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A FUNNY WORLD IS THIS.
This world is very funny,
For no matter how much money
fcn is earning he will spend it, and be bard
up all the time;
To bis utmost he is straining
To catch up without attaining,
IB be makes his life a burden when it should
be bliss sublime.
He who earns a thousand merely,
Thinks two thousand dollars yearly
*bald be just the figures to make happiness
complete;
But his income when it doubles,
Only multiplies his troubles,
iter his outgo i hen increasing makes his both
ends worse to meet.
It. is run in debt and borrow,
Flush to-day and broke to-morrow,
*aanciering every which way to postpone
the day of doom;
Spending money ere he makes it,
And then wondering what takes it,
* - *? -M1U UaUo rosf.
3212 US,, giving up me nuuiu, wwa
within the tomb.
Oh, this world is very funny
To the average m:tn whose money
Soesu't quite pay for the dancing that he
does before he slioiid:
And he kills himself by trying
Just a little higher Hying
Tttian is suited for his pocket and his own !
eternal good.
?GoodalVs Sun. j
KATE'S POCKET-MONEY.
"It's all very fine to be adopted," said
late Kaswell, running her hngers des-:
jjtraiL-ly through her short, brown curls '
?' 'ad a rich uncle reads delightfully '
% a newspaper story, or at the end of a !
jovel; but what is a girl to do for a
Ittle pocketmoucy?*'
"A^k your undo for it, .m'ss, dear," j
jnggc?ivd Cleo. the old housekeeper. '
*i\ot that he'd give it to you?the mas- I
:s dreadful close in his calculations. |
Jat there's nothing like trying. Now, is |
a?eie.? i
! ate fixed her great sea-blue eyes full
si l'leo'3 wrinkled face, and considered
4ic question dispassionately.
-I've heard of m:;rchiugup to the can- j
" oil's mouth said she. "I would almost i
Wiber do that than ask Uncle hasweil j
4>r a dollar. But you are right, Cleo? j
here's nothiag liwe trying."
the eyed herself in the glass?a bright, I
sadacious faced little brunette, with a
vop of short, brown curls parted em- j
jhat'cally on one side, cheeks flushed
"with rosy health, and a captivating dim-,
in her chin?she pulled her sailor ,
jollar straight, and threw away a cluster 1
*i marigolds which had wilted in her j
4)M>na.
leo," said she, "shall I do?"
'lie old woman looked lovingly at
1c
" i the Major hadn't a heart of stone,
*i-s. ' >aid she, "he couldn't refuse a
ii ; >i>'i iisked of him!"
iitt; imighed.
' j w su every one was of the same
mind as you, Cleo," she said.
Ar.d ;hen she marched out to the j
jtunu- oored portico, where her uncle, |
ara e i iu a huge basket-chair, was read
?i. 1^**? .i??u ?
mii in mornings leutjrs imuuyu a jjun
jis;eel-bound spectacles.
.Major Kasweli looked up, with a smile.
3& a'most always smiled when Kate appeared
before him, but it was a cold, |
nr. encouraging, smile.
"Well, ray clear said he.
"Uncle," stammered Kate, ''I should
Ske a little- a little pocket-motaey!"
"What forf" said the Major, still with j
She immo . able smile widening his mouth. '
Kate hesitated.
She had wanted a yard of Smyrna
fcce, a pint of peanuts, two postage I
Stamps and a bottle of cough mixture
*1dt one of her proteges in the village; I
Hat all these things seemed so pitifully
Significant in the cold light of Major
Xa-well's frigid blue eyes and stony
xnle, that she lacked courage to
anamerate them. <
\ "Oh. various things!" said she, feebly. ,
arious things, eh?" said the Major. I
Te*, I dare say! But that isn't the way
?do business, ivatnarine. Anyreasonauie
iillsihat you may contract may be sent
k> me, and I will pay for them by check.
1 always like to know where I stand,
Jnancially."
' But, uncle, a little ready money in
rcie's pocket?"
"Is the most wasteful system in the
world, my dear.''
"No! be off about your business, or
Xll have you arrested I (to a swart-laced
;an organ-grinder, who, accompanied
his tattered wife and monkey, were '
lidlin^up the broad carriage drive).
And l\ate shrank back, almost as
aervou>ly as if the stern rebuif were
addressed to her own individual self.
No, there was no use to protest.
Tncle Kaswell was an autocrat in hia
way. She could only retire as gracefally
as possible from the tield of action
and coufess to old (,'leo that she hud been
ideated.
"It makes me feel so helpless':" said
skc, clenching her hands. "Oh, t'leo,
n't there any one in the village that
wants a little sewing done, or a bit
af house-cleaning done, or someth ng
SSutt represents money value?"
'4 think you're goiDg crazy, miss!" j
jaid Cleo, with a gasp.
"Aloney I must hare!" assyerated 1
Sate. "Docs Uncle Kaswell think I am
Vie the savage tribes of Africa, who
Jive on bits of colored glass and wax
Hemds? And money I mean to earn, ;
we way or other. Else I might as well ;
^ a pauper! Checks, indeed! A check \
Jw ? paper of pins, or a package of!
.1 l.i i t 3 l a r :
imm euucuisiea ; 1 wuuucruuw iiuviu
laswell would like it himself 1"
For a minute Kate hesitated whether
% laugh or to cry. . And iu default of
ather, she caught up her hat and weut
ml into the garden to hunt butterflies.
for her collection.
"Bless and save us, miss!" said John, |
&se knotty-faced mnn who ofliciat.d in
double capacity of gardener and
stableman. "Why, you nearly knocked
- aKover." j
"Fm very sorry. John," said Kate,
picking up her butte tly net. "Hut if 1
it had not been for you, I should have j
emght that lovely terra-cotta specimen. I
lH?at were you staring at? One would |
think you might have gotten out of the
-irmy."
"It's the boat, miss," said John.
"It fcn't running away, I suppose:" J
fBaicastically.)
"No. miss; but it might," John
nswercd. in rather a nettled fashion. .
"if 1 didn't keep my eye on it. It's
litem bictcle men and tourists from tlx-;
Betel want to hire it. And they're that
and because master has given orders to I
aay no that two of 'em has tried to sneak
H away on the sly a'ready. Boats is
acarce hereabouts?that kind o' boat, at
Inst. But it's locked tight, and the key
aader the tool-house mat I" ?concluding
Ms speech with a chuckle.
"It's too bad!" said Kate. "No one
over uses it here. Some one ought to
leave the good of it."
"It's a private boat," asserted John,
jtabbornly. "No one hain't no business
#hh it but ourselves,"
"John!"
"Ye3, Miss Kate."
'V... 7 .. ^ ' v. "What
do people generally chargc for
a boat:?people that have it to hire,
you know?"
"A quarter of a dollar an hour, miss,
for rowboata. without the boatman,"
John answered, as he resumed his normal
occupation of pruning out the
Jacqucminot roses ready for their full
blooming.
Ma or Kaswell went to the city the
next day; John accompanied him.
There was to be a great auction sale
of Holland bulbs on Chambers street;
and the Major was fond of tulips.
John was a good judge of bulbs, and
although the Major pretended to pay no
attention to his advice, still he m.ide an
excuse to take 'ohn along also.
if you really want a new stock ol
gladiolas," snia he, "you may as well
pick out the varieties fur yours> If."
"Ye/.zei," said John, who knew perfectly
well what it nil meant.
No sooner had the pair disappeared
along the wiuding path that formed a
short-cut to the railway station, than
Kate tied on her bonnet, haviDg previously
eclip-ed herself in oue of Cieo's
most faded gowns.
"viooJness me, miss!" said the old
woman, "what are you going to do?"
"I'm going boating," said Kate.
Under the shadow of an old willow,
on tlio edge of the mar-hy shore, there
was a rude wooden bench.
There Miss Kaswell seated herself, with
her book ?a fair young spider, on the
<;ui dec for flie3. She had not loug tc
wait.
Presently a youn^f man sauntered
quietly along. He did not see her at
tirst, so completely was the screen ol
lioating willow tresses, nnd with a furtive
smile .-h'j watched him try the fa?tenincr
of the chain?once, twice, three
times.
"Deuce take it!" he said, straightening
himself up at last. "It's a3 tight &<
a jail."
Kate put the green boughs aside.
"Did you want anything?" said she.
The young man reddeued all o.tr hi'
handsome face.
"Oh, I beg your pardonsaid he?
"but I was looking for a boat. Could i
fellow hire this?do you know?"
"Certainly," said Miss Kaswell.
"Your father was rather short aboul
it, the other day," said the young man.
"In the garden, you know?cutting the
ed?:es of the box-borders. lie nearly
set the dog on one of our club. I'm one
of the Bicycle Six."
"He is a little peculiar," said Kate,
calmly. "If you want the boat to-day,
you can have it for two dollar*, paymenl
in advance. Here is the key."
"3Iuch oblige. I am sure!" said the
member of the Bicycle Six.
"You will find the cushions in the
boat-house," added Kate.
"Thanks, awfully!" said the young
man, thinking how very pretty the
gardcner'9 daughter was, as he felt it
his pocket for the two dollar bill which
represented payment in advance. ,
Ka;e took it, witli a curious sensation.
She h id never earned anything before,
and it seemed like a prodigious sum oi
money to her.
The customer reported promptly the
next day.
This time Miss Kate was gathering
flowers in the garden, close to the edge
of the river.
"I should like the boat again," said
he, doffing his cap, and looking verj
bright and sunburned,as he stood among
the tall blue-flowered rushes.
"You can only have it until noon to
day," said Kate. "It's engaged aftei
that." .
for she had bethought herself that il
would never do to have the liiver Queer
gone, when Incle Kaswell and John
returned from the sale of Holland bulbs.
"Three dollars in pocket-money P
she said, exultantly, to herself. "That's
something like. -Now I can buy a papei
of needles without asking permission ol
all the i ank directors 1"
Major Kaswell came back on the threeo'doclr
tra:n, in t^igh spirits. The bulbj
hud been line, and had gone for reasonable
prices.
"Oh. bv-the-way, Kate," said he,after
he had kissed her, patted the dog'ssilkj
head, ana iookcu at nis iec:ers, - i \t
nsked a friend to dinner. I met him at
the Sachem's Head, as I carne through
the village. Hadn't an idea he was
stopping there. And he asked permission
to briug young Jack Sigourney, who, it
seems, is staying there, too. Tell Glee
to have everything in ship - shape.
There's some of those black Hamburgs
ripe in the grapery, and the Magnum
Bonum plr.ms am in fine order foi
dessert."
Kate was in the garden picking the
Magnum Bonum plums?her uncle would
trust no one but herself or old John to
gather the fruit?when she heard the
.Major enthusiastically welcoming hi;
guests on ihc portico.
Peeping, with a remnant of Mofchei
Eve's curiosity, through the plum
boughs, she 8aw?horror of horrors!?
her customer of the day before,standing
beside a stout, short old geutleraan,
under the shadow of the fluttering
awnings.
Kate had nearly dropped the basket
of plums, in her consternation.
What was to become of her? In all
the possibilities of the case, she had
never contemplated this emergency.
"I won't come down to dinner," sift
said, to herself. "I'll hide!"
But Cleo came up stairs, after the gong
had sounded, to summon her, without
delay.
"You must come down, miss," said
she, with a troubled face. "Master says
so!"
"Did you tell him that I had a headache,
Cleo?"
"Yes, but he looked at me in that
stony way of Irs. -Tell her to come
down.' says he, slow-like. And miss, he
m ans it."
Kate clutched her curls in both hands.
"I'll have to go down." groaned she.
"There's no help for it."
"Is your head very bad, miss?" said
Cleo, sympathetically. "A little bayrum
"
"Oh. don't talk about bay rum!" cricd
Kate, hurriedly adjusting her laces.
"Give me my brooch, Cleo, and the little
silver bangles. There! Now for rnv
doom!"
And with the courage of sheer desperation,
she marchcd straight down
stairs, and was formally introduced tc
Colonel Courtenay and .Mr. Sigouiuey.
"How do you do, .Miss Ka-wcll?" said
Jack Sigourney. wiih the impressivene^s
of :i red Indian.
He had recognized her?Kate knew
that by the sparkle under his eye'ashe
?but ho made no sign of therocogni
tion. and in her heart she thanked him
with an exceeding great tide of grati
tude. And after the tirat meeting thing;
were not so bad. Colonel Courtenaj
had traveled a good deal and Mr. Sigourncy
had plenty of small talk at his command.
The dinner went off charmingly, am'
it was not until the two elders hac
strolled out, after the black Hamburg
grapes and the Magnum Bonum plums,
to smoke their cigars, that Kate venturec
to look her late customer in the face.
"ltow did you like the boating
this morning?" said she, a little hysteri
cally.
j "Then it was you," said Mr. Sigourney,
"and not the gardener's eldest
i girl, or a water girl in disguise?"
! "Yes, it was 1!" owned Kate, redden
' ing to the roots of the short, brown
curls.
s j "I am sure I beg jour pardon," said
I Mr. Sigourney.
i "You won't betray me?" faltered she. n
II "Certainly not! But why did you
do it?" '
ij "Oh, for fun I"
, j And that was the only answer she ]
would give him.
i Until six months afterward, when she 1
? drew a little silk crochet purse out of her '
1 pocket and showed him two crumpled
bills?a two and a one.
: i '.Jack," said she, "do you remember 1
that?"
He shook his head. -r^W""
: "No," said he. 1
i "Vou paid them to me for the hire of
. the boat. Oh, Jack, I wanted some
i pocket money so much, aDd 1 did not 1
know how else to get it. but it didn't ]
do me any good aiter all, because, after
i I had met you, I couldn't nake up my
mind to spend it, and?and?"
"My darling girl!" cried Jack, enthu*
1 siastically. "Did you really keep those 1
because of me? But I can assure you of <
one thing?you shall never be short of 11
pocket money while you are my wife." j i
And he kept his promise.?Sunday :'
l Nijiit.
\ Uses or Mineral Waters.
# { J
Mineral waters, as to their sources, are '
[ of two classcs, the imported and the ;
; domestic. As to their nature, they are ' i
f artificial or natural. Not all of the best I
. waters will bear exportation,oreven long I
keeping in stock. Many of them throw jl
? down their mineral constituents and i
decompose -ahen exported in wood; and J i
. even in glass not a few of them become JI
, inert by keeping. The waters that are ' I
the most stroug.y mineralized, especially . I
those that are the most fully charged j'
with carbonic acid gas, bear exportation J i
, the best. Those of weaker constitution, . i
; like some delicate individuals and some
delicate wines, do not stand a sea voyage.
k 1 "Old books to read, old wood to burn,
old wine to drink, old friends to talk i
to;" but no old mineral waters for a cure. 11
, borne physicians hold, indeed, that all
mineral waters begin to lose their virtues !
, as soon as they leave the spring. This is ,
'j an extreme view; it is quite unproven of
, some of the best waters, yet most of them
are effective in proportion to their fresh- j
' ness. The be>t importing houses aim, !
1 j very properly, to keep little stock on !
[ hand, in order that it may be fresh. We'
have a full list of excellent mineral !
, waters to choose from, whether native or
imported, whether natural or manu,
factured, whether medicinal waters or I
table waters. I can not say too much for ;
, a good table water, meaning by this a
; drinking water that is (1) but slightly
[ mineralized, that is (2) charged more or j
t less freely with carbonic add gas, and
(:j) that is absolutely pure, hygienically 1
1 speaking. Such waters are the Apolli- !
j naris, the Clysmic, the Giessbubel, the :
f ' Poland Silica, the Underwood Spring !
| Water, and many others. The \ichy, 1
, I Seltzer, and Saratoga waters, though
more strongly medicinal, are used as
r ' table waters by many. The appetizing
I and digestive qualities of all the waters
just named are well known, and their
pleasant flavor and sparkle; in many |
r caseB of impaired digestion I have found !
, nothiug more useful than they, and I
' regard them as useful in chronic diseases ,
when impaired nutrition is a main ;
r feature. Pure sodawatcr (more properly j
j called carbonated water), whether natural I
! or manufactured, is a poweriui aia ro ;
^ digestion by stimulating the stomach, j
1 and also, probably, by aiding to dis1
solve the mineral ingredients of the
; food. It is very appetizing; it corrects
acidity in the stomach, checks the dis'
position to nausea, and cools the system
' in febrile complaints; it lessens the desire
^, for spirituous liquors, and is indeed tha
] ideal beverage for the water-drinker, .
" j provided always that pure water is used
' in its preparation. The consumption ol i
' ; table waters in this country increases i
i probably about 10 per cent, per year; '
that of medicinal water has nearly ;
doubled since 1SS0. Table waters
1 prepared from distilled waters, as thej |
' should be. have the great advantage thai j
1 they can uot carry tbe germs of disease.
1 . ?Dr. Tiiua Munson Coan, in Harper.
Curiosities of Appetite.
1 In the desire for change in articles ol 11
food, some strange things have been ;
' swallowed, tfucli, for instance, as Cleo- j;
, patra's famous pearl solution, which sh? j
; quatfed to prove her regard for Marc 1
| Antony; the similar draught which Sii I
i | Kicbmond Whittington had prepared foi j
! an entertainment he gave to King Henry '
j V.; the diamond which Sir Thomaj I
' Gresham had dissolved in wine, and
j drank to the health of Quceu Elizabeth
, ! when she opened the royal exchange;
and tbe love pledges of their own blood . j
1 which the young gallants of former dayi j
usea to drink. The claims of such arti? j1
cles as foods are, however, shadowy, j
and, if they may be admittod, so ought
the penknife, the ounce of tin tucks and
innumerable sixpences, -which the typicaj
;, boy, from time immemorial, has shown a (
1 predilection for swallowing. I
' One of the earliest aristocratic recruits ,
to the stage, Betterton's successor, Bar- !
ton Booth, "a relation of the Earl of War* j
1 rington. and not far remote from the j
title," had such an unappeasable appe.
* tite ihifc his wife had often to "order
the table to be removed, for fear of over*
charging his stoma: h." He had pre
previously been a devotee ot uaccnus, i
1 aod from one extreme fell into the other, j1
, That food has an effect on the mind antj j <
actions was believed in by Mossop, whd
always ordered his dinner to suit thf
character he wa< about to play. Fot
1 /anga, in the ' Revenge," sausages; fot
1 Barbaro;sa, veal cutlets; and for Rich
ard, pork.?Gentleman1 s Maga-ine.
Climatic Influence on Social Traits.
A French publicist calls atteution tc
. the curious regularity in the geographical ;
distribution of crimes. The prevalent
[ standard of morality, it seems, is to a
, lurjje extent a question of climatic con.
ditions. l ow latitudes and low morals,
- however, are not always concomitant.
Thus habitual imtemperance prevails
. chie iy north of the forty-fifth degree
t parallel in Europe and the twenty-tifth
, in America. Sexual precocity increases
with the distance from the isotherm of
[ Stockholm, the courtship? of the short.
lived pigmies of the Polar reg'ons being
quite as expeditious as those of the West
Indians Creoles. Sieil}', too, anticipates
; J lie iegal minimum of our marriage cus.
torn* by several years: but the ne plus
i ultra ot precocity seems to be evolved by
. the climate of Southern Brazil, where
) marriage of boys in their earliest teems
r and girls of ten and nine are nothing
. . unusual. Thrift is a virtue of pastoral
. i highland regions, while the maximum
! of tinancial extravagance is a reproach ol
1 lar<re seaport towns. Bngandagt n
I flourishes chiefly in Nevile plains; Tunis c
r and Turkestan in the East, and the Rio j
Grande border lands on this side of th? t
I great ferry. The time may come when c
accomplished attorneys, in their plea ol
r extenuating circumstances, will urge tht t
! ''unavoidable influence of climate."? j
Yankee J>l"de. ( ?
-:v -v ^ vV r - WOMAN'S
WORLD"
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOI
FEMININE READERS.
Taking Music as a Tonic.
- " ?? >1 1 ?
.iuiius tticnoerg, tne weu-Kuowu x>ua
ton musician, tells this story of an earli
experience: One day a lady somewha
dvanced in years came to make arrange
ments for taking private lessons in sing
inff. At the end of the second lesson th<
tea: her felt constrained to tell her tha
her ear was not true. She received th<
remark very coolly, and at the nexi
lesson sang ns badly as before. "I an
afraid," said Mr. Eichberg, "that yov
can never learn to sing in tune." "Oh,
it doesn't matter," was the surprising
reply. "Doesn't matter I" said the as
tonished teacher. "Ao," said the pupil,
"I don't care anything about music, bui
my doctor said that singing would b<
the best thing for my dyspepsia, and sc
[ decided to take lessons."
Early Marriage.
The marriage of damsels under nine
teen ought to be forbidden by law. ac
cording to the London Telegraph, whict
lial been trying to find out whethei
matrimony is a failure. If the Tclegr-vil
will scan the marriage records of thu
town, it will see that such a law woulc
lp?d tn t.lifi nnstnnnement. if not th<
prevention, of several thousand of thi
weddings that are celebrated here everj
year. The earliest marriages here ari
unong the Germans and the Italians
many of whose maidens become wive:
between seventeen and nineteen. In olc
times girls were encouraged to wed at i
3till earlier age. When Canada wa
under France, the French King gave i
handsome gift of money to every girl ii
the province who secured a husband b;
the time she was sixteen, and a reprimanc
was given to those fathers whosi
daughters were not in wedlock at tha
age.
Small Hands a Bailee of Nobility.
"We infer from some of the letter re
ceived by us from our young readers tha
a number of them cherish the ridiculoui
opinion that to have small hands am
feet is a sign of noble descent and higl
breeding. We can assure these deludec
damsels that race and breeding havi
nothing to do with the size of the ex
tremitics. The biggest hand we eve
saw attached to a human arm was tha
of a young officer, the sc'on of a famil;
ennobled six centuries ago, and we hav'
seen hands of the most delicate size anc
texture belonging to persons of the low
licst origia. Witness, also, the chubb;
paw of her most gracious Majesty Queei
Victoria, whose race has been of roya
rank for fifteen huudred years. Natur
proportions the hands and feet, with th
utmost exactness to the other parts o
the l;ody. Consequently, the hands an<
fpflf. arp alwavs ust riorht. To chaneri
them would be to destroy the liarmon;
of the frame. To be dissatisfied witl
them argues a real vulsarity of mind,
want of good sense, and we may add, i
thankless impiety.?New York Ledger.
The Java Mother Hubbard.
The sarong and kabia from the nativ
dresj in Java, adopted by the Europea:
ladies for comfort and convenience ii
the climate, and worn by them as sleep
ing attire, as also during the day in i
richer form. Imagine a piece of calico
two yards long, cut from a web. Se\
together the raw edges, and you have
petticoat without band and hem. Imag
ine it covered with floral patterns o
curious devices of crawling creatures, o
having a village with houses and scene
of daily life depicted on it, and you se
a sarong or skirt. Put this over you
head, draw all the fullness in front anc
form of this n large plait; put arounc
your waist, to hold it, a cord with a rid
tassel depending, or a gay silk sasii
Then put on a dressing jacket of lin
lawn, trimmed with lace; loosen you
hair and let it fall down your 1 ack; sli]
your stockingless feet into Indian look
ing panto;'r!es, with gilt or silver em
broidery. Take row a fan in yourha:<
and promenade before your mirror.
Selecting Saleswomen.
A traveler in foreign lands says: "I
one were to judge of the physique o
English women from the specimens h
Bees in the shops, behind the counters
he would sec mem uown lor a very iai
race, but if he inquire? into the subjec
he will find that these women ar
selected for their very height?the tallc
their figure the heigher their salary, ver;
often. A stranger with au observing
eye will also notice that English an<
French saleswomen, or salesladies, a
they arc called in New York, dress ii
black while on duty. This, however, i
not a mere caprice on the part of th
women; in most shop9 it is compulsory
The shopkeepers believe that shopwo
men look neater and better in black thai
in colors, and so all of tliem wear black
The gowns may be of any material, 'ou
the color must be uniformly black. No
are they allowed to wear showy trim
mings; and as for jewelry, either real o
imitation, it is out of the question. Ii
some shop3 they may, or rather the;
must wear a simple, plain linen collar an<
linen cuffs; thi3 is the case at Whitely'
the largest shop in London, and som
jay even larger than the world-famou
Bon Marche of Paris."
Renounced the Gay World.
A mysterious and striking auctioi
sale touk place in New York the othe
.lay, in an up-town fiat. It had evi
iently been occupied by a woman, young
beautiful, and refined, and she had gou<
jut of it without removing even he
ings that lay in the Jewel-stand on thi
Ifiinty dressing-table. Everything wai
iold unreservedly. A piano, with a pil<
songs and sheet after sheetof classica
nusic; a library containing all the bes
)f modern authors, and many of whon
:he verdict of the ages have consecrated
jooks finely bound and artistically ilustrated,
showing that the reader liked
;o have her mental food served up or
lainty dishes: pictures that, while thej
ivere not, perhaps, very costiy, showed
he owuer knew the best and appre:iated
it; brie a-brac of all sorts anc
veil selected; a table service, consisting
>f naperv-like satin and china, showing
he best of the Wedgwood, Sevres, and
Worcester manufactures. And wearing
ipparel dainty enough for a princes?
;iny satin slippers, five-and-a-half gloves,
itockings fike silk cobwebs, and handkerchiefs
a=t tine?quaint, pictuies |Uc,
nade evidently for a tall, slim woman:
\astern shawls, delicate lace-trimmed
ingerie ?all the beautiful things with
vhich a high-bred and luxurious woman
urrounds herself. Apparently no selec
ions had been, nothing kept back, and
he woman had walked away beyond a
loubt with nothing but the clothes she
vore. The auctioneer, said, briefly, in
.nswer to all interrogations, that the
>wner had suddenly determined to gc
nto a convent, and had directed that
ho entire contents of the flat be disposed
if for the benefit of the institution she
lad entered. It was plain that the great
ragedy of a life lay behind it, but what
t was, the details of it, will never be
cnown.?A rgonant.
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Mrs. Cleveland's Encasement Ring.
Mrs. Cleveland's engagement ring is
net, as Is generally supposed, the
t beautiful diamond ring which she wears 0
just above her wedding ring, but is a
| large, old-fashioned seal ring, wlncn ^
now adorns the President's tinker.
There is quite a little history attached
. to this ring and the way it came to be '
j bestowed upon Mrs. Cleyeland. "
t A few days before the departure of
. Mrs. Folsom and her daughter for p
. Europe it will be remembered the Presi- b<
3 doDt went on to New York for the purt
pose of seeing and bidding them good- tl
; by. It was upon this occasion that the; lc
t President! first definitely asked Mrs. 3t
i Cleveland to become his wife and fixed:
j the date of their marriage immediately ^
upon her return to this country. Taking ^
r from his finger the seal ring which he w
! had worn for years, and which had been _
originally a gift from Mr. Folsom, the ^
t President placed it on her finger, in- .
> tending, almost immediately thereafter, r
> to forward her the handsomest diamoud !9
which could be found. This plan Mrs. I "
Cleveland herself ultimately changed, as ei
she decided it would be less likely to
. attact attention if, during her stay
. abroad, she wore the old seal ring which ci
i had belonged to her dead father. 0
On the dav of her m irriasre. as is well ^
<t known, Mrs. Cleveland received a mug3
uificent ring and necklace of soltaires tl
[ from the President, diamond pins for
3 the hair and breast from Secretary and tl
j Mrs. Whitney, in addition to numerons
j other small gifis of a similar nature from
3 others. But, curiously enough, the ci
first diamond ring which Mrs. Cleveland o
3 ever possessed was a tiny little star of tl
I diamonds, which she wore upon the e:
x little finger of the right hand on the a
3 occasion of her marriage. This ring was
t the gift of a friend in New York, who
l had known Mrs. Cleveland from early n
p childhood, and who hearing her mention ^
1 the fact that she had never owned a dia3
mond, sent the little glittering star ^
t from Tiffany's the day before her departure
from Washington when she
came on to be married. This friend was ,
anions the number of those who came on ,
in the same train, and was present at ?
j. the ceremony. ?Baltimore American. j
Fashion Notes. ?
t Black braiding is the rage.
1 Open sleeves appear upon many dressy
> toilets.
Very larjje collars are a conspicuous J
r | feature of the winter wraps.
' | Many of the most dressy wraps are E
? . still made of three materials. ^
j i Puffed sleeves in Queen Mary style are I
a feature of the new tea gowns. i
jr I But few of the corsages of the present I
i season show a visible fastening.
>1 GreeD, especially in the gray, rush and s
* * i . * j
e | reseaa snaaes, is lae iavoreu cuiur. ?
? Dressy mantles combine colored cash- ?
mere or camei's hair and black lace. 1
1 c
Dresses for little, girls under six ^
should reach to the top of the shoes. (
i Embroidered vests bid fair to be a f
a feature of mantles and winter cloaks. \
a A ball of cut steel mounted upon a s
stem of black enamel is a favorite hatpin.
i
Chatelaine watches with peculiar
e etched designs are the fancy of the (
a hour. 1
l Two materials are utilized in most of 1
i- the wraps, and even for the shortest t
x garments.
? Dong and wide lace scarfs, in cream ot
7 black, are likely to be revived the comft
i ing season. t .
" | Blue serge, with sash and facings of i
J | black moire, is a popular combination
in costumes.
Q i Bear's fur and others of long, shnggy
r : fleece will be fashionable trimmings for (
j winter cloaks. ?
i I Russian sable promises to be the most *
h fashionable as well as costly fur for the ]
u : coming season. 1
el It is predicted that velvet and lace
r ! will be combined in elaborate toilets \
? j the coming winter.
" j Green, brown and sulphurino, a new ?
,* red which is described by its title, are ?
1 fashionable colors now.
As the season advances, cloths of rich, t
dark colors are chosen for costumes in c
preference to stripes and plaids. t
* The new toques are very long oval i
crowns without brims, which are pointed t
low at the back and very fully trimmed
in front.
VI The new shades of terra cotta that 1
e approach mahogany are often worn with <
r mignonette green, and goblin blue with I
P steel or dove gray.
t | Some of the rcccnt importations of *
| jet trimmings are so unfamiliar in de- ]
9 sign that t!:ey may be classed among the ]
a season's novelties.
s Blackbirds, quills aod ribbons appear l
e on hats of any shade, for any purpose, j
. while white ard light green are reserved
- for full-dress occasions.
1! A great many ulsters and street iack
ets this season will be lined with the t
' gray Siberian squirrel. Black astrachan ^
r is also popular for lining. i
The new bonnets are longer in the i
crown than of late, indicating a return 4
to a low arrangement of the hair. The *
^ brims are in coronet shape. 4
g i Cashmere colorings are prominent in J
g 1 all the trimmings intended for dressy '
8 ; costumes, and their beauty is enhanced
by a judic;ous intermixture of metalic j
threads.
Green is an extremely fashionable
1 i color, and in its various shades of emerr
aid, lapis lazuli and beryl is fashionably c
- combined with blues, olives, browns and t
, dull reds. t
3 The favorite style for the cloth gown a
r is the Directoire, but dressy toilets of a
' silk, broche, moire and plush demand 1
J | the dressier lines and fulness of the
} pi re styles.
Jj The new big-hooded capes made in
satin-faced cloth, in all shades of gray, 1
* ; tan and drab, the hoods lined with some S
" soft y contrasting color, promise to be
; j much worn this winter. a
{j Narrow ribbon of any preferred color n
p : and with fancy edges are tacked in the jj
neck and sleeves of many traveling
.! gowns, in place of the linen collars and
[J culls hitherto consideied indispensable,
rj A novel trimming for large hats is a e]
| boa and l?ands of ostrich feathers. The 0
[ bands lie flat on the outside of the broad jt
r j brim, and the boa hangs down behind, 0
!: and is intended to be passed around the a]
| neck. ti
! "Watches for ladies' wear run small in c<
size and the present taste seems to be for
: 1 decorated eases. Enameling is much
i used in the ornamentation of watch cases.
i j On silver watches appears much fine tl
i etching. sr
In all the wilderness of winter trim- vi
' mings there is nothing at once so artistic, m
1 so stylish, and so deliciously costly as the it
1 new galoons of either gold or silver, or m
1 in cashmere colors, with just the sus- ct
1 picion of tinsel shining through. m
Many of the new corsages of visiting ai
and promenade toilets are cut slightly bl
J V-shape, leaving the throat a trifle ex- ^
posed. A small lace or embroidered net re
[ fichu is always worn with such a bodice, e3
and a velvet dog collar or velvet ribbon is la
worn around the neck. ta
n<
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Myopia may be alluded to as a aperies
f seasickness.
The latest remedy for snake bites is a
rash of carbolic acid solution.
Philadelphia is to have another indusrial
school The manual training sysim
is verv Donular in that citv.
An able-bodied female oyster thinks
roducinsr 9,000,000 eggs is only a fair
iason'B work, when she is feeling well.
According to Professor H. C. Fernald,
le boror in quince is the same as that
l the apple tree, and should be dexoyed
in the same manner.
The experiment of exploding shells
etween decks has been tried in the ship
esistance. bhe is said to be a complete
reck internally from the repeated exlosions.
Yellow fever makes its first appearance
y a pain above the eyes, and the victim
blissfully ignorant whether he is going
) have sick headache or the deadly
pidcmic.
Oxalate of cerium, a recognized palliave
for nausea, is said to be helpful in
ises of seasickness w hen taken in doses
f ten or twenty grains every two or
iree hours.
German savants have been discussing
ie duiation of dreams. They conclude
iat, while most dreams are momentary,
ley may be extended sometimes to the
ingth of a minute.
ur. .jasrrow, or roe university ui y? ibonsin,
proves that the ear is the dominant
r:?an of the mind in some persons and
ae eye in others. Peoplft are therefore
it her ear-minded or eye minded. Dogs
re usually nose-minded.
A vast bed of borate of lime haa been
scovered in Curry County, Oregon,
ear the coast. The borate of lime is
lie crude state of borax. This deposit
i said to be a half a mile long, two hunred
feet wide and thirty feet deep.
Professor Emmens, the inventor of
he new blasting powder called emmenite,
is connected with the College of
lew York, in the city of New York,
"his new explosive has eight times the
orce of gunpowder and makes scarcely
ny smoke. It is now being made up
nto cartridges for blasting and also for
uns.
A recent writer on the origin of the
iorse traces the wild horse through
radition to Central Asia, as the original
tome of the horse, while our Mexican
austang and broncho are decendants of
lomesticated horse; introduced from
Europe. The date is given as the landng
of the tirst horse in America, at
Juenos Ayres, 1537.
Rule for finding the superficial teet of
teampipe required to heat any buildiDg
vith steam: One superficial foot of
team pipe to six superficial feet of glass
n the windows, or one superficial foot
if steampipe to every hundred square
eet of wall, roof or ceiling, or one
quare foot of steampipe to eighty cubic
eet of space. One-horse power boiler
s sufficient for 40,000 cubic ieet of
pace.
There is, as Professor Thompson
emarks, no assignable '^velocity of
:lectricity," as this must vary with the
:urrent and conductor. Wheatstone, in
18:33, seemed lo show a transmis ion
relocity of 183,000 miles a second
hrough copper wire; but in late experinent>
s'gnal-? were sent over ordinary
elegraph wires on poles, and had a rate
.f rtniw 14. nrin to i? 000 miles 'With
vires near the earth, the velocity was
; 2,000 miles, but reached 24,000 on very
xigh wires.
The Growth of the Country.
The Philadelphia Lecord says: "The
Census of 18U0, preparations for which
ire already being made, promises to show
n the United States a population of
nore than 70,00^,000. The population
n 18.0, according to the census of that
ear, was 00,135,783 persons of whom
13,475,840 were native and 0,070,043
'oreign born. The natives had increased
[0,48i,008 fiom the figures of 1$;0?
!2,0i>l,142?or 31.5 per cent. The forlign
element had gained more slowly,
lowever, bringing the percentage for
he entire population down to ;i0 per
:ent. The same rate of increase applied
o the Census of 1880 will give an
nciease of 15,040,030 persons during
he ten years ending in 18!)0.
"The immigration between 1870 and
:880 was com; aratively light, only
1,112,714 persons having come to this
:ountrv durinij that decade. For the
)ast few years, however, it has been
mpreccdentcd. The imm'gration since
he last census has been as follows:
5:80 417,257 1886 334,203
681 069,431 1887 490,109
SS2 788,99^ 15)88 (8 m'ths). 380,000
S83... 603, 332
884 518,592 4,037,352
88 5 395,34(5
Estimated for 2 years and 4 months. 1,100,000
Total for 10 years. 5,737,252
"Adding this total to the increase in
he native-born population at the rate
ffhich prevailed from 1870 to 18S0, and
t will be found that the probable
ncrease in population during the pres"*
of tor nriaWincr duft allowances
or births and deaths, will have been
10,246,039, and the total population in
18U0, native and foreign born, 70,322,179,
divided as follows:
1S70. 1830. 1S90.
Native 32,tW1,142 43,475,840 58,521,479
foreign-born. 5,507,229 G,67:),943 11,800.000
Total 38,558,371 50.1.55,783 70,322,479
"It is very evident that tho foreign
lement will form a much larger proporion
of the population in 1890 than over
>efore. In 1800 tnis proportion was
bout 13 per cent.; in 187U, 14 percent.;
,nd in 188i', about 15 per cent. In 18! 0
t will be not far from 18 per cent."
bponyrin? in Central America.
The sponge industry of the colony of
iezile, Central America, has had a rapid
rowth within the past three years?a
rowth which received strong impetus
s the result of the specimen sent to the
lolonial Exhibition in London. Like
lost of the otlier products of the colony,
ifherto unknown, the sponges found in
tie clear waters surroundiut; the nuraerus
caves along the coast have been disuvered
to possess rare value, and many
uterpri?ing firms, both in 1 ondoa and
n the continent, have not only directed
lquires to be made regarding the cost
f production, but have sent out agents
id experienced spongers to institute a
aliic in this most valuable article of
immerce. ? Time*'Demo:-rut.
The Smokeless I'iHe.
The fatal power of the new weapon of
le French army lies principally in the
nokele3s powder used. The army proided
with it can conceal from the eney
the presence of both its artillery and
s infantry. The opposing battalions
ay hear the thunder of guns, but they
innot discover the situation of the
arksmen nor the object at which they
e aiming. It will be equally impossile
to estimate the distance or ascertaiu
le direction in which the lire should be
turned. The cavalry .rill be helplessly
;posed to slaughter. Strategy on a
rge scale will be impossible, and mili,ry
tactics will be placed on an entirely
;w basis.
CUBIOUS FACTS. ,
Holburn is pronouced Hobun.
The Chinese always weep at weddings.
Shakspere spelled his name in fortythree
different ways.
Young folks in Chester County, Penn.,
hunt foxes by moonlight.
Dan Jordan, of Tennetsee, is the
youngest convict in the United States.
The organ was invented by one OtesiUt..
~ U?-l A InvanHria ohnilf 10ft
UlUS, a UU1MDI VI aib.tU'tutiwi -W-. - - B.
C.
Calico was named from Calicut, a
city of India, visited by the Portuguese
in 1498.
Aliens or foreigners were banished
from England in 1155, being thought too
numerous. o j
A child was born in North Carolina a >-=
few days ago with two perfectly de- '-1!
veloped tongues. ......
The Cymri of Kymri, the great Celtic
family to which tjie Britons belonged,
came from Asia.
There is a dispute as to how tall
Goliath was, some holding at nine feet
and some at eleven.
Chailey Connolly, a young miner, fell
115 feet into a Utah mine, and received
only slight injuries. J
The earliest prints that are known are ' 1
a set of the seven planets, in an almanac, J
by way of frotispiece.
It is related of a Lincoln, Neb., man l
that he journeyed to California in order 1
to sec an old enemy executed.
Turnpikes were so called from poles
or bars swung on a staple, and turned
either way wiien dues were paid.
On the right bank of the Volga, in
Russia, is the remains of an ancient
town, traceable over a length of two
mile3.
September 29, 1824, General Lafayette
and suite entered the city of Philadelphia
on his historic tour through - 4
America.
\
A jeweler at Warsaw, Poland, is making
a golden bust of Bismarck, which is
to be presented to the oldest German inhabitant
of the city. S
Five different persons in Massachusetts,
each of whom had a five leaf
clover for luckj were crippled, bankrupted
or killed within the year.
A carious local name for a plant is
"John-go-to-bed-at-noon," applied in
England to the yellow goat's beard,
which opens at 4 and closes just before
12 o'clock.
The just completed spires of St. Pat- ,
rick's Cathedral, New York City, which
cost $200,000, are 3:33 feet high, and are
exceeded in height by only five Old
"World spires.
Mr. Blackburn, the famous chess
player, played eight simultaneous games \
blindfolded at the London Chess Club a
few nights ago, and won five of them. j
The other three were drawn.
A bridge gave way in Girard, Ala.,
the other day, and a mule team, a load of 1
lumber and the driver fell through, a
i distan eof twenty feet Nothing suf
fered damase except the bridge.
It is said that several pretty romances
have grown out of the custom of leaving
visiting cards on poets' graves in Europe.
A more gruesome way of forming acquaintances
could hardly be imagined.
"The Poodle Dog" restaurant, the San
Francisco Delraonico. was yclept by the
Frenchman who started it "8e poulet
d'or" (The Golden Hen), which was too
much of a jawbreaker for the natives;
henco the present name.
One of the presents to a Pittsburg
minister, who recently celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary of his marriage,
was a small ship which, when the hold
was opened, was found to contain a
cargo of several hundred silver dollars.
A deaf mute, thirty-two years of age, >
has been arrested in New York City for '
smashing a jeweler's window and stealing
five watches through the opening,
mnn it on or.mn vio.t. and at one
X UC UiUiU ig uu va vvm ??
time had a partner in crime who was j
totally blind.
The pug dog as a pet had an interest- j
1 ing origin. He was first imported from
I China and Japan, and came into fashion
| in the reign of William III. It is stated
that the king believed his life to hare .
been saved by a dog ot this breed
awakening him to his danger when a
murderous attack was about to be made
on the prince.
Gambled Away Three Million Dollars.
The career of the Baion de Ikstart, the
greatest gambler of his age, who has just
died in raris, is another proof of the
fact, says the New York Telegram, that
no amateur gambler ever koeps ahead of
the game. The Baion was the slave of
the gamester's passion.
When the treaty of Villafranca, restoring
peace after I.ouis Napoleon's
campaign, was signed, a dispatch was
sent to De Bastart informing him of the
news, which it was his duty, as SubPrefect
of Morlaix, to post throughout
the province. 4
The dispatch was handed to him at a
baccarat table, and he simply read it and
went on with the game, for which neglect
of duty he was dismissed from the office
in disgrace. But De Bastart lost steadily,
and those who kept track of his play
assert that his losses were $100,000 per
veur: so that, in the thirty years that he
nightly frequented the Paris gambling
rooms, he is estimated to hare lost the
immense sum of $:*,000,()00.
As h? possessed a fixed income of
$130,000 per year he was enabled to in"
" " ' * ? * J L. U ?? A
dulge i?is passion; uut mm uc ucou a
clerk on a salary he would perhaps have
crippled himself.
Doesn't Consider Marriage a Failure.
Justice Screws, of Montgomery, Ala.,
married 1 awrence Storrs to Fannie HenI
derson, after giving the following preI
liminary advice: ".Marriage is at once
I the most sublime, exultant and soul|
enwrapping of nil the heavenly comJ
mands. 1 he realization of love's yo:ing
j dream is the most blissful of all earthly 8
I joys, or at any rate the poet attunes his I
lyre so to say. Yet marriage sometimes I
comes to very unromantic phases? I
house rent, wash tubs, collaras, occa- |
sional domestic broils, and, if you follow I
the divine in unction and help people the I
earth, you will be a'ilicted with many I
lusty squalls. These parties propose to I
enter into this state. If there be objec- I
' tion, let it be known." B
A~'cs ?," Noted Trees. I
A writer in the C'trutian at Work I
gives the ages of some noted trees. The I
trees remarkable for their longevity he I
says, are the Wallace oak, at Ellerslie, I
Scotland, 700 years; oak on estate of I
James Wadsworth, Geneseo, N. V., 500 |
years; yew trees at Fountain Abbey, - I
England, 1200 years, and in Scotland, I
said to be 25C0 years; elms in Switzer- I
land, 335 years: cedars, on Lebanon, $00 I
years; olives in the harden of Olives, I
tiOO years, and the huge trees of Cali- H
fornia, some of which are 400 feet high I
and more than 100 feet in circumference, 9
whose period of grewth is calculated by I
some to be several thousands of years. I