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MISCELLANEOUS. i Tho difference between liorso race? nud walking n -.itches seems to bo that in tho formqr tho contestants score be foro they start, while In tho lattor thoy nuist start boforo they can score. Idea. A Now York woman recently itp poared at the theater wearing a blue waistcoat, with gold dollars for buttons. It is said that sho did not appear to mind tho sensation sho created. Tho Oakland Tribune rocommonds keeping a gooso in tho chicken-most as a guard against the depredations of professional chicken-thieves. Tho gooso will "squawk" oti tho Intruder every time. Tho Swcctwator dam just com pleted at San Diego, Cal., at a cost of $800,000, is said to bo twenty feet higher than any dam in tho United States. It is ninety feet from its base to its crest. "Ya'as," said young Mr. Sissy, sucking the head of his cane, "I'm an Anglomauiac; but only in a mild form, y' knaw." "Yes," she responded, by way of keeping up tho conversation, "sort of an Anglolunatic, as it were, Mr. Sissy." A farmer in Gratiot County, Michi gan, plowed up a fifty-pound cannon ball tho othor day. There is no record of any battle having beon fought in that vicinity, and tho people aro wondering where tho big cannon ball came from. Brunswick, Ga., lias investod in a new tlfty cent Hi bio for swearing wit nesses on. Tho reason for this is that tho old Bible has had the til. -it four chapters of Genesis kissed away, and tho lawyers aro in doubt whether an oath made on a Bible minus it 4 first four chapters is binding. Tho woman who welcomes bright woatlier on Monday on account of "hanging out clothes to dry," is greater than the woman who takes advantage of the same bright weather to go shop ping. This is rather clumsily expressed, but we've got tho wisdom in as usual. Drake's Magazine. "Tho laughter of girls," says Do Quinoy, "is, and over was, among tho most delightful sounds on earth." Judgment on that. It depends whether tho girls aro laughing at your best joke, or because you have just taken a header from your bieyele, and are trying to think which end of yourself to pick up first. A Dallas County (Texas) preacher has issued circulars declaring himself ' to be tho watchman spoken of in the twenty-third chapter of Ezokiol. Among othor assertions, ho allogos his ability to prove that the Bible shuts out all un married persons over tweuty-ono years of ago from the kingdom of heaven un loss a good excuse can bo shown. Sea' tor ashes along tho rows of tho j young strawberry plants as soon as thoy shall bo largo enough to work. Stir the earth, take out all grass and then apply tho ashes on tho surface, and tho rains will carry them down to the roots. Fertilizers for strawberries give tho best results when applied near tho surfaco and not worked into the soil, as tint roots food near tho surfaco instead of penetrating deeply. "Have you seen papa's now dog, Carlo," she asked, as thoy sat in tho parlor. "Yes," ho replied uneasily; "I have had tho pleasure of mooting tho dog." "Isn't lie splendid? Ho is so aiVectionate." "I noticed ho was very demonstrative," returned lie. as ho moved uneasily in Ills chair. "Hois very playful, too. I never saw a more playful animal in all my life." "I am glad to hear you say that," "Why?" "Because I was a littlo hit afraid that whon lie bit that pleee out of mo tho other evening, ho was in earnest. But if ho was only in play of course it's all right. I can lako fun as well as any body." Singapore licview. A fisherman, while on Plymouth bnach one day, captured a largo gray fiea gull in a rather peculiar predica ment. Firmly pinched upon tho bird's bill was a sou clam about tho size of the palm of a man's hand. Tho clam weighed enough to keep tho head of tho gull hanging downward, and thus olloetively prevented any long flight, while it was ovidoutly nearly exhausted in trying to escape from its strange cap tor. It is thought that tho gull, seeing tho clam's snout protruding, en deavored to seize tho dainty morsel, nud was in turn gripped by tho hard shell of its intended victim. There is a turning point in the lore of a wife for a husband which should bo carefully watched. In some it occurs very early, long before thirty, especially if the match were one of impulse or family convenience; but in tho majority of instances its appearance manifests Itself about tho approach to tho middle ago of women, from thlrty-tlvo to forty two. There is a revulsion In the whole moral and mental being a kind of chilling, cold inditTeronco, which tho slightest tinklnduofs on the part of tho husband at unco kindles into a 11 a me. It is dlllicult to uccouut for this transi tory condition; but thcro is much proof that a woman loves twice. N. 1', Ledger. Among unrepealed acts of Parlia ment in England stand tho following gems: Persons tending to use witch craft, by a law enacted under Gcorgo II., aro punishable by Imprisonment. Thoso practicing palmistry tiro to bo treated as vagabonds niul punished ac cordingly. Uy ii law enacted iu tho time of Charles I. meetings of people oulaldo their own parishes on Sundays, for any sports or pastimes whatever, nro prohibited, under penalty of a lino of three shillings and throe hours In tho public stocks. Any person dlsbo Jlevliig tho dootrlnos of tho Established Church and refusing to have his chil dren baptized or to partake af tlio com munion may, by a law of Qucon Eliza beth, bo committed to prison. STRANGE WAR DUEL. An Intel-ruling Inclilnnt flccnnled by nn Ex-ConfiMlernte Surgeon. On tlio 12th of June. 18G3, 1 witnessed a duel between Captain Jones, coin manding a Federal scout, and Captain Fry, commanding a Confederate scout, in Groono County, East Tennessee. These two men had been fighting each other for six months, with the fortunes of battlo in favor of one and 'then tho oilier. Their command was encamped on either sido of Lick Crek, a large and sluggish stream, too deep to fori I and too shallow for a ferry-boat, but there a bridge spanned the stream foi the convenience of tlio traveling public. Each of them guarded this bridge, that communication should go neither nortli nor south, as the railroad train track had been broken tip months before. After fighting eacli othor several months and contesting tho point as to which should hold tho bridge, they agreed to fight a duel, tho conqueror to hold tho bridge undisputed for tho time being. Jones gavo tho challenge and Fry accepted. Tho terms were that thoy should fight witli navy pistols at twenty yards apart, deliberately walking toward oach other and firing until tlio last chamber of their pistois was discharged, unless one or tho other fell boforo all tho discharges worn made. Thoy clioso their seconds and agreed upon a rebel surgeon (as ho wa the only one in olther command) to nt tend tlicm in case of danger. Jones was certainly a finc-looki.ig fellow, with light hair and bluo eyes, live feet ten incite in height, looking every inch tho military chieftain. He was a mini soldiers would admlro and ladies regard with admiration. 1 never saw a man more coo), determined and heroic under such cf'cunistancos. 1 have read of the deeds of chivalry and knight-errantry In tho Middle Ages and brave man embalmed iu modern poesy, but when I saw Jones como to the duelists' scratch, lighting, not for real or supposed wrongs to himself, but, as ho honestly thought, for his country and tlio glory of tho flag, I could not help admiring the man, notwithstand ing lie fought for the freedom of the negro, which I was opposed to. Fry was a man full six feet high, slender, with long, wavy, curling hair, jet-black eyes, wearing a slouch hat anil gray suit, and looked rather tho demon titan the man. There was nothing forocious about him, but ho had that self-suillcient non chalanco that said: "I will kill you." Without a doubt ho was brave, cool and colloctod. and although suffering from a torriblo flesh wound in his left arm, rocoivod a wcok before, lie mani fested no symptoms of distress, but seemed roady for tho light. Tlio ground was stepped oft' by the seconds, pistols loaded and exchanged, and tho principals brought faco to face. They turned around and walked back to the poiittdesignated. Jonos' second had the word "Fire," and as ho slowly said "Ono two threo firo!" they simultaneously turned at tlio word "One" and instantly fired. Noithor was hurt. Thoy cocked thoir pistols and deliberately walked toward each other, firing as thoy wont. At tho fifth shot Jones threw up his right hand and, tiring his pistol iu tlio air, sank down. Fry was In tho act of firing ids last shot, but, seeing Jones fall, silently lowered his pistol, droppod it on tho ground and sprang to Jonos' side, taking his head In his lap as he sat down and asking him If ho was hurt. I discovered that Jones was shot through the region of the stomach, the bullet glancing around that organ and coming out to tho left of the spinal column; besides ho had received three other frightful flesh wounds in other portions of tho boil'. I dressed his wounds and gavo him such stimulants as I had. Ho afterwards got well. I'ry rocoivod three wounds ono breaking his right arm, ono tho loft and tho other in tho right side. After mouths of sutVeriug he got well, and fought tho war out to tho blttor end, ami to-day the two aro partners In a wholesale grocery business, and certi fying the sentiment of Byron, that "A soldier braves death," etc. Georgia Union. m m ' ' Longevity Aided by Salt. Iu a recent work by Prof. Burg graove, of Ghent, tho prominent theory maintained is that salt is the great reg ulating agent of life, anil on tlio proper use of which human longevity largely depends, It being at any rate a great preventative of certain maladies if tho blood is too rich, salt will render it loss charged; or if it is poor, salt will recon stitute it,, and restore to it tlio necessary elements. Among the Interesting facts cited by Prof. Burggraovo in elabora ting his subject is that about tho end of tho last century a terrible epidemic, bearing somo analogy to scurvy, broke out in Saxony, making such rapid prog ress among the poorer classes that tho Government ordered an inquiry into its nature and course. Tho result was tho establishment of a singular fact viz., that miners, although reduced to tho same misery as other workmen, re mained, with their families, completely exempt from tho malady; the diet ,f tho miners differed from tho others only iu one point viz., that being employed by tho State thoy wore supplied with salt gratuitously, tho deduction being that the absence of salt In tho diet of the other workmen was thooatisoof tho malady. Salt was thou prescribed as a curative measure, and tlio epidemic disappeared as If by enchantment. Science Thcro tiro actual landscapes on somo of the French brocades imported for evening dress, and a girl condemned to play wallflower may pass away the time by looking at tho pictures on her frock. MEASURING THOUGHT. An Ingenious Mnchlne Which Ilegllten tho Time It Take to Think. "And now." said a tifed-looking as sistant librarian in tlio Astor Library, "as if thcro wcro not enough subjocts open for study and for tho multiplica tion of books, Dr. J. McK. Cattoll comes out with an elaborate paper do scribing a macliino which ho has con trived for measuring the length of timo it takes to think. It is true enough that 'of making many books thcro is no end.' Thcro will be books written about this now, and all sorts of theories will be founded on it and expounded at enormous length. "Tho macliino is ingenious enough. A pen is attached to tho prong of a tuning fork, which is kopt vibrating at a constant rate by means of electricity. This pen draws a line, and small chunks of this line, so to speak, can be cut out, thus measuring time down to tho one ten-thousandth part of a second. By an application oven moro ingenious than the machine, tho loarned gentle man is ablo to toll how long it takes to think. "For instance, lie says it takes 1-13 of a second to distinguish between blue and roil. It takes 1-9 of a second to re call the ntnio of a printed word, 1-G of a second to rciitiMnber the name of a printed letter, and 1-1 of a second to name a familiar picture in your mind." "But" urged tho reporter, "that must lie wrong. Some people have to pick out a word by recalling each letter and spelling it ouL" "True," said the librarian. "And rapidity of thought varies with tho In dividual. Tho only value I can see to tlio whole tiling, excepting to build theories on, is to measure tlio rapidity of perception of an individual, and even that can not, it seems to mo, be established. Some days it will take longer to think than it will on other days. It depends on your health and on circumstances. It takes me con siderably longer to rocognizo a man if 1 owe him any money than it doos if I expect him to pay mo something. And I havo known my wifo to tako half an hour to dj'oido betweon two colors when it was a matter of a now gown. "It is all very ingoniotts, though, and the result Dr. Cattoll has obtained aro somo of them very interesting. Ho says, for example, that it takes twieo as long to think of tlio name of tho lust month as to think of tlio namo oi the iioxt, and it takes 1-20 of u second longer to translate a word from a for eign languago to one's nativo tongue than to reverse tho operation. Then he claims that sensation travels through tiio ncrvc3 to tho brain at about sixty miles an hour. Of course tho distance is so short that wo can not perceive tlio lapse of any time, but time does elapso while the .sensation is traveling. 1 should say, however, that tho rate of travel would difl'er widely in dill'erout people." N. Y. Mail and Express. ADVERTISE OR FAIL, A Short Hut Very Able Address by Iter. AVhiincdooillu Haxter. My Hearers: At ono time your pop perlar pasture was a nioinbruin ob do press. 1 was do jerkor ob do Arkerdojimt lober for nioah don foah muinfs ditrin' do absence ob do rog'lar tnoldor ob public 'pinion on a drunk, so when I talks tcr yer about advortisin' I knows what I'm talking erbout. Do merchant wltat says ho haint got no ttso for tie pross ain't got sense ernutl tor bo an hljot. Hits pull's in do papers what helps lots of merchants tor raise do wind. When I was kornocted will journalism. I notised a remark in do paper ob an old German journalist by do namo ob Karl Pretzel, what struck mo as being mightily tor do pint. Ho wroto: "Dot pishnoss man dot don't shduck his atfertisementhis town paper into, vas ho more use as a girl niitout somo pustles." Lull' mo lolo yo somollus. An fuolt ad In a nowspaper does moro good den two on a tree or a fence. You shud liollor loud whon you hollers. Do world am too busy tor hoali whispers. If yer wants tor add tor yer business, advertise. Dat am do shortest way tor add. Do right kind ob oyes for biznoss men am advert-ize. Hoahl ltealt! Does yer hoah nto? Do poick hah said: "O, solertood, whar am do charms dat sages hab seen In dy faco?" Huh! Why didn't he ask at do shop ob do man who don't advertise? Dar's ontifl' solertood dar, do Lawil knows. 1 oucet heerod a man say: "Hit's all humbug tor talk tor mo 'bout adver tisin'. I spent more den forty dollars las' yeah iu advortisin', and iu Jane wary I was done sold out by do shorltl'. Dat money was wasted, obery cent ob It." "What paper did yer put yer advor tisin' in?" I axed. "1 didn't put hit in no papor. I joss had my advertisement painted on tite fence boards." Dat's jess what I thunk. Do kind ob advortisin' what counts mus' be iu nowspapors. Whon you has got yer advertisement in a good paper, keep it tlar for dell', ami takin' yer ail outer do papor am counted as positive evidence ob goin' outer biznoss. l)o tnun who ilooi nut uilvertlio lln shows as much Rood ncnse, As do uiau who put on his Suuday punt Tcr clluib iter barbed wire fence. Yes, bredderon, do biznoss man wid no advertisement in do paper reminds mo mightily ob do bumble beo widout any stinger. Ho am only half fixed tor trausao biznoss. While do quire sings, "Sound do Loud Trumpet," Undo Moso or somo udder reliable nlggah will pleaso pass do hat and rako in a fow subscrlpshtitu for ills suffering ex-journalist. Texas THE MODERN GIRL. Sim ni Learned the Umiutr of Health and Ugliness of Dint-Hue. If wo havo any subject for congratu lation, it is tho mental and physical superiority of tho girls of tlio present over tho past. Tho sickly, sentimental maiden' who was too "good for human nature's daily food," has no modern counterpart. The opening of institu tions of learning all over tho land for tho higher education of women, of gymnasium, and tlio popularity of athlotics witlt women in America and England havo all tended toward ono end. Educating our girls lias not only mndo them mentally but physically stronger, by making Uiem sensible of the absurdity of tight-lacing and othor old-fashioned follies and the need of evory healthy individual for vigorous outdoor exercise. The modern woman lias learned tho beauty of health and the ugliness of disease. Tiie adoption of English ideas in living and dress has tended to make our girls moro at tentive to the gymnasium and tho daily walk, and to depend more for tho beauty of their complexion on the cold water bath, like tho English girl, than on the rouge pot of tiie French woman. It is tiio fashion to ridicule the tailor mado girl in sensible gowns of cloth, neatlv fitted and well made, ami heavy well-fitted boots of strong leather, but she is a great advance in most ways on tite sentimental, languid type of womanhood witlt waspislt waist and thin shoe, artificial in iter manner, and pron to headache brought on by working in close rooms on pictures ol yew trees, monuments of marble and other "mourning pieces" for house hold decorations. Tite modern girl does not start into hysteria at tiio sight of a mouse. It is the experience of tiie nurses at tho head of one of tho largest training schools that educated women invariably show their culture by the control they exercise iu cases of emergency, and, although no special educational credentials arc required, tho few comparatively uneducated who apply to bo trained do not often get beyond their mouths of probation, being found usually destitute of the nerve of the edttcatotl woman. A healthy educated woman i3 far better prepared to be a housekeeper anil mother, and will meet tho various emergencies which will ariso iu sick ness and health, when servants leave unawares and the entire burden of tite housekeeping is thrust upon her. In every emergency in life, iter calm trained judgment will prevent catas trophes and steer tho household atl'airs into calm and quiet waters. Her health and strength will forever savo her from tlio whims and freaks of ignorant, hysterical women. Like tlio virtuous woman of Scripture "Site oponeth Iter mouth with wisdom: and in her tongue is tho law of kindness." iV. Y. Tribune. VULGAR CREATURES. Inults or Ill-lirml IVoplo Who Think Well of Themselves. It is vulgar for a lady to go to the theater or opera wearing a hat that obstructs the view of people who sit behind iter. It is valgar beoauso it is a needless infliction of serious ineou vonienco upon others that a really gon tool woman would not bo guilty of. In England, ladies who appear at the door of the theater or opera wearing hats, aro compelled to tako them oil beforo they aro permitted to enter. Hero tlio valgarisin is tolerated bv managers, but no woman wears the oll'ensivo hat without impressing all around her that sho lacks in the most refined qualities of a woll bred lad'. Ono of tite unerring attributes of a gentleman or a lady i3 considerate respect for tlio comfort of others. It is vulgar to interrupt hearers at a theater or opora by conversation. Many do it; and, strango as it maj seom, thoso who nsstuno tho highest claims to social distinction, most fre quently aro tho otlenders. Wo have seen theater and opera box parties ol our apparently most cultivated people hissed by the audience at opera and theatrical performances for persistent babbling and interruption of hearers near to them; and wo have seen others who well deserved to be hissed for tlio vulgarism of disturbing scores of hearers around thorn iu the most im pressive parts of tho phi'. Conversa tion at tlio theater or opera is an Ameri can vulgarism that deforms our so-called best society, that brings it into con tempt with every intelligent man and woman. It is vulgar for a theater or opera party to outer tho house after tho en tertainment has commonced and dis turb tho audionco generally, ami per sonally disturb all who happen to be seated near them, by the confusion and delay of a party getting sottled in their seats. It is especially vulgar because especially ostentatious; it commands no admiration, no matter how comely the ladies or how fascinating tho gentlemen; it provokos tlio criticism that common senso over gives to tho social pretender, and it is an ostenta tious display of vulgarity. Simplicity is ono of tho insoporable qualities oftruo gentility, and tho well bred woman and tho well-bred man arc never forgotfttl of it. Simplicity in dress is most becoming, as a rule, on public occasions, but simplicity and gentleness of manner and a considerate respect for othors, can not bu cast aside without assuming tho rolo of the vulgarian. Philadelphia 'Times. A California widow had plans for a $50,000 monument for her late de parted, but when tho lawyer got through lighting over tho estate tho widow was doing housework at $2 per week for tite uiau who draughted tho uiouumouL WELL-PAYING WORK. Two Occupations fop Women Which Ar Not Tet Overcrowded. Thoro aro two occupations for women, If ono may.judgo by tlio pricos paid, that aro not yet overcrowded. Ono of them is hair-dresshtg and the general caro of female tresses. Expert hair dressers easily earn as much as eighteen dollars a week, and hair-workers aro paid from eight to ton dollars. Thai hatr-dresser who arranges tlio lasltion ablo heads seen at tho opera anil at balls usually is so much in demand that she has time for nothing but the art of curling, crimping, braiding, plaiting and folding tho feminine locks iu that artful fashion that the unskilled ama teur fingers'can not compass. But the hair-dresser who has not yot arrived at the privilege of ministering solely to fashionable coiffures adds tlio general caro of the hair to her duties, and she takes the onttro responsibility of tlio health and beauty of her patrons' locks. Onco a month sho conies anil clips the end of every hair, which al ways has a tendency to split. She combs tho wholo fleece out smoothly and with a small, sharp pair of scissors outs tlio ends about an eighth of an inch nnd thou goes over all the uneven hair, milling it up witlt tho comb, and clips every one that shows a sign ol fraying. This keeps tite hair from fall ing and promotes its growth. Then every two weeks she washes tho hair, laving it iu tepid water with a littlo Castile soap and a dash of bay rum, and brushing it briskly thereafter for half an hour. It is this beautiful groom ing that makes tho locks of the New York society girl shine like tVo satin skin of a thoroughbred. Tho other well-paid and uncrowdod occupation is that of the manicure. There aro a number of manicure parlors where ono may go and have his or her nails groomed, but most profor that tho linger manipulator should como to them. She is usually a pleasant mannered, fresh-faced, and well-dressed young woman, whoso only sign of servitude is a neat littlo black satchel in which tlio tools of her trade aro car ried. Tito usual hour for her arrival is just beforo her customers rise. She begins with the early birds and gradu ates down to thoso who never appear beforo noon, and in this way manages to suit thorn all. Sho appears in the bedroom front the dressing-room bear ing a bowl of milk-warm water, which is sweetened with a drop or two ol rose-water. The luxurious customer lazily slips ono hand into tho bowl that is sot on tho littlo tablo besido tho bed, and can pick up her nap again where she dropped it while the manicure files, polishes, pinks and perfumes her nails; sho needn't wake until tho other hand needs attention, and then the same process is repeated. This occupies altogether about half an hour of the manicure's time, and sho is paid seven-ty-fivo cents for it. Sho attends to fourteen pairs of hands a day, which would nteau something liko ton dollars and a half for the day's work, but fow of thoin have so largo a practice, as that would require a hundred or more customers, seeing that most women only havo their hands manicured once or twice a week, the maid attending ta them other days. Still, witlt tlio sale of tho chamois polishers, unguonts, powders, liles and scissors, most of the manicures manage to keep their weoklj income up to a good average and a fow havo grown rich. N. Y. World. "MAKING A MASH." How Vrotty nnd Mischievous Senorltni Do It In .Mexico. Tlio stranger in Mexico, especially il ho bo young and good-looking, is liable to bo considerably surprised at his first ball bore, when some pretty senorita, whom ho lias never seen before, trips up to him with an engaging sntilo ou her face and something that looks like au egg in her hand, and suddenly smashes tlio latter over his cranium. To one not acquainted with tlio cascar ono custom it is startling, to say the least. Luckily, however, tho egg haf been robbed of its usual interior, tlu original contents having been emptied through a small hole at one end. The shell is then refilled witlt finely chopped tinsel and colored paper, perhaps with tlio addition of perfumed sachet pow der or somo dainty trinkets, after which tlio opening is neatly closed by a bit of paper pasted over it. In tlio good old days of the Spanish aristocracy tlio egg sholls to bo used by proud grandees at swell fandangos wore filled with gold and diamond dust. Similar extravagances aro sometime indulged in nowadays, but raroly. Oc casionally small gold coins, charms, pearls, opals or spiced candies are stuffed in with tlio chopped tinsel, making tlio divcrtisemont rather ox pensive. Ono can buy vory pretty cas earones, however, for about ono dol lar per dozen, and it is quito tlio cor rect thing for a hollo or beau to go to a ball armed witlt several dozen of thorn. Often tlio shells aro hand-painted ot otherwise beautifully decorated, mticb liko Eastor eggs in tho North. Socictj matrons who propose giving balls dur ing the cascarono season havo tho shells of all the eggs used in the household carefully saved for the purposo, and many an hour is spent by hersolf and friends iu filling and decorating them. Tho net of breaking a cascarono on an other's head is considered a compli ment to tlio recipiont, who fools in duty bound to return tho honor at the first opportunity. Previous acquaintance ii not essential, it being of itself a sort of informal introduction. Thus any Mexican lady may lltorally "mnko a mash" on every strango gentleman who pleases her and without offending her countrymen's extremely sonsitivo no tions of propriety. Mexico LcUtr. QUEENS AND SUCH. Royal rernonagea and Their Habits, Oddi ties and Weaknesses. Queen Victoria has now reigned over England longer than any monarch but two Henry III., and George III. Sho overtook Queen Elizabeth six years ago nnd has outdone Edward III., who only reigned 148 days over half a century. If she lives a few years longer Victoria will havo relgued longer than any royal personage of history. Queen Elizabetlt of Roumania is in tensely musical, fond of dancing and lias written a ballet. Queen Olga. of Grocce. is practical, dresses plainly, and goes iu for domes tic economy. " etc., even making her own bonnets, It is said. Dagnar. of Russia, tlio Princess of Wales' sister, is said to bo politically smart, though not intellectual other wise. Like all her sisters she is clover with her needle, as they had to make their own clothes beforo their father got to be King. Old Eugenie', ex-Empress, is said to have developed strango idiosyncracies, besides being a recluse. One is a tend ency to Spiritualism and a belief that she can communicato with her dead Prince Imperial. It is well understood that sho intends to make Princess Boat rice of England her heiress. The Queen of Spain recently, after tho performance, called Sarah Bern hardt into the box and gavo her a bouquet tied in libbon'and secured by a splendid sapphire mounted witlt dia monds. Marie, tlio daughter ef the Empress of Austria, is about to marry Prince Huprecltt, of Bavaria, who is, accord ing to loyal Jacobites, tho ltoir appa rent to tho English throne. Victoria of Germany, it is said, tastes portions of every article of food in tended for the Emperor, and superin tends tlio preparation of most of it her self. Queen Margucrito of Italy shows moro and more fondness for American literature, and. it is said, gets all tho leading magazines published in tlio United States. The Queen of Sweden, sinco sho learned and began cooking by the ad vice of iter physician, for iter health, takes long walks, and ofton goes into tite peasants' houses and shows them how to make good dishes. Olga of Greeeo is the most beautiful Queen of Europe, and is sister-in-law of tho Empress of Russia anil Princess ofWalos. The Queen of Denmark is intensely deaf, but fond of music, and has a big and powerful organ that site can hear. Elizabeth of Austria has developed an unfortunate skin diseaso and wears a veil continually. Isabella, ex-Queen of tho Spaniards, when she appears abroad, wears a cos tume much tho same as that of a nun. Tho Queen of England's grandson, George "Collars and Cuffs," is irrever ent. He was dancing at a ball recently with a pretty but plebian partner when his brother called him to account. "You can go and hum, God savo grand mother," was his retort, "I'll dance with whom I please." The Queen Regent of Spain chooses tho word daily for the countersign, without which no ono is admitted to the palace by the many guards. This is communicated to the highest military ollicial, who happens to be Marshal Campo, who proclaintod Alfonso King- Vh iladelphia Times. MOST EXTRAORDINARY. AtiEncilahmnn'g Peculiar Discovery In Till j I'll I r I. imil nf Ours. In Texas. A railway train stopped in a swamp, and while a blended ex pression of weariness and disgust wa3 sitting on the passengers' faces, tho conductor came into a car where a re cently arrived Englishman sat. "Guard," said the Englishman, "may I speak to you a moment?" "What did you call mo?" "I called you guard, for aren't you the guard?" "Guard tho douce! Do you tako this for a convict train, that wo havo to koop guards?" O, no, no, I didn't moan that, but 'owever, we will not argue that point, but will you pleaso answer mo ono question?" "Spit it out." "Well, w'at aro wo stopping hero for?" "There's a frog iu tho switch," tho conductor replied. "A frog in the switch!" "Yes." "1 really do not understand you." "1 reckon not." "But will you pleaso explain a frog in a switch? I know what a frog is, but w'y you should stop on account of a frog buing in a switcli or anywhere else is something I cau not fathom, you know." "I can't explain it," tho conductor replied. "But you can tell mo why you stop on the account of a frog?" "No, it's against our orders to givo away such Information. " "Well, that is viry, viry queer, you know. W'y, iu England wo would not think for a moment of stopping a train on account of a frog. I must say that you Americans havo somo viry ridicu lous customs." "Needn't say it unless you want to," replied tlio conductor, as ho slyly winked at a porter. "O, yes, 1 am compollcd to say it. On account of a frog. Well, well, I never heard of Mich a thing. 1 know that tho Frenchman liked tho frog but I nover know boforo that the Ameri cans hold up the frog in superstitious veneration. By George, I must mako a note of this. I am writing a book ou Amrrioa, and this is the must pe culiar thing I've found iu this crudo but wonderful countrs. Arkansas I Traveler.