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51 jr Grave, '
I dream now of a little grave,
O'er which the dew-wot graese wave ;
Now half-way hid by falling showers
And drifting floods nf app!e flowers i
Jow lying rc-eii beneath the nun,
That pauses, when the clay Is done,
To prers one kins upon the mound,
Then hurries through the golden deor.
And Hies on his unondiug rouud,
T bring na dawn and day once mors.
Thc-y laid her there beneath the buds :
I never kne-.r when it was done:
Far on the orient Bummer floods
I wafted on 'neath moon and sun,
And never dreamed that they had laid
The still sweet face I loved bo well,
Beneath the green where violets Btrityed,
Iu blue-ojed sadness, through the doll.
Ah, me, and I am weeping still 1
And phe is sleeping there below,
Lulled by the low-voice whip-poor-will,
And covered by the apple blow.
A daiy benda its snowy head,
Above my darling )n her reBt ;
And weeps ig sweetness o'er my dead,
And drop'j it8 petals on her breast.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Cases of personation and mistaken
identity disp'ny a great deal of simi
larity, while at the same time they seem
to possess the peculiarity of impressing
Abe general public with the belief that
each fresh oase is distinctly sui ne.nr.rix.
How often in the past two years have
we nearu sucn comments on the Tich
borne easo as the "most wonderful
piece of imposture," ' most extraordi
nary case ever heard of," etc., whereas.
iu iiiui, ii we except tne immense
amount of time consumed in uuttintrin
the evidence, and in summing up, it
canuot compare with many earlier ones.
Of these we will recall the circum
stances of two interesting impostures
of this nature. Although one took
ipinee three hundred years ago, and the
other some one hundred and fifty ve irs
later, they have both been so fully re
ported that the facts in each are ns ac
cessible as those to more recent rues,
while their very age may give tlicm a
certain freshness.
They are both French cases, and here
we may pause to note the Tact that from
the- time of Perkin Wp.rbeck down, the
Orton case is the only important case
of fraudulent impersonation reported
in Euglaud. There have been cases of
imposture, where the claimant sought
o establish his identity with some mr-
ticuliir status, such as the great case of
omyin vii. jsinytn, where he claimed to
be the son of Sir Hugh Smyth, when,
in fact, no such son had ever existed.
But of personation, pure and simple,
where n claim is made of identity w ith
a real existing or pre-existing person,
the English Reports are utterly barren.
Why this should be so is a paradox.
The Anglo-Saxon race is ns much as any
other given to wander off for long
periods c f time, thereby giving rise to
the very combination of circunidtanccs
which invites imposture of this nature.
The tame complete absence of cases of
personation marks the Teutonic records
of causes celebrea. But to return.
Martin Guerre, a peasant of Artigues,
after a married life of some niiie yer.rs,
disappeared one day, leaving behind
him his wife and a yonng child. The
cause of his departure was some petty
theft ironi his father, whose anger at
its discovery he wished to blow over
before m -iking his reappearance. His
wife was privy to his departure, and it
was supposed at the time that after he
had ben absent some eight days, he
might return in 6afety. As matter of
fact eight .years elapsed before any
thing more was heard of Martin Guerre.
His wito and ll his friends had by that
time given him up for dead.
At length, one evening in the year
1555, a man presented himself iu the
village as Martin Guerre, and had no
sooner announced himself than he re
ceived a joyful recognition and welcome
from his uucle and four sisters. The
oiiginal Martin, it seems, had not been
a devoted husband, and his wife's re
ception of liim was not so enthusiastic.
But he folded her to his arms, asked
many and anxious questions about the
child and his growth and improvement
in the past eight years ; said he had
sown all his wild oats, and had come
home to settle down as an ornament to
society.
He appeared somewhat changed by
years and toil, nor was thi3 extraor
dinary, for theorigiual Martin, although
nine years a benedict, was very young
when ho disappeared. He certaiuly
bore a strong resemblanoe to the long
lost husband, and seemed perfectly
familiar with private circumstances
which could be known only to the lat
ter, including some which transpired
during the honeymoon. A rehearsal of
these reminiscences overcame whatever
hesitancy his wife at first exhibited,
and they lived huppily together for two
years. The claimant was of course put
into possession of all the property of
the original Martin, including some
lauds inherited from his father. All
went well with him, until in an unlucky
hour he became involved in a quarrel
with his uncle, who had been among
the first to recognize him on his arrival
at the village.
Angered at his nephew, Pierre
Guerre urged his niece to institute pro
ceedings against her supposed husband
for imposture, to which Bhe quickly
consented. As the new Martin had
made a fur kinder husband than the old
one, his wife's conduct is only explica
ble on the supposition that two years'
intercourse as man and wife had en
abled her to judge more correctly as to
his pretentions, and had finally con
vinced her that he was not her hus
band. He was accordingly, brought before
the Court ol Rienz, and, as he had two
trials, the proceedings dragged on for
several months. With the details of
the evidence we need not delay, but
will give a brief glance at the more im
portant points. The claimant himself
told a perfectly smooth, straightforward
story of his wanderings, and, unlike
Orton, never once contradicted himself
or made an error iu his statements, as far
as they could be verified. He replied
unhesitatingly and accurately to every
question of family history, and when he
eft the bar at the end of his long in
terrogatory, he left behind him a strong
impression of his truthfulness.
His wife denied his identity, but
could give no rear on for so doing ; nor
is this remarkab'ij when wo consider
the remarkable r semblance ho bore to
Martin Guerre. The differences between
the two men were more mental than
physical.
Nearly 200 witnesses testified in thj
course of the two trials. Of these more
than fifty who had been intimately ac
quainted with Guerre, including his
four sisters,) swore that he was the
original Martin. An equal number
swore that he was not, but was in
reality a certain Arnould" Dutilh, a
peasant, from a neighboring village.
Sixty witnesses could give no opinion
at all, Although acquainted, many of
them, with both patties. All this' evi
dence was given in detail, with constant
references to peculiarities of stature,
face, gait, etc. But in this branch of
the case the most extraordinary fact of
all was the number of similar marks
which Martin was sworn to possess, and
which were also present on the claim
ant's person, ......
When we recnll the 6tress which was
laid at the Tichborne trial on the
" brown mark" and the " tattoo marks,"
and then notice the wonderful similari
ty of marks in .this case, we will be
forced to the conclusion that whoever
relies on such testimony to Bupport his
case leans upon a broken reed. The
theory of the tremendous force of evi
dence, which a cumulation of similar
marks must have, is familiar under
another form in the argument of design
in the creation, illustrated by the in
stance of the finding a watch, it as
sumes that while the possession of a
similar mark is of little weight in iden
tification, the possession of. each addi
tional mark strengthens the identifi
cation on a geometrical ratio. This
theory is still popular, despite the
numerous ' instances in which it has
caused gross errors, and it is hard to
impress on tha minds of a jury that it
has proved a false guide too often to be
trusted. Such cases as Guerre's and
the Ricard case (which we will allude
to below,) have made the evidence of
marks of little force to the legal mind
Martin Guerre was sworn to have had
these marks : (1) the trace of an ulcer
on one cheek ; (2) a scar on the right
eyebrow ; (3, 4) two teeth broken in the
lower jaw, (5) a drop of extravasated
blood in the left eye ; (6) the nail of :his
left forefinger miBsing; (7, 8, and 9)
threo warts on the left hand, one be
ing on tho little finger. If we as
sume the probability of identity as es
tablished by ordinary resemblance of
face and figure to be x, these nine coin
cident marks would, by the law of geo
metric increase, make the probability of
identity or the odds in favor of the
claimant's being the genuine article,
512xtol. No wonder the judges were
perplexed. What would have been the
result of the case, it is hard to guess,
but at this 6tage of the proceedings
there appeared a detts ex rnachina in
the person of a one-legged soldier, who
calimed to be Martin Guerre. He was
confronted one by one with the witness
es who had sworn to the identity of the
other claimant, and they all at once ac
knowledged their error. His sisters,
weeping, asked his pardon for having
mistaken him, as did also his wife.
In spite of this the other claimant in
sisted that he was the true man, and
the two were confronted and examined
simultaneously. It is a noteworthy
fact that the real Martin seemed to
know less of his own private affairs than
tho false one, and had it not been for
the fact that at last, upon conviction,
Dutilh confessed, we might still be in
doubt ns to which was tho true one. He
had been tempted to undertake tho per
sonation by his strong resemblance to
Guerre, with whom he had become ac
quainted while in the army, and the
fact that he was his comrade for years,
enabled him to learn all his secrets and
thus he had been able to deceive even
his wife.
The other rase we give is in most of
its details the exact reverse of the
above, while it resembles the Tich
borne case by reason of the many and
gross mistakes made by the claimant in
giving his recollections, and also by his
gaining at the outset a wide-spread
popularity, and the support of rich, in
fluential, and numerous friends. -
M. de Caille and his wife owned es
tates at Manosque, in Provence. As
they were Calviuists, the revocation of
the Edict of Nantes, in 1685, compelled
them to quit France, while their prop
erty went to the Catholio next-of-kin.
They settled at Lausanne, in Switzer
land, where the father was living at the
time the suit was brought. The moth
er died in 1C90. Of five children three
boys and two girls the sons and one
daughter died before the snit was
brought. The eldest son, Isaac, died
in 1696, at Vevoy, aged thirty-two.
In 1699 one Pierre Mege, a soldier,
presented himself before the Intendant
of Provence and asserted that he was
the same Isaac ; abjured the Calvinist
religion, and claimed the estates.
In the story he told on tne Erst trial
(for, like Arnould Dutilh, he had two
trials) there were the following in
accuracies : Hecalledhimself Andre; the
real name was Isaac. He called his father
Eutrevergues ; his real name was Brun
De Chastelane. He said his mother's
given name was Susanne ; it was really
Judith. Ha said he was twenty-three
years old ; Isaac's age, had he lived,
would have been thirty-hve. lie said
he was only ten years old when he left
r ranee : isaao was then twenty-one.
He did not know the street or numher
of the house where his family lived in
Manosque. lie said his lather had
only three children ; he had five. He
did not know the color of the eyes or
hair of his sister, nor of an aunt who
had lived with the family at Lausanne.
He said his father had a black beard ;
it was red : and that his complexion
was brown and sallow, whereas it was
remarkably fair. Moreover, the evi
dence of his father, who was living at
Vnvav. was tnken fihowinff that his son
had died in his arms.
Here, surely, was enough to damn
his case, especially as the Parlement
before which he was tried was, under
the ancitn regime, composed of men of
education and abilities, possessed of
means to buy their position, and ex
perienced by the constant hearing and
weighing of evidence. But here, again,
the overpowering weight of the evidence
of personal identity carried all before
it. At Manosque, at Caille, at Rongon
he was confronted with many who knew
Isnao, and knew him intimately. One
hundred and thirteen swore positively
that he (plaintiff) was he. The court,
by a majority, decided in his favor, and
the people who had espoused his cause
greeted the decision with loud cheers.
Having thus obtained possession of
the estates, he might have retained
them undisturbed, had not his ambition
carried him so far as to marry a yonng
lady of good family, who was a relation
of oue of the Judges on his first trial.
This step raised a storm about his ears
from a most undesirable quarter. And
here a new actor appears on the scene.
In the story he told of his adventures
when he first appeared there was one
remarkable incident. He appeared as
Pierre Mege, a soldier, and said that
some years before he had visited the
wife of the genuine Pierre Mege, and
represented himself as her husband,
who had disappeared some time before ;
that she knew he was not her husband,
but, rather than remain n grass-widow
any longer, she was willing that he
should pass ns such. Extraordinary
though tho story was, the fact that his
wife remained quiet during the first
trial encouraged the belief that his
statements were true.
Now, however, that he had married
another, the offended wife rose in
wrath and denounced him as the real
Pierro Mege, a soldier, a convict,
and a galley-slave. A new trial was had,
and the customary conflict of evidence of
identity was again witnessed. Nearly 400
witnesses were examined. One hun
dred and ten, (including twelve old nnd
constant comrades, twenty-one donies
tios in the service of the De Caille family,
and four nurses, who, at different times,
had had charge of him,) swore that he
was Isaac. One hundred and eighty
two (including his father, his sister,
and the undertaker who had buried
him) swore as positively that he was
not Isaac. One hundred and thirty
swore that he was in reality Pierre
Mege, while the evidence of his irate
wife conclusively showed that he was
an impostor..
In the course of the trial allusion was
made to a still moro remarkable im
posture. It had been urged on behalf
of the claimant that he must be young
De Caille, or he would not have dared
to set up his claim during the life of his
father, and while nn infinity of living
witnesses could prove it fijlso. To this
M. Do Bliniere in reply, gave an no
count of an adventuress, who in 1028,
went to Limoges and entered a nun
nery, passing herself off as Henrietta
Mari-i, sister of Louis XIII., and wife of
Charles I., of England. The people in
the vicinity were entirely deceived.
Louis XIII., then at the siege of La
Kochelle, Bent a commission to examine
her. She conducted herself with the
greatest effrontery, related the history
of the English court ; gave the names
of tho principal lords and ladies who
waited on her, and stated that she fled
from England because she was perse
cuted for her religion. Everything was
connected in herjunswers, she maintain
ed that the was the king's sister, tnd
signed her examination " Henrietta De
Bourbon." As the real queen was at
that very time on the throne of Eng
land, visible every day at tho English
cwurt, the imposture was of course ex
posed, but many thought it could not
be nn imposture, for the very reason
that it was so palpable a cheat.
Recent events in England have pro
dnced several brochures on this subject
of mistaken identity from prominent
members of the bar. The strictness of
tie English law with regard to contempt
of court has prevented their publication
till the conclusion of the Tichborne
case, and the accumulations of some two
years are now at onco made public. It
is a subject which certainly deserves
careful attention, for, like insanity, it
is a perplexing question for the jury
man. No system perhaps is superior to
the ono now in use of procuring all the
evidence attainable and subjecting it to
a searching analysis, but an improve
ment might be made in the canons,
which govern in weighing evidence of
this nature, at least so far as it relates
to marks and personal resemblances.
A suggestion by Mr. Joseph Brown, Q.
C, that evidence Bhould always be pre
sented to the jury of causes celebrea of
a similar character, while perhaps im
practicable from its making the pro
ceedings too volnmnious, would no
doubt have good effect.
The case of Ada Ricard, alluded to
above, is briefly this : A body was
found in 1861, floating in the river near
a Jersy City pier. It was supposod it
might be the oorpse of a notorious
woman, one Ada Ricard, who had dis
appeared some time before. Her puta
tive husband and others identified the
body to the perfect satisfaction of the
authorities, not only . by the facial re
semblance, but also by the following
marks, which Ada had, and which were
all found on the corpse : 1. A habit of
wearing very heavy earrings had slit the
lobe of one ear, and they had both been
pierced higher up. 2. She had a pecu
liar cicatrix in a lower limb. 3. She
habitually wore stockings two sizes too
large for her feet. 4. She had a beau
tiful nnd regular set of teeth, with the
exception of one lower tooth, which
was absent. The corpse had lost two
lower teeth, but a "closer examination
showed that one had been knocked out
in the course of the death struggle, and
was still adhering to the gum. No
sooner, however, had the police satis
fied themselves as to the identity of the
corpse than Ada herself made hear ap
pearance, having wandered off to New
Orleans for a few months. Renewed
efforts having been made to ascertain
the identity of the murdered girl, a
woman from one of the Eastern States
next claimed the body as her daugh
ter b, ana laeutinea it by tne very
marks which had led the detectives to
suppose it was Ada Ricard. By this
time, however, she learned that her
daughter was sick at Bellevue Hospital,
and the corpse has never been identified.
Itiis double error should lead us to
adopt the proposition of an eminent
x.ngnsn lawyer :
No amount of resemblance, and
hardly any amount of similitudes in
combination, cau be safely received as
prooi oi identity."
The New Fire Tlug. ' ' :
Conshohochen. Penn., says Max
Adeler, is a "city set on a hill," or
rather on the side of a hill. It stretches
from the Schuylkill river np the inoline
to the-top, which is about loll leet above
the water level. Last summer they de
termined to introduce water to the
town, and they began by erecting a
huge reservoir upon the summit of the
hill, just beyond the village. When
the work was done and- the reservoir
pumped full of water, Mr. Bunder, who
lives down near tho river, had a patent
lire plug of his own invention placed in
front of his house. One day. before
the water had been turned on by the
oompany, Bunder had his uncle Horace
up ironi tne city to dinner, and lie tooK
the old gentleman out to explain the
fire plug to him. After unscrewing the
top and examining the interior, Bun
der s uncle took a seat on tne plug and
began to discuss with Bunder the
questions of " Oe?arism and the -depression
in the price of pig iron." In
the very heat of the controversy, the
Superintendent up nt the reservoir
turned tho water on for the purpose of
washing out tho pipes. Two minutes
afterwards, Bunder saw his uncle Hor
ace suddenly shoot twenty feet into the
air, followed by a column of water six
six inches thick j nnd during the suc
ceeding quarter of an hour while the
fountain continued to play, old Horace
Bunder remained on the top of that
column, bouncing about with his legs
pointing in quick succession to nil
points of the compass, and to the earth
and the sky, sometimes standing upon
his head, sometimes resting on the pit
of his stomach, sometimes with - the
water in the small of his back, but
never for a moment at rest. Bunder
tried to turn the patent valve ia the
plug but it wouldn't work, and he could
only stand there and feel sick as he
waited for his venerable relative to come
down. At last the old man did descend
all of a sudden, landing upon his back
in the mud. Any other man would have
expressed himself in violent language,
but Horace merely rose, squeezed the
water out of his hair, picked up his hat
and shook it, glanced contemptuously
at Bunder, went up and kicked the pa
tent fire plug, jammed his hat firmly
over his eyes, took the four o'clock train
to town, and before he changed his
clothes altered his will so that 810,000
that he intended for Bunder goes to
any man who will invent an infernal
machine which will exterminate Bun
der's patent rights, for that fire plug
can bo had at a sacrifice.
A Toting Bride Burned to Death.
In Cincinnati, says a local journal, a
young man of twenty-seven, named
John Vaudenburg, was married to Anna
Sowegman, a young, girl not quite sev
enteen years old.
After the wedding the couple rnovd
to u suite of rooms in the rear of 72
Richmond street. Everything appeared
bright to the newly married pair. The
girl was young, good looking and ami
able, while the husband was a first-class
tailor steady, sober, trustworthy and
capable. The bride and groom gave a
little party to their immediate friends,
iu their neatly furnished apartments.
Nothing was spared to make the day a
pleasant one ; all were dressed in their
best, the bride. wearing her light nnd
airy white wedding dress.
The feast went merrily on, when,
about half-past seven o'clock, the new
housewife discovered that the contents
of the coffee pot weira getting low, so
she hurried down stairs to the kitchea
to make some fresh, leaving the hus
band and guests laughing and talking
alone. The fire in the kitchen stove
had died down, nnd the little girl, in
her haste to get back to her company,
thoughtlessly picked up a can of kero
sene and poured some of the oil upon
the fire. Instantly the fire communi
cated to her gossamer dress, and in a
second she was completely enveloped
in the flames. The kitchen she was in
was soon on fire too. She rushed out,
but could not get free from the fierce
embrace of death. Her screams com
pletely paralyzed the company above.
They sat still an instant, then ail rushed
down into the yard. Mr. Rickoff was
first, and soon threw his coat around
her, and then a blanket was added, but
the fire still smoldered and burnt up
everything except the waistbands of her
skirts aud her white wedding slippers.
The poor girl was carried up stairs to
bed, and Dr. Brown summoned. He
prescribed for her, but ptonounced the
case hopeless. Indeed he might well ;
she was burned completely j there was
not a square inch upon her whole body
that was not browned by the horrible
fire. She lay on the bed and fairly
writhed in pain. Two Sisters of Mercy
watched her and nursed her, but their
efforts were in vain. Death was a happy
release. Tho husband was severely
burned about tho head aud shoulders ;
terribly so, but not necessarily fatal.
Saving Chicken Feathers.
Cut the plume portion of the feathers
from the stem by means of ordinary
nana scissors, rue tormer are placed
in quantities in a coarse bag, which,
wnen lun, is ciosea ana suuiectea to a
thorough kneading with the hands.
At the end of five minutes the feathers,
it is stated, beoome disaggregated and
felted together, forming a down perfect
ly homogeneous and of great lightness.
It is even lighter than natural eider
down, because the latter contains the
ribs of the feathers, which give extra
weight. A quantity equal to about one
and six-tenths troy ounces of this down
can be obtained from the feathers of an
ordinary sized pullet, and it readily
sells in Paris for about two dollars a
pound.
The down thus obtained is said to
form a beautiful cloth. For about
square yard of such material a pound
and a half of the down is required. The
fabric is found to be almost indestructi
ble, as in plaoe of-fraying or wearing
outa t folds it only seems to felt with a
greater degree of tightness. In addition
to these valuable qualities, the fabric
takes dye rapidly and is thoroughly
waterprooi.
The explosion of a 1ottle of soda
water in the hands of George Fecher of
Atlanta, Ga., severed an artery and put
the man's life in danger.
HYDROPHOBIA.
What It Ii and what Causes it.
The New York City Sanitary Com
mittee give the following facts regard
ing hydrophobia, a subjeot whioh is
attracting so much attention at this
time, owing to the immense number of
people who have suffered and died from
the terrible disease: ''..'
Hydrophobia is a disease peculiar to
nnimals of the canine and feline raoes,
the dog, wolf, fox, cat, etc Its origin,
except by actual inoculstion, is un
known, it may be inoculated by lick
ing a raw surface as well as by a wound
with the tooth. Its occurrence and
Erevalence are not materially affected
y the seasons of the year, nor by cli
mate. It is' perhaps slightly more fre
quent in the spring months, but it oc
curs alike in the coldest regions of
Canada and the hottest districts of the
East and West Indies. Of those bitten
by nnimals known to be rabid but a
small percentage are affected, namely,
five to twenty per cent. This is largely
duo to the fact that the saliva of the
rabid dog is so far removed by the hair
of the animal or clothes of the person
bitten that none of it enters iu the
wound. The mnle dog is far more
liable to be affected than the female.
Pet dogs conlined to the house and
family are as liable to develop hydro
phobia as dogs at large. The muzzling
of healthy dogs and those allowed in
the streets is at best a most imperfect
preventive measure. If the animal is
rabid he can readily inflict a wound
with the metallic muzzlo, and thus in
oculate the victim. If he is not rabid
the muzzle will prove a species of cru
elty and annoyance far more likely to
produce canine madness than to pro
tect against it. It would prove far
more effective against the nuisance of
the roving herds of vagrant curs in our
streets if the ordinance forbid any dog
in the street which did not wear a col
lar having the owner's name and resi
dence engraved upon it. It might also
p:ove of much service if the public
were better informed as to the early
symptoms of hydrophobia in tho dog.
These symptoms are thus given by an
eminent veterinary surgeon:
There are no premonitory signs of an
attack of the disease in the dog. When
the period of incubation (three to seven
weeks) is passed, the animal is restless,
dull, watchful, and snaps at dogs, other
animals, or men, which come in its
way. It shuns the light, but with much
slyness seeks an opportunity of escape,
and roves about town or country, mani
festing extraordinary powers of exer
tion nnd marked insensibility to blows
and ill-usage. The habits of an animal
may not change completely at first, and
the recognition of persons it has been
in daily contact with is sometimes very
remarkable. The dilated pupils, tho
manner iu which the eye3 follow any
object moved before them, aud the pe
culiar modification of the bark, which
is more of the nature of a howl, are
among the characteristic symptoms.
xhe appetite is lost, thirst often con
siderable, and the animals usually drink
without difficulty. The coat is staring,
Bkiu-tight ou the ribs, abdomen tucked
up, head depressed, and nose pro
truded, with a dirty mouth and tongue,
and sometimes a discharge of mucous
and saliva from tne sides of the mouth.
In a certain number of cases the ner
vous symptoms are very prominent at
this period, and the lower jaw drors
from raralysis of the muscles connect
ed with it. The howl is then lost, hence
the name of dumb rabies. Emaciation
and craving after filth, which is swal
lowed with some difficulty, are among
the noticeable symptoms. There is a
singular absence of any msuked accel
eration of tho pulse and breathing dur
ing the disease ; the animal sinks, often
paralyzed in the hind quarters, and dies
somewhat tranquilly from tho fourth t j
the eighth clay.
Dogs or cats suffering from these
symptoms should be at once de
stroyed.
Linen Suits.
The linen polonaise worn with a skirt
of a different mateiial has taken the
place of the plain linen suits to a great
extent for ordinary traveling and every
day purposes, says a fashion writer.
hat are called " tourist outfits are
imported, consisting of a loose linen
polonaise belted in at tho back, a skirt
of striped cambric, and a linen satchel
strapped with leather.
These are not so bad for country ex
cursions and such light uses, but for
traveling, a black skirt is best ; a black
silk or mohair, with which can be worn
a black straw hat and black Russia
leather belt.
More dressy linen and batiste suits
are elaborately embroidered or orna
mented vith a mixture of braid and
embroidery, and there is an abundance
of embroidery upon linen sold by the
yard, black upon gray, white upon dark
blue, chocolate upon brown, which may
ba applied to the plain linen fabric by
ladies wno wish to make it up in exclu
sive designs.
The tight-fitting, rather loud style of
polonaise, or redingote, of last year,
with its large pockets and deep, wide
cuffi, has disappeared. The best styles
this year hove French backs (narrow
without side forms) and loose fronts,
which are if-ld in with belt or sash,
The skirt is long, the form simple, am'
pie and graceful, the skirt tied back in
stead of bunched up.
Its Cost. Mr. Hammond, the re
vivalist, ppoke to a man standing in a
crowd at Quincy, 111., a short time ago,
inquiring how he felt. "Do you see
anything green ?" said the man, point
ing to hii eye, as much as to say he was
not a subject for conversion. "No, my
friend," Mr. H. replied, "but I see
something red your nose and it cost
$5,000 to paint it, if you paid for the
drinks."
In Trouble. A Burlington Board of
Trade man got into trouble by letting
his business weigh too heavily on his
mind the other night. His wife heard
him murmur in his sleep, " Ella, dear
Ella," fondly and tenderly, aud as her
name it Mehitabel, she awoke him with
a bald end of a hair brush, and asked
him whof "I was thinking of 'Ella
Vator," the wretched man said calmly,
and chuckled off to sleep again.
AMONG THE DOGS.
Scenes at the New York Dm Ponnd ai
Tola bjr m Kcflorlert
An extraordinary and pitiable.though
at the same time ladiorous scene, pre
sents itself to the notice of the observ
er. More than 300 dogs are chained to
the flooring of a long, tolerably broad,
room, care being exercised to leave a
passageway for the attendants, and for
visitors who come to rescue their favor-,
ites. For two days the strong arm of
Municipal law detains the unmuzzled
Tray caught wandering in the streets.
During that time the owner may re
claim him and take him away on pay
ment of three dollars. At the first sur
vey the eye, in- its glancing sees noth
ing but curs, tho great majority of
whioh are quito young puppies, born
the present year. Some are playing,
some are howling, some are sleeping.
But, walking down the aisle, a more
careful view shows that there are qjiite
a number ef dogs of race, of genteel
animals, so to speak, among the hun
dreds. And here one notices a re
markable thing. Almost all the street
dogs choose a chum from among those
around him, and tho two play together
and sleep side by side in the most
friendly way. They are so tethered
that any one dog could make friends
with at least half a dozen, but there is
manifest selection. Now, the pets
will not make friends, but hold off on
their dignity. The writer notices an
unhappy Skye terrier with a head and
body like a mop, who stands up and
barks with anger, and snaps at all the
other dogs near him.
Not far off is a noble old watch dog,
great creature, beautiful in his
ugliness', with a strong look of the
mastitt about him. Mis friend did not
like to put a muzzle on the fine old fel
low, knowing how ridiculous and rea
sonless such a procedure was. He has
been caught taking a nap somewhere,
and has waked to find a string round
his neck and a big loafer choking him
by dragging him along the pavement.
He is all right, however. He has been
bespoken by a man who will pay the
money, and take him according to the
regulation if his friends do not claim
him during lorty-eight hours. He
passes all the time in sleeping or observ
ing silently the company he is in. This
he does with his head down between
his outstretched forepaws, his eyes
glancing fiercely from side to side. Let
him out and give him five minutes with
the greasy tramp who kidnapped him,
and there would be a job for one of the
Coroner's assistants.
Nut far from the door is a pitiful
case. It is a hne spitz dog, who is suf
fering from some disease, nnd his
friends gave a man fifty cents to bring
him here. They think it may be hydro
phobia. Perhaps it is. It is dreadfnl
to see that dog fighting against his
malady. He is trembling fearfully, nnd
has a spasmodic motion of the ribs.
He endeavors to stand erect, but can
not, and falls back with a piteous look
of mute anguish. He has never barked
nor howled, but from the moment he
was brought here has been fighting with
his malady. He has become dreadfully
thin, and looks in his emaciation like a
famished Arctio wolf. His friends evi
dently sent him here that he might be
killed in a merciful way and sutler no
pain. The dogs around him know that
he is in anguish, and occasionally lick
him ; and he looks at them so intelli
gently, so gratefully, that one can un
derstand how great a pet he must have
been at home. He cau neither eat nor
drink. When the pails of water and
of soaked bread are passed around, he
does not look at them, but perseveres
in his ceaseless endeavors to get up,
He Keems to have a dim belief that if
he could onco stand he would be nil
right, and would be permitted t go
home.
What a dreadful howl that little poo
die does make. He is also a pet, but
he has been sent here for biting one of
the household. After the two davs have
expired, if he has shown no symptoms
of rabies, he will be consignee! to the
care of a livery-stable man. ouch were
the orders of his owners. This will be
a lesson to him to moderate his little
temper. He is a very intelligent little
beast, and comprehends that all is not
well. Close to him is a Scotch terrier,
a very gentlemanly dog, who is evident'
ly annoyed at the howling o the poO'
die, which he considers ill-bred. Ho is
lying all his length along the floor,
meditating. He takes the water offer
ed him gratefully enough, but refuses
the food with a disdainful sniff. Some
body will take him, even if his friends
do not claim him. There is an old Irish
man, master, one would think, of a pea
nut stand, who is in want of a good
dog to drive away the bad boys. He
has already expressed his opinion to the
wnter that the dogs are all curs
" Shure there isn't a rale good, blooded
wau, among the whole lot." But he
changes his mind -when he sees this
Scotch terrier, and makes whistling ad
vances of amity, to which the dog does
not in the least respond. Now pride
will have a fall, if master does not come
to the rescue, and this scornful dog
will have to eat very dirty puddings,
Up in the remote corner are the sluts,
Among them is a miserable cur, not
larger than a puppy herself, who has
yeaned and brought forth upon the
hard planks two wretched little things
not halt the size of rats. Only think of
the brute who had no compassion upon
her trouble, and dragged her here for
the sum of fifty cents 1 It is horrible
to see her licking her unfortunate lit
ter, and suckling them as best she may
looking up into the face of every one
who approaches her with a timid glance
of deprecation, like the mute appeal of
a real beggar asking pity for Christ's
sake with his eyes only. She is a most
lamentable specimen of a cur ; there is
neither strength nor comeliness, nor
race about her, and her pups are prob
ably as worthless as herself. Une can'
not see them, for she hides them with
her paws, her motherhood giving her
some prophetio sense of danger. Will
she be tanked? The offioial is non
committal, but shrugs his shoulders
with a meaning that is ominous. She
is a pariah, a dog-waif, a canine flotsam
and jetsam. She exists in defiance of
the laws of supply and demand. There
is no hope for her, and she and her
pups will soon sleep the death-sleep of
sunocauon by tne oarDonio acta
Items of Interest.
Nibbles says (hat Sleek, the bank
clerk, was always considered a very up
right man until he sloped.
An Eastern rmDor intimates that
Treasurer Spinner acquired his habit
of profanity while learning to read hia
own writing.
Tl is a notorious fact that the men
who essay to manage the opinions of
the world, invariably neglect their do
mestic affairs, nnd allow tnem to run to
ruin.
An Illinois court has just decided
that property pawned as security for
money is not absolutely aud wholly
forfeited when not redeemed at tho
time agreed ipon.
From one grain of muscle taken from
deceased person in Flint, Mich. , who
hod died of trichina spiralis, 102 tri
chinoa were taken, looking like snakes
under a 200-power lens.
Miss Skillings gives notice to owners!
of some seven acres of the best part of
Portland, Me., that she owns the prop
erty ; and the lawyers are taking off
their coats and preparing for battle.
An account of a deer-hunt in Poca
hontas county, West Virginia, in the
neighborhood of the headwaters of tho
Ureenbner river, says that 8 deers ana
two bears were killed by a party of eight
gentlemen.
In these days of coal monopoly it is
a fact of interest to know that near
Montreal peat is prepared for fnel to
the amount of 18,000 to 20,000 tons
annually, and that it finds a ready mar
ket in the city.
A Tempting Inducement. Cheerful
agent for life insurance company : "The
advantage of our company is that you
do rot forfeit vour policy cither by be
ing hanged or by committing suicide I
Pray, take a prospectus i
A man who was seen coming out of a
Texas newspaper office with a split
nose, with one eye and with one ear,
explained to a policeman that he enter
ed" the office simply to inquire if the
editor was in. "And he was in," the
victim mournfully added.
A little six-year-old daughter of a
Rutland clergyman watched Barnum s
street parade with great interest the
other day, and finally slid to her papa :
"If I wa'n't a minister's little girl I
could go to the circus, but I suppose I
must set an example to the whole
church now."
There are many fruits which never
turn sweet until the frost has touched
them. There are many nuts that never
all from the bough of the tree till the
frost has opened and ripened them.
And there are many elements of life
that never grow sweet and beautiful till
sorrow touches them.
" I say, Sambo, does ye know what
makes de com grow so fast when you
Eut the manure on it?" "No, I don't
ardly." " Now, I'll jist tell you :
when de corn begins to smell do
manure, it dou't like de 'fumery, so ill
hurries out ob de ground, an' gets up
as high rs possible so as not to breathe
de bad air."
Since the breaking of the Williams
burg dam no fish have been seeu m
Mill River, alttiougu it was iormeriy
well-stocked with them. After the
disaster, many suckers, eels, and small
er fry were scattered along tne meau
ows, nnd such as escaped death thus
on dry land were probably killed by the
nltu and poisonous quantities oi me
slimy deposits which have been so
many years accumula'ing in the numer
ous mill-dams.
What a Great Flood Means.
The following is an extract from a
recent letter from a planter to his agent
in New Orleans :
" I regret that I have nothing favora
ble to write from this section (uoeuff
Prairie). We are under water, nnd have
been for the past six weeks. There is
nothing doing except bonting stock
from one high place to another, nnd, as
you might suppose, they are now nearly
all dead. The water is falling slowly,
but has only receded six inches in all,
which does us no good yet. A fall of
two feet more would give us some re
lief. Many have had to leave their
homes and put up rude tents to afford
shelter to their wives and little ones,
while they returned to their homes witU
the purpose, in most instances futile,
of saving their stock and household ef
fects. Chickens and turkeys are ou tne
housetops. Passing through the coun
try in boats the stench from the dead
stock is terrible, nnd much sickness
must necessarily follow the great
calamity under which we are now suf
fering. Most of the fenoing is washed
away and cannot be recovered. A great
proportion of the work stock is already
dead, and that left, if any should be
left, will not be able to work, for the
end is not yet. The water is eighteen
inches higher than in that memorable
year we hear our 'old people talk about,
1828. A description of the flood here ia
quite impossible. You canuot conceive
you would have to be here to realize
the extent of the distress. Tne Hor
rors of an overflow are awful to read
about, but if yeu could see and realize
what we have seen and experienced the
past six weeks see your favorite cows
dying of starvation, and in the water
perhaps drowning, lowing to you for
help ; your oxen, your horses, mules,
Berkshire hogs, sheep, fencing timber,
lumber for building purposes, all being
swept away by the merciless flood, and
no power to stay or prevent it ; the
work perhaps of your whole life snatched
from you in a day you would then
fully realize our distress.
" The good people of New Orleans
and other cities both North and South
have kindly and in a Christian-like
spirit come forward to the assistance of
the districts. Some provisions have
been and are being distributed in this
section, and let me say they are very
much needed. I ask for nothing for
myself am able to take care of myself
and family, at least for the present
but there are a great many people as
good as I am or anyone else who are
not able, and the whole colored popu
lation will starve if some comprehen
sive system is not adopted to provision
them the coming summer."