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ULTIMATE FAILURE. However much my arrows have fallen short, Or swerved aside, or overshot that mark fcr-set, whose circles centre but in Truth, feus the desire?the one unfading dream? Jbe hope of my young manhood?so to stand, Bo aim, so loo e the tense expectant string, That, at the last, each winged shaft may fly Unto the heart of Truth unerringly. Y?t?though I soothe the sting of ill-success With thoughts of Error, lurking in the grass, Horsing a wound some wide-flown dart has given? .4 fear dwells ever at my inmost soul. That, haply, ere my growing skill has won Ifce prize ?Perfection?I may feel the bow Break at full bend, or hear its worn cord part, Or find the quiver empty at my belt. ?Charles Luders, in Lippincott. BLACK BART. The recent appearance of "Black Bart" in the San Joaquin valley has set California to wondering if this, at one time most daring and eccentric robber And highwayman, contemp'ates resuming the busiuess he made so successful Jen years ago. Ten years ago "Black Bart" held up <tagc coaches on the roads of northern mnd central California, and put the Wells-Fargo Express Company to much xxpcnBe to protect their property from kim. Ten years ago he became too daring, aud one night while under the influence of liquor he reeled through the Mreets of l.edding shooting his revolvers %t the doorways and wiudows. and subsequently landed in the peniteutiary at San Quinten to serve a term of ten years, which expired about two mouths ago. In face aud tigure "Black Uart" was a handsome man. lie was of Mexican oarentage, aud possessed the tall, straight ftgure of that race. He let his glossy fcuir grow long and it fell like a silken eil over his shoulders. His dark and perfect features were rendered doubly atIra; tive by a black moustache that curved graceful ly aciois his upper lip. In all his career as a highwayman he was ue\er known to kill a person,though bis nefarious business was carried on at the point of a revolver or rifle, and his Kfloro irttntr crorc mnHp 1 v WWIJ 4Ut?UJ HVMftsr -.'J from the g;ms of watchful guards when he became too ventursome. His kobby was to rifle mail sacks, and lie never was in better spirits than when he ^ad held up a mail coach, relieved the driver and passengers of their arms, money and jewelry, and, with his rifle wi hin easy reach, sat down near his helpless victims and keeping one eye on them ripped open love letters, business aotes, registered letters, read the contents or apart of them to his listeners ?ud stuck them back into the mail pouch through a re.it in the side, made by his kuife, a jumbled miss. < ."ne of the eccentricities of this strange lubber was to write a piece of poetry whenever he robbed the mail and shove it into the pouch when he had finished sorting.out the valuable part of its contents. To these notes in rhyme he would always sign the nom de plume "Black Bart," and as this he came to be known among men. In the office of the warden at the San Quinten penitentiary there are- two bits of "Bart's" poetry found in mail pouches that he rided in 186$. Thev were written with a lead pencil, in e legible hand, which indicates that the man had from some source gathered some fragments of an ednca tion. une 01 tne poems, a quartraiu, indicates his disgust at the poor haul he made, in the following words: I'm sorry I spent my time. Kipping up this mail, I didn't find money enough, To buy a feeding for a quail ?Bktck Bart. Another, a distich, tells of a profitable haul and the writer's satisfaction. It runs thus: Such hauls as this is very rare; They soon would make m.< a millionaire ?Black Bait. Two peculiarities of the man were his tender heartedness aud his courtesy to ladies. If he found money in a letter that had been sent by anyone to a relative and by the tor.e of the letter he was aatisfied that the person to whom it was addressed w*s in needy circumstances, he would inclose the money in the torn envelope and handiog it to the driver, make him promise to have it re addressed -when he -'reached town. He was ex?" ~"tremely polite to ladies and was never known to ta!;e their money or Jewelry, but if he found fire-arms concealed about mem, ne never nesuaieu ia appropriating them. v "Bart" once held up the coach runming between Marysville, Cal., and Car?on City, 2<ev. There was a young man among the passengers, who had come out from the East and gouc into the mountains for the benefit of his health. His visit had only temporarily benelited kim and he was on his way home in the last stages of consumption. He had but little o\er a hundred dollars, and when "Bart took it from his inside pocket he ?ked him where he was going. "Home, to Massachusetts," replied the young mau. "Ia this all the money you've got?" inquired "Bart." "Every cent, so help me God," tremulously replied the young man, naturally thinking the highwayman suspected him of having more mouey concealed about fcis person. "itnrfc" unbuckled a belt fromaround his waist and counting out #500 in gold, landed it to the astonished consumptive aud told him to get the best accommodations east the country a lorded. Of "Bart's" gallantry to women many atories are told, the most interesting of which is how he played a game of stud poker with a youug lady passenger in a coach that he had stopped, the stakes beinft j kiss from the young woman if beaten and the return of the mooey and valuables of the passengers by "Bart" if was worsted. In the spring of 1872, ~ "Bart" had been doing a smashing busivess in more senses than one in the Borthern part of the state, and had become such a terror that a double guard was sent out with every mail that went out from Sacramento to Nevada City. Once the daring Mexican attempted to capture a coich against these odds, but only succeeded in netting his left ear partly torn off by a ball from a guard's rifle and a flesh wound in hi3 left leg that was sufficient to dampen his ardor for a while, and it wa3 several months before he was heard oi* agiin. So long did he. remain out of sight that the express and stage companies began to lessen their v:gilauce, and once more the mails and the strong boxes were sent out with only cne man beside the frt nratpVi Tt was crenerallv thought that one or more bullets of the guards in the scrimmage l;ad taken fatal effect, and that the bold highwayman had dragged himself away to die in jome of his mountain retreats, northeast of Sacramento, on the east side of the Sacramento river valley. Among the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains is a deep canyon, at the head of which a mountain stream of modest proportions tumbles over the edge of a cliff or ledge, Making a beautiful fall known as the Maiden's Tears. Through this canyon ' ' - " - - .. - . . wound the Nevada City trail, and over it once a week rattled the heavy mal and expre-s coaches. Near the falls the trail lay across a great open space with the stream on one side and piles of huge bowlders on the other. A coach was crossing this space one afternoon in August, a few months subsequent to the wounding of "Bart." The guard on the seat by the driver wa9 j do/.ing and nodding in the heat of the j summer sun, while the driver was - ' t-;- I struggling 10 Keep ms cjca ujicu u, whistling, shouting and snapping leaves from the trees with his long lash, inside there were a do/en passengers stowed away, among whom was a young lady ?oing to Nevada City to teach school, bhe was plucky as well as handsome, and four years as teacher in the mining districts of the West had giveu her a splendid knowledge of the ways and customs of the rough element in which she wa<< living. The other passengers were business men and speculators, who had come from the east to try their luck in the gold diggings. The coach had just reached the center of the open space when the noose of a lasso, flung from among the bowlders above his head, settled over the shoulders and arms of the drowsy guard, and in the twinkling of an eye he was hauled from his seat and fell in a helpless heap in the road. At the same time j a deep voice from among the rocks or- ! dered the driver to stop and throw up ! his hands, which he did without a second invitation, and then the same voice ordered the passengers, who had begun to stick their heads through the coach doors to ascertain what was the trouble, to step down and out and hold up their hands. They hastily obeyed the command aod were soon in line with their hands pointing heavenward, the driver heading the "list." When they were well in position "Black Bart," holding a revolver in one hand and the lasso in the other, stepped out from among the rocks aud came down to where the coach stood. He first bound the guard securely and then proceeded to relieve the passengers of their money and valuables, which he tossed into his bi<r sombrero that he had thrown down by the side of the road. In the pocket of a miner he found a pack of playing cards and threw them with the rest of his booty into his hat. When he had finished searching the passengers he said: "Vou can put your hauds down now, ; gentlemen. Jt must be kinder awkward standin' in that position. I'm sorry to j put you to so much trouble, but you see J 1 had to have money, and I thought this j was a pretty good crowd to strike. I'm kind of ashamed of myself to put such a pretty woman as this lady is to so much 1 inconvenience," and he smiled apologeti- j I callv at the young school teachcr, who | | surprised her fe'low passengers by smil- I ing back at the robber and saying, | "don't worry yourself, Bart, it was no , inconvenience at all." "You know me Miss?" inquired 'Bart.' I "I've heard you described so often that I felt pretty well acquainted with you," replied the school teacher. ' Bart" seemed to be flattered "I admire your pluck," he said; 4 'most women faint when they see me." "I never saw a man yet that I'd faint for," replied the school mistress, to the horror of the other passengers, who were afraid that she would anger the robber and he would shoot them olf one at a time just for revenge. But they were stricken dumb with amazement when she said: "I'll tell you what I'll do, 'Bart,' I'll bet you that I can beat you one hand at stud poker. If I don't you may kiss me. If I do, you must let this coach and its passengers go unmolested. Will you do it?" The proposition seemed to stagger 'Bart' for a moment, but he recovered himself and after a hearty laugh said : "Waal, miss, you beat any woman I pver cimfi across before. I never kiss a woman unless she's willia', but if you j want to take them chances I'll play you, I but I reckon you're givin' me the best of | the bargain." The school teacher intimated that she | was really anxious to play for those stakes and preparations were made for the game. It wa- agreed that the driver should deal the cards, and 'Bart'insisted on the eleven passengers standing up before him in a row twenty paces away, so that he might detect any attempt at treachery in time to thwart it. The school teacher seated herself on a mail pouch that 'Bart' had dragged out of the coach for that purpose, and with his rifle resting across his lap he settled himself on one knee a short distance from her. Opposite them aud between the players and the line of passengers, on the ground, sat the driver, who was < to deal the cards. Word was given to I start the game and the driver threw the first card, face down, to 'Bart.' The next fell at the feet of the school teacher. I Each player was now entitled to four cards, fice up, and 'Bart' caught the ace of clubs, while to the teacher came the seven spot of diamonds. The high- J wayman next caught the five spot! Viifl f o r\ a fliioli or! on/1 i j ul lli'iuia auu au iimuvh uuia jhe<-mi!ed confidently, for the first card he caught was a five spot and he now held apa:r. The teach?r drew the deuce of diamond*. "Bart" could hardly contain himself when the next card that fell before him was the five spot of clubs, lie now had three fives, and he was sure the game was his. At the feet of the teacher fell the four spot of spades. Her luck was indeed wtetched, but she did not seem in the least discontented when she looked over at "Bart's" pair of five spots and then down to her seven spot high. The last turn came and the queen of clubs fell in front of "Bart," while the seven spot of spades was the teacher's winning. She had a pair of sevens in sight. "Pari" smiled. "I'm sorry your lutk came so late," raid he, "you drew well at last, but ray three fives win the kiss?" and he turned up the "hole" card, displaying his trio of five spots. "You did well, Bart," replied the teac' er, "but your three fives don't beat ' j my three sevens," and, picking up the ; "hole" card she showed him the seven j spot of clubs, which gave her the win- ] ning hands. The smile faded out of: the highwayman's face, but when he realized that he had been fairly beiten he helped the young lady to her feet, smiled pleasantly, and said: "Gentlemen, I've lost a mighty big stake. Come up here one at a time ana get what belongs to you out of that ; hat." Singly the men came up and took . onrl ipwplrr Thpir flTO | UiL'ir uiuiisi ~..j. ...... arms "Hart" kept. '"Bart" ordered i tliem to get into the coach, and lie I handed the school-teacher in as carej fully as might a devotee of modern society. He ordered the driver to his seat, unbound the guard, and, at his command the horses dashed up the trail, : and thirteen hours later the coach rolled into Nevada City with its precious cargo intact. | When the story of the school-teacher's : pluck was told, the citizens of Nevada 1 City presented her with a handsome gold ! watch, and the Welis-Far^o Express 1 Company gave her a check for $1000. k Twelve months later she married the 1 Mayor of the town, and she is still living 1 in Nevada City, where her husband 5 carries on a very successful banking 1 business.?Minneaprtit IVibuae. WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS. The Violet as a Beautifler. The enormous trade which is being done in violets in Paris this year, is reported to he due to a discovery recently made by a well-known author. He has got a sisjht of the recipe used by the Empress Josephine as a means for rendering her "beautiful forever," and to which she owed that marvelous tint which wa3 the wonder and despair of the French ladies of the time. The wife of Napoleon used to have boiling inilk Doured over a basinful of violet tiowers, and with this decoction she bathed her face and neck every morning. No sooner was this old secret brought t? light than the Parisian ladies began to order great basketfuls of violets to be left at their doors daily, and this home-made cos-1 metic is reported to be in daily use this I season by thousands.?Anjona>it. Renting Out Bridal Lingerie. Clara Belle says in one of her New York letters: A matrimonial discovery on the East side is that of a store kept by a woman who, as a feature of her business in ladies' underwear, rents out the linen portions of bridal outfits. She enables a girl of moderate resources to go on a tour, or to spend the honeymoon in town, happy in the wearing of those portions of a trousseau as elegant as might content a Fifth avenue belle. Fine textures, elaborate embroidery, and all the whimsical frills kuown to lingerie are at her commaud or rental. A.t an outlay of $3 or $(5 she can buy a month's use of these beautiful and soul-satisfying J garments. The proprietress told me that she was doing very well in that line. She had in stock a dozen outfits, as cheap as $3 to as dear as $10 per month, and most of the time they were hired out. She altered tiiem 10 nc ncr cusiumeis, and freshened them up by new embellishments as fast as they showed wear. The English Girls' Walk. There is a popullar idea that teaching girls to dance improves their manner of walking. This notion is a relic of the days when the waltz was unknown, and the stately measures of tha gavotte and the minuet necessitated careful training of the limbs and much instruction in deportment. It is possible that our greats grandmothers may have walked well; but it is certain that their great grand daughters do not. Half an hour spent j in the Row on any morning will convince the most incredulous. Some people are inclined to throw the blame upon the dress improver. Others remember that Euglish girls walked no better before it came in. They sway from side to side; or they take immensely long steps; or rush into the opposite extreme, imitating the movements of a mincing machine. There is a curious fashion just now in the manner of carrying the arms. The elbows are thrust out as far as possible from the body, giving a sort of square look to the whole figure, which is far from pleasing. So long as the elbows form an angle, things must be in a concatenation accordingly. Hence the lo ng handled sunshades that look so awkward * * -'-i-i Alt in trie nanus ox uuuruviaa-u u&auvj. u.-> these things militate against a graceful gait, and, though Engl'shwowen may claim superiority to their countrymen in every other respect, they will admit that the time has yet to come when they excel them in the art of walking.?London Daily News. Luncheon Souvenirs In High Society. Mary E. Bryan writes in the New York Fashion Bizaar as follows: "A query corner correspondent asks for some 'pretty devices' to enhance the attractions of luncheons, teas, etc., and also what souvenirs may be given. At a recent luncheon, before each guest was placed a prettily decorated bowl or cup containing beans. The one who guessed nearest to the number of beans in her own cup received the first prize. To the one who made the next best g.:ess was given the second, and to the one who made the poorest guess was given the 'booby' prize. It created much fun and merriment, and the pretty cups were taken home as souvenirs. At another luncheon a large bowl with beans was placed in the centre of the table, and prizes given in accordance with the guesses, a prize being provided for each person at the luncheon After diuuer now the waiter places before you a wine-glass of powdered ice and from a bottle labeled 'Cordial de Meuthe Glaci-1 ale,' 'Peppermint,' pours into your glass q amaii nuftnHtv of beautifnl crreen cor " *" 1 J - - dial. You sip thU slowly with a spoon. It is taken as an aid to digestion, but if you are so favored as not to need thi9 you will at least enjoy the looks of the pretty green fluid with the bits of ice floating in it in the line-cut glass. As for menu souvenirs, the prettiest I have lately seen were of china?exquisite little conceits?vases of different shapes, tiny pot pourri jars, lattice work plats, the latter daintily white, all containing a few fresh flowers. At the same luncheon (given by Mrs. Richard Salter to tight kdies) the ices were served inside real flowers?large Japan tulips?frozen together with their stems and leaves. They lay across your plate as though just broken?dewy, fresh?from the stalk. It hardly spoiled them to scoop the delicate fruit juice ice from their cups." A Scene at Worth's. "When at least thirty thousand of the fair sex are to be gotten up in elegant garbs for any special occasion, says Lucy Hooper in a Paris letter, an animation is created among the milliners and dressmakers that rapidly assumes colossal proportions. At Worth's establishment, for inctanoa a fpvprish activity reicrned till late in the night. Ladies were coming to have cosumea altered, or to make sure of their completion,or to buynewdre scs from among the pattern dresses of the house, and workwomen were charging to and from with freshly completed corsages or skirts in their hands, and M. Worth was having the life worried out of him with questions from his employes and suggestions from his customers, and hi3 admirable forewoman, Mademoiselle Marie Parre, almost lost her patience (she never does, I believe), and altogether duos itself hal come again in the great I establish ncnt on iho liue de la Paix. For not only was the next day '.hat of the Grand Prix, but on that evening the Princesse do Sagan gave a dinner of eighty covers, followed by an evening fete champetre (a decided novelty in garden parties), and all fashionable l aris was in a whirl accordingly. I got into a quiet corner late in the afternoon and sat and looked on, an amused spectator, at all the excitement. Here comes thu Puchcss de Leuchtenberg, elegant, I graceful and quiet of demeanor, alltogether satisfied with the exquisite toilet in mauve peau de sole embroidered with silver spangles and garlands of lilacs in shaded silks on the skirtfront, a very dream of a dress, for which *he desires a mantle. Worth's quick .ye discerns for her just the shade of ? . v' . . . * green that will harmonize with the mauve and match the shades of green in the foliage of the lilac garlands, and she glides away after a consultation of ten minutes. Next the Countess of Croye makes her apperrance to try on her diructoire coat, all embroidered with steel aud silver beads and silver and goid thread on a scarcely discernable ground wark of the fine old-gold cloth. Mrs. I ee Childe, whose husband is a nephew of the late General Hobert E. Lee, a gentleman who, for love of the defunct Confederacy, has renounced his fatherland forevermore (she was formerly Mademoiselle de Sartlges), is having the last touches given to her toilet in silverspangled tulle, with a directoire coat in sea-green bengaline bordered with an embroidery of small pink roses and silver spangles. There is a sash in pale pink watered ribbon to be looped over the aerial folds of the skirt, and Worth's J - 4? * "U ?1/vno non imnflrt to if U0\trUU3 IUUL1I U1UUC van <. just the proper curve. Next comes a lady who wants to know if the hat which her maid brings with her in a huge bandbox is just the thing to wear with the dress M. Worth has sent her the evening before. He looks at it. sends for a box of artificial flowers, and substitutes for a rather still spray of pink roses a .graceful cluster of sweet peas, and the hat is artistic instead of being overloaded. Then adresais brought to him, a lovely cloud in pale peach-kernel crape, with watered stripe3 of the same hue?the workwoman cannot decide whether the sash in watered ribbon to be worn with it should be in pale blue or pale pink. Worth sweeps all the colored ribbons aside,and finishes the dress with a white sash knotted as only his swift, dextrous fingers know how to tie a nbbon. Fashion Notes. There is a wide diversity in the styles of bracelets. Ornaments for the hair are, if possible, more fashionable than ever. Chantilly lace over black surah is preferred for lace toilets, owing to its light weight. Pale willow green, yellow, black, and arc t.lifi favrired colors I Vsi t/um ctuvi v*kiv m*v -w . w-? ? | for sashes. i Black silk is combined with colored [ silk veiled with black lace in many of I the new costumes. Shot silk is extensively used by j milliners for soft crowns or loops comj bined with velvet. Shirt waists of fine India lawn are laid . in three broad plaits, and embroidered i in French needlework. j The Garabaldi blouse, grace fully modified, is extensively worn in place of the cashmere breakfast jacket. Brown linen, trimmed with crimson or dark blue braid, is the favored material for morning and work aprons, j A fancy silk handkerchief wound about the head is the newest head coverI ing to wear with tennis costumes. S'mple dresses of cambric and lawn, w'.th round waists and entirely without | drapery, are a feature of the present ! season. Sashes of sheeny taffeta silks in Madras j plaids are worn with black lace dresses, and oftentimes the silk skirt is of the j same plaid. Ladies who like variety in their teDnis 1 costume? often have several blouses of different colors which may be worn with ' the same skirt. j Two-toned sash ribbons are shown. These are particularly favored for weat j with black lace dresses which are made up over shot silks. I Scarlet surah. bodices, wnicn appear loose, yet are arranged upon a close-fit ting lining, are worn in the morning with various skirts. Evening toilets this season are conspicuous for their diversity, ranging from the extremely simple and inexpensive to the magnificent. A front drapery of strong cotton net; ting is a p etty addition to a tennis cos| tume, and it may also be utilized as a i pocket to hold the balls. i Belt buckles, a? well as silver belts, continue in fashion; indeed, with the I style of round bodices promised by modistes, it looks as if belts must be i worn on indeSnitcly. I Gowns of white pongee have the blouse . and full sleeves deeply honeycombed, and a honeycombed panel at the side as well, or else they are tritamed with 1 many lengthwise rows of lace insertion. Big hemstitched handkerchiefs of I pongee can be h:id in nearly all the sum; mer colors, and are among the most useful of small wraps, as they can be either shawl, collar or tichu as the wearer has a mind. j Word comes from Paris that white and j cream gowns are less seen than last scaj son; on the other hand hardly a colored i gown but has white accessories, either j vest, collar, cutis, panel, petticoat or I front SKirt. Leather or leather-colored silk is now ! much used for the trimming of walkI ing toilets, which are finished with hats | topped with leather-covcrcd plumes, and i a how of leather ribbon tied jauntily on I the parasol. White skirts are reserved for evening i wear, and are trimmed with lace, inserj tion and embroidery quite at discretion, i though it is well to lemember that tine : simplicity is far and away better style than coarse ornament. To wear or not to wear white at throat and wrists is now a wilting if not burning question, and though there is something more of latitude than in seasons past, the weight of authority inclines to the retention of lingerie. The fashion of thrusting a flower here and there among the curls and puffs of evening coiffure has brought out blossoms of finest china for those who cannot afford jewels, that are said to be the perfectest possible approaches to nature. Rise of (lie Mustache. It is not many years since the mau whe wore a mustache in this country was regarded as either a gambler, a thief or i rowdy. A distinguished instructor in * '* " "" ? /IrtfinifiArt A I I Yale L'O liege once gave .w u utuuiwju a rowdy: "A man who wears a mustache and cuts sardines." Nor was the mustache alone consid! ered a badge of disgrace. Many of out | older men and women can remember | when a man who permitted his beard to grow would uot be tolerated in decent society. An artist living in Xew Haven some forty years ago, Mr. Samuel Hooker, who was a near relative of the husband of Isabella Beechcr Hooker, was not permitted to sit at the table of a distinguished citizen of Eastern Connecticut for that reason. A few years afterward, however, the same citizen rejoiced in a patriarchial beard. The first impetus to a mustache in po lite circles in the Eastern States was given by a physician, who declared that shaving the upper lip tended to weaken the eyes, and, after experiment, many were convinced of the assertion.?Neu York Sun. China feels hurt because Australia ban out Chinamen. ... - "" > .. -A:-'-:-# * *'"V "v . * 1:^-r ""SMUGGLERS. T HOW PEOPLE CIRCUMVEXT THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS.. The Principal Smugglers are Women ?Accounting for a Yonntf Lady's Plumpness?Odd Places for Smuggled Articles. In the Custom House of this city there is a veteran whom everybody knows. He has searched more trunks in more parts of the world than any of Uncle Sum's officials. He has served on revenue cutters innumerable. He can tell of bouts with c'gar smugglers on the coasts of Jersey and Maine. He knows every trick that, the ingenuity of theconr trabandists can devise. He is the Jonathan Wild, the M. Lecocq of the business ; " The principal smugglers of to-day," he said, "are women. The daring of other times is unnecessary now. A Saratogo trunk properly prepared is worth more than all the dirks and cutiasses that a smuggler ever wore at his belt. I remember, when I last came back from Europe, a tine young woman, exceedingly plump, whom every body admired. The young fellows on board were infatuated. All the way over she wore the same dress?blue cloth, tailormade. It fitted her, if possible, just a little bit too well. Said I: 'I can imagine a belle rigging herselt like this when on parade at Newport, but for the deck of a G'unarder, it is a trifle too chic,' said I." "What did you suspect?" "Suspect? Blessyou, I didn't suspect j ?I knew. At Quarantine, after the J health officer came aboard, a boat pulled out from Fort Hamilton and wanted to ! take my charmer off. I touched her on 1 the shoulder. 'You can't leave this vessel,'said I, 'until we reach the Battery.' 'Who are you?' she demanded, turning pale. 'I'm a Custom House officer,' said I, 'and as soon as we land I shall have you searched.' She hadn't the heart to say much. Still pale, she sat . down, biting her lips and looking round ' to see that nobody had heard us. Officer,' she said at length, 'how much I Ml 1 rj. 0) (U7V.11 I T 1 Will lllilke Jib aijUiwer ncn, omu x, with a sly glance'at her shapely figure, 'I don't know how much it took to make it round; but I guess there is about $3,000 j worth of lace and jewelry in the lining of that dress of yours.' And so it was. | When the woman-searchers had un- j dressed her she looked like a scarecrow? old, haggard, a regular skeleton. The haul just doubled ray estimate." "Where are the smuggled articles usually concealed?' askea the reporter of the Chicago Tribune lately. "Everywhere. Anything will form a hiding place. Fruit is perhaps the handiest co'vering. Who would look for cigars in a pumpkin or for snuff in a turnip? Yet pumpkins and turnips carefully lined with wool have brought any amount of tobacco into this country." "And jewelry?" "No. Jewelry generally travels in ! boot heels, The boots are spsoially made j in Paris. I remember unscrewing one ; of those heels in New York. A shower ' of brilliants fell all around me. There1 was a fortune in that little shoe." "And gloves?" "There was a famous lawsuit, you recollect, against a Frenchman who im- j ported gloves in his long Hessian boots. \ For my own part I have generally found j "inroo m trtiacAa nf Viar A tin ho.v can 6'"'^ ? ?j lie snugly in the centra of a big truss of hay. Indeed, there is no article of merchandise which the smuggler caonot turn to his purpose. At Liverpool they told me how on a vessel coming from j Stettin in the Baltic they found cigars in ' casks of camomile flowers, and elsewhere I cigars in cases of glue, tobacco in potato i sacks, tea lying on furze bushes waiting J to be shipped, tobacco stowed away in loaves of German bread, to say nothing of a boat drifting in the harbor with fifty barrels of snuff in it. | "The ladies are bom smugglers. They think it no harm to defraud L:ncle Sam. They arejabid free traders. They will hide jewelry in their hair; wrap lace around their bodies; pack their hus- ' band's cigars among their petticoats. The commonest device of the feminine smuggler is the false-bottomed trunk. In 1 a box filled apparently with cheap ging-1 hams and calicoes may lie the finest dress that Felix can produce,"?New ' York Graphic. - . The Manufacture of Brushes. "The subject of paint and artists' brushes is a very interesting one," said 1 one of the members of a New York firm in response to an inquiry of a Mail and Express reporter as to the details of their j manufacture, "and the many processes the bristles or hairs go through forming the brushes are peculiar." "Practically none of the finer brushes, ' | whether they be large or small, are made ! I from domestic bristles. Nearly all the 1 bristles come from Germany or Russia, ' the Russian being the more preferable, ! as the hogs from which they are taken j run wild in northern Russia and Siberia, 1 and ate larger and stiller than those of the domestic animal. Several attempts i have been made to utilize the bristles ' from native hogs, but without success. I It is the universal law of nature, among ' the lower animals at least, that careful breeding tends to shorten the growth of j the hair or bristles. I have seen bristles ; from the Russian wild boar measure nearly a foot long, and of great strength. { These bristles are used for paint, varnish, ' kalsomine, and whitewash brushes and others of the coarsest description. "But here is one of the smallest size," ! he continued, and took from a case a 1 delicate and tiny brush about the size of j a needle. "This is used in the finest] class of art work and, together with ! brushes of a slightly coarser nature, is | made from the hair of the sable, camel or j badger. "The bristles always come to us in ) bulk and arc first thoroughly cleaned. After the cleansing process has been finished they are carefully dried and 6orted, size for size, and arc trimmed to the required length. They are then attached to the handles and arc ready for immediate use. It takes from one to three days, according to the quality of the brush, to put it into perfect shape." South American Presidents. Costa Pica elects her Presiient for five yonr^. j The President of Honduras holds office for ?ur years. In 1880 13arri2W* was chosen Chief Executive of (+w<item;ila for four years. "When Nicaragua clectcd Carazo to the Presidency of that Pcpublic it was for a term of four years. Chili will elect a President again in 18'J1. In 1880 President Balmaceda began to serve a four-year terra. Tho Argentine Republic elects ita Chief Executive every six years, and its present ruler, President C'elman, was elected in 188G. When the Executive of Colombia signs a bill he writes: "President Nunez." He elected in 188G for a term of sis yean. =* --' . -* "V ' .'"'' "l* The Gnlf Shrimp Industry. *'Where is shrimp packed aad how?" asked a New York Mail and Express young man of a Fulton market fish merchant the other day. He replied that they were packed in New Orleans, whence they are shipped to all parts of the world. The dealer added: "The shrimps run in large s hools near the surface of the water down in the numerous passes that find their nay into the Gulf of Mexico, and arc caught by "dogos" with their seines, who frequently .will in one haul bring in enough to fill their lugger, a flat bottomed boat with a square sail. On reaching the factories, many of which are built on the docks, the shrimps are placed in long troughs, where girls with one expert wrench twist off the heads and with a firm pressure at the tail force out the shrimp. They are paid by the pound for all that are taken in this manner, some making ns much as twenty five cents an hour. After being taken from the shells the shrimps are placed in a vat of salted water, where they are cooked by means tinnwinr* fl>w/\nr?Vi trofo UX Oicatil lUUUAU^ VUIUU^U IUU Tuva. The shrimps then are put into little gauze bags, each bag j'u3t large enough to fill the inside of a can, there being so much phosphorus in the shrimp that unless precautions were taken the tin would be eaten through by its action and the contents spoiled. After the shrimps are placed in the cans they are hermetically sealed, all this work being done by machinery. They are then put into a large tank and once more put through a second steaming process, ten times hotter than the first, so that they become thoroughly cooked before being put on the market. They are then ready for labeling and boxing." Some idea of the magnitude of this business can be inferred when it is knowu that during the shrimp season, which consists of about two months in the spring and the same time in the fall, over 100,1)00 cans a day are packed in New Orleans alone. A Jlighty Banyan Tree. About twelve miles from Broach, India, on the island up the Nerbudda. is the celebrated banyan tree, covering from three to four acre3 of ground, ana bo large that there is said to be accommodation for ten thousand men under it. The legend i-J that it grew out of tne tootnpiCK 01 ivaoir, wnose name it, bears. Jtost of the foreign travelers through Guzerat pay a visit to the tree, which is in itself a prodigy of nature owing to its gigantic proportions and its antiquity. It is a species of fig, and, as a writer says, was known to ancient travelers, and which in the eighteenth century had already 350 trunks and 3000 secondary branches. Numerous inundations of the river had worked havoc with the island and with the renowned tree. The same writer say3 that at the foot of the principal trunk there is a little cavity (the writer, however, could not see it for himself during his late recent visit to the sacred tree), in which are arranged some stones of Phallic form beside an architectural fragment of ruder work. He says the Brahmans call it "Matadeyee" (.the mother), It is one of the popular names given to the wife of Siva in particular, and the name generally given by worshippers and even by ?4 - A- ?11 i-l-- /iaajaa pries IS, I (J ULl lUC uunuunu gvuuw? whom they cannot better define.?Aliahalal Poit. A Barber's Great Record. Chicago has the boss barber of th? world. On Sunday the proprietor of tht shop casually observed that tue week beginning the following day would be a busy one. "I wonder," he continued, "whether the record will be beaten." "What is the best record ever made bj one man?" asked Tommy William9. "Exactly $103," replied the proprietor. "That was four years ago. I had a man who took in that amount in seven days, and the shaving, shampooing, hair-cutting and sea-foaming which it represented was the work of one pair of hands. "I think I can beat it," remarked Williams, and on Monday morning earlj he began to fresco faces and cut stubbh in a gallant attempt to beat the record. When his checks were footed up oc Monday night it was found that $11.GC represented his manipulations. On Tuesday he did $25.95 worth of "Next/ On Wednesday the amount was $25.25; on Thursday, $20.15; Friday, $13.15: Saturday, $13.50; Sunday, $11.80. Th< aggregate receipts for the seven days, I A A tkis omnnnf Williama rp. piw I *tv? VU IUIO nuxvuuv TV luiwutw ?v ceived as his commission forty-five per cent. Williams is twenty-six years old. Amateur Entomology. The Yankee Blade thus describes how tc mount and prepare for a collection, butterflies, beetles, etc. The killing is an important*matter, to do it quickly and not disfigure the insect in any way. Foi this purpose butterflies succumb at once to the fumes of chloroform. Most moths need something more powerful, like benzine or the fumes of sulphur. Lepedoptera?butterflies and moths?should be pinned through the thorax; colcoptera ?the beetle tribe?should have the pin inserted through the right wing-cover, lyet the pin pioject about one-fourth its lenth a6ove the insect. Many insects will need to have the wings expanded and kept in place till dried, in a setting box. To do this, use a small, straight awl set in a handle to manipulate the wings, antenna: and leg-1, and keep the same in place by pins and pieces of cardboard. The small insect? will dry sufficiently to remove to the cabiuet in two or three days; the larger moths will require a week to dry. Place in the hr>*e* or drawers oieces of camphor wiapped in paper to prevent the ravages of insects. Telegraphing by the Cloud?. Admiral i-ir \V. Iluut Grubbe has recently made some interesting experiments at the Cape of Good Hope on the sending of signals by means of the rays of an arc lamp reflected by the clouds. The luminous fascicle from a 100,000 candle arc lamp was directed against the clouds by means of a reflector, and interpreted according to the heliographic code. The dispatch could be read with ease at Cape Town. Other experiments were made by a vessel of the navy sent out to sea, and the signals could be read from a distance of fifty miles. This method affords a possibility of sending signals ai sea, auu might prove useful iu favorable weather for ships in danger. ?La Lumiere Electrique. D.tkota Once Belonged to Michigan. The Territory of Michigan was created June 28, 1834, and included that part of Dakota lying east of the Missouri and White Earth Rivers, in addition to the present States of Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota. July 8, 1830, Congress established the Territory of Wisconsin, which included the eastern half of Dakota. The Territory of Iowa was organized June 12, 1838, and a part of Dakota was contained within its boundaries. March, 3, 1849, Minnesota Territory was established, which covered the eastern part ot Dakota.?Detroit Fret Frets* - .-.rm ' ? CURIOUS FACTS. A pace is three feet. Insurance was in general use in Italy V.? before 1194. . It takes eighty-four of our years to make one year on Uranus. A Persian carpet twenty-two feet square was sold in Paris the other day for $7500. Clans are said to have, arisen in Scot- r land in the reign of King Malcom IL about 1008. A wild goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not improve. Two pure white robins have been : 'J taken from the nest of an ordinary redbreast in Galena, 111. A Nebraska farmer has unearthed the skeleton of a woman who must have ?j stood eight feet high in life. T j An enterprising physician in Australia ' advertises: "I will pay half the funeral expenses in cases where I am not successful." Four figs taken from a tree in Chero- kee, Cal., weighed one pound seven .N ounce', one of them weighing eight ounces. The phrase "The real Simon Pure" i occurs in Susannah Centlivre's play, "A Bold Stroke for a Wife." The authoress Vi died in 1772. A new industry in California is said to be the killing of bees that swarm in Tkriiroto tmncoa At. TM-papnf-. it 19 mon. opolized by two menT Salmon fishers at Woodbush, England, recently found in one of their nets a fish .-/-J. -with the body and tail of a salmon and the head of a haddock. Joseph Ritas, a Spaniard, recently died at the age of 118 years. His brother lived to be 114, and their father was 111 at the time of his death. A mole is an insect-eater and never molests the roots of trees. Two moles ; devoured in nine days 341 white worms. 163 earthworms, 25 caterpillars and 1 mouse. A woman was passing through the grand hall of the Glasgow (Scotland) Exhibition, a few nights ago, with baby in her arms, when the band began to play. The child screamed with fright ana died. Mr3. Hall, of Sabine County, La., haa ^ three fingers preserved in a jar ol alcohoi, which the owner can have by prov? ing property. They belonged on the hand of a burglar, and she cut them off with a hatchet. Recently, at a Moscow (Russia) sunset, % the rays of the sun were intercepted by a cloud, and, through some peculiar property in the atmosphere, the city was colored a vivid purple hue. The stTange effect lasted for eight minutes. Judge Arnold, of Argonia, Kan., lost his office and court-room in the recent cyclone at that place, and was so severely shocked by a stroke of lightning that it restored the hearing in one of-his ears which had been deaf for thirty . years. At a recent dinner given in New York | & mound of flowers oru&mented the table, ' ^ 1 and over the flowers hovered gorgeously colored butterflies, living, but dying in agony. Long pins were run through their bodies ana tliey were fastened to ^ the flowers to die slowiy. * ' Billy Neuberry, of the City Engineer'! V Department in St. Paul, Mian., is a n??w , of phenomenal strength. He is able to ^ lift a he.ivy man by his teeth, and can snap steel stove pokers like broomsticks by twirling them aloft and bringingthem down quickly over his loft forearm. In order to secure a case against a dentist who was using contraband matches, the detective of a trench match company went to the offender and bad a tooth extracted. Then, takincr out a cigar, he asked for a light. The dentist handed him a box of matches, which he at once declared were contraband. The detective called to an associate in an adjoining rcom, and a case was at once made up. Protection Prom Insect Pests. ilany people do not know how easilj they can protect themselves and theii children against the bites of gnats and^ '! other insects. Weak carbolic acid, sponged on the skin and hair, and in i some cases the clothing, will drive away the whole tribe. A great many children ! and not a few adults are tormented j | throughout the whole summer by minute 1 I enemies. We know persons who are afraid of picnics, and even of their own gardens, on this account. Clothing is an imperfect protection, for we have seen a i child whose foot and akle had been stung through the stocking so seriously that for days she could not wearaleathet shoe. ' All this can be avoided, according to our experience, and that we believe of many others, by carbolic acid judiciously used. The safest plan is to keep a ^ saturated solution of the acid. The 80* lution cannot contain more than six ox seven per cent., and it may be added t? water until the latter smells strongly. This may readily and with perfect safety be applied with a sponge. We have na doubt that horses and cattle could b? protected in the same way from the fliea, which sometimes nearly madden them. Oil of bays (huile de laurier) is ejctea* 1? 3 :n hw hnfrhftttL Siveijr uacu 1U Untll.Vil?uU WJ to keep their shops free from tiies, and after a coat of this oil has been applied to the walls none of these troublesome pests ventures to put in an appearance. This remedy has been tried and found effectual in the south of France in preserving gilt frames, chandeliers, etc., from becoming soiled. It is even remarked that flies soon avoid the roomi where this application has beea employed. Camphor will expel mosquitoes. Take of gum camphor a piece about one-third the size of a hen's egg and evaporate it by placing it in a tin vessel and holding it over a lamp, taking care that it doea not ignite. The smoke will soon fill the room and expel the mosquitoes, and not one will be found in the room next morning, even though the windows should be left open all night.?Medical Classict, Noro's Canal. Among the most important publw works in Greece is the canal throught the Isthmus of Corinth, of which General Turr is the De Lessops. It was begun in 1882, and was to be completed in 18t?8, but it will not be finished for several years yet. It has the same breadth and depth as the Suez Canal, and is about four miles long. The deepest cut is 250 feet. It passes through solid rock, and its sides are as yet left almost vertical. It i9 to be lighted by electricity, ma cost was estimated at $7,000,000. This canal will save vessels from Trieste or Brindisi to Athens or Constantinople about 200 miles; it will save ships from Gibraltar about seventy-five miles. It has been dug largely by Italians, Turk* and Montenegrins. Few Greeks havt been employed; they do not takekindly to such work. The canal carries out a plan that was cherished by many of tha ancients; it actually follows a cqutqq that waa surveyed by Order of the ?moeror iS'ero.?Seribner\