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_ THE FREE CITIZEN. E. A. WEBSTER. Editor and Proprietor. A Weekly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politiee. ? Si VOLUME Ii. ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1S7?. NUMBER 13. TIMELY TOPICS. AUGUSTA! Georgia, claims the largest cot toil factory io tile sooth. Forty hui klings tire in process of erection, anti houses to the value of $350,000 have been completed this year. AcconniXG to a French statistician, more than a thousand people have per ished itv lires in theatres from til? begin ning of the nineteenth century up to'the present date, while the pecuniary loss amounts to $00,000,000. Tm: report that Gerald Massey, thc English'poet, has become insane is now denied by a personal friend of his, who say's that that he is'now engaged on thc greatest literary work bf his life. TllH St. Louis whisky distillers have yielded to -.the enc-gclie persistency hf Secretary Rristow, ami have withdrawn their plea of "not guilty" filed in thc most important counts, and by so doing have forfeited the goods seized. ?TUK influenza or distemper among'thb: h?rs-'s has become almost universal throughout thc country, and, though not to be compared in seventy to the epidemic of two years ago, it is*still-tho cause of considerable inconvenience and loss. We begin, also, to hear of fatal rc-< suits freon the disease; and horse-breed- ! ors report thc whole season unfavorable to the successful rearing of colts from thc fatal prevalence of the trouble among them.'. ? THK St. Louis Times, in referring to tljcdate^ visit of Jay. Gould,Sidney Dillon; Oliver Ames and other railroad magnates, shys* thc matti object of their vis?lwas to ^perfect/arrangements-to run through cars ?fr.mUj.bere.to San Francisco via the St. L< ut is'and,. Kansas City and -^rtheWk and IJhioh Vutd Pacific'railroads ^'b^biyjjo oh an ge, and ultimately .from. Xe?y,r^i"& via New York Central through tblk city. lt i.-j.-jfuftHtei ' slid that this, project is destined to forestall the action' of thc national railroad convention to he held hore nest month,-and ?if possible, to kill the1 Southern Pacific railroad "project "''"ich has many strong friends here. . Til 13great powers of western Europe . have exerted their combined lb fl nen cc to s\nothcr thc Servian rebellion and pro tect the dominion of the Turk a little longer. It is easy to imagine how thc | Czar smiles...in his sleeve at their jeal ousy and the secret intrigues it leads to u ord?r to prevent Russia from getting a foothold on the Mediterranean, espec ially as every-year she ?ft.extending her empire to Central Asia and throwing the net of her'diplomacy down, towards the ocean and Persian Gulf. These Hank movements arc bf vast importance, and if continued a quarter of a century will make it of very little moment what the great powers say,- There is little use in defending the front door when the enemy . luis captured all thc rest of thehousc. . . .W>: aro indebted, says the New Orleans Times, to the state registrar of Louisiana for an advance copy of a table showing the population of Louisiana, according to state census Of; 1875. Wc present thc totals below, comparing them with thc figures of the United Statcscensnsof 1800 and 1870. They show a very large in crease during the live years, but rtiscon . fined--chiefly to thc rural parishes, that of Orleans, comprising the city of New < >r Icans, being only 12021 : . I'ol'l'f.ATION Ol' TU!.: STATE. IS0?. 1870. Is7."> White.357,150 ;?i;-_',ot;."i .101,0.16 - Frc?.colored. is,*;17 .'U;J,2I0 .i?Oaiii Slaves.:.;....331y72? . ("liiiicsi-and Indians. " 173 t'Ai) 1,512 . Tula! ........\708\(ft>*3 720,015 857,030 ~? "* i'OIM-\I.AT10iX OK NBW. OKI.KANS. While..*..l-li?,963 110,023 115,721 Free colored. 10,939 50,456 ;">7,iil7 ?la.vcs...,. l l, is t . Chinese ami I nd in ii s | 171 ;>!. 71 'I'et.d.171,659 101,-110 203,139 Tl iii return to the Pandora from an, all-suinnior.oxpedition to the arctic zone with nothing discovered but a wann current, a vessel of Ross's expedition abandoned twenty-five, years ago and still stuck in thc ice, and the headstones , .of,some,bf Sir John Franklin1? hiyricd men, is the last brief and uninteresting account f>Pii brief and unromantic cruise in rather hackneyed .?eas. The Pandora expedition went within about 1,000 miles of the pole, or thereabout, and reached thc western longitude of the Red river settlement, passing perhaps one-third of the way westward through thc series of V straits north of Victoria land. Jlcing a ' ' steamer the Pandora mflved,rap"dly, and ' had the northern sch. Wen rtnolitructed j, hy ice or fogs she could, at .that reduced . ? compass' of the globe,' have steamed .through from Ifctflm's Ray to the Itt tos?an An?crican sens in three or four days,at the utmost.' She saileil above seven de grees in twelve days, with all sorts ol -m. -.- - - . embarrassments an I stoppiigesj. reven degrees inore ol' steaming over equally shin! parallels would have carried her quiu- llirougli land obstructions i?? thc supposititio?sly <i|tiMi I'(ilar sea cm tl c longitude of Sitka and inid-Pacilic. Tho exp?dition was Lady Franklin's. Thc host we can say of it is that it was sn in telligently and humanely directed that Capt. Young brought home his vessel and his num. Tilt: tragic death o?" ( 'bai les llovere hy Iiis owii hand in ah uptown den in New York i> another illustration of thc old truth that thc way oj the transgressor is hard. Revere had been a sporting char acter, ldc drove fast, played deep, ami plunged into all manner ol' excesses. About two years ago he formed a Unison with a woman on whom it is thought he squandered $50,000. Lately he hits had a powerful run of ill-luck, and with his waning fortunes she began to look out for a well-filled pocket to set her heart upon, lie became desperate, and alteran after noon and night of debauch, at the end of which she refused to go with him longer, he struck heron the bead and then shot himself at her feet. The discovery (if thc self-murder revealed ti ghastly scene of pain,dissipation, and depravity, ami shows how the pursuit of pleasure through their devious, immoral ways is always unre warding and often fatal. The excitement steals away the life of thc pleasure,* ami thc delirium i> always degrading and death-hastening, lt seems as though thc experiment had been tried often enough wilie unvaring results to warn everybody away from such perilous courses-. ALFONSO'S- FIANCEE. PriaccHH Hl?rrvtlctt, tilt- IToMlMM'tlvt" 4)n<-<-ii ol N[i:iin. Thc Freivt?Vep4'res])onilent ol' the Loii tdon.T-iin?sj-;hi'some extended comments .oTl'Spatiish polities, weaves a >keich of Tnhcess Mercedes, the youngest of thc two daughters of thc Due ile Monpcnsier, whose engagement to King Alfonso was recently announced : "ft is-cvideiitly thought that tl mar riage between the King and the Princess JUercedes.would produce consid?rable ef fect iii Simiu, and re-unite, to thc exclu sion of the Carlist king, whom civil war and thc blood which has been shed, cuti oil'from thc nation, in one and thc same interest, all members of the royal family. But naturally this alliance would not be supported by the present cabinet, for it would free the king from the enervating guardianship of the Duke of Scsto, and it is in this silent struggle, in this inevita ble antagonism, that tin: anticipated ex planation of events which will happen in ?Spain must he sought, lt was with these reflections that I spent the mortiiiigat Han dan. I observed the respectful enthusi asm with which the Spaniards treated the young Princess, who bas become the ob ject nf their combination, and it may he said of their hopes. The Princess herself just passed from childhood, full of grace and ingeniousness, seemed unaware of the royal destinies which perhaps await her, as, with her eyes fixed oil the Princess Christina, her sister, she laughed at thc a wk ?ard ness of Prince Antonio, her little brother, while they all abandoned tbent sclves''arreie're'jiwsce, to the pleasures of croquet on the shady terrace of hundan. At the end of tile dav the Due dc Mon pcnsier was surrounded by his Spanish guests, who had all resinned their < 'afil ian gravity and whose altitude breathed the traditional respect of old Spain for those who sit on the steps ol'the throne. Further on, the duchess, in the midst ol ti circle of ladies; conversed in a discreet tone ol'voice, and raised her head from time to time to follow the children's game with a satisfied air ami to smile at the bursts ol' laughter or frequent discussions entailed by the croquet, while she is con demned lo thc severity ol' Spanish eti quette, Thc Princess Mercedes is one of the most graceful personages who could occupy a throne. Kvidently the Prin cess is yet too young to become immedi ately a royal bride for she is not yet l-l; Ibut I am sure that the young king, who knows ber and wbo must have preserved a recollection of her, will easily become an accomplice of those who dream of giv ing lo Spain that Princess who to-day breathes grace, ami who to-morrow al the wished-for hour will add to this grace the kindly dignitv of a (pu en and the .seduc tive charms of a woman. I do not know how far Spain is in a position to give up it.s struggles, competition,and incessant war. I do not know how jar one ought to wish that this young princess should become tiie inst ru nient of this difficult undertaking. I do not know, should it lift accomplished, if one day 1 shall not think with sadness of this young lady whom people arc trying to thrust into thc Spanish furnace ; but in leaving Hundan, and while laughing at the thought that ? had been assisting at the supposed coil' snirators' feast. I was obliged to confess that (Iii;; marriage might well he pleasing to Spaniards sincerely desirous ol procur ing a liait for their country on the path of agitation which it has trod so long.'' -A merchant who, from being a very poor boy. iiad risen to wealth and re nown, was once asked by au intimate friend to what he attributer! Iiis success in life. ''To prompt obedience to my parents," was the reply? "Iii tho midst of many bad examples of youth of my own age, I was always able to yield a ready submission to thc will of my father and mot her, and I firmly believe that a blessing has,in consequence, rested upon inc and upon all my eflbrts." TWO CltSSlftTI \>N. Two ChristKin.* traveled down ii road, Who v?.-?c l Hie ?..i l 1 ?ith lutt?rent cyesj TIM-..Iii' was ah as.il with inri li's al iode, The lither Innaing fur Hie skies. Kor one the heiivi Mswere siil.ini-. Thev lill, d hi- mind ?rilli fancies fond; The ..i"her*s eyes kepi piercing through Only for that whit h lies Ley..nd. l or one, enchanting were thc trees. Thc distance was divinely dim. The hirds Heit Hollered Oil tl.ree/e Nodded their peet tv heads for him, The other sean ely saw the Howers, And never knew the trees weie maud, lt.-did hut e..nut Hie days and hours, Till he might reach the promised land. And one, a lillie kind caress Would lo a tender rapture move : Ile only o|ie,d Iiis lips tn Mess The ( ?od who gave him thine* to love. The other jourtieved mi his way, Afraid to handle or loJnuch : Ile i.nly oped his lips io pray lie iiiighl not love II tiling too much. Which was Hie liest '. He. ?de w ho can. Vet why should we doeitln'twixt them? We may approve the mournful man, Nm- yid tin-joyful mau condemn. . Ile is ti Christian who has found Thal earl ll. as well y- heaven, is sweet, Nor less 1s tn- who, In aveu-hound. tins spumed the earth henea: h his feet. - finotl UV,;-,/.,-. FACTS FROM ALL SOURCES. KI.DKIillKllltY WINI:. A correspondent of the Massachusetts Ploughman gives the following recipe, ns having boen used for years with per fect success: Tn lill a live gallon keg, take live quarts of ripe berries picked from the steins, live gallons ol' water, boil them together one-quarter of an hour, strain the liquor, add fourteen pounds of brown sugar, bail again half an hour; put into a tub three pounds of raisins, pour the boiling liquor on thom; when about m i Ik-wa rm add half a pint of yeast, let it stand three days, strain into the cask. If lhere is more liquor tuan fills the eaks, use it to lill up w?th as it settles while fermenting; if there is none left water will answer. Keep it full about two weeksr When about done fermenting, cork the cask tight; let it stand about three months; then draw 0?1* into bott les. Ci U.oltlXC AIMM.KS. The Sacramento Record says: ".Mr. Charles Caine, who owns an extensive orchard near San Jose, has a method of giving to red, striped and yellow apples a high coloring, flic fruit is picked and laid upon the ground in long Hat piles, under the half .-hade of thc trees. It is desirable to give them as mitch sunlight as they will bear without sunburning. In two or three week* the apples tm the top will be richly colored. These are re moved, boxed ann sent to the market, ami the next layer exposed to the sun. His apples thus colored, especially the '?aldwin, Sr...th's eider," and Spitzen burghs, challenge the admiration of all who see them. Ry this process apples that, when picked from the trees, were almost without color, will become bril liant as i he reddest apple on thc tree, and equally as line as the liest." t r i- roon roi: STOCK. The Western Rural says: Fanners in the west not having had experience in feeding cut seed to stock, flo not tully ap preciate the advantage to be derived from it. It will be found that the same amount of hay or straw cut and mixed with a little bran or smash w ill do nearly double the amount of good a- that fed loo-e to horses or cattle, which are -tall ied. When this plan become- to lie inore practiced, thc advantage of the im proved condition of the stock will he so great, that thc cut ling-box will become an indispensable requisite to every fanner admiring good stock, lt requires some trouble, but th" stock needs this extra care at a tune when the ordinary work of the farmer is not pressing. The expense is not great in the use of a hand machine, and if a larger machine is used, the work may In- done more rapidly, and thc power used to drive it may bc used for other purposes of equal advantage in the farm econ?hiy. TOlMHtK-SlNO M KA i ? >ws. Tlie results of a sing!" top-dressing oil eight plots of nearly hall an acre each of samly, warm soil, of thc Michigan State Agricultural college farm, exhibited the follow ing Iuds al the end of three years: The top-dressing w as applied in I8f?4,and the grass was cut twice each season in 18(14 and I8?5, and once in I8G6. The produce of each cutting ami of each lol was weighed separately and a perfect record kept. Tile results for the four seasons were, as follows: On the plot to I which no manure or fertilizer was applied, the total weight of hay yielded per acre was 8,740 pounds. Where two bushels of plaster per acre was applied, the yield per acre was i;i,22u pounds, a gain of .1,17-1 ?Kiunds. Where (ive bushels of wootl ashes were applied, tho yield per aero was 12,?b7 pounds, a gain of-hit)") pounds. Where three bushels of salt wen; sown per acre the yield was 13,069 pounds, a gain per acre of 0,227 pounds. Where twenty loads of muck per acre was laid on, the yield per acre was 18,810 poll mis, a gain of 5,074 pounds. Where twenty loads of horse manure was laid tm, the yield was 11,(?8(1 pounds, a gain of il,221 non nils. These are the results which indicate that there are fertilizers which will produce as good results as plaster. For instance, the plaster yielded a gain of fifty-one per cent, while the horse manure gave an increase of seventy one per eent. or nearly a ton inore"gr?iss ja r acre.in the three years. ci.ACT. KOK Tili: WAOO??-I??X. Tile American Agriculturist has tlie following: Whoa not in use the wagon box is a cumbrous thing to stow away. It is too costly tobe allowed to lie nut amongst the plows and harrows, and ton bulky to lind a place in the tool-house (li the sheds, (?cncrally it lies lip against the fence, or at thc hack of the barn, where it is as much injured in one year hy exposure asdt WO ll ld bo by several yean? of use. A very convenient pinn is lo hoist it up to the ceiling of a wagon shel, over lin- place where the wagon usually stands; here it ran always he low ered oiLtothc wogon in two minutes, and it ?sout of tile way and safe fruin injury. lt i< necessary to have (hui" rings on the Wiiirondtox,, one near each coiner, two short ropes and two long ones: and two small pulley-blocks fastened to the hearns overhead. The short ropes are tied to tho rings, each crossing one end of the wagon-box. There should he a loop in thc middle of eaeh of these short ropes, to which thc long ropes eau be tied or hooked.* When the wagon is backed into thc proper place the ropes ari' fastened to the wagon-box, and each end of the box is hoisted a lew feet alternately (if there ?sonly one person lo pull it up) until it is high enough. The ropes are fastened around cleats fixed to the wall of thc shed. THE CROUP ANO irs TREATMENT. This disease causes death itv su (location. The entrance of. the windpipe is very J small; a little cold causes the lining of, thc part called the mucous membrane lo swell. Thh dimishes the opening, which is made smaller still by what is called sttbmucous infiltration-that is, this mu cous membrane, being inflamed, tiirows (Ult na extra amount of fluid, like the eye, when it is inflamed. This Muid hardens ami forms nt length a kind of layer which is sometimes of an almost leathery toughness ; increasing in thick ness until the orifice is so nearly closed that the breath is obstructed. Nau seating medicines dilute this formation ami tims aid to bring it away. A favor ite prescription fora quarter of a century among eminent physicians was to mix a teaspoonful (d' powdered alum with a lit; tie sugar to make it palatable. The im mediate effect is to nauseate, giving great relief in a minute sometimes. Flannels dipped in ice-cold water, changed every two minutes, and squeezed a lit tlc so as to dribble and wet thc cloth ing, is an excellent remedy, because it cools the parts and diminishes the amount of blood sent there, and as the phlegm is made out of the blood a less amount is made, and relief is certain. Hut flannel clipped in water as hot as can bc borne and applied to the part,changed every two minutes, carries off the heat hy evaporation, and. irritating the sur face, brings the blood away from the in terior, ami thus diminishes thc phlegm. (Hood Advice, The author of this is not known, but he or eii^.is certainly a wise man or wo man: Would you show yourself really good'to ly our daughters? Then he gen croitMiAheni in a truer sense than that ol heap 'ag uinkeis on their necks. Train them for independence first, and then la bor to give it to them. Let them, as soon as ever they are grown up, have some lit tle money, or means of making money, lo be their own, and teach them how to deni with it, without needing every mo ment somebody to help them. Calculate what you gi ve them or will bequeath to them, not as is usually done, on thc chances of their making a rich marriage, but on the probability of their remaining single, and according lo the seale of liv ing to which you have accustomed them. Suppress their luxury now if need be, but do not leave them with scarcely bare necessaries hereafter, in striking contrast to their present home. Above all. help them to help themselves. Fit them til be'ahle to add to their own means, rather than to be forever pinching and econo mizing till their minds are narrowed and their hearts are sick, (live all the cul ture you can to every power which they may possess. If they should marry after all, they will be the happier and thc bet ter for it. If they should remain among the inillion of thc unmarried, they will bless you in your grave, and say of you, what cannot be said of many a doting parent by his surviving child: My father eared that I should he happy after his death as well as while I was his pct and his toy. Wily Professional Men arc Thriftless. The laborer who has saved money is j better fitted, perhaps, than any one to employ to advantage the kind of labor in winch he himself is versed. But the lawyer or the author who has saved money lias no way open to him of turn ing, at thc same time, both his knowledge and his money to account by the success ful employments of thc talents of other lawyers or other authors in undertakings like unto his own. Perhaps, indeed, something of this kind happens when a popular author like Dickens turns editor, ami collects around him a stall' of clever writers, who admire his genius and arc even disposed to copy his mannerisms. Hut the case is exceptional, and as a rule it so seldom turns out that thc very suc cessful author happens to have the qual ities of a successful editorand journalist, that exceptions of this kind may be put aside as irrelevant. No doubt one of the great reason- why professional men are, on thc whole, so thriftless in proportion to their gains is this-that the occupation which absorbs their energies is not one Hie gains of which can he extended by the help of ju dicious saving and investment. A man can not bc successful in commerce, nor, indeed, very successful even ar. a skilled laborer, without a strong motive for sav ing in order to secure morn success, either of tlui same sort, or at least of a closely analogous sort. Hut a profes sional man who is very successful rarely ' has a strictly professional motive for saving. The more his heart is absorbed by his work, thu less he he thinks cd" providing for himself in di rections which are in no way hon nd up in his work.. TllERE is no changes to speak of in the election returns front-Iowa. The Re pul - Hean majority is about thirty-one thou sand. TUE S?DM'ST OF ALI TlVnstP Timi Would llnvo Driven an Epi cure Hud. vl. I...ni- K. |.ni.li. an. Once in a while something happens in tlie world, so fur removed from thc natural, proper order of things, so thoroughly and awl ti I ty abnormal in its quality, so com pletely preposterous in its consequences, that thc average mancan almost weep from sheer wrath at an evinced disregard of the eternal properties. They may weep over this statement ol'an actual fact : In I8?3 a gentleman, whose name need not he given, closed up a profitable drug business, and retired upon a deserved com petency. A taste for the good things of the world had Ihissueeossful businessman, and when he retired he selected from his stock of liquors a supply of the best, for] private consumption. Kare Bourbon twen-1 tv years old, was ea rc flt Uv bestowed in bot tles and decanters; smooth,oily brandy was similarly put aside; rich port and brown sherry and precious cordials were pre served with equal care, and when he final ly wi ut out of business, the gentleman re ferred to had in his possession a rare lot <d' liquors contained in a variety of Imttles, decanters, jugs and other recep tacles. Then caine tl sudden death, and the business man's possessions defended to! his kinsfolk. Thc bottled liquors went j to a near relative w hose family were not j in the habit of looking upon thc wine j when redor any other color, or of con suming liquor in any form. The bottles and decanters and jugs were put away, as sn much rubbish, in thc garret, and left I undisturbed. There, in the lonely garret, the liquors| stayed, and the years passed by. The I lour bon grew richer, the brandy oilier, the wines more nutty, the cordials more like the very elixir of life. The ocean; cable became i fact, Germany tonk a j slice of France and her milliards, Stan ley lound Livingstone, and other great things happened, and still, by days and weeks, and months and years, in bottles and decanters and jugs, hidden away, half forgotten, in the dusty garret, the rich Bourbon grew richer, the oily handy oilier, the nuttji wines more nutty, the precious cordial inure like thc elixir of life. Time, the great distiller was doing his best. Time still passes, as time always does ami in the household where the liquors wciv, the thrifty housewife and her assist ant daughters kept all things neat and orderly, and" furnished a well-provided table. Tliey do so still. It has always been the custom of these ladies to put up in autumn a large supply of pickles hud preserves and jams and such delicacies, and a wdiile ago they began the usual work. They had accomplished much, when at a certain stage, with a great deal of fruit on their hands, they found them selves without bottles to hold the various essences and extracts and other sloppy necessaries for the work. Sunn' one spoke "?p. ' "There are a lot ol old bottle.-- ami jil with nasty liquors in them up in lb garret." Thc suggestion was enough; the ukase was issued by the good mother, and one was sent lo take all the bottles and jugs in the garret and prepare them for use. ? They were all brought down and the eon-1 tents emptied on the ground in the back . yard, that ihe vessels might be used for household purposes! 'flu- I-'nglish language is a very good language for some purposes, but Hun, you know, it is totally inadequate for the, pm ?lose just here. 'I he thirsty earth drank up thc precious j liquor and gave no sign, but bad it lips it would have smacked them; bad it eyes it would have rolled them. The greedy earth took all, Hie rich Bourbon, tlie oily brandy, the nutty wines, the exquisite cordials! What an aroma, lit lo tickle thc nost rds of gods upon Olympus, must have arisen ! What delicious agony of exhalation? The sweet inaudible wail of a lost spirit! Comprehend it if you can. Bourbon forty-three years old, other nec tar as priceless, all east away as common stud', tit not even for beasts that perish -and no earthquake, no lightning from the sky, no convulsions of nature to pun ish the thing. "Think of it, drink of it (no, you can't drink of it, because its gone), dissolute man !" Was ever such an outrage before? This is no niere sketch from the imagin ?t iou, this isa simple statement of a hor rible fact. Is its knowledge not enough to make the man with organs of taste anti (smell a temporary maniac, enough to make him w'nnt to go and dasli his head against a pillar (d'iron? Oh, ghost of old Silenus! Newest Fashion Freaks. La Boiteuse (thc cripple) is the name the French modistes have given an over skirt that is one-sided, or made to look so by being draped higher on thc right side than on the left. The over-skirt that linds most favor herc arc those that have very deep aprons, reaching quite to thc foot of the skirt beneath.' These aprons are now very much trimmed, and the most popular one of all luis largo upright folds that meet in the middle of the apron, arc held thcrq. by bows, and the folds theil slope up the side and are lost in the drapery of the hack. The front ol' costumes is tin* objective point lin- the trimming this season, l'a ri siennes have been abandoned tour nures and all bouffant effects, and the garniture is now massed in front or on the sides. Jabots, folds, lows, tablier* and pockets trim the front and sides abundantly, yet the fashion of tying the skirt back remains, and thus thc fullness is massed behind. Sleeves are also very much trimmed (his season. There is ?ess shirring and pulling upon them, bul there is a fancy for rows of horizontal folds, for irregular 'r laits across thu whole" from of thc .Active, and for .deep cuffs that trim tlie ? sleeve to the el I low. ? Notwithstanding fringe iii limes are so j lavishly used, there is a line style found jin the untrimmed garments that makes them popular. There are overskirtsand ! polonaises of the richest frallies that are .merely hemmed or faced, and thus thc purchaser can alford to invest more money in the material of her suit. Mud's are made to match the new cos tume-;. Dresses of brocaded velvet and silk have muffs of the velvet ornamented : with small bouquets of Howers. Feather i mull's, exceedingly light.small and wann, j are also shown to match the feather bor I hers of cost nines. Wide ruchesarc made ?of feathers Unit arc stripped : rom tb. stems, and sewed on straight instead of beiug curled, 'l here is then a mull'to match. These ni tills are very handsome in natural gray ostrich teat hers, in marabout, and hi the dark green cocks' leathers. < )f all garments that have grown longer, ?cloaks show the most decided increase in length. Thc long pelisses and basquines, ?nearly fitted to thc ligure,are revived for cloth cloaks, while long French sacques with loose backs are used for those ol silk that are lined with ?fur. Dolmans are also longer, and havo ample sleeve-, from thc elbows to the wrist. There arc other new wraps that resemble thc double c.ipcs ol' two years ago. but which have the fronts turned up to form sleeves. New jackets of figured camel's hair have closed sleeves with outside page sleeves Inn ging long and square, and showing a lining of"velvet. New wedding dresses arc of sod. lustre less faille, trimmed with a gallon of white tulle, wrought with pearls, and also wit'i picot erepeiis.-ee, that is scallopped and finished with a narrow "purl edging" braid. These dresses have ?qua re court trains, elaborate talliers, and cuirass basques. The Howers are white crushed roses and eglantine. Fichus ami scarf sashes are on other wedding dresses, und on thc tulle dresses ol bride-maids. The Curiosities ol' Fever Infection. Men of science spYak of epidemic waves, and of scarlet fever liebig com municated by the few drops of milk which you pour into your lea, or the cream diffused ill a dish of straw herries On a late occasion,al a fashionable dinner party in London, as immy a.^ eight or ten guests, and seven menilier.s of the house hold, took scarlet fever. Obviously, the infection must have been caught itt Hie dinner party ; bul how was tl:, puzzling matter of inquiry, for noone in the Tinn ily of the host \va? known to have been atlee ted with tlie disorder. M'as thc dis ease brought lo the house by a waiter? Was it conveyed in the table-linen from the washerwoman '.' \\':is it somehow in corporated in thc cream that had been used in the dessert'.' An investigation on these and other points, as we lintier stand, was made, but not with any satis factory result. The cream was thought to bc the mos*, likely vehicle ol' infec tion ; but how could any one be certain on the point '.' The cream employed in fashionable dessert in London is possibly made up of hall a dozen creams from as many dairies, and inquiry ends only in vain conjecture. Halber a hazardous thi.'.g, one would say, going out lo dinner when you may run tlie chance of being killed "in a manner so very mysterious. People, in their innocence, are not aware ?d' tlie manner in which contagion- dis ease.- may be communicated by public conveyances, by articles ol' dress, hy dwellings, by the very at'uosphen . We have just beare! an instance of iVe com munication of scarlet fever by means of a "kist," the name usually given in Scot land to a servant's trunk. A servant girl j in Morayslure fell ill w ith scarlet fever and died, lier kist, a painted wooden box, containing all her worldly goods, her later clothing included, was spilt home to her relations, and lay for sonic I weeks at a station on the Speyside rail way before an opportunity occurred for removing it by a cart to her mother's cottage among the hill. During this in terval the station muster's children, ju romping about, conducted their gambols on the kist, which was a repository o # contagion, and in due course were struck .down witli .-carlet fever. At length the fatal kist was conveyed to its destination, and the contents were dispersed among friends ami neighbors. The donations j were kindly incant, but they proved I fatal. No precautions had been taken to disinfect the articles, the result being that w herever tlie clothes of the deceased girl were taken in scarlet fever found its victims. For several mon tba the ?fever raged, until the wave of its infec tion was expended. Now ensued a re markable event. The outbreak proved tei bc an imposing harrier to the -spread of a more virulent type of scarlatina ' advancing from another quarter at a later 'period of the year. On reaching the former scene of the djscti.se, it was arrested for want of material to feed upon, a second attack being very unusual.. ( '/til min T'S Journal. A ne".?* company, introducing a novel ! form of insurance, has been organized in New York. It is railed thc national burglary insurance company, alni claims a capital of $1,000,000, paid up. Its title sufficiently indicates its purpose, which is to insure the ow nc rs of property of every kind ami description, in dwell ings, stores, manufactories, churches, ? public buildings, w arehouses, etc., against loss by the depredations of burglars. ? The company advert i cs that it will ; employ a special patrol und detective force to protect thc property of its lll I sured, and to recover thc.sxme if stole-.' If not recovered within -ixty day.- alter it is stolen, the company agree to pay Hs ? cash value at thc time of the IjWt.