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.