The American Eagle. Monarch ot Ilia realms supernal, liaiiging over land and son; Symbol of the great republic, Who so noble and no froo ! Thino the houndiu— ... ' of ether, Heaven's abyss unlathoin'd thino, Far beyond our loeblo vision, On thy bars its snnlieains shine ' Borne on iron-handed pinion, On from jxffo to pole you sweep; O'er sea islands, craggy mountains, O'er the hoarxo resounding deep. Now. thy funning plumes o'orshndow Northern cliff and iceberg grim; Now, o'er Southern, soft savannahs, With unflagging circuits skim. He that feeds the tender raven And the sea bird ol the rock, Tempers the inclement tireer.es To the shorn and ideating thick, {.end* tins- o'er the wastes of ocean, Guides o'er savage flood atid wood, And irom bounteous nature's storehouse Feeds thy clamoring hungry brood. O'er the mountains ot Caucasus; Over Appeninc and Alp; Over Kocky mounts, Cordilleras; Over the Andes' herbless scalp; High above those snowy summits, Where no living filing abides, lie. that notes the falling sparrow. Feeds thee, lusters thee and guides. Thou wingest where a tropic sky (tends o'er thee its Oclcstiol dotna; Where s|>arkling wnters greet the eye, And gentlest breezes fan the loam; Where spicy breath tram groves of palm, Isuleu with aromatic lialtii, Blows ever, mingled with perfume Of luscious truit and honeyed bloom; Green shores, adorned with drooping woods; Gay grottoes, island solitudes; Savannahs, where paluicltoes screen The Indian hut with living green. Behold thy pinions as they sweep, Careering in the upper deep. haac Mcl.tllon. A HUSBAND'S DOSE. "I wish you would tell .lames, when he comes in, to turn the cows into tin lower lot. And if Turtiin calls, tell him I have concluded to take those sheep— l want the merinos. And while lam getting ready, please take my memo randum book and note down lour har ness straps. five pounds of nails, and a gimlet, half a jockey strap, and—and— yes, I believe that is all. I forgot tln-m wln-n I made out the items this morn ing." Mrs. Streetcr rose w<-arily, laid her s.eeping babe carefully in its crib, anil proceeded to record the articles named. She was young, not over twenty-five, but the complexion was sadly faded, and faint lines were already marking the white forehead, while the tired eyes told of care, and hinted strongly of an nnsatisfied heart. And this tlin-chocked, pink eyed woman had been called a beauty only seven years before! And when she gave her hand to Newton Streetcr site could sav what few girls can, "fcmar ried my hrst love." Judge Streeter, the father, was sup posed to be wealthy. But soon after his son's marriage a financial crisis came, and the thousands dwindled into hun dreds. It was false pride, perhaps, hut the young man shrank from a position tinder those who had once looked up to him, and his thoughts turned wistfully to ward the Western prairie*. He PX net-ted objections from his ™ young and accomplished wife. But she ■aw with his eyes, anil was not only willing, but eager to go and help him make a home that should be all their own. The purchasing ot a prairie team, aome farming implements, and the ex- Cie of building a small house, ex sted his capital; and the young couple commenced their married life as many others had done who had Ix-cn bleswd with their advantages. The small dwdling contained hut three aleening apartments, and this (Suit, added to tfieir uncertain income, induced Mrs. Rtreeter to take upon heasclf the entire ■are of the household. Two children had come in the seven years to nestle in bar bosom. But one, a fairy child of three summers, iiad slid away from them, and was now sleeping beneath the flowers of the prairies; and the tired wife had sighed as she looked an the eold. folded hands. **'Ahe will never toil as I have done; bat oh, I wanted her so much," the loneiy mother sobbed forth. Mr. Streeter was considered a wealthy farmer His acres bad broadened and bk stock increased. Physically and mentally strong, and with a gentle loving wife ever studying his taste* and wishes, why should he wear out fast? Rut of her. Naturally frail, she had been like a willow Iwnding beneath a harden voluntarily taken up. With the exception of an* efficient girl for a few weeks when little Mary died, she had oerfbrnied all the labor required in the noose since she itecame it* mistress. Newton Streeter took the memoriui durn, glanced hastily at the neatly-writ- Iro items, and then lie stepped into the ight buggy and drove away. Rat no longer might she linger, for the apnnge was waiting in the kitchen to he kacaded. and the baby's naps were like angel's visits And helhre the task was well over ids bugle note sounded to arm*. and the fretful child was taken up ■nd cammed and soothed to quietness. She ww conscious of a strange dixzi nnm. When she arose from a stooping position her head wns aching miserably, and her eves seemed burning. What was coming over her? Nlio must lie ill. Oh. >; she ha7 unutterable j tenderness swelled in his heart as he I glanced at her pale face and almost transparent hands. lie sat down beside ' her and said, softly : "You don't know how glad I am that you are better." "Thank you. Yes; lam almost well now —shall soon be able to he in the , kitchen. I an sure I must Is- sadly j tussled there by this time." " No, you are not needed there. By the way, would you like to have me put the | farm to rent this summer, and you take the lxy and i;o hark to the old granite ; hills'" "Oh, could you? May I go?" and J the voice auivensl with excitement; then wistfully, "but the expense. New ! ton. It would put us hark s, much." " Yes, then* it is ; the old doctor was right," In* thought. And then aloud, " Do you know what 1 went to the city for the day you were ill?" " To deposit some money for more land 1 think you said," she replied, wearily. " Yes; hut Ido not need that land. I have far more land than I can cultivate now. And you shall have that money— at bust all you want ol it—and go home and stay all the summer, and trv to get Some of your blood back. I shall write to-day that you are coining." Mrs. Strcctcr could not lielieve it was ! not one of her feverish dreams. But it all came about in good time, and she arrived safely at home, where she was petted anil caressed to her heart's content. "You are all trying to spoil me," she would expostulate; "I shall never lie fit for a farmer's wife any more." % And thus among loving friends, rid ing, walking and, when at home, read ing. music and writing long letters to her husband, the summer wore swifliy away. Anil now he hail written that he was coming, and she was counting the days that must elapse ere she could look upon his face and be clasped to bis heart. She was eager to go now. HIT holiday was over. Health had returned, and not an instant did she shrink from the old life. And wlu n the husband came and saw the wonder one summer had wrought, he again told himself that the good doe toi was right. A few flay* were given to the old friends, and then they turned tlu-ir face* toward their Western home. It was evening when they arrived, and the wife looked with bewilderment on the change. \ handsome front had been added to the old dwelling: and b-ford she hail time to question she Was usheroi™ into a parlor newly furnished and already light ed. An ehgant piano stood in a recess evidently constructed for its ro i eeption. She turned toward her husband to assure herself that he too, had not changed into something or somebody else. But the merry t winkle in his eye told her he was enjoying her surprise, and slowly she began to realise the whole situation. Yes, now she under stood his strange reluctance to mention what he was doing, and his willingness to have tier remain, even after she hail expressed her anxiety to return. "Come, I have more to show you!" and lie showed her into a large, com modious room, furnished for her own sleeping apartment, even to her baby's frili. "Thiads for you. And now lay aside ?rour dusty garments and prepare for tea ; t must have been ready an hour ago. I will go and see." When he returned he found his little wife sitting in her little rocker and weep ing silently. "Have 1 wounded where 1 wished to heal?" he asked, reproachfully. " Forgive me," she said, smiling; "I am a goose, hut a tired-winged one, you know. And I am so hniipv to he at home in such a home, that I have no words in which to tell my happiness." He stooped to kiss the offered lips. And what a different life It was—busy, not burdened. Time for the wants of the niind s well as the laxly. Good help in tlu< kitchen nil the time, and choice reading for any b isure hour. The farm was an unfailing source of income, fully defraying all expense, with a balance in favor. " Been improving, I see," said Dr. Meeker, as lie reined in his light enr riage to the neat fence. "Ye*. doctor. Come in; I want to show you all the improvements. Here, Mary, the doctor wants to see vou." And as she came to greet film, rosy with health and happiness, lie nodded his lirad at her husband. "Yes, that will do," and then glan cing at the open piano, " I am going to stay just long enough to hear one tune played. Will you favor tae?" and with the old gallantry, fitted so awkwardly to his brusque manner, he led her to the instrument, and stood, hat in hand, while she played.— Amcrir/in Connecticut has l,(M8 public reboots. Jefferson Davis at Home. Alighting Ironi the train at Bcauvoir Station, Miss., you can sis- two or three small brown structures, a grove of pines, and the white vistaof vanishing railway track glittering with millions of minute refractions of the bright sunshine for miles along its sandy way. Taking the half-perceptible roadway ! to your right, ten or fifteen minutes' wafk through the pines brings you to the beach. Hero you sec a house built i in the airy fashion of this region of per petual sunshine. This is the residence of the itcv. Dr. Uncock, an aged Episco palian clergyman, once chaplain to the Dttke of ('ambridgc. Beyond the rever end gentleman'* estate you s--, fronting beach, the another estate, the residence of Mr. Davis. Entering the gate, you pass across a lawn dotted with live oak and other trees, festooned with the picturesque .-jpani-di llioss. Before you is a low and spacious mansion, painted white, with broad verandas. At cither side, a trifle nearer the fence, is a small building, a sort of pavilion. While resting on the veranda, waiting for your letter of intro duction to is- handed to the master, your eye takes in the hospitable provisions for ease afforded by several comfortable rocking-chairs, a table and a settee. Uife Tn-re is n' fresco. The broad hall which goes through the house is open to the breeze, but not to the anb ni sun, whose rays an- intercepted by I lie ver anda. Here, on tin* front veranda, sitsi of a morning the ex-President of tin- South. In full view is the Gulf of Mexico, that dazz ing. radiant expanse of shimmering blue. Its summer waves glide softly, to break in lulling sound upon the white and sparkling sand. 'I in- breeze is ladeii with the strange perfume of the sea. It is the land of the lotus-eaters, where 'tis always afternoon, i Sitting on this veranda, into what rev eries may not the Confederate i-X-Presi dent fall, as he gaz.es out upon this Mex ican gulf, which, had the dreams of tin- Southern statesman been realized, would have bi-cii the inland sea of a mighty empire, stretching to the tropics. 1 was soon summoned to the little pavilion to the right of the mansion, i i'his building is divided into two parts. The rearward is occupied bv an ain-ienl arid favorite negro servant, whose idea of housekeeping is to display lii furni ture and tools on his little veranda. He has a notion of raising vegetable odds and ends in IMIXCS. and bis vagaries cx ; eit<- but a smile. No one dreams of in tcrl' ring, even for the ake of order, with the privi)egis of this nncicnt servitor. The front portion of this pavilion is oc cupied by Mr. Davis as a library and study. Here I found him. slightly in dispi *sl anil lying upon a lounge. His tnani.cr is genial ami very kimfiy. with that charming courtesy characteristic of the high-bred Southern gentleman. Seventy years of age. Mr. Davis ha* i yet a fresh and vigorous look. His hair, mustache and whiskers are white in part, but his eye is bright and cheerful. 11 i M face in rejxifM- is almost severely intel lectual. hut the smile which iiglits up liis mouth and his quietly - h- rfui laugh dispel the first impression of coldness. Few of our public men have the quiet fascination of manner, the old-fashioned grace and the charming conversational power* of Jefferson Davis. His memory is capacious and retentive. One might, with a facile phonographic pen. collect great stores of reminiscence from his lip*.—' 'orrcxpotulcncc /lonian Ihrald. A Terrible Fall In an Elevator. Bather than walk down i\ flights of stairs in a N> w York hotel four servant girls atta< lusl to the place determined to ride down th<- slender trunk elevator. The four managed to squeeze into the dummy and one of them started the ele vator. As it reached the fifth story something snapped with a report like a pistol, and tin- dummy with its heavy load shot down the shaft with a whirr that did not s-s-m to occupy a second 'a time. The cook* fu*hed to the kitchen door, which is opposite the mouth of the shaft in the basement, and wen*just in time to sis- the dummy strike the stone floor with a noise like the stroke of a trip hammer. Kutv fallaghan and Annie Fogarty were thrown out on their faces, and in such a manner that when the dummy rebounded their legs fell under It. The great wooden l>x hounded ten fs-t into the air. tln-n the rope snapped, and the box fell again with a heavy noise, this time upon the . limbs of the prostrate women. Nellie Lllrown and Mary Jane McGinnis were thrown out upon the liodies of their mangled com t>anions"w lien the dummy fell the second time. The proprietor. Mr. ('ar|*ntT. heard the whirr and crash of the falling box, and hastened down stairs. He ordered feds brought down, and the women wen- laid upon them, two of them in the laundry and two in the servants'dining room. Mrs. Carpenter did whatever could IK- done for the suffering women, and her husband ran to tin* New York Hospital and notified the surgeon ot what had occurred. In ten minute* Dr. Knapp, who was in charge of the hos pital. reached the hotel with Ills as sistants and an ambulance. The frac tured limits were put in splints, and the 1 other injuries were attended to is-fore the patients were removed to the hos ' pital. All four were terribly Injured, two of them dying on the third day after the accident. Leap Years. Probably few persons are aware that the year IHOO will not he a ]<> an year. The Arirttfific American tells nn inquir ing correspondent that the year IUOO is ' not a leap year because it is not divided j by trtO, and then, in further explanation, 'tells ail about lean years as follows: j The earth make* the circuit of the sun I in .W> days five hours forty-eight min- I ute* and 49.068 seconds. This is called , the solar year. The civil year is ordi narily MS days, the excess (five hours, forty-eight minutes, 40.0H9 seconds) | amounting In four years to very nearly a | day. Accordingly each fourth year is ' given 369 days. Hut this counts a little too much, the excess amounting in a c*ntury to nearly a day. So, instead of calling the even hundred years leap years, they are made ordinary years of .*¥ls days. This approximate correction ' involve* an error of a little over one i fourth of a day every century, which is : nearly set right by counting each tooth year as a leap year". By these leap years | and interrala|f*d clays (every fourth year ! except the hundreds not divisible by 400) , the civil and solar years are closely re ; i-onrjlcd, the object Ixdng to make the season* permanently accord with tho calendar. By making a further correc tion of one day every toooth year, count ing each 4000 th year as not a leap year— the error is so small that 81.600 years must elapse before It will amount to a full day. Why Bon't He Pome I | This question luia been naked audibly ! and inatidibly quite fri-quently. His answer is: j Business. (He is a clerk in a dry goods store at per week.) I He promised to take her out in a mo- I incut of weakness, and the exchequer ' only hold* twenty cents. ! lie owes her a philopena. ! There i* another red-headed fellow 1 going there. The old man isn't real eordial. It'* pretty nearly reached the popping point. H<- II have to sour on it a little while. Kind a put hack tlx-clock a lit tle, HO to six-ak. She took strawberries last time at a dollar anil a half a plate. At .Jones' party six- was maslx-d on that long-legged spider, JODCH. lie ain't going to stand any more of her frill*. Kin-don't like Lulu Smith, and he is going to see her out of spite. He don't think she U much, anyhow. He- well may drop around late— hut "he'll chill her. 11 IT answer is: Poor fellow; he is dreadfully tired. He work* so hard. Perhaps lie is sick. lie'* so good to hi* mother, Per Imps six- i*sick. He was to take me out. It enil't lie— no. of i-iiur- e not. It i* getting late He ought to have lit me word, a! leant, if )i<- couldn't come. I'm wicked. Perhaps lie ha.* been run over, or hurt on tlie elevated road. H<- is real nx-an. It's awfully hot. Bui he doesn't like en-am. I wonder— l>o you suppose those strawberries— hut no. he couldn't— Can anything have happened to him? He wouldn't mind pa —out wasn't pa Iliad? He is—that tihilonena— that's it; h# i* shopping for that —out lie needn't he all nigfit about it. What? you saw him? with I.ulu Smith? Oh! look'-d like him! Tie idea! In- wouldn't look at —yet—oh' if it w as —ma. I don't lx-licve it. That Lulu Smith is tlx- meanest, ug liest —and he did go on a picnic with ix-r - oh' lb-never stayed away before ami lie prep tided to le- atlgry because J thought Mr. JOR) - splendid and *o be i". (Now 1 think of it, none of th<-*c rea son* ever k< it him itway ix-fore.) She would like t.i know why he treat* Ix-r this way—and Mr. Jones i* splen did —ix-tter looking—and more stylish —what can i tlx- mutter' It's ttx bad—l won't sp'akto him if he doe* - ottx- now—-half-past nine. There lie i* now—oh.tlx- darling' no I won't go to the d-xir —l'm going to know alxiut that Lulu Smith.— S'an Francis, o advertiser*. It appear*'that tlx'adver tising agent of a well-known Kearney street au-'tion-hous- had < ngnged one of the upper stage lxi.\< * for Thursday evening, and a few minute* after tlx dixit* opened the u*!x-r* were paralysed at beholding a large - mivas transparen- y tx-ing exjxslitioti.lv atid quietly erected in aid )ix. and benrinfc on its surface in t wo-fixit letter* the familiar legend, ("Try (luffey's (Vvndensexl Chowder'" Tlx-y at otx-e liurrieil tei the ) ox and I legged the or-eU|iatlt tei de*it. Tiiat en terprising individual sitnplv shrugged liia shoulder* and went calmly on light ing wax tajx-r* Cor hia illumination. The manager himself rushed breathlessly to tlx- s|*it and ordered the agent to ! leave the house. " Not if I know it." replied that indi vidual. cheerfully. " I paid f-JO rent (or this ixix until eleven o'clock, and I in tend to do what I please with it, bet your life." In vain the manager stormed, pleaded and offered tei return the money—to pay twice the amount, even. At last, as the audience had ix-gun to gntlx-r. lie ordered the usher* to remove the sign by force. At this the agitit deliberately drew bis revolver, and backing the whole crowd out of the lxi f x. lockeiFthe iloor. In this emergency a coupe was dispatched for the man's jirincs|inl. Mr. f.uffey. wlio arrived in a few moment* txvst liastc. He was htigciy amused at hi* employee's persistency, and at once ordered the re . moval o( the l*ineof contention. A* the much disgusted advertiser struck hi* I tent a bright idea illumined his di>a|>- pointcd visage. Taking Mr. (iuffvy aside he said, eagerly: "Well, if I've got to quit. Wouldn't it be better to have tlx-m put me out by ! forts ?" " Why *o B " " Because, you see. that would make it a splendid a*ault-and-hattcrv ease; i !*• in all the morning ja|-rs. Magnifi ecnt 'ad.' Don't you see?" But It was not to be. and the chain- ' pion advertiser furled bis banners and sadlv filial out to slow music by the orchestra.— Sin Franritco lb*t. Kntrrprlslng t'orrcspondcnt*. The Washington correspondent of the ixiuisville (\mr\cr-Jtmrnal *a\s: M<-m --lx-rs of Congrt-ss are •onstantlv puzzled as to how correspondents get bold of tlx-ir secret prix-eeding* in caucus. After the last caucus there was a pretty (x>r rcct rejxvrt given in one (taper of the *ub- I jeet* reported front one of tlie committee* and presented for discussion. It was I afterward learned that the chairman of the committee had notes in regard to the subjects presented to the caucus. When tliey myourned lie tore the paper to pieces and threw them in the waste-paper basket. When all bad departed an enterprising reporter entered the hall and Ix'gnn a search for items. He saw the hits of paper and carefully | collected all of thorn, then he retired and \ skillfully fitted the particles together. Next he visited a committee-room and oski-d the clerk if that was the hand writing of the chairman. He went front one to the other, until lie fixisl upon the member whose writing he held. Next morning Ids paper hao a pretty correct report "f the proceeding* in secret cau cus. Many think It would he better il the caucus would give correct news to the fiapers, and thereby avoid the many maginary reports which correspondent* semi out as news. A promimxit pa jut published a sensational report which. I am told, had not a shadow of truth for a foundation. When the correspondent was taken to task about il, he said, " I was obliged to send something to my, paper, and. if you will not give in* news, there is nothing to do hut invent, t would prefer the truth, but you leave me no alternative." FOB TIIK PAIR HKX. I'uhlon Chinira of Ihr Kulnrr. Hlowly, yet by perceptible steps, the IUIXICH of the feminine toilette ARE chang ing, iM'l the changes ulr iwly riiifl*' arc but prophecies of what will Hjijx-ur in the neiir future. The dftVS of the shcath like ekirtH iioy be numbered, and more bouffiuit and voluminous drajx-rie* are I*iii If introduced in the costumes for early autumn, which arc a nx-re hint of what the autumn will tiring. I'uffs arid paniciM arc win on almost everything, and not only is the hack draped hut the silica are puffed, and in Home of the late importation* of aumnu r toilette* the side patiier* arc very marked, being ar-. rurigcil in a puff wiilc at the top, grow >tiif narrower a* it descends the *kirt and banded aero** the wide embroidiTie*. giving tliem very much the aji|x-arancc of the basket paniciH, from which pre sumably they were nallied at first. Tlx-re i*. iii trained drma more mpNiilly, a tendency to a more decided fullness of the skirt at the tup. A dress now in the process of manufacture at one of the leading private establishments in the city has tin- entire width of tin- train gathered at the waist, underneath the coquettish basque, and hanging in one unbroken line to the elid. Tile < fleet is very elegant, especially as the material from wlix-li it is made is of a Ix-av v bro cade, wliii'li would Ix- spoiled hv fiuneli ing up and otherwise perverting it from its proper purpose. The pettic oat is of plain silk, and the buttons whii h are Used to fasten the train to are most pe culiar, being made of silk cord in two shades with tie enter taxselcd New materials show tie- increasing tendency toward bright colors, and the very newest and most novel of all is the old-fashioned changeable silk in a su perior grade, witli a polka-dotted silk in tw o colors to make a combination with it. As yet, there is not a yard ol this silk In the eounlr- but some patterns have been sent to a private i slahlish iiient by tin commissionaire in Paris, which arrived only two or three days ago. (fneof these js a ehangeahle green and gold, having a golden sle-en through which tic* green shines, making the most perfeet effect; the siik whieh ac companies it, and whii li is to he used in conioinntion as a trimming, has over shot gold eoloreil satin dot- oil u gr* li ground. Another very lovely one lias fawn colored and gold combined in the same way. dn everything there is th im reasisi color; very few hlaek dresm* are worn out of mourning except sjlk and grenadine, ami tin y are lighted up by embroideries In satin or gauze or by bows of color. A grenadine dress now in procos* of making has a satin petti coat trimmed with panel* of *atin, em broidered iti Marshal N> and .fa-que minot roue* in the natural color*; tlx overdress of plain grenadine i- looj.ol jauntily over the petticoat by bows of sat in ribbon, and is edged with a che niile fringe Imundnl hv siik of the colors in the embroidering. A v.-st in the same deign, hut in much smaller pattern, i* inserted into the cor-age. The < fleet in most gorgeous Many of tie illl|xirl< d • ,ohroid< i• <1 off,-, t This ap|-ar* not only in the coloring hut in the figures used, tine might think from 11•• ir gayety ttint they would only he used on house dr< -*•■* ; hut that i" by no means the ease. They adorn street costume* as well. A mas. tie camel's hair cloth recently finished, and to is- worn at Naliant tlii* summer, had hands of this Persian embroidery against hlaek Trivet. The effect was very lovely. (Vinipamtivcly few o these dresses wiil )x- worn in town: they an- for tlx'country or seashore, when* gay clothes an- quite in place. Prob ably. if tlx rage for tlx-m k>* ps. tliey will appear in town in the autumn, but we can make no certain prophery of tiiat. I tost on women an- quiet in tlx ir tastes and don't like to flaunt liright colors on the street, and they never go the lengths to whieh New York wontiu go; so whatever one may *. ~n Fifth and Madison avenues, lie will not see the s.-inie on Beacon stn* t. The putting together of the petticoat and train and the skirt and draperies of tlx- shortdn-ss is only a step toward the one plain *kirtat least, that is the way tlx- rnix h in<*ii-tes lilgpft jt ft j* not iikely that we will return all at once to seven*simplicity. if. indeed, tiiat jxiint is ever wholly reached: but the better <-las of women are n-ally demanding less trimming and fus*. Plainness to a cer tain extent i* extremely desirable, and t lie average dressmaker should ix- made to restrain Ix-r exuberance in the matter of ornamentation. When thev learn that elegance dooan't mean ruftfc* and puff* and frills and flounces, they will Itave gone far in the direction of the artisti- in dress. and they have more hope in time to reach it. In the mean time, may the modiatc wlio understands the meaning of discretion and taste con tinue togijre lessons to the rest. — JloMon AdrrrtiMr. Voo srot Xtntea for Women. Women are to tx> admitted to medi cal instruction in the Harvard Medical School Under certain restrictions. A training school is Ix ing established in Kngland in order to provide trained nurses for the sick in private families. At Ix-glmrn more than l.ono women are employed in the manufacture of coral I tends for Moklmii whtea promise to be fashionable. A ball at which ail the guests were compelled to wear the costumes of work ingttien and workingwomcn was re cently given in Paris. The late Mrs. Hale was active in many exeellrnt public undertaking*. She hail much to do with the completion of the Hunker Hill Monument: fur thirty years site labored to have Thanksgiving day made a national holiday; nnd site greatly influenced hoi- old friend Matthew Yas sar in the organization of Vassar College. A flower-girl brigade has liecn started in Ixindon bv the Baroness Burdctt- Coutt* and others, with the intention of enabling the flower-seller* t<> earn more liy tea< hing them how to arrange their wares and securing regular customers for them. The flowers an' bought for the girls at Covcnt Harden ami made up at a central depot. MisV Sarah I-cggett has succeeded in establishing a " Home for Business Women" in New York. To give to working girls a home, such as |Kuthwcxl, as near a* I i could judgi from the location I was in. About two mil's nortli Mr. baric* ; I'./a wa at work planting com w hen ; tie- explosion came. Ixxtking in the di rection of the re|iort, he could not sec anything on account of the sun, hut, following with his eye the direction of the roaring pound that followed, he saw dirt thrown to some height in the edge of a ravine a hundred rod* or HO to the north-northcaat of where he was at work. Mr. John Ilarber also report* a ■imllinr appearance a hundred rod- or * PO further in the warm-direction. Further observation* were made hy s. W, Itrown, w lio live- three-fourths of a mile north of here. |fe wits in the i-dgc of the timlwr, looking in a northwesterly direction into the topa of Home oakw, to pet- if then were going to lie any acorn*, tic- direction Icing quartering to the wun ; he - IIV a ri IL - ptreak. and w:ui look ing attentively at it when Hie explosion cane. lie i'aims that it was passing from'west to i a-t, and that when It liutit there wax a eloud of Ptnoke at tie-h'-ad of the red streak. whieh rushed forth like the prnoke from a cannon'P mouth and then spread in every direction. I iM>n examining the edge of the ravine a hole wax found twelve feet in diarne ter and alxiut ix fel deep, which wax full of water. I'arth-p have pjnee, hy un tiring iaUir and pearrh, founil numerous pierep varying in size frf the most remarkable events of the day i* associated with that powerful bever age. According to tlie traditions of the feast, or the custom < f the,country, visi tors who make their first appearance there niut prove thHr fitness by a pro cm* which i* calculated at one* to do inonstrate the potency of the "morocco" anil the drinking power of the stranger. The n> w-