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 <tay or
two in Detroit, had returned by the
niglit express, aud wss pursuing his way
home when the tragedy was enacted.
He said that he wan confronted ou the
path by two men, one of tbem a moder
ately tall and the other a shorter man ;
that the taller man grappled and strug
gled with him, exposing his left side
to his oompauion, and saying : " Why
dou't you shoot him ? " that thereupon
the shorter man flrcd, when the two fled
across the corner of the morass. My
impression now is that tracks were re
ported to have been found oorrolxirative
at this story, bnt on this my recollection
is not clear. I believe also that Holden
claimed that his assassins took from his
breast pocket his pocket-book, contain
ing a large amount of money, which he
had received from . man in Detroit, hut
whose name he declined to give,
Holden left policies on bis life
amounting, I think, to $£9,000. He left
no money or proj>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. (<an I nlnlnl Illauwiraad Twin*
His Had* lata all Mans at Mbaas.
A novel exhibition in anatomy given
to the students of the Rush medical
college, in Chicago, is descril>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