FOR TIIF FAIR NKX. Fiialiloii llotM. Vegetables are now seen on bonnets. Lawns of a pale green are fashionable. Flex lean filigree jewelry is the coming rage. The last novelty in fringe is made ol pack-thread. Carefully-made flies are worn as ear rings and pins. Linen serge slippers are cool for home wear In hot weather. Dressmakers say that alpaca will he much worn this fall. Feathers prevail wherever they can be used with propriety. The yoke waists have l>een superseded tn Paris by the fan waist. Silk nets are more popular than ever, especially for young ladies. The costumes of grenadine over silk arc usually made with a polonaise. High colored stockings arc the rage •till, and especially for young misses. A new sort of goods, Glace Mar guereto, of silk and wool, is much worn. Liiu n costumes much embroidered arc worn for morning dress in the country, j A profusion of knife-plaited ruffles ' weighs down the new cheese cloth ! gowns. Dresses are worn much shorter in tin streets abroad than they arc in this country. Dresses of the same material as those worn by their mothers are made up for j young girls. The flower that a lady wears at her throat should give the keynote of color! in her dress. Ribbons with spotted stripes are the ' latest importation, and take the fancy >t nearly all the ladies. Imitation pearl heads are coining into fashion this fal., and large importations from Italy will he made. Tidies made of pink and blue silesia and bordered with lace arc considered quite the tiling just now. Pointed waists, both back anil front, are being revived, hut are far from being a becoming style for the figure. Barege dresses for young girls are trjuimcd with cascades of Breton lrn-c, with loops of ribbon in each fold. Imitation Lisle thread gloves, costing ■ but tan cents per pair, are just as hand some as the real, which cost ten times as | much. Some walking suits have long waist. I extending nearly to the knee in front, j These can lie worn without any outside . wrap. Sewing heads on block iacc would he I a profitable amusement fur idle hours, i Beaded lace is to 1M- fashionable ill the winter. A Paris idea is to wear flesh-colored stockings under open-worked ones, j Preposterous as this is, it is fashionable I on the boulevards. Velvet is more used for trimming now than at the beginning of the summer, but it is plaei-d on cotton materials j rather than on woolens. A new hat called the Princess I/ouisc i has made its appearance in Isindon and New York. It is of delicate straw anil turne.' up one side and back. The ('hurra of True Uarrlsgr. Our advanced theories of divorce and •res love making the matrimonial relation i merely a partnership to be dissolved at pleasure, whatever else may he said in their favor, strike a deadly blow at an olenn-nt in it which was meant jierhaps to be supreme above allothor-. What is tin sweet est charm of all true marriage, what the greatest advantage, what the most priceless happiness, take life through, which it brings to tin-human In art ? Not the flush and splendor of its early love; not 1 the richer development which* it bring* tn the character; not even the children : who are gathered around its shrine. No. i hut tin- intimacy and reliability of its companionship: flu-fact that it gives j those who enter in it. each la the other and through all scenes and etiangi s. a in-nr 1 atid blessed stand-by. Marriage in some of its aspects is doufitlc** the source of an immense amount of unlinppiness, crime. 1 injustice, blight and down dragging, one of the most perplexing institutions society has to deal with; only the blindest senti mentalist will deny that. On tli* other hand, however, and that is not mere *cn tinien,> but sober fait, of all the evidence of God's goodness to he found in this lower world, all the proofs that II- cares for us. not only with the wisdom of a Creator but yTiththe interest and love of a Father, there is none quite equal to his sending human beings into the arena of life, not to tight its battles, win its victories and endure its sorrows alone, hut giving them, as they go forth out of their child hood* lionie, a relation in which each tyro r>Tthem are iioiinil together with tin closest of all tics, live together under the same roof, have their labors, their prop erty, their interests, tln-ir parental affec tions all in common, and are moved to stand by each other, hand to hand and heart to heart, in every sorrow, misfor tune, trial and stormy day that earth can bring. It is an ideal, if not always reai ir,ci| in ftill, which is tasted even now, amid all that is said nixiut marriage mis erh-s, more wi y perhaps than any other happiness.— Hutuiay AjWrnoon. Tt># Color* of I he Meoion. After the white muslin and gay pompa dour dresses, those of a very riic blue are inot used bv young ladies. When made of organdy they are of solid color and richly trimmed with Breton iacc; of less li| IIITIM lawns or of batiste, th-y have •tripes or arabes'iue traceries of white in the flounces, ami the basque and over skirt are ornamented with Russian lace in arabesque pattern. Prettier still are the morning and afternoon dresses of pale blue French hunting worn at the sea shore. Sometime* the entire short suit is of tile hunting, hut in other cases there is merely a panier polonaise over a black velvet skirt. A F rem by combination is a trimming of black and white striped salln on a light blue French hunting, which is fine as the nicest camel's hair. Tin- skirt is short, willi four plaited flounces covering the front and sides, and each flounce is edged with a four-inch plaiting of black and white stripes sewed on perpendicularly. The coot opens over a striped vest that is seen only at the throat and below the waist line. There are also talis of the striped silk in the back. The deep tnrned-over collar is shawl-shaped, and is also of the white and black mixture. The bouffant drapery of the back is very high, and curves in festoons to the foot. The hat worn witli this suit is a rough straw Knglisli turban of creamy white shade. The spreading brim is turned up all around, and faced with the stri|il silk; a scarf of the same i around the crown, and there are drooping white and black ostrich plumes. Cray and cardinal red are Keen together in some of the most stylish costumes For instance, a gray grenadine is trimmed with lengthwise hands of cardinal satin on the front of the lower skirt. The short wrinkled apron of gray liarcge in hunched behind with red ribbons, and the hasouc has shirred surplice drapery on the front extending down to a red satin belt made up of folds. — liaztir. To IHrntl Ntorkliitfa. A lady, who tlnds in the practice of the homely art that she brings comfort to her family, gives these suggestions as to stocking-mending: (liven a dor.sn pairs of woolen ribbed socks. Select from tlient the two or three pairs most worn; cut away the heels and toes, and lay by the better parts for use in mending-—well, yes, for patches. From the best hose retained to be re paired, cut out the worn heel, and from the patches cut a new heel precisely like the old one. First sew the bottom of the heel, then sew it into the place made vacant, i'se soft cotton, or else the line, soft mend ing yarn, which comes, of all colors, on spools. Sew the raw edges "over and over," about as close a* a nice overcast; so that when tin l new heel is worn out, you have only to pull the thread and insert another. The thread must not he so tight but that the seam will flatten and Fiecome imperceptible to I lie foot. To sew in such a heel will require about one minute. If the toe is worn, so that the new darns seem to take from the old. and the rent is made worse, cut it off so far from the instep as it is thin. From the top of the sock put aside, cut a new toe like the old. Sew across tin- end, and then around the foot, ob serving to make the seam, as before, flat and soft. When again worn out, tvix-nt tin- pro cess, till the entire dozen, like the fabled ducks, have eaten one another up. Thr Itctirr Part, A Ixuiisiana lady writes: "When 1 find standard books ruthlessly torn by ignorant persons words fail im- t<> ex press my imUgnation against such an act of barbarism. (ieneralTy, whin children leave schooll they pack their books in a remote corner as relies of the pa-t, very few having the moral courage to con tinue their studies; yet to many of tliem leading an aimless fife it might prove a balm when least expected. For my part I prefer an evening passed at home with a pleasant Iswik to attending balls, parties and theaters." Cause of the Memphis Outbreak. The true reason of the present out ' reak of yellow fever is not so much in the filthy streets and alleys of the city, i hut in the cupidity of some of our peo ple who would not give their consent to destroy even the bedclothes U[on which patients died of the fever. It lias never been demonstrated that the yellow fever ! germ can IK- preserved through the frosts | and frco/.cs of winter in the foul air of a vault, but it lias been siiown time and again that woolen goods, especially blankets that have become saturated with tin- yellow fever poison, will retain it for a very long period even in cold 1 weather, it is well known that many persons in Memphis did not hesitate to preserve and even to sleep upon tx-ds ami bedelothing that had Ix-en poisoned by the infeeted air of a sick room or by direct contact with tlie yellow fever pa tient. These articles have Ix-en kept, of course, in bedrooms where the heat of a tin' during the day and the warmth of the sleeper s liody at night prevented the germ from Ix-iiig frozen out. In many instances woolen clothing, that had been banging in the sick room, where the air was reeking with ti.e foul fnm-s of the fever, was parked away in trunks, or. with the poorer classes, in wooden boxes, lb-re it remained during the winbr. The warmth generated by the fabric was amply sufficient to preserve the germ in all its former vigor; and ihere it lay. like a deadly serpent, only waiting for tie- leat ofsunuuer to warm it into life. Mulbrandon's coat, which, like the shirt of Xcasus, carried death in every fold, is now a matter of history. Another is that of a South Memphis woman who hiui kept in n wooden IKX all tie- clothing of her late husband, who perished by fever last year, and even the liedcjotnc* upon which he died, stained ail over with black vomit. One of the ablest physicians in Memphis said, not long ago, tiiat there was not a house in the city, whether occupied dur ing the fever or not. that had not Imit thoroughly infected by the yellow fever poison. It should Is- remembered also that even those who fled from the eitv wlcn the fever broke out left Ix-hind them their carpets, bedding and winter elotoes, to receive in trust for thom the insidious poison which they were try ing to escape. This reasoning may not he founded upon the principles of medi cal science, hut it is certainly justified by common sense, and by getting tip all theevhb-nce to he had in regard to the matter, the medical fraternity may be aide to throw some light upon t he origin of the present outbreak of yellow fever in our city.— Memphis Appeal. Wrapping Food In Taper. It is a matter of daily experience on the part of every one who ptirehasi-s stirli common necessities of life as butter, bacon, cheese, sausages, etc., that these goods are almost invariably wrapped up in printed or manuscript paper. Per haps we might also say that provisions for (denies and other hamper* are stowed away in similar coverings, and it will, therefore, not be amiss i? we call atten tion to tiie fact that danger has been dis covered to lurk in these newspaper wrappings. In the ease of printed paper, the char acters have often been transferred to the cheese or butter, and either they are rut away by the observant cook, or they pre unnoticed, and in due course become ns similated in the process of satisfying hunger. It is supposed that the ink or the paper itseit may possibly by some chance contain something deleterious. But written imper is even more likely to lie hint fill, inasmuch a* in writing the paper lias been in close contact with the hand, which not improbably may be giving off a perspiration, that may enter the pon-s or the paper and may there ferment, not witli advantage to health in the event of any portion of thcnianus | erlpt living allowed to accompany the food down unsuspecting threats. This subject lias called forth some correspondence in foTman papers, and though we would not attach absurd im portance to It, it may still le said that eieati unused paper is so cheap that retail dealers have small excuse for lining cither printed or written matter ' for wrapping Up their commodities.— I h'xchanyc. A qUKKK BUHINEMB. Thr Frllnr Vlonrifrr* of Nrw Vorh and llnw thrjr mrr Nrrrrd with llirlr *1 rnl*--l'ri>fll nf III* Inl l*urvrfor. A Herald reporter while taking the curly morning air in tin* region of the descrti-d Buttery noticed two '-uts, nit ting like miniature caryatides, one on eucu wide of a warehouse, eagerly peer ing around tin* corner and occasionally interchanging a remark, which led him to tlie belief that the cats had gome special object in so silt inn and ho peering. A walk through Bridge, Stone, Water, |'earl, Front, and other adjacent warehouse streets, revealed more eats, all evidently with some fixed purpose. Kittens wire there, too, but they dis played none of the levity common I v at tached to youth. Each wore the solemn aspect of hummers. Sedately seated at the front doors of their respective ware houses, its if they were themselves the proprietors, they looked up and down the streets as if awaiting the arrival of the postman. Tlie solid individuality of the cat family, who looked after the welfare of the great brick buildings intrusted to their charge, occasionally was intruded j upon by a strange cat, of the tramp kind j in fact, whose coat showed signs ot wear. ' hut who was of course frowned upon ' and driven away by the more respecta ble members ot the eat fraternity, who, with hisses and other feline expletives, j expelled him from the neighbor- j hood. All down town was alive with eats. Cats crawled from little square i holes indoors: eats came out from un der iron gratings; cats assembled from ncigliltoring housetops, where they had been making night hideous with their , serenades: stray eats, who had neither a ' local habitation nor a name, hut who si-emed intent on something, visited the : precinct; black eats, gray eats, Maltese eats, mid every other variety of the feline j family was represent'-d. Tlie cause was presently apparent. A man in a blue cheeked sliirt, with a heavy basket on ins arm hub n with small packages of meat, otune around a corner. At once • very eat came to the attitude "attention!" and "presented arms," and in many eases tails toot From this basket tic man. on meeting a regular I murder, took a pick age of nca* wrapped in brown paper and handed his , portion to wlt eat. Those who were I not regular hoarders made spasmodic at- ] tempts in some eases to a**i*t the rcgu- i lar iMtarder in tic consumption of his food, hut as a rule were unsuccessful. The purveyor knows all his customers, or ratlu-r Ids boarders. He knows that tic Maltese lives at No. 11l State street, ami if sic inquires for Icr breakfast at No. to lie punishes Icr by refusing to give icr her rations. So, too, he knows that the huge, tawny eat who looks after the interest of a |w>rk warehouse on Bridge street has no business in Stone street, lie has studied his Imardcr*, " has tin tu down lire," and no oat now dap-s be on any otlcr premises but Ids own at breakfast hour. In an interview with the man for whose coming the cats so impnthntly wait, and whom they fondle, purr alHiut, j and against whose legs they rub tleir superfluous fur, said: " Well, I have been in this business several years. I manage to make about ' #3O a week, the actual amount varying at different seasons of the year. I take out alsiut one hundred and fifty jiound* of meat in the morning for delivery among my eat family, and It's pretty hard work, for to say nothing of the job of lugging grub around, all the rats in tic country know me and follow nc. and I sometfnn-s feel a* though I was flutter of the whole eat trils-." lb-porter—Whom do you supply wit It cat's meat generally? Purveyor—There are lot* of stores in this neighborhood whose oeeujmnt* deal in pork, cheese, hams and otlcr eatable matter of that description. Now all these stores are mostly very old, and in fested with rats. Well, the people who occupy the atoms have to keep plenty of eats io keep the rats down. These cats have to be fed. They ain't a-going to etlt Itrain to feed the rats, and cats lion't like salt meat anyhow, and on Sundays then 1 would lie no one hereto feed them. So, as I had read one time how men in fx>ndon went round with carts and fed the eats, I thought I would go into the busineas on a smaller scale. Reporter — What do you charge per day for the hoard of a eat ? Purveyor—Five cents, and it's too cheap at that. I buy my meat away up town, and have to buy wrapping paper to keep the separate pieces in: and. what's mora, I don't l>oaril tny cats on boarding-llotise hash. Reporter—You don't mean to say you feed them on tenderloin steak? Purveyor—Of count' 1 don't give Vni choice euts; hut I don't feed 'em on poor grub. I don't give Vm no cuttings front dead animals, as they say they do in I/mdon and other places where cat's meat men go round, but I rive'em good, fair, decent food, varying it front 'lav to day. I always give 'em tisli on Friday. There is always plenty of fish in the market then, and it's cheaper to me than meat on tlint day. ami eats like tlsh any how. A change rf diet is good for eats as well as nn-n Tli.- cat in the daytime is rather agree, able and has its uses. At night, how ever, the ease is reverse. Among the down town warehouses, however,where there are few residents and the rat's more unpleasant p-cuiinrities do not make themselves so eonsjdetlous as they do in up-town yards, tlcy ara very necessary. A down-town dtftlw in pro visions said : "We jkeep six eats here. They goon duty when we lock up.about six in the evening. If we didn't, tlie rats would play high carnival, and rat our stock so that it would be utterly un salable. The worst thing 1s the cheese. Bats gnaw right through tlie boxes. They seem to fancy it more than meat. But we have sometimes other good* in stock which, if it wasn't for the cats, Would be speedily ruined. We OBMtO feed tlirm ourselves, but it was a very great trouble, as we bad to send to Washington market for meat, and when the man came round and offered to sup ply them witli food for five cents a day apiece we accepted the offer gladlv. It Is cheaper to pay a couple of dollnrs a week than to have the place overrun with rnts." The meat man said, in response to an inquiry whether he ever missed a eat from tlie appoint'-d place: "Oh, yes: I sometimes dnd them dead in front of I the store where they nra employed." " Are their situations filled at once?" | asksl the reporter. " Well. I'm sure I can't tell," said the purveyor. "I leaves the rations lor the eat who is vaiting for 'em, and don't feel called upon to sit as a erowner's inquest on the body of a cat. Ali I look for is ven I puts in the bill on Monday, Is the color of the cat's master's money. * There is probably a sort of guild among the cats, so that when one of them comes to a violent death by the brickbat of a sleepless and infuriated citizen Ids situation is filled at once.— New \urk Herald- A Troublesome Princess. The New York Herald iias n letter from Cairo. Egypt, giving an account of the deposed k bed ire's personal extrava gances. 'I he correspondent teliH this story of the kin dive's harem: The princes* mother had a young girl who had been left her by a very dear friend, to whom she bad promised to take care of her child. As the girl grew up site was attached to the old lady, who finally concluded to marry her off. Applying to her son she was informed tiiat there was a clever young nnyor at the young lady's disposition. Aehmet Effendi was informed that the old princess, wishing to honor him, would give him in mar riage one of her hand-maidens. lie was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. The princess provided a house duly furnished, and everything looked well for the young couple. The proper amount of feasting was gone through witli and the bride entered her new j home. She was a high and mighty dame, duly imbued with an exalted idea of all that was due to her rank. After the departure of tlie guests, when the groom appeared she treated him with great coldness, refusing to allow him to sit in her presence or evi n to touch her. Keeling aggrieved he retired to his own appartmeiits. waiting for some sign of contrition on her part. A day or two later she called on her former mistress, : and. on being questioned as to how she ! liked her husband, burst into tears, say- [ ing that he was a wretch, a brute; that j he never came near her, hut hid liim< If in a distant coriPT of tlie house, passing bis time reading foreign liooks. Tin princess was justly indignant and sought ! person. Tlie wretch, Aehmet Bey,was 1 unworthy tlie treasure she hail bestowed up*n him; lie had slighted Icr liighni-**' gifts,and was unworthysuch a mark of favor. So the unworthy husband was at once exiled to the Soudan. Naturally a divorce wasat onccdi-clarad. Mad lie not deserted Ids wife? Another man was promoted and mar ried to the same girl. The same seetc passed this time; tlie princes* was high and mighty, and tic husband that fate tiad given her was only the ncanest of Icr slaves. Apparently he hud other views. Next morning he strobed ovi r j to the palace of the qll'sn lliotl.er. M<s ting the chief eunu> h he casually a-k'd. " What sort of a girl i- that they have given me for a wife'" Tlie eunuch wished to know why. Tic Bey could only say that he was under tic impres sion that Icr highness had wished, as a mark of her favor, t<< give bin a wife, hut that lc could not understand liow it was possible to live with such a high : and mighty princes*, who wished to r< - verse the natural order of things and make him stand in Ii-r presence. Tic eunueli ramemi nsl that there had he n some trouble almut that young lady once before; tiiat sip bad got Aehmet B<y into disgrace. He would se her highness. When the story was related to the old lady sic cxclaincd in disgust. " Allah! s)c can't l>e married to the <n tire army. Go ovr and raMKM with her." So off" went the Kislar Ajlia, or captain of the girls, with a couple of satellites, nrni'd with sharp switches. Tlcy argued the matter with her lady ship—so much so that when Icr lord re appeared she brought him slippers and sat at hi* fei t. Meantime his predecessor was speeding southward in doubt as to whether it was exile or death that awaited liim. As lie was an officer of gr at promise tlie govrnor Pf whom he was ix>nign<-d f• 11 disposed to asit him. So, being called off to a distant part of tie proviri" . lie left Aehmet Bey as bis deputy. To Aehmet'* horror lie one day received a letter from Cairo ad dressed to tic governor pointing out that it was highly desirable that Aehmet Bey should disappear at once—that he had Itoeti gtiilty of all manner of crimes. Aehmet felt in no mood to assist in his own taking off: so lie replied to his highness, pointing out tlint in the ale senec of the governor Aehmet lb y was doing duty as iicutmant governor, and that it would le extremely inconvenient to execute tie orders concerning him. He should therefore delay until the re turn of tic governor or fresh instruc tions from Cairo. He survived, and af ter twelve years of exile returned to Cairo. He had been forgiven and pro motes! to very important posts. Washington on Profanity. One hundred years ago Gen. Wash ington issued tic following order on pro fane * wearing. It is found in Boynton's History of West Point: " lII'.ADQt'AICTEKS MoolU S 110 l SK, ) Wi-t Pourr, July SB. \ "Many and pointed orders have b-on issued against that unmeaning and abom inable custom ot swearing, not withstand ing which, with much regret, tic general observes that it prevails, if possible, more than ever; his feelings are continu ally wounded by tile oaths nnd impreca tion* of tic sohliers whenever he is in In aring of tlcm " The name of that Being from whose bountiful goodness we are permitted to exist and enjoy tlie comforts of life is ! incessantly Imprecated and profaned in a manner as wanton as it is shocking. For i the sake, tlx refore, of religion, decency and order, the general lie pes and trusts that officers of every rank will use their Influence and authority to cheek a vi<e i wlileh is as unprofitable as it is wirked and shameful. " If officers would make it an unavoid able rule to reprimand, and. it that dors not do, punish soldiers for offence* of this kind, it eouln not fail of having the de sired effect." A Compromise. A citizen driving in on the Holden road tlie other day met a lad nbout twelve years old on the highway some six or seven mile* from the citv. The lmy bad a shot gun as long as himself, but no game, and the citizen inquired : "Out for a bunt?" " I w as out for a hunt." was the reply. " And you haven't killed anything? " Well, no." " And you don't expert to?" "Not unless I kin git within striking distance. You see, two of us come out j together. After we got out here j 1 wanted to hunt for lions and the other boy wnntcd to shoot ostriches, nnd so iwe divided up. He took the powder and shot nnd I took the gun. I'm over lien- looking for turnips,nnd he'sover in that field, watching a holler log for bears. It s such hot wralheml guc** w* won't ! nvc much luck, anyhow."— fit- I roil Fret Prcu. TIMELY TOPICS* Prof. Bcncke, of Marburg, Germany, after measuring 070 human hearts, says that the growth of that organ is greatest in the first and second years of life. At the end of the second year it is double in size, and during the next five years is again doubled. Then its growth is much slower, though from the fifteenth to the twentieth year its size Increases by two thirds. A very slight growth is then ob served up to fifty, when it gradually diminishes. Except in childhood, men's hearts are decidedly larger than those of women. A Freneh minister of finnnre fins a good word for toads, mole* and birds. For toads because they live entirely on insect food, and are entirely harmless; for moles Is'eause they livy on grub*, larva-, palmer worms and inserts injuri ous to agriculture, it having been pret ty well demonstrated that the true mole does riot eat vegetable food. Ofbirds lie Marts Each dsMrtnctit loose* never*! millions annually through insects. Birds are the only enemies able to contend against them vigorously. They are the great caterpillar killer* and agricultural assistants. "The Americans endeavoi to combine strength with lightness," says the lx>n don Fsonennid. " while wi- look only to strength; notice the locomotive and ears, American implements and tools, which - have beautiful finish and lightness, arid are more convenient than ours. Take American and English scythes, as an in stance. I find that the Am*riean weighs a little over two pounds, ami having a ' good curve and polish under the surface, are handier and cut easier ami closer than the English, wlm-h weigh nearly five pounds, and are broad, straight ami rough, just as the hammer leavestheiji." A Paris correspondent tells a strange' story of the Zulu war. In IMS Captain l.amls rt.of tie Fourth Yoltigeurs of the 1 ranch Iruts-rial guard, was caught 'heat ing at i arils and was vxpclh-d from his rcgine-iit. lie decided to -drown hini s'-.i, but bis godfather convinced him tiiat it would be better try hi- fortune in foreign lands. Sole went to the Cats* of Good Hope, learned the native diaas'ts and Ixvanie a purveyor of ammunition to the ZuiU*. and afterward obtained a commission in the Zulu nrniv, of which lie finally l*-i-am<- commander-in-chief, lb died in the sorvi -e, but it is -aid that to hitn the Zulu* owe their know ledge ot military tactics. " I knew that I had arrive! in a civil ized country." wrote a eelebrnb*! trav < .• r, " for tlx fir-t obi- • i that met my < y<■ aft< r I pa--ed tlie frontier was a newly j>aint"i gnllow If plenty of penal in stitutions indicate civilization. Ku*-ja stand* first a* a civilized country. Tlie (V.ar has ju*t i*u"l ord'-rs for ill'- con st ruction of six new state prison*, to no- : commodate 3.'<00 convicts, and lias de er- ■ d thirty mi, i"n* of roubh-s for their j building and fitting up. Two other huge state prisons are b< ing T< <trd. one in fsj- Is ria and oil' iri Ti .ins-t 'aucasia. to m - •■nine slab sotie ten* thou-and offend' r. j Tlii* throw* an in*trti'-live light on tlie struggle going on in Rus*ia. A large party of M' nnonite* arrived in N'-w York rcc nlly from ltunsin. Then people are the disciples of Slmoa M'-ntio and nr a branch of the much diversified *is tof Banti-t*. They dr<~- *imp .. forbid tin taking of oaths, light ing. divorce (. \ei pt for one inus< ) Encfi ' huri li form* a eoiiiiuunit v. mbjix-t to firm parental discipline. Tin y are. in fact, very mar kin*f"lk fo flu Ornish, who have sett!'*! so larg'-ly in tin \V*st and in Virginia, and !ik< them ni ik* tlirifty farmers and peaceable citizens. The party who arrivist priqsHH-to colo niz.c in the lVi-.t. and brought al>t)! #IOO,OOO with them-besiib-s a comfortable supply of household g.ar. Tlx* Anurr-an AqreuUurtM lias a few words to say in favor of fruit eating. a. follows: "Tlie lilxTai use of the vannu* fruit* as f.u! is conducive to good In alth. Fruit is not a solid and lasting aliment like beef and bread, as it is enru is **'*il largely of water and contains verv little nitrogen. It diM*. not give strengtli 'to aify great extent, and cannot be u*cl for a verv long time alone. But fruit* contain those ncids wliieli l*ith refresli and give tone to the system during the season wlien it is most needed, are ag' ■ aide to the palate and valuable in their cording and le-a'tb-gi ving eflVsi*. Huring warm weather cat a plenty of fruit, nro vided, of course, tlint it is always tfior oughlv ri|M- and as fn-slily gatliereil as is )*>s*ible. Tin re ara over 13.000 varieties of fish, one-ten til "t which ara found in fresh waters. The number of men employed in tin- herring fishery in Great Britain is about 100.000, with 3,otxt vessel*. In tlie town of I-ewestoft. England, in two days 29,000,000 herring* were caught. There are sixty-seven ]ol*ter--anning •stahiislimmts in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, which use from three to fire tons per day in tin- season. Tin- Itaiti : mora oyster-lsils in tlie Che*.i|>eake bay and it* tributaries cover 3.000 acres, anil are the greatest oystT-bcd* in the world. Tliey produce an annual crop 0f*85.000.- 000 busliel*. Raw nyst<*rs are now *tupped front Baitimora to all part* of Europe. Oysters ara taken from deep waters and planted, and in three years Itecome large enough for market. Mr. I>elap°.aine. United States Secre tary of legation at Vienna, in a dispatch to the Hepartn'ient of State. pn*s<>nt* an abstract of the annual police ra|*irt of Jbat city. The report is remarkable for its minuteness and accuracy. Under the head of " servant girls" it is said that one servant produced evidence of fifty one years'service in tlie same family, oneof forty-seven yi-ars, fifteen of thirty eiglit years, and eleven of thirty-seven years. Premiums of reward ara given in tloso case* bv the government. Of amusements in the citv during the year, thate were tliirty-nfne grand l'al]s. eighty-six charity lalls, I*l maskeil and tlitrly-aeven fancy lalls. There ara in ■ Vienna 1.35 unions or societies, of which 3m9 ara charitable, fifty-two re. ligious, forty-tbrae political and 977 j social. The political societies contain U.lfll members. The electors take a : warm Int'n-st in eluh life. The whole report is wort by of attention bv the police authorities of the United States. Br. Edward G. I siring speak* in Har j11 r's of persons not taking proper care nf their eyes aa follows: hater ei an ounce ot prevention ma v Is* toother members of the body, R cer tainly is worth many pounds or cure to the eye. Like a chronometer watch, this delicate organ will stand any amount of use. not u> #ay abuse, but 1 when one* thrown off its balance, it vory rarely f*n be brought back to it* original jrf'rfcctioii of n/ tfon, or, if it in, it UTOJII# * i vt-r afUrward liable to a re turn of diwihility of function or tho aeat of n/'tua) iJiaoaM'. One* would Jiavr* nup wifM d from tliiM fat, and from the fact that modern <•!vfligation haa irnj*>Md U'/on the i*yi an ever inerejudriff amount of hi ruin, both i to the n/tual quantity of work (lorn- and the constantly in creahiri" brilliancy and duration of the illumination und*-r which it j p<r fonnVrl, that the greatest pain* would have Iwn hiwiwd in maintaining tire organ in H condition of health, ami the gr<nU**tcari- and solicitude u*'-d in it* treatment when discasi-d. Arid yet it is safe to hay that there is no organ in the body the welfare of which i* so fr'-rnia- U-ntiy neglected a* the eye," In St. I'etcrsburg more tlmn six hun dred persons of the nohle or privileged '•lasses *re under arnst to he deported to Siberia without trial. In one of the tem porary governor-generalships in the south of the empire (Ode- a) sixty privileged persons hare l*-<-ri already le nt u> Siberia without trial, and two hundred je-rrons of this class arc under arrest to I** judged. So great is th<- num ber of persons of this category to he ex iled that a practical difficulty is said to have arisen in connection with their de portation. A nohle or privileged person, who has not been judicially sutenwd, when sent to Siberia, by the orders of the Third Section, or Secret I'olice, must 1h- escorted by two gendaniiua. It I>eing against the laws to manacle a privileged person who is uncondenincd. It ap|-ara that there are not gendarmes enough thus to escort the number of persons to in- deported, and tie- Ministry of Secret I'olice has proposed to get 'rid Of this difficulty by sending the privileged per son* fettered like ordinary eriinitials. On tbe other hand, the offieials are op posed to any sucli course. The bullion produced in the Wist during the lir.-t six months of the current year gives some basis for c-timating the gold and sil r product of the year. A correspondent of tie- Chicago Time from San Fralieisco plaees the gold pro duct of tin r.vlfjr coast at tOi.OUO.tIOQ, and tin silver product in N* vada, ('olo rado and els* where at s3Vi< "0,000. TiiU aggregate, wliieh is alxiut Iwo-thirds tbe_htniion product of the country in I*.<, i xd lb*- smalb+t since 1*73. agrees witli current reports in regard to the working of mines in California and N* vinia. It is possible tliat the ojs-n --ing of the Sutro tunn* l in the < omstock lod< may mnteriailv in<-n-a*e the silver bullion out-put at Virginia City; but, excluding this contingency, there is ev<ry reason to expect the small yield estimated. A similar falling off in the production of gold and silver is ap parent in South America. Rus-ia and Australia, and it is not probable that the total bullion product tie world over will be much if any over f 115,000.000 against £9nn.O<m.OOO a I* w yi-ar* sin** tie- reduction leing alin*<si wholly in tie- production of siivir. Catching a Rooster. You throw off your coat and after a half-hour's maneuvering succeed in get ting tie- rooster headed off in a cornet, where he st.inds Upon one leg. eyeing your approach with the most stoical in diff'Tmis-. You advance cautiously with arms spread wide out on cither side of your body, until just tu> you an- con gratulating yours* if on a speedy capture, and are beginning to pity his innocence, lie gently s.ips over tli<- fence and walks off quite unconcernedly. SPRy this time you are stronly inclined to lose your temper, hut you n-njember that getting mad will not help the matter. So you resolve to try again, and start off whist ling cheerfully. In due time your game is again " cor n<rod." This time you determine to dispense with all caution, and by one sxvift, bold dash, secure your prize'. Ac cordingly. you brace yourself in a con fidential manner, and. iust as you imagine the fowl safi ly fallen off into a dose, mase the descent. Alas! for the inconsistency of human hop** and hu mane aniii 1 ations. You cnmi- down upon your hands and knees and claw your fing'-rs into the gravel savagely, so to Mart every nail; the rooster screams loudly and lluttcrs up into wur fa*-e, cutting a gali in your cheeffwith his law. and filling your eyes with dust and f'-athers until you are quite blind. And your wife com** out on the hack stoop and yells to know if you will he all nay catching that elm ken, and if you mean to tear the plaie down. Your blood is up to Isiiling pitch, and you rush madly forward, regardless of all things save 'the object of your wrath, until suddenly you find yours,-If spraw ing flat up'.n the ground, in conse quence of having inadvertent ly stumbled over an old ash pan. that you could have sworn was safe in the house an hour before. You arise, muttering impreca tions upon the ash pan and the js-rson that was always " meddlingifcriUi other people's things," and once more turn your attention to the rooster, who has appar ently become quite sanguine over the prospect of e-.cn |ie and is enjoying him self at the farther end of the barnyard. After a series of falls and blunder*, in termingled with numerous growls and groans, you succeed in running him into an old outhouse, where lie ensconces himself aniong the barrels and hoops and miscellaneous dft>ri* with which it is strewn. You crawl in after hira. confident that success will at least crown your labor. You knork your head against a tieam and tear pantaloons, and burst the buckles off your suspenders and finally succeed in victoriously dragging forth the terrified biped. You start for the house, exultingfy wiping your brow as you proceed, and thankftil that your task is at least ended. But who ran de srrilie your emotions, when, upon pre senting the fowl to your wife, she tells you. with uplifted hands suggestive of thedwflist astonishment, that you have not got the right one aft-• all; that she plainly told you to g"i the rooster with the white tun under Ids wing, snd that you can just turn him loose and go after the properone.right straight! By thetlnM the rooster with the "white tuft" is captured, your dinner isspoiled and your inrlihation to sleep quite gone. roister." said an urchin to a gal lant protector of the peace. " there s U fellow just been struck with a beam what fell a fearful way!" "Where is her' asked the exeitrd peeler. "Just amund the eomsr!" And It wan't till hs rusheii madly around and discovered a man sitting down and wrestling with the sunbeams with a pocket handker chief that he took in the situation. Meanwhile the boy remembered that hs had been sent on an errand just two hours and a quarter previously.—Tew ken OatfUt.
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