The averago duration of marriages
la said to bo thirty years in Russia aud
twenty-eeveu iu England.
"Let's all get a move on us and
meet the gool tunes wo are wishing
for half way," exclaims the Silver
Knight.
Robinson Crusoe's island and cave
aud inscription, instead of being at
the bottom of tho Faoifie, are all right.
Aud thcro isanotber good story spoiled
by the hard antagonism of facts.
In n speech at Aberdeen, Scotland,
General Booth said he was thinking of
a scheme of universal emigration by
which men eould bo passod from ono
part of tho world to another and sur
plus labor brought to places where it
was wanted.
The Chicago Board of Health has
been called upon to investigate a
peculiar ease. A resident of that city
complained that ho had out open a loaf
of bread, bought from a baker, aud
had found curled up mside a b'va
mouse, apparently none tho worse for
its experience.
Tho Baltimore News says that John
Hent'ield, of that city, now seventy
seven years of age, is the oldest prac.
ticing photographer iu tho United
States. During tho gold fever in
California he traveled through tho
West in a prairie echooaer, fitted up
as a photograph gallery, and made us
much as if.H.j a day.
Says the Boston Journal; The
enrious .statement is mado that many
of tho Italian prisoners in Abyssinia
havo been so kindly treated, and are
doing so much better there than they
can hope to iu their own country, that
they arc petitioning the Italian Gov
ernment to allow them to remain.
This does not agree with tho earlier
tales of Abyssinian cruelty-.
Tho total cost of maintaining tho
Federal, State ami Municipal Govern
ments of the United States for tho
year 1803 was $915,!.'45,055. Among
the disbursements wore the following:
For charities, $148,905,1171; for edu
cation, 8113,583,115; for roads,
bridges and sewers, 872,282,000; for
postal service, $08,000,000; for nrmy
and militia, 835,500,000; for police,
824,000,000; for judiciary, $23,000,-
000; for prisons and reformatories,
812,000,000.
Observes llio New York Press:
"When we reflect that there are more
farmers than there are laborers in all
the manufacturing ami mechanical in
dustries, that there are 8,000,00*) peo
ple earning a livelihood by work iu the
fields, more than one-third of all tho
men nud women workiug in the United
States, wo understand that tho pros
perity of such it class means much for
the prosperity of the whole country.
This idea is emphasized whsu wo think
that the two-thirds not nt work ou tho
land are nevertheless quite as depend
ent upon laud products for tho food
necessary to sustain life as though
they themselves were tillers of the
soil."
President Ilobbs, of tho Indiana
Horticultural Society, lislioves that
the day of extravagant prices for fruit
has passed, never to return. Unusual
ly low prices ruled last year, ho says,
because spring opened simultaneously
over a wide range of country, and be
cause all kinds of fruit bore liberally.
But he looks for a long period during
which the happy conditions will pro
vnii of plenty of fruit at reasonable
prices for the consumer and at remun
erative prices for tho producer. Tho
reasouablo price to the consumer, he
says, is brought about bv the cheap
ened methods of growing an I hail 1-
ling un-l cheaper transportation, while
the grower is to profit through wider
markets.
Speaking of tho Postoilioo Depart
ment regulation that ths letters "X.
Y." must bo put after tho nstao of New
York City iu addresses, tho Boston
Transcript savs : "Of course everybody
but tho postoflieo people knows that
tho State of) Now Y'ork has its name
from tho city of New Y'orlt, aud that a
refereueo to tho State in something
addressed to the city is superfluous
and without reason. No doubt thert
js a postoflieo named Now Y'ork iu
K rasas, but that impertinent fact does
not put on thereat New Y'ork the duty
of identifying itself in any such super
fluous way. Boston, Mass., is not
quite so absurd as 'Now York, N. Y'.,'
but it is, nevertheless, absurd. Eveu
iu old England a lettor addressed sim
ply to 'Boston' generally comes to
Massachusetts, though there is an
ancient and respoctablo town of thu
name iu England ; aud a book which
bears the name of Boston ou its title
page is never supposed in England tc
have been published in the town of St.
Botolpb.
THE HARBOR LIGHTS OF HOME.
I set my shallop on youth's shilling soi
That smiled up at tho sua.
"Hurrah!" I cried. "From homo a rover j
free,
I'll breast life's waves alone."
An 1 storm and night seemed faint and far
away
And old wivo.,' hints of wreck,
Like fairy tales, tho while tho sunshine lay
Like gold updfc the deck.
Bui when upon the canvas of I ho cloud,
Ink black in onward rush
And hoarsely mounting of the thunder loud,
The jagged lightning's brush
Limned me my folly wiili each vivid stroke.
Then, iu tho driving foam
Aud stinging spindrift as the tempest
broke,
*Jlotno! Ilotnc!" I cried. "My home!"
Aud through tho inky curtain of the gale
There comes a thread of light,
Aud o'er tho slitting or tho useless sail
Home voices cheer tho night.
For, seo! Across the outer bar that lies
Smothered iu creamy foam
There shines tho welcome of a woman's eyes,
Till harbor lights of homo!
—J, L. Hcaton, in tho Quilting 800.
in rliin,.
was night. I
VN I • I Y *; was in my bod-
Ij I room at tho Pera
|il Hotel,listening to
1. I' lo silence, if you
j® will allow me to
A( lly} make a bull. It
fel win but half-past
I 111 111 * eD ' nm l the Turk
\ I ||l ish city never
] ai very wide awako—
Hiilii /r hail now none
calmly fast to
* blcq,; 1,11 1,8 ' jt3
were j'Ut out, ami
no sound was to be
beard, even ill Pern, but tho occaiion
al bowl of a street dog that some
bitten watchman bail beaten with bis
stall; dervisbos bad ceased their holy
waltzing aud their demoniac howling ;
priests bad left their lofty minarets
tor tba night; tho Sultan had sunk
iutoatraneo; the bazaars, where no
tions of all Nations are sold, were
barred and bolted up ; tho oofl'oo shops
lmd quenched their charcoal tiros; tho
beggars ou tho bridge had dragged
homo their Hlutnps aud sores, tho sol
diers of tho Porte were iu their bar
raoks, dreaming of n revolt; viziers
laid their uneasy heads ou silken pil
lows; tho "sick man's" dying city
was dead asleep, and it mado ono
sleepy to feel even near six hundred
thousand sleepers. Human nature is
imitative; when it sees eating it
wants to eat, aud when it sees sleep
ing it wants to sleep. 15.sides did 1
not know that niv countrymen iu
Pera were wavering in their allegiance
to tho pleasant king of midnight, and
wcro half of them yawning and
stretching over billiards and dominoes,
and looking with nilrigbt at the two
up-lifted clock hands. Turks, who
have no amusements, go to bed early.
1 was sitting at the wiudow of my
bedroom, meditative—ouo boot off,
and one boot on—wondering if tkcro
was ever a minute, day or night, since
Constantino was placed iu his porphyry
tomb, that nome wild dog had not
barked iu Pera, when a tap came at
my door. I put my boot ou, aud
bade tho visitor open the door.
It was Antonio, my dragoman or
courier, whom I had hired that day,
and thus lie spoke :
"Monsieur, sare, nous avous—we
'ave got tho faroraan for the night."
Firman, you must know, is an Asi
atic word, signifying, iutius instance,
a passport.
"Oil, have you! All right, Antonio;
I am ready," said I, buttoning no niv
coat to the last button, and adjusting
my hat before the mirror.
"Vera good," returned my Albanian
guide, who, by the way, bad Ibo most
villainous lace imaginable; "come on,
sare."
I hat firman, the Saltan's gracious
permission —graoio as, but expensive
cost 1110 i piaster', or about
twenty-eight dollars.
Ha it known uuto yon, renter, that
over so many C.reassi-ius, recently
whipped by tl-o lius.-.iaus in spite of
their devoted euiirig an I the genius
of their leader, Bellamy!, had been
offered a lew piasters per diem to join
tho army of the Port , bad accepted
tho offer readily, knowing that Tur
key was the natural enemy of tho land
of vermin and steppo , and had been
apprised on arriving at Slauiboul, af
ter many hungry days of forced march
ing over countries innocent of bridges
and oE roads, that the Porto was una
ble to pay the native troops, lot alone
foreign ones. That was enough to
make the b'.iugry Circassians augry,
was it not? A little way beyond tho
Valley of the Sweet Waters, which is
a place of fashionable resort, equiva
lent or thereabouts, to our Central
Park, those soldiers of a buudred pa
triotic battles had located their camp,
and wero muttering discontent in a
way that was "Very disagreeable to the
Turkish Government, it was in order
to SCO them that Antonio aud I loft
the Pera Hotel at eleven o'clock at
night.
Hscapiug being torn to pieces by
the tivnl boatmen of Tophuna, 1
tumbled down into the cradle of a neat
caique, which, because it is a pattern
boat, I will describe, it is loug, and
sharp at both ends, and at both endsit
is boarded over, to prevent shippiug
seas, with varnished planks, crossed at
the top with little crowning rails of
gilt carving, very dainty aud very
smart. The cradle where I laid my
back against where tho coxswain would
bo eeatod iu an Atnerioan gig, was
lined with red cushions aud white
lamb skins.
There wero two boatmen, heeanse
the Sweet Waters where we wero to
land, was far up the Bosphorus, aud
it was tolerably hard work, eveidsfor
them, brawny and accustomed to row
ing as they were.
Antonio, ray scoundrel of a guide,
held forth on the white minarets look
ing ghostlike in the moonlight unit on
tho dark cypress trees throwing their
heavy shaking shadows athwart tho
phosphorescent water. Ho bade me
observe how tho eaiquejeo (boatman)
fastens his oars by a leather loop to a
peg ou tho side of the boat, which bad
no rowlocks—a simple plan, that pro
vents their ever being lost, unless they
break in some of the whirling aud im
petuous currents of the Bosphorus.
Every time 1 looked the boatmen
laughed with all their teeth, aud said,
affirmatively, "Bono, Johnny," upou
which I called out authoritatively,
"Chnpuk!" (quick, quick!) and of
which they iuvariably replied by say
ing, "Yawash, yawash!" meaning,
"No hurry, all in good time."
Antonio, as wo progressed, gradu
ally transferred his conversation from
myself to the boatmen. At that time
I knew very little of their sweet-sound
jargon, and naturally feeling uninter
ested, I closed my eyes and sank into
a reverie, to be aroused therefrom by
oue of the boatmen using a Turkish
phrase, the meaning of which was
known to me, in tones of tho deepest
disgust. Their licree and furtive
glances, together with the frequent
use of that ono phrase, which might
be translated thus: "Hog of an infi
del," confirmed a sudden suspicion
that I was in a serious scrape. I was
so seated that, although ray fiioo was
not seen by thcrn, I could discern their
features aud gestures plainly,
"Chnpuk!" I cried imperiously,
knowing that it is generally bost to
show no wliito feather. "Yawash,
yawash !" returned the boatmen de
fiantly.
"No hurry, sare," said Antonio,
lighting his chibouk and paiUug away
complacently.
How I regretted having left tho I'era
Hotel nt that unseemly hour to sou a
parcel of Circassian ragamuffins, who
were perhaps not worth seeing! How '
roundly 1 swore that, if it wero per- '
mittod mo to issue seatheloss from that
scrape, I would never bo out nguiu i
after dark in Turkey. Fast tho Maiden's
Tower, a sort of legendary lighthouse
that stands ou a rock at tho entrance
of tho Golden Horn, opposite Scutari;
past long lines of vessels and rows of
dark red wooden houses with broad
brimmed flat roofs, aud collar-like
boat houses; past piano trees and cy
presses, silent caiques and cofl'ee
houses, and here and there a dread
lump of carrion, bobbing liko a float
in the moonlight, swollen and horrible
—wo reached at last tho Bweet Water
meadows, where tho caiquos were
gathered thick as carriages round the
door of the Theatre Franeais.
I had a mind to make lko3o two
villainous boatmen row mo back again,
because nu wo wero near ono of the
Sultan's tiusolly Italian palaces,
neither they nor the audacious
Albanian dare attempt violouoe just
then; but, unfortunately, 1 was
troubled with n weakness called pride,
which troublesome infirmity I should
advise my readers, if ever they are
placod in similar circumstances, to
conquer right away. Although I folt
I thereby placed my life iu jeopardy,
I could not for the lifo of mo take the
certain way of escape that offered it
self, and determined to pursue at all
hazards tho object for which I had set
out.
The two boatman jumped on land, ]
and drawing tho caique almost lngh
and dr.y, so that we should not wot our
feel, stood with ready palms held out
to receive their pay. I gave n few
piasters to each and then an animated
conversation ensued between my
dragoman and them, conducted in
Turkish, and in which the constant
repetition of the phrase beforo trans
lated again ooourro I.
"Doy will wait, sare," said tho
Albauinn, at its conclusion.
"All right," .1 returned, affecting
more coolness than I felt, for I had no
arms with mo bigger than a penknife,
and I hid seen them produce, during
tho palaver, bright, ugly-looking
kuives from their voluminous sleeves.
"Ohapuk ! I want to got back soon."
Antonio uttered a valediction to
In;—as I supposed them— accomplices,
aud wc entered a detite whoso quickly
highteuiug sidos wero topped with
regular rows of cypress trees. In a
littlo while, on either side, before aud
behind, there was nothing but im
penetrable darkness? visible, and
above, the sky, now overcast 'with
clouds, was starless aud gloomy. Tho
dragoman led tho way, stealing 011
with a lithe, sure step, nud wafting
clouds of perfume from his chibouk.
Trying to divest myself of the con
viction that d was about to become
the victim of au already concocted
plot, bringit- > forth a whole array of
arguments to justify that attempt, and
yet peering nervously into the dark
ness right aud lo't, nuou in tho direc
tion of the Albanian, and thou shrink
iugly behind mo, I followed, without
a protest, in his footsteps, just as a
iamb goes to tbo slaughter bouse.
Il o carried a lamp, such as all drago
men carry 111 tbo night time, and sud
denly bethinking myself of this, I
asked him to light it.
"X'rescntly, sare," ho said; "we
shall corns into plenty light soon."
To tho best of my belief wc had now
gone about naif a mile. Once or twico
I fancied i heard a footfall in our rear,
aud with a contraction of the heart,
half turned to face au anticipated as
sailout, but nothing emerged from tho
darkness, and I resumed rn.y journey,
perturbed and painfully suspicions.
Tho clouds suddenly thinned beforo
the watery moon, aud the irregular
walls of an old tumblo-down ruin for
merly a mosque of much repute, but
now a playfjonso for all the littlo
Turks in tho villages round about,
loomod directly before us, the dctiio
abruptly endiug at, tbo mouth of a
rude road 011 tbu right.
The Albanian proposed lighting the
lamp in this ruin, as, on account of a
gusty wind, it would bo dilfiijttlfr
light it outside.
I thought his proposal rathor un
called for, since we had tho moon, but
acquiesced quietly, aud followed him
iu the mosque, which had been built
in that senii-Oriontal Byzantine style
that, bade through Venice, spread
throughout Europe, oven iu Canute ot
England's time. I was interested in
this rolic of another age, and momen
tarily forgot my suspicions. Antonio
stopped into a vault, which was still
almost entire, and which had once, iu
all probability, been tho refectory,
where tho dervishes, or priests, par
took moderately of food. He oponed
tho door of the gaudy lautoru, which
would havo reminded you of Aladdin's,
and striking a match, lit Iho wick.
"You wait, mo fill chibouk," said
he, setting tho lantern down.
I wah seized from behind aud thrown
violently to the ground, falling with
my hip on a sharp stouo that made mo
lame lor weeks after. I turned round
without risiug, being then unable on
aecouut of tho wound I had received,
and saw ouo stalwart assailant cover
mo with a guu, aud tho other bctiind
him grasp tho hilt of a disagreeablo
knife.
Antonio held iho lamp aloft, and
seemed to regard tho whole affair as a
capital joke.
Tho boatman with tho guu spoko
lioroely iu Turkish, and tho Albanian,
turning to 1110, said: "Want money,
sare, Givo 'em money, you go safe."
It wa3 very unpleasant looking up
the muzzle of that guu, and feeling
that the slightest movemcut might en
danger my life, but I WHS an American,
and disliked tho cavalier mauncr of
thoso Turkish dogs. I was just about
to defy them to do their worst, when
I heard the tread of men outside. I
shouted out for help at tho top of my
voice, and six Turkish soldiers,headed
by an officer, eamo into tho ruin at a
trot aud halted nt tho entranco of tho
vault, covering us all with their
matchlocks.
That villainous Albauiau, as soon as
ho saw how quickly tho tables
were turned, ran forward and com
menced a fierce denunciation of his '
accomplices.
"Ingiish subjok?" asked tho Turk
ish officer turning to me.
The English, you must know, havo
so bullied aud brow-beaten tho Turks
that thoy would rather allow an Eug- j
lish murderer to go scot free thau !
como into collision with them.
"American subject," 1 answered, j
succeeding iu a painful attempt to rise.
Then I made him understand by suit- !
able gestures that tho Albanian and j
tho two boatmen were all alike culpa
ble, and they were presently deprived I
of their knives and tho guu, each ono
of them placed between two men, and
marched off toward tho spot where wo
had landed.
Outside tho ruin tho road was full
of Turkish soldiers, nil going in the
direction of tho Circassian encamp
ment, for purposo of overawing that
brave aud turbulent people. Judgcsaro
very corrupt in Tnrkov. The Albanian
contrived to bribe himself out tho
clutches of the law, but the two boat
men were very properly punished.—
New York News.
Antiseptic Ouuliiics of Cains,
It is a well-known fact that paper
money is liable to transfer bacteria
from one person to another, and
thus to spread contagious diseases
It is also supposed that coins,
| which are more 111 circulation thau
uotes, might similarly act as agents
lor spreading disease, and investiga
tions in that direction were mado at
tho Vicuua University when Austria
chaugcd its currency to the gold basis.
A report about his observations was
recently published by Dr. Vincent in
the Vienna Medical Gazette, iu which
he states that metals act, so to speak,
ns antiseptics iu regard to bucteriu, or
micioboe, tho fact being that these
microscopic organisms havo but a very
short lease of life while on metals,
i'ho destroying iulluoucos of metals iu
crease with their temperature, and
also with tho close touch of the micro
organisms with tho metal. At a
temperature of ninety-five to 100 de
grees Fahrenheit, which is common iu
the pockets where mcnoy is carried,
tho destruction of microbes occurs
within three hours. The various
metals used for coins aro somewhat
different iu tbis rospccfc, silver being
tho most antiseptic, and gold tho
least. Copper and bronze hold about
tho. middle between tho two more
precious in etuis,—St, Louis Giobj-
Democrat.
A Silent Club,
A club lias just been organized at
Aif-una in which the occasionally de
lightful luxury of silence can be eu
joyed whenever tho members desire,
Ibis privilege is secured by u consti
tution which consists chiefly of a rule
that under no pretext is a word to bo
spoken in any part of the clubhouse.
All necessary communications includ
ing t'uo giving of orders to waiters,
must be mado in writing,tho mombers
aro forbidden even by nodding to
recognize each other's presence. Ap
plications for membership arc eoming
in rapidly.
A(t ickeil by an Eagle.
Carl Holzhausor, a farmer of Rush
ville, Kan., carried to Atchison a bald
caglo which he had captured after a
battle with it near Lake Contrary,
whore ho was hunting, no had left
his horse, and when he returned to it
found tho eaglo on the animal's back,
fighting it. When ho boat it off tho
bird attacked him and tore his clothing
and face before he could shoot it.
Tile Kaiser's Silver Cup.
Tho German Emperor proposes to
eelobrato the sixtieth year of his
grandmother's reign in a very hand
some way, says the Illustrated London
News. Ho will give a silver cup three
feet high to the winner of a race of
| British yachts from Dover to Heligo
land aud will present the cup himself
! at Kiel.
MAY BIRDS ON PRETTY^HEADS.
Peacock green and blue and gold
breast feather?, yellowish green and
bluo green birds' heads, quills and
wings aro much used on black, dark
green, grey and golden brown hats
and bonnets, and wido watered silk
bows with large buckles of Irish dia
monds iu tho confer, are used with
good effect on black and green hats iu
Kubens, Sir Peter Lely and Duchess
of Devonshire shapes—all largo and
spreading in contour.
WOMEN AND PAIN,
Dr. Ottoleugbi, a European phy
sician, has been conducting experi
ments with an instrument colled a
faradimeter to determine sensitiveness
to pain as betweeu men and women. !
He tried it upon Gi>;l women with re
markable results.
Ho finds that womou are less sensi
tive to pain than men, and that this
sensitiveness is less iu early life, in
creases to tho twenty-fourth year, and
decreases alter that. Tho higher
classes aro most sensitive"' and the de
generate Jcast. 110 found tho later
class very obtuse in the sensation of
pain,—New York Journal.
A PRINCESS AND A OOVERNOR.
It is announced in London that in
her capacity as Governor of tho Isle
of Wight, Princess Beatrice will next
6ummer publicly uu\oil the memorial
of the late Lord Teuuyson. to bo
erected on the cliffs at Farringford.
It gives tho inhabitants of tho island
gloat delight and satisfaction for tho
Princess to appear in lior official role,
and furthermore sho is, like the Queen,
a passiouato admirer of Teunysou's
poetry, so that her unveiling of this
memorial to the late Laureate will be
something much more thau a porfunc
tory duty. rriuocs3 Beatrice herself
frequently reads Tennyson aloud to
the Quecu.
RED THE RACE.'
Tied iu every tono and eemitono is iu
high fashion this sea-ou, uot only as
a promineut accessory, but forming
entire gowns, wraps ami head cover
ings. Formerly American women em
ployed this color with greatest caution,
and left rod to bo lavishly and nrtis- |
tieally used by Iho French. All that
is changed, and tho gay Parisienne is
no more prodigal with aggressive
colors than wc—only a French wo
man knows intuitively how to mix and
miuglo her tones. Who never adopts
a color for a very long time, and sho
never wears tho samo gown long
enough to lmvo it bear its date or tiro
tho eyos of her contemporaries. A
French woman keeps alert, vigiluut,
interested pace with fashion in all her
Might.?, but many of our country-wo
men and nearly all English women arc
apt to toil in tho work of that erratic
deity,
ITARMONY IN FOOTWEAR.
It is difficult to say what is the cor
rect slipper for this season's wear, so
bewitching is tho variety from which
the dancing maid may ohoose.
Thoy couio in satin, kid aud patent
leather, and are as correct when
beaded clear down to tho toe as when
plain, sometimes one, sometimes two
or even three straps aro worn.
Buckles either of jewels or beads are
seen both with and without bows.
The well shaped Oxford tie, so long
as it is in harmony with tho frock,
looks very smart.
The edict has gone forth that the
slipper must match tho color of the
gowu exactly. Black sliopers are only
worn with black gowns, and white
shoes with white frocks.
To havo tho footgear out of harmony
with tho exact color-scheme of the
dancing dross is considered particu
larly bad taste this season.—Now York
Telegram.
THE DAYS OF LA VICTORINB.
The days of la Victoriuo aro being
revived, and we Hud ourselves sub
merged in the most Kussian of coats,
really nothing more than tho old, fa
miliar redingote, with its skirt reach
ing nearly to tho foot of tho dress
skirt, and giving one a curious look ot
soparatodness not at all becoming to
nil figures. There is a snugnoss and
symmetry about those half-long wraps
which mako thorn very fascinating in
deed, especially so for wintry weath
er. Beauties in this stylo aro being
built of all kiuds of stuffs, velvets,
brocades, matolasses and heavy cloths
of all kinds. A striking cloak of this
sort is built of soal-brown melton,
heavy with braidiug a la hussar, and
showing a wido collar, cuffs and an ac
companying rauli of stone marten fur,
togother with huge horn buttons. The
cloak is lined throughout with goldcu
yellow and white brocaded 6atin. | This
garment is iutended for driving wear,
and with it goes a smart Virot hat of
dark brown beaver, with a high crown
and narrow, straight brim, draped
softly with creamy lace, and two float
ing ospreys of grass-green. Another
smart Russian coat is built of black
velours aud finished at the bottom
with a wide band of Kussian sable,
while a wide collar and cuffs finish
throat and wrists. Tho muffs carried
aro of tho largest size and look wou
derfully cozy. Coats entirely envel
oping tho gown aro built in all sorts
of heavy materials, and mado rich by
trimmings of fancy furs and huge,
richly carved buttons. A fetching
model is mado up in the softest gray
shade of melton, topped off by a flar
ing collarette, cuffs ami rauff of silver
ohinchilla. —Chicago Times-Herald,
Gossir.
Out of 08,000 school teachers in
Prussia only 9000 are women.
Snrdou says thai Sarah Bernhardt
talks entirely too fast while on tho
stage.
The woman tennis champion of Now
Zealand has only one hand, and that
the left one.
It has been learned that the gowns of
a certain Now York society belle coat
825,000 a year.
Mrs. Annie Honahoe, of San Fran
cisco, has bequeathed §200,000 to va
rious charitable organizations.
According to tho Gazette do France
tbore are in that country 2150 femalo
authors and journalists and about 700
femalo artists.
Tho Housekeepers' League of New
York is perfecting the details of tho
plan to introduce cooking into the
public schools.
Gladstone's liltlo granddaughter,
Dorothy Drew, never wears shoes and
stookings at all, either in the house or
out of doors, except in town.
Some enterprising young women in
tho West have established a business
tirm to supply speakers with sermons
and ossays on current topics.
"Carmen Sylva" has received tho
decoration for Arts and Science from
tho Emperor of Austria. Sno is tho
first woman to win this distinction.
Tho Countess of Derby recently laid
the eoruorstono of a Liverpool hospi
tal, toward tho building of which the
David Lewis trust is said to havo
given $:i00 ; 000.
Miss ,7 uliet Corson, who has been
called "The Mother of Cookery," is ill
in New York City from an incurable
ailment, and is without means. She
may live, in pain, for some years.
Lady Arran is managing a hand
knitting industry in County Mayo,
Ireland. Although desigued to give
work to such of her husband's tenants
as needed emplovmcut, tho venture
has proved profitable financially, 7000
pairs of stockings having been knitted
last year and S3OOO spent in wages,
FASHION NOTE?.
Neck ruches are indispensable.
It seems as though modistes had
gone embroidery mad.
Tho latost fashion in flowers is to
have them match tho gown in color.
There is no use talking, tho small
sleeve is certainly depressing to look
upon.
Silver haudles for toothbrushes are
arranged so that tho brushes fit into
them, and can bo renewed whenever
necessary.
Borne of the new evening, gowns
have a sash whioli is simply two long
ends without loop or bows, sewn in
at the belt at the back.
The bronze shoe, prettily doeorated
with a beaded butterfly, which has a
large oaboehon for tho body, is a fa
vorite for evening wear.
Tho llower muff, as a substitute for
the bridesmaid's bouquet, is a pretty
feature at some of tho recent wed
dings, and white chrysanthemums,
tied with wlnto ribbon, aro effective.
Elastic corsets are a new invention
for roducing superfluous adipose tis
sue, and producing a long, slim waist
withoutany harmful results. A French
doctor is authority for tho statement
that they are effeotive.
lints malo entirely of fur nro very
fashionable, and often match the cape
or muff. Some of them nro made of
heads and tails of auimals, tho latter
coiled to form tho shape, aud tho
heads being used as docoratiou.
For bathiug purposes long mittens
made of Turkish toweling nro iuuob
more convenient than a washcloth or
sponge. At night put them in a wash
bowl of salt water, aud in the morning
wring them out, put them on aud rub
the body with them.
Tho old superstition against opals is
slowly but surely passing awav, and
these lovely gems, with their evor
changing colors and opalescent effects,
aro in tho front rank of popularity
amoug fashionable women. The opal
has an 'advantage, too, over all tho
othei gems, as it cannot bo imitated.
The woman who possesses n quan
tity of old laco lias a treasure this sea
son, for fashion roquircs a very lavish
use of real lace. Laco we must have,
and if wo cannot have roal there are
lovely imitations not to bo ignored;
Italian ' point, rose point, Brussels,
Ilonitou, Mechlin, point Anglais, and
Flemish laee3 are all worn.
It is a mistake to wear a shoo too
small for you, flunking it will make
your foot look prettier. It causes your
foot to look cramped, heavy and
olubby, and will effectually prevent
you from walking well, comtortably
or gracefully. Flat hoels are the only
sensible heels to shoes, aud tho only
heels that will euable one to become
an easy, light walker.
In city apartments, whero space is
limited, beds aro frequently covered
with embroidered tapestries, or Bilk
crotonnes, the pill nv3 being (flowed
away iu some oouveuiont place and
replaced by an upholstered bolster.
Whero parlors adjoin tho . sleeping
rooms and beds are exposed to view,
the fashion is a couvemont one, but it
is hardly to bo recommended other
i wise. ... . ..
WHAT TIME IS IT f
Time to do well,
Time to live better-
To give up that grudge,
To answer that lotter,
To speak the kind word
That may sweeten some sorrow;
To do now tho good
You would leave till to-morrow.
—Philadelphia Inquirer.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
She "You seem to forget yourself,
sir." He —"Howcould Ido otherwise
in your presence?"— Judy.
Friend—"l suppose everything yon
writo now goes?" Author—"Yes, but
most of it comes back."—Harlem Life,
"1 know now," remarked the young
man who was sued for breaoh of
promise, "why fbey cull it " 'court
ing?' "—Tit Bits.
Editor—"Your story is flat."
Author—"Yes?" Editor—"l wish to
compliment you. Most stories we got
are rolled up."—Puok.
Clark (excitedly) -"I tell you sir,
this town isu't big enough to hold us
both I" Fuller (calmly) —' Why don't
you start a suburb?"—l'uck.
She—"l think I might love you
more if you were uot so extravagant."
He—"lt's my extravagant liuturo that
makes mo love you so."—Life.
She boasts a pretty, gold-lrimmod purse,
The envy or the host.
But shopping leads from had to worse.
It is au empty boast.
—Washington Star.
"Uncle Simon, what is a phenom
enon?" "A phenomenon is a man
who gets so rich that ho won't accept
a pass on a railroad."—Chicago Re
cord.
Tagloigh—"Balloon sleeves were
bouud to go up in tho cud." Wag
leigh—"Sure. That is why they were
named balloon sleeves."—Boston
Traveler.
Arthur—"l would marry that
girl but for one thing." Chester—
"Afraid to pop the question?" Ar
thur— "No. Afraid to question the
pop."—Brooklyn Life.
"I'll wager that woman submariuo
diver doesu't stay under the water
more than ten minutes at a time."
"Why?" "Nobody ilowu thore to talk
to."—Chicago Record.
Mrs. Newiywed (iu tears)—" You
used to say that you would be glad to
die for me." Mr. Newly wed—"Well,
I would now." Mrp. Newiywed—
"Well, you may now."—Judge.
Reporter—"Three men fell on live
trolley wires to day." City Editor—
"Run 'em in the current events col
umn." Chorus of groans from tho
foiee.—Cincinnati Commercial Tri
bune.
"Wby do people take so much in
terest iu what they call Darkest
Africa anyhow?" "I presume they
have a kind of idea it would be a good
thing to go there aud gropo with tba
country."—Chicago Tribune.
Jngsoc—"l tried to pay the new
woman a compliment last night in my
speech, but it didn't scorn to bo appre
ciated." Bagsou—"What did you
say?" Jagson —"I said that the new
woman would leave largo footprints on
tho sands ot time."—Tit-Bits.
The Horse In History.
As late as the niutb century Euro
pean horses were shod only iu tho
winter time.
The first horses in Now England
wero introduced iu Massachusetts iu
1629 or 1630.
Tho horse iu th i art of the lloma i
Catacombs is au e .lbleiu of the swift
ness of life.
Queen Elizabeti bad the roputation
of being the most accomplished oquoi
trieune of her timj,
It is said by eoi ipeteut persons tlmt
over 103,033 ho lus are every year
killed for fool in Paiis.
The first King of England lo estab
lish a royal stable low breeding pur
poses was Heury VIII.
Btudeuts of the oquitie race declare
that the mule has all tho faults of both
his aucestral lines.
It is a tradition amoug the Hobrowe
that Solomou bad 40,000 chariot
horses aud 12,003 cavalry.
Tho Arabian horses have, from tho
earliest times, been noted for their
Uoetncss and endurance.
World's Greatest Fortification.
The most extensive fortification iu
the world, as every ono knows, is tho
Chinese wall. According to roceut
surveys, this wall is 1723 miles in
length, reaching from the gulf of
Pocheleo to the eonfiuesof Turkestan.
This remarkahlu structure passes up
steep mountains, down into gorges
and ravines, crosses rivers, valleys
aud plains, seemingly regardless of
obstacles. It is 25 feet thick at the
bottom, and 15 at the top, aud from
25 to 00 feet in height, with flaukiug
turrets or towers 35 to 40 feet high,
every 200 or 300 yards during its on
tiro length. The exterior walls are of
well-cut granito blocks; the intorior
is lillod with earth nud stone, aud tins
passageway is paved with bricks oua
foot square. Its erection was beguu
in 211 B. C., nnd it was assigned to
protect the northern frontier of China
against the Bavage tribes of Siberia.
Avoid Extremes.
Subjecting children to extremes of
temperature is a common cause of
their taking cold. It does not seem to
be generally understood that colds
can be caught by going suddenly from
a very cold temperature that has
chilled the body, into a very warm
room ; but this is the ease. A chit /
who has been out in very severe
weather, and who is chilled through,
should not be taken directly to the
fire, but be kppt qway from it until , .
lie has been iu the room for awhile,
and the extreme chilliness has disap
peared,—Home Queeu.