SELECTIONS.
Tjove that doth count Its gift U a weak prop
Whenxm to stay a weary liunmn hourt
ifcliza Calvurt Hall
We are aoul-bound. What though through
priHon bars t
We boar tlie ditftant roaring of the oik
And caU'h the Koldtm glory of the stuns
Aud dream, like cloudi and ocean, e are
frwil
At bmt we do, with foolixlieftt intents,
Jlut gild our clmliu aud call thom oroaniouU!
MAID AND MAN SERVANT.
The Crowing Fault Inn of llrlnglng
Attendant Back from Ilurope.
' ' Now York Bun.
r No less than seventeen names on the
Iwblishcd list of saloon passengers of
ho steamer Oregon, which arrived a
few days ago, were followed by the
woihIh "and maid," or "and man serv
ant" One or two of the passengers
were accompanied by couriers as well as
other Bervants, and of two well-known
New York ladies, one was accompanied
by two maids and the name of tho other
wasfollowod by tho words "courier, man
servant, and maid." Tho relict of
ho hard-working Philadelphia manu
facturer of shoo blacking, who went
homo from his factory in an ollre-coat
thr years ago and died of overwork
before nightfall, was accompanied on
her way ovor by "throe servants. 'j
yet tho writer was informed ll '
agent of the steamship lino of th
that this was rather a poor steam
servants.
It appears that while very few
going steamers carry personal a
ant lor the saloon passengers, t
coming ones are invariably in
with them, and sometimos in venf
numbers. An American can go t
rope without any difficulty atom
after ho has aoquired the
cent and tho culture which
is supposed to stump him '
ho finds it impossible to come iini
again without n personal attendant.
women manngo their maids better in
publio than men manago tho men Bcrv
ants or valets. An American usually
acta as though ho wero overcome by the
proscnee of his servant. When ho first
goes to dinner on board tho steamer tho
man stands behind his chair, if ho has
flood sea legs and is in no danger from
seasickness. Ho is in everybody's way,
is of no particular uso to his 'master,
and usually proves a boro to everybody
beforo tlio voyago is oter. On
this side, if ho is a bright
and intelligent man, lie doesn't
stay in scrvico long, as tho oppor
tuuitiesfor his advancement in a social
way aro practically unlimited. Uo is
constantly out of place, and has no rec
ognized position even among tho serv
ant. There is, indeed, tho same troublo
with ladies' maids. In England tho
woman who holds tho post of personal
attendant to tho lady of tho houso is
considered very much above tho other
domestics in position, and when sho
enmmi over hnrn nnd tlndu flinf ulin tnuut.
wash her own clothes, make her own
bod, and sit in tho kitchen when her
mistress has nothing for her to do, Bhe
relievos her mind, leaves her position,
and advertisos for u place as a gov
. erness.
French maids aro considered more
valuable, though they usually demand
their ovenings after 8 o'clock, appropri
ate tho "old dresses" of their mistresses
while the garments are still new, and
aro seldom long in attendance upon one
mistress. In a family of gir'.s, particu
larly if two or three of them aro in so
ciety, one or more maids are considered
absolutely indispensable. There is uo
ono of the servants who can U spared
from duty to assist tho young ladies for
a drlvoor for an evening entertainment,
and to tho maid takes her place as a
piatlcr of courso.
Why anybody who can sjieak tho
language should want a courier in Amer
ica is incomprehensible, for there aro
certainly no such dilllculties to encounter
hero as meet tho tourist in Kuroo. It
is observed that very many women aro
now accompanied by their maids when
they go shopping. It is an innovation
in America, too, for tho maids to walk
behind their mistresses, but tho speo
toolo of ah overdressed woman strutting
about tho big dry goods shops and fol
lowed by a respectful maid with her
arms full of parcels is by no means
rare.
Where Counterfeit Are Dlertd.
A morion ii Queen.
In tho counting and handling of pa
per currency, the treasury women have
almost superseded men. They count
better and faster, and in the detection
of counterfeits aro unoutialcd. Notes
which circulate freely through every
bank in the country aro readily de
tected tho iustant they como into tho
hands of tho women operator in tho
treasury. It will bo noticed by any
body who ever gavo any attention to tho
Bub.oet that (lie warnings to look out
for counterfeits invariably como from
tho treasury department. This means
that tho counterfeit has circulated with
ittptinity until it reaches tho fingers of
tho women experts in the treasury; then
it is instantly detected.
As an example: A counterfeit of the
lost issue of fit bills was knwu to be
limiting about some time ago the trea
sury sent out tho alarm, but the officials,
judging from experience, knew that it
would probably not bo detected until one
reaoliod tho treasury in a package of
money from one of tho banks. At last
it came in a bundle from a big New
York l ank. Tho young woman counting
tho bills in tho treasury picked it out
instantly, 'lho note as traced and
found to have pas ed through half the
banks in New York without suspicion, to
bo spotted at the tint glance by this
young woman, who, it is said, has never
yet passed a lounterfeit Not one singlo
cent has ever been stolen by women since
their employment in tho treasury. When
the work was done solely by men, dis
charges for small thofU wero frequent.
A Locomotive for Tnnnela,
Chicago lWaU.J
Ilonigmann'a locomotive is to be in
troduced in the St Gothurd tunnel.
It can le charged from a stationary
boiler with steam and hot wntcrsufllcient
to make the twenty minutes' journey
through the tun-el without requiring
any fire. It, therefore, do not vitiate
the atmosphere with amoko. The ex
haust steam is taken op by an alkaline
solution in a special chamber.
TELEGRAPH TALES.
Sidney (Nob.) I-ettor In N. Y. Timcj.1
Several old telegraph operators mot
hero recently, and in the course or. a
long conversation told some of thoir ex
periences on tho frontier. One of them
began by recalling tho great bullion rob
berv at this tiluco. It was at noon,
and most of tho depot and stagehands
had gono across tho yards to dinner.
As the operator sat in the telegraph
ollico alone two men presented them
selves at his door and demanded admit
tance, lioth had revolvers. He jumped
up and let them in, and they quickly
bound and gagged him. Believing that
ho was safe, thev disappeared, and he
saw no more of them. As soon as they
wero out of sight ho managed to get to
his instrument, and by lying down on
tho table found that with one of his
hands ho could reach the key. It was
dillicult work, but by degrees be im
proved, his position until finally ho
raised tho Cheyenno office and commu
nicated tho fact that a robbery was in
progress. Tho operator at that point
kept him jiosted as to tho proceedings
thero, and in a few minutes he was grat
ified to bear tho intelligence ticked over
tho wires that the superintendent and a
party of detectives wero cn
rout for Sidney on a 6poc-
iJ. 4m in . . Tim- dura lira. '-XQSUHnl08,
" I that
' firdly
. .. train
that
ouod
roted
';ough
tng a
tooo
ft that
ar, a
land.
i gold
ejK)t,
in an
adjoining coal-shod, whore it had
been
with
dropped. Tho thieves got away
only about $13,0H) in currency.
Another operator remarked that he
was the mau who discovered tho Oga
lalla train robbery. Ho was in charge
of tho littlo offieo at Kearny. He bad
had a very stupid afternoon, and as the
day was miserable without, bo dozed
more or less. Ho tried to read, but
after it becamo necessary to light tho
lomps ho found this occupation disUsto
f ul, and as no ono came in bo leaned
forward, placing his arms on his table
and li hs head upon them.
"I must have slept soundly for a
whilo," he said, "for 1 lost myself en
tirely for an hour or two, but presently
I had an indistinct impression that
somo ono was calling for as
sistance. In my dream it
seemed to mo that I could hear
tho cry 'Help!' Help!' and that I was
powerless to render any assistance.
Finally 1 sat bolt upright with a nervous
feeling as if something terriblo had hap-
rncd which 1 ought to havo preven'ed.
rubbed my eyes and lool'.J around
Bleopily. Tho dorot was empty. It was
dark outsido, and the rain was falling.
I stepped to tho door and looked out for
a minuto, but heard nothing. Thou I
went back to my desk, filled and lighted
my pijw, and began to read. My eyes
had just fallen on tho pago when my in
strument sounded onco or twice vory
feebly. 1 looked at it closely. It
ticked again almost inaiHlibly. . 'Some
thing's tho matter,' thought 1. I
got up, and loaned over the sounder
and listened. 1 could iust catch tho
faintest click, as if a child might havo
been playing with a key somewhere.
Whilo 1 listened, 1 began to comprehend
tho nature of the message that was bo
ing sent. 1 could not catch all tho let
ters, but 1 got enough after listoning to
it a dozen times, to mako out this much:
'Ogalalla, Ogalalla. Help, help.' It
flashed upon mo all at onco. Tho over
land train was being robbed, or bad
beou robbed. 1 grabboJ tho key, and
let everybody havo it from Cheyenno to
Omaha. Thero was somo lively tele
graphing thero for a time. They sent eu
gines out from two or throo points, and
got to Ogalalla in timo to soaro
tho robbers off. You see I was
good deal further oil than a
dozen other operators, but some
how 1 was tho first ono that caught
on. Tho way it happened was this:
Tho robbers came into the depot at Oga
lalla about an hour beforo train timo,
and bound and gagged tho operator.
After they got hiin flxot they sat
around and waited. When tho train
drew up they loft him, and ho imme
diately got himself in a position whore
ho could uso tho key a littlo. Tho laiys
who saw him say it was a mystory now
ho ever did it. H is legs were tied twice,
and his arms wero pinioned ochmd him,
so that it was almost impossible to move
even tho fingers. Tho fact that I could
not catch two consecutive letters until I
had beard tho message ten or twolvo
times shows how faint tho s'roko was.
It was tho queerest experience of my
life."
A third man said ho had seen a good
deid of servico on tho border, and had
had a good many adventures, ouly ono
of which ever impressed him much,
llown at liranada, on tho Santa Foroad,
when it was first openoJ, he had hail a
circus all ono night with a party of rob
bers. The country was then a very
dangerous ono, and the management
was iu continual fear of dosm'iadoes.
"I was in tho otlic. in the evening,"
he said, "getting ready to closo up,
when four or five hard men eamo in.
They didu't say much at first, but
seemed to bo looking tho gnund over.
We wero always ou tho lookout for that
kind of chaps, and as tho machine was
ticking, I pretended that somebody was
asking me a question. I laughed a lit
tle, and, seizing tho key, 1 broko in
with 'Everybody Don't stop the ex
press at Granada to-night, whether
signalled or not. Robbers here.' They
eyed mo sharply, but said nothing. The
sounder ker.t up a merry click, and I
leaned back in tho chair. They fooled
around for half an hour, and then one
of them asked mo what time the tr.un
was duo. 'Eleven fivo,' I said. 'Well,
we want it,' ono of them replied. 1
told him that I would signal it. About
10:20 1 got out the red lantern and
lighted it. Just as I got it fixed two
of thera Jumped up with revolvers in
their hands and sai l they would save
tte tho trorble. Whilj one of them
covered nn with a pistol the others tied
me Cat on my back to a settee. I
f couldn't move hoad or foot. After they
got mo thero I began to ttnnK wiiai
t o .n.oru, T hurl oM. mVKOlf in,
train would come presently, and go ey
ing by, and then those cut throats
would murder me just for the fun of it.
I had thought the thing all over whan 1 1
heard a sharp whistlo and a roar. Jno
men ran out to tho platform with masks
on and revolvers in hand. Ono of tlim
had the luntern. which he Bwung vigor
ously. In going out on the plat lorn
they had left tho door open so that I
could see things pretty well. I began 0
hope that the train would stop, fori
knew it contained men enough to do p
that crowd if not taken too much lv
surprise. The roar came nearer ad
nearer, until at last I knew by the sounl
that they were not going to stop. Wit
the whistlo blowing at full blast and tb
dust flying in clouds, she swept by likoj.
streak of lightning. It was all u)
with ino, I thought. Tho robbot
dropped the lantern and began to sweat
Then I could hear them talking
and pretty soon I made up my mint
thflt the train had stopped down tin
road a way, and that they wero watch
ing it. Before long they took to thoj:
heels, mounted their horses and weft
cone. When tho train men came up b
the depot, all armed with Winchester!,
I was the only occupant. They release
mo, and I told thorn what had happened.
A couplo of them staid there with me
and tho train went on. ir an express
over came any nearer being robbot
without going through tho mill thai
that one did. I'd like to know it." 1
- The lnnt speaker was one who had no
hair on his head, but who said in ro-
sponso to an inquiry that no scalping-
knifo had ever taken it off. "Jt was
just Bared off," ho exclaimed, "down
toward old Julusburir. Ono dav I van
at my dosk when tho man up at Hooper's
siding, ten or twelve miles away, te:o-
graphod down that ho was surrounded
by redskins and that they wero whet
tine tho'.r tomahawks on tho wires. I
thought it was a pretty good joko until
he telegraphed ' that tho station was in
Ilames, and that a lot ot Indians naa
set out for my place. Then I began to
prick up my ears. There was not many
of us there just then, and we wero in no
condition to fight Indians anyway. We
threw up breastworks ana got every
body who had a gun, a pis
tol, a club, or a knifo to fall
in. It was about snndown when we
got all ready for them. Whilo wo
wero waiting nervously for tho on
slaught ono of the citizens, a saloon-keeK-r,
came riding up in mad haste
and slioutcd that thero wero just 'mill
ions of them coining.' 'You fellows are
all as good as massacred now,' ho said
'There's only just one thing to do, and
that is to telegraph up and down the
line for lp. Put it strong, now,' he
said to me. 'Beg, implore, exhort
them.' Well, I could rattle a key pretty
well in thoso days, and I everlastingly
begged for help. I was thoroughly
scared, and I threw my whole soul into
the work. After about an hour of ag
ony Clfeyenno broke in with, 'Oh, turn
yourself out, you big calf 1 What's the
matter with you' This cooled me off a
littlo, and I looked outside and saw tho
poople going and coming as usual. They
had put up a gorgeous joke on me just
because I was a telegraphio tenderfoot.
My hair fell out soon after that, and it
has never grown since."
A Full-CJrowu nan.
New York Bun.
Huxley gives tho following table of
what a full-grown man should weigh,
and bow this weight should be divided:
Weight, 154 poiinas. Mado up thus:
Muscles and their appurtenances, sixty
oight pounds; skeleton, twenty-four
pounds; skin, ten and one-half pounds;
fat, twenty-eight pounds; brain, three
pounds; thoracic viscera, three and one
half pounds; abdominal viscera, eleven
pounds; blood which would drain from
body, scveu pounds.
This man ought to consumo per diom:
Loan beefsteak, 5,000 grains; bread,
6,000 grains; milk, 7,000 grains; pota
toes, 8,000 grains; butter, 600 grains,
and water, 22,'JOi) grains. His heart
should beat soventy-fivo times a minuto,
and ho should breathe fifteen times a
minute. In twenty-four hours ho would
vitiate 1,750 cubio foetof pure air to tho
extent of 1 por cent. A man, therefore,
of tho weight mentioned ought to havo
800 cubio feet of well ventilated spaoo.
Ho would throw off by tho skin
eighteen ounces of water, i)00 grains of
solid matter, and 400 grains of carbonic
acid every twenty-four hours, and his
total loss during tho twenty-four hours
would be six pounds of water, and a
littlo aboro two pounds of other matter.
He Cot Trough the Crowd.
Foreign L'tter.
A good story of tho Yienneso carni
val is current in tho Austrian capital.
At a ball given by tho Viennese Choral
sojiety, which is always suro to be so
thronged that it is tho work of hours to
reach tho entrance, a member of a well
known financial housa hit ou an origi
nal but successful mode of conveyance
Ho arranged with four bearers to carry
him through tho crowd on a hospital
stretcher. Of courso tho crowd mado
way, and great was their astonishment
when ho threw off tho covering and
jumped out alivo and hearty.
Mrno-Telegraph r.
Chicago Tribune.
Micbela in Italy has constructed a ma
chine by which signs corresponding to
various sounds can bo telegraphed.
Thus wo have practically a telegraphic
short hand, to which tho name "steno
tclegr;rphy" is ghen. Miehela's ap
paratus has now boon in regular use for
somo period in telegraphing the debates
of tho Italian senate, and it is claimed
that by this method 10,000 words can
be transmitted per hour.
The Future ofDIplomacj.
Chicitgo Herald.
Lord Dufferin is of the opinion that
the diplomacy of the world will soon be
in tho hands of the Americans. Nearly
every member of the diplomatic corps
that gets to Washington, he says, tries
to bring home an American wife. The
wives, in most case, become embaasa
drosses. Kosult: No diplomatic secrets
any more, war and peace at tho will of
the wives, and all wives American.
Hurrah for Anieruia!
Evaporated pcachos are said to be sup
planting tho canned fruit. They ire
much cheaper.
THE DRESSINQ OF SHOP-WINDOWS
An Art Which la necognUfd bf the
Bnalntaa Community.
Baltimore Sua
Any one passing through a shopping
quarter cannot help noticing tho taste
and profusion shown in the dressing
of the shop-windows. Colore and fab
rics are grouped so as to catch tho eyo
and arrest the attention, and the work
shows the hand of an artist
A reporter made somo inquiries on tho
subject of tho window dressor of one of
our largo retail stores.
"I cannot say," he observed, "that I
have any rules that I adhere to in dress
ing tho store and windows. Of courso,
I take care to put such colors together
as will harmonize well, but in doing so
J roly on my tasto, and combine such
goods as I think look well, without any
set of rules on the subject. Window
dressing is an art I never was taught,
but acquired from appreciation of color,
and the incentive the rich stuffs by
which I am constantly surrounded givo
me to display them to the best advan
tage. It is not my province here to
dress windows, but i do it because there
is no one else who can do it as woll.
Window-dressing is an art that cannot
bo taught. I havo tried ropeatedly to
teach it,' but have always failed. I
have trained no less than a dozen young
men to this work, so as to relieve me of
jt, but not ono of them ever rose abovo
an assistant. If I leave them to them
selves and tell them to dress tho
windows, they make a botch of it. If I
dress a window, say with lace certains,
and my assistant sees me do it, he can do
it tho same way afterward, but if given
a promiscuous lot of stuffs and told to
iHrange them in the windows, he would
b completely at sea. "
!Are there not professional window
dressers?" was asked.
"Yes, there aro lots of them in New
York and in somo of our largo western
citioa, but I do not know of any in Bal
timore. These professional window
dressers make a good living at it. Some
pf them have a list of store that they
drees two or throe times a week, and ro
ceive a regular salary from each.
Others aro engaged by one only, and
aro kept simply for this purpose. A
clerk that can do this will be paid extra.
It is strange how few have tasto in this
way. Out of 1,000 salesmen, perhaps
only one will display an aptitudo for
this work. It is just like dress drapery.
Out of 100 dressmakers who can sew
neatly, and even trim well, very few
can drape artistically.
"Of eoarso, to make a handsomo win
dow display, you must havo the goods to
do it with. Kich goods and such as aro
showy and attract attention aro best.
For rich brocades, evening silks, eto.,
some rich ground must be chosen that
will throw them out well. It is a habit
of mine to show goods as I want to sell
them thus, if there is a plain and plaid
or embroidared goods that go togothor
to make up a costumo, I will show them
that way in the window. An abomina
ble habit with some window dressers is
to put stiff paper inside the folds of silks,
Mitins, etc., and set them up in rows in
the window, than which nothing can be
more ugly. The idea with mo is to make
thera look graceful. The way goods fall
is the best. No pins chould be used. It
spoils the goods and makes tho effect
stiff. In all my experience of window
dressing I never spoiled but one piece of
goods, and that was a piece of pink satin
brocado which faded from being placed
too close to tho glass. Delicate tints,
such as pink and lavender, will
fade from the reflected light, even
when there is no sun directly upon the
glass. No goods should "ever really
touch tho glass. In summer tho heat
and in winter the dampness will affect
it. Windows aro rarely dressed with
drossgoods during hot weather, table
linens and napkins, hosiery and lace
curtains, taking their place. Excepting
during the dull season, windows are
dressed every other day. In Europo
they are changed every day.
"Much of the effect depends upon tho
window and light. Windows cannot
bo dressed flat, but to look well must
1)0 higher at tho back than in front.
Frames or stools aro the foundations on
which the display is mado. Sometimes
after a window is dressed it looks dull
and heavy from the street. Then a few
laces, handkerchiofs, fans and glovos
lighten it up wonderfully. There's a
good deal of satisfaction in arriving at a
beautiful and harmonious result, and
one's success in this varies, just as I
Bupposo it is with any work that may bo
called artistic. 1 tuink window-dr ss ng
is artistic work. It m glit ba classed
under tho ' oaJ of art decoration."
Japan'a Irolclinl Slorr-Tcllrr.
Cr. Sun Fmnoisro Chronicle.
I have seen in Japan, on many a
warm summer evening, under a treo by
tha roadside, a group ol half-clad cool
ies and even better class people in a cir
cle round a man in tho middle who was
relating tho old legends of tho raco in
a homely, graphic, interesting stylo. Ho
had tho "gift of tho gab werry gaflopin' "
always, this romancer, lie had a good
voice and a great ileal of expression,
llo brought in littlo bits of jokes and
light touches of frivolity to lighten the
serious interest of his tale. Ho grew
nn. mated, bo gesticulated, he acted
rcenes so vividly that his auditors would
unconsciously rise mid want to tako
part. He interjected every uow and
again a bit of song, and w hen he had
wound his hearers up to a po nt he w ould
stop and say: "Lotus have a pipv,"
deliberately take his smoke and then
proceed.
When it was all ovor tho crowd would
rain tenios and even b gg t coins o i to
his little mat and go homo delighted.
There was always to me a strange charm
in tho an, and I ha o often thought
that ho was a more inlluetitia individual
and led a happier life than the l aiinois
or tho Samoural. What a fascinating
existence, wandering through tho loveli
est country under the sun, among the
most simple, kindly people, spcu ling
one's evenings teliiug stories to grateful
audiences.
Mtould Take the Chances.
Dotruit Free Prw
When Tarwio was asked if it wero
not a more plausible theory to affirm
that ares were descended from man he
was silent. Great men should seldom
rtand in the center of the board to
teeter, but take one end and run the
chances.
The Hope Daneera lrnje Culom.
Ban Francisco Chronicle 1
A strange custom prevails in the Him
alayan districts. 'It is a ceremony per
formed by the Badis, or rope dancers, to
bring prosperity to the villages to which
they belong. A rope is stretched from
lho summit of a cliff to tho vulley be
neath, the ends being mado fast to
stakes driven into the ground. The
Badi, seated astride on a wooden saddle,
well greased to make it run freely, rides
from the top to the bottom of tho rope.
The paoe, of course, varies according to
the degree of inclination given to the
rope, but as may be imagined, it is always
very rapid and sometimes terrific.
Precautions are token to prevent acci
dents. The saddle is fastened, for in
stance, bo that it cannot slip round tho
rope (as saddlos on horses have somo
times been known to do, to tho discom
fort of their riders), and tho Badi's feet
aro ballasted by sand-bags to maintain
his perpendicular, and tho only danger
is from a possible breaking of the rope.
This is usually made of bhabar grass,
and naturally the Badi takes great care
to see that it is equal to the strain it has
to bear. Tho remuneration paid to the
Badi for this novel form of Blondinism
is 1 rupee (50 cents) for every 100 cubiU
of rope traversed, and the longest jour
ney of the kind on record is one for
which 21 rupees were paid, and which
accordingly moasured 2,100 cubits, about
8,673 feet.
Tho practice is not so dangerous
now-a-days as it was in tire "good old
times" of native rule, when to the risk
of a fall was added the certainly that
such a mishap would entail death,
because it was tho custom, whenever a
Badi fell, for the surrounding spectators
to promptly dispatch him with swords.
The rope or bast used for the ceremony
is supposed to be endowed with remark
able properties by the successful ac
complishment of tho feat, and it in cut
up and distributed among tie people of
tho village, who hang the pieces to tho
eaves of their houses to servo as charms.
The Badi's hair is believed to have
similar properties, and is cut off and
preserved, and he himself is supported
by contributions of grain from the vil
lagers, in addition to the monetary re
ward for his feat, the theory being that
his share in propitiating the gods to se
cure fertility to the land of others
makes his own land unlucky and any
seed he might sow would bo certain not
to germinate.
A Departed Industry.
Baltimore News.
Two old Boa captains were standing on
the wharf when a reporter came up. i no
of them remarked: "1 miss some familiar
faces that 1 used to see on this wharf,"
und turning to tho clerk in charge, ha
inquired: "Where are the old J'uwll
women who used to pick up coffee
grains hTe?"
The other captain oi boed the inquiry,
paying that he had always seen them
as thick as bees when he arrived in port
with a c go of coffee, sugar or mo
lasses. "Gentlemen," replied the clork, with
a serio-comic countenance, "that is ono
of the departed industries of Baltimore.
It went with our sugar refineries, great
cooper shops and other things connected
with our lost foreign trade. Ten or
fifteen years ago, these coffee pickers
plied thoir trade regularly. They started
uut in tho morning and . made a round
of tho wharves. The coffeo imported
by tho merchants was then taken to
private warehouses and on its arrival, it
was sampled by running a 'tryer' into a
bag as you sec that clork over thore
(lo ng. As a matter of course, somo of
the grains fell to tho ground. Tho
stevedores also dropped some grains in
handling and sometimes a bag was torn
nnd more grains would full out. Again,
when tuo bags were thrown cn the drays
more grains would be spilled and thoso
women, Kuril like, wonld glean
after tho laborers. When tho drays
reached the merchant's store, the women
would be on band and gather what
grains would fall. Often a clerk would
tumplo the sacks to see that tho coffoo
graded all right. This gave them an
other chance. So you see they followed
tho coffee from the ship's sido to the
merchant's Btore.
"Now you can well imngino that ono
industrious and lively woman could
gather from fivo to ten pounds a day.
They had no expense; thoy brought their
meals with them, and ate when the men
stopped work for dinner. Some of them
got on tho right side of custom-houso
men, who, as thero was a duty on coffeo
then, had to bo around, and they often
got a good gleaning from an extra largo
rip in a bag. Now, ten pounds of cofleo
was worth at toast $2 then, and, by count
ing that up in a year, you will see that
I was not wrong in tho statement that
tho business was a good one. Besides,
'.oTeo was not thoir only commodity.
I'hey did very well in sugar, too."
American Edelweiss.
Chicago Tribune.
Lovers of the edelweiss, who may in
Into yoars havo noticed that it is no
longer so common as it was among tho
mountains of Switerland, will bo glad
to hear that specimens of it havo re
tcntly been met with on Mount
Taeoraa or, as it is otherwise
called Mount Ranier in Wash
ington brritory, at a height of
U,ou0 foet above the level of the sea;
and, near nt hand, flourishes another
Alpine tavori'e, the vanilla-scented man
nertreu. A quarter of awntury ago
edelweiss grew plentifully but a few
hundred feet above Zermatt; now,
owing to the thought lo s greed of tho
Swiss peasantry and tue rapacity of
oockney tonri-ts, it is only to bo seen
upon tho higher and more inacco&ibla
summits of t ie Alps.
llmii lo Find Oak
Fan Fiancero Ctronicle.)
Beady-made doors and window-frames
from S widen and Norway can be de
livered and sold cheaper in France thau
the raw material in that country, ana
tho Paris municipal council has voted
ftiOO to enable a uelegation of Paris car
pente's to go to Norway and Sweden
to asccrta.n now these northern people
manage the tuing.
Loudon's Sunny Days.
The sun shone only U74 hours out of a
po-siblc 4,456 hours in London during
1883, which was an average of only two
hours and forty minutes per day. Lon
don smoke is charged with the loss of
sunshine.
FLORIDA SULPHUR P00L3.
Natural Phenomena In the Peotnaa
lar Stale Kxplained.
Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union.
- The Apalacliioola Tribune explains the
gnat smoke which has been puzzling
observers for years, and which could be
seen on any cloudless day ascending
from the vicinity of Aneilla river, in
Florida. Various efforts have been
mado to discover tho supposed volcano,
while, on tho other hand, some have
concluded that the smoke came from the
camp-fires of some remnant of the Semi
nole Indians. The Times-Democrat ex
pedition threw no light upon tho mys
tery, the tall grass, bogs and dense un
dergrowth impeding the progress of the
curious.
One Capt Ashcr is the hero who ar
rived in Apalachicola, with the follow
ing information, which puts ont the
F'lorida volcano, and the romance is lost
of tho poor Seminole lingering in the
land of his fathers. At the same time
it adds to the attractions of the lovely
land of fruits, flowers, and wonders.
Perhaps from tho sulphurio pools cam
the healing virtues which laid the foun
dation for the legend that in Florida
flowed the waters of eternal youth.
Capt. Ashcr was in search of palmett
logs on the Aneilla river when be de
scried the smoke or cloud from a point
in the distance, hemcmbering the
many reports ho had heard about
this smoke, he determined to nn-
earth this mystery, if possi
ble. So, calling his crew to- -gothcr,
and picking up their traps, the .
party pursued their way in the small
boats up tho Aneilla river. They trav
eled up tho river, or creek, for it hardly
deserves tho name of river, for miles.
After ascending from its mouth twenty
five or thirty miles, he judges, he was
brought to an abrupt halt by a rock hai
rier in front Upon investigating be
found' that tho river ended and was lost
underneath tho ground. Seeing that
tho smoke became more distinct at tha
point, and seemed straight ahead, he had
the boat hauled up to the bank and
sprang ashore, determined, if possible,
to pursue his investigations on foot. As
he sprang on shore he gave an exclama
tion of surprise. Scattered nt various
points were huge rocks, towering many
foet above Lis head a thing unheard ol
in Florida.
Mr. Ashcr describes rrne of the rocki
as being as large as .mi ordinary dwell
ing and apparently hollow, containing
much water. Ho" diwrilxs them ni
being of a flinti apjfranrc, and wlica
struck with an iron n sti-d ii.strumonl
to emit thousands ot sparks. A mile or
two further on were. n numerous
rocks that wero formed into round
basins, their sides bein;; smooth and
beautifully polished. Mr. Asher sprang
uon tho top of one of thoso basins. As
his fovt came in con' act with tho flinty '
siibstanco a hollow sound was
emitted from tho rock. Calling
for a pole, and it being handed to bio.
ho placed it in tho center of the basin.
What was his surprise on drawing the
polo to tho top may be easily imagined
when lie discovered that tho rock, being
hollow, was filled with a strong sul
phurio water. Pursuing tleir way
through tho bog, sometimes up to their
knees, again on bard ground for some
distance, then again scratched and
bruised by the underbrush, and fighting
musquitoes that seemed to resent this
intrusion of their dominion, the little
party had a hard timo of it Presently "
they came to where the river issued front
its underground covert nnd pursued its
way onward, to again disapjHsar in the
bowels of the earth.
Mr. Asher states that every fow hun
dred yards those pools would make their
appearance, and from them would issn
wbito, misty clouds that would ascend
heavenward, seeming in the distance
to be clouds of smoke. He stated that
the water in these pools was as clear as
crystal and filled with beautiful fish,
both fresh and salt. He caught a great
mnny of the fish, and attempted to drink
some of tho water, but It was unpalata
blenauseating to the smell and tasto.
llo spent several days wandering around
these points, and he says ha
never beforo thought there was such a
place in Florida. Ho discovered several
rocks that he presumed would have
answered very well for houses, being
quite as large, hollow, and the walls as
smooth as gloss. Uo appeared to think
it very strango that these monster rocks
should bo found in such a low, flat,
marshy section. Ho Bays that the
rocks are separated by a distanoe of 200
feet, and rear their black, grimy heads
to heaven from a level plain of marshy
Boil. Thero aro no indications of thorn
having been a hill, much less a volcano,
in this toction, and the smoke or cloud
Been so often is simply the vapor rising
from the sulphuric pools.
Dress Roform Tor men.
C. r. 1 a I Mult liazott?.
Now, to my mind tho dress, not of thje
time of William tho Conqueror, or of the
seventeenth century, but of just 100 yean
ago, was the most suitable and most
manly that was ever worn by the male
population of these islands. By revert
ing to it, we should get rid of two incon
venient and ugly portions of our present
attire namely, the cylindrical hat and
the almost equally cylindrical trouser.
The man of to-day is too cylindrical
altogether to be a satisfactory object to
himself or to artists. That a hat (to say
nothing of its shape) should be made of
abdicate material, which requires to be
carefully protected from tho weather
and ironed and brushed if rained upon,
is clearly ridiculous; that a man's legs,
in this moist and muddy climate, should
be clothed in tubes of cloth which reach
to his heels and form admirable con
ductors of mud and dirt, both inside
and outside, is equally so. By Bimply
going back to the conical felt (not
beaver) bat and the breeches and boots
of our great-grandfathers, we hould free
ourselves at once of this inconvenience.
And their caped frock-coat for riding and
walking why not that too? It saved
the shoulders from the wet, and was a
warm and sensible garmont in every
way. '
Keenness.
A. it Arnnild
Keenness in a man is not alwavs to be
taken as a sign of capacity, for it is
generally observed most in those who
aro selfish and over-reaching; and his
keenness generally cqds in that kind of
penetration into other people's interest
which will tend to benedt his own.
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