FOR THE FAIR SEX. Knwtiloii Note*. Leghorn is the most fashionable straw for full-dress toilets. Straw bonnets are to he had in every color and shade, just like the felts of last winter. When the toilet is jardiniere or varie gated in its effects the corsage boqucls and ribbons should Ik of one color. For country toilets the materials most in vogue are lawns, linens, Pompadour prints, percales, mummy cloths, and sattccns. The most elegant foulard silk dresses are trimmed with satin of a complemen tary or contrasting color to the ground of the foulard. The most fashionable color* are mastic, pale rose, light blue, gendarme blue, military blue, dahlia red, claret and maroon or garnet. Out-door costumes being all made short it is very necessary to be well shod, and the stockings should match either Hi dress or i'.s trimmings in color. The fashionable colors for traveling costumes are dark brown and invisible green, and the best materials are cash mere, thin clotli. tweeds, camel's hair ami vicuna. The highest and most serviceable sum mer balmorals arc of hunting. They are shown in all shades of cream and beige, pair gray, light and dark blue, and are trimmed with one. two and three rows of knife-blade plaiting around the bottonv Among other new departures, one that modistes predict will become more pop ular in the autumn, is that of having the basque of entirely different material from the skirt*. This is shown at pTOMQt in blitek broeaded silk basques, with two skirts of plain black silk. The basque is made in round English coat shape, and serves nicely for a street garment without a wrap. Occasionally striped basques are shown in the same way. flats, l'he cheapest and coolest hat is of chin —white, of course—and trimmed with organdy muslin and Breton lace. Such a hut uiu-t lx> trimmed at home, for mil liners will not touch it. l'ut a shirred lining all around the upturned brim. This may be rolled all around or turned up on one side, or in front only—what ever suits the face of the wearer. Make a jong scar of the organdy muslin and trim the ends with Breton lace, plaited or fulled on. Wind this scarf tastefully around the hat and fasten it with a mother-of-pearl buckle, horseshoe or other fanciful ornament. No other trimming is needed, and such a hat nei d not cost more than one dollar. It is the prettiest of all country or garden or lawn huts. But for dressy garden and lawn hats. Leghorn flat* trimmed with whi'e or bright-color*! ostrich tips ami satin ribbons, or open Tuscan straws lined with bright silks and trimmed with rihLins to match, are the correct tilings. A great many eo-tly imported novel ties in the way hats hearing fam y French names are shown for young girls' dress hats. The Xiniche is an English gypsy I cat of white rough straw, but not cheap in appearance or reality. It is prettily flared and indented, to be worn with strings which tie In the back under the hair or hang loose while the hat is held on the head with elastic. The lining is of claret satin, with white satin piping on the edge. The low crown is decorated till around with fancy speckled leathers, with a small bird in the center. In the ba< k is a bow of satin rihlxui to match tic- lining. The strings are of claret satin ribbon, faced with white. The Lamhallc, another girl's hat, is of Tuscan straw, lined with shirred white satin. Clusters of whit" rosebuds and a white satin bow with Rhine pebble and silver ornament fasten down a lon white ostrich plume, which curls around th" front and right side of the brim n I falls over the hair in the hack. A (treat %lin Clilltllionil. A writer in I-ondon Truth says: I saw the other day in a newspaper a funny sketch of tfic early life of Christine Nilsson. Here is the reality: On a re mote estate in Sweden lived a Baron I-elieusen, whose wife was very musical. On these Swedish estates the peasants were, until within a few yc-u-s. nraoti cally serfi. and are called Bunas and Torpare. The Bunde lyive about thirty or forty acres, and have to perform cer tain obligations AO their landlords, such as tilling lib ground with their horse* or oxen, etc. Tin 1 Torpare are cottager* with a small plot of ground, for which they have to pay a certain amount of dnywerks, or' days' work, each week. Their food is obtained from the vegeta bles on these plots, and from about two shillings per week for the labors ol their free davs. Xilsson's fattier waa a Tor pare ol Baron Laheuscn, nnd little Chris tine used to run about barefooted, with a short petticoat on. full of holes, coming down to her knees. Baroness I-elieusen e relieved imme diately : Take a bit of cotton and soak it in glycerine and sprinkle on it a little black pepper; insert this into the ear and put a dry pieee of cotton outside, to be kept in place, if necessary, by a light bandage tied over the head. Sometimes insects will find lodgment in the car, causing great pain. Slinuld tills occur, turn the head on one side ami pour the ear full of sweet oil. Insects breathe through pores in their skin; the oil ob structs these openings, causing their death. Children, and often those of larger growth, acquire the habit of pick ing their ears with a pin, hairpin, etc, , it is a pernicious practice, and should ' not hi l allowed. The drum of the ear is | a very delicate membrane and is easily injured inflammation and deafness may :lw induced thereby I have sometimes succeeded in removing foreign bodies from the throat, such as a piece of meat ! or a large bone, by blowing forcibly into the ear. It causes a powerful reflex action, during which tin* foreign sub stance may lie expelled front the wind pipe. Many persons arc subject to nose bleed. In robust, plethoric habits this is rather beneficial than otherwise, hut in many eases it occasions inconvenience and perhaps alarm. It generally yields readily to treatment. Take a pledget of lint, moisten, dip in equal parts of pow dered alum ami gum-arabic, and insert in fhe nose. Bathe the forehead and nape of the neck in cold water. If nium and gum-arabic are not at hand, use I lie tea (lust found in the Itottoin of the tea caddy. • Among the more common accidents which are liable to occur in the house hold, and which often prove serious, are burns and scalds. Their severitv and danger depend upon the extent of sur face and depth of tissues involved. An unfailing remedy is, in most households, always mi hand—common baking -<>•% or hi-rarhonnto of soda. Make a thick paste with soda and a .itllc water and apply to the injured spot; then du*t the whole with the dry soda and cover with a light bandage. It will act like magic, relieving the pain at once. Allow it to remain until it is ready to drop off—a few hours or days, as tin CMS may be. When it is removed, dress the wound with cosinolitie. Never put on to a burn or scald any molasses, starch, soap, flour, charcoal or glue. T icy have the incon venience of being uncleanly, and sonic of them form crusts which it is diflicult to remove. I make this suggestion from the fact that physicians arc seldom called to six* cases of extensive hums and scalds hut that they liud some suell procedure has lcen adopted. Brui.-cs and sprains, which arc liable to occur at any time, are much more (tuickly i un-d if treated immediately on tlieir occurrence. The effect of a bruise is to rupture some of the smaller blood vessels, near the surface, and the blood l>eing poured out under the skin, forms til" back and blue sjsits, KKtlhd. Win n such an accident occurs, a stream of cold water directed on the part, and continued as long as it'can lielmrne, and Hem renewed after a time, will often prevent swelling, and will contract the mouths of the ruptured blood vessels. Such a method may lie applied by pour ing water on the part from a height, from a pitcher or cofl\ e-pot. A rublwr tube may lie attached to a faucet. and the water thus conducted. The parts should he tightly afterward, and the bandages soaked with tincture of arnica, or what I prefer, tincture of marigold (Calendula). A -prnin is always more serious than a bruise, tlie joints lieing the part.* im plicated. One may recover from a frac iurcd limh sooner than from some forms of sprain. When Mich an accident OO rurs. place the limh in a ha*in or pail of water as hot a* can he borne. Keep the temperature up by the addition of more hot wnt. r from fins '< time. Allow it to remain imm rscd in the bath from ten minute* to half an hour, according to eireum-tanos. After removing, ban dage evenly and tightly the whole ex tent of the limh. both below and above the joint implicated, commencing the bandaging at the extremity of the limb, below the injury, and making it tightest at that point, thus forcing the blood from the superficial veins toward the trunk. The limb should he kept in an elevated position for some hours after ward. It the ipjury is to the lower ex tremity, the foot may Is l placed in a chair and supported by a pillow. If the Upper extremities are "involved a sling, made of a wide silk handkerchief, ami tied around the neck, will give tin* nec essary elevation anil support.— Huvhold Phyncian. Vegetable Ivory. The Cr>loni(* awl In ha furnishes some interesting particulars respecting the so-called " vegetable ivory." which is now o much used as a substitute tor ivory. The vegetable ivory nut is the product of a species of palm found wild in South America and Africa. Inside the hard shell is the white kernel, which being softer than ivory and easily carved, as well a* readily dyed, and being less brittle than hone, is largely usrel in making buttons, etc. Tie- unripe fruit consists of a green shell, containing a watery fluid, 'which as tln* nut ripens gradually thickens until it becomes a pulpy mass, and eventually hardens Into solid mat to,. The water, though hitter to the taste, is wholesome, and often ; renders invaluable service to travelers, who cannot otherwise obtain water to drink. Tbe tree on which the fruit grows is unlike an ordinary paltn. hav ing little or no stem and drooping down ward, especially when the weak branches are overweighed by the six or } seven bunches of nuts, each containing six or seven seeds, inclosed in thick heavy shells and outer slientli, and weighing altogether from twenty to twenty-four pounds. Early Use of Iron. When iron was first dug from the bowels of the earth and eon verted into instruments of the chase or domestic utensils there is no means of knowing, for the early history of the world Is wanting in such details. To kill a man with an instrument of Iron was punish able with death under the Mosaic law. Moses lias recorded ofOg, king of Hasan that lie had a Itedstend of iron that was nine cubits in length and four in breadth. And when lie reminded the Israelites that the Jxrd had brought them out of tile iron furnace, even the land of Egypt, he promised to bring them Into a land whose stones were iron, and out of whose hills they might dig brass. The (ireeks ascribed the discovery of iron U themselves. The Ramans did not knoa how to provide their iron furnaces with bellows, and. to ignite the fuel, placed the grate in the direction of the prevail ing wind. As a substitute for it in their armor they employed bronze. Lemonade HIUI Health. The wholesome condition of the city is, we have little doubt, owing in acon shliTahle degree to tlie moderate prices this summer of fruit and vegetahles, and especially to tlie very low price of lemons. Physicians appreciate more and more the beneficial effect* of lime and lemon acid on the human system, and we have heard of one who recommended six lemons a day. This number made into lemonade in warm weather would I be very gratifying, and we doubt not very wholesome, and it is therefore to be noticed, with special approbation, that good iced lemonade is ottered at the cor ners of the streets at front two cent* to live cents a glass, according to the sine. A three-cent glass is alsitlt as much as anybody want* to drink hastily in passing along the street*. Limes are preferable to lemons, and they arc cheaper in proportion to the amount of acid they contain. Lime juice can be had at all times, anil it bids fair to supersede other summer drinks in Britain, The Montreal lI'I/MC.*.* shows how extensively it is used there: " Lime juice bids fair to do tlie work of a dozen temperance advocates. In Knglaml, which is not a very hot coun try, it is. we are informed, lyoth privately and through the newspapers, largely su perseding-the use of alcoholic liquors. It isthe first really desirable and elegant non-alcoholic dinner-table beverage that has yet been prepared. A very small quantity of it, sweetened to taste in a tumbler of water, makes a most delight ful summer drink, and except for tlie sugar, which many do not use, a very inexpensive one indeed. Tile Ixnidon l.nnrtt says the demand for lime juice is so great that tile publicans have to keep it, although they would very much pre fer not to, and accuse it of doing all sorts of mischief to tie human frame. How rtnopl) int retted they MMH ud detlly to have heeome in the weal of I lie human frame! And it has, we learn, equally established its plae> on gentle men's tables, those who have been (U-- I'Ustonicd to use wine freely eolisuillitlg it in large It i- popularly credited with being an absolute specific for rheumatism and gout, as well a* for a variety of cutaneous diai aaea popularly known under the general naim of scurvy. Many chronically troubled with the first class of disorders find their general health unquestionably better since they began to use this instead of wine. The /.r nn-at, ten, coffi-e and white br-ad, and wlien lemonade and lime juice take tie place of wine and tw-er in tie- family and at tie- -lining-table, a host of diseases will have to go hurrying down to tie- pit whence tin y come, and men and women will not only live much longer, hut in much happier.—ATw York H'itno To Itcnimr Old Wall Paper. We would urge tic- necessity, from a sanitary point of view, of having the walls ofa room thoroughly stripped of all old pajx-r and washed and drio 1 be fore laving on a new paper. Old papers, containing a* they do a large amount of vegetable and animal matter in the form of size, are easily sofb-ned bv moisture, and art- tle-n subject to putrefaction ami mildew, tle odor from which islsith un pleasant and unhealthy. This, however, is an evil that ran easily be averted hy expending a few dollars in stripping and thoroughly cleaning the wall before ) each re papering. Inquiry is oft-n made by tin- eap-ful housewife as to whether paper-hanging* will clean, anil, if so. which is the lent method to adopt. Good hand-printed p*4>cr will clean, but ma- , chine-made paper, owing to the mat-rial us-sl in sizing tlie colors, as already ex- j plained, will not. Tli- following is tlie method that ran be used : Cut into four or six parts a moderately sized loaf -if j hri-n-i that is two days old—it must be neither newer or staler. With one of these pieces. after blowing off ail tlie dust from the paper to he cleaned with a good pair of liellows. ls-gin at tlie top of the room, holding with the crust in Un hand and wisping lightly downward with the crumb, about half a yard at each stroke, till tlie upper part of Un hanging i* completely rii-aned all around. Then go aroun-1 again, with a light sweeping stroke downward, and always commencing each successive course a little higher than tlie uj-jn-r stroke had extended, till tlie Inittoin is finished. This o|-rnUon. if carefully performed, will frequently make very old paper look almost equal to new. (•rent --aution must lie u*ed not by an\ means to rub the paper hard, or to at tempt cleaning it in a lateral or hori zontal way. The dirty port ot tin bread, too. must each time he cut away ami the pis-s renewed as soon as it may become neccssarv.— Cahitu t \fttlrr. Ih-nd and Her Fje* Fnll of Tears. In the sa-l account of the suicide of Mrs. Josephine (,'olton. whose journal hiw been published in the city papers, and which gave as a reason for tlie act jealousy and neglect, occur these word* of her landlady: ' There she lay. her head on tlie pillow, ami two shots in her breast and one in Iter temple. In lu-r right hand was tlie pistol. Her eyes were open ami fuil of tears. I never aaw such a tiling in a dead person." One of the laws ot nature is that we come into tlie world tearl as ami go out of it tear less. When Dickon* -lied t'-ars poured down Ids cheeks, which was no doubt owing to a sudden expansion of the lachrymal glands. The glands were dis eased. perhaps, from over-labor. In the case of poor airs. Colton, bitter suffering and almost constant weeping must have diseased the glands which pour out serum to wasli and moisten the balls of the eyes. One passage in her melancholy iournnl makes clear enough her ladylike sensitiveness. It is dated the 15th of October last: "I walked until I was almost dead, trying t> get some sewing to do at home. Walking gave me an ap|>etite. Hie first in weeks; out I had no money, and I did something that made me fe| mean. I went over to Mrs. U 's about SUpper time to see If she would not ask me to stay. Bhe did, and tlie supper tasted good. ' A woman so keenly alive to honor as to "foci ni--an " i-realise she lingered at a neighbor's in tlie hope of appeasing her hunger with out being ttspeeled, would weep from negieet until her eyes even in death would show traces of grief. No more pitiful story of love, disappointment and wifely sorrow has ever been given to the public.—Afew For it Mercury Flillcbuii's Way.- This gentleman was in ids sanctum, busy in constructing for the Advertiser a profound leader on the KnsU-rn ques tion. Something came through the door and said: I" Morn in 1 1 Name's Jl'. F. Myrtle. Michigan, Out o' work. If the kind gcntli-mnn would give mcajoho'- " " How do you do, Mr. Myrtle? lam happy to meet you. sir. lam always happy to tiu-et a worthy individual. : Let uic shake.your hand, sir, for though I it In- soiled hy the dust of the highway, I know that it is the hand of an honest man—the hand of a worthy individual. As a general rule, Mr. Myrtle, I have no mercy for tramps. Do not he of fi iidi-d, 1 juay you, at tin word. There an-some in every jirofession who area reproach to It. you know. Yes, sir, :is a general rule 1 have no mercy on tramps. I usually eject tlii-in, without ceremony, from my premises. Hut I HIS- in you. Mr. Myrtle, a worthy individual; "yes, sir. although UP- logic of circumstances may have made it necessary for you to .PlStime for a whili this(lisagreehlemode of life, still I recognize in you a gi-ntlt— man and a worthy iiuliviilual, even—" "Tyoti please, won't vou gimme a ol> o'—" " 1 regret excis-dingiy, Mr. Myrtle' that it is not in my power to do so, or I would accommodate you with felicity. I have imtliing to do myself except io tiuisli tliis editorial on the Kastern ques tion, upon which I was engaged when you did me the honor of 1 oiling, itut for the fa- t that you probably would not be aide to catch just the train of thought which I was pursuing. I should be happy to have you rouipli-lc it, for I know that you arc fully competent, -'"'d a worthy Individ—" "'Fyou'd—" —"individual. You may think it ex inordinary, Mr. Myrtle, that in you. 1 stranger, and under sm-li unfavorable •-ire uiiistiiuei-s, I should recognize your true self, -i worthy individual; hut tain a close ohsetvi-r of liuuinn nature, an accurate n ader of character, and withal considerable of a phrenologist, and a such i Jrecignizc in yotl at a glan-< a worthy indi—" " "Fyou'd gimme a hit t' cat —" " I am extremely sorry that I have nothing of tie- kind in tin-office. I take my men's at a hotel, Mr. Myrtle. Imt it I find it, nothing could afford uu- inor genuine pleasure th:Ul to set it 1 (fori YOU. Hut I can give you something— something which is much more rarely granb-d to one in your position, and which will be more truly appreciated Iy one of your higli-totn-d sentiiiu-nts tbaii m -re casual consideration*—l can give you, Mr. Myrtle, niv earnest and lienrt f.-lt SYMPATHY. "Yet, sir. svinj.a thy in enpital*. Take it. sir. and with it the best wishes of one who em discern and m-knowlcdgc pal merit wln-n-vi r he see* it. May t,od bless you, *ir! Do notdi-spair; some time the morning will tin-ax : ome tinie clouds di*|s-rse; sonu 1 time—" " Would you gimme a nickel?" " I—l iiui gricvcsl. sir, nior- than I -an tell Vou, that ! have not a cent. I have felt in every pes kit, but it i nm 1 tlicrc. iam an is'.itor; would I wen-a : bruiki-r. that I migiit i-njoy the privilege of furnishing you tip amount named. More than that. I would set you tip in I life again, witli the greatest pleasure;, for. naturally. I am a philanthropist in my way. and whenever i recognize n worthy ind—" " I'll quit if you'll rive me n eliaw of j tobacco. ' "I never use it. Mr. Myrtle, and. I :p>siiri- you. thi* i* tlie first tim- in my dfe I i-vi-r regrett(s| not having formed j tlie habit. Had I only done so.l should probably now be able to manifest niv appreciation of true merit bv giving you n elic-w C f tobacco. Hut In tell you what I will do. and it's not an W- r that I would make every lay. Upon gcniTal phrenological principle*. I am willing jto furnish you with a written testi monial, signed by myself, a* to your worthiness—a s,,rt of recommendation |or 'character,' you know—which may I*-of service to you in— What? Don't want it? Going—so soon* Sorry you can't stay longer. I shall is- delighted to see you ngain—nnv time you may choose to drop in. All! let me accom pany you to the door, if yotl will go. rip-re. giMsl-morning. Mr Myrtle: g-ssi morning, sir." GIM- In kto the F.a*tem question. Soli -quizes: "You are a clever fel ' low, Fiiiiehun: mu're a genius, you are. Who could have exterminated a tramp in a neater or more original wnv? 1 must write that up in my lc<-t style for tin- Adrrrtircr." " lliilUMT-wherc-ah-um-er." " D-a-d bang'im' lie stole my poekct j liook'"— lsmi/triHe Courur-JoHrrud. m ' Hunger and Thirst. Soine interesting extsriments have re cent iy been made by the medical fa- ulty of Michigan University in order to de termine tlie seat of hunger and thirst in the animal system. A dog was rhloro ■ formed, after hiving linn fi-d a hearty meal, and while Die mti*eulo-mem branous nwriiif for food was largely distended, an incision was made through the nlxlomen. over the large curvature of the stomach, into tlint organ; then a silver tube a quarter of an inch in dinm •iter and an inch and a half iong was in serted in tlie cut. the other end of which was then corked up. The tube has half inch fianges at both ends, the inner flange serving to keep the tube in it* place, while the outer flange closely shut* the exterior. Tlie dog still lives witli stomach per manently on tap: in fact, the operation in no way affect.* the health of tlie mastiff, although in undergoing tlie severe ordeal to which lie is now at times subjected in the interest of science hunger compels him to pat nbout six times a* much a* formerly. The result of the experiment proves that Uie seat of hunger 1* not in the stomach, neither is tlie seat of thirst In the throat, but Uiat both reside in Uie system at large. Tlie dog was permitted to eat a hearty men!, which was imntcdU atejy taken from him via tlie tuhe in a few minute*. After recovering from his fright he would eat an equally large quantity of food, and so on to any ex tent. 0 Again, he lias not been permitted to eat anything for say twenty-four hour*. Food would then be injected into bis stomach through the tube. NolwiUi standing his stomach was full, the ani mal would at once gulp down more fond; but if sufficient time was allowed for tlie injected food to enter the system, lie would then refuse all that was set before him. The conclusion* arrived at from these exj>erimeiit* find confirmation in the fact, which lias often been observed, that person* suffering from thirst, al- Uiougli Ute parching sensation is appar ently limited to the throat, find immedi ate relief upon entering a bath or even from immersing the feel in water. Protection for Millions. The Govcrnm- nt Is turning the Hub- Trcasury building in thi* city into a fort. The building itself is one of the strongest in N--w ork, HO far.-u- its <-on- Nlrui-Uou is- on- - rued, ami is virtually if not actually lire.proof; but it iia* been thought judicious to further strengthen it, so as to protect the mi I lions of t reason stored there, hoi- this JUII I-OM tin- win dows of Hu- biisi-rii- iii iiui first floor arc being jiri-tei-ti-d 1,-, -i-. 11.|,i giatin,-- ,i,-- and oiie-iialf .1 in dhtmi-tir, nine feet iollg at tin- Imscini-lit windows, eleven feet longat tlie tirst door windows, completely covering each window from casing to easing, each upright t-ar le-ing poii.ti-il at the to|>. Tin-re ar<- seventeen uprights to each l-ascnicnt window, held in pbu.-e by four crossbars. There arc lifty-two window* to lie thus pro tected and the cross imrs measure three inches across, one inch thick, tin- width ot tlie window being the length in each ens--. Kach of these cross bars weighs over 100 pounds, making an aggregate of about 25,000 j-ounds, and a* the uj>- rights weigli fifteen pounds to the foot, the aggregate weight of the upright* is about 150,000 jiounds of highly tempered steel, strong enough to resist every effort to remove tiiciu, the grating alone re quiring 175,000 pounds of metal. Tin iron shutters now in existence arc to be further strengthened by quarter-inch plat--- of steel, and cm-h one Is ix-ing pierced for rilles, the ioop holes being protecte-I bv sinnli shutters covering UII-111 from behind. From these loop holes therillcini-n. protected by the shut ters which Will be bullet proof, can swi-ep the streets iii almost every direc tion ; IMIHI on Uie line with the sidewalk and also from above Inadditjon to this the windows under tlie eaves are to is protected witli iron shutters which can Is- opened and kept open in such away as to form a covering for the nun who may be engaged in the work of throwing hand grenade*, and thus protect them from missiles sent from the opposite lIOUSI . Ihe building ts-ing almost iso lated will enable those within to have command of the streets in front, rear and on the sides. Hut a* rioters might get on tlie top of tlie opposite houses and thus Is* beyond tie- reach of the rifle shot* from tin-windows of the Treasury building, thn-e steel lurrets are being constructed on the roof, and t.onitbcsc proU'i'ted points rifles at. . Galling guns - an etid their dend'y missile* over every liotisi top, a:; 1 sweep off the enemy slum id th y attempt to remain in what they might think was good vantage ground. The cast side windows ot Un building have also been protect* d in a similar manner to those facing the street* consequently no advantage could In- gained by taking possession of the assay office or the ad joining building on Pine street. — AYIR York Ckmfncrcuii. Visit to the Zulu king. _<>n the following evening, write* an Kngii-h correspondent. I again visited tin* king, who had cspei-iallyinvited me to witness a review of liis troops, two regiments of wiui h, one of "w liiu shjeld*" and the other of "black • hields.' xrTO stationed at Konduetigu. Tli- -- trwijin formed a large circle in the open central *pa< c of tlu- kraal, while the king walked, or rather trotted. nl>nut as wi i. as he was b i. within the circle. •Mis- lv folio wis! by hi* shield-bearer and other attendants carrying hi* snuff nnd hi* In - r. Tlu* shout* that arose from his asi 111 bled warrior* Ix-camc deafening a* tlu king, (ailing U|KIII on- or otber of hi* more distinguished soldiiT* by name, and jsiintiog toward liim. lummonnl him to perforin hi* feat* of agility. Kverjr arm was extended nnd every ling- r jsiinbsl toward tlu-nian thus hon orcsl, who leaped from his olacc in the ranks, and comrru-ni-cd running, jump ing. *iiringing high into tin- air. kicking hi* shield, flourishing hi* weapons anu performing tlie most extraordinary man i-uvcjw imaginable. All till* time the " imbougas." or praisr*. recounted Uie d-ni* of Uie king amid the shout* of the multitude. After hi* majesty was tired of moving nisiut—for lit* extreme obesity n-ndcrcil it no easy matter— Ids chair (if state was brought to liini. in wiiicii he *-at and rcpUed liimsclf with a copious drntiglit of " outchuaiia," or beer mad( of fermented milld, often taking pinches of ntiff. Tlicn enry soldier paased in singlefilc la-fore the kmg. k them ! f >r market. Catehing a Wife on the Fly. The WVJ (Texas) fir/miner tells tliis lory of H remarkable matrimonial event: M. Khakewpeare, a farmer n -siding in tin* northwestern part of this '•ounty, uni possibly a distant relative "f the renowns! hard of thai name, '■ailed on the Rev. J. 11. Klehey, in this ' ity. *t two o'clock in the afternoon, i and raid: 'J.'' irK '; n - •*" you know ail tlie bull cm in v> aco?" •"No." replied Mr. Rie-hey; " I don't know half of them." "Do you know n widow lady named Mr*. \\ nrd, who is employed in the family of Dr. Me^Gre-gor'-'' "1 have not." saiiYMr. itiehcy, "the honor of h'T are|Unintnnoe; hut why do you nek?" ' Well." said Mr. Kba*espcare, "I don't know hi*r either—never raw her in in;, life— but tliinkin/ lIM may la- you knew nil about her I thought I'd come and it*k you. I'm thinking about mar rying her." " I should think," remark'd Mr. Kb hey, "that you would refer that matter to the liufy her*'' f." " I will—so I will," m.lid Mr. S , "but not tili I hitve first no'ii Dr. McGregor." And so mylng he turned and walked awav. A iaiut thr'*e-quarte* of an hour later in the ilay Mr. Shakespeare again iitood in the prewence of Mr. Kichey. "I've MI- n Dr. McGregor," said lie, "and he aavs he'a known the lady •is le.,. years, and she's all righi " Then exu' tinjr from Mr. a promise that lie would wait in llffoffiee a " little while." Mr. S. walked off, saying hn record, says the Cleveland Lender, is that e>f tl e- Reverend Mr. Talmage. at D.ndnn. The famous preacher ef the' Hroeiklvn Tabernacle we-nt abroaei, an lie expressly explained to bis eongri ga tion. for recreation and re--t. lie- had Ice-n worn eiewn bv years of laheir. and lei" fatigue- Intel bee*n further aggravated I by the e *i itement ann. and sue li has be*en tlie rage- to hear hint that e-ve-n the grewt Agricultural Hall, where We*ston wan his recent pe ' eh e-trian victory, i*. totally Insufficient to hold tite- multitude* which throng te do honor to the new wonder. The* < able special to tlie New York ffefald ilea* rihing the ws-ne- on a mailt Sunday lays: "Thousands upon thousands of jp • epic thronged the streets h-aeiing to the ball for mill's, almost blockading the passage of vehicles and pede-strians: many people were crushed. anel Dr. Ts mage's carriage- was almost demolished by the gre-at crowd, every imtividuai in which was anxious to e* the elistin guislied Ante rican preacher." So in the matter of sensations, the eccentric Rrooklyn clergyman will have to Im* added to the r ipidly lengthening list of Americans -'.o by their skill and cn ilurane-e in i minus jxsialtie*s have se*t london agog. Hints to la tter Writers Many persons, in writing to rcjative**. sign their name- in sueli a mann<*r as to prove eif no value in trae-ing out the wrtte-r. should tlie letter be unclaimed, letters containing money are thus fre am-nth' lost. A parent writes to •' ]>car John.' ine-luse* flO, and signs, "Your loving mother." John can't le found; tlie le-tter is *e-nt to the elend-letter offie*e, opened, and. no address being given, the contents go to enrich tlie e-eifters of the department, unless, pert-banco, John or the loving mother sends to Washington anil succeed* in establishing their iden tity. Persons who forget or else do not consider it necessary to write the name of the Stole on their envelope will do well to note care-fully the following facts: There are in the* country twelve Bostons, twenty-five .Springfield*, eighteen Brook lyn*. live Baltimore*, sixteen Buffaloes, sen-nteM-n Biirlingtons. seventeen Charle stons, four Chicago*, eight Cincinnati*, ten Cleveland*. nine*t<-en Columhuses, twe*nty-fivn Dayton*, five IVtroiU. two Indianapolis' s. fifle*en Lowells, eight Memplitse**. three Milwaukees. fourteen Nashville*, five* Omaha*, eight Pitts burg*. seven Philadelphia*, fourteen Portlands, fourteen twenty-two Hielimonds, liA"n St. Louise*, twelve St. Pauls, seven Toledo*, thirty Wash ington*. thirteen Wilmington*, and twenty-eight Williamsburg*. Three Things. Three things to do—Think, live. act. Three tilings to cherish—Virtue. good ness and wisdom. Three thing* to tencii—Truth, industry and contentmemt. Three- thing* to govern—Temper, tongue and conduct. Three things to love— Courage, gentle* ne*s and affection. Three things to contend for—Honor, country anel friends. Three thing* to hate—Cruelty, arro gance and ingratitude. Three things to elclighl in—Beauty, frankness and freedom Three thing* to admire—lntellect, dig nitv and grace fulness. Three tiling* to avoid—liinaas, loqua city and flippant jesting. Three thing* to Hke—Cordiality, good humor and cheerfulness. Three thing* to wish lor— Health, friends and a contented spirit. The Willimantic Thread Company, or Hartford, whnor yearly business calls for atawU twenty-five million spool*. wliieh have to be made of a bite hirvh, has se cured a tract of twenty thousand mere* * of woodland in Piscataquis county. Maine, and will establish n spool fiaetory on the gr mnd there.