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- Sea .and Sky.
Long ago,'vhen the world was new,
The sapphire sky, and the ocean blue,
^ Wedded one suntmer day;
And the sky still bonds as the years go by,
And the ocean leaps to the behding sky,
For constant lovers ate they.
But when a mist arises between
The ocean, grown with jealousy _green,
His doubt to the listner tells:
He storms and frets, he rages and roars,
In furious wrath he beats his shores,
While his turbulent bosom swells.
The sky, though dark with a moment's
frown,
Will tenderly from its height look down,
With a radiant snlle divine.
The green to blue with its nagie skill,
'Twill change, and the stormy ocean still,
And the son. of love will shine.
Pause thou, my heart! and the lesson read,
When the darkness falls, and with Jealous
speed,
The mists of doubt arise.
Fret:not, 'twill pass, and thou wilt know,
That the sun still shines, with a fervent
glow,
In love's unchanging skies.
WILLFUL MADGE.
"They'll not treat me as if I were a
grown-up child. They'll not select a
husband for me. I detest Mark Thorn
toh. 111 run away if they don't stop
pesterng me about him."
Madge had rushed from the presence
of her elders, with rather disrespectful
haste, had- ordered - Brownie, and was
arranging herself hastily in her riding
habit. Her eyes were flashing, and
two red spots were burning in her dark
cheeks.
She descended the stairs, holding her
head like a young princess, not design
ing to look right or left, and passed out
into the sunshine. Tom held Prownie
beside the block; Madge sprang intQ
the saddle and galloped. off dow. the
road in the direction 'of Jionville, a
small railway. aqdg tit-offce station a |
few miles$distaiy :
Mis Mary ad Miss Martha watched
the angry cloud of dust settle away,
and then looked at 'each otiar .b!e)p
lesly. They meant well, they 'were
painfully pnsole tious, afte).. thelr'
sight; but
tact and
whom the
: " ..,sqtith,
"he'
- wish
remarked .ierything
has gone wrong sihe he -went away.
He "has an aot of smoothing things
over. The more we try to smooth the
more we ruffla her, and she's never
been the same anyway since she came
home from that visit in the west."
Miss Martha would have been still
more unhappy had she known the ex
act foundation for the fact of her last
assertion. Madge had formed the ac
quaintance of Alfred Winship. during
that visit. She had kept up a secret
cprrespondence with him ever since,
which was easily managed, since she
always rode to the -offRce for the mail,
and was to-day expecting a letter.
"I am old enough to be my own mis
tress," she thought, all the petty re
straints that had chared her willful,
imperious sprIt from childhood coming
uppermost. 'I will not submit any
lot}ger. I would now like to gallop on
ani on away into freedom., I am an
alien any way, I feel like a caged bird
all the time. There is wild blood in
lIly veins, I believe. 'Whatever m'y
parentage I never came of such hum
drum stock as these people-never!'
Her thoughts touched upon Mark
Thornton. Hie was owner of the estate
adjoining that of Mr. Bishop. Hie was
ten years older than she, and had made
no secret of his preference for her. She
liked him fairly well until she found
that Miss Mary and Miss Martha
wished her to marry him, when she be3
gan to treat him with freezing civility.
"Tamne and commonplace, always
reading and studying. Whlat do I want
of him?" she questioned spitefully,
giving. Brownie an extra touch wIth
the whip, I want vim and dash of
spirit. How Alfred Winship~."
She had reached the station. iShe
rode up to the window, through which
-- the post-office clerk handed her mail as
- -usual. S3he repaid him with a dazzling
smile as she caught sight of Alfred's
- handwriting, 'lifting him into the
seventh heaven, for she was beatutiful,
and her gracious moods irresistible.
--She let her reims fall upon 1B. .iwnie's
neck while she read Alfred's letter,
--- Her heart gave a great bound. 110
--was coming east, would be in floatoni
- on the 16th.
'Iflow deligbtful it 'would be," lie
wrote, "If you coulai get out of your
cage for a week and meet me there. I
suppose t,he dragons would as soon give
yo0igermission to visit the moon with
* out an escort; and yet we could have a
delicious time if you could join me.".
Had some evil clairvoyance conveyed
to Alfred Winshlp the present state of
Madge's mind? In her unrensoning
reeklgss mood, with her "balance
* whe," George Bishop, away, she was
open to any suggestion that bad a spice
-of freedom in tt.
SWhy not break loose I'rom t his re
s~ traint at once and forever? Why not
'N h~eet Alfred Winship as.hie suggested?
She know he was desperately in love
with her, and she had never seeni.
happy moment since she parted frorm
biin.
"If I had any privileges like othei
girls," she thought bitterly, "I coulk
Invite him out to see me, but MisP
Mary and Miss Martha would be scan
dalized at 'the mention of 'such a
thing,':
She glanced over the letter again. He
had given her his 3oeton address, and,
good gracious! to-morrow was the
10th. He would be there to-morrow.
* Acting on a sudden Impulse, she
turned Brownie's head again towards
the station, walked into the telegraph
oflce and deliberately wrote this mes:
sage:
"I shall leave for Boston on the
11.80 train. Meet me at the depot."
There! It was done and not to be
repented of. She galloped home and
took her place at the' dinner table with
a silei t, subdued air.
She spent the rest of the day in h:r
room making a few preparations, mus
ing upon her .grievances ano picturing
the meeting on the morrow alternately.
She was allowed to remain unmo
lested by the sisters, who were used to
her moods.
There was a- dash otf Spanish gypsy
blood in her veins, as she herself sus
pected. She had a daring disregard
for conventionalhtes, which was now,
under high pressure, overflowing its
boundaries. Yet she was high-prin
cipled and warm-hearted at bottom,
and would be easily governed by one
who understood her complex nature
with its seeming contradictions.
W lien Miss Mary and Miss Martha
saw her gallop off the next day they
little guessed that she wore a traveling
suit under her riding habit, nor that
ahe had stolen out the evening before
and secreted a well-filled valise among
Jrcp under the trees,by the
cad, hal filtR.nt
Making sure that no" d du-... ,
ight, she securel the valise and rode
n again until she carfee to a strip of
woodland not far from the little depot.
he. removed her riding habit, then,
ifter securing Brownie andi iavibing
parting caresses and a few tears upon
km, sh walked around.-the "bend" to
the atoon steaming
trug=
eeing as she
walked )ong platform of the
depot anit found her way to the ladies'
room. Ehe 'sat down 'near the door.
Surely he would come soon. She had a
onely, unprotected feeling. Men pass
lug the door gave her bold, rude, ques.
tioning glances she imagined.
At length, whih a cry of relief in her
heart, she caught a glimpse of Alfred's
race at the door of the waiting room.
le stood 'looking around uncertainly
for a few moments, then, with rather
unsteady steps, he crossed to where she
sat, held out both hands and said fa
miliarly' ''Ab, here you are, beauty.
've been looking for you this half
our."
M dge was on her feet In a momnent
warding off his touch. His handsome
taco was flushed and the quality of his
lance and smile was insultinig. The
oaor of the potatlons he had ImbIbed
sickened her. Shie could have sunk
trough the floor with shame' and
dread ot him. HIe had undergone a.
metamorphosis: She had never seen
him thus when she met.him at the home
of her friend. Something like a disgust
she felt, which was quickly succeeded
by a flash or-anger as he laid his hand
upon her shoulder and said rather un
steadily, ''Come and have something
to eat. You must be hungry. You-.
you are under my proteetion, you
know," he finished with a meaning
augh.
The effect upon Madge was madden
ing. She scorned him and herself for
her folly. HIe qualled a little under the
(Ire in her eyes, as she shook off lisa
hand and stepped lzackward, with an
imperious air, that had Its effect upor
him.
"I am not under your protection,"
;he retorted, with a certaih desperation
ui her voice and manner.
At that instant -she saw Mark
Thornton comIng towards her across
the marble floor.
fler first sensation was one of dis.
may that Mark had found her in such
compromising situation. The next,
moment she had rallied her force?.
"T[hey have sent You after me," she
aid recklessly, after this quiet saluta
ton. "If I veturn it will not be with
you."
"I came on the train with you, but I
was not sent," ho returned, "and I
have not the slightest Intention of asik
tug you to return with me.- I thought
ou seemed. in trouble, and I merely
came to aisk you if I could be of ser
vice to you."
Madge looked up at him, Hie seemed
so grand and grave and masterful in
ontrast with Alfred.that a sudden
ense of his superiority came to Madge,
like a revelation, whlie a fear thab she
ad compromised herself forever in his
yes came over her as~ Alfred said
neeringly:
"1 thought your engagement was
with -me, but It seems I am one too
many."
With that he walked off, Madge's
I
defiant mood broke down utterly. bse
was wrptchpd, huppilJated.
Mark stood regarding.her griavely.
"You will despise ie," she said. "I
agreed to tneetjhat man here. I made
his acquaintance in the west last win
ter. They-they are driving me mad
at home;" she finished with tears of
vexation in her eyes.
'I understand," said Mark slowly.
In those few minutes he had found the
keynote to the aotions of this sweet,
loving, willful, imperious creature,
whom he loved so tenderly.
"What am -I to do? How am I to
gb hoiae and answer their questions?"
Madge asked, looking to him in her ex
trem!ty as a strong tower of protec
tion.
"Will you leave.it to me? Will you
trust me to make it all right?" he
asked.
"I will do anything you say," she,
answered, humbly, "if you will forgive
my rudeness to you a' few. minutes
ago.".
"And I will retract my statement
and ask you to go home with me," lie
said, with a smile. "The train leaves
in. half an hour. I will account for
your absence. It shall never be known
that you met any one."
How Madge's grievances diminished
on that homeward ridel What a haven
of rest her quiet room would seem if
she Once reached it, and how gentle
and deferential Mark's manner was
toward hei l
Miss Mary and Miss Martha, who had
been half frantic, were greatly relieved
to see Madge under the protection of
Mark Thornton, who pursued a high
handed course of explanation.
"Miss Madge and I have had an ad
venture to-day," he said airily. "Will
you ask no questions for the present
and let Madge go at once to her room?
Some day later I will explain. I am
only sorr for your uneasiness."
tion without aiorenegepd the itua
of paragon with them MauKu "n
safe and there had been no alagm'
raised in the neighbo:hood. they
could not be sufficiently thankful.
Madge learned her own heart that
day. She now enjoys full freedom as
the wife, friend and companion of
Mark Thornton.
-The Anica plblic are familiar on
all sides with elaborate and detailed
statements of the weather at a thous
and and one resorts. If we may believe
all that we read in such reports, the
temperature never reaches the eighties,
the sky is flecked with just enough of
cloud to porfect the landscape, the
breezes are always balmy, and the
nights ever cool. There is possibly one
place in the United States where such'
conditions obtain-a bit of country of
about forty square miles, at the ex
treme southwestern part of the United
States, in which San Diego is situated;
but even here, perhaps once in two. or
three years, the sultry blasts of the
Mojave Desert pass over-the low moun
tain ranges and parch this favored dis
trict. By a. singular contrast the sec
ond favored spot as to summer weather
is the extreme north?astern point in
the United SLates, Eastport, Me. At
Eastport the prevailing sutamer winds
are from the south, which makes the
weather delightful, save on occasional
days when tbe wind goes into the
northerly quadrant, and sends the tem
perature uncomfortably near to the
freezing point. The point at which
the temperature begins to be considered
hot naturally dependd vpon the charac
ter of the climate to which persons
have been accustomed.
Boot atra Shoe ECtiquette.
The boot and shoe etiquette sorely
perplexes native officials on ceremonial
occasions. In the motussil it is cus
tomary for all native .government
officials to take off their native shoes
before entering the p'resence of their
superior, but if they wear English boots
no such change is required. When the
governor of Bombay held - a levee at
AhmediAbad, a number of flindoo
officials clubbed together to buy a pair
'of English boots, so as to avoid the
indignity of appearing before huis excel
lency with bare feet. Each took it in
turn to wear the boots as he was pre
sented to the governor, and no small
amusement was created outside the
levee room by the 60ficials rushing back
ward nd forward to exchange the soli
tary pair of boots with the next comner.
Firo.sh Air at Najght,
Jenny June tells of a lady who for
years, during the winter months, rose
at night after her husband was asleep,
and noiselessly opened 'a window about
two inches, top and bottom. If he
knew of it he would declare it gave him
cold; if he did not know of it he was
niot affected except that he would get
up particularlys bright and well, and
frequently remarked to his wire: "You
see it Is all nonsense, your idea about
opening the windows such weather
as this. I haye no headache, never felt
better in my life, and if you would tell
the truth yon would say the same."
Is wife always r-ose first, closed the
window as noleelessly as she had open
ed it, and turned on the register..
--The papal Jubilee turns cut to
have been very expensive. It cost the
Vatican about $1,000,000.
Z'Ioes the atoF'a S u>$pe nded
Perbon After ttifo iloantb
The opinion yently expressed
ba physicia t gso 'struggling
after bt ing bang uld o fsufer ius6 aO
long as the: strpi c iitied. Doc
tors 'differ' t ba2rIt to is of the
opposite-opnlop. ,A seon," said he
'as the pressure t es' plode' upon the
trachea and blood= $e p the.: neck,
there is co}gi.sti$i 'p Ce: raaullow
ed by connescion iIie Iunger anud in.
sensibility aa e" "tibn" of respiration
immedlaiely es. lie congestion of
the brain makW e person unconsec
iolis."
"Will he l soi Oiruggle while in
that condition eonpoiousness?"
"That depyl txe muscular act;
ion, if the cord is fractured
during. the "fal t 4erking that takes
place by th, dt aid:stretching
the cord -ustia Y' lied a'fiacture of the
spine - is foln9 y .paralysis of the
entire body,. ; hi ase there would
be no strugg\~g. t at is how the maa
ought to be tIg ri t as to cases i
Which strugglb 't I& body occurs,
that is mero twitching. lIn
the battle of eki cn I Haw a man
shot with. a it in the skull,
whiich was blo . He ran for
a distance.of 2',b OQ yards toward
the fleld Lo,.,j1 ; then fell. Ile
must have bee + before, or soon
after, he begandto;r sbut at the mo
ment of beiiag'j lt e had turned
round toiard I( ' ltal, and, tht
Idea of gdtting.tliel _g the last in
his mind, had c;ua body to taka a
bee-line tovard a'nging is the
same kn_l.of dot ownlug. Many
people have beRa h out of the
water wlio, i $ ored, recollect
nothing that lap; fter they fell
in; .There have ases, too, of
men hanging th and 'remain
lag.undOaisu ~who, after
.relnvigora remember
he rope or4Qque eaffixing -of
"ut If'tho-x. e
y fied ag tQ ,pl 8. o lunsi
leo near the ed ihx:. and slti
by su>4c W u probably die
e plaoed us4ler or
to leave no space
ver.the larynx,'s the neck,. and the
between itself- an lace u
not is fixed in th. .
the ear, no pain is elt by the suspend
.d individuat-afte ti drop has fallen,
whether -lie kicks, oves, str uggles or
remains perfectly otionless?"
"None whateve ."
STIANGE H DING PLACES.
hings Discovet" d in Hollow 'Trees
and Inbe ed in Wood.
Curious finds h ve not unfrequently
been made in tre' Some woodcutters
[n the forest of rommling made a
strange discovery They began to fell
venerable oak, io1they soon found
o' be quite holl W. j ing half de..
3ayed, it speedily camne' ththe ground
with ~a crash, die losing a' skeleton In
.xce )nt preserv tioni even the boots,
which came abo e the knee, were per
Lect. 'By its ,id wer4e a powder horn,
. porcelain pybowl and a silver
watch. .The to th were perfect. It
would seem to b~ the skeleton of a mari
between thirty and forty years of age,
I is conjectured that while engaged in
hunting he cilmbed the tree for some
purpose and slipped into the hollow
runk, from which there was no re
lease, and he probably died of starva.
.Lion. Anoth:er mystery was foun'd in
the heart of an oak. From a tree ol'
this kind, a large block, about eighteen
nches in diameter, that had been
knocking about in the various yards
mnQ woodshedls, was spl't up lately, and
In it was found an auger-hole about
three-fourths of an inch in' size, con
taining a bunich of human hair done up
in a piece of printed paper. The hair
was near the centre of the block and
fastened in with a pine plug. .It was
apparently put in when the tree~ was
ulte small, as the tree had grown over
the plug to the thickness of about four
Inches, with the grain perfectly smooth
and straighit.
A natural curiosity was shown in a
.imber merchant's workshop. This
was the nleet and skeleton of a blvd em
Leddied in a piece of beach. The tim
er seemed quite sound all around the
avity, and there was no sign of any
perture into it; but the timber being
sawed up,the n,est with the bird sitting
upon it was fband. The nest appeared
to be budtl with mud and the bird re
embled a titniouse. 1Probably at the~
lopping of a branch a cavity was form~ed
and the outside subsequently. grown
ver; but ho0W the bird wvas'- inclosed
eems dliflicult to imagine.
In the cent're 'of a log of Lionduras
mahogany the saw revealed a large
pece of honeycomb. The finder says
the war with the cell was hard, and
resembled in color the appearance of a
mummy. The remains of the bees
were incrustedl in the war. Another
og 'of mahogany. was' being cut into
eneers by a cabinet-maker, when his
attention was attractedl by the appear
ance of a remar-kable and'striking pro.
Ole of her Majesty Ia a knot Ia 'the
wood, Tpie likeness w#s so true tha(
all who saw it ackn1owledged the ro.
fembilance. Had this curiosity only
been discovered in the last year we
might have had Jubilee mahogainy ad
ded to tthe never-ending list of articles
so distinguished.
So often have toads been found en
closed in solid bodies'that it is not sur
prising to reAd in a Scottish paper that
a servant, while breaking a large piece
of coal for the fire, was startled to find
in thb centre of the block a full-grown
toad, which appeared to he in excel+
lent health and spirits. A less com
mon- discovery was made in iirken.
t ead. . gentleman there was presen
ted with a cow's tongue, which ap
peared to' be perfect in every respect.
After the tongue was boiled he disco
ered a piece of, sand stone imbedded in
it about three-quarters of an inch in
length, half an inch in width, and a
quarter of an iuoh in thickness.
Game of "Progressive Observation."
"Progressivo Observation" is the
name givol to a ne'w Boston game that
Has been taken up with interest in
social circles. It has an advantage
over "doney parties" and progressive
euchre in that it teaches something use
ful. The hostess provides five tables,
at which are -seated four or five per.
sons, or even more if desired. Table
No, 1, or the "head" table represents
the sense of sight, the highest sense.
Table No. 0 is touch; No. 3, hearing;
No. 4, smell, and No. 5, taste. There
.is a teacher for each table, and the
table is supplied with a variety of ob
jects suit Ad to the use of the table. For
instance, the teacher at the sight table
holds before each player in turn a col
lection of small objects on a tray, and
after the lapse of half a minute takes
away the tray and asks the player to 1
name the atcles. Or the teacher gives
each perao -asingle artiele, aud after a1
short inspe6tion calls foi' answers to all
questlons. that may be asked about it.
Score is kept by the teacher, and the
player making the least mistakes pro;
gresses_ to, the next{ table.
At the close of, the evening the player
who has made the most ,progressions"
is awarded With the prize. The variety
of objects for the several tables is only I
imited by thre teacher's ingenuity and I
^ tmpB.Ai'..t house. At the
aloie for their impressions of-.tje a
cle given them. This is
it may be t u sy as l
tabe .For the "hear
ing" table a musical instrument may t
be used and the test given on .a note or
a combination. of notes; a number of i
thin glasses may be used in a like' way,
the player bing asked to give the num- r
ber of a particular sound which Is given <
alone after biing struck in a regular
succession. For the taste and smell
tables the kitchen can be drawn upon, t
and such things as flour, meal, powder
ed macaroni, cora starch, granum and
others, whose ti... -e and smell in the
raw state are not very pronounced or
not. familiar, are good for the purpose.
The game is not so much like "child's
play" as might be thought. True, it
had Its origin in the "plays" of kinder
garten, but as developed and enlarged,
t,he idea proves very well adapted to the
entertainment of grown people, who
are rational enough to like a little sense
with their fun.
Pay of' the World's Statesmen.
;The'deputies and Senators in'France.
receive 25f. a day; they are better paid
than in other countries. In Belgium
eachi member of the Chamber of Rlepre-.
sentatives gets 420f. a month diring the1
session. In Denmark the deputies are
allowved 18f. 15h3. per day, In Portugal
the Peers and the Deputies receive a
yearly stipend of 1705f. In Sweden the
members of the Diet are paid 1762f. for
a session lasting.four. months,' but they;
have to pay 18f. 75c. a day in case of
absence; a capital idea..
In Switzerland the members of the1
National Council have 12f. 500. a day
paid out of the Federal Exchequer; the
members of the Councils of State re
ceive from 7f. 50c, to 12f. 50c. per day.
In the United States the representativy
of the States and the delegates receive
5200f. per annum-and an allowance of
if. per mile tra,yellng expenses.
Ini Italy 'the Sernators and Deputies
are not paid,' blit they are entitled to
'free passes on all the railw'ays in the
Kingdom and to pthxer advantages and
p)rivileges. In Spain the members of
the Cortes are also unp>aid but enjoy
certain immunities. In' Greece the
Senators get 500f. and the members of
the Chamber of Rlepresentatives 250f.
In Germany the representatives receiveC
on an average lir. 25o. In Austria the
parliamentary remuneration is, as in a
France, 25f. per day. In Great Britain '
alone the members of Parliament re- I
coive no pay nor are they entitled to 1
any privilege..
A Charming Surprise.
When tlis ice cream was served at a
luncheon the other day, came about Ina
this way, Each guest was handed on aa
plate a rather thick envelope like a
long letter, addressed to herself, Break
ing the seal carefully,- a tiny tray was
inside,,holding a thick slice of delioious I
ice cream In various beautiful colors.
'--The largest milk cohdensihg fac
tory in t,his world is at Chem1Switzdr. 1
.land. Its outcome.is 29,000,000 cans
ver annum.4
.TRE ALIT OP M4fSSAGE.
Its Early History -- Severai 'Kinds of
Dariputations..ow Prac.
tfood.
The art of nassake is of great antq"
ulty. There are always some kind folk
who will take the time and trouble to
search deep down Into the annals bf the
past and transmait to. us the facts they
,.here find recorded. On. the question
of massage, those who have traced out
its history tell us that tlils system was
practiced in very early timos by the
Chinese, and that the Greeks .and Ro
mans also resorted to its aid, evidences
of which. appear in the literature of I
those two- great countries.. This an
clout art has been revived, in the pre
sent day, on the Continent and In
America, as will as' in Englan:i, and is
being very extensively practiced.
I have spoken of massage as a me
chanical mode of treatment-aid so it
is; but those who undertake to perform <
It ought to have some head knowledge t
concerning their work as well as finger
dexterity. The masseuse has to make
herself acquainted with the structure
and the function of the tissues and
muscles on which she is called upon to i
operate, and therefore some study of 4
books on this part. of the subject is re
quired. Then th;are are the necessary
lexterous manipulations to be acquir
ed; these particular mIovemellt3 can
Dnly be learned from actual demonstra
bions and nothing but patient practice c
will attain th: manual dexterity need- 8
ful to perform the process. The goner
ii term of massage includes several
kinds of manipulations; these are also
:aesignated by French names. One of d
these Is known 'as eflieurage; this con- s
31sts in gently stroking the part under c
treatment, which stroking increases in t
ltrength, and terminates In a ilrn rub
bing of the. skin with the p.li of the a
and. Ulider the effect of this treat- s
rnont hardness and dryness of the skin '
give way to softness, and the effect a t
rery soothing. t
Another form of treatment is named
etrissage. This process consi it
ressing and knead"' -nd ro
ikin and muscle
rought in
;ien
ion.
cal movem'
ousing fntd action orgais 'which
nelined to remain dormant. Massa
friction may be described as a series b
f circular rubbing with the finger tips,
erformed in a rapid manner, the ob
ects of which process is to squeeze out d
he waste products formed in the tis.
ues of joints t
t
Where Fashions are Born. a
h
When he has the mood for composing @
ipon him Worth is tireless and some
imes exhausts three poseuses before he
as satisfied .himself. The girl will
Irop with fatigue and is .rapidly replac- y
d by a fresh one, so that the work of a
omposition may go on. After eXpla la- 1
ng all this Worth told his American r
~ustomer that it was in this studio of ~
ils that the fashions really, had their
yltth. "I never force anything on the
>ublic,'' he said, "but 1 educate them. y
WYhen I makce up my mind to introduce I.
i certain fashion I give myself threet
rears' time to make it the rage. For ~
ixample. for the last two years I have
>eeni introducing the. fashionis' of the g
Pompadour, rococco styles. Look
n the shop windows and see what I
ho manufacturers are weaving and the I
radesmen selling-are they not for the .
treator part 1'ompadour designs?
kVell, in one year more they will be the'
'ago, and it wvill last for atiother twelve e
nonths or so, and then I shall slowly t
u) certainly begin something new."
WhJile this conversation was going on
here was an ante room to the kitchen e
'nil of meon who waited upon the cou.
erier to learn his views upon dlesigns r
or fabrics, new dyes and shades, braids,
talloons, tournuro steels, bustles, every: ~
bing that is needed to make a costume, I
Lnd his decisions 'were in most cases
ield to be final..
Havana's Confectloin Peddlers.
Musical and merry are the IIavana
Lulceros or street confection peddlers.t
['llese are nearly all negro lads, and are 7
lie brightest of the Hlavanna lowly
treet folk. A number of large 'con
erns like " La Filosofla" and " El
3uen Gusto" furanish the sweets which i
re sold on commission by the dulceros. s
ehoy are temptingly displayed on a I
ight cainjon de dulco which confection E
ox Is daintily balanced upon the dul
ero's head. Each one has an individ- a
tat sonata call, or song, the effort be- t
ng both to compel sales and ad46el-tise 11
lie maker of the-wares. These songs I
re most melodiously given, and are
ilways followed by the cry of "Dul
01 Dul--cel' given in a piercing tre
ile, and a list of the wares, rendereda
rith all the -unctuous diablery of the a
norriest negro minstrelsy. - -.
--The ~engineer says there Is not
>roperly fecorded Instance .o% a loco- I
notive ever attaining a greater speed I
han eighty 'miles an hour, and quotes a
Sharles B. Martin a saying that bigner, f
pneeds are mythioal. .
NEWS IN BRIEF,
--A club has been formed at Mion.
X, for the destruction of Ehglish
wparrows. A premlum .of ten ' cenc d
lozen is paid for shooring them.
-An English philanthropist says
here are 'no rower than 80,000 gypsy
ihildren in England, of whom not
nore than 5 per cent. are able to read
md write.
-Yale's historic fence is again
breatene. with destruction, and the'
itudents have petitioned The corpora
ion to use their influenc towards its
reservation.
-The French Transatlantic Steam
hip company has furnished its large
loot with complete apparatus for
4dropping oil on the waves" during
)ad weather.
-Marie Antoinette's soissors and
>enknife were recently sold at auction
or $180. The relics were terribly sug
cestive of the instrument which
aused her death.
-The widow of ex-Governor Colby,
if New London, Conn., aged ninety
wo, made and contributed a hand
ome tidy to the fair lately held by the
adios of that place.
-According to the Douglas (Ken.)
Pribune, when workmen were sinking
he well for the eugar works at that
tlace a stratum of life frogs was
truck at a depth of 50 feet.
-Queen Emma of Holland is a bru
tot whose eyes would be pretty did
he not continually witn when speak
tig, thus giving you the impression of
>reparing for a good burst of tears.
-Spencer, Mass., has public-spirited
itizens. The other day one of them
ave fourteen - acres of land for a pub
to park, another gave $30,000 for a
ugh school and another gave $25,000
or a public library.
-A New York man has recently
istinguished himself by eating at one
Ingle meal ten feet six inches of corn
ake, three inohes wide and one inch
hick. It was at a church fair, and he
vished to gut his money's worth.
-The name assassins was applied to
tribe or clan called Ismaelians, who
ettled in the mountains of Lebanon .
bout 1090 and became notorious for
heir murderous propensities; hence
he origin of the -name as applied to
ourderers.
--Recent partie Ing the iroloano
'" catapeti -rep, asing activity
. , r p s'oke
enning in mod
otiouary policy
. internal disasters is
eing etrou ared in the highest circles
i St. Peteirsburg. The pamphlet is re
irkable for the elegance of its lan
uage. The police have so tar failed to
iscover the authors of the wora.
-Eighty-three members of the na,
onai house of representatives were
Tnion soldiers, and almost all of them
re entitled to wear the Grand Army
utton. The leading Grand Army
Late, as represented in Congress, is
Cansas, all of her seven representa
tves being members~ot the order.
-A woman in Argentine, Mich.,
as terrorized the whole neighblorhood.
he keeps fire-arms in her house to
hoot any one who tries to arrest her;
er landlord cannot collect his rent,and
o one dares to refuse her anything
lie aske for fear lest she will kili him
r set fire to his house.
~-The richest ' child in America is
ittle Miss May Sharpless, who Is nine
ears old and has a fortune of $9,000,
00. She is a daughter of a late
nember of the firm of Arnold, Oon
table & Co. The child millionaire has
remarkably interesting collection of
'ols of all sizes, several of which cost
1000 apiece.
-The 'manufacture of orange wine
i becoming an established industry in
'lorida. The factory at Clay Springis
las just closed its season, having made
ne thousand barrels, For this quan
ity a million and a half oranges were
ressed. The price paid for oranges
Lolivered at the factory was $8 a
housand.
-Large numbers of colored people
re said to be emigrating to California
roIn the Southern States. R~cently
nie party of twenty-four men and
vomeni arrived in San Francisco en.
outo to join a colony in the Southern
art of the i3tatej Another party of
10 laborers has gone to Friano to work
a the raisin vineyards, and 150 more
re to follow.
-~1t was twenty-one years ago this
inring that Alaska was ceded by
1 iusiai to the United States. Thuis
erritory has an area of some 800.000.
quai' mniles, and is fifteen times the
l?.o of Illinois. Its eillized popula
inn is 12.000, including about 6000 or
000 white population and 80,000 other
ahabitants. Thie gold mines of thirs
ountry yield some $2.500,000 a year.
-Ug Yee Yam is the name of a
hihiness woman who recen.tly arrived
ui San Francisco. bhe is possessed of
ronderful beauty, and the Californlans
ave gone wild over her. She is a
later-ln-l.aw of Lee Kong Yon, a well
niown cigar manufacturer of Man
~ranelsco. This Is the first time that
really handsome woman has come to
his countryfrom China. Those who
ave seen Ug Yee Yamm say that her
eauty Can well be called ce estial.
-?rince Blismarcik's wife is.said to
is a typical "hausirau," with never a
huought above petty'domestic details.
l'he Crown Prince's wire is of the
ame nature. In their eyes it is little
broit of infamous for .the Empress to
ead philosop)hy, advocate this highr
ducation of womOn, and take an in
euligent interest,in the affairs of the
Dmpiro and - of the, world., Yet her
readth Cf intellect and force of char
cter have never pr-evented the .Empress
rom being a~ model wife and a m9dei
notfier.