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VOL. XL CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1884. NO. 41. Onnlthed. Over tho threshold of his pleasant home Hot In Kroun dealings pureed the exiled Frlond. In simple trust, misdoubting not tbe end. | "Dear hoartof luiaoi" ho said, "the time i come To trust tho Lord lor shelter." One long I Rate The good wife turned on each familiar I thing? Tho lowing Kino, tho orchard blossoming. The upon door that showed tbe hearth tiro's blaxu And ealmly answered, "Yea, He will pro ride." Bllont and slow thoy crossed the home stead's bound, Lingering tho longest hy their child's gravo mound, "Movo on, or etay and hang!" tho HherltT cried. They loft behind them rnoro thnr. h >ai" or land. And sot sad tacoa to an alien Htran'l tfafer with wiuds and waved than human wrath, With ruvcnlng wolvce than tho9? whoso zokJ for Ood Wag cruelty to man, the ox ll'-s trod Drear leagues of forest wliho'it guide or path. Or, launohlng frail boats od tho unchartered MA, Hound storm-vexsd capes, whoso teeth of' granite grou nd Tho wavos of foum, their perilous wny tLoy wound. Rndurlng all things bo thntr sruls woro f roe. Oh, truo confessor4, shaming them who did Anew the wron^ their I'lljrrlm fathera borel For you tho Mayllower spread her Bull oneo morn, Frolphtod with souls, to all that duly hid Faithful hh thoy who sought an unknown land. O'er wintry neap, from Holland s Hook of Sund? Anuldnook's isln, Nantucket's lonely shores, An Indian-haunted Narrugansctt paw Tho wayvroru travelers round their camp tiro draw. Or hoard tho plashing of their woary oar?. And avory nluco whoroou thoy rested grey liappler for pure and gracloUB woman hood. And men vboso names for stainless honor stood. Founders of Btatos and rulers wlso and true. Tho Muso of history yet shall make amends To those who freodoin, peaoo and Justlco tAUffht. Doyond tholr dark age Jed tho van of thought. And loft unforfettod tho name of Frlonds. O mother tUato, how follod was thy dcslsrnt Tho gain was theirs, tho loss alone wis thine. ?Joliu Urtonlcaf whlttlor, Hurper's Weekly. LOVI2 15N1)S THE TilKALL DOM. "Zaldoo! You Zaldoo!" Mrs. Porklu's voioo rang oat high tonod and shrill abovo tlio olattor of pots and pans In tho groat old-fashion^ od kitchon, and Mrs. Porkins horsolf appoarod in tho doorway. A tall, an- , eular lomalo of unoorUln ago, "rolict | of tho lata Ebon Perkins," with her i BklrtH tuokod up and hor sloovos rollod back from a pair of docidodly bony arms: libr wisp of yollowish hair twisted liito a hard knot on tho very top of nor hoad; hor groonish bluo oyes, full of de torminatlon, lixod upon a slim littlo rrirl in a short bluo chock cottonado dro88, with a mass of ravon black hair plaitod at'tho back of hor shapely hoad, and breaking out into littlo curls all round hor low, broad brow; a thin, dark faco, with groat, slumberous, dusky oyoa, and a rod mouth, stern and un?mlling. ??I'd like to know," panted Mrs. Ior kins, "what on airth you moan by sot tin'out on my front piazza till niuo o'clock last night, a talkin' to my boardor, Mr. John Gilbort!" And sho pausod with a look of fierce determination which made Zaldoo Clarke noarly smllo in spite of horsolf. ??Evor siuco I took you out o tho poor houso," continued tho irato wid ow, "you haven't oarnod your snlt. What with your studyin', and roadin airly and late,you've been moro trouble than profit, and 1 say " "And I say, Mrs. Perkins,' inter rupted tho girl, unablo to longor re main silont, "that if my work doos not suit you, I will return to tho ^ poor houso. My life thero was oortaiuly as oasy ns it is here." "Well, I nevert" Mrs. Porkins sank into an old fash ionod roekor und clasped her hands, with a withering look of despair. "After all I've done for you?you on-1 grateful?ill-tomporod?owdacious?" "Good morning, Mrs. Porkins." Tho widow sprang to hor foot. A handsome, manly faco?dark-eyed and smiling, with tho most perfoot of Jotty mustachos shading tho short up por lip?poorod in through tho cluster ing honeysuoklos around tho kitchen window. "Oh, Mr. Gilbort," sho slinporod, "how you did frighton mol Why, Mr. Gilbort, what Is tnatP" For tho young man hadtosnod arold od slip of papor through tho window. "A telogram," ropliod John Gilbort conoisoly, "from my fathor. Ho 1b ooming down horo toMillvillo to attond to Bomo law businoss, ho says, and will arrive Bomo timo to-day or to-morrow. The faot is, Mrs. Perkins, I hayo boon ?o loud In tho pralsort of your oomfortr able homo, arid? numorous attractions that my lathor thinks ho would onjoy a fow day*' rost horo wondorfully, if con venient to you." "La, mo!" oxolaimod tho widow, do lightodly, "o' oourso I'll bo glad to soo him. You oan lost tolograph back, Mr. John, *nd flay that ho'a moro than wol oomo." "Thanks, I will go at onoo,' roturn od Mr. Gilbort, and ho turned nway: but not without bostowlng a glanco of admiration upon tho palo-faced girl. ZaUloe Clarko, having nlaood tho groat kitohon in spotlosH order, tiod on hor whito aunbonnot and swung a big baskot on hor arin. "I'll run out and got tho pens for dlnnor," aho said to horBolf, as sho oponod tho outer door and trlppod down tho narrow path whioh lod to a largo and flourishing vogotablo gar don. "Oh, doart" sho sighed, "It is dread ful to bo poer and alono! No ono known any thing about mo, for thoy found mo lying on tho poor houso steps, a littlo forsaken oroaturo?'nobody's ohild': and I staid at that droadful plaoo until Mra. Porkins took mo. Weil, I ought to bo thankful to hor for letting mo go to school for a fow months, and if I on ly had moro timo to study I would not bo bo unhappy; but I am all alone, and nobody III U?? world corea whothor I live or'dio." "Zaldoo!" Tho voioo that spoke the name w?s vory soft and tondor. j Littlo Zaldee turned, with a sdddon start, to soo John Gilbort standing at her aldo, his handsome oyos bont grave ly on hor fnoo. "Zaldoo!" ho repented, stealing noar or, "iliton to mo. I lovo you?I have lovod you ovor slrico I first saw yon! l)o you romombor tho day? Von wovo In tno kitohon baking pies; yot even then you lookod overy inoh a lady. Zaldoo, I nover ooulu oaro for any othor woman but you." Hho stood before him palo and trom bllng. ? ?Sir. Gilbert," sho faltored, "yon are lasting." "lie a von forbldl No, my darling, I lovn yon vrlth ell ray heart, and I want wou for my. wife. I wroto all this to mi father, and told him all about you. I navo had no anewor to my lottor? only tho telogram saying l?o la ooming horo on business. Ho is a lawyer, you know, a* X am myself, and?~ Why, Zaidoc, ho has como? thoro ho is now." For a tall, upright aid man,with iron gray hair, was walking slowly towards Uiem, pllotod by the angular Mrs. Por kins. That lady turnod hor hoad, or namented by a 'huge auu-hat, and hor sharp oyoa foil u|;ou the poor-houso , .. v ? "/ou lazy good lor nothing, sue ez<-U?:mod hastily, forgetting tho Bweet tompor which alio clashed foremost among hor "company manners." "Wl.at aro you idling away your time horo for?" John Gilbert stopped forward and fonfrontod tho widow. ? ?Mrs. Perkins," he said qulotly, ?this young lady here is my promised wife-' Mrs. Perkins pausod, aghast, too aa tonishod'to uttor a single word. Tho cider gontlcman turned a look of scrutiny on tlic young girl; ho started and his faeo turnod pale. "Good lleavcu!" ho exclaimed, "U-" very girl?1 am sure of it. Mrs. P* kin*, he addod quickly, turning to tne scandalized widow, who wan boiling over with Indignation at tho turn nr. fairs had taken, "this girl was onooan Inmato of the poor-houso fit Millvillo, wus fdio not?" Mrs. 1'erklns uniffod contemptuously. "That sho was, and a pretty match for your sou, Mr. Gilbert ?tho miser able littlo nobody!" "Zaideo Clarke is tifciress to half ft million," returned tho old lawyer coollv. "What?" Mrs. Perkins sank down on tho grass at tho feet of tho trio, and crouched there a helpless heap. John looked his astonishment, whieu was too deep for words. ??rather! ho cjaculatod at last, "whnt--do yon?mean?" "I moan this," ho replied?"that my search Is over for the lost hoiross of Daniel Clarke's estate. Sho was lost when but a babe?supposod to havo been stolon by her nurse, whooxpccted to gain a reward by returning tho child; but instead, tho woman was drowned, and the babe was left by some unknown parties upon tho steps of tho Millvillo poor-houso. "Old Daniel Clarke is dead; lam the oxeoutor of Ids estate, and searching for tho solo heir to all his wealth, his grandchild. 1 traced her to the poor houso at Millvillo, and was informed that Mrs. Perkins had the girl in her umplov. "Tho girl Is tho Imago of her father who died years ago. My dear," ho addod, turning to tho as^ouishod Zai dee, "I congratulate you." So John Gilbert married tho poor houso girl, whoso love ho had won while ignorunt of the truth concerning hor, and thoy arc tho Lap pi est married pair in the round world. ^ _ Now Htylen in Ilevolvors. "This," said an expert in firearms, "is tho old-stylo of self-cocking rovol vor, and this is tho now." lho first was a short, stout, clumsy afl'alr of tho poppor-box stylo in voguo thirty years it"o or more. It was loaded with pow der and ball, sent home with a ramrod, and the hammer, a Nat one, was in view in the usual place. You see it. took per cussion caps, ami when the owner hap pened to liave any to lit it, niul tho spring was strong enough to make that cap oxplode, the weapon was good for live shots with live pulls of the trigger. It was a clumsy and most unreliable weapon. It was hard to hit anything smaller than a barn-door at ordinary pistol-shot distance, nnd when the ob ject was hit it was not damaged much Horo is ono n littlo more modern and a littlo more sure. Tho hammer is out of sight and the trigger is ring-shaped. This, too, was heavy, and so compli cated that it was very linblo to got out of order. Then came the self-cocker, which used cartridges, but tho first ex periments were failures, and thoy fell Into disuse." "What was their weak point? asked tho roporter. "Tho spring. It did not hold its strength, and after a littlo uso tho pis tol was apt to miss firo. That naturally drovo it out of favor at once, and very properly. That weakness hns been ovoroomo, and springs are now so ad justed that tho shot is sure ovory timo. Is it dangorousP Woll, no, notmoroso than any other kind of a pistol; and in cases whoro a fraction of a second counts, ono of thoso is worth a bushel of hand-oookers. Thoj^iro a littlo moro dangorous In tho linnds of a norvous man who does not intend to shoOt- I havo known of soveral cases In which porsons havo oscapod oonviotlon for murdor on tho ground that In tholr ox oitomont thoy pullod too hard on tho trigger, and tho pistol wont oft by acoi dont. But any kind of pistol is unsafo In nuoh hands, and whon wo think of tho advantagos whloh a quick, roliablo woapon gives to a man in an omorgon oy, wo aro bound to admire tho solf cockor. Five shots in throo seconds is protty quick work, but that's what it will do, and do It ovory time. As a pookot pistol It is as safo to carry as any othor kind.?Jioston Globe. PonnoeH. Womon havo boon too of ton com parod to llowora: thoro will alwaya bo this difToronoo botwoon thorn: whon tho ilowor U boautiful it known nothing of it. Nothing In littlo or oommon that tho hoart ban touohod. Tho hoavt la a klnjr who holda from God tho privilogo of purifying ub whon ho touohog us. Tho eoldnoBS of tho public in liko an icod watorwhon tho fooblo natch plour iny, but whon tho othors Btrongthon thomsolvoa. A pardonod frioud in moro dangor oub tit an an onomy. Ixivo is tho otornal problem that In all tlnioB pooplo havo had moro happl non? In atudylng than In roaolving. It In r groat dofoot to not know how to mako too most of our qualltios; but what a flroat quality to know how to mako tho raont of our dof octal Wo OBtoom good boubo and wo lovo vanity; wo do for tho pornon wo lovo moro than for tho poraon wo on toom. Tho littlo paaaiona aro thoao that wo posfloflB, and tho groat ouob thoHo that pOBBOBB US. I>nrk<-y I'hllonophy. Mon may dig fur monthfl an' flno dat do gol' alu' dar, but when do wood pnokor digs a holo in do troo ho allna takoB out a worm. It rvln' allun tho nllont man dat'a tho Bmarton'. Do nhoop doan mako ok much fuaa 07, do dog, but ho aln1 got nigh o? muoh Aonso. It takos ono good pint in n man to ahow up anudor. VVidout do aid o' good food do flno blood wouldn' ?how nigh bo plain In or hosa. I)o ody oatod fool is wub don ono what aln' odyoatod, fur do odyoatod ono apllog a good plooo o* work, wlinraa do onody oatod ono doan ofton un'ortako a thing what ho kain't do. ?Arkamaw Trav eler. WOMAN GOSSIP. How tho Different CliurnctorUtlct of the Fulr Hex are llcvealetl tu Washington Society. An Inland Whore Feminine Loveliness itolgns Suprcmp? An Appeal i for Pockets. WOMKN IN WASHINGTON I "What do you think of social life in \\ ashingtonF" Is a question so often recurring that ouo might supposo it to I bo of paramount importance, writos a I correspondent o?' tho Milwaukeo <Sc/Wt I tici. It is like any oilier social lifo? human nature at its boat and at its worst. It displays tho greatest and loveliest trait" of character, and it i gives full scope for lliu ignoble ele i luents of petty vanity, display of dross, falso compliments, j?>alou*y and envy, i those inevitable accompaniments, tho world over, of undeveloped but ambi ; tioun natures. Here you will fmd ' women whoso husbands aro high In of ; lici.il position, and wh^sc purses aro . plethoric beyond care, who yet aro ! bound, hand and foot, by silly conven tionalisms, as lirmly as aro those whoso i solo support is tho salary at tho dispos j al of a superior officer. The lookor-on, who is accustomed to think in currents that underlie tho crusts of lifo, wonders how it can be that mortal womanhood ican, year aftor year, from the dawn of youthjto tho settingof life's Min,in mists jof tearful eyes and cloud* of palo, gray i hairs, danco attendance in the same un i ending round of fashionable gayeties, j content that their names aro mentioned in the papers as in attendanco at all ftuhionublo dinners; that their dresses aro suitably described, ami that they ; arc spoken of as charming! Thinking of lifo in its reality of what it ought to bo and mean, then looking at this i phtt.se of it, represented by a largo typo ? of American womanhood to-day, one' ? marvels that tho world is so old to so ?, littio purpose. j Another class of womon here, Inevi tably an outgrowth of the former, are , tho sooioty correspondents of tho! ; newspapers. Women of abilitv, many. oi them, whose business year after I year is descilhii g drosses and enter 1 tainmonts, so jr.eh alike from genera tion to generation that one wishes 11 or.' I al decorations could bo of something I besides "smilax" and "tubo roses, i and that drosses need never bo 011 train or hair "pompadour" again; that Mr. 1 Jones would not load Mrs. Recherche to dinner, and that thoro never was ; anybody again to sit "at the right hand , of tho host or hostess" until the king j dom of hcavon shall corno, when tho j wholo human family enn sit down to ' noctar and ambrosia, and no more fuss* | about It, ! Ladies who do "society writing" do j It because it "pays host.'* It is a corn j mercial, not an intellectual, enterprise, and on business grounds is as justifia I bio as the selling of pins, and just : about ninteresting to those who do it j Pins get monotonous, viewed indtvid I ually or iu largo numbers. Considcr i ing the difference in intensity in tho 1 points of a thousand pins for a Ion" 1 term of yoars would hardly calculate j an eel ipso or case a henrt-acho; nor , would the study of human nature from | tho doad levels of conventional society, j llere impulse is dead, enthusiasm un 1 born, earnestness prccludod. Tho of ' fort is to "shine," and that in candlc j light. Tho sun has gono out of fash ion. i Still another class of women in I Washington are thoso working in tho ; govorr- <tt departments. A hopeloss, ] woar> , ,k for educaLod, refuted, woll 1 roarod women, as many of thorn are. I 1 would rather go away to tho western prairies and preempt a few acres of i God's good soil, and with my own J hands guido tho plow and plant tho seed, in tho free air and sunlight of tho bluo heaven, than tako a position at one of those monotonous desks, to write, write, write dreary eopios of soulless documents, until tho light fades out of the facn, tho warmth from tho heart, and health from body and soul. Woman was nnvor meant to bo a machine. Kvory norvo in hor body protests against it. Every fiber of her soul revolts against tho murder of her own froc wllL Automatic action in socioty or independent labor Is her doom and death. *** room adjoining this whoro I write, lios at this moment, on a bod of suffering, a gentlo girl whoso lifo for eight years has boen in tho troasurv dopartmont horo. And, by tho way, (?oorgo W. I'ock uovor wroto a hotter thing than his humorous but kind and Just dofonso of tho womon in tho treas ury work horo. This young woman is very finely cultured, trainod In tho at mosphoro of books and musio, in tho library of a studious fathor, who, dy. ing, loft a small compotonco that was soon swojit away by lack of manago ?l0.nL . ~r oiKht 7Gftrfl 8,10 has writton in that offioo, until hor hoalth lias gone, and cho IIvob to-day in constant foar lost hor position shall bo taken from nor and given to another whoso vitality is unlmprirod. As sho lion thoro now J?or groatest droad is lost sho shall hoar to-morrow that thoro Is no moro work for lior. Across tho way, perhaps, my lady 4 oarrlago rolls to hor door, and sho ontors it in disquiot lost hor nolgh bor s is moro magnlffoont. Sho doos not soo tho sunlight as sho rolls alon*; nho doos not know that tho yollow Jus sainino is in fragrant bloom on tho sunny sldo of tho Soldiors' homo, for It in not fashionable to go thoro until later in the soason. Sho doos not know that my young friend is dyintr there #roin toil, yot suffering booauno oyon it may bo doniod hor; but sho doon know, and it clouds hor faoo and hard ons hor heart, that a rival loader wont to tho president's dlnnor last night, whilo horsolf was unhlvltod. V\ oro 0110 to make choico I>otwoon thoso two and tako tho plaoo of ono of thorn I would tako that of tho poor, frail girl. Hottor, oven, tho discipline through whloh sho has passod, if that noooflnarv to glyo birth to so swoot a soul, than tho oold, dond nrroganoo of hor whoso birth of sidrlt must 00 In an othor lifo, If ovor, since sho has lived too long for a "chango of heart" hore. Reatity of character! How few aro striving to attain It! Fowoffovon, than thoy who are asking for intellootdal dovolopmont. Courage, high-mindod noss, guilelossuosH, truo kindnossl How roro thoy aro! AN ISLAND OF I'HKTTY WOMRN. Tho grans grows greon and rank and tho porfumo of tho roso fills tho air ovon In tho hlenkest days of tho bloak autumn In this little soa-onoircled par adlso, writes a oorrennondont from St Holler b, on tho Island of Jersey. Thoro aro hundrodn of boautiful lanes wind ing among tho valloyp and hlllsldos, with troos on either nhle growing so oloso together that no sunshine can ovor ponotrate through tho Interlacing boughs to tho hard, smooth, boaten traok ?>onoath; mllon of white, shintrlv boaoh, on whloh tho nand is as flno a, nlftod flour, and Is loft by tho rooodlng tidos an hard an oomont; quaint little farm-houses ombowored eweoU smelling .shrubbery tuid flowers, Jand acres 01 moorland that ia covered tho your round with heliotrope*, petunias, and margueritos. A blue-gray soft rises and falls arouud tho island forty- ! two feet. "Swoot little Joraoyj" "Doar 1 old St. Ilelier's," is tho all'octionato way in which the pooplo hero speak of their inland home and its chief towu of y.j,00o" t=oul.a. St. Holier* 3 ia a queer ui J place Its streets aro narrow and j crowded. Massivo earthworks and milos of masonry crown tho hills about, and render the placo apparently im? pregnable against the foe. The channel Islands, and particular- i lv Jersey, possess much of interest to the stranger, but tho crowning glory of Jersey is the beauty of her womoc. | l'or general comeliness they would readily be awardod a prizo in any com petition of feminino grace. Kare, creamy complexions that would put the bloom on tho neaeh to blush, fig ures inado graceful and sinewy by bod ily toil, with rather strongly cut fea tures, eyes like aloes, ami lustrous dark hair, tho girls mot on the strcota of St. Holier'h seem to tho strangor tho personification of womanly indopond- i onco, beauty, and maidonly reserve. ! Tho soft whiU: mists that wrap tho is- , land every night from sundown to sun- ! rise gi\o them carnation cheeks. Tho ] toil that brings with it the active, ' healthy body is duo to tho causes which will enlist on tho side of theso women tho sympathies of true man- , hood. It is"because of tho woeful j dearth of men in Jersey that the worn- 1 en do uli the work. \\ hero you meet ! one man in these tortuous streets of St. i Holler's you mcot ten women. Out among tho green farms this dis- I proportion of the sex?'s is even moro ! painfully apparent. Tho heavy, un- ' gninly carts on the country roads aro j almost without exception driven by , women, and haudyomo women, too. j Groups of cherry -chocked girls may bo j seen iu tiie wayside orchards, somo | picking applos from tho trees, othora j straining at tho rudo cider-presses. Tho little field3, with tholr luxuriant i growth of turnips, oabbages, and ruta- j bagas, aro all tended by womon, widlo tiio blooming llowers in tho house- \ yards ?liow in their rich variety tho ov- j idenoo of woman's care and attention, j None but women aro to b? soon iu tho ! big public market of St. Ilolior's? { women buying and women selling. ] What men yon soo aro either too young or too old and decrepit?bova ; who have not started out in life, or old j toa-oaptnins who havo oomo homo to ! end thoir days, smelling of salt cod | i-nd full of reminiscences of ?tormy i voyages to Buenos Ayroa, to Australia, or through the China seas. A VIKi > I SI A HK1.L1. tA Virginia reporter tlitis describe* tho hollo of a ball ho recently atteud* I od: Complexion noither blondo nor ; brunette, hovering botwoen the dawn ; and tho sunrise of a aumraor's morn- I ing, oyes besido whoso arrowy glanoea i Cupid s kooncst darta aro only Gt for killing frogs or clams?eyes that drive the very stars of heaven distracted I with envy. Lashos more gloriously ' silken than over fringed tho lids of Oriental hour). Ilair in which ton 1 thousand sunbeams nestle, darkly i bright, liuo ns gossamer threads, but j forming a network which scores of j masculine strugglcra havo found as[pow- ! orful as the greon withes that bound Delilah's Samson. Matchless in grace, j Mnrvclously gifted in woman's grand j endowment?tonguo Tones soft as tho softest warbliugs of a llnto on trop- ! ic seas at twilight A polat star in cv- 1 ery throng toward whom all masculine | compasses point with constant finger. I A magnet strong enough to turn a i wholo battalion topsy-turvy, and bring | the planets rushing from their far-off : spheres. Lovoiior, moro enchanting j creatures never llitted through the par- i adiso of raotost poet's droam. l)e- J scribe her? Wore my nOn a quill from , the pinion of tho loftiest seraph that burns in gleaming glory, and dippod in the refulgent radianco of tho rain bow's fountain, it would be impossible. Raphael's ghost, after three centuries of colestial practice, would faint at tho task of trying to depict hor transcend ont loveliness. /vmoricnn j Goorgo F. Kunz has contributed to "Tho Mineral Kosourooa of tho Unttod States," published by tho Govornmont, fin nrtiolo on Amorioan goma and pro cious atones. IIo says ayatomatlo min ing for gome and j>rociou8 stonoa is oftrrtod on only at Paris, Mo., and Sto ny Point, N. C., but thoy aro gathorod j on tho fiurfaco in many placoa, as sap phiroa in Montana, moaa agato in Colo rado and agato at Lako Superior. Sorr.o thirty-oight difforont minorala oo-1 cur in tho Unitod States, which liavo boon used an goma. Twolvo of thoso | occur in tho Unitod States only. Dia monds aro not minod in this country, ! although thoy hnvo occasionally boon found at a nuinbor of localitfoa. A I largo diamond was found at Manches ter, opposite Richmond, Va., by a la- j boror ompioyod in grading 0110 of tho stroots. It was an octahedron, and weighed, after it wna cut, ovor Jen oar ata. It was worth $5,000 boforo out tlng. Tho prinoipnl localitioa for aap phfros and rubios aro in New Mexico, Arizona and Southern Colorado, whoro thoy ocour in tho Hand, often on ant hills. Garnets occur in tho samo ro fjion, about $5,000 worth of cut stonoa >oing annually produced. It in esti mated that tho valuoof tho tourmalinos takon from Mount Mion, Mo.. Is bo tweon $50,000 and $05,000. Tourma linoa and hiddenito aro bolng rogularly minod at Stony Point, N. C., aomo $7,500 worth having already boon Bold. Hook crystal is gathored and cut in largo quantities, tho anion at difTorent localitioa probably amounting to $10, 000 annually. Much of it is cut for iowolry, as "I<nko Goorgo" or "Capo May" "diamonds." Tho clear cryatnl for optical purposoa Is almost ontiroly Brazilian, aa the good material found hero rarely ronchoa tho pfopor chan nola. Although agates aro abundant hero, noarly all tho pollahod spoclmonn ?old In Amorloa hnvo been pollahod in Germany, having originally come from brazil and Uruguay. Moaa agntos, however, aro collected hero In largo quantities, although tho nutting iadono abroad. Tho aunatono ami moonstono from PonnsylTftnta and Virginia aro of I fjood finality, although aa yet uaod but ' ittlo. Tho Amorioan turquoiao In of much Intoroat, but is not much used by I jnwolora. It ia frequently bluo whon found, but soon turns green on expos ure. Jet occur a in Colorado and Tox ns, nnd will probably noon bo utilized in the artrt. Tho howonito of ilhodo la iand and wllliamalto of Pennsylvania nro uaod as a substitute for jado. At one of t'in fashionable New York hotels a magnificently drosROd nnd rh~ diantly healthy lady ean?o down to tho first table with eleven of hor children, loaving tho remaining eight younger ono?i to bo brought to tho Booond table by throo nnrsos FOH T1I13 FARMER. A Visit to ? Model I'liniiMj Ivaniu Stock Pur m. Tho Vftlno or Manure aa a Fertiliser? Wtient Furnn in Dakota. AMONG THE JKK9KYS. "GiUli," in tlio Cincinnati Knquircr, gi/c^ tho following aocouut of his visit to tho etock f:irru of Joseph C. Sibley, ! near Franklin, Pt?. Franklin is surrounded by tho dor | ricks of oil wolls, looking llko skeleton churuh spiros to tho number of scored j and hundred*, and most of these aro still pumping a sm'ili quantity of oil por dlom. Overlooking tho tower on I tho opposite sido of French Crook is ; tho. Prospoet Hill stock farm of Josoph : C. Siblov, perhaps the most complete , in all its appointments now in this | country. Connooted with it in dlfTer I ent tracts aro about six hundred acres I of land, and it has a raco-courso used i by tho County Agricultural Society. I Noar the gato gcing in is tho oroamory, which manufactures two barrels of creais into buttor in about forty-fivo minutes, aud this buttor is" sent all ' over tho country at fifty conts a pound. On tho top of tho hill Is a barn, which : is of au ootagonal or almost circular pattern, ami contains J.I10 ontire herd on two floors. From tho cupola of tho barn, which gives tho ventilation, do sconds a polo, around which is a wind ing stair oonnoctlug tho two floors. In tho centor of cnch floor la a largo opon spaco, and the eirclo of oattlo faces this In stalls,and the troughs at their knoes. Behind this row of cattlo is an opon corridor, also circular, around which tho sccond ereat clrclo of cattlo stand at their stalls. On tho upper floor a portion of this socond circle is dovotou to tho cows with calves or about to calvo. Tho cows in calf aro generally kept dry whoro this Is possible, bo that tho calf j can got tho full nourishmont; but it Is oxceodingly difficult In somo casos to dry tho Jorsoy cow, as tho tenacity I with which sho makes milk Is tho groat socrot of hor value. Sho is tho most wonderful butter-making animal known ; to man. Othor kinds of cattlo run to . beef, but tho Jersey so assimilates hor , food that tho globulus which might I make boef flow in hor milk, and honoo tho extraordinary production of somo of those cows, and thoir high pricos in a country whoro tho chomist has boon | at work with butter, and haa glvou us various forms of wagon greoso and coal-tar instead of tho Aldornoy pro duce.. Tho importation of Jersoy cattlo into the United States bogan about seven years before tho war. It has gouo on with such onthusiasm that wo now havo about 21.0OU Jorsoys, oithor imported or boru hore, ovory ono of whion is regibtorod in the Jor9ey herd-book, that is now assuming the proportions of a library. Tho Jorsoy cattlo?by which gonoral name is moant cattlo of Jersoy, Sark anil Aldornoy?improve in this country over thoir condition in thoir native islands, and they make moro cream and buttor, and thrlvo wonderfully. Thoy aro distributed ovor tho entlro country. They are generally of a fawn color, with rathor dark gray or blackish faces; tho cows aro vory gentle. and tho bulls vicious. I was interested in two things in this stable. In tho first place tho cream separator, which is run by a steam en gine, revolves with enormous rapidity, and tho cream Hows out of 0110 spigot and tho skimmed milk out of auothor. Then 1 observed the apparatus for cleaning cows, which aro carofully washed ami brushed once or twice a day by moans of brushes operated by tho engine. Tho cow, calf or btdl is brought forward and tied to a post, and from abovo thoao brushoa aro brought to her body, and oarofully raiso ovory hrir. Tho cattlc liko it, but their tails havo to bo tiod up in a bag, for not long ago ono of tl>6 brushes tore out a tail. Tho tomporaturo in the barn Is kept at fifty dogroos the year round, rogulatod by tho thormom otor, and tho barn Is lightod with tho Brush light on ovory floor, snd at mid night is as bright as day. A storage battory is kept noar tho engine for this purposo. Tho light usod Is tho ordina ry gas brackot and small lamp. At Prospoet Hill farm the barn is 88 foot In diamotor. Thoro aro thirty-two cattlo on tho Innor rows and forty-six on tho rear rows. Tho onginoor has fiftoon horso po'wor. Tho food givon tho animals is boilod and mixod, part ly oats and partly onBilago, or loavos of corn pluckod whon tho bar is full of milk. Tho oattlo liko this food vory much, and it improvos thoir buttor. Tho Jorsoy oow can bo roliod on to mako ono pound of buttor a day; many of thom mako sixteen pounds a wook, and somo of thoir porformanoos aro al most fabulous. By tho maohinory usod at Prospect Hllf it takos thirty-flvo minutes only to separate tho oroara from the milk of forty-fivo oowe. The soparator Is a Bwodlsh patent In ono hour from the oommonolng of tho milking tho oroam 1h In the croamory and tho sklmmod milk is boing fod to tho oalvoa. Mr. Sibloy says that tho koon of his oattlo in tho winter Is somownoro bo twoon twenty and thirty conts a day, but that for a portion of tho yoar they jlo not cost abovo oight cents a day. Thoro aro about thirtoon men omploy ed on tho hord farm, and tho cost of running it Is about $17,000 a yoar. At Prospoot Hill thoro aro about 46 milch eows, produolng not loss than ono nound por diom of buttor, whllo a good doal of tho milk without boing skimmed Is givon to tho calves. Thoro aro twenty oows in tho stablo that two thousand dollars aploeo would oot buy. nAKN-YAItO KOONOMT. A dark ntroam, ofton of goldon oolor, alwayn of goldon valuo, flown to wanto from many an Amorioan barn-yard. Thla liquid forlllity ofton ontorn tho ntdo ditoh of tho fnrro Intm, Bomotlmoa of tho highway, and omptlon Into a brook, whioh romovoB It hoyond tho roaoh of plant* that would groatly profit by It. Mloo may gnaw B Into tho granary and (folly abntraot a nmall quantity of grain, or thn skunka may roduoo tho profit* of tho poultry yards, t>ut thono loakn aro nmall In oomparinon with that from tho poorly oonntruotod and Ul-kopt barn-yard. Tho most valnablo part of manuro In that which in vory aoluhlo, and unlonn It in rotalnod by nomo ahaorhont, or kopt from tho dronohlng rainn, It will bo f|nlokly out of roaoh. Manuro In a manufactured product, and tho ruocoab off all farm oporationn ir tho oldor ntatoa dopondn upon tho quantity and quality of thin produOt. Othor thingn bolng oqual, tho farmor who comnn out In tho nprlng with tho largont amount of tho bont quality of manuro, will bo tho man who flndn farming pays tho bonk A barn-yard, whothor on a aldo hlll or on a lovol, with all thn rainn fron to fall upon tho manuro hoap, nhonld bo no arrangod aa to Iobo nono of tho ' dralnaga. ftido-hil) barn-yarda aro 1 oqrvmon, boo?yup tho barpi tfu>n loot* od furnish a convenient collar. A bar rier of earth on tho lower side of tho yard can bo quickly thrown up with a team and road acrapor, which will catch and hold tbo drencnings of tho yard above, and tho coarse, newly.mudo manure will absorb tho liquid and bo beuotltod by it. It would bo bettor to hayo tho manuro made nnd kept uudor cover, alwayo woll protected from rains and melting snows. Only enough moisture should Do present to keep it from formoutlng tov> rapidly Au old farmor who lot liia manuro take caro of itsolf, onco kept some of his sheep un der coyer, anil was greatly surprised at tho incroa.sod vaiuo of tho manuro thua rnado. In fact, it was so "strong" that whon ecattorod as thickly as tho l^aohod dung of tho yard, it mado a distinct bolt of bottor grain in the field. , Tho testimony was so ranch in favor of ] tho stall-made manuro, that this farm j or ts now koeplng all his livo ."took un dor covor, una tho farm Is yielding larger crops and growiug richer yuar by yoar. If it pays to stop any leak In tho granary, it la all tho moro Im portant to loo a woll to tho manuro that furnishoa tho food, that feeds tho plants, that grow tho grain, that Gils tho graiu bin. At this season tbo liv ing mills aro all grinding tho hay iu?d grain, and yielding tho Ly-producta of tho manuro heap. Much mav b<> saved in spring work by letting this lump bo j as small as out door yard feeding and l the winds and rains can mako it, but such saving is liko that of tho econom ic sportsman who wont out with tho ! idoa of using as little powder and lead j as possible. In farming, prow tho j largont possible crops, oven though it takes a week or moro of steady hard I work to got tho rich, heavy, well-ore- \ pared manuro upon tho fields. Moro i than this, onrioh tho land by throwing ' ovory stream of fertility back upon tho ! aores which havo yielded It. Watch tho manure heap as you would a mino j of gold.?American AyricuUurisL TO EQUll' A WHEAT FA KM IX DAKOTA. ! The amount of machinery necessary i to plant and harvest tho crops of tho J northwest, aooording to tho St. Paul Pioneer Press, is enormous. Tho prln- I cipal crop of the northwest Is wheat, j and as noarly ail tho labor required to j aood and harvost It is performed within | a few months, usually from tho 1st of ; May to tho 1st of Oetober--raroly six j months?every thing must bo done with j a rush. Fanners who raise nothing but wheat can not afford to employ help all tho yoar round, and this fact, renders It vory difficult tn obtain tho ! necessary assistance when It Is nocdcd | during the busy season. Wages aro I high on account of this fact, and tho J wlioat-raisor finds himsolf compeMod to ! dopond upon mochanioal help instead i of muaclo. It is questionable whothor j it is moro prolitable. To properly equip ! a farm of ovon 1G0 acres with all tho | machinery nocessary to plow tho | ground, hco<1 it, harvest and thrash tho t graiu, requires a largo outlay of money. I Tho total outlay for wagons, plows, i harrows, soedors, and harvesters neccs-' sary to work a farm of thiselzo Is about! $700. This is an outlay that n iu tit bo ? mado before the farmer can roali/.o j from his first orop. It Is not to bo sup- | posed that, cash b required Lo buy all i this machinery. Tho farmer can buv > his entire ontlit on cruM, Mortga^o's ! aro ofton taken, but not as a rule.3 The i agontu of reapors and harvesters ic- j quiro no socurity bojond a simple nolo I of hand. Earl}- in tho spring a perfect ' array of "machino men, 1 as tho ugonls are callcd, iuvado t'no northwest to : take ordors. A farmer can buy a har vester or whatever ho noods and have it ' dolivercd in his field, set up all ready j to start, ovon to being supplied with ! twino for tho binder, by simply giving j his noto of hand, without security, and ' drawing 7 per cent intorost. Thoso 1 notes run from two to throe years, and ' aro ofton renewed If tho intorost is proporly paid. Somo idoa of tho groat amount of machinery sold in tho uorth wost ovory yoar may bo gainod from tho statomont that during 1883 noarly 1,700 car-loads woro rooeivod at Min neapolis alono, tho total numbor ro ooivod at St. Paul and Minneapolis roaohlng noarly 3,GOO. It has boon obsorvod that thoro aro quite notablo dlflforonoos in tho oolor of tho buttor of dlfToront cows fod sldo by sido on nrooisoly tho samo rations, and to him tho conclusion was plain that tho oolor of tho buttor la not duo so much to tho foddor as to tho Individu ality of tho animal. Aromas and fla vors aro duo In gonoral to what ehora Ists oall ossontlal oils; but no ohomist has over yot got out of tho buttor Ita flavoring ossonoo, and although ho can mako to order tho flavor of tho upplo, tho poar, tho strawborry aud raspborry from substanoos whloh havo no oon nootion with thoso fruits, yot ho has novor pronarod tho smallost bottlo of ossonoo of buttor. Wo aro ovon not yot certain whoro to go for tho primary origin of tho aroma and flavor, for, whtto one party affirms that it oxlsta in tho milk, anothor affirms that It is a product of tho altorationof cor tain con stituents of tho milk that takos placo during tho tlmo that olapsos boforo tho eroam Is mado Into buttor ?Dr. G. C, Caldwell. How to Tamo n Ha*. Polloo Capt Charlon MoDonnoll wa* walking through 8outh Fifth avonuo, at midnight, whon ho saw what ap poarod to bo a small whlto kltton play ing on tho sidowalk In front of him. Aftor a short chaw? ho noourod tho animal, and by tho light of a ntroot lamp dlsoovorod, to nU inomontary* conatornation, that it was a whito rat. It appoarod to bo porfoctly tamo and at homo with hiin. IIo fllid it into his ovorcoat pockot and took it to tho Btation Iioiibo, wlioro It Was put on nxhibition in a oigar box. Itn boauty AUrprlBod all who flaw it. It wan puro whlto, had pink oycn and olawH, and a shapoly, taporlng tall. It mado a poonllar nolso, llko tho pur ring of a kltton, an It ato broad and ohooHO from tho Captain'* hand, and it hold it a tall oroot whon it wan Btrokod. It romalnod In tho Btation houso twonty-four hours boforo It wan olalm od. Thou its ownor, a storokoopor on South Fifth avonuo, arrivod and c* plalnftdhow ratn aro tatnod "It'fl tho oaftloflt thing in tho world," ho ?ald. "Tnko thn mo*t forocloun rat., throw it Into a nail of wator, and lonvo it thoro until it nooomofl oxhniiHtod and in about to drown. Thon tako it out, roll it in wadding and put It In a warm plaoo. Whon tho rat comon to It will ovlnoo tho doopoBt irratitudo. It will llok your handu ana follow you about tho houfto llko a dog, and oan bo taught a nnmborof trlokB.,> Tho polloo of tho Prlnr.0 ntroot fltn tlon aro trying thin oxporiiuout? Ntin York Hun. Forty crntB a wonk In all that Itcontn John W. NlBHloy, of Mount Carmol, Pa , who In nlxty-flvo yoarB old and wolgha 176 pound*, to IIta. 11 in dlot In dry broad and hot wator(l'an4 has boon no (or the last mvou yoara A DAY IN TANG IE US. Tlio Women to the Market Pine? tuul lu the Ilun<nin. High above mo I behold tl.o build tags anil wul of Tungio:s. Tho blue Moditcrrunonu dashes its waves against a ruined lnolo and a temporary pier fcr the accommodation of travelers. Even tiling is ditfV rout from European scones. Wild tlowcrs grew it; profusion on tho roofs Hud old walls- The bright blos soms of tho cactus glow in tbo Min light. The prick'.y pear attains tho si/.o and height of lixea, and ii: many placOH fornix arches bonoath which rido Woor^ and others mounted ou mules or donkey* The natives eat tho fruit, eutttin;* ouch pear from its stom with twino. Just bolow tho hotol and outaido the gato of the city Is tho $ oka or mar ket place. Oa Sundays and Thurs days it Is filled with a motley crowd, who bring game, meat, eggs, fowls and other provisions from tho surrounding country. Itl* hero t hat Gibraltar ob tains its supplies Tho uoiso and din in the market plr.co is infernal. At least 5,0o0 tongue? at e at work. You can hardly force \ >ur way through tho crowd. Otico on tho outskirts you aro lost In great herds of cattle ami strings of loaded doukevs from Barbary. Those creatures ?:\rry wonderful loads. Thoy look small by the side of tho enm ols. Theso animals, relieved of their loads, aro lying dowu iu a circlo with their foro logs tlod together. N *vr them aro uumbors of goatskin tents, filthy In tho cxtremo and only high onough to sit uudor. Tho confusion is terrible. Soiuo of tho meu aro bang ing on drum*, and others are playing tho khul'iJi, which Is infinitely worso than the Moorish drum. Women, whoso faces wero covcrod with tho exception of one eye, crouched on tho ground near by, selling bread. Tho magnificent Moor, in flowing whito robo and spotless turban, strutted ma jestically by, not deigning to ca.it his naughty glance at us. The streets swarmed with children lu various cos tumes. Tho small shops were packed with men silting cross-lagged. Above, below, around and beneath there wis dirt of cvory description Fortunately for us, tho viior smells had been tem pered with recent rains. In summer the stench is said to bo almost un bearable, llero vou seo tho geuuiuo Iiedouin Arab. Wild and dirty as ho is, ho Is clean when compared with the horrid looking men from the Uiflf coant, de scendant* of the old pirates. They aro wild and untamed, am! fiercer than wil l au::na.. Thoy do not even cove r their he ids T.eir i.eiids aro closely shaved after leaving t look by which they fervently hu'iow Mohammed will pull them up to Heaven. A few yours ago an EnglUh lady married a Moor holding a high position in Tangiers. He promised that she ahould ho hifi only wlfo, but, since then he has espoused four other women. Sho is allowed to walk out, but not un less she Is guardod. If sho loft him, eho could take nothing with her. If ho sent her away sho would ho entitled to an income of ?2.000 in cash. Tl.o poor thing is a virtual prisoner. Wo nav - reeeivod an invitation to visit her, and shall accept it Yesterday wo wero guests in I'vo Moorish hnr.-u.Tho inmates gave us n very line reception. The gloomy appearance of tho outer walls contrasted ? tran^ely with the in side ,?f tic lioMs.' '1 ho halls were tiled. Marble pillars, bright colors and r'.igs gave the rooms a bright up poaranco. Mattresses were laid on tho carpets in apartments facing tho courtyard. Thoy wero the bedrooms of tho wives. There were no windows. Kaoh wife leaves her slippers at tho en trance of her bedroom. Wo saw uo ! chairs, and only an occasional cushion Tho wives prefer to recline or sit on j tho tloor One or two aat on shoep : skins. In tho first harem I saw u widow j with Bovon children, all girls. Two woro playing and two wore sowing. Nono of tho girls hail ever soon a man. On Fridays only the widow is allowed to go to tho Moslem Cemetery to wooP aim pray over hor dead husband. Wo woro oflorcd oofToo and cakes. Etiquotto rorpiirod thatwoBhould drink four cups of coffoo and oat as many cakes. Our vlflit waa mndo very early in tho morning. Tho poor wfves soomod glad to aeo tifl. Ihoy admired our drosses and oallod oaoh other's attention to what took thoir fancy In tho way of lewolry. Thoy wero drosaod gayly, but thoy had a slovonly look and an ungraceful walk. ?Morocco Cor., N. (>. IVmcs-Democrat. A California Court Biro no. Tho ouso of throo Mongolians who olftiruod a right to larul immn up in tho circuit court boforo Judgo Sobin yos tortlay morning. Two of thorn clairnod to havo rosidou horo In tlnios gono by, and by produolng satisfactory ovldonco woro discharged. Tho third ono, Fong Win, fltutod that ho wan an actor of twonty years' standing. Win waddlod up to tho witness-stand with a dignity of hoaring that made an impression on his honor, nnd utalod lliat ho intondnd to havo gone to Victoria, hut that ho had condescended to exhibit himself fit tho Grand Chinoso thontor In thin city for $150 a month and found. ??You say you aro an aotor; givo us a snocimcn of your ability," said Mr. lliidron Win, aftor stating that Mb specialty consists in personating tho hoavy wolght judge, proceeded to gratify tho court and the spectators Drawing in a long respiration and Assuming a Ju dicial ]rown a novolty to our Judges ? tho coining star of the Grand ChincRO theater broke forth into a Celestial tl rado, tho souse of whicli was a Judicial authority's awful condemnation of a poor culprit to tho land of heading people. As ho was beginning tho seo ond odltlon in n still higher Key, .Judgo Robin shouUxl to tho Intorprotors to uAl tho aotor to stop and go forth, as thoro was no doubt thnt ho Is, rs ho claimed to bo. an m-.tor. ? Han Vrancwo Chroti iclti Hocont examination of a large num ber of wolls used for drinking water in different sections of Now Hampshire shows that % per ocnL of thorn are contaminated Charles Whit", of Thorndlk'\ Mo., has throe-yokn* of oxon whoso united weight Is pounds. One yoko measures eight foot four inches, and weighs 4,K(>,'> pounds Tho little CountOiM of I,ow<nhnnpt is ono of the prettiest women in the for eign circle in Washington. She is a typical Swedish beauty, with yoldon hair, blue eyes, and fair whlto skin. Tho tendons of the tall of tho kanga roo oan be easily split Into threads two foot In length, rivaling silk In strength, softness, flnenosa, beauty of color nnd finish. Hnoh tendons for llgatums and sutures promise to supplant silk almost ootlroly Ixj furgory, GLEANINGS. Cook stoves u:o worth tJo'? apiece ot Curar d Alone. j Thoro uro '2'18 submarine tolograpb I cablo.s now ivt work. Miss Fay Hendrlx I* local editor of a . pnpoY in Lansing, Mich. A dog ti;*1.1 wad hold ia Ciacinctiti (<?r tho benoht of tho poor j A voter in tl.o city of Bostou i the uu-uo ji ??llioronymu.s Pnpp." | A perfectly wbito peacock, tl.o only j one m th;- couutrr. L? on exlir.'iliu.. in Boston. I he New York Stcr.:n Heating Com pany hna atosui laid through five Luile3 j of streets I Eighioon th.?us:.ud ho:i;e<toado L.ivo bouu eutereJ ia Florida Jur;ug the* pa.it year Concord, N U , h&s boon taken in to tho amount of *75\i,000 by ta'.uin.j stock sharp*. Of tho K<0 member? of tho Iowa House lifty say that tbey have no r> ligioud prcf^ronccu. Ceorgia is to try tho experiment of buildinc: a now Capitol at un estimated coat of ?1,000,000. A W-rmont man hoa a parrot that bo has Kiieoeoded in teaching to r> c:;o nearly half tlio Twenty-third Psalm Professor J. L Smith's private col lection of metoontos, tho largest in tho world, baa been bought by Harvard College for $10,000 A bill had passed tho Rhodu Ldatid House of Keproeentativos, forbidding the. location of dram-3hops within 4'."3 feet of school-housoa. ^ Peter Mitchell was long noted, a? Charlestown, lad., for keeping his ex penditures rigidly within 60 conta D day. lie has loft $ 10,000. Tbo British Minister'e danghtor la said to bo a groat beauty. She inhori ted her lovely face, with its sad, dark oyes, from a Spanish mother. Tho Supremo Court of' Kansaa decides thai the circulation of an ollonaivo ar ticle concerning a candidate for ollieo In "a privileged proceeding." There woro .'J.810 houses built iD London and tho suburbs ia 188i\ form* Ing 50S now streets audono now square, and covering a distance of Kovcnty-livo and a half miles. A cow horn measuring four feet cloven inches in length, and eighteen inches around the base, id on exhibition ; ?t Moni'.Cmll.i, 11;;., :,nd is ?Uppo.>< d to | be tho largest cow-Lorn in tho World l George Parsons Lathrop, thonovelist, j Is short, stout and erect. Iln has a I large head, curly black hair and black : mudtaeho and gontoe. llis mannura , arc agreeable and hid conversation sparkling. M. Maoo, tho groat French detective and tho torror of tho Paris evil-doer, is just about tivo foot tall, if it bo proper to uso tho term tall as applied to ?ueh a staturo. He has boon thirty yoars in tho Rorvieo. A society has been roe.ently torrnod in London to advocate tho improve* iuent and cheapening of tho diet, ono of its main objects being to show that a llesh diet is mueli more costly than a vegetable or.-, and less nourishing. Mr. All- n, of Wat^rbury, Conn., says that 'ity I* t'.o capital of the brass nvir.ufn^;ur" in America, makes tho -licet or bai >r bra.-s wiro from tho Cleveland pig metal, and with a popu luti?>i". of hi;.-' about 5%000 op<Ta? ?ivee Wooden pavement Is in marked dis favor in Berlin. What is known as Vienna head pavement is taking ita place. Tl.o wooden artiolo laid down in the neighborhood of tho Cro\Ytn , Prince's pahn failed after yoar of trial. Eliza Howard i?'wr?, Of PuU'J N. J., who spiw i \ ((>???,?nix war in earing f< r'.cH&i is now an invul. * .io >4, At eta'neos. Sho I ?? ;isl.!if tV, mont for $2,600, ,1 h f ' sho will soon go: Hi. ' A New York ecreotD MSUhevf * of a million dol arn u felting the lubels nfibff ? pagno bottles. It in'tnTs way pure American wines rnado m tit. Louis and California roach tho atom* nebs that eoniposo Boston and Now York socioty. A prominent doctor of Oakland, Cah. says that tho generation ^ " gonorally tho causo of eor,>i!?MK over in thoir coJllns, and body has boon known to r soij tho noad and sliouldors bcudiw ward tho middlo of tho thono eiroimistancofi. An educational Journal rlf! thoro should bo a rogular \\yt. tachoil to ovory school of i overlook tho physical do AopXliOM tho pupils. Tho systom ha? ainiF boon adoptod in Paris, too phyijl6.?M making rogular tours of inspootlou, b<V Ing paid by tho municipality. Thoro is a woman living In Dotrolt who has not allowod horsolf to bo soon by tnon for many yoara, Bho lives In hor hormltago all alono, goos to bod at 2 o'clock ovory aftornoon, and gets up at midnight to go out and mako hof purchase*. Ilor namo is Odoll, and It Is said when a girl sho was disappoint od in alovo afl'air and niado a vow that sho would uovor again look on tho faco of a man or allow a man to look at hors. An attompt was rooontly mado by o housoholdor in an Iowa town to get an injunction restraining (ho reading of tho Iilblo In tho public schools of that State, and also to prohibit tho singing of hymns or ropeating tho Lord's prayer. In a decision rendered, how ovor, the court hold that such selec tions wore intended to inculeato mo rality, purity and honesty, and wore, therefore, a part of tho school system. IIo refused to grant th? desired ordoi A magpie bus ftorlously Interfered with tolographlo eommunloatlon Ikv twoon Kapunda nn<l Freoling, in South Australia, not far from Adolahle. Faf somo tirnn tho lino worked badly, and at last a telegraph oporator was sent to examine tho wires. After searching for n few utiles '.lie olerk found nt the top of one of the telegraph posts a ntrigple's nest most Ingeniously con* Kti noted 1'ho bird had wrennhed away with its beak the wire which bound the line to tho insulator, and after twisting the wire In a suitalilo po sition tmili its homo there. The main exhibition building for tho New Orleans World's Fair next year is the largest building In this country, and next to the largest exposition building ever constructed It Is 1 feet lout' by 90() feet deep The bortU cultural (mil, which is noxt to tbo larg est structure over built for the purpose, is f,iH) feet In length, anil 1 t'K) feet (lcop. Tho Mexican government, which hae shown kerfn Interest In tho exposition, will exhibit a garden of tropica) plants, covering M'l.ooo sipiaro feet.. Tbo fair opons in I)eoombor, and will oloso U> Mny. 18H.V