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li AIIIS ON PJiANTS. How A hey Servo lu Many "\Vnys usa Help and Protection. The surface of immy plants la cover ed with hairs. Those hui in are usually slender outgrowths of the epider mal eells, and may consists of rows of colls placad end to end. Tho end cell may he sharp pointed or consist of a nearly spherical hody. Many of tho hairs branch BO as to give tho plant a wooly or folt Uko covering. Some plants have stiff hairs with sharp, book ed points and these aro easily broken off, after which an irritating fluid may flow out. Of such aro tho hairs upon tho nettles. Tho structure of tho hairs upon plants ls so various that it la natural for any one to Inquire as to tho use of these surface outgrowths. When we look at the buds which aro formed In tho autumn, and have tho future young branches as their vital parts within, it is found that the scales are thick and often covered with a denso growth of halr3. Over it all there may bo a coat of varnish which sorvos to keep out tho .moisture. It is not difficult to seo thal In such cases tho hairs servo as a protection. In short they help to keep tho young inclosed tender parts without, in much tho samo way that tho hair upon animal bodios is ? pro tection against cold and other external trying circumstances. In libe manner tho hairiness or ordi nary leaves ami stems may aid in pro tecting the plants that boar them. These hairs form a layer through which tho liquids of tho plants do not readily puss. This may bo of great advantage, ?ami it is a matter of gonoral observa tion that plants which aro at homo lil an arid situation most abound in hairi ness. Thus tho grasses and oven shrubs of tho dry plains of this country aro characteristically light colored, due to the multitude of hairs that cover tho surface. This rule Is so well observed that an expert may easily claim the ability to determine the natural habitat of a plant by noting the nature of tts epidermis. It is true that tho hairy covering may servo to protect the plant from animals which would otherwise feed upon, and possibly destroy it. In such cases the bahs are often largo and stiff, and be come disagreeable to tho palate or tho animal. But, however this may bo, tho chief use ot the hairs of tho aerial parts of plauts ls to mit?galo tho sudden Changes of temperature, and act as a check to rapid transpiration or moist ure. When we go below tho surface of the soil the plan changes; and then tho plants are provided with hairs for the purpose of increasing tho absorbing surface exposed to the food-bearing particles or soil, Thoso root hairs, as they are termed, are most abundant upon tho young fibrils, and therefore are located where tho surrounding cir cumstances aro most favorable .thorfo rapid and quick transmissions of tho soil water. Hairs servo many special purposes, .as fer example in tho llowors, where thoy may form structures which materi ally aid in tho cross-fertilization of plants, through tho visitation of in sects, Pretty Story of an Oriole. Miss Laura Gildea, of Gaysport, Tn., visited tho house of 'Squire G. M. Sie bert, in Allegheny township, Blair county, last fall, and ono day while scrolling in tho woods, not far from tho bouse, discovered an oriole's nest with little ff edgings ni lt, Tho parent birds were absent, and Miss Gildea carried its nest with its little ones to the house and placed lt in the room which she occupied. When the mother bird re turned to tho place whore the nest had been and found it, with her littlo ones, gone, she flow around iii distresss, and iu her wild flight enlored the open window of tho room whore the little birds were. Her maternal joy was manifested in a surprising degree and alie sat on the nest for Bovoral hours. Then she flew otitin search ol' food for tho chirping little birds. Within an hour she was back, feeding her young, without heeding In tho least the pre sence in tho room of several persons who were watching the little feathered family with keon Interest. Tho window was left open constantly during tho rest of Miss Gildoa's visit, and every tlay mother oriole loft tho nest, darted away to the woods and returned with food for her fledgings. At length when tho timo came for Miss Gildea to ter minate her visit sho ono day shut tho window and captured tho old bird. Bho placed it and tho young ones bi a cage and took them to her home at Gaysport, wbero tho mother bird was released, lt did not fly away, but re malned close around tho house, and every day it would enter an open door or window, carrying morsels of food lo its littlo ones. This wes kept up each day with unceasing regularity until the frosts announced tho near approaching wlntor, and then tho mother bird migrated to mo sunny south. But one day recently, while Miss Gildea was walking in the garden, to her great as tonishment she spied mother oriole perched on a tree. She was in company with a mate, a fine specimen of an oriole husband. They had been wedded In thc south, and were now come to spend tho summer with tho young family which sho had loft behind and which is now well grown and interest ing. Mus YKI?OKII--My husband plays a little gamo of poker now and then, but he only does it to amuse himself. (?us Do Smith-Yc3,1 know nil about lt. I've played with him myself, but I not leo he doi't seem to bo very much niauy.'d when ho loses. -Tho black lace bonnet bas still many admirers. It ls made with fhn frills of lace all around, and botwoon the doublorows of lace aro dainty littlo wreaths and clusters of multiflora or banksia roses, or of violots and forget me-nots, with foliage and grasses. MOYOND THIS SKY Let us wander m tho sunlight Towards tho land of Howers and aoug Whoro tho morry flashing brooklots Murmur all tho summor long, Whore tho sky is ovor cloudloss, And tho winds mo mild and fair, And tho Howers aro over smiling . In tho puro swoot scouted air. "Whoro tho pearly gates of morning Usher in tho golden day, 'Mid tho matutinal chantiugs Of tho song-birds blltho and gay, Whoro tho wators of old ocean Lave tho crystal shining shore, And tho mighty waves and billows lu deep crested thunder roar. Lot us wandor over onward Towards this btossod, happy land; Lot us ohcor our gloomy pathway With this vision wondrous grand; And tho days will bring us noaror To that promised land on high, And our souls will soar tho sooner To this land beyond tho sky. TOUUII TASKS TOR DETECTIVES? "I got Into tho detective business," said an operator in that lino to a Chi cago Tribuno reporter, "without know ing wdiat 1 was doing. " "How did that come about?" "Why, you seo, I happened to bo out of a job-I was a bookkeeper-aud was watching tho Tribuno advertisements, when I saw a notice of 'oflico help wanted.' I answered tho advertise ment, and boforo I realized what was up I found mysolf sittlwi in thu cooling room of the agency, waiting for or ders. "That was an awful long day, you bet. Noboily said anything to mo, and no orders canto i I just sat thoro wondering what was coming, and what tho work was to bo, until finally a man carno in nnd asked mo if 1 thought I could .shadow' a party, and 'put bim to bcd.' .'I didn't know what ho meant, but I soon found out. 'Shadowing' is fol lowing a person everywhere, and mak ing oxaot observations of everything done. When tho party is traced to lodgings, and there is no indication of bis going out again that night, wo have put him to bed.' "I was t^ken down to a drug store, wbero a clerical-looking man was qui etly pointod out to me. You can make up your mind I felt queerly. ?Some how tho instinct of a cat watching a mouse carno over me all at once. That man moved about carelessly, and tn lesa than llvo minutes' be bad 'Hftod' half a dozen small articles. My orders were lo lot him work, but to keep tab on all be did. Tho only pointer I bad was that bo was a minister afilicted with kleptomania. "I put bim to bed all right in a fash ionable South Sido boarding housei and 1 dodged around until nearly morning for fear of bis coming out. The next day f. handed In my report to tho chief, who ordered me to appear personally. Ho proved to bo tho man who bad put mo on tho trail. Boforo bo bad finished reading- my report, Iii walked my clorical chap, grinning Uko a cheshire cat. " You'll spoil your complexion,' said bo, 'If you stay up every night till 3.30, my son.' "By gum, it was 3.30 when I went off watch tho night before. Ho bad simply been testing me. I was too mad and surprised to turn the laugh on him. "If you want any tooth powder or soap,' says be, 'I carry neat linos o' them goods.'And bo actually laid down the articles I saw bim pinch tl ie day boforo. Ho said a few words to the chief and went out. "Then the chlof put mo on to tho work in budd. Ten years or so boforo this there was a big diamond robbery in an Ohio city. Just make tho name Judd and call bim General. His wife and two daughters bad twolvo jowols worth over $10,000, which they kept at their banker's, oxcopt when occasion demanded. Tho night of tho robbery Mrs. Judd fetched tho jowols homo in ber own carr iago and distributed them among herself and tho young ladies, "s they wore to wear them. There was no strangers in tho bouse. Mrs. Judd had ii young woman, K val hie Mason, whom she had taken as a companion to her daughters some time beforo, but who had grown up almost like another daughter to her. Tho Gcnoral regar ded Evanne Mason with sincore affec tion. "Tho ladies wero so accustomed to wearing tho jewels that they didn't think of tlie possibility of loss. When they went down to din nor they left the sparklers on their di essing? tables in the titree different rooms. When they re turned to their room not a jewel was to bo seen. Mrs, Judd discovered ber loss first, and supposed that her daughters had taken tho jewels to their rooms to make selections to suit tboir costumes, but when she made tho inquiry ?ho learned that tho wholo lot was mis sing. "lt was a winter ovenlng, with light snow. Not a footprint was visible near doors or windows outside tho bouso, and no evidence of forclblo on tranco was discorniblo anywhere. The caso was treated in tho only way lt could be. Tho servants wore suspec ted ; but not a scrap of pu of could bo found against any ono of thom, Gen, Judd at last called tho forco off, and declared that he'd nover lift a linger to detect tho criminal. The gonoral died a few years lator. It was reported that ho loft a dying request that nothing should ever bo dono regarding this mystery. But tho executor, after Mrs. Judd's death, took a more practical view of the case. Tho Jowols bad never como to light. Whoever stolo thom still retained thom for Tear of discovery oither m an at? tempt to wear or sell them,' because a im? MiiM*??Biw???wiiMWMMnwrMW?T?>?iiii MI II II wi mn mm mmmm description of tho stones and sottlngs j was in every olty. i *'I han unlimitedoiedit and time and was ordered to Covington, Ky., whore I was to outer Into negotiations for a certain mauufaoturing business, and by such moans gain accoa3 to high so oloty. My orders were to become ac? qualutod willi Miss Mason, who, since Gen. Judd's death, was residing there with a relativo, I was to 'shadow' her by becoming hor escort if possible. "Col. Wilson, tho executor, suspec ted Miss Mason of tho robbery for lt would appear as if she alono could have had access to tho apartment of ladles at tho timo tho Jowols wore stolon. Tho Colonol behevod that Gon. Judd had dlsoovorod enough to cause him to fool that a full revelation of truth would disgraco a youug woraau for whom ho bad a fatherly affection. But Col, Wilson did not caro for Miss Mason. Ho wanted the jewels. "1 wont to Covington, and for six weeks tried my best to gain an Intro duction to tho family whero Miss Mason lived. I saw her frequently, but tho aristocratic exclusiveness of Ibo houso abut tho door with mo on tho outside. You soo I bad to work mighty cautiously. "Tho papers mado mention of. my plan to buy a big concern In tho spirituous lino there, and said 1 was a swell about town; still tho door re mained olosod. But mimic luis charms, you know I I nm a pretty good vio linist. "OnedaYlwas passing tho house With an acquaintance, and hoard a plano and violin within. 1 stopped and listened. I had tho ono at last. Be fore tho week was ondod I stood inside that parlor playing my violin to Miss Mason's plano accompaniment. "A more charming woman I nover had tho good fortune to mcot. Sho was doliente, relined, educated, and pure-minded ns an angel. I bogan to think Col. Wilson was a bruto. I hadn't been acquainted with Miss Mason a weok before 1 wroto my chief that wo were on tho wrong scent, and simply squandering wealth by prrsu Ing it. Ho wroto back to follow it hotter than over, and spare no expense in winning tho lady's confidence. "That reply disgustod mo anu i sent another letter Intimating that 1 didn't caro to romain in a business of this sort; but my chief paid no attention to Unit message, except to praise my abilities and remit a handsome oheok. "Thon I resortod to another moans of recall. 1 spent money like a mil lionaire. My family name Is well known and my implied relationship to wealthy people helped to carry mc along, Still, there was no word ol complaint from tho agency, and mj ech?me fell Hat. By this timo 1 bad ceased to desire a recall. I even be gan to build a castle in Spain; in willoi Miss Mason occupied a magnillconl suite. "A month of thatdollclous lifo wont by. Ono evening 1 escorted Miss Ma son to a swell party. Siro never looked moro beautiful and nover before si gracious. I was on tho vergo of a pro posai, but I couldn't make up my minc to reveal my truo purposo in seekinj ber acquaintance. On tho way to tin party 1 rosolved to send in my resigna tion, seek some othor employment nm then roturn to Covington. "As Miss. Mason joined mo upoi coming from tho ladies' dressing roon 1 saw on.hor throat a magnificent dia mond pin that I recognized at onci from tho description furnished mo ty my chief, lt was tho linost of the Judi jewels. You can imagino, perhaps what sort of an evening 1 passod. '.The next morning I reponed to th agency, sending my resignation am omitting all mention of tho discovery had made. But fate stepped lu at tim juncUuo In my affairs. A newspape report?r had also seen tho brooch, and without knowing what sho was doing described it as tho most romarkabl jewel displayed on tho occasion. Bot my chiof aud Col. Wilson, it then tran spirod, were quito as alert as I in th i adair. Boforo night I recelvod tele grams In cipher ordering mo to fore Miss Mason to a confession. "You see me hero now, so you knoi I didn't yield to tho temptation t blow out my brains. I reslstod thu inclination, becauso no living, croatia could break the awful news of dotei tion to that poor girl so gently as I. "That ovoning I called on Miss Mr son and Invited her to drive with mc Possibly she thought-well, no matte now. Sho accepted the invitation, au 1 drove into as secluded a road as could lind. Then I told her who an what 1 was-a detective; a man wu bad wilfully gained ber confidence i order to provo that sho was a thieu "I can see her now, in my mind, lj mg crushed and tearless at my feo She may have pleaded first for sllonc( for pity, but neither was at my con maud. Others hold her secret. Sli told mo how abobad beon ovorwhclme willi ail almost insane longing to ow tho jowols; a momentary Impulse, a instant's action, a lifo of ropontaiu and remorse. Thon she spoke of lu feeling for mo-hor dosiro to appen well, and bor second yielding to tbs fatal vanity. She had novor worn smglo jowol of tho lot boforo, and si was Impelled to put ono on that nlgl in the blind faith that nobody woul remember lt. "Oh, well, that nour went by. promised to do all I could to save hi from open disgraco, and so loft her. found a note at my room telling n of thc arrival of Col. Wilson, mid went at onco to him. It may bo tin ho appreciated how I suffered. At ii events, ho agreod not to prosecute Mi Mason or publish tho facts of tho r< covcry of the jowolry provldod si would return thom. Ho was oven klr enough to consent to my acting f< Mips Mason. > "Tho following morning I called < ) . . ) Misa Manon and told hoi" What Col. WIIHOII )\nj\ ?gveed to do. Without ft word lu reply sho left the room. I didn't know whethor or not she would return. My own reputation was In her hands, and for nearly au hour I re mained alono In Unit parlor where I had drat thrust myself as a falso friend. "Slie came back to mo, carrying, a package which I supposed contained tho jewels. 1 couldn't spoak, nor would I, after ono glauco ut her fuco, huvo oponed Unit packago In her pres ence oven to save my lifo. '.I took tho parcel to Col. Wilson. Not a jowel was missing." "And tho womanV" "Miss Mason's doparturo was an nouncad in tho society columns of tho newspapers in a low days later. If still alive, she ls 'visiting friends at tho East,' I bol love." Brldj?lii?.; (lio Gange;?. The formal opening by tho Viceroy of tho groat railway brldgo across tho Ganges at Bemires was a memorable ceremony. Tho work has taken sevon years to complote, and Its successful accomplishment is ono of tho grandest of tho many grand engineering triumphs achioved by British enter prise In India. The magnitude of tile task may be gauged from tho following Ilguros: Tho length of tho bridge, from end to end of tho girders, is 3523 feet ; thoro aro 10 spans, sevon or 350 feet and nine of 11*1 feot; tho piers of the larger spans aro founded on elliptical wells, 05 feet by 28 foot", tho plors vary in depth from 03 feet to 152 foot below ground levol; tho weight of tho mater ial used in ono ot tho deep piers is about 10,000 tons; tho total weight or tho steel girders is 0??5 tons. The main spans aro tho longest yet con structed in India without tho uso of the cantilever (ati%*: of girders, and the foundations of .some bf tho main pier? aro the deepest^n tho world, Tho en gineering probloms that wero presented Iii tho preparation of tho design and tn tho carrying out of tho work wero of Immonse dlllleulty. A river had to be spanned 3000 foet wide; with a bed to an unknown depth of pure sand, over which tho lovel of tho water during tho cold weather months was about 37 feot, rising during Hoods to 92 feet, with a velocity of about 20 feet per second, In oidor to glvo ampio room for tho free passage of boats, tho height of tho structure had to bo Axed at 25 feet above tbe-folgbest recorded Hood lo vol, Tho undertaking cost altogether over 75 lakhs of rupees, tho cost per lineal foot being Rs, 1727. Tho dist brick was laid on January 19, 1882, and the brldgo was ready for trafile lu October last, tho work having boon carried on all those years not only by day, but also by night, with tho aid of tho olectrio light excopt during tho very cold weath er. The Benares Brldgo completes tho plan of tho Oudh and Rohilkund Rali way uudor tho ?entract granted to the company 20 yeaps ago. It brings Luck uow into direct tail way communication with Calcutta by a route 02 milos shorter than that via Cawnporo, all placos north of Lucknow and between Lucknow and Benares participating in this great ad vantage. The brldgo has boon named after Lord Duffer!n, and it is certain that no moro splondld memorial ovor handed down an Indian Viceroy's mime to postery. War has Its glorious traditions, but the Dufforin Brldgo will speak to tho eyo for, wo trust, count less generations to como, and its con templation dy the natives of India should provo itself "a liberal educa tion," showing them the marvellous in genuity and indomitable .persoveranco of tho men to whoso lot has fallon the guldingof India's destinies. DMT I [JIJE'S '.DREAM.1' Tho Picture That Won tho Modul bf Donor lu thu Salon. An onormous landscapo crowded with ilguros has occupied M. E. Dota dlo, the ablest military painter now living. 1113 ^Lo Revo" has the raro good fortuno of combining thorough realism with tho supernatural, and yet bringing both into baimony with a pa thetic effect and a highly pootlc mo tivo. Tho landscape is a YIOW OL a plain just after dawn, and tho lower fringe or tho cloudy sky is tinged with rosy lustre. As far as tho oyo can reach tho gently rising land ls occupied by a host of Fronen soldiers bivouack ing on tho heather, amid whito bould ers and wild ilowors. In tho extremo distance their diminished forms and piled arms are sharply defined against tho silvery horizon; In lino be yond lino of slowly drifting smoko, their watch-fires ?tud tho landscapo; while, closor to tho front, a group of ofllccrs sleep in heavy cloaks, their sa bres stuck in tho ground at tholr sides, bugles and lorgnettes banging from tho hilts. On moro than ono of their intensoly expressive and characteristic faces wo discern tho impression of dreams. It is needless to ask which of tho sleepors has been given the cloudy vision of tho uppor air which comprises an lnnumerablo host of soldlors of the First Em piro following their eaglos and shot-torn banners, and with ono accord moving eastward In a thousand ranks, with anns, horses and artillery of ali sorts, in noisoloss and regular array. Tho majesty and passion of this vision aro mainly duo to tho fact thai M. pe .talllo has, with rare taste, given to tho cloudy vision only tho substance of a dream, not obtruding lt on our notice and to his sleeping.host all that solid ity which his amirablo skill in painting arms, armor, military clothing and Im plements can socuro. In all respects "Lo Revo" ts bis mastorploco. Bolleve mo, overy man has his secret sorrows which tho ?world knows not; and oftentimes wo call n man cold when ho is only sad. AM JO UlU AN AUIJIOKS. Whore Would Our Mt erat uro }o Without tho Magazines? / Wo may talk about tho hardships of American literature (having assumcil, for tho sako of argument, that such a thing exists), but what would bo tho stato of that alleged literature If thoro had been no American magazines? Sup pose I, as an American author, wrilo a novel and arrange with a publisher to bring lt out at tho prico of onq dollar a volume, or llfty cents paper. If ho bas conlldeiioo in tho book, tho first edition will bo ono thousand copies; my share of tho proceeds, on tho ordinary ten por eent. basis, is ono hundred dollars, pay able at tho end of tho year. If I livo by my pen, Lmust subsist during that year on nothing at all. and when I got my hundred dollars, I must pay out of it my debts for that past year, and prob ably my pro-Jon I funeral expenses; for who can live on thirty-live cents a day, oven if he were not obliged lo starvo to death before ho could enter upon tho enjoyment of that princely Iri eomeV li lit let us he extravagant and utopian-let us say that my edition is live thousand copies instead of ono thousand, lu thal case-which perhaps occurs as often as oneo in a thousand times-my reward amounts to tho sum of no less than live Hundred dollars-as suming, of course, what is never tho fact, that all tho copie:? sold aro in the dollar cloth form, and none in tho llfty cents paper. Five hundred dollars a year for a successful novell How many of our authors make twlco that? How many ten times as imich? How many twenty timos as much? I will engage to entertain al dinner at a round table live feet in diameter, all tho American novelists who mako moro than a thou sand dollars a year out of the royally on any ono of their novels, and to givo litchi all they want lo eal and drink; and tlircc of the best cigars afterwards and a back to tako them home in, and 1 will agree to forfeit a thousand dollars lo the Homo for Imbeciles it twonly-flvo dol lars does not liquidate the bill and leave enough over to buy a cloth copy or each of tho works in question, with tho author.! autograph on tho Hy leaf. Duo hack would bo suflieiont and would al low of their pulling up their feet on tho seat in front of thom IiOll lu un Uncomfortable Stute. "Hoys will be boys," and medical students all tho world over seem to ba cast much in tho samo mold. The young ''saw bono?," who have been temporarily installed In a building ad joining tho Dupuytren Musoum While prying about Ut upon a sub terranean passage loading nuder tho houso which forms tho corner or the Boulevard Saint Mlchaol and the Hue dos Ecoles. Tho very existence of this mysterious labyrinth had been long for gotten, and the architect of tho schools In an uwary moment, flatly donounced tho discovory as a doluslon and a snare, and mockingly challenged tho students to prove lt. Of cour30 they took up tho gauntlet, and recently tho arelil tect, i?: company with several inspoc tors, procoedod to tho spot. Tho "ex plorers" wore invited to lead tho way, and ero long tho wholo party had arriv ed at tho middle of their subterranean promenade. Then tho students had their revenge, They blow out the can dios and bolted, loavlng tho unlucky architect and his friends In a stato of mind bordering on desperation. After some lapso of limo, however, during which tho prisonors had ample leisure for reflecting on tho vicissitudes of hu man affairs, tho students returned, and with a hearty laugh over their triumph, escorted tho architect and tho inspec tors back to tho point whence they had started. Their victims affect lo re gard the wholo thing as a capital joke, which, under the circumstances, ls cer tainly the best attitudo which they can assume. An 'Bnorg-otlo Wi.mun Physician. . Miss Francis Wotmoro, M. D., lias been appointod Government Physician for tho inland of Hilo. i'Dr. Fanny" had become familiar with many of tho usages in medicine boforo she went to the United States to take a practical course in one of our best medical schools. Then sho carno back and practiced medicino for somo time. When she saw that for some diseases almost peculiar lo this country it would benefit her to Bindy under celebrated specialists, Sho again went to the States aud remained anothor year. Hor success since coming back tho second time has been very groat, so much that tho largor part of tho inhabitants espec ially natives and Portuguese, have for somo timo employed her. Sho is sym pathetic, genllo and industrious. "Dr. Fanny" ls not liamporoil by any of tho sham conventionalities of so-called po nto society, but properly dressed foi lier work and for protection against the weather. Shu mounts her horse, and, lot tho rain como down in torrents or the night bo over so dark, sho is in stantly off to any part of tho district to allovalo suffering, novor asking wheth or tho people wanting hor bo rich or poor. Tho DutchosH and lloulunuor. Tho Duchess do Dino, i rom whoso abundant coilers aro said to have come tho i linds that assisted in securing Gen eral Boulnnger's election, brought to tho eccentric Martinis an almost prince ly fortune, which ho appears to liavo found availablo in furthering his poli tical sobornes, bo hoing a Republican of tho Rochefort typo. Ono of his peculi arities, it is staled, is to occasionally surpriso tho Anarchists by forwarding thom a handsome check. Tho Duchess was formerly Adolo Livingston Strauss of Now York, and was divorced from her American husband. -Bathing suits aro really pretty and tasteful this soason. Ono for a young lady has trousers oxtonding just bolovv tho knoo, trimmed with rows of nar row braid; princess body with wido revers from shoulder to button of skl.it on oithor sido; double-breasted front; trimming across tho front in yoko shape', embroidered anchor in tho front; collar yoko trimming, rovers and sleeves are made of rows of narrow hrajd. Set on lu cross linos; plain rows f braid around tho bottom. MAIUt.AOID Ol'1 AN iiLMJlVlO WCM.1 ai Queer Things That tito Dildo Doea Appurontly Without Utfort. Among tho supernatural manifesta tions now oxoiting attention uuiong tho curious; tho so-called.clootric women ol' Georgia aro not tho least wonderful, For sovoral days past one of those ladles, -Miss Dixie Haygood, has boon in tho city giving exhibitions of ber powor. A reporter of tho Avalanche yesterday, by invitation of tho little lady, assem bled with several other gentlemon at the parlor of tho Clarendon Hotel, to test thoso remarkable manifestations, and difcover, If possiblo, their source and secret. Among tho gentlemen present were Mr. Lawrence Lamb, Mr. Zeno Harris, Mr. Henry Walsh and several othors. lt is needless to say that tho Avalancho man is a skeptic on all such mailors, and does not believo in ghosts, spirits or any other super natural phenomena, and lt was his do termination, as also that of sovoral of tho other gentlemen present, to dolect, if possible, any trickery or legerdemain that might bo attempted. Miss Haygood ls of small stature, compact mold, mid apparently muscu lar beyond most women, and weighs about 101 pounds. She has brown hair, bluo or violot oyos, and a pleasant ex pression ot countenance, but ah air also of firmness and decision of character. I Tlie Hist two tests, vi/,., drawing a gen tleman easjb/around tho room bygap plying ber hand to a chair or an j um brella hold by him, or tho third test of holding a billiard cuo in her open palms at an anglo of about 15 degrees with such thinness that a strong man, or ovon two strong men, could not forco tho point lo thu lloor, woro cortainly ro inarkablo in a woman so small, but might havo been accomplished by a woman of vory great physical strength. Thoreforo tho reporter felt disappointed lo spmo oxlent, and argued with his companions that is was oithor a matter of sleight or elso a remarkable develop ment of muscular powor. Hut tho next tests wero different. Ono of tho gentlemon present was re quested to lift tho lady by her elbows, hold taut at tho waist. This ho did, but when told to try it again utterly failed lo raise her an inch. Two strong men thou raised her by holding bor el bows on each side with tho greatest ease, but on attempting it again tboy could not raiso her weight a parti?le from thc tloor. This was a poser and was tried suvcral times, tho party offer ing many explanations, bul nono at all satisfactory. Tho fact remained unex plained that sho could at will allow her self to bri lifted as other people, and im mediately thereafter bringing into play such a forco, without apparent effort, that two strong men could not move her ono hundred pounds of weight, try thoy over so hard. Tho next test was still moro inexpli cable. A chair was brought-an ordi nary dining-room chair-and a gentle man weighing about 130 pounds was placed in it. Astrido of his knees an other gentleman of about 115 pounds weight was placed, and between tho two a third gentleman, o? tit lea9t 150 pounds, was seated. All raised their feet from tho door as tho chair was tilted back and held balanced. Tho little lady thou approached tho back of tho chair and placed her opon palms along tho arms or staffs supporting the chair's back. Observing tho reporter narrowly watching' her, sho requested him to placo his hand between her hand and tho chair to provo that no pressure wits ox erlod. This was done, and only tho lady's thumbs touched tho back of the chair. Thon, without art effort or tho contraction of a muscio, ortho slightest pressure on tho reporter's hand, tho chair and its living frolght was raised about fourteon luchos from the lloor. Tho weight, including tho chair, was at least 150 pounds, and John L. .Sullivan could not have performed tho foat so easily accomplished by tho little woman, This test was convincing, but tho next was no loss so. Miss Haygood stood on ono foot, and holding a billiard cuo horizontally beforo her at half arm's length, three strong men essayed in vain to push her, by throwing their combined weight against tho cue, from ber bala nco on ono foot or press her arms back to ber chest. Tho reportor ohms no explanation of thoso strange exhibitions of hidden forco. Ho says tho shapely womanly hands lift tho thioe great strapping fellows from tho door by'simply touching with open palms his own hands placed on tho chairback, and bo saw tho dainty No. 2j boot standing unmoved on tho floor with tho combined weight of tho samo titree Momphis gentlemen thrown pow erfully and persistently against tho small figuro of its owner. Explain It, who can. But m ono respect, at least, tho modest little lady is Uko ollior mortals -sho has a woman's heart; and last night at half-past seven o'clock, iii the parlor of tho Clarendon, gavo her hand confidingly to tho man of hor choico, Mr. Thomas L. Embry, of Cincinnati. Tho pair wero quietly married by 'Squire J. J. Barry, without previous notice oven to tho hotel clerk, and a tow minutes later went to the theatre lo givo tho i.gular performance. Tho brido was richly dressed in velvet cos tume, and woro an exquisite corsage bouquet of white flowers, withoutother ornament. The young husband has certainly a deal ot temerity to place himself in tho hands of one so capable of enforcing conjugal obedience; but lie .seemed to bc a very happy man. Iiooklng on tho Dark Sido. If is only whon a man ls so constitu ted that ho worries over what ho cannot lull) that Ibero is danger of self murder. This kind of worry has a tendency to ti n ba lauco a man's mind, and thou be is liable to do anything. An intensely, nervous man, with a diS'Vsitloh to look on tho dark side of lifo, will worry himself about anything. Sometimes it is business, again it is somo pet object, or it may bo somo trilling thing. Whether his suicido is preceded by a disappointment, the loss of money, or somo small annoyance, tho fact should bo considered that bo was from tho llrst a victim of tho worrying habit, and theroforo on tho road to insanity. Whon a man finds tho habit of worry growing upon bim bo should mako a vigorous effort to throw lt off. Let him cuitivato a philosophical indiffer ence. Ho will find that tho host way to koop troublo at a distance is to go through tho world with a smile on his faco. No great harm will ovor como to such a man. Ho may novor bo vory rich or successful, but ho will always get along, .and livo out his allotted timo upon tho earth. This may not bo a vory bright prospect, but it is Infinitely better than tho fato in stotofor tho man who worries himself ovor everything that goos wrong, FASHION NOTKS. -In tho Immouso involons of French gowns and wraps the preponderance of various handsome shades of green, terra ootta aud tro Iden brown ts not.loa ablo, with tho noxt choies for oruahod strawberry vand gray in many lovely tones. -Tuscan, buttercup, primrose fend ? daffodil aro tho leading colors in yellow this season. Anew shade of pink ls called Vonus and a new shade of red Khedive. In violets the roay tint known as wisteria is tho only fashion able tint, ti io iago for tho heliotrope shades having subsided. Tho nowest greens are the esthetic, Florentine and bronze, with a palo shade lu rei tor like tilloul.or willow with yollow tinta, olear light Nile green, and also tho dark moss, myrtlo and cypress colors. -Costumes aro ruado much plainer than at the commencement of the sea son ; bodices aro round, and very little drapery ls used, and are In the Jose? phlno or Henani 1er style. The skirt ia made separate from the bodice aud gathered on to a plain piping without any waistband; lt is no longer fastened ni under tho hook of tho stays, but laid In, quito round and over the edge ol the bodice-, the round sash or scarf it placed over tho meeting? of bodice and skirt, and tied at pleasure, either In front, back, or at the eldo. This, ol course, makes tho waist appear lougor, but it ls tho now whim of fashion. -A chic and pretty summorcostum? shows skirt of pale almond colored wool, checked with moss green and car dinal, under a princess polonaise ol dark green Isle of Wight serge. Th? front of tho polonaise laps to tho lefl aldo with a revers that ls braided. There is long, graceful drapery on th? right aldo, while tho left ls short, Show ing the cheeked skirt, and bas a larg? square pocket which makes this sid? appear like a bodice. Tho middle forms aro continuous in princess lash? ion, and tho backs are long and bul slightly draped. -Little lace oops aro far prettier foi the weo girls than any other style ol hoad covering, but for utility and pro tection from thu sun aro sold at chil dren'M furnishing atores tho cutest HUI? things in tho world, lu the shape ol tiny shirred round bats lu Swiss mus lin, zephyr, gingham, lawn, silk ano! cambric. Tuero are also the standard pique Hats, that can bo unbuttoned and freshly laundriod when soiled. Mor? costly hats aro also shown, made ol tine Leghorn, lace braid and fancy straws of vat;ous sorts. -A pretty costume for tho beach, which is quite In tho fashionable style of tho day, ls of fancy woolen material in a very largo checked pattern. The plain skirt is cut on tho cross; there ie no Lanie or double skirt; but a large, double pinked out ls put on round the back width from tho waist to tho foot of tho skirt; tourist jacket of black ribbed cloth, and hat of coarse black straw in tho toque shape, with tba crown of draped green faille. Hy way of trimming two birds joining their bills in front and upraising their taila so as to form an aigrette over the crown. -Tho popularity of sailor hats Is still so great that milliners both here and abroad aro using these simple flat crowned, straight-brimmed shapes for airy models in net and tulle. Thus, black tulle is shirred QII wires in srUpr shapo, and trimmed with erect ri ian bows of lace and white roses or lilao blooms. White point d'sprlt, dottod with black, ls made up m the same way. Tboifo ar? alstf-lovely-bats of ? oreamwhlto crape shirred on gold wires, with soft loops of crape high in front, mingled with pearl and gold wheat oars and lilies ?JE tho valley. Many of the hats have lace or crape joarfs at the baok. -Much has been said about novelties in gloves. While it is true that the markets show many eccentricities lu goods of this sort, it ls equally truo that the best trade, by which is meant, tho portion of socioty that is possessed of tho best and most relined taste, does not demand them, and would under no circumstances adopt them. This class of novelties is brought out for the beneflt of seokers after pronounced styles. It ia the non-oonsorvativo ele ment that must have aomotblng now, without rogard to its appropriateness, . or whether it is becoming or not. Now, as for many yoars past, izood tasto pro scribes plain colors with stitching as nearly like the gloves as may be, and a medium length. Vilo contrasts of stitching and kid do not meet with the approval of ladies of taste. -The new French polonaise promi ses to be in high favor during this and tho coming season, as it is very grace ful, very chic and admits of the addi tion of tho oxtra-wlde sash of watered silk at the back. It is out and finished in sovore tailor style, and Is as follows : It is usually made of silk warp Henri etta cloth, India cashmere, flue pilot cloth or corded silk for dress occasions. The undorsklet ls generally of moire, but somotimetimes of cloth or cash more, nobly braided In a straight bor der. Tho fronts or tho polonaise flt the form with all the closeness of a cuirass bodioe, and to assist this perfection of Utting silk bodice linings are invariably used. Over tho hips for stout women there ls but llttlo fullness. For Blonder forms the drapery is carried high at each side in soft undulations. Tho skirt portion of tho polonaise is wholly untrimmed, and is simply Qnlshod with a deep hem. If the skirt bo braided a braided rover ls set down ono sido of tho bodice, with surplice folds of tho goods on tho opposito aldo. A pretty fancy for tho front of a dressy garment of this description is to add a Figaro vest of whlto faille or surah that ls bolted and clasped at the waist or in a V-sbape below it. Tho vost is often richly ombroldorod. A good ahollac can bo made by taking two cans of tho same height, but with ono a half-inch larger lu diameter than the other. Havo tho smaller can sold ered fast in tho contr? of tho larger can leaving a quarter of an inoh space all around. Tho cover should project down into this space about two indios. IT this annular quarter-Inch space be Ulled with wator it will provenu ' abso lutely any evaporation from tho abel lac when tho can ls closed. A new method of extracting sugar from molassos has recontly boon propo sed by using wood spirits mothylio alcohol, which has tho property of com pletely dissolving molassos or sirup. Sugar and salts may bo separated as Oxalates, while tho organic acids and nidrio substances romain in tho solution. Thero is muoh additional Aro risk in this process, as mothyho alcohol is very i n ?ian i mable. -W. J. Gordon offors to trot Cling stone and Guy against any team - m tho oountry.. Thoy havo a pole record of 2.17. ?