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?::fw VOL. XII. CAMDEN, 8. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1885. NO. :34. Win*. fiolct?. You n?k roc why my eyes are filled with tear*. Wheno'er I meet tho violets of tho Spring? You can not tell hut thoughts bjgono years Those simple (lowers havo n?ver failed to bring. I had a brother ?"??* ? hi* gravo I* preon. And Ion-/ ugo w?j curved tho hendstono's date; Out fresh hU tueinoi v ?? i 1?I havo not seon One like him, sinoj ho left nie desolate. For we wore twl ? and bound by tlos so strong. It seemed that net- ?cr eou'.d exist apart; Yet ho wus taken ?Ah! what memories throng E'en to this day, r i my boronvod heart. He fndod from tis hi tho Winter time, >vht?n nil t'\o warmth from his rays do purls. Sometimes nt f.ifer a more genial clime Might ht.vo r?. stored him to our unxious hearts. My mother prayed him toll her was there Htiirht That rol(l could purchase. or that love could W'i xeslrod; so tenderly sho sought crln^; buck t tulles upon tho hoi.ow check. '* *ro there no vlo'etJ yet?" ho answered low. We sent out im-sscngcrs tho country round: ,ii villii. In vain, t.io. hills wore deep with Know, And cruel fr< ft lay cu tho level ground. ?"Will not the violets coino beforo tho Spring?" How plaintive enmo tho question?day by day: Nooo could bo found; It only served to wrlncr Our loving hearts to answor always "Nay." At last ono day he 'woke revived from sleep Andsmiling thanked us forlhem; but wo ?old It wns a dieam, for still tho snow lay deep. Not o'en a snowdrop dived to lift Its hoad. \ 71* he averred their perfurao tilled tho air! ? "How could ho doubt It??suro tho flowers were nlKh!" Alnsl we knew no violets oould bo there? Yet ?coined ttaoy pro.out to his fervid eye. 8o spake he, till ha slept?ho 'woko no more; 8woet lirother, wns It worthy of regrets. That the next morn, from distant parts they bore To our Bttd homo, tho longed-for vlolots? Was he by fancy hnpplly docolved? Or were his dying senses rarefied. And actual knowledge blissfully achlevod, Tustlng tho fragranco as bo softly died? I wept whllo bending o'er his oofflnod rest. Hushing my anguish for a lost enress; I strew'd tho violets on his pallid breast Perhaps still conscious or their lovellnoss. CONGRESS. Pen I'totarrs of the Houso In BmiIud Tlio Kttq?rk'te of tits Amorlcnn The national houso of representa tives! How fow people in tho Unitod ;Statos hnvo soon it, writes a corre spondent to the Cloveland Leader, and how different is tholr idea of it from tho ueality. It is now 3 o'ciook in tho aftor moon. Tho houso is in tlio midst of iits daily session, and a din liko that of a. boiler-factory surrounds mo as I sit In the press gallery and writo as nonrly as I emi u photograph of tho scones bo foro m?, Itan 1 i.monso room, this houso chamber, Jt Is tho largest losr .islatlvo hall ia nrpfld. Its floor cover* fiaarly. ono-flfth of aero, and its hoight from floor to roof is thirty-six feet. It Jooks tho smaller for tho hundreds that aro in it. It is composed of a great oootral pit About liftoon feet deop, with deep gal Jprles rising from its top and going up. ward by five graduated Hoes of bonohos mm? ? green paper of tho outer wall. Those gallerios will soat 2,600 people, and tho seats within them look down upon tho boar garden of tho arona In the same way as doos thoso from which tho spectators watch a Spanish bull-fight. Tho walls of this pit aro paneled in pink nnd volvoty flowered buff, and around onch panel is'a gilt frame flno onougli to blind a Raplmol or a Van dyck. In two of thoso panels aro pict tures of hlstorlo scenes by Bicrstadt, ? and on oilhor sido of tho epoakor's .desk aro pictures of Washington by Vanderlyn and of Lafayotto by Ary ?.?Schofltir. in this wall, oponingijut of tho oon sgussslonal pit, aro aroliod door-holos -.all ornamented with carving and gold. , Somo of thoso load to cloak roomi, kothors to tho barbor shops of tho eapl itol, one to tho houso library, and six ?to tho outsido corridors, whoro the Jobbvists and othor bores hnvo to wait inntll tholr friends como out to boo tthOm. SitUng In tho press gallery von oan look Into the oloak rooms and barbor ?hops. .Judgo Keaganrof Texas, is in the harbor"'#<ehair at this momont, and bi? awnrihy fuoonhinoa out at mo from the midst of white lather. Thero aro a crowd of congressmen in tho oloak rooms, and among thom I soo Tom Ochiltree'* rod faco wreathed In smoko, and Judge Poland's royal oountonanco convulsed with laughter The 826 overcoats and hats of the little great mon who aro performing below me lmng In thoso oloak rooms. Some of thom aro vory seedy-looking, Indeed, and not one out of ten would bo worth iMfcoallng. Tho doors loading out of the dittMso into tho corridors are double. *..ThU to koop tho outs out and tho linsiiiv Each is also guardod by two ?doorkQipora, a?)le-bo< ;.)d mon who ! iholdttlnftr chairs down in those woll vWflrr?ie?l|Ml? for $1,2 :0 por-Annrtm. !?ac)tvQf t|ie gallory doors also has a tUoqtkoepeo though there is little no eesaityifor.if, .and tho Oflloors of tho ? liotiee, ?oro thinks from Iholr numbnrn, aro mono inptnefcous 'tlmij tho mem bers. But to return,to the bear pit. The Kress gallery Is tJb? oentral one at tho ack. It is shut ?$'/rom the othor gal- . lorios bv a wire 1 utJi#e work, and is dovoteu to eorrosnondeots nololy, Fif- ' icon foot bolow thoso galleries is the floor of tho houso. It is 116 feet long ifry 97 feet wldo. If you could tuk? the f*ea{ts out ton would "see that It la Made W *4 *}* half-moons of rostrums, ru? wJng aboflt a space as wide as tho front oi HU ordinary olty houso. on which the spaaknr 4 and oleik's desks are looatr ed, ana rising by a gradation of four inches, until It reaohns tho laat half ring of rostrums, whom a flat floor goes back from this to the walls. In tho oontor of this half moon, at the front of 'iio bull, Is the speaker'* desk. This la iv series of throo white marble desks rising one above the oth er. Tao llrat, about three feet high, l:< for the stenographers of congress, who get $5,000 ^earty. "The tops of tholr deeka are oovored with miry-blue bslao, tod they have mahogany drawer# in whloh to keep their writing materials. Baok of theni are th* reading clerks of the houso, snobbish young men with metallic voices, and above tnom On a higher rostrum of whlto marble out In and out like an elaborately-oartrod pul Pj'aJfa the speaker. This to-day Is Mr. Carlisle, a dark-faced, rougb-foa itured man, with no whiskers, who con tinually ohows tohaoco aa he sits on ibis spine and presides over, the house, /Hll ehalr Is a swinging walnut ofte. .He has an ivory hammor or mallet In jbie hand, and this ho uses with energy :to keep the noisy crowd below him in ?ordor. Beside the speaker's desk, on a pe destal of Vermont marble, stands the mace, or Insigniaof the speaker's royal ty. It is a bundle of llotor's rods ? '?& :<'A * vt * h bound with silver cords, mounted on a silver globo and crownod with an American eagle. The members of tho house sit on six half-moons of seats, riaiug and growing larger as they go baokward, in front of the spcakor. These seats are ranged on littlo ranges of rostums. and the edges of tlieso rostrums are bound with shining brass, and are, as in the whole lloor. carpeted with a rich carpet of red Brussels, on which are llowored llgures of blue and yellow. On each range is a row of soats and desks. The desks arc small affairs of whito wood, having lids covered with bluo baize, : which are raised whenever the owner gets at tho $125 worth of stationery he is allowed annually. Behind each row of desks is a row of whito cano-soatcd office chairs, each on a swivel and each so fixed on springs that tho sitter can lciin back and put his fcot cn his desk if he will. This is a favorite pos turo with some congressmen, and I havo seen certain sleepy ones snoro away so for hours at a time. Half of tho chairs aro oh the average empty, and.somo of them have been known to continue so for an entire congressional session. The ovvnors are paid $5,000 a yoar to lill them. They draw tho mon ey and leave tho chairs empty. Tho seventh and last half moon of chairs backs up against curtains or iire-scroens of blue baine on frames of bright brass rods. Back of these screens there is room to walk about the house, and in the two corners at either end, whoro the grate liros are, arc half a dozen sofns which aro generally fillod by lounging, sleoping, and smoking con gressmen. Do congressmen smoko during ses sion? Why, bless you, yos! I have seen ladies grow sick in tho galloriea from tho vile odors of tho tobacco which rose from tho^ two-for-6 cent ci gars glowing iu tho mouths of tho so culiod gontlcmauly congressmen be neath. I havo soon members smoking in their very seats, and havo watched through the wreaths of smoko to catch tho eye of tho mombors behind them. They chow, too. Theso godlike con gressmen do chow! They spit! and oyery desk hti3 a spitoon of pink and gold china beside it to catch tho filth from tho statesman's mouth. It costs at least $100 a year to care for tho spittings of tho house, and your avor ago congressman will disregard tho spittoon and spit upon the fioor. They aro a neat set! Tho houso at this moment is littered with Bcraps of paper like a garret. In front of tho speaker's desk aro scraps of lotters, torn nowspapors, and other littors, and and undor tho desks of most of the members are heaps of tho same nature. Thoro is a spittoon beside tho clmir of tho speaker, for Mr. Carlislo is an in votorato chewor of tobacco, and his heavy jaws caross the cud as joyfully as thoy do freo-trado statistics. As far as order in tho houso is con cerned, thoro is none. If an ordinary mombor has tho floor a bedlam straight way risos. His fellow-members talk out loud to oach other, and oach goes on with his business as if ho was alone. Dozons of mombors uro writing letters; others aro mailing documents to their conitituonU; others aro reading news papers; aouu will bo gloopiqg, and ^ a mombor wants io cross fTTTT^fftfW ? A\p does not hesitate to rush between tho congressman spoaklng and the spoaker, and if another wants a page, no mattor if his brother congressman spoaklng bosldo him is in tho midst of his tinost poriod, ho will clap his hands liko tho shot of a pistol. i navo seen mombors sleeping wlion their noxt-soal mombor was speaking, and it is no uncommon thing for a mombor to bo talking with not single follow-mombor listening to him! The spcakor gonerallv pays attontion, but not always. Ho favors whom ho pleases to a cortain extent, and has the opportunity to display considerable power. Tho cei'ing of tho houso chamber is a wonderful structure, mado of glass and cast-iron. Through this tho house is lighted?in tho davtlmo by tho light of dav.vand during tho ovonlng by Hf teon hundred gas-jots, which aro light od by ulootricity. J his coiling is made in panels, and those are pnintod and gilded, and oach bears tho coat of arms of ono of tho states of tho uniou. Just over tho ontranco door of the houso is a largo, round-facod olock, which rogulatoH tho tlmo of opening the session and which limits tho time allowed to oach speaker. It is a sober. Judicial-looking oid clock, and its face is a terror to tho avcrago Itmgrwindod congressman. Just over the spo.iker's desk and op posite tMs clock under tho press gal lofy is a gold ea^lo looking out over tho speaker's head, and apparently ro.idy to lly, On oaoli side of it hangs a dingy American Hag, covorod with du?t. and discolored with ago. Tiio two doors in tho walls at the sldo of tho speaker lead to tho mem hers' retiring-rooms, in which are hung crayon nor traits of :?1) tho apoakors since the organization of oongress. ThOy oost tiio government $50 aploco, and some of thotu are falrN" food liko q04sos. This room is wnll-furnUhod, It has a numbor of sofas and eaay thalrs, with two doorkeopors at an ex ponse of a couple of thousand a year to koep tho barbarous publlo out of thom. Such is a brlof description of our na tional houso of representative*. It is a linn fltruotnro, and 1 nomotimos think far too good for tho men who havo the right fo scats in It. Tho old houso was in the hall of the statutes, as it is now called, which lies hotwoon this houxc chamber and the domo. It was In that all of our greatest efforts at orutory wore made, wbor* (Olny, (tallioun, and Wobstor fought tholr foronslo battles, and where for thirty-two yoars history was made. It accommodated seats for 282 mem bers, and Its ffallories seated about 700 spectators. Tho merobors desks were of mahogany, and oach had an arm ohalr. Tho roporters to tho extent of twenty wcro accommodated with sofaa and deslf*, and the speaker had a drap ery of rloh orlntsot) at his back. It was in 1857 that tho houso was moved Into Its prosont quarters, nnd In 1864 the old house Wft* dedicated to its ptoh ent use at a statuary ball. ' The avorage congressman considers blmtolf $ great man, but lie is only a olork after all. Ho is paid by the country to come here and apportion oat tnt publlo funds to the running of tho government. Other men dooide how much the government needs, and they furnish the congressmen the fig ures. Tho avorage mombor knows nothing about It, and the best member for the oountry perhaps is he who kftAWs the least, >Vo morely pay them to divide our money for us. The gov* ernmont Is already organised. We have all the laws we need, and the United States, If It wore not for the necessity of the formality of passing the appropriations, oonld do better without oongress than with it. Still We have It, and we hfive to pay for it. Wo pay well, too. Tha estimato tor. the legislative expenses for tho current YO&r is put at moro than threo million and a half of dollars, ami the houso of , representatives alono will cost noarlf two and one-half millons. It lakes $413,000 a year to pay the salaries of our sonatorj, $1,800,000 to pay.Jho mileage and salaries of tho repres^iUl tives, and the understrappers about the houso and sonato got salaries of $700,000 and moro at each congression al session. Eipcrio uce of a Ronton CJIrl. Two well-known yof.u r ladies?first family ones nl that ?hai-pened to ruoet in the bo^s dry good* s'uee of the place tho other day. (Vie of them whs mak ing a purclia-"* which only the day be fore she had said slii ?i?<!n*t think she could afford to make. She was ques tioned by her fair coirpa::iou as to why she had changed her mml. NVhat fol lowed is on the word of I ho store own er: "Jack called last night,'' said tho lady who had changed lier mind, "anil by and by olhor company cf.tne in. and after awhle soniebodv ?ugg*!stud a lit tle game, and ?> ?? made up a board? anto five, ten to cvtine in, and twenty live limit. We played till 10, and I was 10 ceuts on:, and 1 felt jml awful. Somo one said: 'Piuv one jack pot for a half and (|uit.'s Everybody agreed. There were $."> in the pot before anyone opened. J.u-k opened for a half, tho mean thin", and all 1 had to draw to was a mousey Hush. Wasn't that law ful? Well, everybody came in, and I made up mv mind I wasn't going to bo scared, and so I chipped along. Jack only took two cards. All tho rest took threo. I threw mine all away and took live. Wasn't I horribleP Jack bet a half. Everybody else saw him. I looked at my hand and raised this bet a half more. There wcro $8 in the pot. Jack says, 'What, on a five-card draw?' I said, 'Yes.' Then ho saw tno and raised another half. All tho rest drop ped out, tho moan things. I look an other peop at my hand and raised Mr. Jack nnother half. 'See here, Jonny,' ho said, 'if it was any one else I'd think they were giving mo a blufT, but I guess you'vo got tho beating of mo, and su I won't invest any more. Tnko tho pot. I oponed on threo aces,' said Jack, showing 'em down, nnd I drew in tho money. Wasn't it sweet in Jack to think I wouldn't bluff him?" "Pcrfootly sweet," cxclaimod tho fair companion. "What did vou holdP" "I only had ono littlo pair of deucos, Allio," said tho innocent manipulator of the Jaok-pot, "Wasn't it just too lovely for any thingP So I thought I'd ooroo ovor and ouy tho roods to-day. Isn't It a bargainP"?Socicty column of a Boston paper. Tho Witching Weed. Cigars wore not known until about 1816- Previous to that timo pipes wero used exclusively. Chowing had been in vogue to a lim Itod extent for some time, whilo snuff ing datos back almost as far as smok ,n& - Thoflrtt packago sent to Catherine do Mpaiol vas in line powder. She found that smolling it iu tho box nflOW ed her similarly to smoking, which led liar to fill 0110 of hpv swolliug-bottlos with tho dust llor courtiers adopted the habit of sniifllng small portions of UP ^'10 nostrils,'and as tho precious stuff bocame more plentiful the snuttlng habit, becamo moro general, until at last a man or a woman was not consid ered as in proper form unless thev snuffed. J ho custom became so common iu Kngland that a snuff-box was no longer a sign of rank. Thon it was tho law prohibiting tho culturo of tho plant, ex copt for modicino, was passed, About the samo timo a heavy tariff was placed on tho importod article, thereby prac tically placing it boyond tho reach of tho common nord and giving royalty a com pie to monopoly. Sinoo it iiist began to bo used as a luxury thoro have boon conllicting opin ions in rogard to its effoots. Tho Rom ish ohuroh once forbado its uso, and tho Church of Kngland dcolaimod against The Wesley* opposed it hotly, and at ono time it was considered so unclean as to unfit mon for momborsldp in tho Methodist church. Iluptlst and Prosbytorian ministers proaoliod against it, and sooiotios wero orgaqizod to opposo tho spread of tho habit, but aH to no purpose. Paronts disownod and dlsinhontod their chll dron booauso they usod it,and husbands divorced their wires on accountof their having contraoted tho habit of smok insr. It is singular that when women got into the habit of smoking a pipo they profor a strong ono. Thoro aro fow mon who havo nervo onough to smoke a pipo such as a wo man likes when she has boconio a con lirmod smokor. Whon thoy first begin pulling cigars they prefer thom very mild, but it is not long until thoy want thom blaok and strong and lots of them. ? I'itlsbury Dispatch. Huoccndcd Too Well. ??Now," said the bride, "Henry, 1 want you to understand distinctly that I do not wish to be taken for a brido. I am going to bohavo exactly as if I was an old married woman. So, dear ost, do not think inn cold and unloving if I troat you. very practically whon thoro is anybody by." "I don't belluvo I can pass for nil old marrlod man. I am ho fond of you that I am bound to show it. I am sure lo give tho snap away." "NO, you mustn't. It's easy enough. And I insist that you behave just like all old married men do. ])0 you hearP" "Well, darling. I'll try, but I know I will not succeed." Tho first evening of their arrival the brldo retired to her ohambor and the groom fell in with a poker party, with whom ho sat playing cards until 4 o clook in tho morning. His wife spent tho weary hours wooplng. At last he turned up and mot his grief-stricken bride with tho hilarious miestlon: "Well, aln t I doing tho old married man like a dalsyP" She never roforrod to the subjoot again, and everybody knew after that that thoy had Just boon married. ? San Francisco Chronicle. Tho water of a small lake near the mouth of the Sutro Tunnel, in Nevada, ia kept continuously warm by the hot WMer whloh flows Into it from the mines. Recently the mino superin tendent sent to Florida for two alllga tora. When they arrived at the plaoo tho tomporaturo of tho place was 12 de gieot below r.ero and tho alligators were barely alive. Upon being put In to the warm lake, however, they rovlr ed and aro now growing raoldly. AKK INDIAN. Hill Njre'? JDj>|uloii? of Hliofhunm, their Maitnvr* Rn<1 Cuftotna. !1 5^'JiQta^ k*? 4>?A '6,0.0 Snako or Slroslioue loamris now extant, tho greater pkrt being in Utah anil Nevada, though thera ?<r:? veseryaUyi in Idaho and another ir.VfcjLOifcijndr ? THe Shoiho'ie Indian i?f rolnctant ^o iccept of civi'i/. it!on on rtitf European c,filan. He pr'cterS jtriP'l* which have beenMl\andod frvtlior to sort alonjf; wT0>'olher hair-*' looms. 1 u?o tho ivor^ li?irlyc9us in its L'ioadest*0ttt?. There ara the Shoshoncs proper and liio Uto* <&hd vJCEItJfe, to which have Iron added by sonm authorities tho ..Comanche*. *" and Mo<iuis of New Mexico and Arizona, the Netclas and *>lher tribiys of California. Tho Sho shone, wherever found, is clothed in buckskin and blanket in winter, but dressed more lightly in summer, wear ing nothing but an air of iutenso gloom in August. To Iliis lie adds on holi ilnya a necklace made from tho storo teeth of the hardy pioneer. The Snake or Shoshone Indian is passionately fond of the game known poker among us, and which, I learn, is ployed with cards. It is a qame of chance, though skill a::d a thorough knowledge of lircarms arc of great use. The Indians enter into this game with groat zeal and lend to it the wonderful energy which they have preserved from vcar to year by abstaining from the dclibitating efl'ects of manual labor. Ail day lo g llio red warrior sits in his bkin boudoir, nursing tho sickly and reluctant "flu h," > aticnt, silent and hopeful. Through the cold of winter, in the desolate mountains, lie continues to "Hope on. hope rrer," That he will "draw to fill.* * l'ar away tin the canyon ho hears tho sturdy blows of his wife's tomahawk as she slaughters tho grease wood and tho sago brush for the lire in his gildod hell where he sits and woos tho lazy (ioddess of Fortune. With tho Shoshone, poker is not alono a relaxation, tho game wherewith to wear out a long and listless evening, but it is a passion, a duty and a devo tion. He lias a face designed especial ly for pokoy. Jt never shows a sign of good or evil fortune. You might aa well try to win a smilo from a railroad right of way. Tho full hand, tho fours, threes, pairs and bobtail Mushes aro all the same to him, if you judge by his face. When ho gets hungry ho cinchos himself a little tighter and continues to "rastio" with fate. You look at his smoky, old copper cent of a face and you seo no change. You watch him as ho coins tho l:u?t buckshot of his tribo and later on when ho goes forth a pau? nor, and the corners -of his famino* breeding mouth have neyer moved, llis littln black, smoko-inllamod oyos havo never lighted with triumph or Joy. He is tho groat abqriginal stoic nnd sylvan dude. Ho doos not smilo. Ho docs not weep. It cortainlv must bo intensely pleasant to bo a wild, free, lawless, irresponsible, natural born fool Mountain btieep Ivors' a? .fr^M wwA'i;Kliors 0 KnlvoR, sometimes culled D]?. l? , Ul?b?l<lt ilivor "nil tl?o Great Salt Luke basin. Probably t o llokandikahs, Yahooskins and tho ? lAbF" rrU of U?e Dig t '( J am "?? s,"? of 1 his, but I wail not hu.spcijd !Uv business till I it a^'r:1,^0111 '/? ].M get Iv hh") f , n'*1,t ' wait jmtient * Tl o Sh/V" "" Rawing my salary. 1 Itc ?Sl.o-hoiiu.i live on the irovorn mnnt ami ojjior :<ui::li game. Thoy will uat _ lUiWnnig when hungry, frou, ,. Jui:a.o (Knvu <? a woodlick. The r V'"" things tn l.V I 1,1 ??y Ho loves make pets oftiiem and to study their habits in his home lifu. ffwS0?3''. W.l,0n a Font Shoshono Jifa over0?' y ki,k(1 hifl favorite J'1? ???\ ,,lfl P?avo so that sho could 6LbS?lMPPy.h"ntln* ^roumls with riT/i V ? not 80 ??8tomary no\y. I brave 1?? t?r?ss1 on an ol(1 Shoshono thnt T ? t? i . , y ?"Sht not ^ do hat. I tried to show him that It would ,n0CXT CK,ibA7 ftnd (,09tr?y Jomos ?V his tribe. S nee that thore amono- ?qU nTstrU,? l?ward reform th0r?; I?stoad of killing tho tho hn?)>n \h?, f0lth of llor h??hand, hi?i fJ?. takos Rood oare of failWf ft.nd nvo,t'8 nM kinds of in that late * ,?r pl,yslonl 'Atigue, but whnJ ?ni8. 11010 aro no widows, the " ^,sl ficom t0 Mvarra In of them J h? woods aro '"H widow?r? th<tf wo,,I(l on,y kiU tl'? Indian J fn\?r g'?V0 of tho wi,e- tho dofinito shapo? W?Uld aMI,IM ft mo" Kn^linh Hplnster*. Tho numbor of singlo women In En j? and constantly Incroases. Many ownTvTnl i W?"?0n hflvo to earn thoir hn.hili?* !? i,lncoof "ponding rind ll. aJ ?! earnings of men. Thoy pnss thoir time in an lncomploto and separate cxistenco of their own. Instead o completing and erabolliahJng tho ox istonoo of others. From the ?xco"s |n tho numbor of womon thousands tnko sorvlco in faotorlos, wltllo otho s over crowd tho ill paid ranks of noodlowo . , ftm,1 ?oamstro,so,. Kvon in tho richer classes thoro is the samoinoaual. f> ?' "timbers, nnd those who aro ro? lievod from tho necessity of workincr for thoir daily broad havo yot to boo^ "omoofcupatioft, some interest in life to relievo tho tedium of an objectless oxlstonoo Homo pursue pleasure more ly, though this soon pnlls upon tho an pet I to; Others ?Rke to cbaStabio P?,? n\iit9, doing, porohnnco, an eotml amount of goo?i atid of mischief. Those ! whose tastes load them to literary o* artistic pursuits are perhaps the least unhappy, ilint a redundnnoy of un manned women exists is evidont* hut It must not bo regarded ns caused Wholly or mainly by a disparity in tho numbor of tho sexes. I bin <lin,irenco doos not at tho most amount to six per cont whereas the number of unmarried It nen in Kngland amounts not to six but actually to thirty per cont.--that ia to i<3> only two out of every throo womon are ever marrlod. womon tAZ?\?J Un* !>00n formo,, in" Boston com in et! n a vlorV,,or,, P|""ohaso a home or commehoo btislness whon thoy are mar r ?d. EIWMIlty t? m?mb.r;h*? "oil "Imply In iKiIng nnmnrrtocl. Thin surprising scheme nrovidos that a mem bor needTmvo paid in only $2fi0 to bo 0(1T?!*?"?, ?l?/ho ,al1 bonoflt of$l, T ?! oiKhto?n months. As the association has juat begun ottofa rh will become dneTnt.l ihfn', f m *.eo,,,,[ory ? member "hip of 100 already, and hopefully ?l?0aM.0n0 W,U,in th? itchlnR Uto Morning Trixln. i that ono of the most serious ob to living out of towu lios in tho alty experienced in catching tho grooming train by which 1 must tho city and my busincts*. It is means a pleasant matter, under iroumstances. t-j havo one's move jTOgulated by a time-table, and to lligod to riso to breakfast and to I hoKrO at a certaiu hour.no mut bovv dirong tho temptation to niay be. But sometime* tho )lo punctuality of the train is pro du&fvo of absolute sulYoring. For iu 1 look at my watch when I it of bod." and 5ind that I havo apparently plenty of time, so I dross )ly and sit down to the morning a frame of mind which is calm irone. Just as 1 crack my lirst rhcar tho down train from Wil li). I start in alarm; and taking watch I compare it with tho nd find that it is eleven minutes nd that I havo only live m nutes l which to get to the depot. 1 got to tho gate I lind that I >rgotton my duster and tho buu dlofty wife wanted mo to take up to tho oftjQp 'lcr aunt. Charging back 1 them up and tear down tho gTtjjlft walk in a frenzy. I do not like j ^through tho village; it is undig Fitnd it attracts attention; but 1 uriously. I go faster and faster away from tho main strert. half tho distance is accomplished do hoar tho whistle; there no doubt nbout it this time. I lopjfo) run, but 1 know tliat if I do 1 wil^j pcite that abominable speckled tling by the sidewalk a little dis fikhoad o( inc. Th n 1 really nee _fttin coming around the curve .oKPy the depot, and I fool that I lake better time; aim I do. Tho imcdiatoly manifests au interest in (?r movements. IIo tears after mo speedily joined by live or six jtdogs, which frolic about my legs >urk furiously. Sundry small I go plunging past, contribute lo fHp excitemcnt by whistling with and tho men who arc at Ipou tho now mooting house stop to at mo and exchange jocular re mfllei with eneh other. 1 do feel ridic tl?ut I must catch that train at all Wizards. forno desperate when I havo to my pace until two or thro wo jho are standing on tho sidewalk ling the infamous price of bu'.ter, :to let mo pas ?. I arrive within fttrds of the station with my Mug in tho wind, with my coat horizontal position, and with bklod dog nipping at my heels, train begins to move. I put ttra pressure, resolving to get or perish, and I reach it just 1st car is going by 1 seize tho I am jerked violently around, after a desperate otVort, I ^tho stop with my knees, and led in by tho brakeman, hot, * mad, with my trousers torn knees, my logs bruised, and of my umbrolla broken, el roach a comfortable scat in iq^train stops and then backs tihiing. whoro it remains for jur while tho engineer repairs jllvo, Tho Angor which 380tnwi 1 wileotmowyon. wvwrwJ to lipflri ?afc raco, is increased as I look out c; window and observo tho spock i<jg engaged with his companions ln( au altercation over a bono. A man Whb permits his dog to roam about tho strcots nipping tho logs of every ono whU happens to go at a more rapid gait than a walk, is unlit for associating with civilized beings, ilo ought to bo placod on a desert island in mid-ocoan, and bo compelled to stay thero.?Max Aiieler, in Exchange. Truth in a I'latn Hult. Elder Toots having got most of his feot under the redhot stove, and Colo nol Cahoots havingsucccodod in knock ing down a bust of I'lato and wrecking $500 worth of rolics, Brother Gnrdnor arose and said: "What I liankor arter am to inert a plumb up an' down man. Dar' am pussons in dls club who wobblo about (iko a Ioobo wagon wheel. Ono day doy groot yo\i w?d a grin, ns soft as June-, an' do nox' day (ley doan' know you as you pass on do stroot. I doan' mean to hurt no man's foclin's, but I wioan to bo plumb. "II Whaloo ono Howker should como obor to my house an' ax do loan of a dollar I wouldn't keep him on do hooks fur half an hour fur adocision. I should at onoe roply to him: 'Whalebone, do matt' who usos monoy aimed by his wife at do wash-tub to buy lottery tick ets can't got no dollar outer mo}' When a man axos my religion I doan' beat nroun' do bush to find out if ho litis found h short cut to hoabon, but 1 de nounce ruysolf as a BaptUt an' take my chances by do olo road. "When you th'i.k ves or no doan' hesitate to rav so. I)oan' bo loan in' one way o;io day an' some odder way op, do nox'. l)o man who knows whar to find you won't go away mad, ebon if vfod decide agin him, Our Samuol %ia am ono (Jay gwino to bo a statos raan, an' on do up*' ho's tfwino to open <a; saloon wid a gilded coifin'. Ono day you will find him a Methodist nn do nOx' you will soo him devourin' a Uni versnllst sormon. Moot him in do rQaWnln' an' ho am a foroshus Kopub Iloan5 cotch him in de afternoon an' ho good Dimoerat. | "Bo plumb up an' down. If you am *>t on noin' good stick to it. If you am ?rot on boin'bad doan' lot do purleeco bluff you off. If you liko a man tell Mm ho can have do uso of your snow Shovel nil summer. If you can't hoe ^o'n wid him, ax him to buy or soil out in* take some odder cow-pnth. Do ivobbly man am a puston to bo slum bod. Tryln' to do bl/ncss wid him am Wanted labor trown away."? -I.imc Kthi Club in Detroit Frrx Press. i Reaching for the Public.. * "Talk about hard time*!" be scoffer! M ho loaned back in his chair at one o 'the down town restaurants. "Why, (gentlemen, it's all in knowing how to roach tho public." |'-l "You used to speculate in grain, I i beliovoP" observed the inait at his (tight. ( 7*1 did, nnd I lost money. I was in a hole olevon months in,a year and hard liQp tho remainder. I didn't know how I,to reach tho public." !}- "And nowP" "Well, I am on the road exhibiting a fat woman who weighs H70 pounds admission 16 cents, t have no margins to put up, dividends are declared with the most annoying regularity, nnd if .anybody disputes her weight she has a load corset weighing 210 pounds to bring her up to the mark." - Wttll Street Mew*. I Queen Victoria, according to an of | fioial announcement, has never oaten n piece of eake. Ill: GOT A SKAT. How u )Thll(?upiilotl lr!%!inu') Stcured m S??.it i 11 :i Ki!!wir Car# There wore .v number of parlor-cars and two ordinary pas-emjcr coaches on a 'rain whi li loll New York for Phila delphia at 7 o'cln.'k a lew nights ago. 'ivory beat in the pas-eii^er-eoach.'s ; was occupied in one way and an* j other when the last boat arrived from New York. Among the people who ( 'r.rno at the* last moment was a liery I and untamed Irishman, who-e face was | fringed with a wealth of ecru hair, llo | walked through the ?moking-ear, found ?very seat occupied by two men. and j then bur-t into the next car impetuous- | ly. The air at once became redolent j >f rum He cast his o\e up aud clown j )ti cither -ide of the ear and saw that ?vcrv scat was occupied by parcels, i 'uggage, feet, or the sprawling tonus of j pas-enters. One v two seats'had been turned, ami one gray-haired man who hail a specially lank complement of le^s, succeed d i:i oc. upyin^ two bench es by din' of siretelling himself out like ! an octopus, and ingeniously liiling in the 'paces not occupied by himself on the I benches with bits of luggage. The irish man directed toward him a glare of un- ' usual ferocity. He walked the long length of the car twice, but the passen- j sors carefully avoided his ga/.e. Appar- : i*nt'.y they were all rdecpic.g -vreu< ly. , I'hen he leaned a:t.'.it:<t the door and ? ire'.e sly placed his hatul on the -in'.e. lie removed tin? hatul. walked to tie* other end of the ear, and wa-hod hi< hands carelessly with water from ti e ' iee-t:fnk. Tt.e train was now spec i n r | across tho .Jersey meadows. Stiii i:oo::e j otlW'ed to share hi- >eit with tho latc-t arrival, and the Irishman we::t back and leaned again-t thedoor once more. l,-in- \ ally he raised hi- voice *o that it could ' be heard a consider.the di.tar.ee into ' the next ear and remarked, with an air j of philosophical obs rva.ion: "lVopledon't seen; to realize that this j hero is second-class. It is ju*t the sam*\ and tho iirst-ci iss ears are in the re,?r. ! 1 he second-class chumps which i- now j occupying tiie sa.'es puts <>;i tv.iee as I many lugs a; ih ' liivt-r'nss 1 ?:T?*s an 1 i gintler.j'n behind ?is. That i ?> because ! they are no! Sirs.-class lalic.- and gitule- j men themseiv ?? ?. but -imply second-class | cluimps." A sjlenee of several in:mite? followed this speech, which was liually broken by two or three ".ten m><> iug.towards t'ne e ini.t's of t:. .r stv/.s and placing their Iv.gs ami satchel.- on the. lloor. Then the voice of tii" man in ilie rear rose .""gain above the hum of the wheels. ??There is no hog like an old hog," ho remarked, sentenlionsly. "A man would think that a gray beard and bald head would go along with wisdom aud experience, but it ain't always tho case. There is oald-headed men in this world who wouldn't, give a man a lift to sa\e their sowls, though their own busine-s may be saving sow Is. Any bald-headed man with a gray beard who will wear a preacher's clothes and occupy four seats In a second-class car, while workingmen are stand in' up, is a large, fat, bevel ed ged hog.M I l'ho gray-haired man who occupied tho two benches and who wore tho habilimcntssof a clergyman roso here, looking vory red in two facc, and hur rlod forward into tho Xmofcitijr car. J A momont later ho "came back, followed by tho braivetrrrtfTriWro wo to (he est;#} oasy-going nonchalent, ami blase ex pression of a man of his calling. "This man," sputtered the clergy man, angrily, pointing to the red-head ed Irishman, "has been indulging in the grossest sort of personal abuse toward tho passengers in this car, directing the bulk of it toward me." Tho brakoman dived down into tho inner recesses of his clothes, produced a paper of tobacco, partook thereof gen erously, and said pleasantly to the man in tho red wiskers; "What's tin. Irish?" "1 was making a few general re marks about tho hogs I hat travel oa this roail ami occupy four scat* when they only have a rijrht to occupy one." "Who docs it?" "Your frind, tho praist there." Tho brakeman glanced down, turned tho forward sent back into it? proper form, tossed tho clergyman's burdlos on tho rear scat, and then said to that gentleman: "Yoifro traveling on a free pass, anyhow, aren't you? Yes? Now you bchavo yourself just exactly as if you wore paying your fare, will you? That's all the road asks of you."?M Y. turn. Tliry {Jot tlicYl'ino. "Of course it is awfully funny to shout 'Lock up the wine cellar, Alary, for tho plumber U coining,' " said ono of tho big-bill gontlenien to a reporter, "but it isn't a pleasant remark for a plumber to hear." | "Is it truo that a plumber can empty a barrel of whisky while ho is soldering ; up a pin-hole in a water pipe?" | "Nonsense! Mind, I don't say that I when a plumber is wor.ing in a rich I man's collar where thorn are barro's of | liquor that he won't tal:o a drink now and then that is, some of I hem will." "How is it with yourself?" "Oh, I sometimes turn Ihe faucet, but never to take more than a drink or two in a day, excepting oner." "When was I hat ?" "You won't put that in the pat or, will you?" "Sure." "Then I'll tell you all about. Threo or four years ago .lim and I had a job up on Woodward avenue. When wo went down into Ihe collar (ho servant girl followed 01, took a bra.?s key that was hanging on a nail and carried it up stairs. There was a cask of French brandy, a barrel of bourbon, another of port and another of sherry, and thoro was a barrel-room locked, full of bottled liquors. It made us smack our lips, just to look around at I ho barrels and bottles, but when it came to tak ing a drink, the liqror might as well have been in the moon. The barrels all hail thesii patent lock faucets in them, and the girl had curried oft' the key. "We worked away all the foronoon with nothing but wntor to drink, but Jim swore that hi' would have some of that wine in the afternoon, though I couldn't see how he was going to p;ot it; I hadn't, got my tratio learned then. Pretty soon after we went to work in the afternoon Jim pulled about a yard of small rubber tubing out of his pocket, hunted up an empty fruit jar, knocked out a bunjf ami siphoned out a couple quarts of port. Maybe wo didn't get st> drunk that we had to quit work!' Detroit /'Vn- I'rr.tft The proportion of those who attend \ Imlii.c worship to the hulk t>f the j.onu- ! ation in the following four European ! /?itie-t is: Itorliu tf-i.OOO, population 1 ,MH).(>00; llani' iirtr .? ?*ki. population I 400,000; London .'t,Oi xi.OOO, population j 1,000,000, (ihisgow ;'?0 i,(.I'M), population j 7(M, 000. The Kullnv; Passion. "Just before the battle of Fredrieks bui'i;. knowing ti;at a large number of rennsy 1 vauia troops were with Hurn side, ami that a general engagement between the two armies was imminent, I went to Washington atul asked for transportation to front. A tug w.i> placed at mv di?pi?-al. and 1 reached the armv in time in witness the battle. Tho terrible si:.???_;!::of our troops on that disastrous ,i iy v.e all know. ??Wiieti o'jr d ?ea^*as beyond ip>e? tion 1 boarded ':.e tug and hastened to Washington. hop.n.;. as railroad cow numication w;i- iiii|n?>i!'!o. to forestall the exaggerated rumor* that might be expected. and to a.leviaie even in only a slight ?' gree k id unweleome tiding-. 1'. o .;:?.dcraM?' pa>t mid night wh.-t: ! iv .? In d Washington. but I proceeded o,i>vt'.y to the White lluu?f. It w:.- !?..? -ui't ii-e to me to to learn tii r. t.e i':-?i had not re t.ivd. 1 :,.:ni dia'.e'.y ushered into bis i ?. < \? lie ::eeo>t? ! me and re ;d Hi". ' ? the i ::araeter of the Hi'" - 1 i .. i i ?-11:.. ?. i'.?? In* sank into .1 I- ;...1 * ; . _ii of ?l;-l |"? ss." ? - ? . \. vn. v?" -aid lie. " i ? i' \ . "'I I-., ni . :<? ' i li'.-i itead on 1: - i; ,r. N -A !.i!? ? I ga. ? tl.e outi.ne and t'i ? te' : t' ?' ' atle. 11 ? l^eawd a li. a'i ;? ? a- i ? ! : me with an i ' i * ? 1 ;< . ' ? r -e ? u.ie; mg, and 1 r? :i:;? \ I "1 . ?? .r: .'y v. ;? a 1 nii;.v!it le a wel e ? ?:i ? m ? ?< r of -oo i r. "A - instead ?.hat I ? ;'?! !? \oii how' to eo:i<|;ier of . t ' ' : i;l li. e l el elii.-;;. States." !. w in a marked el;.. ; v. Lincoln -:i:>1: :? i :enr.i;d?> <d the two boys in I a ? \\ ,.o t ? * a 1 -'i.e.: eut ... r? an off'.: : and di.l ;.?<! Utvii!" aware id t;?!'< ??'i.iv of a \i?\ou.< do.; until it w a ? too l.iie to reaeh either fenee. One \. a . -i r;. ? :."ii;li to en ape the att.u k ty >. :11a t:v>\ but the other -t.K'o ! :r>'..: d the tree, with the dog 1 i.i 1. ?. 1, until. by making sinaii e.- e'.i'i '.li .i it was possible for his ' pur- a .' :<? 'i'.ai.e, he gained sulliciently to gv;.?p tii" < o.r's tail, r.nd luld with deeper..te ;;i in until nearly exhausted, when la- it.tiled his companion and i called to iiim to eo i e down. | " 'What lor." .-aid the boy . ?? d v. aul you to help me li t this dog I r?-' i "il 1 cot.ld Ivt them go. s.v.d the ! rie-..'ienl, in edielusioii: "but tha'. is ! t.i If able. 1 am compelled to hald on t ) tiiei.i and. make tlieni st.iv. .W'.v rc/v ,\i . Tho e>t>*oet ('.it- Fiend. These Congressmen arc .juito like other people. They enjoy their little jokes nud like to imj? one another 011 what may se* :n tender s> ?? ts, occasion ally. l{ni>crt?on. of Kentucky, who succeeds JVnctor Ku >lt. is. in \he ab sence of llclford. of Colorado, the red dest headed, reddest faced, reddest whwkcred man in tlie* House. Killing up to the Capitol in a bob-tail ear a day or two ago were Robertson and a number of other member*, most ly from the \\ est. Tliey were passing jokes in a proihiscnous way, killing time as the raw-lfoimd car horso drag ged them slowly top tho hill. "i don't kno.v whether you ovwr heard of ift gentlemen,'' said ono of tho parly, "butthey nave a law out in Kcn tiii K.y ?|ui(e pveuliar to the state, and which has mail my friend Robertson hero i|uito famous in a certain way. It is rather a peculiar law," hcoon'inucd, :;?! everybody in tho enr, including some ladies who chanced to be along, began to look toward Robertson >vith interest, "and i-, in brief, that any wo rn.in who may be sentenced to bo hand ed may be pardoned it anybody will, at the last moment, come forward and marry her. It happened," he contin ued with M>mo gusto, as the inter.-st began to grow with more intense and Robertson began to grow more embar rassed as the center of observation, "that a woman was to be hanged there (<ne day. At the last moment, when they had her upon the cart under tho gallows, the usn.il (,uc>tion was asked whether there was any man there who wculd save her from death bv marry ing her. Robertson was there, and, tender-hearted fellow that ho is, caino to I ho front and said, 'Yes. I will.' The woman was blindfolded. She was told of the oiler, and began, naturally, to ask for :\ description of the man she was to marry to esoauo death. They described him as well as they could ? h:s age, his size, his shapely hand and exquisite foot, and manly form, when s"dd' .1 ly she ns1' d the color of his hair and beard. An attendant whispered tho truth in her oar. ' I lien drive, on the kvarl, please,' < he said, find that ended Robertson's matrimonial vent ures." 'I hero was a roarof laughter in which Robertson, who knows how to tako a joke, joined and the crowd hurried out as tho car reached the foot of tho Capi tol steps. IIVtali;nylon I,'or, SI. Ltmix I'ofl-//(.t/Kltr/i. Ifive I*i>hItIoiim. Vanderbilt is determined that his sons-in-law shall become business-men. As soon as young Twonibley married his daughter ho gave him the job of loading and unloading the freight in New York. 'I bis is really an extensive department in tho railway system and requires a large force of clerks and la borers. and also a number of steamers and barges. The profit from this spec ialty is estimated at J&IO,(MX) a year,ami this puts Twonibley 011 an independent basis. Tho two other sons-in-law (Shepard and Sloan) are both able and prosperous business men, the former having a lucrative law practice, while tho latter is one of the most extensive carpet-dealers in the country. Dr. Seward \\ ebb, ?I10 married t he vounv est. of the daughters, has never made medical practic* a success, mid his father-in-law hi. been desirous of pro viding for him out of that vast railway patronage which lie Mill controls. The recent resignation ??f Tillinghast, Presi dent <>f Ih" sleeping car company, has atl'oriled a .mil ili'.e opening, and the doctor now nband' ns his profession in fav r of a'-iiiecme I? -1111 worth Ylo.ooi) a \ear. '1 here are f"W men that can make vneli rich Movi-lon for those who marr\ into I he f iniily. A I" I encii in i? ? 111 :\ c i rci 11 :i r t o ill I his fr.end a ? i:i ; why ihcy cultivated a I ?e-i 11! A ? tic nvwfn nino Hl-il>'<!, 1 lieca'i ?? I e. i !] |,, ? \ o.? I ".h iv ing," I e U e ? ; . ? ;. .. | . ?, , | j,\\ is|| If, catch cold " I;', i ' i- c-io -? | v\ j ), to CO llce;i I It.id ti'-'li. I \\ i ? ? 11 ???uise I wish to coli cc 11 the let.eth 'if 111" nose;" Kil "bee ri ?c I : 111 :i sold e*r. I We || I y If III se I VMS a -oiler ' sixty. live "bee Ills" in-, Wife lilies it; ' I Well t\ , /'it "iier ill e in, love likej it," filecn nivv. "i e I tin' t bey ivorn no beards. A calf with fife legs is one of (hn curiosities to lie seen at l>.iflon, (.a. <; mamngs. I"or l::i f a century no Cabinet oiTlcer has readied the Presidency. I 1v?ii ( ounly.West Virginia, boasts of a live-legged two-failed horse. 1 he pulsation of a cat's heart is said to ue from 110 to 12U per minute. Statistic.; show that clergymen livo .ibout two H';irs longer than lawyors. It is estimated that the forosts of Scotland ield 10,000 deer annually. The Arab compels his horso to fcod torn t.;o ground in order to maintain .lie ciirs e of the backbone. 1 lie latest rumor regarding tho earth is th it it n i l be one huge globo of ico in :t.u Mt/xiii ye u s from date. I he longed continuous fiber known !.m ' Au ort,inary cocoon of a we.l-fed s.ikworn will ofton reel 1,000 yard.-. Queen \ u toiia s private fortune is o!n\ >?.'' ?'. "<). It is believed it will Mih.ee to p y the debts of tho l'rineo of >\ alc?. "W ith a pen of gold dipped in tho Oil ot ::i:;.lnc>s"is the wav the Nebras ka e i : introduced his New Year's I'd; tot: a 1. Senater Seweil, of New Jersey, is sa.d to u-c more ink in signing his ?rime t!: \ : any man in that brandi ,of tlie C-m-.v-s. liill I he great market tiiroug:, wn.eh London buys her priu 1 l':K 1 supply, delivers monthly an a\cr::-_e . f 1 l.itoo tons. 1 ;e e? >!?!??-! w eather ever experienced !" ?' ' ti? w e>t was at Kort Benton, 111 '? w.,.-:> tho thermometer marked >.- ;iees below Zero. A ;; ?'? el ground for divorce is oftered > ???' I - ? M'.a husband, who counts up <';gh!y-one times when his wife has s?ii'd him w.t . hot tea. < ,iii:e e exjiorts of^tea to Great Uri tain l.i< u.ir l.;:i ? 11.000,(XX) pounds, and to t i.e United States 4,000,000 pound-., as compared with 188:5. At Hie Calcutta exhibition tho second prize ^ f<,:- I utter was awarded to a lino vtmp.e of American oleomargarine. Some one spoiled a good joko anil tho judires reconsidered the award. Not high-toned, but human ? tho 'piivt -ati>iact':on with which tho in diiMiious editor beholds his ruthless contemporaries stealing his glaring er ror-. along with his valuable fuels. l ennessec has 10,000 scjuaro miles of timber land which is as vol practically untouched: a tract larger by 1,500 --piare miles than Massachusetts.Rhode '-land and Connecticut put together. Statistics published by tho Ohio Di vorce Reform league show that over two thousand divorces are now grante*! annually in that State. This is an in crease of per cent, in nineteen years. 1 he City of Mexico has livo railroads, a sph ml id street car system, tolegraph wires to aH the world," a telephone ser vice with 70) subscribers, six daily newspapers, electric lights and the best bath houses in America. Tho Brtish drink bill for 1883 foots up ;$*<>,37o. The quantity agtrro gatos 1,0.12; 142,158 gallons. This would make u: lako a mile Ion -4vM?Trffl suftlclo TJf'o iyTnc eflect that tho American Government has advanced claims to land In tho Fiji Islands, in behalf of its subjects who settled there before tho annexation of the territory by this British. London mail carriers now call at piivate residences for parcols, tho sanio as do express messengers in this coun try. A scarlet card is furnished by tho postal authorities, which,when display ed in the window, insures a call from tho postman. A mechanical curiosity has just boon eoinjth \ 1 by a shoemaker in Utica, N. \ ., consisting of two houses, each six feet >.piare, and containing wooden figures working at trade*. There aro nearly 200 of those figures, and tho moti\o power is a small tliroe-horso power engine. A pamphlet has lately beon published in London advocating tho fining ol people who have more than threo chil dren. There is no question hut that the theories advanced by Mrs. llesnnt have gradually taken n very strong ln>ld on tin? people of England. When a Thibetan lovor parts from his sweetheart, after oalling upon her, he twirls his cap over his head, bows in rovereice, and then puts out his tonguo jtoits full length.the lattor performance having l :.e-nine allectionato significance a1? the parting kiss between lovors ol other countries. A properly developed, full-grown man weighing 1.01 pounds ought, according to Professor Ituxloy, to consume daily /j.doo grains of lean beefsteak, 6,000 grains of bread, 7,0 )0 grains of milk, 3,000 grains of potatoes, 000 grains of buttor and 'J'J/.H)) grains of water. Outside of 2,0<M) or 3,000 German and Frenchmen who bronght communistic theories with them from Kurope, the New York > un does not beliovo that there nre.'jO'M' mimunists in Now York, and in the Union as a whole tho num ber is insignificantly small In compari son with the total body of workers. In a Dakota town a curiosity in tho shape of a chicken heart was, from its large and peculiar size, opened for ex amination. ami in the center of tho heart was found a grain of whont or rice, with sprout* shooting out from the small whilo gram, which, ol course, caused the enlarged, odd-looking honrt. The marble trade of San Francisco iFt worth ?|,ooi),o:?o annually, one-fourth of which sum lias heretofore been paid to the C.irrara Quarry, of Italy. With the new San Francisco company ope rating in the Alaska quarries, tuo city hopes to purchase hereafter its ontiro supply from it*.own citizens, and at the same time to got a marble of frqual beauty as lieretofore. Alf i'r.iter, of Gainesville, (?n., has con-.!rtieied a model of t)ie Brooklyn brii|e??. It is four feet wide, thirty fovt long, and weighs 7.V? pounds Three hundred :t>? <I lifly figures are kept mov ing on it. representing men, women, draVs, e uriages, ears, etc., and nndor the brid;'e are boats in real water, mak ing the -.(???ne wonderfully like tho real bri?kge. I He height of tli" Arabian camel at the shoiihler-i is bet .veen six and seven feet, and the eolor of I lie rather coarse hair is of various shades of brown. The first attempt to amo mt one cnlls for no little deteritv.as the usual mode i-i to be-triii" t'?_[? animal while he is on his knees, and^t a no easy matter for a novjee to tririinlaiii the correct "con ter of gnVVtfy" when the animal rfsns. The British soldiers, howovor, have entered ihis novel service with consid erable enthusiasm, and have been din posed to make pets of their new com panions, although they report thus far it seems i ?> tie a most "unsocial beast." Toronio (ilohc.