FOR THE FAIR SEX.
IVfwa And Hfotro for Wnnirn,
There is scarcely a girl at Ogdcn
Utah, who can't swim creditably.
l)r. Klixa I-add Campbell, of Attle
boro, Mass., has lieen elected a member
of the American Institute of Homeo
pathy.
Mrs. Mary Howitt hns received from
the English government a pension of
9600, in consideration of her literary
services.
Miss Harriet Hosnier, the American ,
sculptress, so long resident at ltonie, isin
her fiftieth year. She was liorn in Water- i
town. Mass. *
* Mile. Grevy, daughter of the president,
of the French ropublit, is an excellent
shot, and habitually accompanies her
father in his shooting excursions.
Mary Ilnll was made a commissioner
of the Superior Court of New Haven lv
the appointment of Judge Bcardslcy. ft
is the tirst of the kind in the State.
Scantily-gathered flounces, finished !
with needlework or with Breton lace,
are worn on white dresses; but tucks
also find a place oil many of these cool
gowns.
Spanish and Italian ladii - waltz and
dance beautifully, but they are anything
hut graceful walkers. American and
English women appear best as pedes
trians.
A disconsolate wife tells the Detroit
/W that sin- does not believe that there
is a woman in the whole United States
that "ever got credit for raising a step
. child."
Fifteen years befori the Revolution the
wife (if Washington kept sixteen spin
ning wheels running, ami *nw the fabric
made in her own house, under her own
direction.
Mrs. Gladstone ha- opened a "home
for business girl-" in Ixindon. The es
tablishment will accommodate twenty
five young women, who will be cxpect< d
t<> pay according to their means.
I .mens of pale colors trimmed with
white Breton lace are preferred to I'om
padour patterns hy women of quiet
taste. Bows of velvet or ribbons are
u.-eti to fasten them up in graceful folds.
Maryland. Delaware. Virginia and
I-ouisiana are tlie only State- now left in
which the male teacher- outnumber the
female. In New Hampshire there arc
five women teachers to one man, and in
M assachusctts eight to one.
A deputation representing the young
maidens of Great Britain recent lvwnited
upon the Duchess of Connaught, at Buck
ingham l'alaee, to present to" her a hand
somely illuminated Bible us a gift of the
maidens of Great Britain.
Croquet has never become popular in 1
France, it seems, and the reason- given
are that French girls wear high-heeled
boot* even in the country, and that, as
thirty or forty families live in one house, i
( and that house has ii.ithing but a stone
paved courtyard, it is difl'n ult to find the
required lawn accommodations.
Tin- Paris Uiizetti >l<t F> im*tx gives a
list of French women who have (de
tained the academic degrees. There are
five doctors of medicine, three licentiates
<if science, two bachelors of science and
letters, six bachelors of science and
twentv bachelors of letters. These de
grees nave all been con (erred since 1M66.
The Pacific coast has ju-t liad it - first
wedding where the marriage ceremony
was performed by a woman. Rev. Ada
< Bowie- of tie First I'nivcr-aii-t
cliun h at San Francisco was the oflh'ia
ting clergyman. Dr. Jennie Bearby. of
Oakland, was one of the high contracting
parties, no mention lieing made of the
man in the ease.
Several young ladies, among them
Miss I.ulu Wickham. daughter of the
ex-mayor, and the daughter of William
K. Dodge, Jr., have lately Is-en giving
gratuitous lessons to the elder girls of
tin- New York Five Points House of
Industry in housekeeping, and recently
the fir-t exhibition of the proficiency of
the pupils was given. Sixteen giri*
were seated at arable, and in turn they
practically illustrated various phases of
household work.
Mi-s E. A. Fazakerley isawell-known
lady in London society, and sin has her
own steam yacht, the Violet. She pre
fers the society of her sex. and just now
is cruising in the Baltic with three lady
companions. She intends in this inde
pendent fashion to vi-it St. Petersburg,
and subsequently Christiana and Bergen.
She will then do the coast of Norway,
avoiding, of course, with instinctive
feminine caution, the neigliborhood of
the maelstrom.
Ixitiisc, Victoria ano Maud, the young
daughters of the Prince of Wales, rarely
appear in public in any hut the simplest
of dresses. They nre sometimes seen
with their mother at the theater in plain
white linen or cotton sailor dre-es, with
a little red trimming, and they are often
met riding and driving in neat sailor
dresses of dark blue woolen. They went
with their father and mother to the re
cent French fair in gowns of plain tdnk
cambric, with sashes of crimson har
monizing with the pink.
The last English census giv*s the follow
ing figures with regard to the women em
ployed in the metal trade: Pattern de
signers, 137; surgic al instrument makers,
230; gun finish •, 366; percussion rap
makers, 060; cartridge makers, 1,4!#/;
machines maker. 1 243; tile makers, 1,091;
cutler*, 837; scissors makers, 376; needles,
2,110; pins, 403; steel pens, 1,577; thim
bles, 144; goldsmiths' and jewelers'
trades. 3,022; plated wares, 704; copper
manufacture 100; tin trade, 032; tin
plate workers, 1.883; bras* trades, 1,887;
wire workers, 407; lacqticrrr-. 608; bur-'
nishers, 1,390; iron manufactories, 9,093;
blacksmiths. 436; nail makers. 10.864;
anchor makers, 010; press workers, 8&>;
screw cutters. 1.479
Ptrl> milliner*'.
Directed to the fourtli story ny the con
cierge, I ascended and found myself In
t rigid apartments, sparkling in gilt, mir
rors. frescoi 1 * and lines. An infinity of
confection* were upon exhibition, and.
though their construction justified the
prices, they exceeded wiint I was aide to
pay. No bonnet for less than twelve
dollars, and many for twenty-five, and I
should have turned away bad it not been
for theeourtesy of theaeiomnlishcd sales
ladies— I may apply tins word " Indie- "in
its every acceptation—in manner, in ap
pearance and in education. Both hand
some, the younger past youth, the elder
hail crossed the meridian of life, and yet
either of them would have "shaken the
snintship of nn anchorite" hv subtle
grace anil liquid voice and talking eyes;
nnd so they succeeded in selling ine a
bonnet.
How could I resist the Influence of
two such seductive flatterers nnd liars?
They comfielled me to lie seated before
mirror, and one bonnet after another
adorned my pate; for site was quite sure
she could suit madame. If one was too
costly, there was another hanging upon
the next peg, just as beautiful, for eight
teen francs less. If madame did not Tike
the rouge, madame should see herself in
the ceil-Ncu; it was just mad nine's color,
hut then madame was so easily coiffod:
madame was—ah,a belle in anything; and
then these two handsome, crafty females
indulged 1n a dissertation in their own
tongue, largely interlarded with Kngliah,
upon my constructive attractions. This
last coup U'tUtl clinched the bargain.
Tne next "madame" who purchased
a more expensive article would lie still
more beautifttl. and would undoubtedly
hear her charms extolled in still more
winning tones. Still. I admire the rude
philosophy of these people; it made us
all happy; they sold their merchandise;
I went away in a slate of beatitude, in
being compared to "flowers and angels
and sunbeams, the calmness of moonlight
and the sparkle of champagne." Annas
i passed away towaigl the hook shop my 1
meditations were upon the cruel fascina
tions of these French women. With me
their influence had been potential; what
would such sway be with the opposite
seyp I could only find little rensura for
one who yielded to the spell, whetherex
ercised for good or evil.—'• EnCly" in I
Forney's I'royrtss.
.\t A iltitmrtl of 111-. >1olli-l .
The late Jolin t'ro-sley once enter
tained the I'rince of Wales and a num
ber of other titled people at his magi litis
cent house of Manor Heath. One even
ing alter his guests had been shown over
tile beautiful place some of them sat
conversing with him respecting his ear
lier days. And concerning his mother
lie answered thus: "Oh, my mother
was a remarkable woman ; she was once
a tarm servant; she lived fourtci n years
in the same family; she had to milk the
e-iws and churn the butter, and carry it
to market; she had for a long 'ime only
i!tt a year wages, and yet she managed
to save a nice sum, and her leisure
hour-- were tilled up with spinning wool,
her mistress allowing her a fourth of the
profits for herself." " Ah," said a friend
who was present, "perhaps you nre in
debted to your good motle r for some of
your success in the spinning .world?"
"Oil, y-s." lie replied; "under toil*-
blessing I owe everything to my
mother."
How •ihr Krrpw lirr nt llmur.
Wives who have diflieuity in keeping
their husbands at home at night should
profit by the plans a Chicago wife
adopted. The Chicago 'lYibutt< says that
a young wife of that city who is anx
ious to keep her husband honjc even
ings flatters him about the cxqui-itcly
dofnty proportions of his feet, and in
duces him to wiyu" Issils alsiut two si/.es
too small for him. He is on his feet all
day long in town, and when he comes
home at night, she has a soft chair and
a pair of loose, cool slippers lor him, and
by the time he. with great drops of
agony pearling on hi- brow, has got oft
his ituO'.S, lie comes to the conclusion
that tlore is no place like home after
all. and has no desire to go down town
to lodge or sit up with a sick friend.
What the Ejc- See ill Heading.
M. Javei has lately published ohserva
tions on the mode in which the eye
" takes in" the successive letter*
on a printed page. We are not to -lip
pose, he says, that in rending a line one
passes successively from the lower part
of a letter to the up|*>r pait. then down
the next letter. Up the next, and so on.
the vision describing n wavy line. The
fixation takes place with extreme pre
cision along a straight line, traversing
the junction of the upj>cr third of the
letter with the lower two-thirds. Why
is this line not in the middle? Because
characteristic parts of the letters are
more frequently above than below, in
the proportion of about seventy-five per
cent. That this i- so. we can sec by ap- j
plying on a line of ty|>grophic rharae
ters a sheet of paper i overing the line in
its lower two-thirds, and leaving the
upper third exposed. We can then read
the letters almost as well as if they had
not been concealed in greater part-. But
the ease is very different if we rover the
upper two-thirds of tile line; tic lowest
third alone does not furnish sufficient for
recognition. The characteristic part of
the letters, then, is chiefly in their up
per portion. M. Javel next compares
tlie ancient typographic character* with
those of modern book*, and maintains
that the latt' r have too much uniform
ity. so that, taken in their upper jsirts
alone, many ol tie m may lc confound'd
in reading. Tlie ol 1 letters, on tin
other hand, hail each a particular ign
by which tin y could !*• easily dis
tinguished. In the Ixsiks printed by the
celebrated old publishing house of tin-
Elzevir- the a, for exnmple, had no re
semblance to o. the r could not Is* eon
founded with tin 1 n. as now, nor the e or
e with the t>. the b with h, etc, Tliis too
great uniformity in the upper part of
tyjKigraphle characters should is- err
reep'd, sine- it is to tliat part we chiefly
look in reading.
A Balloon with raddle Wheels.
There is a balloon man up in Canada
named Cowan. His principal object in
life is to steer a In ,""ii and make the
air navigable like water. lie hasn't got
quite to that point yet, but he lias made
a step or two toward it. His balloon is
called the ('anada. It is fUt-d with two
paddle-wheels, which are worked by a
crank and which can be turned in any
direction. There Is also a sort of helm.
The balloon made nn ascension in June,
hut a storm nearly wrecked it. A second
trial was made at St. liyacinthc, and, as
to the success of the enterprise, accounts
differ somewhat. The paddles work
something iikc oars, and, after a stroke
has been made, feather and offer no re
sistanee. When the crank was set In
motion it wns found that the network
interfered, and the rords were broken in
spot*, consequently n fair trial could not
be given the paddles. When the wind
bIOWS strong it Is not claimed that the
machinery will amount to much, hut
sevcrnl times during the trip the Imlloon
was made to ascend nnd descend by
means of the crank for n few hundred
feet. The speed was also considerably
accelerated when going with the wind.
The aeronaut- at one time undertook to
chat ge the direction of the balloon by
means of the rudder—" tacking " they
call it. -Tliev managed to "tack" for a
couple of miles, then the helm swung the
great gas ling around nnd it forged ahead,
rudd r lirst. The balloon meiij how
ever, claim that they have achieved a
triumph, nnd expect in time to run the
machine with a considerable degree of
success. Some Improvements will now
he made nnd another trial had in n short
! time.— Philfuldphia Hmo.
TIIK FANTASTIC.
A Morierii I'ayrhe IVonrtfirful Nll|>|*rs
- !>> M Ikruyed Tooth .Irw Fly
li( Mortiliae*
Tlirrr comntonewupiipiT office# every
day in the year, half H dozen or more
real incidents that boar n* strongly upon
the extravagant side of life n* do ihe va
garies in " Midsummer Night's Dream"
upon its funciful side. That these inci
dents are oiten overdrawn by the chroni
cler, and as oft<'n exaggerated by those
who copy them, cannot be gainsaid, but
that they are in the main true is known,
because more than one paper of the same
locality give the same or similar ac
counts. Atlanta, (leorgia, and Sioux
City, lowa, journals, for instance, are
now busy at their respective ends of a
brand-new, golden thread of romance,
bast spring a Soulier lad, hrlongingto the
Kightccnth t'nitix! States Infantry, then
stationed at Atlanta, fell in love with a
hiss jn that city. Though lie of Uncle
Sam's blue was but eighteen years old,
and she of the school-book little more
than fifteen, they cut their engagement
short and were married. On the wed
ding day an order for the transfer of the
Kightccnth to Fort Assinihoinc, Mon
tana Territory, reached Atlanta. The
bridegroom, in spite of tears and woeful
protestations, was forced to leave his
wife behind. The poor little lady was
disconsolate for many weeks after his
departure. Early in the summer, how
ever, she started, like Psyche, to search
for Iter lover. She traveled alone to
Savannah and set sail for New York,
and, as in the old story.
t 'iideriH-iitli tier Icet the uioiiiitit HCA
\V rut fdieixirding his waves disorderly,
so that after many trials she found her
self moving over the Pennsylvania saii
road toward the We-t. Food was given
her hy kind passengers, and interested
gentlemen saw that the conductors were
not troublesome. At < 'hicugo r
ma.st. r-(!eneral lugnlls was -unpriced
one day to see on Imr knees licfirr him a
verv pretty girl with tears in her eyes
and the story aforetohl on her lips.
General Ingalls grew sympathetic and
gave her a letter to the railroad officials,
from whom she got a pass to St (,'nul.
There s||, procured anotluTpass t> Hi—
inarck. and went thence to Coal Hanks,
from with h place she droppial down
upon lier husband at Foil Assiniboinc,
having traveled I,(too miles without a
penny in her pocket. A Sioux City
reporter describe# the meeting as some
thing to shout over.
Students in general, and medical stu
dents particularly, enjoy things outre.
1 lie skull and cros*-bom* being too old
a story for Max Weidon, of lafiiyrttr,
Inl , that young patron of a Cincinnati
medical college has procured a pair of
slippers made from the hide of a human
subject. The subject belonged to one of
Weldoii's fellow sawleines, whose name
he will not give. The nameless student
got it into his head to send the hide to a
shocmnk'r in Cincinnati. The Intt'T
tir-t had the thing tanned, and, without
so much as a shudder, gave it over at
last to the knife and awl. The footgear
show their peculiar texture. To the in
nocent s, ribeof the I-af.ay<'tte Courier, in
which a sketch of the shppcrs appeared,
"the lent Imr seemed a light brown in
eoior and was streaked with parallel
veininga of a darker shade, the whole as
soft as silk." "Among his friends,"
continues the f'ourier. " the doctor
in ikes no secret of the mysteTy of the
slippers." lie thinks, in fa-*t. that there
is no more harm in wearing them than
in wearing rings made from human ltonc.
or, indeed, of i*irting wadi guards of
human hair. The Courier had some
fears at first it was being hoaxed, but to
verify the matter such of the hide as had
not fa-en put into the slippers was pro
duced, thus si tting all doubts at rest.
Henry Wilson, a young man who
lately n-sidiil in the town of To halo,
('hnsc county, Kansas, probably is the
lirst jv rson whose ileal 11 was caused by
a decayed tooth. The Emporia. Kansas,
!.edy<r tells tin- story: " Mr. Wilson, a '
few days previous to his death, had
Iss-n in this city having his teeth re
pain d. and while undergoing the o|x-m
-tion struck his arm against one of the in
struments, almvc slated. The wound
was a very slight one, but the vims on
• lie instrument from a decayed tooth
was sufficient to inoculate liis blood
with a poison, wbieh gradually perme
ated bis whole system ami eventually
terminated bis life. This is tin- first in
stance of poisoning and loss of life we
have ever noticed from a similar muse
anil is a sad illustration of the |oisonoiis
effect of bad teeth. Itentists should he,
ami we presume good ones are, very care
ful to have their instruments rxTfeetly
clean and free from debris of <(< ad and
decaying teeth wtp-n tlievarenot in use."
Dr. George Kzekial Thomas was at
Otlio. Alatiama. na-ently Mid exhibited
himself t> a few persons, among whom
were Dra. Haird unit Crawford, of Hi 1-
liardville. Heexhiblted a double set of
rilis on his right side, dropped his heart
to the low -r portion of his abdomen, on
tip- left side, and thenelinngid it to a
similar position on the right aide, and
afterward stopped his heart anil pulse
fnim Is ntinir for a short time. Till* all
seemed to lc so and t lie doctors said it
was so, hut there were some around who
looked inenstulous. He is negro, me
dium size, nnd talks with good sense.
He says lie was born a slave at Ameri- i
cus, <>a.. in 1*20; that he has traveled
. over the United States, Frnn<-e, England.
1 Germany and Cuba, nnd that his home
is now in Syracuse, N. Y.
Henry W. Earl, of the Northern Cen
tral railway freight depot, in Baltimore,
has taken out a caveat for a patent
"flying nnd life-saving apparatus." A
1 hag of gas to float the body, and a sail
on the back, with wings for the arms,
are the appliance*. Mr. Karl says he
has not tried the apparatus on himself,
but on a wooden doll, which lie caused
to float in the air. Of MUM. until lie
I tries it on himself he will not be nhlo to
demonstrate conclusively that lie "can
make the wings work as he thinks tliey
will work, hut he hones to be able to try
it successfully at the Maryland Institute
this autumn. He thinks the apparatus
will i.e useful in saving life from the up-
I per stories of purnitig buildings.
For Small-pox nnd Scarlet Fever.
A correspondent forwards to the New
York Tribune; the following prescription
j for amtU-PnX and Si ariet fever, which
| he assert* has tp-cn singularly successful
In hundreds of eases. It is: Sulphate of
zinc, one grain; foxglove (digitalis), one
grain; half a teas|HM>p of sugar: mix in
two tahlespoonfuls of water. When
thoroughly mixed add four ounces of
water. Take a spoonful every hour.
Either disease will disappear in twelve
hours. For children, small doses ac
cording to age.
Hon a I hiring Man Saved Ills Life.
Of a Captain Akey,whokilled anion in
Nevada recently, the Eureka (Nev.)
Leader tells the following story : At the
'""caking outof the war Akey was mining
in I uolumme county. California, and,
with a number of other residents, vol
unteered bis services. A company was
raised, all good men, and lie was elected
captain. Much to their disappointment
the government decided to keep them
in California, and they were ordered to
Humboldt bay. Akey's le-nil w
turned by the authority eoii/i iT' u upon
him, and he began a series of petty pi r-
Hccution- which almost drove bis men
mad. They bore it for months, until it
passed beyond the limits of endurance,
and then they resolved to end it. This
resolve took the form of a determination
never ti> obey ntiothc command of
Akey's. This was nothing more nor less
tliim mutiny, and was punishable with
death; but tile boys preferred that to the
tyranny under which they had groaned
and suffered so long.
An order hiul been received to proceed
from Humboldt bay to Red Hlulfs, nnd
Akey went by the way of the ocean to
San Francisco, while the company
crossed the mountains. They were en
camped on the bank of the Nneraincnto
river when in- arrived, and the crisis
came as soiiii as in- put his foot in camp.
Hi- railed tile company out on parade
anil ordered all tlio-i who hail resolved
to repudiate hi it i to step two paces on
the front. Ninety nun, the entire
strength, firmly took the sti-i>. The
sheriff of Tehama rouiuy was with him.
and, turning to that officer, lie asked
if lie would assist him in arresting the
orderly sergeant. The officer replied
that In- would, and the two started to do
so. when tlicy were both covered witli
fifty revolvers, tie- ominous click of
which sounded painfully intenci. The
slieritl lisik tii hi* lii-rls ami never stop
ped until lie reached tie ferry, a quarter
of a mile distant, but Akey euniroiiU'il
the angry ruin as coolly as if nothing
extraordinary was happening. The
eoior never left hi- fa'-e, nor flit a tremor
disturb his equanimity, although lie
fully realized that tie- iiu-n wer- tliirst
ing for his blood. Nothing but his
bravery sayed him. for they iuul fully
determined upon killing l.iiii, but as he
an Ids eyes up iiiiii down the line and
aftl: "Hoys, tie odds are too much,"
they ia-pet ted his courage,dropped tle ir
weapons and allowed him slowly to re
tire. flic upshot of the affair was 'hat
lie was relieved of his command, and,
after an Investigation of the circum
stance s, was discharged from the service.
There was at lirst a determination on
the part of tie- government to court
martial tile Soldiers, but the offi-nee was
finally condoned and they served out
t)u ir enlistment. It is the only instance
of the kind on record of mutiny going
unpunistf'sl.
Tricks of London llooksellers.
A seller of old l>nok in Ixndon has
written fur tie-/Hff Mall (hwtb a eon
fi-- -ion of aff. w of his sin. which would
gladden the heart of many an American
buyer if the writer gave any evidence of
rc|ientanec. " A nuiiilsr of us." he says,
"i rowd into an aucth n-room, wiii-re a
library i* brouglit totlie hammer, and
buy every article. Here all know eue
anotin r. and cai li one lid- for tie re-t.
Tliery is. tie n fore, no advance on tic
firl i>id, unles an outsider interferes,
wlieti we siKin run the pri- up beyond
what lie cares to give. Tlii* trick, re
pi ati d as often as necessary, disgusts the
outsiders and sia ur- s the whole stock for
.ourselves at far 'ess titan it* real value."
When the auction i over they "retire
to a neighboring tavern and repeat it "
among t hem-elves. Tliere the volumes
go at fair priei -. wiiieh allows the buyer
forty per oiit, fur profit on his private
business. •• All I* ing sold, we east up
tic total- of t lie two sales, sulitraet tic
smaller from the greater, and divide the
remainder eriuallyamong those present."
This is not ail; nor is it the most start
ling oonfi-ssimi "One of the <'raft"lia*
to make. "We have a good many ways
of enlianeing tic value of our wares.
Celebrities of all sorts, who arc as ser
viceable to us in away aiMiUt to Is
described as those merely literary, arc
dying off every day. and their libraries
disposed of. In tli'-sc eases we look Up
from our stock all likely honk*. fumisli
tli'in with !,am plates and autographs
and usm get rid o| them at flatty prices.
It is n fact tliat afti r Ixird Mncnulay's
death thousands of volumes wliieli he
never - iw were sold in this way a* com
ing from his library "
The Author of Cheap Postage.
I'rolnbly not wne person in atiiousand
in tlie United States is aware tliat the so
justly celebrated Sir Rowland Hill, who
was t fie means of the introduction of the
pennv postage -ystcm into Gn at Hritain
and Ireland, is still living. But such is
the ease. Though Imrn near Birming
ham in 1705, and consequently an octo
genarian and four years bettor, he is still
in good health and it. the full possession
of iiis faculties.
The Court of Common Council of
iiondon, having regard to the vast lienc
fiits conferred upon the commercial com
niunity by those measures of postal re
form with which his name will ever lie
associated, has paid him a graceful com
pliment by sending a deputation to his
house at liampstead to confer upon liim
the freedom of the city of Ismdon. The
veteran reformer replied at some length,
saying, among other tilings, tliat a letter
i-ouid now be sent from Egypt to San
Francisco for a smaller sum than in IKttt
was charged on a letter coming from tlie
, city of l*ndnn to liampstead a distan
of a few miles.
It was in 1*37 tliat Sir Rowland pub
lislied a pamphlet first developing his
new postal system: In I*3* it was re
commended by a parliamentary com
mittee lor adoption; and in imd penny
postage was earriisi into effect. In l*4fi
lie rw-clved a testimonial from the public
amounting to fun.Hno, and was suhse
i quently made secretary of the general
|Kstoffice. — Chicago AYte.s.
The lYhlsUlng Tree.
In the vegetalile world there are many
notable productions, but tine of the most
curious is a species of acacia, wlileli is
| found in Nubia, wlierc groves of the
trees may lie seen ovtT lf0 square milfs
in extent. The Aralis call it tlie nofTar
(. r., flute or pipe), In allusion to a pe
culiar property tliat thi neneia possesses.
Diving to tlie Inroads of the lnrvie of In,
sects, tl e Ivory-wliite slioots of the tree
are frequently distoited in shape and
swollen at tlielr lst.se into a globular,
bladder-like gall about one inch in di
ameter. After tlie insect has emerged
from a circular hole this thorn-like shoot
becomes a kind of musical instrument,
upon which tlie wind, as it plays, dls
coursca music in tlie regular sound of tlie
flute. The i.atlvea or tlie Soudan, on
account of the flute properties of the
acacia, call it the " whistling tree."
HOW HE GOT lIIN MONET.
I'ortir l.rouf it's Jonrnry lutalli. tVIIOs
of folomilor-A Woman'i Heru WH
• WMII'I Vlwlluitre and Flock.
Tie- St. Isiuis (JMje Ih-tnocral says:
Albert Lindell. the in ir ol tlie Linifcll
estate, who recently came of age, lias exe
cuted an absolute quit claim on all ol
Albert Lindell's estate by his sten-fatlier
and attorney in fact. Dr. Davis, in favor
of Mr. Lindcir* motlier (who is also Dr.
D i .i-' wife). During his minority Mr
hind' had an allowance of only $5O a
iiiiiiilli, but he was trusted to the amount
of thousands by persons who hoped to
get tin ir pay on his attaining to Ins ma
jority. He owed I'orter Is-onard, a sta
hle-keepi r, almost $2,000 for livery and
ca-li bin rowed. Suddenly, Lindeil dis
appeared, his step-fntlier having taken
bllll to ami tliere lie ha- since
remained.
In a rinnt time tlie d<M*tor returned
and with him lie had an absolute power
of attorney ovi r the whole of Lindell's
estate. Several lawyers who saw it say
it put every inch of Albert LindcllY
profs-rty completely undi r the control of
Dr. I tails, as far as selling it, mortgag
ing, raising loans on it, etc., were con
cerned. In view of tie transaction of
the day before yesterday, it is poinbsl
out by a numls-r of Jawyers that al
tliotigli the piiwer tran-ferred was abso
lute in tin- illrei tinn indicated, yet it did
not gin tne doctor any authority to
Give a quitclaim deed, A rather sin
gular eii umstanee is tliat the transfer ti
i>r Davis was uufle on the very day
" Al." Lindell iH-eame of age, March 24. ,
Tie din-tor lost no time in raising a loan
of ifcl'.'.otsi or £1.7.000 on some of the
property
Porter l/i-onard saw that he must get
bis money now or never. He had pre
pared a demand note for the amount and
started for Ix-adville, faneving that he
could, in tin ah-enee ot Dr. Davis or
Mr-. I i.ii i-. who i- tie- niotln r of Lindcij,
induee the iattcr to sign it. To I*OVI rup
hi- tracks I'orter Leonard gave out that
lie was going ea-t to tlie race-. Only
one person in St. knew whip to*
ri ally was going, and the ohjis t.
In Kansas City the first person Mr
Is-onard met in the sleeping ■ oaeh going
to Denver was A lis rt Lindell's mother.
The t" were well acquainted. With a
woman's in-tiriet Mrs. Dai 1* divined
what the livery stable man wanted, and
In r purpose to put him off the track was
promptly made. I'orter Issmard took in
tin* situation at a glano He reasoni-d
tliu: Mrs. Dai i- i going to so- her
son ; she knows 1 am going also to see
I.ill), and sle knows I have a bill against
liiin : that bill sic does not want bun to
pay; she will try and give me tlie 'ip.
and telegraph Albert to meet her at some
plai i unknown to me; therefore, in order
to -is* Alts-rt. I tnu-t follow Mrs. Davis
all over the country if to-i-ssary.
'lf course tie v bail to Speak, issin.'irii
broki tlie iei- flr-t. and the two dialled
pleasantly, each perfi i tly understanding
tin-oilier, and yet each endeavoring to
conceal tliat knowlislge.
\t an int'Tniisliaf* -tation Mrs Davis
-tip) . d off anil went to tin* telegraph of
fice. I'orter lssmard kept lii- e\i on
ln-r. and wh<-n -h* <*nu* out lie s!ip|n d
in uno)is<Tvi*d by her. The operator
was a lad of fifteen, and h id not \i*t
!• armxl that gn at e-entiai of keefiing
lii- moutli shut.
" Alt, all, sonny, hard at work, eh ?
Take a cigar. Can you *nd a t'*legriun
for me to st. IsitiiC Hy tin* way, that
lady who wa- just in liere i from St.
Istuis. and site's a friend of mine. Now.
I'll let you anything she si nt a nu*ssage
to St lxmis and -aid sonneting almut
me. My name i I'orti r l/onanl"
"Why.y-s," tin* boy inniicntly re
plii*d; "she sent a message to Dr. <. \V.
Davis, St. Isiuis. and she said, ' I'ort
is following me.'"
"Just what I thought. Now sent* .
me—age to John MeCni'rv, Ninth and
Fine strei ts, St Isiuis. and sav : 4 Am
on train with Mrs. Davis; will follow
Iter to < aiifoi nia if sle* gis-s UHTC ' "
I'orter Is-onard wrote out tliis mes
sage.. handed it to the boy. gave lilm an -
other cigar, toid him he was smart as a
chain ol lightning, and pit on tlie train
u-t in time. As tlietrain ncari-d Ikn-
Vt r Mrs. Davis got very anxious.
"What hotel are you going to, Mrs
Davis?" leonird inquiroif.
Mr*. Itavis said she did not know
" Wiiat liotel are you going to?" she
asked.
" lton't know "
Tlie eheekm.'in came round. Porter
Iveonard said lie would decide at the
depot wlnri* he would stop; he tliouglit
lie would go Io a private bouse. Neither
did Mrs. Davis want her baggage
checked. Porter I icnanlstcppi'diiut on
tin* platform, closed tlie door and peeped
through the window. He saw Mrs.
Davis buy : check. When the cheek*
man came out I'orter addressed him:
My friend, it's a matter of several
thou-and dollars to me to find out where
tliat lady is going to stop."
"Wi il, sin; told nie not to let vou
know. It's nothing to do witli me,"but
sin* goes to tlie G ran il Central."
A more disturbed lady cannot he im
agined than Mrs. Davis when she saw
tlie burly form of Potter I/vnard push
itself into the Grand Central transfer.
Mrs. Davis went to lier room and sent
for the clerk. When he came down,
4 t Porl " put on ids most winning airs to
tlie clerk, prriscd Denver and tlie Grand
Central, and stood tlie cigars. The clerk
yielded to tlie pressure. He said tliat
Mrs* Davis had told him not to let any-
Imdy know where she was going, and
tliat she inUusteii him to send a dispatch
to Alliert Lindell, Is-advil'ie; that she
was going in lite morning to I'uebki or
Cannon City, and tliat he must meet lier
at one of tlie places on receipt of another
dispatch.
Mr. lsHinard did not go to lied tliat
niget. At early morn Mrs. Davis can
itown in traveling custume. She took
the ' bu*,,and Mr. Isainard lollnwed.
"Where are you going. Mr. Leon
ard P"
" I don't know, Mrs. Davis. Isn't It
! strange we should both go by the curly
Mrs. Davis did think it strange. She
-aid site tliouglit she would take a trip
on tlie Rio Grande road.
" W ell, now, that's odd; I'm going to
take the same road, but I don't know
how far I shall go."
Mrs. Davis went ail the way to Pue
blo. So did Mr. ls>onard. and the two
! put up at the same hotel. A liberal
amount of treating induced the clerk to
j reveal the fact 'that Mrs. Davis would
take tlietrain for Canon Cltv ne\l morn
ing at five o'clock. Mr ts-onnrd. )• ft
posltiv.l orders to lie called up in time.
Tlie clerk neglected this duty, but Mr.
Leonard was awakened at 4 30 by the
ulaeharge of a gun in the neighborhood.
Hastily dressing, he went down stairs
and saw Mrs. Davis get into the 'bus.
From this point she two did not speak,
in Canon City Mrs. Davis gave up the
fame. She and Porter Is*mard took
thesame stage for LeadviJlc, she In in if
inside imd he on top. lioth itoppid at
the (irnwl Hotel, Mri. Davis having
telegraphed to her sen to meet her tliTe.
I" " hour " Al." strolh-d in and
went to the office. Porter J>onard
■lapped hint on the shoulder and toid
liim that It in mother wai up stairs.
, l ..,' t i'd. *" n '""1 an hour'* confer
( enee. J fie sights of ly-ad ville were taken
lln by Albert Idndell and Mr F>onnrd.
w hen they met the next morning A ilert
i wanted hi" •*<< mnrv drii I hut hi*
friend Leotuud told him lc Ind bctt< r
not take any; that lie had Mime impor
tant business to transact with him. In
the presence of a third patty Mr. I.e>n
ard told Mr. I.indelj ofthepurpose of Ida
visit. There ia a demand note for
t'J.OOV," he aaid: "you know the
lU'count it correct, and you mutt -ign it."
Alle-rt begged fortune, hut Port<r l/-on
ard waa inexorable; ami lie aaid he had
waited long enough for his money. At
laat young l.indefj consented to sign tlit*
note, payable to hie " attorney in fact,"
1 *'. Itavia, if would find him
ftUKt eaah. Mr. Iyonae' l did this. arid
added the amount to the note. Thia
huainen- win trannaet'd to Ida |ierf*ct
satisfaction. Mr leopard took the firat
roaefi for Webster, and returned to I>< ri
ver fiy the South Park road. Dr. Davis
honored the note, and sccurdd it iiv a
di*ed of trust. The deed w* recorded
on the day on which it wa- delivered,
and Porter l/omtri) ie happy.
Hideout. Story of a Pair of Shoe*.
for Home time pant the shoes worn hy
a youn ft nodical student of tliia city
have been a soun of constant curiosity
and no little comment among hi* friends,
ft was certainly *om -thing iinu-ual tliat
created thin attention, for tliey were
neither particularly large nor p<< uliarly
small, nor yet were they in cither so
good or had repair to excite mort than a
pacing glance. Tliey wore simply a
pair of ordinary low shoes, hut It was
thir texture and t lie M rungi material ol
which they were constructed that made
them at oner curious and remarked,
lie leatheri" tight brown in color and
streaked with parallel reining* of a
darker shade, the whole a* woft a* silk.
Among lii- friends tie* doctor in embryo
make- no m < r-1 of the mystery of hi*
foot-gear. "Tliey are marie from the
•kin of a U-lfi- of < "in<-innati," lie ear*,
giving tiic name of one of the leading
families of that city, and wiiile the hair
of hi* listener* Itcgm to assume a pcrt*"n
dir'ular |>oition. he goe* on to tell how
during hi- term at college he vu nnc
night nought out hy a resurrectionist fa
mous among tlir- ineriieal nun, who
offered to sell him a subject just
" snatched" from a city cemetery. How
tic corpse (that ofa beautiful young girl
whose white fb-*h and tlie costly ring on
lir r stnootli, white hand, showed iter to
h of no t*>or family) was itought by
*• vera! of the student*, and how. whrn
tin itody, slaslnd by the knife of the dis-
SCCOT. lay upon T li- talile. he crept in
and cut tin'skin from tlie round limbs.
Tin ghastly bundle, securely wrapped
ami ti'-d. was packed in an old gripsack
and sent with an explanatory i-tt' r to a
well known shoemaker in this city. The
skin was then tanned and t*ili*hd. and
finally placed in tlie hands of a skillful
workman, anil under hi* manipulations
transformed into a pair of low summer
shoe* The remainder of tip-tanned -kin
now lir in the simp, ami it is said may
readily be produced to viTity the story.
Tim tod\ of the poor dead girl, hacked
anil mutilated, found a nameless grave,
while the mound reared in her memory
ill the cemetery of the city is draped
with flowers and vine* piant'-d hy loving
hands above tlie empty coffin.
The shoes fashioned from Iter flesh
tn-ad our street* every day. Their story,
in all its hideous grotcsqenoss, is vouched
for as strictly and absolutely true, and
certainly furnishes no mean leaf in tlie
history of the dissecting-room —I/<\fay
ctl< ( /iic/.) (bftrici.
As to flats.
A man's hat. unlike bonnet. i* often
indicative of his character, for he is al
lowed to choow from a great variety of
style* tliat wlii !i ie*t suit* his tcmpcra
in mt or nc.a ,<is with his moral sense.
And jet a "shocking had hat" docs not
always reveal a shocking liaii character.
Hats, as w-ell as dream*, often go to con
traries Wendell Phii'ips' grav slouched
hat Is no sign of any slouchiness in
Wendell, anil the bright leavor of the
burglar is no indication of shining moral
at tribute* in the wi-arer. Tlie chief
beauty of the modern hat is that it is
eminently useful. Sociates, whose cri
terion of beauty wa adaptodnes* to use.
would have been delighted with such
hats as ninc-p-nth* of modern incn wear,
though we fear lie would ask, Cut bono ?
if presented with a lx-aver.
The idral hat, perliaps. is yet to be
niade. hut we have come prettv near to
it. It keep* the head warm in winter
and coo] in summer, it protects the eyes
and faii' from tlie sun. it is im permeable
to the rain and yet not to tlie air. it is
soft and yielding, it may he sat upon and
jammed into tlie pocket without injury,
and rolled in the dust or mud and ioms
out untarnished, and. above all, it will
endure the ravages of time. What more
does a man want of a hat? Compared
with tlie ephemeral bonnet, it is "a thing
of beauty and a joy forever," an epic
noem. ripening with" the years. Tin •
tore, what man having worn an old I at
straightway desireth a new? For lie
saith the old is better— fyrtnqfeldVhu <m.
Komance of a Hair.
This romance ofa hair come* from Vi
enna: A poor girl witfi laautiful hair
went to a barber to sell it. He tried to
make a close bargain, saying hair wa*
plentiful this year, and declared he
could only give lier eight florins. Tlie
little maiden's eyes filled with tears, and
she hesitated a moment while threading
iter fingers through her chestnut locks.
Finally she threw herself into a chair
and said: " Then take it quickly." The
barber was alxtul to cut off the" tnwscs.
when a gentleman, sitting in one of ths
chairs, interrupted him and spoke to the
girl. '-My child," said he, "why do
you sell your beautiful hair?" "My
mot lier has been nearlv five months ill.
I cannot work enough to support us.
Everything ha* been sold or pawned,
and there is not a pennv in the lions*,
j " So, no, my child; it that is the ease. I
will buy your hair and give you one
hundred fiorins for it." lie gave the
; poor girl the note, tlie sight of which
dried ner tears, *nd lie took up the bar
ber's shear*. Taking the locks in his
hand, lie srleotort the longest hair, cut it
off, and put it carefally in his pocket
book, thus paying one hundred florins
for a single hair. He took tlie poor girl's
address, in case he should want to buy
another at tlie same rate. This charita
ble gentleman is mentioned as the head
of a laig- Industrial establishment In
Vienna.