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Where the ttar-flab ehlne through the ipumy Wtf\ wIK-?S,Sr^5R^S3.^,;SfiSi. Hour tho bo Vu siouti "Lot tho port batek I ir'Myp ^ ,UH. Mkm id* mala rteet fl'J? wtth tbe ms6 momoon, \h ? .' . ' ? fhriok from tbo for'ard peak, ~ pp|6#^>|wd Then obaer^matos, obcor, as tho good ship Anil a sohooncr of boor has passed, Iltura for tho stlipl Hurra for tho crowl A?l?Aino^ttW?5?For the glow,eg wnt l"y f^r ? ?.* ? . mmmmmmmmmmm - .. .'* . re* 1,(, BATHE'S HATBEP. v ; | ?HC||.:Ei^55S r/to my olbows, hair In anything but graceful disorder, washing iho parlor yrtytdowa, and itngng as loudly as my oreiwntQ,NbJ^Sranre] Wrighu'fl haven't Sbcn him In (four 'i*Kte&k **"?# "?w!f' justf ^dtangrooablo oooog^ to oompU mont me on my imprdvod looks, glauoo ittiScIously at my^tim^lod looks and wot gown, whllo I Stood lookl about as largo as ;your llttlo 3?m$i B.iuK wi my glo>??. ?jqj, lod at Our honso a; short _ie mentioned bolnor here," . i peated. "Did he give you a graphlo deMriptlpn, o! my appearanoeP Wb?t did hdi sayP" yod rather , * v I I# opor never negloots hor __ _ Je," I ur&od, "one oanhot inilfflir* w" ttt lUo11 ,hMU,ital linttlo, I remarked, "whatever your forenoon appearanoe may have been." VOb, yoal1 ahe replied. "As Unolo B John say t?af tor the horse was stolen I looked the barnlV ''Well," said I, '?play me something by way of forgetting yonr unfortunate ^UuS6' plAyod oxqulsltlvoly. She ;<* Sr,*a<r ltes when Frank. Wright qamo ln. Hat tlo noddod,. and dWPftndod petulantly whel^erbewas as^ oh armed with her playing as ho had beon with her sing ing. "?More so," Mn Wright had the can not nlder me tho ewootost singer in the 1 m&jn dor, gsfpr & oon questioned. rnmBmi&smM, mttmgi e in bis letters vrlten baok m wreauung his leeturea,: :?]W: . ' "You navo learned nothing new, I presume,j^fr. Wright," ah* said. "But there b a oertalu adago about oavee dropper* that I woola recommend to your I6i*ure. Beaidee when you enter a room where people are talking about what you ought not to hear, pleaso cough, clour your throat, or give other Indlofttibne of your august presence." And she aauolly tossed her hoad." "My dear Miss mil," said ?Vaok, advancing toward her, "Iaballoertaln ly strivo to tiroflt by yonr counsel; neither ahall 1 regret having heard your exprossod dislike of myself, slnoe I trust ft may toach me how l may ren der my suit leas repulalvo, to you,' For, believe me," he added, intones intend ed for her ear only, "I cannot tell you how muoh I regret this singular abhor renoe you have ever manifested. Can jrott not point out some method by whloh I may yot hope to stand better In your rogardf" I did not hoar tho reply aa I waa summoned to tho kitolien at that mo ment. But I lmvo Just foundations for believing that she did point out a way by whloh her osteom might bo won; for not long ago I saw her end. Frank standing in oloso proximity, while a vonorablo looking man propounded dfertain momentous quostiona whloh Frank answered frankly and distinctly, ,%nd' Hattlo's replies, though low, were qplto satisfactory^ - V ' . Tho Mulo and tho Bull. I ro(to onco with some cattlc-buyers through the stook ranges of Nevada. My pony?It was called Bob?driftod into Nevada Utah, and waS known as a buffalo hunter. Bob was as mean looking aa a sheared sheep, and as bul let-headed as a political opponent However, Bob and I got along vory well the ilrst day o! our acquamtanqp; ng, in fnot, about fifty Nevada whioh 1 have carefully estimated * he oqual to fixty-fire Christian miles. The next day Bob was tired, or cross, or borod. Ilo regarded the wastes of sago-brush disdainfully, while I throodod my whip upon him, and lunohed off tho sage-brush while I wore out my spurs on his Ahaggy sldos. Then I led him a fow milos, and ho re* garded mo in big-eyed, meditation. When I remountod, Which I did only when my shoos wore worn out, Bob ap f oared so broken pp that I folt sorry, determined to go no further that day than the ranoh-houso wo wore ap T did ^H/vOm fore we reabhed tho house, a herd of pro aching, for I dlijiiotwant BobV life oharged to my oruolty. Just bo oattle reaohod us. A big bull, tho big gest and wildest I romember ever to ave boou, soloctccl Bob and mo for a target ? . . Considering Bob's condition, Fvpiur about toVdismount, and take my chanc es afoot, when Bob started. I boliove he thought he was entorod for the Der by. You nover saw such a rato of speed attained by such a remarkable gait Bob would alternately roll him ?elf op In a ball, and stretoh out to threo times his normal length; his head would get out of sight into his shoul der*, and thongot put of sight in the dlstanoe. Suddenly Bob stopped? very suddenly?so /mddenly that it un aeatod my dignity and'pose. Looking about I dlscovorod tho cause'to bo that the bull had stopped. Juft as sudden ly the bull began charging tbo other way, and Bob?that fool of a Bob began oharging after tho bull. If tho bull had been a peok of oats Bob oould not have displayed more oarnestnoas in the ohase. Between my anxiety lest Bob ahould catch tho bull, and not knowing what to do with it and my uncertainty ad to my seat, I was vorry unhappy. Bob, howovoror, appoared to bo having a real good time. Tho ohaso was kopt up for miles, and until tho bull sudden ly stopped short and swung his big horned hoad around at Bob and mo as we oamo along. Both dodged beauti fully, and then the bull ohased us awhile. That thing was kept up for hours." If the bullwouldn't ohase us Bob would ohaso the bull} it, was all tho same to him-r-just as muoh fun for one ar another. Xrookon we chalod each other?Bob and the bull and I? About fifty miles, when we happenod upon a littlo oasis and Bob ohd; the troll began browsing tho unexpected grass together In the most friendly mannen I Excused myself and walkod baokto the ranoh.?Ban Francitno Oall ? ;w4.v. !?' i -i -i ? <*? Taking Care of DroMM. Thoro Is an old ] provorb whioh save a lady is always known by he* boots and gloves. Quito as crnolal a test is the faculty of takinggood oaro of her oostumes, and ono that quite as dis tinctly marks the well bred Jady. Any one can buy an VOlogfknt wardrobo "t? she have .pionoy enough, buff] to tako the requisite oaro to keep it fresh and dainty requires something moro than a ohook book. Of keeping nioe dresses, a lady writes: "Each dross should have Its own wrap or oover to keep it fr6m chaffing or fading. Tako fino, firm qotton cloth, something ovor a yard Wide^cut if into squares, thon hem add Sash- the squares. They should be ie, take no room, and woighMfoUtf firm, to keep away from dusti hemmed, ^at you may keep the same side next ie silk, and washed, to do aWay with bio aching ohemloals, Which ate lia~ to change the eolor of the silk. Id the bottom of the train back and The bottom being all together, you will oover it with a small cloth or to* el to koep the dusty train from rubbing against ttte oleaner parte of the robe| roll the whole dress loosoly to the sifce and shapo of tho box it is to go in, lay it upon a white cloth and fold the oor of the same over the top of the {o and place In the bo*. NOw the roil ind adjust it to its spaon delioato or easily le dresa?as Medio! ? W'&a "" to the thin.spots. " ? robe shako ""Mi ttA so it oannot Jut Ii or and os lelat. Btorjr By ? JForiy-Nlnor. | ??I tell yon what. slr"-lt was an old ?there ain't no lifo on God s earth as OOMMOP to mtol#'-, lo?tw .. -noUto ain't throo mon ouistuo mu "uu^u.? and saloon-keepers as have got a dollar iU ,4?Bnt 8*s th?fasolnation of It Lor' man, when you've 8tf?0^ ,it. Pf?uy rloh.and oan seo yer gold r^t ln ^ut of yon; when you ro piling it up every half houif b' tho day, with anuggotnow and aiWn as big as a bullot to oheer you, and then when tho ovonln conies and you count It up and find a btui" dred odd dollars Just picked ontotho earth that day?well, there ^ * B*th in' like it Then when you don t strike it rich you always think you're goln to next day, and It's lust as exoltln^ hoarln' other men toll In the cventa what they pulled out as It 1* oountin ovor your own- Why, I've boon throe and four months at a timo without making a dollar and without a cent in my pocket; but Goowhlttakorl tho o*? cltoment of it don't give a man 'vwiea to think how hard up ho is. - "But there are times * hon a man don't kndw how to kick himself hard enough; you hot ho ? don't It , was down on tho Stanislaus onoe, I was monkeying round with a pard?Long Gus we colled him?an I pioked np a clod to throw at him, Just a lump of earth that was jyin' handy. Woil. It just wont to oho side o I^ng Gus, and no sortor reaohed out his hand to catch it an' it all broke in. pieces loajju some In his hand. Iemooted lX d throw it baofcat me; but he dldn t^He Jus thonged it over in his hand careless like, and then said we'd had enough loolin'. So we walked on again. Next mornln* Gus didn't say a word to me, but he Just went off with his ..outfit to theplaoe whoro I'd thrown that clod at him, an' took $250 out tho first dar. An' I don't know how many thousands ho took out boforo he'd dono wlth that claim. As the clod broke in his hand it laid b?ro a small .nugget, maybe,as largo as a poar?he showod it to mo afterward?an' ho said It startled him so he very nigh oalled out an gave hlsself away, as itobody supposed there was any gold left just there. It was all thought to be worked out but tho darnedTools had gone right by tho riohest part of It f wish Jie had oallod out I know, but you bet I never felt more like kicking myself into,,the rivor'n I did then.. Wny, if Id only turned the oussed thing over, or broken it in two?it was % sight too largo to throw at onoe, as I thought, when I threw it bnt " ?! ' ? 4'But there was another time when I felt liko hurting myself, too?hurting myself right bad?and so did all the othor boys,* a oan tell you. There were some two hundred of us in It "Ir- An we wore aU fools. It was one Fourth of July; down to Mokelumne, an' we wanted to dv su'thin' to celebrate, w*' we wore'pretty badly fixed '<* Wjat to do. Well, after rakin' round ? bit we settled on an old tyoe?one o tlioso sugar pines. Tho gold, ye know, used to lie all along the bottom of tho oulohee?or so we usod to'think?and nobody ever thought of going up tho hillside to look for It but Just kep' on working blong the gulches. An -this sugar plhe was some three hundred feet up the bllblde, right away from whew tho gold was. It was a fine tree, as straight as whisky for 100 foot or more without a bough jor a leaf on it and then tho boughs began all of a sudden. It stood out there all by itsolf like, an' we settled we'd ttow.it up. So we gets a twenty-five pound kog o' blastln' powder !?) and haulod it up tho hill, an' set to;Work to dig a hole under thetreo. Wo got as far under as w^ could for the tap-root and then stowr tho keg ttftfty, an' Jdst hoaved roo and onrth- onto it and beat It dowi hard; lit the fuse an^ sorfttnbled ^HBS|S fast as we oould. Well, .you it wo scattered lookout fqi went all' i didn't blow tt ? a cent It jott fttqod thero as If noth ing had happened, 'oept that the trunk was split open som* tyrot^iy feot or so. HoweW, we ill chared and hollered, an* felt we'd, done suthln' to oolebrate, and then we wont Wok and 'rahed around the oamp. ??That as l*vo said, Was on tho 4th of July. Along to tho end of Septem ber, It might be, it rained?rained quito a sight that year. too. Well* never WMbod ont a dollar. UonSstly in bis life?ohanood to oomo ovo? that hUl on his way to' bamp, an l>?"cd right j by thls/ero plntf wo. trlod to blow op. tfono of d? Wad never boon up to the durned tree agnlu, but, s olp me jaaksjifi powdor'd 'ktoked up. nn' this Cellar Harris Just pioked up *00 us ho stood theret that proved one of tho riohest I loads In the wholo Mokelumne, an'( here had wo boon washing aW<y in tfulches an* Bayln' as thoro warn't no fold ^p tho hillside. Wn't there! Chls foller Harris got rloli out o that 008 ' " """" rest ftr $I. ? know. "But I tell you ?------- , of us 900 m wouldn't havo token It kindly. fihWme one 'ad kicked Mm well When we first heard o' what we 4 dono."?N> 7. tribune. WKM , i? iim^i > [v Fatm notea: fteafc and freedom from ahnoyanoo Are OMontial toanimalatha* ?re bolng fattened lor' market. tfar mor? ihottnt" nevor aHndo tto family earea whllo feeding the pig*. Nice froth egg* to bo offered in next Win ter's market., ought to be limed now. The word "fresh" written in load pen*'! oil on tho iholi wHl Mftdlly diatingulafcl them from the pretiotia romoA's. A bookkeeper aav? that, by feeding nitrow l genons food, the qneen oan bo fadnoed to lay *t *?y time. If tliore is any kind Of food that will indueo quioaeenoo In the bualneaa mem bora of the hire, we ahall be glad to publish it ;.A ?? 1 mi 1 i? i?i t, I A gontleman vialtod the house of Henry Ward Beoeher and waa aurjpflaed M the araell of tobtooo atnbko in the lbrary. Turniig to M* lloooher he libAil lvl?. U L- ? ? Mm.. aaked him if he amoked^vThe reply waei "No, but my aona do. ?| oannot ?eat to mo by my father. ? ' > . . ' ' ' ' '? ? ' ' ' v";: V , ' ' ? ' <? ' ' V I"' ? < AlJlnSj The Society NovcL J Darius the liast few years the ??A new society novel, by r?-SM oot with enh>glstIoadjectlvea of va: degrees of Intensify, has appeared with remarkable frequency in the advertise* monts of book publlshors, until. ali the conclusion is forced upon one . this style of fiction almost monOpol the talents of our story-writers. f.e? haps, however, ??story-writers" does not accurately doscrlbo those who load the shelves of circulating libraries with this sort of reading matter. For, as a goneral rule, the books whioh the American school of novelists prodtfoes oannot be olassed as stories. They are rather photographs of different 6bases of social lift. Of plot thero is ttle or none. The writer does not exert himself in the loast to oreato an oloment of suspense as to the probable fate of his horo or heroine. He ignores incidents as muoh as possible. His characters seldom do anything that has any bearing oh the development of tho sketch. The catastrophe,- such a^f it is, excites only' lanqold interest, unlets the. author, impelled by a desire to appear "original," discards the good old method of bringing his young men and maidens safely out of thoir troubles, and, instead,.gives us a conclusion that is odd, disappointing, irritating. Tho plea that is urgod in dofonso of the society novel ana the soolal' study is that the age is one of introspection, that the critical spirit is abroad and that the analysis of oharaotor is the truo reflootlou of that spirit, that, men are more oonoorned with motives than with deeds, and that tho world has outgrown thenovol of incident, adven ture, action. And what a change lias been brought about! Instead oflisten ing (with how much pleasure I)' to the songs and jokes that, with pipes apd brandy-and-wator mako the night merry in the Gave of Harmony, we sip' our onampagno and talk philosophy or | stocks at Dolmonloo's. Dora's tribula tions are6ld?fashloned; wearo interest ed now In Miss Bosebud's flirtation at Nowport Who cares whether or not Bols-Gullbert's .advancos aro rolected by -BebecoaP Qur horo of to-day is not a brute. Listen to-him as ho urges his suit Is he not refined, as beffts the temper of tho timosP And is not Jacob Harvard^ playing tennis or load ing a german, a~muoh"moro agreeable book-oompanion than Pendonnls, mak- J ing love to Fanny Bolton at. VauxhallP Alas, that wo should havo failed upon evil d*y* when Olevorness, refinement, over-elaboration and oyniolsm take the plaoe of the strong, simple, direct, dramatic qualities that willkeop the notels of Scott, Thackeray and DjelfthZ alive scores ol years after the soolal studies of tho present day aro burlod in oblivion. The allurements that this field of fioton offer to tho olovor writer of a* metaphysical or dosorlptive tarn of mind aro many and well nigh irresisti ble. But if the soolety novollsts in oroase in numbers in the next ton years as they have in the last deoade, thoy may eoho tho cry of the shrewd but Illiterate Hebrew who, commenting the other day of tho depression in the dry* goods trade, suihmarifced the Situa tion with the words: "The produo tionists product too muoh, the oon sumptlonlsts don't take it, and finanolal matters is in a bad way." Too muoh of this style of fiotion will Inevitably bring about a reaction in favor of something moro nearly akin to the novels of the old sohooL Yet there will always exist a demand for tho well-written sooiety novel that shall be a faithful reflex of life in oiroles from whioh the groat bulk of the pooplo aro exoludod. For the oountry girl who longs CVorv Summer to go to Newport to see for her- self the polo matches, the lawn parties, the drags and what not?the things, in a wor d, that engage tho attention of *'sooiety," .as she understands it?a novel describing these affairs of moment has to servo as a substitute. And the prevalence of this curiosity to know how those who are 'fa sooiety" look, talk, dress and behave is recognised by Our younger writers, the more aoonrate they are In detail the more valuble thoy are sup* posed to bo. But what is their real worthP How Aro they to sttfad' the test of tlmeP Will'thoy be found side by side with Popys' Diary two hundred years hettoe, Mid will they be roforrod to as of the tiighost valuo of their plotures of mon und manners as they existetfMlt^mw the Civil WarP We oan, see the historian, antiquary or oritlo of the [utoro as ho stumbles upon a dozen or 10 -of those American sooiety novel* fcn^pmros ongorly ovor tho mildewed. _ ? uggles with tho i tho lands by ?o#nhablt it* Bonoftth a sign, over tho (foot of Otto of tty busiest establishments in LeW|s ton, a roonss In tho wall has formed ono of the snurtrest retreats for a bird 6r beast Imaginable. As winter storms ba^t down tho reoess 1ft the wall has been seoure In Its protection. Tho rains trouble not Its quiet, and the sun oan look In lik sprlfcgtlme. A soore or mote of nests of birds have beon bt?llt there. ^ orogeny of English sparrows has, nf tor Tinoounted struggles wl ~ original dwellors, WOrt 4 " right of conquest, and ?m^. ,ho:teiS tho windows oz an oflloe< Uno sits by the open windows and sees all the doitigs of tho entire family of birds. Their battle, of oohquest was lately fotighb ^'Hastings bloody field was partially re-onooted. It wits about 10 o'oloek. A sparrow or two were loaf IIng around tho house, when a dozen or more intruders sottled down on the Iron rods of the awnings and sign*, and began to make trouble. They woro running things when ro-enforco monli of the home birds began to arrivs. The aggressive, tbtok-beaded English sparrows plmn<%hls f fMg ancl all the sickening details of lowed. Tbo uproar called the tori/to tho window.S Tho h fought off the Intruders. >'1 down In Inereasod numbers, invaders fiod. Two Mrds In tho thlok est of the fight flew up and down, and up and down agalm A gentleman on the walk below holS out his hands, au'l the birds sottled In his outstrotohed palmsafid fought still. After the In truders had beon rontod there were ex* presstons of Joy. In tho nest Tho En glish sparrow Is nothing I' not a fltfht er.?lAwittown Journal. ?1 r ? , i..? mm * *?? r 'H. I A Brooklyn man who hit whoat for a few thousand dollars last week, rushod around and routed a brown-stono front, and then sought tbo servloes of ? fur niture motor. "I'll take it by the Job and do the fair thing btf you," repllot tho moreT.v. -Well, how fair?" *T1 say fifty dollars for the twa" "Wha two*0 "Why *1*6 moving this wook into tho brown stone, and the moving Sray^gsia& % ^fcb the two motes together la th* of * grain *poouiator(w*0^? wn%dBws&una^i.iA^, y ntm 1? Litfr Growing linger? be told that under proper condi we ought to lhre one hundred and that tho discouraging doc ie,of the influence of'he irtehing life is oMy true in it iutoros " mi -? suraucot.bat x&uoh may bo .yet to prolong our llroik, Awe Wfunlogons topios were given in # rccont Icoture by Dr. John lost^r, of Bradford, England, read at tbe Febru ary mooting of the Medloo-ChlrugiOsl society: 4,Tbo late Dr. Farr in hi? do aeripuon of the jmaroh through llfo of a million ohildren, has given the follow tov Ur0t yodP| oJ|VvU in tno sccond yoftfj *^.000 in the tbifd year, and less tban XX) in tho thirteenth yoar. At the of sUfty yoars 870,000 will still be living; fjjgfag inning of olghty years, 90, O'hty-flvo yoara 88,000}atnlno-i ? lio years, 2,100. ;At'tho boginning of 100 yoars thoro will bo 228, and at 108 years 1. Tho mean lifotime of both soxes in England was calculated yoars, 1860, tho moan ago at death was 48.66 (females 46.8), boing a gain of nearly 2} year*. This within twenty yoars, notwithstanding an -inoroasod birth ra$, density of population, and tho un sanitary oonditlon of towns suddenly grown large, more tban 2J yoarst h*vo boen added to tho lifo of ovory inhabit* WI"The'Spectator asksY ?'frliat is the kind of |ifo which jg increasing? Ayo wo young longor, or mature longer* or old4ongorP Do wo livo longor, or aro wo only a littlo slower in dying?' I am bound to admit that somo of the gain in early life is lost in middle1 life; that while tbo expootatlon of lifo at birth is 25 or more, the expectation' from 86 to I 60 it a fraction loss. But notwithstand ing1,lhf< slight increase of mortality at 85 and upward, a large portion of tho additional survivors Jive on tpthehigh* er ftjjew. Of 1,000 bofyo, the additional numlber of survivors U 86 at tbo age of 46, 26 at 65, 9 at, 05, 8S atv 75,land 1 at 85. ; Tho .inprpaso is .muoh greater among females. ' By fir the groater troportion of tho inorerisod duration of umAn life ih England is lived be^weon 20 aad 80." It is interesting to as certain what is tho natural limit of ex istence. / Dr. Farr says the natural life time of a man is a century. Thati is aL- * no tho body will livo under the favorablo oohdUioms. Another intoros'ting quostion is: "When Id? ago oommenceP" DP. Farr. 1 life as follows; Boyhood, 10 to 15.yo^rs; youth 15 to 26; manhood, 26 to 061 maturity, 65 to 76; ripeness, 76 to 85,i and old ngo 85 and upward. In faking tho period of 65 to 75, and > still following tho fortunos of tho mill ion ohildren born, we And that 809,029 enter this ago and 161,124 leave it . alivo. j/Dlsoases of the brain, lungs and ' heart bre tho moatoommon; 81,400 diod of old ago. The numbor that enter tho next doconnial?75 to 86?aro 161,124, and Oft numbor that leavos ft. alivo 88,665- About 122,600 die ohiefly of lung, hoart, brain and othor local dis eases. Nearly 60,000 die'of atrophy, debility, and old age. Some wrltor says he has m6t few or no oases of death from old age, everybody dying of somo rooognizod disoaao. It is true that symptoms of disoaso are obsoured in old age, many oases of pneumonia and other inflammations escaping rec ognition. But it is also true that many doaths attributed to disoaso are mainly duo to old ago; alight injuries, cold, heat, want> or attaoks which in early years would have been shaken off. Of the million with which wo started, 2,185 lito to tho age. of 95?228 to 100. Finally, at tho ago of 108, ono solitary life dies,?New York Bun. ' vA. :?-<! ' LJ.--11 !-i ?< 1,1. .A Remarkable Storjr. An Inoiclont dlrootly connootod with the lute rebellion hM just oomo to light horo, says n, Dayton apodal to the Cleveland leader. Twenty yoars ago, when Judah P. Benjamin, impovorinh-* od by tho war, was about leaving tho then conquered i-obol Btntos to seek a home in England, a wealthy personal friend named Reynolds, living in? Mis sissippi, loaned him $200,000 without security and without taking a scratch of a pen* The aot was prompted sole ly b/ sympathy for his noody. ffieqd, Mr. Reynolds knowing that if Mr. Ben Jamb ever became. abfc ho would re pay the loan, and if not the money would afford ? tho relief he desired to givohtm.' For fifteen years past Mr. Reynolds has been a resident of Huffman Hill, ono of the most beautiful suburbs of Dayton, and ts One of the wealthiest men in this vicinity, and rfr6Ufcbiy has more ready money at his command than any othor person here. He is en gagod In banking' nrnl is largely inter ested in insurant uompanios and othor oxtenllve enterprises in this and othof cities. >-!lt is. net known qortainlft whother Mr.' BonjAmin ever repaid Mtfr, Roynolds'tho dobt, but it t* Altogether probable, as tho .money ' had onftbled him to at Onoe establish himself in Lon don, as * result of which ho seeured a busihess from whloh, la the late yonrn of his life, ho roooived an income of $900,000 per annum.It Is Equally oer tain, however, that Mr. Reynolds nevor broaohod the subjoot to him or ever gavo much thought to tho matter, oth er than tho satisfaction ol having boon able to holp his frlond In the hour of distreis. This inoident has novor bo foro boon told to the world, but there is little doubt of Its truth. A Florae Buttle tfo* lilft), On laqfc JfrldMr a combat betweon a ten-foot man-cator shark and a seven foot alligator was witnessed at East pass, near Pilot oove. Whon his shark ship Spio?l tho alligator he wottfnkr hlm at a lively rate, oloavlrig the wator with inoredlble rapidity. Tho alligator stood his ground, and waited theon slanght with blinking oyes and open mouth. Soolng his antagonist prepared for him tho wily shark made only 4 Rooming attempt at attack, and rushed bv his 'gatorship with inorettd veldoltv. Whon a fow feet only ihtorvoned the ihark. by a turn kfcown only to the flsb, wheolod with lightning rapidity and pounced upon, his enemy; Qulok as tho movomnntwas It did notatfocood. As tho saurian and tho fish oamo togother thoro was a terrible ohurnlhg of tho phosphorescent Waters for 2 mometil?*nd then tho shark darted off a fow foot, turned onoe more qufokly upon its stomaoh and his ponderous, ' Jaws closed upon the saurian'* middles Thore'thon was a crushing of holies and flesh for a second, tho water was dypd with the salitlan's life-blood* and then one-half of the dofoated fos was seen to disappear down the oavornous throat of tho shark.--Appalachktla Tribune. & ? ?;. * ' " ,? >,. \ S :yp,:?}>'? -H eimpeiy Womee. 4 " " . A stay maker, asked by ft reporter It he ovor thought of studying women's figure* with respoct to their nationali ties, delivered himself of the following! "Yob the study Is en interesting one* English womon, when they, are young, have the noblost figure, ho far as I havo k observed," said the manufacturor, after a pause, "hut thoy get corpulent and dowager-llko after., marriage, much Mooner than American women, after which they may be said to have no fljrtu0 at all. Kngllsh womon, as a rule, aro less aihamed of their figures, when stout, than most othor fashion ables, and seldom resort to tight lao ing. Mrs, Langtry is a superbly shaped woman, say what thoy will, and is a flno specimen of English women in general, though I believe she is only half English, after all. Among fash ionables the Frenoh ladies are apt to spare the sorawniuess, but they have a natural talent for. making up and conooallng their defeots that It Is hard to judge of them. Thero aro somo pret ty figures among the Cuban and other West Indian womo^, but thoy aro short, age rapidly, 1 and soon grow dumpy 1 yet such as have boon Frenoh maids manago to make up woll. Bo- 1 flnod German and Irish laaios have fine figures on> an avoroge. So do tho Italian ladies. The few Holland and Bolgium ladles I have soon, are rotund an<Tessentially built. Tho bust slmpccl woman, In overy rospeot, who oomos into this store, is a Hungarian, wife of a musician in one of our theater ? or chestras. Her waist, bust, and shoul der* are, llko sculpture. Sho Is tall, < willowy,'and statuesque, and hor walk itf the molody of motion. Sho doosn't walk at all, In the ordinary sense, but floats over the ground. Her natural waist measure Is twenty-eight, and sho does not lace down an inon .below It HowoVor, .English figures avorago > bOSt." , ' >: "You have not said anything about tho Amorioan ladies," said tho re porter. , ? "I reserved them for the last, for, aa a nationality, thero Is most to bo said i against them. Amorioan fashionable w&non. though inclined to fragility, a* a rulo, havo naturally oxoellent figures, but there aro no other women who so persistently doform and destroy what naturo has givon thorn, through tight lacing and gonoral slavish Obediono to tho abshrdost freak of fashion. Amori oan womod are tho most unoonsolon ablo laoors in the world. But, every thing said and soon, the British fern inino figures are the bost models.'' li ,/ Marrlagoof a roc toss. j. Tho marriage of Miss Ella Whoeler has given tho witling* somothingpto write about, andf we may expeot to boo agood deal of ooarse humor printed about an ovont whioh it seems to us should bo treated with that delloaoy with which respootablo people are in a habit of disoussing affairs to whioh a lady is a party. I'ho fact that Miss (Wheeler is tho author of considorablo lurid pootry affords no excuse for the .Indecent rldiculo to which shohas boon subjeo^od, and which has brokon out 'ftfrosh ainoc.tho announcement of her mnrrJago to Mr. Wilcox! a vory ustima blo young gontloman from New Eu glaud. It it, quitp likely that somo who avo basoly misoonstruod tho senti mont of Miss Wheolor's verso imagino that she id devoid of that refinement* rfu rlty and delloaoy of feeling whioh oon sUtuto tho highost beauty of intellectual womanhood rtheso persons are grievous* ly at fault* Nono but a woman of tho so verost purity and dollcacy of feeling could write such pooms as Miss Wheol or has givon us; nono olso would daro to^dO BO. Wo rogrot tho rudo josts whioh aro omittod at this gontlo lady's exponso, but wo fool that sho is too fnr above thorn to bo postorod by their f tings or ,to suffer thoir ovil odors to in terrupt the flow of her vivid but grace ful muse.?Chicago News. Borgh's Sympathy fbr tho Mnlo. Mark Twain tolls this story of Mr. Borgh: A Indy was tnlklng with Mr. Borgh ono day and chanced to apeak of amend ol hors who had lately beon travollng out west In orossing tho frontier it boonmo' neoossary that tho father, mother, nml throo chlldron should cross a somewhat swollen ford. Tnelr only beast of burden was a mule. ! So the fathor placed two of the chil dren on its b*ok, then plunged in and led tho boast with him. It swam obedi ently behind him, and all reaohod tho Other shoro in safety At tho man's bidding tho Intelligent muTe roturnod U> whoro tho mother atd child wore waiting to oroSs. Tho mother, fearing to put too heavy a burden on the aE rtady tlrod animal, put only tho child tipOu it# baok, bado him hold fast, And. With a praytir, led tho anlftal to. the .Water's edge. Tney plunged In, swam bravoly for a time, and then wore ravoly for a time, and the* woro soen > sttngglo And go down. "Ob, think, Mr. Bergb," said the ex ited and pitying lady, "Just think what must; have been tho foolings of that mother as sho saw her, darling child lost in tho depths of that blaok WateeF"-v... . > .>>? ' "True; oh, too true," sighed Mr. Bergb. "But did you ever think my, dear lady,.what mult havd been tho fOolingA of tho muloP"-?-Boston Letter. 'ill. / Saranel Shin Removed from Oflloe* "00 man who minds his own bfaness has got all do work dat should be out out for one pusson.- Do mate whoso Angora l(oh to piok up artlolo* ho hasn't paid for will soonor oP later make m mistake and burn his finger* It am nuflin to mo who gets drunk nor who koops sober, 10 long as noither one damages mo. I doan' koor a straw'JA know now do nolghbor on my leff libe widout work or position, ah* Item none Of my biftness how do one ott my right spends de $10 ho elms eaoh week. ,?*'i "GonVlon, 8anm?T Shin was Jplntod Janitor of dls hall undor de impreshhn dat ho was striotly honest.*,- It has bin ooholusively proved dat he am an em* bofcaler. Had ho takon all our money it would have bin in order to oall him sharpen, keen an* be satisfied to git half of It baok au' let nlm go frtd. Aft owns a mule. Jlnfo? lavin' dig blaoo lo-nlght l.o must gin ne ft bill of sale of do animal. Wo must htlvn a ohattle mortgage on his oook stove. If ho hae arfy wages due htm Wo^murt sorvo ? The Moon Inhabited. A% the astronomical observatory oI Berlin, says a translation from Nya Preston Htlringfor, a discovory baa lately beon made, which, without doubt, win oause tho groaUst gousatioa not only among the adopts In sclonco, but oven among tho moat Warned. Professor Blendmann, in that city, has fooi^d,. .beyond a doubt, that oar old friend, tho moon. Is not a mero lantern which kindly furnlshs light for the tar ing youth and gas companies of our planet, but the abode of living, intelll Snt beings, for which ho is preparod furnish proofs most convincing. " This question has agitated humanity from timo immemorial, and has boon tho obioct of tho groatest iutorost. But the opinions havo always difforod vory widoly, and no two minds hold ono and tho same. Already in anciont timos tho boliof provailod that tho moon was inhabited with Bomo higher or ganized, intelligent boings, somewhat resembling man, and in order to com< munioato with thom tho oarthly enthu siasts plantod rows of treos several milos in longth so as to form tho figuro of tho Pythagorean theorem. Tho oole* brated astronomer Schroder, in the be ginning of the present century, faneiod tnat ho could dotect places oy tho sur face of tbo moon which periodically grew lighter aud darkor, and from this fact ho derived the conclusion that tho phenomenon was a proof of oxisting vogotation. During tho last fow do oados, howover, the idea of life on the moon has beon hold up to ridiculo, and totally soornod by men of learning. But, novertholoss, it has now boon provod to bo corroct. By acoldont Dr. Blondmann found thaftho observations of tho moon gavo but vory unsatisfactory rosults, owing to tho intensity of tho light powor of tho moon's atmosphoro, which is that strong that it afleots tho correctnoss of the observations in a vory high dogroo. Ho then ooncolvcd the idoa to make tho object-glass of tho rofraotor less sensitive to tho rays of light, and for that purpose he darkened It with the ?moko of oamplior. It took months of experimenting boforo he succoodod in finding his right dogroo of obscurity of ,tho glass, and whon finally found ho then with tho rofraotor took a very ao< curate photo of tho moon's surfaoe. iThis he plaoed in a sun mloroscopo, iwhloh gavo tho ploture a diamoter of 66$ foot. Tho rovolation was most startling.. It porfootlv overturned all hithorto entortainod idoasof tho moon's surfaoo. Those level plains which for morly woro hold to bo ocoans of watdr proved to bo vordant fields, and what formerly was oonBidored mountains turned out as doserts >of sand and ooeans of water, Towns and habita tions of all kluds wero plainly discorn ablo, as well as sigus of industry and trafllo. Tho loarned professor's study and observations of old Luna will bio repoatod ovory full moon whon tho sky is cloar, and-wo venture to'prodiot that the timo is not far olF whon wo shall know more about the man in tho moon than as boing an agent in English politics. Working-Girls In Gotham. Tho opening of what Is cnllod the Easter season lias given groot activity to the retail trado, suyi a New York letter, and thoro has boon an increasod domand for1" clorks. Many young women from tho country lmvo oome hithor seeking this kind of employ ment. This is to bu regretted, as thoro aro alway rnoro of thi* cIhss horo than tho domand rcquirus. To bo more ox-' plioit, I would suy that young womon aro generally paid one-',i.ird less than mon for tho same Airvicv. A good saleswoman can oavn $G a wuok, and In some instances if 10. There aro a fow who, boing .very export, recoivo $12, but suoh instanoos are rare. A first olass oashior in a largo establishment is somotlmos paid $16, but this roquiros groat ability and oxporlonco, and, per haps, soourlty. Thoro aro many wo men book-keopors who, aftor long practloe, earn from $8 to $10 a wook, out suoh situations. aro not ^asily ob tained. A fow of this olnss oarn $12, and thoro is ono caso montlonod whoro n woman of extraordinary ability has $20 a wook, but if a man porformod these very dntios ho would have one third moro. An inquiry m^de at the Christian association brought tno roply that $16 per week is tho highost pay any woman can hopo for, oithor as toaohor or book-keeper. The best pay is earned by a few oxpdtlonood book keepers, who are in the servlOo of tho rioh families and recoivo $1,000 a year with board. . Somo artlfiolal flowor makers earn $18porw?ekatthls season ot tho year, but there are hundreds of weU-tralned women who would bo glad to ewfn from $8 to $10 per weok, while there are thousands whoso earning are fronl $8 to $0. The holiday activity, of course, helps this class, but there are so many ready for an opening that there Is no encouragement for country folks. Speaking of womon it may bo said thai Iff# York has more than its sharo ot working-girls. This rosults from the vast number of poor people living here, the number being estimated At a half million. All tho daughters of this por tion of the community must oarn their living, and in many instances poverty Is aggravated by Intemperanoc. Tho appearanoo of those Worklng-glrll Is to*j distressing. I see groups of thom going in the morning to tholr places of employment clad In that homely rai ment whlqh indicates nood?and yet an occasional flower will show a little taste. Their oountenanftft* are uncul tivated and genoiWly have a ooarse ex pression, wliteh one does not find even in the poorest parts of the o6untry: Thpre wo see simplicity, but hbro is degradation. These poor oroatures toll patlontly wherever they may And employment, hardly making a bare liv ing, And often going at last to the low-' est haunts of vloe. It Is a sad sight but must always characterise a great ?,? ; ^?? ? Mr. Oharles O'Conor had a habit at Want * " aiai ids thrust in po,olet5T anil his hat dov^n on the brnk of nls head, ought! walks a visitor to i place ohanood to wsndcf down the wharf, and was dtaWn' Into conversa tion by the oelebratOd lawyer. Mr. f>*Conor spoke W his sttaohmnnt to the Island Ott account of tho wonderful tohio eff#)t of the alt upon him i?nd his decision to mske the piano his homo. During the conversation the suggestion was made that It vlras strange ho was Hot lonoly In so qf?l*ta plies after suoh a bosy life ft m Slty. Mr. O'Conor Y replied) "I do not despise so but I eould be happy on the oMyn^Fernsndeg?even wlth a' City contains more thin (*bqV? 80 Mi high. J 3J35RIP? 13a't s' & . AjfTyM' uJW* WIT AND HUMOR. a* im iu.. . Ob, what la tho tm TTjgTIUiii UujiL And wby Oo moix act as If theft's a rout? do moi As If every broker's a aklDoer? ST.SWeKSSt,0.'? ? , With a sieve ] Always laugh at vour own iok?F*kjfF ~. you want anything dono well, do it yourself. < i ? *^-|???dod girl# aro not from the' w??t, but thoy all havo a oolor roddy style about tliom. > ??r r?Ra.0U vhy dhere m so many big tools in dor world, vas booause oforybody dluks ho vas a Solomon. , # K?ntor yrit08? asking tho ronowal "ayf' "Wo *** lo ? horrl tto dS'?'" * ,Iok 011,1 lo Livos of grdat mon all romind ub that wo havo got to v/atah out vory caroful ly if wo oxpoot to loavo any rospoct-. ablo foot-prints. ? Novor trust with a soorot a marrlod man who loves his wifo, for ho will toll hor, and she will toll hor sistor, and hor sistor will tell ovoryhody. "Did Mr. Yoast over striko you as bo ing a man of groat forooP" said a com panion to young Crlmsonbcak, tho othor day at tho club. A municipal candidate whoso prin cipal supporters?ftto^?tavorn-koopors and shoomakors, proudly alludos to thorn as members of tho bar and bonoh. A suburban correspondent writos to inqulro tho host mothod of raising, calvos. It ovidontly novor occurred to him to ask his mothor.-r-I'bHjfcers States man. "Just go ovor that sohomo again," said tho bank cashier to a spooulator, adding: "Never mind that old codgor who has iust come in. Ho's only a director.1f Tho following quostion is to bo wrostlod with by a country dobating sooioty at its next session: If tho Mor mon who bas oight wivos burlos one of them^ how muoh of a widowor doos ho boQomo, if anyP "So you say your husband lovosyou, MaryP " "Oh, ho dotos wildly upon mo.' "Indood; but ho'll soon got ovor that." "What makos you think soP" "Uocauso mon gonorally soon got ovor sowing thoir wild dotos." "Wo oannot," writos a shrowd con tompory, "impress too strongly upon all corrospondonts, when in doubt wbothor.tho postago of a lottor is a ponny or twoponco, tho forco of tho old provorb, Two hoads aro bettor than one.' " Conversation .botwoon a Yalo sonlor ^ and an Oborlin senior: Y. S.: "Do you play with tops at OborlinP" O. S.; "No." Y. S.: "MarblosP" O. S.: "No." Y. S.: "What do you play?'*. O. S.: "Copouhagon." Husband (airily, thoy had just ro turnod from thoir wodding trip)rr-??If I'm not homo froni tho olub by?ah >0, love, you won't wait?** Wifo (quiotlv)?"No, doar"?(but with ap palling llrmnoss?"I'll como for youF' Ho was bauk at 9:45 sharp. If a man is gottlng shavod in a bar bor-shop, and a fly alights on his noso.l and he givos ills head a twitoh to ro- ? movo a fly, during whioh the barber ro-' movos a slico of tno man's oar, who is to biamo?tho man, or tho barbor, or tho'fly, or tho oar, or tho jrazorP A lady reader writes to say that sho' has boon losing hor hair recently, and wants to know what she shall do to $ provont it Either koop your bureau drawor lockod, or elso dlsohargo tho hirod girl and got anothor of a com ploxion difl'eront from yours. Iu Now York a woman is paid six conts for making a shift, and the pors sj)oak of it as au outrage.: noro in Vormont a woman' not loosn't-gut a cent for makip but thinks horsolf mighty hi husband doesn't swear lisc tlio way it Jit*. >&: Tho organ of tho rlod to flnd out wl spend six woeki hor dress that dpi ever got a glimp about tho nolghbo wrappor without ,, othor button b^ni Leaving homo ' ofllco, wo kissod old good-bv, savin boy to-day!" Ho us by saylugi 4,J, papa." Suro ono\ nood the oxhortatl As thoy woro school a 6-yuur-old her companion, A 1 "Wero yoy ovor nfl. tlguity of ii rodontP' horepllod; "I foar no tion of tho oroaturo hounds go out, a sorffennt-at-law asked Chlof-Justice X whether thore would be any harm If . thoy were allowed to do so with a plooe of crape rtnnd thtlr neoks. "I oan hardly think, -said the Ghiof-Jnstlco, "th*t a pieoo of ' nooessary; It will surely suflloo are in full ory." ? ? Little Fioronco 0 fathor to tako her 1 mother, who lived i To get rid of h*r it "It costs $10 overy grandma, Floren on oynry bush.W , , ||?,||, , "sfeirk, ?.' ginning "I li:ivo found out Sprinjrs se cret." Now wo know that tfST H." doos writo most boatWful things, And wo always did and do admiro her po6- ^ try, but we havon't read, past tho first lino oMftils poora. It begin* too muoh liko an advertisement \>f & new \ blood*i Rdriller. Wcfve been fooled too many mos on that sort of thing.?^Stirling* ton Hatoktye. ??George, donr," said a swoet young wife to hor husband, "I've had it talk with the servants this mofnlng, and have agrood (o raise their wages. They said everything was Jo dear now root wM high, and the price of moat iM butter nwl. risen to su everything?1 though!. able, booausu I'vo so o<?*jh complain of (lie same thin#.' ^ I I ?'(UK ???? A Ohaptor on I*g?. , ^ v Ctomr had short legs. Nixpoloon was lx)w-lOff?od. . , Lord Palmorstonhattoarloatoro lo^B nn.l SO (lid Alexander Popt fni humpbaeknd nndhfcd aorln?lo>slopes ?o did CovfUfl^i ^j Plutaroh tolm ,thal^lexaml?tfrT<>ft Ug WM badly out of lfamb.MUn*\)fh\ had notoriously M# hpdfc, and wan knook-kneod. . I Cicero was vary splndls-shankml, and i)emosjhones Is said to have had a i m M