They say that Fashion has turned against the chrysanthemum. A journal devoted to the pen, ink and paper trade says that the world now uses 3,500,000 steel pens every day in the week. There aro iu tho world 901,701 miles of telegraph lines, with 2,652,553 miles of wire. The telegraph mileage in the United States is 190,303, with 790,792 miles of wire. According to Mr. Camp, who is one ol the editors of Harper's Round Table, tho writers of tho South aro rapidly forging ahead of their com petitors iu other section?. The New York World says that the most successful I 'shopper" is the j woman who struggles through the crowd at every bargain counter, and 1 comes homo with all her money, and tho announcement that she could not get a thing she wanted. There arc 13,170 miles of street rail- j way lines now in operation :u the United States, according to tho sta* j t fct.'ci in Poor's Directory, an increase of 351-1 miles over 1891. Of the total I mileage 10,238 miles is operated by j electricity, 078 miles by cable, 109 j miles by ktraiu dummy engines, and | there is still 195.) miles operated by j horse or mule power. Tho odd mile ' uuaccounted ic-r in these figures is j distributed in fractions among tho lour groups. Of all the members of # the house ol Vanderbilt, the worker of the family | is Cornelius Vanderbilt, and there is 1 no employe of his railroad who works : harder than Mr. Vanderbilt does when j he is in the city, declares tho New j York Advertiser. It is estimated that | if the \ anderbilt boys live as long as their father did iheir combined prop erty will amount to over $300,000,000, aad if they should live as long as the Commodore, and tho present rate ol increase continues, their possessions will l)c sufficient to extinguish the ' National debt as it is to-day. The Manufacturers' Record pub lished some statements of facts which are oi especial intorest in view of tho movement to establish closer commer cial relations between the West and! the South. More than lifty per cent. ; of the world's cotton is raised iu the Southern States, yet tho cotton crop of that section is exceeded in value by its grain crops, which aggregate about (>•30,000,000 bushels per year. Moi than half of all the standing timber in the United States is iu the South, and I irou ore and coal are in unlimited j supply, while nearly every Southern State has an abundance of goo 1 ; water power to supplement the ad- j vantages of cleau fuel. From 1880 to j the close of 1894 the cotton manufac turing industry in the South more than doubled, and the capital iuvestod in it was iucrcused about five times. ! Tho couKumpttun of Southern cotton • mills is at the rate of about a million ' bales of cotton per year, which is ball J that of the mills in tho Northern States. The South has three million cotton spindles out of a total of 83,- ! 000,000 iu the world, and expects to add 800,000 mere within thj next j twelvo mouths. "The room lor ex pansion is almost without limit." _ The Atlanta Constitution states that ,4 the Suez canal gives Great Britain n water route to China, Japan and Aus- ' trailia nearly 3000 miles shorter than the distances from tho ports of the United States of America. This gives tke British traders a great advantage over is, una they will keep it until we get the proposed canal between th- Atlantic and the Pacific. When wo complete the Nicaragua canal (his country will be from twelve to nine teen hundred miles nearer to the northern ports of China and Japan than Great Britain; an avern;. o of 2700 miles nearer the western ports of South America; 1300 miles nearer Melbourne, and over 3009 miles nearer New Zealand. The canal would make it to the interest of the inhabitants ol China, Japan, Korea, Australia, Ma laysia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru nud Chile—over 500,000,000 new custom cis, to trade with this country. When we get this now waterway England will he unable to compete with tho Southern States in supplying Eastern Asia with cotton goods, and there will follow other industrial and commer cial changes to our advantage. The South should not rest until this new highway of trade is completed. It will stimulate our cotton mill indus try, nud when we manufactii'-e all ol our cotton at. home, Liverpool will no longer be able to fix the price of tho staple. Through Nicaragua, from ocean to ocean, lies the pathway which will lead to our commercial independ ence and prosperity." AVI'LES FROM YOUNG TREES. The 11 i'.-st apples which young trees bear are apt to ho largo an I showy, bub they do not keep so well as fruit 1 irom older tree.-. This is partly be i cm; o the first crop is usually a light out*, but there is greater firmness to ; the wood of old trees, and if they have : I a good supply of mineral fertilizer . they will bear a largo crop that will ; ! be large enough lor market aud keep I ! better than the overgrown specimens j , which tho trees produce their first ! year of bearing.—Boston Cultivator, j DROPSY OP THE UDDER. ! The great enlargement of tho udder ■ is doubtless due to urinary disorder. I ! by which tho blood is tilled excessive- 1 1 ly with serum that would otherwise bo j removed through tho kidneys. Or it ' may bo tho result of tuberculosis in ; tho udder, by which the blood is im- ; | paired in character. If it were duo to j | any special disorder iu tho milk glands j j of auy other kind, tho milk would not j ! be properly secreted. A veterinarian j ' should 1)0 consulted and au examina- | ! tiou of the cow made, lu tho moan- j j time, give hall-pound doses of epsom j j Kilts for four consecutive alternate I days, then give dram doses of digitalis i | daily for a week. Rubbing the udder j with iodine ointment may bo useful, j To support tho groat weight of the ! udder use a supporting bandage.— , American Farmer. SKILLED FARM LABORERS, 111 at the farm laborer should bo or indeed can bo u skilled workman may seem to some a contradiction in terms. Yet there can be no doubt that in modem farming quite as much de fends upon skill as upon strength of j muscle. More than this*, the uuskil- . lul person intrusted with the handling of expensive farm implements will be more than likely to injure them be yond the amount of bis wages. Even in doing ordinary farm work skill counts for moro than muscle without it. Above all, the worker whom too farmer hires ought to have such an in telligent comprehension of the busi ness that his advice will be worth ask ing nn-.l taking. Th?ro nro a great many farmers who think they know it all, who might profitably receive counsel from their hired help. T\yo heads arc better than one, even though cue bo a sheep's head, is an old and truo sayiug. There is au ad vantage which some intelligent hired men have over many farmers in a wider experience uuder changed con ditions. The mau who has worked for a number of good farmers mi l has gained some new ideas from each be comes au invaluable assist an'. His counsel may need to bo modified sometimes, but he will make mauy sug gestions that can bo turned to good account.—Boston Cultivator. SMIL AX IN WINTER. There is no reason why one canuot raise emilax in a window, and have it as nice as that grown iuu greenhouse, if ono is willing to give it the atten iiou'and care it needs. A plant can ).* bought of a liorist at any time, an I here nro some plain directions from Yiek's Monthly Magazine concerning its care: It is a plant that requires a grcit deal of water in the growing se is on. It also needs its foliage sprinkled often. It is a prey to the red spider if neg lected, and the spraying frees them from the pest, as well as keeps the ; foliage in a healthy condition, if pos ! sible, place the box or pot where it need not be disturbed all winter. Jy doing this hiring* may bo placed for each vine to cling to. They do much better and also are in better shape for cutting. Florists always train them | upright ou strings. i Toward spring the vines begin to j blossom. The flowers are so small that one has to search for them, but ' tins odor is often apparent before the | blossom is seen. The flowers are ncar i Jy while, and the fragrance reminds | one somewhat of mignonette. After ; the blossoms a small berry, or seed j ball, forms, an I when this is ripe the i viue gradually dies down and takes a I t-easou of rest. When the foliage be i gins to turn yellow, to not water the : p'aiit much, ' nt let it die down grad ually. The bulbs can bo le'.fc in the nth or taken out and -tored away till duly or August, then repot them iu rich soil, and they will Lxj ready for ; another season's growth. The seeds may l.e planted, as they grow quite j readily, and the best season for grow -1 ing is from December to February. IS rt.'LL "EEDIXa EXHAUSTIVE? Home haw au idea that what sensi j bio u< u call full feeding, exhausts | ihe vitality aad energy of the cow, ciiuiuglier to wear out sootier than ji he would on a short diet. Possibly | a cow may be overfed, but it will bo j difficult to make her eat more than ! ihe needs if fed regularly. A starved i ( ow might gorge herself to her injury, ' but if fed regularly, ou u ration prop j < rlv balanced, sho will not injure her ' telf by overeating. As to exhaustion, it strikes mo that she will hold out ' much longer if well fed. A man on }::. 11 rations breaks down much sooner than one on a full duct. The same is , true of a work animal, or of a milch cow. There is nothing gained but 1 much lost by a starvation diet. But suppose full feeding does shorten the term of productiveness-, is there not more profit in a large yield for a few j tars than in a small yield for double tho time? The small yield does not pay for the cost of production, aud prolonging it ouly increases the loss. It ued to bo thought that tho way to got profit from pigs was to feed them on short rati out twelve months or more, and then fatten them, but men j have learned better. In Holland no j farmer keeps pigs longer than eight ;or nine mouths. Better feed them | well all the time and no louger than ' necessary, to get good profit?. Make them weigh almost as much at eight | months as they used to at twenty. ' This is saving feed, and feeders as well as dairymen are finding it out. Do not be afraid of wearing out a cow by ; giving her enough to eat. Keep her ;at her best all the time. For milch cow?, nothing is better than new hay or young clover hay, also good sweet ensilage, which is mit oil sweeter and more nutritious than timothy. Over* I ripe timothy hay is of little value. It ; makes poor meadow?, poor cows, poor 1 milk and poor butter. Milk cowu should have constant access to water jin the barn. They cat a great deal of dry food, and must have plenty of water lo help digest it aud make milk. Good feeding aud good care cost notli ing au I make a farmer rich. Poor feeding, a dirty barn aud poor care, ; cost a great deal, and make many (farmers very poor.—American Agri* 1 eulturist. rOULTKY FOODS. Millt is one of the best foods thai can be given to fowls. In one sensu it is the very bj.it, us it is a complete food; but its great bulk is against it, lor it would be impossible for poultry to driuk enough milk alone to satisfy their appetite. It must, therefore, be used in connection with other food, i While sweet whole milk is to be pre* ! ferred, sour and skimmed milk are j also valiublc. The objection to milk as a sub-.titno for meat is its undue proportion oi water. It is calculated tint it will require seven pounds of skimmed milk to equal one pound of lean meat for forming qualities. ; Homo poultry raisers never feed j meat, claiming that its us:o is unnatural and unnecessary. Tiiey overlook the fact tint it is but a subitituto for Iho insects from which tho poultry are de i barred by confinement. The practice of feeding upon them proves couciu ; sively the craving for animal food, the elements of which cuter into the com position of eggs. The practice of ! fee ling green bone has now become . nearly uuivcroal. Its merits arc geu nv.liy acknowledged, but they arc en | h mood by the particles of meat a I j tiering tj the bone. The two to ; gather com due the elements of the complete chick. Vegetables and greeii food of ali kin Is will assist greatly i i keeping ! the fowls in goo.l condition cluriug the | winter. A!l the small potatoes should j be boiled an 1 given to the hens, who : will greedily pick thorn to pieces. The same is trim of turnips. Barings of all kinds of vegetables will be readily oaten. Boor worm-eaten apples will give u zest to their appetite?, and a cabbage hung where they may peck at ,it will servo the aime pnrpo-o. Pump kins arc also appreciate I. Clover hay or corn fold- : cut to iialf-inch length?, scalded orspr nkc.l slightly with corn meal, .supplies a very goo I au l econ omical ration. Peas an i beans cooked and thickened villi bran are excellent | for I'iyi:j liens, so is E\vcet ensilage. Beets and carrots form a splendid win ter relish, while onions are popular and exiieo liugly healthy. If fed in moderation there is not the slighe.it fear that the la fc will affect the flavor of the eggs. ; Tii' great value of all the c vegetable foods lies not merely in their power to tempt the appetite, bit in their supplying lie balk necessary io t'.irift and egg production ; iu mere nutritive qualities most of them are inferior to the grain which they should supple ia ait, not displace. Variety, too, is i imp -taut feituro which should r.l-o be considered in supplying grain, , for u mixture of coru, oats, wheat, buckwheat, barley, etc., will be found to give better results than where one grain alone is used.—New York World. FARM AND GARDEN NOTE 3. j Filthy stalls cause thrush. Bevel. (>it* colts 5 feet occasionally . with a rarp. , The boneless carriage often balks, ; and bulks ba I. ; The best ''home male" harness oil is pure neat's foot oil. With good cultivation, at least 100 | bushels per aero should be grown. Two hundred bushels per aero is ! not an unusual yield, and 000 is often ! pro lucad. Any intelligent farmer eiu grow ripe luscious strawberries, ready for | picking, at two cents a quart. In preparing bees for winter the ! best plan is to leave the combs as the | bees arrange theiu. They like to have I empty cells in the center of the brood | nest to cluster iu. Ilouey should bo stored iu dry room.-. It will gather moisture and even mould iu a dam;) ceiiur; but if properly sealed and kept cool and dry, | it will keep for years. 1 In arranging the interior of your 1 lien house much room can be saved hy i putting the nest boxes under th perches-, and this will servo for tho top of the uestv. In a small house this is ' sometimes a great advantage. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS MEXICAN DISH THAT IS DELICIOUS. A Mexican dish of sweetbreads and oysters which is delicious is made 111 follows: Soak aud blanch your sweet* breads, cut them into equal sizes an 1 remove tko skins and little pipes. Take about three dozen tino oysterp, strain off the liquor. Put the sweet* breads into a stewpan and cover with the oyster liquor; add three largo spoonfuls of gravy of roast veal and a quarter of a pouud of fresh butter cuo into bits and roiled in flour. When the sweetbreads uro done put in tuo oysters and lot them cook five minuter. And two wineglasses of sweet cream, stir up well for a few minutes and serve in a hot dish.—St. Louis Star- Savings. A QUAKER DI3F. Scrapple is a Quaker di.sb, and is a most appetizing hot supper vl uid. Stow two pounds fresh pork until thoroughly done, using enough water so there will be at least a quart of liquor when the meat is taken up. .Re move the bones aud chop the meat, then put it back in the kettle. Season, adding sage, summer savory and onion if desired. Then silt in corn meal, boiling slowly and stirring as if for mush. Make it thick euough to slicn when cold. Turn into a dish, and when wanted for the table slico and fry iu drippings. The quantity may bo increased; as it will keep a long time in winter.—American Agricul turist. A CHOICE DESSERT. A clioico dessert is miulo from large well-flavored and ratlier tart apple?, pare the apples, take out the cures, and put tUein iu a bakiug-pau. Site over them after they begin to bako enough granulated sugar to coat la > outsides. Bako until tender uu I some what brown, but take them from the oven while they are still whole. Put them in a Hat and rather deep dish. Chop two dozen blanched almonds fine, and mix with them folic ounces of seeded auil chopped raisins, and two tablespoon fills of dried cur rants. Add to these a half cupful ot water, the same quantity of sugar, the grated yellow rind of a Jemoi , and u dessertspoonful of lemon juice. {Sim mer half an hour, then boil hard for ten minutes. Fill in the centre of the. apples with ibis mixture and pour that which is left ovci the outside. Hervj cold with whipped creaiu. A mixture of chopped candied fruits may be add ed to a syrup and used in the same way.—New York Post. HOUSEHOLD UINTA Muriate of ammonia iozcuges will relievo tickling of the throat. One teaspoonful of phosphate o soda in water about one hour before a meal will take away a yellow com plexion. Tho best way to set the dye o! bine a lisle thread hose is to put a couple of good pinches of common salt in the washing water. To exterminate red ants in a cup board is to pluco in it au earthen d su containing a pint of tar, on which l\\ ) quarts of hot water has beeu poured. When you are preparing chi 'k ■ pie, remember it will facilitate the serviug if the pieces of chicken are placed so that the bones all point to the centre. To roast small birds, fasten the head under tho wiugr, Lay a thin Blice of pork on the breast of each bird, and a piece of bread underneath. Boast iu a hot oven. A goblet of hot water taken just after rising, before breakfast, has cured thousands of indigestion, und no simple remedy is more widely rec ommended to dyspeptic?. For sweetmeats take large, clean dates, remove tho stones, and take n peauut, removing tho brown skin (and tho bitter point), and put inside of tl j date and rull it iu lino sugar. To improve starch add a tablespoon fill of epsoin gaits, and dissolve iu the usual way by boiling. Articles starched with this will bo stiller, and rendered, to a certain extent,tireproo*. To make a pleasant and nutritious drink for the sick, roast two or three tart, fine-flavored apples thoroughly; put them into a pitcher, add a pint of boiling water, a little nutmeg, and sugir to taste. A nice way to keep wax for the work basket is to fill shells of English wal nuts with melted war, fastening the two half shells closely together at one end. There will then he a small sp ico at the other end, through which the thread will slip when the wax is being used. When a pen has been used until ii appears to be spoiled place it Over t'lo tho flume (a gaslight for instance) for a quarter of a minute, thou dip it into water, and it will bo again tit for use. A new pen, which is found too hard to write with, will become softer by be ing thus heated. A manufacturer of pianos gives tho following method of c!ciniug u rose wood or ebony piano case: make a suds of white castile soap and luke warm water: dampen a soft sponge with this, and wash the surface of the wood, one side at a time ; take a small brush for the keys, an.l wipe the n off afterward with alcohol and a solt cloth. To tell whether a thermometer ac curately does its work invert tho in strument. If tho marcnry does noc fall to tho end, or if it breaks into several small column?, the thermome ter contains air and is iuaccurat •. | perfectly made, the slender thread should lill the tube or should break oft lat the bulb and fall to the end of the tube. An old African chief who followed Livingstone has just died. He leaves forty-live ividowa. A CHATELAINE FOR KNITTERS. To that army of knitters (and thero is one) who have suffered a long time from the uuwinding and tangling of their yarn, by babies aud kittens, a silver clmtelaiuo with a holder to keep the ball at their side, cornea as a wel come relief.—New York World. FAMOUS WOMAN MATHEMATICIAN. Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Davis, of Washington, whoso achivemeuts in astronomy have placed her among the foremost mathematicians in tho woild, is about to complete tlio calculations of the ephemeris, or almanac of tho sut?, a iscieutifio publication of tho United States Observatory. These cal culations bring this work up to the twentieth century. Mrs. Davis is a brilliant and versatile new woman. Three years ago she entered Johns Hopkins to study higher mathematics and philosophy, and this year she will stand for the degreo of Ph. D. TO PREVENT CHAPPING, Iu cold weather women try to de vise means for preventing hands and lips from chapping. An excellent remedy to prevent chapping is cold cream. Tho manicurist told mo that it also whit .-us the skin more than any preparation. It has taken tho place of the old-time remedy—mutton suet. Jt should be well rubbed into the skin and gloves—preferably white—slipped on. The palms of the gloves should bo slit in several places to allow the air nud prevent cramp of the muscles, and the finger tips clipped off. Vaseline should never be allowed to touch tho hands. It turns tho skin yellow und leaves a stain on tho nails that is hard to clear away. —New York World. THE TRESSE3 OF A MAID. The bridal veil is of Eastern origiD, being a relic of I Lie canopy held over Hie heads of tho happy pair. Tuo old British custom was to use Nature's veil unadorned—that is tho long hair of the bride, which was so worn by ail brides, royal, noble and simple. Only then did all behold the tresses of maid enhood iu their entiritv, and for tho last time, as, alter marriage, this badge of virginity was neatly dressed on the head. Among some the tresses were cut and carefully etowed away when a woman became a wife. It is customary in Russia for villago brides to excise their locks on returning from church. Tho peasantry of that coun try have a pretty song, tho gist being tho lamentation of u newly married wife over her golden curls, just cutoff, ere she laid them low. WaverleyMag uzine. Commenting on this winter's styles for women, Boston Mens says: ".Sleeves are slill of abnormal size, but the fullness is more at tbo elbow, and less stiffening is being used than formerly. It will bo some timo yet before women will accept the tight sleeve, although an attempt has been made by some of the Parisian dross makers. The extremely full sleeve may go out of stylo, but it does not smin possible that the very ugly, per fectly plain, tight-fitting sleeve will ever bo worn by the American wo iuau." Want a problem it is ! To combine protection, comfort and beauty iu the clothing of our bodies! But gradually, it seems to us, Queen Fashion is sure to adjust liar uugnst decrees accord ing to the ideas of simplicity of form and freedom to bodily movement. The still balloon sleovo is ftway from this principle. Henco the sPff balloon sleeve is likely to collapse in fnvor of true lines of drapery. News of the beginning of the end of the abnor mal-sized sleeves is good new3.—Path tinder. THE UTILITY GOWN If blnclt alpaca is selected for a util ity gown, it is best not to purchase it patterned in nuy way, but of the best possible quality. On coutrary,'a colored alpaca looks be3t figured with a small raised design iu silk. A very ladylike gown of black alpaca recently worn was simply trimmed about the bodice with black satin ribbon, the sleeves made of soft lustrous black sitin, bishop shape, and veiled with accordion-pleated black chitlon, and tied between the wrist and elbow with narrow black satin ribbon, with a ruf fle of tho pleated chiffon falling be low. Another gown of tho same fabrio was made with an Eton coat buttoned across the chest, with throe largo black enamelled buttons edged with a circle of French brilliants. Tbo vest was made of white silk overlaid with but ter-colored lace. Again, with a gown of black mohair, fashioned in a stylish but simple manner, was worn an itn menss white muslin sailor collar with pointed revers, trimmed with inser tion and odging of Valenciennes lace. There were deep turn-back cuffs to match, and a hat of coarse satin straw trimmed with black and whito striped ribbons. Tho gloves were of whito uudresscd kid with black points. Sur prising is tho popularity gained by cream and snow whito gloves. They have been sold iu this city this season by hundreds of dozens. —New York Post. GO3SIP. A woman in New York City lias con feezed to being a professional ghost. Get out your grandmother's finery. It is essentially up to date now. Princess Maud, of Wales, has carved a meerschaum pipe for her betrothed, Prince Karl, of Denmark. The Princess of Wales has had printed for private distribution some songs which she has composed for the zither. Mrs. Humphry Ward is a native of Tasmania, and intimates that she may some day write a book about that country. The conversation bracelet is formed of rare coins that form an incentivo for talk when all other topics are worn threadbare. Queen Victoria won the champion plate gold medal and challenge cup for tho bestauimal exhibited at the Srnitli liold Cattlo Show. Mrs. Ernest Lcverson, who writes so amusingly in London Punch, is a very pretty woman, quite young and always beautifully dressed. Mrs. S. T. Pioltard, a niece of the poet Wbittier, and the owner of hi 3 Amesbury (Muss.) house, is trying hard to make the house a memorial. It is not generally known that tha wife of Sir Philip Currie, the British Ambassador in Constantinople, is tho lady known to tho world us Violet Pane. Dr. Mabel Spencer, of Kansas City, Kan., has been appointed olHciul phy sioian of ltiley County. She is the first woman in tho State to receive such an honor. The wife of Dr. Nanscn, the Arctic explorer, has appeared at Stockholm as a voeulist, and with such great suc cess that she is now touring through Denmark and Sweden. Mayor Hooper, of Baltimore, Md., has given 8200,001) to a college for women ia Baltimore. Ho is deeply interested in the education of women, hence his generous gift. The coilego snuggery is tho latest rival of the cozy corner. It ia fitted up with cushions in tones of one's favorite college, while pennants in the same hue are draped at tho back. Eelie do Lussan, an American prima donna, has been meetiug with immense success in the English proviuces. Sho has been enthusiastically praised by tho critics for her personation of "Mignou." Tho best paid governess in tho world seems to bo tho English govor noss of tho little King of Spain. This lady receives 8 loll'J a year for her sorvioes, and attends only to the little King's English primer work. In Paris many women dress their hair after the style Bllected by tho President's fc daugnter, Lucie Enure. All the front hair is uirauged in - . . loose waves, one in the middle, two ou each side, with the hair coiled low ou the neck. There is a woman contractor and quarry operator ia Buffalo, N. Y., who has supplied stone for somo of the most importunt structures in the city. She is the only woman who is an ac tive member of the Buffalo Builders' Exchange. For the first time in the annals of Japanese history a woman has (through a recent degree of the Mikado) the option of leading a single life. Form erly, after reaching a certain age, a husband was selected for her, whom she bad no choice but to accept. Dr. Luella Cool, an American wo man, who has been practising dentistry in Guatemala with great success, is in California on a visit. She is one of a very few foreigners who are allowed to practice in Guatemala, nearly all the others having been driven out by a rigorous lav passed last year. FASHION NOTES. Buttons are sometimes studded with small stones, turquoises being pre ferred. Some of tbo most beautiful buttons manufactured now are of tortoise shell. Both tho amber-colored and the brown Bhell are used. Queen Anne combs are broad in shape and exceedingly becoming to some beads. They are found in many quaint designs. Hairpins promise to havo a groat sale. The fashionable designs approach the dignity of a comb rather than an ornamental hairpin. The excessive use of fancy buttons continues, and there is no material, apparently, too costly or too bizarre to bo called into use. Muffs of velvot to match the hat are very fashionable with anv costume, and thoy are made round or flat-, as you choose, but quito large. Tho newest capes are cut pointed in front, with long stole ords and short on the shoulders, and are suggestive of tho Marie Autoinotte style. Sealskin is used for trimming all shades of brown and russet. Bright brown cloth is accentuated with black fox or black Persian lamb. Some of the buttons have a pattern lightly outlined with gold, but the smartest are perfectly plain, and show the beautiful waves of color in the shell. The pretty black velvet jackets worn last season, with ilttecl back and slraight front trimmed with chin chilla, are used agaic, cnancel by rich buttons of tinted pearl, cut steel or of colored stones and gilt. WISE WORDS. All grand thoughts come from the heart. —Vauvonargues. Thero can be no high civility with out a deep morality.—Emerson. All power, even the most despotio, rests ultimately on opinion.—Hume. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.—Emerson. In these times wo fight for ideas, and nowspapers are our fortresses. — Heine. The genius, wit and spirit of a Na tion are discovered in its proverbs.— Bacon. Some to the fascination of a name surrender judgment hoodwinked. — Cowper. Spiritual force is stronger than ma terial; thoughts rule the world.— Emerson. False praise can please and calumny affright none but the vicious and the hypocrite.—Horace. It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but ono of the necessaries of life.—Beecher. No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can bo altogether and irreolaimably depraved. —Carlyle. It is easy to learn something about everything,but difficult to learnjevcry thing about anything.—Emmons. There are not unfrequently substan tial reasons underneath for customs that appear to us absurd.—C. Bronte. Those whoso whole minds feed upon riches recedo in general from real happiness in proportion as their stores increase. —Burton. Honest instinct comes a volunteer, euro never to overshoot, but just to hit. while still too wide or short of human wit.—Pope. It is by studying little things that wo attain the great art of having as lit tle misery and as much happiness as possible. —Johnson. Truo politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treat ing others just as you love to be treated y oursel f. —Chesterfield. No earnest thinker will borrow from others that which ho has not al ready, more or les?, thought out for himself.—Charles Kingsley. Despair is the offspring of fear, o! lazine.ss and impatience; it argues a defect of spirit and resolution, and often of honesty, too.—Collier. There aro braving men in the world as well n9 braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking and swear ing any other than braying? —D'Es trango. Consider bow much more you often suffer from your anger and grief than from those very tiling* for which you aro angry and grieved.—Marcus Au tonius. Perloratcil Mails. An Italian sea captain. Gio Batta Vassnllo, of Genoa, has made a very interesting innovation in tho uso of sails of ordinary sailing vessels. Ho claims thut the force of wind cannot fully take effect in a sail, since the air in front of it cannot properly circu late in tbo indited part, and remains stationary immediately in front of 1 art of tho sail proper. Ho avoids this stagnation of air, as he calls it, by the application of a number of small holes in that part of the sail where tho depression is doopest when it is filled ; thu3B holes arc reinforced like a buttonhole so that they will not tear out. Trials roado ia various weather have resulted as follows: With a light wind a boat with ordinary sail 3 ma le four knots, whilotho new sail increased the speed to five and a quarter knots. In a fresh breeze the respectivo speeds were seven and eight and throe-quar ter knots, and in ft strong wind thov were eight and ten knots per hour. It stands to reason that the doing away with a layer of air, which cannot es cape past the sides of a sail, must in crease the efficiency of the sailboat. Where the wind formerly struok a cushion of air, which noted like u, spring mattress, decreasing the ac tual pressure of the wind against the canvas, this current of air now strikes the sail direct, and, of course, has a greater efficiency. Vassallo lias re ceived much encouragement from practical sailors, as woll as theoretical scientists.—Philadelphia Record. D'slocatcs Any Joint at Will, IT. S. Fitzgerald, aged forty-seven, of Harrisburg, Peun., gave an exhibi tion at Washington, before tho stu dents of the Columbian Medical Col lege of his powers as a "lax-ligamen tarian." He c m dislocate at will any joint in his body from his little toe to his spinal column, and has absoluto control over every inuse'e. He has been exhibiting beforo medical col leges for about twenty-seven years, and during the winter months lias a permanent engagomeut with the Bollc vuo Medical College of New York and also appears at the Yanderbilt clinics. Muscles that physicians have hitherto beeu unable to reach he brought into plain viow and action. Ligaments so deep in the flesh that they could only be reached with a carving knife were brought into action apparently just under tho skin.—Chicago Times-Her ald. Rare Postage Stamps. High prices paid for postage stamps at reoent Loudon sales were : Spam, 2 reals, 1851, $110; 2 reals, 1852, $110; Madrid, 3 cunrtos, $53; Tuscany, 3 lire, yellow, $133; Naples, i tomese, blue, $81; Canada, 12 pence, black, damaged, 5135; Newfoundland, ono shilling, vtrmilliou, sllO ; 1 shilling, carmine, $lO5, 6 pence half penny, carmine, $65 ; New Brunswick, 1 shil ling, violel, SS2 ; Nova Scotia, 1 shil ling, mauve, $105; United States, a eet of the Department of Justice, SSB. —Washington Star.
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