Dot Leedle Leweeza. How doer to dis heart vas my grandshild, 1,0-wsesa, wsesa, Dotacliwcot loodle laughter ot Y&wcoh, my son ! I nefcr won tired to hug and to shquooiso her Ven homo I gets hack, und dor day's vork vita done; Vhen I voa avny, oh, I know dot she miss mo For vhe M 1 oomo homsvarda sho rashes bol tnell, Und poots oup dot shwoot leedle inout lor to kins mo— Ilor " darling oldt giunpa," dot uho 1010 ao veil. Kalrina, mine irau, she could not do midoudt her, She vns soot a gomfort to her day py day -, Dot shild sho makes eiry von habhy alioudt her, Like sunshine she drifedheirdrouhlesavny; She boldt dor vool yarn vile Katrine she vind it, She pring her dot camflro bottle to shinell; She letch mo mine bipo, too, ven I don't can And it, Dot plue-eyed Ijoweeaa dot lote me so veil. How shveet von dor toils off der veok voa all oter, Und Sunday vaa ooroemit its quiet and rest, To valk mid dot shild 'mong der daisies und cloler, Und look at der leodlo birds building dheir nest 1 Uer bright leedle eyes how dey ahparkl'c init Measure— Her laugh it rings ondt shust so clear as a hell; I dhink dhero vas nopody hoi sooch a troosu-C KB dot shinall liOweeza, dot lofo me so veil. ncn viuter vas come, mid its coldt shtormy veddher, Katrina und I ronsd sit in der house Und dalk of der bast, by der fireside togedder Or blsy tnit dot laughter off our Yawcob Strauss. Oldt age, mit its wrinkles, pegins to remind us Ye gannot shiny long mit our shiidren to dwell; Budl soon ve shall moot mit ter |>oys lolt pe hind us, Und dot abweet Loweesa, dot lofe us so veil. Charles F. Adams. is Detroit Free Press. " T'other Dear Charmer." I was in a quandary, as I think you will admit when I have stated my case, and it was exceedingly provoking to be conscious that I was looked upon by all my acquaintances as the luckiest man in town, while l bore in my bosom the in ward conviction that I was the most involved and hothercd being in exist ence. Up to a month back, l suppose I might witli some show ol reasonable ness, have been called lucky, for Miss Clara Alden, the recognized belle of the season, smiled upon me, and the current impression prevailed that if I would go In I'd win. Well, I did go in. That's the mischief of it. i was in iust far enough to com mit myself to the contest, but before I had sighted the winning-post something happened to make me pause. e were at the skating rink one night, a large party of us, Miss Alden beingof the number. Herspccial escort was a young foreigner, who was being a good deal lionized in society just then, and Clara seemed to take a marked in terest in him. It did not concern me in the least to observe this, for since I liad fancied myself to be in love with Clara Alden I had bad reason to congratulate myself upon the assurance that I wa* not of a jealous temperament. I in tended pretty soon to tender to Miss Alden a good-sized heart and a good sized hand and a fairly good-sized for tune, and I sincerely hoped she would accept them. Until then, and indeed alter then, always within the limits of good taste, she was free to receive the attentions of any man or woman whose society gave her pleasure. I think Miss Alden and I understood eaeh other per fectly. Wc were very old friends, and the suitability of an alliance between us had been frequently suggested to each ever since we could remember. I was quite contented with this condition of affairs, and even supposed myself to be venr happy. Well, this night at the rink I had seen Clara skate off with her Englishman, and with an unperturbed spirit I was skimming around the rink alone when, just behind me, I heard a little scream and a little scramble and somebody fell. The next instant, as I turned, I met a pair of imploring and beautiful eyes, and an imploring and beautiful voice cried out:| " Oh, won't you please pick me up?" I eagerly clasped the little hands and drew the prostrate young lady to her feet. I was just in time, for hair a dozen other men had harried to the spot, among whom she recognized an ac quaintance. She made her how to me and said her " thank you" very pret tily. and then she accepted the proffered hand of her friend and glided away from me. And do you know I did not like it? I felt distinctly vexed, for you se she was hewitchingiy lovely, and th glimpse I had had of her was merely tantalizing. I met her after that many times, al ways with the same man, whom I was rather provoked to recognize as a stranger. I now found myself always watching for that one little figure, and following it Ihroagh all the labyrinthine mazes of the surging crowd upon the rink. I forgot to speak to my acquaint ances as tliny pass ml. and although there were half a score of young ladies who had tt right to expect me to join them and convoy them around the rink I skated on alone, in niter disregard of every social and moral obligation to that effect. Every now aad then I chanced upon Misa Alden, bat I felt too pre occupied to join or even to observe her especially, when suddenly something oc cured that invested her with a lively in terest. Hhe had been stopping to speak 0 some friends who sat without the railing looking on, aad aa she and her escort were about starting oat again, she suddenly came face to fore with my little beautv. There was a gleam of recognition on both faces, aad then Miss Alden exclaimed: s " W by, Daisy, where have yon drop ped from? Who eon id have thought of seeing you, of all people, here?" There was rather a warm greeting be tween the two before Daisy explained : "I have come far ths winter, and have been wanting to look yon np, but 1 otilv arrived yesterday. lam so glad to have met you hen.* After that I heard no more, for the two friends joined hands and skated off together. I hung about them, a little way off, pretending to be talking to some men who were lounging about, and when 1 thought my presence would not prove an unpleasant interruption I skated toward Clara ami grectedhor cor dially, asking her where she had been this long time. She saw through me in a moment and showed me that she did by disregarding my question entirely and presenting mo at once to her friend, Miss l.yle. I had seen a good many masculine eyes regarding Miss Lyle with interest during the evening, and 1 now perceived the owner of one pair oi theßo approaching Miss Alden witli what I divined the same intention that had brought me hither a moment lx fore; so while lie was stopping to shake lianas witli Clara I offered my hands to Miss Lyle and we glided off together. A few adroit questions on my part elicited the fact that Miss Lyle and Mihh Alden had been schoolmates, who had not met for some years, and 1 iurtlierniore dis covered that Miss Lyle was stopping in town with relatives who happened to bo old acquaintances of mine. So after we parted that night Miss Lyle and i met often, and were together so much at the rink that people had begun to re mark it. And this hrint me to the period of the quandary witli which I started out. Here was I, supposed by evcrylxxiy to be the favored adorer of one lovely girl, while in reality I was head over heels in love witli another. For I had no doubt about my feelings in this matter; it was unmistakable. I smiled grimly now when I remembered the days in which I laid boasted of not possessing a jealous temperament. Why, I was jeal ous of every one who went near Daisy. I was infuriated if she danced and skated with any one hut me, and when I saw some awkward, clumsy man run against her once at the rink I felt like choking him when sip- smiled at his apology. To tell the truth 1 was posi tively wretched. If Daisy hod never come I could have got along very well witli Clara, I told myself. There had been a tacit, if not an expressed, under standing on the score of our relationship among all our friends, and I would have been a very cheerful ami attentive spouse to Clara if I had never seen Daisy; and. on the other hand, if I had never seen Clara, 1 might now perhaps succeed in winning Daisy's hand, and with ii everlasting happiness. It was just a case ol How happy would I bo with either Wore t'other dear charmer away. I sometimes wondered whether Clara did not partly see through me. She had such an odd way of looking at me some times witli such a shrewd smile; but she treated me better than ever. She was really a splendid creature and. under imaginable circumstances, I might have learned to love her very much, in a certain way. One night there was to he a grand /ancy-dress ball at the rink. Daisy was going and so was Clara, and it goes without saying tlrnt I : was on hand. My perplexities "were at their height. I was more in love witli Daisy than ever, hut fully alive to the matter of my duty in another quarter. It was beginning to wear on me terribly and I concluded to call in the advice of my friend Porter, a prudent and saga cious fellow, in whose judgment I had unlimited confidence. How tondiy I hoped lie might decide that 1 was under no obligation to Miss Alden. And how differently he did decide? He was per fectly astounded at my confession. Miss Alden, he said, was one woman picked out of ten thousand, much handsomer, much richer, much more distinguished than Miss Lyle: I must lie out of my sense. In short he wound up by saving that I was in honor hound to address Miss Alden, thougii, for his part, he be gan to doubt whether that splendid crea ture could consent to mafry a man who was so preposterously blind as not to see that she was second to no woman in ex istence. This was on the day of the party. I had been to Porter's room to liaven t-lk with him, knowing he would lie at leisure, and tlie result was that he entirely convinced me of what I ought to do. Still it was very hard to make up my mind to it. I had been invited to dine with the Aldens that day—quite en faniille. as usual. It give me a sneaky feeling of late whenever I got one of these kind invitations, but I had seen no way out of the matter hut to accept, and so I had accepted. When I left Porter's room I turned my face in the direction of the Aldens with a very heavy heart. Before dinner I had no oppor tunity. to see Clara alone, if I had de sired it, but 1 had ample opportunity lor watching her, and I had to aeknowledgc that I had never seen her look better. She played, too, and sang more bril liantly than any woman I had ever seen. I could have been very proud ol such a wife. I reflected, if— The other guests left early, hut I lin gered. I knew fierfectly wen what to do, and I had been slowly making up my mind to do it if the opportunity oc curred. and the opportunity did occur. Toward nightfall every one else had withdrawn and Clara and I were left alone. I took a sent very near her and told her I bad something of a vt ry con fidential nature to say to her. To my surprise she rose and walked across the room, touched the hell, waited until the servant came and tlton ordered lights. This wns a little disconcerting; but when tin servant had lighted the room and" departed she came back to the sofa, and in the coolest and most uiatter-of-faet manner asked me to go on. "Clara," I began, rather timidly " you will be perfectly prepared for what I am going to say. You have so much discernment that you must have seen that tliis moment would oomo. I have always hod the greatest admiration and regard for you. I value your worth most deeply. I feci—" Here I paused, confused and miserable. " Never mind what you feel," said Miss Alden, coolly. " Let's come to the point. The upshot of it all is—what?" "That I want you to marry me. I will do my best to make you nappy, if I ran. I know I don't deserve you; but,.will you marry me?" "Most certainly not." The answer came cool, calm, determined. I wns startled, and murmured confusedly: " What do you mean?" "I mean that yon might have saved yonrself some trouble if you had asked me this question a good deal sooner.' •he said, ' and 1 am not conscious of feeling particularly flattered at the offer of a hand so distinctly and widely sepa rated from the heart. However, the point is that I have refused you; so you may make the most of that. You needn't wall now. I know you are im patient, as It is time- to prepare for the rink. I have doclined to marry you, but I feel i>nough interest in you to wish V u success. Perhaps to-night I slmll ' bo able to offer my congratulations. " j She offered her baud and I took jt, in j a sort of daze, which lasted all the while ! I was walking home and dressing and until I reached the rink. When I en- | tered the room was full. \V hat a beau- i tiful scene it was! All those gayly clad men and girls, floating along on the pol ished surface to the sound of entrancing , music, made the place look like fairy land. It was the merriest and prettiest scene I had ever witnessed. There were j evergreen garlands hanging around, with holly bushes ultout here and there, ! and many oftho characters had been got ten up in dresses appropriate to the sea son. There wero four great cedars in the corners stuck full of candles which were now being lighted, and the hand was playing such inspiring music. I felt intoxicated with the lwauty and bril- j lianeyofthe scene, and putting on my i skates I was skimming around in an aimless sort ofHvay when I came face to face with the bonniest little vision mor tal eyes were ever permitted to see. It was Daisy, dressed in a dress which looked as if it were made of snow and i trimmed witli icicles. I don't know how j the very cleverest imitative art could have devised such a thing. She had a wreath of holly leaves and berries on her hair and bunches of the same about her dress. She wasskaling with ayoung man who, however, gave way when I glided up and we skimmed away to gether. I was too happy t> o speak, the glorious possibility of what might be awaiting me burst upon uie with such | vividness. Hut presently I became con -5 scious that she was speaking to me. She ' was sraising my costume, which opened jup I me an opportunity whidi you I may be sure I made the most of; nhe ! blushed with pleasure at my praise, and j so, both of us in a conscious flutter, we j came upon Clara Alden. joyously j dressed and escorted by hei English | man. They stopped in front of us, Miss ' Alden saying as they did so: " Have you all been to the little lt -1 ting rooms curtained off at that end? No one seems to have discovered them yet, though they are one of the features of the evening. I think it was such a good idea, and they are beautifully deo ; orated; but when we looked in just i now both of them were empty. llow t ever, as soon as somebody leads, they will be full enough. Suppose you two | lead." She skated off then with her compan ion and Daisy and I went to oley her behest. But into that little curtained aparlnumt you are forbidden to enter. Suffice It for you that when presently Daisy and I emerged we encountered Miss Alden at once, and when she leaned toward me and whis|tered, "Am i I to congratulate you?" I bowed my j head in happy assent. , How Emigrants are Rcceitetl in Sen York. When a vessel arrivi-* hnvingnn ixiard a lot of emigrants, officer* from Castle Harden go aboard and ciieek all llieir baggage, which is then removed to the great baggage-room of the garden, i Then the emigrants are removed ; to tliatjiepot, none being allowed to go : ashore until all liave pIMMCU through th<- | routine ot registration, etc. Almost every j proper want the emigrants mn have may be -atisflcd within the building. Theic ; is a restaurant, at which they may get plain and who If some food at very rea i sonahleprices; there are exchange ofli j ees, at which they may exchange their ! foreign gold and paper into American I money; there are railroad and 'toimhuki offices, at which they may engage trans ' portation to every part of the country; there is abundant space on large settees and clean floors for them to spread their bods; there is a branch of the custom house where they may settle their dues with least inconvenience; thcie is a h>s pitai in whicJi their sick are immediately eared for; there are interpreters to give them any information they may desire, and through whom they receive letters from friends; then; are clerks to ex amine j the tickets they have )>ught in Europe and see that they have not wren swindled; last of all. when they are ready to go forth, if their destinations are away from New York. there are barges which carry them and their luggage, nt five o'clock every day, to the principal rall ; ways. II they desire to n main in New I Yorx they are aided in finding their friends, or, lacking friends, are enabled to get temporary lodgings from emi ' grant lodging-house keepers, who are ; licensed and held to the strictest I responsibility for their honest treatment. If they are sick or destitute they are sent to Ward's Island, and if they are in want of employment there is a labor bureau in tfie garden which finds work lor great numbers of domestics and la borers. And ail this is wit..out a charge of a single rent to the emigrants. Even when within five years they come I back to the commissioners of emigration i for care or euro they are provided for on Ward's Island free of charge. Origin nf Christmas. The precise date of the institution of the Christina- festival is involved in ob scurity. The origin of Christmns as a religious feast, is ascribed to the decre tal letters addressed to Pope Tclespho rus, who died A. D. 13*. It was at first the movable of Christian festivals, and was confounded witli the Epiphany and celebrated by the Eastern churches in the months of April and May. Under the Pontificate of Pope Julius I„ 337-35'J, St. Cyril of Jerusalem urged the import ance of making Christmas an immovable festival, and obtained an order from the pope to make a proper investigation for the purpose of determining the exact date. A conference held betweci) the churches of the East and West resulted in the adoption of the twenty-fifth of December. Gibbon says the festival of Christmas was placed at the winter solstice, with the view of transforming the Pagan Saturnalia into a Christmas festival. It is curious to note tlmt at the present day many of the customs which arc observed at Christmas arc of Pagan origin, as described by Martial and other Roman authors. The Christ mas tree is another exampleof the power and influence of Christianity to trans form Pagan rites and ceremonies. The Christmas tree, which is of Herman ori gin, is simply the symbol of the tree Tsdrngii, or tree of life, which figured so i-onspicoouslv in Scandinavian mythol ogy. No festival of the Christian church surpasses Christmas in the ex emplification of the power and influence of religion. Wherever the Christian may be when this day arrives his heart is moved with that common impluse of joy. peace and good will which the sea son ina okes. The old recall the days of youth, the young are absorbed in the prwwut, thfl distant wanderer revives kind thoughts of home, and lender recol lections serve to render absent friends more dear, and that one touch of nature which makes the whole world kin ex hibit* its best Influence. FOR THE PAIR HEX. A Bullion Chill. A number of enterprising ladies have for some weeks been holding daily meet ing* in New York for the purpose of organizing a company to tie known a* the " Woman's Mining Company." Their plans are now completed, and the next step will lie to obtain papers of in corporation. The company will be limited to 2. r >o ladies, or less, according j to shares purchased. Twenty-five thousand dollars are to be raised, ; nearly one-hnlf of which i* already pledged, for tiie purchase of certain ! mining property in San Juan county, s Colorado. Tlie t company will be officered and con- , troled exclusively by women. A large party of ladies intend going to tin niin- | ing districts next summer to " pros- j pect;" also a number of those ofllcially ,-onnectcd with the company will per sonally superintend the working of the mines. Practical miners will tie em ployed and the work pushed with ! energy. A permanent bureau of in formation for the convenience of ladies desiring to invest in mining enterprises will also be established, as it is believed that a large amount of capital owned by women is gravitating toward the mining districts. Mrs. Jeanetto Norton, of Pennsylvania, is half owner in one of the large ruining companies of San Juan, and lias recently signed a contract to pay 950,000 for the erectioiWof a mill near tile site of lier own mines, also in the vicinity of those to be purchased by the "Woman's MiningCompnny." Mrs. Norton is an energetic woman, and a millionaire. The bureau of information will be conducted by a number of ladies, who will form what will be called the " Woman's Bullion Club." The leaders of the movement are Mrs. Cynthia I/conard, formerly president of the Chicago Sorosis. and Miss C. A. Blodgctt, who was recently awarded the ffiO prize by the Social Science Con gress for an essay on the labor question. —New York Tribune. New* anil Note* for Women, The ladies at Muscatine, fa., have formed a leap year club. Cineinnati'sjarchery society will shoot all winter in her Exposition hall. Mine. Edmond Adam, who lias Just started a magazine in Paris, receives lady visitors only once a year. A Pulaski county, Indiana, matron modestly tips the scales at 410 pounds, honest, solid weight. Another old lady Iras "come to the front" withnfaniour bedquiltcomposed of 1'J3,45d,7*!l pieces of caheo. The St. Petersburg Ouzelle has been suppressed for publishing insulting articles about honest Herman women. Tin* marchioness of Winchester, who is eighty years old, is publishing a series of letter* on her voyages in Denmark. A member of the Ixmdrin ladies club was requested to resign for kissing her own brother in the dining-room. The Boston cooking school, which was opened last spring for three months, proved so successful that the woman's : education association proposes to make it permanent. Of late it lias become fashionable among the ladies of Rome to attend trials in court* of ju-ticc, and titled ladies now congregate there. The late Mrs. H. F. Train showed great business capacity in the early his tory of the Pacific railway, making at one time *IOO,OOO in commissions. N*w York I'uhlom. TI uiians axii Fanchoks. — I Turban bonnets are the favorite shape for young > ladies. They consist merely of a large round crown, witii or without drooping fringe or quilling in front, hut invari ably have strings of satin ribbon tfiat fasten under a rx>w of long loops and short ends just behind the left ear. The bonnet is SB>rn quite far hack on the head, and •splays the front hair. It may he simjdy a soft pouf crown of satin, black, gurnet, dark green, or Gndarme blue, edged with two tiny x-plaitings, and completed by the great bow on the left side, or else it may be embroidered witli jet Ix-ads. and edged witli a fringe of beads. Other turbans are made of dark satin plain on a stiff frame, and softened by a care lessly folded bias scarf of oriental silk in a gay combination of colors. Still others have a hand of feathers around the crown, made up of small hits of breast and neck feathers, while anothtr fancy is that of having the head of an owl stuck on the left side, or perhaps a small parrot lies there as if asleep or dead. The fur-trimmed turbans intro duced last winter were so becoming that they will find favor again, especial ly when used to match dresses trimmed with fur. The Fanclion, or liandkercliief-shapcd bonnet, is ngain revived, and is liked occause it is so universally becoming, and it is so simple tint a lady can make it without the aid of a milliner. The small frame is pointed in front, lies fist on the top of the head, and lias no erown. It is very pretty when covered with red or black satin, across which rows of black iwadfd Breton laoc are slightly gathered. Some large loops of black satin or of garnet, ribbon form a bow on top quite far hark, which is partly covered by the lieadcd iaee The strings are then of hlack satin ribbon, edged on the lower side with iaee or with the new curled fringe, or else they are made of doubled net similarly trimmed; these strings fasten under the chin, not on the side. Laiiiks' Scktoits, etc. —Cloth sur touts shaped like the heavy overcoats worn by gentlemen arc favorite gar ments with ladies this season. They were intended originally for ralnv-day garments and for traveling, hut' they are so trim and jaunty that ladies buy them in light creainy brown cloths, and wear them on the street in the brightest days; indeed, they arc made in many cases to serve as part of a suit instead of a polonaise, any short dark round skirt completing the costume. They reach almost to the ankles, are double-breast ed, yet nearly closed at the throat, witli a rolling collar. Tlicy have short side forms in the hack, ana the middle senai is Jelt open from the waist line'down; large square pocked flaps are piansu at the waist lino, and there is a small breast pocket. Made of oherked English homespun cloth, they cost $10.80; very nlco black cloth surtouts are sold for flfH 50 and there !is great variety in. the garments sold for from 90 upward English coals, both skirted and plain are now preferred in cream and snnfl brown shades rather than in the hlack and navy blue cloths so long worn They liavs collars of velvet or of plush or darker shades, with ruff* and pockets to match, and cost from $0 50 to fcshi. These are the most popular wraps for general wear, an they may be worn with j dresses of any of the stylish winter i colon, and look Mpeofally well witli brown or dark green dresses. For nior., dressy wraps, black or gray cloth cloak , are sold with upper cape* in front, or clue hair-alcove* that fall low in dolman Htyle. Still handsomer are the satin de j Lyon and armure ailk cloaks, warmly wadded, and elalioratoly trimmed with jet passementerie and curled fringe.— j //'trpcr's lituar Fmlilnn Ho<•. All very dark colors are in fashion. j White laec muffs are worn in I'aris. Jetted feather* and coronet* arc very j popular. J I Persian silk mufflers (or the neck arc i ' very handsome. l'urple in all its shades, from deep i amethyst violet to pale lilac, is fashion-1 i abjy worn. Composition buttons arc made in i many varieties to match the mixed i materials now in vogue. New ribbons have feather edges, and I another old fashion revived is that of satin edges on roppod ribbons. Open work and fluted edgings for the bottom of flannel skirts is one of the ! simplest employment foi knitters. Seal muffs arc now ornamented in the center with a satin how and a large bou- j quet of flowers lustcned in the bow. Gorgeous silk fans are printed in cash-t mere colors and veined with gold-thread sliu-iiing by hand—a brilliant new style, well suited to the present costumes. Mirecourt net woven in the finest laec i loom, with designs like those in point applique, with lace edge to match, is very handsome for sleeves and over- j dri IBM over satin. The common brown owl's head is the fashion of the moment for trimming the side of hats, instead of the pompon, which has been so long popular; an owl's head itf also fastened to the muff that is worn with the hat. ! The Eflic dress consists of a haif- fitting ; cutaway jacket of broche cashmere combined with a dress of plain silk or cashmere, kilt plaited to the throat in front, and with a plain waist at the Lback, to which is attached a plaited skirt. The Japanese lan is the new pattern for vest-pocket pin hall*. They are odd, hut really not sw adjustable and conve nient as the old-lime disk. To make | these of silk in two colors on each side, j the sections joined diagonally, and a bitof painted or embroidered decoration oh the darker color, aiineam to be the favorite mode. ki I'aris they are making costumes of American rat. The skirt is made with a considerable number of the skins ar | ranged so that the back and the stomach ' of the animal alternate, and describe dark and light stripes or bands. The rat bodice is trimmed with chinchilla; j an lncroyable cape in chinchilla over the rat jacket: a rat toque, with a hawk's head at the side. Ruby gloves are a novelty brought into vogue by the introduction of gay colors in out-door costumes. These are dark shades, diaper than wine or garnet colors, and not the glaring ml tints . that would shook fastidious taste*. They look especially well with black cos tumes, but will be worn with almost I any dark costumes that arc trimmed with broche cash meres of oriental eol j ors and design. IX'tiers from Paris tell of a new bodice, ' the fashion of which comes from Kng- I land. It is said that the Princess of i Wale- was the first to wear it, and for ! some weeks it was kept exclusively for i her, and that in London it i* known un ; | der the name of "The Guernsey." It j fits the figure to perfection, is made of silk tissue and has no seams. It is laced at the hack and moulds the bust and hip* without a wrinkle, much in the style of the Renaissance bodices of yore. In I'aris it is called the "Veronese Cuirass." tl*Hf,rai Toilet Powder. In an article on the nose, which re : cently appeared in the Rochester TrtOunr we find the following: As respected the smaller eruptive or black spots that frequently nfflict the nose of beauty, he discovered that it was -aused by another living creature to which the formidable | name of Demodex falliculorutn has been assigned. If any belle, so nose nfiiicted, when she reads this article • will get up to the mirror snd administer j a slight pressure to one of those " beauty spots." that appear* enlarged and whit ish with a terminal black spot, the mat ter forced out will consist principally of the accumulated sebaclots secretion, having these tiny narasite*. with their eggs and young mingled with it. Ifshe has a friend who poss< see* a good micro scope she may carry him the exuded material. By the addition of a little olive oil, which will soften the seba ceous matter, the parasite* with th ir eggs and young may be separated. They can le observed at leisure, snd they will be seen to be formidable little creaturqs, with more than cursory in spection. When Professor Ilelwig had advanced thus far lie bethought him to examine the toilet powders used by his fair patients. Here lie found the clue to the mvs'eiy In one specjmT pre pared by a leading house in Pari* he found the eggs of the Demodex fallicu-1 lorum ; in another, prepared by a Vienna perfumer, he found the germ of the ac tlve little hurrowcr that raiges the pimple. The doctor told his interest ing patients that they must either dis continue the use of those farinaceous powders or pay the penalty of having their fair skins transformed into tildes. A Reminiscence of Hooker. How it came nhont that 3.000 (jonfed- j crate soldiers cheered lustily for " Fight ing Joe Hooker" is explained by the editor of the Rural Bun (Nashville, Tenn.,) who was a prisoner at Rock Island. 111., during the severe winter of HM3~04. The general visited Uie mili tary prison one day, and all the inmatea were drawn up in line for inspection. His keen eye seemed to aran every ma i > from head to heel, as he slowly passed before them, and at the upper end of the lines flic party halted. general, half-wheeling hi* lion# lifted hi* plumed bat with as much knightly grace as if they had alt been courtier*, and a soft expression passed over bis face as he said, "Young gesulrnfen, I am sorry, very sorry for you, and hope soon our tii(Terences will be settled, so that you all can return safely home again." Simple as the expression was, it was so different from lliosa they had been ac customed to hearing from the com mander of the prison that It touched the heart* of the " ragged Relx " like a cur rrnt of electricity, and Instantly 3,000 throats gave a lusty cheer for Joe i Hooker, Intelligent Klephnnts. One evening soon after my arri-n] Lantern Asam, and while u„. fl v , ' " pliant* were, an untinl, being fed site the Bungalow. I olmerved a y , [ „ L" and lately caught one step up to a ham boo-stukc fence and quietly puil one i the .takes up. Placing It under Cl broke a piece off with the tiunk after lifting it to it* mouth, threw p uway. It repeated this twice or thrice and then drew another stake and he >•„ again. Seeing tliat the bamboo WIU ,V r and dry, I asked the reason „f t |,; M j was to d to wait and s'-c what it won . do. At last it scented to get :i t j. suited, and holding it in the trut t firmly, and stepping the left for!eg w ' forward, passed li.e j.iM ~i harnh<x, j under the armpit, so u, steak, and h<- gon to K-r&teh with some force. Mysur* prise reached its climax wlien I saw * : elephant-leech fall on the ground quite nix inches Jong and a* thick a* one's finger, and which from it- „oi. tion, could not <-a*ily be detached wiiti out this scraper, or scratch, whie|, w ." i deliberately made l, v tJ„. elephant V subsequently found that it wo* a < om inon occurrence. Leech-scraper* lir '„ used by every elephant daily. (j n another occasion, wlien traveling ut a time of year when the large flies ar<- y, ! tormenting to an elephant, I noticed that the one I rode had no fan or wi-p |to heat them off with. The mahout at my order, slackened pace, and allowed I her to go to the side of the road, where for some moments she moved !t ~n „ i rummaging the smaller jungle oii tic bank ; at last she came to a cluster of young shoots well branched, and afw feeling among them, and selecting one raised Iter trunk, and neatly stripped down the steam, taking off ail tie- lower ( branches and leaving a fine hunch on top. She deliberately cleaned it down several times, and then laying hold at : the lower end broke off a iwautifiii fan or switch ahout five fe*t long, hand < included. With this she kept the at bay as we went along, flapping th'-a off on each side every now and then Say what we may, these are both re a v bona fide implements, each intelligently made for a definite purpose.— Salurt. The Work of an Editor. The Ixmdon Time*, in its obituary no. ticeof tlie lute Mr. Delane, thu* -peak; lof the character,of the work of an cdi tor of a daily newspaper: The work of ' an editor can only he appreciated by j those who have had tlie fortune to Lav | hail some little experience of it. Tie editor of a Ixmdon daily newspaper is field answerable for every word in forty eight and sometimes sixty column? The merest slip of the p*n, an epithet too much, a wrong date, a name mis spelt or with a wrong initial before it. a mistak" to some obscure- personage only too glad to seise the opportunity of showing himself, the misinterpretation of some passage perhaps incapable of interprctaticn, tne most trifling offet to the personal or national susceptibil ity of those who do not even prof'--- to care for the f-eling of other*, may prove not only disagree:;hie hut even costly j mistakes; but they are among least of the mistake* to which an editor is li. able. As it is impossible t> say what a night may bring forth, and the most important intelligence i- apt to is- th* latest, it will often find hiui with none to share his responsibility, without ad visers. and with colleagues either pre engaged on oilier matter- or no longer v. hand. The editor must be on the ?w>t 1 till the paper is sent to the press, aud make decisions on which not only the approval of the British public, hut gn-n' events, and even gr at causes, may : hang. All the more seriou* part of his duties ha* to he discharged at tie-'mi of a long day's work, a day of int ir ruptions and conversation*, of lett-r reading and letter writing, when mind and body are not what they w.r twelve hours ago. and worried natur* is putting in her gentle pics*. An edi tor cannot husband hi* strength forth? night's battle with comparative n- I pose in the solitude of a -tudy <>r th* trcshnessof green fields, lie must s<? the world, converse with it* foremost or busiest actors, be open to information and on guard against trior. All litis ought to he home in mind by tho-p who complain that journalism is not infa - libly accurate, just and agreeab>. Their coinplaint* are like those of the court lord who found fault with the disagreeable necessities of warfaie. The May* sf lx>t*a Beggar*. Paralysis is often imitated, and so closely that there is no detecting the im position. A fellow is directed how to hang the elbow, twist th'e wrist, and i drop the finger* of one arm. and to rinu the corresponding leg limply after him. counterfeiting a paralytic stroke to th* ' life. I have seen one drilled up to the ptoper business mark by marching him round nnd round the beggars' kitchen for hours at a stretch, and night after I night. This is continued until the pa tient can bear a sharp and unexpected prick with a m-edle. or even the touch of a hot iron, without relssping into ini i normal altitu .e. Not many years ago one of those mock paralytics, who was accustomed to throw off his sectnini infirmity and play thp burglar by war of change, was caught in the very act of breaking into a house and committed for trial. Here he got up such a sctn . bianco of hopeless paralysis a* deceived every hotly. When his irial came on lie was carried into court on a stretcher. , and laid at full length in the dock. Everyboily, including the judge and jury, comm seated his ease, and lie es caped with one year's imprisonment in stead of a long term of penal servi tude. The doctor of the prison to which the convict was next transferred felt Mir* that the whole tiling wa*asham. and I tried all the ordinary methods of detec tion. including liberal useifthe galvanic battery, but without effect. At length a great heap of damp straw was cob j leclod in the jail yard, and the scoun drel, Still stretched on his pallet, which | he never quitted, was placed thereon. ; The straw wa fired on all side*, throw ing outs little flame and dense volume of choking smoke. This lid the nusi ness, and quickly too. In less than a minute the paralyse,) astonished every body hut the doctor by hounding out among tbew with the agility of a deer. " The game is up." lie exclaimed with laugh, when ho had done ,-ougliing— adding iu a tone of triumph—"Anyhow. I have cheated the law out of six year*. The torture such people Inflict on them selves for weeks and month* at a time, and voluntarily, is simply incredible.— Ixembn Rbimlard When a pmn- i. now na* hto office nonA<ed with lit* girl's IIOIIIC hv tele phone. it is a nun rival who will cast suspicion on the huiy hy stealing into Jhe young man's office and nulling onion juice on the Instrument.— w*
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