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Mr. Eugene Schuyler, in his life of "Peter the Great," now in course of publication in Seribner'e Monthly, writes as follows: The Muscovite ideal of woman, founded 011 the teachings and tradi tions of Byzantine theology, was purely a monastic one. The virtues of the cloister, faith, prayer, charity, obedience and industry, WCQR. the highest virtues of a woman. The life of the cloister was best suited to pre serve her purity. Socially, woman was not un independent being ; she was an inferior creation, dependent on her husband, for except us a wife her existence was scarcely recognized. Of this theoretrical position of woman, early proof is given iu all the didactic literature of Russia, and especially iu the Domoetroi, that curious manual of household economy written iu the time of Ivan the Terrible. The wife should be blindly obedient in all things, and for her faults should be severely whip ped, though not in anger. Her duty is to keep the house, to look after the foo3, writes that out of 1,000 courtiers there will be hardly found one who can boast that he has seen the Tsarita, or any of the sisters or daughters of the Tsar. Even -their physicians arc not allowed to see them. When it is necessary to call a doctor for the Tsarita, the windows are all darkened, and he is obliged to feel her pulse through a piece of gauze so as not to touch her bare band. Even chance encounters were severely punished. In lf>74, two chamberlains, Dash kof and lluturlin, on suddenly turn ing n corner in one of the interior courts of the palace met the carriage of the Tsarita Natalia, who was going to prayers at the couvent. Their coi lengucs succeeded in gettiug out of the way, but Dashkof and Buturlin were arrested, examined and deprived of ! their offices; but as the encounter was proved to be merely fortuitous and unavoidable, they were in a few days restored to their rank. And yet this was during the reign of Alexis, who was far less strict than his predeces sors. HAYES is credited with the sugges tion that all ex-Presidents should re . ceive a life annuity of I'iO.OOO. If ; Congress should pass such a law i Hayes wouldn't come in, because he could never justly lay claim to the title of ex-President. THF.BE are in the JJnited States 380 theaters, 193 traveling theatrical com panies, and only seven resident stock ! companies. What the Indians Cost. From tlm Now York Hun. Every change in the Indian Bureau seems to muke what was confessedly bad still worse. It has become a nest of jobbers and u '.' inclualte, (<>t*l Z".H.I(/7,7M From 1870 to INTu Inclnaltr, total 82.i M.442 Olff-rrnr* ££f,feV6,6&7 In other words, the average cost of the Indian service for the ten fiscal years proceeding the advent of Grant ism including large extras iu 1809, was about three million eight hundred thousand per annum, nud for the last ten years it has averaged six million two hundred thousand }>or annum. That is to sav, while the Indians have beeu decreasing in numbers, the appro priations have increased at the rate of more than two millions and a third every year since Grant entered the White House and established that system of spoliation which is common ly known by the name of Grautism. The Indian bill this year proposes un appropriation of four millions and a half iu round numbers, and is com mended to favor iK'cause it is nearly a quarter of a million less than that last voted. This sort of argument is frequently used as a cover for extrav agance and worse than extravagance, and we have heard it too often. The true standard of comparison is not that suggested, but another which dates back to a period when the Indi ans were far more numerous than they now are, and more difficult to manage. The present appropriation is AS fol lows : Tor th Dieal y-#r 1 Ml.. |4 In 1 Mil Ibl# #*r*lc# cott fjMA.uQU DlfffffOt* M .. M ...i1,f12&.i*i0 Thus After twenty years of experi ence, taking these figures for a basis,' it cost two tiAhs more to carry on the Indian service than it did wheu the tribes swarmed along the Western frontiers and when several of the present States were comparatively un occupied Territories. But money grants by .no means represent the actual cost of the ' Indian service. Adventurers and speculators and venal officials, in combination, stir up strife among well disposed tribes, drive them off their own lands, fill them with •villainous whiskey, stop their food, and provoke collisions. Then troops are called for, campaigns are commenced, and mil lions are squandered. This is now a regular busiuesa every year, and L'ou gress submits to it. Maine Preachers. The Pittsburg I'ont says the Maine preachers are as abusive in their pul pit hnrangucs as corner grocery poli ticians. It is stated as a fact that the Republican politicians have furnished them with political briefs and incen diary apiieals which they incorporate in their sermons. They use foul lan guage about the most respected citi zens, nud havg converted, in mauy in stances, the house of God into a deu of discord and vitujieration. The nat ural results follow. Churches are di viding and hundreds of church mem bers are withdrawing from the sanc tuaries they have hitherto attended. Many of the political preachers are brninless asses, and do not know what they are talking of or are incapable of appreciating n legal or constitutional argument. They are preparing the ground for Bob Ingersoll, who nas n radical church of his own, by bringing discredit on Christianity. Bob and the Maine parsons can meet on the common platform of cursing Demo crats. OUR eyesight is the most exquisite of our senses, yet it does not serve us to discern wisdom. If it did, what a glow of love would she kindle within us and how our lives would be beau tified. THK number of deserters from the British army advertised during the past year wa 5,840. The number in 1878 was 8,399. The lllrth Place of James Itiicliniiiin. THE OI.I UM HOUSE IN WHICH TUE I. A M KNTEO STATESMAN FIRST SAW THE LHIIIT STII.I. IN EXISTENCE. Special Correspomlmt of ih Patriot A trip up the Cumberland valley on matters of business last week, brought me to the quiet but clever town of Mercernburg. While there I learned of the purchase of "Stony Batter," the birth-place of the lnte President James Buchanan, by his niece, Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson, of Lancaster. "Stony Batter" is located about four miles northwest of Merecrsburg, Franklin county, Pa., at Cove Cap, in the Tuscarora mountains. The house in which Buchanan was born is a small log building between 20 and 25 feet square, one and a-half stories high. Between fifty ami sixtv years ago Mr. Jacob McCunc, of Mercers burg, purchased the house, and after having the logs carefully numbered hud it taken down and removed to the town of Merecrsburg, where it was rebuilt for a corner lot on Fayette street. The present owner of the Bu chanan house is the Rev. It. Lewis McC'une, who purchased the property ut the death of his father in 1896. The house is in an excellent state of preservation "as Mr. McCunc takes great care of it. When we caff to mind the fact that President Buchanan was born in the house some time in the vear 1791, we conclude that it must be nearly one hundred years old. I learned from the present owner that the house has all along been kept under a good roof, and judging from the hardy look of the titnliers it bids fuir to last one hundred years longer. The property becomes still more valuable as a relic of the past, because Mr. McCmie, the present owner, purchased the log house used, at an early day in Merecrsburg, as an academy or classical school, fat that time called the "Latin School") where President Buchanan commenced his classical studies. Mr. McC'une had the old school house moved to the same lot and joined to the Buchanan house. These two buildings now stand side by side—mementoes of the past and of Pennsylvania's great son. If an appeal to local circumstances be fairly made, it will l>c found that President Buchanan owed no part of his distinction either to birth or for tune, but wholly to himself. The ob scurity and poverty from which he emerged serve only to make his illus trious career the more remarkable. If these two buildi gs could lie pur chased and takeu back to "Stony But ter," where a monument is to be erec ted to the memory of the deceased ex- President, it would restore the "birth place" to something of its primitive simplicity. If a monument be erected the old house ought to go back also to grace the spot as well as to serve as a , residence for someone who would pro tect the place from vandalism. J.H.it. I.lfe In Washington. Fforn Oood Company There is a nameless fascination in the Washington air. The average cit izen, living far removed from the Cap ital, wonders why the office-holder who once comes to Washington is so loth to leave it that he will often stoop to any device to secure a further lease of power —whether it be four years in the White House, pother term in either end of the Capitol, or only a longer commission in a petty depart ment clerkship. But when the citizen comes to Washington himself, the mys tery is solved, lie may not Ire nble to define them very clearly, but he cannot stay long in the city withont himself experiencing in some measure thoae subtle influences which render the Capital no attractive to the perma nent resident. Even to the casual visitor there is something very inter esting about merely watchiog the great Governmental machine or in | specting its component part*. The verv atmosphere of the Capital, instinct with the official and socinl life that centres about the seat of Government in a great nation, seeins to possess a sin f;ular charm, which diiqioHc* one to ingcr and enjoy it. The stranger no louger womk-rs thnt the office-holder likes Washington, thnt he constantly schemes for an extension of his term, that, if finally deposed from power, he so often prefers the most humble pos ition here to a rcsideuce elsewhere. Not the least among Washington's charms are its pyhsical and climatic advantages. No one can longer doubt that the city in fit to be the Capital of the great country. The comprehensive plan on which it was laid out in early years of the struggling Republic gives one a fresh respect for those far-sight ed fathers who could even then devise a scheme which should to-day fit the necessities of the scat of government for fifty millions of people, and be cap able of equal development with the progress of the nation hereafter The broad avenues are a constant source of delight, parks and squares are ample for the needs of a large city, and the great system of improvements, carried through with whatever corruption un der the Shepherd regime, laid the ba sis for the transformation of Washing ton from a straggling aud neglected town to a handsome metropolis. Noth ing goes farther to justify the choice of this the Capital than its cli mate. Though it suffers from the summer heat, its temperature, during the larger part of the year, is most comfortable, and the change from the inclement weather which prevails over the greater portion of the couutry through the winter months to the usu ally balmy air of the Capital is especi ally grateful. Indeed, as a winter res idence, Washington possesses greater charms than any other oily on the con tinent, what with its mild weather, its exceptional social advantages, and the ' attractions which the meeting of Con- J gress presents to any one interested in studying our system of government at its fountain-head. Every year the Cupital is becoming more and more the winter headquarters for people of j leisure, for persons of literary tastes, ! for students of politics, for persons of, fashion, and a composite society is gradually growing up in which every-1 body is sure to find congenial elements. oMUral Hancock at Home. N. V. Cor PitUt'iirg Telegraph A few evenings ago I went with a party of friends to call on General Hancock and his amiable wife at ' Governor's Island, which is easily ac cessible from the regions of "up town," thanks to the East Side rapid transit road extending as fur as the South Ferry, and the little revenue cutter which connects that point with the ) residence of the Commander of the' Department of the Atlautic. Geueral Hancock is apparently in robust health, aud, although his hair ami beard are fronted, there is no winter in his heart. Essentially a soldier, and 1 should say a disciplinarian, there is still no brusqueness in his manner or mode of sjieech ; genial as he is, however, there are still abuuduut evi dences of a man accustomed to com mand. I have met but few men who could compare with him as a racon teur; he is a military Larry Jerome. Even with men, moreover, his conver sation is scrupulously correct. lead ing the way into his sanctum —a back room on one side of the wide hall that divides the ground floor into two parts —he ordered some refreshments and sat down to smoke a cigar and chat, and, it being left to him to carry on the conversation, proved fully equal to the task. The conversation turned from personal reminiscences upon an excellent lecture which Gen. I Abbott had delivered that afternoon on Governor's Island. Gen. Hancock declares himself stronglv in favor of strengthening the New York defenses, j " But who could overcome us?" | "Great Britain might," was the reply, "but that is not the question-; it is purely one of precaution. I am in favor of large guns, breech-loaders, of the most approved modern jiattern." It was mentioned that a dispatch from Europe set forth that Krupp was over whelmed with orders. General Han cock said that he bad been rather chary of expressing himself in answer to certain communications, for he felt that they were intended to be more in the interests of manufacturers than in those of the nation; he firmly believed however, in getting to work at the de fenses of New York. The residence occupied by the Com mander of the Department of the At lantic is ad old-fashioned and rather commodious one; the wide hall di- j vides the ground floor into a suite of ( parlors and a dining-room ' and .a study with a bay window, which forms a recess which is almost another room. The walls are hung with family por traits. Mrs. Hancock, who is in mourning, has charming manners, and should she ever be called upon to pre side at the White House, would be equal to the task. With her at pres ent is her niece, who married Lieuten ant Griffin, a young and promising officer of the General's command, last spring. In such agreeable society the time passed very quickly, and when the signal for the 10 o'clock boat sounded we reluctantly arose to go. I On rejoining the ladies (Jen. Hancock paid a compliment Ut the society of the men which they wholly uuderserv ed, since it was his conversation, and not any exertion on their part, that j made "the foot of time fall lightly." ' (ten. Hancock does not bHieve, like a certain- distinguished predecessor of his, who openly asserted as much, that "the army would be very nice if it were not for the soldiers." He evi dently thinks a great deal about his command and their welfare, and it is seldom that he is absent from the Is land. As the little revenue cutter steamed toward the Battery under the clear starlit sky we retained the pleas ant memory of his frank, cordial manner and unaffected hospitality. "No wonder that General Hancock is so popular," said one of the party ; "he is sincere, whole-souled, oue man in ten thousand." "The very model," broke in the irrepressible "Pirate," "of a modern major-general." • t Japanese Top-Spinning. St. Ntrhula* for Jumuj. At certain seasons of the year top spinuing engages a great part of the leisure of American and English boyf aud some of them become very skill ful. But Japanese jugglers are the people to spin tons, and I will try to describe some of tbctr more difficult feats, as I saw them. I WAS at a Japanese juggling enter tainment, and*wnen the first part of the Kerformanoe was over, the meu who ad been acting cleared the stage, set on it a small table, a number of swords and a little house, like the doll houses sold in toy shops, bowed low, and left. Immediately afterwards, a richly dressed Japanese made his appearance carrying in his arms about a dosen tops, somewhat resembling a common humming too, each with a long thin stem run through the bulb-shaped part, uud protruding at the top and bottom—the top stem being cased in a loose sheath. Rowing to the ejiecta tore, the Japanese took one of the tops , and twirled it briskly between his palms for a second or two; he then dropped it upon the table, where it spun around in that swiftly revolving but apparently motionless state that boy top-spinners call "sleeping." The Japanese indicated by signs that it would stop when be told it to, and turning towards the table be lifted bis baud as a command. No sooner had be done this than the top stopped as if it really had seen and understood the signal. The Japanese picked up the top aguin and twirling it as liefore, placed it upon the table, where it spun itself to sleep. He then selected from the swords on the floor one with a long, keen blade, and, lifting the top from the table by the sheath of the upper stem, placed the poiut of the lower stem carefully U|>ou the edge of the blade near the bill. The top spun for some momeuLs in this position and then began to run slowly toward the joint of the sword. \N hen it had reached the point it leaned over at an angle of 4"> degrees and continued to revolve for several moments in that difficult position, until it was caught in the juggler's hand just as it was about to stop spinning. Throwing the sword to one side the performer again made the top spiu up on the table, and picking up five others started them also. He then stretched a thiu wire across the stage, and taking the tops from the table placed them one after another upon the wire, as he bad previously placed the first one upon the edge of the sword. They spun around for a few seconds without moving, but suddenly, as if by one impulse, they all started on an excursion along the wire, bal ancing themselves as they went, with all the nicety of exjiert tight-rope walkers. Reaching the end of their trip they dropped one by one into the hands of au assistant, who stood | ready to catch them. How to Keep Teeth (lean ami Health ful. ! Krom O. A. M il* in Dental Cosmos As I am not aware of anything I practically now In the way of dentU trices, I can only allude to them n7 auxiliaries or assistants in promoting cleanliness, and in neutralizing the normal acidity so commonly present in the oral cavity. No one has yet discovered the magic prophylactic, notwithstanding the absurd claims of venders of varipus nostrums, such as "Sozodont." Of this article I will tes tify to what is also well kuown to most dentists, namely, that it destroys the color of the teeth, turning them to a decidedly dark yellow. There is, of course, quite a general use of tooth brushes by the people, but not uncommonly au abuse of them for want of proper instruction. It is get j tiug to be better understood by with dentists and patients now than former ly that a crosswise brushing is not wise, hut that the upper teeth should be brushed downward, and the lower teeth upward. It is a common mistake not to brush thoroughly the buccal and posterior surfaces of the lower front teeth. I am sure that nothing like an adequate amount of care is given to this preventive service. It cannot l>c too strongly impressed on the minds of the guardians of children that they should see that the practice of brushing the teeth thoroughly is be gun as early as possible, so that it shall become a habit to be contiuued through life. Concerning the forms of brushes, I will say that straight brushes are ut terly impracticable on the surfaces to which I nave referred as the ones neg lected. Curved brushes with a tuft, end, budshapod or convex, are the ! best. There are several favored forms i that are quite efficient in the line I have spoken of. One of these, named the "Windsor," I have faithfully tried for twenty tuotuhs past, aud introduc ed it very generally in my practice, I and I find that it meets the indications better than any other within my knowledge. The faithful use of floss silk between the teeth ought to be earnestly recommended ; also the quill toothpick. The wood toothpicks so generally furnished at public eating places, are a source of much evil to the soft tissues between the teeth. All kinds of metalic toothpicks are objec tionable, though I am aware that it is the practice of some dentists to com mend them to their patients. The value of a decided polished sur face of the tooth becomes very appar ent to those who have had the Opera tion performed; the facility with which such teeth can be kept clean ia evident; and, although the condition may have been secured at considerable expense, yet it is an investment that will pay a good rate of interest Ido not think that many dentists have much idea of the beautiful polish that a human tooth will take. Many teeth are capable of a great improvement in this direction which are now a decided detriment to what might otherwise be a pleasing face. We know that the general idea among people ia, that in terfering with the surfaces of the teeth destroys the enamel, but we also know that tfiis is a popular error. THERE was a sound of rivalry by night. It was the cats.