The averago duration of marriages Is said tobe thirty years iullussin nud twenty-seven in England. "Let's nil get a move 011 us and meet tho good times wc nro wishing for half way," exclaim? tho Silver Knight. Koiiiuson Crusoe's islan I and cave nud inscription, instead of being nt the bottom of tho I'aoiiie, nro all right, Aud there isanother good story spoiled by the hard antagonism of facts. In a speech nt Aberdeen, Scotland, General Booth said he was thinking of a schemo of universal emigration bv which men could bo passed from 0110 part of the world to another aud sur plus labor brought to places where it was wauted. The Chicago Board of Health has been called tipou to investigate a peculiar case. A resident of that city complained that 110 had eat opou a loaf of bread, bought from a baker, and had found curled up inside n Hvo mouse, apparently none the worse for its experience. The Baltimore News says that John lleuffeld, of lhat city, now seventy seven years of age, is the oldest prae. firing photographer in tho United Htates. During the gold fever iu California he traveled through the AVest iu a prairie icliooncr, fitted up as a photograph gallery, nud made as much as 885 a day. Kays the Boston Journal; The curious statement is made that many of tho Italian prisoners iu Abyssinia have been so kindly treated, and are doing so much better there than they cau hope to in th'eir own country, that they aro petitioning tho Italian Gov eminent to allow thorn to remain. This does not agree with the earlier tales of Abyssinian cruelty. 7'he total cost of maintaining the Federal, State nud Municipal Govern ments of the United States for tho year 181)3 was $1)15,!) 15,055. Among the disbursements were the following: For charities, $1 111,005,071 ; for edu cation, 8115,583,115; for roads, bridges an 1 sewers, 873,282,000; for postal service, 800,000,000; for army and militia, 835,500,030; for police, 834,000,000 ; for judiciary, 82-1,01)0,• 000; for prisons aud reformatories, 812,000,000. Observes tho New York I'ross: "When we rollect that there nro uioro farmers than there are laborers in all Ibe manufacturing nud mechanical in dustries, that there are 8,000,000 peo ple earningu livelihood by work in the fields, more than one-third of all tho men aud women workiug in the United States, we understand that the pros perity of such a class means much for the prosperity of the whole country. This idea is emphasized when we think that tho two-thirds not nt work on the land nro nevertheless quite as depend ent upon land products for tho food necessary to sustain lifo as though they themselves wero tillers of tho soil." I'resident Hobbs, of the Indiana Horticultural Society, believes tlx it the day of extravagant prices for fruit has passed, never to return. Unusual ly low prices ruled last vear, he says, because spring opened simultaneously over a wide range of country, aud be cause all kinds of Iruit bore liberally. But he looks for a long period during which tho hnppy conditions will pre vail of plenty of fruit at reasonable prices for tho consumer nut at remun erative prices for the producer. The reasonable prico to the consumer, lie says, is brought about by the cheap ened methods of growing ul hand ling and cheaper transportation, while the grower is to profit through wider markets. Speaking of the I'ostoffioa Depart ment regulation that the letter) "N. Y." must be put after the n imo of New York City in addresses, tho Boston Transcript says : "Of course evcrybo iy but the postoflico people knows that the State ofj New York has it 3 name from the city of New York, aud that 11 reference to the Stato in something addressed to the city is "superfluous and without reason. No doubt there js a postoflico named Now York in K lusas, but that impertinent fact does nut put 011 tho real New York tho duty of identifying itself iuany such super fluous way. Boston, Muss,, is not quite so absurd as 'Now York, N. Y.,' but it is, nevertheless, absurd. Jdven iu old England a letter addressed sim ply to 'Boston' generally comes to Massachusetts, though thero is aD ancient and respectable town of tho name iu England ; and a book which bears the name of Boston ou its title page is never supposed iu England tc have been published in the town of St. llotolph. THE HARBOR LIGHTS OF HOME. I sot ray shallop on youth's shilling sea That smiled up at the sun. ''Hurrah!" I cried. "From homo a rover free, I'll breast life's waves alone." Aa 1 storm and night seoined faint nn l far away And old wivoj' hints of wreck, Liko fairy tales, tho whllo the sunshine lay Like gold upon the deck. But when upon tho canvas of the clou 1, Ink black in onward rush And hoarsely mounting of the thunder loud, Tho jaggod lightning's brush Limned me ray folly with each vivid stroke. Then, in tho driving foaui And stinging spindrift a? tho tempest broke, "Home! florae!" I cried. "My homo!" And through tho inkv curtain of the galo There comes a thread of light, And o'er the slitting of the useless sail Homo voices cheer tho night. For, so.'! Across the outer bar that lies Smothered in creamy foam There shines the we'eome of a woman's eyes, Tin harbor lights of home! —J, L. Hoatou, in tho Quilting 800. IN liliU, was uigUt. 1 r\ | Iff was iu my bod . ' ] '<~.j 111 room at tho Pera Eg Hotel,listening to NNw 131 tho silence, if you n=-"*/ |sl will allow me to its) f? ft bull. Jt || was but half-past f®, SB (cu, and the Turk- Mi ||i ish city never ! o Jy very wide awake— t? lii. / had now none -^tmSlll cal-uly fast to ri Z&irv\ J sleep; nil lights wero put out, and no round was to be heard, even iu Porn, but the occasion al howl of a street dog that some bitten watchman had beaten with his stall; dervishes had ceased their holy waltzing and their demoniac howling; priests had left their lofty minarets for tho night; tho Sultan had sunk into a trance; tho bazaars, where no tions of nil Nations are sold, were barred and bolted up ; the coffee shops had quenched their charcoal lire-; the beggars on tho bridge had dragged home their stumps and sores, the sol diers of tho Porto were in tk il- bar racks, dreaming of a revolt; viziers laid their uneasy beads on silkou pil lows; tho "sick man's" dyiug city was dead asleep, and it rando one sleepy to feel even near si-; hundred thousand sleepers. Human nature is imitative; when it sees eating it wants to eat, and when it sees sleep ing it wants to sleep. U "sides did ! not know that my countrymen iu Pcra were waveriu < iu their allegiance to the pleasant kiug of midnight, and were half of them yawning and stretohiug over billiards and dominoes, and looking with ailright at tho two up-lifted clock hands. Turks, who have no amusements, go to bed curiy. 1 was sitting at tho window of my bedroom, meditative one boot off, and one boot on—wondering it thero was ever a minute, day or night, since Constantino was placed iu his porphyry tomb, that sonio wild dog had "not barked iu l'era, when a tap came at tuy door. X put m.v boot ou, and j bado the visitor open the door. It was Antonio, my dragoman or courier, whom 1 had hired that day, and thus he spoke : "Monsieur, rare, nous nvous—we 'ave got tho fareman for the night." Firman, yon must know, is an Asi atic word, signifying, iu tins instance, a passport. "Ob, have you ! All right, Antonio ; I ain ready," said I, buttoning up my coat to tho last button, and a ljusting my hat before the mirror. "Vera good," returned my Albanian guide, who, by the way, bad tho most villainous lace imaginable; "come on, sare." That firman, tin Sullau'.s gracious permission gntcio is but oxpousivo cost ma 25 i piaster:-', or about twenty-eight dollars. Bo it known unto yon, roaler, thai ever so many <' iv.t si in--, recently whipped by tie tlus-iaus iu spite of their devoted courage an I the genius of their leader, SehaaiyJ, had been offered a few piasters per diem to join the army of the Port -, had accepted the offer readily, knowing that Tur key was the natural enemy of the land of vermin and steppes, and had been apprised on arriving at Stamboul, af ter many hungry days of forced march ing over countries iiiiioe lit of bridges and of roads, that the Porto was una ble to pay the native troops, let alone foreign ones. That was enuuek to make the hungry Circassians angry, was it not? A little way beyond the A alley of the Sweet Waters, which is a [dace of fashionable rcuort, equiva lent or thereabouts, to our Central Park, those soldiers of a buudred pa triotic battles had located their camp, and were muttering discontent in a way that was very disagreeable to tho Turkish Government. Jt was iu order to seo thorn that Antonio and I left tho Pera Hotel at eleven o'clock at night. escaping being torn to pieces by the rival boatmen of Tophana, 1 tumbled down into the cradle of a neat caique, which, because it is a pattern boat, I will describe. It is long, and sharp nt both ends, and at both eudsit is boarded over, to prevent shipping seas, with varnished planks, crossed at tho top wilh little crowning rails of gilt carving, very dainty and very smart. The cradlo where I laid my back against wliore the coxswain would bo seated in an American gig, was lined with roil cushions and white lamb skins. There were two boatmen, because the Sweet Waters where wo wore to land, was far up the Bosphorus, and it was tolerably hard work, even for them, brawny an.l accustomed to row ing as they were. | Antonio, my scoundrol of a £iiide, held forth on the white miuaretjmok ing ghostlike in tho moonlight (nd on the dark cypress trees throwing their heavy shaking shadows athwart tho phosphorescent water. Ho bade me observo how tho eaiquejoo (boatman) fa.tens bis oars by a leather loop to a peg ou tho side of the boa 1 ., which had no rowlocks—a simple plan, that pro vents their ever being lost, unless liiey break iu some of the whirling and ioi- : petuous currents of tho Bosphorus. Every time I looked the boatmen laughed with all their teeth, and said, affirmatively, "Bono, Johnny," upon which I called out authoritatively; "Chiiptik!" (qqjek, quick!) and of which thoy invariably replied by say ing, "Yawash, yawash!" meaning, "No hurry, all in good time." Antouio, as we progressed, gradu ally transferred his couveraatiou from j myself to the boatmen. At that time j I knew very little of their sweet-sound- j jargon, and naturally feeling uninter- j ested, I closed my oyes and Bank into j n reverie, to bo aroused therefrom by j ono of the boatmen using a Turkish [ phrase, the meaning of which was j known to rao, in tones of tho deepest I disgust. Their lierve and furtive! glances, together with tho frequent , use of that one phrase, which might be translated thus: "Hog of uu intl-| del," confirmed a sudden suspicion j that I was in a serious scrape. I was to seated that, although my faoo was not seen by them, I could discern their features and gestures plainly, "Chupnli!" I cried imperiously, knowing that it is generally best to show no whito feather. "Yawash, yawash!" returned tho boatmen de fiantly. "No hurry, sare," said Antonio, j lighting his chibouk nu 1 pa Hi ug away I eomplaocutly. How I regretted having left tho I'era j Hotel at that unseemly hour to see a J parcel of Circassian ragamuffins, who were perhaps not worth seeing! How I roundly i swore that, if it wore per- '■ mitterl me to issue scatheless from that j scrape, f would never be out agaiu i after dark in Turkey, l'ast the Maiden's Tower, a sort of legendary lighthouse that stands on a rock ut the entrance of the Golden Horn, opposite Scutari; past loug Hues of vessels and rows of dark red wooden houses with broad brimme.l flat roofs, and cellar-like boat houses; past plane trees and cy presses, siient- caiques and coffee bouses, and here an I thero a dread lump of carrion, bobbing liko a float iu the moonlight, swollen and horrible —we reached at last the Sweet AVater meadows, whero tho caiques were gathered thick as carriages rouud the door of tho Thoatre Francois. 1 had a mind to mako thoso two villainous boatmen row mo back again, because niwo wero near one of the Sultan's tinsolly Italian palaces, neither they nor tho audacious Albanian dare attempt violence just then; but, unfortuuately, X was troubled with a woaltnoss called prido, which troublesome infirmity I should udviso my readers, if ever thoy are placed in similar circumstances, to conquer right away. Although I folt I thereby placed my life iu jeopardy, f could not for the lifo of mo take ike cerium way of escape that offered it self, and determined to pursue at all hazards tho object l'or which I had set out. The two boatmen jumped on land, and drawing tho caique almost high ncd dry, so that we should not wet our feet, stood with ready palms held out to receive their pay. I gave a few piasters to each and then nu animatod ('Oliver at 10:1 ensued between my dragoman aul them, condustod in Turkish, and iu which tho constant repetition of iho phrase before trans lated again occurred. "Doy will wait, sare," said the Albanian, at its conclusion. "All right," J returned, affecting more coolness than 1 felt, for I had no arms with ino bigger than a penknife, aud I had seen them produce, during tho palavtr, bright, ugly-looking knives from their voluminous sleeves. "Cbapuk! X want to got back soon." Antonio uttered a valediction to his—as I supposed them—accomplices, and we entered a defile whose qnieklv [lightening sides wero topped with regular rows of oypross treos. Iu a littlo while, ou either side, beforo and behind, thero was nothing but im penetrable darkness visible, and above, tho sky, now overcast with clouds, was starless aud gloomy. The dragoman led the way, stealing 011 with a Jithe, sure Rtep, aud wafting clouds of perfume from his chibouk. Trying to divest myself of tho con viction that I was about to become tho victim of nu already couooetod plot, bringing forth a whole array of arguments to justify that attempt, and yet peering nervously iuto tho dark ness right anil left, anon in tho direc tion of the Albanian, au l then shrink ingly hchiud me, X followed, without a protest, in his footsteps, just as a laiub goes io tho slaughter house. Xlo carried a lamp, : unli as all drago men carry iu tho night time, nud sud denly bethinking myself of this, X asked him to light it. "X'resenti.y, sare," he said; "we shall come iuto plenty light 300 U." To tho best ot my belief we bad now gone about naif a mile. Once or twico X fancied X heard a footfall ill our rear, nud with a contraction of the heart, half turned to faoo au anticipated as sailant, but nothing emerged from the darkness, and X resumed my journey, perturbed nud painfully suspicious. The clouds suddenly thinned beforo tho watery moon, and tho irroguhir walls of au old tumble-down ruin for merly a mosque of much repute, but now a playhouse l'or all the little Turks in tho villages round about, loomed directly before us, tho defile abruptly ending at tho mouth of a | rude road on tho right. Tho Albanian proposed.lighting tho lamp in this ruin, as, ou account of a j gusty wind, it would bo difficult to light it outside. |. I thought bis proposal rather un- I called for, since we bad the moon, but j acquiesced quietly, and followed bim in tho mosque, which had been built j in that ae ni Oriental Byzantine atylo that, back through Venice, spread j throughout Europe, even in Canute ot England's time. I was interested in | this relic of another ago, and raowen | tnrily forgot ray suspicions. Antonio j stopped into u vault, which was still ; almost entire, and which had once, in | all probability, been tho refectory, j where tho dervishes, or priests, par \ took moderately of food. Ho opened j tho door of tho gaudy lantern, which j would have reminded you of Aladdin's, i and striking a match, lit the wick. | "You wait, mo till chibouk," said lie, setting tho lantern down. I I was seized from behind and thrown violently to the ground, falling with my hip on a sharp stone that made mo : lame for weeks after. I turned round , without rising, being then unable on | account of the wound I had received, and saw ouo stalwart assailant cover Smo with a gun, aud tho other bchiud j liim grasp the hilt of a disagreeable j knife. j Antonio hold tho lamp aloft, and : seemed to regard tho whole affair us a j capital joke. I Tho boatman with tho gun spoke | fiercely in Turkish, and tho Albanian, ; turning to mo, said: "Want money, sare. Give 'em money, you go safe." j It was very unpleasant looking up ' the muzzle of that gun, and feeling | that the slightest movement might cn -1 danger my life, but I was an American, and disliked tho cavalier manner of 1 thoso Turkish dogs. I was just about jto defy them to do their worst, when I heard the tread of men outside. I ' shouted out lor help at tho top of my : voice, and six Turkish soldiers,headed ! by an ollicer, canio into tho ruin at a trot aud hailed at the entrance of the vault, covering us all with their I matchlocks. : That villainous Albanian, as soon as !ho caw how quickly tho tables | were turned, ran forward and com ; raenced a fierce denunciation of his accomplices. "Inglish snbjek?" nskod tho Turk ish officer turning to me. The English, you must know, have so bullied aud brow-beaten tho Turks that I hoy would rather allow an Eng lish murderer to go scot freo than como into collision with them. "Americau subject," I answered, succeeding in n painful attempt to rise. Then I made him understand by suit able gestures that tho Albanian aud the two boatmen were all alike culpa ble, aud tlioy wero presently deprived of their knives and the gun, euch one of Iheui placod between two men, and marched off toward tho spot where wo had landed. Outside the ruin tho road was full of Turkish soldiers, all going in tho direction of tho Circassian oucamp raent, for purpose of overawing that brave ami turbulent people. .Tudgcsaro very corrupt in Turkey. Tho Albanian contrived to bribe himself out tho clutches of the law, but tho two boat men wore very properly punished.— New York News. Antiseptic Qualities el' Cains. It is a well-knowu fact that papor money is liable to trausfor bacteria from ouo person to another, and thus to spread contagious diseases It is also supposed that coins, which are more in circulation thau notes, might similarly act as agents for spreading disease, aud investiga tions in that direction were made at Iho Vienna University when Austria changed its currency to the gold basis. A report about his observations was recently published by Dr. Vincent in the Vienna Medical Gazette, in which lie slates that metals act, PO to speak, as antiseptics in regard to bacteria, or mioiobes, the fact being that thoso microscopic organisms hive but a very short leaso of life while on metals. Tho destroying iuiluonces of metals in crease with their temperature, aud also with the close touch of the micro organisms with the metal. At a temperature of ninety-rive to 100 de grees Fahrenheit, which is common iu the pockets whore mcnoy is carried, tho destruction of microbes occurs within three hours. The various metals used for coins are somewhat differeut in this rospoct, silver being the most antiseptic, and gold the least. Copper and bronze hold about tho middlo between the two more precious metals.—St, Louis Globe- Democrat. A Silent Club. A club has just been organized at Vicuna in which the occasionally de lightful luxury of silcnco oau bo eu joyed whenever tho membors desire, This privilege is secured by a consti tution which consists chiefly of a rulo that under no pretoxt is a word to bo spoken in any part of the clubhouse. All necessary communications includ ing tho giving of orders to waiters, must be made iu writing,the members aro forbidden even by nodding to recognize each other's presence. Ap plications for membership are coming iu rapidly. Attacked by ail Eagle. Carl Holzhanser, u farmer of Rush ville, Kau., carried to Atchison a bald eagle which lie had captured after a battle with it near Lake Contrary, where ho was hunting. Ho had left his horse, and when he returned to it lound tho eagle on tho animal's back, lighting it. When ho beat it off tho bird attacked him and toro his clothing and face boforo lie could shoot it. The Katier's Silver Cup. Tho Gerinau Emperor proposes to celobrato tho sixtieth year of his grandmother's reign iu a very hand some way, says tho illustratod London News. Ho will givo a silver cup threo feet high to tho winner of a race of j British yachts from Dover to Heligo land aud will present the cup himself i at Kiol. UAY JIIHD3 ON PRETTY'HEADS. Peacock green and bluo and gold breast feathers, yellowish green and blue green birds' heads, quills and wings are much used on black, dark green, grey and golden brown hats and bonnets, and wido watered silk bows with largo buckles of Irish dia monds in tho conter, are used with good effect on black and green hats in Rubens, Sir Peter Lely and Duchess of Dovonehiro shapes—all largo and spreudiDg in contour. WOMEN AND PAIN. Dr. Oitolenghi, a European phy sician, has been conducting experi ments with an instrument called a fnradimeter to dotermino sensitiveness to pain as between men and women. Ho tried it upon 082 women with re markable results. Ho finds that womon are less sensi tive to pain than men, and that this sensitiveness is less in early life, in creases to tho tweuty-fourth year, aud decreases after that. Tho higher classes aro most sensitive' and the do generato least. Ho found tho later class very obtuso in the sensation of pain,—Now York Journal. A PRINCESS AND A GOVERNOR. It is uunouucod in London that in her capacity as Governor of tho Isle of Wight. l'rincos3 Beatrice will next summer publicly uu\eil tlio memorial of tho lato Lord Tennyson, to be erected on the cliffs at Farriugford. It gives tho inhabitants of tho island great deligfht ami satisfaction for the Princess to appear in her official role, aud furthermore she js, like tho Queen, a passiouato admirer of Tennyson's poetry, o that her unveiling of this memorial to tho late Laurcutc will be tomcthiug much more than a perfunc tory duty. Princess Beatrice herself frequently reads Tcnnyeon aloud to the Queen. TED THE RAGE. Pod in every tone aud eomitono is in high fA3liiou this sea-.ou, not only as a prominent accessory, but forming entire gowup, wraps and head cover nigs. Formerly American women em ployed this color with groatest caution, aud left red to bo lavishly aud artis tically used by tho French. All that is chauged, and the gay Parisionno is no moro prodigal with aggressive colors than wc—only a French wo man knows intuitively how to mix and mingle her tones. She nevor adopts a color for a very long time, and she never wears tho sumo gown long enough to liavo it boar its dato or tiro the eyes of her contemporaries. A French woman keeps alert, vigilant, interested pace with fashion in all her flights, but many of our country-wo men aud nearly all English women are apt to tcil'in tho work of that erratic deity, TTARMONY IN FOOTWEAR. It is difficult to say what is the cor rect slipper for this season's wear, so bewitching is the variety from which the daucing maid may choose. They como in satin, kid and patent leather, and are as correct when beaded clear down to iho toe as when plain, sometimes one, sometimes two or even threo 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 imart. The edict has gone forth that the slipper must match the color of the gown exactly. Black slinpers arc only worn with black gowns, and white bhoes with white frocks. To liavo tho footgear out of harmony with the exact color scheme of tho dancing dross is considered particu larly bad taste this season.—Now York Telegram. THE DAYS OF DA VK'TORINB. The days of la Victoriuo aro being revived, and wo find ourselves sub merged in the most Bussiau of coats, really nothing moro than tho old, fa miliar rcdingote, with its skirt reach ing nearly to tho foot of the dross skirt, and giving one a curious look ot separatodncss not at ull becoming to all figures. Thoro is a suugnoss and symmetry about these half-loug wraps which make them very fascinating in deed, especially so for wintry weath er. Doautics in this stylo aro being built of all kiuds of stuffs, velvets, brocades, matclasses and heavy cloths of all kinds. A striking cloak of this sort is built of seal-brown melton, heavy with braidiug a la hussar, and Hhowiug a wido collar, cuffs and an ac companying muff of stone marten fur, together with huge horn buttons. The cloak is lined throughout with golden yellow and white brooaded satin. % This garment is intcuded for driving wear, and with it goes a smart Virot hat of dark brown bcuver, with a high crown and narrow, straight brim, draped softly with creamy lace, aud two float ing ospreys of grass-green. Another smart Russian coat is built of black velours and fiuished at the bottom with a wido band of Russian sable, while a wide collar and cuffs finish throat and wrists. Tho muff's carried aro of tho largest size and look won derfully cozy. Coats entirely envel oping tho gown aro built in all sorts ot heavy materials, and made rich by trimmings of fancy furs and huge, richly carved buttous. A fetching model is made up in the softest gray shade of melton, topped off by a flar ing collarette, cuffs and muff of silver chinchilla.—Chicago Timos-llerald. GOSSIP. Out of 08,000 school teachers in Prussia only 0000 arc women. Sardou says that Sarah Bernhardt talks entirely too fast while on tho stage. The woman tennis champion of New Zealand has only one hand, and that | the left one. | It has been learned that tho gowns of a certain New York society belle cost $25,000 a year. Mrn. Auuie Donahoo, of Sau Fran cisco, has bequeathed §233,000 to va rious charitable organizations. Accordiug to tho Gazette de Franco thoro aro in that country 2150 fcmalo authors and journalists and about 700 female artists. The Housekeepers' League of New York is perfecting tho dctuils of tho plan to introduce cooking into tho public schools. Gladstone's littlo granddaughter, Dorothy Drew, never wears shoes and stockings at all, either in tho house or out of doors, except in town. Some eutorprisiug youug womon in the West have established a business firni to supply speakers with sermons and essays on current topics. "Carmen Sylva" has received tho deeoratiou for Arts and Science from the Emperor of Austria. Slio is tho first woman to win this distinction. Tho Couutess of Derby recently laid the cornerstone of a Liverpool hospi tal, toward tho building of which tho David Lewis trust is said to bavo given $300,000. Miss Juliet Corson, who lias been called "Tho Mother of Cookery," is ill in New York City from an ineurablo ailment, and is without meaus. Sho may live, in pain, for somo years. Lady Arrnn is managing a hand knitting industry in County Mayo, Ireland. Although designed to give work to such of her husband's tenants as needed emplovment, the venture has proved profitable financially, 7003 pairs of stockiugs having beeu kuitted lust year uud 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 iu color. There is no uro talking, tho small sicevo is certainly depressing to look upon. Silver handles for tooMibrushos are arrange 1 so that tho brushes fit into them, and can bo renewed whenever necessary. Some of tho new evening gowns have a sash which is simply two long ends without loop or bows, sewn in at the belt at tho back. The brouze shoe, prettily decorated with a beaded butterfly, which has u large cabochon for tho body, is a fa vorite for evening wear. Tho flower muff', as a substitute for the bridesmaid's bouquet, is a pretty feature at somo of the recent wed diugs, and white chrysanthemums, tied with white ribbon, aro effective. Elastic corsets arc a new invention for reducing superfluous adipose tis sue, and producing a long, slim waist without any harmful results. A French doctor is authority for the statement that they aro effective. Ilats lnado entirely of fur are very fashionable, and often match the cape or muff. Somo of them aro niado of heads aud tails of animals, tho latter coiled to form tho shape, and the heads being used as decoration. For bathing purposes long mittens inado of Turkish toweling aro much more couvonieut thau a washcloth or sponge. At night put them in a wash bowl of salt water, and in tho morning wring them out, put them on aud rub tho body with thorn. Tho old superstition against opals is slowly but surely passing awav, and thoso lovely gems with their ever changing colors and opalescent effects, uvo iu tho front rank of popularity among fasbiouablo women. The opul has an "advantage, too, over all tho othej gems, as it oaauot bo imitated. Tho woman who possesses a quan tity of old laco has a treasure this sea son, for fashion requires a very lavish uso of real lacc. Laco wc must have, and if wo cannot bavo real there aro lovoly imitations not to bo ignorod; Italian point, rose point, Brussels, Ilonitou, Mechlin, point Anglais, and Flemish laces are all worn. It is a mistake to wear a shoo too small for you, thinking it will make your foot look prettier. It causes your foot to look cramped, heavy aud clubby, aud will effectually prevent you from walking well, comfortably or gracefully. Flut heels are the only sensible heels to shoes, aud tho only heels that will enable one to become an easy, light walker. In oitv apartments, where space is limited, beds aro frequently covered with embroidered tapestries, or silk cretonnes, the pill >ws being stowed away in some convenient place and replaced by an upholstered bolster. Whore yarlors adjoin tho sleeping rooms and beds are exposed to view, the fashion is a conveniont one, but it is hardly to be recommended other wise. WHAT TIME IS IT? Tlmo to do well, Time to live bettor— To give up that grudge, To answer that letter, To speak tho kind word That may sweeten some sorrow; T> do now the good You would leave till to-morrow. —Philadelphia Inquirer. IIUMOU OF THE DAY. Sho —"You fiecm to forget yourself, sir." He—"Howcould Ido otherwise in your presence?''—Judy. Friend—"l suppose everything you write now goes?" Author—"Yes, but most of it conies back."—B&rlem Life. "1 know now," remarked tho young man who was sued for breach of promise, "why they call it " 'court ing?' " —Tit liits. Editor—"Your f.tory is flat." Author—"Yes?" Editor —"I wish to complimeut you. Most stories we get aro rolled up."—Puck. Clark (excitedly) -"I tell you sir, this town isn't big enough to hold us both !" Fuller (calmly) ' Why don't you start a suburb?"— Puck. She—"l think I might love you moro if you were not so extravagant." He—"lt's my extravagant nature that makes mo love you so."—Life. Slio boasts a pretty, gold-trim mod purse, Tho envy of tho host. Put shopping leads from had to worse, It is mi empty boast. —Washington Star. "Uncle Simon, what is a phenom enon?" "A phenomenon is a man who gets so ricli that ho won't accept a pass on a railroad."—Chicago Be cord. Taglcigh—"Hal loon sleeves wore houud to go up in tho end." Wag* leigh—"Sure. That is why they were named balloon sieoves."—Boston Traveler. Arthur—"l would marry that girl but for one thing." Chester— "Afraid to pop tho question?" Ar thur— "No. Afraid to question the pop."—Brooklyn Life. "I'll wager that woman submarine diver doesn't stay under tho water moro than ten minutes at a time " "Why?" "Nobody dowu there to talk to."—Chicago llecord. Mrs. Newivwed (iu tears) —"You used to say that you would bo glad to die for me." Mr. Newly wed "Well, I would now." Mip. Newly wed— "Well, you may now."—Judge. Reporter—"Three men fell on livo trolloy wires to-day." City Editor— "Bun 'em iu tho current eveuta col umn." Chorus of groans from tho force.—Cincinnati Commercial Tri bune. "Why do people take so much in terest in what they call Darkest Africa anyhow?" "I presume they have a kind of idea it would Vie a good tiling to go thore and grope with tho country."—Chicago Tribune. Jagsor. —"I tried to pay the new woman a compliment last night in my speech, but it didn't seem to lie appre ciated.." Bagsou—"What did you say?" Jagson —"I said tlmt the new woman would leave largo footprints on tho sands ot time."—Tit-Bits. The llors3 in History. As late as the ninth century Euro pean horses wera shod only iu the wiuter time. Tho first horses in New England were introduced iu Massachusetts iu 1629 or 1630. Tho horso iu th ; art of the Boraii Catacombs is au e ibleiu of tho swift ness of life. Queen Elizabeb' had tho reputation of being tho most aocouiplishod e pioi trienuc of her tiin?, It is said by cor ipetonfc persons that over 10'J,00'J ho ies are every year killed for fool in i'aiis. The first King of England to estab lish a roval stable for broediug pur poses was Henry VIII. Students of tho e|uino raco declare that the niulo has all tho faults of both his auccstral linos. It is a tradition among tho Hebrews that Solomon had 40,000 chariot horses and 12,000 cavalry. Tho Arabian horses have, from tho enrliest times, been noted for their tleetness and endurance. World's C rent est Fortification. Tho most extensive fortification in tho world, as every ono knows, is tho Chinese wall. According to recent surveys, this wall is 1723 miles iu length, reaching from tho gulf of Pecnoleo to the eonliues of Turkestan. This remurkablo structure pastes up steep mountains, down into gorges and raviues, crosses rivers, valleys nud plains, seemingly regardless of obstacles. It is 25 feet thick at tho bottom, and 15 at the ton, and from 25 to 30 feet iu height, with flauking turrels or towers 35 to 10 feet high, every 200 or 300 yards during its en tiro length. The exterior walls are of well-cut grauito biocks; tho interior is filled with earlh aud stone, aud tho passageway is paved with bricks one foot square. Its erection was beguu iu 211 13. C., and it was assigned to protect tho northern frontier of Chiua against the savage tribes of Siberia. Avoid Extremes. Subjecting children to extremes of temperature is a common cause of their taking cold. It does not seem to bo generally understood that colds can bo caught by going suddenly from a very cold temperature that has chilled tho body, into a very warm room ; but this is the case. A ehilJ who has been out in very severa weather, and who is chilled through, should not be taken directly to tho lire, but be kept away from it until he has been in the room for awhile, aud the extreme chilliness has disap peared.—Home Queen.
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