LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
4 IJiiPfr Hrnd-I'lecm.
The gold and silver head-pieces which
the Friesland women wear so universally
are of two kinds, ono being a skull cap
divided down the middle and closely
covering the hair, the other side pieces j
consisting of little disks, elaborately
chased, and often of really beautiful
work. The skull cap is made of thin
* gold or silver, and tho prices of these
necessary ornaments run very high, a
gold skull cap costing from 1100 to 400
guilders (a guilder being equal to thirty
eight cents), while the silver prices aro
from tifty to seventy guilders. Tho
greater number are heirlooms; and in
cases where this canr.ot be so, tho first
duty of a Frisian woman is to save up
until she can decorate her head as a |
Frieslander should.
lolutrd Women unit liiair,.
A Kentnekian tells a reporter of the
Louisville Pott that colored women
never kiss each other, and the leporter
adds they seldom shako hands. The
first may be true, bat tho last certainly
is not. Tho Kentnekian says:
In all my life I have never seen two
genuine negro women kiss, and 1 have
often heard my father remark the same
thing. He was over sixty years old, and
frequently told us that it was a tradition
through all bis family the negro women
never kiss d. A friend of mine, who
has been a groat traveler, has visited j
Africa and Hayti, has remarked to mo
the strange fact that uegro women never j
kiss. Why is it ?
In social relations there is less do
~ ception among the blacks than among
the whites. They are too fall of nature to
pretend to what they do not feel. Scan
dals, divorces and other iniquities that
flow on from deception, are of seldom
occurrence among them. Tho subject j
of negro women not kissing has often
been discussed right here Kentucky,
where the customs aud the habits of the
negro should be known and understood,
and old men who have been surrounded
by negroes all their live? declare that
they never beard of negro women kiss
ing.
A (It ire in the llirl*.
When a man chooses the profession of ,
law he does not expect to be a musician
and a journalist also. He knows that
if ho would succeed he must devote
himself to tho ono chosen calling.
When a woman marries she realizes that
in order to reach lofty heights in wife
and motherhood she mnst sacrifice
lesser aims. Sho must be willing to
lav aside the delightful occupations,
whii-h have mado her girlhood pleasant.
She must know that from tho honr her
baby is laid in the cradle, dressed with
loving forethought, to that darker hour
when the mature man lies down in his
hist sleep, that sho will giro full mean
ing to the words, " Constant care."'
That her mind once unfettered will bo
at liberty no more, but is bonnd by ties
stronger than life or death to those who
have come to her from out of the great j
nnknown. Wait awhile, girls; think
it all over before you promise to be j
come wives --to take these duties and
burdens upon you. Sweet and satisfy- !
ing as are the obligations of wifo and
mother, they are not to be taken
hgbtly. A linsband must not be looked
upon as a sort of perpetual bean, and
children as extremely uncertain and
improbable adjuncts. Unless, like
Wilhelm Mcister, your apprenticeship
ended, you reach oat of yourself sod
ask for larger duties, for a wider field
of labor, you hail better stay at home '
with father and mother, dignifying the
relations of daughter, filling the old
established homo with a mild radiance
which would seem but a dim light in a
new one.
Phlnn ftotr*.
The only small imported hat seen as
yet is a turban.
t , The rage for Spanish lace lias not in
the least abated.
Sew wall papers imitate gobelin tap
estries admirably.
Beaded plnsh bands will trim hand
some heavy w raps.
With black scarfs or flchns no white
is worn around the neck.
Copper and brickdust shades are as
fashionable as terra-ootta.
Small hats and bonnets begin to ap-
pear among imported shapes.
■ Puffed sleeves are seen among a va-
W rioty of noveltiea in this line.
J (Quantities of bsngle bracelets are
worn over mousquetaire gloves.
Btanding high collars and rolling
low collars ars equally fashionable.
Cheviot mixtures in what are termed
heather shades will be mncb worn.
* Even elderly women look well in
white or cream-colored all-wool dresses.
Large metallic hook-and-eye fasten
ings for oloaks and wraps are revived.
Velvet and plnsli will be the high
novelty drees trimming materials of
1881. *
Tunis lace is a new effective heavy
used for linen collars tad pillow
grown girls, matrons and elderly
women.
Pale shadoa of pink and cream color
aro the favorite hues for artistic icsthetic
drosses.
Plush stripes on wool satin grounds
are seen among other novelty trimming
materials.
Basques of moire, black and in dark
rich colors, will bo worn with skirts of
various kinds.
Xonnve turbans of red and blue tine
wool, with red tassels, are much worn
by little girls.
Little owls in black metal, with dia
mond, ruby, or emerald eyes, aro fav
orite ornaments.
Eight or more bridemaids, one-half
being little girls under twelve, is the
latest style in England.
Floral decorations for wedding, din
ner, and reception tables aro more pro
fuse and eccentric than over.
Short dresses continue in vogue on all
occasions, and there is no indication
that there will be a change in rospoct to
length this season.
Tho latest style of new shoo has u
heel of tho dice-box order, poetically
called Louis (Quinze, and has a lattice
work of straps across tho instep.
Laun handkerchiefs, with bine or
pink borders, are often worn around the
neck in ploco of collars, the ends tucked
in the folds of the surplice waists.
Satin cords in passementerie are the
features in dress trimmings. They add
the luster that all dull silk passemen
terie nocd for trimming sdk fabrics.
In artificial flowers there is a great ■
vogno for cut silk blossoms, the blue- I
bell, geranium, hyacinth and polyanthus
being all reproduced in this manner.
Pink gingham has been worn to such
an extent in London that tho good
natured Princess of Wales has been
forced to fly to the rescuo and wear
blue.
Ancient Elections,
As hitherto, so again, we must go
back to tho beginning to take up the
clew. Out of that earliest stage of the
savage horde in which there is no su
premacy beyond that of the man * hose
strength, or courage, or cunning, gives
him predominance, the first step is to
the practice of election deliberate
choice of a leader in war. About the
conducting of elections in rude tribes
travelers are silent; probably the meth
ods used aro various. But wo have ac
oounts of elections as they were made
by European peoples '.luring early
times. In ancient Scandinavia the chief
of a province, chosen by the assembled
people, was thereupon "elevated auiid
the clash of arms and the shouts yf the
multitudeaud among the ancient
Gorman* he was carried on a shield.
Recalling, as this does, the chairing of
a newly-elected momber of parliament
np to recent times, and reminding ns
that orig,nnlly among ourselves election
was by show of hands, wo are taught
that the choice of a representative was
once identical with the choice of a
chief. Our house of commons had its
roots in local gatherings like those in
which uncivilized tribes select their
bead warriors.
Besides conscious selection, there
occurs among rndo people* selection
by lot. The Bamoans, for instance, by
spinning a cocoanut, which on coming
to rest points to one of the surrounding
persons, thereby single him out. Early
historic races supply illustrations; as
the Hebrews in the affair of Baal and
Jonathan, and as the Homeric Greeks
when fixing on a champion to fight
with Hector. In both those last rases
there was a belief in supernatural in
flnenre; tho lot was supposed to be
divinely determined. And probably st
the outaot, choice by lot for political
purposes among the Athenians, and for
military purposes among the Romans,
as also in later times the nso of the lot
for choosing deputies in some of tho
Italian republics, and in B|iain (as in
Leon during the twelfth century), was
, influenced by a kindred belief; though
doubtless the desire to give equal
chances to rich and poor, or else to as
sign without dispute a mission which
was onerous or dangerous, entered into
the motive or was even predominant.
Here, however, the fact to lie noted ?s
that this mode of ohoice, which plays a
part in representation, may also be
traced back to the usages of primitivo
people. Hrlirt Sptnctr.
quirk at Figaro*.
The Syracuse (N. Y.) Courirr alludes
to a youthful prodigy who is an in
mate of the penitentiary. His name is
James Nolan, bnt is better known as
"Jimmy the Bootblack." "Jimmy'
;is a lightning calculator. Although
I possessing little or no education, he is
as mnch at bom among figures m a fish
is in ita natural element. In this re
spect the boy ia a wonder. A glance
over a column of figures ia sufficient to
enabla him to give tha footing. If
standing before a blacklward, while
another person is patting down figures,
he will be ready with tha sum total
ben the laat stroke ia made, no matter
boWj'fapi'.iy one miy make them.
DELMONICO'S."
Hcorlm of n Olebriitnt Hrilanirnicar.
< >f the late Lorenzo Delmonioo, the
best known restaurant keeper in the
United States, tlio Now York Herald, in
its obituary notice, says :
Head and front of the entire median
ism, controlling all the business of all
the houses, was Lorenzo Delmonioo,
with a capital of 9500,000 invested,
with an expenditure of over *1, 000,000
a year, and ulways with his balance on
the right side of the ledger. Riro and
Charles wore like the sons of the
Biblical woman, ono on his right, tko
other on his left, forming a trio of res
taurationnry excellence to whom New
York is largely indebted. When Alexia
was here, ho being a sailor, it was
deemed the correct thing to dino him.
The jolly tars of the New York Yacht
club got together and resolved to in
vite him to their quarter deck, sling
the hammock of courtesy in their
fo'castl', and overwhelm him with the
binnacle of their hospitality. They
did it. Ho came, they ate, and the en
tertainment in honor of the Bursian i
grand duke was ono of the most ele
gant of its kind, gotten up in Delmon
ico's best Btyle. For .*5,000 Delmonioo
could make flfty people quito gastro- j
nomically comfortable. When Charles
Dickens was here ho ma le his home
further up town, but was a frequent vis- j
itor at the Fourteenth street honso. He
was a heavy eater aud a heavier drinki i.
Two bottles of champagne at lunch >
were a mere trifle to him, but his favor- j
ite gargle was brandy, "Give me a
thimbleful of brandy," said Dickens,
as he was about driving to the Lecture j
Hall. A bottle and a tumbler were j
produced, and considering the size of
the "thimble" and the fact that it was !
literally " full," it may bo said that he !
took a tolerably good drink. The I'reis
club of New York gave Dickens a din
ner there, presided over by Horace
Greeley, and the speech of the occasion
was made by Henry I Raymond. All
the press nobs were there, and a very
jovial evening was passed. When Grn- 1
oral Crant was general he breakfasted
in the smaller room with Horace Grec
ley, and subseqn ntly A. T. Stewart.
Ed wards l'ierrepont ami other dis
interested patriots gave him a grand
dinner and reception. At the reception,
which was very high-toned, there was a
dais at ono side of the saloon on which
the general stood to welcomo those
who crowded in to do him honor.
On one occasion Mr. Ddmonico
talked freely with a representative of
the Hrrald, who said:
" What wages do you pay, Mr. Del
monico ?"
"Ten thousand dollars and more the
first of every month."
" What rent f
" All told 8101,00*) a yer. You see,
besides our houses we have three great
wine cellars downtown. We get wines
and liquors by the 100, 200, 300 casks
at a time, and can bny direct much
cheaper than any dealers here can afford
to sell us."
" Do hard times affect you any ?"
"Yes, indeed, and mainly in wines.
I remember the time when I walked
through tho rooms and saw from one to
three bottles ot wine on every table.
Now if we hear a cork pop we turn to
see where it is and then it's generally
a bottle of Bass,"
" Rime of your orders aro silly, 1
suppose?"
" Yes, indeed. We often give dinners
that cost 8100 ahead. Why, sometimes
the flowers for each cost 820, and I have
paid as high as S2O for each and every
bill of fare! Yon know tho mottoes
they have for the ladies. Well, there
are people who pay as high as 810 each
( for those things. Ho you see it does
| not Ukr. long to run up to 8100 in that
way."
Delmonioo got up many a dinner for
i A. T. Stewart, but no matter what
; temptations were prepared for the
■ guest the invariable dish for tbp host
was a simple chop, with possibly a
■ plate of chicken broth. Mr. Btewart
dind many noted people, among them
often General Grant. When the late
Andy Johnson was swinging around tuo
circle he WAS festively din<-d at Del
monico's, and after dinner held a re
ception. He was full of fun, at all
brents, and kept his friends in roars of
merriment. After they were all gone
he called to his servant to " Come to
tied." Mr. Delmonioo told the Presi
dent that after his servant had undressed
him the waiter would show him his
| room. " No, he won't," said Andy;
" I'll undress myself, but that boy
sleeps in my room and nowhere else to
night, and that I tell you." That end
ed it, and the colored attendant shared
with his master the liest room in the
house. Among the regular patrons is
counted "ttorosis." Not that Rorosis
spends any considerable amount of
money at its little Innohea or even at
ita annual festivity; but Sorosis is a
feature of any place it makes its home.
College boys like the hospitality of
Delmonico's, aud at certain seasons of
the year mtny a hardened ear in the
dining-room below is pierced by the
jolly shouts of the undergraduates up
stairs, and many a hardened heart is
tonchel by ths memory of days and
nights—mainly nights—gone by, when
the same songs und tile same hurrah
lioys choruses were the regular thing
with them at Harvard, Yale or Prince
ton.
The late Colonel Fisk was not a regu
lar patron of Delmonico's. He went
further uptown, lint now and then he
spilled over from his bowl of bounty
there. On one occasion, at half-past
4 i'. u , ho called at the office.
** Charlie," said he, "I want a tiptop
stand up lunch, witli flowers and all
tliat sort of thing, served in the Erie
building for 150 men at half-post six."
" That's two hours from now."
" Well, a great deal can be done in
two hours."
" All right, colonel, I'll do it, but it
will be nn expensive job lor you."
" Who said anything about the cost ?
You do it and I'll pay for it."
Of course the lunch was served and
equally of course tho 81,500 bill was
paid.
At another time, when Fisk was work
ing up tho Ninth regiment, a ball wo*
given at tho Academy and Fisk was
anxious that Dolruonico should furnish
the supper. They declined on the
ground that there was no profit in it.
" How much guarantee do yon want ?'
said Jim. "A thousand dollars," said
Delmnnico. "All right," replied Fisk,
" I'll take five hundred supper tickets,"
and he did.
The Ring potentates never favored
Delmonico's uptown house much, but
sjient thousands of dollars in the Cham
bers street piAco. Peter R. Hweeney
used to go tln-re when h>- wished to be
quiet and by himself.
Wh'n Tweed's daughter was to be
married tho old man called on Del
moniro two months in advance, and
without mentioning terms, simply -anl.
" I want a supper, good one, for my
daughter's wedding; 500 people Good
day." The day after the supper was
served lie called and paid for it.
" Do you keep your people a long
time?" Mr. Delmonioo was once asked.
"Some of them."
" The rooks—how aliont them ?"
" Well, I pay the present head cook
84,000a year; his prodeoessor. 80,000.
The other cooks get from 815 to 830 a
week."
" What do you giro the head waiter f
" Fifteen hundred dollars and his
j Is,aid and lodging. The table waiters
get 810 a month, and average *OO in fees.
I wanted to transfer one of them from
! the saloon to the bar, raising him from
*3O to SO", bnt be wouldn't go because
he made 890 where lie was.''
A Whale Parent's Itciotinn.
Hporm whales usually travel in
schools, and in going into a body com
posed of "cows and calves" the latter
although yielding but a small amount
■of oil, are " struck" first. By this
method lmth are captured. The mother
will not leave her offspring, neither will
it attack tho boat, but will remain close
to the calf, apparently urging it to
escape by aonnding or by flight. The
"little one" can only remain a short
time nnder water, consequently its
dam is almost constantly a target for
, lances, which she will continue to re
ceive, although not being fast to the
! boat, until life is extinct, when the calf
will lie killed. Mhe will sacrifice her
own lifo in the attempt to assist her
young, and to any one except a whaler
it wonld appear like a cold-blooded and
heartless ranrder. Even they cannot
help admiring the devotion, and wdl
endeavor to make the struggle as brief
as possible. The " calf" exhibits no
j B
sne!i filial affection, for if the mother is
harpooned first he will immediately
! take French leave, leaving the " old
lady" to fight her own battle*. Ex
treme caution is used when striking a
calf to avoid a mortal wound, as his
| death is an re to be followed by tho
, flight of the cow, who follows it in
! stantly.
Home Life for the Blind.
In an oil dress before the College for
tho Blind, at Upper Norwood, Henry
Fawcctt, the blind postmaster-general
of England, said that, speaking of his
own experience, tho greatost service
that could lie rendered to the blind was
to etiablo them to live as far as possible
the same life as if they had not lost
their sight. Thsy shonld not be im.
prisoned in institutions or separated
from their friends. Few who had not
experienced it could imagine the indo
scribable joy to them of home life-
Rome persons hesitated to speak to the
blind about outward objects. There
could be no greater error. The ploasant
est and happiest hours of his life were
those when he was with his friends,
who talked abont everything they raw
just as if he was not present; who in a
room talked about the pictures, when
walking described the scenery they were
passing through, and who described the
people they met. When with the blind
people shonld talk with them about
and describe'everything they saw. The
speaker concluded by remarking that
there was plenty of good-will to assist
the blind, bnt what was required was
better organization.
Our earth is moving through space
- with a velocity of nine mi lea a second.
• M i
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Many of the recent emigrants from
Germany are young men under eighteen,
who thus escape the long and burden
some military service. Were they to
remain after reaching their eighteenth
year, their emigration would not lie per
mitted. Bismarck is reported not io
like their departure at all.
There are .'ill cities in this country,
with an aggregate population of 11,-
590,558, having a net indebtedness, ex
clusive of sinking funds, of 8593,344,-
518, or 851.17 per capita. New York
city leads with a debt of $90,000,000.
•Fust when this strangling indebtedness
will be liquidated no one pretends to
know, though the comptroller of New
York city thinks the debt there will be
wiped out in twenty years.
The annual product of gold and
silver in the world varies from 8200,-
000,000 to 8300,000.000. In 1853 the
total was 8285,000,000; in 1803, $271,-
000,000, with a decline from that time
until 1877, when the tide turned the
other way. The product last year was
81 18,000,000 in gold, *114,000,000 in
silver. Nearly one-half of the gold
and fabout three fourths of the silver
was mined on the continent of America.
That European nations arc gradually
learning from America something aliont
'• jinfort, cotmoiotiN and safety in
traveling, appears in the facts that
slceping-oars on the American plan are
now run on moat of the principal rail
roads of the continent, anil that there
has jmt t>oen introdnced into Berlin
what an English newspaj>er correspond
ent terms " the American system of
luggage trans|ortation to and from
private residences, thereby enabling
'he traveler to take his place upon the
car withotit concerning himself in the
least alout his baggage.".
Few people know that in 1<1 seasons
honey is apt to be poisonous. This
an es from the fact that in such seasons
the lees have to gather it from poison
ous flower*. firea" care should bo
taken to remove all poisonous plants
from the neighborhood of hives. A
specimen of honey from Trebizond,
gathered from the tfmli
•-um, whi- h is common in that neighbor
hood, was sent in 1834, by Mi. Keith E.
Ablcott, to the Zoological Society of
London, and in iN'iftit still retained its
poisonous qualities. In IT'.KI a gTeat
many 7>eople in Philadelphia dies! from
eating honey gathered from the flowers
of the kilmia UuUnlin. In good seaons
the lees avoid poisonous plant*.
There are a groat tnar.y jeople iu tie
world, it is Iric, but this little planet is
very (ar from overcrowded for all tliat,
anil there is vet plenty of room for hu
manity to sprcn 1 it-si If. In this country
alone, exclusive of Alaska, where we
have large possesions, we have 710.-
668,000 a<-ys of available land not yet
frtirveycdtpki open to settlement, and
7.14,951,000 acres surveyed bnt not yet
taken np. And yet, Croat Britain has
more virgin land than we have. In the
Australian colonies she has 2,000,000,-
<IOO seres of land never yet touched; in
Cape Colony 52,000,000 acres all ready
for settlement bnt with no settlers: in
Natal, Ceylon and the West Indies 14,-
500,000 acres, and in Canada prolably
something like 1,500,000,000 acres of
nnoccnpicd and very fertile lands. All
this vast territory of nnosrd land is
enough to give a farm of 160 acres to
31,.12.1,000 families of five persons each,
or to 156 625,000 persons.
A contributor to the New York 7Vi
!>un furnishes that pajtersome informs,
tion shout the mannfacturo of cigars in
New York which can hardly lie agreeable
reading for smokers. Five-eighths of all
the cigars that are sold in New York
city, he states, are made in East side
tenements by Bohemian families, who
perform all the various processes of
manufacture in their dirty rooms, where
they not only work bnt also eat and sleep.
The toliacoo is wet down and spread
upon the floor over night and ia trodden
npon meanwhile by the family ! n the
pursuit of their domestic ope iions.
In the morning, while it is yet damp
and soiled it is stripped from the steins
by the children, while the women mske
the fillers and the men of the family
roll and trim the cigars, turning out
aeveral hundred in a day, which are dnly
branded with some high-sonnding Span
ish name and sold for an imported ar -
ticle. One feels not so much sympathy
for the people who smoke them as for
the children who aid in their mannfac
turn For fourteen hours a day they
are kept steadily at work, inhaling the
poisonous nicotine, while at night they
sleep in the seme polluted atmos] here.
Brother Kimball, the great church
debt extinguisher, nays that there are
three standing calamities of cburcboa.
The first ia a fund for the support of
the preaching, so that the people who
go to chnrcli need not pay. The sec
ond is the presence of one or two rich
man on whom everybody leans, and
whose property the church feels at lib
erty to appropriate. The third is a
(
debt, whether of the mortgag-*! or
"floating" sort. Comparatively few
churches are endowed with sncb a find
OH Mr. Kimball mention*. When there
it such un endowment, it* operation ia
almost uniformly, w be states. In a
certain church, who*e endowment ia
no grout that the highest pew rent was
only Si a year, the member* became 10
spiritually lazy that they had either to
go to Bleep or to quarrel. Jticb men
are more plenty than endowment*, and
are bonanza* tochnrche* which properly
nee them and teach thorn how to give.
For every church which ha* either rich
men or endowment, there are twenty
poor one* which have nothing but a
debt. Kimball think* all the chore be*
ought to do business on a "C. O. D."
basis, and then there would le no
church debt*.
The celebrated French aeronaut, M.
I'.ugcne (Sodard, and throe companion*,
narrowly escaped a tragic ending of al>al*
loon voyage, near Vienna, a few week*
ago. An auspicious *tart was made from
the pleasure garden* of Hchonbmnn,
and for an hour the sail through mid air
was a r leasant one. Then the huge
craft floato<l into the midst of a violent
storm, and the terror-stricken voyagers
were surrounded by flashing thunder
bolts. M. Godard alone retained his
presence of mind, and endeavored to rise
above the storm by emptying the sand
bags. Finding this impossible, he de
cided to descend at once. The balloon
was then some 3,000 feet high, and
moving at the rate of thirty-four feet
per second. The gas-pipe was opened,
and the balloon began to descend with
fearful rapidity. Suddenly M. Godard
j exclaimed, "We shall fall into the
Danube." A fruitless attempt was made
! to use the anchor, bat. the trees were too
far below and the speed too great. At
any moment it appeared they might *oe
! engulfed in the stream, whence, owing
to the storm, all escajte would lie imjos.
siblc. M. Godard hereupon cried out.
' "Gentlemen, we aie one too many !'
But a* none of hi* companions appeared
disposed to withdraw he threw over-
Iward twenty-five kilogrammes of rope.,
j and, with the anchor attached to the re-
I mainder, endeavored to catch the brush
wood on the river edge. This, fortu
nately, succeeded, and the car was se
enrod within a few feet of the water.
A pre|K)terous story is published by
a French periodical which, from its
name— Storl* Jf<*/i< tie— ought to rise
superior to such temptations, of a roan
who, desiring to commit suicide, drove
j a poinar l up to the hilt into his head
with a mallet To his surprise and
mortification, so far from falling dead
in his tracks, he experience! no dis
' agreeable sensation whatever. Idealiz
ing that discovery would be embarrass
ing, he endeavored to pull out the
| poinard, but it would not yield to his
efforts. At last he was compelled to
summon physicians, bn neither singly
nor altogether conld they start the dag
ger, which was ao firmly wedged tnat
the wonid-ba suicide was easily lifted
from his feet by its hilt, ihe man was
ultimately taken to a workshop in the
neighborhood, accompanied by the
medical gentlemen, and there he was
seated on the floor, held down in a sit
ting posture by two persona, while me
chanical force was used to draw the
wen]>on from the skull. The operation
was no sooner over than the patient rose
to his feet, thanked the doctors for
their attention, and pre]>ared to take hit
leave. But for fear of subsequent com
plications, he was sent to the hospital
and kept there for a week. Nothing
ensuing to cause alarm, he was sent
home, leaving scientific men to rack
t heir brains over the problem bin singu
lar case presented.
Where I'oker Prevail*.
Poker, whatever that may be. is all
the rage at Hot Springs, Ark. A corre
spondent rays: It is played in the
hotel parlors, bedroom* and office*, in
fact almost "verywbere. Day and night
parties may be seen. Doctors and
lawy. rs play in the back offices; all
classes arc at it, from the nabob to the
waiter of the dining-room. BOTS are
often seen at a quiet game of " draw."
In short, it is an epidemic. As to the
gambling bouses, they are open day and
night, Sundays included. All banking
games are in full blast, from " faro " to
" chuck -a-luck." Twelve tables are run
in one hoase, and it ia difficult for a
player to succeed in piecing his money
on a card or figure, so great is the crowd
around the teblea. *• Faro," '* haaard "
and " roulette" are the most popular
game*.
A Burlington man looked into the
garden hose to see why the water dido t
come, just as his son turned the water
on et the hydrant, and when the doctor
; came the atricken man told him that he
sew the fellow climb over the feoee,
but didn't see his revolver until just as
be shot. And then he wanted to know
how lorg he had to live and add he was
not afraid to die. Bat when he got at <
the true iuwanlneaa of it, he hunted
for that boy nearly three hours, with a
piece of lath and a akate strap to hold
him, and then didn't ftrd him.