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" EXEUNT OMNES." Bummer friends and summer weather, Hand in hand they come together. Tears and laughter in their train, JL\?Llll LHJ >T USUI'S, llhUMiUHIia 1U1U. Mirth, like riplet on the stream, :? ? Touched with sudden noonday gleam. Splendor and radiauceall around, V.'ealth of sight and wealth of sound, Bonds of friendship, vows of love, Sworn by all the powers abovo. So swift away Day follows day. For who can stay, Old Time? Soon falls the lea?. The autumn's nigh Exit suinm. r with a sigh, Exit also the summer friend. Yet!?"Stay awhile. Is this the end'" The rose is dead, the snngstsr mute, A rift sprung in the lover's lute. To fairy gold the leaves are turning, Friendship's flame to as'.iei burning, ^o laughter now, but shiv'ring droad Ass.md flies threat'ning overheai All must decay. Friends pass away, For who can stay, , Old Time? Scnmers, many, shall come and go, Like tides the ages ebb and flow, Breezes balm}- as thosi of old, Ma}- rob the buttercup of gold. Summer friends will come again With all their suite of mirth and pain, The old, old refrain will be heard From ftvprv man an.l pvprv hird. But never, aye. yet nevermore, Cau they the bloom of faith restore. Live we to clay, Love we alway, But who can slay, Old Time' ?Do: othy Stuart, in Detroit Free rress. TOLD IN LETTERS. by benjamin* noutiii!up. Ni:\v York, November 33. Got here last night, and now I am at the hotel writing to you instead of running around town attending to business, but I thought you would be anxious to hear from me as soon as possible. Am going to be very busy, I fear, and will _ nave little time for pleasure, if I could take any pleasure away from you and the children. I will try aud find a irench nur.-efor little Tom, but 1 hive no fancy for a job of that sort, as you well know. Kis< tbe baby forme and tell Tom that I V...11 v.: * *? *- - -u ""ii ?siam? u1ii1 mu tup iii all New York. \Vi;h much love, I am your affectionate husband, Tom. t . Schenectady, November 23. Deati Tom : Learned yesterday from Bilks you hud ruu down to .New York for a few days. Sorry I didn't knaw it 6 >oner; 'but it is not too late now. You can do me nn immense favor if you will. I want you to call on my liancee, Miss Simpson?the live; at S-'evcnticth street and Si\th. avenue?and explain why I can't come down for Thanksgiving, as I promi ed. You know how busy we are at the store just now, especially as old Brown i-> in Boston for a fortnight. By "the way, -stop in Tiffany's and get her something neat and stylish. the dotes on style. I've got to do something to ?ase lier disappointment. ^ ou know what better than I. Anything you pick oat will be all right. trend iNcw York draft for $..0. Make it come inside of that. Call some evening and make it O. K. for me, and l:ll do the same for _ :you some time. She hns often heard me speak of you, and I'm sure you'll be welcome. Don't neglect this, old man, or I'll be dished sure. If you can find time run in and see Jim Taylor. He is somewhere down Broadway. You remember Jim? Yours as ever, Habby. Schenectady, November 24. Dearest Tom : I'm so glad you wrote ye-terday. I was really getting anxious about you. L'e sure and don't overwork yourself and come home as soon as you cau. I send you that list of the things I want you to buy. You left it on the parlor table the day you went away. Don't forget to attend to it. You must find time to get a J'rt-n h nurse for Tom. The "Wilsons and (he Joneses both have French nurses and Tom is getting so big that 1 really can't lift him any more. You have no idea, Tom, what a cuuning little fellow he is. ilejiOt your new silk hat yes' tertfay and wore it out in the rain. I had the hardest time getting him clean. Baby has a new tooth and can say "papa" as well as Tom can, the darling an ncl. With love and kisses, your own wife. maky. P. S.-- Get a maid that will answer the door and will wear a pretty French cap. They are so stylish. M.vnv. New Ycmiv, November 20. Yours received. I attended to the commission you wrote about. Had some difficulty in finding the dear girl, but I taw her Wednesday, and took. Thanksgiving dinner with her on Thursday. After d'niier we went to see Booth, and stopped in i'clmonico's oil the way home and had such a nice little symposium together. She is all you could a<kof anyone, and rcaliy is much better than you deserve. She is a ch irming girl and no misiaKe, ana wui dc u great uuuiuou 10 the town if she doesn't make all the other women green with jealousy. ?he has an inexhaustible share of good sense, and her ardent spirits only set oil hei ripe beauty as the green foliage does the resplendent sun-flower, as some poet has remarked 1 I got her a gold pin with a small diamond in the center, and she was delighted with it. I tell you, she is the one bright island in the gloomy sea of this Babel of a civilization. Sorry for you that I can't bring her back with me. Didn't have t m j to attend to that other matter you w:ote about. Will be home Saturday night. Yours, Tom. New York, November 2<>. Attended to that commission. Glad you ii entione I the matter. Saw the girl you ask 'd me to. Propo-ed bringing her back with me, but she wouldn't rnme. ^he w..s as i:??i v as a mud fence anyway and I don't think you will miss hermuch. Sorry; better luck r.oxt time, I hope. < ot the red r'am-els nil right; think they will :'t. Hud some difficulty in getting the nightg.)\vi:s ever bought women's nightgowns before you know. B -nt th b ue stockings yeste day. I got th< m clocked. They are the cheapest I could lintl. AVi:l have considerable money left, as I struck a regular bargain. The boots I got have high tops. I think you will like them better so. I sent them yesterday, too Hope to get home Saturday. Have been ru3hcd to death with business. Yours in haste, Tom. s ;iiexectady, november 26. Sm: To say tint I aru surprised does not begin to express ray feelings. It is pcihn s just as well for you that you didn't bring y. ur ''resp ondent sunt'tmer" back with you, and just as well "dear girl" that you had such "diificuitv" to find and yet had time to call and eat your Thanksgiving dinner with and go 4-rx w?4-V? ivi11 nornr mnlrA nnfi W CUli IJUUIU IMIU, "ill UV< V4 IUMUV wUW woman in Schenectady jealous. You can be sure of that. I wouldn't be jealous of her even if you gave her a whole bushel basket of diamonds, but I'd just like to meet her once. That's all. I do think though that it was rather strange for you to be able to afford a diamond pin when you couldn't give me $50 to get my last year's sealskin sacquc made over only last week. But of course she is much more '-charming" than I nm. I am not a "bright islaud' you know and I never pretend to be. As you are so "busy" ! ! ! in that "Babel of civ>'ization" you needn't come back for a year or so. You won't find me here, though, when you do come. I shall take Thomas and Evangeline with me and start for my father's to-morrow on the early train. He, at least, will not insult me with any charming girls of the sort you mention. You may think, sir, that your letter was very funny, but I will show you that there is one person who doesn't like that kind of joking, and that person, sir, signs h.Tself, with deep regret, Mary Ethel Briggs. * S "irEXECTADV, November 26. Confound you, what do you mean? I fliAnrpltf trrxt! ? frinn/1 O nH Q fTftntlp. luvuo"" .>?" ?V V. man. It seems you are neither one nor the other. In fact, your letter prove* you to be an insolent blackguard and a treachei ous cur. How my darling could be caught by the? wile* of such a thing a* you have proven yourself to be is something I cannot unders:a:id. "What she may think of me who should so far forget the respect due her, as to present her. through a stranger, with nightgow is, stockings and high top boots 1 dare not think. I have wr.'t'ea to her by thi3 m iil and told her what a blundering ass and villain you are, I hope her jjood sense will enable her to .iee how sadly and unpard' n:ibly both she and I have been betrayed. Oh! how I do wish I had you here now I I would just like to pound your miserable carcass until your own mother and your mu -h abused wife wouldn't know yon from a load of Chicago dressed beef. I shall start for New York as s.ion as I can borrow money enough to pay my | fare, and if I run across you there will I be a hasty call for an ambulance, sure. You contemptible wretch! So she is as 'MJgly as a mud fence1' is she.' Much you k:tf>w about beauty, indeed! Of course she wouldn't come with you. "Relied on your memory'' did joi? Well, nil I can s iy is that I will give you something to remember me by when get hold of you. Henry Smith. [WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH (JOMrANY. ] New York, November 27. Mrs. Thomas Benton Brifjgs, Schenectady, N. Y.: All a mistake. Henry Smith will explain all. Will leave for home first train. - Tom. 14 paid. [Western Union Telegraph Company. J New York, November 27. Mr. H:nry Smithy Schenectady, N. Y.: Letters got mixed. Show one you received to my wife at once. She got youis. For heaven's sake don't let her lea e town until I arrive. Will be home to-morrow. Tom. 30 paid. ?New York Graphic. Astonishing the Natlres. Signor d'Albertio, the Italian explorer, iu his work describing h.s researches : in New Guinea,re utcs how,having been : nii.hirl Kr tha lJannans he succeeded. : without bloodshed, in so thoroughly ; frightening the natives that they were glad to make peace with him on any terms. He hoisted the black flag over ! his house, is-ued a proclamation that j I while it was flying no one should ap- I preach on pain of death, laid Ursini bombs in every direction, and fired at every one who pas-ed that way, until they were in a state of complete terror. Two of the leaders, Naiuii Kupe and Farama, made overtures of peace iind j brought to i-ignord' A lbertio a number' ' of the stolen articles. He thus describes j the interview: "To impress more firmly on their minds how much they had to fear from | me, I treated them to several spectacles, i The fir t was to drive three balls in suci ccs^ion into the trunk of a tree 100 j metres distant; ths sccond was to let oil ! an Orsini bomb: and the ihird,after having induced them to break their lances i on~a blade of iron, to send it to pieces \ j with a ball from my fowling piece. Bat | the last spectacle was the iinest. ''After having kept the two for some j time seated on a great rock in front of j iha house, I led them to a distance, went into the house, and set fire to a train of ! powder connected with a mine bored un! del* the ro. k on which they had b en ; seate 1; then I joined them and directed their attent on to the spot. While they j were iookir.g the mine exploded. Keedi less to say how frightened they were, i They had neither legs to run away not ' feet to stand, and were hardly able to pray mo not to destroy them, and they | would recover for me ail that I had lost. ! "When they grew calm I conducted j them t > s.'c the eilcct of the mine. The j rock was broken in a thousand frag- i j mcnts, and scattered great distances, and j instead of the rock on which they had i sat they found only a hole. They looked j at each other tremblingly, and acjain enx?i i 4. i.:n I U'CJUiM IUU nut IU Mil LiiULU. i^aiuii a^av.u i permission to take away a bit of the frac- i lured iron to frighten his people into n j ! restitution of the stolen goods, and a; j they descended the lull they gathered : fragments of the rock." Tin; National Food Bill. { Mr. Atkinson, in an article in the Cen- 1 ! turn,taking the cost of the average daily 1 ration of an adult boarder in a factory i boarding house at 25 cents as the standard I for the country, estimates the annual nai tional fond bill of the L'uited States to be as follows: Aggregate per Per day. year. ! M^afc, fish and poultry.. 10 c $1,82-%000,000 I Jlilk, butterand cheese. 5 c 912,500,000 I Eirtrs (one every other j day) Kc 91,250,030 Annual foid l-r>)?c $2,S2i\750,003 B ead lb.i *2^0 456,250,0 0 2Kn 45U.2iO.OOO | ? 4 ? ? j Sugar and syrup 3 c Tea andcolee. 1 c lS?,o0',0i)0 Fruit fsireen aufl dry,".. ]4c 1)1,250,000 ] Salt, suice-s ice and sunj dries ...! l_c 182,500,000 35 c $4,503,500,000 Deduct probable excels in suprar, tea, coffee ani dairy produ.ts... 202,500,000 $4,300,000,000 Spirits and fermented liquors 700,000,000 Probable price of food and drink $5,000,000,000 A Chinaman has purchased for $10,00) the exclusive privilege of Belling ODD ALASKANS. ONE TRIBE OF ESQUIMAUX AS TALL AS WHITE MEN. The "Mutes" and Some of Their Stranffe Customs?Ivory Worn in the Lips ?Their Superstitions and Dress. Dwelling in that portion of the Terrij tory of Alaska north of the Arctic circle : is a race of sturdy, docile, but withal inj dependent, people. These people haveno name as a race, but designate themI selves as ''mutes," which literally translated means "a dweller at or upon." For instance, a native born at the village on Point Hope (Tig-erach) is a Tigerach? mute; one born at Point Barrow is a Noo-wuk mute, and so on, deriving their cla-siiication from the place of nativity. The popular idea prevails that thes:; people resemble those living on the eastern shores of the Arctic Occan and I Greenland, but while on the Greenland side the stature of the native; i9 small, upon the Alaskan side numerous measurements taken by me of both sexes show an average height in the males of five feet eight inches and in the females five feet four inches. There arc many men, and women, too, ospecially at Point Bar | row and Point Hope, that ma.isure nearly | six feet, and all well proportioned.. In ! their facial characteristics these people ' partake of the Mongolian type. Exami ination of skulls and living persons shows ' the high prominent cheek bones, th: oblique-shaped eye setting, the elongated nostrils, and straight, coarse black hair i of the Asiatic race. 13y reason of their hardy life their limbs are of a strong mold. The only inalformatiou that 1 observed amoni; them was a tendency in j the knees and feet to bend inward. More , especially is this to^be noticed in the woj men, a circumstance I attribute to their carrying heavy .weights upon the lower | portion of the spine, while the uneven j surface of the srouud forbids walking in j any level manner. Another reason for , this mvlfurmation is the length of time j lhese p3ople are confined to their boats . when traveling along the coast. Through| out the entire Territory of Alaska and i the Aleutian Islands it is very rare to see : a native of either .'ex exhibiting a perfect | carriage. The Aleuts at the Seal Islands i aud Onalaska, both male* and females, : resemble in their walk the waddle of a | duck. Physically these mutes are very strong, their powers of endurance are great, ancl, as a sequence to the sole aim of their existence?i. e.: to obtain food?their povrersof observation and aculeness in hunting, both on laud and sea, are strongly developed. Were it not for the thick layers of dirt covering their skin the complexion of these people would be almo. t white. Until old age comes onthuir teeth are well shaped and sound; their eyes of a deep br>wn hue, bright and snarklinff. and extremely exnress.vo. Jlany cases of marked good looks can be seen among them, while intelligent and pleasing manners are general characteristics. The family relations existing between these people are somewhat diflicnlt to deteriniue. This arises from the fact that when a man takes a wife he may retain her as long as he pleases, or she may leave him and obtain another protector. Instances where the woms.nnever leaves her first protector are rare. The custom of adoption by purchase or gift is another peculiarity among these people. In common with Asiatic tribe:}, the 'desire for male offspring is great, not in any way to perpetuate the fatni y name, but simply as a provision again3t old age on the parents' part. Adoption is generally resorted to when the first wife has no m tie offspring. Garrulity is a prominent trait among the women, who are quite on a p :r with their civilzcd sisters in retailing gossip. When a m;in desires to become possessed of a girl to share his fortunes overtures are madj to her parents and h.'rself. Should acquiescence be obtained, presents of skias and fcod are made to the girl's pirents and she becomes his spouse. Sucn emotions ::s loxe, tenderness, or endearment arc unknown; the woman is simply regarded as a worker, to sew and cook. Upon the least lit of anger upon his part cutis, blows and kicks are showered upon her, but these do not crjute mu h astonishment in the village, simply form ng a theme of gossip among the old women. Women do by far tlx: greatest share of labor. It is their lot to drag the seals over the icz when shot; to tramp miles to fetch deer or other game to the village; to cook, to make tires, sew, and repair boats aad garments, and attend to every matter of household duty. The noble lord of creation confines himself to huuting and trapping. A belief in the piesence-of evil spirits constitutes the only religious ideas among the mute?. Th re arc among them individuals called Toonrachs, corresponding to the shaman of the Siberian tribes. If a person is sick befcre the whaling season commences, or a chilc'. is born before going on a journey, or bui ding a house", the services of the sh;im m is called into requisition. The modus operandi in every case is very 8 m lur. The shaman, alter a long spell of silence, suddenly begins to roll his eves, ouv.il sive shakes pervade his frame, and lie gives utterance to various groaus and sighs intermingled with sentences pertaining to the subject upon which he is engaged. During the time of his performance a continuous bcatiDg upon a drum is kept up. Toward the end paroxysms, or rather convulsions of exultations s milar to what have been described as prevailing at the finale of a Shaker meeting, are exhibited by the shaman. Froth exudes from his mouth, his eyes glare and roll, and his whole frame is contorted. Perspiration pours from his face, and he is entirely exhausted. The loud invocations to the evil spirits to vacate the body of the sick person, or to drive them away from the sea to enaole the winks or seals to arrive, become gradually subdued, dying away into incoherent mutterings. Tiien aft<T a wli'le he regains his composure, complarcntly smokes his pip*, and re-' ccives his pay for services performed. If the operation is performed over a sick person and recovery docs not ensue the payment made is returned, a custom that m ght be advantageously adopted among civilized persons. Some curious s ipe-stitions arc also to be noted. If a person is sick, iron tools, such as axes or knives, cannot be used in the house. Upon a mill's grave his sled is placed, but broken to pieces, and his kyack mi.ets similar usage, Furs, spears, and rifles are als > deposited, while if the individual has killed many whales the long jawbones of the bal ^na are placed " /* ? rtAoUlAn **"? O fir f Kft onrtf Hi Uli U ;i l^ilt JHJ71I/U/U tu 1IIUI rv vuv 0|yvrv. These people bury their dead upon the ground, raising a number of pieces of driftwood in the shape of a tent over the remains. wing t > this in ccure mode of burial the w ?od soon falls d'>wn and affords entrartce to foxes and dogs, who make havoc with the body. But little regard is pai l to the burial place, although these mutes are very much incensed whenever attempts arc made to/ take aw.iy skulls or bones from the craved - - - ??*??& ) yards. They also mike a long detour in passing tho resting place of the dead, and will on no account touch anything once deposited at a burial. A woman's grave has her clothing, sewing-gcar, and various household uten sils placed upon it. One of the most peculiar act9 I beard of took place in the month of May, during the whaling season, at Point Hope. A woman died and her body was carried out to the edge of the ice. Three old women cut her heart out, wrapped it in a covering of seal intestines, and threw it into the sea through a hole in the floe. This was done in order to bring good luck to the catch. On the two corners of the lips of the males two lateral incisions are made, into which tablets of ivory, stone, or beads are inserted, the orifice becoming extended as the individual grows older. These tablets are oval in form, having a groove upon the unde.- surface, which, fitting into the orifice, prevents them from falling out. Within the last few years the custom of cutting the lips is becoming abaudoned, and it is probable that a decade will witness the young men devoid of this ornamentation. The women have longtitudinal stripes tattooed unnu their chins, diverging from a centre in slight curves. They also wear bracelets of brass, iron, and copper wire. The male style of wearing the hair is somewhat like the tonsure of a monk, the centre of the sca'p being bare, while the hair hangs over the fo ehcad and ears 1:1-- - TT: .4.^ J 1JKU luu^c. xiiiautu upjjuuua^ua WJ^AA ths face take the form of a few straggliug hairs on the upp?r lip aud chin, and these are only seen on elderly person*. Women put their hair into plaits depending on either side, which are ornamented with long strings of small seed *,eads obtained from traders. Deerskin, squirrel, aud muskrat pelts arc utilized for clothing. Inuer shirts of faw.i-skin and outer cottsof summer deerskin, with pants of similar material, are worn by both males and females. The fair sex, however, have their shirts cut round at the bottom and wear trousers and boots sewed into one puce, while the men's garments are similar in shape to ponchos, their troupers coming only to the knee. Deerskin socks, with the hair turned inward, w jh seal or deerskin boots having seal-hide soles, comprise the footgear. All the clothing is sewn with sinew3 obtained from the deer's legs and back and ma le up into thread. Throcor- 1 nered nee.lles are used for sewing, these j being deemed the best for working upon , skius. Strips ot' wolf and wolverine hair j fringe the hood of the outside s-hirts, | which serve as a protection again.it the j icy blasts of the winter winds. Upon the i back portion of the o.itside-hirt charms, ! a-; protection against evil, are seen. Th;-se j c onsist of the skin of an ermine, a mink's I tail, or a crow's head an 1 beak, while a ; belt with the tail of a wolf or wolverine i depending at the back serves to confine ! the shire at the waist. Coats and trousers j of the latest San Francisco styles ar Oc- J ing gradually introduced by the traders ! among the people, but their me is con- ! fined to the summer months only. There j is no doubt that in course of time civi- | lized clothing will bo sougnt alter dv i these mutes, m the skins which they ! formerly utilized are disposed of in trade j and prices paid that excite their cupidity.* | But owing to the rigor cf the winter sea- ! son, deerskin can never be entirely dis- | placcd.?Sun Francisco Chronicle. WORDS OF WISDOM. Cultivate forbearance till your heart 7 elds a (ino crop of it. Pray for a short memory a? to all unkindness. Life is kindled only by life, and the highest form of living can only be called into existence in a child by example. We seldom condemn mankind till they have injured us, and when they have, we seldom do anything but detest them for the injury. He who decides in any case, without j hearing the other side of the question, i though he may determine justly, is not therefore just. The rage of people is like that of the aen, which once breaking bounds overflows a country with such suddenness and violence as to leave no hope of flying. To one who said: "I do not believe there is an honest man in the world," another replied . ''It is impossible that any one man should know all the world, but quite possible i:hat one may know himself." It is a great and noble thing to cover the blrmUhes and to excuse the failings of a friend; to draw (i curtain before his stains, and to display his perfections; to bury his weakness in silence, but to proclaim his virtues up >n the housetop. What is with the trea ure must fare as thet casure: the heart which haunts the treasure-house where the moth and lust corrupt, will itself be rusted and niitlicaten. Many a man, many a woman, fair and flourishing to see, is going about with a rusty, moth-eaten hear7. Enough is Never Obtained. "When Jeremiah P. Kobin?on died in Brooklyn he left an estate whose value is generally estimated at from $4,000,01)0 j to $5,000,000. Long year3 ago when Mr. Robinson was a young and driving I business man he had au ambition and j the ambition wa3 to accumulate a for- j tunc of $30,000, "When I get that much money," he ! said one day to one of his clcrks, "then 1 m going to quit business right short ! oil and enjoy the rest of my days in i ease." And several years went by be-J fore anything akin to tlio figure he had j fixed upon as sat sfactory was ap> 1 proachcd; but the c lose.' he got the less he liad to sav about *'$50,000 being enough for any sensible man." One; New Year's i;ay he entertained his , -1 .inrii u i._ ?: j 1 .T'?~ CiCI'K.. "trill, LIU OUl Jl, x vc uvuu making an inventory of things thi3 morning, find I find that I am worlh something over f->0,000.' ' Then you are going to go out of business, I suppose," the clerk re-, mill ked. " o out of business! Why, man ; alive, whit arc you talking about? Go out of business: I have only begun; my figure is *1 )O,000; thata enough to sat- : isfy any m m, and more would be a bur-1 ! den. Hut $;>0,000 don't be^in (o look so j big when you get close to it as it does > I when it is about ?1 ,0>K) off." >'ei her' j did #1 ">0,0U0 when it came look asbuas j it did once, and its possession was but i the iuceulive to more energy and bigger J i enterprise. It is the same old fever? \ enough is ucver what ji morral has.? Acw Vo.'k 'J iincs. Discouraged at the Outset. A stranger who was quietly looking j ; over a water-power in a Western village was sought out by the Mayor, who said : "I hear you think of starting a | factoryJ" "Yes." "It's a good plare. and you'll find our | people all right. We don't put on a ' great amount of style, nor don't aim to. | i Here's a pair of suspenders I huve worn i [ for over forty years, though I'm worth J ! $30,000." "Ah! I'm!" muttered the stranger, 'but it was a suspender factory I was thinking to locate here, Wall Street WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS. "Women Theatre Ushers. One of the positions filled in Europe by women, b^t here reserved for men, is that of usher in the theatre. In many women have charge of thd sale of seats in the box office. They wear dainty white muslin caps, with great red or blue satin bows on them, and in their neat gowns add much to the decorative effect. If you drop the smallest article they will restore it to you. Just before leaving | the theatre the other evening, says a lady now traveling on the Continent, one of i the ladies in our party discovered that 6he had lost her eye-gl :sses. "You will find them at the*box ollice." said the young lady who brought us our footstools. The owner was rejoiced. As she had been promenading in the foyer she supposed the glasses had been trampled upon. A Princess in Purple. The princess Waldemar, of Denmark, is addicted to the use of purple. During the few days she spent in Paris 'he was so frequently seen in purple garments that the color has b come suddenly fa?hionablc here. Until the other day it was looked upon as only suitable for old ladies, and now it is being seen upon young girls and even upon ch'ldren. It is the armorial color of Denmirk, and I suits the fa:r Princess Marie admirably. I One evening at the Deiazet theatre she | was seen in the dress of purple plush ; with a gold plastron. She is- fond of wearing a purple velvet capote with a I gold aigrette, and a purple velvet man! tie lined with gold. Her latest traveling | mantle is made of purple cloth trimmed j with gold passementerie. Iiird3 and the wings of birds, writes a lady, are not only used as profusely as ever upon hats some standing high and straight in front, but revival '"as set in in favor of feather trimming upon dresses and mantels. Sia-birds, especially, are in requisition.?Paris Letter. A Famous Beauty. "Miss Mitchell, the daughter of the junior Senator from Oregon, is a famous beauty," says a Washington letter to the Boston Trardkr. "She has been recognized as such here, and has received the most nattering reception in the best circles of society at the capital. When she went to Europe most of her time was ! spent in Paris, w!:ere she at once became j the centre of a throng of nd i.irers. Gradually it dawned upon her friends that the Due de KocheioticauhJ, who is Baid to be the best horseman in France, was in a fair way to become her acceptcd suitor. Just then, however, an unexpected obstacle arose in the pathway of the young couple. The i uke insisted that a certain dot be sett'ed upon his future br'dc. The sum named was of such proportion as to render the match impossible, as it wa3 far above the Senator's means, for he is not a rich man. Miss Mitchell and her mother returned to America, nd lately the Dukehas visited these shores. The gossips here insinuate that he is desperately in love with the beautiful American and has come over wf h the expectation of making her his brido after all." The Origin of Fashions. No one nowadays appears to be able to define with any -reat accuracy how the fashions originate. The first dictators of la mode in aris were the daughters of | Catherine de Medicis ; ihey lived in a j time when dress had at'a ned Its utmost I magniticencc, and they were beautiful j women, who set oil the glory of apparel;! } erh&ps the most beautilul was Mar-1 g;ierite <<ui'en of Navarre, who invented J a fresh costume for every entertainment j at which she appeared. The second daughter ' lizabeth, who married Phillip II, 01 Spain, never wore the same dress twice a;i example only too cjuickly followed by the ladies of the court. Extravagmce became rampant; Anne of Austi ia brought the modes to the highest pitch o. luxury, and had imitators at every court in Europe. la this year of j giace SbG, there is not per aps quite j enough money for the ultra extra agance j of those dayi; but, for women who love dress, there is every excuse for magnifi- j cence: tue richest fabrics that have ever j been worn have their count jrp irts now? j gold and silver brocades, ve!v?t, fur, i priceless lace and silk; and satins that j stand by them elves. Still, there rre ! many people who obtain a reputation lor j good diessing though they never indulge in much luxury of attire: but whatever | they do w. ar they arc careful that all the ! details are well carried out and that a ' harmonious whob is thereby brought. out. "Wnnca of Sewing Women. "Do you know what sewing-women ! get formakii.ga pair of pants that arc sold lor $ and ? . at the store?" asked a plainly but ue .tly dressed and tired- | looking woman yesterday. "No tell me about it." "Well tlie cloth comes to them al-1 ready cat, thread, buttons, c:c., furnished, and tiicy use their own machines and get five cent* a pair." " ivc cents a pair!" repeated the re-; porter, in -ama etm-nt. "Von don't mean ; to say that is the regular price paid by the cloth ng firms of Cincinnati?'' "No; not exactly. That's what the women who do the woikget. They are paid, ho ever, not by the firms direct, but by middle | artie.s, who make contracts ith the firms, and then employ the women to do the work. You see, it is almost impossible for a seamstress to i go to these firms on her own account and get work. They prefer to make contracts by the year with poisons whom they know, thus holding one perfon responsible for $ 1,0i>0 worth of work, instead of one hundred persons for $10 worth each. It's a go d dial less bo her to them." "And what do these contra tors lor making clothing get for a pair of pants?" "Oh, ten cents, maybe." ' How miny pair ( f pants i an you make n a day {" 'I have jicver been able to make more than si ?that's thirty cents a day?but I know one woman who can m .ke twenty pairs, but she hsis a belter machine and works early and late.'' "What do you get for vests!" ' The contra; to a, I believe, getfi.e cents apiece, but the women that m::ke them get two and a half cents." u thewaes,' she resumed, "is not all the workingwomen of Cincinnati have to put up with. Why, I hive worked in factories where it was no unusual thing to work an hour or two overtime. and yet they mide a rule that every girl who was late should be docked ! a ct-nt ;i minute. That's sixty cents an hour, but wo nre getting lc s than ten cents an lioui for our work. And, while they were docking us for tardiness, they didn't pay us anything for overtime work."? Cincinnati Jtnquirer. The Mandolin. Big. Luigi Ricca, of the Mandolin Quartet, in talking of the little instrument that has lately become so fashion able, said that the first introduction of the mandolin in this country wa9 by the Spanish Students, whose music was a revelation to those unfamiliar with the favorite instrument of the Spanish people. Since then it has steadily grown in popularity uutil it has entirely superseded the banjo as a fashionable fad, and filled beside a place that the banjo had never held?that of furnishing an accompaniment to dinner parties and leceptions. The mandolin, he went on to explain, was originally played in Spain, but was not long in finding its way into Italy, and now the Venetian makers exceed all others in th6 manufacture of them. Vinaccia was the most famous maker, h's instruments fetching all the way from $75 to $100. Sig. liicca himself has a very beautiful specimen of Vinaccia's art, the back made of fiuted rosewood, the stem covered with tortoiseshell, the tdges inlaid with mother of pearl and the keys of silver and ivory. He values it at over $100, and has played upon it before the Queen Marguerite, of Italy. He played in the mandolin or ch.'Stra at the opening of tne j\ietropoutan Exposition, which she attended? then only the Princess of Savoy?and she was so delighted with Che music, which she had never heard before in such volume, immediately begau to take lessons, and is now one of the most export performers in her kingdom. Her mandolin was mide at her order, and cost several thousand francs, with gold frets and keys and her initials upon'it in diamonds. J It was hearing Queen Marguerite play ' th;-.t. inspired Mrs. "William Waldorf J Astor with emulation, and she is now a perfect master of this somewhat difficult instrument. A great many New girls have taken it up, just as they took up the ban 'o, and about the same average play it well. A largo proportion follow the same course they did w-th the banjo, take it up with fury at first because it is a cra^e, and persevere just long enough to learn how to play a few chords and never get beyond that. The rest become fair musicians. There are two sorts of mandolins, the Neapolitan, which is strung with cat-gut and is the easiest to lenrn to piay upon. It is this sort that is played by the Casino nii'ntnf Tho Sivinish mandolin is strung i i o | | with eight metallic strings, and though much more diilicu.lt to learn is more : brilliant in cffect and is a good solo instrument, while the Neapolitan mando- | lin has no elect exceptin ensemble with others. It is tunid in fifths and played with a bit of shell swept.rapidly across the strings, making the curiou- shivering sound characteristic of the mandolin. Tied with a b'g bright ribbon bow, the player resting tier dainty slipper on a stool, and sweeping the glittering little egg-shaped thing with her bit of tortoiseshell, a young Woman makes an effective picture and she knows it. whence the mandolin's popularity. The music is written like the piano score and the plaintive little melodies of the SpanishItalian peasants is best suited to its unique powers. Many of the airs played in the Mexican Village by the Fandango orchestra are specially adapted to the mandol'n. their instrument, the bandolan, somewhat resembling it on a larger scale.?New York World. Fashion Notes. Stripes and plaids are equally popular. Vuru amn.11 nnlrrxj #ro worn bv VOllIlff --'J X' ? * o ladies. The round waist, with belt, is a feature of some new French costumes. Railroad cloth is described as a heavy, ribbed soft cloth, very stylish for jackets and mantles Many of the new woolen goods show black grounds, with narrow silk stripes in light shades. Steel embroidery, in combination with Labrador blue velvet, is seen on many of the new bonnets. Striped silk and woolen goods are seen in every shade. Very elegant costumes are compose 1 of them. .Yus )unsh, a brown-shaded fur,is used as trimmings for mantles and dresses. It is pretty and inexpensive. The rcwest pla'ds have grounds of solid colors, crossed with faint lines of white, gray, wine or old g Id. The sides of many draperies are ornamented with crocheted or wo ked girdle*, covered with cut-jet heads. A new mitcrial for har-mo;irning ha? a black ground sprinkled with dots ol white, and stripes of black satin. Swiss belts, pointed back and front, are made in a network of jet intermixed | with heavy balls. This is an old fashion revived. Cimnicli fiivhins inn rip pn UllgllOUIIUH W|<nuwu .... -....-i | lircly of plumage, the crowns covered entirely with fine feathers, are once more ' popular. New dress and cloak fabrics show brilliant hued arabesques, shaded exotics, leaf designs and bourette effects in silk " astra-lian. Labrador blue is a new color, which will be used in both dark and light shades, the former for street, the latter for evening wear. Plush tiger is a novelty. It shows tiger lines, which appear as stripes on a plain ground, or covering the entire width of the plush. Some m litary-looking epaulettes reach from the collar to the shoulder joints, and have hangiug fringe that falls over the sleeves. Collarettes made of several varieties of fur, and tied aruund the ncck with a iib';on bow, fitting almost as closely as the collar of the dress, are sold by English dealers. Has |ues of velvet arc once more fashionable. Many otherwise serviceable costumes, .with half-worn corsages, may by made as good as new by the addition of these basques. Masques 01 velvet are uic mosi msmouab'.e. .Many otherwise serviceable costumes, wiiti half-worn corsages, may be made as good as new by the addition of the c bas sues. Some new fabrics with special trimmings have borders in cashmere patteru*, palms and other designs. The hands are generally used a* trimming for 1 the underskirt, the overdress being made 1 entirely of the plain fabric. A Do? "With Judicial Instincls. A Justice of the Pea re in the eastern 1 part oi the city has a large dog of the 1 bu'l species. This dog possesses unusual sagacity, and delights iu listening to J legal controversies. lie has beeu known ; to take positions when persons were testifying so that he could watch them and 1 listen io their language. "While the dog * has a savage asp.ct, his disposition is ] .rood, and he never interferes except ' when a noisy ebullition esc pes some s party on trial, and he considers it neces- ' sary "to preserve order in court. It is 1 humorously said that the sapient or foolish expression of the dog's countenance sometimes aids the legal functionary in ! arriving at conclusions and formulating j his decisions.?b'acannah News. 1 ' i ' " m POPULAR SCIENCE. /, _ ' ' In the Trinity College Botanic Garden, "nilKlin o fron liaa anmA amI. A/UI/UUf U ki (yV> U(N |/1VUUVVM HVUiW MVV?? less and coreles < pears from a second crop of blossoms, which lacked vitality to form a core with seeds. # The sale of nickel-plated vessels for cooking has been prohibited in lower Austria, on the ground that acid sub- * stances often dissolve enough of the nickel to produce poisonous effects. Many explosions in flouring mills "are said to have been caused by electricity generated by belts. Even ordinary belts are found to generate sufficiently strong currents to perform the common experf- ~r ments for which electrical machines are used. The experiments of Dr.Brown-Sequard have convinced him that the rigidity retained by corpses for several days is due ;V~ to a true muscular contraction, indicating that the muscle? do nor give up their vitality until after the body has been otherwise lifeless for a considerable time. Two years ago not more than six rolling mills and steel works in the United States used natural gas as fuel; now there are sixty eight rolling mills and steel works wh'ch u ethe new fuel, and sixteen more are m iking preparations to use it. Every rolling mill and steel works in Allegheny County, Penu., fiftyfive in all, now u-:es natuial gas. It is now suggested that photography may become a useful a^ent in medical diagnosis, disclosing symptoms of disease before they arc otherwise perceptible. In a reccnt negative of a child the face was shown us thickly covered with eruption, no trace of which could be seen on the child until three days after- > i ward, when its sk'n bccame covered with spots due to prickly heat. In an otner recoraea case, invisiute sputa wero b:ought out on a photograph taken a fortnight before an attack of small pox. ja Probably few persons reali/.e how un- , reliable are the unprofessional thermometric reports wliieli are telegraphed in 9 winter ever the c.-untry after each cold wave, so untr.ist worthy are even the best spirit thermometer in unskilled hands.' Dr. John Kne expresses the ^ opinion that the thermometer which is ' quoted as having recorded fifty-eight degrees below zero in Manitoba is from thirteen to fifteen degrees in error. An instrument for the accurate measurement of low temperatures is needed as much as a reliable pyrometer for testing the . V temperature of molten meta's. . . ^5 A patented, imitation, * called the 1 brachionograph, is claimed to render the : art of writing' possible in the absence or uselessness of the hand. It is therefore serviceable in clise; of write.?' cramp - "y and of paralysis o[ the fingers. The in- / strument is of simple construction, and consists of a long, light strip of iron, curved so as 'to be easily adapted to the J'i ulnar border'of the forearm. Th's splint is screwed into a c.:sing of supp'.eieathei material, shaped so as to form a kind, bi -jjvi gauntlet or sleeve for the forearm. The ;.;M gauntlet is fastened to the forearm by'an ingenious arrangement of screw-hooka ;1.. , and studs, allowing of an adjustable.de* ^ gree of pressure. ?; . v-i Some of "S im" Jones's Siylnars. / , V Following are pithy extracts from- the sermons of Rev. Sam" Jones, the noted Southern revivalist: It takes a cold pew to make a cold pulpit. There is nothing better in hearenthan religion. Our actions of to day are the thoughts of yesterday. ,. - ' A truthrril woman is the greatest adorn* meat of a home. It takes praver, study and thought to < get up a first-cla-s se mon. If you live in impure thoughts you will be impure in your lives. Profanity is more or less a profession - ' of j-our loyalty to the devil. A church that can't do anything but keep it-elf stra ghc is a failure. ... , % Xobody ever w.nt to sleep indifferent to religion and waked up in heaven. A child is loved by Cod because it ha* no opinions and wants to learn something. It take* a first-c'ass preacher and a ' ^ first-class hearer to get up a first-class ~ sermon. Dishonesty in the church is really crippling the c hurch more than anything else. . I never h?ard yet of a committee asking for a preacher tliat is popul,r with God Almighty. .You can help your preacher, instead of everlastingly calling on your preachel to help you. Don t get into anybody's way with your naturalness, but try to be yourself wherever you g>. r. Run into heaven barefooted and bareheaded rather than ini-s it on account of anything in the world. . 21 e n.n/wn't Kn Vinrf Vitt fTlfl 5 JL1 WC if U^ui, iigwuu ? truth, and if we ain't right we ought to be hurt righteously. It's got so now that if you steal $5 they'll put you in jail, but if you steal \' $10,000 they call you oloncl. " The trouble with the church is that it is a vast hospital; it takes all the well ones to take care of the sick ones. You sl.ow mc a man who keeps the Sabbath day holy and I'll show you a ^ man that's a Christian all the week. 1 lie HJliU.cnI. v UlUbiiUlb] iO ?MV ?UU-> delity of the man who makes out he's on God's side, and then won't live up. Find me a mm preparing himself to hear the Gospel a ul I can show you a man'that is going to be benefited by the Gospel. The man who will break one of God's commandments habitually and contiuually, if yo i will turn him loose, will break them all. Koconstruclion of Ancient Perfumes. ^ Two ancient Egyptian perfumes have been reconstituted through the researches of a young Fr.;nch professor at Lyons, who h is devoted himself to study- ^ ing Egyptian sculpture and the plants of the Sile valley. IJy hunting through the papyrus texts and the inscriptions on f am i\ln l?iirntAfiina V?o ]\aa . Luc wain ui luu n.uijN", iiMuivtiW) aav uu? found the rccipes for the manufacture of "tasi*'and "kyphi." The former was a temple perfume, u?cd to annoint the statues of the Kgyj tian Venus. "Kyphi"' fvas more impor.ant, and besides being used at home for the rites of Isis ana Serapis, was imported into Greece and Koine after the conquest of Kgypt. It Ihen became the fa oritc p?rfume among :he luxurious Greeks, and l.'omans, who svcrc annointed with "kyphi" after the ja h. and were sprinkled with the essence during the gr.i*d banquets, while sometimes it was used to perfume the wine. ?Senator Leland Stanford last year sold nore than $300,0;.0 worth of horses. It ;s said that he has more money invested , in thoroughbred stock than any other ' * nan in the United States.