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Who says that s motuer' a work is liulit " Mlnsauwlua and buying. Boo-nun. (yin? and balling. Sweeping, an on and olewlng. Wuhluu, Ituoulua end lr'ulns. upping, turuluu end mending. Culuu bullu end mzohlug. Mull on the o «l llke new ; Shoeelriuge on 1:06. Fuel to wash. Button: to sew. And me like 01inch ; Stockings 00 dun While the children plum Starlet to tell. Tenn wipe away. Mating them huppy The llvelong dey; ll ll ever mun (roux 1110qu till night ; Whn Anna on... - “Hanan-L: hurl: in Huh At. evening, [out Little {anus in whlte ; l’n eta ulleaid. All the lat good ulaht, 'l‘ucllug them “to éhleeolh «luv-guy bed, ‘ rlll y as in Get each hoax. Thus the deer Father In heaven will keep Sale all my darlings, Awake or ”leap. Then 1 think the old Minna tyne evelj willprove " It.“ a any w labor for those mu we love." But. ah! the heart an uianl me' coamthut {all This mother’s work ta t e hardest o! nil I They Are on": Injured by Too Much val-o nud Exec-awe “filler-Ina. “ More people injure flowering plants by too much care than by too little." said a prominent fliriet. " They fill their flower. pots or boxes full of water and keep the earth soaked. and then wonder why the plants don’t thrive. You see, it operates this way : At first the plants are reVived by the water, and the fresh growth inspires the owners that they have struck the pro- per key. but soon the leavns begin to fade. then wither. and drop LII." " What is the rose )1] ?" “ Well, the soil tours and eventually kills the plant. It is caused mostly by too much water, although it is sure to spell within a year anyhow. and should be renewed once every twelve mom he. In winter flowers pine for the sun. and should be given the invigorating light whenever the opportunity presents i‘sall. Another thing is a regular temperature or as near regular as possible. Let the earth gtt a little dry and then give it plenty of water and a plant will gener- ally thrive. The German people ol Chicago are more successful in mi: iag plants than any Other class of persons. They can keep them in the kitchen and have more success than others who keep them in the parlor." “ What insects prey on the plants ?" “ The green fly is the worst, but it can be killed it people put the flu were in a box or barrel and burn the stems of tobacco. They drop right away. The amelia bugs gather under the leaves in great numbers until they appear like a white scale. Astifl brush or spenge and water will wash them 03. Most people, however.preter to purchase cut flowers than to care for plants."_ Q W" Kn: mnaervamries s guooess in Chi- “3°31, v-‘nv â€" " They ere not. They are too expensive as a general thing. and don't give eetiehw fion. The owners have to employ men to ieke care of them. and even when the plants die and have to be replaced oiien. Some persons who have no one for expenses per- sist in maintaining them, but the majority hevefiropped them."_ jngfidg‘are the favorite flowers this season?" " The most in favor now is the cnrysan- themum. bearing flowers of white. yellow. and other hues. They are much worn for corsage bouquets. The most hardy plants for the winter, however. are the ferns and palms. They keep well, and always look pretty. Window-boxes planted with these are very popular. In December we will have hyacinths in bloom. and after them come szclias. which are very fine, are of different colors, and do well in the house. Azahias and palms are the most expensive. Calla lilies do well in the house also. Roses and gsraniume do not blossom in the winter except in the greenhouses." A Philadelphia correspondent of the Courier-Journal says: The beautiful Philadelphia women, from 4 to 5 o'clock each afternoon, can beseen In vast numbers on the popular thoroughfareâ€"Chestnut street. The complexion o! the women hereâ€"l speak of thcse under 30 â€"is as soft. clear and roseate as a child‘s. An intelligent physician here. conversing with me on the subject. said the reason Phila- delphia women were handsomer than the women from other cities was from the fact that they did less lacing. Lacing. he said. compressed the liver so that its functions were deranged and the bile. instead 0! legitimately aiding digestion as it should. is thrown into the venous circulation. pro- ducing thesallow complexion so common among our American women. The female gymnasts and equestriennes are noted for their fine complexion. which is attributable to the teat that their profession precludes lacing. Again the women here do more walking than they do in almost any other city on the continent. In this they resemble the English women. who are noted the world over for their beautiful complexicns. Not only this. but the exercise of walking rounds the form, and we justly claim that for contour of lace. complexion and figure our women are uuexcclled. " Do 110‘ sneer n “no poor. down-trod- den hotel clerks. who simply Mk . chance to urn . humble living." my: I hotol reporter. We promise. hiedele of honor hove been nwnrded to n number of men on the Tell-poo» who diepleyed eepeolnl gnllentry no the fine the VMI wne sunk. ANow York Inventor hoe mode I machine b which he can reduce the an reenre J. room to 85 degreee below zero. I neoee- Ah I met deer me! I often sly. An I heog the tumbled clothes may ; And the tear-drop nut While my burdened heart Aches for the mother across the way. Where. oh, where are Her nestlluge flown 2’ All. ml are gone. Save one alone l Folded their garments With lendereet care. Un resend the pillow An vacant the chair. No ribbon: to tie, No moon to wash, No helx all sway ; No merry voices To hush into rest ; God save them I He took them. And He knoweth beet: FLO‘VBBS IN WINTER. I’reuy Philadelphia Girls. Mother's Work. The McAdam (Mac-dunked) lute-I Explained. The Bate o! lllinoie has no debt. is is ooneidering whet ehallhe done with the hell 3 million dollue which the Illmoia Comm! Rulwey pays every year into the Slate Tyeeury. W7, 2A A- ___L‘ The Chicago Tribune says, use it to make good waggcn roads. The suggestion is a wise one. tor good roads promote civilizi. tion. good lellowsbip and good morals. But it is not every man, even though he may be a roadmaster. or even an engineer, who knows how to build a good waggon road. The best roads ever built, since the days of the old Romans. are those known as the McAdam roads. McAdam was an Ameri- 1 can. who settled in Scotland in 1783. and‘ got appointed a commissioner 0! reads. He had a mania for roadhuildiug. to which he devoted himself tor six-aud-twenty years. His Ian 0! road-making is described as ollows in the St. Janm' Galena: His leading principle was that a road Jught to be considered as an artificial flooring. so strong and even as to let the heaviest vehicle pass over it without im. pediment. Then people began to hear with wonder of roads thirty and forty feet wide rising only three inches in the centre. and he propounded the extraordinary heresy that a better and more lasting road could be made over the surface of a moxais than over solid rock. Another of his easy first principles was that the native soil was more resistant when dry than when wet. As in reality it had to carry not alone the trafiic. but the road also, it ought to be kept in a condition 0! the greatest resistance; that the best way of keeping it dry was to put over it a covering impervious to rainâ€"the road. in fact. The thickness of this cover- ing was to be regulated solely in relation to its imperviousness, and not at all as to its bearing of Weights, to which the native soil was quite equal. Instead of digging a. trench, therefore. to do away with the surface of the native eoil. he care- fully respected it, and raised the road suffi- ciently aoove it to let the water run off. Impermeability he obtained by the practical discovery that stones broken smell. and shaken and pressed together. as by the traflic on a road.rapidly settled down face to face, and angle to angle, and made as close a mass as awall. Mankind in general now believe that this last ie all that McAam invented; the rest is forgotten. That important fraction of his discoveries is what has given to us the verb to macadamize (“To pave a road with small broken stones."â€" Sxeat), and to the French their nouns, macadum. (“ Noni d'un pavege invenlé par un Angiass."â€"Littre), macadmnisage, and the verb macadamiser. If a man is knocked down by an omnibus in the middle of the boulevard. a Parisian bystander will uow-a-days say, "Je l’ai vu tomber sur le mncdsm." Surprise followad surprise. Roads which were mere layers of broken stone, six, four and even as little as three inches in thickness, passed through the worst winters without breaking up, while, as the coachman used to say, they " ran true; the wheel ran hard upon them. it ran upon the nail.” Even in the breaking of stones McAdam made a revolution. He saw that able- bodied men standing up with heavy ham- mers wasted the greater portion of their strength. Be made his stone-breakers sit,‘ so that all the force of the blows took direct efiect on the stone ; and the result was that he found small hammers did the work perfectly well. and thus was able to confine it to old men past hard labor. women and boys, which reduced the cost of the broken stone by one half. The size to which the stone should be broken he determined in a practical way, by the area of contact of an ordinary wheel with a smooth road. This he found to be about an inch lengthwise, therefore he laid it down that “a stone which exceeds an inch in any of its dimensions is mis- chievous." that is to say, that the wheel in pressing on one end of it. tends to hit the other and out of the road. In practice he found it simplest to fix a weight of ii): ounces, and his surveyors carried about scales to test the largest stones in each heap. He would allow no large stones even for the foundation of his roads, for he found they constantly worked upward by the pressure and vibration of the traflic. The whole road was small broken stones. own over swampy ground. 'l‘lu-Ir Enormous l‘lrculntlnn and Utter W orthlessness. I notice in one of your recent numbers, writes a Paris correspondentof the AlbanyI N.Y., Journal. you give the circulation of some of the Paris journals, and doubtless many of your readers were surprised at the large figures which you mentioned, but if they could see the size of these so-called newspapers and could notice the scantim s; of news, the poorness of the paper and faded color of the ink, the wonder would be how they could have any circulation at all ; in our country they could hardly be given away. A few telegrams from France, perhaps one from England, and occasion- ally one (copied from a London paper) from America. is all the foreign neWs, and the local is nearly as scanty. One-third of the space is given to stories,eontinued from day to day, afew advertisements, and that is all ; the leading articles counting almost for nothing. The price of the smaller sheets is 1 cent, and these are the ones havisg or claiming to have such immense circulation ; the Petit Journal. for instance, giving 750,- 000 and above as its daily issue. As all the departments of France within a hundred miles of Paris depend upon the city for their journals. the population upon which these sheets depend number four or five millions, including, of course, Paris itself, and as the father and the males generally of the family take their second breakfast at a restaurant or alone, a cheap newspa or is indispensable. so that a large part c the issue is read by but one person for each copy. The advertising patronage is very small, the French contenting themselves with wmons sending she streets. posse“ on walls cu hoardiugn. and the liulc "kicskr." as circulcr boxes someshiugfihe size of our old-fashioned wuohhoxes no celled. and which line she boulevards. some occupied as newv-stuuda cud oshers for other purposes. Every rson here hus his pohticsl opinion, cu he buys thus gsper which most hourly reflects his vlews. he couhmeu. for instance. elmost inven- __'__ ,, no oomhmon. for instance, nlmou luv-ri- ably Ind the Lantern or the Intramigeanl. edited by Roohoton. 5nd. in consequence. may no u 5 class nvolutionuy. FRENCH NE‘VHI’A PB“ 1. ROAD MAILING. Au Occupation In Which Comparative" Few Glen succeed. 01 all the creatures of metropolitan commercial life the most interesting and fascinating is the floor walker. says the Chicago Tribune. A walking dictionary. a street guide and a dictionary 0! names. he also enjoys the distinction of being consid- ered the leading man of the house. it not one at the leading partners. Pol ts to rich and poor alike. he is a continual ray of sun- shine. Ee is found most active and most at home in the great business houses. He knows the store trom cellar to gam t, and where a thousand and one questions are asked daily he is ready with a thousand and one prompt answers. The women, who are apt to bathe principal custom. 6x3; fair'e‘the recipient}: of his mom aolioitous attention_a._ '.l_‘bo pink ot_pogite- ness. he is regarded by most of them as an authority on all questions ct dress and etiquette. 'He has a faculty for remem- bering names which would astonish a hotel clerk. Then he has the advantage of the hotel man in understanding the peculiar- ities of his customers. He is something more than a dictionary of names. and something less than a fashion-plate. Though scrupulously neat he is never extravagantly dressed. Diamonds possess no special attraction for him, except when they are seen upon the person of a cos- tumer, and yet he understands as well as anybody that they are not a recommenda- tion in all cases. He has better means of settling questions of financial standing. for he may go to the manager, his superior, who is supposed to know all things know- able. To explain the exact position of a floor-walker to the outside World, according to one authority. it may be given as that of an assistant manager. the term floor. walker having been gradually applied as being more explanatory of his duties. In most large retail stores the space is divided npinto departments, each one of which is under the care ct a floor-walker, as for instance the lace department, the silk department and the hosiery department. Then there are several who are expected to keepa close watch about the front door. whose especial duty is to welcome visitors and direct them to the department where the goods they desire can be found. They are responsible for the behavior of a cer- tain number of clerks and cash boysI to whom they are equally a terror and an object of envy. It is generally admitted that there is as much in the appearance and behavior of a floor-walker as there is in his business tact and powers of observation. To insure success he must be a thorough optimist. whose sunny vxews of life must not be shaken bya cross word from the proprietor, or an insult or a series of in ‘ suits from the customers. He would make a poor Hum’ct, but the best paid member of the crait in Chicago is said to be a tine comedian. He is considered an example unto his fellow-sinners, because his con- duct is always the same, and he can tell the outrageous lie and the most solemn truth in the same melancholy and earnest tones. He works in an establishment owned by two partners. and half the customers know him as one partner and the other half as the other. It makes no difference to him. and he never thinks of correcting the mie- take. Nor does he fear the wrath of the proprietors. for they regard him as their representative in most of the duties he ertorms ; and as people value most highly ittle acts of politeness coming direct from the head of a large bazaar. the courtesies extended by the subaltern if received under this illusion are just as valuable. Perhaps there is no better test of woman's health and beauty than her appearance at an early breakfast table, writes Dr. Hammond. She is then more asnature made her than at any other period of the day. when art has been brought in with a View of heightening her charms. If she has slept well, it argues at some extent a sound nervous system. and the efieot is seen in the brightness of her eyes and the tone possessed by the muscles of her face and neck. Her movements are full of grace, for her limbs have been refreshed and strengthened by repose, and her mind is clear and bright. for it also has rested. and there have been no bad dreams to exhaust her nervous system and make her limp and haggard. Her intelligence is then at its maximum, and she feels the recklessness that is so generally the result of sound, healthy sleep, and that is only a natural elation of the emotions. pleasant, doubtless, for her to exhibit, but far more pleasant to those to whom it is manifested. If. on the contrary, she has slept badly, or has suffered from nightmare, in conse- quence of a feeble digestive system, her eyes are weak, dim and watery, her face is flabby, her head appears to be held nnsteadily on her shoulders, for it droops on her chest, or bobs helplessly from side to ‘ side, her complexion is dull and blotchy,‘ red where it ought not to be red, and pale where it ought not to be pale. Her expres- sion is indicative of the discomfort she has undergone during the night, her movement4 are either painfully slow or aggravatiogly brusque, her intellect shows stupidity, her emotions are torpid, her perceptions dull. While the woman that is in good physical health exhibits all the beauty in the early morning that her features are capable of expressing, the one whose organic life is deranged is at this period of the day at her worst. There is no better test of a woman's health than her ability to eat a hearty breakfast, and it might also be said that her physical beauty is in direct proportion to the amount of beefeteak or mutton chops she oin put into herself at this meal. Oer~ taiuly. pretty women can always eat a hearty breakfast. “'hen They Look Their Beat-Pretty \Vomcn Inn near" Morning Mean. King Leopold of Belgium bee presented to King Humbert of Izely e silver mode for his humenlsy and devollon to the eholen etrleken people of Neplee. Henry Borgh. theirdumb animal's friend. in quite a dude in dram. dept. Webb's widow any! the 83.000 subscribed for her .ay the English friends of she swimmer hse never been sent her. There hee been A terrible ontbreek of triehinoeie in St. Andreeeberg. 5 little town in the Hertz Mount-ins. the eentre of the may bird hueineee. Till! VIA"!!! WALKIB. \VUNIEN A'l‘ BREAKFAST. llor "RM“ and Peculfnrltfes I‘learly Described In an Accurate Observer. The stenographer is rapidly being suc- succeeded by the typewriter. says the Brooklyn Eagle. Men are too clumsy to acquire great facility at this sort of work. and it seems especially suited to women. The advantages which it possesses over the older fashion is that the work is finished when the operator has reached the end. A large element of uncertainty enters into life when one employsa stenographer. With the ty e-writiug girls it is dufierent. As a rule r ey are busy copying Supreme Court papers. which. by the way. they lay aside without the slightest regret. and they are apparently the only people who look with contempt upon the Supreme Court. and begin at once to prepare for work. The pre- aratiou is the longest part of it. Alter a are general remarks about the weather she removes her rings one after the other. looks at them carefully. places them in an orderly row beside the type-writer. pulls a hair-pin out of the forward part of her bang. examines it and then thrusts it with unquestioned belligerence into the back of her head. Then she yawne pro- digiously. leans back in her chair, and says she is ready. When you begin she and- denly remembers. rises from the machine. goes to the washstand. toys with the faucets for a few moments. touches the ends of her fingersto the towel. then comes back by way of the mirror. I have become con- vinced by long experience that the average type-writer never really cares to wash her hands. It is a strategic subterfuge for the purpose of afiording her an opportunity to look in the mirror. She returns. throws herself carelessly into the chair and briskly guts asheet of paper into the machine. aving done this she withdraws the paper. turns it around and puts it in in that way. This is a system they never depart from under any circumstances. She is not ready yet. however. At this point it becomes necessary to open a small drawer at the right hand side of the type- writer. fish out a more or less showy purse. glance critically and somewhat sadly within. throw the purse back again. and bring forth an ink-eraser. a rubber. a fruit knife. and a half-eaten apple or peach. Some one will probably interrupt her for a quiet chat. and after that if you are still there you will be thoroughly started. Once under way, an expert type-writer is fully as fast as the average steuographer. and when you have finished dictating you may take the manuscript away with you. I‘ have observed one peculiarity about thel female type-writer. She never makes a mistake. It is always the machine. If she puts sixteen vowala in the word " through." she first hits the keyboard violently. then raises the roof of the structure, pokes at the type with her first finger. indulges in some airy criticisms of the manufacture. brings the whole thing together violently again. and continues to make the most grievous and absurd errors with a face of utter satisfaction and unruffled high spirits. She eventually mflilnries the managing clerk of the law o oe : Bu! Few Innovations to be Introduced This Winter. On the authority of a member of the American Society of Professors of Dancing it may be said there are to he no new dances this season. except in quadrillee. At its last meeting in New York the association adopted the society quadrille. This is in rerpect to figures the same as the plain French quadrille, but is danced diagonally instead otgppoeite. The advantage is that ' ‘5‘ it keeps me dancers in motion uninter- ruptedly and permits of 'no cessation in the pastime. The change is a popular one. and is similar to than made in the Saratoga lancexs some seasons ago. The member of the American society likewise seid : “ The national guard. lawn tennis, and waltz quadrilles are also new. This season the waltz quadrille will lead in popularity. Pulkae will be announced here and there on fashionable programmes, and the galcp and glide waltz will be very generally danced. As a matter of fact, there are no radical innovations for the coming winter. The field for parlor dances has been thoroughly exhausted. Galops, polkas. quadrilles and waltzee are all the species that could be devised. and what- ever forms are new are variations or imprgwments on the old styles." " How does the german stand in popular favor 7 ” " The germau is still a feature. It will always be popular in good society. It Is not adapted for a promiscuous gathering. Those taking part must be well acquainted. For this reason it continues in favor. To lead a german well requires great familiarity with its intricacies. Many people now employ professionals asleaders, and when gentlemen acquire proficiency it is considered a great distinction. The schottische and five-step waltz are not danced by nice people. The racquet is little less than the redowaglissade. It is also tabooed in fashionable circles." ‘ " Has the amusement of roller- skating afleomd the annulus; aesdemiee ‘2 "_ ' “ It has not affected the schools proper to any extent, but it has diminished the sttendence on the assemblies for advanced pupils. The character of the two amuse- ments is very much the same." Last week a telegram was received by the Rev. Archdeacon Cowley. at St. Peters. from the Governor-General of Canada, expressing condolence with the widon and family of Richard Henderson. Henderson waea member of the Manitoba contingent which was to form part of the Nile expedi- tion, and died while on board the Ocean King. and was buried at sea. The Gover- nor-General’e message was duly forwarded to the bereaved family. who are still living In the St. Peter's settlementâ€"Selkirk lMan.) IIcrald. Fire dump caused an 9x12103107: in 3 col- liery M Wumea. Belgium, yesterday, and 20 persons were killed. loot: 'i‘hc Troncvccl Government is secretly negociciing with Prince Biamorck, coking Gcrmony'c protection. An exilesâ€"ion ooonrrad on Buturday in the Tndogu Goal 5nd Iron Company'- no]- !Iogy M Bookln. md fifteen mm were 'I‘III TYPE-\VBI'I‘ING “lulu THIS FESTIVE DANCE. The Last at film. A Man Lle- In “Emu“ all MI“ I!“ Allele-e um. Early yeelerday morning head turnkey McKay. o! the Provincial Jall.on making 1"" "snlar tour at inepeelion around the jail premieee, lound a man named Alex- ander Moore. who lives in a shanty adjorning the Bay Horse Hotel. Portage avenue. lying in the snow and unableto move. He left the man in charge 01a lurnkey. and lhen procured a rig and had him removed to hie shanty. Moore’s pants were torn at the knees. and one 0! his lege was badly trozen. Hall of his under lip had been entirely ene_o_r_hilten 93. and [he Before leaving the Garner House. Chat- harn,where he stopped during his recent shooein trip westward, the Governor- Gener remarked to Mr. and Mrs. Perrin. who are now managing this hotel, that for the first time since coming to Canada he had been attended at table by young lady waxtera instead of men, and he waa de- cidedly pleased with the change. nun- 'vvâ€" vâ€"v.---J ___ __ was in a very pitieble condition. 0n inspecting hie trucks, Mr. McKay touud that the unfortunate men must hove wandered from the vicinity otRueeell'I spice mills. and crawling on his hands and knees reached the spot where he was discovered. He was taken to the hospital. â€"Wiunipey paper. 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