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The Darlington News. M. T. Thompson, Ed. A. Prop l-’eer are f.i't <-x:er>nir'.st(‘d In the monniniis of Orejff'n, and the Lcgi Inturc will bclnskul to &do|>t rnca ures for their preservation. Tiie Czar, as a memorial to his late parents, has devoted fcT'O.OOO and an estate worth a year to ths foundation and tnslnhi^ncc of an in. stitution for the blind at St. Petersburg, to be cai’ed the Alex mdar-Marien In stitute. The Pctro’t Frte Prnu, fays: “Tn ten years the ratio of marriage in the large cities of the North his demafd eight per cent. This startling fad has brought out many explanations, but (lie one generally accepted is that so many men are crowded out of work by the (heap labor of women that they cannot think of marriage. The ratio will con tinue to decrease until only the,rich can afford marria-e.” , k The recent decree in France requiring all resident foreigners to give an ac count of themselves to the Prefect of Police, isa’med at the vast influx of the lowest strata of society from ad nations, who are gradually making France an asylum for the thieves, tagabonds and outcasts of other couutr es. >!ore tjer, most of these fon- : gn tramps come Irom two nation* which France most lute*— Germapr and Italy. A table exhibiting the Individual agej of 5^0i>U American prisoners i» p.iri c- ■lariy sug-.'esttve, say. Iho •'■ew York OA» rsrr. The ace rang's from under one year to ninety-eight yean. Vore than one-third are und'-r twmty-tlve, and more than ore-iialf are nndertwen y eight. The age of tw cut.'-flya s the highest point 'em bed n the tabulation of criminals, the omnbe for e i h year decreasing each way from this ag #i REUBEN JAMES. Tfree fh’ps of war had Preble when he left the Nap'es sh re. n.l the mighty king of Naples lent him ■even galleys more: And rever s.uoe Uio Argo floated in the mid dle »er Bu ‘li noble men and valiant have sailed in < o'lpviy As the men who went with Preble to the siege of Tripo'i. Btewart, Bainbridg-*, Hull, Decatur, how theli na ims r.iig out like koM!— loiwivn-'e. I’ork r, Tnppe. Macdonough, ami a si si r» as tme and Ik>H; Every stir that lights their banner tells the K’ory thot they won; But one comm <n sailor's glory is the splendor of the sun. Rent en James was first to fol'ow when De- caiur laid aboar I Of the lofty Turkish galley and in battle broke his sword. Then the pirate t a Urn smote him, till his blood was running fast. And they grapp el, anl they struggled, and they fe 1 beside the mast. Close behin 1 them Reuben battled, with a dozen, undismayed, Ti.J a bullet I roke his sword arm, and be drop e 1 the useless blade. Then a swinging Turkish tabre clove his left and brought bun low. Like a gallant bark, dismasted, at the mercy of the foe. Little merer knows the corsair; high bis blade w as rat ed to slay, W ben a richer prize allured him where De catur struggling lay. “He p ’ tb« Turkish leader shoutel, and bis ti u-ty comrade sprung. And his nim ar like lightning o’er the Yankee Caplain swung. Reube* James, disabled, sabre flash on high, baw iWatur shrink before pirate's tauntln- cry. Saw. in h df the time 1 tell brav» and true Still ■ ighteb wabloo iypirjte what a dying man ean do. B «uhk he Ktr:,g;led, stumbling, sliding in the biro I around his le t. As the Tur c rav that there Is a fair prospect of my outliv ing both of you. 1 defy you, until your death sh ‘II relei** mei Mrnritr, Vavck. ______ ari!uva f 'le r Mw* r. h . e . b r^ ier t C !‘!’ t i!! ty aUAmT - AMD CUBIODa PAWNBROKING ODDITIES, NEW3 AND N0T£S £0B ly. Mie leaned from her win dow ami sang snatches of fray songs when she \»a-i suic that her aunt vas wliere she could hear hrr. and aiTcctcd the utmost nomhilanc: when she saw Aits. Thorne at.d uwyer Grant watch ing her from the lawn. But on the after noon of the fifth she begun to give way, anti longed with all the intensity of her nature for freedom. khc saw the shining river, free and unfettered, wind ng between the feath ery willows thvt lined its b nks, and could almost hear it as it gurgled over its pebbly lied where the cool wood’and shadows lay thickest; and the words of the bravura she was singing died in an inarticulate sob, though her aunt was in full view, strollmg among the flower beds on the lawn. At lari she wi cd away her tears ant] clinched her leeth firmly together. “All’s fair in love and war,” sho said j resolutely; “a'd a masterly strategy i must hc omplish what resistance would fail to do, even if it does involve some deception.’* kbe watched long and anxiously for Lawyer Grant that night. Finally, when the shadows of the : gloaming lay thirkly among the tr. es iho saw a tall lorm TflUTOS THAT ABB PLEDGED Attempts to Pawn Twins, a Mariifl and Canary Birda — Begular Patrona. “A pair of twins.” “Yes, sir a pair of twins. That is tha queerest and most curious subject that was ever offered mo in pawn, and I have a great many remarkable things biought to me in my experience. “It was when I was clerking in the pawnbroking line at Nashville, Tean , Mijne nine years ago. I was lounging on the coqntcr checking up the books when a colored woman entered the little o r'< c 1 Hie had with her two tioys; little fellows ab mt eight years of age She looked at me, and l said: ‘Well, what cau 1 do for you?’ TJte woman immediately lie gm crying. Shu was poorly, miserably clad, even for a colored woman, and I c mid fee she was in great distress. Final-, ly she told me that her husband was sick and that she had no monev to get food, and so she had brought her two boys— : twins—to put them inpawn. Mio only wanted and if I would let her have it she would come for the boys w.thin a 1 week, directly her husha d got letter. It would break her heart, she sai l to This w i 1 hc a silken season. I ndy Wilde is tall ami stately, low i has tea women county school superintendents. Dr. J. ('. Ayer’s widow is said to be worth - ; ‘2.",0') i.fltw. Combiuat’on both of stuffs and colors will rule this winter. Smn’u YV\ Trabrtie, of Illiuots, invented a b.i ing pre s for hay. A young lad .- of >,V.v York city keeps humin ng b ids fur > c,s. Weep ng w.itcr, 1 e \, has a young lad es’ silver cornet hand. A Immc’irous c ect is only attainable by hitvi g the colors diner in tones. We h-ley girls have been provided with an imported \ < netiuu gondola. -Ti e n"w bro a les are richer ia. effect than any siik . h ’.ulofore produced. The newe-t silver belts are either in basket patte. u or irite thick coil, of silver rope. Mack chenillc-lil e scams avo the backs of some of the uew Tallest Church Spirts In The twin spires of St. aclcefs differ from those of last longer and even all coming up the path toward the front door. i ^ i , know She leaned from the window and called &he t 1 *’ *' * ’ “ ("n ^ Duel h m .. ..i _ - tut she had to have monev and she had . armless, saw tne It, heard the it, how a sailor In Few York State *o eral Lund ed foreigners change their names cv<-ry year, <bieiy because they find (hat Americans cannot pionounce them. In looking over the City Directory, re mark! the ew . o k Htni, one >ees innny same* whi h their pos-es or, cou.d >im pi if y by merely dr pping a fe v Mipr- Lnous let era on of them It would be to their ad an tag* to do a->, thou h they have the star s-pngled r ght to icu.n them tl the. p ease. a moment waited to make ven- kenu e itoulily nveot. Swilt the sabra tell, but awifter bent the sailor s bead below, And upon bs .fencelaw Mrth ad Reuben James r ceived tha b owl So wis snved our brave Decatur; so the reninnn sailor die I; 6® tha lova that moves the lowly lifts the great to fame and pride. Yet w.. grudge him not his honors, for whom love like this had birth, Fcr Rod never ranks Hi* rt-fcimer 0 f earth! « J, Uocht. in Boston Post. sailors by the MURIEL. Olebrat'on* of tha opening of rsd- rsads flity years eg i sre some pea ng anni erau le, renf mbered ar the present time. 'I here are peop o who rei oilect the uncomfortable, noisv care of tjiat first epoch in ra 1 way trariling when frequent changing of cars xml the old system of' lift ding on baggage' wTthout checks ma e the traveler uncomfortable and anxious. Only the wealthy aid business men or immigrants traveled in those days. ?■ »-yx-L _ i . j_ The most original robbery yet reported ,r ' T nr!< l, Mniel " , n J h * 'V e *:• * L * r P "“d aufhorltatlTe, * , 1 horns » smooth, white brow • half irowa a, she window and repeated e sum i ons. -v tostn nub . e spark ing on the brenk- ers brim -a butter,y poi-i g in midair , a t.i sdedown careening on the breeze ( - how shall idest-r b» the airy lightness, ‘h. |>e fect grace of .Muriel’s motion as coi.tiacted nto h* ned our of the her imi eruti came dancing, floating up the broad lawn and stood before the open window! i ell, auntie?” “f ome in, Muriel; I wish to hara a littM s nous conversation with vou." I he limpid gray eyes shot'one re- be jous ! a*h from under their silken lashes, aed the rich led mouth took an unmistakabla pout, “Is it atmiir l.owyrr Grant i” ^ ,1,r ieL That worthy gentle man has magnanimously overlooked jour scornful teceptiou of his avowal of lore It ongi from near Paris, where the th ef coolly told thA caretaker of nn unoccupied r ilia that he had been scut by the owner to post bills announcing the sale of all furniture and movables at 12 o’clock that J 0 ' 1 renews his offer of hand, "heart and day. Upon the stroke of twelve a °“And f T f »• pseudo auctioneer aeveru! “buyers” and | “Then'thcmo^tgag. which he holds furniture vans made their appearance, ! on Buckdale will fe7oreclo«d irtmed^ the sale was gone through w th and all ft,e| y #ud you and I will be homeless out- things packed and carted off, and tha rH ’ <f * owner knew nothing of it until the care taker put in his claim for wages and compensation for loss of employment. Tha New Vork Graphtc says: “There li always someihing new in Paris, and Ihe latest novelty ia worth the attention of our own Governmeut. A member of the Municipal Council proposes to estab lish an aaylum for rabid and habitual nown . ar 'd her snowy Land* went upj ia politicians. On the certillcate of fifty to rn her horror citizens, not more than half of whom casts.' law™?,' 0 y°?, P r0 P°*« Mil ms to Lawyer Grant.” I ' vcn , well-bred coraposura | was not quite proof against the bitter (corn m the question, aud she flushed a little as she replied: “ilon’t be vulgar, child. Mr. Grant : IS. »£»* ’•An offer that I despise and reject.” Madame I home’s snowy eyelids went •hall belong to any one political party, that the man has become a confirmed nub isnceand neglects his family for purposes ef statesmanship, the judge can order him immured within the asylum walls nntil such times as he may have returned to the wavs of ordinary people who are ■ot state-men or politicians. The treat ment to be punned towards him during hia confinement is also noteworthy. Endless doses of political oratory, politi- Ml economy and politi, al froth are to be administered to him until he become, fatigued and disgusted, and is ready to tarn his attention to the duties of every day life.” The author of “The Five Talents of Woman,” published by the Scribners, hastigito say abuut “spadingchJdren:’ •Uli worst injury any parent can inflict on society is to pet and spoil their chil dren 1b such a way that when they grow Bp the world will regret thst they did not die in infancy. A mother allows her boy -en of her horror. “Ing ate: Traitor! I shelterel and cared for you in your infancy, kept you from the a rn-hou e; and now you will not make t is trifling sacrifice to save my o d age from want.” “Not to save your life, or mine!” The gray eyes glittered now, and the quick b.oi d bu ned likes crimson stain in either girlish cheek. “Not for your *ake. Aunt Muriel, nor to save the whole world, would 1 thus degrade ravself.” i Mrs. Thorne’s cold blue eyes fastened themsel es on Muriels glowing faca with pitiless scorn. “Will you tell me, Muriel Vance, how you propose to support yourself? You have no money, no accomplishments and no special aptitude, that 1 have yet d.scoverel, for making yourself useful in any way whatever.” I Muriel gave a little sigh. “I am a sad scapegrace, aunty—I ackuow edge it. But it is said that there is a special Providence that watches over fool-. On that 1 place my rel ance. J ut there, I see that you are angry, so I will say no more.” And to Mrs. Thorne's infinite disgust she began caroling a wild, rythmic ni'‘lody, her little slippered feet keeping time, as she whirled down the long piaz/a in a perfect wr/« of whirls, pir ouettes and impromptu '‘pas de fasrina- f till at last, with a grand flourish. to him in a supp e sed voice “Go to thu kitchen porch and get the long ladder you will find there. Climb to the balcony under the window at the back of tnis room; 1 with to sneak to you.” 1 A few moments chips*d and Muriel nc.ird cautious footsteps on the balcony, tnd then a light tap on the window. .'-he gently opened it and stepped out. Without raising her eyes sho began in tfaltering voice: “1 awyer i rant, when I requested yonr pretence he e I intended to propose *n elopement, tru-ting that an oppor tunity of regaUiti" my fieedoin might at cur. But 1 i annul do it. Not even to Wyain my liberty will! sully my lips wi,h a Bo. i.ur, tin, sir, think of my Jtnel pun s'.inc n and p ty m>*. Think ■>f one >\ho ha- always been Itee and un- ‘ramcled a j the very bi ds ■ ondemned io Ibis c iptivii v, nod if you have a human rent ntercede with m aunt Th nk—'* a t soils and tear- riui-lie . the prayer -he f\o !d have uUcrod, asdic th.ew 'herself it h - feet. '1 He tali form came ou‘of the shadow-, i iud as the lighi liom the room be ond 'CiI full Uj o.i i.im ur.el started to her feet iu mule surpri-e. It was a stranger's face she gazed jpon —a face wh cii invited c mtldence, nevertheless. There wgs something about the mi-rhievntis gtay eyes, clouded u»t aow with a slight sh de of seriousuess— in expies inn a out the hnely c .t mouth, wh ch, th uiuh pa ted at tliat moment > i ha sin eof blended amu ement a:.d aity, seemed to be iries.stibly at- :r«ctive “ o not distress \ourself. I bo ” said ie, as he g ,ei upon h r ng taied countenance “ami believe me when 1 uty that 1 will willing.y afford you all he ass s ancs u uw puwer. Rut before you accept mv assistance let me explain uiy pie e.ice ia this h m e. .My name is euner i\os m"ie and 1 came he;e to- sight to see J.awyer • ra it, relative to it ta n unclaiined c-ta es in Connaught, Ireland. ]f one .Mi hael \ an e, who came to this < ountry twenty years ego, iincc deceased, died without heirs, the property reverts to me, ns next of kin. I have written to G a.it repeatedly, but tailing to get a satisfactory reply, came J'er to st-o if I cou d not lin.l more infinite infoimnt on regarding the heirs yf this Michael \ ance, who had the aonor of being sixteenth cousin to my step mother— God rest her soul!” “.Michael Vance!” cried Muriel, her imbarra-sment lost in surprise. “Why, dial was my father’s name.” “And his birthplace!” “Killaroy, Ireland.” "Accept my congratulation,” said Possmoie; “for you are not only the •lost beautiful young lady in America, but the ricuest heiress in Ireland. And l hope,” hecout nued, a- he saw the rosy Jush upon her cheek, “that since you •ave deprived me of my inheritance, you will at lea-t grant tne the liberty of a kinsman’s kis-. By my faith, it would be cheap as the price of the Kossmore es tates even. 1 assure you it is a national justom.” Muriel’s refural was accompanied with t laugh of mirthful incredulity that was to Irresistibly contagious that the blended tones of merriment reached ths wo blotters below. A\ e puss over m idatne’s incredulous •corn and final belief. Lawyer Grant’s gratitude at escaping the co\*hiding he to richly de-e ved and the details of the jourtship between Itossmore and Muriel. But when the sumachs burned like ery torches in the woodland glndes t-he :oved so well, and h ckories a id maples •hone golden in the uplands, Muriel, her jlaim to the Bossmore estates duly rec- )gni/ed, became Mrs. Leaner Kossmore. And I am bound as a ver.cious chroni- :ler to record the fact that neither party »ver regretted it in that line of business either,” | altog ther. * i. The poor woman then looked i ’ , , >rn that I really pitied her. M.e rhb* ^ ^ iaV. n ...,r .v... t nuia silk or soft w nothii.g else to bring to the pawn-hop I explained to her that we did not loan money on children and she seemed amazed. Then she thought awhile a d offered to sell tho boys outri ht. “We i are not i“ — -* 1 —- I added, so torlorn actually labored under the delusion that a pawnbroker would loan money on any- i thing. It wiji a ge mine ca-c of distress, : and I felt so sorr. for ihe wuma.i tiiat I i gave her a dollar out of my own pocket a d riie took her boys— bright 1 tile fellows lli'j were, too—by the bands and walked sorrowfuily away.” 'I he man who was tcllirg this story to the reporter was a pawn roke a c.e k and had l>ceu ia the bu-iness for fb een J tears. The ]*•. •* ma'i had been a-king um some of his experiences a- regards queer and o id thing- that people at- te*in ted to pawn. i : e had worked in pawn-hops in the West, South and a-t, t-o ih t tne field of his observations had not been limited. n another occasion,’’he resume 1, a half drunken man i ame into a p iwn-hi p in I'.ansas ity, wh re I was working, dragging an ugly, vicious looking i ng- lish mastiff by a strong chain. ‘What will you loan pie on this’ere dog,’he queried. ‘We don’t loan on live stock.’ 1 answered, gord humoredly. h. you don't, eh Well, young t'elhr, you jest fork O'cr a ten do lar b.ll, or ,’and h - mimed ate.y puled a bg revolver from i i- hip po< ke and placed it on the coumer sign ncautly. I *a.v 1 had to deal with a daogeiou* customer, and 1 can led you 1 was rather bad y s a ed, for drunken men of his kidney out M est would ns soon .-huo: us dr nk. t-o 1 pre tended to agree, and -a d: ‘‘Well,what's the d >g wonhf' ‘He’s vvor h I ted ye,’ was the reply, and ha touched his revolver, giving me at the mm : time a slid-ter look. 'Ad right you rhail have vlO.’ I took up a ticket and pre tended to mate it out. ‘What name.'* i Thick seen on gloves. Cloth year mainly in bein; around. Mary I. Booth, of llarjer 1 * Bazar, is known around i raukliu Square as tho ess. There are ten ladies in tho vvoild at the prereut time who bear the title of empress. The tournurc continues to diminish in size, and many extremists have discarded AuerlM. Cathedral are the tallest in America and rank among the tallc t in the world. They measured in the architect’d plan o28 feet, but there has been a certain iiinount of gain over this in construction which makes them about SDO feet from the c urb. The on.y tower over a build ing in this country higher than this is, it is believed, the uncompleted one on th? pubi c buildings in Philadelphia, which will be 530 feet high when it is done. There are a number of higher spires over Furojiean cathedrals, among them those at Vienna,Cologne, ('harricru, Antwerp and Salisbury. Tr.nity spire iu this city is Sst feet high. St. Patrick’s spires, with the whole cathedral, wire planned by and built IN AN OLD RUSSIAN FORT.' HOW TBS MUSCOVITE FOB TOTED nr ALASKA. At Present 4i Military Post in Name Only—Mode of Defense—Curios for Sale by Natives. Names of places in this Territory which have military dedgoations, says a letter fiom bitka, Ala-ka, to thu Now York Tivici, may inspire a seh-c of security to outsiders unaequaiu ed with the country. For instance, upon hearing of Fort Wrangell one would iiatumliy conclude that such a post would furnish ample security for a reasonable «eopo of coun- i’et the nearest troops are at Port ‘!7- under the su|M!rvision of James henwiek ; Townsend, nearly one thousand miles of this city. The cathedral was first j distant by water, if wo except a small blouses of surah, oul of any becoming tha ie are worn. Pretty tci Tuvcts are made of Benga- line in ueli at • tints, and mo smocked very dccpl . at the licit. Many tea gowns nre in the direct©ire stv e, and a goo 1 part o. ilium have au ostrich e ith r trimming. 'he poiit ci 1 p«r ies n'•'an Francisco h ive detMiod to noin naiesix women on the : thool lnard tie-keg i nris now ordn ns fur walking a jae eto. lion-colored cloth vv.tii revers and facings of ecru molru. A wavy fr ugn of white Th bet goat leiir s sod to trim long wraps for ear- xiugean 1 oil er des-y wear. i cn more l o >pe’s only clauglrcr still lives at UM i.oveli-t's li nre at Cooper- town, on ( t ego Luke, N. Y. 'll rs. Gilderslceve (.ongstrect has made her mark us one of the keenest observers of social eond tions of her dav. I eep red and y< liow overlaying bur- nisln ii go d ivili be tiic Ic.d ng coior note ol the new pottery this ea-< u. Mrs Barrows, wi.c of ihf' editorof tho C ft l an ory- , is ons dered the most ex ert s eaogra her in ihe country. An o di r of merit for all women who di.rimgmsh tinmel.es in anyway has heen cic. ted by ihe .M k do o. .lap,in. t oat sleeves are still favored for ihick fabr cs, bat they are fin er at the top tii.11 formerly a d lusve clabo ate eutls. The newe-t eve ing tints are wheat color, piioi.o-e, ma.uo .a, a u ko MainiftKon p.Bk, touitereiie and audo. The Empire projected by Archbishop Hughes about I'i-Mh In 185o Mr. Renwick drew the first plans. T hesc were reduced in si/e and otherwise changed by Archbishop Hughes, and in 18‘>8 Mr. Benwick drew the linal plans. The corner stone was laid on August ILth, 1858—thirty years, one month and nineteen days before the topmost stone was set in the last of the steeples. T he cathedral was dedicated nearly ten years ago, but the spires were then only to a level with the roof of the building. They were left in that condition until the fall of 1885, when the work was resumed. It has been continued ever since, except when the weather prevented. The spires are of white marble throughout, except that a copper rod through the centre holds the extreme up per pieces composing the tinial in place. The spires are octagonal in form,mounted on octagonal laiuein towers (hat rise from the evel of the roof. Thcirdesign is very elaborate, and it has been carried out with exquu-lte workmanship that is almost wasted at the great heights at which it is pla ed. Tho accompanying picture gives their am- gown gams more and 'Bob, the 1 auger,’wax the an wer. I threw him the ticket a':d then wn ked to a f°‘ thold und is iiko to be largely ttie sale in ihe rear of the olfire as if to j lr ” rn L°r house and ei’eoing toilets thia get the monev. While feigning to open j "* n, er. the safe i-iurned the hand e of a do r A light and, dark neutral color, with alongside a d suddenly jum.vd through jus; enough of a bright one to accent it. In a moment a bullet crashed through ! the costume, is both sti lish and pic- the door, hut I was safe. The police ar- tuicsoue. * 1 rived, and the man, who wa- a Texas v,. ' r .i cowboy, was locked up. He had a ter- i _ ' r ‘ n J ri!-• T0U ? T ngH.sk wo- rible attack oideiiriutn tremens, and was Ti 1 | iP ° n " “ rn ? <j «orge in the hospital some weeks before he was j f. . * Uppos * a W b '* vw cured. That fellow was a dangerous customer, and would have shot me sure ' Lricssy bonnets are of white cloth if 1 had refu.-cd to loan him anything covered With inteilaced gold brard, the and had not humored him. * j tr ’ uun n S!s anil string* being of blade “The only other occasion upon which i ve i ve t ribhon. to %aawer her back’ and treat her m rudely. Tears after she has gone to her before her aunt, flushed, pant- aceount another pereon will reap the 1B £f sm 'i ,... . . H " 1 danced away all my ill humor, dear bitter harvest of her weakness. The auntie ” J ’ •peiled son will have to take to himself ncorc! encore ” cried a wheezy, a wife, vhom he treats in tho (■ame rude cr * clced v <> ic * behind her, and Muriel Banner that be was permitted to adopt * urDed t0 f te ,lle wrinkled face and leer- toward hi. mother. A spoiled boy may I " “A Hght hem make?Hght feet,” he possibly become a worthy,rel gious man, but the affect of his having been spoi ed will be seen is the large amount of dross that will overlie the gold, lie will be iil-mannered, over-bearing, selfish and generally disagreeable. Mothers! you Ota prevent tb s. When s boy is given to J09 accept him not as a plaything merely, but ee a most sacred trust—a talent to be put to the best account Train him to te pure, truthfui.unseiflsh, lade; endeot Teach him to hate crelty, to taka the part of the week, to re og- Rise the special geatleness and respectful Consideration due to a woman, particu ‘ ‘ P to Ue mother aod sisters. In this •aid. chuckl ng aud rubbing his withered Lands in ecstacy:” “eh, Miss Muriel:” But Muriel had fled to her room, a secluded little retreat in a rent'd* wing of the great rambling farmhouse. When, after an hour’s patient wateh- inff from her window tha had seen her antiquated lover d sappear down the shaded path that led to the kigltway.eha prepared to go down to the parlor to practice some new songs. But to her dismay she found the door fast locked and herself a prisoner. That night, while she slept, a plate containing food was placed in her room, and with its tiny ilip of paper, hearing these words: Yon shaft never leave this room vrtU yon yield to my wishes. Muriel Tkorke. To which she rttumeff this : Had Two Hats, Rnt lost His Head. M. Lablache, the great ringer, is very absent ra nded. He was recently at Naples,and King Humbert, who was also there, expressed a desire to m ike h;s ac. quaintance. ( n entering the ante chamber in the palace M. 1 ablache found that the gentlemen present were all per sonal acqua ntances of his, and asked them to be allowed to keep his hat on, as he was suffering from a severe cold. A lively conversation was cut short by tha entiance of a chanxli riain announcing that the King would receive 51. Lablache at once. In the momentary confusion the a nger forgot that he was wearing his hat, took hold of another which had been plai ed on a chair near him, and went before bis ma c-ty, win at tho sight of him burst into a fit of uncontrol able laughter. I tGrly confused, Mr. La blache a«ked humbly to bo informed of the reason of the King's merriment. “1 et me ask you a question first,” re plied the King. “Which is your hat — the on* yon arc wearing on your head or the one you carry in your hand ” “Plague take it all!” rcpHe] I ab ache, I all on them. joining in the laughter, “truly, two hats are too many for a feilow who has lost his head.” anything animate was offered me was in Philadelphia. There an elderly lady once tried to pawn a bird cage with two canary birds iu it, but, of course, she did not succeed.” In a long conversation with the pawn broker’s clerk the reporter gleaned much information as to his business While almost every article that is manufac tured, even to *ue most inconceivable thing, is pawned, there is also a certain regularity in the business at the various seasons. I L’or instance, in the spring the winter overcoat is taken to “uncle's,” and there , it remn ns until the chilly winds of No- 1 vtmbtr arrive, when it .s redeemed and ; the summer clothing take- its place. One peculiarity was learne 1 about win ter clothing wh eh is pawned, and that ' is that the pawnbrokers’ stores in the j more fashionable |>oi t bnof the city have a l.vely custom in sealskin racks, which are pledged in early spring and by j co- ple who do not n cd the m >uey. “How do you account for this!'’ was asked the clerk. “Well, many of these women who own sealskins seem to prefer bringing them to us instead of taking them to a regular furrier's. We handle them Sid keep them with as much care as they do in those stores, and we give good value on a sealskin, as a good article is always marketable. The women get the money, and I think they imagine that if any thing should happen that the store should be burnt, or so on, that their loss would not be so great.” It is in the poorer districts of the c'ty, however, where poverty flourishes, that 1 the pawnbrokers do a thriving trade There are numerous families whose Sun day clothes are taken out of pawn regu- | lar y on Saturday night and pledged again on Monday. “It is always the woman whoLrings the bundle,” contin- | ued the clerk, “and I nm so well ac- . qua nted with dozens of them that I never open the bundle. They get the i eurae amount with unfailing regularity. For su h pawn bundles ti e loan average* from $2 to |10, rarely more. The poor | people bring everything to us—cloaks, j irons, wariiboards, rolling pins, du-t pans—almost every article vou cau imagine of utility in a house. Sometimes ; they are in the most battered state, and 1 J rin( ™* •' ar J , it is only because they bring a number H ow,,c ‘ 1 ff ! r ljc '' of them that they can get any money at -n — Ban ox,violins,arconie ms. There seems to be an inclination to re turn to the old time fa.-hron of wearing d'aclcms of feather.-, flowers or leaves upon ti e hair. 1 ersian designs are conspicuous in many of the new woolen-, an earing as borders and a! o smali set patterns over the entire fabric. The Impress of Austria own* iwentv pet hor.-os and twice as many dogs, to whose proper entertainment the person ally Fees every day. Elizabeth .'tuart Lhelps's first literary ventme was u story written when she was thutceu years old, and published in J oul/i % 4 (/owpanion. ^ h t© muslin yoke slips are worn up to three years old, alter wh ch ca-hmere i- a favorite stuff for girls' gowns, both in dark and light colors. A new fa hion h s found its way into briaul entertainmoms, and' that is ths sprinkling <.f the bride a id g.oom with rose petals instead of rice. (rinamenting letter and note paper by jjfinn is becoming a very remunerative branch of iudu-iry ju ew York as well *s in Loudon, Paris and Vienna. The Duchess of Connaught passed a very satisfactory examii ation iu the St. John Ambulance < lass for ladies, at I oona, and was awarded a certificate. , Adah Rohan, the a tress, is men' honed by M. \ itu. of hie [, r i s fwtrt as a p rs-on “whoso stature and rare beauty are " divinity.” general appearance, but the finer por tion of the work cannot be reproduced on such a small scale. There is but one accurate picture of the spires as they will api ear when completed. The iiun’t picture is as good a reproduction of that as ' a i be made upon so small a scale by photography. Kxa t figures as to the actual cost of the cathedral up to this time are hard to obtain, on account of the manner in which the work has been done and tho long time over which it has extended. It was begun under n contract but tho wuir interrupted the work and it wos re sumed by days’ work, and that ayrietn continued until its dedication. Then the work of completing the spires was again given out on a contract. Three yeais ago, before the spires w^re begun it was -aid that *1,1100,000 had been ex pended, and it was estimated thatffiOO,- 000 more would be required. Mr. Ren wick faid that be believes that the total cost has been between *2,000,000 and *2,500,009. and hc thinks the higher figure would not be au exaggerated on# for such a work.—Acm York Fun. tlio-e of a bcandiuaviaa At the new play at the Paris Gymna-e the leading Indy weais « dress iu which the “to rnu e,” “sfrapotin,” or “nunge ” ns they cid it, tho bustle in our tongue is absolutely lacking. An embroidered cot quilt or rug is the nicest sort o. chri-teu ng gift, and a very charming one can be marie of any soft, light sniff, with a pattern of short- stemmed daisies in outline aud knot stitch seatteicd over it. 1 , St- J ? u * liair dresser fays that bald-headed women are far more numer ous ih;n people suspect, and that the tendency to |o e their 1 air marked among Ex Bandit Frank James. The old town of Independence was once a hot bed of war, and the principal scene of the operations of the James boys, the guerrilla ^nantrell; and Jtheir ilk. L’rank aud Jesse lived only a few milea flWa 2’t just across the way, ia Glayl county, and they had many friends, relatives and companions in outlawry inj and about Independence. Frank mar ried the daughter of Colonel 8amuel Ralston, who lived, and is living yet, about two miles west of Independence. The old Colonel is visited annually by 1 rank and his wife aud little boy, who live at Balia-, Tex. The ex-bandit as a private and to some extent respected citxcn usually d.esscs in a suit of gray ; tnd p el t r i e , taken on. and wears no jewlry save a w-atch and ; A remnant of the chain. His riouch hat is of grayish color, his shoes neatly polished and his white stand ing collar sets off an attractive cravat. He has in no degree the appear- once of the ideal bandit, although his eyes arc still sharp. He does not weigh over 150 pounds, and is five feet eight inches tall. His nose is long and his lips thin, and his features are so attenuated, his temple a id cheeks so sunken, that he might readily lo taken for a con sumptive. He is very unpreientious and shuns notoriety.—St. ImuIsDupotcL .company of marines at Fitka. Fort Wrangell is a military post only in name. It is about 150 miles southeast of 8itk* by the waters of the inlet-, but by the bi-monthly steamers iu a northeast course its distance is more than five hundred miles. It is one of the old Russian settlements, ami was one of their’most pro-perops trading posts. The ma n pait of the vil lage is on a moderate slope, with a lofty 'chain of moun auis close behind. There ere not more than five hundred inhabit- abic acres there, and upon them was crowded all them over was of Wrangell in its most pto.-ptrous days. Cn the north side of tha village ie a higher knoll, and on this stand the old de fences of Fort Wrangell. A high wooden palisade or rtockado sur rounded the aica set apart for mili ary purposes; tho blockade is gone, but. the buildings all remain in a fair state of preservation. The fort proper where were the o beers’ quarters and the bar racks for ti e ■ i en stands on the north side of the quadin glc, and is a solid log huildhtg hoarded over and made im penetrable to bullet-. The Government house stands on tha wost »i ie of the square, is built of the same material, and is now occupied by United States Com missioner Lhoakley, who was a member of ( ongre-s several years ago from Penn sylvania, and by the Deputy Collector of the Port, u Mr. Flemming from Wiscon sin. This huiiding on the c ist side is adapte I for defensive puq o cs. < n the ea-t ride of the quadrangle is a large log and hoaid. d building which was used in the old Russian da vs asustore- hou-e, anri its outer front was adapted to protective anl deenrive purposes. At the southeast corner of this square stands the most jicculiarstrurtuic of all, and one more suggestive «vf the necessities of de fense than all there-1 It i* the block house or ba-tion, and upon its safety and se curity depended the >nfet aud sc urity pf tho entire p >st. H is solidly built of Jogs, and is about twelve fect s jiiaro at the ground. It rises in these d mensiona to abostt twelve feet, the height of the pali-adcs, where is a second story of wider cl mensions. extend ng entirely over the ma gin of the first. Us w alls are not parallel with those of the first, but it is placed diagonally across the first, so that its corners d » not conform to the corners of the first. In thus being wider than the tl st story, an i extending o er it on ail sides, rifiemon could de fend it, not only by aiming outward, but downward on the outride ef the Dalisarios. Such defenses were common in Pennsylvania. New } ork, aud l hio 100 yearsago, but they a e now only h •- toric memories, while the Russian block house at Fort Wrangell still exists as* memento of their occupation, aud is rapidly going to ruin. There are only a few I'uxsinns left at Wiangell, not more than ado/en of purs bloods. There are quite a number of the mixed rate Indian and Knislan, still there, but the bulk ef the denizens 0/ the place are natives. These ivLct ef Russian peasantry aud the huff-breeds are, as a rule, mere worthless thun th* native or Indian. The hou-cs of the old Russian settlement are rapidly disap pearing from lack of care and thiougb the wet climate, which is destructive of timber. About 300 Indians hive theit Winter home there. During the ca» ning season they go out a long distance np the inlets and take salmon and other fish for the canneries. When that Rea son is over they jreturn to Wrangell, spending the Winter months in hunting the mu e deer, s< metimes attacking the great brown bear of the ad oining moun tains, but giving over most of their leisure time to gambli >g. There ars twelve or fifteen Aincr cans in the vil- l a ge, some in public employment, someiu mission work teach log the Indians, roms in saloon keeping, and the rest iu traders’ '■tori'-. Tnis • the i-ceond noinf touched by the 1’ncitic steamers on tne way up after leaving Nainio, the last coaling station far do wn on Vancouver’* Island. Cnly a fe w uipplic* ate taken off, aud some caves of canned salmo* cornet* and all kinds of musical in.tru- ments are brought to us. Jewelry and watches and chains are also ob ects which are pawned with the greatest fre quency. Do we lean fair value on them? Well, hardly. Alter *11, jewelry and gem* and diamonds nre harder to sell A Sarcn-tu- Host A hotel in Nantucket lias some original rules for warning guests iu “ca e of tire”: “Notify the clerk at once ha will be asleep in room No. 7-2, just back of the orice. Notify the proprietor. Notify the night watchman. He will be asleep, is Usual, somewhere on tha premises. Return to your room ard th r ow your Ira-h and stuff out of the window; you can repack them on the piazza or in ‘the ! T Nowtr y * r -d discover where 1 f^cnl•"that'expose brirtVing shaw the lire is. In ninety-nine time, out of < Ue iht P a went to * c * he was boarding and retired to his room He failed to res o«4 to the call for tap per, and at 8 o’clock one of the l>e!l boy 0pi »«d th* door tad found b.tt Ucsd m is more so. ety women than among shop gsr sand working women, i rinccss .Vary, of Cambridge, is re- unappeasable appetite. . ome gentleman recently announced his intention to offer her a couple of canvas- lack ducks. “ h,” said a fri< . friend, “.-he would ma e short work of those. Offer her a couple o. wild tut keys.” The Alpine hat of felt, with binding and band of handsome ribbon, and the low crowned turban of fejr, ve vet-faced ana • glitter with plumage and than most people imagine, so that we t* wclc<1 0 ”| a ®ents amid its loopy rib- have to have a tolerably hig margin on « “, r * tlie twO60rU oI headgear most the safe aide.»-A^rjnUT W . “ * 1Iect « i - A Considerate Hnielde. Ab Omaha man inquired of a barbe the cost ot shaving * dead per-tra. t;i being told that *5 was the usual price the man remarked: “Then I’ll save m * hundred it will be in some neighbor ing building, not ours. Don't forgot to shriek tU the time. Jt will kb to nervous people. In Tush’ end, snyj a traveler, tho Chinese have impo ed a4ix on all wumei who marry. Ail nice haul* who vis t ii*»hharar» obliged ?o take a w,fe. As *0011 a* they leave tho woman obtains anothi 1 1; ri and, ui-dt i -thetaxulloids consideiable revenue !o Iho government. Forests aix> springing up on the aban. c«u. A Secret From Nature's Laboratory. Tn the cour e of conversation at Cor nell University, Ithaca, N. V., i dward Atkin-on, the Koston ecouomi t, stated that a .' ew Rnglaud genius had recent ly discovered a cheap method of di.-solv- ing zinc by combining it with hydrogen and producing a soiut on called zinc water. This liquid, if applied to certain woods, notably wh tewood, makes it absolutely fireproof, and at a low co*t. Mr. Atkinson tegnrds this discovery as the most important of the age, and one that will s ,iely revolutionize fire insur ance, as well as immensely dcori a'e the loss l.y fiie. The invention is kept se- cret lor the pre-cut. Only one fore.gner, trir Lyon Playfair, the knglish scientist, know- of it. He corroborates all that is claimed for the invention, and says that the inventor is a bungling chemist, but that he has a faculty of blundering into tho choked secrets in nature’s lalmra- tory. As soon a- patents are perfected and capital interested zinc water will become an article of commerce*-—AW York IVyrfJ. Y*ntlifnl Appetites. Yes, our youthful appetites go. The Ice cream rio ionger tickles the paUt*, the pie and the piecrust and the mac- catoon and the fruitcake lose their charm. It is sad, awfully sad; not be cause we hav* nothing left to enjoy, but lieca' ee our mature middle Aged *pne- titei are ao much mot* expensive. Y*t 1 know men who like candy as well as women. 'J he youthful appetite never die* out of (he female sex really, and I don’t 1 elieve that any woman ever reaches au age when it does not pleqs* her to hate a gentleman invito her to ice cream. But thatmav be simnlv * weak- old Russian town stands below tho fort along what was once pei haps a street. A relic of a rough wooden sidewalk and some boarded-up old-fashioned narrow windows suggest traffic. On this broken and dilapidated walk a score or two old squaws and de crepit men squat and expose for sale the eurioi with wh: h they hope to tempt the tourist. The e natives are adepts at 1 construction, and offer for sale nicely- formed bracelets and ring* manufactured from coin silver olita ned at the canneries for lish. They a!.,o ha"e wooden spoon* and bowls for roIo made from the beau tiful yellow cedar of this coast, orna mented with * .■li ved griffins of curious design. In trading with the Athabascan Indians of the interior, in the British' dominions, they piouure a white eenree wool fiom a sort of mountain goat or sheep, and ih s is wo .bn into blankets variously colored, mostly gray and white, and I git ed over with griffins and aodesciipt figures of a like nature. Alaska for n thousand miles and mere is only a strip of coast about thirty miles wide on tho mainland. Tbs la- dians of the interior are never permitted by the coast natives to come to tide water. ^ The coast natives have from timeout of mind constituted them«elves the middlemen, and have done all tb« trading with the Indians of the British dominions. Boasting Fish Then, “Bears” Now. “He’s too busy to do it now,” said a member of the C hicago Board of Trade, •peaking of “vrid Hutch,” the grain •oeculntor, “but wheu he first started the (entury Club he u*td occasionally to do the cooking himself,” wj* UW Chicago Timrs. “1 ou could go la tbwo and sbe him turning over fiap;aclrt aUfl broiling steak wh: le singing the doxology i.t the top of h • voice. One mornlgg his real estate agent came ia in great f lee to tell him that he had sola for lin a piece of property tor fcJ25t*,000, $50,000 more than he expected to get. He found th* old man standing over the grill intently watching a trout bake. “Mr. Hutchinson, IV* sold— 0 No attention from tha chief. >» silence. 'Mr. Hutchinson, I’vk sold that pn>p- G’