It ill figured out thnt tho pooplo of England spend 3700,000 n mov Maine unanimously suggests "I'ir gcon ami sardines as suitablo Articles of diet, now that boot's so high. Tho American catfish linn been planted iu tho streams of Belgium nml flourishes tlmro, to tho delight of tho fishermen. It in regarded ns n supo rior food lish. Her. Dr. Armory II. Bradford, tho well known clergyman and writer, nys his cxporionoo ns n preacher in vnrious colleges lends him to lielicvo that thero is more skepticism among college women than nmoiig college men, Buyers nnd distributors says thnt ft largo proportion of tho public of this Continent lmvooiily recently begun to he consumers of ennned salmon, n result sscribod by tho Now York Hun, to tlio recent innovation of packing perfect steaks of tho fish in oval cnu. This country is n nation of workers, exclaims tho New York Mail and Ex press. Over forty-eight per cent of sll Americans over ten yours old nro employe!. The total is 22,7:).",(nl. This is a big industrial army. Tho pcrcontago of workers will bo groator after 1800. In Chicago was built tho first groat elevators, boasts tho Times-Herald. Beforo the grain olovntor era handling sf grain was excessively costly. Sufo nd cheap Btorago not only lowered tho prico of bread, but trnnrpiilizod tho commercial world by furnishing exact knowledge as to the quantity of gnjin on hand. Tho Baptist geuernl missionary in tho northwest says its hard to get min isters to stay there, they got so lono lomo. It is interesting to note, says the Now Y'ork Becorder,that tho samo difficulty was found iu New York iu tho early years of tho century, when that state was tho "far-West" of New England, Professor Wiley says that "ono of the grandest discoveries of modern iciencu" is the agency of microbes in enabling plants to absorb from tho air the nitrogen, which is tho chief factor sf thoir growth. The theory was first inggostcd by Pasteur, nnd it is thought to be fully confirmed by tho research 's of independent investigators. If it .iocs not deceive expoctatiou it will completely revolutionize agricul ture. To incrcaso the growth of plants it will be nocessary to feod thoir roots with watercontaiuing the proper microbes. By no means the least interesting items of news from London, maintains the New York Tribune, is that tho carriage roads of Hyde Park havo at last been opened to bicycle, riders, at least until 10 o'clock in the morning. This will be a great boon to ciorks and others who must do their riding be fore before business hours, if at all (t is shrewdly suspected, hovever, that fashionable fcociety is really most interested in tho matter.aud that Lord This and Lady That will be seen wheeling about the Park. Royalty itself has set tho fashion, and its loyal devotees must follow it. The Washington Star ctaervos, Sarcasm and reproof havo boc a hurled st the kodak fiend. Professional hnmorists have depicted hi as doing all sorts of absurd and annoying thing until eve'n the unirioiesto.l citi zen has come to regard the amnteur photogrnpher ns nn unmitigated nui sauce. But tvvu sis 'ho despised mother-in-law is goucrully much but ter than she appeuis to be in the comic papers, so i. the amatour photo grapher superior to such portraits of hint ns have compelled Iniighter. It is entirely reasonable to insist that tho Amateur is responsible for tho tremen dous advances made during recent years in the art of photography. Tuk ing up the camera first as a toy, many of the brightest of Americans have become in terested in improving the mechanism of that remarkable instrument, and so well have they snoooede d th it we now have cameras capnblu of doing about everything thai a oameru could be ex peoteJ to do. Scientists, who, hud photography reiuuiued iu the htuds of the purely professional, would never Lave become interested in the won derful art, found themselves deeply conperned soon aftor becoming pus aessorsof the niiglo boxes, and as a result pUotographio methods have bounded fur.ward so thut they are now quite abreast with the times and ' far ahead of where they would have been bad matters remained entirely in the hands of those whose interest in photo grapby was of the purely commercial In nun nr Sim do, t fair boat lightly seeks tliosn, . Whoso witters tilim nrn created whlti Tho filling anils In buoyant k'"" Aro hearing forth Into tlio light. And llko nn muiel's wings are forlgh From overy enrth-stnln free. Another tnck, nml, turned nwny, Tlio white snlK sbrolowixl, nro but dnrbi Ho it' "I dewls look llko III tlio iliiy Tlmt Mlo slimier sot their nmrlt Upon n life's fulr sailing Imrk, IIi'Killms n cloi, nt piny. Hut ilnn I r .ira like 'lunlows, n'l, Tln-y shift, or p.il and 'Hi'! 'Nonth ruilott lilntnn wo lie 'J not .ill, l iion wo ii lulu 1 1 lit 1 1 y tlm sky. Anil Unlit lioforn tho storm wlmls fly At only iluty's cull. litis Km itu, iu Independent BRADSHAW'S RUSE. I.Y ALICE ive Bmddinw was jealous. Thero was no denying it. lint what can you ex pect of a man who is very much in love, or at loust thinks ho in? Tho mother of his charmer approved of him and luul promised n friendly alliance, but tho chnruier herself re mained neutral, which, you must ad mit, looked doubtful for tho alliance, and especially for Bradshaw. Ho was n well-meaning, well-conducted, industrious young man, who by strict attention to business had be come tho cotifld 'iitinl clerk of Mr. Joseph W. Burphy, wholesale dealer in ten, cotToo, spices, etc., a liberal discount to tho trade, etc. "But I toll you I don't euro for him," Miss Vera White spoke decid edly and looked straight into her mother's eyes. "He's a young man of suoh nice, steady habits," remonstrated tho mother." "So nm I," retorted tho daughter. ".Seems to mo it's a thing to bo iu earnest about. I should suy ho ought to be." "But my dear, you let him come here." "It's you who let him." "But you talk w ith him and go out with him. I don't thiuk you disliko Mr. Britddiaw." "No, I don't." "You'll throw over a man who'll make you a good husband nml take up with nomo dashing, showy spendthrift yet" "But, my dearest mother, the apjndthrift hain't even appeared to ask to bo taken up. So what's tho use of borrowing trouble? I don't waut to get married anyway. I should have to fall in love first, you know. And, as I've got all that to go through with there's plenty of time." "But, you know, dear, since the reduction iu tho rates of interest our iucomo has grown so small I can scarcely uiuko both ends tuoet. You need more than when you were little, and and I don't kuow what to do. I hate to put a mortgage on the house." "Oh you mustn't do that! I will get some work to do. It was truo thero was very little to live upon. Mrs. White had been a widow for ten years. Vera was her only child, and at l'J was as unsophis ticated iu the ways of the world as many girls aro at 12. It was settled she should learn typo- writiug. After she had mastered it tho next thing was to find something to do. Hero Mr. Bradshaw came to the rescue and got her a place in Mr. Burphy's private office. Of course he didn't want thorn to loss the homo ho had had his eye on it for some time. His desk was iu Mr. Burphy's office id it was au admirable arrangement. "You know," he said to the widow, "they cull Mr. Burphy n crank. To be sure ho is an old bachelor uud hus stack so closely to business all his life thut it has mudo him a little gruff ami peculiar. But if any one could bo with him as I have been and could see tho real tendonites underneath, tho good he does in a quiet way, and the strict, fiue integrity of tho man, they'd kuow, as I do, that he's ono in tou thousand. Oh, I'll look after Miss Vera ; she'll be all right, I assure you. So Vera went to work. Tlio next duy after she begun she made some mistake in a dictation, and Mr. Burphy spoke sharply to her. The tours rushed to her eyes, but she choked them back and said quietly : 'I shull try faithfully to do what you wish. If I make too many mis takes and don't suit, you have only to sejid me away." There was something in the inde pendence of the answer that caused him to thiuk twice ubout her. He studied her furtively uud found the study interesting. She attended strictly to business and he suw that aha wua intelligent and reliable. After a time Mr. Bradshaw made an unpleasant discovery. He believed Miss Vera was in love with her em ployer. The signs were to him un mistakable. It was horo that ho be came jealous. Besides his own feelings in tho mat tor ho felt that ho must save a young innocent girl from wrecking her Imp pinoss on a man, who, he believed cared no moro for hur than tho ledger on his desk. Ho he resolved on a bold step. Ho went to Mr. Burphy and told him ho hnd reason to believe Miss White was iu lovo with him, au 1 for her snko something ought to bo done to euro tho infatuation. Mr. Burphy looked positively stunned, but ho agreed to do his best iu any plan Mr. Bradshaw might sug gest. "Siipposo you dictato a letter to a young woman showing your admira tion, etc. How would that do?" "Kxcelloiit excellent I" cried Mr. Burphy. Accordingly, tho next day, after Miss While tjok her dictations, her employer iu a rather embarrassed manner gave her this: "My dear Miss (you can leave tho natno blank) Will you nsk your mother if I may havo tho privilege of calling at your home? I am auxiously nwuiliug your reply. Faithfully yours, JoSKIMI W. BflllMIV." Somehow thero wero so mauy mis takes iu tho letter sho had to mnkotho second draft, and that wily old bach elor actually saw her fingers tremble. 'I will address it myself," he said, taking it from her. "Beautiful 1" chuckled Brndshnw to himself, seeing how finely his Ift'l worked. Tho next day tlio l o was another let ter to bo written to tho samo woman. "I lovo you," it saiil "I want to mnko you my wife. If you enro for mo, say that I may como to your hottso to-morrow evening." This timo tho typewriter inado worso mistakes than beforo, and complained of feeling ill, nnd asked to go homo a little beforo tho timo. As sho rose to put on her wraps Mr. Burphy sont Bradshaw out of tho room for something. "Will you pleaso mail theso letters for mo?" ho said, handing her two. "Aud and I wish you'd soo if I'vo addressed them right." Sho looked at them, then at him iu a dazed way. "Why, they're addressed to me!" "Yes," said Burphy shortly. "Num bcr right? Please open them nnd see, too, if tho contents aro correct?" "Good heavens! Wus it a dismis sal?" Sho opened tho envelopes with trembling finger and a faint heart "Why, Mr. Burphy," sho euid, it's a mistake. Those are the letters wrote to that lady." "No mistake ut all. Quito corroct," replied that businesslike individual very brusquely. "Will you havo tho kindness to givo mo my answer?" "You may come tomorrw evening," sho said, and ran out of tho office. "How did it work?" asked Mr. Bradshaw when he camo back. "I'm afraid not just as you cx pectod," replied tho proprietor, with his back to him. Bradshaw thought so when ho got tho wedding curds. Now Y'ork Adver tiser, Africa Needs Hallways, Tho Puris Figaro publishes nn no couut of nn interview which its how don correspondent has had with Mr. H. M. Stanley on tho subject of Afii can colonization. Mr. Stanley is represented to have said iu tho courso of tho interview : "The future of Africa belongs to those who shull tho soonent and tho quickest net on tho simple truth that what is wanted is mil ways to bring travelers buck iu three- days from the Western Soudan toAlgeriu. Tho con struction of such railways would not cost more thuu $0,000 per kilometer, and with bo mo Tirailleurs as an ad vance guard tho Tuaregs would leave tho working parties alone. When you have 1,200 miles of nuvigablo water way on the Niger thut is to say, almost tho entire comiuerco of thut great river then you will have ivory, copal, skins, gold, iudin rubber, eto. There is indeed, as great a wealth of resources in Africa as iu France, as has been proved by the results obtaiued siuoe 1825 by the English in the South, where gcL', diamonds, and the rest today bnug England in 2,000,000 a yeor. "Why," Mr. Stanley is roportod to have continued, "has France still done nothing with the Niger,althougb you have many French explorers in its vicinity? The French are very good explorers, aud thauks to thorn, you kuow perfeotly the topography of tho country. But how mauy years will it be before you . kuow what there is underneath? Surely there is gold, surely there is uoul, peruana diamuudj. but they have to bo sought for. To day tho French may dinpino tho Sou dan, but tho Soudan is fur them the moans of arriving nt tho Niger basin, which is a marvelous garden provided with a very luxuriant vget'ition, and filled with charming spots waterod by countless tributaries, which will pour into the gront rivor which is yours tho Immense wealth of their batiks." In conclusion Mr. Stanley is ro portod to hnvo suld: "Tho French nro still engaged in the policy of an nexation. Explorers nro always oa tho move, but the timo has now coma to sot to work. You havo established a military station nt Timbuctoo, but that is au isolated post connected with no point of tho French colony. Tho river is waiting for tho steamboat, and tho country for its railway. Without them all these conquests of yours will remain barren." An Irish Mud Cabin, It consists of two rooms and possi bly n small semi-detnehed outhouso which is used ns a storo-room for per ishnblo nrticlcs. Thero in not a chink in tho wnlln or thatch save n narrow chimney, w hich seldom if over answers its pui pose ; tlio doorway fnocs tho cast and emits tho smoko. What littlo light penetrates iusido through tho tiny window discloses tho deep choco late stain from the ctorunl turf-reck which pervades tho atmosphcro of tho interior, and literally paints walls, roof nnd furniture a uniform color. Tho furniture is rough and also scanty, a few stools atoning for tho occasional complete absence of chairs. Tho mud floor is always moro or less wot from tho patter of tho chil dren's baro feet or from tho animals which have froo access to tho house. At night thero is a goodly company within tho walls of this spacious mansion. Iu tho iusido room thero aro two or throo box beds or berths, whero tho children sleep, nc'ording to their ago aud sex; from niuo to twelvo is not an uncommon number iu a family. Iu tho statu berth iu tho culliogh, or ro cess nt tho side of tho hearth, tho father nnd mother repose unscreenod from tho live stock of tho fnrm, nnd brcntho tho snmo atmosphere as some eight quadrupeds beside tho poultry Pigs, cattle, dogs, cats, aud probably a horso or donkey, havo their bed space, respectively, and jealously ro- sent any encroachment by a bedfellow. Astonishing as it may appear, thero nro hardly any disagreeable odors, Tho overpowering sinell of tho pent smoko evidently acts as a complete disinfectant, aud fortunately it is iu noxious to tho inhabitants of tho hovel. Equally astonishing is tho fact that tho wholo community nro iu com pnrutive harmony, and eveu tho babies rarely cry. Thero is plenty of occu pation for all tho family who nro able nnd willing to work, the mother doing little clso but nurse the youngest in fuut. Coruhill Magaziue. His New Straw II. t. Tho friends of Billy Mcllulo, who is popular with tho bunkers and bro kcrs along Third stroot, aro having n quiet laugh at that young man's ex penso. Ono of Mcllalo's frieuds, while passing a hat store during one of lust week's sizzling hot days, no ticcd him iusido negotiating for tho purchaso of a straw hat. Now, Billy is particularly tidy iu his dross, uu liko most peoplo possessing that char actoristic, is somewhat sensitive re garding adverse criticism. Knowing this, tho waggish friend determined to play a practical toko. Despite tho broiling hot sun tho joker visited twenty or thirty of Billy's frieuds iu dill'ereut parts of the city and re latod tho fact of tho purchase of tho hut. Ho then arranged to huv Mcllulo at n certain resort that eveu ing, aud instructed all tho friends t drop iu ono nt n time, nnd remark iu au off-hand way : "That's a uico ha you'vo got, Billy, but it's too old fo you, Thut shape wus intended for man CO years old. Billy started iu to explain to tho first six or eight friends; that he was tired of flippant straw huts, as they made one look so giddy ; theu he swore ut tho salesmau, but liunlly, when twouty-ttve friend) had criticized the new headpiece, Billy grew furious and teariug the ' unlucky hat from his head, he dashed it to the floor, uud with a wild yell jumped upon it "There 'a the hat, take it, keep it, and you can ull go to thun der I' Tho next day Billy appourod iu his old hut Philadelphia Uucord. Tliry Como High. Sho (poutiugly) Before wo wore married you used to bring 'mo candy every time you came. He briskly Yes, my, doar, and it exist a good deal loss than the meat and potatoes I briug.you now. New York Weekly. 1AIUES' DEPARTMENT, BENEFITS OP DICtOMNrt. A Froneh physician who has writ ten approvingly and At some length on bicycling for women believes that tho training it given to hand nnd eye nnd muscles will make women walk bettor and enrry themselves moro grnccfully nnd freely thnn thoy do. Ho lias noticed t lint while a few women walk well nnd proservo n satis factory bilniico, tho effect is ruined by their indecision and uncertainty of movement at street crossings. Other weaknesses that nro very prevalent among women in middle lifo aro obesity and shortness of breath, nml thono ho belioves, nro to be overcome by riding tho wheel. New York Post. CAPES FOR HtMMF.n. Tho Intent enpes for summer wonr nro triumphs of color nnd decoration. Ono example is made of glnco silk, that with threo colors to it has a cha meleon effect. It is slashed to tho neck nt intervals all tho way round nnd cream guipuro is inserted iu the openings. While tho whole isspnnglod with small black sequins nnd lined with white silk, a special model for young ladies is a short, full black satin enpo entirely covered with crenm guipuro Kpniigled with paillettes and finished at tho neck with a black chiffon ruche. Another novelty in black satin has a narrow yoke of green volvet, and tho satin is cut iu a deep poitit at tho back, on tho idiotildcrs, with two points iu front aud covered with spangles to mutch tho volvet New York Sun. OUAtNT IlEConATIONto IS FAS Quaint decorations on fans promiso to bo popular this season. Among these nro noticod a fun lent bonring various scenes descriptive of tho joys nnd sorrows of apple stealing. On tho pauacho is shown the soqnel. Through the gilded bars of tho prison window peers forth tho wocbogono visage of tho culprit This is cluvor- ly carved iu ivory, in high relief and shows well on tho ebony ground. Lovoly funs of bronze guuzo, with black gauze, aro introduced largely, The dainty French scrolls outliuo tho termor. On the latter ere painted most delicately water lilies, dragon flies and water plants. Tho centra subject is entirely carried out iu graduated shades of brown on a cream and brown background, the attitudes of tho figures nro graceful and the distance is cleverly given. Quito as artistic as the leaf aro tho sticks, tho gilding being slight relief. Bulrushes, butterflies and foilngo ornament tho pouches. New York Telegram. WHAT KEEPS WOMES YOUNfl. A woman is happy just in propor tion as she is content. The sun has a way of chauging tho spots upon which it shines. Especially is this truo of our laud, whero one is up to-day nnd down to-morrow, uud vice versa. Tho wisest woman is sho who trusts in to-morrow, but nover looks for it. To sit dowu and wish that this might bo, that that would ba different, dots a woman no good. It docs her hurm in that it makes her dissatisfied with horself, unpleasant to her frieuds, and makes her old beforo her timo. Hup piness is not always iuoroused in pro portion to enlarge success. This may sound like an old saw, and I think it is, but there is a world of wisdom in many an old proverb just tho same, Contentment is a wonderful thing to cultivate Thero would bo fewer pre maturely old women iu the world if it wero giveu moro of a trial and it bo came a moro universal quality in womanhood. Ladies' Every S.itur duy. DOLLARS OS THE OARCIAIN' t'Ol'STEI!. It hus long been considered a fore gone conclusion thnt two things, at leust money and postage stamps cannot be purchased iu retail quanti ties under their face value. A Chi- ongo business house, however, has proved how fallacious this theory is as regards money. The other day it sold silver dollars at ninety eeuts a piece aud five-dollar gold pieces at $4.73 ouch. The primary object o this bargain sale was not to get busi ness away from Undo Sum's Sub Treasury across the street, but to prove to the solous at Springfield that thiuga can be sold below coat, and that uo law can prevent such action It wus the twentieth anniversary o the store, and to commemorate th event money was put ou aalo at diaoouut The cashier of the store made on an average five sales a minut from 0 o'olook in the morning till o'clock iu the eveuing, and over 873, 000 was discounted. The hungry crowd of bargan huntera was uot tow ' to take advantage, ut the offer. The rule of tho gnmo prohibited soiling oro than one gold piece or silver ollnr to ono person, but there wore nny "ringers," who, after receiving their bright uew piece of money, took tho foot of the long lino ngniu and lowly moved forward to tho dosk. ho snle lnsted ouly one day. 1'hila- olphin Press. wome FLnniftT. A young woman who is a sucorsful irist jn London hus mndo her fame riiicipiilly through her wedding- louquets. Sho does not favor the hower-botiquot so popular with us, as she says that it is rnroly hoM grnoe- illy, tho ouly way to hold it being lose to the gowu below tho waist, ml to hold it in this one plnco con tinuity becomes awkward and mouo- otious. hhe, hownvor, favors flowers ooscly nrrnnged, aud tins a grcnt lik- tig for Using black volvet ribbons to iud flowers of cithnr ony or pnlo ties; finding it moro effectivo than ribbons of tho same tint as tho flowers. At tho recent fnshiounble wedding, for which this young woman furnished tho bouquets, thoso for tho brides mnids were Catharine Mcrmot roses, shaded brown foliage, nnd asparagus ferns tiod with moss-greon velvet rib- ion: that for the brido was of tube roses, cuchuris, aud orchids, a oombi nation that would seem to our florists u very bad taste, because of the asso- intiou of tho tuberose with the funer als of youn? children, and also be cause of its powerful odor. Cherry geraniums with black rib bons for bridesmaid's bouquets com mend themselves to the eye, as do field daisies nnd Brasses in loose uinches, with floating bow and ends of black velvet ribbon. Tho American liking for wedding flowers, however, is quite different, and ono flower only is often chosen or bridesmaids aud house decoration, even tho brido, though her bouquet is of rarer blossoms, carrying out a color scheme; thus thero aro green nnd white weddings, in which the maids carry lilies of tho valley, with their folingo, which is itsolf like greea ibbons, aud the brido has whito roses; or if it is a pink wedding, the bride's flowers are of palest blush-roses, while tho maids carry those deeper in hue. Sweetpcas oro suitaldo nnd beautiful for a country wedding in June. Itibbons, wherever used, should not bo so wide nor used in such quantities as to obscure the flowers. Thoy must appear to be necessity, not an ornament New York Post FASHION NOTES. Somo of the new crcpons show changeable effects. Novel French crcped silks ara printed iu chino doviccs. Funcy dress buttons match Dres den designs in silk aud sutiu ribbons. Many of tho new silk waists have entire fronts of guipure or point de Oeue lace. Undressed-kid gloves of pale cameo pink are worn with eveniug toilets of cream or pale rose-color. Box-plontod waists of light-colored Liberty satin nro fashionably worn with full gored skirts of white serge ' or crepou. Pure nndyed silk with a weave re sembling canvas aud rather coarse in texture is culled Arabian silk. It is nsed for tailor suits for morning and travelling wear. Dimities, organdies, lawns, and light silks aro more tempting just now thnn any sort of cloth, and lovoly gowns of these delicute fabrics are mmle in most instances without lining, and worn over silk putticots. Black aud white striped taffetas, or gandies aud swivel silks will be much woru this season, and they make ex tremely stylish gowns, combinod with a trimming of bright satin or velvet to give the dress a touch of color. Melton cloth of the finest quality is used by fashionable tailors instead of covert suiting for costumes and jackets for cool day at the seaside or iu the mountains. Alpucaand En glish mohair are likewise extremely popular. Costumes of pure white, from the) plain crepon or silk purasol to the tip of the shoes, will be one of the pre vailing fsehions in summer dress, and they will be worn morning, uoou, and night, in all the varying graced of elegance. Yokes, revers, tailor collars, and bauds of satin of velvot ribbon edged or oovercd with jet are favorite modes of decorating silk or light wool dresses. The bands extend from belt to neck, and three in front and three at the back are the uaual number. When used over a contrasting color they are very effective, making ahf waist look lunger.
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