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4 IMPATIENT CREDITORS. Somo or tlii Scheme Adopted to Secure Iho Payment of llud Debts. The problem of colluding "bail debts" is one of ever-increasing per plexity; and numerous nro the devices, suggested ami tried to that cud. As socintlons iu almost every branch oi trade and business havo been formed for the purposo of circumventing the "beat" who buys without intending to paj ami of reaching him when by any chance he has succeeded in his dosign. But the "beat" still nourishes at tho cost of tho butcher, the baker and candlestick-maker, to say nothing of tho grocer, the tailor and tho hotel-keep er. "Mack list" and "con fid circular are uliko futile; and whon tho nrmy of "beats" is supplemented by the army of unfortunates who would pay if they could, but can not, tho ar- ray of bad dobts roaches colossal pro- portion. One of tho newest doviccs of forcing collections is the attacking of the do - Jmqueut through tho post-office. Tho patience of creditors and collector having failed, the dobtor receives some morning through tho mail his bill in closed in an envelop whereon is in scribed in largo letters tho legend; "Bad Dob's." At tho same time he is apprised that unless his particular bad debt is liquidated his bill will con tinue to s.'ok him out with just such an envelope until it is paid. In certain cases, no doubt, this mothoi! is as effect ivo as its inventors and users claim. Some bad debtors can unquestionably be shamed by such a proceeding into paying a debt which they would otherwi-o perpiit to out law. We doubt very much, however, if the method if ef licacious enough in tho long run or with the ma-s of bad debtors to justify the report to it. The true beat can not bo shamed iu suivsiieh fashion. On the contrary he will re gard himself upon (lie reception of a "Bad Debt." missive as a martyr, nnd hold himself jnstilicd thereafter in r. -fusing payment if lie has never before attempted justification. With the "slow" man or tho unfortunate the process will bo equnllv barren of re sults. Tho former, if in passable' credit, will be angored and abandon, if he ever entertained it, the intent, to pay. The latter will be hurl, perhaps but he will not bo made any more capab'c of payment. There is risk. too. in tho resort to this method of attempting to collect "bad debts." The sending of .Midi an envelope in we have described Is a di rect attack on the credit of the person to whom it is aitdic-ised, and unques tionably libelous, li the recipient- has any credit at all and u injurod there in, he can secure damages from the sender if not from the creditor who au thorizes collection in such fashion. There would he no risk, of course, if all bad debtors wore "beats;" but such, as we have already pointed out, is not the fact It very often happens that the non-payment of a bill is due to a dispute as to the amount or as to t ho fact of indebtedness. A "bad debt" envelope, out of which it is in timated a law-suit may grow, was brought in yesterday in which there is a difference of two dollars between creditor and debtor. The former claims tlioro is four dollars due. The latter admits that thro is two which ho honestly moans to pay or did mean to pa1 before his credit was attacked in tho manner described. The sum is too small for litigation, but it is easy to see that in such a case and there are many of them the creditor or his collector could not well d a more un wise thing than to inclose his bill in a libelous envelope. Creditors will, nevertheless, run tho risk of this scheme or any other which gives the faintest promise of securing bad debts. B.it by and by, perhaps, they will learn that tho truo method of dealing with bad debts is not to havo any. If our credit system wero not grossly abused in tho frantic rush to do business and make sales, there would bo no bad debts worth scheming to col lect. Detroit Free Press. A Clear Definition. Omalm Boy (in nro all these men place for? Now York B&y- Now York) What riishinsr into that -That's a buekot- shop. "What's that?" "They Duy and sell stocks tlioro on margins, samo as they do in tho ex change." "Oh! It's another exchange, oh?" "No, it's a bucket-shop." "Well, how do they tell tho differ ence?" "Why, ono is in a groat big buijding and tho other in a little bit of a ono." Omaha Workl . No Cause for Worry. "JIow is my boy getting on?" (in quired an anxious father of tho princi pal of a boarding-school. "Wonderfully, wonderful! v." roplled tho pompous pedagogue. "Ho is mak ing rapid strides iu every thing but penmanship. I'm sorry to say bo's tho worst writer iu tho school." "Pshaw!" roturned tho father, "don't trouble yourself on that account. I intend to make a doctor of him." Judge. A plant has been discovered in India which is said to destroy the lower of tasting sugar. It will bo Iiseful in counteracting a morbid appetite for sweetmeats, which is an active promoter of indigestion. An other plant found in Madras dostroys tho relish for cigars and tobacco. Thus two important curatives aro added to the materia medico. Boston JJudyet. THE DYING JUGGERNAUT. Coi'Pto IUril to l)riir the Cur Ontie Ilmwn by I'muitie Devotees. Tho announcement that tho once fnnuiu festival of Juggernaut has so declined in popularity as to render it necessary for the priosts to hiru coolies to drag the car is a measure of the ex tent to which tho destructive solvent of Western thought is being applied to Western creeds. Tho car of the great god of I'ooreo was one of thu iiiostsaerodofBrahmanic "properties" and tho rath jattra, a festival which, in importance, yielded to that of no other duty in the Hindoo Pan boon. From every part of the vast empiro of . it, and when tho car of Juggernaut ! was dragged onco a year from tho I temple in order to bathe the gods in j the cool water of tho tank a mile and a half distant tho wildest enthusiasm seized tho vast multitude of d( ,'VOtoeS. Thousands rushed to seize the cable. 1 nnd so caircr wore the volunteers fin- nnd so eager were this holy service that the best and greatest men of Orissa struggled with each other to obtain a hold upon tho ropes. To uo the language of an old writer who witnessed the rath jattra in its palmy days, "they are .'o greedy and eager to draw it that whosoever, by shouldering, crowding, Gloving, heaving, thrusting, or in any insolent way. can but lay a hand upon the rope, they think themselves blessed and happy. And when it is going along the city there are many that will offer ' themselv .i'S as a sacrifice to tho idol, and desperately lie down on the groun I that the chariot wheels may run over them, whereby they are killed out right. S.uuo got broken arms, some broken legs, so that many are de stroyed, and think to merit Heaven." At even a later date niartvrs to Jur- i gernatit, or Jaggauna'tii. as he is more onvetlv termed, were not infrequent. Whon F rnucis Buchanan was iu Pooree carl' iu this century, he describes tho harsh grating of tho gigantic ear as it moved along, the obscene songs of tho priests in lienor of tho god, and the li -rce glances which tho fanatics be stowed on the boef-eatingKiiglishmon, as a pilgrim announced himself ready to become a sacrilice to the idol. No one daring or caring to prevent the self-immolation, tho man prostrated himself in the road before the lower as it moved along, lying on his face with Ids arms stretched forward. The mul titude passed around him, leaving tho space ele: ', until he win crushed to death by '.no wheels of the ponderous structure. Then a wild cry of praise was rai)-c I, and as the god was seen to "smile" at tho libation of spouting blood, the devotees threw cowries and piec.-s of money on the body of tho victim in approbation of th h dy deed. It is, therefore, suggestive of a ttrniigo revolution iu Hindoo opinion to hear that not only aro victims lack ing, but that instead of thousands struggling for the honor of a place at tho dra-'ropey, laboring men, at so many annas per diem, have to be hired i to perform the sacred function. The I awe of the Indian people for "I1 e.Lord , of tho world" has been declining. For i many years past the fame of tho great 1 eod of Orissa has been on the wane, and the time when a human sacrilice was deliberately offered Up to tho hideous idol is fast getiing beyond tho power of the very oldest of old Indians (o recall. Admitting that the number of devotees this year is smaller, owning to the Ios of two pilgrim ships and tho prophecy that a third will bo wrecked before the year is out it is undeniable that Jaggauna'tii is doom ed, and tho wealth which it brought t" the priests and tho townspeople of I 'force is likely to vanish before many years elapse, bometiinos a poor decrepit wretch, weary of life, or drugged by tho priests witli Indian hemp or opium, will wildly throw himself in front of tho wlieols, though ho is usually dragged out by tho police, who havo orders to prevent any attempts at suieido. Saddest abasement of all, froni the standpoint of Brah maoism, it happened a few years ago, for the lirst time iu history, that to'tho horror and chargin of the priests, tho car of Jaggauna'tii stood btill in the streets of Pooree, whilo tho pilgrims looked on iu impious apathy. Yet no harm befell them, although a subsequent famine lias been attributed to their sacrilegious carelessness. However, tho result has been, that though worshipers still come to Pooree, they just as frequently prefer to save themselves the troublo of haul ing the gods, and, as happened on tho present occasion, tho priosts afraid of tho idols never reaching tiio tank, havo contracts with irreverential colios to perform tho job for a stipulated num ber of rupees. Mortality there is, of course, still. The poor dio for want of food, ofdisoaso, and of lack of prop er accommodations. But tlioro is no longer nny need for interfering, for tho wrong will soon right itself by Jagganna'th ceasing to "draw." Tho East, wo fear, is already grown lax in its religious observances. Tho pil grim takes a third-class circular ticket to tho holy places. In (idol ship-owners issuo passages to Djeddah, and a tourist contractor escorts tho faithful over tho forty miles between Mecca and tho son. Tin Egyptaln dorvishos are becoming extremely chary about making a payment of their persons for tho Saadeeyeh Shoik to ride over, and now that tho Indian exchequer is be moaning tho reduced roturns from the "Jagganna'th trade." and coolies have to bo hirod to drag the car, wo seem n long way 'from tho tlmo when Job Charnock, factor at Fort William, was converted to Uludooism, or whon General Stewurt onagod a Brahman to perform daily worship among tho idols iu his bungalow. London Stind ard. THE BRUSH TURKEY Tho Unique I'rocess of Hutching Adopted by This Intelligent Illrd. "All birds hatch their eggs." Zool ogy knows very fow exceptions to this rule, nnd although old works on nat ural history states that tho sun relioves tho ostrich of tills duty, it is now known thnt sho attends to tho work most conscientiously. Only the cuckoo succeeds in shirking this business en tirely, leaving her little ones to tho mercy of kind-hearted littlo singers. Besides this bird, wo may mention tho brush turkey as ono which does not hatch its eggsbut it is more conscien tious about the matter than tho cuckoo. Tho brush turkey (Talcgallus lathami) is a powerful bird, attaining a size of about thirty-ouo inches, and can bo recognized by its powerful build, rather long neck, lnrge head, sharp bent beak, strong feet, nnd short, rounded wings. Tho scar let of tho foatliorloss neck and tho yellow pouch de pendent therefrom stand out iu doeided contrast to the brown plumage. The homo of the brush tur key' is iu the thick forests of Australia. At mating timo (iu tho spring) the male develops a surprising amount of activity and industry. He picks out a sheltered spot for a nest, and then goes to work to build a moiiii'. With his strong feet he throws a quantity of leaves, libers of wood, small twigs, dry grass, etc., into a heap behind him, and this forms the center of a largo circle, the periphery of which soon appears perfectly clean; and a mound about a yard and a half high is built. While other birds go at onee to their newlv prepared homes and begin to lay their 'ggs, the brush turkey pursues an en tirely different course. The wise creat ure waits several weeks until the fer mentation and d"Composition of the vegetable matter in the heap hasS gonerated a heat of about 101 deg. F., the temperature required foreitliet natural or artificial hatching of eggs. It is wonderful to see with what cer tainty the birds delerniino upon the proper time. Tho mal i often mounts the nest to examine it, scrape off a lit tle here and a little there, and then covers the places over mraiu carefully. When lie liuds that the temperature of tho mass is what it should be, he digs numerous holes about the axis of j ttie mound, and in each one of tlieso holes tho female drops an egg with the ' b nut end up. After tho male has j closed these holes both birds go away, the male only returning from time to time to regulate the heat, covering tho eggs more or less, according to the moisture and temperature of tho at mosphere. After about three weeks the young are hatched. They are en tirely coyored with feathers, their wings aro wed developed, and they seem as strong as Mir domestic chick ens. The whole process reminds ono of tho development of tho butterfly, which is able to fly soon after leaving the chrysalis. After about twelve hours tho young brush turkeys appear merry and active, wandoring about with their parents, hut in the after noon they are buried iu tho nest again by their careful father. Oi the third day they are able to fly, and after that aro perfectly independent. Their pro cess of hatching has been repeatedly carried out by brush turkeys in cap tivity, as, for instance, iu Iho Berlin Z lological G.mbn, whon they formed tho center of attraction for friends and students of zoology. Deutsche Jlluslriiic Zeilunrj. Heads to the North. The superstition that human beings should sleep with their heads to the North is believed by the French to have for its foundation a scientific fact. I'liey nfnrni that each human system is iu itself an electric battery, the head being one of tho ohctrodes, the feet the other. Their proof yas discovered f oni ixporinients which the Academy of .'sciences was allowed to make on the body of a man who was guillotined. This was taken the instant it foil and placed upon a pivot freo to move as it might. Iho head part, after a little vacillation, turned to the north and tho body t lion remained stationary Jt was turned half way round by one of the professors, and again the head end of tho trunk moved slowly to the cardinal point due North, tho samo results being repeated until the final nnestat'.on of organic movement. Science. At a recent soaueo In Rochester, N. Y., by a medium from Brooklyn, several written communications, pur porting to come from tho spirit world, wore handed out from the cabinet. Six of the notes iu which tho chirogra- phy seemed to bo tho most dissimilar were submitted to experts in tho mat ter of handwriting. Both of the ex perts agreed that not moro than two persons wroto tho notes, and ono of them was inclined to think thnt all wero written by tho samo hand. A pencil-drawing, purporting to bo a por trait of J.-un Ingolow, roprosentod her ns a man. Tho Brousou library of Water bury, G inn., has rjcolvcd a fifty dollar bank note on the once noted Engln bank of Now Il ivon. It has no in trinsic value, but would bring much moro than itronrosonts from collectors. Tho '.'olebrated failure of tho Eagle hank is still remembered by tho older residents of New Haven. Brown "How uro you gotting lire escape,' on wltu your patent Smith?" Smith "I won't bo able to push it much until my leg gets better. But it's a big thing," Brown "What's tho matter with your legP Smith "I broko it whilo testing the fire escape.". Y. Bun. FANCIES IN FURNITURE. Form nnd Stylos .Moot In leinnnd lit His l'resent Time. Ono of tho most fanciful as woll as Hovel designs for tho clectrolcr is in representations of tho pitcher plant. Tho domand is continued for hand some mahogany fiirnlturo in Rjnals snnco of richly carved decoration. Butternut is a comparatively now adaptation for libraries. A very gon cral fancy is shown for natural wood of every kind. Tho most recent fancied form of toilet table is arranged with oval glass abovo, tho whole being draped with English chintz. A carved band iu pierced design be tween moldings In either wood or irilt is a form of picture-frame decoration specially adapted to architectural sub ject. An admired oxatnplo of tho Chip pendale style, which is considerably in use, is in white mahogany suitably upholstered in satin damask, for a ru cc tion-room. Hardly a better framo Is provided for water colored pictures than that of simple molding covered with gold loaf leaving perfectly visiblo tho grain of the wood. The mo't elegant varieties in wall paper includo ono in silk which is formed by uniting this material to a paper background, after which tho de sign is printed. Suitnblo frames for pictures in black and white nro of oak with possibly a light touch of bronze in the moldings, and showing a decoration of finely carved work in the outer border. A rather newly adopted form of upholstered couch is modeled from an East Indian stylo iu cane, being formed with a downward curve at the center, witli one end alto more elevated than the other. A general weariness from tho want of variety in French design picturo frames has led to independent activity iu this production, and which is be coming in a largo degree successful in results, the best oxamplo being of a high order. Solid gold pieces nro fancied for drawiug-roem in forms of cabinets, tables, easels, pedestals, screens and fancy chairs. These aro in Renais sance style and of wondrous splendor. Other rich pieces iu onyx and gilt are of elaborate forms. Orange wood, resoiribling white ma hogany, is used in elegant forms inlaid with ivory. The odor of tho wood Is pleasant, and the stylo becomes more exquisite with age from increasing harmony between tho ivory tint and tliatof tho yellowish wood. Tho disposition to conibiuo several styles is illusi rated iu a new set iu satin wood, inlaid witli amaranth, in which a French featuro in the form of carved wreaths is introduced at tho top, whilo something of tho Adams stylo appears in the portion beneath. Some hnndsnmu styles in white ma hogany are distinguished by inlaid designs in amaranth, ebony and pearl. One especially elaborate example in chamber furniture iu this wood, finish ed in tlie natural color, is adorned with wide bands of inlaid work iu amaranth, ebony, satin, wood, brass and copper. A fanciful stylo is represented by a table in white mahogany inlaid with copper; a border is formed with squares of tin metal, which is intro duced in like form of different pro portions in t lie central design, show ing also forms of insects, here and tliere, witli bodies and wings in mother of pearl tinted iu various cob rs. Tho olecticism evorywhero In prnc tico Is shown with ono of tho recent styles in white and gold of modilied colonial design introducing spindles in reversed arrangement, tho larger portion uoing uppermost, ana wltu n band above bearing a form of orna mont cut in and gilded, which is of somewhat golhic character. New patterns in wall paper includo one for n friozo iu imitation of a looped curtain. This shows running borders of vinos and dark green and yellow foliage, on a ground iu French gray with a tinge of rod, tho ground of tho wall papor being in sea groon. A representation of a rod iu bamboo is painted to aid tho effect of suspended drapery. .V. 1. Star. Juan Panndoro gives a very funny account of the performances of the Mexican Indians In Guadalajara on tho 1st of September, tho day on which tho law competing them to wear pan taloons wont into effect. Tho balco nics wero full of pretty girls, watching and laughing at the antics of tho aguadores, cargadores, carbonoros, etc., ns they wont about thoir respect ive duties. Some of tho men got their pantaloons on wrong sido before, oth ers did not know how to uso tho pock ets, and others walked vory awkward ly. Tho Indians have finally accepted tho new order of things with great good humor, nfter tho usual prelimi nary grumbling. Tho California Pioneer Socioty has a section of timber takon from tho side of tho Powhatan, including a portion of the skin, which is four Indies thick, nnd a picco of tho abutting knee, which is nine inches thick. Trans versely through tho whole a sword fish had dashed his sword, and tho portion broken off is still omboddod in tlie tim ber. The sword plorcod through four toon inches of solid oak, and 'tho lish was going Iu the samo direction as tho vcssol, which was under a good Jioad of steam. An idea of tho strength which must havo been exerted can be obtained from tho fact that a rifled six pounder could not havo done moro than pierce that thickness of wood. 1 PEDDLERS OF COREA. Some of the StiiRtiliir IVnrcs AVIitnli They OHer for Sale. The peddlers of Corea sometimes bring their things in packs on coolies' backs, and sometimes the produco a bushel of bundles from the depths of their looso sleeves. After a boy had shown his choice lot of copper bowls ono day ho went up his sleeve and brought out a trained sparrow that ho put through several tricks and slipped up his slcevo ngain whim we refused to buy. Several brought quantities of hair for sale, and insisted upon unroll ing the bundles of coarse, black queuos that had been clipped from tho heads of Coroan boys. There Is a groat trade with China in these Corean locks that are used to piece-out queues. A largo black bowl. Inlaid with mother-of-pearl, was brought ono day and gave occasion for many re marks about this wonderful wash bowl being tho only proof that any Corenn had ever Intended to wash himself; but it turned out that thu bowl was used to hold the back hair of tho palace ladies and singing girls who wear tremendous chignons weighing fourteen and twenty' pounds. Of the really good things that are brought for sale tho best aro small iron boxes padlocks and small weap ons inlaid with silver in somo really fine designs many of tlieni so hourly Persian as to astonish connoisseurs, and others in a fine 'diaper and key pattern quite as foreign to this end of the world. As inlaid metal work it is crude and coarso compared to what other and very near nations can do. Disks of open-work bronze and iron are often brought hung full of coins strung on strings of colored silk. Tho coins and meda's are curious iu them selves, anil they aro regarded not only as charms anil ornaments but as a proper way for a coln-collec or to display his treasures. Of embroidery, either new or old, very littlo is scon that is good or curious, considering the near neighborhood of China ami Japan. The peddlers often bring tho square bits of onibroidery worn on tho front and back of the mandarin's palaco clothes, but they aro generally too frayed, faded and stained to bo of any use. The plastron of a civil man darin lias two Coroan stalks flying to ward each other. Distinction as a Chinese scholar allows others to wear the storks, while a Gouoral sports a brace of mostdaiigerous-looking whilo tigers embroidered on black silk, with a finish f conventional clouds and waves iu brilliant colors. At wedding! the bridegroom, however lowly in station may ride in an ollieial chair, sit on an ollieial leopard-skin near tho royal red, and also embroider cranes on his gown. The bridegroom pushes the privilege to its limit then, and tho plastron of eranes becomes a veritable apron i f red satin covered with four six and eight cranes of different colors. St. Louix Globe-Deuwcrut. EMPLOYER AND CLERK. The Views of 11 1' roiiilnent New Yoik Wholesale Mt-rehiiut. "I'm looking bad? Well, I ought to; I've lost, fully twenty-five pounds within the last nine months through Mini thing not usually put under tho head of buslnoss cares. Want to know what it is, eh! Well. I don't mind tolling you, although my statei mont will pr diibly rouse a storm of indignation, but I assure you that, m y loss of llesh arisos from nothing more or loss than worrying over my clerks. "I heartily appreciate all editorial comments on the question of dish inesty among clerks. Every yonr it becomes more and moro dillloult apparently for some young men to keop within tint paths of righteousness. At one timo I thought that human nature was con stantly growing moro dopraved, and now I am firmly convinced that the opportunities offered to tho young men of tho present day for going wrong infinitely more numerous than formerly and seem to bo almost forced upon them. "Take n special case, which recently camo under my Immediate obsorva fon. Tho young man in question began to associate with a rather fast set, who considered gambling a legiti mate pleasure. II. s refusal to join tho game was taken as a tantamount confession of weakness, and ho soon found himself ns lonely ns a ship wrecked sailor upon a desert isle. H o stood it ns long as he could and then returned to tho socioty of his reckless companions What was tho result? In three months botwoon poker and ruco pools, ho had lost a largo amount of his employer's monoy, which ho found himself unable to replaco at the moment, and his previously promising business career has been liopolossly ruined. "I agreo with you that it is an em ployer's duty to keep himself informed ns to his clork's niodo of lifo outside of business hours, and havo firmly re- solved that no young ninn in my em ploy will go wrong for lack of 'the fow words of kindly warning which would havo saved to the world many n man who is now a criminal." Jewelers' Weekly. A Disappointment. ' Bobby (to young Mr. F.mthorly) I hoard Clara tell mu that she was disappointed becauso you didn't call last Sunday night. loung I-athorly (In a tremulous whisper) I say. Bobby, did your sis ter say how disappointed she was? Uobby (thoughtfully) I'm tryiir to think Yes, she said sho was agree ably disappointed, V. Y. Sun. Washington Is tho best shaded city in the wor d. At present tlioro are 03,000 shado troos In the stroeta. THE CROW INDIANS, How They Obtain the Onndy 1'ngtef leathers tor Their Crests. Writing of tho Crow Indians of Mon tana a correspondent says: In ono of those lodges I saw a most beautiful head-dress of cnglo feathers, perhaps tho handsomest it has over been my good fortune to behold and this brings mo to the conclusion that an Indinn always tries to accomplish ono of two things either to excite the ad miration of the women or thofonr of tho men. This particular head-dress was nindu principally of tho feathers of the bald and black onglos, who soar very high among tho peaks of tho Rocky mountains, and it is a vory diffi cult matter, cvon with a fine-sighted rifle, tokill these high-flying American birds, yet the Crows have capturod them with arrows whoro tho white man would have f.iiled. although armed with the best of modern breech-loaders. 1 asked a Crow buck how he got so many feathers when his bow was un equal to sending tho light-feathered shafts to such a distanco in the nir. I was much surprised to hear tho two methods adopted by tho Xbsaraka tribe to capture tho much-prized birds. First they hold an eaglo danco. Thou the braves go to the Hig Horn mount ains, proceed upward toward tho sum mit until they arrive iu tho.porpolunl suow district and far abovo timber line, when each selects a spot and digs a pit, which he covers lightly with reeds and grass. A piece of rough moat usually bear or mountain goat is done up in a piece of rawhido and laid on the pit. Just nt tho dawn of day, as tho sun is peering over the dis tant peaks, the eaglets, who have all night long smelled the savory bait, swoop down upon the hides, which they pruciod to tear with their talons and beaks. Meanwhilo an Indian has concealed himself iu each pit, and ivnchiug up with Ids hand lie seizes tho bird of liberty nnd drags him down. Hero the latter is quickly dispatched, whon tho bravo warrior returns to his lodge, proud of his possessions and rej. doing in his skill. Tho other method is to go high enough up among tho mountains abovo the aories of tho eagles, then it is an easy matter witli bow and arrow to shoot downward, and usually with skillful results. Thu head-dress I saw must have contained over two hundred feathers all told. Thoy wero sewed or fastened with sinew threads to a Ions: piece of elk skin which reached from the crown of the head to tho feet and then (railed for eighteen or twenty' inches, and at tho cud of this trail was fastened a buffalo bull's tall, I which completed tho full war-dross e istunie of this poculiar warrior when in a barbarous or half savage inood. Ho looked harm less enough with his h o in his hand, but there is no telling what ho would bo capable of doing wore a fow Sioux to como around, or a raid bo made from tho north by his old lime enemies, tho Blnokfoct, Bloods nnd Piegans. Inside the lodgo adjoining tho cabin was a very Interesting, poacoful-look-Ing, yet warliki instrument, boing nothing olso than a toinnhawk-pipo, Ihe two combined in one. With this trilling little affair a buck could eithor brain an enemy orsmoko with a friend. It did not havo a desperate look tonic, yet theso small weapons aro capablo of doing a deal of mischief, for in tho Fort Phil Koarnoy mis more on Pow der river not less than ninety six soldiers and citizens had thoir tkulls broken by one tomahawk In tho In the hands of Sioux Indians. Cor. riiludelphiu Times, Tlioro is a linn iu Philadelphia which paints pieturos by the yard. Tlio work is simple. A pioco of "can vas nearly one hundred foot long is Btrotchod in a gallery shaped llko a corridor. On each p.cturn. which, by tho way, costs $1.60, livo men aro em ployed. Each man has his particular line. Ono pit's in tho foreground, an other the background, nnd still an other does tho clouds and cows thnt you soo browsing iu tho pasture. A fourth man doos tho trees and shrub bery. In this way thoy aro onnblod to work fast. In oxactly thrco hours live of theso landscapes wero linishod, which is thirty minutos' timo given to each. Tho fifth man doos tho finish ing touches, and perhaps performs moro and bottor work than any of tho others Public Opinion. Somo excavations proceeding in Piccadilly on tho sito of tho now prom ises of tho Junior Travolors' Club havo brought to light many interest' ing objects. A series of subtorrnnean passages, apparently connected, wero discovered. Thoso wero full of foul gases and contained n vast quantity of rubbish, among which havo boon dis closed numerous nrticlos of interest. Not the loast interesting is a rod gran ito tomb dnted 1509, some brouzo armor, several fowling-pieces, a richly embossed lamp, and a largo quantity of vellum mnuuscrlpts. Tho vaults havo been only partly explored and further discoveries nro anticipated. A man dug a woll twonty-fivo foot from a eucalyptus treo, lined it with content, and plncod ovor it a substan tial cover. Tho wator was cariiod to the houso from tho well in a wooden pipe. In that woodon pipo was knot-hole. Iu timo the well began to givo out. Tito wator, too, was ac quiring a strango tnste. Explorations dovclopod tho fuet thnt tho woll had bson tilled up with masses of eucalyp tus roots Tho tree hud run a root straight for tho knot-hol, twenty-five foot off, nnd by thnt 'method galnsd the well lueltSoiton Budget.