0 Turkey owes seventeen per cent, of her national debt to Herman coi- tatists. It linn tnkon an English authority to discover Hint our Indians mnke the best policemen of modern civilization. Statistics disclose the fact that tlie United States consume nntitiully nlnmt 040,000,000 pounds of wool, or about nine pounds per capita of oiiilnlion. The Paris Figaro thinks thnt, 1o cntise only twenty-seven per rent, of the persons who commit suicide ore women, the contention thnt self murder inarches with civilization cau not be maintained. In a recent article in Scienen.'Pr. Rrlntou calls attention to the fact thnt the missionary Haverstadt was bo well pleased with the language of the Areucnninii Indiana of Chile that he published a work on it in 1777, advo cating it adoption ns a universal tongue for the world, a ready-made Volnpuk. The practice of applying cocaine to the eyes of flremeii in order to reduce the sensibility of the eyeball to the effects of smoke hns been greatly con demned by tho New York board of health. Dr. Fletcher Engnlls, in commenting on this custom, says that not only is it likely to produce vic tims to the cocaine habit, but that, whon used often, cocaine kills the One sensibilities upon which tho eyes depend. Itut in any case, tho appli cation of cocaine to the eyes under such circumstances is finite wrong. If it does deaden the sensibility for the time being, it will not prevent iuinry to thorn by the smoke. The Transvaal and the Klondike gold fields are likely to havo a rival tn South America, accordiug to the recent reports from that country. A Ban Francisco dispatch to tho effect that recent advices from Tern, which have been confirmed upon good authority, atate that the wonderful rich strikes reported from the Klon dike region have beeu eclipsed by dis coveries in thnt country. This state ment is based upon the rediscovery of the famous Inca gold fields, in the department of Cuzeo and Puna, in the eastern border of that country, which has long been famous for its richness in precious metals. The supply of gold may run out some day, but there seems to be no immediate danger ol it. On the contrary, nt present it is greatly on the incrense, and there is every reason to believe that the argu ment of the silveritcs, that there is not gold enough to answer the world's purposes, is based upon false premi ses. At least, the present genera tion ia likely to have all the gold thnt it needs for the arts and for money, and a comfortable surplus beside. Says the Washington Star: "A pe culiar situation has grown out of the efforts of certain railroad companies operating in the far west to seenre the services of sober men on their lines. It is plainly to the best interests of the public as well as the corporations that inebriety among the employes should be reduced to the lowest pos sible point, for intoxication leads di rectly to carelessness and thence to accidents, costing many lives and large fortunes in damages. To avoid these results the Santa Fe road and nm a rHi nr. Iiaa VAnanftv ..ma,! order prohibiting all employes oi whatever grade or class of duties from entering saloons, on pain of dismissal. mere is, oi course, a broad rule against intoxication in force. It was at first thought that this would suf fice, but frequent cases of drunken ness proved that the ouly. way to ensure a sober force was to draw a dead line around all places where in toxicants were dispensed. This order has aroused the resentment of the as sociated saloon keepers of the coast cities and their leader is now on his . way to Boston to protest to the finan cial backers of the Santa Fe road and to threaten a boycott if the order is maintained. As . a plain business proposition it is likely that the roads, if boycotted, would more than make up the loss of trafflo resulting from this action in the form, of damages saved, and also in the additional trafflo attracted to roads known to em ploy only sober men. Thus the road puts a premim upon safety that has never before been possible on a broad soale. Some years ago one of the lines running out of Chicago tried the experiment of prohibiting the visiting of saloons. The liquor men and the brewers protested and finally boy cotted the road. But the order was enforced, the average of accidents was steadily reduced and the road pros pered "M never before. The saloon order and the boycott still exist side ty side aud the former seems to be taring the best of the bargain,'" THE FAREWELL DAYS. There's a murmur In the maples, a whisper In the vines, A subtln sense o( sorrow In the shadow of the pines And tlm strxnm In muslo flowing hns t tin echo n a sigh, And ripples i ''Hummer's going, Ooodbr goodby 1" The My seems to languish, the rose Is ghost ly whltn i Tho golden sunflower droops unci dreams through thn enehnnted night i Tho wind I singing round tin) raves, and fiver with a sigh That thrills and stills the listening leaves, It tugs, "Ooodby goodhjr !" A. A. A, I A A A A A A A A WAVERING CHOICE. ? nr jbxbt Alone inn large, comfoitably, but somewhat sparsely, furnished room sat a young and beautiful girl. Somehow she and her surroundings did not seem in accord. The carpet on the (loor was somewhat worn ; the paintings on the wall gave no evidence of a master's touch ; the upholstery was gaudy, rather than refined. Hut the girl herself was attired in the latest fashion. Her dress was at once quiet anil elegant, and but that she wore no hat, and leaned back the little head heavily nn the cushions of her chair, you would not readily have imagined that this room and the one adjoining made the ouly home Irene Hutton and her widowed mother could boast. Nor would one suppose that on this very morning, in the small, white hands which lay in such seeming list lessness in her lap, was the momen tous scftlo which should decide the question of her whole future. It was the old, old question, after all love versus money and nlteruate ly it balanced with her thought. She looked about the room, aud her lip curled. "Sentiment under these conditions!" was her mental reflection. "And what else could Harry offer mo? What would his life aud mine become in the ceaseless struggle to make both ends meet? Have I not seen enough of this wretched, genteel poverty? Poor mother I All goes' that I may make a creditable appearance before the world; end now no wonder she thinks it hard that, after the long struggle to gain me a proper footing in tho matri monial market, I look coldly upon the first presentable bid. What mutters it that the man is older thau my father would have been? What matters it that I can never love him? I should wear diamonds; I should ride iu my carriage. The dear mother would once more be happy, aud only Harry and I would be miserable. Hurry and It Two paupers I What voice have we in the world? None none!" And then, with all a woman's incon sistency, down went the scale in favor of money, and down went the little head iu the hands which figuratively held it, in a great burst of sobs. "You mean you've decided to give me up, Ireno?" No one could dream the speaker, Henry Armstrong, could look so grave or speak so sternly, as when, a few hours later, standing in the same room where Irene had fought her fight, he thus addressed her. His eyes, blue as heaven, seemed fitted only for laughter ; his mouth, though it was marked by no lines of weakness, held wonderful sweetness in its corners. He was a man, young and handsome, well calculated to win and hold a woman's love; and yet the love of the one woman in the world which was precious to him was slipping from his grasp. 'I can't help it, Harry," she an swered, wearily. "I am selling my selfyou and I both know that; but it must be done, dear. I haven't a cent in the world to bring you, and, poor as I am, I love luxury, Harry; and it would break my heart to see you grow old and gray in trying . to make the income, not enough for one, answer the needs of two." "But we are both young, Irene. With the inoentive of your love I will soon double my income. Besides, one of these days I shall have plenty you know that." "Dead men's shoes, Harry, We don't either of us want to count on that, and there's no reason why your Uncle Richard shouldn't outlive you. Besides.he may change his mind about making von his heir. It's very strange, rich as he is, he won't allow you a peuny now, aud as to the incentive of my love, dear, it's ouly in romance tkat it has the desired inoney-makiug effect." The girl's words were harder than her heart; but her listener could not look into its depths to discover the bitter ache which lent them their seeming coldness, and his own love and misery made them the more diffi cult to bear. "It all comes to this, then that you throw me over?" he said. And somehow the question, quiet as it was, held such repression of feeling that Irene looked up, startled. "Oh, Harry, don't be too hard on me! Don't Uoubt that . my love was true is yet though my heart is breaking!" ''Your heart!" he echoed. And then he laughed, but such laughterl It was more painful than any demonstration of grief. "Do stones break" he went on, "You have worn your mask well. Until tonight I never dreamed what lay beneath it. I wish you all joy in your new life! I shall doubtless live to congratulate myself that you tore off the mask in time. You have given me cure for my folly, though for the moment it hurts. But the girl I loved is dead. In you I do not recog nize her. Therefore I can say to you, not to her foodby." "Qoodbv," the valley eaho ,,OoosTy,,'tne hills repeat Ooodliy," from daisied meadow, from gar dens violet-sweet t And bells In dells ol twilight, beneath a misty sky, Rectn singing In their ringing I "Ooodby gooilhy !" And nil thn hills slngi Mngerl" and all the valley i "Htav 1" And nil thn gardens I "llest time here on Jeweled beds nt Msy !" Itut a sigh Is thrilling-tilling the earth and weei'lnif skv i And love, with Hps unwilling, kisses "Qond- 1. ..,....!. Is liy goiMlhy ! r. It. Htanton, In Atlanta Constitution. A A. A. A A A A AAA A A V wars. r He bowed and left her, heedless of, or utiheariug, the one choked utter ance tif iiis name, which was her sole -l'ly- Six years Inter, Harry Armstrong, little changed in outward seeming, paced up and down the deck of a steamer, three days out from Liver pool. The wenther had beeu stormy, and the passengers for the most part had been confined to their staterooms. Only toduy a few of the ladies bad ventured upon deck. One fit these braver ones was seated at the extreme end of the ship, and around her was playing a little child a lovely boy, four years of age. "A young widow," thought Mr. Armstrong, stealing a enrsory glance at the slender figure draped in heavy black. A thick, blue veil quite concealed her face, aud usually indifferent as hn was to women, ho felt a strange curi osity to seo her lift it. When ho passed a second time he extended his hand to the child. "Would you like a walk, my little man?" he asked. The boy ran to him. "May I tnko him, mudnm?" he in quired, courteously lifting his hat; but if he hoped to hear her voice he was disappointed. She bowed assent. He could not know that underneath the veil great tears were rolling down hor cheeks. The child wns little more thnn a baby, his hair hanging over his shoulders in llaxen curls, but ull his prattlu was of "mamma." "Where is papa?" questioned Ann strong. Up went tho littlo finger heaven ward, whilo a solemn look stole over tho baby-face. "As I thought," reflected the man, and ho felt a singular satisfaction iu having his suspicion verified. "1 will hear her voice nt least," he determined, and he walked back to where she sat. "Your little boy aud I have become great friends," he said. "I am fond of children, uud he has promised me we shall have ninny walks togother." "You are very kind," was the sim ple answer. But Armstrong, as he heard it, grew deathly pale. "Irene!" he said, as though the nnmo burst involuntarily from his lips. She instantly threw bock her veil, but all trace of tears had disappeared, and ouly a smile was on hor lovely lips as she extouded toward him her hand. "You won't refuse to shako hands with me," she said, sweetly. "I rec ognized you at once, Mr. Armstrong, and I also recognized tbut.on the nar row coufines of the ship, avoidance of each other would be impossible. Here, at least, we may be friends?" Not for six years uot since the mo ment he had left this woman's pres ence had Harry Armstrong's heart beat as madly as in this hour; but hor composure helped his. i He let his fingers close over hers with no warmer pressure than in un expectedly meeting any ohauee ac quaintance; but the warmth had gone from his tone, as he replied: "Friends always.I trust. Six years have changed you very little, Mrs. Ba con." A red flush rose to her cheeks as he spoke her name, and she answered hurriedly, as though some embarrass ment possessed her. "So my rival is dead," mused Arm strong, when he found himself again alone. "And the old madness is upon me. We both stand now on equal ground at least. Does she know? I wonder! Has she heard that one year after the day she jilted me I came into my fortune? Not a long waiting would it have been for either of us. Perhaps, as John Bacon's widow, she will endeavor again to inveigle me into believing her true. Ah, one les son such as I have had lasts a man a lifetime. And yet oh, Ood, why can I not forget her? Before I knew who she was the old attraction drew me toward her.. After I leave this ship I pray that we may never meet again." Perhaps because Harry Armstrong really was so earnest in this prayer he concluded he must make the most of the present. Perhaps it was the old story of the candle aud the moth, but certain it was that day after day found him beside his old love. They never spoke of the past. They never resurrected the dead. Their hands never met even in a "good morning." Yet they laughed and talked as though each did not feel the mad heart-beats every instant they were together. It waa the last day out. Irene and Harry were alone, the child playing at their feet, when a lady approached them, leaning on the arm of her maid, pale and wau from recent illness. "I oouoluded the air might do me good," she said, languidly, as Irene quickly arose and assisted ' her to a chair, then turned and presented her to Mr. Armstrong. "You ere my little boy's friend." ssld the stranger, extending her Land graoefnlly. "He has talked so much of you and Miss Hutton tolls me you are an old friend of her own." From one to the other Harry Arm strong looked in blank surprise. ' He stammered some reply illy ac cording with bis usual ease, then, standing before Irene, he offered her his arm. "Will you tnke a turn on deck with me, Miss Hutton?" he said, empha sizing her name. She rose instantly. They walked to the other end of the ship, when he paused and confronted her. "Irene, now tell me what it all means," he said. "Only that I am Miss Hutton still. I I saw your mistake and encour aged it, hoping yon might never know the truth. My mother died and I was penniless. I am companion to the lady to whom I just presented you and governess to the little boy." "Why did you not marry?" "You have no right to question me." "I assume the right, and, by the heavens above, you shall answer me." "I I could not. Oh, this is cruel, Mr. Armstrong! Yet perhaps I de serve that you should know the truth. I could not perjure myself at (bid's altar. Loving one man, I could not swear to love and honor another. I chose poverty, loneliness and my own self-respect." "And the man you loved you have ceased to lovo him?" She made no answer, but her head bowed lower, and he could see the great tears rolling silently down her face. "Suppose he could offer you today little more than he offered you then, Irene, what would your answer be?" "Harry, Harry, don't mock nie," she cried. "You cannot know the emptiness of my lifo or you would not hold tint to mo the semblance of its rich fullness. I deserve my fate. Let me accept it." "Only in accepting me, Irene. Ah, my darling, it was your true self 1 loved, after nil. You strove to wear the iimsk mid could not. Heaven has indeed beeu kind to us, my love. I came on this ship a lonely, desolate man, though fortune has smiled upou me, and I can oiler you, Irene, a home worthy of you, Tho old days of toil and struggle have ended; but after all they were tho rich days, dear rich in hope aud rich in love. I have been poor ever since in all thnt makes life's reul weulth until tonight. Irene,you have loved me always?" And over the wide ocean the winds swept aud whispered answer. "Al ways." And into two human souls crept perfect peace. Saturday Night. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Chechaco is Alaskan for tenderfoot. The Portuguese first brought tea from China and the East in the six teenth century. The first solid head pin was made in England iu 1824 by an American, Lem uel W. Wright. In 1850 the cultivation of tea began in Brazil, and a considerable quuutity was exported from that country. Paper flooring is in use in Germany. It is laid in a pasty mass, smoothed and then pressed. Footsteps on it are noiseloss. Massachusetts is one of the richest of the states, having a valuation Jf real and personal property amounting to $1,584,750,802. The finest human hair is blonde, and red is the coarsest. The thickness of human hair varies from the 250th to the 000th of an inch. Only twenty-seven per cent, of the capital of this country is owned by men holding between $100,000 worth aud $1,000,000 worth of property. The largest mass of pure rock salt in the world lies under the province of Ualicia, Hungary. It is known to be 050 miles long, twenty broad and 250 feet in thickness. The smallest horse in the United States is owned by Colonel Harvey Botts of Carroll county, Missouri. The animal ia five years old, thirty-two inches high, and weighs only 115 pounds. A break in the main waterpipe in a street in Tombstone, Arizona, in No vember, was found to have been caused by the roots of a tree, which had grown around the pipe and crushed it so that it burst. The oook working for a farmer who lives near Portland, Oregon, found a dollar's worth of gold in the gizzard of a goose the other day. Perhaps this goose was of the same breed as the one that laid the golden egg. A nervous bridegroom in Auburn, N. Y., became so excited while dress ing for the bridal, that he inadver tently put on two laundered shirts, and did not discover his blunder until the reception was in progress, after the ceremony, M. Berthelot, the chemist who was foreign minister in M. Bonrgeois's government, reports to the Academie de Sciences that the copper objects found at Negaduh and Abydos, in Egypt, by M. de Morgan are of pure copper aud not of bronze. At Indianapolis, Ind., a street car conductor was just about to take np a fare when the trolley wheel slipped, the pole sprung upward and a loop in the rope caught the conductor under the arm and lifted him over the tail board. He was lauded in a heap on the pavement. Too Hani Work. Hungry Higgins I wouldn't mind goin' to Klondyke, if it wasn't for bavin' to dig out the gold. Weary Watkins That ain't the worst of it. It has to be washed af ter it is dug. rittsburg Chronicle, Mrs. Vnnilerlillt'. fhpiili flown. The fashion correspondents have it that Mrs. Cornelius Vnnderliilt, Jr., went culling at Now port tlie other morning in a ginghnm gown that cost just 18 cunts a yard. Iltmil I'nlllteit Storking.. Parisian hosiery novelties nro black stockings, Imiid painted. (Inrluudn of flowers, even figures decorate the whole length, but this stylo is not adopted by women of fastidious tasto. The stockings are so lino iu texture that they must lie worn over a pair of flesh colored silk ones. f'rettr (Jimti. for llrldcMiitilds. Fashion demands thnt bridesmaids should bo droHsod in some of the fuint tints, mid also iu white in honor of the bride. Any fabric, more or less light, of course, out of which a pictur esque costume can be designed, is counted good form. A toilet which might be worn when there ore several bridesmaids has a foundation of pnlo green China silk; over that is worn a plisso skirt and blouse bodice of coursn fish net, which has baby ribbon of green velvet run through tho meshes diagonally. The yoke, which is full, is of white chiffon, and, like the fish net, is over the green silk. The sleeves, full and finished with pretty frills, have rullles of chiffon over the shoulders. At the top of the Idolise portion of the bodice is a puckered heading of the chiffon, each little row of puckers being finished with a nar row velvet ribbon. Tlio picturesque hat is of fine white Leghorn. Ladies' Homo Journal. Mrs. Ktiiwft filed In I'nverry. Everyone will bo surprised to lenrn that Mrs. Harriet Beeeher Stowe died utmost penniless, and that her home stead is now offered for sale. This stnteuieiit, by Mrs. Isabella jicechcr Hooker, herself a famous writer, is made public in a letter. Tho twin daughters of tho distinguished writer and philanthropist are iu actual need. It has been proposed thnt a monu ment should be erected to the memory of Mrs. Harriet Beeeher Stowe, but it is not a question of monuments; it is a question of bread and butter for her children. The daughters of Mrs. Stowe bnvo themselves innde no ap peal for aid. They are ignorant of the fact thnt others are making such an appeal in their behalf. On the same block on which stands the home in which lived for so many yenrs Mrs. Harriet Beeeher Stowe, stands also the home of Mark Twain. On its roof there have fallen the shad ows of evil fortune, but lifo and will and vigor still remain with him, and it is hoped that kindly humor's smiles may yet banish the frowns that darken its deserted threshold. Hartford (Conn.) dispatch to the Pittsburg Dis patch. Bicycle fllrl. "Hhoo" a Herd or Cow.. An incident which took place on Poplar street, just west of IUdge nve nne, recently, demonstrates conclu sively that the new woman has out grown the most pronounced feminine follies. Next to a mouse, the object that inspired the most fear in the mind of the old fashioned girl was a cow, but neither of these ferocious animals seemB able to live np to its past repu tation. Two bicycle girls were spin ning out Poplar street, while coming from the opposite direction was a drove of cows in the charge of a couple of drovers. Instead of showing the white feather and fuinting from sheer fright, as most girls would have done ten years ago, these amnzons of the wheel charged directly at the enemy. The cows were slow in making a passage for the wheelwomen, who tried to "shoo" them aside. One of the girls got wedged in the centre of the herd, and, being nnahle to proceed further, steadied herself on the wheej by actually clutching the tuil of one of the animals and thus was not obliged to dismount. Finally a clear passage was male and the two girls rode through, laughing heartily over their adventure. Philadelphia llecord. The l'rl. Fa. It Ion.. A Paris house furnishes the follow ing real news of the fashions: The heat has become so unbearable here during the last few days thut all the Purisieunes who are still in town pass the day in idleness, and in anti cipation of their dinner at a restaurant in the Bo is. Crowds of carriages every evening spin rapidly down the Avenue de Bois, aud their owners re pair to Armeuouville or one of the other fashionable restaurants. A type of dress much favored at Armeuouville just now is the black embroidered and beaded niousseline de aoie. One of these becoming gowns was worn there the other night by one of our best known elegantes, with transparent neck and sleeves, the niousseline beiug just thick enongh, with its design of roses and leaves, to allow of the omission of a lining. The embroidery is also introduced into the skirt above the flounce. White ioulards,with mauve flowered designs, are seen on a number of the smartest people; but there is so much variety pgp iu tho make of these dresses that they are not nt all monotonous. The exodus of the fashionable world has well commenced, and every seaside resort is filled to overflowing with visitors. "Pour les bains" is tho cry, and "pour les bains" it is marvelous what costumes are here required. The influence of the pre vailing modes in seen in the bathing gowns, which are worn trimmed with ruches, golons and insertions of lane; lurge white collars fnll over the nar row neckband. Shoes, with strings laced up ns far as the calf, hats of a shape known aforetime ns the "Dolly Varden," are now indispensable acces sories to a Purisienne's bathing cos tume. Three toilets a dny for ladies is the dictum at all fashionable resorts. White reigns supreme this summer season, not ouly for gowns of washing material, but nlso for tailor-made costumes, which are now turned out iu white cheviot, serge and cloth. A most beautiful gown, worn by a stylish woman a few days since, ex cited considerable admiration among the crowd on the promenade at Trou ville. It wns of ecru liiion, embroid ered in black silk to about the knees, where the embroidery took the form of nil nnoven border, under which was gathered a deep flounce of Chuntilly lace; the body was of linon, covered with narrow lace frills, each beaded by a narrow band of black satin rib bon; tho sleeves were fif the embroid ered linon. The hat -vorn was of black lace trimmed with ribbon and blnck feathers and roses. Black gloves, stitched yellow, and tan shoes with patent toes, completed one of tho most "chic" costumes seen thia season. Light-colored gloves nro worn, but a delicate biscuit or pale cane tint has been even more seen than tho some what obtrusive white. White boots and shoes are mnking their nppenr unco among ns once again, but it ia thought that they will figure but a very short time in the fashionable woman's wardrobe. They certainly look well beneath a white dress, but they nre considered very impracticable. Nevertheless, very many Indies will wear white boots nt Troiiville during tho summer months. New York Mail and Express, Fn.lilon Note. Belts, chatoluiue bags and purses nre out in the fashionable purple seal leather. Antique Cyprus and Cretan irides cent glnss vases are out in both large and small sizes. There is almost no end to the vari ety of table furnishings shown iu sil ver plated wnre. Many of the designs of flowers and fruits wrought in silver are taken di rectly from nature. India muslins, flowered taffetas, French organdies, plain and fancy grenadines and etamines, batistes and sheer silky grass linens are among the favored materials used in making these lace trimmed summer gowns. Never before has there been sneh a variety of batiste embroidery as there is this season. Every tint of ecrn, from cream to the brownish flax color, is represented in these lovely trim mings, and the latest designs come in deep flonncings and wide insertions, with irregular edges and open patterns exquisitely . embroidered in various colored silks of subdued shades, artis tically harmonized. Feathers and flowers are united in another large hut of fancy yellow straw with a brim upturned at the back and standing out flat at the front and sides. Pink roses are clustered about the top of the crown, which is hidden My a deep frill of cream lace. Pink satin is (rilled about the crown and three piuk bows cluster at the back. Three white tips nod at the left side of this charming hat. Yellow and mauve form a very pretty combination on light anmmer gowns when the tints and textiles are carefully chosen. Black net over white satin, and black lace over white transparents, are the height of style in Paris. The gowns are finished either with sashes of silk musliu car ried twice around the waist, or of soft, undressed silk in pale mauve, pink, lettuce green or black. A rnche-like arrangement of flowers is a new feature in millinery. In a large hat of fancy geranium straw, silk poppies and buds are wreathed about the crown over a drapery of geranium red velvet and ribbon. The ribbon and velvet are formed in standing loops at the back, where poppies are bunched against the up-turned brim. A black straw facing relieves the warmth and intensity of the red. The picturesque 1830 style is re called by a large white chip hat with broad, drooping brim that overshad ows the eyes in a captivating way. Cream lace is applied full as a facing to the brim, and lace ia frilled over the brim and hangs in a loop low over the hair. Yellow chiffon is twisted softly around the high crown, and at, the left side are disposed tour white) erect plumes and one drooping plume. -1 1 ' ,