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-, - T . - C C -1.0 1.~ tb ..t db'.C 116P Y :rt- -E I.YEDTO*,N S O OS . E lU R 1876. 1882. F. W. HABENICHT, Proprietor of the MORNING STAR SALOON I respectfully call the attention of the public to my superior facilities for sup plying everything iU my line, of superior qtality. Starting business In Winus boro in 1876, I have in all this time given the closet attention"& my busi ness and endeavored to make my estab lishment FIRST-CLASS in every par ticular. I shall in the future, as in the past. hold myself ready to serve my customers with the best articles thatcan be procured in any market. I shall stand ready, also, to guarantee every article I sell. I invite an inspection of my stock ot Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. F. W. HABENIGHT. IMPORTED. Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's). A. Bin Laubert and Marat Cognae Brandy. Jamaica Rum. Rotterdam Fish Gin. Ross's Royal Ginger Ale. Jules Mumm & Co.'s Champagne. Cantrel & Cochran's Ginger Ale. Apollinaris Mineral Water. Angustora Bitters. Old Sherry Wine. Old Port Wine. DOMESTIC. Ginger Ale. Soda Water. Sarsaparilla. Old Cabinet Rye Whiskey. Old Schuylkill Rye Whiskey. The Honorable Rye Whiskey. Old Golden Grain Rye Whiskey. Renowned btandard Rye Whiskey. Jesse Moore Vollmer Rye Whiskey, Old N. 0. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey. Old Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Western Corn Whiskey. Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy. New Jngland (Fronch's) Rum. North Carolina Apple Brandy. Pure Blackberry Brandy. Pure Cherry Brandy. Pure Ginger Brandy. Boston Swan Gin. R I iNlP I I r"Q Rock and Rye. Osceola Bitters. Hostetter's Bitters. l3ergner & Engel's Lager Beer, In patent stopper bottles and on draught. New Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider. ?olu, Rock & Rye, Lawrenbe & Martin. Stoughton Bitters. Rock and Corn. Cigars and Tobacco Syndicate Cigar, 5 cents. The Huntress Cigar, 2j cents. Madeline (Jigar-AUl Havana--10 cents. Don Carlos (Nub)-all Havana-10 cents Minerva Cigar-Havana filler-5 cents. Cheek Cigar-Havana filler--5 cents. Our Boast Cigar- Havana filler-5 cents* Liucky Hit Cigar--Havana filler-5 cents, hue Unienm Sell-Lighting Cigarette, (Amber mouth-piece to every - ' ten packages.) The Plckwick Club Cigarette, (Shuck mouth-iecs3 The Richmond Gem Cigarette, (Light smoking.) onlEllia 01!B1ird and Pool Par lor in Town. ICE! ICE! ICE! An abundance always on hand for the use of my customers, I wil also Jeop a :iupply of FISH, OYSTERS, &O., for my Restaurant, which is always open from the first of September to the r irst of April, I shall endeavor to please all who give ira a call. Very respectfully, F. W. HlABENICIIT. OPPOSE'E POSTOFFUE. A SUADOW ?10AT. Under my keel another boat Sails as I sail, donts as I lieat; Silent and diin and mystic still, It steals through that weird nether-world, Mocking my power, though at nly will Tie form before its prow Is curlei, Or calm It lies, with canvas furled. Vainly I peer and fain would see What phantom in that boat nisy be; Yet half I dread, lost I with ruth Soire ghost of my dead past divine, Sonte gracious shape of my lost youth, Whose deathless eyes once lixed on mine Would draw me downward through the brinel IN A MOMENT. Standing by the window, with thoughtful look in her uark blue ey and a wistfulness about her little i mouth, Isabel Jeffrey was indulging one of tho retrospective momories i did not very often give way Io. But -to-morrow was New Year's D and in tho old times that seemed so black, it had been the gayest happi day of all tho year for her, when I elegant parlors in her father's mansi on Madison Avenue had been decorai with flowors, and the Windows darkeni and the gas had been lighted in pi and silyor globes, and every luxury v delicacy been served on the New Yet table by the waiters in the Jeffi livery. And 1isabel queened it over all young, fair, rich, happy, hopeful, Five years passed, and now she wa woman of twenty-threc, whose best dr was a cashmere, whose home was three rooms, whoso father had b dead ever simo the terrible break-up h's financial aftaire, and whose frien whose name had been legion, were sc tered she never knew where. It had been pretty much the samo story. Isabel had had to face the world, a she had done it brayely. She had been fortunate enough to i tain a position in a store, and on I llardly-earned salary of six dollart week, she managod tv make a fai comfortable home for herself, her d cate little lady-mother, and her I years-old-sister. Of course it was hard-awfully harc to stand it; but people have to endi just such things, and the more bri and cheerful and philosophic they < be, the easier it is for them ; althou beyond the philosophy that Isabel J< rey brought to bear, was her religio her sweet patient trusting that hell her ' so much, that kept her very gen and uncomplaining al1 these dark da; when, more keenly than loss ot p perty, or home, or friend, wa2s the e% constant memory of Jack Mervin's hat some face, and bohl blue eyes, a charming voice, and caressing mann The'.-y had never been, loverai, that engaged lovers, nor had Jack ever si much of anything special to her. All the saie though Isabel had be very sure of him. So suro that she was perfectly cont< to wait just as long as fate ordained. And then, just at the time when should have been staunch and true, his love were worth anythihg, so Isal reasoned, just as biltterly, ho had gc with the crowd that had deserted I Joffreys in their reverses. And ill five years Isabel had no' aeon him or heard his name spoken. Poor little soul I The big tears would start to herloev wistful eyes as she stood there betwe hghts that New Year's Eve, that miu have been so different. For perhaps half an hour she stc there looking dowvn into tihe brillian lighted street below, with its throngs pecple hurrying through the stingi cold, the solemn moonlight shii high, and pure anld holy abovo all. "'If only Jack had not gone with I rest 1" ''Oh, if only 110 had stayed and lov mnc 1" That, wvas the burden of 11cr thougl just as heavy that night, live years fre the time since she had soon1 his hal some1 smiling eyes, as at the first. Unwomanly ? Well, I think not-certainly not. She had earad for him from the vt first and shle would care for hilm to I very latest throb of 11cr loyal hea oaosing-nay, perforce, haivintg suffer her loss of hlim, rathler than enj anlothler mall's love. Directly, wvithl a little sighl, she dasi thle big slowv dropp)ing tears off lashes, anld obeyed Bessie's chleer stummons to supper, and went slov out to tile neat frugal little meal buttered toast and cold thin-sliced Iu an~d mustard. And delicious steaming tea and a v taste of cannled pineapples. Then sihe returnied to tihe store, wile after hlours, Dell Amber took her com dentially aside and Imparted a deic bit of information and an invitation. "Grandma Ambetr, up in .Jcrsey y know, Isabel, has sent me tile lovelia invitation, to spenld New Year's 13 with 11cr at the farm, antd Bile wanlts to bring somebody with me. "You'll enjoy It ever so muchl if 3 like sleigh-riding and want turkey, a minceples, and elder, and walnuts an< roarlig big fire in the open fireplai and everything old-fashlioned and cot trj fled, You will go with me, wo you ?" - An unusual little thrIill of delight~ cr< ver Isabel. Oh. what a hless1. blessed rest a el in the country would be, where, if any where in all the wide world, she couk banish the memories that every Nes Year's Day persistently brought I" "I really believe I will accept you charming invitation, Dell. "Yes, I will go, and thank you i thousand times, only I never can repa; you." Dell gave her hand a loving litti, squeeze. "You are a darling I" "Grandpa is to meet the seven-thirt; train with the big sleigh, and we'll hav a five mile ride to begin with. "Oh, we'll enjoy ourselvesimmensely a Isabel I es, "And don't you ever say anothe red word about paying anybody back. in "It's an honor you pay me, isabel. iho New Year's Day, clear and sparkling and frosty and exhilaran t, and the Ambe ty, farmhouse. warm, and sunshiny, an far low-ceiled, and odorous with the plenti est ful prepaiation progressing for thi ;he marvellous dinner. ion And grandma Amber, portly, happy led merry as a girl, a big apron tied aroun< 3d, her comfortable waist and her spectacle nk on the top of her thick grey hair, th nd very ideal of the hostess ; while grandpi 6r's Amber. halo, hearty. and jolly, was lik< -ey a grown up boy, all that lovely day when Dell and Isabel thoroughly en joyed every single moment. As, Isabel had thought, there waw 5 a almost absolute surcease from stinginj DIM memory, amid the delightful noveltiei in all around her, andl only at rare interval m011 did she find herself allowing thoughts o in the one above all others to creep in. h, "It has been a grand, good day, s< at- far," Dell declared with a happy sigh at three o'clock of tWe bright, oh )ld afternoon ; "the best is to come yet. "What do you think, Mademoisell4 l Isabel? "The big folks over at the big hous )b- -otherwise the St. Oloments, of thi eor Hollies-have invited you and me ove: a to dinner, and to assist the younig ladiie rly in receiving. li- "Imagine us. en "Two of Macy's sales- ladies receiving New Year calls. "I don't know what to do. ire "Do you ?" Lve A cruel little pang smote Ihabol, bu an11 sie repressed all sign of it. gh "We can be as agreeable as we knov ff how ; I imagine that is the secret of al )n, true entertainmeit. ed "But <Air dresses, Dell. tie "D yon really want to go ?" ys, "Do I really want to go? ro- "Well, I should say so. 'er "It's just too lovely for anything. id- "Mr. St. Olcmenti driving over t4 id ask us, with 'Miss St. (lements' an( or. Miss Mabel's compliments,'" is, "But dear-our dresses-" begat kid Isabel, looking deprecatingly at hei well-worn black cashmere. . en "They won't expect us to be dresset stylishly or expensively. mnt "A bit of bught ribbon and lace-th< ribbon off our hata, Isabel, and I knov he where grandna has some lace." it .Mt Iabol was hard to be persuaded, )01 "1 would so much rather stay her< ne and talk to grandma, while you go t< he the Hollies, Dell. "Let grandpa drive you over, dear, rer I won't mind'your going in the least.' But Dell was obstinate. Unless Isabel went she would not go, uiy and when Isabel saw the disappointv on ment Dell- would not express, she re ht lented, with a desperate lhttle curb 01 her own inclination andt consented ; noi oci did she permit Docll to gain the slightesi ~ly idea of the cruel stab it was to her to g of to the splendid house, where everythiing ng rominded her so painfully of the very ig thing she had come away out here tc escape. he Mrs. St. Olomonts was the very im personlationi of reinctd womanliness and ed erect graciousness, and she instantly recognized the nobility of Isabel Joffroy ht,. as she sawv hsr pure swecet face-hoi m grave, sad, yet interested attention ; hei d- quiet reserve and ease of manner, whib the young ladies were friendly anm social, as only the real aristorat can be, "Our friends are Dearly all to com4 >ry from the city, "Mabel explained, whei he they were all seated in the parlor. rt, "A few of them have boon and gone, to but the majority of those we expect ar< oy yet to come. "And the first arrival, grandma," sh1< ed aded, with a little laugh, as a slei gi ier load of gentlemen dashed up to th< rul door. ,1y "And the very first one to enter th< of room was Jack Mervine-handsome ole um gcant as ever, and1. the first persoe lie say was Isabel Jeffrey. For one little awful second shE ccthought she should faint or die, becaus< of that sensation that overweelmed her, He saw sihe inclined her head coldly as a dunchess might have done. "Mr. Merv'ino." ouBut heir repolling tone, prouid as icy, (lid not freeze him. y Utterly ignoring Mrs. St. Olemonte no who really was busy with the othei gentlemen andI Miss St. Clements, h<4 oni went straight up to her. ud "Isabel, .where have you been ?" '1 a "If you had wanted very much t< io, know, you might have learned where.' m.. Her eyes met his-haughty, steady att his momentarily darkening with emo tion. tpt "I swear to you I could not find you "I thank Heaven I have found you. 87 'nInahnte" and he dronned hin hau forward, and his voce lowered to a I quick passionate whisper, "will you be r my wife ? "Quick I before I lose you again, my at r darling." - e0 And all the warm &lor left her face bi t for one brief instant, 's she looked in 1C r his eyes-the man sh0loved. "Yes," she said. 01 3 And with a triumph almost beyond bi imagination, he linked her arm in his, II and turned towards them. P It had all happened In a moment. w 3 "Friends, this is my botrothed bride- f Miss Isabel Jeffrey. "Will you not wish us a Happy New g Year." 1 r And then explanatltns were briefly. , made. "It has been a day of days," Isabel. said, between smiles and tears, as qhe ,Cl e told It all to her mothr in their little I quiet home, that blessed Now Year k night. . "We anb to be married at once, ui mamma, because Jack insists on it-- in next week, mamma. it I~t "And once more you will have your t carriage. to ride in, and your laces and a diamonds to wear. ac "But if he had boon a beggar, shoyel ling off the snow for his dinner, and had ' asked me to be his wife, I should have i) said Yes all the same. Il "Oh, mamma, mamma, I am so c happy." I1 Larruping anl Ardent Lover. itn "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good-will to men." w With this angelic anthem began a senti- dc mental lettev received by a young lady (11 in Quincy, Mass, It was written by a fi young man, a Stranger to her, who has cc Stor some time past been demonstrating' h( his affection for her by sending her 81 love-letters by messengers and by mail. er le began at first by standing on the op- i posite Side of the street, gesticulating W and bowing in a manner that would w have done credit to Don Quixote him- 11 self. Later his infatuation grew to al- t most a mania, and nothwithstanding t the girl aild her mother discouraged his c attentions, lie began sending, almost of daily, love epistles written in the most TI gushing style of affectionato sentimen- t tality, declaring that his love for her W it 1 remained. All the letters have been b shown to gIie girl's mother. Her wrath 1 has for some time been steadily increas- fe ing, and thiR mornin! it passed all i bounds, and in a towei g passion sho At rushed over to the court room and be- I sought the court to interfere in the th matter. On being told that the man m was not legally responsible, not having i done anything criminal, she started out pale with anger. Oa the sidewalk in y front of the building stood the object of cc her ire. She rushed apon him and la struck him in the face with her clenched flst. Getting out of her clutchos, he al stepped back a few paces, and takingoff ac his hat, gave her a most insinuating re bow. This had the effect of making her T still more angry, and, seizing a large 1 stick which lay in the street, she swooed down upon the unfortunate in lover and vigorously belabored him 10 about the head and shoulders. He ai w took the thrashing as a martyr, who wvas Si/ being sacrificed for his devotions. He vc looks upon the matter very lightly, and tu sems to believe that he has got the best di( of the itifair, and his enthusiasm, fan- jea aticism, or whatever it may be called, is by no means ended. The mother is be coming desperato, and unless the law interposes, the aflair is likely to result in seriously. Al C~ontenatne, Antci Sorrow. cgi A resident of Park street, Detroit, fr had a photographer come lip the other day for the purpose of takiug a view of li his residence, and the man of the camera In had just got in position when along came L1h an cold coon1, with a buck-saw on his arm In and wanted to knew what was up. of "Going to phlotograph the house," di was the reply. at "Then 1 guess I'll peo," remarked y the old man. "L'll take a position at li the left of -the gate and represent tl "r statue of industry." The members of the family camne outh and aaranged themselves, and the man th called out : - ld "Here, old man, you want to get out W of that I" ti "Can't I represenit Industry ?" W "No, sir I" O0 "Can't I stand over there and repre- as sent Laziness ?" o1 "No, sir I We don't want you in the k group at all." b '"Lemme represent the Sleeping et Beauty- dl "Youi go a'nay 1"w He drew off to one side, the passing by teams halted te give the artist a chance cii and directly the plate was made. Every- f body rushed forward whenu it was ready 3 for inspection, and the old man was one cc of the first. As the plate was held up gI he giggled and tickled, and finally burst i3 into a loud laugh. He had dodged around the corner of the house and his mn full figure was revcaled behind'- the ca family. - s "Well do you represenit in that atti- a1 tuide?" sternly inquired the photogra- ~ phier. ci, "What, I reckon that's a pretty good ta: pose for Contentment." 10o "Very well. I will now represent a Dissatisfaction." br And, the artist took the festI'te old au chap by the ear and walke< him out of era the crowd and put in a couple of kicks w which changed the pose of Contentwnent ab L' to that of oow p Ganibetta's Tragto Fate. A despatch says of Gambetta: The rpse reposes on a bed. The eyes, which ,e wide open, preserve their customary :pression, while the mouth seems mo le. The hair is thrown back from the rehead, There is no distortion in the atures. Death has not disfigured his kuntenance. Perhhps, had he been like dinary mortals, he might have recovered, it high living and excesses of all sorts td brought on diabetes, which was com icated with other disorders. The patient ng asthmatic, the use of anessthetics as proscribed. Without anmathetics it was ared he would die during an operation. esidts, in the condition of his blood, gao ne was the inevitable consequence of an incision. lie would as surely have ed from the result of an operation tas he d die of the disease, wherefore it was idged unwise-to attemptwhat could only Ld increased - hIs sikefin.e. This -was o dee0i6on of his medical attendants. Another comiplicatioh not eneeralli towit, wts that of varicose veins' on the It leg, the. existence of which explains rtamn attitudes often severely commented >on as undignified.' lie was physically capfiated from 'sitting straight in a chair. is impossible to Affirm until after lhe au psy, which takes place to-day, that, as serted by some perscons, he had received bullet in the abdomen, Still, without ubt. the wound in the arm was the pri try cause of death, and necessitated liii obility, depriving hiin of the exercise escribed as indispensable to one of his ustitmution and teimperaiment and contin Ily threatened by cerebral congestion. is whispered also that he disobeyed the edical order of a strict diet of milk and ges. Throughout his illness his friends 6ve sought to conceal the gravity of the ,uation) and above all the agency of a am1an in the trancdy. Nevertheless, no ubt is permissible that the shot which rectly or indircetly caused his death was ed by a lady who is well known in Paris, d whose psoudonyim, Lioznie Leon, con als the patronyimic of one of the most I inorable Israclitih families of Bordeaux. ie left her husband. the Couseiller Geni al of the Gironde Depaitinent, to follow e fortuies of hin by whose eloquence the Baudit subscription and trial site is completely fascinated, and iiii!ing 4 ih him in 1868, she deserted her fanmily, j u was impatient of the chain le could. >t break, especially as at child was born e succeeding year, whose paternity lie fusca to acinuowledge. These refusals < uset scenes of recrinmination and olten positive violence between the lovers. .c man wearied of the connect ton, an( e woman citing devotedly to him for bom she had sacrificed her honor, Gam tta disliked the ehild, who was sickly, it intelligent, and lived as his nephiew. e rescmbled Gamnbetta in character andI atures, Two years ago faconie's husband ed, and she summoned Gambetta to fut his promise of narrinew, but received tother refusal. lie made ai agreement, >wever, to provide for young Leon on e conditioni that lie should be educated Germany. The mother Lesitated, but milly consented and accompanied the ild and is father to Dree n. This was e journey so much cominented upon last ar by the European press, which ascrib political motives to the preCence of ,on Mtsesablc e,la ldame at the German itels. The connection was xntinuied ter their return, Leonie going every 84t. day evening to his villa, where she was cepted as mistress by the servants, and turning Monday morning in his carriage. icir quarrels also continued. Within a ek three diischarged doiestics revealed e mysteries ol the ill-starred establish unt. Finally the dissensions culminated i ie scene or the unnlappy pistol-sliot. imubetta lost his temnper, giviig vent to use. and( course language, such as he is wont to emiploy in monments of pas m,. She was exasperated1, seized a rc ilver, and fired. ie ruied lhts hand to: rn ask~ie the weapon, amid received his athm wouind. Every thmig else is con 3tu~re: A pamnplet was puuinimed in England 186(3, entitled " Letter on Corpulence, Idressed to the Public by William Bant g.'' In this was narratedl the expeori cc of the welter, who suffered much mi excessive corpulence, in redintg his 3lghit forty-six ptounds in a few weeks. ic system was suggested to himt by a Mr. arvey, an artist. It consisted in avoid g all sweet, starchy anid fat !o'ds, and e Very mtodierate use ot luuidIs, subtmtut g imeiat, ilshm and frrit in iioderate quman. ines at each meal, togoher with the use an alkahiue draught. Titds method of et was eifective 1mn this permsoni witheoumt iy serioi .injury to his .hg~ah~h; and it as practiced by manny pers'ns with a, e result. But im somue.cases., the rapid, ~uction in wei ht, was found' to be in rotirtb healt "and' tile mnethod could t be adopted with safety in all cases, such aii important niatter as this,i when e kiabit of body is so sotiously and siud nly changed, it would not be safe to act ithout the advice of a physician. But if e changes were made judiciously It ould not probIably be hurtful. Severe :ercuse andl time use of nItrogenous alt cel, discarding hydro-carbon substances, starcb, sugar and fat, would always crate to reduce the weIght. Thec well eown opera singer, Mile. Albani, who as very stout, kept her weighit seduced eating lean meaN nmutton andi beef Iidy, and also by working three hours a my at a force p)Umfp fitted to a barrel of Lter, to whIch Ihe water was returned1 Sthe pomp. This kind of work exer ses alt the muscoles and Is very effective r the purpose. Thle following rules for duet ion of corpulence arc given in a ork (on dietetics. One rising early take a 'id bath and rub the body with hair nves andi exercise for half nt hour. reakfast upon least meat, oatmeal and a, without sugar andl milk, hmt with a tIe lemon juice in it. Dane upon plain eat, free from fat, with bcalis, spinach, bbage and sourkrout, bitt no potatoes, reets, pastry or butter. iBaked apples d lemonade, not sweetened, may be I ded, and water for drink. )?or supper, with lemon, oatcake and skim milk eese. Between meala exercise must be ken until perspiratio'n is pro~uced. The I 5s of flesh should.nt be mnore than half 1 pound a day, and if the loss iis too rapid I Bcad and skimmed milkiDay be used to a iali extent, and a htitfe sugar. 'Armod ate allowanmce df claret of' other acid no and water at the meal is also advis lo in case a feeling of depression Is, ox fienuced Watehes And Personal Magnetisn. "Sir, you should waar an open-faced watch if you desire to be accurate in your time-" said a watch-maker to the stout man ; you are too magnetic." "Why, what the deuce has the case got to do with it ?" was the interroga tive reply, "Everything. Your watch has a hunt ing-ease, necessitating steel springs for opening and shutting By constait as sociation-with your body those springs become magnetized, and they generate their condition to other necessarily steel portions of the watchworks, and thus render their movemonts imperfect." "Then, if I were not fat my watch would got. Jose two minutes, more or foss, a day," said .lie puzzled stout ian.' "Exactly," returned the watchmaker. "I have worn your watch for over a week and it hras neither gained nor lost - dozen seconds ; but then I am, from a 3orporal point of view, your antithesis. [ am exceptionally thin and slendor." The stout man mused. "Accordingly,' aid hle, "open-faced tickers for fat men, Blosed cases for thin, eh ?" "Not at all," replied the other. "Thin [nen have at times more magnetism in their systems than fat men. Everybody is more or less magnetic ; you happen to be particularly so; I happen to be :uite the reverse ; hence my remarks md advice. For the rest, open-faced 6%atches are always more accurate than lunters. They are more air-tight for )no thing. As for the steel springs in lhunting Cases, mechanical science has aot yet discovered anything else to re piaco them ; the public like double cases, mud there the matter remains for the present. There are, however, many Ill 3entrived portions in watches, and while he demand continues for watches of a 3ertamn price it is iulpossibie, from a lommercial point of view, to think of muprovements. Long-used methods and ngemious ongines have been specially rovided to fashion and cut out every )no of the minuto parts which go to lompose the existing instrument. Every bvatch consists of over 200 pieces om ploylmg over 200 persons, distributed imong forty trades, to say nothing of he tool-makers for the artisans. I the 3onstruction of the watch were ma orially altered, all the trades would trve to be re-learned, now tools and wheel-cutting engines would have to be levised, and the majority of working watchmakers become useless, The con tequence would bothat the watch would )aecomne enormously enhanced in value md its possession a tokon of wealtfh. You see, in your complicated state of toeiety -even machines in the process of Amo come to surround themnselves with % circle of 'vested interests' which em barrass attempts at improvement." "You are interesting me," remarked the stout customer, as he placed his watch in his pocket. "You have been many years, I suppose, in the business. f courso, there must have been some mprovements im your time ?" "Of course. Watches during the past ten years have grown much in bihicknossi. Old-fashionedl watches are Shmn arid flat. I have had a watch in may charge as flat as a trade dollar. It is impossible to p~roperly aoust the works for heat, cold and p~osition runder much circumstances, I should :Lye to' givo you a long explanation of thre pack Ing of machianismi to explain to you wyhy." "WVell, has the increased thickness raiseid the vaLIuo ?" "No. On tire contrkry, watches are mow worth 25 per cent less than they wvere twelve years ago. That fact, you wvill say, bears against my previous re narks. 1 am referring to tire cheaper grado of watches worn by3 the majority >f people. T1hero arc wvatches which ring $1,500, and watches which can be )urchiasedl for $18 a dozen. If you arc wiilinig to pay for costly work almost mnythinig can be accomplished. "I made a watch for a physician rhich fitted into a signet ring not much arger than a pea. It had only second ianmlq. It was perfectly accumate, and was used by the doctor to timeothe pulse >f his patintsm. That cost $100. Watches are made from the size of a en-cent pi1cco to half a dollar, and worn i trinkets by ladies. Thelry are also Ixed in bracelets, brooches, tops and pencils, eye-glasses, and even ulmblrella adles ; but they are very luxurious The stout man paid iris bill and went The Kh~edive's Wife. Th'io wife of the khedive is a remark alo~ we an, both hy descent andt forher >ersona qualities. 11cr mother was hre danghter oif a Turkish sultan; her ather thre son of an Egyptian khedive 6id a descendant of Mohammed All thre orundor of tire present dynasty, Towflk 'acha, wire married her ten years ago, vhen sire was only twenty, has never iven her any rival in hisa affection or n hris househrould. They have four hildren, two sons and two daughters, vho are educated by English gover esses in English ways. The pirneess ooks more like a European than our dea of an Egyptian lady. Soft wordsB, warm friends; bIter vords, lasting enemies. Life is comedy to him who tii a ; tragedyv to him who feeIs1 A Bear Chase, A short time ago as Mr. Weischance of Lycoming County Pa., was going through with tWe morning work, such feeding the horses, cattle, swine and chickens, his attention was astracted by a shout from his son, who lives near the mountain, inviting him to come and help capture a large bear. Without waiting a moment 'he dropped his basket of corn, and rushed to the house widi a shout of, "Wife, untie my dog while I get my gun; there is a great bear com iag!" The wife obeyed, and in a moment man and dog were galloping up the hill, and soon joined Bigler, who shouted, "Pap, put the dog on him 1" The faithful dog obeyed, dashing after the bear who made a start across the valley. Boon the dog came so close that old bruin determined to give battle whioh was done by striking and biting hhi until 1W jresolved to .abandon the pursuit, and howling and yelping, ho began retracing his stops until he was met by his master who yainly implored him to return. By tins ttme the bear hind passed Laubach's, who were soon i hot plirsuit with dogs, guns, and Mr. Stlephon Laubach was iot far bohind with his axo. Tne bear now changed his course and went direct for Oriolo. thus changing his route from a line to a tri angle, and the Welshuuoc's travelmg on the bypothenuso oon joined the Lau bachs. The bear was now about iu the position of the British army in its re treat from Concord and being saluted in front, rear and flanks with stones, clubs and dogs he was brought to a stop about half a mile south of Oriole. This spot will ever ho memorable on account of the desperato struggle which then on suedl. The bear planting himseh on his hatincihes prepared to resist all his one mies. The light now became terrible to behold; the bear and stray builets suc ceeded in dispatchngsoveral of his canine oninies boforo he was prostrated upon old mother earth b~v a ball from Abram Velslanse's ever reliable rifle. Tho bear now breathed his last, and the next order of work was to dissect the prize. The leadership of this part devolved upon Mr. Seth Phillips, who by making use of his nattral abiity, soon had the hide severed from the flesh. By the uso of a pair of scales furnished by John Gebhardt, his weight was found to be 3171 pounds, The gathering was now traustformed into i parliamentary body with Rev. Whito as president. By the skilful umianagemeut of this gentleman they soon decided by vote to give nach of the ex-huntors twenty pounds of the meat (of course the scalp belonged to Abram), dividing the balanco equally with the families their represented, which entitled each to about nino pOunds of meat. A DoIlk Iinm Of Dishes. A fashionable table now looks as if a dozen families had been callett upon to 11011) set it, and overy color known to science is represented in an abandon of rainbow-hued disorder, A lady of this city who had hired a new girl was ex patiating to her on a set of china she had recently bought. "Just think of it, Bridget," she said enthusiastically, "it's in a hundred and fifty pietesi" "Sure, nm, was it the cat?" asked Bridget, sympathetically. But they arc not really dishes. The quaint green basket, witL pink lining and a braided handle in mottled china, is a sugar bowl, and that funny little pitcher that looks as if it had the jim-iams is a vinoaar cruet. Castors Pro out of style nowadays and all the available space besido your ,alaque is fIlleod in with stubby bottles, individual pepper and salts; the pepper usually comes out with a rush, but the salt tearfully resolves itlsef into brine and refuses to be dislodged. It would be a comfort to drink your after-dinner coifeo out of a fine whlite cihinia cup, against the shell-like sides of which the yellow waves of aromatic cof fee would ripple softly; but you lift the noy cup11 by a green hazard hanle, and as your lipa touch the wings of a varie gfatM~I hnt tnrfy you nb~Aerve on the oppo aite side a baked tarantula, whfilo in the bottom of the cup--may your shadow never gmu-w lessi-is an Arab's head-~ hospitality. '.L eo iau& design ihrust uponou us will doubtless be a literature in china; for instumnce, the edge of a breakfast plate might be appropriately inscribed, "fhe early bird catches the worm, "First the grub and then the butterily, "for the .cream jug, "Little pitchei's have long oars." Tnocre aire already Shakcspoaro p~lateuS, Longfllowv pitchiers and Whitt hor bowls. A table set, in Emerson china or (Jarlyle clay, would be very in .tructivo, A UCentury Ago. Cloth had become the usual -material or the coat, with black satin brooches. Top-bbots and round hats wvoro worn in time morning, with the hair undressed; but silk stockings and buckles, with three cornered cocked hats, hair powder, aind swvords, were worn upon occaslions of ceremony. But swords were not so generally worn in full dIrass as they had been ton years previously. Planche o)bsorvos, in his "flistory of British (los tume," that about the year 1778 gold laced hats had become fashionable again; because the press gangs wore particulary busy in that year for the Royal Navy, and the gold-lace was sup poaed to lmp)art a military or dlistin gnishied air. The Peers stil habitually wore their scarlet and ermined robes in the House of Lords, In the Commons It was customs.iy for the members of the Government to appear in full dress, bag-wigs, buckles, and swords. Jesse observes that Charles lames Fox and his party, who had been acoustomed to dress in the negligle style which had come into vogue, created much amuse ment when they came Into power in 1782, and appeared, In the House in all the stlfness of the full dress. A wntof care o toA ~ goe iaxv than a want of lfwlag ,