FOR TUB FAIR SEX*
Autumn ami Winter IVrapa
I The cloths lor autumn nnd winter
Rwnips are made witli figured or rough
HBsurtaees rather than witli the smooth
Hi lustrous finish of broadcloth. They are
Sol unusual thickness, yet soft and flexi-
Hble; and as colored threads in cheviot
Reflects are introduced, it is more than
Rpver necessary that they lie pure wool,
f > or else they will not lie serviceable. For
I plain wraps tlie choice lies between the
1.-J serviceable diagonal cloths .with inside
Recce, or else the loosely woven yet
htavy cheviots. For dressy sacks for
Joung ladies tho coachman's drab
Jlllbades arc much used, though the nov
|%lty introduced by l'ingat, who is the
.•vleifiing Parisian designer of cloaks, is
for basket-woven cloths combining as
. Jjfeany colors as are found in the hourette
Roths worn two years ago. Seal brown
or black diagonal cloths are chosen for
♦ Jieivieenble plain cloaks, while the
hrviut checks, irregular plaids, or
mixed surfaces are used for jaunty coats
for general wear,'.and for the useful
Rpisters that are by no means confined to
traveling wraps, but serve often for
•hopping and instead of waterproof gar
ments. Larger plaids are for mantles
In the McGregor style, 'hough these are
fanciful Madras plaids instead of,
SSlho s( ' of the Scott'sh tartans. Another 1
novelty is the repped cloth like empress
•loth, with half an inch of long warm
Rpece on the inside; this is used for the
long ricli cloaks with plush or fur bor-
I Above all else plush is the favorite
Rtriuinilng, especially for maseuline-
Rshapcd jackets that men ly require a
Rcoi'.ar, cuffs and pockets. The hood,
which is added to many jackets, should
Ip be arranged to button on, so that it need
no: always be worn. A lining of piusli
or of some striped or spotted Surah satin
is seen in most hoods. There is a fancy ,
lor single-breasted jackets, nnd for those
Without the ,-kirt piece sewed across the
hips,yet many skirted coats with double
-1 breasted fronts art' worn. What is called
the Jersey coat dispenses witli collar,
eati s and the double fronts, and is made
to fit as closely as possible; even the
pockets are without flaps, and are set
underneath the fronts, witli a diagonal
I opening bound on each edge. Rows of
Buttons set on the seams are the only
■rnaments. These are for very young
ladies, and are shown in gray and blue
Cloths for sl3 50. The genuine Jersey
webbing, of which tlie Jersey waists
pre made, is made up into more ex
pensive jackets for autumn wear, but
■here is no attempt to give the close
Jersey effect to these garments. They
ar.. 1 simply English double-breasted
jackets, of dark blue, brown, black
I plum-colored, and are piped no
edges with satin ot the same
le. pearl or metal but
i are their only trimming. Well
le jackets of cheviot cloths witli
h cloths and collars cost from sl2
125 each. These are of the stylish
ium length, not long enough to
;eal the dnpery of short costumes,
so short as to look scanty in tho
lencc of longer garments. One of
newest caprices is that of adding a
:t pelerine rape to jackets. To give
jflisli effect this cape must lie cutoff
ight across the hack—not rounded—
must cling closely to the shoulders,
liing just below the armholes. This
IOWD on the Charlotte Corday coats
i tit like sacks, and also on the long
eeloaks with full-gathered sleeves,
ltle shapes, or those with dolman
:ts, are considered more stylish hut
youthful than the jaunty coats, and
mristly chosen by older ladies,
re is a fancy, however, for .miiitary
;ing mantles with double capes in
,t for young ladies, and even for
xiigiris. Some of these arc trimmed
ti gilt or silver braid, and are made
flue cloth, hut black braid, rows of
:hing, or else the Havelock piaitings
better trimmings. The monk's cloaks
also unique garments in favor with
ng Indies. They are loose and long,
b gathered slieves and a gathered
d, and sometimes little capes ar
i place of the belted ulster that was
teneraily unbecoming, there are now
gracefu.ly-shaped long cloaks
. JMade of the English cheviot cloths of
qpllct colors. The English driving cloak
l| an excellent " over-all" wrap of this
Jrß'l ; H lias a circular back fitted and
by seams, square sleeves in a
||Roc front, and a pointed hood. This
Ijmiide of cloth of mixed colors, with
lining for the hood, and costs
$35, Others of much less expensive
dbths are shown witli dounle-breasted
flwt* cut off across the hips and lcngth
pMwd like a polonaise. Another style
'-■'■■ fifes r ape that may be hut'oned up to
ifrni a hood, while still another lias
kjjlt-plaiting at the back and double
l^Rpcwhile most picturesque of all is
ffce monk's ulr.ter, with a cowl, cape
-aßßid rope-like cords and tassels.
hTIk stately long cloaks of brocades
HHitin do Lyon, Sicilienne, velvet, and
plush are chosen for dressy wraps, nnd
rival the richest fur do'mans in their
Black is the favorite color
these garments, with satin or plush
of red, old gold, ecru or laven '.er
The elaborate passementeries
Hfeii' are banished from cloth wraps are
here in prolusion, and these, with
heavy linings, mnkc the great cloaks
HRncthingformidable in weight. The
■pair, satin de Lyon of these cloaks is
shirred heavily down the middle
hack, or else around the neck and
HR> lull sleeves. The brocaded velvets
fir tho figured satins nre of courso kept
and plain, and it is in tiiese
that the large figured bro-
Bfcde* are found most effective; feather
tulips, lilies of natural size,
and peonies, with each flower
separate, lire preferred to tlicclogo niatc
lassc figures and Persian designs form
erly used. When wool Roods arc used
or such cloaks, the India camel's-hair
is preferred, as it is clinging and pliable,
while for mixtures nro tho repped
Siciliennes. Occasionally a plush cloak
is shown in brown or gray mottled
shades; but black plush does not rival
velvet in beauty, and, like satin, it is
used to best effect in small quantities for
Iwrders, collars and cuffs. For lus
trous garments the heavy satin Surah
(mcrvcilleux) or else satin do Lyon is
preferred to plain satin. The beaded
trimmings rival plush borders in popu
larity, and have even made their ap
pearance on sealskin cloaks, though
they seem incongruous, as they conceal
the beauty of the deep pile of the fur,
and make the weight too groat for com
ort. A small soft muff in Img shape is
made to match many of tho richest
cloaks.— Harper's liazar.
Women Workers
The Massachusetts industrial census
has brought to light some interesting
acts about women who work in that
State, where there arc nearly 70,(Ui0
more women than men. Over half a
million women in Massachusetts earn
their own living and help to support
others: 10,295 are in professions. Of
these, 9,531 are school and music
teachers and musicians, 336 are "authors
and literary persons," while there are
16-1 women doctors; 60,000 work in fac
tories, shoe factories, cotton, woolen,
linen, carpet and paper mills, etc.
There are over 24,1KK) sewing women
and milliners. Compared with I*6o,
women's wages in all kinds of work h:ts
increased. Managers of dressmaking
establishments average $12.19 per week;
women under them $7.12 per week.
Milliners get from $7 to $lO per week.
Some 700 women are employed in the
printing industry,mostly as compositors,
and perform work lor $7 to sll per week
that men ask and receive S2O to $25 per
week for doing. They are in all the gov
ernment departments, city, state and
national, even to the police and paying
and lighting departments. Not many
of them are in business for themselves
however. They work for wages; 4050f
them are bookkeepers. 94 are engaged in
the manufacture of machinery, and 42
work at gis&s making. There (are ten
florists. One woman earns her living
by catching fish. Innumerable branches
of manufacture, other than those men
tioned employ women—leather, work,
rubber goods, the making of brushes,
balls, buttons, coffins, carriage trim
ming, jewelry, etc. There is hardly any
manufacturing in which they do no not
take part in fact, in one capacity or
another.
What One New York ttlrl Old.
When a girl concludes to put up ho
hair and make herself look sweet, the
best policy is to let her have her own
vay. She can't be drawn away from
her mirror by any of the ordinary
things of this life. A fire will some
.mcs do it. but it has been shown that
even a fire may fail to excite soruo girls
The other night a New York lodging
house took tire, and at a most uncom
fortable hour, when most girls probably
have their back hair down. One of the
young iadieg heard that the place was
burning down, but she didn't feel like
making her appearance before the crowd
which hnd gathered in the street look
ing Ike a perfect fright. She shut tho
door leading into the hnll to keep out
the flames and went to her mirror to fix
her hair. Anybody who lias waited for
a girl to fix her lialr knows that it takes
time and a great deal of it. This girl
wasn't any quicker than the average,
and she was very particular about hav
ing her hair done up exactly as it
should be. The fire had cut oft' her
chances of escape by the stairs, and her
iover, after appealing to her for some
time, finally lost his patience and got
away without her. A fireman got up to
the room on a ladder and she marie him
sit on the edge of the window and wait
until stie had arranged her hairpins and
ribbons for a right sort of public appear
ance, then she threw herself into his
arms—it was so romantic—and slid
down the ladder with him, looking just
sweet. The whole thing was a tremend
ous success, but when the earcful young
girl was safely landed on the pavement
found that she had forgotten her
stockings.— Philadelphia Time*.
Peculiar Matrimonial Kelatlons.
Adolphus Andrew Hoagland, o!
Shadevilio, Va., is seventy years old
i and has had three wives. The first was
a widow when he married her, and had
a little daughter. When this wife, died
her daughter was a widowed mother,
and Hoagland within a few years mar
ried her. There was some feeling, lie
says, against his making his step
daughter Ids wife, but they were a
happy couple, and the prejudice died
out. Ten years ago the second wife
died. Her daughter was then fifteen.
Five years elapsod, and then Hoagland
again married his step-daughter, who
was also his step-granddaughter. Sho
is still living, and her husband's age,
aside from the fact that she hnd no
daughter when site, became his wife,
prec.udes the idea of his peculiar system
being carried any further. He has
children of his own by each of the three
wives, and tho complications of their
relationships are almost, endless. Hoag
land declares that his matrimonial ex
perience, covering about fifty years, bus
been exceptionally happy. The last two
wives inherited the good qualities of
their mothers, and all were so much
alike that tbey have seemed to bim the
same woman, with her youth occasion
ally renewed.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Tho Hebrew calendar for tho year
5641 is published. Its editor is tlie
Grand Ruhbi Scrvi, director of tho Ves
sillo hraclitico. According to this
authority the Hebrew population of the
earth is divided up us follows: Europe
claims 4,500,000; Asia, 3,800,<HH); Africa,
S(H),(KK(; America has 3(K),00() and
Oceania 11(),(MH); total, 9,810,000,
banana liber is suggested by Mr.
Thomas .1. Spear, of New Orleans, as a
promising material for paper making
purposes. It grows witli great rapidity,
icquires no replanting after having been
once started on a piece of ground, needs
no cultivation, enriches the soil, and is
mostly filler. An acre planted in ba
nana plants will, it is estimated, vield
eight or ten tons of fiber.
More than S7,(HH),OO(> worth of United
States revenue stamps were sold in the
fiscal year 1880, an increase of aliout
fifteen per cent., or nearly $900,000 over
1h79. The sum received in the shape of
penalties diminished from s3oO,(hk) in
1879 to $228,000 in 1880. The aggre
gate receipts on salesof adhesive stamps
less commissions, were $123,981,919 in
I*Bo, an increase over 1879 of a little
more than $10,500,000.
The consumption of mule and horse
flesh is steadily increasing in France.
The weight has risen from 171,3(K)
pounds in 1860 to 1,982,68!) pounds in
1879. In the principal cities of the
provinces the consumption of horse
flesh may be considered to have fairly
taken r. ot. The average price ot horse
meat is from twenty-live to thirty-five
cents per pound. Each horse furnishes
about four hundredweight of meat,
which is capable of being prepared in
many ways, such as boiled, roast,
hashed, haricot, jugged, filet, etc.
Otto Berger, an inmate in the asylum
for the insane on Blackwell's Island,
died on August 9, 1878. His body w a
removed to the New York morgue,
where, the next day, it was subjected to
an embalming preparation, the inven
tion of Dr. Rogers, of California. The
body laid in the dead house ever since,
and showed no sign of decay. It was
dried and shrunken, and resembled the
mummies of ancient Egypt. The pre
pamtion having been sufficiently tested
a burial permit was issued a short time
ago, and the body was buried in the
potter's field-
Next year New York will possess a
new opera house rivaling that ol I'aris.
The site lias been obtained, money
enough subscribed and paid in. and the
plans decided upon. Nothing but work
is now needed, and a large numiier of
laborers, mechanics and artists will be
at once employed. The Metropolitan
opera house will occupy aplotot ground
just west of the Grand Centra) depot,
bounded by Vanderbilt and
avenues and by Forty-third and Forty
fourth streets —a very eligible and cen
tral site. The architecture will he of
the early Italian renaissance style. It
is designed to seat 3,(hk) persons, all of
whom will lie able to see and hear well.
The not receipts for tho forty perform
anroa of theObenimmergau passion play
were $520,000. These performances
were attended by no fewer than 176,000
persons, including the king and queen
of Wurtemburg, the prince imperial o
Germany, the Grand Duke Serglus, of
Russia, and others of distinction. The
proceeds have been divided into four
parts, one-quarter being put aside for
the expenses of tlie construction of the
theater, a second being allotted to such
iniiabitants of the village as are house
holders, a third quarter to the actors,
and a fourth to schools.
Joseph Mayer, who filled the role of
Christ, received the sum ol $155, and
600 other persons engaged in the play
shared in the profit.
Some three years ago an intelligent
mineralogist discovered specimens ol
pitchblende on the waste dumps ol
Denver City, Col., and. recognizing the
value of tliemineral,gathered aqunntity
and sent it to Swansea, where it brought
live shillings a pound, 'or at tiic rnte of
$2,500 a ton. To what extent the
mineral occurs In that region does not
appenr; but, remarks the Scientific
American, the incident affords another
illustration of the facility with which
unscientific miners may throw away
minimis of more value than those they
arc looking for. Pitchblende, or urani
nite, is an oxide of uranium, obtained in
Saxony and Bohemia, and used in tine
glass making. Glass colored with uran
ium lias the peculinr property of show
ing green when looked at, although per
fectly and pureiy yellow wuen looked
through.
There was a clearing out of the out
laws in the Newcastle region of Ken
tucky three years ago. Six of the offend
ers were hanged by lynchers, hut Jack
Simmons, the worst of the gang, escaped
from ids pursuers in the mountains, and
was not afterward seen. It was sup
posed that he had made his way out of
the State. The opening of a cave was
recently discovered, and within was the
skeleton of Simmons. lie lay on a bed
ol straw, where he is presumed to have
died of a wound received during his
flight from the mob, and by his side
wa a tin box full of booty.
An editor out West was in prison for
libeling a justioo of the peace, and when
he departed the jailor asked him to give
he prison a puff.
BURNING FOUR YKAKM.
A llliln|{ Coal Mine aiifl a Hundred
Mlier at Work In n Vein t u.icr the
fr'lre.
A recent letter from Scranton, Pa.,
to the New York Herald, nays: It Is
more than four years ago since what is
known OH the upper vein of the Butler
colliery, at Pittaton, a short distance
from tills city, was discovered to be on
fire. At first it created but little alarm,
as it was thought that the fire would
exhaust itself as soon as it had consumed
the out-croppings or exposed portions of
the anthracite on the edges of the cave
hole in which it broke out, but it re
quired only a short time to show the
fallacy of this theory. It made rapid
headwav through the worked-out por
tions of the colliery, where it was fed
by wooden props and pillars of coal, and
the rush of air through the numerous
cave holes caused it to gleain and roar
like a furnace. The sulphur flames
emitted through] the cave boles fur
nished a picturesque scene at night, and
gave the place the appearance of a
volcano. At length tlio company be
came alarmed, and their alarm was in
creased by a notice from the Pennsyl
vania Coal company, whose property ad
oins the Butier colliery, and who noti
fied the proprietors of the burning mine
that they would be held to account for
any damage done by the spread of the
lire. The Butler Coal company then
secured the services of Mr. Conrad, a
practical engineer, to devise a plan for
extinguishing the flames and preventing
the threatened disaster.
After various unsuccessful experi
ments Mr. Conrad became convinced
that the only effective way of ;arr> sting
the progress of the fire was by isolation
—namely, digging a deep trench around
the entire area of the fire and sinking it
from the surface below the burning vein.
The work WHS undertaken and carried on
at an enormous cost. In some places
the ditch had to he constructed as deep
as from eighty to 100 feet and corre
spondingly wide. It was a great task
At one point, owing to the grent eleva
tion, the plaee had to be tunneled
through for alxiut 100 yards, and it was
feared even then, owing to the rspid
progress that the fire was making in
that direction, that it would secure a
lodgment among the rocks and "bony"'
coal overhead and cross the tunnel to
the workings beyond. It is) still burn
ing fiercely at this point, hut it is hoped
that the fire will not extend k outside the
limits of the isolated area.
Just now the greatest danger is that
encountered by the miners who are
working the second vein, direct ly under
the burning mine. The heat is so in
tense that the men are compelled to
work in these chambers almost naked,
and the sulphurous nature of the atmos
phere has prostrated many of their
number within the last year, while sev
eral have been compelled to quit ar.d
seek work elsewhere. A few months
ago the water from the roof came down
upon them boiling hot, and after Mine
Inspector Jones visited the scene lie
caused a suspension of operations and
had an air shaft sunk outside the burn
ing area so|as to introduce a fresh sup
ply of air to the workmen. But even
this is int ffectuni now, owing to the ter
rible heat overhead, and again the sui
pliur and calorie arc unbearable. Men
arc in per A their; lives every time
they fire a shot, and in some places it is
impossible to blast because of the sul
phur and great volumes of dangerous
g.ascx|gcnorated from above. The vein
of coal being worked at present is so in
tensely hot at some plncos as to be un
bearable to the touch, and frequently
the workmen arc compelled to let the
coal lie for hours before they can land
it on the cars, owing to its blistering
heat. The situation is really terrible,
and even if some sudden and awful
calamity docs not ensue, it will cost
many men their lives if they work there
much longer. It is line working in an
oven. Nothing but their extreme pov
erty could possibly induce the miners
and laborers to accept such labor. The
coal they mine comes up hot out of the
colliery.
Cremation of the Dead.
Exactly how to dispose of the ashes
of the dead in the most satisfactory
manner, after cremation is accom
plished, is still a question. The ancient
practice was to deposit the ashes in a
funereal urn, to be preserved in a tomb
or other sacred place. This is also the
modern custom. But if tombs are to be
required then there is not much need for
cremation, as the corpse may as well be
buried in the tomb without cremation.
A recent American patent consists in
providing a parlor bust of tiie deceased,
cut in marble, and in making a hole in
the back of the bust, wherein the ashes
are to bo deposited after cremation of
the body.
A further improvement, suggested by
one of our lady correspondents, is to
prepare a wet mixture of cements for
the artificial stone or marble, and
sprinkle the ashes of the deceased into
the mixture, which is then to be cast or
pressed into the form of busts, statuettes
cr other objects. In this way various
members of a family might possess en
during portions of the asiies of the de
parted one.— Scientific American,
When we read the statistics of educa
tion in Ruasin wc get a new cause of the
discontent of the people, and find another
justification of the hatred of the despotic
government. A Russian journal of edu
cation shows that if nil the Russian
people arc to be educated, theve will be
1,000 new schools wanted in the Bt.
Petersburg district, V.floo In that of
Novgorod, and, not to 'mention other
instances, as many as . r >,ooo in that of
Charkow.
Raising a Crop of New Hair.
It was one of the by-laws of Hcart
ache's Heavenly Hair Raiser that It be
used liberally before retiring, rubbing St
well into the scalp. Just before lie went
to bed that night the man bolted the
back door, put the cat in the wood
shed, came in whistling the "Fatinitza"
waltz, danced up to the clock-shelf and
pouring out a handful of what lie sup
posed to he his fertilizer, he mopped it
all over his scalp and stirred it well in
around the roots of she little hedge of
hair at the back of his neck.
The glue Ixittle, by an unearthly coin
cidence, was nearly the same shape and
size as the hairsap bottle.
He went to bed.
" George." said his wife, turning her
face to the wall, " that stuff you put on
ycur hair smells like a pan of soap
grease."
" Perhaps I hail better go upstairs
and sleep," snarled George. "You're
mighty sensitive! You wouldn't ex
pect that a man can put stuff on his
head that will nak his hair grow and
make it smell lixe essence of winter
green, would you P" They went to bed
mad as Turks.
This particular bald-headed man, like
a good many other bald-headed men,
hail to get up and build the fires.
When lie arose [next morning the sun
peeped in at the window and saw the
pillow cling to the back of his head like
a great white chignon. At lirst he did
not realize his condition; lie thought
t must have caught on a pin or shirt
button. It looked ridiculous, and he
would throw it back on ttie bed before
his wife saw it, so be caught it quickly
by one end and " yanked."
"Gii! Ob! What's been goin' on
here!" and he began to claw at his sc.- u
like a lunatic. His wife sprang up froui
her couch and began to sob hysterical Iv.
" Oh, don't, George! What is it?
What's the matter?"
George was darn ing arxiut the room,
the pillow now dangling by a few hairs,
his scalp covered with something that
looked like sheet copper, while the air
was redolent of war.ike expletives, as if
a dictionary had exploded. With! a
woman's instinct the poor wife took in
the situation at a glance, and explained:
" It is the glue!"
The bald-headed man sat down in a
chair and looked at her a moment in
contemptuous silence, and then uttered
the one expressive word :
"Giue!"
Now began a series of processes and
experiments, unheard of in the annals
of chemistry.
"Jane, you must soax it off with warm
water. I've got to go to L'tica to-day."
" I can't George," she returned, in a
guilty tone; " it's waterproof."
"Yes; I might have known it; and I
s'posc it's fireproof, Ux>, ain't it?"
He scratched over the smrxitii plating
with his finger nails.
" It's hard as iron," he said.
" Yea—lie said it was good g.ue," re
plied she, innocently. "Can't you skin
it off with your razor, George?"
" Don't bo a bigger fool than you are,
.lane. Get me that coarse file on the
woodshed."
It may be imagined what followed,
and now as the bald-lit aded man sits
in his office, he never removes his hat.
for his entire skull is a howiing waste of
blistered desert, relieved here and there
by oases of black court plaster. Syra
cuse 7Y me*.
A Knowing Bog,
Anecdotes of dogs abound. Perhaps
nine out of ten which appear in the
public prints arc manufactured. Captain
Marryatt and Alphonse Kane made
them in quantity. Marryatt's best was
about the Newfoundland dog who, hav
ing half a dozen hats to carry in his
moutli, assorted them as to size, shoving
one into the other until he made a nest
of them, and thus showed his superior
iuteliigcncc. Here is a story about a
dog which seems authentic, as it is
vouched for by the owner of the animal
and a numoer of newsdealers. The
dog belongs to suburban New York,
where the h uses are far apart. Buster's
master taught him six months ago to
fetch a New ;York daily paper, which
the newsdeaier left at the garden gate,
some 100 yards from the house. Buster
did the work punctually and with groat
intelligence up to a recent date. Since
that time, however. Buster has brought
to his master not only his own particu
lar paper, but all the newspapers, irre
spective of politics, which had been left
at neighbors' doors within the area of
ahalf-miic. This became such a nuis
ance and caused so much trouble that
Busier now goes muzzled until nine
o'clock in the morning, at which time
it is supposed that all the newspapers
have been secured by their legitimate
owners. This same Buster has. however,
one very excellent trait. When he was
a puppy, wanting to be petted, he never
would allow any one to keep their
hands in their pix kets. A hand to him
was something to be used to fondle him
with. Now that he is three years old,
he still believes that human hands are
out of place in pockets. No matter,
then, who Is seen by Buster with bis
hands in iiis pockets, he has them re
moved by the dog. He insists on insert
ing iiis head and nose under the person's
arm and forcing the hand out of the
pocket. This trait of Buster's, uncom
fortable for adults, is, of course, very
advantageous in regard to the small
boys in the family, as the dog never
permits one them to keep his hands In
his pockets. Perhaps, If dogs were
quite generally trained for this particular
purpose, they would be invaluable.
The Battle ef the Elks.
A Now York Ilerni/i oorrrespotideiit
accompanied General Crook and several
other gentlemen on a hunting excursion
in Wyoming Territory. The results of
the iiunt as a whole are best Bummed
up hy the following "bag of (fame,"
much of which wan brought through to
Omaha and points beyond: Four boars,
eighteen buck elk, with magnificent
antlers; sixteen mule deer, ten ante
lopes, grouse and sage hens without
number. This passage from the corro-
H pendent's letter will be found interest
ing reading:
At General Crook's suggestion it was
decided that owing to the abundance of
the game, a fact amply proved, the
party should only kill such quantities as
could be eaten or transported to their
friends, and not leave it to lie or rot on
the plains, as is frequently the case
when game is abundant. As a result of
this determination not a single cow or
calf was numbered among the elg killed
by the party.
When it is known that in the moun
tains or on the plains the hunter was
frequently within 150 or SSOO yards from
herds of elk, numbering from fifty to
500, the wisdom of Genera] Crook's sug
gestion is seen. The habits of the elk
have thus far been little known, but it
was the fortune of memixTsof our party,
both on the initial day of the hunt and
Inter, to remain concealed for hours in
the neighborhood of and occasionally
almost in the rnidst of large herds of
these animals, with which the moun
tains were thronged.
It was discovered that each herd of
elks was controlled by a few bucks,
which proved to be those animals able
to maintain the mast' ry over all the
other bucks. The proportion of large
horned bucks was smail, perhaps one to
every twenty-five animals, but there
are frequently four or five bucks seen in
a herd of this number, the question of
superiority not having been settled.
Sucii instances, however, were always
accompanied by terrific fights between
the bucks for the mastery, in which not
un frequently large pieces were broken
off their magnificent antlers, and in one
instance we found a buck whom con
tinued fights had left with but one soli
tary stump as an apology for a horn,
but this veteran was still game. One
mem t>er of our party succeeded by per
sistent labor and caution on one occa
sion in approaching within two hundred
yards of a band of not less than one
hundred. There were four bucks in the
band, three standing outside, not yet
willing to acknowledge def.-at and leave
the band, and yet whom the fourth had
evidently driven out. The conqueror
wandered proudly around through the
band, shaking his towering horns at the
outsiders as if to invite them to return
and renew the combat.
Finally one of the tucks advanced and
a sight was witnessed which it is not
often the lot of a hunter, even in the far
West, to witness. The two animals
came savagely together, their heads
striking with t loud report. There was
a locking of horns, several fierce plunges,
a terrific struggle which lasted for some
minutes, the outsider being again van
quished and driven out, peveral tips
having been broken off bis horns. The
defeated buck was completely ex hausted,
his tongue protruding and his head
down, and withdrawing to a point 300
yards from the band he laid down. The
watching sportsman decided at once
that the broken antlers of the defeated
buck would form an interesting trophy
and drawing a bead on the.animal he
shot him dead.
The hwan.
Swans generally pair for life, their
whole behavior offering a beautiful ex
ample of conjugal fidelity. The two
birds show the greatest affection for
each other, always swimming in com
pany and caressing one another with
their bills and necks in the most inter
esting manner; and should either be
attacked, the other will show fight in '
the most vigorous manner, though, of
course, the male is the most powerful
and courageous. Both birds help to
prepare the nest, the male chiefly gather
ing the materials, while the female seems
to take tbe.chief part in the actual con
struction. A swan's nest is an enormous
affair, !cing built up of a large mass of
coarse water planU as a foundation,
which is lined with finer grasses. In
this six to nine eggs are generally laid,
which are, of course, very thick in the
shell and generally of a dirty white
•wlor, sometimes dirty pale green. The
imo of incubation has been differently
staled, but we believe Bcchstein to be
right in fixing it et thirty-five days,
though some have said forty-two. The
yonng, when hatched, are very thickly
covered with down, and are generally
taken to the water by the mother when
only a day or two old. There they an
watched over by both parents with the
greatest care until grown enough to pro
vide for themselves. A brief descrip
tion of the principal varieties of swans
will lie sufficicnt.— llluntraied Bookon
Poultry.
The Mangereu Hare.
Some one was telling a story of a lion
hunt in Offenbach's presence—a story in
which, evidently, he took but little
interest.
" Bah!" he said, at list, with a yawn;
" the lion is a much overrated beast.
Kveu the timid bare nan, on occasion, be
formidable to man."
"Ob, come, now!" said everyone.
" Yes, I mean what I say," replied
Offenbach; when one has eaten too
much of.him."
The ladies wear their hats very large
this year and their bonnets very small.
As usual, they wear their bonnets on
the street and their hats at the theater.
—New Haven Register.