FOB THE FAIR SEX.
t'uhlsn XM.
Yellow blonde hair is out of fashion.
Mull fichus and scarfs remain in high
avor.
Imported evening dresses have very
long trains.
All very dressy costumes are trimmed
with embroidery.
The new pinkish shades of gray are
very popular in Paris.
A Ix>ndon lady had ? 4,000 worth of
flowers at a party.
Both square and round trains are
> worn in evening toilet.
Fancy feathers show the influence of
the craze for plaited effects.
Home very square bonnets appear
among late novelties in millinery.
A trimming much in vogue is black
I net embroidered with jet beads.
Irish point and church lace trim the
most fashionable mull necx scarfs.
After the rage for big bonnets has sub
sided, the medium sizes will probably
bo most worn.
Bonnets, muffs and costumes match
when worn by the most fastidiously
fashionable women.
Feathers, birds, flowers, laces, bows
of ribbon and bonnet ornaments trim
i the new plush muffs.
Jet or colored crystal beads enrich all
; the richest trimmings and embroideries
on dressy costumes.
Jet, gold, amber, purple, iridescent
and jewel-tinted and crystal beads trim
both bonnets and dresses.
To muffle the throat in several yards
| of white or black tulle, a la Sarah Bern
hardt, will be all the fashion.
Plush muffs are flat, and the plush is
' arranged in loose, irregular folds, not
tight or smooth around the mull'.
Crystal beads in iridescent hues, white
and clear as glass, are used to excess in
i trimming evening dresses.
The petals of many of the new arti
ficial flowers are made of soft plush in
!most gorgeous and delicate tints.
White plush bonnets, with the crowns
or brims dotted with medium-sized
pearl beads, bid fair to be favorites.
Cream-colored linen handkerchiefs
with dress borders of embroidery in
blue and gold, or scarlet and gold, are
: very stylish.
The first regularly educated female
physician in this country is said to be a
Mrs. Alexander, who settled in Boston
; some fifty years ago.
The most fashionable ladies in New
I York as a rule affect dark colors, small
j bonnets and plain but costly styles of
I dress and dress garniture.
Many of the handsomest wraps are
trimmed with jet embroideries in artis
|;signs, set figures, bands, gimps,
, tassels, spikes and galloons,
ck and brown beaver plush bon
®d hats are trimmed with coffee
td lace and furnished with gold
, which suspend them around the
lite plush bonnets will take pros
ice of all others for evening wear,
will be trimmed with feathers,
rs, and crystal bead cords and
iS.
Ivet boots are now introduced, and
roposed to wear them on the prom
!. Tfiey Lave, invariably, round
the narrow toes being less seen
during the past season and only
on the Spanish instep boots,
ffs of plush to match the hats are
g the novelties. They are made in
ocket shapes, are larger than those
st year, and are trimmed with
;rs, birds and laces. They are
liand yuie marie of black, white or
my Davenport wears in the present
1 of her new play, "An American
' half a dozen new dresses thatcos
-11.000. A diamond necklace which
rears in one of the acts cost her
DO.
e ladies of Donaphan county, Kan
ought all the booths on the fair
id, bidding much higher than the
n keepers, whose " bar'l" could not
•are in size with that of their fair
gonists.
prize was offered at the La Porte
) fair for the mother presenting the
st number of children. Mrs. John
took the premium with nine, the
i being born on the grounds a few
■ before the award was made.
Bilston, England, not long ago, a
an, in reply to the inquiries of the
istrate, informed him that she had
married forty years, and having
whipped by her husband every day
. had received 14,ft00 beatings,
is Sharman Crawford, an English
a niece of the Mr. William Shar-
Crawford who many years repre
id Rochdale in parliament, has so
elt the injustice of the British
od of farming land that she has
i her tenants in the county of
trford a lease forever of their bold
c richest brocades hate large
as and flowers in cut and uacut
st of the darkest shades of maroon,
' blue, plum, and bronze green on
nds of mervelileuse satin, har-
Izing in color, not contrasting, such
ne rose for maroon flowers, mauve
lum, water blue for navy blue, and
il for bronze green. '
mammoth bow of very wide satin
jn is now worn on ths left side just
ir the waist line. This gives a
y finish to many simple toilets,
rially when worn with a mull fichu.
Three wide loops and two short ends
form this square how.
Some of the new Oriental fabrics dis
play a maze of gaudy flowers, yellow
vines, morning-glories, dahlias and
sun flowers, bees, beetles and gay
plum&gcd birds flying with widespread
wings, beside many large leaved exotics,
in designs puzzling to the botanist and I
wonderful to behold.
Deep-pointed girdles laced in front
and back, and made of velvet to match
the color of the costume, and richly em
broidered in flowers or gold, are novel
ties of tlie toilet. With these are worn
broad velvet cuffs to match, and Medici
collars embroidered on the inside, and
lined on the side nearest the dress witli
opnque gold satin or Surah silk.
The white bows for the liiroat are
iong enough to reach to the waist, and
are made of irregular wide loops, pointed
handkerchief ends, and shirred puffs of
silk muslin or else of soft mull. The
Breton find I-anguedoc laces remain the
most popular choice tor these cravat
bows, but the novelties are Alencon
laces, point fleurctte, and the vermicelli
laces.
The queen of the Oakland (Cal.) gyp
sies is dead. In accordance with their
peculiar superstitions everything she
used or possessed was broken and d e
stroyed by tire, with certain incanta
tions. The tent she lived in, her cloth
ing and jewels, her crockery and cook
ing utensils were reduced to fragments
and humed.
When the modern hoop first came in,
Queen Victoria and her ladies met the
Empress Eugenie and her suite at the
great naval festival at Cherbourg. The
French ladies, although flounced to the
waist, had edged every flounce with
marabout or other downy feathery fin
ish, which gave them a cloudy light
ness; the English ladies, on the con
trary, trimmed with heavy velvets and
fringe looked " like portly wine t übs.
Silk plushes, for both the costume and
for miilinerv purposes, appear not alone
with the velvet-like and furry surfaces
of last year's make, but also in imitation
of leopard, tiger and bear skins, and in
gold-th read eel and moss-like effects,
glittering with metallic spirals and
shining bands ofsilvcr and gilt. Hand
some Rjman plushes are also seen with
broad stripes of scarlet, green, gold and
black, beside the "long nap " ,plushes,
in every conceivable shade of color,
many of them covered iby 'a gem-like
surface frosting or- vitrification.
Brocaded velvet and plush suits are
to be the ultimatum of richness in win
tor costumes. Plain black velvet suits
are magnificent in embroidery, jet pas
srmentaries and handsome fringes,
which are from five to twelve inches
deep and arc uncommonly attractive in j
design and quality, the heading being
much finer and lighter than formerly.
Velveteens will be more worn this win
ter than last, in consequence of being
imported in a variety of dark fashion
able colors and in better qualities. It is
at best not desirable for a whole cos
tume, but answers very nicely for an ;
indordress, and is verv pretty for chil- i
iron's wear.
a ylei of Fanning.
Did you over notice the different styles
of fanning affected by the people in
church? There is Mrs. Placidite, whose
fan opens to its fullest extent, moves
hack and forth with all the easy tran
quillity of an old-fashioned ciock pendu
lum; while the fussy, jerky pendulum
of the modern timepiece is well symbol
ized by the quick nervous strokes of
Miss Marrinot, who sits near. And just
beyond is Deacon Jones, with tiis capa
cious stomach resting upon his knees.
H s fan is held at arm's-length, his hand
at a level with his eye, the palm-leaf
sending its breeze waves along the entire
facade of his overheated body. Miss
Tuchmenot's fan flutters like a fright
ened bird, nnd Miss Daintiwun holds
one corner of her's pinned to her right
shoulder, jealous of every [particle of
the little wind that her feeble move
ments succeed in raising. Mrs. Marri
well's fan moves with a languid grace
to and fro, without so much as a sus
picion of a breeze. There is no shading
in tier fanning. The back strokes and
the forward strokes are all alike. Then
there is the generous fanner, who scat
ters her windy favors on all about her,
the sentimental fanner, who fans not at
all but uses her fan as a nose-rest, and
she gazes over it in melancholy resigna
tion ; and the fidgety fanner, who fans
furiously for half a mirute and then
shuts her fan with a snap, only to begin
her work again at tho end of another
half a minute. These are but a few of
the family of fanners. Their name is
legion and their methods are diverse.—
Morton Transcript.
I'om Id Marrlt(.
The Rev. Henry E.Johnson, of Chats
worth Independent Methodist churrb,
Baltimore, preached recently upon
" Foes to Marriage." The. follow
ing is an extract from the reverend gen
tleman's sermon: laet us nowexatr'ne
some of the "foes of marriage" which
cither orevent its consummation or per
verts it into a torture more exquisite
thsn the brain of Dante ever dreamed of.
The first of these is a false education.
This often begins in early childhood
when the adoring mamma impressed on
the fair young Angelina's mind the fol
lowing catechism: Who made you so
beautiful? The dressmaker. What did
she make you so tor? To have beaux.
What is the chief aim of woman? To
be admired. What is the great duty of
woman? To make a good match. What
is meant by a rood match? One that
will furnish me plenty of money and
nothing to do, and let me do ns I please.
That's right, darling; now practice
what you have lenrned. Sometimes
thiß education is continued
process of veneering at the boarding
school, until the girl is fully possessed
with the idea, and is transformed into a
hollow-hearted schemer.
London's •* Ilery Mine."
It is a "fact not generally known "
that there is in London a " fiery mine "
of so very excitable a disposition that
no artificial light of any description has
ever yet been allowed to lie brought
even into its neighborhood. Its pro
duct, however, is not coal, but rum.
The rum-shed, as it is called, of the
West India dock, covers a space of two
hundred thousand square feet, with
vaults of corresponding size, all
crammed with huge casks of spirit,
from every pore of which—and the
most earefully-oiosed have pores iti ,
plenty—the fiery vapor is forever
streaming out into the air. only begging
for the smallest chance of converting
the whole area of the docks, with theit
two hundred and fifty odd ships, and
two or three hundred tons < r
so of cargo, and their more or less in •
calculable stores o tinibcr and tea, sila
and sugar, cigars and cereals, coals and
cotton, wine, wool, whisky, whale-fins,
and what not, into the most magnificent
bowl of snap-dragon ever imagined in
infant nightmare. Into these fiery
regions not even [a bull's-eye lantern is
or ever has been allowed to penetrate.
Even the wharf along the side where
the great puncheons are landed is for
bidden to the approach of vessels, every
cask being transferred from ship to
shore in the company's own lighters.
Each cask in that vast range of dim drak
vaults is marked and numbered, and on
the right reading of these marks and
numbers depends the efficient execution
of every one of, the numerous operations
to which every individual cask has
been subjected before its contents can
go forth for the mixing of the world's
grog. How any one but an experienced
Japanese juggler ever manages to per
form his feat in the very brightest
weather by the simple aid of a little
plate of polished tin artfully turned nnd
twisted to catch the solitary ray oi ,
highly-diluted daylight which here ard
there filters down from the floor abovp, !
is a mystery by no means amongst tut :
least wonderful of the many of which I
the visitors to this commercial paradise
catches here and there a tantalizing j
glimpse.
liow a Stuike Mores.
A snake when on the ground moves ;
often with considerable rapidity. The
head is slightly raised, and the body
, and tail progress by means of the
1 peculiar grasping power of the skin and
i ribs of the underneath parts, which en-
I ables consecutive contraction and elon
gation to occur. The movement is more
' or less flat with the earth, and the snake
never coils upward, as is often figured
in old and some new paintings and en- |
gravings. It can erect its head and j
much of its neck and fore part of tke
body, and this is also done when the
creature is in horizontal coils and
quiescent. On moving up a stone or
tree the head, neck and much of the
body may be placed against the more or
less vertical object, and a small portion
only of the body may be left on the
ground, hut in this position the snake
is liable to fall sideways. On moving
up a tree they do not coil themselves
round and round it like a rope, hut they
may do this when still. It is wonderful
how snakes move along and between
boughs, and, taking a turn round one
with their tail end, swing and look for
food, and also how they will make
themselves up into a hunch on a fork of
a tree, and remain there without falling.
They swim in an undulating.manner,
but the body is wriggled on the same
plane as the surface of the water, and
not at right angles to it, hut in rushing
ai their prey, both in the water and on
land, there is more or less upward or
downward bending of part of the body,
and a rapid thrust of the head forward.
The Apache Who Could Ride a
"Bronco."
Tom Ncwland has an Indian who
places a high estimate on his equestrian
ability- There was a horse to be brought
to town a few days ago, and the Indian
was given the <ob. Hitching the
animal to a tree, he carefully placed the
sweat cloth on him; then the blanket,
the bridle, snd the saddle; at each per
formance giving voice to a satisfied "Ah,
hah," each ejaculation growing intenser,
till be got into the saddle. All this time
the "bronoo,'"looked as unlike Alexander
the Oreat's war horse, Bucephalus, as a
arpentsr's saw-horse. The Indian
started; he gained the crest of the bill
where the scrub oak was thickest; he
turned and give another " Ah, hah."
which was followed so closely by
"whoa" that it sounded like a com
pound word. Then something rose a
few feet in the air, went back, and mr,c
again. There was a cloud of dust, a
heap of Apache talk, a flash of bright
colors, and—silence. When Tom went
up, he found the horse grazing in the
most orthodox fashion, and a strip of
white breech clout, and a pair of brown
legs surmounted by red-stockings and
iron-clad shoes sticking up from the
middle of m scrub oak, like a new sort of
plant. Tom got him out of ths brush,
and when he said " Ah, hah," the Ind an
looked as though he wanted to goon the
wsr-path.— Antona btlvcr Bill.
TATTOOED MY NAVAOKN.
Alnnmn Hewitt's Mtranga Kxperlence In
Patagonia
The New York HUir has an account of
Alonzo Hewitt, an American sailor, a
resident of Brooklyn. In 185 Mr.
Hewitt belonged to the crew of the ship
Angelica, which went ashore during a
severe gale on the Patagonian coast.
The vessel was manned by thirteen
men, all of whom were captured by
the savages and taken into the interior.
The men were separated from each
other, and given to different native
chiefs its slaves. Mr. Hewitt never
knew what became of bis shipmates.
He was taken by a savage named Mine
hoo, and compelled to carry heavy
loads of provisions and bunting ma
terials on long journeys. At night bis
bands were tied behind his back, and
one end of the leathern thong was fast
ened to a tree, so that be could not run
away. No knife or sharp instrument of
any kind was left within his reach, and
be was as effectually a prisoner as
though he had been locked up within
strong walls. The whole story of bis
troubles and sufferings while in the
hands of the savages would fill a large
volume, hut the most interesting por
tion, which can be confined to the limits
of a newspaper account, is bis account
of the manner in which he wns fatfio
by the Patagonians.
Almost the entire surface of Mr.
Hewiit's body is indelible
representations of beasts, birds and
reptiles. He said that the savages oc
cupied over a month's time in making
these unique pictures. A preparation in
many respects resembling india irk was
used, and the method of producing the
pictures was to puncture the skin with
the points of small fish bones, and then
to rub the ink upon the wound thus pro
duced. The ink thus produced a discol
oration of the skin that can never be
effaced.
" What caused the Patagonians to
mark you in this mannerP" inquired the
reporter.
" I presume the chief who held me
wanted to disfigure me for the amuse
ment of himself and his associates," was
the reply.
"Then you do not think the chief
meant to punish you?"
" Not especially. In my mind be
wished to display the artistic skill ol
one of his young braves in the pictor al
line. He undoubtedly regarded my skin
in much the same light .that a painter
does the white canvas. I was a good
groundwork for ornamentation."
"Was the chief proud of you after
the work was done ?"
"He was indeed. I was taken about
among the people and exhibited to ad
miring eyps. The young men and
rnr i 'ns would point at the pictures
and then look at each other and smile
Older savages would admire me by the
hour, and I was one of the greatest ob
jects o| interest in Patagonia."
"Do you know the meaning of the
pictures?"
" I only know that the pictures repre
sent beasts, birds and reptiles; but why
they were selected as subjects baffles my
comprehension. I suppose that lam a
sort of Patagonian obelisk, and although
unlike the A xandrian monolith, lam
not 3 000 or 4.000 years cf age, I perilaps
represent religious ideas and historical
facts."
The tattooed man brushed his locks of
shaggy hair back from his forehead,
and disclosed a hlue-and-ycllowish re
presentation of a bird. Although the
bird lias outstretched wings and beak
claws like an eagle, it is far from being
a good representation ol the glorious
American bird of freedom. On either
side of the man's face is a bird that
looks more like a young chicken than
anything else. lengthwise on the man's
nose is a tiny picture of a blue snake
with red eyes. A red snake with blue
eyes encircles the man's neck. Rolling
up bis sleeves and baring his arms, Mr.
Hewitt exhibited to the reporter pic
torial representations of more than a
dozen different kinds of animals. Rome
of tliem resembled goats, others sheep
and foxes. There were animals
horns and others without tiorns. There
was a singular-looking creature, that
reminded the reporter of a centaur,
above the elbow of the right
arm. There were more figures on
the left arm than on the right one. Th
total number of distinct pictures on the
man's body, ho said, were 133. Only
three colors are shown, red, blue and yel
low. The inks were obtained by press
ing the juice from .vegetables and mix
ing it with fine earthy pigments. Mr.
Hewitt thinks that the inks were of a
poisonous nature, because they caused
his limbs to swell to twiie their normal
size while the pictures were being randc.
Five years ago Mr. P. T. Barnum,
hearing of Mr. Hewitt, and thinking
that he would prove valuable as a curi
osity for public exhibition, offered him
a libeial salary to appear in the "Great
est Show on Earth.'' Mr. Ilewltt de
clined the proposition. lie wrote to
Mr. Barnum, saying: " I am * poor
man ; but all the money iu the Stale of
N'JW York would notfmpt -netr place
myself on exhibition."
The annual consumption of lead in the
United States is about 85,000 tons. The
production last year was 80.000 tons,
and at the beginning of this year there
were about 10,000 tons in stock. Fot
the first half year of 1880 the production
was 4ft,000 tons, and it is estimated that
fcr the present calendar year the produc
tion will amount to about 100 000 tons.
Tenas settled as densely as New York
would contain 98,000,000 people.
CAKRIKK PIHEONH.
Thlr Buntir. Inlclllcanrc and Value
Wonderful (|<ul'ilca lllu.tratt .1 liy
Nwlfl and Protracted Flight*.
Mr. Van Opsin), of this city, is cred
ited with possessing a breed of well
trained carrier pigeons, and lie is re
garded us an autbority on sueh. He says
that the most valuable birds at present
in use are called the Antwerp carriers,
which species are a cross between the
owl, or English pigeon and the Belgian
cumulet (or highflyer). The cumulet is
possessed of great " homcing " qualities,
and besides ranks high in intelligence,
while the English carrier is remarkable
for its staying qualities or powers of en
durance. Therefore, when these desir
able qualities—endurance and speed—
witli the " homeing" characteristic are
combined in one bird, the Antwerp car
rier is found in the greatest perfection.
Their training commences when the
birds are about three months old. The
initiatory step consists in taking them
about a mile from the parent's coop and
letting them loose. The distance is
doubled the next time, and so on pro
gressively. The carrier is larger than
the common pigeon and measures about
fifteen inches in length and weighs from
one and a fourth to one and a half
pounds. The neck is long and the pec
toral mUßclesare large. An appendage
of naked skin hangs across the bill and
continues down either side of (the lower
mandible. Those pigeons are considered
the best thai have the appendage rising
high on the head, and of considerable
width across the bill, and that are also
distinguished bv a wide naked circlet
around the eyes. In England it is usual
to keep the birds in a darkened cellar,
where they are sparingly fed, for six
hours previous to their flight. The
message is usually fastened round the
upper part of the bird's leg, but care
must be taken that it is not tied so as to
impede the bird's flight.
For centuries the carrier pigeon served
a purpose which is now served by the
electric telegraph, and their usefulness
has not yet entirely departed. It is
known that these birds bad been util
ized to carry message's by the Asiatics
and Romans, and during the cruside of
St. Ixiuis they were so employed. Ac
cording to Tasso carrier pigeons were
used in the siege of Jerusalem; and
Ariosto makes the Castellan di Damiata
spread the news of Orriilo's death by a
messenger dove. It is well known that
during the last siege of Paris these birds
were employed to carry messages be
yond the German lines. lying docu
ments printed by micro-photography on
films indestructible by water, and
weighing on.y a few grains, were thus
transmitted with gnat success. Tfnir
conspicuous utility during this memor
able siege has not been lost sight of by
the French government and other Eu
ropean powers. In the Jardin d'Aceli
matation, Paris, there are kept some five
thousand carrier pigeons which are
trained to penetrate into the furthest
recesses of the republic. The different
forts and cities are also stocked with
these birds. Prussia also and other
Continental powers cultivate these aerial
messengers, that they may be utilized
in case of war when telegraphic and
oilier modes of communication arc de
stroyed. It is said that the founder of j
the great hank ins house of the Roths-,
childs made the hulk of his colossal for- j
tune through the instrumentality of
these fleet-winged messengers. To him
carrier pigeons brought the result of the
struggle between the contending hosts
on the plain of Waterloo. Thus he re
ceived the earliest information of the
Anglo-Prussian victory and was thereby
enabled to take advantage of the coming
change in the money market.
These aerial couriers are brought to
the greatest perfection in Europe. In
1878 a sort of international carrier con
test took place in Belgium. A flock of
pigeons were let loose in Rome, and the
distance thence to Brussels (725 miles)
direct was made in a little less than
seven days. In 187 birds were let
loose from Madrid, and they traversed
the intervening space to their respective
corps in various towns in Belgian
(computed at about 750 miles) in one
week. During the present year other car
riers fl< w from Bsn Sebastian to Belgian
towns and cities (040 miles) in a day and
a half. This is considered the swiftest
time for that number of miles on record.
From France, pigcena made
their way to Antwerp in twtlve hours.
In 1878 six birds, the property of
Messrs. Van Opstal, of this city, and
Donner, of Brooklyn, were let fly from
Columbus, Ohio, and all returned home,
some in good time, the others at irregu
lar intervals. Two of Mr. Van Op
stal's and one of Mr. Donner's turned
np at the home coop on the second day;
two others on the tenth day. and one
was three weeks absent. The last bird
came home wounded. It having been
shot in the body.
Carrier pigeons that a** remarkable
for heir speed and endurance command
as High a price as S2OO. The owner o
one bird of this character refused l,ooof
($uo0) for one of his pets. Mr. Van
Opstal owned a bird—Jupiter—which
died two years ago, and which he would
not have parted with at any price. He
regarded the bird as the champion long
distance flyer of America. Jupiter
generally carried away the first prise in
all the contests of his day. He won a
gold and silver medal from the Phila
delphia Unciers and was equally suc
cessful in other contests. Daring a
journey from Pittsburg to this city Jupi
ter was wiecked in a storm, but fought
bravely to nave the gate money. When
the bird, which had started on it*
memorable journey with thirty other
competitor*, arrived home it was plain
to be seen tiiat he was sick. He never
rallied, and all that was mortal of the
once great flyer is now stuffed and in
the possession of Mr. Van Opstal.—
New York /It raid.
A Mysterious California Lake.
What is known as Dead lake lies be
tween Lake Earl and the coast, about
midway on a line from the mill to what
is known as Keller's, pond. There are
many strange stories connected with
this mysterious lake, which has no visi
ble outlet, and yet, despite the ceaseless
flow of a small stream whijh empties
into it, retains a uniform volume of
water. ftg depths have been sounded,
and though it has been asserted that
both m was found at a depth of twenty
five feet, this must have been very near
to the shore, as others who have dared
to venture upon its dark waters report
that there is a considerable area where
no bottom can be found. There is
an old Indian legend in regard to
the origin of the lake. Long years
ago, long before the invading Jeei
of the white man had sought this coast,
there dwjt here a numerous Indian
tribe. Many summers they lived in
peace and contentment. The waters
abounded with fish, the forests were
filled with game, and the Indian's heart
was glad. Hut at last came the time of
sorrow. One day the old chief while at
council, became angered at one of the
most respected men of the tribe, and
struck him to the ground. This one
blow forever destroyed the harmony
which had until then existed. The
friends of the gray-haired councilman
rebelled at the authority of their chief
and (Tied for vengeance. But the greater
portion of the tribe remained loyal and
were victorious, pursuing the van
quished and fleein enemy (back amcng
the sand dunes near the coast.
The heart of the Indian god, Ciut-te
nog-gy, was filled with wrath because
of this discord among his people, and he
determined to inflict a terrible punish
ment. The heavens became covered
with menacing clouds of terrible dark
ness. and the wind swept over the sbifb
ing sands, blinding and blocking the
way of pursued and pursuer. Suddenly
a deafening sound brokej upon their
ears, and, like the jaws of a
mighty dragon, the earth opened
beneath their feet and they were
swallowed from sight. The storm
burst in all its wild lury, the'torrenta
poured into the gaping abyss, and the
rippling waters of Dead lake now lave
the sides of that sepuleher. To this day
no Indian can be induced to approach
Dead lake. They tell the story that two,
bolder than the others, conquered their
dread, and building a canoe ventured
upon its waters, hut they were never
heard of afterward. Its depths are said
to be infested with reptiles of enormous
dimensions, to which assertion a strong
semblance of truth is given by the re
port of F. W. Wilson, Esq.. last sum
mer, that he saw an immense serpent in
the vicinity ol Lske Earl. This mon
ster Ophidian doubt ess crossed over
from Dead lake, and as it has not sinoe
been s<en. the probability is that it has
returned to its home.— Crescent (My
(Oal.) Record.
Diamond Catting in Sew Tork.
Among the curious and interesting.in
dust rial facta hrought to light dung
the census inquiries not the least is the
fact that the recently introduced art of
diamond cutting has been so admirably
developed here that diamonds cut in
Amsterdam are now sent to this city for
recutting. Hitherto Amsterdam has
monopolised the work of diamond cut
ting; and the aim there has been to re
move in cutting the least p. esib.e weight
of the gem. The American plan is to
cut mathematically, according to the
recognized laws of light, so as,to secure
the utmost brilliancy for the finished
stone. The greater loss in weight, as
compared with the Amsterdam cutting,
is thus more than made good by the
superior brilliancy of the product. From
inquiries made by the chief special cen
sus agent, it appears that the average in
crease of value given to diamonds by the
Now York cutting is 9&.000 for each
person employed for twelve months;
also, that our dealers are receiving the
best Amsterdam-cut gems from abroad
to be recut here and returned.— Scientific
American.
He Was Toe l'eang.
The moon bad just bid good-bye to the
Atlantic ocean, an was pushing its
round, 000 l face above the Eastern hori
con. "Ab, Clementine," said be, softly,
"yon rising effulgence is but a faint em
blem of the depth of my affection—" " I
know, you told me last night your heart
was full, and the moon ia just full to
night. Don't tell it all ovey again,
please." " But, my dear—" •• Yea, this
is all very pretty, but mother say* you're
too young. There's jaat the nioast rich
widower coming to visit at our house,
and please don'toome again till hegoes."
The younr msn curbs his ambition and
concludes to let his mustache grow.
Tiiis being called "young" la one too
many for him.—New Havm NeyuUr.
A woman who kept a boarding-house
in Ottawa, Canada, has recently at
tempted to commit suicide. In the
Slates it is generally the boa.-dera who
feel like pulling an end to their exist
ence.—/WA.
The nations who travel mast are Rus
sians, Germans, English and Americans
The French seldom go oat of tbelr own
country, and Italians, Spanish, Dsns*.
Swedes and Norwegians are not often
met with.
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