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The removal of Pri mate’s seat from Grau t^Duda-Pesth calls attention to that twin city's growth at the expense of Vienna. Vienna seems to be steadily going down. J Boston is the only city in the world, avers the New York World, where a stenographic account of every session of its Common Council is preserved in the municipal archives. Every motion, argument, debate, remark, etc., is jetted down by the official stenog rapher. There are nearly 100,000,000 acres of land in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico whose ownership is in dispute owing to the confusion growing out of the Mexican grants and the forgeries of Spanish deeds that have been prevalent. English newspapers complain that the military defence of the British Empire costs many millions per an num more than that of France, Ger many or Russia. Either France or Germany, it is asserted, could put 200,000 men into the field in much less time, and with smaller effort than would be required to mobilize 30,000 in England. The Arizona Legislature has passed a law, providing that a reward of $200 shall be paid for every Indian killed while carrying arms. The \ilanta Constitution protests that ■“this simply encourages murder. Few Indians can resist the temptation to carry guns and pistols. Under the present law, designing white men will make Indians presents of cheap firearms and then murder them iu order to get the reward.” There are uow under vine culture iu America 400,000 acres, of which about 300,000 acres are bearing. The estimated value of the vineyards and wine cellars is $155,000,000. In Cal ifornia there are 150,000 acres under vine culture and a large proportion of the grapes produced are made into wine. Most of the grapes grown in New York State are sold for food. Ihc total production of wine in the United States during the past year is about 40,000,000 gallons. The emigration of Russians to Bra zil has taken on extraordinary propor tions. The German steamship compa nies have had to organize a special service for the transportation of Russians desiring to go to Rio de Janeiro. The Russian Government has been concerned at this movement and has established a system of sur veillance upon the German frontier to New industries are being introduced in Chile in considerable numbers There is now a large woolen mill al Santiago, and among other forms of manufacture recently started may be mentioned breweries, factories for the manufacture of bottles and pottery, sugar refineries, paper mills, and fac tories for the production of soap and candles. The milling industry is steadily expanding, there being now 750 flouring mills in the country. In large canning establishments workmen lose much valuable time in heating and reheating their soldering irons, it being practically impossible to keep them at a temperature neces sary for efficent work, the irons being either too hot or too cold. An elec tric soldering iron, which seems to ob viate all the difficulties experienced with the old-fashioned irons lias been invented. The head is made as usual, but back of it is a cylinder which con tains two copper-heating cores wound with wires, which are heated from a current from the dynamo. The tool is very convenient, and it is said that its use is decidedly economical. Says the Boston Transcript: The natural resources of the Appalachian basin, in West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, are at present attract ing attention as never before. In iron, coal and timber it is regarded as the richest territory iu the United States. West Virginia, as many other of the States, will make a large appro priation, that their natural wealth may properly be represented at the coming World’s Fair at Chicago. But private enterprise will likewise be active. One gentleman in southern West Vir ginia is having cut a cube of ten feet of coking coal. Another cube of splint coal of seven feet; and another of pure cannel of five feet. And an other party will send a poplar log ten feet long and ten feet in diameter. To carry this to the great fair the Chesapeake «fc Ohio Railroad Company will build a special car of forty tons capacity. These various exhibits will be rafted down the Guyandotte River to the bridge of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, crossing it at its mouth, and then hoisted upon the transporting car. A writer in the New York Sun gives an elaborate sketch of Topolobampo in Lower California, and what is being done there to make the communistic idea practicable. “He gives a much more favorable view of the colony,” alleges the San Francisco Chronicle, “than has been furnished by disgusted colonists who have returned to this city, but it is to be feared that most Awake! \ Awake, awake, the dreary night is gone; 'Rise with the day; gird duty's raiment on. Awake, awake. Whate’er in darkness thWatflictions are, They’ll vanish soon in light that comes from far. Awake, awake. Peace, mourning heart, yield not to sorrow's sway; Death dies and life’s dream ends when God doth say— Awake, awake. —[Adam C. Orr. in Inter-Ocean. The Van Duzener Pride. Barring an occasional bill or adver tising circular, George Mortimer’s mail had, as a rule, consisted mainly of certain darling little notes which sweetly thanked him for flowers or candy; or tod him that the writer would be delighted to accept his invi tation to the theatre; or else, that she had a cold and couldn’t go, so would he “come around,” instead. Fancy, then, his dismay, one “misty, moisty morning,” as the nursery rhyme goes, upon finding beside his breakfast plate in the shabby boarding-house dining room a letter addressed, in a feminiue hand, to be sure, but not at all the hand which had penned the darling notes above mentioned. When Mr. Mortimer had mastered its contents, he was so upset that he forgot to eat his breakfast, but set forth down town to the office where he enjoyed the proud position and slender salary of assistant bookkeeper, with a mind full of conflicting emotions. The accounts must have done themselves that day, for Mr. Mortimer has no recollection of rendering any assistance whatever. And when night arrived, he got through his diuner with a speed that was simply frightful, and started for the abode of his heart’s treasure in a violent hurry. Iu a short time, Mr. Mortimer was seated in the shabbiest, cosiest little sitting-room in town, pouring into the ear of the girl of his heart the most crazy, incoherent account of the con tents of the letter that couid possibly be imagined. Finally, he wound up with: “It’s insufferable, now, isn’t it, Bella?” Bella’s pretty face looked anxious. “If one could read it for one’s self, George ?” “Certainly.” And he produced the letter with au air which plainly said: We are one. After reading it carefully through, Bella handed it back, saying: “As I understand it, the position is this: Yonr aunt, Mrs. Van Duzener, who has been living abroad for three now I’ve g*pt it, or my name isn't Bella. I’ll have to put my pride in my pocket this time, I guess. The advertisement read to the effect that a lady« «anted a person of refine ment to do ■!> laces and fine lawns each week.- The person of refinement was to call at No 12 Periwinkle Place, and ask for Mrs. Goodman, house keeper. “And, cs true as I live,” exclaimed Bella, “I believe that’s where George's aunt lives. Well, she can’t eat me, that's certain, and I might as well do up her laces as anybody else's. Even if she should happen to see me, she wouldn’t kjiow me. I suppose when I go there That Mrs. Goodman, the housekeeper, will go to the madam and say, ‘If you please ’m, the wash’- woman’s come.’ Well, I guess I can stand it. I’ll ask Mrs. Cordova and the Montagues on the avenue if they have any of that kind of work to give me. And perhaps they may know of others.” And so. Bella, with a brave attempt to make “her destiny, her choice,” dressed logo to Periwinkle Place. In ten minutes after she had rung the door-bell, the interview was at an end. She had been politely treated by the housekeeper, who, after a close scrutiny, asked what she could do, and then her address, and finally gave her quite a parcel of laces, fine handker chiefs and some delicate silk under wear to be done up. And the inter view had passed and nothing had hap pened. “And, pray, what did you expect?” demanded Bella of herself, savagely. “Did you think you would see George’s aunt, and that stunned by your charms, she would immediately exclaim: ‘Come to my arms, 3 on poor, stricken dear!’ Don’t forget the Van Duzener pride, Bella—nor your own.” And so six months passed. Bella had all the work she could do, and, consequently,was so busy that she had no time to waste in wishing that the patron saint of lovers would turn his attention to that little afl’air of hers. In fact, just about this time the course of true love didn't rim at all; it stood stock-still. It happened that, during one of those rare, brief visits which Bella now permitted Mr. Mortimer to make her, the subject of that 3’oung lady’s employment was brought under dis cussion. Bella, with a most becoming flush on her cheeks, and an extra toss of her curly head, explained the sort of work she had found to do. “For Heaven’s lake, Bella, couldn’t you fine anythina'in this big town to do but fhmt?” Mr. Mortimer. ^shoutcl ’ *come ~to my Bella, it would be .11 our hopes.” Bella, ha grew moody aud quiet and left his favorite dishes untasted, she decided that she must know what troubled'him. So, one morning, at the breakfast table, she suddenly said, in her quick, snappy way: “Come, George, satisfy an old wom an’s curiosity. Who is she?” Mr. Mortimer was at first very much confused. But being very young and ver}' unhappy, and noticing that his aunt looked particularly amiable, he soon unbosomed himself of a few of his woes. “And why,” asked his aunt, “don’t you marry her ?” “Why!” exclaimed Mr. Mortimer^ who labored under the fond delusion that he had explained every point in the story. “Because she has a poor grandmother that she would stay and work for; and because she thought you needed me; and because—well, there’s the Van Duzener pride, you know. Bella is a working-girl.” “Bless my heart!” exclaimed Aunt Van Duzener, raising her bauds im- patienth*. What greater pride can au> r one feel than in doing her whole duty? And the more distasteful and difficlult the dut\’ the greater the honor. That’s the sort of pride I be lieve in.” “But, aunt,” stammered her nephew, deprecatingl)", feeling sure that he was dealing the final blow to his newly raised hopes, “Bella does up laces and things for a living. In fact, she — washes, you know.’’ “Well, and what has that got to do with it? If she is honest aud brave and pretty, did you say?” “Be-au-tiful!” exclaimed George, ecstatically. ‘•And will have you,” continued his aunt. “I advise you to lose no time in securing your treasure. Iu addition to your salary at the office, I will pay you well to look after my property, so I think you can afford wife, grand mother and all.” Mr. Mortimer soon made his peace with Bella, and, of course, the wed ding wasn’t long in coming off. In credible though it may sound, the rich aunt, the shabby grandmother and the young couple all lived together as har moniously as doves. “Aud to think,” said Mrs. Van Du zener, “that George was so stupid as not to know what my pride, about which I’ve talked so much, really con sisted of. But perhaps it isn’t so odd after all; there are so many shoddy sorts of pride nowadays, that the real, honest kind is apt to be overlooked en tirely.”— [New York Ledger. A Mansion of Onyx. One of the recent visitors to the East is William LADIES' DEPARTMEST. RIXGS FOR THE LITTLE FCXOER. Rings for the little finger are more or less a fad of the hour. They are often encircled with turquois or set with lucky moonstones. There is aiso a fancy for using the stone correspond ing to the birth month of the wearer iu these little rings, which should be especiallv small and dainty and as ex quisite in design as possible. — [Chi cago News. YOUNG LADY’S TOQUE. To wear with a blue serge street dress, a draped roundjhat is expensive ly made from a piece of the cloth, dotted with iridescent beads, which may be sewed on in a very short time, threading them on in semi-regular rows. Old jet or pendant cord trim ming or iridescent-beaded passemen terie not infrequently affords the pret tiest possible wherewithal to decorate the cloth. A cluster of pompous, an aigrette, butterfly bow or velvet loops are set at the back and somewhat higher than the draped crown.— [Ladies’ Home Companion. AN EMPRESS’S GORGEOUS MANTLES. Some very beautiful mantles are being made for the Empress of Russia by a well-knowu London firm who send a representative to St. Petersburg every year. One is of pale violet velvet, lined with the finest ermine. It is elabo rately laden with gold and violet passe menterie, and is indeed a thing of beaut\', if not a joy forever. Another short cloak is in the fashionable Tudor shape. It is made of white and gold brocade, the yoke and collar being entirely of gold and scrollwork. The collar is edged with ostrich tips.— [New York Journal. SATCHELS AS TRADE MARKS. It is a peculiar fact that nine out of ten of the pretty girls seen on the fer ryboats have little leather traveling bags in their hands. As the girls never take handkerchiefs or purses out of the bags or in fact open them at all, many persons wonder what the satchels contain. I asked a bright young lady whom I mot on the*ferry this morning aud she explained mat ters. “Those little bags,” said she, “are the sign manuals of the typewriters and stenographers. When you see a girl swinging along with a satchel evi dently light you may know that it contains only her lunch. When the bag seems heavy it is equally certain that the bearer ha^^oeen sitting up ihe It would appear that after one has even once viewed on every side the effects of the ludicrous and silly fashion of hair-coloring, the seared and streaked mops, the black-and-tan heads, the heads that look like a hurriedly prepared dish of scrambled eggs, the lemon heads, aud the dead-looking “Patti” and “Cleo patra” crauiums, that women would see the wisdom of letting nature alone in respect of their tresses. “Ye can not change one hair black or white,’ , that is, successfully, for no one ever yet did this, for, let the forced color look ever so fine, the face of tho wearer of the hair of the new shade will never look natural or right beside this artificial production, the environ ments being abnormal and false. The shade of the hair that nature bestows is the only one that goes well with the features aud complexion. The face of a child changes as it grows up, and from youth to womanhood and old age, Nature herself makes the neces sary changes in the hair.—[New York Post. NEW FEATURES IN MILLINERY. Distinctive features in millinery are, first, a transparency and airines 9 of design; next, an accenting of tho flat crowns which obtained to such an extent during the past few months; third, an almost Oriental richness of color and material, and last, a prodi gal use of flowers. Bonnets and hats, alike in many in stances, are mere skeletons, with the trimmings arranged to accentuate the meagre anatomy; others of straw, al though having crowns aud brims,have also open work insertions of lace straw, which produce a transparent effect, and a largo proportion are made of a wired network of silver, of jet, of gold, and of chenille. In toques aud bonnets, besides tho skeleton variety, there are fluted brims attached to a small round crown; also a narrow plain brim close to the crown and a projecting flat brim, which looks almost like a continuation of the low crown. Inside bands under the brim in front, supporting floral garnitures, are quite common. It is on the smaller hats and bonnets that the richer materials come into pla}’, and it is a question whether more costly goods have ever been used upon head gear. The skeleton hats are often com posed of nothing but narrow bands of jewels and a small wing or two nest ling in a lace barbe at the back. Others are made of perhaps two bands of tiny flowers, such as forget-me-nots, caught together with a frill qf transt