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■t%'r HE*. <> llcht ( and d #600. DiUel baatin* for tUrroo who, H woo »appo—d, hod otolm tho mammy. Tho dimeormey of tho pookothook brought book tho rooal- that it hod boon laid on tho top Ud of an upright piano, and that It had no doabi fallon In tho Inaldo, wharo I had found it. 'Instaad of gotting a Toward I cam* near baing ««TaoUd and porhapo aan tenoad to a term at laprfoonmmit for finding tho pona. Ita oontanta war* or or “=adMkotbor^“ ono who had on me ae It. Whan 1 remarked > of the jnetiee, bla wife and two danghten, ha told me of hia loaMnd what ha aaapoetad. and thraatened my amat onleaa the money waa Immedl atily produced. It waa a bad pradkament to nab, and what to do pozaled m*. The finding of the other lo puzzled pocket bo< book flaalv acroas mj mind. I anggeated a aearch in the interior of the piano, and there It wi fo^rl to my Joy. The old man took It without aa much aa aaylng ‘Thank you, and to thia day 1 think ha holda the opinion that I hid. it away In the piano. —ChAaago JonraaL CBoaa by the aide of Prince Btamarok ’i ath la a weighing chair, oorared with at, of thamoat modern oonatruo the great German mtnu*, vto “try kla weight” at laaat t a day, or to record the reault of hia trial In the email diary be keep* attached by a string to the arm of the weighln| chair for the parpoee. fhero wae a lima wbaft the Mince scaled the somewhat Gargantuan weight of 947 ponnda; bat “maoh has happened since then.” as hia lata Wand Lord Bcooonafield once ra- markad. had, among other things, the prince baa taken not to “Banting, bat to a mors recent system of dealing With ona'a “too, too aoUd flash.” Thanks to data* mined pmaas—earn in the system, the German chaneallor waajast Friday able t* ■nansinaa at the brae kraal table, lu a tone of triunh. that ho that miming only weighed 190 pounds. Europe, which baa such a deep Interest In Prince Bismarck’s pop tinned life and good health, would do wall, if possible, to secure for informa tion a daily return of the weights re corded in tba chancellor's little diary.— ’ aa o Goflaeia a tent. & Parle to; haodyand hsymlaaa diatnfao- rinunta hate been made in of > in • dosed room' until de- then a chafing dish waa and 000 gmnunea of oofflw thrown «m the Are. In a few minutes the room was completely disinfected. In an sulphuretted hydrogen and mo dersloped, and ninety > of ooflM destroyed the smell It half • minute, ft to also stated deotroys the email of mi by the really deoom- oOae and not , Hiaalatod inot lie toi (beoti which. 'toi bn a . Owing, u It to i tom are hem , fes- . 'Wo have i to hb oho- '“-'S narwm ana urn puone sunn auko In this eountrr from a auperflulty of Jockey dubs mmofli which wonU not axlatoTH night If thmn wrro laws agaiaat turf cambUnv. I of M tnif gambling. Tho only diOw rift down in the iNVttmors LATKiTfitUrr. From bla workshop (u Highland Park, Chicago, Proftmor Kliaha Orsy 1* at last able to ley on the desk of bla correspondent in Ifllwauxm a fee simile of whatever ho a on paper at this soda of the wire. The ling toucheo to the td-autograph will be made wftbMa the next two wdoka A head company baa been formed fiv. New York, ana subordinate companies are orga nising over the country to put the invention inum. „ “The Inatrumeot now reproduces each stroke of the pen or peoeil with almost ex act fidellt; cago lellty. Tribun is piano if rats woro usually part and parcel of pianos. The tuner n>- marked that while probably two-thlrde of — reldeneea were free otiaw third were In- leeet had been hia WBMlriirt during twenty years of hia' litsu^lhoee In tho oonntey. especially in ^dlte do fbrmoce' housaa, wars gener- ad In doaena of of small acrai l' been aaniad there f . been discovered. The paper who not so bad, hut rats ktly did the Instrument much ts play havoe with the felta ^ , and ba had repaired pianos , where the felt* had all been eaten away. Occasionally a hungry raft L discovered that ahewa fight, and tbs wielding of a broomstick, with the accompanying scraaasing by the women folk, la - aary fco get rid of the animaL Ghildxws ofUatimse eanee pianos to get out of ordn Jkuft while the trouble caused by them is usually quickly repaired them am times whan they do mom damage than rata.’'Left aloha in the room with an open * instrument the spirit of mischief comes ovh them, and a eans or a book la poked In under or among the strings. Tho owmt mtnrno to play on the piano, and than finds it Id sixes and sevens. Aa everything waa all right bat a few min- utes before the cause of the trouble can not be understood, and than them is bluster about the bouse. Should the piano hnn anw one the maker is blamed, the iwrtnuturtt is md a sharp . latter Is forwarded Co the sellar. The re pairer with fear and trembling hastens to the scene, the trouble la found, and after apologias, tba whipping of the email h r who fid the mischief, and the payment ■ the bill far repairs, the piano la left to I fate. wnu TVS KOTOV OOM. Picking up afire cent piece lying on the action,thetunereaid: “Herniasomething, too, I find as well as rats' nest* and the work of children. To be sura money is not found frequently, especially in any oonaldarabU dmoumi, bat the finding of two la pochotbooke and a ten dollar gold pieee I will never forget. The gold had been placed in the piano far safe keeping by a young lady, and its hiding place gotten, and my finding it, of coarse, made the owner happy. The bringing to "lOf oneof thopockethooke made me her. that being a present from Ita It had been missing fora said Profeaeor Gray tp a Chi me reporter jeeterdarr “The duction la just up to the point of not original. The .difference (s enough to pfbvent long-distance forgery. At the same time the copy at the other end is so nearly like wbat you write, 1 that for all ordinary purposes it Is your handwriting.” Several sped mens of Copy';- when com pered with ibe original, showed a alight wavlness of line as the only distinction. One could come much nearer telling the . reproduction of a friend’s voice by the per fee ted phonograph from the voice itself than he could a tel-autographic copy of the same friend’s handwriting from hia true fist “I expect the Invention," continued Pr^f. Gray, “at onedto supersede the* telephone where accuracy is required and over lung distances. It will also be taken up imme diately as an adjunct to the telegraph in tho transmission of messages involving mone tary traoaaetions It can make no mistakes. It tells aft the other end just wbat you wriie, word far word and line for linb. No operators or third parliea intervene as in ter prater* be’.wekn the two pieces of paper. They stand aa fac simile records, in the bands of transmitter and receiver, of what has passed between the parties.” The machine it an artist as well as pen man. It wtli reproduce any line drawing. A girl’s head, the picture of s represents tlve mugwump, a bunch of daisies, and s sunflower were only limited in faithfulness by the execution of the draughtsman. An Illustrated telegram will not be one of the least novelties of the future. r When Professor Gray's company geU It* lines established, the business man will be able to impress on bis dispatches ths au thenticity of bis autograph*. A resident of Jackannvllie during the fever, can. at a moment’s notice, show bis anxious wife in the North that his band is still steady. The lover can put into the swiftest message all the dots and crosses add flourishes his sweetheart has learned to love In short, the tol-sutograph is designed to do the work of the pofttofflee over the Wires. SCINcS AT ^CASTLE GARDEN. < MBs. Domft, the premiere, eat fat the parlor «f, the Laclede the other day recall ing the trials shs had to undergo 'ae an ’how mnch I People little know,” ah labor and misery go to an 'the pirouette of a dancing girt. A child should not begin to study dancing after she la 10; Tm the beet age. The limbe then are aft the right degVee of aup- plennss to tafco-e paptt ovH tne first dfl- fl cal ties and help her on fta fthe Iowh ‘quadrille,’ which she may not hope ftr won before she la 18. The form then has gained the roundnsae and the fiebh and muscles the firmness requisite to the artistic poses which create such fu rore. In my case the dally torture com menced at 8 o’clock. Bvesy morning my feet were imprisoned In a groove box, her against heel and knees turned outwards. By this process my fast accustomed them selves naturally at last to fall Into a par allel line. ' This is what it called aa touroer. After half an boor of tho groove I waa subjected to another variety of torment. This time I hod to raise my foot and place It on a bar level with m> head, which bar I was obliged to hold in a horizontal line with the hand opposite the foot. I was exercising. This they mimo A , VrW TRUffTY “KITOHtN HELP.” May Be Am imf in aonable-’’prices Thousands of |crm so casser. After these preliminary a bora v© variety of “Thd teacl long and inful, the primary object being to bring zeroise extreme agility and Ijnmi- A V‘\y Hit* of Infnmtntlon About Croats—La' rline Children. On fh.> morning of my visit the possible makers of millions weru not prepossessing in, personal appearance, but fine clothes have so much to do with the making of fin* birds that there could be no limit to « hat the imagination pictured for these at present undistinguished foreigners. O'Hara. Donnelly and Duffy, andondJther days they contain the unpronounceable ones of the r stives of Poland, Unngary, Italy and Germany There are two mat rons Installed within a little Incloenre In the center of the greet rotunda. Their duties, after their general supervision over all the women, are first to cars for the children under 17 years of age who are aot under the protection of any oae. aad u-qmmI u* detect U possible the women V 1 jve been, or are likely to bet led - JK ir&* ...... ^^sltlob lu. r j. -.fx flfl Uiai at oret toe talee she L -rd her many a sleepless night and oanabd do shed manr tears of sympathy and pity, but the const uit association with wretched specimens of humanity and hearing the daily and hourly recitals of the women and children, had accustomed her more or lees to her teak. “The children.” she said, “are often as happy and contented as they can be. They have generally been sent for to Join their friends here who are waiting for - their arm val hornet imee they are obliged to go from here to find their friends in some distant state, and in that case their tickets are proc ..-ed for them, and 1 fill out a label as to their names and destina tion. The label is tied to a but'onhole in their dresses or coats, and In that way they are handed first to one person and then to another—the passenger sgeata and conductors on the railways—until they arrive at their destination They get on far better than those who have the re sponsibility of looking after themselves. It sometimes oocurs that the children have not a penny In their pocket when they land. If possible ws communicate with their friends and obtain the price of their railway fare In earn they ar* going out of New York. If they are to take a very long journey and have no money, we generally give them fifty cents or tl In order that they may bay a cup of coffee or tea or be prepared for an emergency, hut If they are noj to travel very far we -pro vide jliam only with food.” to go through steps and movements, aching Is necessarily painful, the primary by sheer examtet strength to tba joints of tho limbs foot. Even in the edaeation of the twe great toes, so as to make us capable of standing and pirouettingoa them, a vast amount of care and time is expended. Aqd not only most the power be acquired, but it must. be kapt up, ior which pur-, pose rnnatant exercise u required. Other- wi»«-the joiifts becoHe stiff and relapse to an ordinary dagzea of strength. A week of repose must ba redeamed by two months of redoubled, fftseeasnt toil. On this condition only oaa tho dancer pre serve her suppleness aad lightness. Te acquire, later, skill and gram in the movements of the dance la a subordinate object. One of the moat difficult parts of a dancing girl's education Is, for in stance, to make her emfls with the net of her companions and look gracefully at tho public. “There Is no net fora any time of her eaimr. T" ha time when, after a four hour's have fallen exhausted on the carpet of my room, when I was undressed, sponged and resuscitated, totally unconscious of my situation. Tho agility and marvel ous bounds of the evening wen obtained only at a price like this. Bat then an, nevertheless, same dancers who, having bf nature greater dlffleoltlse to surmount, martyrise themselves with a willingness scarcely credible. Nathalie Flttjames was an example of this. She Invented a new method, de se tourner eft da ae casser, at one and the same time. The art of danc ing has two branches—«m balloune and an tacquettc. The balloune is the school of Taglioni; it Is tho lightness- combined with grace, the dense which sea light in and float in the air. ? iuette is vivacity and rapidity; i little sparkling steps and Haasnne on ths point of the tost; In a word. It la whal Fanny F.llsler made It."—fit. Louis Ba ts to da The tac it is ths on ths to whal anny public. Tne Highlands aa home of romance. foal legend for almost every step you take. But the cruel mere Two or three women were seated within- prqduco iu the incloeure, and I asked the matron why tbeywere there. “They are here because they eke de tained for some reason or otheu,” aha an ewered. “That old lady Is to Join her husband lu a western city. When she arrived here she expected from him with money peases. The letter bed so we have telegraphed to him. ^That ticket pinued on herfdreas la that she Is waitin'* for a telegram That Wtimr grand ly with her.” ted speaking r woman, and woman la a 'sent for by her est of’these are not have the pathos of, the and their father’s ae, and none ■ cf their own and wretahed- The cry for board, moderate and kflp. oa _ both male and forimle. In our stordi ^s, thrpwn upon tflatr own ft- And thsmaalrsa. In a large city without>a home, tytodnut* apprentices, young own j net starting either In their professions or In business must live as well aa people bettor off. Bow infinitely bettor for many a young man and. young woman If they could marry when but a few years older relatively than their par ents when they married—providing the aforesaid young naan can support himself and family. Commercial drummers, tour- tots and others, commonly known as “transients,” an army ever on the in crease, are continually aaaring clean and respectable places whereon to lay their heads and whereat to be filled, with tbs’ reasonable assurance of having eu money left after paying their hotel in the morning with which to get out of town. A practical solution of these much mooted questions—tho condition of the “city slave Ctrl” and of the “hired girl,” and the betterment thereof—to a limited extent at least, would seem to lie in a proper recognition and a skillful combi nation of these two great public demands: (1) The demand, on the ono hand, for ex- pertenoed and trustworthy help ; (9) the demand, on the other hand, for clean lodgings, wholes—s food, moderate priees. Now as to the “modus operi&di.” Se cure a suitable iseatlon, probably near on# of the large railroad stations in tho city. Erect there a plain, fireproof, commodious hotel, with tne modern improvements, souabla of comfortably aeeominodating ijM guest#, both as “transients” and aa “regulars. Furnish in ordinary 60 cent neal or bad * " tor 90 lodging at $1 Sucn betel would nished very plainly dayi er board and throughout. Per- wwuld deck the pine floora. Bub, not with standing, everything could be kept scru pulously clean; the food could bo whole some, wall cooked, and plenty of H, If the delicacies of the —on were went- i under lug. And management such proper mani Institution could be made to pay for Itself in time. Prides would bo so raaeonable. the ■srvlce eo exosBrot. that people would naturally flock to sash places of refuge without the expense of advertising. In other words, it would advertise Itself. The two chief conditions for admission Into such hotel home would be good moral character and weakly payment in To run sneh a hotol properly taoolg prob ably require no more servants than today required to -minister to the wants of an equal number bf guests In may ordinary notal. Although the dom« would be novices, ‘•till the hotel w< make little pretensions at anything bbt cleanliness. Everything would be oon strut-ted to save work wherever poeafhl* odato 1,000 gUMts that thelaird mfj I hia shooting aad ,wrops At fill [not understand Ito tba laird, as of old, andH I And v. hat not the father of your And then, when frightened s and hid themselves at * * bre ke the kettles t tore into shreds the coming, he the well, or leach the heather. And, sa the people selves have it, “In thee# and similar wa^s on cm similar wa; he succeeded too well in cleariLg Island of Us once numerous inhabitants, scattering them over the face of the globe.” There must have been cruelty Indeed before the Western Islander, whs once loved hia chief better than his owt life, could tell such talee as these, even la his hanger and despair.—1 Pennell in Harper’s Hags lino. The titedlfisr Country Way. Now it Is Inevitable that the people living In cities should tall greater reserve of manner toward gers than that developed In the etmntrv, where people know all about tbfeir neigh bors. In a city you cannot n*4 to every body you meet on the streak*, there la cos time for it. Yea cannot arse call bn thoae who live In the aamp 'block with you. You may ba Bring In '.aa next house to a professional gambW and have no meant of asc ; uluing fact. All these thlngt Such hotel to eoeommodato would require probably anywhere' from 160 to 900 domestics all ths Um*. These servants would ba under expertoneed in structers, the beat that Honey Could nxand. For instance. would be Tu little girl by the shlo of child, who came from G When the matron had ohe looked toward, than said: “That Swede, and has aleo’necn sent for by husband.” The g/Zl was hatless, ana had' hair that bad h/sn bleached by the rays at the sun. <She was not pretty to look at, but waa probably endowed with vir- tuee enoq^n to lead her bushrod to pay from cities a habit of teroourae, which to oar- toe?'' pleasant than the kindliw /ay, but to not easy to lay asidsi of a now ao- _ _ irileg* to one Vuo habitually lives an Isolated life, but ''is not a thing so eagerly desired by those, who Uve in a crowd all the time, and bav« rather to acquire the habit of defending themselves against numbers. Indeed great deal of *hat to called hospitality in thinly settled regions and new commfini ties has no espedal unselfishness abo^t it> where neighbors and gueato are few it to really the vtoftor who confer* the favor. To give tho pleasure of hto company be comes in that case a phrase of eoangmean ing.—Harper’s Baasr. / etc. The primary object would be to give each graduate adeq u/te knowledge of now to go Into any well regulated kitchen or laundry and take entire charge thereof. Tho Immediate consideration for such service would b# none other than board, lodging, necessary clothes, aforesaid In atzuction, and the promise that so soon aa competent tho flastitulleu would do all In its power to find ito mud nates acceptable situations la reaps Hama familtoa or other hotel* at remunerative wages. The sur plus tn the receipts at this hotel—for In stance. l.OOfi regular boarders at $6 veak or $3fiD,00yysmrty toft after pay all running expenses, salaries of the v oua naesaflary instructors aad assistants, possURy 4 percent. Interest on the original Investment, would form a fund frc*n which prises,would be given those girls wko had eomplsted a systematic comntuf training, peasihiy averaging $50 to 05 cash pn year far each graduate during preparation. This would 1 than paying them weakly wages, however flmall, ror the Incentive to complete the course, not adtr far the knowledge but for tho poqflnlary reward awaiting the faithful, w<mkl ba *o strong as to prac tically prevent their working a few weeks, getting a respectable outfit of cloth ing, an4 than quitting. Then, again, re ceiving vipon completing the course (In stead tt weakly) whatovn pecuniary in- ducHflent such Institution might be able to extend them would prevent their fool- trifiee tneir earnings, thus to a minimum their in- fikUdrfln is to always hnva ready * thing far the, little hands to’io It Mr ■ which oome quite often on raiflj other day* when, tired of pfafi they listlessly gaae through the window or wander aimlessly about, apt knowing what to do with them selves. Children at qiiph times are a great trial to the btuy aad often nerv ous people of the housob end are quite likely to be scolded, though sudh a course is eo unwise and unjust that it oaa load only lb the wont repplti la the child’s future. Oelm and reprow- tkg words, kindly spoken, era nsoro ■ary with all bright ehildran aad are usually very effeotive, but words uftr tered In a sharp, eooiding tone must in most oases work an injury to tho child’s disposition. It is all the mors ead, bo- otuae the matter ooefld be so easily man aged by a vary little attention on the mother’s pari Bow often we hear mothers or older sister* say to some littte r dltQi who is full of desire to'do rigflt if it only know how: “Do got something to do; how lasy you ere; I never eaw such good-for-nothing child. I am sure I don’t know what is to become of you,” and a great deal more of such talk,, which, alas, most people have beard too often. The child at snob times to not in fault It is the mother** duty to see that suitable work isalways ready, and she should inquire the child to do a moderate task for which she should not be afraid to give a due measure of praise after it is dope -Always ba care ful to see that the child is not kept too long at one teak as such a course would ba worse than idleness. It to worthy of note that the work given to k child&as a great influenoe la molding the mind and taste A child kept always at knitting qjgoklngs or cutting carpet-rags will boMrery prac tical, perhaps too mueh so. j mother will have a variety of both useful and ornamental. Some parents think It useless to toaeh hoys to sow or knit It to not, however, for there are many times in a boy’s Ufa whan such knowledge may be useful. I have often observed that many col lege boys oould mend their own clothes while they ware quite up in their elaeeas'T think’ the subject should be thoughtfully considered by parents, seeing to It that time should hang on theto children’s hands for want of eomettring to do.—. LAWYER AND JUDGE. M H* - ^Ke* K Mr. Peyton R. Hayden, me one of Missouri; but he ea ting outside of hto ws laughably ignorant of history i geography. Onoe, in orose-examining a witness, ha said: “State, if toaea, to what -You am a Daaa, are yuuf 1 will you be eo kind aa to toll oe i eu left DaneE' “Tnever left Dana, air; I IsA ffiort to | t*~a tolt you. 1 I „ _ lr-gray than dp art bavy so much — .sow as l seed to have. You know tbqp*| are westing trooters larger now than a couple at ytarsago In fact today a wall, mart* pair has hardly a legitimate excuse for bagging unless they are worn con stantly I mytdlf never wear a pelr two days, in juecMslou. A little while ago, when wo wore ^roussrs almost akin tight, I thought 1 should have to go Into an |||||r a day showed HPE1 Itft i In the room inetion m to e desire lo “run,” which discipline ban In Mr. Hayden was aot always so easily put down, however. He seldom used the terms plaintiff and defendant, hut ■poke of the parties by name. Oae day ho was pleading ths case of a Mr. Jbaee, and as he weal on repeated the ■SHW again aad again. Finally the judge Interrupted him. “Mr. Haydoa. will you do mo a fie* vorr~ • \ “Certainly, your Honor, with plane- “I thought,” said the judge, heri- tatingly, **if you have eo objeotioe, you aright be wllliag to toll me the asms ef your client. ” A general roar greeted this sally, bat Mr. Hayden at onee replied: “Of course, sir; my client's name is William Jonas, sir. He lives down on the Mora, sir, just below Jefferson Cfty, sir. Hto name to William Jonas, sir.’' “I thank you,” Mid tho judge; “pro- eeed with your argument. ” Mr. Hayden proceeded, and toktwg tt over ft aad in prl- laast recoin- wants would have bar the sea fir Bhettapwes haring to wait mittafloe that would taki tie 1 takehsE-l tkneath* season for thatislay,’' sxslained lira Htucklefai. “to th* miscal culation In tima The jpersqa sunt fot often Ishves the other am sooner than to or the steemsr errivaa earlier looked for. The newcomer to to remain hare far a . only thorn rough bMchss to riropuponattoght.”-. t lnse"mdlWto -■ ’ 7 ' Lee’# Like Nap^a^pt, teo XIII. doro a gnat desist work find takm very Uttfa, He rtom at fl»/e la summer end sis fte wle- to(* Hto togst oooupias s half hour, after which he fie—ex an hour in prayer aad me- diatioa ssA preparation fer Mass, which k« myt yhvHj, day la oae of tho private chapels of ths Vatfcoa. He oOdates at the altar with eaamplovy devoftfioa aad themls an exoaedlng graoe in all htostovw whether (a ths ssBOtusir. fa hfi to hto Bbvaiy or ‘m hitesodtohoe. At tight o’clock ths 1 takes hto csfe an toh aad a roU. Lro ~ to one of ths Most slat—ions of i at hto tette do not $1 a day tho whole year da prs* clvil to with tty-four Social XJte te Mtmtf Mr. HunnaweM gives son es of social Ufa in , v in .the history of says: "Drinking habits, giia, continued soma tima ritt century, so tost tt was refitive a call even frame out an offer of a gtosa of the minister It weald be as 1818, a chureh council of persons had at their of brandy, 40 bottles oigars, besides pipes.” he says: “The fashion followed tpwn life in Europec A four of the earlier prominent men must have had an Impos ing look. • * • Thomas Russell, nearly six feet high, appeared on’Change in hair powdered end ued, a oocked hat and ‘aabm lined silk (rest soot from Rus sia,’ white he canted ‘a gold headed India eana.’ ” Afagstlns of Amsrieen History. rfattr, N. C„ to moving for an expo- of tba two Carolinai la that oityaaxt ftriL To keep varnished wood kwldag: sad bright, info it thoroughly with dl from — totlm% . > Clean eikfietk withe wot rsr a stff broom, aad rwfo with icy would find whan vats familtoa not to be their meikdation. Ail their would be supplied and they no occasion for pocket money . After a yam's faithful service in such Institution a sergeant could command from one-third to two-thirds more wagea than before, and after two yean such service she would receive double, or, In exceptional cases, triple her present wages, besides bring forever insured a good home In some wall to do and re spectable family. Should she afterward conclude to marry—for with such a wo man It would no longer ba. a question whether or not a man could foe fpuu^. to ask her—hsr husband would find Tifcr to ba a veritable treasure.—R B. Sanford in Chicago Times. . The In a Boston nswspapH office not long ago the chief proof reedrir had been greatly annoyed by an extraordfaaiy uae of com mas that cropped out In occasional ‘ ‘takes” osahte proofs, and, finding that they oc- euriud pfigulariy under a oaftah| “slag,” he went to “alug fifteen’s” frame to ex postulate with him. He found that the man was a new "snb” who said he had come lately from Nova Scotia, and had learned hto trade in a first daaa office In ' Halifax. “For pity's saks,” exclaimed the pf reader, “whist sort of s system of do tfisy—ploy in Halifax?” our dBee,” replied the com- with a patronising sir, “was to nut*ln about thflte oommaSto • line.” Coston.' up a certain point, •gain it, till ths judge patient “I wish to know, Mr. Hayden, if you will do me another favor.” •; “Certainly, sir.” , “Then I wish to know whether you don’t think that when a lawyer has sold the same thing one hundred and fifty times it would be wall for him *to move ond “No, sir.” said Mr. Hsyden; *Tdon’t think any such thing, and I will toll you why. I suppose, sir, that If I had mentioned ths name of my client ones, I hod dons so a hundred aad fifty tin—; but after all, your Honor, sir, forgot hto noma and woo obliged to ask ms what it waa . So, bow, my plan to not ouly to say a thing, but to rub tt la If I eon.”—YokIA’s Companion. 1 Debtor and Orsdltor. L Bobley (os hto Mend rushae past)— Good gwaalous, Tom! What’s your hurryf Wiggins—Don’t stop me, pleas* Fm going down town to nettle a bill. Boblsy (■tupefled)“-Running tofoettls a bill? ImpoMiblel Wiggins—Tans, dear boy; I owe Oharisy Grafton five dollars and ho owes me ten, y’ know. I want to settle! —Judge. SOst Wtote eaa Auotosox, Deft., 11.—N( tbs Savannah Valley Railroad, Tobs rard, colored, was. odt hunting tetiTkm^ day sfl—ooo with mvural friends Rrab- bit wsp—itad and ran brio a hollow tmn > cot to fas Iras flieUmd sat his gun Jiwr that—togsltWrsbMtouL One of th<da«| rad adafast ths on sad kaodt- sd it down. fall dtoehorgsd tho load Tobs** abdomen. He lived long Coro- on the ooal Nobody has bsro abfcyet s ooal oealer of the error of* to conrisoe ofdMpvrrigha -twri ; sro"*’' v# This to ths season when a young man only had oBS”bsst” |UL oo fashlonabls op ladtos’ i been, but husbands with large MU*. asvlum. A pair Worn half a decided Inclination to expansion at that most critical point. -I found myself at tempting to ward off ih* efll.. I tried every method I could best of and every oae I could Invent, hut they did little good. Finally I Invented cue of cut bags. After that I attached a weight of some sort to the waist band, so as te bring tho strain over the knees. The cloth In drying came back into shape and remained so. “Your tailor or your fnfnlaher has no doubt tiled to sriJ-youf-t ' device knows as ‘pants stretcher.* Don't waste your money I have tried every kind known, and they don’t give satisfaction. They don't stretch the doth evenly enough, not is the cure permanent. That little scheme of my own la the best 1 ever found. Oh, yes; you may try it. I haven’t patented it. But if you really want to know ths beat and most satisfactory way of remov ing bags from the face of your trousers I jt me whisper tt to you. Go to your titlor. For 13 cents or a quarter he will f ress them, and nothing works so well. >nt when you are on tne top of Mount VVadrington the tailor Is not there. Al ways hang your pantaloons up carefully. 1 have known fellows who would go home, take of! their coat and waistcoat, throw thanrtnto a chair, remove their trousers, the coat shirt and uuderelothing on top of the trousers. This b all wrong. A man's underclothing U always a little damp, even in winter. The coat and w&lstcoast at the bottom, the trod sera between them and the under clothing, the pantaloons are certainly In • regular sweat box There they are, all crumpled, creased and In a heap, and, of course, when the wearer cornea to put them on in the morning he wonders what the douce makes his trousers look so out of shape.”—Boston Cor. New York World. tnenromo a cuair, remove uietr i (lumpjbem in a heap on top of and vest, and then pile tho b uuderelothing on top of the trouse Goocoart, tbs Trane as a definition for pride. That) 3P& Profit te Public BatcrprUcc. K. B. Brody, who has been connected with various public euterpriees In elec tricity, pungently remarked: “The avor- i,‘-e American citizen will let yon rob him dully ami hourly of a small amount of money, and | term it you to rob all hie Allow citizens In a great ootnmunity at tho same time, so that In the aggregate you have an enormous plunder, when, if you wore to take even a tithe of the iiuoiint out of bis pocket annually or out of the public treasury be would want you hatigou to Ibe first lamp post. The street car lines talwa penny more from every pnsaeugrr thin they are justly entitled to. Ferry boats are la the same class The price per thousand for gas might be reduced \ * “Evpry telephone nubecrjber could less fuy 'his telephone and leave Isugc profit to the companies Teiegrute ir.c .vtoges could be reduced, bnt In this bustling and active country no one wants tq stop and consider those things. Yen jwy your nickel of fare on the street ear without ever se much as a thought that three oests fare would pay a good dirt tk-ml oo the original Investment of moat of the roads. Yon pay $1.26 a thonaand imt gas, although you know te row In to| It to in na—r to to pey-cnese fctnaii UrSantSTT don’t know but that ay original ten guage. terming it robbery, to a little toe strong. Perhaps the fact to that the American citizen to willing to pay pretty well for good accommodations of any k : >d. New York Tribane. W «T. i Soul to* tef I I aUikUMy at Mamm ' Yet, after all. Isn’t It rather a carious weakness in human beipgs to care for another’s opinions? Why should J< mind what you or I think of him or — of him, when you and I are almost certain to ba wrong? Nay, why should he what tho majority think of him, whan the majority ate usually wrong? what the cultured minority think of hljn, when the cultured minority arc seldom right? what an entire generation think of him, when the next generation may re verse the ver dict? An accurate history of crttldvm, for ex ample, would be * delightful burlesque upon tbe fallibility of human judgment only the historian should owe no fealty te what was current; he should stand so far nreadbt human thought that cherished coacluaions should appear to him only shifting waves In an ocean of folly—should recognize that ous moralities may be vices, our flees virtue*, our orthodoxies follies, our rascals heroes, our masterpieces daubs, our Shakespeare* and Goethes and Vligito and Denies the puerile intelligences that their eontem poraries mostly*>believed them to 'foe.— Upplueott’s Magazine. apart from aU its most < ty came out on thertep* of a bourn on DufBeld street and called aloud in she looked tt and Aa Artful Little A lad. street and sweet, persuasive tones “Georgia, deart” There was no answat anxiously up and down the again called, but In a firmer voice: “George!” Not a word. Taking in the entire horfr son with one sweeping, comprehensive glance, she made a trumpet of her hand and c|4|ed shrill and sharp: Then a little pair of scurrying feet came around the corner of the house, ac companied by a round, innocent faee, much stained with watermelon juice, and a sweet voice inquired: “Did you call me, mamma?”—Detroit Free Press. Ufa to Paris .Studio*. In no place more than a^tudio is it true that the early bird gets the worm; but is a studio that bird must be prepared te defend her spoils. Thus It is a great thing to be among the first to pose the model at S on Monday morning; but unless you are prepared to fight for the dtmtinuanee of your pose, you will find that each comer will want to alter it to salt her particular taste. Unfortunately, malcontents tbe righUo pat the poeqtqth* vote, and it not unfreqoently happens that after you have patiently blocked In during the ’first hour, st9o’i the crowd arrives, a fresh and ‘ ferent position is voted for and carried by an exasperating majority,, and aU your labor is foA- —Dsmoreet’a Monthly >A little Girl . Dec. IT rious accident Mr. Gadsden She to toritesd, At'test accounts i injure*. ►ec. 18.’—Qn Tuesday a se- befoll a Rule daughter of Tofk township s cotton gin fa became en tan- of bos ■till alive. Vlaete Mr OOLDfiPflOfe, Frigs flehl fahadhU Co., Dee. It.— ■ end on i fa tbs 1 aerev mm cnange m me laanaon or wee- : °* k *’ h 11 iff btock aqd heavy os “A J ' v** to proia ** **• mmm 2?? Then was also r&s 'V How Mer TO at* rates, that tot ■luting transportation over two cr j rouiis, is now comparatively fkqpte to tbe paeeage of the fatarstete eto „ act, certain agreed rates prevailed a* j traction or eommoo, pc until some one road felt Inclined to and points local to one road were I as high rates aa/rere considered necessary by the road reaching them Now, bovr- ever, the majority of tbs thrown their local territory open bjM ing common points as basing P?fafay making the rates to Intermediate territory She came as those iu effect i next farthest basing point In words, dividing the road into groups,each group taking Certain fixed ratea. The through rates are divided between the roads forming the line, on a mileage basis -that is. each road receives a percent of the through rate as great m the ta' ico traversed over its rails bears to tho I entire distance from point of shipment to! destination. „ ,j * The n umeroua cases of delays and loss] of property hi transit are in a faxgai uro due to careless of improper maa of merchandise by the consignor If packages were properly aad marked these annoying occurrences woe be reduced to a minimum As it Is, j over, the systematic methods of I freight in practice by all roads reader j almost impossible for anything to to— ried to a wrong destingthmu! some errors turnout ing occur J ibe case of lierishable freight, ami lent to actual- loss., Wlnyi a shipment fails to time a-“tracer’ 1 to sent after It. “tracers” are lu tbe shape of a upon forwarding' agent to foil tho 'shipment by means of his ear number, train number, date all of which are kept in hi* a pills. Tbe ' tracer" to sent along t! traversed by the shipment, and ead in torn notes thereon date pf ani ure. whether transferred car, ami- seal record, and to next jnnrtiotl point. In thlfl freight is always ultimately diseo thongh sometimes It time. In urgent caai totograph Tbe great bone of amntua- sbippeni aud raiIroa4*vto, ft Burned In adjusting claim is paid the mass of tli.it ha* accumulated is usually from the claimant's original he cannot, there fore, undere! could not have been paid are never purposely delayed, aad departB other < nUil •a.; shipper toe hto ctoiai **1 turti leas time VlMfl is for this; th* roost. ipnere but knew me amoun involved, even in the wimpleat cm plaints on this «oore would be quent Tbe larger gitlcd with more pa than the country merchant* It Is true, as claimed by three that the large through” in mui ■everal reasons shipper. In present tog a aiev It with all gives a clear and roar, whereas the country a rambling sort at tetter. „ give.sll his skipaseats te the A., R 0. road, aud to do vai thiugs iu the event of nun claim aud studiously a' Urutori. thus, la ammo roa quontly makes fflfaPMflk I far him. cansee dal owner of to to send hto i asking them to push It i This coo roe of prorodon lay A claim prHonied tl.' property—if Mil of or reoeipt. and paid frtight MR with a letter of exptotta—a, to i to the delivering road—will to with dtomteh. to the stotorent a l •mall shipper. As a geuare ^ the most quickly Atoneoad of. If ■toned by an error <g one road la a | such rota usually i If tbe claim be I by a competing route all i willingly redoes to sen tat ion of proof. Tbe lore and dareag difficult to handle In the lav claims, each road itfsate to any liability, aad endea—a to buity, aad end ability upon sj don between the l of lav oftep discussion the frequently. claims of this nature The shipment to tr E oint of shipment, aqd no shipment cheeks par* the' damage. It however, that tbe loss ci be located, ft to then ence aorumuiatro,' and th turns gray white waiting fan hto ’ Iu case* where it to utterly i locate tho damage or tow U to i for all roads participating Ut the 1 join in payment of the da—gaa>. roads have recently adopted the paying lust claims ae soon an T looking f,o their connections to afterward.’—Chicago Journal. - .Iteira—seat la Oori ' The schools should to an eld te 1 K vemeut of maa’a estate. In nej so much to« dirsation as by new Ini chanica or artisans. Ito 1 our material surroundings ity ofo * higher plana, aad' who care for It tOflhtain the dessice, etc., wWA thgf Tbe teadenmr te tbepubBe i be to odneato ynitihi aa th ba better able to deal with That can the mere booki (t to not dona A small < direction ' training. This ther! The should be! thoae who must give way to i meat u the aahool —New York News. ’ tite re m Vti A little miss rid, waa tn on other day,‘and ■to was askad by the wanted ttote pto on. dess I will! ‘ ' As the boy to tba f ether of < follows that the glri to woman; and f ‘ onorioi Help i Vo a man k i tot to toads to 1 dto. The