FOR THE FAIR SEX. New Yarfc Paahlaa Nmm. Imitation sealskin is mack nsed in bands for dress trimming ; it is called saoleskin. Winter gloves are lined ; those most in nse are castor and silk, with deep euffa edged with fur. Linen collars are embroidered ; some are in sets to match caps or morning dresses, with colored embroideries. The newest bows for the neck are made np of looped satin, which is paint ed by hand in a very pretty and dainty maimers Long scarfs or mantillas in the Lonis XV. stylo are made of black or white tulle embroidered, and are draped in the Spanish fashion abont the head. Some of tho winter bonnets are made in the capote shape, and are entirely of " duvet," or the soft breast feathers of birds glued on, like the bands which come for dresses and oloeki>. Yonng ladies wear fanchon caps or bonnets with large Alsatian bows, at re ceptions, being very much like those worn this summer at dressy watering places. These are mere apologies for Donnets, but are exceedingly bt coming. For wedding receptions white dresses of ganxe or other thin materials are worn with " casaqnins " of white satin, having the edges of the basque cut in points ; with these, dressy little hats made entirely of small roses are worn, sometimes set on one side of the head. The prettiest sets of fnrs are made for children in Siberian squirrel, imi tation seal, and in chinchilla and ermine. For ladies there is a fashion of wearing far collars a little pointed on the shoul ders with tabs crossing in front; Sibe rian otter, Shetland sealskin, and Alas ka sable are nsed for these ; and velvet is trimmed with chinchilla or silver fox. The pretty little caps of fur for misses and little girls have a " neat " of bright eolored birds set on the front of the crown ; these nests consist of three or four birds grouped together. Costumes with the gilet or vest of brocade are worn with the habit called " jardinier galant;" and the vest called " fidele berger " is often of changeable satin. These peon liar dresses also de mand handsome lace for jabots and hand ruffles, and for these nothing is more appropriate than Breton lace and point ragu e, and there are point agnille and duchess laces, which are meant for the materials, and these laces are all mode np for the holiday sca- styles of neckwear, as collar- fichus. HRns come in manyfnew patterns. It Ts a pretty fashion to have the fan and box decorated alike. Some of the new est are oompoaed entirely of feathers. The Trianon, in black curled ostrich is studded with minute red rosebuds nest ling among the feathers, and the top is edged with peacock eyes. Ebony fans have natural ostrich tops or the pheas ant feather which at present is a favorite for all styles of decorations. Borne of the Vienna fans in ebony or leather have a little silver card with one corner din bled over, set on tho ontside stick for the owner's monogram or crest. Evening fans have exquisite paintings, and are mounted on carved pearl or mother-of-pearl sticks. They have this peculiarity, that they are of two materi als—silk and satin joining imperceptibly and diagonally, and often with two light shades of oolor, thns blending one into the other ; over this is the painting. News aaS >Mn far Wtara. Women are now admitted as students to sixty American colleges. There are said to be 100 regular fe male physicians in New York city. The Chinese ambassador's wife has appeared in society in Paris, to the hor ror of her countrywomen at home. Raskin say* sharp things abont bridesmaids' dresses looped np with staffed robins or some snch tender rari ties. The ladies in Dea Moines, just for fan, voved on the question of licensing saloons the other day, and a nnanimona vote of 794 against was the result. A Quakeress, named Sarah Smith, manages the woman's prison at Indian spolia. The institution has 200 inmates, and eighty-two per cent, have reformed. Gymnastic exeroiies for young ladies are a part of the regnlar instruction in a large nnmber of the schools of Germany. In the high schools of Berlin they have lor some time been compulsory. Mrs. Bloomer, who did not originate, bat who first pablicly advocated the wearing of the costume which bore bar name, ia living at Council Bluffs, laws. The originator of the costume WM a daughter of Gerrit Smith. A barometrical bonnet ia the latest novelty in Paris. Ladies' head-gear are now trimmed with flowers colored with chloride of cobalt, which assume a dark bine color in dry weather, but tarn pink at the approach of rain, thns furnishing their fair wearers with a re liable weather-glean. The countess da Baaaanville tells ladiei bow to preserve their beauty. " When you are past she any*, " never let five or six bourn pass without closing your eyes for a short time—say ten minutes ; not necessarily to sleep, but to rest the muscle* of the eye." The muscles, in repose, lose their tendency to nervous contraction, which remits in wrinkles. Tel lets ef Ureses WMMS. On our way, writes a correspondent In Prance, we'iudulged in a brown study as to why Parisians have a reputation above every other nation in matters of the toilet. It is not beoanse they are extravagant in the choice of materials, as n people. The Americans and Eug lish, probably, spend twice as much in this respect. Therefore, we have come to the conclusion :hat the secret of their eoooees lies In tuaae two point*: taste in selection and combination and ex treme attention to those niceties other nations consider unimportant. Than, too, a thorough Permian lady is so ex cessively careful of her wardrobe. She bestows on it nearly as mnch care as on bar children. One who can afford to boy only two or three costumes in the year will make ae good en appearance as an American who runs through half a dosen. The French woman's bonnet may be simple and cheap, but never out of keeping with the rest of her toilet, and, however nhe menage* in the matter of dresses, shabby boots are never reck oned among her shortcomings. The gloves may be of an inferior quality, bnt they fit well, and never lack a but ton. The color of her oostume may be trying, but she lightens it with bundle* of lace and pieoes of ribbon; she leaves nothing to t>e desired in the way of effeot. What she wears on the street she does not wear in the house, for eager little hands and climbing little feet soon tarnish its freshness. Each article is carefully brushed, mended or folded, as occasion may require, and brought out as good as new when next to be worn. One sees no sweeping dresses on the streets of Paris., That filthy spectacle of petticoat pavement sweeping is reserved for oar own sab lime American cities. French women have been reproached with untidiness in their homes. "Yes," says Mrs. Grundy, "they live for the world." Perhaps the reproach hi s some founda tion ; but this is also true : An Ameri can, when she marries, unless moving n the best (wo should say the moneyed) circles, becomes negligent of those little womanly coquetries in matters of dress that helped to wiu her a husband. The Parisienne never does, She is as anx ions her husband and every one else, should think her " jolio femme " at sixty as at sixteen. A little of this spirit is very good. A woman neatly and becom ingly dressed is certainly a preferable oompaniou to one indifferent to snoh affairs. Harder, not Suicide. Danish statistics have recently made a revelation with re. poet to the safety of life in that conntry which, with good reason, has startled the whole nation. Fur the last thirty years Denmark has held the very first place among all civil ized countries with respect to its rate of suicide, and the rate has been slowly in creasing year after year. No one has ever been able to give a probable reason for this singular fact, bnt it seems that the Danish statisticians have set them selves to work out the mystery, anil they have now succeeded in proving that a very considerable number of these alleged suicides is not .suicide stall, but mnrder. It was first noticed that, while the rate of suicides decreased in the metropolis and the other cities, it in creased among the country population; an otiservation which, of course, puzzled everybody. In the period from 1835 to 1845 the number of suicides in the town stood to the number of snicides in the country as forty five to seventeen, bnt in tho period from 1865 to 1875 the pro portion had entirely changed, and tlie numbers now stand as thirty to twenty five. Next it WHS noticed that a very great number of auicidea occurred in one particular class of the peasantry, and this observation was no less puzzling than the preceding, as evervbody wonlil think tbst, on account of its easy cir cumstances, jnst this class should com prise the most long-lived persons. It is in Denmark a common custom for a farmer or farmer's widow, who has no direct heirs, instead of selling the fsrm and moving with the money to another place, to dispose of it in snch away that he or she remains in the place and receives an annual pension. The cus tom is a kind of life insurance, and has always been looked upon as a good thing, because it often brought the farm into the hands of an able man of slender means, who, in no other way, conld have fonnd full scope for his energy. But the very great number of suicides occurring among these pensioners arous ed the suspicion of the statisticians, and finally one of them, Mr. 0. J. Wolff, came ont with the direct assertion that the question was here not of sniciile, bnt of mnrder. The authorities took occasion of this assertion to reinveati gate two recent cases of suicide* of thi kind, and the reanlt was in each eas fall evidence of a most atrocious murder. "Ob, Would I Were a Hoy Again.'' John Barney wan called np before J notice Mose to-dar, charged with as- Mnlt on Richard Smith. Smith and Barney were walking along R street when they came npon • cumber of boy* playing marbles. A* both men had in the earlier and purer days of the re public played marbles themselves, they became mnch interested in tho game. One of the boys knocked two taws out of the ring and Teller " Dub* I" while another shrieked " t'on dubs I" The tlrrt boy made a grab at the taws, when Smith got excited and *eised him by the collar. " Drop that boy I" shouted Barney—who by this time was all aglow with enthusiasm—at the same time knocking Smith down. Mr. Smith testified that the boy who knocked the taws from the ring had failed to yell " Dnbs I" in time, and he had there fore determined to prevent bis grabbing the marble*. Mr. Barney, on tl JO other hand, swore positively that the first boy did ahont " Dabs I" loud enough to be heard a bloek away, sod in ample aeaaon. About a dosen boys testified as to the way Barney knocked Smith down, and all looked as wise as owla as they gave their respective versions of the "Dubs" proposition. They were abont evenly divided, but Barney waa fined.— Virginia (JVec.) Chronicle, A ( harming Charity. The explonion of the Oraini bomb in Florence ha* brought about a piece of charity done in a charmingly pretty way. Among the victim* of the mpkwkm was a little girl, Jnlietta Farai, who waa *e rionaly wounded. A number of the Florentine ladie* formed a communion oompoeed of their children—their little aona and daughter* to collect mihacrip tion* in aid of the little rafferer, who leaned to their young companion* the following letter: "An) >ngtbe perron* wounded by the bomb of the ■aa*lm thrown on the public afreet, ia a little girl Are year* old, Juliette Farai, who ha* no father and whoee mother lirea far away. We propoae to do aa the big people do who are earing for the other victim*, and to unite, too. we " *-3n, and come to the aid of the poor little thing. There were 8,000 of u* who aa- Inted the Prinoe of Naplee and promiaed him to grow np good and laboriona, and there will anrely not be leee of na who will atteat by a deed that we are begin ning to keep our promiee in helping thir unfortunate chfld." Then followed.the ntgr.aturos of the little committee peo ple. ALW4YN A MYSTERY. A Has* Celebrated ta Ibe Aaaals af Idle laaaraaee. The publication of the record of a number of life insurance oaaea wherein huge swindles were attempted or sus pected, recalls the oelebrated Holden case, which occurred in Ann Arbor, Mioh., in the summer of 1807. A letter from there thus recounts it: Borne tima previous to tho murder— if murder it was—Holden came to Ann Arbor a stranger, and rented a small bouse ou West Main street, his family consisting of a wife and several children. He mingled but little with the town people, and not mneh was mown of him, bnt he was understood to be a re tired lumbermau, and presumed to be a man of means. He was in middle age, a trifle below medium height, bnt square built and a man of vigorous con stitution and health. Between what wus at that time the heart ol the town and Holden's residence ran a small creek, which was crossod by a foot bridge on tho line of the sidewalk, sad beyond this for twenty or thirty rods lay a morass, which wan traversed by a continuation of tbe sidewalk, for the construction of which a plentifnl supply of taubark in the vicinity furnished abundant material. Between ten and eleven o'cloek on a night in August, the startling cry of " Murder I" was heard proceeding from the lonely spot. Pnrsous on repairing to the place found Holden lying on the walk shot 'he bullet which had evident ly been intended for bis heart, having entered the cavity of the chest, as shown by the post-mortem, and made a tortu ous track in obedience to the obstruc tions which it met with. He was alive and conscious, hut died after great suf fering, the next day or tbe day follow ing. He hail beeu spending a crty, comparatively, and hut for advance* secured on the strength of the policies, his family would have found themselves in imme diate want, Hie insurance companies alleged suicide, and refuse to pay. Buits were brought, but the claims were finally compromised for about one third tbetr face. After the decay of tbe grass in the fall, a pistol was alleged to have been found, with the muzxle implanted in the soft turf, within easy throw of the scene of tbe tragedy. This was claimed by tbe companies as strength ening the theory of suicide, because, it wss contended, if it bad been left by the retreating assassins, it would have been simply dropped and would bare lain ou ita side, whereas, being thrown, the barrel being the heavier portion, gave a perpendicular descent, driving tbe muzxle into tbe soft turf. Tbe tragi (IT itself occasioned interaw excitement, and the contest over the policies engendered a partisan feeling which ran high for losny month*. Iloi den TU a spiritualist, and spiritual me dium* essayed their art in an effort to aol*e the mystery. Among oUiera the late Captain E. R. Ward, of Detroit, made a Tiait to Ann Arbor in aompsny with a medium who waa then in hia con fidence. Two Tonng men living in Ann Arbor, who had borne a had character, and wboae relative stature co nee ponded with Holden'a deacnption of the assas sins, were tried and convicted of the murder, but being given a new trial they were not again tried for that offense, their conviction, without doubt, having been dne to a sympathetic impolite to atrengthen the widow'a cane againat the insurance companies. Thoae who believed Holden'a story believed alao that he might have told who ia aaaaaaina were had be chosen to do ao. Holden bad been a dealer or apeculator in, or looater of pine land*, and the theory waa that in this adven tnreaome pnrauit he had incurred the mortal enmity of aomc persons, from whom he lived in oontinnal fear of hia life, and that the oonviction that hia day mnat aoon oome led him to exhauat hia a mall means in an inanranoe on hia life for the benefit of hia family. Otbera claimed to have evidence that Holden waa a gambler by profeaaion, and to hold tbe theory that hia aaaaaaina were companions of the profeaaion whom he had outwitted. Other* still surmised that murderer* had a knowledge of hia having received the money, and followed him from Detroit for the purpoee of robbery. Between these rarioua theo ries and that of snicide, public opinion waa about equally divided, and tbe Hol den mystery ia no nearer a solution to day than it waa twenty years ago. A Wamf that Horrreded. There ia in London a well-known theater contiguous to the office of an equally well-known daily paper, and some of the window* of the one Wilding are qnite oloaa to tome in the other. Borne little time ago certain frivolous spirits on the staff of the "daily" ob served a pair of pbeaaanta lumping up in one of the managerial windows of the theater. The window wae very near, the temptation waa very great, and, with the aid of an ingeniously impro vised fishing net, the pheasants passed from the abode of Tbespis to the shrine of Minerva. A brilliant idea occurred to one of the party, and ha sent the birds round by a cases aagm to the man ager of tbe theater, accompanied by hia card, with the request that the manager would accept a trifling gift of game, and the suggestion that, if the manager bad a private box to spare for that evening, ha, the donor, would be vary grateful. In a faw minutes the mass eager retain ed with a neat littia not* from the man agar expressing thanks for the present, and inclosing an order for a stage box. A Lady on • Shipwrecked Steamer, A latter has just been received in New York which given Mian Mary Olytnor'a aooonnt of the shipwreck of tha Poro merania and of the rescue of bereelf and of her cister Roee. The mother, brother and another winter of the family were loat. The letter IN na follows : Mother, Richard and I sat up later than usual that night, thinking with 6lea*ure of noon being safe landed at [arobnrg. Wo were sitting in the cabin by the diuing-table. Birdie and ROMS had just left UH to go to thoir berth* for the night. Richard und the two yonng Bodiscos went up on deck, when suddenly there was a grinding sound and shock, as if the vessel hud struck a hard Ixittom. This was a quar ter before midnight. Then suddediy there came a loud cry of "All meu on deck. All ladies stay below." Then came the cry of "Everyone on deck." I got Rose anil Birdie—the latter almost undressed—and we went up on deck, going to the port aide, mother following. Birdie was very cold, and had on only a wrapper. Rose gave her a water proof cloak, and I gave Rose s coat. When we reached the dock there wag the greatest confusion and excitement. The captain was st his poet giving orders,and stuck to hit dnty to the very last. I went down again into the cabin to get a little box containing some valuables,and when I came back with it I found Rich ard bravely at work freeing a lifeboat, and mother, Birdie and Rone trembling and very much agitated. I do not think mother had very much hope of being saved, for alie put her arms around each of our necks and bleased us, and then got up on the rail of the vessel. Fear ing she would fall into the water below I pulled her to the deck. Next Rich ard put a rope into my hands and told me,in a voice of command, " There, Bis ter, hold on this." Scarcely knowing what it meant, I seised the rope. Rich ard swung mo off. I then saw the fright ful distance below me to the water, and the next instant I was in the bottom of the lifeboat. When I looked up I saw u dark something living through the air, which I thought was mother; it fell into the water by the aide of the boat; I polled it up by the hair; it was Rone. Rose was stunned for the moment, but soon recovered. There was room for eight or ten more persons in the boat, but it was suddenly cut from lis fasten ings. Then the sailors pulled off for fear of leing swamped by the vessel, and in a few moments we heard a voice in our boat cry, " Good God, they're gone. Pray for their souls." The men pulled very slow, and did not reach the Glengarry for the liest part of au bonr, although she was very near, having come in answer to the Pommerania's signal. We wi re lauded at Dover. Eng land. Brains la f arming. One of tho great painter* replied sharply to an impertinent question, •• What do you mix your colom with f" " With brain*, air. The answer contain* the aocret of all aunresafnl work; for no good work ran be done in any profession or trade with out brains. The clearer the thinking, the better the work. One great hin drance to successful farming baa oome from tiie desertion of the country by young men of ability and enterprise. If they had turned thought and energy to the cultivation of the anil inatead of to manufacture* and trade, improvement in farming would have kept pace with progrea* in other linen. In the western part of Massachusetts acollege graduate, who had completed hia law studies, concluded, inatead of practicing law, to try what he could do to farming. He took a large dairy farm, atocked with good Jersey cowa. HUrting at hia work with enthusiasm and intelligence, he made himaelf famil iar with the beet hooka on the dairy and on atock breeding. He kept an account of all expenses and receipts and of the profit from each cow, and did all his work by plans care fully thought out. He has found farm ing to lie profitable. His butter arils for double the average price, snd is in grest demand, and inquiries about his stock are lieginning to come from West ern and Southern Htales, no leas than from New England. Brains oan make farming pay, and find in it a stimulus to enthusiastic study. Ilerelsm of a China Woman. At about tan o'clock on a recent night, the steamer Bant* Crux, which had left Ban Diego, o*l., in the evening, returned to port, having on board, picked np at sea, a Chinaman by the name of Ah Bing, dead, and his living wife, calling herself Pat It appears that Ah Bing snd hia wife Pat went to sea on a Thursday morn ing, at about two or three o'clock, in a small jnnk, and that during tbe day tbe boat was capaixed and both thrown into the kelp; but Ab Sing received such injury on the head by tbe con cussion as to atun him. Tbe heroic wife, clinging to the ves sel, which righted, also clung to tbe dead hnaband, and, by herculean effort las bed him to it, and in tnis condition remained for a day and a night. The woman says she saw and hailed the steamer as it came in in the morning, bat was not fortunate enough to make them hear at that time. The Santa Orna came into port, diacharged her cargo, aud left in the evening, and when well ontaide, at about half past alx o'clock, heard the cry for aid, whioh waa promptly render ed, The veaael went alongside, and took both on board, and brought them into port. There waa no one except the dead man and the living woman on board the jnnk. A Cartas* Epitaph. Abel Onrran, of Kaiamaaoo, Mich., waa married three times—to two aiatera and their mother. Ilw following epi taph adorns Abel's tomb in the city graveyard: Hare Baa Aba) Oarvaa, aged forty-two, A aaUve fanoar of dalamaeoo Pray *top and read for pity* mm Ha onto htmaatf Ad thraa wtvaa lake. 1 T.n ftrt one Ci<~! t how aoah ha missed bat Consoled himself and wad tier rfatar i And than aba died. followed by her brother. And Abal lhn?ihs he d trf tt> m.ithr. enow snrvtvea--marbartribalnoraaaa - lired happily sad mad ta paaoa. t * ,* l®i' AN ANATOMICAL WONDER. A Mas Wk. (ed as fol lows : At four o'clock the large amphi theater lecture room was filled with fledged aud unfledged doctors, and in the arena stood Ghsrles Warren, a man of about thirty yearn of age, of athletic appearance, and apparently jointed the same aa ordinary mortals. Bnt be soon showed that he differed from most men in bis make-up. for there was hardly a joint in bis whole body that he oould not throw out of place, or at least give that appearance. Re went through with his distortions, much to the amaze ment as well as the. amusement of all. He commenced by giving a circulatory movement to tue acapnia), moving either one or both at a tune, and with out any apparent motion of the shoul ders. He then threw the humerus into the axilo, disjointed his elbow, wrist and phalanges. This was done merely by the contraction of the muscles of the arm, and not by tho pulling of one member by another. In none of bis feats was there any such wrench of one joint from ano< he/. Without touching any part of bis body with his bands, tbe joints would move out of position. He forced the femur from the thigh-bone. This he oould do while standing on one or both feet or while reclining. The dis location caused an apparent shortening of the limb. Another striking feat was the turning of bis feet so that be could touch the bottoms of tbem while his legs were perfectly straight. Perhaps the moat remarkable of all his |>owera was tbe wonderful expansibility of his chest. Medioal works, upon the strength of examinations of thousands of men in the army and navy, generally give fire inchee as the maximum of expansion. The exhibitor oould expand his from nine to twelve inches. Those who did not take much interest in other perform ances were wonder-struck at thia. This feet was performed by tbe remarkf able degree of the compressibility o the cheat and his powers to force his heart and lungs into the alnlominal cavity, and then of tbe power to force bis TiKcera into his cheat. The al>d'>men was hardly leas cunoua when the viscera was forced upward by tbe diaphragm than was the inflated cheat, tor at such a time there Heernd to be an entire ab sence of organs in that part of the Ixaly, nd to tie no distance at all from the front walls of the abdomen to the spinal oolumn. The anbject proved a fine study in the anatomy of the mnaclea, becanae he could contract them ao aa to ahow the poaition of each one from origin to in aertion. Oe had thia power over the mnaclea ID pair* or aeparately, and could make them aa diatinct a* if din aeotrd. Mr. Warren concluded with an exhibi tion of hia ability to contort hia whole body, drawing himaelf through ring* and performing other thing*, much to the amuaement of the student* and the profeaaora, if they had only felt at lib erty to give way to laughter. Mr. Warren baa a daughter who Ukea after himaelf and can dislocate her joint* with aucb earn that they aonnd like rattlea. Chewing linn, Among the ouiet liUle manufacture* of the United State* ia that of chewing gum. Only one factory exiata in thia city, rays a Sew York paper, and the few other* are in Sew England, Sew York Htate, Ohio, lllinoi* and Tennes see. The gum ia aold by druggiata, grocer* and confectioner* in citiea, and any country grocery that hasn't it ia con sidered incomplete. Oum from aprnce tree* waa exel naively uaed nntil recent ly, when it found a rival in gum maatic, a white ami attractive article made from paraffins, which i* sweetened. The con sumption of thia chewing gum in the United State* ia about thirty ton* year ly; that of spruce gum aomewhat lee*, and that of a gum made in Teuneaaee from balaam toln, and aold in Uie South ern HUt e*. about twenty ton*. Lately a material lia* been naed styled '' rubber gum." It ia from the aap of the *apot tree of South and Central America. The *ap, like that of the India rubber tree, ha* a milky look. The gum waa first imported into the United State* witn a view of melting it with India rub ber, in order to produce a cheaper arti cle than the latter. It waa found to ha imptiable, and therefore naeleaa for the purpose. It had long tieen chewed by South and Central American Indiana, and found useful in allaying thirst. Ex perimenU were therefore made here in purifying it for chewing, and with final •ucceaa. It is tasteless, and has the merit of lasting longer than other gums, which more quickly dissolve and crum ble in the mouth. So great ia iU duc tility that a piece half *an inch long, after being heated in the month, can be stretched tuto a thread a hundred feet long. Ita consumption ia abont fifty ton* a year. Chewing gum does not, like tobacco, require that the ashes shall be expectorated; it does not* like smoking, excite the nerves, nor like a superabundance of food or diink, hurt* fully overload the stomach. Hew He Cared Them. MART of Use CONGREGATION MADE it a part of their religion to twiat their necks oat of joint to witness the entranoe of every person who passed np the aisle of the church. Being worried one afternoon by thia tnrning practice, Mr. Dean a kipped in hia sermon, and aaid : " Now, yon liaten to me, and I'll tell Ton who the people are ae each one of them cornea in." Ha then went on with bia diaoonrae until a gentleman entered, when he bawled ont like an nehcr : "Deacon A , who keepa a abop over the way," He then went on with bis aermon. when presently another man piaara into the aisle and he gave hia name, residence and occupation ; so he con tinned for aoma time. At length some one opened the door who waa unknown to Mr. Dean, when be cried ont j " A little old man, with drab coat and an old white bat; don't know him—look faryonnMlvaa." The congregation waa eared.—Oteee ■Mf Xe#der. itca f Interest. Man finds his first "rock ahead in life " in the cradle, A great deal of nveleaa gee ie often erected by a sharp retort. Fire hundred thousand kega of Dutcb herring are imported yearly. There haa not been a person hanged in Rhode Island ainoe 1845 J. Btraming a point doea not t>y any manner of means always make it clear. " I don't like winter," said one pick pocket to another. " Everybody haa bis bunds in bia pockets." "I don't do this business for profit," said a barber, when asked bow be ooukl afford to shave for five cents. "I mere ly carry it on because I love to nee the 'tying struggles of a man while he is being talked to death." Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man and tinged with a shade of sadness an unsatisfactory longing for something tieyond the present—a atriv ing toward regions yet unknown and unopened. A justice of the peace married a conple the other day, and the groom asked liim his terms after the knot was tied. "Well," said the justice, "the code allows me two dollam." " Then," the groom said, " here's a dollar; that will make you three." Dr. P. D. Keyaer, of Wills hospital, Philadelphia, has undertaken the ex amination of the eyes of all the train men on the railroads centering in that city. Himilar examinations in Knrope havo shown that two per cent, of rail road servants are color-blind. Baroness Mary Itnlak Artymonska, twenty-five years of age, and moving in the best Russian society, has jnst been banished to Siberia for forgery, fraud ao.l bribery, leaving debta to the amount of 2,000.000 roubles. The Jkirm es* always bore a hard name, but her parents are responsible for it.—JVorris (otvn Herald. ISKS arroar. " 'TU bspptr.ess," be mid. " to let Mr besrt its bounty toll. To breatbe the dulort ul ranee* That spesh my love so well . 'Tia happiness to freight the tongue W:tb passion * every need And then she softly lotorjmsed. " "Tia happiness indeed !" Garcia, the .Spanish seaman who butchered an entire family of five per sons at L!arjgtbby,in South Wales,some time sgo, was hsnged the other morn ing in Csk jail, and the citizens of that town, to show their approval of his tak ing off, gave Marwuod, the common hangman, a public reception in the rail road station. That functionary, muck bewildered by the unexpected and un usual demonstration in his honor, could fi nd nothing better to ssy than that be hoped "to tome that way again pretty aoon." The Cologne Gazette uj* that a oom nil I tee of experta having examined tho documents known aa " Lather'a will," which ia in the poaaenaion of the Protes tant church in Pestb, haa declared it authentic. The document found ite way with a number of mamiacripta of the learned theologian, John Benedict Carnxoino, to Hungary, and came into the handa of a private collector, a rich proprietor named Jankovies, from whom the arch dnrbeaa Maria Dorothea obtained it for tOO golden gulden*. Hbe presented it to the Protestant church in Peatb, in wboae archivea it baa sinoe lain, nobody bring positively certain that it waa authentic. It ia henceforth to be de posited in a special caae in the national museum at Peatb. Tik' (are of (kf Harass. Tbe Illinois Humane society, through an appeal issued by tbeir committee, make the following suggestions to own er* of horses: 1. Shoe*— If boraea are sharp ahod in icy weather they will pull larger loads to greater advantage; It ia poor economy to neglect the proper shoeing of horses, which may thns be seriously injured. 2 Blankets, etc.—Horses should be protected by blankets or waterproof coTeia from rain or snow while standing. The cost of a blanket is very small, and its use would repay tbe outlay many times. Any woolen or other protection placed under tbe pad or saddle, and ex tending back over tbe hips, will be fonnd very naefnl as protecting s weak part of tbe animal it. Clipping—The clipping of boraea ia considered to be, at least, imprudent, and by this society inhumane owners are respectfully urged to allow the ani mals to retain tbe covering which nature has provided. 4. Check reins— Work boraea, if at all, abonld be checked very low; they can thus pull to greater advantage, pro tect their eyea from rain or snow, and are less liable to stumble or injure them selves. It will be noticed that tbe city railway companies have largely aban doned tbe use of check reins. 5. Bits—lt ia prudent to warm with the bands, or otherwise, bits before placing them ia tbe horses' mouths. AH Afghan Soper*UUen. A London correspondent uptaki of it remarkable Afghan festival the out growth of A our urn* superstition— M fol low* : Dr. Leitner, wbo acted as inter prater for the British officer* during the Crimean war and afterward explored northern India, Rare me an aeoaant of thia festival, which consists in the peo ple scattering lighted torches in the di rection of a town called Q tig hit. They thns celebrate a legend that a cannibal king once ruled orer that region, who kept hie kitchen supplied with the ehil dran oi hi* subject*. This king bore a charmed life,and all attempts to deatro? bim failed until heavenly being* took pity on them and one of 'their number became incarnate on earth for the pcr- B of delivering them. Thia incarnate ty waa ae*i*ted by the daughter of the tyrant, who discovered the eeoret of hie charmed life, which waa that he had not a heart of flesh. The tyrant'* heart waa made of snow. tVmscqnently the inceraete armed the people with torches. With no other weapons Ihcyewrronnded the wetle and the icy heart perished amid ' t circle of warmth. The incar nate and u> fair maid who found out the secret of the tyrant'* heart reigned together over the realm they had mad* happy for a long time, end their star ts now told In to rob v