FOR THE FAIR SEX. Tk. Cap of Tea- First you lake and warm the teapot, Let the water boiling be, Tnat'e a moet important secret, And see you do not spare the tea. Put it on the hob to draw it For some minutes—two or three- Then fill up and nhake and pour it, And bleat fiie man who loond Out tea. lovely woman is the sugar, Spoons the poor man seems to be. Matrimony is hot water, Love is like a cup ot tea. Spi inQ/Uld Hepublitan. Kaahlon Rates. Little girls wear their hair loose and flowing down the back, not braided or curled. Rich and substantial fabrics are necessary when plain untrimmed suits are preferred. Almond, drab and biscuit colors pre vail in de beige, bunting and other light all-wool suits. When imitation pearl beads are used for embroideries they should be very fine to look real. Surah silk comes in all shades ef color, including those of red, yellow, heliotrope and violet. The new gold threads introduced into laces and embroideries are not tarnished by washing. The favorite colors for figured lawn dresses are heliotrope, pale blue, pale rose and old gold. Black •white and cream-tinted Surah silks are all used as linings, as well as the brighter colors. The ecru goods of this summer are oi a darker and richer shade than those of revious seasons. Breton lace plaitings in many rows cover one side of some of the dressiest Japanese fans. New Lisle thread gloves are in all the new shades of almond, biscuit, drab, gray and wood color. Low shoes are worn a great deal this rammer to show the colors nnd em broideries on stoekings. Fashionable stockings are embroid ered in rosebuds, forget-me-nots, but tercups and nolka dots. New hosiery comes in all the new shades of old gold, orange, red, helio trope, wine color and blue. Sunset colored linings under red paragon frames gain favor with ladies who affect the picturesque in dress. The latest thing in lingerie is a dol man visite camisole for negligee wear in place of a dressing sack. Almost every fashionable toilet has some hint oi the rage for the bright and clever notions of the Japanese. Quantities of gold lace, gold net, gold braids, galloons und cords are seen on summer bonnets and dressy hats. Foulard handkerchiefs are trimmed witli Breton and Languedoc laces, and made into bow , jabets and fichus. Pockets of velvet, silk, satin and lace are trimmed with jet and suspended rom the waist by a satin ribbon. Gold threads are introduced into some of the prettiest laces, each figure being outlined with gold chain stitch. Japanese white straw hats are trim med with white lilacs and bows of white satin ribbon for children's wear. Turbans, F&nchons, Derbies, Japan ese Fayal and rough-and-ready broad brimmed hats are equally fashionable. The strings oi small bonnets are more frequently tied in a bow in the bark over the chignon than under the chin in front. . Small Japanese round fans, with long handles, are covered with silk and satin, on which are hand-pointed designs of great beauty. Turkey-red calico costumes, profusely trimmed with I>anguedoc lace, will he worn indoors and at archery and lawn tennis gat he rings. till mat. * WfiMlM Toilet*. At a recent notable wedding theeight bndemaids entered the church in pairs picturesquely dressed in English fash ion in white muslin, with hats, fichus and pnrasois. each carrying a prayer hook in tier hand, and a basket of flow ers hanging on her arm. There was an effort to return ta the poetic " simple white muslin " in the quaint design of these dresses, yet the exquisite fabric was silk muslin, and the trimming flounces of embroidery. The waists were round and gathered into a belt, and were worn with wide white satin ribbon aronnd the waist, with ends hanging on the left side. The back of ■he demi-trained skirt was straight, full, and flowing from the belt, below which it was finely shirred two fingers deep; a broad scantily gathered flounce of thick embroidery on muslin was around the skirt. In front was a deep wrinkled apron extending only as far as the sides, where the shirring of the back began; a wide frill of em broidery edged the apron, and ex tended up the sides to the belt. The shoulders were covered with a muslin iir.hu that reached nearly as low as the elbows. The top edge of this mantle was tamed over, ana trimmed witli 1-anguedoc lace like that on the lower edge of the mantle. The hats were of fine Tuscan straw, in gypsy shape, trimmed with a scarf of white muslin and lace, and white marabout feathers. The parasols were white Surah, edged with wide whits lace, ! closed by an ivory ring; they were carried by a hook on the handle passed over the finger, and the ivory-bound prayer book and handkerchief were also carried in the hand. The flower basket was oi straw, shaped like a hat inverted; the natural flowers were dif ferent in each, and matched the large bouquet worn in the belt, either of Jacqueminot rosea, or Marrhal Neils, lubets. dairies, violets, etc. The Jong ioose-wrfsted gloves were of white on dressed kid, and scarcely any jewelry was worn. The wedding favor, fastened on the right shoulder, was of white satin ribbon holding a stalk of iilieo-of tlie-valley. There were no groomsmen at this wedding. The eight gentlemen who served as ushers, and preceded the bri<!iniaids up the aisle, wore black En.yish frock-coats, blaok vesto, and gray trousers. The bridegroom and his best man were similarly dressed, anil awaited the bride at the altar. The rich drees of ttic bride was modeled alter that worn by the Queen ofSpain, with an elaborate double train, and a high wired Medlcis collar, of his toric shape, made of pearls. The rnate- rial wns creamy white satin—plain, not brocaded~nnft instead of lace the trim ming was made of egg-shaped pearls that covered the front of the dress as though it was im-rusted with them. The Wok of the waist and the long up per train were cut in one. This train was rounded at the end. and lined throughout with satin-striped gauze, and was edged all around with three apped plaited frillaof silk tulle, on each of which was a bias band of satin. Trie under train began at the waist, and was square-cornered; it was slashed at in tervals, and the openings were filled with plaitings and pearl trimmings. Orange blossoms and white lilacs were the flowem used. The neck of the dress opened in a square quite low, while the collar was very high at the back and sides, and was held in place by line wires. The sleeves were of lace and pearls. The point lace veil was in long scarf shape, and was confined to the back of the head. _ Two-thirds of the guests at this pret tiest of weddings wore white drasses, with small white gypsy bonnets, hrim mod with white ostrich plumes, white soft muslin scarfs, and ends of Languc doc or else point Ravuse lace. The white dresses wore of Surah, or bio caded silk, India mull, or else nuns' veiling. The white fichu mantle was the javorite wrap, and was worn also witli colored silks, and, indeed, with black siik dresses. A few lavender and heliotrope dresses were worn, and some of skyblue were of cashmere with high puffed sleeves and ruffs, while others were oi pale blue silk and satin. Trie bride's mother wore an elegant sutin brocade witli limb-colored ground and margiold'yeliow ligures,>ith point lace flounces. White Mlin dresses were made with low linings and lace sleeves of in 8' tion sewed in lengthwise rows. In the few black dresses worn were black !S| anish lace sleeves. White bonnets were the rule, though occasionally a rough straw gypsy was trimmed with he brilliant Prince of Wales red. either Surah or satin—and sometimes daisies or a single sunflower appear on such bonnets—though the preference this sea son is for plumes rather than flowers. Both ostrich and marabout feathers are used. When bonnets are not worn at day weddings, the coiffure is very simple, showing the outline of the head, being arranged very low, and without puffsor any appearance of false hair. The low round coil at the hack of the head, with a dagger or shell thrust into it, is the favorite style; the front hair is irregu early disposed in thick short locks, and an appearance of carelessness is care fully studied. The traveling dress for the bride is Chuddah of coachman's drab shade, made up over silk and trimmed witli satin. Ttye skirted coat basque has a wide directoire collar of atin. above which is a high standing collar with the points turned over in front- The skirt foundation is of silk, but this is not visible, as it is more stylish to show only the wool goods in the costume. At the foot is the narrow plaiting of the drab satin, and this is nearly concealed by a tucked flounce of the Chuddah that falls over it. This is a straight, scantily gathered flounce four yards around nnd begins at the knee; it has a hem a finger deep, with a tack of the same depth above it. and there are eight rows of stitching 011 the upper part of the hem, and also on the tuck. This straight flounce gives the effect of a straight round skirt, though the silk beneath is narrowly gored. Above this is a fully draped apron of the Chuddah perma nently attached to the silk skirt. A triple ruche of box-plaited satin is set on to border the npron. and conceal where it is joined to the head of the flounce.— Harper's Bazar. Omr U4l| tValklac-BUcka. Walking-sticks for ladies, so we are told by an orao eof fashion, are coming into favor again. Thus does the whirli gig of time bring round his revenge for i a discarded custom. The Empress Eu genic made the carrying of canes fash ionable for her sex during the gay da y of the second empire. But backens another century we find the woman is appreciative of the walking-slick as ever was " Sir Plume of amber snufT-l>ox justly rain, And the nioeoonduot ola clodded cane." Ladies advanced in life walked with a staff between five and six feet in height, taper and slender in substance, turned over at the upper end in the manner of a shepherd's crook, and " twisted throughout the whole extent." Some times these wands were formed of a pale-green glass, but oftener of wood, ivory, or whalebone. A writer of 1768, speaking of the most fashionable sticks of this period, says: " I)o not some of us strut about with walking-sticks as long as hickory boles, or else with a yard of varnished cane scraped taper, and hound at one end witli a waxed thread, and the other tipped with a neat ivory head as big as a silver penny P" It is, indeed, us an appurtenance of fashion more than as an ap;*endage of personal utility that we regard the walking-sticks of modern times, though in all ages man has made the sons of the forest contribute to iiis support under weariness and old age.— London (Jlobe. Ad Tic* to Jlrl. The lady who fills the chair of profes sor of domestic science in the Illinois Industrial university has been giving sensible advice to girls in a lecture at Bt. Louis. She called women the world's home-makers, insisted that reform in women's education was the nrgent need of the tiiree, and emphasised the tact that intelligent cooks, educated house keepers and enlightened mothers were beginning to be appreciated. Women were not instinctively good housek<ep ers any more than men were good mechanics or good farmers. It was an error to suppose that iu matters per taining to ths home instruction was not needed. It was said that common sense alone was necessary. but common senw? and proper sense differed. Despite their general un preparedness she said that ninety-aineout of a hundred girls would still persist in getting married. This last assertion, which would be true if there were men though, possibly sup plies the key to a remedy. Let it be enacted that no girl shall get married until she can pass an examination in domestic science. Bulgaria is a nice kind of a place to live In. A resident says that when three or iour aimed Bulgarians meet an unarmed Turk alone, they generally cut off his head; and wiien three or four Turks meet a Bn garian under similar circumstances, tliey generally cut off his head. When the Turk loees bis head the case is ended, but when the dead Bulgarian is found there is an inquiry. Turks are arrested and examined, and encouraged bo speak the truth by the application of red-hot irons to the soles ol their feUt. TIMKLY TOPICS. The iron workers of England include 140,000 laborers in furnaces and forges, 160,000 in the manufacture of machin ery, 5.500 in steel works, 48,000 in ship building. snd about 800,000 in various branches of iron and steel manufac ture, making about 570,000 in all. The mining population is about 530,000, and the laborers in cotton mills about ann nno. An incident which occurred recently in Paris shows with what aversion com pulsory military service is regarded by industrial classes in France. A young seller of sponges, aged twenty-one, shot himself witli a revolver in prefer ence to taking his turn of military ser vice according to law. Death was in stantaneous. Sherrard Clemens, who died in a Bt. l/ouis hospital a short time ago, was a notable figure in the politics of twenty years ugo. lie represented a Virginia district in the Thirty-fiflh and Thirty sixth Congresses and was one of the most promising orators of his day In 1856 he fonght a duel with O. Jennings Wise, son of Henry A. Wise, receiving a wound that lamed him for life. Wise, who was also a man of brilliant talents, edited the Richmond /inquirer, lived to he killed in the Con federate service, at Roanoke island. Clemens never for gave himself for his part in tiie duel, being at heart opposed to that mctiiod of settling disputes. The last years of his life were passed in obscurity. Too much presence oi mind is a rare surplus in man or woman. It may make as qneer mistakes as excitement itself. A Southern lady while prepar ing to retire for the night, thought she saw the eye of a full-length portrait of Washington wink. She had heard of burglars hiding behind pictures, but she did not scream and faint. She took off her diamonds, and opening a drawer as if to put them in it. took out a revolver and quickly discharged six shots into the head of the portrait; and the ser vants rushed in and found ther? was no burglar there, and tne $2,500 picture was spoiled for nothing. Presence o mind and coolness don't want to be acf companied by too much imagination. It appears that Japan is likely bctore long to commence a new branch of ex port trade with Europe. Dr. Gagliardi, un Italian geologist, who is a professor at the .Japanese Poiyteolinieum of Tokio, was charged sometime sinoe to inspect and report upon the mineral pro ducts of the Hraki mountain range. He has come upon an extraordinary and almost inexhaustible treasure of mar ble. One mountain, wliich has the ap pearance of being a pure white from base to summit, is almost wholly com posed of the very finest statuary marble. In another part of the same range Pro fessor Gairliardi found immense quanti ties of black marble, equal to the best known in Europe. He reports that if the discovery is properly utilized and sufficient mentis for transport arc pro vided Japan cannot fail to become one of the first markets of the world for the marble trade. Tristan d'Aounhn is the rame oi a small group of islands lying midway be tween South America ana the African coast. Two years ago the ship Mabel Clark was wrecked on one of these islands, and the crew kindly rescued by the islanders, for which noble conduct they received a suitable reward from the United States government. These islanders are estimated at lott in num ber, mostly decendnntsofoneHnyes, an English corporal, and one of a garrison placed there by Great Britain while Napoleon was a prisoner at Bt. Helena. There have been but four deaths there in thirteen years, says the Foreign Mis sionary, and no death in infancy has ever been known on the island, even though no vermifuge or soothing syrup was ever known to tLosc mothers and nurses. The greatest wnnt felt there is that ola missionary or some clergyman, whose services are much desired, and lor whom not a few would-be brides and bridegrooms are anxiously waiting. The Now York Herald has an article describing the filthy condition oi many of the city tenement houses, nnd in an editorial it says hundreds of thousands of people are living in abodes such as are described. Many of them, the Herald says, know no better than to se lect such places to live in, and others could not or would not understand, ii told, the dangers to which their fami lies are continually exposed; but what are the cleanly and intelligent people to dof The business oi tenement house builders is to crowd as many seta of apartments as possible upon a qiven space oi ground, and to do their work cheaply. The business oi the owners is to get as much rent as possible and make no repairs except when com pelled by law to do so. Some ol the neighborhoods described are as bad as any from which London's plague started, and some of the worst nouses belong to ppople whose standing in so ciety presupposes at least common hu manity. It the law does not enter such neighborhoods to protect human life a greater power will some day sulk from the filthy houses and menace life every where in the city. Argentine Republic, in which civil war is reported to have broken out. is a confederation of the Rio de la Plata, fourteen states or provinces con taining a population in 1870 of about 1,800,000. Its area ia some 543,000 square miles, and it ia situated between Bolivia on the north and Patagonia on the south, the latter country being claimed as part of its possess lor * There are in the Republic about 800,- 000 foreigners—Americana, Italians, Spaniards, French, English, Swiss and Germans. Exocpt the Andes, In the west, and other mountainous ranges in the northwest, the whole region is composed of vast plains, covered alter nately with rich pasturage and huge thistles. The climate is both temperate and tropical. As agriculture ia very backward, leas than I-1.000 of the soil being under cultivation, rearing live 1 toe It it the chief employment of t'e people. Millions of cattle grnae on the plain*, along with great bards of mules and horses. Minaa of rock salt, which plentifully inorusis the broad levels, are of much benefit to the roaming beasts. The name. River of Silver, is a misno mer, though silver, with gold, oopper, sulphur and coal, la found to a moderate extent near the Andes. Very Rule mining has yet been done. Four smalLswlft propellers have been built at Pittsburg, Pa., for the South, wbers|thsy ara.aaatiaad to play an tm- P® rt ®P, t P**t In the sanitary condition of the Mississippi valley daring this and nubeequent lumnun in oarrying on what moat be an effective campaign against the spread of yel low fever. The boats were ordered by the United States medical service. They will distribute provisions and medicines to infested cities, and can be turned into hospitals. The flagship of the fleet is the Bcuner: she is named after the late Lieutenant Henry A. Benner, whose life was sacri ficed lor others during the last yellow fever visitation. Her cnhln is devoid of staterooms forward, ami the space, fourteen by flfly feet, is to be taken up by thirty iron cots f<r patients. Altol .his space are two handsome apart uents for the two doctors on board, and Ihere are also accommodations (or a :rew of eight or ten. On the boiler is ocatedaniron tank, six by eight feet, 10 contain bedding, etc., to be cleansed with a steam pressure of thirty pounds. \ well appointed medicine case frrms t part of the Bonner's cabin furniture: also a bathroom, with " hot and cold " water facilities. This vessel is for duty as a patrol, and as furnishing supplies to the following stations: Cairo. Mem phis and Vicksburg As adjuncts to the Benner are three small, swift steel propellers—the Picket. Lockout and Patrol. Their duty is to overhaul pass ing steamers, and to see that such are observing quarantine regulations. The Cattle Herders ef Florida. A letter dated Fort Myers, Florida, says: The Caloosahntrhee at this point is a deep and wide stream, atlording easy navigation for ocean craft. From here eastward tlie river narrows, and drains open prairie, or savann oountry. This region is a vast cattle range, and inhabited only by herders and the remnants of the Beminoles. Some of these cattle raisers are wealthy, andjpridc themselves on their aequsi tions. Cuba affords tlum a market and tbeir available wealth is mostly in Spanish doubloons, though a great den! oi it is in Mexican dollars. The silver money is kept in sacks representing S6O, SIOO, or S9OO and never untied—pass ing trom hand to hand for the amount marked on the tag. Every man is his own banker, and his coin is a good deal safer under his own roof than it would he in the custody oi any bank. It would be impi'ssible to rob one of these cattle men of his money and get away with it. The wt ight ol the coin would prevent rapid flight, and there is no place to fly to if flight wore possible. Hemmed in by swamps and ocean there is no safety for him who would rob his neighbor, for he could not get away or make; use at home of what was another's. If theft were attempted swift punishment would follow the offense. No useless judge or superfluous jury would con sume time in determining the magnitude of the crime. The offender would die with his boots on, and there would be no cumbering of a court record with the transaction. The people of this region are honest trom a desire to be so. Everybody's house is open. The merchant, who is always bis own clerk, leaves unclosed the door of his store when he goes to dinner. If a customer should come in during his absence and want a plug of tobacco, he would take the tobacco and leave the value of it in coin in its place. If he couldn't make the exact rhangpat the time he would mention it after wart} and square the account. There is no Stteli thing as cheating on the part of a merchant. He couldn't keep store if he was known to cheat, and he never attempts it. There is unlimited mutual confidence on the part of buyer and seller. One of these "cattle kings," as the herders designate each other, is a miser, and iives in a miserable hut, with no company hut dogs. He has boxes of doubloons in untold numtiers secreted about his premises, has no visitors and no neighbors, for, in addition to being a miser, he is a hermit. Perhaps fancy has credited him wib more wealth than he actually possesses, hut he Is reputed the richest man in Florida,and marvelous stories are told of the gold and silver he has burled. As poorly as this miser cattle king lives, there are none of them who live much better. Bacon is their staple meat, and with ail their cattle, they have neither milk nor butter, and fresh beef but seldom. With a climate and soil that would produce fruits and vegetables the year round, they have nothing of the kind, except what is gathered in a wild state. One or two families at Fort Myers Itave done something in the way of producing fruits, but elsewhere about here no - forts are made in this direction. The Caloosahatchee is a favorite home of the alligator. Thousands line its banks, basking in the hot sun ol April. Deer are found in abundance and bears and wild cats are too numer ous to mnkc the rearing of hogs or sheep possible except In inelosures. Fish of fine quality can be had for the catching. Birds of gaudy plumage and ravishing song enliven tlie forest, and hush and tree of exquisite flower and foliage make a picture oe which the eye delights to linger. Make the Best er Things. We excuse a man lor occasional de pressions, just as we endure a rainy day. But who could endure 366 days of cold drisslef Yet there are men who are, without cessation, somber and charged with evil prognostication. We may be born with a melancholy temperament, but that is no reason why we should yield to It. There D away of shuffling the burden. In the lottery of life there are more prises drawn than blanks, and for one misfortune then are fifty ad vantages. Despondency is the most unprofitable feeling a man can have. One good laugh is a bombshell explod ing in the right piece, while spleen and discontent lea gun that kicks over the man who shoots it off. Some must have to get into heaven backward. It o* 'tend off from our despondencies. Listen for sweet notes not discords. In a world where God has put exquisite tinge upon the shell washed in the surf, and planted a paradise of bloom in a chila H cheek, let us leave it to the owl to hoot and the toad to croak and the fnuliflnder to oomplain. Take outdoor exercise and avoid late suppers if you would have a oheerful disposition. The habits ot oomplaint Anally drops Into peevishness, and people become wasp ish and unapproachable. Two bulldogs wandered, two years ago, from the ranob of Brett * Co.. Ne braeka, nod joined e eeok of roving wolves. They never returned, and now a species or dog-woll, infesting that geo tlon, are more dreaded than the ooui mon prairie wolf, being more bold and savage. heme Tery Old People. H.Warren, of Warrens viue, Ohio, is ninety-eight years of age, end occupied the first lo'* cabin built in that city. He made his own garden last spring, and is in excellent health and spirits. Mr*. Nellie Ligon, of White Chapel Hill, Ky., is ninety-five years of age. She still sews on fine muslin and has no use for glasses. Inspeakingof berearly life she relates many escapes from bears and Indians. Near neighbors during their lifetimcL Uncle Timothy Doxeey, of Pearsall's, L. 1., and Zachariah Story, of Christian Hook, were born on the same day. They are now ninety-three years of age, and both spry and hearty. Lewis Rockwell lives in IV, Mid is 109. His wife when she died was ninety-five years old. He is nottheonly living merub< rofthe family, but has seven brothers and sisters, whose united ages are 671 years. Mrs. Mary Ilodgins, of Lucan, Toronto, died recently aged ninety-one years She settled in that region iorty-seven years ago, when the country was an un broken wilderness, and was the only white woman thereabouts. Annie E. Potter died in the New York Baptist home for aged people after liv ing long past her centennial anniver sary. When ten years of age she was kidnaped from school in India and sent in a ship from Calcutta to New York. Statesville, N. C., has two old but active citizens. J. W. Miller does his own plowing, although in his eighty seventh year. BartleU Morgan walks in and out of town, a distance of eighteen miles, although he is eighty-four years old. The Indian chief Ixiuis Waiso, who lives at Lake George, is over 100 years old. The British govemmi nt has just paid him a long-expr-ctod pension for services rendered as t ulcf of the A bene quis in the contest of 1813. The father of the Reverend William Itoberson, who died recently in Bold Camp Creek, Va., did not marry until be was fifty years of age. and liv<d with his wife seventy-five years, dying at 125. The minister was in his ninety seventh year when he died. " Old Pouipey Phillips," a colored man, died at Berkshire, and is supposed to have been 109 years of age. He was once a slave in Hillsdale, N. Y., and said In saw Washington in 1755. He h-aves a daughter eighty-six years o age and a son seventyfour. Tlie Rev. Noah M. Wells, the oldest Presbyterian clergyman in the country, died recently in Erie, Mich., at the age of ninety-eight. 11 preached in Eastern New York until 1H95, when he went to Detroit and organised the hrt Presby terian church there. • Mrs. Peter King, who died reoentlyat Otsego, N. Y., wss just rounding a cen tury of life. She was a native of Ire land, and settled in this country when there were no railroads or stages, in days wh< n people used to go to Albany, a distance of eighty miles, to get groceries. Her eyesight was as perfect up to the day ot her death as it had been in her youth. She was the oldest person in Otsego county. After Matilda Jackson, of Paris, Ky., had closed a century of life, she left what she called the white Methodist church and connected herself with tht colored Christian church, and was im mersed in a pond. Moses Howe, of Dracut, Mass., is now in his ninety-second year. He preached his first sermon sixty-six years ago. On a recent Sunday afternoon he preached from the same text, and occupied an hour and a half. He has married 1,990 couples and buried 9.630 persons. Crashing lata an Iceberg, The British war ship Flamingo had a narrow escape ncently. while cruising off the cosst of Newfoundland, from being crushed to pieces by an enormous iceberg. Trie presence of icebergs on the coast was known to the captain and officers of the Flamingo, and a very sharp and careful outlook was kept up. Two msn were posted on the jib-boom end at tlie time, and it was one of these that first decried the hugh mountain of ice ahead, and sounded the word of warning. The officer in command im mediately telegraphed to the engine room to have the engines reversed at full speed In a moment the propeller was at wn£ pulling the warship hack out of the gmsp ot what nearly proved a fatal foe. The two men at the lookout on the jib-boom end hod barely time to scam per in over the boom and bowsprit, when crash went these two spars, driven in on tlie deck with terrific force, smashing and unlocking all the fasten ings and couplings on fleck. When the steamer forged off from the huge her* the ice towen d inn tect above her mastlica<ls, with terrible menacing projections threatening in their fall to sink the little war vessel deep down in the Atlantic. At a later season of the ?rear such a collision would probably lave been attended with complete de struction to the steamer and all on board, bat tb icebergs now sailing along the coast of Newfoundland are bard and oohesive and not liable, as in autumn months, to shiver into pieces by the least jar or impact, or even by the ordinary detonation of a gun. Had the iceberg broken up as the bows of the Flamingo crashed upon it there could be no survivor to unfold the dreadful tale. The berg was at least a half mile in length, and >raped about 960 feet above the surface ol the water, or mare than 100 leet above the naaat tops of the ship. It was fortunate, too, that then was no sea on, as la such a esse the berg might have rolled over on the steamer when close to It and crushed it into staves. Afbr porting company with the iceberg the Flamingo was got round and headed for St. Johns, where she arrived about an hour and a half after the accident. During the past year thirty divert in the pearl fishery of the Persian gulf lost their lives, moat ol them by sharks. The value of the pearls taken in the Persian gulf in 1879 is estimated at $1.600,000. _ The first real ditooverer of cop per on Lake Superior, whose exploration led to the development of the Cliff mine. Is now on old and poor man, living on charity, in an obscure village in the Wisconsin lead region Miss Polly Hanson, aged fifteen, ol Lake oounty, Cal., is a wonduriul shot. She reoently killed fourteen out of fif teen pigeons at twenty-one yard* rise. MiasHiuisnn is the daughter of District Attorney Hanson, of Lake oounty. A Hklp'. Collision Witt u Iwtti. Contain Nyberg, oI the Russian bvk Condor,told a reporter of A thrilling ex perience while on the TOT age to New ?I wa* during a fjettrj toil, h# aafid, and a *ailor named Harigo wag making the main royal fast, when sud denly there came a cry from the look out in the Ixjvr, to " keep her off." My nephew, W • Nyberg, is mate and wee at the wh<*<*l at the moment. He inetantly olieyed the warning, which wae echoed by the after watch. At tliat moment I came oat of my cubin by the after companion way, and an it seemed to me, in that exact second of time the crash came. The bark wa moving at about the rate of fonr knots, and fortunately obeyed her helm read ily, else we would have struck the 'berg squarely, and beyond question would have gone to the bottom. Aa it vu she sheered off so that she struck first with her port cathead, broke the chain and whirled the anchor upon deok. At the same time her maintopsail yard arm smashed into the 'berg, as did the lore topgallant mast and the miaaen top mast. The great pressure against her yards caused the masts to bend and the vessel to keel over on her side partially, and as she did so the main chain plates on the port side struck the 'berg with terrific lorce, parting her lanyards and allowing the mainmast to go by the Ixiard. It came down with all the top hamper over her side, and the mi seen topmast and the fore topgallant went along. It all seemed to be over in two or three seconds, before we could do any thing, even to shelter ourselves from the falling mass or utter a cry of warning. The bark rolled on her side on a big wave, with the weight of the mast ana all that clang to it drafting her ovur, and it looked as if we were going to capsize, hut happily she righted, and were quickly brought, and the wreck was cut away una we were saved. Under the lumber of the fallen rigging, •'lose by the starboard rail amiashipej we found Harigo—the man who had been on the main royal —lying senseless. Near him was an Iryih boy named Tom Itafferty. one of the crew, with a broken leg. Nobody else was hurt in addition to the injury to her rig ging, the vessel suffered severely. Thirty leet of the port rail, stanchions and waterway were carried off, and the injury where she struck first was very serious. Still, we patched things up as well as we could, and managed to get into port all right. Harigo had no bones broken, bat was liadiy bruised and suffered some serious internal injuries from his fall. ▲ week afterward he waked up sensible for the lu st time since the accident, and wanted to know what had happened. He had not seen the 'berg, and knew nothing of what had hurt him. Now both he and the Irish boy are doing well. None of us on deck, though we tried to do so, mu.it make out the height or the width of that iceberg, it was so enormous. The Uolorade Rash. It is ail well enough to sav "Go West, young man," but when the advice is accepted it should be with a purpose to locate in some good farming country or thriving settlement, and take a hand in the general development. But a great majority of those who pursue tue star of < inpire in its westward course go to Colorado. The rush just now is im mense People are pouring into Den ver at the rate of from 4,000 to ft,ooo per week, every train from the East iK-ing loaded to the utmost limit of its traction power. The streets of the city are thronged with strangers, and present the appearance peculiar to ho.idays. Nearly all the new-comers expect to secure immediate employment, either there or when they reach the mining districts. Most oi them are pro vided only with sufficient means to get hark again, and many speedily avail tbemsei es of the opportunity. It is like a great tide pouring into the estuar ies of the sea, only to recede when It has reached its height. There are no doubt available chances for the investment of capital in agricultural and manufactur ing enterprises in Colorado, but unless one knows just what to do the risk is hasardoos. The ad vice of all who write disinterestedly to those in the East who have employment, and who are think ing of going to Colorado, la to stay where they nn.—RocMMer Union. Wards at Wleftsm. One act of charity is worth a century oi eloquence. The use of character is to be a shield against calumny. The fear of future evil is in itself the greatest of evils. Cherish your best hopes as faith, and abide by them in action. He must be a thorough fool who ean learn nothing from his own folly. A great many pairs of shoes are worn out liefore a man does all he aays. Every flower, even the fairest, has its shadow beneath it as It swings in the sunlight. The tie that binds the happy may be dear, but that which links the unfortu nate is tenderness unutterable. Age is not all decay; It is the ri peeing, the swelling of the fresh life within that withers and bursts the husk. Tassions are likened best to floods and streams. The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb. Better fall covered and scarred with the wounos of glory than to surrender through expediency to what is wrong. How quietly flows the river toward the sea. jet it always reaches Its destin ation. This is a point to i muisiilim when you are trying to " rush things. Balks la the Bchsslresm. A mission school In Philadelphia has In iU basement a large bathing and swimming department. There are tour great tubs, in which the dirty little ohil dren are free to cleaaee themselves and to take aquatic exercise under pre scribed regulations. Each tub accom modates nearly two donsa children at a time. The surrounding floors and walla are of brink and concrete, so that no restriction is put on splashing. A man with a small whip in bis hand stands by during bathing hours randy to castigate way of the young persons who arc unruly or violent. To their credit it must be saui that he is seldom compelled to UM it. The girls bathe and swim on Mondays. Wednesdays, aad Fridays, and the boys on Uie other <W°' * h The rule is that no child shall he allowed to enter the baths more than once a day. Many of the boys dodge this rule by exchanging riot bee aad presenting themselves In *uoh combinations of costnme that the mmjrlth the whip does not recognise
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