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R -3 j Tlio culturo of silk Is yearly on the io, crenso in Japan, .j Brazil is rapidly coming to tho front us a commercial nud agricultural country. English capitalists nro interested In Mexican railings to thn extent of $!(), 000,000. Tho booming of new manufacturing towns In tho South continues, announces tho Chicago Sun. A Now York scientist advocates drowning as the most humane form of capital punishment to which criminals can bo subjected. Goodnll't Sun states that the Southern furnaces moke twenty tons of pig-iron out of every hundred made, and the Northern furnaces, eighty. j There aro more than eighty National Cemeteries in America ebntnining in nil 315,555 graves. , Of these 1.13,140 nro the graves of unknown soldiers. It is reported that (ho llussinn Govern ment intends to buy nil tho Polish rail ways and transform them into state rail ways on account of their strategical im portance. ! After a careful investigation the New York Sun estimates that there are in that lily 40,000 workingwomen receiving wages so low that they must embrace vice, apply for charity, or starve. I Numerous changes are being made in manufacturing plants all through the country, with a view of enlarging capac ity. "This certainly indicates a healthy condition of trade," thinks the Philadel phia Vrct. j Says the New York OLsener: "It is at least n littlo strnngo that while so many thousands of hymns have been written in England and in America since tho long nitstro doxo'ogy was composed, nothing has over taken its plate." .' It is remarkable, observes the Saj Francisco Chronicle, that the production of jug iron goes on increasing in this country, although the demand for steel tails has fallen oil enormously ns com pared with such years ns and 1887. European manufacturers nro compar ing nofes upon tho heavy taxation to which they are subject, on account of ti.ilitnry and attendant expenditures. Several manufacturers estimate that their taxes 'nmountto ten per cent of their net income. r Within n short distance of the New York Posloflice there nro 3,0(10,000 people. Brooklyn has over 800,000; Newark has 175,000; Palerson, 75,000. II. is estimated that in 1802 there will be 3,500,000 people living within sMit of each other. ' The discovery of oil in Michigan will extend tho oil territory of this country in a new direction. An expert who has examined samples of this product pro nounces it to be of tine quality, and further expresses the opinion that natural gas will be found in tho same vicinity. n'l. n) , . - , luii longest uninicrrupicil ill Hale on record was recently brought to a close by the New Zealand House of liepre- scntatives. It had caused a continuous sitting of Mventy-six hours, entirely given upTho discussion of a representa tion hi it; Yet tho debate was not fin ished then. Except tradesmen peoplu who have Some live profession or employment, no one is mndo welcome in Australia from other countries. Tho large section of people known ns "clerks," from people who can merely read, w rite and cipher, up to experienced bookkeepers, nro not wanted nt all. Tho 'White Lead Trust represents properties valued at $15,000,000. All tho trust managers have issued certificates covering $S3,01S,SOO, uud a few years hcuce, predicts the New Orleans Time. imttKut , . tho wages of employes will bo reduced because tho combination is not making u fair interest on its cap 'ital. The New York Herald declares that if it were not for tho vast lields of India, " which aro abundantly irrigated, wheat grown iu the United states would be worth a quarter more in" tho markets of tho world thun it now is. India partially breads Great Britain anil furnishes more thuu half of what is eaten on the C'onti Cent. French physicians W ho are studying the matter are coniident that hypnotism will rV time succeed tho use. of chloroform iu tho practice of painful surgical opera tions. Many most remarkable cxperi ments in this direction have proved sue rcssful. Patients have been hypnotized nud while in that condition undergone operations of the most painful and deli cate nature without eviuciug bcusiUlity in tho"slijihtest degree. SB YON D THE MIST. .Beyond the mist are sunlit leagues of spa, And towering peak by lingering sunshine kissed. Where heaven's lights doth shine eternally Beyond the mist. Could we but pierce the hnzc, could we but list To some far voices from the shore, would we St 111 In theso dolorous waves of doubt per sist? Can wo not see the stars almve that he? Is there not ono to guide our bark, I wist? Lost niarinnrs upon life's troubled sea, Beyond tho mist. Bennett Bellman. CINDERELLA. V: Whenever Eflio thought of her lot, which appeared at present to be to do the housework for her step-mother and her two step-sisters, her mind naturally reverted to her favorite fairy tale, the one she liked to read ofteuest in those child ish days not so far away, for sho was not yet seventeen, before her father filled her dear dead mother's place with the 'over whelming presence of the idow llum pheries, whose twin girls had quite thrown Eflio into the shade from the time that they entered the house. "I should have been christened Cinder ella," she med to say; "only I certainly havo no fairy god-mother, and no ono will ever change the rats, that frighten me so when 1 go down tho kitchen stairs in the dark, into horses, or one of the big pumpkins I am forever stewing for pies into a carriage; aud certaiuly, er- taiuly, certaiuly the young prince will never fall iu love with me or one of my shoes." And then Eflio would give the stout, serviceable boots, which her step-mother always bought a size too large for her, a contemptuous look, which would hnve withered their soles, had they becu any thing more sensitive than leather and prunella. Elbe never said all this to nny one but herself, certainly not to her step-mother, who, now that she was a widow once more for Kllic's father had not lived long nfter his second lnarriago was completely mistress of the house. Every thing had been left to her and she hud her own ideas of justice. She neither abused uor illused Ellie, but she had a soft way of coercing her that was just as bad. Melissa and Amanda, her two girls, were older than Ellie, and of this fact tho mother made good use. Elbe was "just a child, "and sho could wear calico dresses and serviceable boots, while Melissa and Amanda must have trained dresses and dainty coverings for their feet. Eflie was so young that she could "run of errands," yet Ellie, being a mere girl, needed sleep at nights and must retire early; and as the young ladies sat up later sho must rise earlier than they and help get breakfast. A woman was kept to wash, nuil cook, nud scrub, nnd Ellie only hnd "nice things, that a child should learn to do, to attend to, said step. mamuin; but the little bands were always busy and the littlo feet tired, and, like Cinderella, when there was nothing else to do she had her sister's handsome dresses to work upon. It was provoking, with nothing for herself but her every day calicoes and step-mamma's old brown silk, made short aud scanty, for Sunday s church going. It was only lately sinco it had seemed so hard, though only since Leslie Good wood had come homo from college, and she had seen, ns plaiuly ns young eyes do see these things, that he admired her, even iu tho brown silk and Melissa's lust year's hat, which was, iu step-mam ma's estimation "quite good enough for a mere child. " Since then sho hnd called herself Cin derella oftener thnn before, nnd when at last the Goodwoods gave nn evening party, and not only Mrs. Merwiu aud her daughters were invited, but also Miss Eflio Merviu, in a little note addressed to herself, she fairly rebelled as her step mother expressed it to be her opiuion that she might take Amanda and .Melissa, but that "Eflie could not reullv go. "Why not, I should like to know, when 1 ve an invitation f asked Lfhe, "You're not iu society yet, dear," said Mrs. Mervin, blandly; "and it isn t good for young girls to go out in the evening. In a few years "Iu a few years the Goodwoods' party will be over," said Ellie; "and I want to go so much. Oh, do let me! "My dear!" cried Sirs. Mervin, "there aro only three days to get ready in, and you have no party dress." "1 ought to have," said Ellie. "It's a shame." "Dear me!" said Mrs. Merviu. "As if I didn't know better what you ought to havo than you. "She might alter mv bluo greuaudino to tit herself," said Amanda. . And Eilie gave a start, for tho second daughter of the step-mother in Cinder ella, being more good-natured than her sister, cried: "Give her one of my old dresses!" when the famous ball was iu question. But though Mrs. Mervin did not cry out frankly, as did the step-mother of the fairy tale: "My dear, the King's sou will be there," she thought much the same thing. She remembered Leslie Goodwood such u good match for any ono who was happy to catch him; and she remembered also that Ellie was much prettier than her Melissa. "io, my dears; no," she said, with a smile that she could always command nt will, unci that gave her such a reputa tion as uu unliable woman. "No, chil dren; I know what is best for youug per sons. Ellie will be a woman soon enough, and wi-h her childish days back again." With which words she left the room to dress herself for a shopping expedition, for luce and flowers and ribbons uud dainty shoes, were needed for her girls, even though they had handsome dresses enough ulready for the Goodwoods' party. fco Eflie was not to go. Sho was to remain uthome and sit up for the others. And her little face was as loug as it well could be as she tool; her seat beside the grate tire, and put her feet upou the fender. "Cinderella! Cinderella 1" she cried aloud. "If ever there was a Cinderella on earth, it is I. I wish " "What do you wish, my dear?" said A oice behind her; nnd Eflio turned her head toward the door with a littlo screnm, nnd there stood a tiny littlo old lady, not exactly in a red clonk, but certainly in a red shawl, which nearly' covered her. "AVhat is it you wish so much, Eflie?" asked the old woman. "Oh, I wns wishing I could go to the Goodwoods' party," said Ellie, bursting into a little laugh. "Do come in, Mrs. Percy. I really thought you were my fairy god-mother nt first. Did you come down the chimney?" "You what?" nsked Mrs. Percy. "I didn't scare you, did I? I found Dinah at the kitchen door, and I run in that way. But what a shame it was for the Goodwoods not to ask you to their party. I know Mrs. Mervin and the other girls arc there. I saw them go in." "Oh, they nsked me," said Effie. They sent me such a nice little note. And 1 wanted to go, but my step-mother said I mustn't. She always thinks me too voting for nny amusement. I'm only old enough to work." "Thnts a shame, said Mrs. Percy. But why didn't you sav you would go? If it wns your own mother, that would be different; but we've all noticed how you are kept down, nnd we're all pro voked about it. N hy shouliln t you have a little fuu? You're just the right ago for it." I think so mvsclf," said Eflie. "But I hadn't any dress, nnd I never have any money. Papa left me nothing, you know." "Your pa? Well, your poor pa is dead,',' said Mrs. Percy. "But see here, Eflie, you shall go to the party if you like." "It is my fairy god-mother," Enid Eflie. 'What are vou talking about, child?" cried the old lady. "But just wait a moment. My niece is nt our house with her daughter, and she has a great trunk full of the prettiest things. Do your hair, and I'll bring yon all you wnnt to wear." "But I shan t dare to go, said Line. 'I'll tako you," said Mrs. Percy, dauntlcssly. Awny sho went, and Eflie, trembling nt her own temerity, brushed her hair into the loveliest curls ever seen, nnd in the shortest possible space of time. Back enmo Mrs. Percy with a pretty dress of pale blue silk, white gloves and slippers, and just the prettiest bunch of blush rosebuds. Mrs. Percy made a deft tiring-woman, nud in n few moments Eflie stood before the parlor mirror admiring herself in her new attire, which fi'.acd as though made for her. "The slippers are a little too large," said Mrs. Percy, "but that can't be helped. Now I've got my own little pony carriage at tho door, aud I'll drive you over. Wrap yourself up well, and mind you arc ready to como home nt twelve o'clock, fori shall be ut the door. Now kiss mo. U "You dear nngel of a god-mother!" cried Eflie. "Dear me, I wish I hnd been, but I wasn't you know," said Mrs. Percy. "What do you nicam?" "That I'm Cinderella in actual fact," cried Eflie. "You've made a coach out of a pumpkin, too!" "Cinderella? Oh, that's a fuiry talc. I remember something of it. But she hnd glass slippers," said Mrs. Percy. 'Dear, dear! and a step-mother, too. I begin to understand." Then she hurried Eflio into tho little pony carriage, and away they drove. "You must go nnd speak to Sirs. Goodwood first," said Mrs. Percy; "nnd that's all. I've no doubt you'll be taken care of after that." "I expect to be," said Effie, ruefully. "I wonder what my step-mother will say." "Who is that voung lady who looks so liko Eflie?" whispered Mrs. Merviu to Amanda. "I should thiuk it was Eflie," said Amanda. "Only there is nothing in the house anything like what she hus on." "And "she's prettier thun Eflie," said Mrs. Mervin. "But how like." "Mr. Goodwood is going to dance with her," said Amanda. Indeed, Leslie Goodwood wns at the moment leading Ellie to her place in a quadrille. "That's another proof it can't be she," said Mrs. Merviu. "Eflio doesn't dance." But Eflio had had lessons in those schooldays of which her step-mother knew nothing. And she had a sense of time and a grace of motion that made, dancing easy to her. She saw her step-mother uud sisters; uud saw they did not reeognizo her. And she enjoyed the fun of the position greatly.- She was altogether happy ; and so, also, seemed Leslie Goodwood, wdio paid her as much attention as a host might pay to ono lady, who waited on her to supper,aud who was again danciug with her when the cloak winch hung iu the ball struck twelve. Is it really twelve o'clock?" said Ef fie. "Then 1 must go. Home one is to como to drive me home just at twelve." "I am so sorry. But you must let me see you to the carriage," said Leslie. And then Ellio got her wraps, and Leslie went down stairs with her, and there was tho pony carriage, and kind, independent Mrs. Percy, and Leslie hauded her in ; but ns sho sprang into the carriage the oddest thing happened. Her slipper, w hich was, as we have said, a littlo too large for her, slipped from her foot and fell upon the pavement. "Oh, my shoe!" cried Eflie, is a whisper. But no one heard her. Leslie had clasped her hand aud said, "Good-bye," and Mrs. Percy had driven oil. "I've lost your kind neiee's slipper," said Eflie, iu despair. "What shall I do?" "Oh, she hus a hundred slippers," said Mrs Percy, "uud I'll get her another pair. Don't fret." i "And this makes it more liko Cinder ella!" cried Efliic. "I'm getting fright ened nt myself." And, to carry the story out, sho was in bed, with her calico dress hanging over a chair back, and all tho finery odd slip per nnd nil gone homo with Mrs. Percy, when her step-mother peeped into the room on her way to bed. "There was a girl just like you, Eflie, at Mrs, Goodwood's last night," said Amanda. "But handsomer and older," said Mrs. Mervin. "Oh, I'm sure she was hamdsomer, and older 1" cried Eflie. And, under hei brenth sho whisrered: "Cinderella again I" Lato in tho afternoon, somo ono in quired for Miss Eflio Mervin, and sent in a card with : Leslie Goodwood. : upon it. The others were taking naps up stairs, and Eflie went into the parlor in her childish calico dress. Leslie was there. Ho had n little folded parcel in his hand; nnd nfter he hnd spoken n few words, he said : "I think you lost a Blipper last night, Miss Eflie. I have brought it home. 1 found it just ns you drove nwny." Ellie crimsoned. Sho scarcely knew why. She wns utterly confused, and her presence of mind quite deserted her. "It is exactly like Cinderella," she said aloud; and then, horribly ashamed of the dreadful speech, bit her lips, and felt a strong wish that the floor would open nnd swallow her. But Leslie, coming closer to her, said, gravely: "I hope it is. The young Prince, when he found Cinderella's shoe, vowed he would marry no one but its owner. I have made the same vow. Will you help me to keep it?" It doesn't matter iu (he least what Ef fie said. But nftcrwnrdshe always culled herself Cinderellu iu her own mind ; so that you understand, of course, that she married Leslie, ns Cinderella married the young Prince, nnd wns "happy ever af terward." I'te Ledger. A Central American Despot. To the student of metaphysics tho character of Rulino Barrios, the despot of Guatemala, must necessarily appear as an engima, from its ninny strange con trarieties and inexplicable moods. Ho was a dove and nu adder by turns, nnd, like the satyr in tho fnble, could blow hot and cold with the same breath. On one day he was a Caligula in his ferocity, while the next found him practicing the Christian virtues of forbearance and for giveness. To-day he would laugh, Nero like, iu nnorgy of blood, while to-morrow he might break the shackles and set nt liberty his most inveterate foes. Strange, wayward, aud many-sklcd, ho was withal a man with a crude idea of justice, and certaiuly aimed at tho material advance ment of his country. But a summary of his life, taking into consideration all of its lights and shadows, will lead to the inevitable conviction that he was a very bad man who was domineered by his grosser instincts. His unpublished his tory is written in the blood of 600 vic tims among his own people, who hnve suffered death to satisfy his supicions ajid caprices. An attempt to bring out the true facts of his life by a youug lawyer of this city was suppressed by the govern ment t us entailing a scandal upon the nntion. He allowed no man or set of men to stand iu the way of his ambition, and upon bare rumor often ordered a citizen to be shot without a moment's warning or shadow of trial. Not less than two hundred citizens of Guatemala now lie in death's embrace, by his order, who never kuew even the charges preferred against them. At one time a rebellion was brewing in one of the northern dis tricts, and, without knowing who were the ringleaders, but to spread terror in the department nud quell the uprising, eight men were selected, more or less at raudom, and bhot. We encountered tho mdubitablo au thority of this heinous order of Barrios, nud saw men who had read it. Ciicagt Xeics. A Jerusalem Shoe Shop and Restaurant In describing some of his experiences in the Holy City iu the New York World, Prank Carpenter says : "I stop)cd one afternoon before a shoe shop, nud out of curiosity, took its measurements. It was a hole' in the wall cut out withabasefoui feet above tho cobble-stone street. A rude stone two feet high was the step by which the shoemaker crawled into it, and it was just three feet wide, five feet high aud eight feet deep. It was as dark as a pocket uud the shoemaker squatted iu the entrance with a board on his lap and he filled it completely. Ho was working at n pair of rough Bedouin shoes uud the owner of these squatted cross legged in his burc feet while tho cobblci waxed his thread and iu pulling it win careful to move his hands toward the street and back into the shop. The place was so small that had he pulled his thread iu the ordinary way he would have barked his elbows ugainst the walls. There are hundreds of such shops iu Jerusalem, uud the uverage business place is more like a bank vault than anything else. Next to this shoe shop there was a Jerusalem res taurant. It was an oval hole cut into the hill twelve feet high, eight feet wide aud forty feet deep. At the front wus the cooking stove of Jerusalem, consisting ol a rude slab of lime-stone w ith holes bored into the top us big arouud as a workman'! dinner bucket, uud with other holes piercing these from tho sides. A few inches from the top of each hole wus a rude iron grating and upou this the char coal was laid, uud by the draught which caino in from below the cooking was done. Tho slab wus mounted on cord wood posts, aud it had five fire-places. At the back a rough table w ithout a cloth wus set for the guests, and the only chain were little stools a foot high and ubout a foot square, the seats of which were ol woveu cords." Mil higuu capitalists have invested fullj $l,UU0,OUU iu Southern timber. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. 1 ' Dr.t.ictors mashed roTATor.s. To make nice mashed potato, boil a quantity of potatoes nnd pass theni through a sieve. Put them into a sauce pan with a good lump of butter and salt to taste; add a little milk and work them well with n spoon on n slow lire, adding small quantities of milk ns required until they are of the desired consistency. Aiio York World. OLD-FASHIONED CAKE. In answer to the lady who nsked for recipes for "Old-fashioned Cake" mndo without baking powder ur drugs of nny kind, I would say, writes the household editor of the New York (ihwrrer, that I never use anything of the kind, never fail with my cukes which I make ns my mother did before me. For pound cake I tako three-quarters of a pound best but ter, work till soft with a brond-bladed knife, then ndd three-quarters of a pound of granulated sugar, beat to a cream seven eggs, beat separately, add the yolks to tlie butter nnd sugar, then the whites, then stir iu gradually three-quarters of a pound of sifted flour, flavor with n tea spoonful of essence of vanilla, beat all to gether one way for twenty or twenty-five minutes. Bake in a well buttered Turk's head in a moderate oven one hour, test with a straw. A half-pound of currents, well washed and dried, will make a fine currant cake, and will keep for a week or two iu stone covered pot. U this is liked will send others. HOW TO ROAST MEATS Good beef should have a bright reel color not too dark, dry and tender to the touch, fat, nnd with u smooth, opeu grain. In roasting meats one of the principal points is to have it ns juicy as possible. Wash the meat iu cold water, wipe dry, singe with a hot iron, then place iu a dripping pau ; cover the top with n! layer of suet one-half inch tlnclc; nuil drippings to the pan until one inch deep; the pan should bo nt least four inches deep; place in a hot oven and slightly in crease the heat until done; allow thirty minutes for first pound and fifteen min utes for each additional pound. When done remove to a hot plate. Add one cup of hot water to the pnu, after draining off the drippings let boil two or three minutes; then thicken with ono table spoonful of butter, mixed with flour; add white pepper und salt to taMe. Slush rooms, oysters, chopped pickles or any flavor can be added to this gravy. Another way is to wash, place in pau, ndd one cup of hot water aud place at once iu a hot oven, turn over until nicely browned on nil sides; remove to a hot platter, pour the drippings olf, ndd one cup of sweet milk, let boil one minute, thicken with one tcaspoonful of flour (fid one of but ter, let boil one or two minutes aud then ndd salt, white pepper and cinnamon. It is then ready to serve. A French way of rousting beef is to take a sirloin roast, mix salt, pepper, cinnamon and cloves together, then, with a narrow blnded knife, mnke incisions about one inch deep on nil sides of the meat ; put a little of the spice in ench with a small slice of gar lic, aud then roast, as directed tibove, Detroit Free Prtss. hecu'ks. . ,j Corn Bread Break iufo n bowl two eggs and ndd to them a tcaspoonful of sodn aud two teaspoonfuls of salt, beat nud stir iu oue pint of sour milk nud corn meal enough to make a smooth batter; bake iu a buttered tin. Boiled Carrots Scrape clean nud boil iu four waters, changiug each time just ns they commence t boil ; when tender drain, cover with sweet milk, season with pepper, boil up once and thicken with a little flour stirred smooth in cold water. Corn Pudding Two cups ol corn boiled and cut from the ear, one pint of milk, two eggs, salt to taste. Beat the eggs until very light; ndd tho other in grcdiuuts, put the mixture in a buttered pudding dish uud bake ubout forty minutes. Bice Griddle Cakes Boil half amp of lice; when cold, mix ono quurt of sweet milk, the yolks of four eggs, nnd flour sufficient to make n still batter; beat the whites to a froth, stir iu one tcaspoonful of soda nnd two of cream of tartar, add u little salt, and, lastly, the whites of the eggs; bake on a griddle. Serve by spiralling them while hot witli butter, and also any kind of jelly or preserves; roll them up neatly, cut off tho ends, spnukle w ith sugar and serve quickly. Creamed Halibut A pint bow l of cold boiled halibut picked tine uud freed frum bones uud skin. Melt in a saucepan one tahlcspoont'ul of butter, and when it boils tulil a tablespoonful of Dour. Stir smooth and add slowly u cup of boiling water, a cup of milk and a tcaspoonful of sail, with a saltspoonful of pepper. Butter a pudding dish and put a layer of halibut and one of sauce till all is used. Cover the top thickly with bread crumbs, dot with bits of butter and bake till brown iu a quick oven. Saddle of Mutton Procure a saddle of a young and not too fat mutton, roast in medium hot oven so to be a little rare and all the fat cooked thoroughly; make a gravy from drippings iu pan, skim oil all fat, strain and serve with the mutton. Cut a few young turnips in regular-sized pieces, boil in salt water till done, then drain the water, sprinkle over one spoon ful of sugar ubout one-half pint of stock and one spoonful of condensed beef ; let boil till stock evaporates and then glace the turnips; dish up with the mutton und serve. Cream Mayonnaise Sauce The yolk of one large egg, two tublcspooiifnls of cream. Blend these smoothly together till they aro quite thick; then seasou with salt, cayenne, nud white pepper, very lit tle of the latter; work in a teuspoouful of shallot or lemon vinegar, uud a table spoonful of vinegar. The sauce should be quite thick, so as to shroud the whole of the seu kaln when piled up uu the dish. N. B. Lemon juu e may be sub ilituled for the vinegar, but it is always Ijpst to have equal pails, vinegar aud lemon juice. SHIPS IN THE HARBOR. FIVE HUNDRED VESSELS ANCHOR AT NEW YORK IN A MONTH. How They Secure a l'lnce for Vnload. Injf In the Hands of Kevrnne In spectors Ta kin K Out the Cargo. Pretty nearly five hundred vessels of nil sizes, rigs, tonnage nnd make vessels propelled by steam nnd vessels propelled by wind find an anchorage in this har bor in one week. These vessels, repre senting every industry imaginable, and valued ut millions of dollars, come nnd go almost unknown, save to the few hun dred directly interested in their existence. All these vessels find berths iu this port, which is second to none in the world, un load their cargoes under the watchful eyes of Uncle Sam's agents, tho United States Treasury agents, better known as Custom Inspectors, ship n new ourgo, or mayhap only take on ballast, receive their clearance papers from the Custom House, und in a few hours leave the port of New York fur astern; the only notice of their departure and arrival made by the daily press being the name of the vessel, its Captain, consignee and destination. When un agent of an incoming sailing vessel or tramp steamer that is, a steamer not belonging to nny company owning a pier has been notified by tele graph from Sandy Hook that his vessel has been sighted, he burners to the Dock Department, secures the lease of a certain pier, telegraphs to the Hook the number of the pier secured, his ( uptain is signaled that fact from the Western Union tower ut the Hook, nnd the vessel proceeds to this city. Before arriving here she has to undergo several ordeals. The first is ut Quarantine. On coining alongside of Fort Wadsworth the tug-Preston, with Health Officer Smith or one of his assis tants aboard, ranges alongside the steamer. The Captain meets the doctor, who asks him n number of questions regarding the health of his crew or passengers, the port he came from nnd the general health there. These formalities over, and providing that the Captain can show a "clean bill of health," as tho health statement is termed, the steamer continues on to this city. She will not have proceeded far when three shrill toots of a steam whistle will cause her Captain to slow her up. A small tug flying the colors of the United States Kevenuo Marine is the signaller A line is thrown to the small boat from the steamer, n hawser run out by its aid, and ns soon ns the two boats arc made fast a boarding officer climbs aboard by means of a rope ladder let down by the steamer's crew. The vessel's manifesto is given to the boarding officer, who im mediately regains the tug. One inspector is then sent aboard, if the boat is only n freight steamer, two if she has passen gers. The lines nro then cast oil nnd again the vessel is free. The skipper's next tussle is nt the pier, to which, ns he has been informed by his agent, he is to tic up. When he arrives there he finds that there are other boats there, whose masters are not disposed to move. This difficulty is soon got over by the. aid of the dockmuster of the district in which the pier happens to be, and with a great deal of shouting, hauling and general hubbub the steamer is miide fast to the pier and her gang plank is run out. On the pier the skipper nud agent meet, discuss the voyage, exchange pa pers und finally adjourn to tho steamer's cabin to pour over the manifest. During all this time the customs in spector has not been idle especially so if it happcus to be early in the afternoon and the vessel has a largo cargo. At his orders the hatches are removed, the stevedore's men nnd the ship's crew get to work, and soon the cargo is being moved out of the hold, w here it has luiu probably for ninny a day. As ouch bale, bag, barrel or box is taken out it is care fully checked oil on the manifest, while the covers are taken oil by other inspec tors sent up from the Barge Office for tho occasion. Constant practice makes the inspectors adept ut this work, nnd no time is lost. AVhilo the work is nt its highest the sunset gijn booms from Castle VYilliuinon Governor's Island, und the inspector in charge of the work gives the order to stop. Sunset is the hour when Uncle Sam's Treasury servants kuock oil work. Hatches are battered down once more, uud the ship's manifest handed over to the night inspector. If the ship's agents are iu a hurry to get the sleatner away again, the latter, re-eul'oived by another, continues the day's work, and that night may sec the end of the job. The steamer's commander is then handed back his O, K'd manifest, while the Custom House people keep a sworn copy of it. As soon ns tne inspectors leave the pier the vessel has been, in the vernacular of the Treasury Department, "discharged." jY" Yuri- Sl:ir. The Two Cleopnlnt's Needles. There were t;o so-called Cleopulra's needles. They stood originally ut lleli opolis, iu front of the great Temple of the Sun. After reiuaiuing there 1000 years, they were floated dowu the Nile by the Itoniansand re-erected in 23 B. ('. Oue of them was presented by Mahomi-t Ali to the British Government, nnd it now stands on the banks of the Thames, iu Loudon. The other was presented by tho Khedive to the city of New York, and in IfcSSO it was brought over and set up iu Cetitral Park. It is 70 feet high, 7 feet square at the base aud weighs 1116 tons. The size and weight of the Lon don needle are ubout the same. - Yort J)ifttfh. A Cat's Determined Suicide. Henry llurlburt, of Boseobel, Wis., pierced the ears and clipped the tail of his pet cut, a very liuc spei imeii of the feline species. The animal immediately fell to weeping, refused to eat anything, and aetuully committed suicide by bang ing itsell w ilb u rope that hung from u hummock iu lluilbuit's yard. The cat put its head through u split iu tht-stiuuds of the rope, und when discovered wus stoue dead, with its bind feet letting ool) the loaud finitimxe, POOR 'WILL, r ' - . O Will, poor Will, what host thou done That, nightly with the set of sun, Thy kith and kin, of ancient fame, I l'ass sentence dooming thee to shame? "Whip poor Will! whip poor WillT' Ere yet the first palo twilight stars ' ' Peer through the gold and purple bars, From yon tall cedar's dnky shade The mandate sounds across the clailew I "Whip poor will! whip poor Will!" 1 And straightway comes in mocking tone. ; From dell and dingle wild and lone. From tangled brush nnd bosky glen. From briery copse and fern-grown fen, 1 i "Whip poor Will ! whip poor Will !" From distant woods across the cove, ' From darkling depths of yonder grove, From thickets where the brook runs by. With malice ki-en they hoot and cry, "Whip poor W ill ! whip poor Will !" Oh, heartless crew, too long, too long Night hath been saddened with thy song I The world is wiser now tban,when You sang first to tho sons of men, "Whip poor Will! whip poor Will!" And 'neath this new and kindlier sta! You'd suit your audience better far If, changing tune to suit tho hour, You carolled in your leafy bower, "Help poor Will! help poor Will'." And better still for bird and man Through weary ages under ban If in your song you would repent Tho new evangel glml, and sweet, "Love poor Will! lovo poor Will!" Mary It. .Sleight, in Bazar. HUMOR OF THE HAY. Glass-wear Spectacles. . Hard times The iron ngc. -A striking tale The whale's. A hot-head A head of steam. Misplaced energy Gum chewing. "s Picnics arc ordinarily no-table affairs. A cool feat Climbing up nn iceberg barefooted. A speech from tho thrown "Hnug that mule." The night rolls on until slopped by the brake of day. May ghostly warnings be called "dead men's shoo's?" Never sk a stcrcopticon man to give you his views. Silver quarters The United States Treasury vaults. Every poem has feet, but riot all ol them show head. "Some day I will meat thee," said the butcher to the dog. Meivlumt Traveler. The waiter's voice echoed: Through the hall: 'Wedon't'yivo crai-kera With one' fish bnll." '. Denver Times. ' Tramp "Can I get a bite of sausage or suthin'?" Lady of the House "You can ; here Towser." "Serial buildings" nre what they call those high ones iu Chicago, because thej nre continued stories. Washington Critic. Browu "AVhat makes Johnnie sc pleased over that stick of candy?" Mrs. Biown "He stole it." AVw York Sun. When n man and a bull in an open lol arc both making for the same fence, it ii a toss-up which will go over first l'k ayune. A pretty maid is nice to see, ; And she is nice to woo: : But it mutters not how sweet she be If she isn't sweet on you. j Hoctester Sunday Herald. : A Texas farmer wants to know what he ought lo get for "kicking cows." Five years, if you do it habitually. Texat Sif'tina. A city child, seeing a sunflower in the country for the first time, said bIio nevei knew those artistic pen-wipers grew iu gardens before. - "Not evoryone is happy who dances," s5ys a Spanish proverb. This is at least true of the man who has just stepped on a tack. Huston Courii r. "Though he had neither wenllh nor beauty, 1 loved him, there eun le no doubt. I sncrilicfd all senseof duty 1 lie wus tlie only mull about.'' j Vio l'oefc Sun. The world may owe you a living, youug mnn, but the account cannot be turned over to un attorney for collection. Jamettoien (.Y. I'.) Sttrt. Artist (with a bow) "How will you have your sleeves made?" Miss Mead "What is the style now too tight or too loose:" Timet-DfiHoemt. He wildly waved his hand in the breeze. And wniidt rod where next to sock it. For his u it'e hud sent him to Hud her keys Which were in her ol her dress pocket. Tt-rre Haute Kj-press. " Slightly Personal. Magistrate " De scribe the nun whom you saw assaulting complainant!'' Policeman "Ho wns a little, insignificant looking cratur, ubout your si.e. Your Worship." liriji. 1 am living Katldoeu dying! Whui wus fading now grows bright; I'liangu o'er all is sweely iyine. Angels! 1 shall see to-aii;ht; I om dying Kalldeeu living. With remorse my soul doth lash! I mil dvinn Kathleen dying, 1 itui living my mustuche! " To-Day. Or in a ii Frontier Boundary Posts. The Franco German frontier running through the Yosgcs is being carefully rectified by officials from tho two coun tries. In sin uc places the frontier liuo passes through such deusc forests that ex tensive clearings havo to bo made to mark the divisions aud erect the frontier posts. The Germans have put tip 200 posts, strong iron columns cemented into granite beds so as to prevent uny mali cious removal of the boundary mark. At the top of each post is a big disk bear ing the llohenzollciu eagle iu black, sur rounded by red und white bands to com plete the national colors, und inscribed "German Empire." Xeie York l'uat. The Wise Merchant. When times are hard und trade is dull Tlio liieiclmut tlieu who wise is putli not Ml down to scratch h skull Whllt lie u scUt-llli des iscs His tl Ustlllv, cl'edtlul's to llll, tiul stluiKlilv 'V advertises. . Then eouies h sikMi u Ikhmii to trudo, Auilpieslii, ciiuue, Lie f iiiue made. iJos'on Courier. r