sytSTERN STEAM BOATING.
,i , prospects '"r ,u ' Far from
' III nS(ii.
It Is perfectly true that the Western
gteainbonl Interest has been seriously
impaired dj- competition with the ruit
roads. and t'iut lhe wibr of fast
bouts bus greatly decreased. Kor the
position of sloumboat property iu the
past wits peculiar. Largo numbers of
the bouts were owned by the captains
or their families, and In case of hard
time or ft out-rate war with the rail
roads the boat could be seized for debt
and the traffic stopped. The compel-
Ing railroad, on the other hand, might
be equally in debt, but lu the hands of
i, receiver it went on doing business
while the 00f boat-owner was tied up
with his boat.
This is the common and the darker
taken of the steamboat Interest
on our great rivers. To offset this is
lhe fact that the larger rivers are now
well lighted, iiudmore lights are added
every year. The millions spont on the
rivers have wonderfully improved nav
igation, and there are fewer wrecks
thuii ever before. The slack-water
navigation, as on the Kanawha and the
Moiionguhela, has greatly extended
(be season in which boats can run, and
has extended the earning time of every
poat on these waters. The ownership
jf the boats has also changed, and in
place of single "tramp" steamers there
are now regular Incorporated com
panies owning large fleets of boats and
having abundant capital. Thcso com
panies are enabled to furnish better,
cheaper and raoro regular service,
tjth less dnngcr of ruinous con
aetltion with the railroad. For
perly the steamboat service was
extravagant and costly in man
agemout. while rates were high and
profits large. The companies now
conduct their business with more econ
omy, and seek to all ran business by
regular departures and arrivals, more
amfortabie boats, and better tubleand
luite-room aervico. The lines now
more nearly approach the Eastern
Hoes, both In equipment and manage
ment, and while the old racing cap
tains, who threw their freight into the
furnaces rathe'' than bo beaten by a
rival boat, are passing away, the new
men are real captains of safe and com
fortable boats. The romantic days
have gone from the rivers forever, but
the travel Is safer, and, in a way, more
siriliz 'd. The last of the famous rac
ing machines, the Natchez, was; wreck
ed only a few months ago, The com
petition with the railroads has do
manded a wholly different class of
boats, and the tourists will compel a
better patenger service on the lines
111 the future.
Id the opinion of those competent to
peak on the matter, the prospects for
the passenger traffic on the rivers is
far from discouraging. Once all the
world had to go by boat or stay at
home. Now the larger number take
the cars, and In order to retain any
traffic at all the boat lines must offer
superior inducements In the w:iy of
price, comfort and attendance. This
they seemed prepared to do;
and It Is safe to say that
the time will come when many of the
l iver routes of the West will be as pop
ular as the Hudso.7 river Or LoilS Isl
am Sound, and a trip on these great
water-ways will be regarded as quite
as important to a right understanding
of the country as a day on the North
river. Century.
FOR YOUnV WOMEN.
An I I.I, Tit Gentleman IVIls How to Coax
a Man lo Prop se
An elderly man was telling a group
of giddy young girls the other day how
he proposed to his wife whon he was a
young man. She was sowing at the
time, he said, or he never would have
had the courage to do It. If girls
would sew more he thinks they would
have more matrimonial chances. Sew
ing he considers the best accomplish
ment that a woman can have. A
woman engaged with a needle has a
domestic, homc-lik'o air that is irre
sistible to a man who loves her. It is
a picture of what sho would be in her
own home, and makes him long that it
should be his also. How can a man
propose to a girl who sits straight up
In her chair staring hard at him with
a pair of bright eyes? But when she
l bending gracefully over a bit of
plain or fancy sewing, apparently ab
sorbed in counting the stitches, and
the arrows of her eyes are sheathed
for a few minutes, ho plucks up cour
age enough to offer her his heart and
hand. The average' young man
Is bashful in such affairs, though
bold enough at other times, and needs
encouragement and opportunities.
W hat sort of encouragement is a pair
of bright eyes staring into his, watch
ing his embarrassment? Listen to the
advice of an old man who has been
all through it; drop your eyes and
give the young man a chance. Re
member this, girls, when the favorite
young man drops in to make an even
ing visit, get out your bit of fancy
ork and look domestic, and with
every stitch of your needle you will
bind his heart more Urmlv to your
own.
This is the advantage that the En
glish girls are said to possess over the
American girls they are more do
mertie; if they shine less brilliantly in
ociety than their American sisters
their domestic virtues shed a steady
luster in their houses. This, of course,
is looking at the question f.om an En
glish point of view. The American
tfrls are capable of doing both; do
mesticity is not incompatible with so
clal brilliancy, and many of society's
queens are careful housekeepers and
devoted wives and mothers, keeping
their sweetest words and smilea for
their own home.-N. Y Star.
J-"1 Howard, ofilwauken, a widely
y "nie dignitary, but in moderate
jn-unBUncea. baa fallen beir to 11.000,000.
1 bud by an aunt in England, from wbom
y hn a boy
J? hsbury. premier of England, who
aw rn"'rlj ' ""-king Journalist, hi sJ
to courteous ae bis pontkm will allow
wapapar men, and frequently inoloaea
j to men wbo wer farmerly bi eoUix-.
n??.1- esafcor of -CDderfroond
ZTT" """J urea in London. He met
franrfi BM
rjctoav His head at large and hi. trps of
""'"aeouailj BlaTic. He baa a cbaxming
Ua
KANGAROO LEATHER.
wrgt mhmi
"I don't know," responded the cut
u'" to construct J ,, ,
fense on that ve y moment. And.!,,,,
-.hig
""'ted of him. he queried rather
Wpta-ljr, -Why should I? wha.
the advantage of them?"
"If you ever have tender feet." an---ed
the , hoe man, -you wou U
ull, appree.ate kangaroo skl. Why
the leather Is soft and pliable-very
much more so than calfskin or k.d
I hat makes the ebue eVer so .,,
ts:er to the foot Then it is
treat deal ligh.er than those
other materials, and that's an advan
tage. and. for w,ar. why. kangaroo
skin is faraliead Look here." and go.
mg to his bench, he picked up two
"c aps of leather. -Now, ,nil) , kn.
garoo .kin." and w ith his sharp shoe
maker's knife he made two short inci
sions from the ed.'e. .-Xow tear fro u
these lint this the customer, though
not a man uf weakness. y arable to
do. The same experiment being made
with calf-kin. that was torn with
ease. -Tim ." ended the old man.
"shows the .iifference in wear, and the
price is just about tbu same."
Itut the customer WU a newspaper
man. Immediately he tur ed Swamp
ward, and within half an hour sto. d
in the presence of one of the city's
largest kangaroo men.
"The kangaroo," began this gentle
man, "is. as you know, a native of
Australia. Trior to ten years ago
they exU'ed In untold number They
became such a pest and so disastrous
lo lhe sheer. dmVv.j '.hiii ih.
leer, dhVh- : '.hat lhe colonial
gov rameot offered a bounty for their
destruction Now. up to that time
there hud been no permanent or set
tled use for their skins and hides To
BO back a tittle, however, say twelve
to ti teen years aire, these sk ins en me
to America in considerable quantities.
But at tl at timo (heir vulue was un
rec gnized. Strange as they certain
ly were lo American manufacturers,
their disposal was only ; Joslble at
ruinous loss. The parties Interested
in the scheme withdrew ; worse oil by
some -o IHX).
"Now, about this slrrc say IKS0 a
new procMj hMntyby was devised
by Which Kangaroo hide was made
into shoe leather, superior in
Strength, durability, softness and
nonets, to any th ng of like weight
and nature ever before Bled for the
purpose. Then was the manufactured
leather trade-marked under the name
'oatnelopard.'
"From that time forward did the
merits of kangaroo skin become more
generally recognized. At the present
time the talus are enormous, the
material having, in a large measure,
supplanted waxed calf, gloved calf,
French rait k'd and similar goods
u-ed in tlie manufacture of the lighter
and liner foot wear. And the nianu
facturo of foot wear, you know, has
reached Its most miignillcent pro
portions in America. Here more
laete is displayed and money appended
on Viis article of attire than any
where else on earth.
"Only in America has a successful
system of tanning been devised. Over
in European countries kangaroo skin
is tanned, It Is true, but it is in com
paratively little use. Here the tan
ning is not by any means solely of
the 'oatnelopard' brand. Other manu
facturers have devised systems very
like unto it, and the product of these
is in very general use.
"As is always the case when nnv
thing meets with extraordinary suc
cess, as this very truly has, many imi
tations have been brought into the
market. Often and often have w omen
especially bought boots of Doogola
goal under the impression that they
were of kangaroo skin. Again has
the manufactured product of sheep--bin
been passed off in imitation.
"The trade in kangaroo skins shows,
indeed, a great and gratifying in
crease. X. y. Mail and Kx press.
Pasturage For Colts and Cattle.
It is Important thai this h properly
chosen, ospecialy for growi g colts.
If this is on very rich land o watfrv,
the grass will be too rank for the
growtli of fine, strong bones, and lirm
enduring muscle. Colls gr wn up on
such will be pretty sure to be wanting
in spirit, be "low of movement and de
ficient in wind, so much so lhat w hen
in harness if put up to a moderately
fast puce -which can only be done by
repeated a' plication of the whip
they breathe painfully, sweut intoler
ably and soon tire. The best pasture
ground for colts is such a is well
drained or naturally rather dry. and
if it abounds with scattered rock- a
foot or more In diameter, those ure
not objectionable, but small stones are,
for the colts In running about are lia
ble to strike on them to the injury of
their hoofs, while they avoid the
larger ones and rocks in tbeir exer
The prass on such lands is
and tender, highly relished by
-wcet
the colts and very nutritious. Grow- I
ing up on such, especially ir limiteu 10
it. the feet and legs and the bone- of
the whole body become extra strong,
more like ivory th iH common bone
rrown on quite succulent pasture.
For cattle the pasture need not be so
select in qualitv. lo they will dj well
on wet meadows i ben the water is
.Tcnerallv a little ba ow tho sur'ace ol
the soil. 'only occnionally overflowing
for a few hours nnd then drying off
well. -American Agriculturist
' "Vim nu'iip er ol
Muuent Voiun-
tccn for Foreign Mission. ' now ex
ceeds 3 MO, of whom it is said thai 1U3
have al--a.lv ..tiled fo- foreign land-,
and others are soon lo follow A na
tional organ,i. lion of iheae -Student
Volunteers' has been forme-, with a
committee of three Ml III I Ibf the
Colle-eY M A andi .W C A. to
e2e'r -ith Mr Wilde of the inter
Sminar, Alliance, with the object of
lu0(ing after these volunteers ant.
bringing ibetn to the attention of mis
sionary mmft arnl "f the churcbs
Cause and effect.
Annul rrmiiThai I muss nut I lesrly la
ih-siii.r, .., , ,i ,u,
Every cause which we observe In
nature Is the effect of some earlier
operation and every effect will In
tarn become the cnuv of some farther
MUata It in Ulta wuy that the con
tinuity ol nature Is kept up. Fjich
fuel is a link in a chain of cau-es and
effects.
Hue truth comes out clearly In the
study of coral reefs. These reefs sur
round many of the islands in I bo
raeifo They protect the low lands
from the washing of the wuves, and
the still waters enclosed by them
are the only harbors of refuge for
ships. The reef, themselves furnish
the greatest jhtiI to navigation; and II
there were no Inlet through which a
vessel could enter their protected
circle, thev would lie i! Ill Bit. I
nothing else.
Hut almost every reef has such an
inlet. It is a necessary result of the
laws under which lhe forces of nature
work. To understand this we must
see how these reefs are formed.
Chemically the reef corals are al
most pure carbonate of lime, the aub
llaaoa of ordinary limestone and
marble. The reef grows as the shell
of the oyster, or of any other sholl
flsh. grow s, it itseif ti, aejjneM
and UMlVMed shell of Innumerable
polypi, or minute insects, which are
being reproduced and are dying In
euceesslve generations.
These tiny beings get ill their llr
ing from the water of the sea. It Is
from this source, also, that they de
rive the salts of lime from which they
secrete the lauiy etruclure that re
mains after the animal is dead.
The coral olypi can not live In
fresh water. Their food supply is
brought to them by the waves and
ourrenisof the sea. As a result. It is
found that directly opposite the mouth
of a Itraan 'nun the island the reef
doei not grow. The e will bo the ip-1
let of the enclosed waters.
Most of the islands encircled by
reefs sro volcanic in origin, and of
considerable haight In suoh cases
the rainfall is much the grouteron lhe
windward side. This will readily be
accounted fur. As the tradcwlnds
blow stuailily from the same quarter
for three-fourths of the year over all
lhe region where the coral grows, It is
upon the windward side of the Islands
that most fresh water is discharged by
the streams, and eonseiuently upon
that side the Inlets are commonly
found.
This goes far toward showing that 1
for an indefinitely long period the
trade-winds have been blowing nnd '
lhat heir direct i n has not changed,
follows that for an equally longtime
the position uf thn earth's ai with
relation to Its orbit has remained the
same ns at present. The continuity
of nature is nowhere broken, and its
Uniformity is undisturbed. Youth's
Companion.
SUBSTANTIAL FLOORS,
llnw In Mulie mesa So I ii ti Thar Will Ha
HmpUooifl as Wall aa Durable.
Nothing attracts the attention of a
person wishing to rent or purchase a
store room, dwelling or oltice soqutck
ly us a handsome, well-laid floor, and a
few suggestions on the subject, though
not new, may not be out of piuce.
The best floor for lhe least money
can be made of yellow pine, if the ma
terial is carefully selected and prop
erly laid.
First, anient edge grain yellow pine,
and mil too "fat," clearof pituli, knuts,
sap and split. See that it Is thorough
ly seasoned anil the tongues and
grooves exactly match, so that when
laid the upper surfaces of each hoard
arc on u level. This is an important
feature often overlooked, and planing
mill Operatives frequently got careless
in adjusting thu tongulog and groov
ing hits. If thu edge of a floor
ing board, especially the grooved edge.
s higher than the edge ol the next
hoard, no amount of mechanical inge
nuity oan make a neat floor of them.
Tli" upper pnM of tho groove will QQe
tlntWtOOUrl upwnrd as long as the
floor la-t".
Supposing, o' course, the sleepers or
Joists nre properly placed lhe right
distance apart, and their upper edges
precisely on a lovol and securely
braced, the most important part of the
job is to "lay" the flooring correctly.
Tills part of the work is never, ur very
rarely ever, done nowadays. Tho
system in voguo with carpenters of
this day of laying one board at a time,
and "blind nailing" it. Is the most
glaring fraud practiced in any trade.
They drive tho tongue of the hoard
into the groove of tho preceding one
by pounding on the grooved edge with
a naked hummer, making Indentations
lhat let in the cold air or obnoxious
gases, if it Is a bottom floor, nnd then
nail it in plana by driving a six-penny
nail at an angle of about .V) degrees In
the groove. An awkward blow or two
chips off the upper of the groove, and
the last blow, designod to sink the
nail head out of the wuy of the next
tongue, splits the lower pa, of the
groove to spl inters, leaving an un
slehtly oponinf. Such nailing does
not fasten the flooring to the sleep.
tri, and the slanting nails vary often
wedge the board so that ll does not
bear on the sleeper. Scientific Amer
ican. In summer sheep require a shady
pasture: their warm coals ol wool are
burden-ome on a hot day. If there
: are not sufficient shade trees In the
Meld movable or stationary sheds
' should be provided. It is an act of
cruelty to animals lo compel them to
remain all day in a broiling eun.
Wtaetf rr,e oid Beaanaaasj " is played at
tb New York Academy of Music Detunaa
Thompson will max bis entrance riding on
a load of bay
Janaoscbek ia going to Jamaica and South
America on a two years' engagement The
grand oid queen of Uw stags sighs for new
worlds lo conquer.
Robert Man tell receives fifty letters a day
from st 11 j women wbo fall in lose with bio
when tney sea bun on the stags, Ba Barer
aesnsn tbeir notaa
Mrs Oan. Lander, known to the stags aa
Jean Mr en port, be dramatised Hawthorne's
"Scarlet Letter Loans Jamas and hie wife,
Mane Wainwrigat, will probably play It oat
west oeit season.
THE HORSE AT RtSI.
Crlou rarls About ih lli.l.i,lan (
llsrwi to l.i Pan n
To a hard-working ho se repose le
almost as great a necessity as good
food, but tired as he mv he lio is often
hy about lying down. when a bed
of nice clean straw Is provide for h m.
The writer once rode a ma e seventy
milea in a single day. The stable in
which she was put for the night waa aa
comfortable in every way a it could
be made, but she stood the whole night
through. Mie ate her oats and hay
and then went to sleep, leaning forward
with her breast against the manger.
There are horses that have never been
eeen lo lie down, and if they have ever
done eo It waa only for a ehort time,
and at an hour wtien they were likely
lo ba eeen. No marics have ever been
discover, d u on their coats whioh
would l, nl. cute that they had ever been
lyiug down. A horse is recalled now
lhat occupied for tlfteen years, from the
time he was two years old. the Ilrst stall
in grandfather's stable. 1'p to the hour
he died no oue had ever seen hint lying
down, and several limes after weari
some drives of about eight or ten hours,
a watch was placed on him to see if
during the night he would lie down;
but he was never caught in that ihisi-
tlon, and he could not bo tempted to re
el no by the swoetes' and cleanest of
bedding. He died literally tnioa bis
feet. He was taken sick, and in giv
ing him a dionch from a long-nocked
bottle, with his head pulled up lo a
twain, he suddenly foil book and ex
pired. Unless a horse lios down regularly
his rest can not be complete, and his
joints and sinews st ffen; and, while it
Is true that horses that sleep In a stand
ing Ksition continue to work for many
years. It Is oqually true that they
would continue to work lor many years
longer, and perform thoir work much
better, If they rested naturally. Young
horses from a country stable may re
fu.e to He down when put Into a stable
in town, and ilie habit may hecome
confirmed unless Inducements are of
fered. Horses can le taught lo lie
down, and they can ulso be taught lo
be as ueat and cleanly In their habits
at. individuals.
it Is a very rare thing for horses af
flicted with a disease that suiairlnduces
fever to lio down. They will stand up ,
until nature becomes completely ex- 1
haus.ed, and their limbs refuse to I
sustain them. They have an Instinct
whioh teaches them if they lie down il
may be difficult for them to get upon 1
their feet again. A sick horse, be
cause of his evident know.cdge of his
own condition and his inability to eonv
municate the symptoms and the nature
of It commends himself to human
sympathy more than any other animal.
Horses have a horror of death, and
especially dread death In their own
kind. A horse may lie slcit In com
pany with a slahlcful of hors. s, and
the others will not notice him at al ,
but the moment he dies there is 000
sternation throughout the entire stable.
A horse piay be absolutely fearless of
every inanimate thing thai comes to
his notice, but will bo frightened be
yond measure at the sight of one of his
own kind lying dead by the roudsldo.
Horses and Stable.
ROBBcD"BY" weeds.
The IMITereiire lletwaan Twit Pieces of
I mi in I anil llesrrlhatl in a Traveler.
I have iu mind two pieces of corn
growing contiguously, only the line
fence between the fields indicating the
ownership of tho two plecus. The
quality of land is evidently thu same In
both and the corn on both pieces hud
grown to about the same height
There was apparently but little differ
ence in the two Uelds at the time tho
spindles hegau to show in the -tains
lint really there was this difference -ono
received f equeul and careful culti
vation wilh a view to destroy all weed
growth; the other had only supcrle"lsl
manipulation of the aoil. Thu careful
hand which hud with groat painstaking
- and this kind guoth not out without
such sought tu eradicate root and
branch of those troublesome "tenants-at-will'
In one pleoe was wanting In
the other. The weather now cauio on
dry and hot The corn in tho clean
rows spread itself like a green hay
tree, and held on wonderfully late into
the season befoie the leaves rolled or
gave much evidence that the dry
wealhor was telling upon it. In the
oilier lot a c irpetof green weeds iu the
shaie of barnyard grass. Unman worm
wood, sorrel and smarlwoud sprang up
between thu rows, and not only pur
loined the nutriment of the soil, but
w hat was of full us much consequence
lo the corn plants, drank In the mois
ture afforded by dews and scant showurs
and with their network of fibrous, surface-feeding
roots iinb bed the moisture
from the soil, and practically throltled
tlie corn on its own ground, and set its
loaves curling three weeks before Die
others, stunting its growth and dimin
ishing the urup fully one-half below
that of the clean kept field. - Massa
chusetts Ploughman.
- Few educational enterprises have
yielded larger results for the amount
Invested than the Kgypt Kxploration
Fund. Kxpending annually since Hh:;
between I7.O0J and M.iHsy. U has d,s
covered or disclosed the following in
teresting sites: Plltrotn (lhe treasure
city of Kxodua i. II), (ioshen I'nhpan
hex (the Daphnm of tha lireeks). the
city of On ins, Zoan. Am, NaukratU,
and. latest of all, Hi, has' is (the I'i-He-telli
of the aWi pta roe). These distsjve
riea have been conducted in a thorough
ly scientific manner and have yielded
rich results regarding tlie sciences, arts
and Industries) of pact ages, the early
sources uf h story, aad parlielar
ly H, i). leal and secular hStoi-y. The
Obautauquao-
Taonveoo uaver aiooess ins same pipe
twice.
King KalaXaua will become a coffee
planter
Bismarck race! red 101 pkivers' eggs on bis
birloda;
Uan Sheridan is building a summer boose
at Nantucket.
Rosens Cook I Ing left an estate estimated to
be worm fcXXJ.OUl
Herbert Spencer works three boors a day,
using a stenographer
Hosteuer, the patent medicine nan, carries
rrao.OUl Ufa Insurance.
Cot at aplastic owes (210,050, and hie only
are a new slum
NEW VORK FASHIONS.
Ta Fepular wan AnloU.n. sri
Parla au l , ej a ,K(i Kla.
A novelty for covering the head,
shoulders and anna at lawu partiae le
a lace scarf with rapurkon. or hood,
that oan be worn with the low-throatad
corsage and ehorl sloeves of full dreaa
toilettes. Thie scarf resemble, some
what the mantilla worn by Spanish
women. Inn Parisians attribute It to
Mar e Antoinette, who delighted in
scarfs and tehtM when she and the la
diea ol her court p ayed at dalry-iuald
and shepherdess in the pleasure
grounds of France. It le simply a long
straight scarf of luce, with lhe middle
gathered under a bow of high loops,
like those on the crown of a toque, a
scalloped edge drooping over the front
hair, and the wider edge over the back
of the head, while the long ends cover
,e shoulders, one end crossing the
chest, and being fastened on the left
shoulder with a fanciful pin. Suoh a
mantilla accomoaniea a lovelv a-own
all pink and blank, made of oii.lt mm
ae i in,,.! and black marquiae lace, that
.... r '
is placed aa a transparent over pink
silk, lhe half-low corsage has short
sleeves, one black and one pink, and
the (runt of the bodice le also of pink
crape on tho right side. driied diagou
ally across tho htauk laoo whioh lorms
! the left side. The chemisette directly
iu front is like a baby waist of the pink
orapo drawn together on ribbon, wilh a
tiny standing ruffle at the top. The
ItUI is of pink crape, draed lo show
Urn black net on the left elde and down
the back, with a ladder of black moire
bowe on the left of the front, and jabots
of the crajK) beside the lace panel of the
back. A black gau.e fan drawn on pink
r.hbous, a blact lace parasol, black silk
siooaiugs, and low patent-leather shoes
nre worn with this gown aud scarf.
Parlslennes carry the use uf black
trimmings an colored drosses to the ex
treme uf having bine mutton-leg
sletivoa added to blue, green ur pink
gowns lhat are trimmed wilh black
r.bbon and lace. They also Wee much
smaller toques than thuse iu vogue
here, consisting of a long, slender
crown, only two Inches high ill front,
and receding toward the back, a hand
of etraw forming the low elde, or else
it le of shirred laoe, and the open wired
crown morely covered with a layer of
tullo on which reet vines or clusters of
foliage, with one or two dowers placed
near the front, or standing high on
long eteins that nod befni-n tlie hreexe.
The hats chosen here for out-of door
entertainmente are as tow aa those just
described, but usually have a wlder
b. im, p ejecting In front, and tuperlng
narrower on lhe side. Harper s Batar.
FAQS IN JEWELRY.
M,e. rale Bracelets Wilh Hal. ,, Seltlafa
anil I'nalle IJiiiitatliiii,
So long aa the beauties of a woman's
wrist endure, brauulols will he made
slid sold, bought and worn and admired.
The fancy uf the huur Is a waloh brace
let made ol slerllng silver, the band
consisting of a suffluienl length of game
chain to clasp thu arm. Set in inedall
am la the watch case, for which there
are jeweled works of French, Knglish j
or American inase. ton can Have a
hunting or crystal rase, select your
own design lo lie applied lo the shell,
or tlnd in the cu lection of novel nnd
antique decorations something both
beautiful, artistic and enduring. The
watch is warranted to keep accurate
time, and so delicate Is It in construe
Hull that no annoyance Is felt lu wearing
It, nor Is there any diffleulty iu keeping
It balanced.
Suggested by the Shnkesperlau
bracelet, silversmiths have set lo work
making poet bands in white and black
ened silver and are ready to fill out
orders for any number of quotations
The fair buyers make out a list of
favorite lines from witty aud wlsu men.
which is sent to the jeweler lo lie cut iu
silver, eacli selection calling for a brace
let Such lines as graduates select for
class mottos are ordered by the hundred
froverbs. adages and guiding lines uf
life have been engraved for school
people and presented to the pupils in
lieu of medal. Then there are in etock
Shelley. Swinburne, Whitman, Utiuar
tlue and Hugo bracelets, a cluster of
twenty Shakesperlan quotations with
reference and a myriad of liibllcal ex
tracts with the book, chapter aud verse
indicated iiy way of study and wagar
and thought, a miscellany of familiar
extracts has been brought out in oxl
dUed silver which are certain to be
popular with young and seutlinuntal
ladies, and whioh. If worn, will play an
Important part In thu flirtatious by the
sea-shoro, at the morning concert and
along tho shady lanes.
Here are some of the tendor, poetic,
thoughtful and suggestive sentences
calculated to challenge and captivate
or pu.le and please a man:
"On fancy's wild and roving wing I
sail," "When that my mood Is sad,"
"Fool, not to know lhat love endures
no tie," "Alt love la sweet given or re
turned," "The mystery of Iniquity,"
1 one-, give us a taste of your quali
ty," "My love la as deep as the sea and
as pure as Its foam. ' - N. Y. World.
m a
At the first sign of the searatlon
of the bulter from the milk, rinse the
sides of the churn and the cover with
water at the churning temperature. As
soon aa grains of butter aa large as
mustard seed, and not larger than ker
nels of wheal, appear, stop the uhiirn
and reduce the lmeratur to fifty
eight degrees or below, by pouring in
oold spring or iced water. It is better
to let the churn stand fifteen minutes
or so, after pouring lu the water, for
lhe granules of butter lo harden, as fal
cools slowly because a poor conductor
of heat.
In la calculated that the pope's Jubilee pres
ents are worth 130,000,000.
The Duke of Buckingham ia contemplating
an early visit to tee United Btetea
taster Wei lack, lbs actor, owns 300 suite
of rlutbaa, and none of them used patching.
Mr John Boyle O'Reillj has est oat on a
canoeing voyage through the Dismal Hwanip.
Balfour never goes anywhere In London
without a coo pie of plain clothes detectives
' after bun.
It da Rothschild spent 1,000 for towers
for a farewell entertainment be gars Nellie
IParren recently.
Lord Loons spent asou.OOO to harp a rail
road from crosainfl the place where kUuhew
AJ-aoid la eurta
DEATH TO GRASSHOPPERS.
Ao Apparatus Whlrli llrlroyi th liiseela
' th Million.
Consul Mason, of Marseilles, writes
thai the injury to the crops of Algeria
bj the grasshoppers last summer was
so serious that the liovernmenl has!
provided lhe means for their destruc
tion which ha lu-cn so successfully
used by the F.nglish tanner In Cyprus. ,
Be -nys:
"The apparatus consists of long
piece- of sheap OOttM cloth, a yard in
width, edged on one side wild a strip
of oil-cloth six inches w ide, and each
provided wilh strings by which it can
he fastened to wooden stakes. When
an Invn-ioii of the locusts is announced
trencbee art dug at right angles with
the dlreoUoa Ol their approach. The
stakes are then driven in lines on the
side of the trench from which the ap
proach is expected and the cloths
hung vertically, forming a curtuin
for' two to forty-four inches hiirh.
i """'K ''""''Iv W the ground, and wilh
it, n ..1...1. ...i .
Ilie Oll-CIOth MUM illinerinost ll.
j I ween these curtains, at intervals of
two hundred ftr Ihree hundred yards.
I Open spaces arc left I wo yards in width.
" The march of the Insects is In solid
, phalanx, devouring every thing cat
! able as they go. When I bey reach
1 lhe curtain the grasshoppers climb
I readily to lhe point where ihej en
counter the oil-cloth, im this than
j slip and fall, nnd aflat several hltUo
j attempts they attempt lo clear the ob-
atrtlOUOn at a juiii. Such aa succeed
i fall Into lhe IreBOh on the further
side, and finding UMgfronnd barren of
food usually make no attempt to go
further. The great majority fail lo
jump over the curtain ami seek lo cir
oumveni it. Thev thus nour tv
myriads through the oaiiings. At
these points the ditch is made deep
and wide and the further slope cov
ered with sheets of smooth nine or tin
upon which they are unable lo climb.
They nre thus caught In masses,
beaten lo death with large wooden
paddles, and their used for
feeding hogs or for manure. In some
cases the hogs are turned into the
trenches to kill their own prey, but in
general lhe work Is done by natives
shod with large wooden sabots, with
which thai trMUpli the Insects to
death. " N Y. Bun,
CANADA'S GOVERNMENT.
Tha Domini, in napSMrMai Mure Leglila
titra Than the Stalhef fhHMlrJri
Some person with a tasle for statist
ics has been examining the -alary list
of the Dominion, and findl that thu
small population of Canada pays enor
mously to support A cumbersome, offl
I'ial maohlne, af which lit more liberal
people aist gradually becoming very
weary, ll Is often laughingly re
marked In Rngland that Canada must
have avast deal of legislal ion to at
tend to, since she I) nils it necessary to
have llfty-six legislators more than
the mother OOlintry, and so many de
partmental heads tint no Caiiniliau
outside of politics can tell their num
ber. Tlie Canadian Commons consists of
21,') members, who draw $1,INNI per
session, anil thn Senate, which has lit.
tie to do except to look wise, has
eighty members who inccive I,(HHI
edoll annually. The Speakers of each
house of the Immensely overpaid Na
tional LefUliture receive tx.ooii ah.
anally; the Ontario members and
Speakers, .',ii,lSH: the Quebec l.ogis.
lative Council, Legislature nnd the
two Speakers, 7.'i,iHK). Then the
country Is saddled with a (iovernor
(tcnernl, who receives .V),IMMI an
nually and ipeadi as little as possi
hie in the country, sending to Knglnnd
for even the smallest articles of daily
wear and consumption. His chief
business seems to bo not to comply
with the wishes of the Mople when
over he has a chance to show his au- 1
thority, There are also Mail ten any
QOvernOrt of Quebec and Ontario and
Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Hrune
wick, tho Northwest Territories and
Prison Edward Island, each of whom
receive a larger salary than Is given'
to the Chief Justice of tho Supreme
Court of the United Stales. Anil as a '
fringe around this circle of costly
officials, many of whom are utterly
useless, there Is u small army of paid
aldca-dn camp, secretaries, etc., who
have abundant perquisites. The Idea
of a country like the Dominion hav
ing forty --even political 'ministers"
Is certainly somewhat absurd. - HosUm
Journal
Fallacies About Night Air.
An extraordinary fallacy la the
dread of night air. What air can we
hfe.it , i - at night but night air? The
choice is bclwVen pure night air from
without and foul air from within.
Most Mople prefer lhe latter nit un
accountable choice. What will they
say if it is pro ted to lie true that fully
one-half of all the diseases wo sulTer
from are occasioned by people Slaeplng
with their windows shut. An open
window i t nights in lhe year ran
never hurl any one. In great cities
night air is often the best and puresl
to be had in twenty-fnor hours. One
could belter understand shuttir.g the
windows in towns during lhe day than
during the night for the sake of thn
slclt. The absence of smoke, the quiet,
all tend to make the night air the bes
time for airing the patient. Always
air your room then, from the outside,
if possible. Windows are made to
open, doors are made to shut a truth
which seems extremely difficult of ap
prehension. Kvery room mica las aired
from without, every passage from
wilbin. -Snnilnry World.
Mr Walter flaaant has gone lo ftely to
rest, Me is one of tns very hardest working
literary men In loniloiu
It fis probable that tha president and Mrs.
Cleveland will visit Letios thu summer aa
well aa tbe Adirondack a
A son of Justice Harlan is connected with
the law office at Chicago of Mai villa W. ful
ler, the saw chief Justice,
The honorary degree of LL 0. will bs con
ferred upon IVinos Albert Victor by the
University of Cambridge
The king of Spain ia IS months old, aad
has a eatery of II ,000.000, with prospect of a
raise as soon as the business will warrant il
Sir Joseph Chilly, the well known Cngiiah
Judge, was at Oxford ia 1863 captain of the
toast boat crew ever known al slthsr university
ANTIOUITV OF SHOES.
Thshas au Aui' em shoa I antar ef Graal
Importance.
The further,., i historical search, in
regard lo shoe, informs us of some
, 0l't of clothing, either of woven mats.
slippers or sandals, fur lhe human foot
Dating back lo lhe earlinsl u vlli.alion.
lashes, thongs, scras. belts and strings
were the eo, union fastenings of tha
primitive shoes then worn by the
easanlryof Kgypt. ulso by the (reeks
and Huhraws, while more genlee! styles
and ehapes were worn, especially by
the ladies, mid also by the rulers of
men lu those days. Fifteen hundred
years before Christ shoemakiug had
become a great and distinct trade under
the reign of Thothmes III., and this la
the time of lhe flight of the Israelites.
Shoes were constructed from a well
known vegetable plant called papyrua,
which was used by the inhabitants
then, not on y for the mnnufactu e of
shoes, but for many other purposes,
such as ropes, boxes, headgear, boats.
lapera. etc. At the above date tha
ancient city of Thebes was a great
cenler for the mnniifucture of shoes
and sandals, straps nud thongs, ami
till the appliances then in vogue for the
protection and comfort of the feet,
when In the Hush of her glory. Instead
of going after her enemies as Pharoah
went for the Israelites with H char
lots, Thebes sent forth an army of
OHI wnj' I'liea-tots against her lOCs, but
I ambyaes. the blood-thirsty nh Of
Cyrus, at (he conquest of l'erala'aub
duod lyre and Cyprus, demanded
anil received $10.01X1,1X10 as tribute
from Thebes, destroyed Its monu
ments, its towers and public
buildings, broke down its political
Influence, and soon its glory aud
grandeur began lo depart, while Cam
byeee, becoming dissipated, cruel aud
tyrannical, died in Syria, while march
lug against his foes. In those days the
shoemakers of Thebes and the sur
rounding cities were in the constant
practice of tightening the thread in the
sewing of shoes by their teeth. How
differently the adjusted needle and
shuttle tighten the thread to-day pro
pelled by I team 1 In ancient Home the
street, were crowded with small stalls
on the norneri and in alley-ways, where
sandals and shoes were made, ami
from script mo accounts lunch attention
was then paid lo the adorning of tha
feet, especially ladies' feet, hence we
read, "How beautiful are thy feet with
shoes." Over Kdom w 11 I cast out
my shoe " we laara from scripture
also, that servants, srare required to un
loose the thongs and tntchets from the
shoes of their superiors. So from
llutli Ifl 7 we learn that a testimonial
In srael was to p uck off a shoo and
hand to a neighbor, and from these aud
many sayings of like nature may have
prang lhe custom of throwing worn-out
slices 'tfter newly married couples from
the marriage ceremony to their future
homes; and bore let me suy. If any of
the good people, of our city ure minded
to search the scriptures sufficiently
they will Unit Ihal slavery and servitude
wore symlMili.ed by the unloosing of
.a ml a Is and shoos from the feet Shoe
aud Leather Kevlew.
OLD AS THE HILLS.
The lirnii-a-Mt'kel.lii-the.alni Machine
Nnl a Modern Invention.
Tho Bptrltalla, published by Heron
III the sixteenth century, contained an
exposure of many of tho frauds uf the
Kgyntian hierarchy. In this woi-a- will
be found a description of a device for
the autoni tllc dispensing of the purify
ing water by the worshlors on tbeir
entrance to the tomp o. liy a strange
coincidence live drnchmae were re
quired to operate the uppnratui It
appears that henthou priests madu
water for almnlullon a source of rev
enue. The vessel containing lust-al
water was not always oieu for publlo
use free of charge, but closed, and Ilka
a child s money box provided with a
slit at tbe lop, through which a certain
sum of money was to lie put before the
donor could receive any of the purify
ing contents. The device Is a very
neat specimen of religious Ingenuity;
and the more so since it required no
attending miniate.- to keep It In play.
It consisted of a vase which contained
at oue of Its inner sides a cvlindrical
vasstil of water. A small I iiImi attached
lo the bottom was continued through
the sldo of lhe va e, where the liquid
was discharged. The inner orlllee
of the tub.- was formed into
lhe sett of a valve, the plug
of which was llxed on the' lower
end of the porpendlculnr rod. whose
upper end was connected by u butt to
Iho horizontal levor or vibrating beam.
One end of thia ia spread out into a Hat
disk, and so arranged ns (o receive on
lie surface every thing dropgieil
through the slit. The lever turns on a
pin or fulcrum very much Use a pump
handle. As lhe weight of tne rod kepi
lhe valve closed while nothing rested
on the broad end of lhe lever, no liquid
could scaM3; but if a nc m her of coins
of sufficient weight were dropped
through tbe slit In the lid of lhe rasa
upon the end of the lever, the valve
would then he open and a xirlion of
the liquid would escape. Only a small
quantity would flow out. for as the
lever la-came inclined from lis horl
lontal Kisition the plecea of money
would slide off into tbe mass accumu
lated beio. and the Influx would aa
quirklv be -topped I'm, apparatus
would then be ready to supply the next
customer on the same terms. Thla in
teresting apparatus has just been de
scribes in the Klectrical World by (he
distinguished scientist 1'rnf. K J.
Houston,
-He knows little of himself, or of
the world. hIio does not think it suffi
cient happiness lo be free from sorrow;
therefore, give a wise man health, and
be will give himself every oilier thing.
Not withstanding the fact thai be has thirty
Physicians and aa many surgeons in bis pal
ace, tns emperor of China manages to snjoy
fur health.
Mr Charles Drury. tha new minister of
agriculture ia Ontario, was formerly a Me
thtalist preacher, and still exercises test eail
asg eeeaasoeatlly
1 H Garrett, of Baltimore, baa bad aaede
for bis steam yacht U learn tha smallest piano
aver eonatrocted. It ia 47 inches high. 7
laches wide ami V inches dees,
Th Prince of Wales has no intention ef
visiting America at present, and ae la en
sovad al lbs ruasor of bai being about to do
tu a .ant oa-i Icjr tha fuka uf HiettarlaaM,