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. / * ''M iiw,w??ir urn mm n i r an ^ _ 1 ' J"BI" " ????>? ~?mmwww??mm??< ?mmmHA kM? BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 3/ j NOVEL FIREWORKS. PYROTECHNIC DESIGNS PREPARED FOR THE SUMMER'S DISPLAY. A List of tlie Latest and Most Attractive Novelties ? Japanese Day-Fireworks? For tlio Young Folks?Hints on How to Avoid Danger. For some woeks past the trade in fireworks has been unusually large, especially an<] munv nrtvftltl'oC fnr r?TT?*<V technic effect have been introduced for the summer's display. Among those aro ''wator lire works," made for use in water only. They include "diving dovils," Hying fish, lloatiug illuminator, Koinan lloater, water volcano, spray fountain, jeweled fountain, and water-wheel. Colored tiying pigeons are also new. They fly a distance of from 300 to 200 feet and return to tho starting point Colored aerolites are another novol feature. They begin with an illumination v>? changing colors, change to a fiery fountain, and then discharge high in tho air a blazing aerolite, wuicii finally disappears with a grand explosion. Other novelties are twin asteroid roclccts, etch at its highest altitude throwing out tw asteroids, which iloat away in the air and change cold's in burning; colored prismatic fountains of fire drops, intermingling through each other with kaleidoscopic effect; geysers, or revolving rockets, resembling a wheel of fire ascending in the air; the man in the moon with a large, round, laughing face; colored saucis?ons, which are largesized mines that first throw out a shower of lire, with intermediate stars of variegated colored fires, and fiually explode with a iieavy report, discharging high iu tho air a mass of fiery contortions, hissing and squirming in every direction, with trails of brilliant fire. What i3 claimed to be the greatest novelty ever produced in this country in this line aro Japanese dayfireworks. They aro shells thrown from a mortar to a considerable height, which ex plode and release figures of animals, fish, birds, dragons, and colored smoko effects, which float a long time in the air. A novelty in the same line are animal-figure balloons, which are inflated with hot air. They are *nudo of colored paper in the shape of pigs, elephants, and fishes. NOVELTY FOll THE YOUNG FOLKS. A novelty for the young folks are Bengallight books. This is a look of six leaves, with three stripes to each leaf. A strip or leaf torn from the book and lighted will burn with a brilliant red or greon illumination. When asked if a groat deal of injury and damage caused by fireworks every year could not be avoided if proper care wore used the reporter's informant said that thoy could, and gave tho following important bints on the subject: llockets should be fired, he said, from a gutter or trough, in cuned at a very s?igut angle to ioewara or the spectators. Floral bombshell*, mines, batteries, fountains, and aerolites should be placed erect in an open place and lired from the ground. Verticals, flyers, triangles, and tether wheels should be sccurely nailed to a post, care be taken that tue piece will revolve freely without striking th post when lired. Colored illuminating fire should be pou;edouton a dry surface, in a short train, according to the quantity use,I, aud fired at one end, to burn towurd the wind. Set pieces should be fastened securely to posts and placed upright, care being taken to cut all the slrings, but not the fuse, and to see that all wheels are in their proper places j and will revolve freely whoa lirod; alsj that the fuse hangs within convenient distance for lighting, whif h should be done by re- j moving paper from the end aud igniting the black match. Bombshells lire. I lrom mortars should bo handled with great care to prevent prematura discharge. 1 he mortar should bo planted upright on the ground in an open space; the bombshell should bo dropped in cartridge end down, with a fuse uncoiled left hanging out of the muzzle of the gun. The mortar should bo swabbed out carefully after cach shell is fire: 1, so that no spark remains, and great care should be taken when loading or liring that no i -art of the person projects over the niu .zle of the gun. The bombshell is lire i Ly removing the cover paper from the ead of the fuse and lighting tho Hack end of the match.? iS'ew York Letter. "What Paris Imports from Germany. It must be like gall and wormwood to the Parisian epicure to know that most of the delicacies that please the gourmet's ta.-te are now import*-1 lrom Germany, such ;is caviar from Stettin, eels and Sainton from Hamburg, trout from tho Moselle, and even pate de foie grasfrom Stras'uurg. >o won- i tier that tho i-ivnc h so deeply deplore the i loss of Lorraine and Alsatia. Besides this, the export of same and crawfish, eta, lrom 1 i^srmany to Baris forms a more important item tban is gen rally suppose! According to The Mat kthalienZeituug, Germany Bent hares of the UOO la t year vuiibuuiuu in iuu rruucu iuou'o; o.is; yet mo full-blooded Parisians boast oi their native (!) origin. The Fatherland a!-o sent to France, aud cbio!!y to rati', 11,0:0 stags ?nd deer, besides -00 boars. '1 lie demand for rabbits is not (juito so largo, as the ready l arisian cook finds an auiplo supply of young cats for stowing purposes ia the homo market, German beer and German sau ago aro also in groat request, despite tho oilo ts of those who entertain an intense Latro.1 for the Fatherland. ?hian Francisco Chroaicle. Con. McClcllan's Opinion ?>r ti. K. T.po. Gen. I.ee and I knew each oth-.-r woll in tha days before the war. AVe had served together in Mexico and commanded again.t each other in the i'enin-ula. 1 had the highest respect for liis ability as a commander, and knew that ho was not a general to bo trifled with or carelessly a Vorded an opportunity of striking a fatal blow. Fa. h of us naturally regarded his own army as tho better, but each entertained tho highest respect for tho ontlur me, courago aud lighting qualities of tho opposing army:and this feeling extended to tlu o.liters aud men. It was perfectly natural un !er these circumstances that botli of us should exercise a certain amount of caution; I in my cuuoavvio iyj onu wuu i-w*. o tioa an t intentions before I struck th * ;:rrd blow; ho to abstain from any exta::d -d movements of invasion, and to hull his fir my well in hand until bo could bo satis Ced as to the condition of the Army of the l otomac after its s-.con 1 l:ull l;ua campaign and ?.s to tho int; ntious of its commander.?lien. McC oilun in The Century. Hi* Kovcreni-e for Ccujjb Wushlust'iii. i Robbio has been brought up to iiave a profound reverence for tho father of his country and to think that no oilier hero quito compared with George Washington. The other day his brother was taking a-oul his shoes. "Xov, Ueor^e's buttons aro all coming olf his sl.ocs, mamma," ho said, '"bat 1 haven't lojt one o.'f anno for voles." " i ho reason is," remarked his x^oth /, proudly, ' that your mother sewed tiiem cn Lcrsel/. 1 have come to the conclusion that ,:o i:u;c^n Leing understui; :s or ever und-.rst.io.': i. .* art of putting on shoe buttons but your mother." Little li-year-old wes li-tenin.', V>? acL-oJ . ttYV.f ?? ?? ! nua c no u --nwu ic|?i ua1 . *wv ^ ? v.i | (ieor^e Washington, mamma.'''--Uurperj j Ba or. j STEWART AND THE KENTUCKIANS. ! The Merchant I'rlnce Is Ca;>tnre<l by the Eloquence of Col. lioouo. j Governor Proctor ICnctt, of Kentucky, ! has told the following story to a corrospon1 Thn mniHnnf. hflnn^nnfl whtlo FCnotfc I UVUH ""fl ? - ! was in congress: "I h?d ran down to Now i York," said ho, "for a fow days, an-1 whilo 1 there I mot my friends from the old commonwealth. They wero all majors and j colonels, and had novor been out of tho state i before They insisted that I go around with them to call on A. T. Stewart 1 exj plained to them that my presence could do them 110 good; that 1 didn't cniv for Stewart, aud 1 was pretty certain that he didn't care anything for ma Tho truth of tho | matter was, I didn't want to Rive tho old gentleman a chance to humiliate me in any way, as I had heard a good deal of his j grulfncsi But my friends sai l tliey would j go anyhow. That night I went to one of j the theatres, and had a nica seat in the par-' : quet. lilaucing to tho right, I saw my eonj siituents in a box, nodding and smiling to j mo. I returned the salutation, aud an acj quaintanco remarked that my friends must ; bo intimate with A. T. Stowait " '"Why so:' I inquired in astonishment " 'Bccauso they are in his private box, j which he ongagee by the year, ana to wnicu ! only his iutimato frieuds are invited' "\Y hen tho curtain went down on the first' t act I strolled around to in juiro. Thoy hud ' ' called on Mr. Stewart at his counting-room, i Tho merchant looked up grimly, and Col | Boone stepped forward as spokesman and uni bosomed an avalar.ee of native clo juc-nco. | " 'Sir. Stewart,' s-aid ho, 'we aro a party ! of nativo Kentuckians seeing the ssighta ! Wo have been to Washington, sir, and ! called upon tho president, upon lion, fcjhor! man, tbomembors of the cabinet, and tho i most distinguished statesmen of tho national capital, and now, sir, we feel that our trip | would not bo complete should wo go homo ; without seeing the Napoleon of morI chants, who has mado for himself a | name that is celebrated tho world ovor, and i who has more talent in bis lino than tho ! statesmen aua generais we mivo i-uuuu un i havo in theirs. Now, Mr. Stewart, wo will not detain you a moment; we havo paid our respects and wo will go.' "Air. Stewart would not allow it, though 1 I Ho throw down his pon and conducted them J through his establish merit personally. After i thoy had madj the rounds they lound an ! elegant collation awaiting them, including champagne nnd old Kentucky bourbon. As they wero departing the great morchant shook each of them by the hand and gave them cards admitting thoia to his private ' box during their stay in tho city."?Cincinnati Enquirer. Synopsis of Unsincss Principles. It is as easy to bo a rich man ns a poor I one. Half tho energy displayed in keeping ahead that is required to catch up when be- j ! hind would save crodit, giva mere ti:no to attend to business, and ad 1 to tho proiit and reputation of those who work for gain. Honor your engagement. If you promise to meet a man or to do a certain thing at a certain moment, bo ready at the appointed time. If j'ou go on business, attend promptly to matters on hand, tho.i as promptly go about your own business. Do not stop to toll stori.-s in business hour*. If you havo a piaco of business bo found there when wantoJ. No man can get rich by sitting around stores. Never "fool" o.i business matters. Have order, system, regularity, liberality, promptness. Ho not middle with business you know nothing of. Is'over buy au article you do not need, simply because it is cheap and the man who sells it will tai;e it out in trade. Trade is money. Strive to avoid harsh words and personalities. Do not kick every stono in | the path; more miles can be made in a day j by going steadily on than by stopping to kick. Lay as you go. A man ot hoaor respects his word as ho does his bond Aid, but never be.;. Help others when you can, but never give what you caunot a.lorJ to, simply l.o.auao it is fashionable. Learn to say "no." In'o necessity for snapping it out in dog-fashion, but say it firmly and re-1 spectiuily. Have but few couthiauts, and the fewer the better. Use your own brains rather than those of otho. s. Learn to think and act for yourself, iio vigilant. Keep 1 ahead rather than behind the time. | Young man, cut tuis out, aud if thero bo folly in the argument, let us know.?Sunny " i fcioulh. A Tired ami Worn-Out 1'iiMishor. { l-I Lave been in tho business twenty-six years," said Ueorgo V?*. L'arleton, tho publisher, the other clay, "but now if 1 wish to live, 1 havo got to rest. And as 1 would liko to live a little longer, I shall sail for Europe on tho "> th of J uue, and pass tho summer at llauibiu'g, where I hope to bo benefited from tho water* Wnen cold weather comes I shall proceed to Cairo for tho winter. Yes," he continued, ,-l havo been very lucky as a publisher. Tho nioest successful book I ever brought oat was '\Lcs .Miserable*," by Victor Hugo. You know ho wrote it at his rc-sidence, Hautevilie house, and it was given to the public in 1#it made a trem ndons sensation, and appeared at the samo time in -\'ew York, London, i'aris, lierlin, Brussels, Madrid, fct. Petersburg and Turin, in eight diii'erent languages. That is more than can bo said of any other book. Among tho other books which made great hits were Michelit's "L'Amoni," and tho no.els by Miss Augusta Evans, such us "?>u El;no." Croil'ut's Letter. Nervonsnvss Hotrayed in I'eiimittis.iip. Tho conditloa of a man's nerve? is often betrayed in his writing, an l n!.-.o the tire of Ins temper. If ho bo slow and methodical, ho covers a page with characters laboriously drawn out and n copiousness of ink that is defacing. A nervous man will either contract Lis signature into the smallest placo possible or scrawl it out in Mowing lines and Dig leuirs or write ji> paoneucaiiy. i:i oithor of the three cases it is generally imjo--:ible to dicipher it. ilu-inoss men to a certain extent cultivate an original stylo of writing. Their correspondence is very largo and their names oltcn attached to valuable papers. A style peculiar to thoiu>elves, if rigidly followed out, is ono of tho safeguards against forgery. Uut t here are forgers as clover us busmttss mm who devise strange styles of penmanship.?l'ioneer iTess. A Greater Man Than Solomon. A lady who was not fo. ling very well was importuned by her little son with (juestions which she answered somewhat loo sharply to suit Young America, when bo ej.;ruiated, "Gocx.lne.iS, what is tiio mutter with you J I Iiojhj you tuo n>L going to hiivo oi;o of your bilious turns." Another iaJ, who was learning his J-'unJay r. hool le-'v>n, with tlio words: "Consider tuo i:.ijs of tho licld how they g:otv; thty ?>il not, neiii-jr do they spin, and yot I say unto you that" ? h^ro tho U.y j>3used :oig. Minj the ujxS word, and thci. proceeds1 vim a prom unced voko?"Sullivan ;:i ail his wa, u >t like oue of those.'--Doston Travel Tho " i'ook ??!" insini," James IL 1'aircLiJi, in H o Jiugay.iaj of Western History, writes of the manuscript >f Uoloinort i?.|>attl<!ing and tho iJo>k of illiu J. Uilll'*.i'l.5 llJilu rmo iiiciriU* script wiia c!csi-iy uot t'uo basu of tlio book. - TJaq Curreut NICARAGUA'S CHARMS. COL. DONAN SOUNDS THE PRAISES OF THE MUSQUITO RESERVE. Tropical Trees anil tlio Luscious Fruits Thereof?Cotton, Corn, Cofl'oo and Sugar Cano?Honest and Truthful datives?Growth of Xraclo?Climate. Tho pineapples wo took on board at Bluefields, iOscondido river, measured, some of them, twelve, sixteen and eighteen inches in length and weighed eight and ten pounds, and they aro sold at about 4;J cents a do.:en, ' about the same as the small West India fruit, one being equal to from two to four. The charm to tho visitor from this region is the wonderful forest foliage and the lio'.vers, j Nearly overy treo bears ilowers or fruit The large.it forest treei?tho ceiba troo for instance?grows to the high of ninety or j 100 feut, straight as an arrow and without a limb. At that hight from the ground it j widens out to a vast parasol-shaped all'air, | literally covered with bunchos of crim-ou, ' bell-shapod flowers. Out of one of these j trees can bo made a boat which will carry forty or fifty men. All thoir boats are made ; thcro of ono piece. TIlEEo AND TIIKIU FRUIT. I saw a great many mahogany boats from 1 thirty to fifty feet in length, forty-six feut ! beam. The bread fruit treo grows every- : where. It is an immense tro.\ as largo as : the largest living oak in Florida, with green j foliage. Tho broad fruit looks like small i watermelons. It forms tho principal por- j lion of tho food of the inhabitants, who j usually split it open, put a piece of salt pork i or other salt meat in it, and bnko it, and then cat it Ono treo will supply a whole neighborhood with fruit Tho tree that is pronounced tho moss beautiful is the mongo j trea It grows to an immense size,' from ) twenty to fifty loot in circumrcrence, aiw , from seventy-fivo to 100 feet in height. It is an immense umbrella-shaped tree, with j featherly-liko foliage. (Jao treo will boar ; o.CvO mangoes. The fruit is heart or kidney- j shaped, and grows to tho weight of one or ! two pounds each. Its flavor is that of all i our best fruit combiao 1?tho p'.um'j mid grape and something of the pear. Tho j cassara is a substitute for bread. The yam grows everywhere. It grows solid and is very different from that of this country. It is more like a root. Tho root is liiteen or twenty feet long. They br.eak it up in pieces and sell it iti sections. Tho cocoanut palm abounds everywhere. | One tree drops a nut every day iu tho year. , It drops Wii a year. Tho banana {.'reduces a J bunch a month every month in tho year. It is perpetual in its growth. All they have got to do to cultivate it is to chop tho brush and stick in tho rilaut, and it needs no culti- i vatiou. It is tho same with all their fruits. | Tho sugar cuno crows from twenty to ; twenty-fivo feet high. 1 was told that by I Jl.? ~ I, if K ft,1.1 tn 111 ftilil ' pounds to tho acre. It never imL'J.s replao- j ing, but grows just lil:o clover. Cotton j grows in tho same way, rcprot'.u jintj itsolf. { It bocomos a porte.t tree and bears a great | amount of very lino III j .-r. Colfea grows | abundantly, ar. 1 Nicaragua co'i'oe is umcng | the bost in tho world. .so liner c.>il'eo is j providad any v.hoia That country is pre- I eminently a country of lazy pojplo, Una can livo there as nearly without work as | anywhoro else. Tuo people aro very in.lo- j pendent in spirit and only work when they ! leal like it. Olio strango thing is that tho ! English language seems to to the coming language of all America. Spanish and j English aro spo!;en, but tho whole business of iho place is princi]tally done in English. ! 1IECO JHXO C.'.VTAMI.VATUI). The people are all hone.it and truthful. 1 j was told by Capt. J. C. fc'argent, of Maine, ! who is tho Unite 1 States consul thero, of an Indian who found a purse containing j and spent the whole day looking throuxu j the street for tho man who lost it. Un- | fortunately, they aro becoming a little con taminated by our high civilization. Tho I American politicians who have got to going j down there aro damaging the character of ' tho people very much. They aro tho most j ur.iversa.liy polilo people I over saw. Every- i body saiutes you, oven tho little negro boys, i and if tboy havo not got a hat they will pull at their hair. It is vary amu.ing to, hear them say good morning. They havo a whining manner of drawing it out?Good , m-o r-n i-n-g, s-a-h. -Ml their -costumes r.ro , of the very thinnest und iightost materials. ] Kven the ladi.'s aro acru-tomed to array i thc-niselves in nativo simplicity. Physically j they .ira a very lino race?indeed, the finest > race being tho Indians. Sonio of tho women aro superb in figure and handsome in feat- i uros. In tho town tho population consists of negroes, Indians and ev.-ry cross between these two and Spanish and English that they have got in from tho Unite:1 States. | Thoy aro all making money. Tliero is not 0110 thera who is not making money. Tho lruit trade, which is just begi ining, is des- , tined to become of immenso importance. Tho climate is of course warm. They liavo no wintor, but you never really sutler from tho heat. May and September aro t'noir worst months. I was down there in May, and all the titno I woro tho samo clothes I have on now, except that 1 wore linen underclothes, but with that exception I made 110 dill'erenco between there aad here in my clothing. The day from 10 o'clock until 1 j is usually hot and not much work is dona I during those hours, but people do it who have to. Up to 10 o'clock the temperature is delightful, an 1 at I o'clock a bive.-.o rises every day. At nights you always sleep under blankets. You never think of sleeping without, a blan ket. Whde I was there I known. Tuoy liava no troublesome insect*, lc.it some times tl:cy liavo an invasion of '.cos, brought in from other regions the country.?Lol. i'at. J ionau's Letter. Use for the Younger .v;mis of Peers. j Mr ltomeike's latest proposal is that decayed unemployed gentlemen slioul'i be uti.i.od for tuo purpose of an escort supply agon y. Tho object of tho agency wouid be to supply escourls to ladies who visit J.ou Ion, or who rosulo i:i London, but who havo r.o nmlo friends upon whoso time and courtesy th-y can muko sufficient claim. Mr. llonwiko submits tlu* following list of pricts. l!est quality, r or "? vuund sterling d iiiy, or 1 pound sterling per hour, wo cuu oiler the services of younger sous of peers, baronet:*, and military and naval ollicers. Tho escorts wiil I jo taullle s'y divsu.-d, l<y contract xvitii a west end c.dior. j)ocorutioi s :."U per cent. o.\tra. 'ili.in there aro to bo m;j oniao eiioot t?for ;U siuiliags daily, or 10 shillings per hour; hi^iituu.'U escurfs for : u shillings <t:u y, or ~.i biuliiii^ ji.'iico an l:oar, ;!iv.l Isonto'.ioHs for 1 sliiliiu^ t> poncj G'a Lour. ? I'a.'i 21 a 11 via-iettA (ioiid ilca'Sii lit liiu C';i;iital. It has l? tin stated that VVurfljin ;ton io unheal thy, find tliis iii-pru-vu.n. wiufii pre;, vailed a? tb.? oi < ;ar.\c:. hi-Une** cli:? ;; to tho isuKio ins:- I. T.iu is a iniv.ak . 'i'.'i-j auiiiuil siiora..; r..:y is less tli .n that of olbt-r cilivs, a nl tllliirr - tho last t'OUf y .ird !<'! ox : ij?!o it hm boon uuo jn'i coi.i. k.-sin thnn that of Jfortoi; four li-s* tkt I,DO ) t;s .11 { .at of l.'ioitniotiil; eijr'ut !?.*? pGf !,<>;).) than that o? IS'-jf.* York, it 11-i oiovoti 1>ns !?>? 1 ,' '!?/ tban t*:al <.>f C'iio.rlustjri.?Clavelanil Loader. NO CONCEALMENT OF WICKEDNESS. 1VUo:a a Frontier Town Assumes Its Hloiit Scarlet Hue?Xoxt Morning. * ' s_? 1 n.,11. iVl lllgllC JSUtUi 1155ULUU3 its U1U1 u 3UUIHI hue. Tbo town is rod all tbo time, but E.t ni-ht eloctrio lights reflect through stain ;d glass a thousand cardinal and amethyst rays. Tbo bouses of tiio domi monde uro now .ill open. In and out surge the poopJo, challing Lhe iow necked, short sleeved, scautly-drjssed denizens. Whole streets aie givon up to these parlors of the sirens, w-o sit at the windows dressed in drawing-room decollete. When you come to the gambling ealoons the fronts seem to be removed aod the dozens of roulette tables seem to be even with the street Tliero tboy sit, women, Chinamen, cowboys, miners, an J Christians in disguise. The clergyman does not play, but be comos in to show bis democracy 1o the boj's and receive a donation from tt o man who breaks the bank, and suddenly b> comes generous. Tim l-inttn cnnpnrt salnnns ftrfl usuallv Till derground. Tiio saloon is squaro, with a row of privato boxes ail around tbo top. Tho orchestra is occupied by cowboys an I minors, who gu//.lo boar at 'St cents per glass with liabby barmaid* The boxes aro occupied by bank prosidonts, merchants, and wealthy citizens, who sit behind lace curtains and drink Missouri cider-charapag^e at r. bottle with sprightly girls in gauze dresses or tighti Tho gambliug-tables a id tha broken-voiced sinjers make a pamJ.-jmonium ot the pi ice. Tho woii'd oloctiio lights mako tUo room look like hades illuminated. At 11 o'clock the singing isno.v and then disturbs 1 by putol shots from tto cowLoys, who shoot down into tho ground, unless they have an especial dislike to the singer; then tin ball whisps through tho curtt.in. .Sometimes tho cowboys chalf the merchants behind tho curtains in tho boxes, and mako them order whisky for the orchestra. Everybody calls everybody else by his first name, and there is porfect democracy throughout the saloon. There is no concealment of wickedness, but each oin does all ho can lo mako the concert-saloon tho wi kedest place in tho wickedest city in tho world. Tho next morning everything is forgotten, an I '.ho merchants are in their stores, the miners in their mines, and tho pistoled cowboy punching his cattle ten miles away.? l-.ii l'orkins in iv'ow York World. What Is Ilomc Without a Kiijj? Thoro aro men running about tho streets with big rtfgs on their saoulders. They aro salcsmou fur an installment ti0U30 in this city, There arc forty of thojo salosiueu, and in thtvo mouths they have sold nearly -0,<X)0 rugs in Chicago. Anything that is pretty will soli on installments. Theso are gonuino Smyrna, worth from *5 to >!.) each. Thoy are manufactured in Philadelphia. "This installment business i3 a big thing," said ono of tho salesmen, as ho hung l is burden on a letter-Lox and paused to v. i.pa the perspiration from his sooty brow; '*jts just fun selling rugs. Nearly everybody wants ono, and says they are nice; but they haven't got the r.ioeey. Thou wo say a small cash payment uaJ tho balance in installments of .";J cents a week i; all that is required, and that settles it. I've sold rags ? ? *? 1'i'iim f ift stylo tLat bills were as thick us pictures on tlw walls, ju-.t because of ino installment plan, and wiioro I couldn't lia' o inailo a wish sale to save iny noclc. Lots of pcoplo don't pay for their ru^s, though. Down at Ibo oilice wo bavo 2,UU.J or :-;,0u0 that we've had to pull from ]ieo;>io who aro not ready with thoir 60 cents whon tlio collectors go around. LoLs of times we'll s.dl nice ru^s to women and get tao ca-h payment, and when the man comes homo ho kicks and says he won't have his money; squandered on such things. Tao result is that the woman pays $1 for tho use of tno ru.4 one week, and we caa stand that. .Say, - ? 4.*.: . fx :- .. i'fc. IOC 1110 so.l yuu i.ii't ruy. iii is u in.v.13 dusty ami I'll givo it to you 10 oiL'?uaicago Herald. ^Explanation of il?i>sy Palmistry. Thoir observations are always upon tiao lor't hand, and with a tolerably well dovvlo/M system. The oleniciitj r.bsorved ara the t.huniu, lingers", nails, joints*, lines ail mountains. There are four pi ::u i,.;;l linos, the ilia of li/o, whi.h is t'io most important, curving between the forefmgur and the thui ib, arouad th; ba-:o of the tiiuiub to the middle of the wrist; it' regular auJ dark Colu/o i it iu licat'S long life; if crooked, pale and broken, ill houiih and short life. TUo line of health starts at the base of the forefinger and pa^es directly across tho hand; if clear and rogular it indicates soundness of the mind and boJy; it lorLuous it reveuls a propensity to steal; if interrupted in the middle it points to great perils. 'J'he lino of'fo.tuue runs to the uaso of i he little linger, and ae.ordin^ to its various phases indicates bappiuuos or misery, poverty or riches. 'i'uo moiintaiii-j r.ro tho various protnbstrniK-oi within tho pains, and are called respectively tins .Uount or Venus, tho .Mount of luars, mountain oC sun or ino. , and so on. tiinali linos parallel with tbo line oi fortiiuo ;;t til? l.aso ot the little linger pro.niso happy marriage. Small lin.).s taxing tho form of the br.-.nehs oi' the troe Indicate general [ rospcrity; spots on tho naiU, the tuii:l:u0nl o. liopoA?i>'eii*oifc Free i'ross. Connecticut Cure for Ihiky Horses. A Connoecieut farmer curoi a baJky lior.,o in t. o following manner: llo drove liim, attached to a r.iclc wjgon, to the woo i lot lor u ninall load of woo l. Tbo animal would not pull a pouu 1. iio di<l not beat him, but tied liim to a trao ami let him stand lis wont to the lot at sun sot, ami asked lii'.n to draw, but ho would not straighten a tug. "l made up my mind," said tho farmer, "when tho hor.so wont to the barn, lie w..ul l talto that load of wood. I went to tLe b.trn, gut blankets, an I covered tlio hor.so warm, and ho sloo 1 until morning. '1 Lea ho refused to draw. At iiojsi 1 went down, anil he was hungry and louosotne. lie- drew tiiau lot.i 01 v/uo i mo l.rst lima 1 twice I him. I return ?l, ?0t another hnil before i lev I him. 1 liavo il/awu several loads &iae.\ U.ico Ii*j j'jfujj-1 Lo draw; but >oon m ho saw q:j ^tai't lor tiio Iiouj", in started alter j:u \rilj ilu ioad.? J .! . Uaaga ItiiCOitly I'ubli.sU^il .'jlJtiisiics or Kocently published slatmi s of l'ritiau In<iia gi .0 tuu in tiro poptra'.io.i at iVy' <;r uud taj superhciai area at Oil Si;ii;uv ljiiioj; |.yii.i,'.V? iv&laoiu.-s wore onu;!.ci'i'.t,d. TJso doiu-ity of thy population reai'hos its maximum ia v/iioro tii.-i'o woro -Mi-s inhu'-jitaiits to !lu> s- uaro mile; llio minimum i> j'oiiiti in central India, with an I ia (iritis'.! i:unn.ih v. iln .:.\v to ?avh 3 ;::;'ro m?l-.\ !'<>r e ? . ;ry I 0 la il.'s laj.'o are JvJ i'oia Tin lii ii.nil i 11 Mi.ij iiii-lu lo . ' > 0: tlvj T.ioli iiu..;-.4 Li:s, .' U.iilit); C!ii'-itiaas, J, ' 'ars.-. , ~j,'i Jow:;, and various oth'T .'Is wi it smill mj!s>;wr:s. 'i'ji* caiiru <I ji.at; Iu ! i I i? jrjuii'li. la M; ivii, ,!iu Ijn^i.'i i>i i iiilrj.. i>, in iiiilc;.. wa> 1 ./ ().>; of I'..; tlii' ii??UU r./iivm*, - '!- ) 1CL.;! <caglu ijl v.iro:, ' -i.?Ly.. lo.i L 11;.', Jtub il>T vasliboard of dis lifo pojiy bar l misKOOil acktions, and dor seal iio parifuclions luit dot.?Cdil I'rvia.i. KS INSURANCE ADJUSTER.' ; Q.UEER PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED IN THE COURSE OF BUSINESS. An Opinion of the "Business" Woman? j The Curious Side of Human Nature? J Valuo of Damaged l'roperty?Absurd I Notions?Honesty and Trlckcry. ' The moro I como in contact with the j ; female representative of this day and gen- j eration, the more I am convinced that she j is a curious and remarkable phenomenon," ! Which remark from a blonde young man ! j who certainly could never have experienced any very harsh treatment from the sex ! naturally became tho subject for invostiga| tion. j "Don't get excitcd," continued ho of the vellow mustache, lazily lichtinc a cisaretta, I "you are no5 to lio treated to a 'confidence.' ( j I am considering lovely woman at the 1 i present moment solely from a busine.-y point j of view. My position in the adjuster's deI partment of a lira insurance company affords mo opportunities to study the female I character in a variety of phase, and I repeat that it is a complex and remarkable thing." "You must strike queer fish of all sorts in jour line," suggested the reporter as the j young man paused. "Lots of them," was the quick response. . j "Nothing hut queer ftsh it seems to me some| times, or else the businoss is peculiarly apt | to dovelop tho queer side of human natura , I Our office used to insure among tho foreign- , I crs over in tho Hester and Essex streets tenj ements. There's where you run against , I cueer fislt Such places as they are. Ugh, ( j it fairly make3 my nose ache to think of . | them now! 'lhey are mostly tailors and | fur sewers and the like; they are a prolific . j lot, and one room or two at most answers , for a family of from seven to ten to cat, . sleep and work in. You may fancy the I smells one would strike. And tha cat! No family over there is complete without the ( cat. Tho cat does all tho mischief, too. . The unfailing reason for all the fires is, the cat tippod over tho lam-j. It is an estab- , fished joke amoug tho offices that take j these risks?this ubiquitous and perennially mischievous cat of the cast aide lioheinian." vai.l'k ok damaged property. "Then arson is a common crimo in that community," suggested the reporter. , ' Arson unproved, but not unquestioned, j Curious, too, for they got very decent furnishings and excellent clothing, and then damage them for tlio insurance." ''You insuro anything and everything, I suppose.'" "Ub, yos?that is, if it is specified. A woman over in Paterson tho other day showed mo among tho debris of her firo a dead canary bird in a blackened cage. She wanted compensation for its loss, but the company would not grant it. It should havo been covered by a special policy, n3 thoy | often are. Parrots are very commonly in| fcured, and a woman not long ago asked mo to I writo in her policy, as she put it, 'Protection for them goidlish,'pointing to a couple of | the littlo shiners squirming about in u soveninch globe. I told her lire would never kill | I those animals?tho creatures were gasping j j thou in their narrow quarters. j ' It's always tiio women mac navo cue ao- ! ( I sur.l notions about insurance, although the j ! men are pretty nearly as bad about trying ( I *.o increase tho value of damaged property. | A little storokoojier in tho wilds of Brooklyn I was partially burned out lust winter. Ho | kept laces chiotly, and all that were injurod , ! were of tho cheapest quality, but his claim ; , for tho moiety ot stock burned was a good > j round one. ">'ow, you know, wo don't mako gifts to I J j Lho assurod; wo simply indemnify, and 1 I , I said to our friend, 'How's this: these other , laces all told won't sum up to what you ( want for tho two or thico bo.-.es burned' | " 'uh,' said tho old fellow, lowering his , voico contidontially, 'I toll ycu how dot , vas. In doso boxes I keep my most ox- j pottiive laces. jJem laces vas fine like a | cobweb and all hau l-made,' and so on, till, , i according to his elaboration, nothing short i , ! of tho valuo o? old roso point could io;n! pen.-ato him, but the company thought dif- | ferently," linislied this young damage ap- , ; praiier dryly; "it fro. juently does. j, II- iVivT WITH HI).Vj;sT MK.V. "Yet we don't hagglo; wo nro honest with ; | honest men, Lut wheu wo tacklo somo one | j trying to play sharp wo arc apt to see that j ) I ha or &ha gets no more than ho or she is on-! ( j titled to. What do you think, now, of t:?o j cheek of a fellow down south who actually j j j seut us up his policy soakod with the kero- I ? sono with which, as it was afterward proved, j \ j he had tired his property I I ,| "l'o return to tho womon. It is a com- j ! mon belioi anions them that they can get j ( j 110 indemnilicatiou it their policy is burned. j , And if their proporty is not all destroyed I j they think all claim for damages is nulli-1' lied. Hcore3 of them have come to tho of j lice explaining that tho lire burned tho! t j house all up, lmt most ol' tho furniture was | j saved, and they don't suppose tluy can col ( I loefc anything, but they thought they'd J i i como and see, becau?o Mrs. .So-and-so, ] some neighbor, said perhaps they could. ! ( I That's a positive fact. 1 | "Vet women nro persistent insurers; and j how thoy treasure their policies: w tiy, out | in a I oanecticut farmhouso 01:0 day last ' j sununor, while 1 was wuitiug in tlio best room, what shouM 1 sco hanging over the ! malo.hon framed, and asa companion piece ! ; to the marriage ? c-rtiticat-', but an insurance policy! That was an idea, wasn't it.' j "Vou insure hereditary valuables, heir- l , looms and tho like." t j "At their commorcia! value, j*cs. Wo pay nothing for th.-ir association to an In- j J dividual. An autograph letter of (ien. i 1 Washiii-ton wo would insure for a g"od 1 sura, but a lett r #r.tton by your ancestor r of JM) years ago, however valuable it mi Jit ? lw to ycu, t!io co.iipany would ap; raisj at .. t'io price of the ink and paper, which would j j be?nothing." } ' Jiow about jewelry and art valuables?'' t ' Wearing iewolry is inciu ied in house- j hoM coo,Is: special arti d<?s of jewelry are L individually tevuivd. laintin^*, statuary, \ i iiii.1 tl.? li!?e aro also specially insured." I 'Tb.n tiio poaeliWow vit^o would lie cn- t ; titled 'io a soj):ir.ito an I particular policyc | ' ! 'i:i!oul toJly. I'at not. my dear sir, in ( c jt company lor lo,UX).''??v\v \ oric s , Tiiaca. t A !)!storfio;i n( Natural Shape. J j It is well to sillily tho style of our fashiona!?lu siatiis Jso'.vaduys, piuli.-u arly Ueauoo ! \vt> aru S'.-cin^ t:io iast ui'li.T slmpeiiios for ^ years. What <lo 1 moan; That from tiro , cliujjing ^arm-nts of two springs a.jo they liav.? alivu-ly departed into ail artifi.-.'aiit/ j ol' outlines au I a distortion oi' natural sliapo j lU::t l;a3 u.ic nrw.liy outraged gra'.-o mni N o. ........r-f rr i-j lic.inui r.i...? ;.o.in hit bu-i'o !>:i I?on rejiSiiciiJ u::<icr Iho rear ?!ra- ^ poii.s, av.'l is growing rapidly to iii l-.oi'ivnt r, jiroportions. At prc.soat is iii.-.tou<Is lhj j ikirr.-s to r.n e.\fc-nt which. if tli.s wonrcr's h> !y c i!ir<.ri:U' i to its limit;, *l:o v.-<ii;M m :!c.nt. .i i.i !uoii-!y tlcforniol; l?;it it is i?i t > \v'iar it wi I 110 next you:-.?New , \ c"i: Cor. t "hica.^o JleraM. ( Vbo ti;!i.!o:'sani; oilor !i-ft c;i i!io broa'.Ij * pfii-r os:ti?.^ orluns is ouLir-'ly removal l.y liriiuiuij a cup of srroug coin o; uwl coii'e.a ' l-oiiini; wliilo onions ua cooking couiilci .'V t.i the sindL-W estora l'lo-vinaij. AT CLOSE OF DAY. 3*.. Swoothcart, I wonder if you dream '!* The samo delightful dreams as I; If all your riant pulses s em To throb more swift as we pas3 by. j. see the warm flush on your faco, The beauty of your bright, brown hair, As down the crowded thoroughfare You glide in goodness and in gra.e, At close of day. I wonder why I love you so. You do not speak; yet from your eyes Your soul looks out, and well I know The moaning that your gaze implies; What is tins sonso so sweat, so dear, This mystery of lifo that blonds t Two souls?that makes us more than friends, And lifo so fair and joyous here, At closo of day. Into my lifo new hope is born; For, when wo meet, you seem to bring Sunshine like that which breaks at morn And lights with splendor everything? N'ew dreams, new fancies strangely swoot. New thoughts that bold mo in control, Nov/ inspiration to my soul, When we, by chance, one moment moot At close of day. ?Eugeno J. Hall in Chicago Tribune. AN EPISODE IN UTAH. A. First Wife Who Did J?nt Vi?nr Polygamy in a Submissive Spirit. On tho other side of the square therfl was a family consisting of a man and hig wife and livo children, at least, tho family was constituted as described up to tho pro vious year. Then the husband <arno home one night with the agreeable intelligence that he was to bo married tho next week, Mid that I19 wanted his wife and the girls to bestir themselves, and get the front room LltUJU up iur LUO UMUO, a J kuau U'l IIWI 1IUU feel mortified when lie brought her home. His wife, I regret to say, did not receive Lhe news he brought in a proper spirit She told hiin hoAvaa not likely to be mortiiied by the appearance of the bouse, as he should never darken its doors with his brida I fear sho intimated likewise that she would be on hand with a kettle of boiling wator to recoivo him and the young lady when they ittemptcd to enter. To all this the bus band replied: "Very well, my dear. If you can not be liappy with us, try to bo happy without us ? HC ?tiil uuu UWUU1U jwu. Nor did thoy. Tho husband took his wife to St. George as soon as thoy were married, but before starting he stripped tho house of furniture, provisions, and everything else, leaving the first wile and hor children nothing but tho bare walls. In relating hor experience afterward she said: "We did not starve. That summer I and my children gleaned in tho wheat Holds, and tve lived on boiled wheat until tho next spring. Then tho Gentiles came in and some 3t them gave me work, and Lav* befriended ino evor since." It will bo perceived that the coming of the Gentiles was worth something to thia woman and her children, lor, though a diet sf boiled wheat is heuKhful an.I nourishing, t become* monotonous in the course of fears, i-iesides, our wheat fields are some;imos attacked by grasshoppers and crickits, and then the gleaners surfer.?A Fifteen Voar Resident of Utah in Boston Commercial Bullet iu. Defects of tlia KnsUsh Yacht. An article whioh appeared a few weeks igo in i no * leiu was uy no means pieasani reading for those who aro interested in English yachting, as it showed that the American Meet will shortly possess four jreat centreboard cutters of the very latest typo. ISo doubt Jinglisli yachtsmon have a rory strong and perfectly just objection to centre boards, which ought not to Le allowed :o compete for the America's cup, and they may therefore be inclined to despise these /eisels; l>ut no one can blame the Americans for following their own ideas as to what is jest, and the conterboarJ is, to a certaiu jxtent, mado necessary by the nature of their watora. Kven, However, if the sliding Icoel be altogether and unreservedly condemned?and jcrtainly it is,.in some rospects, most objec:iouable?it must bo admitted that the Americans are not standing stiil or going mckwurd, and it is, wo fear, equally clear ;hat tlioir Lrotbor sportsmen on ihi3 side of ilie Atlantic ar? diutia-. tly going backward in.I abandoning good ships for inferior ones. I'bis i3 vory much to bo regretted. Tho hmglish racing yacht of tiie latest kind ha9 ionie very serious defects, and undoubtedly .arries too much load, but uovortholess sho s, on the whole, an admirable vessel. Sho a haudy beyond any other vessel that >xists, sho has groat speed, auj she is seaworthy. ?Saturday llovicw. rho Classics A'orsm Athletic Contents, Tho Harvard Bulletin for May announces ;hat two scholarships havo beon founded ;his year In Harvard colbgo with an in:o;no for tho present of s'ji'l) each per annun, which uro to lit* awarded for oxceleiico either in the classics or in athlotic ont.sta. The scholarships aro to be called .ho Gsorgo Emerson I o well scholarships, ind will be iirst given next j'ear. Tho New York Tribune, in commenting )n ttiis extraordinary announcement, says :l>at "its tigiiiiicanco is such as to causo an lo-o bodied, back-action, triple plated iliivcr to run down the spine of every sou >l 1'alo, (Columbia and i'liti-eton who is nteivsU'U in tiio athiutic >|vjru? of Li-? colego, iuil who i- ilesiroiis of seeing its col;rs to iho i'oro.'?Chicago Journal. llrnrsiinlMtiiM of Iho t'rcuo!i Army. Tho in:;ill iV.itanM of Gsn. UouJanyer's jill for tL;j roor^aiiLntioa of t'r.n Kreneh trmy aro: J-'ji-t, i!:j aof all ox'iiiptiaas, save ext-Jiuied t > voting men i salving fo: libera! raiwrs, r.a.l they are to iay a iiimiuiuin t;;x of <i iv:t::nes a day lor iirco yeai'3?ac tu.* en 1 of tiioso throe years !>y are i ouud to bj Incorporate I for two rears' iiotivv .-orvico: to oi-.?li/, the raising f t!io annual coa threat to li?: men, which viil bri'ijj uji tho { i,ai.,t> o>la:>jisItiii'?tiC fro*a ir.'.O.i > to ."?i i,0 :j nit-ii, ili..- J o;ioJ of scrvira ,o t?e throe yoais; tb:r ily, tho men rot yet tnbodied, or on lui*Iou.:h, s:ro to b.* dridel >nce a mouth: fourthly, t is to i>e a ni'C;."! army for roi.^.ii.d service, to bo re ruiteil by vc-luutury enlistment.?Chicago L'iiuoSi ifc V.':n Sjx'vti! I'.itti* ill 11 "These fancy farm-.TJ tLaS co'ao out from ho city with mo.'u luvii y than bruim iiial;o a.?.-.aiii a pa^ienijer from x'.i^in: "a hio liuu that Mario.I in i.e.ir our |>!a o noS H-> bju.jlit ;i lot ol [.i.'s jr i'U>, lUl'i Il :.iOil wo: til ui I'O.'il t > lYo.l tuuill .itii, an I ill on joM tli'j iot for s' 'i iii In'i 0\iv)0u t<< ii; i! o any money on h corn,' ho s:u I: 'it w.-?s in h-nts i waa p.rulnliiij;, an.I 1 ii iv*> cuiuj oat with a "?lliiKMiJo lie ai'!. Tile : M.'.-l l.ivn,' i',uii! vi'iiiy .lubii r\)s>, of iVsi, No. J I, i -c.mil l- .?r* I/?in_*-ihs i ! 1 l.i i. . t!m /.M.i.J; irail-1 'vii'.y niuu liv: -.z. J! > .>;*.? Li>:n ia .- aSs, 3i<\, ? vtoVr ? ::!: I i i:i .'yitiis'Miy 1i v.o liuat'icil aiiil i-\ rty-aotfunl il .iiuii, in May, l^' !, h i 1 w:u m.c rod ?>iiv i-i Uetelvr, i.V\ 'I i ajo Jou trial. l [ ' THE STOYE-PIPE HAT, POINTS FROM A DISCUSSION IN A LEADING SCOTCH PAPER. % v* How Victory Mfty PorcJi Upon a Tall Silk Hat ? Testimony of Threo Wit-' lessen?Vnluo of tho Stove-ripe In Promoting Morality. During the past few weeka the columns of the it'A.iincr n?r?>v iri Glaserow have been i)j'*o!u*d to correspondents who desired to j-res-LMt arguments lor and against the wear ill: of "tin? tall silk hat. To judge from the number of letters that have been published on the subject, one would suppose that hundreds of peop'e bail devoted th<j best part of their lives cousi icring tbo merit* of the proper covering of the l;ead3 of men, aud that nearly ull of them bad come to the conclusion, a:ter diligent study, observation, and relicction, that, tho tall silK bat possessed advantages over every form of headgear that had been worn in ancient or modern times. A commercial "traveler states that when he (ir.it took to the road he wore a suit 6f light tweed cloth and a soft sloticB These he thought would be very comfort- . able, well suited for traveling, and sufficiently dressy for a person engaged in hia occupation. His trip was not successful, though he abstained ironfall the vices commou to "drummers" and- attended strictly ~ to business. The few bills of goods ha sold ? I were to sranll dealers of somewhat doubtfni commercial standing. He was so discouraged Ly his failure to secure m trade that be was thinking of giving up tbe business when an Knglisli commercial traveler suggested to him that htt are S3 was not iu ma tuvur. iw ^wlu| mended him to discard bis tweed sack and low slouch hat, and to wear in their place a , black frock-coat and shiny stove-pipe, and to try ' his luck again." He followed the advice, and succeeded far beyond his first anticipations. He was welcomed at places, where he was not received before, and generally made large sales. THE VALUE OF GOOD CLOTHES. This statement i3 followed by ono from a prosperous city merchant He writes that he entered the house of which he is now the manager and senior partner as an offlceboy. He at once resolved "to work himself up to the highest round," if that could bo accomplished by study, care, industry, and the exercise of all the ability he possessed. His progress was slow at first, but he atn tributed this to the fact that he was young. When he became a man he dressed plainly, ordinarily in tweed clothes and low hat, so as to save all he could of his salary. Ho made himself useful to the house and was mora thau once assured that his services were duly appreciated. Still nothing waa said to him about taking him into the firm or giving him an interest in the business. Becoming discouragod at his prospect of advancement, be concludcd that ho might as well spend more of his salary in dresa and in making a better appearance. Ha accordingly appeared at bis place of business one Monday morning in a black broadcloth suit, while a tall silk hat was on his ! head. He entered on his duties as usual, | and no remarlcs were made about his j change of dross, but more customers ad| dressed him than was customary, and bofore the week ended be was invited to become a member of the firm. A German commercial gentleman temporarily residing in Glasgow adds his testimony in favor of the tall bat He states j that merchants from London and l'aris [ are better received in Berlin than are those | from Glasgow and Kdinburgh, and he is iii! flined to think that the urefercnce to them ! is duo to the tull hats they wear, as the | soft hats worn by the Scotchmen present u J very cheap appearanca The testimony of these three men appears I to be sullicient to establish the value of the J tall hat in the world of trade and com' merce. Its value in promoting respectabil| ity and morality is declared by many persons. PROU A MORAL STANDPOINT. A woman states that she has for many I years obsorved the men taken to a stationI house by tee police, and that not one in 3X> | wears a tall hat Another has noticed while traveling that the men who wear tall ; hats befcavo in a more dignified, respectful ! and refined manner than those who wear caps or low hata Tue former are not addicted to the use of profauo or low language. A laly who has given much attention to the matter of dress thinks that no covering for the head is so becoming or tasty as tbe tall silk hat, and she regrets that they are so expensive and so liable to cause headache and baldness. This letter calls out communications from a physiciad : aud a dealer in second-hand goods. Tbo I doctor states that the tall hat is the most j healthful covering for the head, and def clares that the men who wear them very ! rarely have tho headache. If the hat has a : ventilator in the top of it the wearer is not; likely to become baid. It causes the top of the bead to bo surrounded by air, which ia i the poorest conductor of heat, thus keeping ' it warm in winter and cool in summer. JLtie aeaior in secoua-oanu arutn-a iu ui cu ! states that he pays more than twice as much for cast oil' silk bats as be does for felt bats that originally sold for the same price. He ! thinks if they were generally worn that ' dealers would pay half price for them when they bad s:.'eu six months' services They would be cleaned up and shaped so as to | conform to tho lut.-st styls. Finally, thj testimony of a professor of science and navigator is given in regard to the value of tha tall h it as a life-preserver. He says it id j more serviceable in case of shipwreck than 1 any Duoy he has over experimented with, i It now seems ovident that the stove-;.ipo v hat is tho most potent agent in every department of progress and reform that we possess. Wo now understand why there is so much wealth, refinement, culture, and intellectual activity in Lonlou and Paris. The men who live in these cities generally wear stovo pipe hats. In view ot the tostikioiiv that has been eivon on the subject, is St"emos lively that we have not yet discovered half the virtues o? the tall hat ? Chicago limes. Curtailed Ulet ns a Cure. Dr. C. E. Page of I'o-ton, seems intent cn supplementing the solution of ihe drink problem by a pledge of ab-tinence from all tool whatever. The records of baby-farm statistics do not shake hi* confidence m the elliency of a curtailed diet as a cure for all disorders of < hiUbood, ami bo quotes the case of a cousuiuptive who, much to hij own sun rise, was cured by carrying that curtail.went to its logical extreme, having, ia fact, tried to starve him-uif to deutb, and Las gained strength at a rate causing a WiJ.-siJivau Sousuiiou.?CLicagJ limes. Si<r. Toii'.-isini's KU-ftric j'hotojjrnplij-. A { oraiuitttfo of tl.o l'arus Polytechnic iustiti.te has lvportei favorably on Slg. iotuu>ii;i s nwtuod of electric photography ?i. ? ., ft plan I'or supors.iliiig tha functioas of li.r'jt ; y tLj direct action of e.eclrio currvits, :.a;l obtaining photographs lu tha dark. JJc.'jSi ii l-.itoly patented u device for teligtaplnag without t.:u iuddii'p ci telegraph wire.-:. After t-uclii::j? I?,i!,p-: to tliswith iainp-oil, electricity ma; yet ?uable Us to cook without lire aud shoot v;Ukovs powder.? Dr. Felix L. C'swalJ. - -