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THE MONROE VOL XXMX HAD A TRAfilC EM)IXG ATTEMPT OF NAPOLEON TO ERECT AN EMPIRE. Thr 8 lalc( nn<l M'-xlro’* In'llnn HU Scheme—Execu¬ tion of SGx milUn an l Gen*. Mlrirooii iiml Aicjla — Carlotta Now a Maniac. K ul nf in Ktip'ri*. Rt r arge tire the ways of fate. We reach for the r se and grasp a thorn: / x-ts. :* we exchange tin* w ttingly the sub stance for the mi MOW. II id Maximilian, , Archduke of Aus¬ tria. qui.-hed never hi lights rclin \' tt -r to the Ha C. sbu “> g g t h r o n e—n c v O r r crossed the seas to his new empire of J M »• I (I. ill MAXIMILIAN 'iCXiCO- he WOUld have escaped the tragic end iha be¬ fell bin) no tin* plains ol Quereta'o, would stand today i ext in succes¬ sion to the proud Au-tri n Km pi re, and Lis wife, the beautiful but un¬ fortunate Carlotta. would not now be spending her days hopelessly in¬ sane in the rojal castle ol Bouchuout, near Brii-sels. Brightly shone that (lay in 1^64 when Maximilian and Cirlott*. after paying farewell visits to the French, B *lg an and English courts and alter receiving the Intel benediction, left their beautiful palace of Miramar on the blue Adr a tic and sailed for the an- lent empire of the Montezumas Three yea s later Mexico had flung them from her—the one demented, the other dead one to s()(-ri(l her days endle sly raving over past sp eu dors, the ashes of the other to be home to the imperial vault of Vienna, there to mingle with the remains of a long line of ancedois. l ounliii; mi Empire In Mox t-o. It w is the pro c t of the third Na¬ poleon of I ranee to found an empire In Mexico that would le feudatory to France and the occasion came when Juarez, the President of Mexico, and a full-blooded Indian, repudiated the debt which that country owed to France, England and Spain. The I » ■7 Tills PA L AUK Ol Ml I! AMAH. ‘ ** 1 " 1 , 1 iu\a , and | imUtaiy . lorces were to he sent to .Mexico to seize the pirts of untiy on the Gulf coast and apply the revenue to the payment of the foie 1 :^, debts ,,f Mexi o. No teiri in L lu ' .’ | m-, .. 1 j 1 * tl ,OMl ,, ' s . m . !il * Hi toilow ’ 11 ' an( . • mg year a convention was hold be tw. n tin* representatives of the in Mexho. 1 lu n In doigns of Y ranee wore lain v 1r Witm r ir \; war then i.i.ed between the 1-icncli lorces and tio-eof Juarez and tie latter was forced to retire to the nort hern prov nccs. Napoleon 1 11 . had well selected his tim,. 'Phe ri.it,si - * w , s 11 , m iMih-.fi.. 1 1 ^ 0 ,1 m Th.) relicdio.i, ‘ ‘ tinai'le , , i° ('\tcnd any ai.i except ni(tr al to Mexico, and that moral aid had at the time litt’e influence. Avail mg himself of his opportunity, Na polo n offered the throne of nV Mevien to Maximilian tier nf'thl grand-duke J. \u triaand hrn* c nr 1 .* -nni 1 rt 1: n * ~ mg sou'ieign or Austria-Hungary. 1 ho latter asked that the people of Mixico express themselves on the subject, and t hrough the elliciey of French havonets a faKe vote ""nted vv is .... cured and is.u’ Maximilian a V Ai.ril in Vli.-...,‘ ho w, > " , ,l . 7 , nis ' ‘ twt-i.'.. ..f lrdniar and lUt ® r l ia ui ’ ' - Tar.wiii \^s,ts t> several European courts, and revolving the bless ng of the pope, he an 1 his wife, Carlotta, set sail 'children* for Nl.'xeo Nlav* wTth *’n “1 ike two inhV .Mfirhte t n 1 ,.v " writo< n i . v \ UI , , w ‘/T, tr > ‘ Eiximilian and ^ t ar- ’* ’ • i atta laid d , wn the rules of etiquette lor their hou^elio d: ereate l new or nurs; invented designs for de ura I,oils and medals: chose the miifo ra for the imp ri il bodvemr tVvl-U 1 mul s, ri ou-lv pondero l alt tt-e I imir | 1 x •!.. hmb, i ' 1 s f. •! ^ <>U1S . ' yt\- o iros-the water. . . Hiitlij- I'itteii to little. mi.rv;!,!,?, e cn 1«lpp „ DDed e d ^ • . unr. A ortauu r. a poet, Ids mind fi cd w ith the tiaoiti ns of the most form-ridden court u Europe, accus- f toured to deil onlv 4, \ wilh thoroughly ri ml d Sj t o J.“ i ^ do „ umen % c a m . 1 - , . iU!ue>, oiaximiLan /\. /A was perhaps t h e >7 \ worst practical > p" N *—<_ ruler that could ■ ' bave been select d l UEsiBENT juarez. for Mexico. He was not only unable to see tbimrs clearlv himself, but equaHy incap » ble of surround ing him self w.th clear-s ghud advisers. The c untrv needed a hard, shrewd, prac tical soldior-ru.er; a ru.in of s mole tastes and clos • economy. Maximil lau was a traiitioaal priu e: uot witstaadlng the emptiness of his coffers, he surrounded lilmselt with •V-uubprlaios. mar-dials of the court . QC *4 O J * k n -4 % Ha he N 4Ml| —a K (X <rV o o w n w h— i 03 X: X oo ’ c ^ uorr,cs * otc -*anl with such and the corresponding - JSfSrt , , £ , m.Htneed ^” , 086 "* . hU * M-iU'Tli- • while : -■•auinilian, M 'i i mil ion c„. sup ported u.v trench bayonets, was curl <» ly .' oking over his new domain. I “J res rlent Juarez in the mountain Miderness of Chihuahua, surrounded I ) V a small band of penniless foil-w I era, listened w.th Indian stoicism to tlv; ecno ol the noise in the capital, l!is coffers were empty, his cabinet hirl vani-bed, his aitnywas melting awav, and the civilize I world scoff el at his presumption. His only com panion was Lerdo de Tejada, his hill, or the BKixs. Pro*eut a tje.ra,,ci of t •• <pot where Maximiihii perished. ] , faithful .... secretary f state, and strong < in the know.edge of their right, these iwo silent watchers waited with (logged patience for f/ie dawn of their day. the day of independence, the day that was to break upon the land turee years later.” Arnmlc m Intnrfersnee. With the ending of the civil war in the United Stut s a new complex¬ ion was given to affairs in Mexico. The l nited States Government had persistently refu ed to recognize Maximilian and had intimated time and again to Napoleon that it would be desirable to name a time for the withdrawal of the French troop.. While we were engaged in war among ourselves Napoleon paid little atten¬ tion to our repiesentation-, but when the civil war ended and when besides our State Department insinuated the probability of an armed interference Napoleon was all attention, and irom the autumn of 18:16 to Febru¬ ary, 1867, the Fren h troops evac¬ uated Mexico. While the French and American Gove nments were engaged in a d p omatic war over the withdrawal of the French troops Carlotta offered to goto Kuiope apd plead the cause of Maximilian before Napoleon and the Pope. But her efforts were una¬ vailing. Napoleon turned a deaf ear to her entreaty that the French troops be suffered to remain until Maximilian was firmly established, arid her reception at the N atican was hardly less cordial. During the Papal interview her reason suddenly left her, and she has since been an imbecile in the royal palace of Bouchuout, -«ci Belgium, over which A - .»w.. <n V fi/iVl y j£i rx., re gns. Ilcvitli of Maximilian. The withdrawal of the French Loops inspired . , the followersof ,, Jaurez wilh renewed hope, and they speed M«LXtml ian headed an arm} and threw himself into Queretaio, which j was soon be degod by the Jaurists. I The place surrendered to Gen. Eseo- 1 hedo, and Minunon Maximilian and his eon- j ! er.Ws, Mejia and J endez, r,° , 0 j 1 ' ,rls< ' D " s ' «•»««"« I 1 IO,ll Ptl.v ,n, shot, and a mil iai} trial "as given the others. .hey were found guilty and sent n ed to death, June 19, 1867, on the Ccrro de las Campas—Hill of the Bells—the three prisoners were placed side by side In front of a firing squad of-Indian sol ( the V erS eonter, - M;lx . bvtween im,lian was Me m assigned and Mira- to moil, but he declined the post of honor and stood at the extreme left of the group. A single volley bu st over the plain, the 1 three 1 V \\ !V men 1 fell 1C in " death and DC with toem fell the empire • which , • xt Napoleon . attempted to erect in Mexico. Six months later the Novara, the same vessel that brought Maximilian and Carlotta to Mexico, bore away his „ mains to the imperial vault in Vi ------ — - .................. - ........ .. ' v No,Us <•** , * ,,mie oJ r w " omen w uters. . 4 It is a c: nous fat that nea-ly all women who become distinguished in literature under a nom de plume have done so under n. mes that were either ma eulino or had no sex suggestion. nobody could tell whether or not. Currer Bell was a man or woman. n fact, the e is reason to tel eve that Charlotte Drome on the tit e page w uld have hand capped ‘\;ane Eyre.’ George sand, too wvn an audience that would ha e bee.i impossible to Aurore Dudev nt, as did George Eliot one th ,t would have whistled Marian Evans quite down time he wind. Coming is i carer our own there John stran.e Winter—who is in private life Mr,-. Siannard a d John Oliver H, bbs, the tensat-ion of at least a .'radio. n week, TheninAmeruu who i. really Mrs. is Octave terrv Thanet, known to her friends as Miss Alice Freoh.randChar.es Egbert Craddock, whom all the worlu has heard of though on y ab. ut half would recognize her as Miss Murfree. — M 7 —:-— Loam ; uh K a! Wo y from Japan, . \y 0 Americans are pretty apt to t’ inx that we are not a e* to learn much from foreign© s, especially such foreigner as the Japane-e. Gut the?e people ioul4 teacn us some,.ling about of l.vihj. Teeir c uatry the . of Montana contains an area Which ? up port - 4 .OOJ.OJO people in ^ m , arative c . this mfort . 1 e koning the whole area of country as twenty four lime-that of Japan ought to be able to support b >U,oOJ.0J >. Neces sarii.v the Japanese live almost wholly ou v eg, tables, sime their cmntiy is ^ot b ig en ugh to rodu e much meat W 0 should te ant t) turn up our noses st a v a ian‘diet b t it is certain ie lhe . a pane=e are the mo t comforts ] e i u the world, as we.l as the kindest and mest polite. , — --——- 1 C vanc ? f r Old Maids. Theit are lew spin ters in the Can cas ao sett eaients la south Africa, as ih 6 men outnumber the women 10 v.). §":;-’.§ ,’«.,_,,_ /“’ ‘5‘“? X‘ «’ 7" ‘ 4; _ ‘x ’ K , ._ FAIR LILLIAN’S BIRTHPLACE. . xxut ~7~7* £Z £?%£ " . „ C °"“ . hora to Mr. uni Mrs. Carles E Leon ar . . a t tbeir home on Fosrih avenue. Dec. *. i a bright b-.by girl, weighing 034 po “" ds This, the first press notice the ac knowledge! queen of comic opera, Lillian Russell, ever received, ap pea red on Dec. 7, 1861, and was penned bv her own father, the editor of the Clinton flowa) Weekly lie,aid. The hou-e in which the interesting event occurred was si a it. ci in the rear of the office building of H. B. Horton, located on Fourth avemie, between , first and Secbn 1 streets, and faced east on the alley running north and south between Third and fourth avenues. At that time this bouse was situated almost in the ; c ® nter uf Hie business district, across li' s t,I T et ' ! r ' ll ? tli0 l' ,wa .E’entrul I Hotel.then , the , largest hotel , in Iowa, and one of the finest west of Chicago, ; A >.t. Louis 1 ost-uisjiateh corre sponclent 1 n Uinto i has photographed the house, which, it wul best en, was .exceedingly primitive. 1 he main wuis “sjuatty,” scarcely a 8lor y and a half in height, and cov ered a ground space of Dx _’5 feet, j The front door opened directly imo i the room used as a parlor, There were three other rooms on the ground floor, occupied as sitting room, bed room and kitchen and dining-rootn combined. The main portion of the house has been moved and now con¬ stitutes an addition to the building occupied by a bottling company; anl the old walls, which were the first to 4( {/ *o =~= 3 gBMglp lillian Russell’s birthplace. hear the voice of the now great singer, resound with the hissing noises of machines used in boitliug the effervescent pop. Shortly after Lillian’s birth the Leonard family removed from their abode on the alley to 408 Seventh ^ZVrA 0 apti-t Chinch, diat f y and at th that t re i time ir 0f one ol the finest residences in the t iwn. Here the remainder of their days in Clinton were spent. V ! wr *'Nlcr What Lincoln Sail Wh-n H I Of t ,r the UresideTcy. W. W. Danenhow-er the father of Lieut. Danenhower, of arctic fame, who died the other day, up to the ten to him by Lincoln on the day of ! his fll . st inauguration, March 4, 1861. Danenhower, who was a close friend cornin' Lira oln and^ had admitian called to see 'had him rhar “?useS him^The^ FresVenl e hcar^S Iren of it. io-p to or his m:,Dy cares, took time to pen a note of apology, telling his friend not to think he was “put ting on airs” becau-e he was “in t e white House” ’ and askimf him ca n a£ra j n an d he would see that bp was admitted. Danenhower, accord iSS iug to fl.lt the Philadelphia l nnoiSS fSSfe Record was 7h! | to to decision of the National Convention i Committee of C’onferenep tn recnm Mention^ raen d Lincoln Lincoln’s^^look' to i he N itiunal surnrS’i Con ! p es °d ' w^ Wd; 5 ,^ genuine er l ul " e ' He He laimhed laughed a a ! dee P inward • ripple, and, dropping his hands and removing his legs from a table before wh cli he was saving' seated he arose and paced the room “\vi.v Danenhower thD show* h..w nol Kd tical Darties are d^eneratinr whin ,1 I can remember wntn we we thought no one was tit lor the Bresi dency but Harry Clay. Now you are seriously considering me for the posi tion. It is absurd.” T1 ux w n n tnsiomer. GO to a grocery or dry b or no tion store anywhere in Engl ind to make some purchases and inquire the price. You will receive a polite an swer, and then, if you hapten to have credit creait at ac the tne particular particular store store and and you vou a °. ,a c e aitule you covet j charged, you w ill , , be p litely told that: ihe article, whatever it is, whether a ; half p >un 1 of sug r or tea, will be tuppence or thrippence more for “booking.” The first named price is the cash pri-e ‘ -ince the nresumntion kv , )v . th ItLVi . u „ V 7 asked the transaction is , to be a ca-h transaction, anu whit is true in England is for the most part true on the continent of Europe. If books must be kept merchants and shop kceters emertain a pettht-oiv that reo.de for wh„m the ‘books ate kept shou d be ma le to pay the cost of the same. Merchants of the the city can tell of repeatedly receiv ing bills from German houses and al ways find ng eveD the c> st of postage the bill civirvr-d Lrow in tbe account ThrodKtout the em n Dtlv • equitable . > ■> pian obtains . of . encourag. ^g a cash i usinesa by giv.ng theca h customer an advantage over the one who lays his bi Is but- once in a month or < nee in >ix months, or some t ines not at all. HereinfreeAmer i C a in retail estab ishmeots both cash customers and ^ debt custom* rs *- are P aced ou nearly the same footing, . only that the ca h customer pays a trifle more for his necessities than be ougnt to in order to make, up the losses arising fiom bad accounts. — Kansas City Grocer, Understand Your A^r 'eiaents. Many of the disputes which arise between buyer and seller are due to } the fa^t that In making a rontract I ! tlie terms are not clearly understood. *» “ «•■»“* “•« ' « «» •»*■« ‘ i ° dsellltJ ^ ot d " ft !S necessary 1 hat ail points re ative to the trails action shcu cLbe definitely stated, Some houses stale distinctly on their hill heads the terms on which sases are made, so that the buyer js com j.el ed to recognize the terras. There are ftfpy other contracts which come up In the course of busi ne-s which need a clearer understan i jog is than the ac^pf ttatfboth buying goods. It | important parties shou’d ihorousrhlv g understand ^ the the transac tion. r l here are publications devoted to contracts in wnich form-are g veu. j but many of these legal forms seem j better devoted to obscuring than j clearing up matters. neat* In all transac tions it is ary to come to a j point and have that point clearly un derstood. Long arguments are not necessary, and the whole tendency of modern trade -ts to put thing-on a b.sis of brevity^ writte* Jt is advisabe to make a memorandum of a g eements, for it will alwavs le in ; evidence and sa’^-sminv future d.s i Elites 1 --- The Ru-salfn Thistle. Strenuous efforts have been made in Congress by -W, mbers from the Dakota region to get an itnmen e ap¬ propriation to am in eradicating the liU-sian 'thistle*. Blood curdling yarns have been told of the frightful damage it is doing all over the Northwest, and from the hair-lifting narratives of the Dakota Congress¬ men, the average citi en might easily assume that the Prussian thistle is in¬ finitely multitudinous, and dread it accordingly. Pei hap-, however, we may be able to l -iry our conviction that it is, uoderyhe hope that it is not. if we take i*i>teof what Mr. J. b. Wilson, of Baijer, South Dakota, says on the subject. Mr. Wilson, wiitingtoan Eastern journal, said: “I have had eight years’ experience with the Russlaa/thistle, and can say that on my farm^t has not caused as much damage a-, the common bull thistle, al-o a native of this region. With due respect for the opiniou of legislators who are endeavoring to secure additional aid. in suppressing 1 his pest, I thinkjKi it appropriations for that purpose are entirely un. necessary. ” 4 Ill-Mannered English Dowagers. A writer in an English newspa erhas uttereo a wail concerning the clegener j Sff inmannt7“?n%at °!. the a » e ’ a^gUerril ew Yorkfcun, C al ed in Great Brurm th 3 upper cir j c he es makes to prove it. \mkk Ijiaif ircoi ne says is true He out a. LZ__- case. oi pojao dot: - m ‘ ° 3 L i ST.’* If any foot-b-fi An l scramble. E «otS t W. na t hfc^ Call “tne r cab insolence anci their trieks and devi t V. gct t ^. e b tter ofrtfiP nT) mher - ^?. „i e eD ®. e8 .? e t d ?>m l e( f^ te < ^ T^- n r 1 , 4 - offended him seriously. The entij notices the recent str.ngent rules at H*® that vne.n’s they arawing-rot-ms, and says milder, in his we.e opinion, necessary. w.ud check Nothing toe ZTeZYtne S remonfafint llvelj* ifeal garden! ■ a Then there is the ill-mannered chatter with which occupants of stalls and boxes at the theaters interrupt the performance. This censor of public manners nnd ; that the m .st hopeless h » h ™ ioe o£ the rising * ei * eivltlon ' A Vast Ruined City. A . party + of scientists , . have recently ® X P ored ihe ruin, of the great, eiiy oi Adcoi 5 «rAngor, situated in what are nOW ^ healmf ’^ inaccessible forests of ( y ambo la, Tne e ruins were d.scov ered. only a short t me ago, eom pa-ratively, though rumors have of tue exist* been ence of such a place long current in the country. The ruin* as described would indicate that Ancor mu t have bean one ofthe largest ? ti<?8 in the la f eest : q e mples, , palaees and edifice of va,t fi e -na fine state of preservation lie scattered over a wade territ ry, inter mingled with mounds and masses ot crumbling stonj and brick, large forest trees are gr .wing ts°of unon the de bria and in the c u paLce and temple. Lit le is known of the history of Ancor, tho. gn it is stated that it could send forth a m llioj i r more fighting men. The portions of the wabs still standing are cyclopean. How-it should have falk into such comi lete desue tude it is _____^__ difficult to conjecture, I-irst Ame ran „ Bo s i . » Japan, The first American boys who visited Japan wete set ashore with great cer e F° y near the city of Aeduo, or To* hio, on Thursday, July 14, i 58. They wo e the uulfot ’ m ( ,' f the Euited States navy, and every gilt button u an buckle They *»> pO.shed earned till between it shone them like gold. a la go square en e o. e of scarlet cloth, con ta ning two beautiml round boxes made of gold, each b x tact sed in a Erger b x or ro e wood, with locks, binges, and mount ngs a l ac e of Japau beautifully written on vellum and no; f lde g but bound in pare si'k ve.vet. To e ch letter the gieat seal o' the United S ateswas att cbed with ro ds of into -woven go d and silk,with Dendent boy”, -;oid tassels. The names of these ere netHutrnOthe writer. tut i would not be surprising if some vo Ame ,-ican should w ite to the Vcuag beys.”—Harper People. -My father Young was one of these s People, R' re Catch iu Main 0 . An exceedingly rare animal, a black-faced, black-eared caribou, was recently shot at Andover, Me. Th s caribou was also unu ually laige, Wlt u i -' 1 Kinchin* branchine, hnm- horns, ® But It Should Be. In the States of Indiana. Iowa, Kansas. Mississippi, Tenner-see and Vermont, and In the Territory of New Mexico. Washington’s holiday birth day is not a legal ADVERTISER. PECULIAR PORTRAITS. DO YOU WANTTObEE YOURSELF AS OTHERS SEE YOU ? An invention Said to Qe ofGreat Use in Photographing Criminals, and in Various Other Ways--Description ofthe Invention. On _ stands , small, , Sixr.i avenue a unpretentious photographer’s show ease, around which, at almost any hour of the day, quire a little knot of people aro gathered. The pictures which attract such interest are ex quisltely clear and soft in finish, and represent in nearly every instance a group of five or more persons, the central figure of which shows merely m JZL * + % tjr d ^ -r i -* !; f V ;**■ - ; \n. M. ^ 'V'vy fi 1 > | # I 1 r>- II f HI „<A ;.v> ViV' .i. yzfipy-'" I i !! i® Sil t ■ I m m ;} r 4* (Vi m m / AN EXCELLENT PLANT FOR STUDYING DRESS. a back view. This instance of ex¬ treme modesty or unaccountable in¬ difference on the part of the woman —the portraits are mostly ofthe fair sex—puzzles one considerably until the following written notice is ob¬ served : FHOTOM ULTIGRAPHS. 6 EE YOURSELF AS OTHERS SEE YOU. This awakens one to the fact that the pictures are not of a group of different people, but one person from five different points of view—full face, three-quarters, right and left profile and back. It is a well-known fact that the two sides of the human face are never exaetly alike, and you will be greatly surprised at the extent of the differ ence as brought definitely before you by these “multigraphs.” A young S By rrcd by a nose HbHic Hwutlineof tip and a wav cheek and pan with a large, full med about the mouth, IPPaBK^axniully and strikingly turned handsome throat and ear, a side face. A tall,slender woman, the back of whose trim-waisted and exquisite¬ ly gowned figure and well-poised head, with its massive coils of hair, was irresistibly attractive, had a sharp, thin-lipped, absolutely insig¬ nificant full face, while her profile was overweighted by the huge size of her chignon. | 7 Sfi ) 1 S') *? *: / V & 1 ■ LA i & \ r ***%&& \ Z' 1) h V 7 m r 1 fIVE GOOD PORTRAITS TAKEN INSTANTANEOUSLY. It must not be assumed, however, that the “photomultigraphs” serve only to show up defects. Somewhat unkind to a homely woman, they serve equally to emphsize the good points of a pretty one, and reveal to the beholder many new and hitherto undiscovered charms. On a visit to the studio, the pro prietor and patentee of the multi graph was exceedingly courteous, but not very communicative. It was not until a second visit was made that he consented to an examination of his interesting and ingenious invention, The writer had pictured to himself A Flyi ng Ma chine. A correspondent of the London M orld gives an interesting account of turincr 8 It esf•lblUbmenf following at Bixlev erSact } n Kent . is an “Some idea of its actual dimensions may be gathered on mentioning that when readv to start it measures from stem to stern 140 feet, and laterally 110 feet, and its single mast is forty fppi hicrh while its weight 'explains i« 7 OOt) pounds” Mr. Maxim in familiar language that his flying ma chine is constructed on the same principles as those determining the flight of a kite and a bird. A boy fastens a string to his kite so that when lie runs he brings it against the wind. At a certain angle the kite as¬ cends. With a bird, the weight of the body is many times heavier tha i the volume of air it displaces, but this is overcome by the great median - leal power exerted by the muscles cf the wings, the outstretching of which forms aeroplanes, assisting in sup* porting the body of the bird and op* eratrng in an ascensromu diructfon an arrangement of four or more separate mirrors, or a stand like a cheval glass with four di visions instead of three. The real multigraph, clever however, is much more in its compactness and sim plicit%\ At the first glance the apparatus resembles in shape an old-fashioned clothes-horse, with two folds lined on Hie inside with mirrors that are about 3x4.1 feet in the apparatus for bust pictures, and 7 x 5 feet in the larger one for full length portraits The frames are solidly built and mounted on strong rollers. The glass used must be of the heaviest French beveled plate, as the reflee tion requires it to be absolutely true as the faintest flaw in the mirror would be reproduced in the When in uso the folds of the multi¬ graph are opened so as to form a nar¬ row V. Across the top of the frame is a long iron rod, by means of which the size of the angle can be regu¬ lated. The sitter is placed directly in the opening, with his or her back to the camera. By narrowing the opening or reducing the angle, as many as twelve reflections can bo produced, * n,! ’ to obtain a clear photograph of ordinary size not more than five reflections are desirable, The results obtained by this system reflective photography are really exquisite. The pictures taken from mirrored reflection are singularly clear and have all the delicate soft ne S s of ivory type, f There is not space lure to permit Hie enumeration of one-half the uses for which tjve new invention is models, the and fyr tile pflftJiff Vfrfii-i '•» ment. will in photography of criminals, it in time prove almost invalua ble. That the photomultigraph will ever attain popularity as a souvenir wherewith to present one’s friends is rather doubtful. But there are, no doubt, a great many individuals, both in society and out of it, who appreciate the privilege of seeing themselves as others see them. The great mondaine may seriously study the effect of her new coiffure from point of view before displaying it in public. The reigning beauty can guage the exact effect of r pro file as seen through an admirer’s glasses across the opera house. The pretty debutante can arrange her “ u fly hair so as to make the best effect with latest thing in hats. To members of the theatrical pro fession, especially in studying the j make-up for a new part, the multi j graph should prove a great aid. A pretty actress learns from the ap plause of her audience the effect pro duced by her acting, but a new sen sation is in store for her to see for herself just how she looks from all sides of the house. ‘-The propellers of Mr. Maxim’s ^ B d d elerted rt ™ £ and ~i^Mrd4 bvthe boy pinions, the while his extensive aeroplanes repre *nt the piano of the Ei.o, .. also the Pinnated In ese principles area of the being bird universally s wings. admitted, after the exhaustive ex penments in which scientists hav* engaged, it remained for Mr. Maxim to design a motor, the power of which was proportionately far in excess of *ts weight; and this he has perfected, ascending the deck you cannot ^rn\re the many inventions which facilitate the working of the machinery, which is of the lightest construction, “The expenses of the preliminary experiments, with those attending the building and fitting up of the machine, have been no less than $50, COO, so that you are not surprised to learn that a watchman, armed to ths teeth, sleeps nightly in the canopied bed, with one eye and both ears open, Mr. Maxim is pleased with tbe be baviur of Iris irew machine.” i ! ^ ^ > - niE STREETS 0? CANTON. piotuiit:«!qtje sitht** tn the BUSY CHINESE CITS'. Thronged With People — Narrow Thoroughfares — Funerals Have the Right of Way—A Busy Scene. “1 LORENCE O’DRISCOLL, a I f=? member of the English House of Commons, 1ms a timely ar¬ il* tide, “In the Streets of Can¬ ton,” in the Century, A second paper will describe life on the river. Of the street scenes in Canton, Mr. O’Driscoll writes • Little if any sunlight struck dowu into these ways. Their narrowness would have prevented the intrusion of any but vertical beams, or those slant¬ ing parallel with the street, and, to guard against even these, a shade loving people Jpi i hung matting over¬ head. This gave the city the aspect of a huge straggling bazaar sheltered beneath a great ragged roof. The thorougfaros in the older por¬ tions of the city vary from about four to six or seven feet in width. In the newer quarters there aro frequently ten and even fifteen feet of space be¬ tween the houses ou each side. These narrow ways were thronged with tens of thousands of peopvle; looking along them it seemed almost asifono could walk upon men’s heads, so close were they. High and low, rich and pioor, all rubbed shoulders. Coolies, carried, on each eml of a six foot stick, water, firewood, and bur¬ dens of various sorts ; when au excep¬ tionally heavy load was to bo carried, some four coolies bore it, slung ou the middle of a bamboo, two at each end of the pole. Peddlers carried their wares m baskets slung at each end of a stick,or in flat trays hung like an old fashioned pair of scales, with the pole or beam on their shoulders. Carriers thus bore creels of fruit, fish, and all sorts of esculents; live rats, cats, aud dogs in wicker baskets; fat pigs in wicker cylinders, sometimes with their legs hanging out; and boxes, bales, and trays of toys. Through the throng exalted Chiuamen, fan in baud, m silken gowns, and with queues pen¬ dent far down the back, made their slow way in dignity, There were plenty of women and childron also in the crowd, some of the women hob¬ bling painfully along ou their tortured and distorted foet, which, from the tight binding, were so shrunken and diseased that their shin bones had become fleshloss skeleton supports covered with a wrinkled parchment skin, and their limbs seemed to H^iLtle better than gnarled and kno Occa sionallv aen iu_ oi f te8 TF i l ^tfonetl Inttice-F ) 1T7 1 ;(<>vg{-sr drawn,~br a rnair A'no wares or sweets for sale, and carried in one hand a little flat metal plate and a string with a small weight tied to one finger. With each twitch of his Anger a clear, musical note rang sharply in the air. Ping! ping ! ping ! sounded his little gong, heralding his approach from a long way off. Who knows? Perhaps from this primitive but artistic appliance has in the ponrse of ages been evolved our muf¬ fin-bell—profit music in the ears of those setting forth in quest of five o’clock teas. Anon our progress was checked by a funeral procession, which struggled past 11 s amid a blare of dis¬ cordant trumpets, beating of gongs, and screeching of stringed instru¬ ments, the mourners bearing aloft pa¬ per and tinsel dolls, bright streamers or little trays of food and sticks of in¬ cense. The coolies, who had their queues knotted up, tvore, for the most part, a bat shaped like a flat lump shade about two feet across. A little cup¬ shaped wicker basket fixed under¬ neath it held this covering over their heads, and it served more as a sun and rain shade for the body than an actual head covering. Clerks, merchants and well-to-do people carried their queues loose, and were either bareheaded or covered with a black satin or very fine black wicker skull cap with a coral button ou the top. Every one seemed busy; no one seemed unhappy ; each individual was polite, and prepared to make way for another. To keep to the right was ihe ru i e of the road, a rale strictly ai hered to, without which all progress ^uid have been impossible. As I looked along the crowded way, I couldseealwaystwolouglinesof peo pie in single tile, passing one another, ftn( j keeping close to their respective streets' right sides. In places the so narrowed in that passers-by rubbe l ahoulders. Every one stood aside for the passage of a luneral or a priestly procession, after which the aeknowi edged order of precedence was first a the lowest class labors, staggering person be neath * load-then any carrying a load, and lastly those who were nnenennoered by burden, A ioot ’ °f a wealt ^. mer - chant with a richly , emoroi lered . gown, moved aside to allow the coolie wood earner to pass alone nninter rupted. Ihere were no policemen ut corners to regulate tramc; old estab mutual lished^custom, obligation, based took on the a place policy of of u man in blue, The City H >r.<e Dropped Dead. A dealer iu horses recently took to Clyde, N. Y., a lot of horses that had been in use on a New York street railroad. D. H. Cady purchased one. He was driving it home when a traction engine, which horses native to Clyde do not notice any more tfian they would a sheep, met them iu the roa !. The city horse stopped, looked wildly at the strange thing for a moment, gave a shudder aud foil dead in it- tracks. —Chicago Herald. »