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GIVEN AND TAKEN. ftnwolhlnir oft Hi" nestlliiir head Of nmlilnn funcy-led. Tliu tlio irravo-oyed woman uio: Klelicst iflfn nm ,,'"" w" ,nilI(e lhnmr tlmn tlm lnvo wo luku Tliui wo kIvu for love' own uko. "Well I know the hi'iirt' unrest: Minn Inn l'i"'ii tin' common ipiest To lie loved mid tlioieroio llcnt. "Fnvom tiiiile'crv'rt with mine; At my feet nnoiia "lirliin huvu liuit luiii ll Kift ilivlno. "sweet tlio oircrliiir nemed, Hiul yet With llilr mveiMnc rniiii) rt'cruU Ami a Hunso of unulil debt. "Ili'iirt of mliiriitiBiitlflle'l, Whs It vunlly or pride Tlmt a di'i!ur Joy ilenlcd? "Hands Hint opo lint to receive, Ktnpty cloMi; tlii'.v only live ltiilily who cun richly (five. "Still," Him Hlirhi-d, with molstcnlny eye, "l,ove In Kwcol In nnv nuiu; Hut It t.imt In aacrllieol "Ho who, irivlntr. does not cruvo, MkcHt. In to Mnn who iriiv l,ll Itself tlm loved U) uvo, "l.nvn tlmt wlf-fnrirntful (rlvi Bow surprise of ripened hcHve, I.Htnornion Hit own rccclvcii. -Juhn Vt tthleuf Ifhltttrr, A. J . ImUiKiulent. A SINGULA It STORY. Marrlago, Murdor, Dosortion and Miraouloua Detection. A Clrl In Mai Attlm fnnmnt tlm Oi-aii to rinil Hit father Sucm-m of llcr Mlmloll A lluiniiiir In Hi-ill i.ir... rorJuipf tin iiio.t romantic and start ling story of fai l tlmt lias ever come to liglit In Iowa was related to your cor respondent to-tiny, ami which i ccr rainly unknown to tlio citii'iis of Dubuque. My inforiiiiint is one of tlm oldest and most influential citzen of this city. In answer to tlm well-known reporter's query, "What's iii-w'r"' he laid: "I hav along and interesting , story to lull you, nnd you will bo tlm first newspaper man to whom it lias ever been told by me." Leaning back in his cushioned t'liair nnd placing hi lied on mi old-fashioned looking desk, ho told tlm following story: Away back In tlm farly day of Dubuque n family, consisting of man nnd wife and unit daughter, came born from St. Louis, Tlmir names will bo withheld for tlm present, but may bo given Inler. The husband and father engagedm tlm busi ness of a miner, nnd lor a time was ouito successful, lie was rather shabbily dressed, tint showed signs of rellnement nnd education in youth, lie was a Frenchman. After a while lie Inst what little money ho had in tlm mining busi ness, ami became almost destitute. I)u buquti In those days was a dreary wil derness, built mainly of frame shanties, and populated for tlm tuost part, by In dians, lie, without nnv pro-peels of making a living for himself and family, became a wreck, bordering upon insanity, the sequel of which was his being found dangling from a rope in his own room, cold in deal h, having com mitted suicide, His poor widow and orphan girl worn prostrated with grief; tlio former fainted at tlm ghastly sight and remained In a comatose condition for more than two days, at tlio end of which time preparations wero com pleted fur the Interment of the supposed dead body. It was even Inclosed in a casket, when tlm startling discovery was made that the person was only in a woon. It Is needless to say that the supposed llfolix form was immediately removed, nnd such restoratives as were Procurable wero ijulekly administered by willing hands. She "rapidly recov ered, nnd was soon in her former state if health, but, ns 1 have made known, in a very destitute condition, and how to eke out a living fur herself and child added much toller distress. Kventuallv die obtained a s (nation as "maid of all work." In addition to this she taught lier child how to read, write, etc. Years rolled by and the child grew to he a voting lady, earning her own living. lubuiiie was at this time rapidly grow ing. Immigrant oiired in from all direct'ons, enlarging Duhuquo to ijiiite a village. Among the new arrivals was n boy who emigrated from Kit rope at the age of eighteen to seek a livelihood ill the groat Wo.-t. lie possessed a remarka ble nnihiiinii to rise in the world. He commenced on a starvation salary, and was afterward employed in a little gro cery Nlore, where, he soon became a purl tier in the business. About this timo ho met and fell In love with the young lady ' I have just referred to. Though poorly clad she was exception ally pretty unit quite Intelligent. This brief iieipiulnlance was only an Intro duction In a long and clandestine conn ship which followed, a description of which is unnois's-ary. Su Hire it to sav it did not deviate much from the "rules1' in Use. at the present time. It was of a fourteen mouths' duration nnd ended, us the average plav docs, in a happy marriage, though this happiness, it must lu. said, win shott-lived. Five years swilllv passed- the mother-in-law dur ing this t into died ami three bright little children wen the fruit of that criod of conjugal life. Two wero hoys and onn a girl. When thu youngest was only three month old the la. in Ixranio engaged in a ipmrrel with his partner in business, during which ho, unintentionally, it is said, dealt him a blow on thu forehead, wounding him in Mich manner ns to cau-o his death a few weeks after. He was held for trial for murder the trial lasting fourteen dnyj-nnd convicted of manslaughter, and was accordingly sentenced to life imprisonment at hard laUir, This was a terrible blow to the young wife and mother, and for a time fears of her be coming insane wcn entertained, but idle braved the billowy sea of grief and oon landed safe on tlio shores of good health. Tlio imprisoned lifo was soon Changed to a five one, for Hfter a life and (loath Mrngglo he miceeeded In n leasing himself from the prison walls. Ilia escape wiu not detected for several days, and his whcrcubouU was un known. A diligent search was kept up for Komo time, but no trace of him could be found. We will follow hjin, however. Immediately after his ocaive he proceeded to New York, w here he took passage for Dublin, and rTived tlwre live weeks later, tli'i being time it took in those dav to il across ,10 Allaiit'c. His arrival wax erected w nt inly bv his many friends and rchv tio: s, iis they were completely Ignorant of his pa-t' career. Communication with his wife and family was necessarily cut oT, as such act-on might possibly lead to h'w discovery and capture. e next liud him cmphiyed In un extensive linen factory on Sackvillo street, liold ing the rcspo'isibh) position of foreman of "tin' emir.) establishment. His integ rity, ii'i.bition of furthering his eni plover's hiisinos interests and honowty in di-cliarge of his duties In that po sition gained for him the cifnlidenci) of his employer, and he was soon made gncral manager of tint concern at an elionnous salary. The announcement of his marringi! to tlm daughter of the senior member of the (inn in ipiestion created ipiite a sensation, ns they were, socially speaking, not suited for each other, she being of very high eocial standing in the metropolis of tlio great but lit t lo Island, whilcim the other hand lie was comparatively ignorant and ob scure in that respect. This was the primary, if not tlm principal can of freiiient iiuarrei thereafter. Time passed, and two children w ero horn to them. Wo will now tnko a trip back to Ins former, or American, wife and children, from whom lie was forced to part sev eral years previous. After h!s escape from" iirison the news spread rapidly over tlm wires that a man answering liis description was killed at Lancaster. I'a. This news was received as ollieial by tho authorities, although the body had not been identified as the escaped convict. The poor woman also re ceived the news as positive proof of her husband's terrible fate. Herself and family accordingly remained In moiirn forovcr a year for a man who was then alive nnd who was to be untrue to his devoted wife and children. The expi ration of several year of supposed widowed life brought back to light the gn at mystery and an awful tale. On a cold December evening a tat tered hut intelligent looking boy, ap parently of sixteen Kliiiimcrs, appeared at the door of her residence and po litely asked for some lettable, saying ho was on along, fatiguing journey, and without money. Iho reipiest was readily granted, nnd after polilclv thaukinr tier for her kindness and tell ing where ho was from Im took his leave. Xo more was heard of him or seen of him there. The summer of IX witnessed a grand steamboat, excursion on tho Mis.- issiiiol from St. Louis.- Anion;: tho largo number aboard wa the boy who appeared in Dubmpie as an outcast, but who had now grown to respectable manhood under the rays of a Southern nun. As fate would have it, the gener ous old lady who had befriended him whep Im was destitute wa also aboard, accompanied by her daughter. He im mediately recognized her, introduced himself, 'and an interesting conversa tion followed, in the course of which a pressing invit ition wa extended to him to pay them a visit in their Dubtupm home. The invitation was accepted and a short time afterward fullilled. It may, perhaps, seem strange, hut it is neve'r theless a fact, that the names of both parties remained a secret until tho day of his visit. Imagine their position and tho friendship that nrose when the fact became known and the Impiiry which followed may be termed the 'key" to tho deep mystery existing, tho circum stances of which are already known to tlio reader. Tlio scene following tho young man's story of his early life, his parents, etc, beggars description, a it was now Nettled beyond a particle of doubt that tho supposed (h ail husband and father was no other than the man before alluded to, and what is still more remarkable, the mysterious acipiaiut aueil proved to be hi son, born to hi illegal wife. He said that he left homo because of Ills father's brutal treatment of his mother. A secret correspondence bet ween the wronged woman in lbihliu and her win in Dubuque ensued, when for the first time did her terrible po sition as an illegal wife become known tolier. A pen picture of his grief and consternation on receipt of the news of this startling disclosure is beyond the writer's ability; it t;an be better im agined than described. Sulliee it to say, the meeting of herself and husband wits by no mean alVectionate. Tho crisis conic at a later stage. The correspondence wa uninter ruptedly carr.cd on until the actual situation of all concerned wa revealed, and in some unaccountable manner the I'nited State authorities were made cognizant of the fact that an American convict a::d murderer had been discov ered in Dublin. The Secretary of State made a prudent ltivetigat;on of the. case which resulted in establishing tho true hlent'ty of the man in iniest on, but for some reason or other his arrest was not demanded, consequently we have no more to add to this .chapter. During this time hi American wifo and daughter w ere sorely alllicled, and in a perplexed slate of mind, not knowing whether to recognize the young man as an impostor, or endeavor to obtain thu real facts in the case. They chose the latter, and at oneo dispatched a letter to the address given by the informant, but no answer came. A second and a third was written with the same nsult. Many long and anxious days and sleep less night wen passed In Vain. Now that all ell'ort to communicate with him by letter were of no avail, an other plan wa concocted to carry out their purpose. The mother wa grow ing old ami feeble and unable to un dergo the hardship and fatigue incident to a sea voyage, this tieing the only me dium through which tho pnmf of the young man . story could be ascer tained. Not to le bullied, the daugh ter, who w as only in her teens, made the sensational assertion that she would dispense with petticoat and don tho pantaloon. This wa accomplished, and she at once set out on her long and Hrilous journey, leaving the feeble mother to take care of herself, the other two childivn having died in tho mean time. A she presented more of a mas culine than feminine appearance her plan wa very successful, but she veil-tun-d no familiarity with any of her fellow men," although she dined and made her toilet in tho same nxmis as those occupied by tho other male pas sengers. After a long and tedious voy age she arrived In the beautiful and homo-like city of Dublin. Her next ex ploit was to endeavor to procure em ployment at the establishment where her father was supposed to bo employed. shrewd and ingenious inquiries wero made relative to tho linn. Thu desired iniorniuuon ocuij; " i..!.... i .,1. at nrn niineiired at the 'jllice, wearing niaht attire. Her appli cation for a clerkship was mane man intelligent-looking gentleman, appar ently thirtv-livo year old, who politely informed lier tluit a good recommenda tion would be necessary before she 1. and adding that if such could be" obtained ho would be most happy to employ lier. Slio de parted discouraged and down-hearted, knowing that the required document could not be had in a strange city. She wandered several dav about the street and suburbs, and at last was inspired with a hopeful thought, and called upon a clergyman, to whom she told the entire story of her experience, etc, since fcav ing Dubuque. After dun hesitation, ho gave her a letter of recommendation. Returning with this, alio wa at once employed and worked faithfully for several week before slm gained sight of her father. The meeting wa an af fecting one. She ran to him. threw her self ut hi feet, and cried out: ''O, fa ther! father! I'm your daughter and camo from America' to look for you." The Hi-oim will never be forgotten by the few who eliimeed to be present. A great sensation followed; the entire pres. of Dublin devoting several col umn each day to comment and criti cism on the ruiile-female clerk. The ille gal wifo wa now beyond all doubt as to lier position, and immediately applied for a divorce, which was granted idler considerable dilliculty. Thu three children who were tho" fruits of their married l'fe wero darned by her and granted by the court with the exception of the boy, who immigrated to America, who was given to the father. The glad tidings of the linding of the father were immediately dispatched to her mother in Dubuque, and for thu lirt timo in ulniost a quaitcr of a century, commu nication wa opened between the legal husband and wife, which resulted in her emigration to the city of Dublin, where a few years of happy life were spent, when she died, and wa shortly after followed to the shores of the unknown beyond by our hero. At tho time of his death ho was immensely rich, nnd willed a handsome fortune to our little heroino (his daughter), also half of his entire estate to 111 son who wa the mean of bringing about the happy end. l!;it to the son's loss, he has never b 'cn hoard of since. Should ho be in existence still this little communication we hope will be the agent to establish some clue to his whereabout, and con vey to him the new of his good luck. Of the wronged woman and lier two daughters wo have nothing to toll, for the reason that their lives from the time of our last sight of them hero are entirely unknown to our informant, and a to the heroine, shu I living that happiest life of woman, "an old maid," ami at tribute thi happiness to the panla loon.. DuhuM lor. Minneapolis Trib une. DEALING IN DEAD HORSES. Mluift, lVrtlllier. I.nille' Htvltrhf, llut tiiii mill Ulna -Male Out of Hofniirt Kiiulnes. A crowd had gathered on a South Side street corner, where a horso with a broken leg had been shot. A th'! owner stood ruefully surveying his los4 a fat, dark complc.xioiied man elbowed his way up and said, us ho Kmiled grimly: "Say, mister, I'll cart that, horse away if you will give it to me. I it a bar gain?" The owner pondered a moment, looked around at tho crowd, and re marked: "Tho animal Is no use tome, nnd I guess you can have it. but I'm blessed if 1 know what you want with it. You can have it if you will tell me." "All right. You sco a dead horse represent considerable money to me, and when I can get one. 1 am going to drop o'lto it every time. I'll haul the animal out to my place, where 1 will skin it and tan the hide, or else sell it raw to one of the tanneries. It will then go to some boot and shoe linn, who will proceed to luiUc it up into shoe. The leather, being soft and waterproof, make up nicely and command a fancy prce. "Shoos made of cordovan, as the leather is called, are considered the Hopcr thing by swells and sell well. The ta'l, when it Is long and bushy, can be made into a nice horse-brush or switch for ladies. To make a nice switch, I takeout the bone from the tail and tack the skin onto a handle, and there we have it. all ready for Use ns soon as it gels dry." "Hut, what do you do wiih the re mainder of the body the bones and flesh?" "(. they come in handy. I raise lots (if hunting dogs. Of course, if 1 were to huv beef for them it would cost mo a small fortune. When 1 get or huv dead horses 1 save some of the meat, feeding the dogs on that. They thrive on It, and it don't cost mo much. "The hoofs 1 sell to some glue factory, where they niv boiled down nnd made into glue. Do 1 make use of the bones?' Of course I do. Sometime I grind thcmim and sell them ns fertilizers. (Iround bone is (lie stulV to spread on your garden if you want to raise good crops. When I am busy and want to dispose of them I sell them to some button-factory. They make button, large and small, out of bones. I have seen some knife handle made from bone, but it cracks easily and i not used much. Muttons are mom puierally made from horse bones than any thin"' else in that line. " "Now, if you want any meat for vour cats let me know, and' I w ill supply vou," but the former jmssessor of the horse did not seem to relish the idea of his cat la-ing fed on horseflesh, and de clined the oiler with thank. Milwaukee Sintinil, A New Orleans minister nwntly married a colored couple, and at the conclusion unnecessarily remarked: "On such occasion as this it is custom ary to kiss the bride, but In this case we will omit it." The indignant bride groom very pertinently replied: "Ou such an occasion as dis it am customary to gib do minister $10, but in dis cast we will omit it." .V. 0. Time. DIG PROFITS. VVitt the (Irooi-ry lierpir In Hi New York Tcni-mrnt UiitiM ICrglun Slake Out of Tlilr l'tron. " The corner groceryman in tenement house districts charge the highest prices for Iho necessaries of lifo, and reap therefrom the greatest profit. I'read. butter, coal, tea, coffee, potatoes, and the Tike on all these he makes a prolit of 10U or 130 per cent Tho continual mortgage on tho poor man's salary at the close of tho week by tho claim of tiic grocer, tho uncompromising refusal to take a cent less than tho amount shown on the pass-book, tho threat to sell him out if he won't pay, tho neces sity of feeding his wifo and children all combine to make hundreds of honest and hard-working men subject to the leeches who cling to their purse and grow fat and sleek. Tho cost of living to a poor nian I considerably greater, in proportion, than that incurred by tho richest railway magnate in the country. He is taxed for everything. When the (iovcrnment reduces the taxes on tea or coll'eo the consumer derive, no advan tage. Tho price of tho adulterated ar ticle is tlm same as that of tho unadul terated. The extremely poor man may theoretically be tho child of the Slate, and hi interest a carefully conserved ns those of the Kast India Company, but in reality ho is allowed to shift for him s.4f and' to defend himself from all the enemies that his paltry income of two dollars or three dollar a day raises up against him. Good potatoes can bo bought at tlio market for l. HO a barrel. They arc not the highly cultivated vegetable tlnlvi"!y k)) orsu.ih varielWM-mit thev are big, wholesome potatoe, that contain fully as much nutriment as tiio more expensive kinds. The price charged at tho corner grocery for small measure of ordinary potatoes is ton cents. A not a few of the meas ure aro arranged with false bottom, there is sometime live of them to tho peck. Hut allowing that the men aro honest eiio lgh to give fair measure, tho cost of a peck is forty cents, or fcl.GO n bushel, and SoVlO a barrel. This method of selling potatoes enables the gro ;er to obtain a 'prolit of t- per cut., on n single barrel of potatoes. Tnc profit when the question of credit arise is considerably larger. Then the custo mer is required to pay fifteen cent a small measure, sixty cents a peck.S-'.-IO n bushel and fc'J.fiVa barrel, or a modest gain to the dealer of M per cent. Corner grocerymen say that they would rather seil a barrel of' potatoes than a ton of coal, notwithstanding tho fact that they make l.io per cent on tho lat ter commodity. When false measure ments are reckoned, the enormous prolit on a single barrel of potatoes will be come nearly double. The grocer in these stores does "not deliver article that aro purchased. Thu cost of help is reduced to the minimum, and almost tho only thing that cat into a corncr-groccry-man's profits aro the expenses of sup porting hi own family. Although it is a criminal ofl'ense to defraud persons by mean of weights and measure of false quantities, the inspector usually either wink at tho violation of tho law or are believed to bo salislied with a little present now and then. Coll'eo is capable, of more adulteration than perhaps any other article of (b mestic consumption, without the fraud becoming manifest. With this fact in view the 'groceryman use the facilities for cheating to their full extent and reap the consequent prolit. Lower grades of cotfee only are sold in the low groceries. Mocha and Java seldom liud their way among the very poor, simply because they cost too much. To adulterate ground eoll'ee, powdered locust bark is used in coinbiuat'ou with the well-known chicory. To increase the quantity of the beau colli 'o a small cdibl.! bean' is roasted and mixed. It i so like the coll'ee-bean in size, shape and color that it i difficult to distingu s'.i the one from the other. An enterprising .lerseyman managed to invent a ma chine' to turn out cotl'co beans in black walnut and stained pine woods, and these also are used to adulterate the better quality of coll'eo. Brazilian cotl'ee is generally used by the cheap grocers. It comes in prettily plaited bugs in quantities of seventy-six pounds. A bag costs 7.G'l, or ten cents a pound for large quantities. Ity judicious adultera tion of one lift h of a pound of wooden bean !o fonr-liil lis of a pound of cotl'ee bean, the price is lowered two cents, and makes the coll'eo, as sold, costoMgli! cents a pound. For cash this quality of cotl'ee is sold for twenty cents a half pound or thirty-live cents a whole pound. At this rate a tag of eoll'ee that origi nally cost $1. (So would sell for :iti. 10, or at a prolit of about ;luo per cent. As the price of eivi'ee is raised ten cents a pound w hen sold tm civdit, a half pound would cost twenty-live cent and n bag would be sold for thirty-eight dollars, leaving a prolit of f :M 10 on seventy-six pounds of ltraziliau cotl'ee. The pro fuse use of tho bean in adulteration is extremely injurious, and cause sleep lessness. The adulteration of cotl'ee are much more flagrant than the use of glucose in sugar or oleomargarine iu butler, and yet tho (iovurnnn'iit has taken no measures tosuppres it bylaw. In consequence, the person who is not able to go to an iniHirter and pay twenty-live dollar for a' bag of Mocha is in considerable danger of drinking walnut infusion Instead of honest eoll'ee. It is only the poorest person's who aro anxious to secure credit. The American workingman is nothing if not independ ent. So long as he pays cash on the nail he will do so w ith a promptness that might be emulated by more fa vored persons. It is hi wife, usually, who run him into debt and make him adopt the credit system willingly. It is distasteful to him at first. Then he begins to see that once iu he can not get out of .the meshes that the cornel groceryman has spread for him, and he makes a noble ell'ort to break loose. Ho struggle, but in vain, and ever afterward i the slave of a remorseless master. When he wants to buy tea and enjoy a quiet cup now and then, instead of going to the importer and paying 5 or so" for a chest enough to bust him a year he goes to the corner grocery man. A chest of Formosa tea of the lower grade w eighs fifty-six pound, and costs the grocer ten cent a pound, lie cfc-rges thirty centi a half-pound wheie cadi is paid, and forty cents where credit I reqll "steil. Al llo raio u n--' " -i.im inut ..:, i;u tn ooen in Id own store bring him in a prolit of ifiH, as he can sell the b'ftv-six pound for ffM.GO. . . . ,, ...... a;, .I j !a ir lie sens iho cnesi on vn-u i, m nlninst invariablv tho cne. he obtains a return of .H.0 on hi investment of fryiW, a proiit of f.'J'.l.-.'o. lu ine CTocervman' is not salislied with thi prolit of 700 per cent. He goes to work and adulterates the already poor tea and serves up a decoction that might make a well-constituted cat wince, l.y thi method ho increases hi prolit one quarter a much again, and after ex hausting the resources of hi trade, make a f.'i chesl of tea pay him about 05. or a prolit of about I.ihiO per cent. And with all thi he hangs over his miserable customer's head the fear of having his homo sold to the highest bidder. -V. y. Commercial Jthrrtincr. t FASHIONABLE CRUILTY. BUughtrr of Illrili for I.sdics H;U Wind Mr. Ui-rgli Tliliik of It. Walking up Broadway one tiao after noon lately, a Tribune reporter noticed an unusually large display of plumage on ladies' hat. He saw tho wings, plumes, heads, and bill of red b'nl, yellow bird, robins and humming-bird, and almost every variety of the feath ered songster known, doing duty in adorning the hoaihvear and trimming of tlie enthusiastic devotee of fashion. Li many instances the birds that linked to pretty ou tiie.se jaunty hats wero complete, and the stuffed songster looked as gay a in life. In the window of a millinery store, frequented mainly by wealthy ladies of fashion, the repor ter saw many hats thu decorated. With a hesitating step he went in, and was met by a stout dame, w ho wyre mi elaborate dress dotted with dead lire Hies. In life these lire-flies hud iiuder-o-ono a squeezing process, which caused The phosphorus in them to exude, and lias the elleet of making a brilliant cos tume. The store-keeper informed the repor ter that tho lire-flies aro imported from warm countries, mainly tho Indies, where they aro prepared for market. She had them for sale. One of the large counters was almost entirely cov ered with stuffed bird and various part of bird, ready to be placed on hats and trimmings, a tlio fancy or taste of the wearer might suggest. "Are you not afraid of being arrested for cruelly?-' asked the reporter. "No, indeed! Wo import them," re plied the woman, looking the reporter out of countenance. ''They would not arrest a woman?" slio asked, or rather stated, in the most assuring manner. The reporter called on President Bcrgh, who said: "I have noticed lately that thi cruel onslaught is increasing. There is a greater display of these little tortured creatures than ever . before. I notice it in the fashionable stores in up per Broadway, in cheap Sixth Avenue, and down in Eighth Avenue. Thi wan ton slaughter, tlaying bird alive and tearing feather from thoir quivering bodies i tho most barbarous cruelty that can be practiced. It is an insult to the civilization which wo boast. The savages can do no more than that. If ho doe take a few feather from a fowl it is the pride of a warrior that prompt him, not a merciless vanity, and he is tin re fore more excusable than our more cul tivated and retined people. The feath ers are plucked from these living bird, ami their limbs aro torn from them while in the agonic of death, under the impression that if thefi'ther are cured while the blood i warm they have a fresher and more lasting tint. "They may import a few," continued Mr. Bcrgh, "but the demand for bird has become so great of late that the Jersey farmer are now trapping pig eon and raising squabs for this market, to be sacriliced to cruel fashiou's whims. Tin squabs arc killed when only a few week old and their plumage is fresh nnd bright. A stuffed squab sometimes looks more 'cunning' on a hat than a full-Hedged pigeon. Stuffed squirrels are also largely used. What is more ridiculous and yet suggestive of insatiable vanity tiian to see a couple of squirrel on a woman's hat? These squirrels are brought over from Jersey and the Long Island bog by boys who sell them at fifteen or twenty cents each. The young squirrels are gen erally selected for this bloo.ly sacrilico because of their more desirable size. Cat were formerly used, but there was so much trouble in cutting their skin down to the proper size that kitten have been substituted, "It seems that nothing not even tho most defenseless and prettiest of (iod's creatures the birds of the air. can escape tin merciless hands of fashion'. slaves. Fashion has such an unlimited (lower that our women are not only deaf to mercy, but ruin theirown health and sacriliee their lives in following its arbitrary decrees. A few year ago 1-higland. mid even India, took slops to prevent the slaughter of birds. But America has done practically nothing. "If the wealthy ladies of fashion of this city should set the fashion by dis countenancing this cruel practice, a great deal could bo accomplished. If the leaders of society would cease using ornaments that were obtained only through cnielty, there would soon be no demand for them. The prevention of this slaughter rests with the leaders of fashion more than with this society, for the work'i done so secretly that we can not trace the doers to their butcher shops or get even the slightest evidence. We only see the result of their cruelty. So popular ha this cruelty of plucking live animals become that live geese are picked under the impression that the feather make a better bed than if thev were plucked after the goose was killed.'' .V. '. Tribune. Farmer Jones borrowed Smith's wheel-barrow. He loaned the wheel barrow to Brown on condition that Brown would lend him his plow. He loaned the plow to Robinson on condi tion that Robinson would lend him hi horse. By this timo Jones didn't well know which belonged to whom, so he sold the horse and pocketed the money. This is a profitable business. It is called rehypothecation. Tlte Judge. Th annual product of maple sugar in the United States reaches forty mil lion pounds. FASHIONS IN SKATES. Vim Ancient nd th Modern Ktylm XVlnter' Ulorlous Hport-The 5leiu for ICiiJoylng It Opeu to th Mllllou. Lives there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said: "I'll hie mo to my sweetheart's gate, and be"- her to come out and skate, before the ice Is water." If mich a mau ex ist., it 1 altogether probable that ho never experienced the mingled bliss and suffering of boyhood, but arrived at hi pivsont'soulless stnto at one miserable bound. 'To the American boy, small and hi", nnd tho American girl also, tho joy of winter are boundless, but to none of them is attached the deep im portance accorded to the privilege which combines a glorious winter day, a frozen surface, smooth a glass, nnd a pair of skate with edge so keen that iho living figure's pathway is defined m clear-cut, graceful curve-, that tell of the perfect bond of sympathy cxisiting between the skater nnd his steels. Time wa when the "poetry of mo tion" w asn't a harbinger of the miseries offrozen toe and benumbed linger. The ancients who indulged in the pas time were satisfied to propel themselves over tho frozen face of nature on piece of hard-til crcd wood or of bone. Gradu ally these primitive Skate gave place toother more nearly appro h;ng. in principle at least, the perfect skate of the present day. But the art of skating as practiced to-day as well a the skate now in general use. b.'longstollr) pres ent generation. Iron and steel liave forced their more clum-y wooden coin- pctilor from the field, anil no "city bred" vouth will betake himself t ) any of the ponds in Central Park nowadays miles ho can afford to ntt-.nnpt the "grapevine" on a pair of skate ,that would blush at the sight of a leather strap. Yet the old snap skate were held in high esteem not so many years ago, and teats of (."durance performed on them still st mil a a record hi the unwrit cu annals of the sport. Twenty-five years ago the "swell" skate was of German make nnd was ciil'ed t'r.e "Dutch turn-over." Tho .teel-runncr terminated in front in a scries of curves, one within tho other, tho en I of the linal twist I cing decor ated wi h a brass ball. The runner was trrniivni ! the foot-i late was of wood. Tli,r. w ti vir ions nio liiieath ma of thi ,kate, all more or less dike. All were f .st'ne 1 with traps, and tliose wiio used lliem no doubt i-ti'.l recollect the iK'ouie suffered iu attaching them to the feet on a bitter cold day. 1 or trav- ,.limr Inner 1 1 1st" noes. VIVIl'S nrO. 1111(1 alsolfor fast skating, the skate general- .1 .. ..i i. i iv u -t'il was Know n as me --longre.tcn. The name is descriptive. The runner, from a foot to eighteen inches in length. was quite sluii.ow. J lie top was 01 wood and lightly constructed. Tho wooden-rocker has seen its day, as have nil wooden-topped skates. According tn il..!il,.ia it ii still in favor in rural districts, but only in region which are decidedly "coiinir. i no mantei con tains nothing new in skate this year, but the most fastidious taste can easily UO sillied lioni me immense variety which the market affords. Wooden-topped skates, furnished with straps, can lie purchased for from !0 cents to f?1.7o. Few nior.) expensive than thisVire made, exc 'pt for special orders. Those who prefer a low-priced skate. mitiiH wood, can be nccommo ilited for (io cuts. Those, however, are fund died with a to.i-stiap. A. skate devo'd of w :od and strap can be boii!'ht f. r ijl.S:. The "sled ' of which thi s';at 'is popularly supposed to be made is a fair quality of iron. Women's woodentopped skates, of coipfortabl.) make,' can be bought for from 1.21) to if.lli per pair. MR. PARKHURST'S DILEMMA. Tlie I'lifiirluiiiitts I'rcilio imi-nt In Wlilrli He Found lllunrlt' on ti Koco'it Kuiuluy MiirnliiK. The neighbors of Maurice J. Fark hurst, of North Eighteenth street, ad vised him wi.e i he put a fag-staff' on top of his house, in onLr to celebrate Governor Cleveland's election, that his idea of having a g It ball iu the mid He of the pole was absurd. Mr. Parlt hurst thought that he knew better, however, and so ran hi halliard up through the ball and floated the stand ard of Democracy from tho top. IIo swore, mor over, that tlie Jlag should always fly from his roof during the in cumbency of his party. The wind of Saturday night interfered with this plan, an I yesterday morning found .Mr. Parkhurst's banner flat on the slides. Its owner, while eating hi breakfast, told his wifo that it should be up again before ho went to church, urn I that he had climbed trees when he was a boy. Aceordii gly. ho repaired to the lvof, and, timing that the rope was broken, proceeded to li:n up tho pole. He found no difficulty in getting to the top, and, having fixed tho rope, started bai k. The location of the gilt ball intemipt ed Mr. Parkhurst's down-trip. After ho had let hi legs go below the ball the he found that its protuberance was so great as to prevent his closing them about the polo beneath. Mrs. Park hurst, who had been admiring her hus band from the scuttle, screamed as she saw his dilemma. He climbed back to the top of the ball and took in the situ ation. Along Columbia avenue, near which Mr. Parkhurst live, people be gan to go to church. Mr. Parkhurst tried again, but found that the circum ference of the ball and the length of his legs retained their original relation. Meantime his wife ran for the neigh bor. When thev came they saw the obvious impossibility of either cuttting the pole down or getting a ladder long enough to reach the middle of it. Mr. Parkhurst swore. Then a thought oc curred to him. "Just catch hold of that halliard and let me down easy," he said. "Tho pulley's new and I goes it will hold.1 Two men immedi ately manned the life-line, and in the manner of a flag Mr. Parkhurst wa flaunted gracefully to the roof. He im mediately hauled up his banner, and said yesterday that he would continue to keep it and the gilt ball in their old positions. Hiiladelphia Times. Berlin, Germany, has only fifty churehes. Only 2O,0iX of the million of inhab-tants are church-goers.