America is ft a enormous cuntomor
fa the diamond mnrkot.
The man who fails to pay Lis in
rm Ui when it fulls due will 1)0
charged at the rate of one per ceut a
auontk until he pay.
Snys Dr. Himon Baruoh, a famous
physician of New York: "More cold
bathing, more fresh air, less meat,
ta ami couVo, and moro milk, cream,
vhecHii, breud and bnttor, with easy
frltiug clothing, will rejuvenate and be
the salvation of onr workingwomen."
A rorenl seientiflo writer anys that
the effect of n "good novel" on a
woman's nerves is very much the
mame as the effect of brandy on a
man's. He asserts that this sort of
timuliitiou may iudtieo hysteria,
- b u-b differs only in degree from
tiriom tremens.
do-
American millionaires are not the
only ones who And life in England
Iwftt mited to their tastes, notes the
Chicago Herald. The South African
millionaire, J. R. Robiuson, will
henceforth regard London as his per
manent residence and Mouth Africa as
iml a winter resort
There is a growing practice in col
lage tonus for lawyers who collect
.debts dao by graduates by attaching
their diplomas. The young men just
turned out after a long intclloctual
struggle are generally brought to
terms by this unique process, duclares
the, Chicago Herald.
The Russian thistle, which has
wrought such damage in the far
northwest that congress was asked to
exterminate it, has appeared in lilt
moiK. A few plants have been found
growing along the river bank near St.
Charles, Kane County, and the farm--rs
of the neighborhood are much
alarmed in consequonce.
Professor James Taft Hutflold
thinks that the region of Massachu
setts in which Northampton is situated
lias contributed to this country a
larger bhuro of intellectual ability than
ny other of its sizo. He regards Dr.
William D. Whitnoy, the Sanscrit
acuolnr, as the most distinguished na
tive of that region who has recontly
joined the army of the dead.
Now, exclaims tho Chicago Record,
we have a new set of alarmists, one of
whom has figured out that tho Atlan
tic coast is settling at the rate of about
the millionth of an inch in a million
jours, and that New York, will, in
.time be under wator. This same per
on calculates that in 8,000 years Lake
Ontario will bo running up Niagara
falls H'ul down through Midway plais
mc.o to tho Mississippi river ; that Chi
cago will be swept uway.
Mrs. Virginia L. Minor, of St. Lou is
who leaves $1,000 in her will to Susan
31. Anthony, was pluintiff in tho colo
brated case, of Minor vs. Happorstett
iu which she claimed tho right of suff
rage under tho fourteenth amendment.
Silie was a descendant iu two lines
front the grandfather of General
Washington and showed the Washing
ton blood in bor faoo. Iu bor youth
isho was a beauty, and eveu at seventy
ihar face retained a delicacy and re
finement whioh years could not oblit
erate. Three of her ancestors were
members of the commission whioh
entcucod the rebels iu Baoon's rebel
lion, and it may iutorest antiquarians
to know that they wore also auccstors
of the rebel Washington who just a
. hundred years later completed the
work Bacon had bogun.
The New York Tribune maintains
'4Uat Switzerland has done perfectly
right in declining to accord to tho
llussian govorumunt permission to
oroct a grauito cross 130 feet high oil
tho rook ovorhaugiug the Devil's
Bridge at Audormatt The object of
the projeotod memorial waa to ooiu
memorato tho passage of the Musoo
viUi Oonoral Souvaroff and his army
-over tho St Gothard in 1700. Al
though the plea put forward by the
Federal Council at Borne for its re
. joetion of the Russian application was
thut the niouumont would be "out of
ILccping with tho lesthotio exigencies
if tho situation," yet it may be taken
for granted that tho real considera
tions whioh lod the Swiss Government
to raise objeotious to tho proposal
were to be found in the fact that the
tnouuiueut would, after all, serve to
commemorate a most flagrant viola-
lion of that neutrality which is the ba
Mm of Switzerland's treasurod inde
pp.ndonoe.aud to honor oue of the chief
offoudura in tho matter. Indeed, the
sleinaud of the Russian Government
can ouly ba regarded as one of a oool
ucw as monumental iu size as tho pro.
joctod oross. - - -- -
One rabies In the Dark,
Tho whlto star, ono hy one,
IPan out nf tlinlr oasnmnnt high I
Anil tho lily-cup l foldod up,
And tho moon-eloudn wander hy. '
Come liltlwr, ye little wlldwood things, ' '
That sing when tho Arrant nlght-wlndsilng
Far up In tho windy sky. .
Ours Is ths noon
Of tho fnlror moon, . ...
And a vol.'o In tho dark am.
Morning will oomo to greot ' ' ,! "
A litt'e now ross, Iwlsj
Hut tho loving air that hoard II ope .
Hath weloomed It with a kiss.
And the clouds with tho white iip-RSthoiing
hands
"ringing ths rain from far-off lands,
Thoy sing as thoy wandsr by.
All are awake
For singing's saks j -A
voice In the dark am I.
What shall we hoar by day?
Tho tmad of a thou and foot.
Como but hora when the night Is near
And lloton, and And It sweot.
Thn volns of tho things ye droam are dumb
i'lio murmur of living, the waters' bom,
And tho growing of the grass !
Voices of all
In the night that oatl,
A voloe am I that pass.
Tho tmmor of moths that flit,
The Inughtor of loaves that blow.
And the hurtling wings of a wind that slogs
And the bonding of gra below.
Tho little white voloe of a flower unborn
l'liou shalt not blimtom for many a morn i
Yut It grows all ntoudfaMly t
Vnilnr tho night.
It fools ths light
Of stars In an nnmn sky.
Tim little hastening bare
Lhtons with anxious oar
To know if tho Day be on bor way
Day that must never hoar.
Chamoloons shy, anil the hlddon bird,
1'ho silver lizards, all these be heard
In thoir strange and wilding speeoh.
If yo but hark,
Thoy sing at dark,
In tho night thnt love them each.
Who passu bonoath t Who ilnjs?
A voice that may live or die,
I.nt the only thing yon know of me
Bo the song that wanders by.
Como hither, ye little living things)
Slug with me now as oach star sings,
Each slur In the beokonlng sky
For the day must come
And we be dumb,
And a voice la the dark am I.
New York Independent
A Song That Joined Hearts.
"How oddly things come about I'
Mrs. Marshall said, coming into the
room where her sister and two daugh
tors wore busily engaged in the manu
facture of two elaborate evening
dressos. "Mrs. Montgomery has jnst
called, and tells me her brother Har
old will be home in time for Mrs.
Grant's party."
The knot of blue satin ribbon was
suddenly crushed out of all shape by
the quick, convulsive grasp of Miss
Efllo Solwyn'a fingers, while abont
that lady's lips gathered a whiteness
and moiuture that threatened a faint
ing fit
For a moment tho room looked
dark and the voieos sounded far away,
and indistinct only for a moment
then she roused herself bravely, to
soo that her agitation had been unno
ticod, and to hear hor nieoo, Carrie,
saying :
"I never knew Mrs. Montgomery
bad a brother."
"Probably not," said Mrs. Mar
shall. "He has boon in China for
how many years is it, Effle?"
"Twelve."
For her very life Effle oonld not
have spoken more than one word with
composure.
"Twelve years 1" oried May. No
wonder yon think Carrie and I know
nothing abont him. He must be as
old aa his sister."
"Let me see; he was abont twenty,
three when he went away," said Mrs,
Marshall, muuingly. "He is not more
than thirty-five. That is still young
for a man."
The Misses Marshall, brightest of
blondes, wore to appear at the ooming
festival in olouda of white tulle with
bine trimmings, and the multitudin
ous skirts, puffs and ruffles demanded
by fashion required busy stitching for
weary hours beforehand.
Miss Selwyn had also been bidden
to the party, but "Aunt Effla never
wont anywhere," the girls said, bo
there waa no dress preparing for her
adornment
Aa her needlo ' wont in anS out,
through oloudy tulle and lustrous
satin, Effle Solwyn thought)
"Oh, the bitter folly of the past)
May and Carrie are now as light heart
ed and gy as I was when Harold Rus
sell and I clasped hands, with a prom
iso to be all and all to each other.
Ouly one little week of happiness and
he left me.
"How long was it? A year, two
years, before I kuew that he thought
mo fulso to him, novor guessing that it
wus Kuto's bothrothed husband he saw
mo grooi so wurmiy, wueu I never
guo.sud ho was near.
"Poor sistir Kate never know the
anguish hor handsome lover caused
mo.
"If Harold Russell loves now, it
will be some brilliant girl, not the
faded shadow of his bid love I 'Yet-yet-"
Tho eventful evening cnifie at last,
and the girls werq shut up in thoir
rooms, untwisting , wonderful crimps
and otherwise preparing for conquest
In her own room with the door
securely fastened,, Efllo Selwyn was,
she said in hor own heart, "making a
goofce" of herself.
Her thirty years of peaceful life,
with only one heart strngglc, had left
her faoo as smooth as in girlhood.
Blooming she had cover been, her
oval fooa having a soft, dreamy com
plexion that was seldom flushed with
color, though its exquisite fairness
was never pallor.
"Considering it is twelve years
sinoe I wore this dress and flowers, I
do not look so antiquated. A train is
always a train, and I suppose the over-
skirt modernizes it," thought Effle.
Then she went to a bos hidden away
in her bureau drawer, and from its
most secret oorner she took a ring,
wrapped carefully in soft cotton.
"Dare I?" she whispered, turning
it round under the gaslight and show
ing tho device, an enamelled violet,
with a flashing diamond for its heart.
"Will he despise me if I put it on?"
she thought. "Will he think I am
too easify won back again? Should I
despise the hasty judgment that led
him to condemn me unheard,
twolvo long, long years ago?"
She hesitated some moments, then
put tho ring npon the forefinger of
her left hand, turning it so that tho
violet was hidden, and only a plain
gold band seemed added to her other
rings.
"Efllo, are yon going? Girls, your
aunt is going."
"01" cried Carrio, "you magnift
centauntio! yon will throw all the
girls into tho shade, What a superb
silkl and you in full dress 1" she con
tinned, with more enthusiasm than
grammatical preoision.
"Whore did yon dig up that violet
silk? ' asked Mrs. Marshall.
thought its glories had departed years
ago. Do you remember the evening
yon wore it, whon papa gave Kate her
first party?"
"I romomber," EnHo said, in a low
voioo.
Tho evening was half gono, and
Effio had only seen at a distance the
tall figure and handsome face of the
hero of the evening.
He was muoh altered, Efllo thought
Yet, as the hours flew by, she caught
herself reoognizing oertain expres
sions of the dark eyes, the mobilo
mouth, certain inflections of tho deep,
manly voice, and once her heart boat
tumnltuouely as a familiar laugh rang
ont upon the air.
More than once she had screened
horsolf from a tall figure approaching
the plaoe where she stood, and more
than onos the violet silk had flitted
into another room just as Harold Rus
sell thought he could touch it.
There had been muoh dancing whon
a small party of musio lovers collected
around the grand piauo, bogging Miss
Selwyn to sing.
"Just one song, Miss Selwyn," Mrs.
Grant herself entreated. "There are
so many anxious to bear you. "
Very reluotantly the lady drew off
her white gloves and seated herself
before the piano.
The group around bcr listened for
the usual brilliant prelude and an
elaborate and diffioult "show off
song, but after a moment of silenoo
the little hands struck two rich, full
chords. A moment she paused then
to steady tho trembling heart; then,
in a dear, sweet voice, she sang the
opening verse of "Auld Lang Syne.'
The second verse was sung, whon
close beside the singer a deep bass
voice joined in the chorus.
Quiok orimson flushes passed over
Effie'a cheek, but she sang steadily, at
every chorus the voice she knew so
well joining her own.
Nobody else noticed it, but with
each verse these voioea, so estranged,
grew stronger, clearer, more jubilant,
till with the last one the spirit seized
thorn all, and a deafening ohorus of
the company closed the song.
They drifted away, broke up into
oonplos and groups, while Harold
Russell, affeotrng to turn over aome
musio, said in a low voioe :
"Can we indeed be as in Auld Laug
Syne, Effio? Can you forgive me?"
For answer she slowly turned the
ring upon her finger until ha recog
nizod tho devioe he had chosen for
her twelve years before.
"Mamma, "May Marshall whispered
"do you see Aunt Effio danoing with
Mr. lluasull? I do not see oue young
oouple so haudsome and distinguished
lookiug as they are. '
A suddon memory flashed over Mr
Marshall.
"Tho last time Effle woro that vio
let silk," she thought, "she danced
ith Harold Russell, and the next
thing wo heard of him he was on his
ay to China. I remombcr now, Effio
soon after bogan to withdraw from
society.. I wonder ."
C'onslnnt Work Stunts Man.
Professor Max Muller has been re
gretting that "the luxury and beauty
of scholarly loisure" at the universities
sve passed away forever. "It is
quantity today rather than quality, I
fear," he said to an interviewer of tho
Quiver. "The tutors become teachers
far too young, and they work so hard
that they have no time to look to tho
right or the left; and what is life if
not a continually glancing to the right
and left? They give themselves no
time to develop. Thoy toko a good
first-class and then give out what they
have learned as teschers. This en
genders the moneymaking spirit, I
have no word to say against it, but it
11 tells on the spirit of the univer
sity."
The present system of constant ex
aminations finds no favor with Profes
sor Max Muller. "They stunt onr
young mon,'' ho said, "they have no
time or opportunity to be idle. Now,
do you know, it is my idle friends,"
he added, "who have become distin
guished men in later life? I believe
in cultured idleness. It gives a man
time to read for himself. But look at
these examinations; why, a man knows
exactly what he hastjoread frequently
ro tne very pago. lou don t call tuai
study."
The professor confessed that at first
he had been opposed to the girls' col
leges, but they are, ho said a great
success, "and it is a real pleasure to
me to see the young girls so eager to
learn. Young men do as little as they
can, young women do as much as they
can; too much, in iced. Again, thoy
work more systematically, and thoir
knowledge is better arranged. It
tends wonderfully to tho improvement
of the whole of their character. I
wish the men could be ashamed and
spurred on to further effort Indeed,"
he addod, laughing outright, "a friend
of mine and his wife went in for the
some examination ; she took a first
class, ho only a second" Professor
Max Muller, howover, thinks nothing
tangible comes of all tho labors of the
girls, while if only they could get fel
lowships they might do good work.
Westminster Gazette.
Flood Uncovers an Old Village,
Sinco the subsidence of the recent
flood which swopt through the Gonosee
Valley, curious things have como to
light Among tho most interesting is
what appears to be the unearthing of
an old Indian village. On a farm
worked by James Shcfflin, on the west
side of the Genesee River, near whore
the Jones bridge crosses the stream,
about two miles and a half from this
place a large quantity of tho earth waa
washed away. Sinoe tho wator got
down so that an examination
of the place could be mado
to detei mine tho . amount of
of damage, the prospectors were con
siderably surprised to find a lot of old
style pottery, such as was In use iu the
eighteenth oontury by the aborigines,
scattered over the place left bare by
the water. Further examination re
sulted in the finding of a number of
old oopper ooins, arrow heads, etc.,
and among other things a double solid
silver cross four inches long and well
preserved. Those ancient relics are
being treasured by the finders, who
are still on the search. The suppo
sition by many is that at soma time or
other an Iudiau village was located
hero, ss the site is only a few miles
below the junctien of Canaseraga Creek
with tho Genesee River, and about
three miles from the White Woman's
Spring ou the Squawkie Hill plot.
Considerable iutorest is manifest and
the digging will be continued.
Rochester, (N. Y.) Herald.
An Electric Incnbstor.
A novelty in the hatcbiug of eggs
has appeared in the shape of an eleo-
trio incubator, aaya the Pittsburg
Dispatch. The special feature of this
machine is tnat tuo neat oi tne egg
drawer is automatically regulated to
the fiftieth part of a degree. It con.
sints of a tank incubator, hoated by
radiation from the bottom of a wator
tauk, which is constructed on ths mul
titubular system. When the egg
drawer roaches the temperature of
104 degrees su eleotrio thermostat
connects up a dry battery with an
electro-magnet, which aouates a dam
per, allowing tne neat to escape
through the open air, instead of pas
sing through the flues of the wator
tauk. This entirely automatio dovioe
is said to effect a' saving of thirty per
eent iu the fuel used for heating.
LAiMKH' DKPAUTMEXT.
"faiii MAtD op I'F.ntii'a" norsn,
Tho house of tho "Fair Maid of
Perth" has lately boon reconstructed
and restored so skilfully that it socms
an Old-World dwelling in every par
ticular. It has the quaint clipboards
of a former time, and at the door is
the "lanpin-on stone," which recalls
the period when the stirrup-cup was
the indispensable accompaniment of
every leave-taking. New York Tri
bnue. MRS. LHATnSHS IS A OBBAT BAILOR.
Blanche S. Leathers, a woman of
charming personality, wife of Captain
B. S. Leathers, owner of the steamer
Natchez, plying between New Orleans
and Vicksburg, hss been granted a
master's license, after undergoing a
rigid examination before Captain
O'Brien, Supervising Inspector of
Steam Vessels, and Baker and Young
blood, local inspectors. Mrs. Leath
ers has passed the greater part of hor
married life afloat, and, as her hus
band is often detained ashore, she con
cluded that by mastering navigation
sho oould relieve him of the expense
of employing a substitute. New York
Rcoorder.
BtTTOWS HSR HOBBY.
Mrs. Mary E. Harris, of Roxbury,
Mass., has had for thirty year the
hobby of collecting buttons, until now
her collection numbers 12,000 differ
ent kinds. Thirty years ago she made
a wsger that thore were more than 099
different kinds of buttons ; she reaohed
the thousand mark inside of a year.
but onoo started in the fascination of
"collecting" her pursuit was kept up.
Mrs. Harris has aome interesting but.
tons in her collection. One was worn
by a soldier in Napoleon's army ; an.
other by a soldier in Washington's
there are buttons from the uniforms
of half a dozen European armies, as
well as thoso from South Amerioan re
publics, the confederate army and the
uniforms furnished by different states
during the civil war. Atlanta Con
stitution.
THE DUCOVRAOINO HAND MIRROR.
Nothing on the toilet table has done
more harm to beauty than tho ubiquit
ous little hand glass. The young girl
knows nothing about freckles until
somebody makes her a present of
hand mirror. One blemish reveals
another, ignorances magnifies the de
feet', and then nnhappiness begins
Quack medioines are resorted to and
alleged remedies tried that are usually
exponsive and either worthless or
dangerous. The vain little woman
goes on studying hor glass and losing
contentment Gray hairs and wrinkles
come long before their time ; her tern
per loses its sweetness ; she gets round
shouldered from constantly scrutiniz
iug hersolf, and at the very time that
she should be sweet and amiable and
serene she is a screwed up, squint
eyed, sour old woman. A toilot mir
ror is the very worst present that i
plain girl could recoivo. New York
World.
A WOMAN NATURALIZED.
The unusual spectacle of a woman
being made a naturalized citizen of
the United States was presented in
Judge Hutchin's court in Cleveland
reoently, when Mrs. S. Louise Patti.
sou took the oath of allegiance to sup.
port the constitution of the United
States. Not many weeks ago tho gen
eral assembly passed an act permittiug
Ohio women to vote iu elections for
school officials. Desiring to tako ad
vantage of the provision, Mrs. Patti
son found it necessary to be natural
ized, inasmuch as she had been born
abroad ; but having come to thote
shores before her 18th year, she had
ouly to take out one sot of papers,
and may now vote at any elootion
whon school offioials are to be chosen
She is the first woman to be natural.
ized in Ohio, and possibly in the
United States. Sho was born in Wey.
acb, Switzerland, on February 14,
1853, and came to this country when
only 14 years old. She is a business
woman, supporting hersolf by work as
a stenographer, especially in and
about the courts. Everybody ac
knowledgos her to be a brilliaut wo.
man, and she is universally respeoted.
New York Times.
LONOBVITX OF rXMALKS.
The Medioal Uooord says woman
has the advantago of man as regards
longevity ; she suffers less from aeci
douU, injuries and many forms of dis.
ease; she is, in fact more tenacious
than man of the limited enjoymonts
allowed hor. Dr. Brandreth Symonds
has oolleotod and studied a large num.
ber of statistic to illustrate this inter
esting fact, (Amerioan Journal of the
mortality of the sexos at diffeteut ago
shown that In tho first year of life the
mortality of tho female is much less
than that of the male, 1cing at birth
92.64 per 1,000 as against 112.80 and
at the end of tho year 81.87 as against
35.08. This difference continues up
to the fourth year. From 5 to 12 tho
female mortality is greater than that
of the male, being at the latter period
8 Crt for males and 4-28 for females.
At the age of 46 the male mortality
equals that of the female, the 1st er
having been up to this time slightly in
excess. During the years 46 to CO, the
period of the climacteric, the male
mortality gain rapidly on the female,
being 6.32 per annum for the one and
only 8.47 for the other. Hence the
climacteric is really a much more se
rious time for man than for woman.
After 66 the female mortality gains on
that of the male, but is always slightly
below it. Woman has not only a lesa
mortality, but a greater longevity than
man. There is, also, a plurality of
female births.
FASHION NOTKS.
The toque is to be one of the favor
ites of tho coming season.
Jet birds having wing of oelluoid
scale or pailettea are very Frenohy.
Small bird effects are preferred,
whether they are quiet in oolor or
brilliantly cheerful.
A rain-proof velvet will prove an
excellent trimming for an everyday ot
"hack" hat or bonnet
Very large spreading bows of five-
inch ribbon or pieoe velvet will orna
ment the fall headgear.
A touch of magenta or cherry in
blaok, brown or green hats will be
quite the correct finish.
Haircloth and alpaca skirts, made
with three ruffles up the back aud a
steel in the bottom, are prophetio of
a criioline scare.
Moire ribbons in delicate colors and
chine patterns are in use for trimming
blaok dresses and giving a touch of
color to white orepon gowns.
The newest waistcoats for wearing
with open coats are made of brown
holland, thickly embroidored down
the front with fawn color and white
flax threads.
An exoollout black dogskin glove,
with fonr buttons, is made of the same
skin as the tan driving gloves, which
are said to last two years. In light
gloves the specialty is the cinder-colored
glove, plain or with black stitch
ing. Tho newest parasols are in moire,
with either jet or cream guipure car
ried up each rib and a vandyked pat
torn between eaob. Also thoso com
posed of crimped chiffon, with guip
ure trimmings. These are made up
to match special costumes.
The newest thing out in straw hast
for women are the Panama hats, never
before worn except by mon. Tho
straw ia left in the natural tint, which,
is yellow, with a tinge of brown, and
the same straw dyed black is used in
some pretty hats as a lining.
The newest vests are of thick ribbed
cloth in fawn or bright tan shades,
made with extremely large lapels,
showing a considerable amount of
shirt, usually accompanied by a tie,
and the double breast fitted with very
large buttons of fanoy bone or smoked
pearl
All the boat dressed women are
wearing white petticoats of tho most
elaborate detail, flounced with luce
trimmed with insertion and with rib
bon. Komo of thorn boast accordoon
plaited frills, others havo innumera
ble headings run through with differ
ent colored ribbons.
Sots of three gold and silver butter
flies infilagree, with some decided
color shading in tho center, are sold
for the waist, the top of the shoulders
and the hair. There are some of the
most fairylike flowers, such as piuk
mimosa and the tamarisk, mado in the
same filagree thread to be used for the
same purpose.
Tho newest guipure laoe has a renais
sance dosign with a not groundwork,
the patterns often copied from ths
finest Spanish and Italian designs;
but, beside this, a great deal of
ooarse, thick-patterned guipure ia in
troduced on to dressos and mantles,
and is fashioned into taporiug battle
ments aud deep Vandykes, so that they
are introduced between plaits of tho
material. Insertions of all kinds are
placed horizontally aud perpendicu
larly on the mantlos.
Chiffon is the favorite trimming and
doooratos tho throats of all the fash
ionable cloaks. No oostumo is com
plete without its rutHo. Thoy sot out
round the back of tho neck, but sep
arate iu front, leaving a apaoe about
three inohos under the chin, aud they
terminate with a plated end on either
side, whioh hang to the bust.