ3.U 10 cents per % pound.
Pilsberry and Bushong and other makes flour.
STUMP & CO.,
ZMLAJOT S T I R / I E Z E T , L I T I T Z ,
T M M I BONE ! WRAPPER - LEAF BRAND
A f l t f f i R t A T I * 1 A SPECIAL MANURE FOR r lOSr HATE I SEED LEAF TOBACCOS
OUICINAI. MANUi'ACTCKEKB OP I
RAW BONE SUPER-PHOSPHATE.
Combined capacity of our works :
7500(J tons per year, and still increasing. [
BAUBH & SONS COMPANY,
PHILADELPHIA. W
JJ.. CB.. KMKUE<XSFE.LIÍM. AKNll,z aBboitwl.mtnawiuni vUle.
HII.I ÍIRf.E H .fEc IRSOE.H CKoElRum, b<i>a..i .itryvllln.
I¡.V PKIWIEHNAEPOSAEKIt , &S ti[nJAabtluirl.fIf:., ltlrd-ln.fraud. HEKSIIKY & EBV, Manheim.
Man u fact livers and
Importers«
FOB SA£E BY
E. KACFFMATf Ss SOJT, Lititz.
N. H. 8PHEOHER. F.phrntu.
HESSE» & WESKEB. New Holland.
J0112« 8; WALLACE. Christiana.
J . MA«T, Hwl'i .«tore.
W. 1). SPBECHEB & SON, Iwicastw.
G VT. RAMSEY. DOUBLE EACLE PHOSPHAJ .T SE. ,H CAaCKm irMld A«S«, . Hastenumville.
For a good Cabinet Picture for i i per doz.
call at
15 WEST KING ST., below COOPER HOUSE
LANCASTER.
Copying and e n l a r g i n g ^ all sizes.
Also Crayon Band large work doneupinthe
beststyle. novlO
PHOTOGRAPHS.
t h e Philadelphia Photographer, at
t h e LITITZ. GALLERY. - F l ue
Cabinets o n l y $ 2 . 0 0 per dozen.
^ N YTHING YOU MAY NEED IN LARGE
P E A G O A L
for burning lime or for family use. Hard
and Medium Chestnut, Stove and Egg,
Lykens' Valley, Chestnut or Stove Coal a t
the lowest market prices. Having a com-plete
assortment of all k i n d s of
LUMBER, SHINGLES,
Lathe, Pickets, &c., I am prepared to sell
at low Figures. Always on hand the
B E S T Q U A L I T Y S L A T E ,
which I will sell at lowest market prices.
Guarantee satisfaction a n d will be pleased to
have your patronage or have you call and
examine my stock of Coal, Lumber and
Slate.
l i j an
M E . S . H I E S S ,
Lititz, P e n i l a.
"V^/^VTT can live at.home, and makfesaose
JL W U money at work jor us, t h a n at
anything else in this world. Capital not
needed; you are started free. Both sexes;:
all ages. Any one can do the work. Large
earnings sure from the first, start. Costly out-fit
and terms free. Better not delay. Costs
you nothing to send us your address and
find out; if you are wise you will do so a t
once. II. HAILKTT & Co.,Portland, Maine
— P r i n t i n g at shortest notice at the
RECORD office.
150,000! $50,000!!
Persons thinking about taking out a
LIFE IM^AJIdE pOLlCY,
will do well to consult with F. P. HART,
special agent for the
NORTHWESTERN COMPANY
$2,000,000 in Lancaster county, «50,000 of which
is in Lititz.
W« offer t h e best terms and largest divi-dends
of any company in t h e United States.
I n past 28 years has paid 814,282,568.91, in
death losses, and received in Interest on Its
investments S20,366,758.52.
Send me your name and age, and I will
send you a n estimate of what il,000 costs in
thijs company.
•WA11 business strictly confidential, cir-culars
sent free on application.
P. P. HART, Special Agent.
17je-3m Lititz, Pa.
WOMAI M HOME.
MORE MONEY IN CANDY MAKING
THAN IN MANUSCRIPT.
Hints for the Household—An Undesirabl«
Habit—Care of Lamps—Woman's Friend-sliip—
Her Specialty —Good Breeding.
Bostonian Desserts—Stray Items.
"The one or two literary friends I had ad-vised
me to write a novel, and give up all
other duties to do it. I had not sufficient
faith in myself for that, but was persuaded
by an experienced friend to write a serial
story of a melodramatic character, merely as
a pot boiler, for to make money had become
a stern necessity. As the story had to be full
of moral purpose, and would do good rather
than harm, I swallowed my instincts and be-gan
it without the smallest belief in my own
powers for writing sensational work. Never-theless,
I was determined to finish it; if not
good of its kind, at least I had not neglected
to make the effort.
"Just as it was finished there was a great
stagnation in the periodical trade, and I re
ceived the manuscript back, saying that" it
had not been read because, in consequence of
the dull times, no manuscripts were being
purchased. I then gave up the idea of sensa-tional
literature and returned to Plainfield,
N. J., where I had formerly resided. The
friend with whom I stayed, like myself, was
short of ready money. In considering the
means oC making it, she suggested if I could
make certain articles she had eaten at my
house during the days I was studying Gouffe,
she could find a ready sale among her friends,
of whom she had a very large circle.
"We devoted $1 worth of material to the
experiment. .Our though!s turned only to
candy and candied fruits. Gouffe gave one
form of candy, which I had tried in former
days, because I could not realize that sugar
and water, boiled, could ever be rolled out
like dough. I satisfied jnyself that it was
and went 110 further into the matter and
thought 110 more of it until reminded of it by
my friend. I experimented and succeeded in
making little squares, or tablets of cream
candy, which seemed quite wonderful at the
timo. After many experiments and failures
I succeeded in candying some fruit.
"These were sent out as samples by my
friend, and during the interval I went 011 ex-perimenting
and succeeded in making candies
that made me ashamed of the sample. It was
suggested, also, that English plum puddings,
for the making of which I had some reputa-tion,
on account of their keeping qualities,
would be very likely to sell. My hostess at-tended
to the sale, took the improved samples
of candies to New York, and found her friends
delighted with them. The "Woman's ex-change
also took them. She returned home
with orders for Thanksgiving, to be all filled
within a week, which, considering that I was
only in the experimental stage, that we t ad
not a convenience and were 011 tho top of a
till three miles from town, knew nothing of
waxed paper or almond paste, or anything of
the kind, was simply appalling, for the orders
wore for many pounds of candies and many
others for Christmas puddings and cakes.
We knew not one must be refused. We had
no servant and could get none, but did get a
woman at odd times during the week to wash
up. Myself and friend worked far into the
night from very early morning. For hours I
stood boiling sugar, pot after pot, while as it
cooled she worked it, then during any interval
we washed currants, stoned a few raisins or
blanched almonds, in short, working inces-santly,
not stopping even for meals.
"Every order was filled, and before we had
time to look around, orders began coming in
again, and then they came not only for arti-cles
we professed to make, but for many
others. On« lady wanted macaroons, if she
could have them. I had made macaroons
years before, and as-it became our business
to refuse no order whatever, the macaroons
were experimented with, until such as would
compare with tho best were produced. Many
of these were sold at the Woman's exchange,
as was our candy also. But before Christ-ina",
private orders came so thick that noth-ing
could be sent to the exchange. For
Christmas and New Years, over sixty pounds
W French candy, one hundred and odd plum
j»4ding3, besides sponge cake, macaroons,
jpojwd cake and jumbles, were ordered, and:
.every order filled; we worked for weeks, be-fore
SNA al'ter Christmas, eighteen hours a
day, f<w the demand continued all through
the holiday mason. And we candied our own
orange and lemon peel, and had none of the
aids to labor we iwight have procured had wo
anticipated such ¡seeeess.
"Dui'iug Lent, when there was a'lull, I went
for a f ew weeks to New York, and read and
jnade notes on everything I could find on
confectionery in the Aster library. There
were few modern books of much service,, and
then, for the first time, I found my acquire-ment
of Italian and French stand me in good
stead, for I was able to glean some valuable
Ideas f r om old Italian and French confection-
C1-S. During this interval I was asked, by
the owner of one of Sardou's plays, to trans-late
it tor her, as she was not satisfied with
the translation she had. I agreed to do it in
the summer, and went back to my friend to
experiment 011 the contents of my note book,
"A few weeks later I took a cottage much
nearer the depot, with the intention of carry-ing
on the business of making plum pudding,
emkes, etc., the next winter. But, mean-while,
I translated the play and turned some
note's that I had ready for a lecture, which I
found I had not the courage to deliver, into
some articles, afterward printed in Scribner's
Monthly. I then wrote 'Culture and Cook-ing,'
affld sent my sensational story again 011
its travels, as times had become more pros-perous.
This time it did not come back, but
witfe t t e «.sceptaoce and a liberal check came
aii oiler of .steady, work on a weekly journal,
provided I agreed to write only for that one
periodical. This agreement was made, with
the privilege of writing tor GasseH's Maga-zine,
in London, to which I had been some
time a contributor, and the engagement jus-tified
me in giving up for the time being the
business of candy and pudding making en-tirely
to my former hostess and friend, who,
by her energy and business ability, had helped
so largely to make it a success."—Catherine
Owen iu G ood Housekeeping.
ICuregiaaranteed
lbyDr,JB Mayer
83lAreh S t P h i la
Pa.Easeatonce
No operation or business delay. Thousands
ofcures. AtKeystone House, Reading, Pa.,
2d Saturday of each month. Send for circu-lars.
Advice free.
An Undesirable Habit.
A habit very common with a number of our
thoughtless young- ladies, who do a great
many things quietly which they would not
like to have known of at home—a habit de-serving
of the strongest condemnation—is
that of promiscuous correspondence with gen-tlemen,
whether the gentlemen be married or
single. The young ladies who find pleasure
in this habit use their pens on any pretext
that turns up, and sometimes on 110 pretext
at all. We are not really sure that tllis does
not come less under the head of an undesira-ble
liabit than a sin; for there is an indelicacy
about it quite amounting to immodesty, ol
which no girl who respects herself or who de-sires
the respect of otters will be guilty.
These young letter writers, however, gen-erally
get a fit reward for their thoughtless-ness
or their culpability in the end! For il
their correspondent is a man of systematic
habits, their letters are docketed and tick-eted,
and his clerks have ae much of a laugli
over them as tliey wish; and if he is not 1
systematic man, then those letters aw at the
mercy of any and every one who chooses to
waste time in reading them. And if their
correspondent is a married man, then his
possession of. their letters^ even of- the most
trivial kind, places the writers at a disad-vantage.
Sooner or later, too, in that case,
the letters fall into the hands of his wife; his
wife, who, long after the brief correspond-ence
lias been done with, usually remains
mistress of the situation, reads tho folly or
the wickedness with clear eyes, and holds the
writer not only in contempt, but in her
power. No young girl can be sure that her
correspondent is not merely amusing himself
with her; and it is often the case that her let-ters
are unwelcome and a nuisance, and he
does not check them and does reply to them,
not from interest in her, but mere manly
chivalry.
. And when the writer has recovered from
her folly, or forgotten about her idleness,
there: is the letter, in all probability still ex-tant,
in the possession of somebody, she knows
not whom,' ready to rise like an awful be-traying
ghost after she herself has possibly
undergone a change that will make her face
burn, branded with shame, should the letter
ever chance to confront her, or perhaps even
the memory of it. Her motive may have
been all innocence at the time, but it is left
forever under doubt; and, in fact, except in
the baldest business affair, there can be no
excuse, and therefore no innocence, in the
matter of a young girl's writing letters to any
man not her personal relative or guardian,
for about most of these letters there is an un-maidenliness
almost amounting to indecency,
and in the end her correspondent himself
never thinks other than lightly of her on ac-count
of them.—Harper's Bazar."
Hints for t h e Household.
Salt and water clean willow furniture.
For scraping kettles a large clam shell is
excellent.
To save table scrubbing have your dish
table covered with zinc.
Clean stoves wb,en cold with any stove pol-ish
mixed with alum water.
The foot of a coarse cotton stocking is su-perior
to a sponge for bathing purposes.
Fry some apples occasionally. Fried apples
will remove the edge f r om many a h i r d meal.
New tins should be set over the fire with
boiling water in them for several hours be-fore
food is put into them.
Lemon juice and sugar, mixed very thick,
is useful to relieve coughs and sore throats.
It must be very acid as well as sweet.
Spots may be taken from gilding by im-mersing
the article in a solution of alum in
pure soft water. Dry with sawdust.
A little borax added to the water in which
scarlet napkins and red bordered towels are
washed will prevent them f r om fading.
Plaster busts may be cleaned by dipping
them into thick ^liquid cold starch—clear
starch mixed with told water—and brushing
them when dry.
The latest wrinkle for luncheons in New
York is to serve the soup in cups instead of
plates, and the china stores are selling two
handled cups for the purpose.
Plaster of paris mixed with water about
like paste is good for closing cracks in stove
ovens, firebricks, old coal scuttles, water pots
and a great many other things.
When the nose threatens to bleed exce- si ve-ly,
it can sometimes be arrested by putting
the feet into hot water, or by applying a
mustard plaster between the shoulders.
For making hair oil that is not injurious to
the hair: Castor oil, % pint; So per cent, al-cohol,
J i pint; tincturecantharides, j o u n c e;
oil of bergamot, 2 drachms. Color the mix-ture
a pale pink with alkanet root.
The bottom of an old keg or butter firkin
makes a good mat to set your kettle on. Have
one or two hanging near the dish table.
Make a hole and put a string through to hang
it by.
Finger marks may be removed from var-nished
furniture by the use of a little sweet
oil upon a soft rag. Patient rubbing with
chloroform will remove paint from black silk
or any other material.
Steel knives which are not in general use
may be kept from rusting if they are dipped
in a strong solution of soda, one part water to
four of soda; then wipe dry, roll in flannel
and keep in a dry place.
Tea stains are very difHcult to get out if
neglected. They should be soaked in either
milk or warm water as soon as possible, and
then soaped and rubbed out. The next wash-ig
will efface them wholly.
One of the most common causes of stomach
and bowel troubles in children is the common
eustom of feeding very young children pota-toes,
rice and bread before their digestive ap-paratus
is capable of digesting these starchy
ingredients.
To take • creases out of drawing paper or
engravings lay the paper or engraving face
downward 011 a sheet of smooth, unsized,
white paper, cover it with another sheet of
the same very slightly damp and iron with a
moderately warm flatiron.
Woman's Friendship for Woman.
In spite of what satirists and sciolists may
have to say 011 the matter, so f a r as our own
view has extended we have always seen one
woman ready to be the friend of another
when she has once been plainly given to un-derstand
that her friendship is required and
will be of service, and we should advise no
young girj, no young wife, nor woman of
m&turar years, to seek aid and friendship, on
any occasion when she finds real need of those
commodities, from the other sex if there is a
good and geniie woman within ber reach,
t i i e mother" that is in every woman, that is
with hep from the day before her first doll
came, and will be with her after her last
grandbaby has done with dolls, rises at ap-peal,
brings her emotions into play, and all
her resources with tbem, enlists ail her ener-gies,
and makes Jjer ready to use every effort
for the other woman, Whether in sore distress
or just in teasing trouble,.
If she feels that vice must not be smiled
011, that malice must be cheeked, that paths
which lead to ileatli must be made hard to
tread, shall she be kinder than or superior to
that nature which, in visiting the sin» of the
fathers upon the children as a law of lierediiy,
does tho same thing? Yet where this mother
of pity is not to be found in a woman oh
righteous call, iind she neither feels nor re
spends to tho cry of trouble in another, then
that person may be a woman fair enough in
outward seeming, but in her heart she is no
lyoinan at all.—Harper's Bazar.
Woman's Specially.
We often speftli of the various differences,
mental and otherwise, between man and
woman. Among them all there is none more
striking than this, that man's work has been
highly specialized, while woman's has not.
True, several specialties have been .evolved
out of her original specialty—as weaving,
spinning,"baking, etc. But these new special-ties'
have mostly been given to men, not
women. To all intents and purposes woman
has now,. 85 ftlways, one specialty—house-keeping.
Hence the intense heredity of it, J.t is bred
in the bone. The carpenter's son may fK.il to
develop a special aptitude for working in
wood' biA the son of a long line of carpi n-ters,
whose, male mxoe^ors on his mother's
iide were also carpenters, Would b > sure to
This case never occurs. Masculine specialties
are numerous. Their specialties are not one,
but many. Now, if i t happens that one of
those ancestors had a specialty particularly
adapted to transmission, which had become a
part of his nature before his children were
born, his posterity may have inherited his
special aptitjide regardless of the occupations
of. their immediate male parents. But, of
course, i t would all the' timo bo diluted by its
mixture with aptitudes inherited through
other strains.
In the case of woman, every circumstance
conspires to make the special aptitude in-tensely
hereditary. It is acquired before the
birth of children, hence it is always trans-mitted.
It has been transmitted, undiluted,
from the female side through countless gen-erations.
I11 a certain sense woman inherits
masculine aptitudes from ber male ancestors,
but almost-, her onlv use of them is to trans-mit
them to her sons.—Henry J. Phllpott ill
Popular Science Monthly. THE DRY PLATE .PROCESS.
Lights of the Home.
If you burn your lamps all night cleanse
them daily; otherwise every other day will
be sufficient.
Sweeping days remove the lamps from the
room, and do not return until the dust set-tles.
Be sure to handle the chimney by the bot-tom
; it is always cool there and the finger
marks will not disfigure.
Iu fly time make some neat paper caps for
the chimneys.
Keep your burners bright. If boiling them
once in six months in sal soda will not do it
cast them aside and buy new ones. Throw
away defective ones as quickly as a piece of
dynamite.
Remember that wicks often become can-died,
work badly and emit an offensive odor.
To remedy this wash them once in six or
eight mouths in suds, rinse and dry.
Sew to the wick a strip of red or blue flan-nel
just its width and length; it looks pretty
and enables you to use all of the wick when
quite short.
In purchasing lamps be sure they are well
put together if of different materials. Those
with transparent reservoirs are more agreea-ble
and easier t o fill.
Learn how to blow out a light and teach
your children, thus avoiding danger, a disa-greeable
odor and a smoky chimney. Turn
the light down quite low, when a slight
breath f r om the top of the chimney puts it
out, then turn up the wick a trifle, leaving it
ready to light.—Estelle Mendell in Good
Housekeeping.
Essence of Good Breeding.
When you enter a room and are presented
to the hostess, t e r reception of you proves
t e r good breeding or her bad. Tho way in
which her children meet you—the way in
which at any age beyond the merest baby-hood
they speak and hold themselves—is as
eloquent oí their gentle training or ungentle
as is a correct accent or a provincial. No
idiosyncrasy mars the real essence of good
breeding, and all excuses made for lapses and
lesions áre futile. A well bred person may
be as shy as a hawk, and her limbs may be
as awkwardly hung together as so many
crooked sticks badly pinned. AH the samé
her good breeding will be evident, and nei-ther
her shyness nor her awkwardness will
tell against it. Though it costs her the well
known agonies to sustain a connected conver-sation,
and though by the very fact of her
shyness her brain will run dry, she will sus-tain
it with the most consummate politeness
if not always with the most flawless fluency.
She will put a restraint on herself and talk
her best, bad as that best may be, because
she is versed in the a r t and mystery of good
breeding and thinks of others rather than
herself.
But an ill bred person, if shy, is simply
boorish, and takes no trouble to conquer the
dumb demon within him, but gives way to
it and lets it conquer him at pleasure. You
feel that the excuse made for him or her by
those who want to smooth over asperities
with varnisli—that excuse of being so "dread-fully
shy" is no excuse at all. For you know
by experience how sweet and anxious to be
supple and at ease—for all the pain it costs
her—can be that well bred bundle of nerves
and fears, who is as timid as a hare and as
sensitivo as a mimosa, but also who is as
thoughtful for Others as the boor is disre-gunling.—
Home Journal.
Favorite Bostonian Desserts.
The Bo^tonians are fond of odd novelties of
the table. A favorite dessert of theirs is to
hollow out a block of ice and place within
cubes of muskmelon. It is cut up in the
morning, placed in the ice, covered with a
block of ice and served at 0 o'clock dinner.
Over this frozen melon is sprinkled sherry
and powdered sugar. Brown bread ice cream
is a favorite Boston dish. The brown bread
is permitted to become stale; it is then grated
into tho usual ingredients for ice cream and
is delicious. Huckleberry ice cream is also
appetizing and looks pretty. It makes an
ice cream almost as black,.'and is a novelty.
Huckleberry griddle cakes for breakfast and
fried sliced bananas are favorite dishes with
tho wealthy Bostonians, as; are also stewed
red currants. Almost all fresh fruits are
cooked as breakfast dishes, and stewed cu-cumbers
never prove injurious, while they
are an attractive dish. There is also at hand
to sip all day an ice pitcher filled with cream
of tartar water sweetened. This not only
cools the blood, but is a wonderful nervine,
as the French know, who invariably sip
sweetened water.—Boston Cor. Washington
Post. _ _ _ __
Lady Graduates.
The ladies have done well at Cambridge
and Dublin. At the English university eleven
of the superior sex have succeeded in taking
mathematical honors, while in Ireland the
degree of bachelor of arts has been conferred
on nine women, of whom four took honors.
One lady was capped master of arts, and an-other
lady, who obtained the first place in
the honors list in modern literature, was
awarded a valuable scholarship. Seventy-eight
women presented themselves for the
matriculation examination, and of these
seventy-one passed, twenty-seven obtaining
honors.—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Baby's Album.
An accomplished amateur photographer
has a set of rough Manila albums, each one
devoted to one. of his children. The first page
shows the baby a day old, and not a month
passes without a picture of that child or some
of its surroundings—the nursery, the house,
its books and playthings, On some pages are
family groups iu which the child figures.
Beneath each picture is written t he date, aad
the album-will constitute a curious record for
the future.—Harper's Bazar.
Neglect of Women's Interests.
The neglect of women's interests by work-men
and their organizations is clearly a mis-take1,
even if looked at from the most uncom-promisingly
selfish point of view, and the
selfish instinct of the labor organizations
should prompt them to aid an effort for the
protection of women from underpay, al-though
those who make that effort are moved
by much higher and more generous consider-ations.—
New York' Commercial Advertiser.
A Humorous Confederate.
As a squad of Confederate prisoners were
being marched from the steamboat wharf to
the Old Capitol prison toward the close of the
war they gazed at a menagerie procession
that they met with great interest. Finally
the gigantic elephant Hannibal came along,
directed by his keeper, a young man mounted
r i j horseback. "Hi!" exclaimed one of the
boys in gray ; "themvms makes me think of
Richmond last winter, when Old Humphrey
Marshall and Alex Stephens used to go about
like that ere elliphant and its keeper," As
Marshall'weighed over 300 pounds and Mr.
Stephens less, than 100 pounds, the comparison
WSS good. It is related, and, I am inclined
to think, truthfully, that John P. Hale once
said to Mr, Stephens 1 »Why, Stephens, if you
don't look out I will swallow you." "If you
do," replied the Georgian, "you will have
more brains in your body than you ever had
iu your head."—Ben: Perley Poore,
HAPPINESS.
Wing footed I thou abid'st with him
Who asks it not; but he who hath
Watched o'er the waves thy waning path.
Shall nevermore behold returning
Thy high heaped canvas shoreward yearning!
Thou first reveal'st to us thy face
Turned o'er the shoulder's partins: grace,
A moment glimpsed, then seen 110 more,
Thou whose swift footsteps we can-trace
Away from every mortal door. —Lowell.
THE- PHOTOGRAPHIC PASSION 13
EASILY GRATIFIED.
"Dry I ' l a t e s " tlie Ki-vii'itie of Amateur
P h o t o g r a p h y — T h e Wet P l a t e P r o c e s s.
T h e E l e m e n t of P o r t a b i l i t y — I u s t i u i t a -
lieous Worlt—Aid to-Students.
Once acquired, the photographic passion is
easily gral.iied. The inventive genius of the
century seems to have conspired for it3 en-couragement.
The daintiest deviccs in wood
and brass, the coyest lenses, the airiest tripods,
the snuggest carrying cases—all seem espe-cially
endowed with that peculiar quality
which tempts one who has straddled a new
hobby to plant the spurs impetuously. A few
years ago mattery were v M-y diffi-reiit. The
keynote of amateur photograph}®, the "dry
plate," lias been supplied within eight or ten
years, since the dry plate process, though in
use for more tlian a decade, was not brought
to trustworthy perfection unf il it had under-gone
several seasons' trial. There were, in-deed,
"wot plate amateurs," and there are to-day
some who follow the example of many
profession,Vis in adhering t: > iiie older method.
But amateur photography now practically
means d ry plate photography. It was the
amateur who welcomed tlio dry plate at a
time wliee the professional was yielding it
only a cautious tolerance. Why he wel-comed
it may scarcely require explanation.
The principle of > wet plate process is
suggested by its name. The glass negative
plate is coated with collodion, exposed in the
camera while wet, and developed at once.
This implies the presence of appliances within
a short distance of the place where the ex-posure
was made. Iu order to make views
out of doors the photographer was obliged to
carry an outfit which iu these times would
look lugubriously elaborate. I have seen a
"home made" amateur wet plate apparatus,
made very ingeniously of telescoping boxes,
with an eye hole at the top, aii arm hole at
each side, an orange light window in the
front (for all the tinkering with the moist
plate had to be done without white, actinic
light), aiid the whole, with its trays, baths,
solutions in bottles,.etc., could be reduced to
a relatively small bundle.
WHEN THE DRY PLATE CAME.
When the dry plate arrived it became pos-sible
to do away with all this ponderous ma-chinery.
The dry plates, uought ready pre-pared,
can be kept for months before use, and
for months again after exposure before they
are developed—a phenomenon of which the
wonder is always new. Thus one may carry
a camera with him through Europe, pack up
the exposed plates, and, unless some custom
house official, to the amateur's unspeakable
despair, insists upon opening a few of the
packages to discern the meaning of their omi-nous
weight, develop them all on his return
home.
This element of portability is not tho only
feateur of the dry plate process which had an
immediate influence upon the development of
amatuer photography. A capacity for rapid
work was f r om the outset an important char-acteristic
of the process. By continued ex-periment
the sensitiveness of the gelatine
film with which the plates are coated was
from time to time increased, until now an
exposure for the two-hundredth part of a
second is sufficient to secure an adequate neg-ative.
The value of this achievement is
wider than the field of tfie amatuer, Within
the few years during which instantaneous
work has been possible, both science and art
have increased their obligations to the camera.
Every one remembers the burst of merri-ment
and wonder that greeted Mr. Muy-bridge's
picture of the horse in motion. The
motion of a sound jarred lamp flame, the
flight of a cannon shot, the forkings of light-ning,
and a thousand other phenomena have
been dexterously photographed. Through
this medium both the naturalist and the sur-geon
have gained a better knowledgo of mus-cular
action. One anatomist uses the rapid
plate to settle the long standing dispute as to
whether, in the twirling of the fist, the ulna
or the radius moves the more ¡another fastens
with beeswax upon the line of a model's
spine a row of glistening Christmas tree
balls and then takes a dozen impressions
within a second while the model is walking
away from the operator. It is in this mannei
that instantaneous photography has made
itself invaluable to students in many depart-ments
of knowledge, students who, while
they are in a sense amateur photographers,
make professional use of the product.—Alex-ander
Black in The Century.
-Neat job work done at this odiee.
The Sprinkler in Theatres.
A practical demonstration of fire extinction
in a theatre was given recently in the new one
which is being built iu London for Edward
Terry. I11 this theatre special precautious are
being introduced in order to guard.against the
spread of fire should an outbreak occur. Each
part of the house has two exits, and the
whole, including the roof, is constructed of
concrete and iron, 110 wo6d being used in the
auditorium except for the doors and windows.
The woodwork before and behind the curtain
will be coated with Sir Seymour Blane's fire-proof
paint. The fire extinguishing arrange-ments
consist of a complete system of hy-drants,
placed in the best positions both before
and behind tho scenes, while the whole of tho
stajje and flies, both above and below, is com-manded
by a system of overhead sprinklers,
governed by valves at the stage door and ca-pable
of immediate use. The sprinklers are
fixed 011 pipes which are iu direct communi-cation
with the water company's mains, the
water being at about ninety pounds pressure.
- At the recent experiments a large fire was
made on the middle of the stage, that being
the least likely point at which a fire would
occur. The flames rose some twenty-five feet
high, when the signal was given to the fire-man
at the stage door, who instantly opened
the valves anil admitted water to the sprink-lers.
The result was that the fire was quickly
extinguished, tho sprinklers beii'g set at an
angle which commands the whole of the stage
as well as the flies. There will be forty-five
sprinklere in all, and thus, while the audito-rium
is fireproof, i* was shown that the stage
and flies could "be deluged with a perfect
cloud of water at a few moments' notic«.
The exhibition was witnessed by various no-table
persons and by Capt. Shaw of the
London Fire brigade. It will be observed
that the device is simply the application to a
theatre of the automatic sprinklers so well
known 111 this country. We have often won-dered
why they wore not adopted ill theatres,
hotels and other places where crowds of per-sons
assemble, for they would certainly give
coniidenee to all who knew of their presence,
and in an emergency many lives might be
saved at the cost of merely a severe drench-ing.
An unexpected shower bath would cer-tainly
be preferable to roasting aiive in a
burning building.—Fire and Water.
Clergymen as Husbands.
Clergymen do not make good husbands for
rich women. I have watched them pretty
closely, and they all reiax in their labors as
soon as they marry women who have enough
to support them. Then they know so little
of business matters that they are not fit
to take the charge as husbands' should of
their wives' interests.—Dr. W111. A. Ham-mond's
"On the Susquehanna."
Brazil's New Coffee Districts.
A large number of Rio coffee planters are
acquiring plantations in the new coffee dis-tricts
of Sao Paulo ill Brazil. This indicates
not only an early collapse of coffee produc-tion
in the province of Rio de Janeiro, whert
the production depends largely upon slavf
labor, but a large increase in the production
of Sao Paulo, whero free labor has secured a
footing and where the plow and cultivatoi
Can be used.—Chicago He vs.
STORY OF A MISSIONARY.
A Chief "Wants t o Smoko During "Sleet-ing
Time"—A Parlor Match.
A good story is told of a missionary who
came among the Crows before tlieir present
•prosperous era to sort of civilize them and
prepare the numerous bucks, squaws and
pnppooses of tho nation for tho life t hat is to
come. A considerable number of Indians
ha'i assembled in the big council tent to
hear tho words of the "white medicine
man," his audience consisting of old Plenty
Cones, White Horse, Two Bears and numer-ous
other Absaraka gentlemen of promi-nence.
The red men sat around in a circle,
the preacher in the middle, and for a time
everything went as smoot..ly as the most
devout Christian could wish, but all at once
(bad luck to the thought), when the minis-ter
was about half through his discourse
and had considerably alarmed some of the
congregation by his vehement gestures and
loud talking, the head chief presontihoughtit
absolutely necessary for his further survival
and personal welfare to have a smoke. A
pipe with a stem from three and a half to four
feet long was produced, filled with kinne ku
niclc (the Crow Indian's substitute for to-bacco),
and, .with an old time flint, one of tho
bucks proceeded to strike a light. For some
reason or other the flint wouldn't work; so tho
minister, who in the meantime had suspended
his discourse until the confusion had subsided,
iu order to expedite matters, drew from his
pocket a few'parior matches (those kind with
the bulb heads and the action of dynamite
bombs) aud in. a kindly and Christianlike
manner, without the slightest intention of
harm, attempted to help them out of the dif-ficult}'.
Now, as fate would have it, even the civil-ized
"lucifers" wouldn't act any more than
tho red man's flint; While the matches were
fizzling, spitting and half exploding at every
scratch, the Indians kept one eye 011 tho mis-sionary
and one hand on their tomahawks.
Another, and then another match was tried,
but without success.
All interest in the sermon was forgotten by
both teacher and pupils, the center of attrac-tion
being in the match and the probable
outcome of the white man's efforts. How
those dark skinned sons of the forest watched
the performance going on before the :i, and
how that poor missionary redoubled his
efforts to make one of those confounded
matches explode. At last the thing did go
off, and then—well, trouble in the camp im-mediately.
Fizz! slap 1 bang! hissed the
match, and what is worse, it kept 011 fizzing
and exploding. Every Indian leaped to his
feet, whipped out his knife or tomahawk,
aud, with ear splitting hi-hi-hi-ya-ya, hi-ya's,
went dancing ground the tepee in the highest
possible state of excitement. They thought
it was a contrivance of the evil one to catch
them, and were determined to have blood.
At last they quieted down somewhat, when
the minister explained matters to them and
presented the head chief with all the matches
he had about him; but there was an end to
preaching in that camp there and then, the
innocent cause of all the commotion hurry-ing
himself out of the camp aud back to civ-ilization
with the least possible delaj'.—Phila-delphia
Times.
Japanese Jinrickishas.
And now let us take a sampan and go
ashore, Laudin/; nfc tho jum-ti<m of -the
foreign and native towns the first "sight which
presents itself to us is a row of about thirty
or more jinrickishas (man power carriages),
tho owners of which crowded around us a t
once and intimated that their vehiches were
at our disposal. The jinrickisha (originally
the invention of an American) is the carriage
of the country, and is used by all classes. It
consists of a light body, similar to that of a
baby carriage, with an adjustable top and a
neat cushion on the seat, under which is a
receptacle for baggage. The body is fre-quently
either finely lacquered or neatly or-namented
with brass. It is mounted on two
light, high wheels and attached to a pair of
shafts which are connected a t tho ends by a
cross piece. Stepping into one tho owner
lifted up the shafts and started off over th6
wide, smooth street a t a rapid trot. • -
Many of these men can keep up a trot,with
but an occasional short rest, that will carry
them over thirty miles a day for several days
in succession; but we were informed that
such of them , as had steady employment in
this maimer were generally short lived,"being
carried off at an.early age by heart and lung
troubles. In rainy weaiiier the top is put up
and a covering of oiled silk drawn over the
entire front. The jinrickishas look very fino
at night, when they all carry fancy colored
Japanese lanterns. Tho men who draw them
are odd looking characters in their blue
tights, loose cloaks, bare feet aud curious
looking hats, shaped like inverted punch
bowls, but not nearly so much so as they
must havo been in the oldeu times—not so
many years ago—when they were considered
to be almost in full dress, with nothing 011
but a narrow loin cloth.—Cor. Baltimore
Sun.
The Negroes Ancestors, j
Fred Douglas has returned to "Washington
liter a tour in Europe that occupied over
ileven months and extended to Egypt.
"My mission to Egypt," said Mr. Douglass
to a reporter, "was to see if I could not trace
some connection between the ancient Egyp- -
Lians and the African negroes of today.
Ancient writers on ethnology have been
trying to cut the negro race off from any
ancient greatness. I had found the Egyp-tians
described as having dark skin, curly
hair, high cheek bones, distended nostrils and
ihick lips. I went there to make my observa-tions
and form my own conclusions. Of
course the pure Egyptian has been mixed up
very much with the Arabs, but the charac-teristic
features of the ancient Egyptians are
»till preserved among the Cops of Egypt.
" I returned from my t r ip with the convic-tion
that the negro could not be connected
with these people. The Egyptians proper are
1 people by themselves. They are not Cau-casian,
but they are not negroes. The pure
iicgro is not found farther north on the
African continout than the Soudan. The
Soudanese are genuine negroes, and a fine
race of people they are—intelligent and
brave. As soldiers the English prefer the
Soudanese to the Egyptians.
"The negroes will have to look to the
future and not to the past for the greatness
rf their race. They cannot establish their
claims to the glories of old Egypt; but who
knows that-ill the course of time they may
aot change places with those who still regard
;hem as an inferior race, just as the British
iiave changed places with the Romans?"—
Washington Cor. Chicago News.
I s I n s a n i t y Increasing?
The reason for the overcrowding is the al-leged
great increase in the number of the
insane. We hear very often about this in-irease
and also about the cause of it. All tho
loctors agree in saying there is more insanity
now than there was twenty 01- thirty years
ago, and statistics scein to bear them" out,
though this may be because the metfiods of
making up statistics are better now than they
were then. Two and two still make four, as
in tho days of our grandfathers, but 111 somo
other mathematical matters wo have gained
011 them. If insanity really is increasing, the
Increase is undoubtedly due to the wear and
bear 011 the nervous system that the rapid
business and social life of the present day pro-luces.
• Very few of us take an}- rest at all,
ixcept for a couple of weeks, or maybo a
month, iu the summer, and even that is often
more a rest in name than in fact. But aside
from generalization in the matter, one thing
is beyond doubt or question—that all the
asylums are uncomfortably crowded, and
that every new private asylum that is opened
becomes full in a very short time. T is - fact
is, of course; more significant than any mer
talk about increase or the causes of it.'— New
"York Cor. Detroit Free Press.