A RIAL ROMANCE.
,ltiUriii>ikiil>l< Mertlllu In ■> Clnilrll
WliM a CrrMki t', Karorst *;*■ Itr
vcloprd.
The Denver (Col.) 'lYibunc, ola reeent
date, says: Once upon a time, as all true
stories begin—hut for the sake of in'cu
racy, say fifteen veal's ago—Rev. Dr.
Warren, a celebrate 1 clergyman ol Phil
adelphia, performed the marriage cere
mony for two people, who afterward
sent out their cards inscribed: "Mr. and
Mrs. Avery, at home to their friends
Tuesdays aiid Fridays, in the afternoon."
A few weeks latr found Mr.and Mrs.
Avery comfortably local*d in Manhat
tan, Kansas. Mrs. Avery was one of
that class tailed " strong-ndiulcd
women." She was an advocate of
female suffrage, made speeches and
wrote for the papers. Solar, however,
as the public knew, the married life of
the Averys had the average amount of
felicity in it. On" day Avery went
away--nobody seem to know iust where.
Some said lie went to Colorado to make
bis fortune in the mines; some said lie
bad gone to look after a railroad eon
traet somewlu re.
lie never came back. The people of
Manhattan forgot hint, and even Mrs.
Avery gave him up for dead. Her
neighbors called her "a smart woman,"
and she is a very intelligent, energetic
woman. She is now a member of the
law firm of Kosb r ,V Foster, of Clinton,
lowa, and is said to lie the only woman
who has ever lea n admitted to the bar
in that State.
Her name isn't Avery now. One day
fudge Foster wns introduced to Mrs.
Avery Another tiny, a few months
Inter. lie married her. she in the mean
time having taken care to procure :i M
--voree from Avery on the /round of de
sertion. for fenr that he might turn up
some time.
Mrs. Foster studied law with her hus
band. and assisted him in his legal busi
ness, which is quite large, as .fudge
Foster is one of the ino-t eminent law
yers in the llawkcye State. Being a
woman of spirit, or rather a public
•nirited woman, she naturally enlisted in
tfie catLse of temperance, and was elected
president of the Women's Christian
Temperance I'nion. She attended the
national temperance camp meeting at
Bismarck in August, ami took a very
active part in the proceedings. She re
mained also through the church en
campment which immediately followed
the temperance encampment. Rev. 1 >r.
Warren, o| Philadelphia, who per
formed the cercmrny at the time Mrs.
Foster was married to Iter first husband,
attended the church encampment and
renewed their old acquaintance.
When the church encampment closed,
Mrs. .fudgt Foster and a lady lriend
came to Denver togctlier. A f< w days
later Rev. Dr. Warren took the train at
Lawrence for Denver. In this city he
was the guest of Rev. Karl Cranston,
pastor of the Methodist Church. On
the next Sunday after his arrival he sat
in Karl Cran-ton's pew, and glancing
up at Mr. Cranston in the pulpit, he no
ticed a very strange look in his face.
Mr. Cranston'- gaze med to he di
rected to some one Is-liind I>r. Warren,
and the doctor turned around to sec
what hadattrai ted Mr Cranston'satten
tion. On the next -eat behind him Or
Warren nw Mrs. Foster, and just be
hind her a man whom he rei ogni/'xl as
the long-lost Avery. The look of sur
prise and astonishment which the dim
tor's features woic attracted Mrs. Fos
ter's attention, and she turned to see
what it was behind that interested o
many people. As she turned her move
ment attracted the attention of the peo
ple in the next seat behind her. and she
found herself faee to fare with her first
husband, whom she suppose,! dead.
Their eyes met and tho recognition was
instantaneous and mutual, although
they had had not seen each other for
thirteen years. Beside Mr Avery sat
two i>r three children and a womap.
Mr-. Foster glanced at tlirm and turned
pale. It was tds family. She got up
and left the church. Avery remained
through t he service.
All that night Mrs. Foster walked lite
floor of her room, silent hut greatly
agitated. The next morning Mr.
Avery called, and, in the presence of
friends, had a:i interview. The meet
ing was like that of acquaintances,
cold, formal, and yet very quiet and
devoid of any sensational features. Mr.
Avery, so far as the reporter knows,
gave no explanation of his mysterious
disappearance and his subsequent mar
riage, and was asked for none. He
had married during his absence and lias
five children, whotn fie invited Mrs.
Foster to visit Later in the day Mrs.
Foster called a luck .and went to see
Mr. Avery and family. Mrs. Foster
has returned to her desk and resumed
her law practice in Clinton.
The meeting in the Lawrence Street
Church was a strange one. The man,
the woman, and the clergyman who
married them sat in adjacent seats. The
presence of Judee Foster was all that
was needed to make the tableau com
plete.
A Ibi d that t'rie* •• I'a, Fa, Pa !"
Iet me tell you about some queer
*irla that I saw in South Africa. They
are calk*) " Hadcdn" ly the natives, and
are a* large ax crows, with long leg*and
bill*, and wings that are dark-green in
one light and golden in another. The
bird* look like gentlemen in dress suit*
with their hand* folded undcrtheir coat
tail*.
Th<" hadeda live* in marshy plnces,
hut they arr easily lamed to live in
hnu.<w*. and soon go in and out as if they
were part of the family. And. indeed,
you might almost think they were part
ot it, for, when they cry. they say " I*.
pa. pa!" ouickly. like an impatient child.
Two or these birds tiint I saw were
very fond of the father of the family,
and" would follow him about all day.
On Sunday* they would even walk niter
him into church tinier* he looked them UJI
at homo. On re they actually did walk
into church, marching gravely up the
aisle, and taking their stand near their
master, who was the minister. liehind
the little leetom or reading-desk. It
was very iunny to see these three solemn
llgures standing there, and it was larky
the bird* did not think to rail out "I'a,
pa, pa!" just then, for the congregation
laughed nuite enough as it was. The
birds wouldn't go away, although the
minister told them to in a severe tone;
so he had to walk out, and they followed
him into the open air. When he came
in again he shut the door elose liehind
him and so kept them out.— lf. Knatula,
in St. Nirhttla*.
The wife of the bonanza king, Mr. J.
W. Mnckty. has had her portrait painted
in Paris by Cabanel. She ha* a tair,
earm-st face, and great, lustrous blue
rye*, with dark hair. The dres* in
which the portrait i* painted i* of erim
on brocade, faced with pale pink satin,
Itordeml with 'ace and v ' 1 ?: out sleeve*
Imitation Jewelry.
Some of the imitations are admirable,
it must bo oWnod. A {(old watch ease,
eighteen curat* lino, costs lilty dollars;
another, fourteen carats line, can he
bought for half the money; and a third,
four carats line for ten dollars; and
nothing but comparison reveals any
difference between the three to inexpe
rienced eyes. bracelets in gold plate
finished in a dozen different ways, bur
nished. fretted, or fancied, cost less than
tlioseof real tortoise shell, and would
deceive anybody when worn. I<aee
pins, euff pins, rings and earrings are
made at Attleboro: in Providence, and
New York, in the same patterns used by
the best jewrlerH, and, although not so
well finished in minor detail, have no
imperfections that can reveal them
selves to ordinary inspection. Until
very latnly it was impossible to make
tbi' variegated leaves used on lace in any
tiling hut good gold, but they are now
produced in cheap alloys, and a method
inis been discovered for applying enamel
to inferior gold.
In many cases, the stones used in the
cheap sets are real; fine mosaics, ame
thysts of great clearness, and excellent
onyxes being set in gold of uqualityso
poor that a whole set costs very little,
111 other cases, even the stones are false,
and one can buy a set of what seem to lie
initial onyx sleeve buttonssc tin gold,lor
less than it would cost to cut the stones
if they were real. Second quality ony x,
having tin* upper layer of uneven thick
ness is used HI S<, ,e of the cheap seals.
and in oth< is a blood -tone is placed on
one side and a bit of glass on tic nth< r.
The seller who means to cheat is enthu
siastic over the beauties of the real
blood -lone, and the iniiocnt buyer itoc
not think to ask about the glass. Still
another deceit is seen in large seals of
nro--ed glass, apparently ,-nt elaborately,
l>ut really representing no more work
than II pressed glass tumbler; a micro
soope would betray the cheat at ouoe,
but ordinary buyers do not go about
armed with microscopes, and do not
wish to lie obliged to do so. Diamond
pins with solid hacks are of doubtful
perfection always, hut some of the new
pins have a pit of silver foil set behind
the fragment of glittering glas- that
serves for a stone, and nre more decep
tive than the dull stones worn by some
men who sceni to think that they will
he respected if they appear to have -1 >• nt
three years' salary on an ornament.
As has been said, there is no way of
distinguishing between good and rump
jewelry win n worn, hut there are a few
details to which buyers should look
sharply, unless they have perfect confi
dence in the house with which they are
dealing. Watch cases usually have the
name of the firm -clling them engraven
on the inide, unh-s they are of poor
quality, (loud bracelets are an well fi. -
ished close to the hinges ns anywhyre
else. Fine brooches have good strong
pins on tic wrong side. Kngraved or
tooled surfaces are Tliore deeply indent
id in gold jewelry than in that which is
plated, and burnished surfaces on cheap
good- arc likely to be w ratcix d, in cause
they ai' more vnrelessiy Kept than those
which are more expensive. There is a
very slight differ' nee in the color of the
two classes of jewelry, hut it only re
veals itself on comparison. Large -i/.e
is a danger signal in earrings, and false
diamonds ought to wain any laxly from
buying by their -etting.
The demand fur the cheap jewelry in
crease- almost daily, many of the new
styles being so fantastic that even those
who are determined to wear them hesi
tate about paying much for tlietn. pur
chase them in cheap materials and throw
thetn away win n tarnished. This course
is expensive, hut if a man or woman can
afford it noltody is injured by it except
the person who yields to the desire to as
sume the appearance of wealth that he
has not. But nolxxly wants to Is- cheat
ed, and he who buys cheap j welry of ir
responsihle persons is tolerably sure to
waste his money.— Ro*Um Transcript.
The Trne Story of " Robin Adair".
Tlir hero of " Robin Adair" WM well
known in tli<* Is>ndon fashionable rirch ••
of the Inst century l>y tin- sobriquet of
the " Fortunate Irishman;" hut hi* pa
rentage and the exact place of hit birth
arc unknown. lic WM brought lip a* a
surgeon, hut " liii drtit'tinn in nn early
amour drove liini precipitately from
I'ublin,"to pu.th hit fortune* in Knit
land. Scarcely had hcrro**cd tlie chan
nel when the chain of lu> ky event* that
ultimately led him to fame and lortunc
commenced. Near Holyhead, perceiv
ing a carriage overturned, he ran to ren
der n*ti*tance. The sole occupant of the
vehicle wan a "lady of fax hi on, well
known in polite circle*," who received
Adair'* attention* with thank*, and, be
ing lightly hurt, and hearing ".hat he
was a surgeon, rcqu< sted hint to travel
with her in her carriage to I/>ndon. t>n
their arrival in the metropolis she pre
sented him with a fee of WO guinea*, and
gave liini a general invitation to her
house. In alter life Adair used to say
that it wa* not so much the amount of
this fee, hut the time it was given, that
wa* the service to him. a* he wax then
almost destitute. Hut the invitntion to
her house was n still grcnter service,
for there he met the person who derided
hi* fats in life. This wa* Lady Caroline
Keppel, daughter of the second Karl of
Albemarle and of Anne J,cnnox,
daughter of the lirst iMike of Richmond.
Forgetting her high lineage. Lady Caro
line, at the tirst sight of the Irish surgeon,
fell desperately In love witlt him. and
Iter eniot'on* were so sudden and so vio
lent a* to attract the general attention o
the company. Adair, seeing his advan
tage. lost no time in oursuing it. while
the Alhermarie and Richmond families
were dismayed at the prospect* of *uch
a terrible >nr.*alliawf. Kvery mean*
were tried to induce the young ladv to
alter iter mind, but without flNk
Adair's biographer tells u* that "amuse
ment*," a long journey, an advantageous
offer, and other common mwlos of slink
tig off what was considered by the fam
ily as an improper match, were already
tried hut in vain. The henllli of bady
Caroline was evidently impaired, and
the family at last confessed, with a good
sense that reflected honor on their under
standing as well a* their heart* that it
was possible to prevent, but never to
dis.-olve, an attachment; nnd that mar
riage wa* the honorable and, indeed, the
only alternative, that could secure her
happiness and her life. When 1-ady
Caroline wa* taken by her friend* from
istndon to lintli, that she might he sep
arated from her lover. *he wrote, it i*
said, the song o! "Robin Adair" and
•ct it ton plaintive Irish tune that site
herrd him sing. Whether written by
Isidy < 'aroiine or not, the song is simply
exprcsaivcof her feeling* at the tinie.ann
a* it completely corroborate* the cir
cumstance* just related, which were the
town talk ol the period, though now
little more than family trndition. there
can he no doubt that they were the ori
gin of the song.— Ntwrmsflt CoiirnrU-
New York's Wooden Statues
Few people to whom the appearance
of the wooden figures which form liter
al ly a standing ail vert iHenicnt of the me
tropolitan tobacconist is familiar, have
the remotest conception of the number
of them thnt exist. There are over two
thousand cigar shops in this city. It is
safe to assume that nine-tenths of these
possess dummies. The number includes
whole tribes of Indians, companies of
soldiers, ships' crews of sailors, and
baseball nines, with a lavish sprinkling
of fops, whose glories of attire pale those
of Dundreary, society belles, 'lurks,
firemen, goddesses of liberty, female
walkers, and so on. Tin-re are auite a
number of Clinches and of Kir Waller
Italeighs. Grim Highlanders, clutching
big snull'-istxes or bundles of cigars, are
common. Fairy oueens, heuutlful Cir
cassians, colored dandies, miners,
" itlnek Crook " Amazons and Caledon
ian lassies lend an agreeable variety to
the col lection. The hulk of the figures
are those Af Indians and squaws, with
pappoosesand without. Tie- Highland
ers and the dandies, once so common,
are now in a vast minority, and an
growing f wer every year. "They don't
draw custom no unite," said a tobaccon
ist to a reporter. " People want gayer
tilings to look at now. 1 had a Scotch
man here for eight years, and business
got awfully run down. Then I bought
that " lilack Crook" figure, and I've
been doing first rate ever since."
The origin of tobacconists' dummies
i- involved in obscurity. Figures of
lligli'andir.-> w< re the w ■ • ■ i*t <1 sign* of
I/mdon ."nuff-Mlaip- in tip last century.
In Boston there i; a wooden midshin
man marking a sailors' tobacco-shop
anil liii'r-roniii which is seventy-lour
years old.- Tin* oldest one in New York
is probably Mrs. Miller's High lander.
It is more than half a century old. It
was originally sit tin far down town, in
the vicinity of City Hall Park. Then it
moved further up Broadway, till, atti r
various stoppages, it found its present
post of duty under the St. Nicholas Ho
tel. The business it does duty for is one
of the olih-st of the kind in the country.
The tirat dummy figure* in l/indon
were those of Highlanders. In those
days sign-painting had not yet been
made a line art of. Symlsils of various
sorts Were used to point out the shops.
People had little use for tobacco then,
save in the form of snuff, which was a
favorite luxury with both sexes, j'ho
Highlander with his snufl'-horn, be
came. therefore, a universal symlsd.
The few that existed in this country,
previous to the revolution, wre all
sent froni Ixmdon.
After a while local ship-carvers he.
gan trying their hands at it As peo
ple here smoked and chewed more to
bacco than tiiev used in the form of
snuff, the Highlander was voted not ex.
prcssive enough. The figure of a plan
tation negro bourne the popular sign.
From this fact the wooden image* eamc
to |**sess the teeliliit'll name which i
applied to them to-day without regard
to their character. They nre called
" Pompey-.'' After a while the Indian,
with Ids hunch of tobacco lcavi s, crept
into favor. Tin n. tobacconists, wlm
l entered to special classes of eustoniets,
began to liave " Pompeys " carved to
suit their trade. So. one finds along the
water-side that images of sailors pre
dominate, while others have dummy
emigrants of all nationalities. The ad
vent of many Cuban tobacconists dur
j ing the revolution in tin- ever-faithful
isle, cieated quite a gallery of Cuban
, planters, peons and patriot soldiers.
The baseball fever gave birth to nu
merous wooden efligi* in white cap*
and KniekiTl>oekers. So the vi ry
lati st pedestrian craze has leen the
father of a progeny of walkers, male and
female, nearly as extensive in number as
the maniacs who are now blistering
I tlndr feet all over the country in order
to make gnto>mnney lor somebody else,
j The orthodox Indian warrior and abo
■ riginal maidens still hold their own,
' however, against all rivals, and form
the vast hulk of our army of < fligies.
The business of " Pomney " making is
principally carried on in Canal street,
where many oL the wood-carvers are,
and along the water-side. Formerly the
dummy maker* used to keep stocks on
hand, from which a customer could
choose his favorite. Very iittle of this
is done nowadays. If one wants a
4 " Pompey," one orders and pays for it.
Besides the regular woodf n figure
makers, the ship-carvers ali make dum
mies to order. The figures are made of
seasoned pine. (Ine big block is made to
serve fur the figure. To this the arm*
and other proj'ctions are joined with
wooden pins. " Pumper" makers work
on areeumhent block. Thctimbor i* laid
: on a trestle, and they assault it with a
ferocious-looking steel instrument like a
ship-carpenter's chisel. After rough
shaping it tlmv finish it UP with hss
savage tools. Then it is painted.
T< n years ago t hr> wooden " I'otnpcy "
makers hcpin t experience n change in
their business. I'p to that time they
had had pretty much their own way.
and had got price* to unit themselves
for th'-ir work. Hut suddenly metal
figure* began to make their way into
UM. Tliev were cast in zinc, on really
good model* furnished tiy artist*, and
were altogether an Improvement, in an
artistic sense, on their predecessors. Re
sidea. thev hi I the advantage of dura
bility. k'ive years' exposure to the
sun and rain will so split and wnrp a
wooden figure tliat it will have to here
paired. and once you commence to mend
a dummy it is like patching a shoe. It
ha* to lie kepi up. The metal figures,
on the contrary. Inst forever. Their
only necessity is the very humane one of
wanting a new coat once in a while.
The price of sine figure* is. of course,
higher than that of wooden ones. I'lne
" I'ompeys" range from $lO up to $ 10,
zinc ones from $lO to #250. A life-si/.e
wooden figure cost.* Irnm S3O to $75. In
xine they sell for $1,500 a dozen whole
sale, and are retailed at such advances
a* the dealer chooses to make on them.
In addition to the metal figures, plaster
ones are now coining into common ue
among cigar shops of the lower elass.
They cost from ten to twenty shillings,
a- 1. a* the small dealers say, make al
m st as mttelt show when stuck up in the
middle of a window as a wooden effigy
at the door doe*.— New York New*
The New York i ontmrrrtai Atlwrliter
pathetically ejaculate*: Many a poor,
but religious editor hns been compelled
to receive pay for his valuable paper in
turnips, string-1 ican*. pumpkin) and
such-like articles of dirt, hut We never
remember to have heard of a butcher
who would nc"cpt a column of para
graphs In return re a rortrrhoust steak
< r a ma;l toast for Funday.
The results of the Portuguese cent'lis
of IH7B have been published, showing a
population of 4,745,094 pen 0n*—9,314.-
593 male* and 9,430,50! females—lneuld
ing Madeira and the Axon*.
In the Trenches on Milk Hirer.
A New York Herald correspondent
narrates some of the scenes t hat took
place during the six days in which Cap
tain Payne's command was besieged by
the I'te Indians on Milk river, Color
ado: One morning a soldier in Payne's
command, wouni'cd in the arm and so
ill that lie had had no appetite for two
days, turned toa colored soldier close by
him. saying "Here, pard, stop shoot
ing at them bluffs and for the Ixird's
sake make me a little coffee." The col
ored hero thus addressed, whose name
the narrator could not recall, answered
not a word, but set to work. There WON
no coffee in the pit, hut there was some
in the next one which was tossed over.
Hut how to make a lire without wood,
that was the question. The colored man
calculated the chances, made a break lor
the sutler's wagon, snatched a loose side
of a provision l>o\ and came back with
a bullet hole in the board, which was
meant for his own body. 'J lien lie made
a fire in a corner of the pit and prepared
the coffee for liis patient.
The sutbr's wagon was a fair target,
and the sutler himself was hit in the leg
while making an incautious approach to
it. It had a limited supply of provisions,
the regulation hard tack and raw baron
and a little liquor, which was of great
•erviee to the wounded. Another \e
liiele which will doubtless be preserved
at Fort Steele as a pet relic of ris ent his
tory, is the ambulance taken down by
Major Thonibtirgh. H stood out with
I lie wagons, m ar the copter of the oval
space occupied by the troops, and is
ventilated by some thirty bullet-holes.
Itankin, tlie scout, got under it one day
f. a nap, and was awakened by a hall
which struck one of the spoke- within
two Inches of the top of his bean.
In this way, unwashed, unkempt,
illy fed. at a time when even night, iliu
unned hy stars, refused its customary
shield of darkness, the men of I'ayne's
(white) and Dodge's (colored) com
mands awaited further succor. They
were not only beleaguered by savages,
w Ii kept a cross lire on them from two
commanding bluffs, hut were listeners
to constant insults uttered in English
and seeming to come from some white
man quartered with their savage foes.
When a horse or a mule fell a taunting
voice froiTl the hltlffs would eo me.
saying:
" Itcttergo out and harness him again
or your funeral."
Again " I.ift up your hat* and give
us a mark."
Still again : "Conn out of your holes,
you cow ilds and tight square."
This last from the renegade ensconced
with the I 'tea.
Several witni s*- describe the arrival
of Merritl and his troops, and say that
when tip-general net < 'aptain Payne the
two threw their arms around encii other
and that tears were shed. This is not
unlikely. Both men were exhaust'-d
Payne by bis wounds and anxiety. Mer
ritt by his long inarch. A* for tin rrt,
there is no concealment about the tears.
Tin re was such a seen, in that wretched
corral for live or ten minutes as few
men witness twice in a lifetime, or
n at to.
The Head t'lilef of the I'lrs.
Ouray, the head chief of the I*tee at
tlie I'neonipaligre. is an Indian of re
markable ability. He ha* made two visits
to Washington, and, sis ing the power
and'tlie immense numls-r of the whit< s.
has bctsinic in every *• nsc of the word a
peai cable Indian. He lives in a house,
cultivate* some sixty ai res of ground,
lias a large flock of sheep, wears the
clothing of a white man, ride* around in
a covered wagon or carriage, and has
largely adopted the habits and customs
of civilization. He lias learned to sign
his name, and wa in the liahit of send
ing letters flips t to President (Irani
stating his grievances and what be
wanted. His influence has been all
powirful on the side of pence, and that
tlmre has been no collision Intween bis
people and till wliites is du*- to him.
tic is not. liowever, Hie hereditary hiwl
chief, but Itecanie so many years ago
through his force of character and the
favor id the Indian agent,who acknowl
edged him as uch. Frequent attempts
liave been made to assassinate bim by
the Indians themselves, especially those
of the hereditary chieftain b'ooa. who
are jealous of hi* power and di*atlsftcd
witli lift change from the old hnhit and
. ustoms. The wldtes much dread that
in some ti.ne or other these at
ti nipt* may succeed: then there will he
trouble; there will Is- no restraining
force, and the bad Indians will get con -
tp)l ol tlie trile. It will not be their
numbers, but tlie scattered eiiorncter of
the mining population, the numerous
mountain hiaing-plaees, and tlie Inac
cessibility of the country wbicli will
make them formidable enemies and tin
war protracted and expensive.
Many years ago the Sioux raptured
tbe son ol Ouray while lie was on a buf
falo hunt on the eastern plain* of Colo
rado. The (toy then was tweve years
of age and his only child. It has Ireen
Ouray's great grief, and as lie was
taken prisoner and is still living, he has
made every effort to regain him. but as
vet unsuccessfully. The government
oiigbt as be thinks assist him, and get the
boy hack. Ouray la*t year gave strong
proof of his determination to keep hi*
people quiet by the summary punish
ment of O-sc-pnw, a Ute medicine chief,
who was, if pi>ssible, even more resiles*
than Colorow. He was constantly trav
eling from the white river agency to tlie
southern I'te country, exciting all tlie
I'tes and endeavoring to get them to
join him in an atta.'k upon tlie whites,
claiming that they had iiee® defrauded
by the Itrunnt treaty, and tlie whites
ought not to be allowed to remain in tlie
San Juan i-ountry. Ouray saw that he
was getting quite a strong party on his
side, so to stop the trouble, after an
angry controversy, as he was leaving
the council, while in the net of mount
ing liia horse. O-se-paw was shot dead
by opler of Ouray.—/lenecr (CW.) Tri
bune.
Tlie Inhospitable Family.
The other day a genuine tramp with a
stomach yearning tar a pickcd-im nn aj
undertook to enter a yard on Wlndl'
street. A large, fierce dog stood at the
gate to give him a hostile welcome, and
after vainly trying to propitiate the ani
mal the tmrop called to a lad of ten who
was making a kite on the veranda .
" Iley. sonny 1" .
" Yes. I'm hay," was the reply.
"Say. hub, call off ycr dog." .
"No use—r.o use," replied the lad.
" Kven If you got in here inn's wniting at
the kitchen with a kettle of hot water,
Sarah's working the telephone to git the
police, and I'm hero to holler ' murder!*
and wake up the whole street."—AVcc
Pre**.
In France, horses end vehicle* exclu
sively employed in farm woik, are ex
empt from half the ordinary tax.
TIMKLY TOPII'M.
There is another astonished English
man making a tour of the West—George
Jacob Holvoake, the veteran English rc
former and radical. He is "enchanted,"
lie says; " this is a marvelous country.''
and it lias a tremendous future; and lie
adds: "The beauty of tile women and
the comeliness of the men have aston
ished inc. for that is not what we have
been led to expect." Front this he
bar,tens to infer that " the human rc.ee
generally is improving. "
From four to five carloads per day o(
black walnut logs, rough sided (squared
on four sid'-s and the corners dressed
down), are brought to Chicago by the
< 'hi< ago and Hock Island ana Chicago,
Hurlinglon and Quiney railroads. These
logs go East by rail and water to the
seaboard, whence they are shipped to
Europe—Germany being one of the
largest consumers. The Jogs, on reach
ing their destination are sawed to the
i/.cs and shapes demanded by the mar
ket The trade of this nature passing
through Chicago is estimated at front
KOOO,OOO to 10,000.000 feet p> r year.
1 he loss of life and property from the
floods in Spain amounts to a national
calamity. Making allowance for exag
geration it would appear that at host
2,000 people have been drowned and
• igiit million (lobars' worth of pn perty
destroyed. It is greater than the de
struction from all except the greatest
tires; while a pestilence so fatal would
lie remarkable. The mountain sides of
Spain have been stripped of their forests,
and those sudden floods overwhelm
without warning whole towns and vil
lages. like the bursting ot a mill-dam.
It is reported that Hussia'wiil en- long
attempt to place a loan in the American
market. Her debt is already respecta
ble as the following statement will
show :
Debt proper 8,450,000,000 rubies
Paper money and
forced currency. . 1,076,313,4 M
Total ...3,580,313,480 rubies
In American currency this amounts
to alsiut $9,644,736,110. England's
d-bt is JLT77.(tM|..V7. or f 3.889.007.085.
The debt of the I'riitisl States is about
fU.256.205.H03.
France has made a decree in one of
her departments that will in- approved
by spinisti rs tie world over. The gen
eral council of Rhone < nacts that, inas
mucli as celibacy i* contrary to nature
and the creeds of Providmee. and as
tnaturi celibates are a class of men who
till th< State with corrupt opinions, ail
bachelor* in the department of the
Rhone shall be taxed to the amount of
one-quarter of their pay or tension for
the up)xirt of abandoned children. The
council disclaims any intention of un
justly discriminating against the un
married men. hut announi • * as its tins!
judgment tiiat children who have beeo
abandoned should )*• supported by bach
••lors rather than by nun who already
have families d. jsndent upon tlietn.
In view of th announced visit of the
Mikado of Ja|ian to England, whither
lie ex |m i t<'d to pro-sail liy way of San
Francisco through tlie t'nited Slates, it
is regarded hy foreign journalists as a
lirool of the superior civilization of
Japan. Some time agotle Chinese gov
ernment imported a fleet of war steamers,
but the Japanese have built their own,
whetlier tor i ommer • or war. which
are tangible evidence of their progressive
character. Muteu Hito, the present
Emperor of Japan, whom foreigners
designate by the ancient title of mikado,
or "The Veneiaide." was born in 1*52;
succeeded ids father in 1*67; became
absolute ruler in temj>oril and spiritual
affairs hy the revolution of 1869, and
though lie is aided witli the aid of the
grand council and executive ministry
and a senate, may IM> said to govern as
well as reign.
On*-feature of the la*' eruption of 'be
remarkable volcano of Kilanea. in t *
Sandwich Islands, is the fact that t) •
great molten lake of lava, occupying
huge cauldron nearly a mile in width ai I
known as tlie " South l<ake," was dnr a
off subterraneousiy. giving no warn ng
of its movement*, and !• aving no visible
indication of its pathw iy or tlie place
of it* tinal deposit. Other ruptions
have way on tlie surface of
the ile on tlieir suiiterranenn
path.' tlie superincumbent
beds. throwing out jets of steam and
sulphurous gasw-s, with liere and there
•mall patches of broad acres of lava. Hut
as yet no surface marks of this kind re
veal tlie silent, solemn course of this
burning river. One theory is that it
flowed in deep fissures and become lost
finally far out at sea. The old process
of replenishment of the " South I-ake "
lias already begun.
The Chinese continue to pour into the
Hawaiian islands in sueh numlwr* that
the question of how to stop them is
growing to he of serious importance.
I hey constitute already over a fifth of
the entire nopulaticn. ao.i are almost all
mali-s. Tliey are useful on the sugar
plantations, nut they do not assimilate
with the native population, whose ex
tinetion they threaten at an day.
and whom tney will hardly replaie sat
isfactorily as loyal subjects and citizen*.
The government is trying to get the
need<-d labor supplies from the South
Sen islands, hut the owners ot the Ha
waiian sugar estates, who care only for
their business interests, are perfectly
willing to take the cheaper Chinese.
Over U.OOO Chinamen arrived at Hono
lulu in the second half of last year,
which, considering the scanty popula
tion of the islands, is a pretty heavy im
migration.
The photograph onmrr* i* playing an
important part In the art of counterfeit
ihg. according to the lh'troit AVer /VTJU.
Chief Brook*, of the treasury depart
ment service, ha* gathered in a large
numler of counterfeit notes so skillfully
made a* to he accepted by the hank*.
Tiie fiber paper ha* been the principal
protection lieretofore, because counter
feiter* have been unable to procure it;
but the photograph reproduce* it and
the platework almost with perfection,
and very rapidly. The red letter num
bering i* the weak point. It is plioto
graphed black and the washing of rod
over it may lc detected with a glass.
These photographic issues are appearing
everywhere—in San Francisco and Bos
ton—and no trace of the men engaged in
I lie business is yet found. The common
operators have been weeded out ol the
business and first-class talent only. it is
tielieved, is now engaged The Bank of
Kngland'a plan of destroying all notes
that come into its hand* and issuing
new ones i* urged as a remedy
Sensations After Oplaai Sntoklnr.
I>id I fuel drowsy No. 1 leitquietjy
übilant and happy. The problem* of
my life were all gone. The mysteries of
life were mysteries no longer. I Jay
there and blandly sneered at the world
aa a tfiinK of no • ons<-.(uen< e whatever.
I could not take rny from the light,
hut it wflu h tiny no ft
receded from rue and /n-w bigger ft
wan a Star—it wan the full orie-d moon ;
the attendant moved it a few inches, arid
though I win conscious of iiia act. the
light itself was a fiery comet with a
sweeping tail that had allot through im
measurable length of night. Now it
grew and grew. It waa the nun. The
whole world, the stars, the universe
were Ising absorbed in it. I waa ab
aorln-d in it. The glory touched me on
all id; below me waa the tiny earth,
a lilliputian hal!, U|>ori which myriads of
crawling men fell down and worshiped
me. Opposite to me waa Joe. I waa
conscious of ltis presence—of cvTytliing
about me. Had any one spoken to me i
should liave answered rationally enough,
yet the things about me were not so real
iiM my dwelling-place in the heart of
light. I w'riK liring :i dual existence.
I wa* immortal. I hud commenced
upon the eternal life.
Kternity! The tiiougiit became real
to nie. Time waa no longer, save in rny
own person. 1 was the time-piece for
et< rnal ages. I wa* wound up and
going. The pulsations of my lif-arteacb
measured a thousand years. A dread
ful tension lengthened me out and
stretched me in ail direction*. A great
movement w- going on wliicli taxed all
rny powers—the tension grew more and
more tense, I could endure it no longer,
there was a <|uiek sharp snap, a relaxa
tion of all my energies, all my powers,
and 1 was the eternal clock and knew
that I had tiek'd and marked off one
second of the fathomless ngw and that
second had n-corded a thousand years of
liuman time. The pendulum moved to
two syllable*—f<>r—ever, for—ever, lor
-ever' I lay dreading the billionth
eternal year which should mark hut one
mundane hour, and at the beginning of
which I should strike.
It i impossible for rri* to express the
awful wiM'of expansion, indefinite ex
p.-m-ion which everything took on, or to
writ'- out one in a thousand of the wild
fancies that tushod through my brain.
I was not asleep. I was not dreaming;
bj an exertion of will I could have
risen, gone out of the pines- and walked
home. I more than onoe counted my
pulse. I rooted myself and looked to
sec if my friend was be*ide me. He was
quiet. and apparently sleeping. Kvery
thought that passed through my mind
took upon itself and surrounded itself
with a ong sequence of quaint fancies.—
HV/t M F. Hound, in Oood C"f/ifsmy.
The Mikado of Indiana,
The Detroit Free l*reM humorist give*
this |K)liee court sketch: It was the
hour of four o'clock in the afternoon.
A voting man of twenty-four summers
-udd'-nly appeared at the Central m.-tr
ket and kicked a sedate-looking citron
ky high with his right fool and maahed
thre< nr four egg-plants with a whirl of
his left. When asked to explain the
fundamental principles of hi- platform
he play eel pilch and h>* with sev nil
heads of eahbage and crushed the juiey
w.s-tnes out ol half a i>eek of the musky
Ilartlett pear*. About this time several
men and women row to a point of order
and were rrofm ! sed by the speaker,
who ruled that there was no show for
discussion and peeled hi* coat to prove
it. Tliis peeling brought i pse-ler, who
put a stop to the destruction by putting
a stop to the young man. who loudly
declared that lie was tbe Mikado of In
diana and away from borne on a boom.
" I suppose it was temporary insan
ity?" queried his honor, when the
story had Iw-en told and the witness had
fallen br.ck.
" Either that or a fit." replied the
prisoner " I didn't ntean to raise a fuss,
out somehow the spirit came over rn e
and I couldn't control myself. Th t
sight of a citron always gives me a fee),
ing of frenzy."
"Citrons ." said the court as he looked
Up to see what dav .of the month it was.
"do not eon tain that satisfying sweet
ness found in a watermelon."
" That's true." sighed me prisoner.
" ltut a citron, after it has passed
through a certain process known to
housewives, becomes a delicacy which
ranks first in the affections of the pre
serve-eating public."
" I believe you—yea, I da."
"Citrons, after they have been kicked
into a pulpy state when raw. have lost
all value, and are of no more good for*
ever. Therefore ."
" Therefore, I'm to be sent up?" inter,
rupted the prisoner,
" Yog."
" For about sixty days?"
".lust about."
" Very well. I'm the biggest hoosier
in Indiany! I'm a regular mikado on
rollers! I'm a catamount with extra
claws.and I won't stay in vour old cala
boose over fifteen minutes!"
" All of which goes to prove that
sixty days is too short a time, and
I'll make it ninety I" calmly replied his
honor, and at ninety it stood.
A lonng Marksman's Feats.
Captain Hogardtts, champion giass
I ball and nigeon shot, gavi an exhibition
at St. I'aul. Minn. Aftrt the captain
bad finished. Eugene, his fourteen-year
old son, took the stand, and for nearly
1 half an hour held the audience in brcath
; less attention. Eugene is a youthful
; prodigy, says the (ilobr. For one so
voting his feats have never been equaled.
With his little rifle, resembling more a
, toy firearm than a death-dealing inst.ru
! tnenl, he astonished the lookers-on by
breaking forty-seven out of fifty glass
! balls thrown Into the air. besides many
| other odd and difficult feats. When
. Dr. Carver gave his exhibition at the
fair grounds, last season, nconle looked
upon them as remarkable ann wonder
ful. Hut now comes a mere youth, who.
almost with a toy rifle, does equally, if
not more, difficult feats. Carver used a
large rifle, of which Eugene's is but a
minature copy. Eugene's shooting re
cord yesterday is ahead of anyting I>r.
Carver ha* done. Despite a strong wind,
he not only showed himself able to break
glass halls, but to hit half dollars, attar
ters, marbles, nickels, and even three
cent pieces. His quiet, impassive, re
tiring demeanor is also a matter of won
dernv-nt. Apparently unconscious of
performing any extraordinary fret, he
•ontineea to lniui and fire his little piece,
in no way elated at his success. Eugene
ia certainly a prodigy, and will, no doubt
astonish the world with still more re
markable performances in his line.
- y
One hundred and thirty parsons are
employed at Vassar Co lege, i'ougfa
keepsie. N. Y., to wait on the girls and
sgertd te the aside.