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4,... ... ~ ma .â€"-~_ a»... MM Household. Dress For Little Tot. This pictureSque little dress is made in the Empire style so universally becoming to children. Over the waist frontis loosely drawn an Empire bow, which is fastened in the centre by a tiny rosette. The sleeves are coat shape with large puffs above the elbow where they are finished with a full frill of lace. pictured is silk but the style would equally pretty in the prevailing lawn and muslins. The Mother's Influence. George Even, the famous novelist and Egyptologist, says of mother's influence :â€" The material in the deai nr “ Few I believe individually appreciate the’ enormous hidden force in the educational and moral influence exerted upon them by their mothers. , Were a college founded for the propagation of morality, its professors would touch only superficially the inner life of the students. It would be, in ’fact, > , a superfluous institution, for life itself is is such a school. We begin here like chil- dren, understanding such instruction alone as appeals to the heart, and of this every man's'mother, like mine, holds the key. -Comprehending this, a wise mother should improve every occasion as a stimulus to an exercise in morality, teaching even by the lance of her eye, as it appeals to the innate ove of her child ; and this fundamental in- struction will take root as deeply as though the pupils were already older, excluding superficialty from the fact that she can touch the soul to its innermost core. When one leaves a mother’s influence, one is al- ready a moral man or one is not, and of a hundred who are so, ninety-nine, even though unconsciously, are indebted to the mother.” Inartistic, but Very Prevalent. “ This epidemic of moire,” said a dress- maker recently, “ which is sweeping the world of dress, is much deplored by real artists in gowns. It suits no one, so far as enhancing any good point or toning down any disadvantage. Itis hard, cold, unsym- i pathetic, and has only the richness of weave to recommend it. Mantles are most unsuit‘ ably made of it, as it is absolutely without grace in draping the figure, while a moire jacket makes angles in the most rounded and svelte of women. Its only place in dress is in flat panels or revere, or deeply veiled in lace, which softens its mirror-like surface and hides the stiff effect of its brist- ling folds.” Embroidered Sofa-Pillow. A comfortable sofa~pillow is made in the deceptive form of a well-filled work-bag says the Toronto Ladies' Journal for June- A pillow, filled with feathers, about sixteen inches long and nearly thirteen inches wide, is first made. The cover is of gray silk sixteen inches long and thirteen inches wide for the front, and the back is of red plush of the same dimensions. Art the top is a double frill of red satin, four inches wide, and drawn in with hand- some satin ribbon. Upon the gray silk front is a beautifully embroidered bunch of red poppies done in different shades of red, olive-green and black "B. and A." filoselle. This could be produced in the same color scheme with gray linen for both back and front, embroidered in the same silk, and will endure any amount of washing. Hints for the Household. Tooth powder is an excellent cleanser of fine filigree jewelry. ‘ - Drive ants out of yourcn boards by spriuk~ ling pulverized borax on t e thrilves. Never wash raisins that are in be used in sweet dishes. It will make the pudding or cake heavy. |Ciolhespins boiled a few minutes and quickly dried once or swim A month, be some more durable. 1' Cake, after it becomes stale, makes an excellent steamed puddin' , eaten with a sauce or sweet gravy. After the join: has been squeezed from lemons, the pcclcan be used for rubbing brass. Dip them in common salt, rub the brass thoroughly, then brush with dry bathbrick. Ink stains on clothes may be taken out by washing, first with pure water, next with soap and water, and lastly with lemon juice; but if old, they must be treated with oxalic acid. Very little,“ any, water should be drunk at meal time ; but if one feels the need of some liquid, let him take one cup of weak tea or coffee, as heat aids digestion, while cold retards it.- To wash red table linen, use tepid water witha little powdered borax (borax sets the color) ; hang to dry in a shady place. The washin must be done separately and done quick y with very little soap; the rinsing water should have a very little starch in it. Iron when nearly dry. INDUSTRIAL WAR. _â€" The Great Coal Strike Passing Into In- snrrcctlen. The striking miners of the United States do not wish to be understood as having left their places. It is true they have quit work, and donot mean ,to resume it before lhey have wages where they want them, but in the meantime they reserve their situations and manifestly intend not to let any other men occupy them. They have. decreed that there’ shall be no coal mined but by their consent and by their labor. The inexorable law of supply and demand they propose to suspend or probably re- peal. . It seems to be the only thing in their way. 'To strike is merely tortake an attitude of passive resistance, but ."to strike and to terrorize is something to the purpose. If the miners simply refused as one man to work at the present scale of wages, their places would soon be filled, in I times so prolific as these are ofunemployed men. A mass of labor would rush in to fill the void they have left, as one wave of air or water glides in 'to occupy the place from which another has departed. The law of supply and demand is just now against the strikers, and they are trying to redress the balance by violence. They are hunting down competitors with Winchester rifles, revolvers, and such other weapons as serve for maiming or taking life. They are also filling up shafts with all sorts of rub- bish, which they occasionally put a match to. Their demonstrations towards, or at- tacks upon, miners who have been employed to take their place have brought them into collision with the police and the. militia. Just now several hundred strikers are re- ported to be hurrying to critical points in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois, whither also troops are being sent. LaSaIle, in Illinois, and Uniontown, in Pennsylvania, appear to be the chief danger-centres. Sozne two or three thousand miners are said to be gathering at the former place, and quite as many at the latter, where there was rioting and bloodshed on Thursday. At one place in Colorado an engagement is reported to be in progress between strikers and militia. According to the despatches, one of the brigades of hostile miners has a gatling gun, another a wagon-load of gunpowder, and all are well furnished with firearms. Thus an industrial strike is passing into insurrection. It is ceasing to be a contest with employers and is becoming one with the powers of the nation. . This is surely a blunder in strike tactics, as the quickest way to get the strike stamped out is to run it up against the military force of the country. All strikes that depart from the policy of nomresistance are liable to be ended that way. It is no great'stretch of fancy to im- agine powerful labor organizations in the future k'eeping themselves in a condition to cope with the militia and the regular troops. They now keep up a reserve fund on which their members may draw for maintenance when a strike is on. If they required every member to keep himself furnished with arms, to undergo regular drill, and to swear allegiance to his labor association, their insurrection would be formidable and effici- ent. As the civil power will interfere in the behalf of civil order, violent strikers must in the last resort be prepared to over- come it, and their undisciplined valor will scarcely make way against battalions of trained soldiers. When a body of employes suddenly stop working, and, by force and resistance to authority, prevent others from carrying on the labor they have dropped. they are deliberately taking the position of insurgents, and they would be doing so only more deliberately by organizing and train- ing an armed force during times of indus- trial peace. OSKINSKY KICKED A TIN CAN. It Container! Some Blasting Explosive and [lo Wns Blown Up. A Pole and a tin can created an uproar near Huntington village, N. Y., the other morning. The can was reposing peacefully between the rails on the railroad track when the Pole, who rejoices in the name of Oskin- sky, came along whistling a merry tune. The can caught his eye. It was oised on an easy elevation, and the Polo’s oot tick- led in anticipation. Drawing back his leg, he hit the can a kick. The effect was just the reverse of that expected. There was a whiz and a bang, and the can kicked back and the Pole went flying through the air in a cloud of dirt and splintered railroad ties. The report alarmed near-by residents, and, after a short search, the battered Pole was found some distance from the scene of the eruption,decidedly the worse for his encoun- ter with the can. He was taken to the vill e, where his wounds were dressed by Dr. ibeon. He will recover. It is supposed that the can once contained a powerful ex- losive used by contractors in that vicinity or blasting and that sufficient remained in the vessel to upset the Polo's expecta- tions. _ ...____.___...._. His Place. Mrs. Chairmanâ€"What is man? , The Clubwomsn’s Convention (in chorus Woman's helpmste. ‘ ' ._.â€"__â€"â€".-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€". Judgeâ€""What excuse had you to break the complainant’s headz" Prisonerâ€"“Force He would not hand of circumstances, sir. over his watch without it." \. HIS FORTUNE MADE. Characterlstlcs of the I an Who Is New Inch talked o’-â€"Dr. Edward Kettle- sup,clndstone's Physlclan. ’ Dr. Edward Nettleship, through the operation for cataract which he has recent- ly performed on Mr. Gladstone, is a man who stands just now very much in the public eye. If this operation is successful, and there seems to be no reason why it should not be, Dr. Nettleship’s fortune is made. He will receive a fee of fully 2,000 guineas, and he will very probably be made a baronet' Besides this. he will become at once the fashionabldphysioian of all London, and that means for him an annual income which it is stupefying to compute. Dr. Nettleship deserves the good fortune which Mr. Gladstone‘s selection has thrust upon him, for he has been all his life a very conscientious and painstaking student and operator. He is about 53 years old- and he comes of a good family. One of his brothers is Nettleship, the animal painter ;another, who is dead, was one of the leading instruc- tors, at the University of Oxford. Dr. Nettleship was a special student of the eminent Jonathan Hutchinson, to whom he has dedicated one of his books. He is. ophthalmic surgeon and lecturer on diseases of the eye to St. Thomas’ Hospital, in London, and he is oph~ thalmic surgeon to Moorfield’s Eye Hos- pital. He was also one of the founders of the Ophthalmological Society of Great Britain. Probably he is best known in this country as the author of a standard work on the diseases of the eye. HIS PERSONALITY. Dr. Nettleship is a tall, thin man, with long hair and a beard. His disposition is an unhappy one; he is often as grum and soul as a bear. But to the physicians who visit Moorfield’s Hospital he is always very courteous and kind, and does his best to make their visits‘pleasant and profitable. Dr. Nettleship has not held heretofore the foremost place as an eye specialist. He is not physician to the Prince of Wales and the royal family and the “nobility and gentry,” and his fees.are not so enormous as are Anderson Pritcliett’s, who holds that enviable placs. But it is quite probable that now Mr. Anderson Pritchett will find himself hard pressed by his huinblcr brother, and that Nettleship also will begin to rake in the guineas from the elect in great hand- fuli. The fees of the fashionable London doctor are astounding;Sir William Bowman removed the eye of the young Duke of Wellington for glaucomaâ€"a trifling oper- ationâ€"and received for his work 2,000 guineas. , - The ophthalmic surgeon is a man who must have the utmost niceness and delicacy of touch. He is obliged to keep himself in training much as an athlete does; he is so temperate in his smoking and drinking that be practically does neither; he goes to bed regularly at 10 or 11 o’clock, and he makes a point ofalways getting a sufficient amount of sleep and of outdoor exercise. One very distinguished operator keeps his hand in by practising nearly every day on from twenty to thirty pigs’ eyes â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"_ Children’s Letters. The characteristics of children’s letters are pertinently described in the London Spectator which says that the writers come straight to the point and get down with it, with a unanimous contempt for self adver- tisement which shows that the dislike to be “drawn” on matters nearly affecting themselves which is common to the oldest and wisest of mankind, is fully shown by their youngers and bettcrs. The child is in this respect, the father of the prudent man. Not that they refuse information. The bare facts are always at the service of the public. They fall into common form and in a score of letters written by very young children it is difficult to find one in which the decorus rcticence as to self is exceeded. Their age, very accurately stated, the number of their brothers and sisters, among whom the last baby natur- ally takes'a leading place, and possibly a description of their home, limited as far as possible to the information given in their postal address, is evidently considered to be sufficient data from which to form an idea of themselves and ' their surroundings. Then, in every case follows a list of house- hold pets. Judged by the evidence of children the dogis, in every case, the most important personage next to the baby. His size, accomplishments and benevolence, his good or bad temper, and his name above all, are given with a conscientious personal interest. Take a pile of children’s letters and you will find that there is hardly a word about themselves or their feelings in the whole collection, though the health, wants and probable sentiments of the ani- mals are treated at great length and with every variety of spelling. Chickens are counted before they are hatched and after, and terrible descriptions of the results of a chicken light which has made one of the combatants all “ bloddy ” are given at great length and with every circumstance that can add to the horror of the situation. Altogether children’s letters are a most in-‘ teresting study and not without a moral to the philosophic mind. “â€"_.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" “You have a bright look. my boy,” said the visitor at the school. “Yes, sir," repli- ed the candid youth. “That’s because I forgot to rinse the soap ofl' my face good." The heiressâ€"“I am so suspicious of men that. I sometimes wish I didn't possess wealth." The good friendâ€"“Butth think dear, how lonesome you would be without it.” . "Chappie and Wilkins had a dispute at the club the other night, and Chappie got soexcited he lost his head.” “Dear me, how fortunate ! Chappic’s head was his only weak spot.” _ Gumpâ€"-“I wish a fellow could borrow money as easily as he can borrow trouble. Humpâ€"If you could make money as easily as you make trouble, you wouldn’t need to borrow any", - \- Poets’ Comer. “ Sing ‘ Jesus,’ Papa." BY JOBS 131813, TORONTO, CAN. A little girl. three years of ago. an only child. was suffering from a painful and protracted illness, which ended in death. At intervals» during her sickness. she would herself 51 that beautiful child-hymn, “Jesus loves rue. ' but gran lug weaker in body, but not in spirit or love, would ask her papa on his visits to her bedsrdo to sing to her of “ Jesus! " Father and mother would then. although their hearts were full of forebodincs, sooth the little surfer- er by complying with her dying request. ,in which. sometimes. her own little weal: voxco wou‘d Join in the sweet chorus. “ Yes. Jesus loves me! " And lov' the name of Jesus! For. when her Pa came home to tea. And sought his darling‘s face to see. bhc often said~“ Come close to me. And sing to me of ‘ Jesus 1‘ " Just throe‘ycars old, but yet she knew. "Sing Jesus. Papa. Jesus! " The blessed name of J esusl It soothed her pain. She smil'd aga , To hear us sing of J csus! i “ 0h, Papa, how I love His name, Sing more to me of Jesus! " \Ve sang in cadence sweet and low That hymn the children love to know, It seem'd to please and soothe her so, The dear sweet name of Jesus! “ Sing Jesus, Papa, Jesus l" etc» etc. Oh! how we miss her from our side, She's gone to be with J esus! Even yet we seem to hear her say :â€" " Sing Jesus, Papal "â€"night and day, “'6 long to be with her away To join the choir of Jesus! “ SingI Jesus, Papa, Jesus ! " etc, etc. Ali! how a child may lead us home To heaven God. and J csusl Let's lay aside all fretful care, And childlike, look to God in prayer. He’ll lead us where the children fair, Sing aye the praise of J csusl “ Sing Jesus, Papa. Jesus! " etc., etc. " Jesus loves me, He will stay, Close beside me all the way; If I love Him when I die, . He will TAKE an; none. on high! Yes! Jesus loves me, Yes! Jesus loves me. Yes! Jesus loves me, The Bible tells me so! " Driven to Shelter. Under the shadow of thy wing I hide, . And bless the storms that drove me to thy side. Secure as bird in mother-nest I sing, - Under the shadow of thy mighty Wing. Why do we wait for cruel blast and cold, For bitterness of heart and loss of gold, For last good-byes their knell of hope to ring, .To drive us to the shadow of thy wing’l Why linger we till ashes from the flame Of mad desire, corroding hate, and shrimp Shall turh us gray and old ere we Wll_l bring Our hearis tosnelter 'neath thy brooding Wing. ’Tis when oureyes are blinded with their tears. And see no light nor hope for future years, Nor happiness, nor peace, nor anything, That we discern the shadow of thy wmg. When tempest-tossed, tear-stained, and'blind, we Sec ; , When den. to earthly sound, we list for thee; \Vhen_honrse with sobbing and despair, we smg, . For then we seek the shadow of thy wmg. Close to thy heart of hearts do I abide . And bless the storms that drove me to thy_61de Secure as bird ’neath summer lea.ch I ewmg, Protected by the shadow of thy Wing. An Old Favorite. Lent by leaf the roses fall. Drop by drop the springs run dry; One by one beyond recall . Summer roses droop and die; But the roses bloom again. And the springs will gush anew In the pleasant April rain And the summer sun and dew. So in hours of deepest gloom, . When the springs of gludncss fail, And the roses in the bloom Droop like maidens wan and pale, We shall find some hope that lies . Like a silent gem apart, IIiddon far from careless eyes In the garden of the heart. Some sweet hope to gladncsa wed, That will spring afresh and now. When grief's winter shall have fled, Giving place to sun and dew ; . Some sweet hope that breathes of 81') mg, Through the weary, weary time. Budding for its blossoming, in the spirit‘s glorious climc. An Eva-Song. If I could call you back for one brief hour, It is at oven-song that hour should be, When belle arc chiming from an old gray tower Across the tranquil sea. Just when the fields are sweet and cool with . dew, ' Just when the last gold lingers in the west, Would I recall you to the world you know Before you went to rest. And where the starry jasamine hides the wall We two would stand together once again, _ I know your patienceâ€"I would tell you all My tale of love and pain. And you would listen, with your tender smile. l in Hull for 195. 3d, per quarter. Tracing the lines upon my tearvworn face. And finding, even for a. little while. Our earth a weary place. Only one little hour: And then once more the b ttcr word. farewell. beset with fears, And all my pathway darkened. as before, With shades 0f lonely years. Far holler. door, that you unfelt, unsccn, Should hover near me in the quiet air And draw my spirit. through this mortalscrecn Your higher life to share. I would not call you back and yetâ€"ah. moâ€" Fnizli is so week and human love so strong 'I‘bat sweet it seems to think of what might be This hour at even-song. Straw Helmets For Horses. During the great heat which oppressed the southern parts of France in the summer of last year, a humane and inventive horse owner in Bordeaux provided all his horses with straw hats. At first everybody jeered at the liorses' hats, as they did at Jonas Hanway’s umbrella. But the innovation soon justified itself as so practical that every one wondered that he had not thought of it before, and it came to be re- garded as so indispensable that before the summer ended, nearly every horse in cabs, coaches, omnibuses, waggons, and carts' in town and country had some kind of hat on its head. The new stra'v hat, which is now becoming a great article of trade in the south of France, covers the eyes and fore- head of the horse, while 0 legs are left for the cars. A sponge is opt inside of the hat, and this is moistened from time to time with vine ar, an as to keep the horse's head refreshing y cooL A PIEGAN’S TRICK. 1’ Dceelvlnx his Pursues-allele the Idea its-re Were is of” film. Io Got Away With Its Stolen Horses. A member of the Canadian mounted 130-" lice, Lieut. McDonough tells the following incident of a band of Cross and a solitary Piegan Indian, which is suficiently novel td'bear repeating. It occurred during the winter of 18845, and about loo miles from Fort Walsh. A band of Cree Indians woke up one snowy morning to find that about one dozen of their choicest ponies had been run off with during the night. Pursuit was soon organized, and within a fewhoursafresh trail was found in the snow. After follow‘ ing the trail some 30 miles it entered a river bottom and headed for a wooded island in the middle of the river. Sinoke was seen rising from the trees, and an opening which, seemed to be the mouth of a cave, appeared in plain view. Pyesently a single Indian, a Piegan. showed up in front of the opening. He was in war paint, and there was a dog at his heels. Pretty soon the dog scented the Cress and began growling and barking. The Piegan looked up, glanced a moment about him, and then instantly entered the cave. In about tWO seconds another Piegan came around the rocks and also went in, then another, and another, and another, there being but a few seconds between them. The Cress lay silently in the bushes watching and counting, until upwards of 50 Piegans had came around the rocks and gone into the‘cave, and still they kept coming. What' seemed remarkable was the fact that all these Indians were, to all appearances, exactly the same size, were dressed and painted alike, each carried 3 Winchester rifle, and, most remarkable of all, each one seemed a little lame in the left foot, limping slightly. They were a gapdy crowd, and the Cross counted 70 of them."l‘he superstitious Cress naturally concluded that the evil spirit. had something to do with it, for there was no doubt that there were 70 Piegan Indians on the island Who Wore exactly alike. So thoroughly were they filled with the idea that the devil was mixed up with the mystery, that even when reinforcements arrived, which was in a few hours, they were reluctant to attack the island. That pight, one Cree, less superstitious than the rest, crossed over on the ice to investigate. On approaching the supposed cave he was surprised to find it was no cave at all, but simply an opening leading some 10 feet into the rock,where it made a turn and came out on the other side. It requiredbutaglancc to understand what had seemed so mysterious before. There was but the remnant of a single camp-fire, the ponies was gone, and not an Indian was in sight. The apparent: presence of 69 other warriors was simply a sharp trick on the part of the Piegau warrior to deceive his enemies and gain time for escape, which be accomplished in good shape. MONEYâ€"- AND WHEAT. An liliportant Speech by Right Honor-nu- llcnry Chaplin at Edinburgh. An important speech, touching upon. wheat, silver, gold and American mining, railroads and land mortgages, was delivered at Edinburgh the other day by the Right Hon. usury Chaplin, president of the Board of Aghiculture in Lord Salisbury’s. last Government. The speech was an ad-- dress to a crowded conference of the Scot- tish Chambers of Husbandry, and had for its subject, “Bi-metellism in Relation to. Agricultural Depression." The speaker declared during the course of his remarkIl that the agricultural depression was cheilly . due to the steady and heavy fall in the prices of produce, which he claimed Was due to the monetary changes of 1873, and could only be stopped by reverting to the previous monetary system. Nobody, Mr. Chaplin asserted, could foresee when the present fall in prices would end. Accord- ing to the latest table the fall from. 1873 to 1893 of 40 per cent. in wheat amply illustrates this. The British commissioners, he added, studied the price of wheat in America in 1879 and believed that it could never be exported for less than 40 shillings per quarter, but, according to the speaker, superior Indian wheat was sold last week Mr. Chaplin said that the majority of the farmers believe that the fall in prices is due to foreign competition, and that the remedy was protection. But the fact. that half of the countries of the con- tincnt and the United States, while im- posing heaviest duties upon imported produce, complain of agricultural depres- sion, refutes this argument. Touching upon the farmers of America, he said that they especially were being :laily ruined and becoming bankrupt faster even than the British farmers. Others contend that over- production is responsible for the fall in prices; but he claimed statistics showed that the production of wheat has decreased, althon h the prices have fallen. Therefore, from the point of view of the speaker, it was farcical and ridiculous to attribute the fall in prices to that cause. The real cause, he said, was the demonetization of silver in 1873, and the subsequent diver- gence of the relative value of metals, which enabled the silver-using countries like India to export wheatat the resentlow prices. Continuing, Mr. Chap in said : ” And if silver continues to fall there is no reason wh wheat should not cheapcn indefinu ate y. “'e propose as a remedy an inter- national agreemeut to revert to the system. which revailed prior to 1873. The failure- of the gruuels conference is in argument against this, as it has since hzen clearly roved that nothing but the action of the nglish delegates broke up the conference. Chancellor Von Caprivi’s sulmquent exr planafion of the conduct of the German pelegates conclusively proved this to he I: act.” s .3 ...___.....- . . . . WM... m... ,. . w_... wâ€" .___..... V..- .._... - : -_._........_...‘