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een superseded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.