One dolliir a log is what a Boston firm pays tho Nirnrngnnn government for nil inkon from tho mahogany for ests nad shipped to thin country. A man will din for want of nir in five minutes, for wnnt of sloop iu ton days, for wnnt of witter iu a week nnd for want of food nt vnrying peri ods, dependent on circumstances. Six secretaries of Mate hnvo been rievatcd to tin) proidoncy. No otlior ('nl)iiint position linn grnditntcd n president, although Monroo wits Sec retary of tlio Treasury ns well its Sec Jretnrjr of state. Tlio Osngo tribo of Indinns now number only 1500 pooplc, nnd yet thoy hnvo f?!,000,000 invested in rov eminent bond. Evideutly the lied Man tins tiikeit on civilization iu this particular instance. It lias been snid thnt if the sen dried np tho routes of tlio vnriotis Atlantic liners between this country nnd Europe could bo dourly traced by tho innu mornblo empty chnmpngno bottles utrcwn along tho oceau'a bod. Tlio Cbicngo pension office, which pays pousioners in five States, reports nu increase of .105 pensioners lust yenr, but n fulling oft' of 81,000,000 iu tho nmonnt pnid. Among tho now pensioners nro six widows of soldiers who nerved in tho Indinn wars sixty years ngo, nnd ten widows of Mexican war voternns. Young wives of old soldiers extend greatly tho limits of jmynients. Tho Chicago Timberman estimate thnt tlio ngrioultiirnl implement manu facturers in tho Vnitnd States uso a total of 1,41H,2!I3,750 feet of lumber minnully, of which whito pino, princi pally low grndo stock for packing purpoHos, furnishes twenty per cent., nsb tiiuotcen per cunt., ouk nine per rent., yellow pine eight per cont., cotton wood eight per cent, poplar eight per cont., hickory seven per cent., mnplo seven per cent., elm, very largely rook elm, four per cent., and basswood ono per cent. A singular c fleet of nomenclature upon commerce tins been poiuted out by nn English chemist. Nitrate of soda, an imported fcrtili.T, is much nscd by the farmers of (treat Britain, Vthila snlphnte of nmtnonia, a home product nt about the same price, is strangely neglected. Tho suggested explanation is that the name of the former chemical carries with it the idea of nitrogen. As sulphate of am monia really contaius twenty-flve per cent, more nitrogen, it is proposed to change its trade name to "nitrogen ous sulphate." The Atlanta Journal has been glonn ing some facts which are worthy of mention ns an offset to pessimistic views regarding tho economic future of the colored race. It appears thnt the colored people in Gaorgia pay taxes upon 815,000,000 worth of prop erty in the state, and upon nearly million dollars' worth in Atlanta itself. In Fulton County alone, out eido the city limits, the colored peo ple own 1221 acres of land worth 114,185. It is appareut from such figures ns those that many of the col ored people are possessed of grit and go. Quite a queer oase of lese mnjaste.or high treason, was that of Adolf Ham burger, in Asohaffenburg, Prussia. Dur ing a discussion in the tuilor-shopof his father be made a rude remark about crazy King Otto. One of those pres ent was a deaf and dumb workman, who, of course, had not board this remark, but who, noticing the look of consternation on the faces of the others, bad it transcribed to hint on a piece of paper. Several year passed and nothing came of it, until one day the deaf mute quarrelled with the ion of his employer, and then went aud denounced bira. The court sent tho young man to jail for six mouths. Let me ask, says Andrew Car negie, the rich iron fouodor, in a re cent address, tinder what conditions does the employer of labor make profits and become prosperous? Only when labor is prosperous, is his reply, and in great demand; when wages are the bigheat, and when the demand for byproducts are the greatest. Then, and then only, is the employer pros perous. On the other band, when labor ia not fully; employed and can be obtuined for the lowest wages; when there is little demand for hi prodnctN,tben the employer can never be prosperous. In most case be ninst not only make profits, but be must aee bia capital impaired month after month, be cannot gain, be must lose. Before the employer oan be prosper ous, prosperity must exist throughout the loud. ' Hnng of a (Jnlilcn Carl. ftny A little, golden curls twinkling eyes Stay a little, golden curls brightening eyes of blue i ofbhwi fltny nml sec tho violets, for they nro kin to Tho violets nro listening for the lovely stops you: of yoiij Linger where tlio frollo winds nrotind tho The wlilto rose Mils yon welcome, tho red Barren" race, rose calls you sweet: Cheeks like lovely mirrors wlicro tho rod Anil the daisies spread a carpet for the tall- rose seeks Its face, "Hweet- sweet !" All the birds nro sltiirlngi 'Hweet - sweet !" 1 lie hlnss.mi-bolls are ringing; Kisses from the rei! rose Kisses from the white, Kllim von gnud morning. Ami kissing you Rood night! A Mountain Rose. "I reckon it's truo that there is nt least one ronianoa in overy life. From personal knowledge I can only cito my own ense, but I'll ventiiro thnt there was never a good, strong story written that did not llud its inspiration in truth." Tho nuthor of this oracular deliver nnca sit with his children nnd his grandchildren on ono of thoso great, vino-shaded vorond is that belong to every protontioits country homo iu Tenuossoe. Ha wits a giant Blowly going down under tho weight of years, yot to live in tho past was to recall some of its vigor. Now his ryes brightened, his form straightened, his lnond shoulders went back nnd bis voico wns without n quiver. 'You look tho picture of bur," ho said to tho littlo tot on his kuoo ns ho stroked her curls. Then it took n re quest for tho story to recall the old man from his dearest memory. "Iu those days," ha began, "thero was inoro family pride thnii thero is now. Perhaps I should say that family prejudices wero stronger. Wo had u caste as well defined ns that iu Iudin. For ouo to marry in a 'lower' class was social suicide, nud my folks, being of the so-called aristocracy, were among the stalwarts of the stalwart in upholding this intolerant creed, I bocamu something of it heretic while completing my education, but it takes time nud experience to get rid of u strong hereditary bias. "Wo wero fairly well ofT for those times, but I had nu ambition to do something more thau cumber tho world as a mere consumer. This in clination rather troubled tho family, but after numerous consultations it was reluctantly admitted that I might superintend the development of some coal nnd iron interests that we had iu a mountainous section of the state, and still maintain my social prestige. "I went at the enterprise in earnest, bringing a lot of niou from Pennsyl vania that understood tho work aud founding a primitive village of log cabins in a region ns desolate as auy encountered by the original pioneers. The miners bad thoir families with tuera aud all supplies had to be brought fifty miles through the moun tain roads. The foreman was a big benrted but shrewd and fearless Hcotcb-Irishrnnn who wns just to the men aud loyal to my iuterests. His borne wss looked after by a daughter who bad lost her mother years be fore. The men used to call ber the Mountain Rose, for she bad all its delicate oolorings and was just as fresh and dainty aud graceful. Though strong and litbo because of the manner of hor life, she looked the patrician from head to foot and had an innate refinement of cbaraoter that no culture oan supply. Her voice was musical and, to me, hor simple songs were more charming than the usual efforts of a prima donna. Her educa tion was of her own acquiring and was strangely out of the conventioual linos. Her knowlodge in some direc tions only surprised you less than her tact in acquiring iuformation in others. But I would never tiro of talking of her. "After onr rough colony bad bo some settled and was progressing fine ly, undesirable characters were at tracted to the vioiuity. Some men put up a shanty just off my laud and atocked it with mountain daw. Num erous rongb looking characters came there for the ostensible, -purpose of bunting and fishing,, pitching their tenta in our vicinity. I beard stories of gambling aud the men were not as regular at thoir work as they were be fore these interruptions. Bosser, the foreman, wanted to adopt heroio measures for getting rid of these pests, tint 1 saw no way but to wait for some breach of the law and then secure the intervention of (ho author ities, f "Our poy day osme every two weeks and I brought the mouey from the neurest bank, in a town some dis tance away, Having two goou men go with me as guard. On one occasion, flittle. the foreman e daughter, met Inn 'f '"nr feet. 'Hwoet sweet ! " All the hints are ulnglng; "Hweet sweet !" The blossom-hell are ringing) Kisses from the reil rose Klses from tlio while, Kts.slntr you rooiI ninrrilna, Ami kissing you good night ! KrnnU I.. Htanton. us ten miles from tho settlement, guid ing us in n circuitous route, for sho had learned through a wild young girl nt the drinking deu that thero was n plot to waylay mid rob ns. Nottio had promptly pushed her way through tho dangers .of the mountain paths to warn us, fearing that delay iu secur ing some other messenger might bo fatal to us nud nt the sittno tiuio en danger her informant. On tho way in I learned more of the girl nnd her life than I hud ever known nnd nhenroused that interest which is so likely to eventuate in love. "It was a month later beforo wo wero freed from n snow blockade and the next time I went to tho b ink it wns for doulilo the UHiial uinoiint. I took mora men nnd wo returned with out accident. Even this did not givo mo the pleasure afford I by tho joy ous welcome of the girl who hud so evidently b.-eu in ilreitd while 1 was gone. "It was just coming dark when I tossed tho canvas bag containing tho money to tlio foreman, for ho was tho custodian nud would pay off lit the noon hour tho next day. I never felt nfrnid when he was on guard. That night tho storm was upon us ngain, and with it view to making soma nr raiigoinents for the hotter protection of the mines, I snut for him. I never thought of tho money till ha appeared nt my door shortly before 11 o'clock covered with dripping snow. Then bo assured me that tho treasure was safe with Nettie as uo ono would think of injuring her. "We had been talking nearly nn hour when there was tho sound of a muffled cry and a body falling against the door. Bosser reached it with n spring ami tnrew it opeu to mm n woman stretched across tho step. Quickly he lifted her in his strong arms and laid her gently ou tho rough couch I had pulled boforo tho blazing logs. It was Nettie, unconscious nnd apparently inoru dead than ulive. , Her long, waving hair was looso, dishev eled by the wind and wet with snow that melted to glittering drops in the warm glow of the room. Her up turned face with its perfectly chiseled features bud tho unattainable, beauty of the artist's dream. Through all thnt terrible storm she nnd mado her way for half a mile without a wrap or even the slippers iu which she sat while awaiting ber father's return, for they had beeu lost in tho II rut few steps. As I grasped the pretty bunds to chafe them they tightly clutched tho canvas bng to hor bosom aud only when the! half -crazed Bosser forced some braudy down her throat did she relinquish her hold. , "Trying to rise she said rapidly: 'Hurry, father, hurry. It was Black Joe. Ho's locked in tho ntroue closet. I brought tho money. You said you kuew I would protect it. There it is. How Blaok Joe did curse and swear to kill us both. But I captured him,' and her unnatural laugh told how in tense bad beeu tho strain up in her nerves. "Wo found the villain vainly trying to batter his way out, and in due time a long seuteuoa put hun out of the way. He had stoleu iu upon Nettie shortly after ber father left. No threats could induce her to betray the hidiug plaoe of the money till she suddenly devised a scheme to keep both it and the robber. Appearing to yield, she told Joe to look 'behind the ohest in the closet which Bosser bad built of strong ouk plauka as a plaee of safety for his few valuables. He made ber hold a candle while he. searched. As be leaned over the chest, Nettie niiinmoued all her stropgtb ami courage, turuw the door shut, clapped the hasp over the staple and ulosed the book that was attached. This she strengthened with an irou poker, and tbon, seizing the bng from under the hearthstone, hurried from her prison er and his blood-curdling throats. - "I loved hor aud told htr so. But sue . was us courageous morally as physically. She was not fitted for my atatiou in life. Wait two years aud see if I (till wanted ber. Her father wns going to sond her away for a tin., I protestod, but sho went and I only i heard occasionally through her fathor that sho was woll and hnppy, Ouo night somo cightoen months Inter I was nt n pretentious social gathering in Memphis. I was not a sooicty man, but had gone ns nu old friond of tho family. Homo ono snty nnd I thought it the divinost music I bad ever hoard. As tho singer roso from tho piano I got a view nf ,t regal beauty thnt seemed familiar to me.hiit I only knew her when that voice I had lenrnod to know so well in tho mouutiiins re sponded to an introduction. It wns Nettie, who hnd been getting her edu cation, nud never had woman accom plished inoro in tho sumo length of time. She was tho belle of tho aristo cratic circle in Memphis, but. when I hnd drawn her npurt sho laughingly admitted thnt 1 had tho refusal of her nud that she was just the snmo honest girl she nscd to be. I protestod so vigorously thnt wo cut tho probation- nry period sUort. And sho wns your ben ii l i Till grandma, little one." De troit Free Press. (jiAivr ash tumois. Birmingham, England, cremntcs stray dogs. Asparagus is the oldest known plant used for food. Pet toads aro sold at eight pence npieco in Paris. It is said thnt tho Greenland whnle sometimes attains tho ngeot 4U0 years- About 2,000 species of iusocts, on nn nverage, bavo been discovered dur ing each year of tho present century. Pottery clays have been found in ten comities of Missouri, It is re. ported to bo worth from SS to $12 per ton. At Northampton, Mass., thero is nn artesian well, that has been sunk to a depth of 37JU feet and is still per fectly dry. Tho cxpensn of tho Vatican at Home would ba covorod if evcrv atbolio iu tho world contributed three-quarters of a cent a yenr. Mischievous boys distributed lighted cigarettes nuioiig the monkeys at the Paris zoo the other day aud tho nni iiials puffed nwny until the keeper in tervened. The most valunblo fur is that of tho sea otter. One thousand dollars lias been paid for n single skiu of this niiimal not more than two ynrds loug by tbreo-qtiarters of A yard wide. Iu Loudon almost any commodity may be bought. One newspaper re cently contained this cheerful ad vertisement ; "Bargain lady leaviug England permanently must sell family grave; hold five; marble slab." The English Island of Thanet is almost wholly composed of chalk, The island is teu miles in length aud about five iu breadth, and geologists say there are not less thau 42,009,000,- 000 tons of chalk "iu sight" on it. The nir is so clour iu tho Arctio regions thnt conversation can be car ried ou easily by persons two miles apart. It bus also been assertod on good authority that at Gibraltar the human voice has beeu distinctly heard at a distance of tcu miles. A narrow esoapo was reoontly ex perienced by a man iu Augusta, Mo, While crossiug a railroad track his shoe was caught in a frog, nnd he hod just time enough to rapidly nutie hie shoe and withdraw his foot wheu an oncomiug train dashed ovor the spot. The skiu of the whale is from two inches to two feet thiok, aud the skin of a large specimen weighs thirty tons. The rhiuoceros is the thickest-skinned quadruped, with u bide so tough ss to resist tho claws of a lion or tiger, the sword, or the balls of the old-fash loued musket. (ironing Ilainhons In tho Month. Experiments iu Florida und Luuisi ana hsveshown that bamboo will grow iu those states almost as well as in the hotter oouutries. Around Fort Myers there are bumboos that have attained to a height of fifty or sixty feet. They aro of a variety which usually grows to ubout seventy feet in Iudia, In Orange county there ia one clump of bamboos, said to be only ten years old. iu which the stalks have attained to the hoight of sixty-live feet, the stalks averaging thirteeu inches iu oir ciimferouoe. There are eighty stalks in the clump. This particular clump ia of a variety front Beugnl, where the wood is used for building purposes, aud for light spars -for -vessels. Savannah Nuws. Mr. Moody hired Treinout Temple, Boston ou his own account, and took up a eolleotion at each meeting to de fray tho expense. The collections, however, did uot meet the rent. women is mrssiA. Tho Woman's movement is pro gressing iu Prussia. Not long ngo Miss Mario HusscuHteiu wns awarded a principal's certi lieate ns teacher, tho first ever given to n woman. She will establish a school for girls at Churlol toubiirg. CAIintAIIR RIIOES. Very dainty carriage nnd opera shoos, mado to pull ou over slippers in thn evening, are mndo of various pretty materials. Those of quilted satin, lined nnd trimmed with whito fur nro open nt tho sides, but coma up well over the imkie lu front nud nt tho heel. They comu iu overy color nml cost from SI to S'.l, They nro nlso used for bedroom wear. 1'erhaiis tbu best carriage shoes are those luiule of black velvet, lined with white fur nnd laced np in front. These may be bought, for i 1. 0:). Tilt! NI'.W HEAD TAD. Tho prceut-ilay rage for bendwork revives much that is perilously near to thosit provincial "air castles" which were n horror of the middle of the centurv. For, among tho season's novelties, wero to lie seen imported lanterns to hold candies within, nud constructed of n decorated material vorv like isinglass, if not actually of mica; these wero bung with ropes sud festoons of gayly colored tiny glass beads and formed something puerile in its bar barous notion of tho ornate. But the bead fad displays itself nfter another f ishiou which is merely and dignitledly rich, although simple, nud easily attainable. Bauds for holding back curtains and portieres are formed of carefully selected colored beads, either Htrttnti uimn wires or stout threadsor set with beautiful effect n few largo dull blue und whito crystals iu a pewter bnr. This last design must, of course, be pn relumed outright, but those com posed wholly of beads could be readily made nt home. New Orleans Picay une. 'Aiu:r.tt of a "woman ttownor." One of the most noted "cowboy" women of the West, Mrs. Clara Onio, died at, Perry, Oklahoma, recently, nged CU. She was born iu New York City. Her father, Hugh Martin, was a cooper. He failed in business nnd came West. They located iu southern Kansas, umoog the Caddo and Dela ware Indians. At 15 Clara could shoot a bird on the wing whilo riding a pouy at full speed. Sbe was a fav orite with the Indians. Bofore she was 20 years old Miss Martin hud two Indian scalps in her belt. One day she saw a Caddo raise his gun to kill her father, and before be could shoot she aent a bullet through bis brain. Later a Delaware Indian bit the dust bucunse of an as sault on Miss Martin. She aud her uiothor were aloue one day, and she was compelled to shoot a white mno for an insult. Her father moved to Colorado, and there she killed a man who was rlghtiug with ber father. Theu she married Willium Oiuo and moved to Montana and lived near Butte in Little Black Tail caoyou. Her husband had many hired men. One of these, Edward Smith, fell in love with Mrs. Omo, who was very beautiful. He found Mrs. Omo asleep ou a cot .in her bouse. He kissed her and the woman awoke. Smith drew a long knife and attacked her. In the sonffld Mrs. Omo secured her pistol, which wirs nuder her pil low, and shot Smith. She was arrekt ed, but turned loose, and the oitiens of the town gave her 8250 and a watch in recognition of ber bravery. Mrs. Omo bad been living ou a farm near Perry since the opening of the Chero ke strip. A mouth before har death she claimed to be the best shot and barebsek rider in the West. Sau Franoisoo. W nONO BAT1NO CAUSED MAN'S T ALU The full of man aud the mush that mother used to make were disousaed at the last meeting of the Domestic Sciouou association, which was held in the rooms of tho Woodlawu Woman's club. Miss Siokels, in her lec'.ure, "Iho Bebition of Foods to Social B .'form," told her hearers that sin came into tho world from wrong rating, nnd women hnd beeu setting wrong food before men over since. Sho raid that tho theory had beeu advance. 1 that tho wicked C iin was nu eater of meat nnd Abel a vegetarian, nnd thnt universal pence would not come until tho pack, ing houses woro changed into erenni- cries and tho butcher knife beaten into nn npple-corcr. Sbe then said that tho practical lessons of tho afternoon would ba tho mnking of biscuit nud the cooking of oatmeal two articles in constant use and most often ruiuad in tho preparation. Sho spoke of tho necessity of adapting food to climate. nnd n woman on tho bnclc row con fessed that her mind was not fertilo noiigh to hnvo different meals to suit nil the kinds of Chicago climate. Tho CO women present sit in A double semi-circle, nud as tho oatmeal was being set on the stove, ono of the tid women nsked bow to make good common! mush, that wouldn't taste like pap trhangcr's paste. This drew a reply from the other end as iu n minstrel show, the ends did tho most of tlio talking and sho said that ber mother used to stir mush ull tho time it was cooking, and that there was no Mich mush nowadays ns beri. This caused n gonernl discussion ns to whether tho foremothers really cooked so well, nnd wo were retrograding, or whether youthful loyalty nml appetite made everything. go down. Tho floitr, baking powder, bowls nnd rollingpins were set out. on a ...i.i.. i .i... i . .i... iiiuic, iiiivi iiiu iwu jijiiii kiii " n' formed tlin nr.ieticn elntll Htood W'Ait- " ing, when n young woman asked how to tell n "biscuit oven." Another said that you could tell by browning Hour or paper iu it, but she had for gotten how loug it should take. Aftor tho laugh at this accurate test, every ouo watobod the sifting aud mixing of. the buscuit. One of tbo class put in fivo heap ing teaspoonfuls of baking powder where two were uceded, but sho rent- ' edied her mistake, and the biscuits were sent to the oven as pale, fat lumps tucked iu tho pan, to return a few minutes later as fat, brown delicacies. Oysters, o coa, CulTjoand crackers were served with the oatmeal nnd coffee, nnd the women dispersed to try the now recipe ou their families. Chicago Becord. FASHION NOTES. A high necked gown of pink chiffon is made with a deep collar of pink Vel vet, embroidered with silver and steel. Velvet forms tho belt, and the nccordion-plaited skirt is b.trdered with tiny frills of the same material. TboBeonmier stylo of nock, well off from the shoulders, is used iu a gown of blaok net over yellow silk, trimmed with yellow velvet ribbon spungled with jot. A one-sided effect iu the back is shown in the brocaded silk gown, and the revers aro faced with colored velvet. White net is very popular for dressy gowus, ami wide tneka, witli-rows of narrow white satiu ribbon between, are. an effective skirt trimming, with frills of the net nt the foot. The same tucks aud frills complete the bodieo and sleeves, and a bunch of deep rod vel vet roses adorns the side. Narrow bands are not an unusual deoorution for chiffon gowns, aud sable or pule green is charming. Flouooingsof white chiffon, edged with silver thread, are a pretty fiuish for chiffon skirts; white satin bodice draped with silver-embroidered uhif ton usually accompany this. Pule blue mousseliue do soia over blue makes a very striking evening gown, with the kilted skirt, killed ruf fles at the knue.and a bins satin bolero embroidered with pearls uud silver sequins, finished ou tho edge with a frill. A baud of enibuidered satiu dividea the puffs ou the sleeves. Vegetable silk plaits are rather ex pensive, so there is a mixture of hemp aud silk, which is firm and wiry, and so thin aud light that it is ruchod under the brinvof some of the largo hats. This new braid is suid to be made of the raw silk as it comes from the uo ooon. Wood silk fibre is another which appears iu the new bruid. 3
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