TIXELY TOPICS. The Cincinnati Enquirer essays to de fine the word " boom," so frequently met with In the newspapers of the Uniteal States. As used politically, it says "it is a Westernism. In the spring and fall, Western rivers are sulyeet to frequent (Veehets, and rise with a swelling and boiling motion that is called ' liooming ' by steamboat men. Hence, when a man's or party's chances are thought to bo im proving. they are said to be ' iHioming,' and anything that enhances tho chances Is (Willed a ' boom.'" A United States postage stamp manu factory has been unearthed in France. It was ascertained by the I'ostofiico De partment some time ago that one A. L. Alexandria, Jr., in l'aris, was engaged in the manufacture of counterfeit I nited States postage stamps. An investiga tion resulted in showing that, although the party named manufactured fae I similes of United States stamps, he sold them only to persons who were making 1 collections of postage stamps, and that j the object was not to defraud the gov- j eminent. The practice, however, was i immediately discontinued. It was found that a similar business is carried on in Kng'ar.d and Germany. It a person swallows any poison what-' ever, or has fallen into convulsions irom having overloaded tho stomach, an in- • stantaneous remedy, most elHcii nt and ! applicable in a large number of cases, 1 is a heaping teaspoonful of common salt and as much ground mustard, stirred rapidly in a teaeupful of water, warm or cold, and swallowed instantly. It is j scarcely down before it begins to come ' up, bringing with it the remaining con tents of the stomach ; smd lest there be any remnant of the poison, howl ver small, let the white of an egg or a tea- ' spoonful of strong coffee he swallowed s soon as the stom.'U'h is quiet, because ' these very common articles nullify a large numlier of virulent poisons. Wild beasts make awful havoc among > the cattle of some of the Russian prov- | lnces. In the province ofNovgoroa. for example, the horses and cows of the pea sants daily fall victims. The authorities | of that province have, during the past Aen years, tried every possible way of rooting out the wolves and bears, but without any notice-able success. In the year te7B tiie loss then ran as high as 1,500 head of cattle. At its last session the Zemstvo decided to offer a reward of five roubles to every person who shall j kiil a wolf, old or young, and ten roubles for each bear killed during the summer, the money to be paid from the pro .'in< ial j fund. Strychnine pills are recommended for the destruction of the wild beasts. The barometer cf the national pros perity of England is. according to the D-ndon Sanitary Record, nt avtrylow ebb, as the depression in the marriage j rate, fliat unerring test of the material condition and prospects of the people, win still more strongly marked during the first quarter of this year than it had been in any of the four quarters oi lh7rt. The annual marriage rate in the three months ending March last did not exceed 11.8 per 1,090, and was 2.1 below the average rate of the corresponding period o( tho previous fortv years—lß3H-77. So low a marriage rate has not prevailed in 1 the first quarter of any year since 1*37, when the act for civil registration of marriages, births and deaths first ran dercd these statistics possible. The nearest approach to so low a marriage rate, in the first quarter of the year, was 12.5 in the first three monthsof tell. Four million three hundred thousand , dollars is a good deal to pay for a tavern, i yet that sum was paid the other day for the Grand Hotel, in l'aris. This includes, of course, the shops and everything ap-! pertaining to the vast building (the lintel rontnins seventy handsome salons, j •one 800 chambers, with private-dining rooms, etc..) which is one of the most valuable hits of property in that city' ! The hotel was built by a company, and has had a large patronage from the start, i mainly from Americans, who are, as , Kurnpeans know, very apt to lie liberal I patrons. Nevertheless, the house, or, rather, the company, has not made money, much money as has ls*n taken In. i'p to two or three years ago it was i currently reported that not a single divl- 1 dend had tcen declared, and, as may he 1 inferred, the stockholders have not liked it. During the exhibition year of led7, and for some years alter, the hotel got so wide a naim- for exorbitant charges as t dcte-r many people fram going there. The ! new proprietor will continue the estate iishment a* a hotel, hut if it pays him no j iietter than it did its former owners he will regret his purchase. The New York H'orjl explains the methods hy which the F.gyptian obelisk Is to be removed tram Alexandria to New York city, under the direction of Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe. who has left New York to commence the un dertaking. The machinery to he em ployed in handling the great monolith has already teen constructed at the works ol the late Mr. Rochling. at Tren ton, and aggregates nliout eighty tons in weight. For the rest, the obelisk hav ing been brought to the pier, a steam collier having a water-ballast compart ment will he secured alongside and the necessary preparations made for having her down to careening lighters placed alongside on the side opposite the pier. The water-ballast compartment whl be filled. A port having been opened to admit the obelisk into the fore-hold, It will be launched in. The Us ing of the steamer from taking its weight will he overcome by heaving down on the careening lighters, and the sinking due to both operations will be counteracted by pumping out Hie water-ballast compart ment. thus re moving a weight of water corresponding to that of the obelisk. Tidal ami wind-drift differences of level will be overcome by means of a float se cured at the shore end, after the fashion of a ferry-slip. The Emperor ol Chir.a Is allowed three wives, the chiel of whom is the empress, while the other two are queens, lis has the right, under cer tain restrictions, of choosing his own successor. When the Emperor Hein Fung died, in IWH, lie left the tluone to his son Toung-ehe, who was only five years old. The empress and the Iniys, mother, one of tlic two Queens, were made co-regents. They reigned very successfully until 1K73. when Toung-ehe took the government into tils own hands, and removed them from power. In 1H75 he died of small-pox, without naming a successor. His wife was a feeble girl, with a young baby, for whose rights •he had not the strength of character to fight. She soon died, and the old em press and qun seised the opportunity to get back upon the throne. They choae three-year-old nephew of lllm Fung, and appointed themselves to reign until ho became a man. Tlio scheme was carried out, and tho two women an 1 now seemingly (irmly re-es tablished. Among the first statesman of tho empire WIIH WO Ko-tu, at the head of the Civil Service Department. He brooded over the wrong dono to tho in fii nt eon of Toung-clie, and at last re solved to speak out against it. This was a serious matter, for ancient usage in China decrees that whoever utters trea son shall at once commit suicide. Wo Ko-tu wrote and published, in the most respectful language, a demand that tho empress and queen should abdicate. Then he killed himself with a knife. An Old Hermit's Story. There is an interesting hermit named Austin Sheldon In the wilds of I'iko county, I'a. lie is seventy-three years old. totally deaf, and lives i a cave, which he has rudely fitted up (or a hab itation. His only companion is a tame rat. Ilis personal appearance is start ling. He is about li\e feet in height, and his hair and beard are as while as snow. 11 is clothes arc worn anil patched and he wears a waistband made of a hickory withe to support his garments. For his defence against wild beasts he carries a long knife, as sharp as a razor, i which he manufactured by grinding! down an old file. He says that his par- , ents were Connecticut farmers. In early . manhood he fell in love with an accom plished girl and they were engaged to lie ; married. Her parents broke off the '< match by secretly sending her away to I hoardi fig school. This so preyed upon , Austin's mind that lie gave up business j and Started out to find Ear. lie traveled j from State to State, hut in vain, and finally, when his money was nearly spent, he resolved to settle down in IVnnsyl- j vnnia. He fell into the hands of land speculators, who soon got what cash lie had. and deeded him the barren tract of lann upon which 1"' now lives. His as tonishment when he saw the "lanu" that i bad been deeded him may be imagined. ' lie found nothing but a forest, and as a , storm came up lie was obliged to take refuge in a cave in a ledge of rock*. This cave he has ever since inhabited. For ! nearly twenty years he subsisted upon wild "fruit and nuts, and in the winter lie trapped game and fish. For three years | the hermit never saw a human Is injg. I'revious to 1 ginning life as a hermit j he was proud of his personal appear ance, but he grew negligent, and a thick, shaggy beard covrre-o bis lace, and his hair grew long, far down below his shoulders. From the time lie began his hermit life he has never drawn a razor across his face. Hut he has grown tired of that kind of life,and lately told a Phil adelphia 7Ywie. correspondent thnt he in tended to return to civilization to die. An Iron War Shirt. An Iron shirt was recently left at tho 1 office of the Alexandria (Vn.) tiazetU by some one who found it m a house that had been occupied by Union troops dur ing the closing months of the war. This iron-dad chemise resembles some what the armor of a crusader, and is made of ten pieces of heavy boiler iron, or it may le plates of thin steel, all jointed by movable rivets, which allow the shirt to be disjointed and packed up. A portion of it is hinged so as to allow motion to tho limts. This mobile en ceinte or personal fortress was fitted on in front like a dicky, but extended down far enough to cover the thighs. The 1/awUc says: "Its inventor evidently deemed the shirt a useful invention, for the sample on our d.-sk is marked on one shoulder in brass, like an epaulette, • patent applied for,' and on the other, 'Made by Atwater Armory Co., New Haven, Conn.' The marks. 'I. A. A.,' which, we suppose,indicate that 1 1 must Avoid Accidents,' are the only other in s riptions found upon this work of art." American cattle are now imported at Belfast, Ireland, and the trade promises to grow as large, proportionately, a* that with Kngiand. The ilite of the Shank. In the Fbrrjtf and Stream, of recent | date, is a contribution to the question whether the bite of the skunk is poison ous and will produce rabies. In the west and southwest of the Mississippi i valley this seems generally believed. A writ r from Colorado quote s sever*! ln ! stances. Dr. flushing, of Trinidad, Colorado, who lias, no doubt, seen several cases. 1 gives it as his opinion that the natural l bite of the skunk produees hydrophobia —that it doc* not nis-d to be suffering from limbics itself. He .says its bite win kill the victim sooner or later, without fail. I)r. W. 1.. South, who has had pre-at experience in Texas and New Mex ico says "the bite will fetch the victim 1 some time,' meaning that it will sooner i or later result in death. We do not lieliere this is the case in the Eastern Slates. The skunk is very common in Pennsylvania. We have vn dogsbif.cn by It, and have known tboM who hunted it constantly for its valuable skin, hut have never heard of any such ill result from its bite either in man or dog.— Medical ami Surqica-' fir ! porter. A Strange Breach of Promise Suit, Of all the accusations brought against the (llty of Glasgow Bank, that of being 1 the cause of an action for breach of i promise of marriage Is certainly the : strangest, but nevertheless it is a fact, i The names of the parties an well known, j but there is no necessity for mentioning ' them; suffice it to say tliat the lady be | longs to Glasgow and the gentleman to ; Greenock. loth of them living people of some wealth. The lady unfortunately held some of the stock of the bank, anil when the crash ennic, although the mar riage invitations had actually lieen ! issued, the gentleman cried off until it 1 was ascertained how far he would lie affected as her husband. After the de j eision of the House of Lords, that no liability would extend to him, it was. of | eonrse, expected that he would at once ' complete his engagement, but for some I reason or other he had ( hanged Ids ! find and positively refused to do so. After all |S'rsuiwion nad failed, an action i claiming $15,000 was raised, which he I lias now compromised by paying $5,000. ! —fAvtrpool fhue tie. ('■re for Nleeplessness. j Wet half a towel, apply it to the Itack ; of the neck, pressing it upward toward | the base of the hrafn. and fasten the dry I half of the towel over so as to prevent the too rapid exhalation. The effect Is ' prompt and charming. Aw,ling the brain and inducing calmer, sweeter sleep than any narcotic. Warm water may he used, though most persons will prefer it cold. To those suffering fro c over excitement of the brain, whether the re sult of brain work or pressing anxiety. This simple remedy is an especial boon. Jokes from "Harper's Drawer." Here are a oouple of yarns from Con necticut: Old Mr. E B was a very weallhy farmer. Hard-working, penuri ous and worldly, lie had reached his ninety-sixth year, hut still persisted in working ham every day. One of his neighbors, an excellent man, himself over ninety years old, met him one day and said: "Well, Mr. B , we are getting to bo pretty old men." " Not so very old—not so very old," said the farmer, gruflly. "Hut don't you think," persisted the other, "that wo ought to lie considering \ about the next world, and what our life will be tie re? We must very soon die, ' you know." " Don't know about that—don't know 1 about that." retorted the farmer. " Very ' few men die at mv age." Old Squire (1 was postmaster,store keeper :ind autocrat of his village, lie was the wealthiest man in it, hul had the reputation of being also the sharpest : and hardest man In his dealings with the poor, yet a drunken loafer in the ; village once outwitted him. This loafer —an old sot, generally known as " Sam " ! —cante one day to the store trundling a wheelbarrow. The squire was seated on the front stoop of Ins store, and see- I ing him approach, called out: "Well,! Sam, what are you after now?" "Why, Squire C drawled the old ras'-ftl. most obsequiously, " I want a barrel of your best wheat Hour, and I want to pay cash for it, too." "Oho! said the squire, "that's it, is it? Well, (leorge"—turning to his clerk j —" Roll out a barrel of that (lenesee flour, and help Sain to put it on his ! wheelbarrow." This was soon done, and Sam very quietly began to wheel ! it away. The squire had not received his money, and lie sprang up at once, 1 ami called: " Sam! Sum! you said you wonted to pay cash for that flour. Where's your money P" " Wa'af, Squire C ," drawled Sam. 'so I do want to pay cash for it, hut, vou sec, I can't "—trundling the wheel barrow off more and more rapidly with every word. Squire (' was so astounded at the loafer's impudence that he let the llour Dyspepsia. Abstain from drinking immediately before and during tueals, and for an hour afterward; also, use no milk in either tea or coffee. Burn alum until the moisture in it is evaporated ; then tok' - a* much as you can put on a dime about hilf an' hour before eating. Thria? or four days, probably, will answer; but take it until cured. Ihe ' kernel of the peach pit has been in my ease a perfect remedy for what is termed heart-burn. I suff -- red from it hourly [for year#: more at some times than "tie r* Wh'*n the suffering manifest* itself rat one or two of the kernels, and after a few days the symptoms will dis appear. Change your diet nnd manner of living; drink neither coffee nor tea; never drink at meal times; after evcrv meal, or during the rnenl, dissolve half a teaspoonful or more of cayenm pepper in half a glassful of milk and drink it;: 1 eat plain fond; never taste pastry of any kind. If you are troubled with ] sleepless nights, do not try to promote sleep by taking stimulants or opiate— they do more harm than good; take a sponge bath before retiring, and if you are unable to do It yourself, get some one to rub you with a coarse towel; if i you wake in the night and cannot get to sleep again, get up at once—not lie until j I you "get nervous thinking alwiut it;" , take * font hath; rub your limb* well ( to get up n i irrulation ; drink a glass of cold water. Do not expect to cure yournelf in one week's time: have pa ; tit-nee and try one month. In bathing use your hands to apply the water; tiny are much better than n sponge; soften i the water with borax ; it is more invig orating than salt water. — Kirhnnyf. A Trooper's Hlorj of the Cabnl Massacre. One of the troopers of Mqior ( avag nari'sescort in Afghanistan, who escaped I* ing massacred, says that the root of the Hritish resident* at Cahul wa* i-om nianded by other houses, and was conse quently untenable bv the besieged, who made a trench outside. At aliotlt one o'clock in the afternoon on the day of the ]na**ai re Mi\jor Cnvagnnri r**ivcd a wound from a rh-ochctting bullet on his forehead. Mr. JenkynS. Major Car- ! I :ignari's assistant, who arrived at the , | residency during the attack, wrote to the > i Ameer for help, and the Ameer's reply ' was. "(iod will. lam making arrange ments." A previous request for aid from MgJor Ciivapnari had met with the samr reply. Mr. Jenkyns wrote again when M \jor Cavagnarl was woundrd, hut the ts-ar'T of the irttiT WAS cut to pi'S-es by the mutineers. The troop* - r then started, hut lie vu disarmed and Imprisoned. He succeeded In escaping at daybreak ; and visited the residency, wli're M saw the corpse of I.ieuunant Hamilton, com- j manding the escort of the Hritish Mis sion, lying across a mountain gun. A j comrade who was confined in Cabnl in : formed him that l.ieutenant Hnmilton shot three of the mutineers with his re volver and killed two with his saler. Dr. Kelley, who was connected with the mission, was lying dead inside the rcsi ( dcncy. MajorCavagnari was in a room which was burnt and which had fallen in. His body had not. been found. ! Three native officers of the fiuides were burned to death near the residency. A Rant's Head In a Strange Flare. (Jtiile a euriolty was found :few days ago near the camp of the workmen on the new toll-road, near Yankee Fork, N'ev. It is a mountain rani's head deep ly imbedd'-d in a pine tree and almat six feet from the ground The right horn is oiKside and curls partly round the tree, while the front of the skull and most of I the left horn iscovenal with the growth ot wood The tree is a thrifty pine, fifb-en inches through. llow that rams heael came there will always remain a mys tery to scientists, bin then of the moun tains. who are familiar with the fighting pnm ti'itji s of the wild hack, ran easily explain it. The ram whose head is now a part of the tree stood on the upper side of the hill, while his enemy stood near - what was then a pine sapling. When the present relic mode a rush at ram No. i "i the latter stepped to one aide, and the , old warrior's head coming in contact with the young tree split it wide enough for one horn to enter, and he was left dangling at the mercy of his fee. The , nut is easily guessed. The survivor of | the fight deliberately butted Ids unfor tunate adversary unt!'there wa* nothing lelt of him but the skull and horns fast in the wood. Fred Myers, one of the proprietors of the toll-mad. will have tlie part of the tree eontaining the nun's head cent to tin - Smithsonian Institute. FOB THE FAIR HEX. The Kttllnjf Fuhloai. b wit ion lim undergone a complete rev olution during the year. The punier hns triumphed, and graceful. bouffant drapery |M the order. It IN visible on all (tresses and even on outdoor gar ments. rii • styles in walking dresses are numerous and charming, and will "mi Stand muelj admiration. The Hortenshi," an exceedingly simple yet attractive cortunie. consists of a plain Hkirt and short polonaise with very bouffant punier* ami back drapery. J here are several other novel and lovely designs in trains, domi-ttains, jackets and styles for misses and children, which must he seen to be appreciated. An exceedingly novel design, combin ing a short walking skirt with an over skirt, having a nanier at the sides and bouflant drapery at the baek, is theC'le lla walking skirt. This wit em, made of two materials, plain and striped, forms a most graceful skirt, as ladylike | and stylish, and so simple in its design ' that the plainest scanistn ** c annot fail Ui put it together correctly. •'Anabelle" ' is another new model greatly admire d. I In plain skirt is of American brocade, in the gendanne blue color, and the ovc rskirt is formed of plain silk of the same color. It is composed of a deep apron front, two punters and a very ' bouffant, grae I fully arranged hack drapery. Hands of the brocade herder tin paniers and form rc\ r* at the front and baek. It Is as dislitu/ue in effect as it is novel in design. Six yards and i three-quarters ,f material, twentv-four inches wide, will be required for the ovcrskirt and paniers, an it six yards and a half of the brocade will Is* sufficient for tin - unelerskirt, hands and revers. Block, dark blue, invisible green, deep wine* color, almond and all the beige shade*are used in the medium qualities of cloth for extra garments to Is- worn i with ordinary street e-ostumes. Half fitting jackets lutve the preference for ordinary strfu littpu* air, and reneler it equally as we'll uits| for dressy we ar m for general re quireinents, tin - disposal of the trim ming'' Is ing sufficient to make it ai pro prime for tin-most stylish occasion*. An other new design is the "Loretta," which has long pi in ted title in front, pointed shoulder pieces inserted in dol man style, and arranged so a* to produce the inevitable panier effect by being looped into n shorter back piece. 'I lie India shawl holds pl-tee of honor among wrap*-. It drapes grace* fully, is harmonious with almost every toilet, and the rich coloring give s an air of distinction to the whole All kinds are worn, long and square, the striped or Huston and the figured styles, some- lovely designs and combination* having been introduced this *ea*nn. We have the Renaissance cravats. Ilenti 111. ruff<. Empire collars. Francis f. toilets anel Marie Antoinnettc cos tumes, the long-pointed M'dicis basqU' - and tile sl.ort fuli eoi'sAgeii of the lirst empire. Pompadour silk*. antique lace*. Oriental stuffs. Sc.t. Ii plaids, (.reciun coiffure's. th< tiering iMrcctoire anel m<-r -viilleuse lionnets, tic close Empire upntcs, the m oil est Derby and the dashing I iaindeorough lint*, and a host of other seemingly incongruous styles. Both the flat and Iwiuffsnt style s are la'hi on able for street wear ttMUMN .■aid enyoy a Item t equal popularity, and I frequently tlie two element* or*- cotn binrd, the skirt Iteing narrow anel plain relld the drape ry Is'Ufl int. r.ain le av> wiKilen goods of dark rich colors are usually selected for the tlrst-mcntioned type, and are- made up in (be severest I tyle. without trimming of any kind ex eeptlng row- of machine stitching 1.1 ar the edges. The skirt is plain, the ov< r -kirt very slightly draped, and offen not !at all; the tight <>r half-tight jacket i* usually slightly double-breasted, with p rim - * the foliar and e ufls of vel vet or plush to break the severity; the < ut ami fit irreproachable, the " tailor"' tinisli imparting a sort of tnas - uline air to the jaunty garment. Equally fa*h lonable. and perhaps more popular than this somewhat exclusive type, are the costumes in which brighter colors and contrasting goods are used, made up in the - latuffant style* which characterize in-door toilets. The gayest colors and most striking contrast* are - nelmissahle I for street wenr this season, anel even ' when the main material i* a simple one ' of quiet e-olor the trimming* are most usually of some bright < untrvting g<*"l. or more offen of a combination of Wviral | e-olors. Wliilc the griatest lllxTmlity iallowed in the selection of the - style of tin - walk ing e-oMunie. on one point fashion is in exorable—the skirt must he short. Young ladien with pretty feet, and who are fostidiou* about tfn ir <~hn M'ture, I have their walking skirts made at !< :vt three inches aliove tin - gmund. but the majority aeihere to a length which cs e-npeu the pavement all around and doe* not conspii'Uottsly display the fe*ot. i Plain skirts, without a vestige of trim ming, are considered most stylish: hut they must be cut and tin unted witii the ' gretci care, a* any de fect, either in thc tU or " hang," i* more easily detected than when the skirt is trimmed. Mate rial* of medium weight have usually .some style of garniture, either broeul | lionds of velvet, plush, satin or some of the vnrie*tic of brocaded silk. Kioun<-es !on walking skirts are usually from live to t< - n ini'hes deep, seldom flcepcr. as it is fasliionalile to haven portion of the plnin skirt siiow between the limin e ami tin - short upper drapery. Skirts plaited all the - way up are also worn, the skirts lieing laid In regular kill or hag plait* or in sections. One favorite style- has tin' front rind sielcs lahl in perpendicular plaits freitn top to bottom and a drapery at the hack; another favorite arrange ment very becoming to tall figures has side plaited flounce* across the front and a drapery at the bae k. Tight fitting basques are useel to com plete costume* for nutumn wear, the de sign always being selected with refer ence to the arrangement of the skirt. When the elrapery is very high and bouffant a bwque.-short on the hips and pointeei back and front, HI a the Cornelia, Is the ntost appropriate; or. if becom ing. a round waist, completed by n very broad belt, is chosen. Novel in design and exceedingly be coming to rflender figures Is the Hyhilln basque. It is tight fitting, the fmnt having the usual number of oarts in each side and ornamented with wldepleceaof the material joined in the shoulder seams and shirred both top and bottom, giving the effect of full fronts. The hack Is fitted with s seam down the middle and side forms rounded to the armholes The skirt portion is of medium length, forming two points in front, and is ar ranged,'n a moderately houffant manner in the back.- New York Herald. fashion Unix. ited honm-ts will continue to be worn this winter. ISibbon* nre twilled this year instead of Imlng of satin. Both hats and cottage bonnets will continue in fashion. Dotted net ruches will he substituted for lace this winter. Silk beaver will he worn for elegant walking-hats this winter. Baby belts of ribbon will continue in f.k-ljjoii throughout the winter. Bronze bead* will take the place ol the rainbow beads of last year. An Imniniw variety of new tints in hiik mid vcivi't han l>ot*n frnport^d. ~ * ro ? Ifccn, copper green and North I ole lilue arc among the new tints. Crackle velvet, looking like hits of porcelain, is to be used for trimmings. A new kind of plush lias alternate stripes of repped satin and uncut loops, i Vcivet, with the ground ofonecoloi and tlie pile of another, is to l>e revived. Sulphur is mixed with pink in some rrcri' h costumes prepared for the au tumn. I- act t'-d Inillsof jet, hollowed out until thev arc as light as down, are used for , bordering bonnet*. I he case of Worth against tlie I'rinec Mural for a bill of £1,300 w ill soon conic up in the French courts. Overdresses of colored muslin in scrolls and flowers are worn over dress j of foulard for evening dress. Ixing mantles are announced a* the coming winter wrap for ladies who do not adopt tin- doth street suits. Stephnnotis is mixed witli orange ! flowers in ome bridal wreaths. The fragrance is rather overpowering. Ing-n:tppe eitlier folded or laid smooth or puffed tliis win- I ter, tuid one style wilt Is- as fashionable as Uie other. Striped riblsin*, and those of changea ble twills, will replace those of satin next wa'on They will in- wider than j those worn la-t year. Tainted satin, to lie used for trimming light dr< s*-lonets, has a ground of ivory, (t'-nm, dauphin-grav or old-gold, tuid ligun-k of Indian d<*ign. 'I lie iiks culled glace an- old-fashion"! | eiiange-ahle silks, no more, no less. This ! year *oni of tin in are plain, and some ' have satin stripes of solid color. Mow Two loolliti Utrl* H>r S4. We have heard lately of two young gir!o| good character but thoughtlessly j foolish who came into town one after noon from tli' ir suburban iiome. Ori the street they w i-re accosted i>y two youngni'n. Instead of repelling them, j the girl- entered into conversation with , tliem. and soon a<-. rptrd their invitation to take tea at a prominent restaurant. I After passing some time here the young men invited the girl* to tin-theater w itL them, and thi* invitation, too, was ac cepted. Ihe young men w nt out, prom- ■ ising to i'Uy the theater tickets and re- | tum at once. Tlie girls waited until weary and then started to go home. But the proprietor demanded payment for tlie supper* which he had furnished. They replied that the young m> n had invit'd them to t-aks, for whom aw hipping would le 100 good. But such inm li < acy as that of titcse girl* deserves to be {•unislxwl s* theirs w*. We suspect that tli' re- is gn at deal ol this " pi- kinc up acquaintances " in our street*, ami it leaj|s swiftly to the ruin of young men and women alike. Barents cannot le too careful how they train and watch over tloir lmy* and girls.— Boston Tran nrrt pit. News snd Xoin far tVsmaa. Tlie Santa Fe (New Mexico) indus trial school i* about to graduate an Asa the Indian girl a* a teacher. Karhael Ycnt work'-d at I'lacksmith ing in Baltimore until her death, a short ! time ago. She was robustly handsome, but habitually smoked a clay pipe. Mrs Emma I>. E. N. South worth, Un novelist, says that she ha* written con stantly ev< r since she was fifteen year* | old. She is now at work on lier sixtieth ' novel. Mrs. Estcllc Johnson, the wife ol rx- Govcmor diaries T. Johnson, of Mis souri. ri <-ently committed suicide at tin family residence by taking arsenic. Grief over tlie death of a child had brought on mental d rangeroent. Julia Clarke, a San Francisco factory girl, wa i caught in a machine by her long hair. She seized a pair of sli'-ars and cut off her tnas'-s so quickly that she wa* not drawn betwen tlie wheels and killed, as she otherwise would have j been. The painter Ingres says: "To give a ! true poise to I lie figure necessitate* an upright carriage of the head and a smooth, firm step." To give this he re commends a long walk daily with a 1 pitcher of water on the head. Tlie hint is leing acted upon by tlie lady pupils of an eminent French auroe tini' ago. the major eoncw-i vrd tlist artil lery must is- tiar-d effectively in fighting J the Indians by dispensing witli gun -1 carriage* and fastening the cannon upon the backs of mules. So be explained liis views to the comic :u>dnt. and it wag determined to try the experiment. A howitzer was selected and strspped upon an smbulanci mule, with tlie muzzle iKiinting toward the tail. When they had secured tlie gun and loaded it with , ball cartridge, they led the calm and rbadfnst mtiic out on the bluff and set up a target in the middle of the river to j p far tic* at. The rear of tlie mule was turn-d toward the target, and he was hacked g< ntly up to the edge of the 1 bluff. The officers stood round in a wmlcii* le, wliiie the major went up and inserted a time fuse j n Ivent of the iiowitger. When the fuse was ready, tlie major lit it andntired. In a minute II or two the hitherto unruffled mulelieard the fizzing back on his n<*k. and it made ' him uneasy. Hercached his head round 1 to ascertain what was roing on. and as he did so his body turnii, and the howitzer Irfgan to sweep around the I horizon. The mule at last became ex i ctlad, and his curioaity became more . and more intense. In a second or two j he was standing with his four ieg* in a I bunch, making six revolutions per | minute, and the howitzer threatening sudden d'ath to every man within hair i S mile. The commandant warn barred , I to climb suddenly up a trw ; officers were seen sliding over the bluff into the river, as if thev dida'l care at all about the high price of unilorms; the adju tant made good time toward the fort: a sergeant began to throw up Iweastworka with his bavonet; the insjar rolled over and groaned. Ins moment or two there was a puff of smoke, and a dull tliud. and tlie mule—oh. where was he! A solitary brute might hare been •<•<■* turning ■ucx-essful back somersaults over tlie bluff, ofily to rest at anclior finally with his howitzer at the bottom of the river, while the hall went off toward the fort, hit the chimney in tlie major's 1 quarters, rattling Uie adobe brick* down (■to Um jar.-r, and frightening the major's wife into convulsions. They do not allude to it now. and no report of tlie result of the experiment was ever •eat to tlie War Ilepartmefit. fishing in a Han's Ntenuwh. ■'l've swallowed my teeth," said , Tliomas Trout to the house surgeon of the New York Hospital. Tlie surgeon , looked inquiringly at Mr. Trout's mouth. , To all appearance* be was but one tooth short, and that was an upper frost tooth Mr. Prout explaineo. He said | that nine days before, while ash-ep in 1 Ids home in Cheshire. Maes., he waa ' awakened by a seoaatic iof choking and ' violent strangling, ar < plainly felt thai there was sonu turn*. unpleasantly hard I , and lnry niakingi sway to his stomach. But tie didn't ktv w wliat it was until tlie next morning lie discovered that his " plate" was missing. Then lie c -unf to the conclusion that he had swallowed i thr rubber plate to which was attached i a single tooth. It was hi* custom to rvniove the false tooth and plate each - night <>n going to bed, bat that time he ' forgot to do so. The result of swaDcMt- I ing this large and irregularly-shaped ar ticle was thai he hetwme ill, could re l tain nothing in hi* stomach and was in ' great pain. He consulted tlie phyat- I ciniis. who dosed him with emetics and * |s>ked down hi* throat. All this only i aggravated his suffering. He rapidlj i gi'-w thin and in nine day* lost tbitly five pounds. Tlie liouse surgeon at ibe hospital -art i Mr. Trout to a ward and had him put to • bed. Then he hunted up a long strip of whalebone, to which wa* attached a - little hook. The doctor eamfuliv iutm dueed tills instrument down Mr. Tr.ut\i * throat and into hia sto-r.arti. Then h* r began fishing for tlie lost tooth. It waa ' slow work, hut after a time be tolt that • he hail Itooktai on to something. He i t nulled slowly and steadily, and, to Mr. I Trout's bodily pain and mental nbnsttfiL t brought to light Uie minstag plate and it* attachment*. The Burgeon waa Dr. j W. T. Hull, son of Major Hull, of Nr. W port.