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ted at her breast. She }aeen. I said ‘‘Good lurued away quickly to ^arrange my old black \y old black dress, hand touch my hair, she said. the glass. She had taken tae from her breast and ig it iu my hair, ce dark hair is; it sets off She stepped back and “It looks mush better round and looked at her. fe so beautiful to me,” I she said, slowly; “I’m >d looking at each other, jy came in and swept us |1 that evening we did not to each other. Only once, sd, she smiled at me. ’ U morning I left town. [saw her again. (fter I heard she had married to America; it may or may -but Use rose is iu the box sw York World. Ijr Russian Obsequies. lit became evident that the ike Nicholas could not sur- lore than a few days, an or- jnt from St. Petersburg that (was to be concealed and that 7as to be secretly brought to |l, in order that it might be that he had died on the The object of this maneuver re the fearful expense which itiquette prescribes on the )f the death of a field mar- ;h includes the stationing of line of soldiers all along tl o reen the place of death ai.d |of burial, and what this sig- |the case of Nicholas will 1 e fed by any one who reflects distance between the Crimea. Petersburg. indiscretion of some func- (who has, no doubt, been ff to Siberia), the fact of the f the grand duke was allowed lire, so the elaborate scheme of n which had been arranged udoued, to the rage and dis- hc emperor, who lias not rel- expeuditure of $250,OOu at on the obsequies of his dis- e uncle, whom he would have banished iu 1878 if he had m czar. The coffin of the luke was escorted from the !o St. Petersburg by a military about 200 persons, including jls, and, in order to comply usual ceremonial, whole the south and centre of Itu^ been displaced. — [New York, cial Advertiser. girls alike have cigars in their mouths in the usual Paraguayan fashion. The rapid movement of brightly-clad fig ures passing in opposite direc tions, with the glare of the yellow mountains *of oranges and of the dazzing white tent on the shore, ends by hypnotizing one, and yet the scene is so original that one continues to watch it iu spite of one’s self. For that matter, there is nothing else to do. The village, buried in orange trees, is soon visited; to walk for any distance along the river is rendered difficult by the over hanging trees, and so one remains leaning over the rail, and watching the women and girls toiling, while the men—husbands, fathers or brothers— loaf on the shore, smoke and play cards, accord’ng to the custom of Paraguay, where the women do the work while the men enjoy life. The steamer was supposed to take 250,000 oranges; but there being no means of control, it is probable, that, in order to allow for loss, the shipper put on board at least 300,000. These oranges, of fine flavor and as pect, are worth one Paraguayan dollar a thousand at San Antonia. The women, who carry the baskets on their heads, are paid eighty centavos a day, and the harvest of the fruit lasts eight months, beginning at the end of May. The freight from Paraguay to Cam- pana, and from Campana by schooner to La Boca, together with the loss from putrefaction and rough handling during the journey, brings the retail price of a good orange in Buenos Ayres to about two cents. — [Harper’s Magazine. point or fact it nas oeen tuc tice among manufacturers to treat it as a better class of gutta percha, and its name has consequently never been prominent.—[Commercial Advertiser. Where Flesh Turns to Stonth The character of the soil iu and around Rapid City, Sou'll Dakota, has a peculiar and marvelous property; a wonderful characteristic which com pletely controverts the Biblical injunc tion, “Dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return.” For the last fifty years the “Bad Land,” lying seventy-five miles to the southeast of the little city above mentioned, has been the won derland of America, it being a locality unequalled in the world as a recep tacle for petrefactions of animals of both the land and water kind. But the wonders of the “Bad Lands” are equalled in one respect at least, by the mineral-saturated soil at Rapid City. True, petrefactions of remote geologi cal ages are not found iu such profu sion iu Rapid City as the.r are farther south, but, what is equally as wonderful, human bodies which have reposed but a short time in the soil of these South Dakotean hills are transformed into statues of stoue as hard as the hardest marble. But few of these last resting places have been disturbed, and these ouly wheu How to Eat Radishes. Not everybody knows how to eat radishes—yet everybody thinks that a very impudent thing to say. Wash them, peel them,cut off the green tops, lay them to soak in salt and water? Nothing of the sort. Radishes are a delicious little vegetable, be they the globular or the long roots. A story is told by the elder Dumas which is worth repeating with reference to those wholesome and nutritious little dainties—for, common though they may be, they are decidedly dainty. It was at a big dinner given at Lyons, France, at which Dumas was one of the principal guests. On bpiug handed the radishes the great novelist seemed of a sudden to be be side himself with rage,and so terrified the poor garcon that he didn’t know what to do. Presently, however, the great man’s anger subsided, and then with a graceful apology he explained the cause thereof. The radishes had been scraped or peeled and all the de licious green leaves had been cut off. These, M. Dumas declared, were the wholesomest portions of the radish and were required to assist in the di gestion of the rest of the root There fore, mesamis, always leave a few of the tiny, sweet youngshoots at the top of your radishes, and if the radishes are young you need only pick oft' the outside yellow leaves. Bo’icve me, you will not regret it. By the way, did you ever try a dish of boiled rad ish tops? Try it.—[New York Re corder. “Sleepy Grass.” A curious variety of grass known as “sleepy grass” has been found in New Mexico, Texas, Colorado and some parts of South Dakota. Its pe culiarity consists in its power to in duce sleep in horses and cattle. It begins to take effect very soon after it js eaten, and the condition of sleep continues from twenty-four hours to sevcu days, according to the quantity eaten. No evil effects follow the sleep, but cowboys and ranchmen very much dread its appearance among the herds, as it is almost impossible to keep the animals moving while iu this condition, and the entire herd is often delayed until the sleep is over. A horse or cow never touches the grass the second time. The narcotic juice is found only in the fresh blades of the grass. The botanical name of this curious growth is Stipa Vividula, var iety robusta, and no other variety of this species is known to possess the game properties.—[The Ledger. LOUI is the matter, Captain Quarterdeck? Captain—The fact is, my dear young lady, we’ve broken our rudder* Young Lady—I wouldn’t worry about that. The rudder is mostly under water anyway, you know, and it isn’t likely people will notice it. Bread Laws. “The laws regulating the manufac ture and sale of bread iu France are very strict and arc enforced with the utmost vigor,” said a promincut bread maker last mouth. The baker is not only required to conform to laws garding weight, but he is also told 1 what price he must sell his bread. Il2 is further required to deposit a cer tain sum of money in the hands of municipal authorities as a surety of good behavior. In the large fortified cities he has to keep a specific quantity of flour on hand to provide for war like emergencies. In Germany laws of similar import are iu existence, and are enforced with such relentless severity that no baker ever dreams of defying them. The British law regu lates the weight of loaves and makes provision for the cleanliness and ven tilation of the bake shops. The price is left to regulate itself by trade com petition. The Ontario act empowers municipalities to engage officers for the prevention of fraud, and clothes them with authority to confiscate all bread found to be of light weight. The bread seized in this way is turned over to charitable institutions for the use of the inmates.”—[Baker’s Helper. A New Dyeing Industry. A new industry in the line of dyes is becoming of considerable import ance. Lower California has long been noted for the variety of dyes which ii produces, such as orchilla weed, etc., but the torote-tree bark, recently dis covered, has come into great demand, and several large shiploads have Leon exported to Europe. As yet there -coins to be but little demand for the nriicle in the United States, although it. is cheaper than orchilla and other dyes, producing iu its natural state a • lurk red color, which is quite indeli ble. It is now collected and sold in this market at the price of $1 to $1.50 j>er 100 pounds, and the supply seems to be enormous.— [Boston Transcript. Satisfactory Explanation. American Heiress—All is oyer be tween us, sir. I heard General Know- all say you were no count. Count Dollarseek—Ah, but you haf made meestake. General Knowall not say I no count; he say I was no ac count. American Hciresss — GhI I am yours.—[New York Weekly, ■