FOK TIIK FAIR SEX.
NewaaiMi IXots* for Women
Chicago wants n big asylum for f<v
0 malt* inebriates.
Twenty more Indian girls are to be
sent to Hampton College.
The Queen of Kngland has twenty
live grand-children living.
A Louisville woman wearing $4,000 t
worth of diamonds, was arrested for
drunkenness.
Isabella, ex-Queen of Spain, has
grown so large in person as to lind loco
motion extremely difficult. She lives
in grand style at Paris.
A Miss Ismis* Isick. who has been
preaching in Wales, has been arrested
lor blocking the roads, anil sent to Car- j
did' gaol to pick oakum.
l>r. Franklin's advice to a young man j
was: "If you admire a young lady, and
wish to know her .is she really is, call j
upon her in the morning."
So great have been the changes since
the establishment of the republic in j
France that many ladies ot high family
are studying in convents to qualify j
themselves for governesses.
The Ktuperor William still cherishes
the memory of his mother, Queen Lou
isa. and the rooms which she occupied
at Konigslx rg are retained in the same
order in which she left them.
A Miss Whittcn. now at Damaris- j
cotta, Me., has prohahly the long.>t j
hair of any woman in the world. It is
- eight feet long, and when dressed in a :
* French twist it passes six times around
her head. The growth is perfectly nat- ;
ural.
I
The crown princess of (iermany has
been visiting Agram, where she ex- i
pressed a wish to sketch a peasant girl
in Sunday dress. One was sent for, but
ran away as soon as the princess had
commenced. A second did the same,
but a third was induced to give a sit- i
ting.
There is a colored women here who was
raised as a l>oy; does not recollect w hen
she begun male clothing: still dresses
and acts like a man; does a man's
work and hears a man's name. She
lias an aversion to being with women,
or doing their kind of work, and she
says she would go to the penitentiary
before she would wear a bonnet. 7hr
i>oro (AT. C.) Houlherner.
rn.lll.Ml Xolrl.
It is said that short waists are to he
fashionable.
Fringes of cashmere bead* cost as
much as tine laec.
Children's stockings should exactly
match their dresses.
Dotted muslin is imported to aecom- i
pany the dotted lace.
White embroidery will be more used
w llian ever tliis winter.
Indiasbawls are cut up into mantles
as well a* into jackets.
Satin grows more and more fashion
able as a dr'-ss material.
New round hats are of fur heaver of
tlie softest and finest kind.
Igice elbow sleeves in black and white
can be bought ready-made.
Small caps of foulard edged with
gathered lace arc worn by young and
old women.
Some new sleeves have puffs at the
top of the aim and elbow sleeves of 1
muslin or laee.
x Sealskin fringe, which has smooth ,
* strands looking like fur, is one of the [
novelties of the season.
Handkerchiefs with borders of fou
lard in cashmere ami Pompadour eo.ors
are pretty and effective.
Nearly all the new bonnets are made
so that they can lie worn with the hair
dressed either high or low.
The designs in new satin hroead<-s are
very large. The larger the flower, the
inore expensive the material.
Fur-lined garments will be less fash
ionable this winter than those which
are lined with quilted satin.
The dresses trimmed across the front
with narrow flounces have appeared in
the patterns and are very ugly.
The new materials for combinaticn
costumes have exactly the coloring and
d'-signs seen o Japanese bronzes
Shirring is seen on nearly all the new
dresses, on the waist and on the skirt,
and even on the sleeves sometimes.
Flounces are not so deep as formerly,
the fashion being to show part of the
plain underskirt below the overskirt.
The wide white belt* have almost
vanished from street costumes. They
were ugly enough to he long remem tiered.
Many of the New York milliners bare
already given up the wide bonnet ties,
and have replaced them by narrow
strings.
A novel absurdity is the hand-painted
lace that is seen in late importations. It
is in both black and white web, and is
delicately tint'd by hand painting.
Old-fashioned sateen is seen in many
•W of the lately imported erst times; hut it
will not find much favor here as it
is neither very handsome nor durable.
Itussia leather belts ornamented with
brocaded silk, having solid silver clasps,
are the latest importation. They are
certainly much prettier than the horse
articles worn this last summer.
The newest freak in the manufacture
of ai titl' ial flowers is the introduction
of a few velvet leaves into large silk
roses. Sometimes these leaves are of
the same co'or ns the other petals, and
sometimes they are of a contrasting
tint.
Several novel ways of plaiting the
skirts of walking costume* appear this
winter. Some have alternate kilt
plaiting* and plain spares; others have
a kilt plaiting at the bottom of the skirt,
ft then a shirring and then a series of cross
wise plaits.
Black cashmere costumes for common
wear will be trimmed with colored
cashmere this winter, or else with black
embroidery in designs. The
underskirt will be composed of cash mere
only and the trimming will appear on
the polonaise,
llMhMflfi
A clergyman, A few solemn words, ,
prayer, a blessing, and behold husband*
those crowning joys or fatal curses of
y women, those potentates of the fair ones,
claiming some absolute sway, others
wishing to gently guide; those superior
lieings, charming addition to house*,
beautiful adornments of homes (when
not enticed away by Miss folly Tien!)
hardy pi ints that, if well eared for, will
thrive in any clime, provided the soil te
.ove, and though oftimes reputill to be
wild are susceptible of kindness and
seldom attract to escape from the cage*
of matrimony that are encircled by th
wires of affection.
Husbands have peculiarities to he
sure; little faults, though these little
fault* are not always visible unless
viewed through the microscope ot sus
picion, requiring the angels of forbear
ance in the guiseof wives to minister to
them. They possess sufficient Vanity to
preserve their full state of inflation, an*
wise diplomat* in their families, usually
striving to maintain peace therein, while
slv they will he (if they can) and stories
they do tell (when they can.) Yet de
spite all. these creatures are, many of
litem, kind, devoted and tender, sought
after and desired bv damsels (though
none so wonderful that feminine* 1
pine for the lack of them)* beloved part
ners through earth's pilgrimage, serving
as broad wings under which ma-. Bat
tle life's brood of troubles. Ycs surely
husbands are invaluable, if indeed there
be no mqftgages of old loves attached to
them! and wise are tiny who, being in
complete possession of these dear mor
tals, seek to retain them by loving them,
cherishing them anil forever twinkling
in their heart* as do the stars in the
firmament above. Cakuik lUmiukz.
t.lrl* llnu'l " Slliiu Mnnv '
Girls should be careful never to sully
their lips by the use of slang phrases,
for though they may Ik- innocently ut
ton I they ate apt to have a double
meaning, ant originate with a class of
people who do not hesitate to make use 1
of the lowest and vilest language. Some
girls use slang because tbiy think it 1
makes their words more expressive and
interesting, but this is a very much
mistaken idea, for there is nothing more
displeasing than to hear words of slang i
fall from the lip* ofgirls who should he
pure and free from any expressions not 1
calculated to impress their hearers with 1
a sense of their refinement and culture,!
The nseof slang is becoming so com
mon thai ladies use it when conversing ;
with gentlemen. With what degree of
respect does a gentleman regard a lady i
who in his presence makes use of lan
guage such a* is used in the very lowest '
class of society? He certainly cannot ae- i
cord her the same respect which would
b" Iter's if her idea- were expressed in
chaste, ladylike terms. It is trio the
may not mean to u- words that will,
make her seem unladylike, but she can
not use slang in any way without saying
something never intended for the Hps of
a true pure woman. A gentleman owes
mor respect to a lady than to use slang
in her presence, and if she refrains frotn
its use he will he more careful of his
own language. It i* had enough for him
to use it any time, hut how much more
it is for him to do so when with ladies!
He is to some extent excusable, though,
when its use i* encouraged by hearing
it from his lady companions. Remem
ber, girls, you owe it to yourselves and
to your own self-respect never to uo
language which will have a tendency to
lessen a man's r< spect for you.
Concerning 1.1/nrds.
The common lizards of the West In
die* are extremely fond of music. In a
listening attitude they will approach the
open window of a room in which mush
is played, coming w-anr and nean r,
witli In ads elevated, intently listening.
In a somewhat rare hook, entitled " Bar
bad oe and Other Poetna," by M. J.
Chapman (F-ondnn. 1*35), this habit ot
the lizard is thus ref< rrrd to:
-Miiij- sounds 11 re h'nnl within the lighted
halts 1
The listening leave* the melody enthralls.
The ehnrmed zephyr pnuse* ns lie flie-
And mingles with hissirninsthe soltrst sighs;
The wakened li/srd leave* his I nshj led,
C'litnlis to iho latti, c nnd erect* hi* head."
A lizard, so engaged, had it* tail acri
dentally cut offhy the sudden closing of
the window on the sill of which it was
stationed. This curtailed lizard, how
ever, continued to visit the spot,
charmed by the music. After a short
time it was noticed that the lost ap
pendage was gradually replaced by two.
This occurred at the house of a friend in
Barbados. Mr. If. S. Mo*<-]ey, in his
charming work. " Notes by a Naturalist
on the Challenger," (London. IHT'.t), re
marks: "It is curious how little ani
mals seem to !w frightened by a long
wand, like a fishing-rod. I have seen Mr.
Thwaitea in < 'eylon put a noose ol palm
fibre, fastened at the top of a rod of this
kind, over the heads of numbers of
lizards, and carry them off thus sniggled
to put them into spirit for Dr. Guntfier.
The lizards sat quietly to receive the
noose, though if we had moved a foot
dearer to them they would have ran off
at once."— Sricnre Newn.
A Curious Astronomical Farl.
Two persons were born at the same
place, at the same moment of time. A Iter
an age of fifty years they both died, also
at the same place and at the same instant
—yet one had lived one hundred days
more than the other. How was this pos
sible? Not to keep our friends in sus
pense .the solution turns on a curious—
out,with a little reflection,* very obvious
point in circumnavigation. A person
going around the world toward the west
loses a day. and toward the east he
gains one. Supposing, then, two per
sons are born together nt the Cape of
Good Hone, whence a voyage around
th" world may he pcrlorned in a year;
if one performs this constantly toward
the west, in fifty years lie wil! lie flft—
days behind the stationary inhabitant*;
and if the other sails equally toward the
east, he will he fifty days in advance of
them. < >ne therefore will have seen one
hundred days more than the other,
though they were born, nnd died, in the
snme place and at the same moment,
nnd even livo.l continually in the same
latitude, and reckoned time by the same
: calendar.
A Woman's Terrible Death.
As Mr*. Josinlt Walter, aged forty
■ nine years, living in Kaston, I'a , was
' preparing to retire, she was seized with
| an epileptic (it, to wliieh she was sub
ject, just as site began to ascend the
; stairs. She carried a coal oil lamp in
I Iter band, nnd as she fell to the floor. Iter
j clothing caught fire. Hhc gave a scream
as she fell, and her little six-year-old
son, Iz'wis, who was upstairs, ran down
to assist Iter." He endeavored to smother
the flame* witli hi* pruiU. hut finding it
useless he ran to the door and gave the
alarm. By the time assistance arrived,
Mrs. Walter had managed to crawl to
tin- door, and the light of the flntnes ns
.they consumed her clothing could la
seen a great way off. The wood work
of the house caught from the flames, hut
the tire was soon exlinguisncd. Mrs.
Walter was burned frightfully, and
after Intense suffering died before mid
night. Site ha.l been subject to *pa*ms
sim-e the birth of her first chili*. She
was the mother of nine children, three
I of whom are living.
An Arkansas Romance.
Mr. J. M. liaised, of Pike county,
gives us the facts of a very interesting
"auld lung sync" affair, with a senti
mental terminus of recent date. Just
about the time that war wan declared
with Mexico, a young nian named Henry
Lauring, and a young neighboring lady.
Miss vena Waldron, became engaged. (
When the trumpet of war sounded,
young, fiery, impetuous Lam ing, con- 1
eciving it to lie a duty owed to lilseoun- |
try, bode hi* affianced good-bye. and be
came a soldier. They were devoted to <
each other, and when the young man j
left t lie young lady vowed that she would
never marry if he did not return. After
the fall of the City of Mexico, a man
named Ralph Mitchell npproachcil Laur
ing and stated that IK- had left i'ike
county *uhs<i|ucnt to Lauring's depar- \
tare, and that Miss Waldron hail died a
few days before hi* departure. The
young soldier was dcspi rate, and when
the troops, "came home with glad and
gallant trend," he wa* not with them. )
Having, in a moment, been transformed
from an ardent soldier to a reckless man, !
lie left the army, and embarking went to
Cuba. From there he went to Spain, to
Austria, Prussia and to France. When 1
the late Franco-Prussian war broke out
he entered the Fn-ncli ranks, and at Metz
was almost fatally wounded. When he
ri covered the war was over, and remain- j
inir in France until tiic Russian war with
Turkey he repaired to Russia and joined
the army though an old man. With a
detachment of troops, while attempting
to cross the 1 lanuhe, lie was shot through j
the lung*. For a long time he languished
in a hospital and finally recovered. Af
ter the Mexican war, and when Ralph
Mitchell returned to Pike county, he
called on Miss Waldron, sympathetically (
told her that her lover, Lauring, was 1
dead, that lie staved from the camp one
night and was killed hy a hand of si-outs.
The girl fell |ie'elilcs to the floor.
When she regained consciousness a high
fever sprang up, and for months she
tossed on a bed, caring nothing for her
surroundings, and dreading recovery
worse than death. After a long illness 1
she recovered. Mitchell, who was very
attentive to her in her sickness, called ,
frequently in Ic alth. One night Nf it hell
toln her of his devotion. "We have
known en h other from childhood," he 1
said; "we have lived as neighliors. ! 1
You know me: my father and mother. I
I love you with a depth only known to
a burning Mini. Will you !• my wife?"
" Mr. Mitchell," the girl replied, " I re- 1
sped you highly, hut 1 am ( ngaged to
another." " But lie is dead. I*Fie en- j -
gageni'-nt i* not. It will !>c consum
mated in heaven." "Is there no appeal
from your decision?" "None." " Ihi n !
I wilt tantali/e you the more. Lauring
is not dead. My love for you caused 111 c*~
to deceive him. I told him that you
were dead, and wit'.: despair he left the j
army. I did tlii* through love." An- i
other long illness followed this. When •
a strong constitution again came to the i
resell 1 ' ola life, Mitchell hail married a j
n ighlxiring girl Years went on. n*
years Inevitably do. The girl's father '
and mother -rink lieneath th"ctav. Toe j
girl lived witii Icr bfothjT. The civil i
war came on. Th< girl's brother's chii- j
dren grew up and married. Not the
girl, tor slie was advanced in year*. In !
a -mall house they lived. There were 1
vines in the van), and among them tic '
once beautiful woman sat and mused. :
Summer and winter cntne and went.
The love-killed woman had read every
book in tin neighborhood. Tic biro
sang, and the rahitt sprang froin hi*
damp, snow-sprinkled bed. Hut old
ongs and oid memories still swept the
harp-strings of a In art once young and
ardent. One evening lost week Miss 1
Waldron sat among the vines in the I
yard. Her brother wnsgone tothemill. 1
An old man. with long beard and xvith ;
tottering walk, stopped at the gat" and •
a*ked it Mr. Waldron lived there. Mb*
Waldron invited him in. Heappronched, j
and when he had reached the vine- 1
covered porch, sank down on a chair. '
the one Mis- Waldron had vacated, and
buried lii* face in his wrinkled hands.
"Old gentleman," Miss Waldron said, '
"can Ido anything for you? You look
so weary." " That voice!" the man ex- 1
( laimed. " Vena, don't you know me?
Henry has—" A shriek, and the old
man stooped and lifted the form ot an
old woman from the floor. When the
brother had returned a coupie of old
lover* walked out into the beautiful
peace of night. The party walked along
the road, each hand clasped within the
other. Opening a gate they turned into
an inclosure. lliey stopped at a mound.
" Bend over, Henry, ami see if you can
rmd the inscription." Henry leaned
over, and straightened up, said : "It is
the grave of Ralph Mitchell." In a lit
tle log church not far away a pleased
minister pronounced Henry and Vena
man nnd wife. N iture says that their
lives will continue hut a few years
longer; true sentiment say- the few
year* will be happy ones.— I.Ullr Rork
HazrUe.
A Dog's Implacable Hatred.
Among some reminiscences of dogs,
given by n writer in t'or> *1 and Stream
the following appears: In my early I
youth I recall a dog owned by my
grandfather who afforded an instance
of a temper resent All and implacable.
Marquis w is half hound, half mastiff as
we believed, hut we only knew her
mother, and she was a fair type of the
well-bred southern hound, lie grew
lnrger. heavier nnd handsomer than the
average hound is witii ns, nnd was so
fierce that he had to he chain'd #ll ing
the day. Once a cousin and 1 were
amu*ing ourselves witii our IKIWS and
arrows about the yard, both of us about
six or seven years old. In .fun I pro
posed to have a shot at Marquis, who
wa* chained sOout twenty yards off.
Cousin .fohn was wiser than I, and
would not shoot; but. I let fly an arrow,
which only grazed, and surely did not
hurt him. He flew at me, and break
ing loose, would doubtless have handled
me roughly had I not darted up the pi
azza step*, and thus escaped Ids rage.
Months elapsed ere I saw t his dog again,
nnd then it was at our summer house, a
seaside village twenty miles aftray from
wlcre I had shot at him. I tried in
vain to overcome his animosity to me
hy feeding him twice a dav. It was
agreed, in iact. tliat no one else should
feed him while I remained. He would
not attempt to molest me-till he had
done his breakfast or dinner, and then
only the length of his chain limited Ids
angry spring at me. He seemed to love
and respe t my grandfather, father, sis
ter nnd COUsin, and the butler nnd
oonchmnn; the other members of the
household, white nnd black, he toler
ated ; hut me he hated to the hitter end.
Hi* years after my childish Insult to him
he would gladly have torn me to pieces,
if opportunity liod offered. Win n the
tidings of Marquis death were brought,
beli've me. I rejoiced tliat ho had iieen
gathered to his lit there.
CROHN.
Sotno InlOMUni siilliUri About the
Ureal I'roiluO...A llevlaw of thr Nllu
allon.— Kurooran Wants, and Ameri
ca's Ntarolua.
In the f/rainawl t'roviirion Review, Mr.
J. O. Molten, of Chicago, writes as fol
lows : I give below a remodeled estimate
of the wheat production of 1H7!(, partly
official and partly approximate, of the
United Htnteg, which I am confident
will he found very near correct, as they
arc in the main official. I shall. how
ever, use even figures, giving production
the " odd change," in order to be sure
that the figures are enough:
H< Mi
New Ktigland States .. 1,300,000
New Vi.ik 15,000,000
New Jersey met Dclawio e . . .'1.500,000
Pennsylvania 25,000/100
Mary land 7,000,000
Virginia H,000.000
North ami South Caroline 4,000,000
< .ought 3..500,000
M ississinpt and Alabama 2, 000,000
Texas (largely short in some see-
How) 8, 000, o<><
Aiknnaaa and Indian Tciritoiy 2.000,000
Tennesson and Kentoeky ■ • ■ 15,000,000
\Vet Virginia.. 4.00(1,M51
Ohio 40,000,000
Indiana 45,000,000
Illinois.. . 45,000,(KM)
Michigan 32.000,000
iowa (crop partially short). .. . 24,000, (XX)
Missouri (I'arliully Inilurn in some
sections) 17,(XX).000
Minnesota (crop largely short in
(MHithern hall) 35,000,(XX)
Wi- oii-in (jiartiidly short in south
hall) 21,000,000
kimon* (winter wheat materially
shortened by dronght) 15.000,000
Nehm-kn . 15.(XX).000
l>ak"tu 7.'XX),(XX)
Calif irnin nnd Oregon . 40,000,(XXI
Othei ia 7,000,000
Total 141.300.000
The report- concerning thpKuropcnn
harvests arc of so unfavorable a natun
as to lie really alarming, and, if the es
timate') shortage* in the various wheat
producing countries of that continent
urc( ven approximately correct, the total
wheat production <-f the world will fail
very considerably *hoi t of the usual aver
age consumption, anil to one acquainted
witii the magnitude of thi- defleieuey the
unprecedented exportation* of the past
six week* will create no surprise.
in consequence of the unusually disas
trous outturn in Hulgnria and Hungary,
the export of grain lias been stopped by
court decpe. The estimate of deficiency
to the Russian ciop is twenty-eight per
cent, on n crop of about fr.'j.ooo.ooo of
bushels—shortage equal to more bush
els than was ever ex ported from that
country. In Southern Italy, Spain and
Portugal the wheat harvest was nearly
total failure. The French deficiency
is reported a- fully equal to. if not
greater than last year. The Herman
province* show variable returns ns to
wheat, n full average in some, but large
deficiencies in others: while the rye
crop of which the consumption is much
larger than wheat, and equals about
gtu Msi.Msi bushels, is twenty-five p, r
cent, below theuual result—a very im
portant item if the deficiency is to made
up with (or ci'iti partially so, of) wheat
imports. If. Kains .!a< k*on cstimatr-s
the shortage for the Hritisli islands to
he lull l7.ixm,fmo quarters or the cn>r
mouz amount of I3d.(**),n<*i hushels;
and not on.y is the wheat deficient, hut
the barley anil oat crops are largely be
low an average, .and last, but of still
greater importance in food statistii
the (totain crop is alo wofuliy lielow
an 'ivi rage yield, equal to 75.(XX4.000
hushels sliortage, which shortage must
lw supplied mainly by increased imptrt*
of wheat. I therefore make Uie follow
ing new estimates ol Kuropcnn require
ments of wheat according to lat .*ul
xdecs (some official and others approxi
mate), as follows:
Aiid/h.
llrilish isisnds 136.000.000
Krsm e iml •! iwrnlenolen . . SO.000.(XXI
Uimwany ood N'odh sm
Knlliiiit smt lb Igium .. 10,000,000
S|*un sml Portugal ••••... 15.000 (XX)
Ii!> n<l M-litprninr-in ports. 15,000,000
South Atnsriea Siel \V-st Indie.
(mainly (lour) .... .. .. 6.000. 000
Cluns floor 1,000.000
T.Xol 283.000.000
According tx> the deficient ie* rermrted,
these estimates are rather under Mian
abnze the pmbabie a, tual figures. Ac
cepting an estimate of about '27U.00(>.n00
as tlie food and seed rcrjuireinents of the
United States, tliis country will have for
export 166.(XX1.000t0 I7o.oiio.onrt bushels,
leaving 113,000.000 to be supplied front
the surplus of otloT countries than the
United State*, which result it is simply
impossible to obtain. Russia, from fur
most favorable crop of wheat, exports
something over 70.000.fxm bushels, nnd,
should the shortage on this year's crop
be only twenty per cent., instead of twen
ty-eight per cent . as estimated, her "ur
plus for exjsirt will be sintpiy nil ; but,
nllowing the damage to be over-esti
mated. and that Ru-xin can furnish, sav.
ao.ooo.cxxt bushels, the following figures
result alter making the largest approx
imate estimate for supplies from the re
mainder of the wheat-producing coun
tries of the globe than the Unitcu States.
My estimate is as follows;
Hushels.
Kussi, ao.om.ono
Indm 10.000.000
Ausii.ilis 12 (XXI.00(1
Chili 3.000.000
< snnds. 6,000.000
Total 51,000,00
I This estimate exhausts the whent-pro
dueing countries of the world and indi
cate* nn absolute deficiency of supply
under a vet age consumption of at lea-t
02,000.000 ol hushcis
These figures would lg> alarming were
it'not thai to a considerable extent win at
can he supplemented by corn and prob
ably will to a great extent, should the
value of wheat Increase In prnjwirtion to
the apparent sliortage anu the general
market runs its usual course—when the
facts of supply and demand are con
sidered.
Miss Minnie F. Austin, for many years
teoidicrdn Chicago anil San Francisco
high schools, also principal of Clarke
Institute in San Francisco, from failing
health turned her attention to an out
door life. She now owns a fruit farm of
eighty aires in Fresno. Cai„ and last
spring set in the ground, hy the aid of
one man, over 600 fruit trees. Miss A.
Conducts her farm with us much system
os she did her school. She has twenty
••iglit acre* of the best rniin-grapes,
from which the yield will l>e between
thirty and fifty tons of fruit; almut 300
apricot trees, 100 nectarines, 400 fig*. 400
prunes, nnd all ordinary fruit trees. She
lias this year nearly Iwo tons of ponchos
alone, which she has dried lor the
market.
In Alabama 80.000 while and 53,004
colored children have been enrolled in
the public schools.
Indlitnn In Fall Dress.
A White Knrth Agency letter to the St.
I'hul (Minn. )\l'umeer-/*reini says: The In- 1
aituiK tit White Knrth have, ax rule,
thrown aside their blankets and adopted
th'* garb of civillzx-d life, a necessary
step in their moral and material pro-
Krena, though, in looking at the wonder
fully picturesque costume* of the Indi
ans from the dint out reservation of lied
Lake, one could not help feeling sorry
that these dresses of strange barbaric
Splendor must soon Ik; tiling* of the
past. Some of the younger bm k* must
have been engaged from early dawn in
completing the elaborate toilets in which
they app< ared. One young chief. Hurri
cane. of Red hake, was positively kill
ing ina splendid otter skiri war bonnet,
ornamented with si* eagles' feathers,
symlsols < f n brave, at their lips tiny
ribbon'prnn&nls to which were attached
small ermine tips, symbols of a scalp.
He had several of them on his bonnet,
and a whole bunch hung on his pipe.
stem; a bright streamer of cerise ribbon
known, I think, hy young ladies as a
" kiss-m-quick," completed his head
dress. fie was highly rouged, and over
each eye had painted a square of deli
cate white and red stripe*. A checked
red shirt, black blanket, and richly
Jtcndcd gaiters and moccasins, completed
his very cffixtive costume. This fine,
handsome fellow has a remarkable his
tory. lie is said to have taken no less
than fifty Sioux scalps. At the time of
the massacre of IHflg he followed the
Sioux who Jial killed most of the wbil'-s
in hi* neighborhood 600 mile* up the
country ms far as Manitoba, killed and
scalped him and hi* whole family, from
the double motive of gratifying the
whites with whom the Chippcwas have
always lieen friendly, and uiking ven
geance on hi* hereditary f<x\ the Sioux.
Rouging and painting the fai e scctns to
he reduced ton fine art among the Chip-
P' TO, Hut tbs tfllc| is, a a rule, hid
eous anl grob-squc. Here j* a gentle,
man witii one eye painted a brilliant
blue; another with one dark blue square
on each check, with white spots on the
dark blue ground, I thought at first he
luwl commenced with the intention
of ornamenting himself with tin
stars and stripes, and had been com
pelled to leave out the stripes for want
of _ room. One had his f.v< painted
bright.brick-dust color, over one cheek
a stripe of red, over the other one rf (lark
blue with white spots. Another had
painted bright red aii over the fare,
giving tic effect of some skin disease.
A third had produced an extraordinary
effect by a green coloring under hi*eye.
One old gentleman had painted in a com
plete blue lieard. On the whole, the
iU-d J.ak'- Indian* were a decided at
traction, and afforded gr'at amusement
both by their co*lumcs and tiielr na
t ionai colors.
Joke* from Harper's " Drawer."
This sliocking specimen of discour
tesy occurred recently in North Adams,
one of the leading manufacturing towns
in Massachusetts. A colporteur entered
one of the nianufactorics, and a*k"d the
gentleman who seemed to be the head
man of the concern. " May I leave some
tracts?"
"Certainly," replied the old gentle
man; "but please to leavv them with
the heel* toward the door."
The I (rawer has the honor to present
to the lovers of excessive humor the fob
■owing, which i* the t wi nty-first anecdote
in Taylor's Ml/ and Mirth, edited by
Mr \\ . Curew Haxlitt:
A country fellow, who hail not
walked much in streets tliat were paved,
came to Isindon, where a dog came sud
denly out of a house, ami furiously ran
out at him. The fellow stooped to take
up a stone to east at t'm dog and find
ing tlieni all hist ranini'd or paved in the
ground, quoth r< "What a strange
country am I in. where the people tie
up the stones and let the dog loose!"
Tlii* comes t,, us as n fresh a need <■
Father Taylor, the famous sai r.
rraehcr of Boston. At one of 1 *
ray r-meetings nn opulent merelia t
came in to honor the moling. Hespol •
a few words extolling the kindness 1 1
tlie Hoston people in aiding Mr. Tiy r
to build his chapel, and their con*id> ra
tion of foor sailor*. As soon as the
great man had finished. Mr. Taylor
quietlyasked : "Is there any other old
sinner lown who would like to
say gMunlrfoP' we go oq with the
meetiag? No other old sinner re
sponded.
The following pleasant thing in the
way of definition occurred a few days
since in one of the public schools of a
city in Massachusetts. A member of
the committee. Captain . was visit
ing the school, and the class having
read from Webster's address at IMy
mouth, the captain "asked the class.
"Who was Webster?"
One boy said " a statesman." another
" an orator."
" Hut what is a statesman?" asked the
captain. •
" A man who goes around making
speeches." answered a hoy.
"That is not quite right." replied the
captain ; " 1 go around sometimes mak
ing speeches, but I am not a statesman."
A bright little fellow spoke up: " I
know. It is a man who goes around
making good speeches."
The Highest llaase in the World.
*A or tor writes to the New York
the following ietter: "In your issueof
the .Sim, on the 15th, there ia a para
graph which states 'that the highest
inhabited house in the world is believed
to be the one erected for the miners em
ployed on Mount Lincoln, in the main
range of the Rocky mountains. Park
county. Cot It is 1*4,157 lect above sea
level." I would respectfully call your
attention to the fact that there is on the
t'allao. Lima and Oroya railroad. Peru,
ninety-four miles from lima.on the sum -
n.it <>f the Andes, a small town called
Clnlern. or as the Peruvians style it,
" tunal de la Cinia." This place is situ
ated on the western slope of the divid
ing range of the great Andean chain,
15.(445 feet above the line of perpetual
snow. It was founded in 1H73 by an
engineering corps of the Oroya rail
road. represented by Martin Van Rrock-
Hn, now superintendent of the Metro
politan eievated railroad. New York:
Ids brother, Herman Van Rmcklin. and
11. J. Tobias of Illinois. It derive* its
name from a tunnel or gallery which Is
being bored through the summit from
the Oroya railroad, and ia 1.173 metres,
or 3.H47 feet in length. I make this state
ment from personal knowledge, having
been In the rmplov ol Henry Meiggs.
and compelled to live at that place for a
period of ten months. These fact* are
given from actual measurement, taken
(mm the records of the chief engineer at
t list time.
A WOSDKRFCL OPERATION.
■ low *onrlahmal —-*~ir-glstss
l.Utl® Ulrl'a Ntaack,
Han Antonio. Texas, contains a won
der,tliii like ol which cannot be found
in the IJniu-d States. it 1* nothing
more nor less than a child, Hf'n years
old, that inxUsad ol masticating and
swallowing its food in th- usual man
ner, i* fed through an aperture in the
stomach made for that purpose. The
child is gaining strength, can walk and
piny, and bid* /air to aoon be ax .tout
and healthy as any other child. Hie
facta are tin follows: Atxiut two years
ago Mr. S. T. bum ley. at this time liv
ing in Pennsylvania, had the misfortune
to have his daughter Jessiedrink a solu
tion of lye, which a colored woman
had carelessly left on the table. A large
quantity of the corrosive liquid was
swal owed. Death is theeertain results
in such eases, Ihe lye destroyed the
iiiii' ous membrane, and a stricture of
the (esophagus is formed, which means
that the throat, or at least the channel
through which the food goes into the
stoma/ h, is drawn togeth -r or contract
ed to suelj a degree that only liquids,
and not much of them, can pass through.
ouch was the condition of the little
girl Jessie hum ley when she was brougiit
to Han Antonio for tr<iim<-nt. The
child was very much inia/iaU-d, could
not sw iji'iw even liquid food for daya
at a time. As it was the only possible
. hance she had for life, her parents eon-'
rented that the operation of making an
opening in the stomach should be "at
tempted. 'I he operation has been per
formed in Kngland, but this is believed
to fx- the tirst time it has been attempted
in tie I. tilted States. An incision four
inches long was made a few inches to the
left l the pit of the stomach, at the be
ginning of the short rihs, much stitch
ing being require!. Through this in
eiaion the stomach is reached. The n'-xt
part of the operation requires the most
deli ate handling imaginable. It con
sists of sewing the stomach to the walla
of the abdomen, hut gnat care must
he taken not to penetrate ttic stomach
ilsr.f. The ri'-'qile and stitches only
penetrate the skin of the stomach. The
rcsu.t is that the stomach, as the wound
gradually heals, grows to the wall of
the abdomen.
The patient was put under the in
fluence of chloroform and the operation
succi -fully performed. Unfortunately,
the child li.id an attack of chills and
ever, which had to be cured, which gave
it a set back. The operation described
took place a few weeks ago. Ihe stom
ach had grown on the sides of the abdo
m n. and in two weeks the operation of
making incision in the stomach, through
which the food was to pass, was per
formed. and twice a day thereafter a
beef-t'-ak. cut up tine, has been passed
with the forceps into the stoma/ h. -end
the child is steadily gaining strength.
The writer visited the child, in com
pany Willi Dr. lierff. and saw it fed.
We halted in front of a small, one-story
hou*e. which we entered. A little girl,
with light hair and blue eyes, was sit
ting up in bed surrounded by play
things. Her mother, a young woman of
thirtyjyearsofnge.was busy in the room.
" Don't you want your supper.
Jessief" said the doctor. " I want
steak. I don't want any broad, 'cos it
hurts," aid the little girl, whose thin
features and pale complexion showed
the result of h< r long fast.
The mother brought in a rare beef
steak. which Uie doctor proceeded to cut
up in small pieces, crumbling un some
bread at the same time. The food being
prepared, the child lay back on the bed,
and the opening in the side was ex
posed. it was only an inch in length,
and presented the appearance of a badly
inhaled cut. It WM a little inflamed. I
*tood by and saw tlie doctor take one
pies* after another and carefully intro
duce it with the forceps into the stom
ach, until the plate was nearly empty.
The child complains a little at times,
hut did not appear to suffer any. She
finally said "my stomach is full," and,
as there was no more steak, the doctor
desisted. Finally some cotton was
placed in the opening, a bandage put on.
and she sat up and was soon fondling
her playthings.
No particle of solid food had passed
through the ehild's throat since the
accident. A grain of rice nearly
strangles her. Milk is also injected
into the stomach through the opening.
The only possible danger is from the
wound closing up. hence it is kept open
with cotton. Atfirst a plug of expan
sive sponge wa used. There is no rra
son why the child should not become
stout and healthy. The food digests
n-adily. just the same as if chewed and
swallowed. To the inquiry if this mode
of taking nourishment would have to
lie kept up through lile, no definite
answer was given, as it depends on the
possibility of reducing the stricture of
the throat.
Playing a Joke on a Dog.
When a Rockland man went home the
other evening, he saw his dog lying just
inside the gate, and Uiinking to play a
joke on the animal, lie stole softly near,
and with a loud whoop jumped in front
|of the dog's head. The dog didn't
skunrv away, yelping with affright.
Somehow he wasn't that kind of a dog.
He had been raises! another way. He
merely stood up on his hind end and
sintnly put liia teeth intotlicnearest part
of the man that lie could reach and shut
his eye*, and sighed gently and hung on.
The startled man. with a* vivid impres
sion that he had inadvertently sat down
on a red-hot paper of venr large govern
ment tax, emitted aye!! like a fog horn
and dashed down the street, with the
heroic dog clinging like a curse. When
the procession passed the corner there
seemed to be something waving fiom it
liehind, and as it got under the gaslight,
a policeman ohservod that there was a
black-and-tan train attached to it reach
ing nearly a block. When Uie crowd
finally caught up. rfter hard runn'ng.
they discovered a very much exhausted
and profane man, leaning up against a
tree ar.d holding on to himself with his
hands, while near hy was a dog with a
quiet smile on his countenance, busily
engaged in pulling shreds of broadcloth
out of his teeth with his olaws.—AtwA
lan'i Oourier
A woman in the almshouse at Dublin.
On., who is sixty-live years old, pre
sents a remarkable condition. Her skull
bone* for years h*ve been gradually
gaping open both at the longitudinal and
the transverse sutures, leaving lite brain
unprotected save by the akin of the head.
Hy placing the flun-r in the Assure the
throbbing of the brain may be plain!)
i 'V'V . keeps a handkerchief bound
lightly around her head, complaining
of great pain and dread that it will burst
open when Uie hand is removed for a
short time. In spite of all thia she is
very ebecrfiil and active.