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GOTHAM'S MONOPOLISTS. TrinltytC'lock Watclics Tlicni from Its High i'orcli, anil Laughs at their Efforts to Cago tho Public What They nro Doing nml How They Do It Tho Old Tlmo l'leco of Wall Strict on tho Situation. Special Correspondence. NnwYoiiK, July 29, 1885, Trinity clock, whoso hands hnvo do- noted tlio risu and fall of so ninny thousand speculators in Wall street, from boyond the moinorv of tlio pros out generation till to-day, including Daniel iJrow, ,Jny Cooko, dim I'isk, nnd other woll known names of tho past, is smiling now at tlio strenuous eilorts put forth by Gotham's million aires to bind tlio public and enrich thonisolvos. Novor within tho mem ory of Trinity has there beon a timo wfion tho eilorts wero so open, tho masks so thrown asido, as to-day. Never havo the schemes boon so np- parontly crowded with succoss as now. From Vandcrbilt down to Jako Sharp, 1885 promises to bo for excellence tho year of yonrs for tho fruition nnd f ul- lillinenl of jiot schemes. What then is Vandorbilt doing? .Nothing, except driiiKtng congross water at Saratoga. Nonsense, Vanderbilt, although ho didn't wnnt, wouldn't havo, and couldn't be induced to take tiiat sin hole for American capitalists, tho West Shore Railroad, is nevertheless just as sure to get it as ho was tho Niekolphito, and. nothing short of a miraolo will prevent it. His utter ances nt Saratoga last weok were por- haps a trine premature, out not ill timed, and whon lie said "No wo shall havo tho West Shore to make money out of us," it was meant, ami the deluded men who fancied that they wore to bo delivered from tho oppres sion of thu Now York Central," tho farmors who granted tho right of way as a "great rival," will find that thoy hnvo only played into Vandor bilt's hands at last, and that instead of one side of the Hudson, ho will havo both. Van dorbilt has fought the West Shore for tho past eighteen months on tlio sumo ground that the late A. T. Stewart fought his rivals, to break them up and haul them in. And it will bo done with tho West Shore men if Vanderbilt himself has to lift tho llftf million mortgage on it. Vnnderbilt is taking things easy nt Saratoga, whilo Twonib loy is Jixinir things in New York, Vale mighty "West Shore, born of hope, nursed In expectation, fought with do-porutlon from infancy, your fato Is sealed, and a fuw more days will see you tho younger twin of tlfo Central, which has issued $25,000,000 of stock already to tuko up thu i?50,000,000 West Shoro mortgage, ono dollar for two, whllo Vanderbilt reserves $25, 000,000 additional bonds to use as de sired. Tills gives the Cental n total indebtedness of i?200,000,')00, moru than Vanderbilt is worth slncu Ids $10,000,000 loss last year, although ho has made about 3:1,000.000 within tho past tlireu weeks in thu stock boom. Witli tho Central in one hand and tho West Shore in the other, Trinity smiles at Vanderbilt's succoss iu 1881. AndJay Gould, what of himP Well, Jay is not inactive this summer and is much on tho make as over, as is evi denced bj tlio Western Union grab of tlio Hankers anil Merchants wires ti tow days ago, mid tlioir attempted in corporation with tho Western Union, Tiiov. too. havo n big morl-rano about $10,000,00j), and Gould will tlimlly gut tnoso wires. Gould goes about tilings more char acteristically tliun Vanderbilt. If ho wants anything, hu seizes Jlilrat nnd lets tho courts decide his right to It afterward, Fostossiou being nine tenths of tlio law, Gould generally HWiiRirea to got tho olhur tenth by ome hook or crook, mid eo grabs thu nine witli fueling, nnd looks forward to tho tenth with expectancy. Gould's bigpost grab was made when ho and Jim Fisk collared tin Erie It. H. from Vnnderbilt, on ac count of which Fisk lived In Jcrscj for sonio weeks, out of reach of ,Now York statu oilicors; but tho last prat was a fair sized one, If not quito bc successful. It is just about 31 years sinco Jay Gould owned but ten cents in tho world, and tnado his next fiftv cents nnd n squnro meal, by manufacturing n noon mark for a farmer in this state. Times hnvo wonderfiillv ohantred sinco then, but Gould still keeps tho "last ten cents ho owned" ns n mo- mento. Ho was about 15 vcars old at tiiat time, and is only -19 to-day, while Vanderbilt is G4, but Gould is agilofor his age, much moro so than Vander bilt, nnd can jump on n ton million mortgago against tlio bankers and merchants while Win. II. Is thinking about doing sonietliin in a similar lino for tlio Wost Shore. Gould is out of tlio city at present, but his repre sentatives nro making it wnrm for the 15. nnd JU. pcoplo, and lrmity smiles again at Jay Gould and his Inst trans action in wires. And whero is Cvrus W. Fiold this summer? Is ho Idlo? Oh, no, Mr. Field is in England, explaining tho beauties of the Elovated Hailroau Sys tem to admiring Englishmen, and won't cot through this sumnior. His heart and soul nro in his work, nnd London niny expect second story rail ways oro Jong, u thoy listen with ere- donco to Cyrus XV., for his ten slriko wns mndo in Manhattan elovntcd, and when the electric motors nro attached, nnd smoke and cinders dono nwny witli, then his millennium will arrive. Most people do not perhaps know that tlio snioko now generated from tho olovntod ronds contnins niucli enrbonio gas, and mat a certain Dr. J nvlor ot this city, who has n niedlcnl Inhrninry on tho t)xth nvontio line, received i $20,000 damages from tho Elovntod in a suit arising from thu action of this gas on his patients. Jt was carried up, however, nnd liko all suits against corporations, it went up so high tlint it novor eniiiu down to earth again, and that endod it. Uyrus field linn a cYRurrtww'y' monopoly Unit is a gold inino, ns nny onu of thu 1100.000 pnssongors curried daily by tho Elevated can sec. Trinity is smiling at his success, and wondoring if London will es cape. Hero is ono hnppv man of 1881, who has after thirty lour years of patient waiting, scheming and lobbying, se cured the goal for which A. T. Stew art and other shrewd business men longed iu vain. Yes, Jake Sharp cap tured tho linest street in America this year, laid the rails down in about ten ilius, nnd bus been renping thu har vest uvorybody said hu would reap if lie succeeded iu his undertaking of putting street cars on lirondwny. Despite the World and the people, tho iroporty holders and their numerous njunetions, Sharp succeeded, and tho cars are now tin established fnet, nnd are paying big. Tho mini, woman or child who gets nsoat inn Broadway car is iu look, and as a general thing even standing room is not to bu hail, especially ns. they won't allow tho anxious public to stand on tho stops. It is estimated that every day puts $2,000 clear prolit into thu pockets of tho projectors of this A 1 investment, and bonds or stock are not to bo had for lovo or money. The general np- poniuneu of n man or woman who emerges from n Broadway car would Indicate that thov had ironu through a Tammany torchlight procession, mid uiiinu out second bust. Sardines in a box rovel in space compared to thu Individuals who trav el ou Hroadwny in tho street oars, or jam boxes, ns they nro appropriately ciiiimi. nut nniontr ail uiuu happy pooplu who huvo cuught ou. there u ono lonely individual, who wondcrt why it is that Heaven, fato and Wall street havo not smiled propitiously upon him in 1881. Tills is Russull Sage, tho venerable "put" mid "cull" idonler of Gotham. No bonanzn has 'ns yet opened up to him this year, to 'pll'sot his ill luck of last season, when ho lost so much in tlio panic preeipi I jtatod by the Ferdinand Ward and Marino bank failures, iNo, nussell Sago is not iPhappy man, and doesn't tenjoy his meals at Saratoga this sea. son as of yore. He is said to bo very 'thoughtful and sedate, drinking his Congress water in'silencc, anil watch ing Vanderbilt closely to see how ta docs things generaally. It is rumored that Sago is thinking of following other than the Gould fortunes iu the near future, and Trinity smiles at his d,!cmma. Russol Sago has enough to retire on, but ho can't mnko up his mind to quit bus'ness yet. Small Runs Unlimited rnngo is not nbsolutoly necessary. Tlio advantage of rnngo is in tho variety of insect, green nnd seed food which tho fields, meadows and orchards afford. Fowls will thrivo and lay woll, if they havo plonty of room to walk about, scratch in tlio fresh oartli and pick tho tender grass und ryegotniues thai grow on thoir runs. I Fowls conlined to houses or small jnrds require more care and attention than n tnoy nave tiieir iinortv. in re stricted places the ground soon be comes tainted and sour from their droppings. Fowls in good health are nlw;ivs liusv snurnliincr I'm- Knmittliim? jn tho earth of the "latino of fooiC gravol or othor acids to trituration of food in tlio gizzard, tlio solvent glands, or calcerous mutter for egg shells. In picking up those "unconsidered tri lies," dirt nnd excrement must be .taken up nnd puss through tlio same 'digostivo nnd nbsorbent channels, honco tho nccossity of scrupulous cleanliness about the hen houses and jimall yards at all soasons. If fowls arc to bo kept successfully in limited yards, thoy need to bo placed on dry soil a place tint has tho na tural advnntnge of being readily drained and always free from damp Jnoss and stagnant pools. It is always requisite to keep tho house and run clean, the droppings and vegotablo re fuse removed regularly, bofore fur- huentation takes place, and the appli cation of deodorizers and disinfectants to keep tho place pure and sweet. The timo and labor, requisite for such work, may seem irksome to tho bogin ,nur, and not necessary in pursuing tho cultivation of poultry, but such ideas jiro deceptive and misleading. l)tdlry uMonthly. Is "Young America" Irreverent' , Tliu Roy. Dr. Rnldwln, of Huston, 'thinks not. He says: "My own con ivletions are that tho youth of to-day 'possess oven more real, heartfelt, siii jeere, God-liko reverenco, or respect. Thirty to lifty years or more airo tho so-called reverence wns too often a irovorenco of compulsion, whether ap plied to God, to the church, or to par ents. Tlio word then was too niton "thou slialt" and "thou shalt not." It was upon this foundation that the child's heart was educated in too many homes, and by much of tho re ligious instruction given to thorn. Reverence, iu its full degree, is a mutter of education and surrounding influences. Let this fact be oyer kept in mind iu our churches, Sunday schools, and homes, and by all whu nro iu any way unpaged or interested in tlio religious mul'moral education of tho young men, and the young wo men of this country will bo full- im bued and possessed ot the roal, true, heartfelt, genuine spirit of reverence that the charge, if mndo, could not bc based upon facts, that ioais irreverent." "Young Amor- Decay of tho Funny Man. In nothing else is there such marked decay as in tlio alloged "funny" news papers and tho funny men who have givon thorn their brief notoriety. To every humorist, who tries tho "pump ing" process on his wits, weok after weok, thoro invariably comes a drought. Wit must How spontaneous ly, mid when tho spirit moves; it can't bu forced. The attempt to produce wit in certain quantities by the column, at a curtain time, will leave the oxpo rliuotiter an exhausted receiver. Every man who has tried to bo witty by mens uronient, and has contracted to furnish a certain quantity of wit weekly or dally or monthly, lias failed in his en deavor. Humor comes when tho con ditions aro right; when a man "feels liko it," but is so subtlo thatlf you watch tor it, mid attempt to cultivate it, tho labor is lost. Term Haute Mud, If you feed prlutur on "p." It will Invar lably put him out ot "ort." Tlil l nut I pious icflectlou. Qtvnyt Observer. Thr pioKr uliuly of mmiklud U womu. V, J'aul UtralJ, I Tiff I UHlfc Thoy Want Their Wives' Letters. From tho Chicago Herald. "Tlio third man I'vo sent away mad this morning," remnrkd n clerk nt the general delivery window. "Ho called for mail addressed to his wife, and wo wouldn't give it to him. Wo nro not nllowed to, unless ho has nn order. I teUyou, it is nn eye-opener to many men" to discover that thjir wives hnvo any rights. 'What!' they will say 'n man can't get a letter for his own wifo without an order!' 'No, sir, it is a rulo of tlio department.' And then they boil with rage. You sop, most men nro in thohnbit of opening their wives' let ters. Thoy don't think it is wrong. Sometimes" a married women wants to carry on correspondence without hav ing her husband a party to it, and to protect her rights that rulo was made. Of course, it is nono of our business what her correspondence is about. It may bo witli her rolniivcs, lady friends, her lawyer, or witli an admirer. We don't know, nor care. All tint tho department knows is that tho is a woman, entitled to havo her letters delivered into her own hands. If she wants her husbnnd or any other person to havo them sho can write nn order. Sometimes tho husbands will go off nnd como back nftern while with nn order which they havo written tliomselvo3 nnd signed tlioir wives' names to. In mich cases wo cot ahead of them by ranking them sign a receipt, and tho similarity of tlio writing in tho surname gives their littlo gam o away. "I remember n case whero a woman's foresight was too sharp for her husband Evidentlv suspecting that he know sho wns getting mail here, nnd that ho would present an order in n woman's handwriting, presumnblv her own, sho left hero a written order that hor lottors were to lie delivered to nobody but her self. When Mr. Husband came around witli his little order wo presented his jnfos order, nnd ho walked nwayns quick as ho could. But manytimes when men ask for tlioir wives' letters hero or nt tho ndvortised window thoy do not know of tlio rule, and tho honest amaze ment that comes on their faces upon discovering that their better halves hnvo Bomo privileges not shnred by them in common somo rights which oven tho husband cnunot intorfero with is quito comical. "I hnvo seen men who get rond nt first, but who, I would be willing to say, stnrtcd into n train of thought upon calming down that resulted in increased respect for thoir partners nnd in tho ro- alization that tho husband is not niuo-tcen-twentietlis of tho family team." Tho Lime-Kiln Club. For somo timo past there has beon ill- feeling between Piko Root Perkins nnd tho Hon. Justified White, caused by n dispute over the query : "Is Lifo Worth tho Living. " As the mooting wns ready to open Brother Gardner called tho pair to tho head of the hall nnd said : "Ono reason why somo people decide dnt lifo am not wnth do libin' am be kaso doy mnke lifo n burden to dcir solves nn' werry onplensnnt to oddors. Ono real mean man in a community km make 500 peoplo doubt if virtuo am re warded on earth. Ono canting hypo crito in a town kin keep a Blander-mill grindin' night an' day. Ono infidel in a county kin cause 5,000 woll-moinin' pcoplo to kinder doubt if dnr' am a Henben or a hereafter. "Bekaso you two differ in opinyun yon go at it nn' holp to mnko lifo on plensnnt to each odder. It doan' striko you dat anybody elso kin bo right, or dat you may bo entirely wrong. Brud dor Perkins calls Brother Wliito n fulo boknso ho can't ngreo with him. B rud der Whito calls Briulder Porkins n bigot beknso ho won't accept his opinyuns. Each has his friends an' supporters, an' deso siipportors divido oil an' feol aigo wiso toward each odder, an' boforo wo know it do quarrol has involved 200 pooplo. Gein'len, do pusson who ar gufies dnt lifo am wnth do libin' must provo his argymonts by his nekslmns. lie who feels dat lifo ain't wnth do troubloof haiigin' aroun' on earth can't do bettor dan to walk down to do wharf hitch n grindstun to his neck, nn' jump into wnter twonty foet deep. "Ion two hiuililors tako each odder by tho hand. . Now shako. Now go to yor sents. Each ono of you has a right to Ins theories nn bolieis, but norther of you havo do right to denounce do oddor. Do world am big 'nufT to hold all do theories of all de inhnbitants. Wo hnvo plentv of room for nil de be liefs we kin boliovo in. Dar am acreago fur nil do argymonts wo kin argy. Whon wo reaiizo this wo must leoi now silly it am fur do Hon. Centrifugal Johnsing to call Judge Merriweathor Tompkins n charlnton, beknso Mrs. Johnsing had thirty-two pussons to her high ten, and Mrs. Tompkins couldn't count but thirty-ono nt hor low coft'eo. " The reports of commercial papors all agroo tiiat for somo reason or other tho trndo of tho present sonson has been bo low tho general anticipations and oven bolow that of last year. A largo vol nmo of merohandiso has beon disposed of, but thoro has beon littlo or no monoy in it. Stocks of morchandiso continuo leavy ; thjero is no profltablo lino of in vestment; overybody proceeds with ox tremo caution. And yet all tho condi tions appear favorable. Tho prospect of a short wheat crop ought certainly to mako a good prico and a quick sale for tho largo surplus. In tho situation gen erally thoro appears to bo no ciuiso whatovor for the present stagnation, nnd so roBiody suggests itself. Tho problem will "work itsolf out in duo timo, but it is dull work, this "waiting for tho wagon." Tho wife of an habitual dmnkard in Juffalo, N. Y., has obtained a vordict of $1,000 damages against a liquor Boiler who persisted iu Belling her hus bnnd whisky niter ho had been notified to desist. The vordict ia a rightooua one, though two oi the jurors rendering ti wero saloon-keepers. EUREKA. A stout black-whiskered man sat im mediately in fftnt of mo in tho rnilrond car and indulged from timo to timo in the most strange and unaccountablo maneuvers. Every now and then ho would got up and hurry away to tho narrow passage jvhich lends to the door in theso drawing-room cars, and, when he thought himself soenro from obser vation, would fall to laughing in tho most violent manner and continuo tho healthful exorcise until he wns as red in tho face as a lobster. As wo neared tho city theao demon strations increased in violence, savo tho stranger no longer ran away to laugh but kept in his scat and chuckled to himself, with his chin down deep in his shirt-collar. But tho changes those portmanteau? underwent! He moved them here, there ho put them behind him. llo was evidently getting ready to leave, but, as wo were twenty-five roues from the citv tho idea of such early preparation wns ridiculous. If wo had entered the city when tho mystery would havo remained unsolved, but tho stranger bo?amo so excited that ho could kep his seat no longer. Somo ono must help him, and, as I was the nearest to him, he selected mo. bnd- denly turning, he said, rocking himself to and fro in his chair in the meantime. and clnpping his legs together nnd brenthing hnrd : "Been gone three years 1" "Ah!" "Yes ; been in Europe. Folks don't expect mo for threo months vet, but got through nnd started. I telegraphed them at tho last station thoy'vo got it by this time." As ho said this ho rubbed his hands nnd chnnged tho portmanteau on his left to tho right nnd tho ono on tho right to tho left again. "Got a wifo?" said I. "Yes, and three children," he re turned Ho then got up and folded his over coat anew, nnd hung it over the back of tho seat. "You aro prettv nervous over tho mnt ter. nin't you? I said, watching his fidgety movements. "Well. I should think so." ho re plied," I nin't slept soundly for n week, And you done know," ho went on, glancing around, nt tho passongers nnd speaking in n low tone, I nm almost certain that this train will run off tho track and break my neck beforo I got to Boston. Well, tho fact is, I havo had too muoh good luck for ono man lately. Tho thihg can't last, 'taint nat ural tho thing should, you know. I'vo watched it. First it rains, then it shinos, thon it fains again. It rains so hard you think it's never going to stop; then it shines so bright you think it's always going to shine; and just as ycu aro set tled in either belief you aro knocked over by a change, to show that you know nothing abont it. "Well, according toyour philosophy," I said, "you will continuo to havo sun shine, because you aro expecting a storm." "It's curious," ho returned, "but tho only thing which makes me think I will get through safo is becauso I think I won't. "Well, this is curious," said I. "Yes," ho roplied. "I nm a machin ist mndo a discovery nobody be hoved iu it spent all my money in try ing to bring it out mortgaged my homo all vent. Everybody laughed at mo overybody but my wifo spunky littlo woman sho said she'd work her fingers oil before I should givo it up. Went to England no better thoro came with in an aco of jumping olVLondon bridge. Went into a workshop to earn money enough to como homo with thero I met tho man I wanted. To make a long Btory short, I'vo brought $500,000 homo with me, and hore I am." "Good for you!" I exclaimed. "Yes," said ho, "$500,000; and the best of it is, sho don't know anything about it. I'vo fooled her so often and disappointed her so much that I just concluded I would say nothing about this. When I got my money, though, you hotter believe I struck a bee lino for home." "And now, I supposo, you will mako hor happy?" "Hnppv!" ho replied, "why, you don't know nny thing nbout it. She's, worked liko n dog sinco I have been gone, trying to support herself and children decently. They paid her 13 cents apieco for making wliito shirts, and that is tho way she lived half the time. She'll como down thoro to tho depot to meet mo iu a gingham dross nnd n shnwl n hundred years old, nnd sho'll think she's dressed up. Oh, sho won't hnvo no clothes nfter this oh, no, I guess not!" And with these words, which implied that his wifo's wnrdrobo would soon rival Queen Victoria's the stranger toro ilown thopassagowayngain, nnd, getting in hjs old corner, whero ho thought himself out of sight, went through the strango pantomime, laughing, putting his mouth into tho drollest shape, and then swinging himself back and forth in tho limited spaco as if he wero "walking down Broadway" a full- rigged metropolitan belle. So on wo rolled to the depot, and 1 placed myself on the other carc oppos ite llio siriiiigi-r, uuu, bihi u punuiuu teau in either hand, descended and was standing ou tho lowest step ready to jump to tho platform. l looKeii irom ins lace to uie iaces oi the people before us, hut saw no signf ot recogumon. ouuuoniy ue criou: "There they are!" Then ho laughed outright, but in a hysterical way, as he looked over the crowd. I followed his eye, and saw, some distance back, as if crowded out and shouldered away by the well-dressed and elbowing throug, a littlo womau iu a faded dress, ami a well-worn hat, witli a face almost painful in its intenso but hopeful expression, ghncing rapid ly from .vindow to window as tho coaches rapidly glided in. Sho had not seen the 6trangor, but a moment after she panght his eye, and in another instant he had jumped to tho platform with his two portmanteaus, and making a hole in the crowd, push ing ono here and another there, nnd running ono of his bundles plump into tho well-developed stomach of a vener-able-looking old gentleman in specta cles, ho rushed toward tho place whero sho wa3 standing. I think I never saw a face assume so many expressions in so short a timo as did that of tho littlo woman while her husband was on his way to her. t Sho didn't look pretty on the con trary, she looked very plain ; but some how I felt a big lump rise in my throat as I watched her. She was trying to laugh, but, God bless hor I how com pletely sho failed in tho attempt! Her mouth got iuta po.ntion, but it never moved nfter that savo to draw down at tho corners and quiver, whilo 'sho blinked her eyes so fast that I expect she only cnught occasional glympses of tho broad-shouldered man pushing his way so rnpidly toward her. And then , as he drow closo and dropped those everlasting portmnn taus, she turned completely rouml, with her back toward him, and covered her face with her hands. And thus sho wa3 when tho strong man gathered her up in his arms ns if she had been a baby, and held her, sobbing to his breast. There wore enough gaping at them,' heaven knows, and I turned my eyes away for a moment, and thon I saw two boys in threadbare roundabouts stand ing near, wiping their eyes and noses on their littlo coat-sleeves and bursting out anow at overy demonstration on tho part of their mother. When I looked at tho stranger again ho had his hat drawn over his eyes; but his wifo was looking up at him, and it seemed as if tho pent up tears of thoso weary months of waiting were streaming through her eyelids. Management of American and Eng lish Hotels. From tho Detroit Freo Press. When you go into an American hotel, you know, a boy takes your baggage at the door, tho clerk embraces you at tho counter, brushes whisk, and attendants dance around you till it seems as if the whole establishment had been eagerly expecting you for a week. Now when you go into an English hotel it is different. You tug and twist and shouldor-heavo at the door awhile, until at last yon worry it open nnd drag yourself and your baggage in by painful degrees against the protest of an inhospitablo spring that has been cunningly con trived somewhere to keop you out. Then you set down your things in a narrow, privato sort of an entry with tho foeling of a burglor awaiting an arrest, and wipe of your forehead and look over tho ground. Thero aro no signs, no bolls, no anything, lou stamp and cough and rattlo around lor a whilo, aud by-and-by tho commotion wakes up some body in tho rear of the house, who opens tho door nnd peers through. This is your oportunity. If you are nffablo, nnd persistent, nnd plnusiblo, nnd stnte your enso with respectful urgency, this person (usually a female), after somo preliminary examination, will disap pear, and come back in timo with an other and highor functionary (also a female), who examines you in tho high er branches, and may end, under favor able condition, with your admission. The Veiled Mystery. Washington Lottor in Philadelphia Telegraph Thero is one woman iu the Treasury who has attracted much attention on ac count of tho mystery surrounding hor. Shu has beon in tho department for years not less than ten and though she is marked by everybody, I havo never mot anybody who has seen her face. It is tho talk of the clerks brought most in con tact with her. She is a woman of magnifi cent presence, a tall, lino figure, and ono of tho most perfect forms I have seen. Her appearance is that of a woman who might possess remarkable beauty, but sho alwavs has her faco enveloped in a thick veil. In tlio office or out, at work or walking through the halls, the veil is never removed, and the efiorts of hor inquisitivo fellow- clerks to peep under it are vain. Many suscoptible young men, struck by her fine figure, havo quickened their step to catch uo with her in tho halls only to find her faco hid from sight. No one can tell whether sho is old or young, but sho is probably not "very either." Tho mo tive for concealing her features is not known. Whether, liko tho "Veiled Prophet," she seoks to hide a vision of ugliness, or whether sho has somo tlier reason, is a mero matter of conjecture. Some sav that hor faco onco comported with the promiso of hor fornr1 that she was exquisitely beautiful but was a victim of smallpox, which so disfigured her faco that she is nshnmcd to show it. Ono of tho Louisvillo Girls, From tho Memphis Sunday Times. A Louisvillo girl who was visiting here a short time ago scored a signal triumph over a fresh young society man of this city. They were sitting upon a sofa together, and as tho conversation nrotrvessed he nllowed his nrm to Grad ually fall down until ho had it around her waist. She arose very indignant, and he tho following explanation;) and made apology : "I hopo you will not think auythiug of this. It is just a way I have. All the Memphis boys act the intto way. and vou will have to get used to it. I hope vou will not take any offense at it, as" it's just my way." Sho left the room, but came oacK in few minutes with a married friend and sat down on the sofa again. Soou sho began to yawn and give overy os tensible proof of boing thoroughly bored. Finally sho said : "I'm dread fully sleepy, and I hope you'll go home. Y ou musn t tako nny oneiise ni mis. All tho Louisvillo girls net tho samo way. You nre exceedingly tiresome, nnd vou had better go homo at once. Don't bo ofl'ended at this. It is simply wuy 1 have. He stood not upon tht order of hia going.