OF GENERAL INTEREST.
An elevator is u 'lift" in Knglnml;
n "holp" in Franco mid a drop" in
Scotland.
There nro said to lio several gypsies
in Now York tlint are worth over one
hundred thousand dollars apiece.
A priest in tho Statu of New York
claim to have cured ncaso of genuine,
undoubted hydrophobia by putting the
patient into a vapor bath of very high
temperature until ho was completely
wealed out.
A roso-colorcd report from Pan
ama says that "work on the canal goes
on fast, and now that the look system
has been definitely adopted, the belief
is strengthened that ships will pass
through on thu day fixed by Count de
Lesseps."
It Is reported that it has been found
unprofitable to ship from tho East to
the West all the printed material used
hy tho Postal Department when tho
paper can bt bought and tho printing
done in St. Louis and Chicago quite its
well. So branches of tho Government
Printing Olllee are to bo established in
these cities.
A little Buffalo girl was not feeling
welt, and hor parents suggested that
she might be about to liavo chicken
pox, then provident. Sho wont to bed
laughing at tho idea, but early next
morning wont into hor parents' room,
looking very serious, and said: "Yes,
it is chicken-pox, papa. 1 found a
fodder in the bed."
Prominent Indies in Washington
society have deeidoil to presont to the
City of Paris a statue of General
Washington, in acknowledgment of
that given by France to Now York in
187(1. It will bo the work of an emi
nent American sculptor, and cast in
this country, that it may in every sonsu
he a purely American gift.
An Interesting legal question is
likely to arise over tho finding of .n jar
containing $12,000 at Holmau station,
Ind, by Smith Stewart on a farm which
ho had rented. Tho landlord claims
(ho money on the ground that it had
been buried by his sister, now deceased.
The collection iucludos some coins
over two hundred years old.
An English family has a custom of
feeding wild birds regularly after break
fast. Opening tiio dining-room win
dow, they ring a bell, and immedatoly
nil kinds of birds, and sometimes even
pquirrels, come to tho feeding place.
A curious result of tho custom is that
numerous applicants are seen each
morning waiting the sound of tho boll,
like so many patients at a hospital.
In Germany tho average duration
of the life of gardeners, mariners, and
ilshcrmen is iifty-oight years; butchers,
fifty-four years; carpenters and brick
layers, forty-nine years; shoemakers
and tailors, forty-four years; composit
ors and lithographers, forty-one years,
and laborers, thirty-two years. Of tho
professions the average lifetime of cler
gymen is sixty-seven years; teachers,
lifty-seven years; lawyers, fifty-four
years, anil physicians, forty-nine years.
A Methodist, brother, a licensed
cxhorter on Martha's Vineyard, was
Wacher of an adult class in Sunday
school. The lesson was on tho cruci
fixion. "We read here," said tho
teacher, "of two male-factors. I have
nt u I the Bible quite carefully, but
have found no mention of female
factors. Will each of you during this
week search as thoroughly as you have
time, to see if there be any reference
to female-factors in any part of the
Scriptures?"
Two Maryland inventors have dis
covered and perfected a substitute for
the pendulum in timepieces. It con
sists of a hydraulic escapement, itself
a piston or plunger that is propelled
upward and downwnr.l once in twenty
four hours through a cylinder filled
with mercury. There is no noise ex
cept when the clock strikes. The in
a entliin supplants the discovery of Gali
leo, and, it is claimed, will eventually
revolutionize the clock manufacture,
through cheapness and perfection.
Tho medicinal qualities of onions
have lately been made a subject of dis
cussion by medical men. One wrltei
says: "During unhealthy seasons,
when diphtheria and like contagious
diseases prevail, onions ought to he
eaten In the spring, of tho year at least
once a week. Onions are invigorating
and prophylactic beyond description.
Further, 1 challenge the medical fra
ternity, or any mother, to point out a
place where children have died from
diphtheria or scarlatina nnginosa, etc.,
where onions were freely used."
When ltosa Bouheur, who paint;
in male attire, appears in the streets oi
Paris, she Is a largo, elderly lady, rath
er plainly dressed in black, hor gray
hair tucked under a close bonnet; and
unless for the peculiar strength of her
face and her piercing, attontlve eyes,
It would not he noticed that she dif
fered from any other woman in the
crowd, except that she wears tho red
ribbon of the Legion of Honor. She
originally dressed us a boy to attract
less attention when she went to study
animals at thestablos, cattle-yards and
nii'iingeries, which wore visited chiefly
b men.
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Dealing In Human Bodies.
lio was an undertaker traveling
Kal and had formed the acquaintance
of an aflable gentleman in thu car,
with whom he became confidential.
"One of our embalming processes It
. You have- never had any experi
ence, of course, with human bodies?"
Sold many a one," said tho tillable
gentleman.
"Whatl" exclaimed thu undertaker,
aghast, "You're not a rusurrootionist,
are yoiiP"
"No; I'm ono of the manngurs of the
Chicago Utuo-bull club. tVuce Tribune
PERILOUS ADVENTURE.
Ilolil Undertaking Carried Tliron
Under the Streat of Kiclteinoiit.
It is often the caso that persons
indor oxcitomont carry through tin
lorlakitigs which thoy would other
vise think beyond their ability. Tin
idvcnturo of a Scotch fox-hunter
imong tho mountains of his country
.foes to provo this most conclusively
He was once tempted to follow Iim
hounds into n desolato and dangeri-us
region, at a timo wlton it was more
than usually hazardous, as the groiin I
was covered with a thick coating of
mow. Thoughtless of the perils about
him, he surmounted ono difficulty after
mother, until at length tho clamoring
pack brought him to a ridge of frozen
mow, so narrow at Its upper edge
that ho could ndvanco only by sitting
ist ride of it and pushing himself for
ward with tho united lovoragoof hands
and feet. In this way. however, he
succeeded in making tho passage. But
not long afterwards his dogs lost all
trace of their fox, and, halllud nnd
wearied, ho gavo up tho chase. Re
tracing ins steps, lie was once more
at the ridgo of snow, and now first
became aware of tho perilous nature
or inn nam no had clioson. un one
ddc the drift readied down to the edge
of a precipice, more than a thousand
feet in perpendicular height; and on
tiie other sido, in ono unbroken sheet,
siopen down to a distance oi live or
ix hundred feet.
Now, it often happens that obstacles
surmounted, perhaps with case, under
the Hush of hope nnd excitement, be
come magnified whon failure has sub-
lucd the spirits. Though the ridgo oi
snow had been passed with safety but
little before, it now presented a
bnrrior before which the courage both
of hunter and hounds (mailed with
trepidation. As lie looked down
into the depth below, on either side,
he almost shuddered to think that he
had crossed such a place; but the
thought that it still lay between him
self and homo was more unpleasant
still. Darkness, however, was coming
on apace, and he knew full well that if
he would not pass the night on these
snowy heights tho passage must bo
made again.
Urging Ins dogs forward, therefore,
he prepared to follow them; but his
own want of conlidenco appeared to
have extended to his dull companions.
and though unable to speak or remon
strate, thev obeyed with instinctive re
luctance. Tne leading hound, however,
had not advanced far when he lost his
footing, and in spite of every effort to
recover himself, rolled down ono of
the steep banks of snow before men
tioned. The fox-hunter watched his
hound, until in the waning light it was
almost out of sight; but then, seeing
that the fall was arrested by some level
surface, where it now stood, appar
ently without hurt, ho determined
rather than face the danger of the
narrow ridge before him, in tho gloom
of evening, to follow his hound's cx
example, knowing, from his acquaint
ance with the locality, that If he once
gained the lower ground tho greatest
dillieulty in Ids way homo would be
past.
Calling back the rest of his puck,
therefore, ho rolled up his plaid, and
seating himself upon it as a cushion,
beau to slide down the snow in the
direction of Ids four-footed precursor.
But thus to shoot a steep slope five or
six hundred feet in length is no trilling
performance, and not without hazard.
How he leached the bottom he has
never been able to remember from that
day to tills, lie recollected launching
himself forth on the snow, then fol
lowed a wild rush through the air, a
choking sensation and a gldd" feeling
of bewilderment, and his next moment
of consciousness was as he lay half
buried in the level snow at the foot ol
the slope, his hounds gathering about
him, ami all of them, like himself, un
injured. 'ou(h's Companion,
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Paper for Building Purposos.
The use of papi r fabric for building
purposes by the term paper being
meant broadly n lloviblo shoot made
of vegetable or other fiber, which ha"
been reduced to tv pulp, and then
pressed out and spread and dried is
now advocated by some builders on
the following grounds: First, con
tinuity of surface that Is, it can be
made In rolls of almost any width and
length, is lloxlblc, orbygluingsever.il
layers together may bo made still', and
will stop tho passage of air because
there are no joints; second, it has no
grain like wood and will not split;
third, it is not till'ectod by change ot
temperature, and thus has an advant
age over sheet metal as roofing mate
rial; fourth, whereas, In its natural
condition it is affootod by moisture, it
may bo rendered watorproof by satu
rating with asphalt, or by a variety ol
other methods; tilth, it is non-resonant
and well fitted to prevent the passtigi
of sound; sixth, it is a non-coiiductoi
of heat, and can also be made of in
combustible material, like asbestos, ot
rendered lire-resisting by chemical
treatment. The combination of papoi
with other substances and solidifying
the mass hy pressuro renders practi
cable production of a material capable
of replacing wood for many purposes:
and not least among its characteristics
of adaptability is tho ease with which
it may bo madu into sheets of any
width and thickness, that will not
warp or shrink from heat, cold oi
dampness. -V. Y, Sun.
m m
Kthel "Did you go to Italy?"
llarrlui "Oh, my, yos! We stayed
there two mouths." Kthel "What
do you think of thu laswuotilP" Har
riet "Oh. It's awful. 1 tried somo
tho first night 1 was thorn, but it
doesn't wit my taste at nll."-Z.c
WATCH DIAL MAKING.
A Few Modern Ue to Vriiloh I'liotoc
rnphjr 1 I'uU
Watch dials are now made by pin
tography at a mcro fraction of tho.r
former cost. Thoy all used to bo
painted by hand. Now a hundred arc
mado in tho time formerly required to
prodtico one, and each of the hundred
is hotter than tho ono would have boon.
Tho dial is cornier, covered with
enamel. Upon that thoy lnj a sons!
tized coating of albumen ami blchro-
inato of potash. A large drawing, say
twelve inches in dia notcr, of tho de
sign, figures an I dots that it is desirod
to put upon the dial is photographed
down to tho required size, which makes
it so very lino that whatever liiaccura
cies may have been in the drawing are
almost boyond discovery by the micro
scope. J lio negative thus inailo is ox
posed to the light in contact with tho
gelatine-coated watch dial for three to
five minutes. Electric light is just as
good as si.n ight. Where tho light hns
acted the gelatine is mado ins duhlo.
The dial is now hiked over with com
mon lithographic tr.msfcr ink. Next,
with a clonn sponge inoistenod with a
little gum water, the ink a id gelatine
aro wiped off t'ie dial from all parts
oxccptwheri the lights have acted,
and to thosj it adheres, leaving the de
sign in clear b ack upon the enamoled
plate. But that design would easily
blur nnd rub off by wear. Ano'her
process is necessary to make it pernia
ncnt. A metallic enan o. powder of
any color dis e I black, blue, ro 1,
grcon or purple is dusted upon the
dial. It sticks to the inked portions.
but nowhoro else. Then tho dial is put
in the inutile and fired. The 'vn unci
powder molts into the whito enamel
haso nnd tho work is coin) lite. A
watch company paid $2,000 for that
process. By it they can turn out for
10 cents each dials that in the old wny
of niakiii" would have cost $1 aniece.
By that same process, with some
trivial modi cation? in cortain direc
tions, photography is also employed
now in putting pictures, monograms
and other designs upon porcelain and
china; but thero is yet a field there for
further improvement in tho uso of col
ored ennmols in that branch of photo
graphic decorations.
Photography is now used also for tho
production of the most boautiful en
graved pictures and dosigns upon plato
glass for car windows, screons, etc. A
plato of glass, having been contod with
sonsltized gelatine, has transferred to
it a picture. The solublo parts of tho
gelatino, thoso upon which tho light
lias not noted aro readily washed oil'.
When those remaining are tlry tho
plate Is subjected to tho action of a
very lino sand blast. Tho most deli
cate dots and lines of tho gelatino pro
tect perfoctly tjio glass beneath thoni,
but olsowhoro tho particles of sand
grind the glass and make it opaque.
hen that has been dono tho gelatine
is readily dissolved and removed, leav
ing tho picture complete. It is a rapid,
easy process, nnd may bo so handled
nsto give charming results. Q'ho pict
ure for transfer must bo in dots and
lilies. The half-tone pictures directlv
photographed from nature or from oil
paintings can not bo so employed.
A. 1 Sun.
On the Judge's Side.
A caso was being tried in tho west
of England, and at its termination the
judge charged the jury, and thoy re-
tired for consultation. Hour after
hour passed, ami no verdict was
brought in. Tho judge's dinner-houi
arrived, and ho beeamo hungry and
impatient. Upon inquiry ho learned
that one obstinate juryman was hold
ing out against eleven. That ho could
not stand, and ho ordered tho twelve
nion to bo brought before him. He
told them that In his charge to them
ho had so plainly stated tho case and
tho law that tho verdict ought to be
unanimous and the man who per
mitted his individual opinion to weigh
against the judgment of elevon men of
wisdom was unlit and disqualified ovei
again to act in thu capacity of jury
man, At the ond of this excited
hnrranguo a little squeaky voice came
from ono of tho jury. Ho said: "Will
your Lordship allow mo to say a
word?" Permission being given, he
added: "May it ploaso your Lordship,
I am tho only man on your side. Ar
gonaut.
Didn't LIko the Humor.
Prankish Man fto wifol I wonder
what could have given mo suoh a cold?
It surely wasn't 'coming out too soon
after taking a Turkish bath.
Wife That's just exactly what it
was. 'y, you ought to have more
sense than to net that way.
Man -1 don't thtnk It was tho Turk
ish bath.
Wife But 1 know It was.
Man But 1 am confident it was not,
for, you see, 1 have never taken a
Turkish bath.
Wife I don't know about that, hut
1 do know ono thing.
You've got loss
souse than auv man 1 oversaw.
Man Why, Mary, 1 just wanted to
be a little numerous.
Wife Well, tlion. why didn't von
bo? To bo humorous Is to bo pleasant,
and if you had wanted to bo pleasant
you would simply have said 'I know
that a lurkish bath eouldn t have
given mo this cold, for 1 havo not
taken one.' Then, having arrived at
a perfect understanding, we could
have talked of something else,"
Arkvntaw Traveler.
Howard (in boastful spirit) " My
father gvU a bundled doll ifS OVUI'V
day!" Bene. "P. .h! '1 h..t's noth.
lug. M p. 1 he. l,U t h,,!o huidful
of diamond miv night,"-- Jid-Jiits,
HABITS OF BIRDS.
An Observer States That They Can Bleep
With One Kye Open.
Birds do not cotigh and sneeze, but
hey dream and snore, making tho
most distressing sounds, as if strang
ing. Thoy hiccough a vory droll af
'airitis, too and thoy faint away.
V goldfinch boing frightened one night,
u ids struggles was caught between
ho wlros, and gavo a cry like tiio
qiicak of a mouse in distress. On 1113
lastcning to his relief, ho slipped out
nto tho room, and flow wildly about
-ill ho hit something and fell to tho
loor. Ho was picked up, and his fright
ulminatcd in a dead faint The little
nead drooped, the body was limp, ap
parently perfectly lifcloss, nnd he was
ain in his cage ready to be buried in
tho morning. Ho was placed carefully
in his breast, however, and in a few
moments ho hopped upon his perch.
diook out his milled feathers, and com
posed hlmsolf to sleep.
Ono feat somotimos nscriben to man
is in tho caso ol birds a literal fact
thev can sleep with one cvo open.
l'liis curious habit I havo watched
elos ly, and I find it common in nearly
ill the varieties I havo been able to ob
serve. Uno eye will closo sleepily,
dint tijltt and nppoar to enjoy a good
lap, while tho othor is wide awako as
jror. Jt is not always the eyo toward
ho light that sleeps, nor is it invari
ably the ono from tho light. Tho pres
mcu or absence- of pooplo makes no
inference. I havo even had a bird
stand on my arm or kneo, draw up one
leg, and seem to sloop soundly with
mo eyo, while tho other was wido
pon. in several years' closo attention
I have been unable to find an' cause
either in tho position or tho surround
ings for this strange habit
No "sot old woman" Is more wedded
to her accustomed "ways" than aro
birds in general to theirs. Their hours
for eating, napping and singing aro as
regular as ours. So, likewise, aro
their habits in regard to alighting
places, cvon to tho vory twig thoy
select. After a week's acquaintance
with tho habits of a bird, I can always
toll when something disturbing has oc-
cured, by the placo in which ho is found.
Ono bird will make the desk his favorito
haunt, nnd freely visit tables, the
rounds of chairs, and tho iloor, while
mother confines himself to tho back of
chairs, tho tops of cages nnd picture
frames. Ono old hermit thrush fre
quented the bureau and looking-glass
frame, and the top of a card-board map
which had warped around till tho up
per edge was almost circular. On this
edge he would porch for hours, twittor
ind call, but no other bird over ap
proached it Still another would al
ways select tho door-casing and win-
dow-cornico.
Kvory bird has his clioson placo for
the night, usually tho highest place on
the darkest sido of tho cage. They
soon become accustomed to tho situa
tion of tho dishes in their cages, and
plainly resent any change. On my
placing a drinking-cup in a new part
of the cardinal's residence, ho caino
down at once, scolding violently, pro
tended to drink, then looked over to the
corner wheiM the water used to bo. and
renewed his protestations. Then lio
returned to the upper perch, Hitting
his tail and expressing his mind with
great vigor. A few minutes passed,
and he repeated the performance, keep
ing it up with great excitement until,
to pacify him, I replaced tho cup. Ho
u once retired - to his usual seat,
smoothed Ids roughened plumage, and
in a few moment-! began to sin'. A
lress of a new color on their mistress
makes a great commotion among these
close observers, anil tho moving about
of furniture puts the tamest ono in
panic. Atlantic.
No More Birds in Bonnets.
Ladies are no longer to wear birds
on their bonnets and hats. Thus it
has boon decreed I13 fashion. Tho
benevolent edict comes just in timo to
save tiio last remaining mem iters ol
tho race of hiiinin ng birds ami birds
of paradise. Tho gieat forots of India,
Brazil and the banks of the Mississippi
have been ransacked, and have yielded
up their treasures of winged jewels
to adorn tho feminine hcadgoar. Now
at last there is to bo a truce to the mas
sacre, and tho pretty denizens ot tho
woods may sing and llj' awhile in
peace. To estimate tho extent of
slaughter perpetrated for tho sake of
womankind s adornment, wo may take
the statement of a London dealer, who
idniits that last year ho sold two mil
lion small birds of every possible kind
and color, from the soft, gray of tho
wood pigeon to tho gem-like spleudor
of the tropical bird. Kven tho friendly
ohiu has been immolated to adorn tho
fashionablo bonnet. London Queen.
Mad Over Vegetarianism.
A man mad over vegetarianism was
curious inm ijo of a Pennsylvania
hospital. The sight of nnv animal,
bird, insect or reptile, slain at tho hand
of man, would send him into par
oxysms of hvsteric rage, lie would
wear no shoes, in order to kill the
fewer anitnalcuhe us he walked. Every
shoo or woolen article of clothing that
time in Ids reach he would destroy; a
funeral would till him with frenzy, for
ho hold that the dead should be carried
Into the woods and covered with loaves;
ilu Ids vegetarian ideas as to food
were equally pronounced. On every
occasion possible he would slip off to
eat pra. each blade of which he would
onrwfully win in order to preclude the
destruction of an insect Jtoston ltuiU
gel
Women in Washington Territory
can ite. Those who take advant
age of tlu i iiwHgo aro called b.iliot
girls.
SMALL BOYS' CLOTHES.
Summer Bait for Little Fallon from
Tito to biz Years of Ace.
Baby boys, eightcon months old, nro
dressed in nainsook and whito cambric
frocks, nindo plainer than thoso for
girls; for instance, their yoke slips are
of thick white cambric with a hem six
inches deop without tucks, and the
yoke is tucked without insertion, then
they havo sacrtuo-shaped cambric
dresses with throo box plaits down the
front and back, with the sides f tho
waist cut off and tjio skirt gathered
there; a cambric sasli is at the back,
and the only trimming is tho embroid
ered cuffs and a little turned-over col
lar, parted 111 front and back, and
worn with a throat bow of blue ribbon.
Tho skirts of these little dresses reach
to the top of the buttoned boots of
cashmere or of kid worn with them.
Boys of two or three years wear
white muslin, or pique, or colored
gingham, or Chanibcry frocks, made
all in one piece, with a full skirt gath
ered to a plain waist, which is quite
round and of natural length not too
short, as tliey were mado last year.
This little waist buttons behind, and
has a sash of the material six inches
wide sewed in tho seams under the
arms, and tied in n flat bow behind:
the front of tho waist is given a boyish
jacket effect by being nearby covered
witli a jacket of the material sot in tho
shoiild-'r, arm-hole, and undor-arni
seams, then opened down tho middle
to disclose a row of thickly set pearl
buttons (small shirt buttons) on the
waist. Hamburg edging two inches
wfde is put on the jacket down tho
fronts and along the edges; this is
quite fiat, with tho scallops turned up.
Tho skirt lias two breadths of tho ma
terial, with a hem four inches wide,
and is long onough to reach half-way
between the knees and tho tops of the
shoes a good rulo for the length of
dresses of most children over threr
years of age. Short whito socks arr
to bo worn in midsummer, but at pres
ent black stockings are most used.
Black or tan-colored kid - buttoned
shoes.
Walking coats, twen ty-two to twenty-four
inches long, for tho smallest
boys, are of white diagonal cloth, with
round waist, box-plaited skirt, and
round collar, fastened by large pearl
buttons, and with whito watered ril
bon belt in front only, beginning with
a bow on each side seam; other bows
aro on the throat and wrists. Their
hats aro white cloth toques, or Turkish
crowns of light-colored cloth starting
in a band of colored straw. In sum
mer, walking coats aro made of
cordurette (tho thick striped cotton)
and of pique.
Boys of four to six years wear one
piece dresses of whi'c or colored
pique, made with a kilt skirt, sowed
to a pique waist, pointed in front its a
vest, witli a pique j ickot sot on, and
turned back in lvvers at top. The
back of the waist has box plaits (under
which it is buttoned), and a bolt two
inches wide, and slightly curved, links
the j dn of the back and kilt; two button-holes
on each end of tho belt
fasten to buttons set on the ends of thi
under-arm seams. Similar pique
drosses havo tho skirt . in nine box
plaits, and tho front, instead of being
a pointed vest, lias a Louis Qtiin.e
blouse-vest sot on in a full puff of
white embroidered lawn, with a row
of insertion down the middle. Deep
round collar and cuffs of all-over 1 m
broidery and edging. A buff pique
dress of two pieces has a kilt, with the
silesia waist covered in front, as a
vest, with striped embroideied white
muslin; thon the jacket slopes away to
show this, an I its odgo is cut up ir
eight battleiiieiited tabs that aro fin
ished with a whito wolting-cord. A
row of closely set small pearl buttons
trims each front elgo of tho jacket,
the collar and the cuffs. Harper's Ha
zar. THE RESULTS CAME.
A S'uaclotu Colcirml Mini M ikes a l"ev
Ktiltulitii I'ri'iltcl loin.
"What are you doing hero?" asked a
policeman of a col reil man who iiad
his eyo gluo.l to a knot-holo in an alloy
fence on tho Brush farm tho other
morning.
"Wait in', salt."
"For what?"
"Besults."
"What tosults?"
"Man sent 1110 up to whitowns'i do
kitchen loilin'. Woman said slio'd do
do j "b herself an' save fo' bita."
"Well?"
She's mixod tho liquid, sail, an'
hunted up an olo brush wid about
fo'teon ha'rs in it. No.v site's gittin'
ready. Sho's tiod tin apron ober her
head, stuck a bronm-handlo iu'o de
brush, tin' is Biggin' do pail into tie
lions'. Now do hired gal is puttin' nil
do cha'rs out doahs."
"Any thing oho?" asked tho officer
after a long wait
"Jist a mlnuto, sah; do results ar'
nlmost hoah."
Another minuto wont by, and then
there was a wild yell from the house,
.followed by a crash, and tho man at
the knot-hole chuckl -d:
"Jist like I figgored! Do woman ap
pears. Boaf eyes nr' full of lime, a 1'
when she fell off do cha'r sho alinoas'
busted ebery bono in hor body. Now
debited gal lias como out Now do
woman in do mix' house runs in. Now
do victim sots down on a box mi' tiny
r' rabbin' her eyas wid a nig. Now
de hired gid runs into do house to ring
up de police an' de lire engine an do"
doctor, mi'i "
"And what?"
ill cd! nsfin nrtor dinner an' doy'll
v Iconic me wid hostile arms an' giv
i.. de fi" b ts an' fio .v in an olo suit ol
ch'th-s:" Ihtroit Free 1'ras.
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
President Hyde, of Bowdoin Col
lege, spends a great deal of time play
ing tennis. Tho boys speak of htm
is Dr. Jckyll whilo ho is in the class
room. Mine. Munkacsy, wife of the paint
er, lias been so impressed b' Iter Iiii.h
band's glowing account of America
that she has made up her mind to pay
this country a visit at tho earliest op
portunity. The lato Chief Justice Waite wns
seventy-two when ho died. Justice
Bradley is seventy-five, Matthews sixty-four,
Harlan lifty-live, Blatchford
sixt3-ciglit, Gray sixty, Field seventy
two and Lamar sixty-three.
Countess Waldersee, wife of the
nobleman who enjoys sucli an intimate
acquaintance with Crown Prince Will
iam of Prussia, was formerly Miss Lea,
of New York, daughter of David Lea,
a banker of the American metropolis.
Miss Francos E. Willard believes
that "American men are the best and
truest who live, because they are
masterful and masters of themselves."
Notwithstanding this flattering esti
mate site declares that not until Portia
is tho lawyer and woman is in the jury
box will there bo a possibility of bring
ing culprits to justice.
"An armor of jewels." worn by
Mrs. Hicks-Lord tit a reception in
Washington recently, is said to have
eclipsed any thing previously seen
there in tho way of personal adorn
ment Her famous $250,000 necklace
Micircled her throat She wore a paw
.if earrings probably not equaled in
this country, and her bodice was a per
fect mass of jewels.
Kaiser Wilhelin used to sign him
self "Wilhelni: Imp. Box." and every
0110 wondered thereat Why not in
full, "Imporator et Box?" Or, if ab
breviated, why not "I. It?" lie vol
untarily explained it one day to one
if his ministers. "I sign myself in
that way," said he, "because 1 feel that
1 am only partly Emperor, whilo 1
'now tint I am altogether a King."
The Rothschilds aro always operat
ing in precious stones, and just now
ire said to be cornering rubies. The
finest rubies como from Burmah, and
the Burmese ruby mines are among the
richest spoils of tho British conquest of
that coun,ry. Tho Rothschilds are.
teenrding to report, strong enough to
corner tho now supply, being allowed
special facilities by reason of their
financial hold on tho British Govern
ment. Laura Bridgman is now an old
l-.dy. Her wonderful history and
achievements ought to shame some of
our more gifted women. But her rec
ord bids fair to be surpassud by that of
a little girl in Alnhnm 1, Helen Keller,
deaf, dumb and blind. The Perkins
Institute for the Blind, through Miss
Su'livan, a graduate, is sending light
to this darkened mind and lino intel
lectual powers are developing in the
unfortunate little pupil.
"A
LITTLE
NONSENSE."
He "Do you oeliovo in high
license. Fannie'?" She "What kind
of license marriage license?" He
hanged tho subject Washington
Critic.
Boarder (looking over breakfast
table) "Liver is that all there is for
breakfast, Sarah ?" Sarah "Shure,
sorr, there's liver enough for six."
I'Jjioch.
Son "Papa, how do thoy catch
'untitles?" Cynical Father "With
liamond necklaces, dccollotto drosses
and fourteen button kid gloves, my
boy." Ar. 1'. Mercury.
Judge (to prisoner) "It seems to
tne that 1 have soon your faco before."
Prisoner "I shouldn't bo surprised,
Jud'ie; I used to tend bar down at tho
Bald Eagle." Texas Sifli?igs.
Paracelsus located tho soul at tho
pit of the stomach. A blow in the
stomach is likely to double 0110 up,
which accounts for "two souls with
but a single thought" Texas Siftings.
Little Harry (homo from school)
"1 say, mother, wo had our singing
lesson to-day." "And how did you
et on ?" "Toachcr said 1 sang like a
bird." "Really ! What bird ?" "Like
1 crow."
"Tommy," said his aunt. "I hear
your grandmother gavo you a watch
.111 your birthday. Was it a htinting
case watch?" "No," replied Tommy,
who is seven yoars old. "it was a bare
faced watch." Pittsburgh Telegraph.
Dtiniley (proudly) "Yes, 1 par
ticipated in one groat battle of the re
bellion, and. if 1 do say it myself, I
wtis one of tho men who led the way."
"Featherly (admiringly) "What bat
tle was it, Dtiniley; Bull Run ?" A'.
)'. Sun.
The Georgia negro lias no faith in
banks. Ho lays all his nionov out in
jlothes and hair oil, and the news of vr
bank suspension causes him to ex
claim: "Bust away, but ye can't hurt
deso lavonder breeches!" Shoe and
Leather lleporter.
"Broinloy, I've boon going through
my last winter s vests. "rind any
bills in the pockets, Darringer?"
"Yos, one." "Good! A fifty dollar
bill. I hope?" "No; a bill for 1'J.23."
"But there isn't a bill of that denomi
nation. "Oh, tlioro isirt, oh? Brom
ley, it was n wash bill." Philadelphia
Call
"What havo you been doing for a
living lately?" asked a very tough
looking citizau of a mutt who looked
like as if ha might he a boon com
panion. "Burglarizing." "What was
your last job?" "I tackled the resi
dence of 11 real estate agwiit last night"
11ml any luokr"' "Yos, llrst-i-ate."
"Wh it did you get?" "I got away
without buying a houso and lot"
AlinUant Travtkr.