Boy Inventors.
Some of the most important inven
tions have been the work of me re boys I
; The invention of the valve motion to
the steam engine was made by a mere
[ boy. Watts left the engine in a very 1
incomplete condition, from the fact that
I he had no way to open or close the i
{ valves, except by means of levers oper- <
i ated by the hand. He sot up a large
engine at one of the mines, and a boy
J was hired to work these valve levers;
f although this was not hard work, yet it
* required his constant attention. As he
' was working those levers, ho saw that
I parts of the engine moved in the rigtit
I direction, and at the exact time that lie i
1 had to open or close the valves. He
I procured a strong cord and made one
I end fast to the proper part of the engine.
| and the other end to tlio valve lever;
I the hoy had the satisfaction of seeing
I the engine move off with perfect regu
| laritv of motion. A short time after
B- the foreman came around and saw the
1 boy playing marbles at the door. Ixiok
ing at the engine he soon saw the in-
I genuity of the boy, and also the advan-
I tag< s of so great an invention. Mr.
I Watts then carried out the boy's inven
| tive genius in a practical form, and
[ made the steam engine a perfect auto
| matic working machine.
The power-loom is the invention of a
I farmer boy who had never seen or heard
| of sueli a tiling. He whittled one out
1 witli his jack-knife, and after he had
E got it all done, lie, with great cntliu
1[ siasiu, showed it to his father, who at
f once kicked it in pieces, saying he would
|, have no boy about liiml that would
K spend his time on such foolish things,
j The boy was delighted at the idea of
I earning a trade, and he soon found that
i his new master was kind and took a
I lively interest in him. He had made a
| loom of what was left of one his father
I bad broken up, which lie showed to his
ft master. The blacksmith saw be had
1 no common boy as an apprentice, and
I that the invention was a very valuable
B one. He immediately had a loom con-
R structed under the supervision of the
i boy; it worked to their perfect satisfac-
I tion, and the blacksmith furnished the
I means to manufacture the looms, the
K boy to receive one-half the profits. In
I about a year the blacksmith wrote to
E the boy's father that he should bring
I with him a wealthy gentleman who was
I the inventor of the celebrated power
1 loom. You may be able to judge of the
ft, astonishment at the old home when his
I son was presented to him as the in-
H ventor, who to id him that his loom
K was the same as the model that he had
■ kicked to pieces but a year before.—
ft Western Trails.
Cinderella.
; The story of " Cinderella" has con
■ netted with it much curious folk-lore,
B some of which it may be worth while to
R collate from the London newspapers.
If which hunted the stories up apropos of
R the general interest aroused by the pre-
H aentation there of the little cinder-lass's
Btiniple and touching story as a Christ-
Btmas pantomime two years ago. Ac-
Bor<ling to the French version of the
Bfitory, a woman had two daughters, only
B.PP'' of whom she loved. The other,
■ liKmed Cendreusettc. she once directed
Eto spin some cotton. Now, Ccndreu
Bgettc could not spin, and would ccr
§ tainiy have been beaten if a cow to
E which she had been kind had not done
B her task for her. Next day the other
Bf aistcr tried to get tiie cow to spin, but
B the cow, which knew its friends, played
■ her a trick. The mother then ordered
■ the cow to be killed, but before its death
B It bade Cendreusctte to gather its bones
I Into its hide and to wish over them for
B anything she desired. The wishes
■ brought to Cendreusctte three beautiful
H(drcsses on which shone the *un, the
■ moon, the sky and the sea. In these
flnhe captivated a prince, who traced her
Bby means of the familiar slipper, which.
Bby the way, scholars say was not of
■gold, nor jret of glass, hut of fur. In
Bphc Scotch story a dying queen gives her
HRaughter "a little red calfy," which is
Hldlled by the cruel stepmother. From
Sj&e call's bones Rash in-coat ie, as she is
from a coat woven of rushes, gets
R 4 ' braw claea" very much as Cendreu-
Hbettc did. In an Italian version, also, n
Bcow plays the good fairy's part. In the
B Modern Creek story two daughters boil
HRieir mother and make a meal of tier,
Kant the youngest sister prefers to go
and wiien she goes to mourn
tier mother's hone* she is rewarded
Bp? finding three .benutiiul]dresses. One
BEbress is as beautiful as " the sea and it
another as "the spring and it
and the third na "the heaven
Kith its stars." In Sicily nnd the
a sheep takes [the place of the
Bood and wonder-working cow. The
can also be traced to the remote
Hpast, to Oermany and to Egypt, and it
Ills indefinitely o'.d.
A Corloas Will Case.
I A very curious illustration of the
of litigation is found in the
case. A colored woman of this
by a long life of industry and
accumulated a property estimated
§76,000. She left a husband, who
at least a part of the property,
Knt offered to waive that claim on re-
Kslpt of fft.ono. This was refused by
|||tjbe other heirs, but while overhauling
papers the old man found a will
Bpy which the deceased bequeathed to
Hoi the entire amount. This will has
Hst been approve), and the other heirs
nothing. How mnoh they now re-
Hpet they did not accept the old man's
BEropoflition.— New York Letter.
City and Country Cousins. |
The difference between "city" and
their country cousins is more marked
than most poople believe. The first im
pression which a man has on finding
himself tor the first time in a great city
is of vague excitement, accompanied by
a sense of danger. The multiplicity of 1
objects appear fantastic to an eye accus
tomed to rural scenery; the uninlermit
tent noises, the entangled yet purposefu,
movements, and, above all, the shifting
panorama of unfamiliar human faces,
combine to throw the visitor into a
state of mind totally strange to him.
And amid'so much tumultuous life he ,
sees death everywhere on the lookout
for a victim. Hut if the visitor to these
strange regions looks at the faces of
those he meets in search of some reflec
tion of his own purturbation. he looks
in vain. The countenance of the city
man, as he treuds his way along the
street, is curiously impassive. At a
first glance it appears also to be unob
servant ; but this it is not. For although
he seems to look at nothing, it soon be
comes evident that he sees everything.
He mechanically informs himself, out of
the corner of his eye, of everything that
might tend to obstructor threaten him;
and though he passes througii a thou
sand people without encountering the
gaze or treading on the toes of any one
of them he will recognize an acquaint
ancc or calculate to an inch the rate of
speed at which he must make the cross
ing in order to escape the omnibus from
one direction and the truck from the
other. Doubtless custom and memory
will account for a large part of it; yet
the impassive face would probably ap
pear far less impassive than it does had
not the contraction of the facial muscles
brought about by the constant assaults
of innumerable impressions and'the im
possibility of responding to them all, be
come in a manner fixed. The houses
and the pavements, the vehicles and the
hubbub, produce an effect on these mus
cles just the rever-c of that exercised by
the hills and dales of the country; t ut 'v
press tliem in instead of drawing them
out —in other words, the mind resists
them instead of sympathizing with
them.
Sportsmen's Mishaps.
Joseph (lunn, of Honey Bend,lll., six
teen years of age, carried his gun by
the barrels, struck the hammers against
a log, and was killed.
Young Jeffcote, eighteen years of age,
of Troy. Ala., had the breech pin of his
gun lodged |in his brain, liecause the
piece was overcharged.
B. I'abeston, a sixteen-year old boy. of'
Sullivan. Ind., while swinging his gun !
carelessly during a gunning trip, cnuiht i
the hammer in his clothes and was I
killed.
While Julius Mollier, a harbcr of J
Cambridge. N. Y., was drawing a gun
out of a boat at I>ake Lauderdale, the j
firearm was discharged, blowing off
Mollier's arm.
The son of John Donohuc, of Alk in- •
son. Ind., went shooting, threw himself
on the grass, caught the trigger of his
gun on the bottom of Ids trousers, and
had his right hand blown off.
The parents of Theodore Boss.ofßudd's
Lake, N. J., not only lost their son, who
was killed while shooting, but as they
were diiving rapidly to visit the dying
boy, their carriage was wrecked, and
the mother suffered a fractured arm and
the father serious internal Injuries.
While fishing at Cos Cob, Eldridge
Piatt, of Ansonia, Conn., caught a large
fish that flopped about in the bottom of 1
his bout until it struck the hammer of
his loaded gun and discharged it. He
was terribly frightened, for his coat
sleeve went into ribbons, as did also his
shirt sleeve, but the shot did not strike
his arm at all.
The fak.
To the Kirghiz the yak, or knsh-gow,
s as invaluable as the reindeer to the
Laplander, or, in another way, as the
camel to the Arab. Its milk is richer
than that of the cow, and its hair is
woven into clothes and other fabrics.
Where a man can walk a vak can be
ridden. It is rcmnrk&hly sure-footed;
like t'jc elephant, it has a wonderful sa
gacity in knowing what will bear its
weight and in avoiding hidden depths
and chasms; and when a pass or gorge
becomes blocked bv snow (provided it
be not frozen) a score of yaks driven in
front will make a highway- This
strange creature frequents the mountain
slopes nnd their level summits; it needs
no tending, and finds its food at all sea
sons. if the snow on the heights lies
urn deep for him to find the herbngo, be
rolls himself down the slopes and eats
his way up again, displacing the snow
as he ascends. When arrived at the top
he performs a second somersault down
the slope, and displaces a second groove
of snow as he eats bis way to the top
again. The yak cannot bear a tempera
ture above freezing, and in summer it
leaves the haunts of men and ascends far
up the mountains to the "old ice,"
above the limit of perpetual snow, its
caif being retained below as a pledge for
1 the mother's return, in which she never
1 tails.— Blackwood's Magasinc.
" I can't go to the party to-night," said
Jones; "the truth is, my shirt is in the
' wash." " Shirt in the wash!" shrieked
Smith, "why, man alive, have you but
one shirtf" "Oilc shirt I" exclaimed
Jones, in his turn; " you wouldn't want
: a fellow to have a million shirts, would
youf"
i " Would you know the sad lesson of
i my llfeP" he whispered, confidentially.
• "Well, then, it Is this: Never to make
i love to any girl in a village where there
an ice-cr earn saloon."
FARM, IIARDKH AND HOUIKHOLBK
Farm nml Unrdrn IVotaa.
Save the soot that falls from the
chimneys. A pint of soot to a pailful
of water will make a liquid manure of
tto greatest value for flowers and plantH
of all kinds.
When good eartli is used for potting,
plants seldom need any special manure.
The best soil for plants is found in old
meadows, and the corner of fences
where the sod has grown a long time.
Boiled apples and meal are excellent
food for fattening hogs; apples are
cheap, lucil is not dear, pork continues
to advance, and to-day the outlook is a
profit in pork for'lie producers.
Time intelligently given to the bees
will pay as well as any other farm work,
and wh- n too many are not kept, most
of the work can be done either before or
after regular working hours.
There are twenty-six pounds of phos
phoric in twenty-live bushels of wheat;
if there are not twenty-six pounds of
available phosphoric acid in the soil, it
matters not how much there may be o'
other elements, you cannot have
twenty-five bushels of wheat to the
acre.
The Cleopatra and Marguorita are
said to be the finest varieties of gladioli.
The ono is a lino fresh rose color tinted
with lilac, with large and effective
flowers and broad slisded lines, and the
spikes arc unusually long; the other is
an enormous flower, wiiite, rose and
cerise with dark carmine spots and
beautiful, softly-shaded throat. Each
of thes- hai upward of twenty flowers
to each spike.
the hens the run of the orchard,
and piow up several open places where
the sun shines longest, and mukc the
land mellow Hint the liens may have
plenty of room to scratch and dus
themselves at pleasure. Hens are fond J
of picking at pumpkins, squash, melons,
tomatoes, cabbage, etc. They are sel
dom diseased when they have free ac
cess to a variety of food. When they
cannot find worms, grubs, flies, grass
hoppers and similar insects, they shouid
have small rations of liver, lights and
other cheap moats. But the increased j
quantity of fruit and its improved qual
ity, of every variety, will amply pay for
the labor and expense of turning a
portion of the orchard into a poultry
yard.— Stockman.
The Ixindon Live Block Journal says
a new idea for fixing shoes on horns'
hoofs without the use of nails is carried
on as follows: The inventor takes a
shoe of ordinary construction, iiaving,
■ say, four hoies therein, and througii
l these be passes hands or wires of metal,
I two extending from or near the hinder
I extremities of the shoe, and the other
I two at short distances from either side
i of the toe, the positions being varied
with the number of bands employed.
I To ii x the shoe the hinder wires or
bands arc first drawn tightly around the
front and upper part or corona of the
j hoof, the ends passing through a buckle
or ring, or they may be twisted together.
The ends of the other wires are also
pa'sed througii the ring or under the
first bands, and being drawn tightly
downward, the hinder wires or hands,
owing to the conformation of the hoofs,
are, as it were, wedged tightly, tl.us lix
ng the shoe firmly to the hoot. This in
vention receives only provisions
protection.
ItreltK*.
APt-LJE CHOI'TES.—This simple and
dainty little dessert is one t iught by
Miss Corson: I'eel and oore the apples
I and halve them; take half slices of bread,
spread thickly with butter and sprinkle
with sugar, then lay apple on bread,
! core side down; sprinkle on more sugar
ard any kind of spice to taste. Bake,
j SNAPS.— Take one cup of molasses,
j three-quarters of a cup of sugar, one
tablespoon each of powdered cloves, ein
l nanion and allspice. Add these to one
j halt cup of melted butter and bent in
j two teaspoons soda and flour enough to
| roll. Roil very thin, cut out with a tin
j cutler and bake in pans in a hot oven.
| APPLE CUSTARD.—' Two eggs, six
! tablespoonfuis sugar, one cup cream;
j heat the mixture thoroughly and flavor
strongiy with lemon, un ess some other
I flavoring is preferred. Then take n tea
| cupful o f stewed apples, mash them,
j and add them to the other ingredients;
| make crust and bake same as egg cus
tards. They are delicious,
j CHICKEN BROTH.— Cut a chicken into
small pieces; put it in two quarts of
water with a little salt, and boil it two
hours; a tablespoon of rice and an onion
may be added if you wish. This will
make one quart. The chicken should
be skinned, and the fat taken out.
STurrtNO FOR VEAL.— Chop half a
pound of suet, put it into a basin with
three-quarters of a pound of bread
crumbs, a tenspoonful of salt, a quarter
of pepper, a little thyme, three whole
eggs, mix well. A pound of bread
crumbs and one more egg may be used;
it will make it out firmer-
APPLE PANCAEM.—To an ordinary
batter made with a quart ol milk and
four eggs, add six or eight apples, peeled
and chopped fine. The batter should
be made thicker than usual, as the juice
of the applet in cooking thins it. Make
these cakes of large size and hake them
on a hot griddle. Serve them hot, lay
ing one of them on top of the {other,
with mixed powdered sugar and cinna
mon spread between.
ROLL!.— Two quarts of flour, one-hal
cup of sugar, a piece of butter or beef
drippings the size of an egg. Scald one
pint of sweet milk, and let it cool; then
make a hole in the middle of the flour
and pour in the milk ai d a half-cup of
yeast, and a teaspoon of salt. Set to rise
In a warm place through the night until '
very light. Knead it and let it rise
again. When well risen cut the rolls
half an inch thick, shnpc round, spread
on each round a little melted butter,
and double over so that the roll is a
half-circle; then let it rise very light,
and hake. Place the rolls in contact in
the haking-pan, BO that they may keep
in shape.
Profit In ftlirt> ><! Wool.
" Twelve years ago,"says a breeder in
Missouri, " I started out witli 600 full
blooded Merinos. I have now over
0,000, and have sold several thousand
during that time. I have made money
every year since I started, raising a
large increase, and shearing heavy
fletcus each year. The (ntire llock •
sheared last May over eight pounds per |
head of a class of wool Unit brings tbe j
highest price in market." This gentle
man throws out some hints of value to ,
all sheep-growers. " Tlie most critical
time in a shepherd's experience," he ,
says," is in getting his llock ready for ;
wintering. I find it pays to give the '
lambs, yearlings and breeding ewes >
some corn after about the 30th of Ojto - j
her—one-half an ear per head on the I
start, and gradually increasing the j
amount as the grass grows poorer. I
usually feed in flocks of 200 or 300, ;
being careful that each flock is graded
as to strength and condition. The key- ,
stone of success in the matter is to keep |
your flock young, fed well and bred .
with good judgment. If it docs not pay j
to keep them well, it docs not pay to j
keep them at all. I expect every sheep
on my -place to cat two and u half
bushels of corn between fall and spring,
as well as what hay they can consume.
t 01l for Malt.
A writer in the Hural New Yorker
says that the salt Question is always on
the carpet, and while it is very certain
that salt is not a manure it is equally
certain that its application is a decided
benefit. The retardation and often com
pletc ruin of crops by insect depredations
is well known, but it is not at all appre
ciated to its full extent. Salt can act in
but three ways beneficially. It attracts
moisture, and hence is useful in dry
seasons; it drives away insects, and
there lore is useful in all seasons; and
when thoroughly dissolved by heavy
rains, it acts by assisting inert or insolu
ble material to become fit for plant
food.
The first mode is a slight gain, ho
enough though to pay for the salt; the
second is very valuable, paying for the
salt and trouble of application from ten
to one hundred times over, accord'ng to
the prevalence and destructivcness of
the insects; the third mode is of but
little value because insolubles arc gen
erally proof against its feeble action. If
we sum up the gain from the three
modes of action, wc perceive such a
very decided gain that one fair trial is
sufficient to convince the most skeptical.
The only danger Is in an excess, but as
five bushels per acre will do no harm,
the danger is not likely ever to be aiarra-
I ing, as few farmers can afford to waste
i salt anywhere.
Nawrthlni a Farmer Should Know.
As a general tiling the farmer is liable
for all the public injury his hired man
may cause wliiie actually employed by
him. If he sends him into a lot to burn
old brush and he, for any purpose what
ever, leaves', it and runs into hi* neigh
bor's lot, destroying his fence and injur
i ing liis rro|*s. the farmer is liable for
the damages caused by the wanton neg
lect ol his man. If he eends a hired
j man on the road with a team and he by
negligence runs into another vehicle
| and injures it, or the persons who may
1 be in it, the farmer is liable for the
damages; but should the hired man
leave the road he was directed to go and
tis.vel another road for his own pleasure
and profit, then the farmer is not liable
for the damages, should any occur. If
a hired man. in going to or from tne lot
with a scythe, and by the careless hand
ling or carrying he injures a passer-by,
the farmer is liable for the damages.
If in cutting wood the hired man ruts
down a tree in another lot, the owner is
liable for tr<spass and damages, nl
thougli he distinctly showed him the
boundary, and though the man may
, have cut the tree w itli malicious intent.
Should the hired man, from malicious
ness, run into a team, even if it block
his way. yet the farmer must pay the
damage, though done contrary to his
positive orders. In all these cases the
farmer ran compel the hired man to
pay him hack, if he has anything to pay
with; but this is rarely the case unlcs
the farmer keeps back his wages and
only settles when his time expires.—
American Cultivator.
A Letter from the "Bead."
Rays an English exchange: Upon the
tin water-bottle of one of the dead men
brought out of the Seaham pit, Michael
Smith, there was scratched, evidently
with a nail, the following letter to his
wife: " Dear Margaret, there was forty
of us altogether at 7 A.M., some were
singing hymns, but my thought was on
my little Michael. I thought that him
and I would meet in heaven at the same
lime. Oh, dear wife, God save you and
the children, and pray for myself.
Dear wife, farewell. My last thoughts
are about you and the children. Be
sure and learn the children to pray for
me. Oh, what a terrible position we
are In.— Michael Bmith,ft4 Henry street.'
The little Michael he refers to was his
child whom he had left at home 111.
The lad died on the day of the ex
loslon.
The man who knows morn about your
business than you do yourself, always
has leisure to entert tin you-
TIMELY TOPICS.
The daughter of ex-President Zachary
Taylor, now residing in Virginia, re
cently received fit9,ooo from the treas
urer of the United Slates, that being the
balance of salary which General Taylor
would have rocHved had he Jived until
his term of ofßu, expired. The pay
ment was made in accordance with the
authority contained in the deficiency
appropriation bill which passed June j
16, IHBO.
The chiel justice of England is paid
$40,000 a year, the chief justice of the
common pleas and the chief baron $35,- !
000 each, and the master of the rolls '
(who has not to go on circuit) $30,000.
The puisne judges are paid $35,000, out
of which they have to pay probably
about S2,KM) a year for circuit expenses.
Beside this all the presidents of divisions
have extremely valuable patronage, ap
pointing as they do the officers of the
high court, the officers of the probate
registries and the officers of the record
office.
Mr. Fawcett, the English postmaster
general proposes to come to the United
States during the recess of parliament
to make a personal inspection of the
telegraph service in this city, lie also
intends to examine into the practicabil
ity of sixpenny telegrams in Ixmdon,
and the development of telephonic com
munication. Mr. Fawcett is one of the
remarkable men of Englund. He is
now forty-seven. At the age of twenty
five lie was deprived of sight by an ac
cident when out shooting. Notwith
standing this calamity, he lias been
constantly writing and .publishing
works on* public and political affairs,
j and lias taken a prominent position as
a debater in parliament. When Mr.
Gladstone succeeded to the premiership
lie appointed Mr. Fawcett postmaster
gencral. Mrs. Fawcett, his wife, is
also the author of several works on
! political economy.
I)r. 11. J. Klein, who two years ago
announced a new crater inlthc moon,
lias a brief article in Isi Nature, in
which he gave reasons for Relieving
that the moon is not dead. He has
recently examined drawings of the
neighborhood of the new crater, which
confi m the theory of recent changes on
the lunar surface, and cites also other
drawings in further proof thereof.
Professor Kiein adds that he announced
the new depression near H yginus as a
crater, from anology. It is a crater ftm
nei, and even one of the largest. To
ward the south there is a shallow spoon
shaped hollow, which terminates in a
second small crater. In full sunlight,
when the interior of the large hollow of
the crater is no longer in shadow* the
spoon-shaped hollow may still be seen
as a grny spot. By the use of high tele
scopic powers it is remarked that the
environs of the new crater appear to be
fissured in a bewildering manner. Two
fine furrows, iike clefts in the soil,
which extend~fron the north toward
the Snail mountain, are the finest ob
jects on the moon.
John Singleton sailed a short time
ago for Ire.and by steamer from Mon
treal. He has suddenly sprung from
poverty to riches. He is the son of the
la'e John Singleton, of Que nsville
Abbey, county Ciart.and when a young
! man became n ne'er-do-well, and was
1 shipped off to Auslr: lis, with an allow
ance from his father of $1,500 a year.
After roving over that colony for a
RUSH Iter of years under many vicissitudes
j he came to Canada, and while on a spree
j married Mary Richardson, chamber
maid in the St. Nicholas, a third-class
I otel, by whom he has two children.
He subsequently went to Ottawa, where
he was compelled 11 accept the position
lof a bread driven - , which he retained
until he received the welcome news
which called him home. While he was
in Australia his father died, and bis
brother. General Singleton, at one time
colonel of artillery, commanding ttie
forces at Bermuda, succeeded to the
states He died recently, John is
fifty years of age. Independent of the
landed estates, he succeedi to $900,000 a
year, the proceeds of government invest
ments. •
Too Much Light.
Moore, the poet, once Vhowed his
knowledge of human nature by saying
that though he should have his hand
full of truths, he would open only one
finger at a time. The people may be,
as Grny says Milton was, " blasted with
excess of light," so as to close their eyes
to the merits of the Hgbt-besrer. An
amusing illustration of the effect of cx
ct ssive light upon the fortunes of a can
didate once occurred in Indiana.
About the time that Stephenson had
demonstrated in England the merits of
railroads, a congressional election oc
curred in Indiana. Judge Tesh, one of
the ab est men in tbe Slate, was a can
didate for re-election. His vision ranged
far beyond that of the people, and he
saw much more than they. His error
was in telling them all he saw. In one
of his speeches on the " stomp," the
judge introdccedjrailroade, about which
liis hearers knew uothing and cared
less.
"I tell you, fellow-ciUscns,"he said'
at the top of his voice, " that in Eng
land they ran the cars thirty miles an
hour, and they will he ran at a higher
speed in America."
A loud, scornful laugh from the
crowd greeted this prophecy. " You
are craay, judge," bawled out an old
man, "or you think we are fools. A
man couldn't live a moment at that
speed,"
The ! udge rained hie chances of a re
election by that railroad speech. His
competitor was chosen by a large ma
jority.—ToutA'i Oompam.n.
nm HIE FAIK KEX.
Itcfrauded Women.
Ye w women have any very clear idea s
of finance. Thin baa been illustrated
somewhat at the expense of a number of
confiding women of various ages in tb e
good city of Boston. In the U'ginning
of this year it was discovered that a
hanking instituticn had been established
in that city on Garland street, known as
the toadies' Deposit. It was exclusively
lor ladies. Nosams were received under
S2OO, and Dot more than SI,OOO. The
most annoying part of the thing was
that eight per ce nt, interest per month
was promised and paid for a time. In
other words, $ 102 was to be paid annu
ally forevery s*oo dc pest i ted. Consider
ing that there are few financial institu
tions which can afford to pay even six
per cent, interest per annum, the enor
mous interest promised to be paid by
the managers of this institution nat
urally attracted a good deal of atten
tion. The newspapers took up the
matter, and the authorities looked into i t
as far as they could. It was ascertained
that Mrs. Sarah E. Howe was presi
dent, and other women were associated
with her. When Mrs. Howe was asked
liow she could afford to pay such un
usual rates of interest, she spoke vaguely
of certain benevolent persons who were
desirous of helping along deserving
women, that the Quaker's Aid society
was behind the institution, and a good
deal more of the same sought. In spite
of the warning of the press, many con
fiding women placed their means in the
: " I-adics' Deposit," and it proved;to be
a safe deposit in more senses ti an one.
What was certain to be the end of the
j institution came at last. The concern
j hns gone into bankruptcy. It is found
i that there were over 1,000 depositors,
and their total deposits were over
$1,000,000. Of this amount they are not
| like !y to realize mrch of anything. The
! thing was simply a bold swind.eonits
face, and should nave been evident to
the most casual observer.— Sew York
' Sunday Timet.
Kuhlon Som.
Alcncon lace designs are copied in tbe
; new imitation point lace.
I The chenille bonnet is the latest thing
in millinery.
Red is the leading color for bonnets;
plush being the new material.
Silver jewelry is more stylish th a
' gold, and is now chosen for gifts to
1 bridemaids from the bridegroom.
The Abbe list is a pretty round hat
worn by young ladies who get their mil
i lincry direct from I'aris. Th< se hats
have net yet been imported by New
York milliners, but will probably come
; later in the season.
Muffs are now a part of millinery, and
many of the new bonnets are shown to
gether with muffe. which in nearly all
cases match in material and trimming,
for muffs must be trimmed as well as
bonnets.
Amaranth red is the favorite shade o
this many-ihatfed color.
A splendid cream-white satin brocade
has for a design a branch of chestnut
eaves and burrs, golden green in color.
Sashes are worn with nearly all the
new costumes.
The bayerdere plush is most in favor
; in millinery.
! Gold Devonshire lace is much used for
millinery purposes.
The new ulster is the Pilgrim, with
co srl-like hood and rough, knotted cord,
with which it is confined at the waist.
Some of the hoods on the new cloaks
arc iongfand cornucopia shaped.
There are so many red costumes worn
by ladies in the streets now that they
rival the splendor of autumn foliage.
The new peasant dresses arc very short
and are made of ladies' cloth.
Green lore can hardly be called beau
tiful. but is used on the new costumes.
Small and large bonnet* are aliku
popular.
An embroidered bell-pull is considered
essential with a Queen Anne style of
decoration.
One of the new features on walking
dresses Is the Langtry hood, lined with
some bright color.
Velours sublime —a material between
velvet and plush—is much used for all
sorts of trimmings.
One Woman's Movement.
Another movement lor the enfran
chisement of woman has come to an un
timely end. In IHOB the girls of Geauga
county. Obio.while nearly all the young
men were off at the war, organised
themselves into what finally came to be
called " the old maids' society," adopted
a constitution declaring man to be " the
common enemy," and resolved to ex
clude him absolutely from all social
privileges. To make matters doubly
sure, a by-law was devised, providing
that any member who msrried should
be fined 100 copper cents, and be branded
with tar on the soles of her feet. At the
recent annual picnic of the association
at which eighty-six of )he reformers
were present, it was discovered that
every one of tbe original members, as
well as nearly ail later ones who had
reached years of discretion, bore, in a
figurative sense at least, the matrimonial
tar-mark on her heel. Of all that noble
army of martyrs who started out to
abolish that insidious viper called msn,
not one was left-not one. A good
many children paddled in the lake, and
csught polliwags, while tuir mother's
sat on the bank above, and told how
they were charmed by the vtper, and led
up to the marking pot like iambs to the
•laughter, while the "cause " was for
gotten.
About 100, mo watches are sold every
month in tbe United States.