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    IV HcAle ftMirtuH.
I »n * mailing t*rxlerf >o»,
I'm Hying fur a claim;
Can any of yon mailer* pot
A fellow on the name ?
I ain't a hog, I don’t want much
A thiviaand to the ton, nr anoh.
itM
I am a parfeot tenderfoot.
I'm looking for a thence
To join aonto fortunate galoot
IVat’a (track • circnmat* aoe.
I ain’t a hag, I don’t went mach
A hnndrad to the ton, or aneh.
swear.
I am a atrnggllng tenderfoot,
I’m hnatiug for eotne pdM
That’a got the doarAright moral mot
To play a grah-etakr card.
I ain’t a hog, l don’t want much
A barm, can of beam, nr aaeh.
unt'igmar..
I am a weary leodorfo >:,
I want eotne Eastern Imm
Within hio hand my band to pot
And sweetly murmur Home."
1 ain't a hog, I don’t want mnoh
An empty through freight ear or anch.
-ffMnni*on (OoJ.) .Vett«.
Forking
FOR A LIVING.
“What am wo going to dof
Florence Ellia aaked the question,
with her ore* full of tears, and her pale
face turned anxiously upon her sinter.
Irene Ellis, a tall, stately brunette,
glanced np in unfeigned dintreae.
"God will help us,” she answered,
solemnly.
Florence continncd
“i am at a lorn. How are we two
girl" to get along in the battle with
poverty—wo who have never known
Hitch a dreadful thing ttefore and have
uerorenoountered lile’a hardships. Now,
we are thrown ujion our own reeourcea
and mamma’s health in so wretched a
state—poor mamma I”
“Florence, I wish you bad aocepted
Captain Winslowe I”
"Don’t!”
Florence turned away, her pale face
even paler.
"Captain Winslowe did not lore me,
Irene. He only songht me for the
wealth which was then onrs. I have
been told of hi* lorn for—for another.
And,” she added, bitterly, "ho has held
himself aloof since father’s failure in
business; and cron when poor father
died, he nevpr came near us. Don’t
talk of him ; ho is a heartier, merro-
asry man.”
Irene’s eyes searched Die pretty,
drooping face Indore her seriously.
"Florence, I don’t believe yon really
have so poor an opinion of Captain
Winslowe in your heart as vou give
utterance to. Vou are deceiving your
self. Who gave you ail this informa
tion concerning him?” she added,
ahrnptlv. ,
"Mr. Terrill.”
"I don’t like that mm, Florence ! I
believe he ia scheming for some Bullish
end. He has loved you for mouths,
and I am firmly persuaded that he would
stoop to any mean and dishonorable act
to gain your love; even to the slander
ing of a good man I”
Florence started.
"What do you mean?” she asked,
hastily.
"Nothing; I have no more to my now.
But answer me one question, Florrie—
honestly and candidly—do you care for
Mr. Terrill T
"No I” The reply was abort and de-
t iive. "No, I #o not 1”
Irene looked thoughtfnl.
"And you do ear* for Winslowe?"
she allirmnd. "I believe that, Florence,
though yon must not think that I am
forcing yonr confidence."
I’lorenoe remained ailont, bnt Ireno
had heard on old saying that “ailouce
J ives consent,” and draw her own de-
net tons.
"Here," cried Florence, suddenly,
(perhaps she dcsirod to change the sub
ject), “here wo are, discussing two non-
enti'ies, when we itavo real hit tineas in
hand. Irene, yon and I have a most
difficult—perhaps impossible—task be
fore u*. We must contrive, in some
w«y, to msko money—to furni.ih the
means of support to itiammn, and not
let her snspect the source of onr rove-
nne. It would kill her to think that
her girls wore working for a living.
Poor mamma roared us she bus been,
it is not in onr power to prove to her
the true dignity o' labor. She thinks
that every woman who works with her
hands is irretrievably disgraced. Ireno,
T wonder which is tho greater degrada
tion, honest, though muuual labor, or to
marry some man merely for a home and
the fine things which his wealth can
supply?"
Ir ne shrugged her shoulders.
"In mamma’s estimation,” she said,
"there eonld he no greater or more
lasting downfall and disgrace to her
two daughters than to he compelled to
work. Bnt for my part, I glory in the
strength and independence which God
has given me. Do you know what I
have decided to do ?”.
"No I What is it?"
1 he question was asked breathlessly.
Irene smiled.
"I am going to work in a print ng
office. You know I once learned to set
type - just for fun ; and uow I ran turn
mv accomplish men 1 to real profit. Mr.
Merton, tn>- publisher on Main street,
has offered me a situation. 1 am quick,
»nd a tolerable ‘workman’ already;
•practice makes perfect,’ you know ; and
1 am confident that in time I shall lie-
come a good compositor."
"But mamma r gospel Florence.
"She will think that I am iu ocliool.
You know we lw e a trifle left, and
while onr little capita! lasts I shall bo
perfecting myself in my trade, and soon
will he able to take good care of us all.
I dislike to deceive mamma, but wo
must live; and what are we to do?”
“But,” began Florence, dubiously,
"what is to be my shaft) in tho pro
gramme?"
"Oh, yon must stay nt home with
mamma. You like to cook and do
houtoork, and with a little assistance
from an experienced woman, yoa can
soon perfect yourself in that business,
und so, altogether, wo can contrive to
make mamma very comfortable."
Florence made no reply, hut into her
busy brain a strange idea darted, lodged
there and took root.
The two energetic girls carried out
tlieir schemes, and so carefully that
poor, foolish Mrs. Kilts was spared the
shock of knowing the truth in regard to
their occupations.
Under the directions of an experi
enced and practical cook, Florence soon
learned to make the most delicious
cakes; and the odd plun which had
originated in her bruin was to dispose
of °this commodity—to (ell enough
every day to add to their slender in
come.
But how was this possible without
bor mother’s knowledge? and such
knowledge would be worse than death
to the proud woman.
* • • • • •
It was a rainy, disagreeable evening,
and Oaptain Winslowe left his office
with a weary step. He wss a successful
lawyer, and had beer, occupied all day
with an important law suit which baffled
and tormented him.
Springing into a street oar to ride
home—glad to be free from the tor
ments and vexations of the day—his
Uxmghta were full of the woman whom
ha so dearly loved. For Captain Wins-
low* waa an honorable man, and he had
given his whole beart-to Florence Ellia.
What had been his indignation and
surprise when one day Mr. Terrill en
tered his office and astonished Wins
lowe by informing him of bis own be
trothal to Miss Ellis, and producing a
cruel note from Florence in which she
coldly gave Winslowe his dismissal.
Of course he had no alternative but
to submit—but his heart was hesvy,
for he sincerely loved the girl.
Then followed her father’s reverses
and death; but Florence avoided him
ro studiously, that at last ha understood
that she wished to drop his acquaintance;
and then all intercourse with tho Ellis
family came to an end.
Sitting in the street car, his mind
bnsy with these sad momories, Wins
lowe observed an old woman in one
oornor.
She wore a long, waterproof cloak,
and a great black Imnnet with a heavy
veil drawn over hor face; bnt be knew
by her licnt and stooping figure that
she was old and doerepld.
In ono band she grasped a small bas
ket which had held cakes, though the
stock bring nearly nil sold, bnt a few
remained.
Somehow the young man found it
difficult to remove his eves frohi the
drooping flgnre. From beneath her
rusty block skirt one foot peeped out,
and the glimpse which hr caught of it
disclosed a tiny foot, small and delicate,
not the size exactly that one would cx-
C to see among'the lower class. He
id himself gsr.ing at the littlo foot
as tliongh he were fascinated.
At length the old cako woman arose
hurriedly, and reached np to the strap
above her body to ring the liell. In hor
haste site dropped the faded black
glovo which she had worn, and which
she had removed for some purpose ; and
to YVinslowo’s amazement, he saw that
Iter hand was small and white, smooth
and delicate, as any drawiug room
belle's.
The car stop|M<d and tho old woman
hobbled forward ; it gave a sudden
start, and she waa thrown forcibly n|>on
the track as the car dashed on. •
Winslows caught a glimpse of a death-
white face, and he sprang from the oar,
bis heart quivering with a nameless
fear. He stooped over the hensclmut
form, and nttered an exclamation of
amazement and horror. Hailing
passing carriage he placed the
nnoonscions woman within, and
ordered the carriage to lie driven to
his own house. He bore the still inani
mate form within, laid hor on a sofa,
and sent for hia old housekeeper.
• • • • # #
"Where am I ?"
The old caka-womsn struggled
sitting postnre. Captain Winslowe
bent over hor.
"Florence—Miss Ellis I” he asked,
"for God’s sake tell mo tho meaning of
this masquerade ?"
She staggered to her feet.
"Lot me jioss!” she moaned. "I "
But he caught her hand iu his.
"Listen to me " ho cried. "I believe,
upon my word, that tlfora has bean foul
play. Tell mo, Florence, ore you en
gaged to Mr. Terrill r
"Who told yon so 7”
"He himself, when he delivered mo
your cruel uote of dismissal."
"My naio of dismissal ?”
Florence sank down on tho sofa again
in bewildermont. The captain seated
himself liesido her, and so at last the
whole truth came out.
How Terrill had been at tho bottom
of all,this trouble, thinking to win
Florence for cm own wife; but his
scheme had failed in every particular.
Anil thtu Florence coufidcd to Cap
tain Winslowe the whole story of their
financial troubles; and how, unknown
to any ono—oven her sister- she had
been for several weeks engaged in sell
ing cakes on tho street, in the disguise
of an old woman, and had really real
ized quite a fair profit, lie caught her
iu his arum.
"My poor darling,” he cried, “how
you must have suffered I But I thank
God for clearing up all the mystery und
trouble. And nothing ean ever part ns
again, my darling—nothing, save
death.”
And, one day last week, I attended a
grand double wedding, and saw Florence
Ellis become the bride ofCaptain Wins
lowe at the same time tbut Mr. Merton,
the wealthy publisher, became tho hus
band of the fearless-hearted, indepen
dent Irene.
facts for the curious.
retards were invented by the Hugue
nots in 1679.
Hats wore first made in England by
Spaniards in 1610.
St. Petersburg was founded by Peter
the Great in 1700,
Jenny Lind lives in London, and ia
worth a million dollars.
The use of the name Puritan began,
according to T'uller, in 1564.
A Brazilian plant, it has been just
discovered, wall reduce obesity.
Alum Works were Introduced into
England near the clone of Um sixteenth
oratory.
Herodotus states that the Lydians
were the first people who ooined gold
and silver.
There is a tradition among sailors
that the petrel waa named from St.
Peter, from his having walk'd on the
sea.
The number of rainy days is greatest
near the sea. and decreases in propor
tion the farther we penetrate into the
interior.
Tho Egyptians iielieved that after
3,000 years of living the lives of differ
ent animals, tho soul would again seek
its own body.
Supposing the earth to have been first
in a molten state the time which must
have elapsed in passing from a liquid to
a solid state ia fixed at 360,000,000
yean.
A loaf of eatajRt) bread haslxten mode
out of a deal board I The wood was
boiled, reduced to fibre, dried and
ground, when it had the smell and tnsie
of oorn flour.
The belief in centaurs originated iu
the mistake of somo spectators bchold-
ing a group of Thnssalonians on horse-
liack while their hor os were drinking,
the animals’ heads lieing depressed and
out of sight.
The marks by which tho sacred bull
of Egypt was known wore a square,
white spot on its forehead, the figuro of
an eagle on its bock, a .donblp tuft of
hair on its tail and the figure of the
sacred beetle under its tongne.
There is a plant in Chili, and a similar
one in Japan, called the "flower of tho
air." This appellation is given to it be
cause it has no root, and is never fixed
to tho curtli. It twines ronnd a dry
tree or sterile rock. Each shoot pro-
dnres two or three flowers like a lily,
white, transparent and odoriferous. It
is capable of being transported 200 or
300 leagues; and it vegetates as it trav
els, suspended to a twig.
FISHERMEN OF AFRICA.
Car Hlrkness.
A simple cure is recommended for
this trying malady, which is as bard to
endure as sea-sickness, and attended
with even more inoonveuience. Ladies
generally suffer most from this nansoa.
A journey by rail has for tbem all the
discomfort and snffering that an ocean
voyage has to the majority of travelers.
A latly who had oooaaion to take a short
trip on the Lowell road— and she never
travels by rail for pleasure- was, as is
usual with her, as thorough!j sick as
over a landsman is on the "hpaving
deep" by tho time she bail ridden a
dozen mites. The conductor of the
palacecur, who was apparently familiar
with such eases, told the sufferer’s com
panion that a sheet of writing-paper,
worn next to Ihe person, directly over
the chest, was a sure preventive of the
trouble in nine cases out of teh. He
hail recommended it to hundreds of
travellers, and never knew it tofail. The
lady was skeptical, but thought there
would be no harm in trying so perfectly
simple a remedy. For the return trip
a sheet of common writing note paper
wits fastened inside the clotbiug as di
rected. Result: a perfectly comfortable
jouvney, without a hint of the old sick
ness that had for years made travel by
rail a horror. It was so like a super
stition or a happy accident, however,
that the lady would not accept it a* real
until subjected to a more severe test.
This came in a day journey to New York,
and that baldest of all—a night trip in
an "aUcgod” sleeping-car Both were
taken in triumph. The "charm” worked.
The cure was simply wonderful—almost
too good to be true.
Why lie Weal Out of Journalism.
"Well, Colonel Ochiltree," said John
Russell Young, gazing at the blue ring
of smoke just expelled from his lips,
between which a Reins Victoria was
balanced, "do yon mind telling ns how
! ’ou came to desert from tho ranks of
ournalism T* Tom Ochiltree, oarefnlly
setting down his glass of Perrier Jonret,
said: "What I boys, did I never tell
you that story ?— why, it’s one of the
most remarkable events of my life I
When Young first knew me, I can say
without conceit, that I was a star of
.the first magnitude in the literary flr-
to * pnament. I had a proprietor’ interest
in a real live paper down in Texas. The
Uonaton Telegraph was a morning and
evening pa|>er, nail a weeklv edition,
and was the leader of the public opin
ion all over the Honth. I tell yon that
when a man hooted the Houston Tele
graph he waa Batoned to, and the paper
won celebratmMfor its truthfulness anil
terao EngliaWWvborever tho language
wag spoken, (rad don’t you forget It.
It was a big raoer, and we were doing
so well, snbsfJiptions and advertise
ments coming ill «n fast, that 1 thought
it would be a fair thing to have a little
relaxation ia the way of spending a few
of the summer months in Europe. It
isn’t n bod thing on the other side to be
known as the editor of a prominent
newspajier in Amerioa, and I soon found
myself sought after, anil perhaps too
conspicuous, which is not at all in mv
line.
"Well, I and Jim Bennett were strol
ling down the boulevard one evening,
smoking our cigars, after u good dinner
at the Calc Anglais. We bad three or
four Dukes and a couple of Earls with
ns, anil I think a Baronet or so, (Jim is
B urial to English noblemen,) when
ennett suddenly baited the whole
party at the telegraph office under the
Grand Hotel, saying : ’Hold on, Dukes,
I have got a big di-patch to send to the
New Y’ork Herald, just handed me by
nty French correspondent.’
“We all filed in and crowded the
office, while the Dukes anil Earls won
dered at the prodigal expenditure of the
young American editor.
"I wasn’t going to be behindhand as
an American e iitor, so says I, ‘How
much will the telegram cost ?’
" ‘Sixty thousand five hundred francs,’
says the operator, ‘and dirt cheap, too.’
"Bovs 1: ^Duplicate the dispatch to
tho Houston Telegraph. With your
permissi in, Jint,’ Bays 1.
“By George! gentlemen, the whole
thing was telegraphed to Texas— four
columns, solid—and the Houston Tele
graph went to protest the next day. I
haven’t been taking much interest in
newspaiiers since ; 1 prefer politics, and
that’s tlie exact truth about the matter.”
— The Hour.
After a careful study of the number
of deaths occurring to railway travelers
a French statistician observes that if a
person were to travel eontinually on the
rail be would probably live 900 years
before being killed by a railway acci
dent.
Progress,
Fifty years ago no one would have be
lieved that before the year 1881 instan
taneous communication would lie hail
all over the globe, thoughts traveling
like lightning along tho bottom of the
ocean, and the lieds of rivers, and across
the valleys and plains, and over the tojis
of tho highest mountains; that men,
women, and children would lie able to
talk together fifty or a hundred miles
apart just as distinctly os if tbey were
sitting in the same room ; that eight or
ton days’ travel would take us across
tlio continent, or from America to Scot
land ; that even light would be made
the vehicle of soauil, so that the reflec
tion of a shallow on a bit of selenite
would becomo audible at a considerable
distance ; that sound would become so
intensified that the walking of flics on a
sheet of paper would strike Ujion the
air like the prancing of horses; that,
without the uho ot pencil, or paint, or
graver, or any other tool, buildings, and
landscapes, anil human faces, and the
face ot the moon, anil auything else
that is visible, would be reproduced
with microscopic aocuiacv, in a second
of time; that our streete would be
lighted with electricity, thus turning
night into day; that teeth would be
drawn and limbs lopped off without giv
ing the slightest sensation of pain ; not
to speak of a multitude of other mar
vels with which we have suddenly lie-
como familiar. It is safer now to be
lieve too muck nt'.hcr than too little.
In n New York hotel ilia guests’ boots
are blacked by machinery.
lefrett— Part* Sheet the PUkerlra.
Professor Q. Brown Goode, of tho
Catted State* fish commission, and
•penial agent of tho foment in charge of
fishery statistics, read an ir.ierevting
paper on "Tlie Fishermen of the United
States," before the Anthropological
society of Washington. Professor Goode
•aid: Every man engaged in the fish
erica has at least one other man who ia
dependent to n considerable extent upon
the Inbo'.vr of the first for support. To
tho etaai of shoremen belong (1) the
capitalists who furnish nuppliro and
armantna for the use of the activo
fish—ten: (2) the shopkeepers from
whom they purchase provisions and
clothing, and (8) the shilled laborers
who manufacture for them articles of
aaparol, shelter and the apparatus of
the trade. In addition to the profes
sional fishermen, there is n large class
of asen who have peen called "semi-
prof Malone!’’ fishermen—men who de
rive from the fisheries less than a half
of their entire income. Taking into
aooonnt all thoee persons who are di
rectly employed in the fisheries for a
larger or smaller portion of th« year,
those who ore dependent npon fisher
men in a commercial way for support,
and the members of their families who
— actually depend ent upon their
labors, it cannot be far out of the way
to estimate the total number of persons
dependent on tho fisheries st from 800,-
000 to 1,000.000.
The total value of the product to the
producers fi(tho fisheries of the United
BtaMkBaa not yet been definitely de
termined ; bnt it will doubtless prove
to be somewhere between forty sml fifty
million of dollars. Of the tbirty-one
Stains and Territories whose citizens
j are engaged in tho fishery industry,
! seventeen have more than a thousand
| professional fishermen. The most im-
E riant of these States is, of course,
ksssohusetts, with from eighteen to
| twenty-five thousand men. Boroml
stands Maine, with ten to twelve thou-
; sand, naless indeed the sixteen thou
sand ovstennen of Virginia tuid the
i fifteen thousand of Maryland are allowed
| to swell tho totals for those States.
I Maine, however, stands second so for as
j the fisheries proper are concerned.
Third oomes New York with about
I 6,000 men, then New Jorsoy with 4,000
men, North Carolina with 3,500, Oregon
with its hordo of salmon fishormon
2,500 in iramber, Florida with 2,100,
(Connecticut and California with about
2,000 each, Michigan with 1,781, Wis
consin with 800, Georgia with 1,400,
Ohio with 1.04A, Delaware, Rhode
Island and South Carolina, each with
about 1,000 ; New Hampshire, Alabama,
Louisiana and Texas with abont 400
each, and Mississippi with only sixty.
The majority of our fishermen are
native-born oitizens of the United States,
although in certain localities there are
extensive communities of foreigners.
Most numerous of these arc the natives
of the British provine<e, of whom
there are at least fonr thousand em
ployed In the fisheries of New
EnglUnd. There are probably not
less than two thousand Portuguese,
ehiefly natives of the Azores and of the
Cepe de Verd Islands. Most of the
Portngueae have brought their families
with them, and have built up extensive
communities in the towns wnenco they
sail npon their fishing voyages. There
are alto abont one thousand Scandina
vians, one thousand or more of Irish
and English birth, a considerable num
ber of Freach, Italians, Austrians, Min
orcans, Slavs, Greeks,^ Spaniards and
Germans. In tho whaling fleet may be
fonnd Lascars, Maluyfc and a .larger
nambe* ofoffiauakae, <W uaUvesJof tho
various South Sea 'Islands. In the
whale fishery of Southern New England
a considerable number of men of par
tial Indian descent may be fonnd, and in
the fisheries of tho great lakes - especi
ally those of Lake Superior and the vi
cinity of Mackinaw—ludiunsaud Indian
half-breeds are employed.
The salmon and other fisheries of
Puget Sound aro prosecuted chiefly by
the aid of Indian flshormen. In Alaska,
whero the population depends almost
entirely npon the fisheries for support,
the head of every family is a professional
fisherman, anil upon a very low estimate
one-fourth of the inhabitants of Alaska
should be considered as fishermen. Few
of them catch fish for the use of others
thau their own iinmodiute dependents.
Only ono Chinaman has as yet enrolled
himself among tho fisherman of the. At
lantic coast, but in California^ and
Oregon there are about four .thousand
ot these men, all of whom, excepting
-about three hundred, are employed os
factory hands in the salmon oanneries
of the Sai-ramento and Columbia basins.
. The three hundred who have t the
right to Le classed among the actual
1 fishermen live for the most purt in Cali
fornia, auil the product of their industry
is to a very great extent exported to
China ; although they supply the local
demands of their oountrymun resident
j on the Pacific coast.
j The negro element in the fishing
population is somewhat extensive. We
1 itavo no means of ascertaining how
many of this race are included among
tlie native-born Americans returned by
the census reporters. The shad fisheries
of the South ore prosecuted chiefly by
the use of negro muscle, and probably
not less than four or flv- thousand of
these men are employed during the shad
and herring season in setting and haul
ing tho seines. Tho only locality where
negroes participate to a large extent in
the shore fisheries is Key West, Fla.,
where the natives of the Bahamas—both
negro and white -are considered among
the most skillful of the sponge and mar
ket fishermen. Negroes are rarely found,
however, npon the sea-guing fishing ves
sels of the North. There is not a single
negro among the 5,000 fishermen of
I Gloucester, and their absence on the
other fishing vessels of New England is
no less noteworthy. There is, however,
a considerable sprinkling of negroes
among the crews of the whaling vessels
of Provinceton and New Bedford, New
Bedford alone reporting over 201). These
mm ore for the most purt natives of the
West India Islands; such us Jamaica
and St. Croix, where the American
whalers engaging in the Atlantic fishery
ore accustomed to make harbor tor
recruiting and enrolling their crewo. As
a counterpart of the solitary Chinaman
engaged in the Atlefltic fisheries we
hear of a solitary negro on the Pacific
coast, a lone fisherman, who sits on the
wharf at New Tacoma, Washington
Territory, and fishes to supply the local
market. ‘
The number of foreign fishermen in
the United States, excluding 5,000
negroes and 8,000 Indians and Esqui
maux, who are considered to be nr.tive
bora citizens, probably does not exceed
10 to 12 per cent of the total number,
as is indicated by the figure^ which
have alrtady been given. Considerably
more thau one-half of tho fishing popu
lation of the United States belongs to
the Atlantic coast north of the capes of
—
Delaware ; of this number at least four-
fifths are of English descent. They air
by far the most interesting of onr fisher
men, since to tbeir number belong the
20,000 or more tncr. who may properly
be designated tbe • ’sailor fishermen" of
the United States.
Professor Ooodo referred to tlie men
tal and physical traits of the New Eng
land fishermen, their enterprise as shown
in their readiness; to adopt improved
methods, their intelligence and public
spirit. He spoke also of the education
of the yonng fisherman, and the injury
to good seamanship resulting from the
custom of deferring the shipment of the
boys who formerly entered the business
at tbe ege of ten or twelve bnt who now
remain on chore until they are fifteen or
sixteen, and have bad tneir respective
faculties dulled by school training.
Reference was made to the morality of
the fishermen, the strict observance of
the Sabbath to be met with among large
classes of them, and the entire absence
of ardent spirits on the fishing vessels.
The character of their favorite books and
newspapers, their amusements, their
dialect and their superstitions were dis
cussed. The chief diseases were notod
to be dyspepsia and rheumatism. They
are as a rule long-lived, though tho fish
ing population of largo ports like Glon-
center is decimated nv ditaater every
year or two. The financial profits vary
from 61,000 to $2,000 a year for each
man, though sometimes a year’s work
results sorely in an embarrassing bur
den of debts.
A Riser’* Romance.
At omherst College, in the class of
*53,there were two chums who hail stuck
together ever since they had first cu
te ed college. They were fast friends,
and no tronble had ever disturbed their
1 friendship. One was the son of rich
I st rents and tbe other a oonntry minis
ter. When they graduated the rich
man’s son went into business with his
father in New York and took his friend
with him as an employe. Things wont
smoothly for some timo, when that com
mon accident of life happened. Thev
both fell tn love with tne some giri.
The fight in the heart of tho employe
waa long and bitter, but, contrasting kis
position with that of his friend, the
differences in the advantages ho eonld
offer the woman, he yielded, and with
scarcely a word of parting, with none of
explanation, ho left New York and went
Woet. A yoar afterward found him in
Han Francisco, and he to n joined, the
gold diggers. His fortune was varied,
at times rich, at times poor; afterward
in Nevuda he followed silver mining,
and when the silver craze struck Lcsil-
villo he went there, lltere he was suc
cessful, and this spring, a rich man, he
determined to return East for the first
time in twonty-fonr years. Yesterday,
as be got off the South western train st
Wilton, Iowa, and went to get on the
main line train which was to carry him
to Chicago, a lady vfho was trying to
turn a scat attracted his attention. Step
ping forward to help Iter, he first looked
with wonder, then joy, to see that it
was tho woman he hod run away from
so long ago, a woman now post forty,
but handsome yet. He talked to her
timidly at first and uncertain. When
he learned that she was yet unmarried
his questions come faster yet, and her
present condition was soon known to
him. Her parents had died, and, de
pending on her own exertions for sup
port, she had taught school, and at pres
ent was principal of a school in western
Iowa. The old lovo still lived in the
miner's heart, and ho soon fonnd that
he had not been entirely forgotten by
her. To make a long story short, it
was a very hanpy-lookipg couple who
got off the train here last night, look
ing for a minister, anil a still happier
one which registered at the Sherman as
Mr. and Mrs.Shcarbnrn, Leadville, Col.
A White Ran nit Exhibition.
It is quite a common thing to sco in
our country men of savage tribes on ex
hibition in musenms. The tallies are
now tnrneil, for a white man was lately
on exhibition in Africa. Mr. Joseph
Thomson, a recent explorer of the cen
tral African lakes, writes of bis expe
rience with tho Mahenge tribe :
A royal proclamation was sent over
the count) J, making it known in African
FOR THE FAIR BIX.
Mlahs I Ton seal) I'raaaat «Jlrt«.
Nowhere among the peasant ) of say
nation that we have seen in person or in
picture have we met more barbaric bril
liancy of costume titan at a meeting of
Minhr oonntry girls in holiday attire.
The flashing colors of the ,very foil,
many-plaited stuff petticoats, the Im
maculate white sleeves and dark bodice,
with its embroidered border, tbe gay
kerchiefs over the dark locks and about
the neck, and the profusion of filigree
jewelry, a little gold being hammered
-out so as to go a great way, and ex
panding itself into cobwebs of delicate
tracery, waffle-iron earrings as large as
the palm of a man’s hand, and several
pain worn at him, the entire corsage
covered with a cuirass of chains, hearts,
crosses, and other ornaments, make up
a tottf msemhle which even Solomon in
all his glory would have found it hard
to rival
t'slar* la Uvraa.
The costliest materials will fail to
produce an agreeable impression in u
lady's toilet unless their colors hare
been carefully blended. The object to
be aimed at in dress is, therefore, a per
fect harmony of color. Foi this purpose
the Arl Amateur advisee that one color
be taken as the motive ot dress and
work npon ita varieties. Red a« the
predominant color of a drees could be
worn by very few but its numerous va
rieties are popular. Scarlet, :?o> in
stance, is used to light np the neutral
colors j it also harmonizes with white.
Crimson requires white to soften it, or
it may be combined with blue and gold
or with purple and green. Claret
agrees with gold or onugo. So does
maroon which may also bo used with
green. Magenta ia beat set off ’by
block. As for pink, its dclioooy renders
it unsuitable for any but the most deli
cate complexions. The only decorations
it will bear are in black or white or sil
ver gray. Bine shonld be softened by
white when it oomes in juxtaposition
with the skin. It harmonizes with its
complementary, orange; but fire and
water are not more discordant than bine
and yellow. Bine muy also be oomkined
with a warm brown, crimson and gold.
Light bluo is a trying color and by gas
light turns a pale green. When ’worn
it should be treated abundantly with
white or with gray or drab.
Yellow is sometimes effective, worn
by brunettes. Black goes well with it,
so does amber or orange. A tall figure
inclined to paleness may wear orange
and black or orange and purple.
Green ie a difficult color under gas
light, but may be worn in the day with
combinations of white and scarlet. For
evening attire it is effectually relieved
with gold. Light green may be used
with white or brown or dark green.
Purple is the royal color. It may be
embellished with gold or orange or a
little amber or oven scarlet. White
ahonld be nsed to relieve it. Manve
combines with cerise, white and gold.
For slight mourning it may be treated
with black and white. Lavender, tor
half mourning, requires block.
Gray, as a neutral color, is generally
useful and widely popular. It may be
enriched with bright colors, even soar-
let or crimson, or treated with quiet
tints.
Drab and fawm are nentral colors, like
gray, but somewhat warmer. These are
susceptible of various treatment and
may be heightened or toned down, ac
cording to the wearer’s fancy.
Hew* asS Note* for Wmh.
There are 75,000 self-stipjiorting wo-
«men in New York city,
i ^ t" **id that Qnoen Victoria pos
sesses 167 India shawls.
A grandniece of President John Tr
ier, Miss Julia Beauregard, was lately
married at St. Louis to Lieutenant Lone
Howell, of the army.
It is reported that Miss Eva Mackay,
daughter of the "Bonanza King," ia to
marry a kinsman of Marshal McMahon,
the Count d’Horconrt.
A clown in Barnum’s circus says he
has had an many an twenty-five women
to offer to elope with him in ono sea
son. What actor tun show a better
record ?
A Hocond street girl, who is taking
tips and a clutter of faoqneainot rosea
to brighten the whole, aro extremely
stylish for summer wear.
English dressmakers continue to uao
a little more embroidery on thoee pretty
pongee suits by setting sn apron under
the opening of the polonaiee. They
soften the rigidity of the shoulder cape
by giving it a border of thick frinjp
matching the pongee.
Fanciful sleeves are the part of tha
costume to which women desirous of
drawing attention npon themrelraa in
thn street now devote tbe greatest
thought and care. Something very
I much puffed, very much shirred, and
j altogether unfit for public display ia
preferred.
Flonnoea for the back breadths and
an umn for the front, and flonnoea for
! the front breadths and drapery for the
back, aro equally fashionable. Flounoaa
for the aide breadths and drapery in
front and back is a style of skirt yet to
be worn by some bold spirit, but it will
come, possibly.
j Dark green and pink, ttr.i rosebud
, combination, appears in one of the
summer suits which ha* a skirt in the
i latter color with flonncea of cream lace,
and an overskirt of dark green watered
silk cut in squares on the edge. Tha
scarf drapery is of phtk and the basque
of green; tne bonnet of green crape
. with a wreath of pink rosea.
Bridemaids wear short walking
I dresses of white Surah, combined with
white nnn's veiling and lace, made with
puffed sleeves, short waists and wide
belts, ornamented with large silver nnd
steel buckles, into which ore thrust im
mense clusters of crimson roses. They
wear large Gainsborough hats of whit#
shirred satin, nearly covered with whit*
lace rod nodding ostrich tips, and oarry
moss ba*kots filled with roses, mountain
■ ferns nnd long drooping vines and
grasses, which fall over tbe sides of a
basket, mingling with tho airy draperies
on the left side of the dress.
Making a grenadine ilrcrn has never
been a joyful task, and there have been
seamstresses who would refuse to take
n needle in hand to work upon one, bnt
they are worse than ever this summer.
So long as grenadine skirts were simply
draped, and only bad to have their
seams run evenly, the only difficult
work abont them was .hemming; bnt
| now, when the whole front breadth ia
1 often covered with fine knife plaiting-
there are as many stitches in a grena,
dine as there should be in a silk. Tha
dirtinotiro beauty of tbe material, ita
' airiness, is entirely spoiled by this
treatment, and it looks heavy and for
mal.
1 Lace collars, fichus, etc., are often
made with tinted silk lisso. The latest
collars sre of two or three rows of Bre-
I ton, vermicelli or other light laoe, each
row falling slightly over the one below
' and the top row being fastened on the
inside, the edge falling instead of stand
ing around the neck as formerly. Puf
fings of tnlle, mull or silk or also need
in place of collars and raffias at tha
( neck. Jabots of laoe are as popular as
| ever and are confined at the throat, aa
are most neck trimmings, by a fanciful
lace pin. A small bow, similar to the
large one worn at the left side as a fas
tening for the satin belt, are also worn.
| Bows and loops of two-inch satin rib
bon are usually placed at different places
on the skirt, matching the neck and
waist bows in color, though often of a
different width of ribbon,the widest be-
1 ing placed at the waist New York
Herald.
abont Ben Butler’s
tar’s Last Dag.
oshington dog-catcher
reporter: iTherette.
it wit business than
d tell you a story
that
yon
fashion that the chief, ever mindful of 1 her first lesson* in housekeeping, is
bis loving subjects, had, regardless of —“
expense, secured a real white man, and
that all who desired to see this great
curiosity must come nt once, as ho
Tould only be detained a few days. In
response to this invitation the people
fiockcd to the exhibition in crowds.
They issued, miserable and sooty, from
the swamps and marshes in the east.
Thev flocked down in wild array from
the high mountains in the west. The
fishermen from the rivers Urunga and
j Buaha sent their quota till Mkomokero
: was filled with visitors. I at once be-
| came all tbe rage, and it would have
quite delighted any philanthropist to
see the way iu which they studied my
every movement. Even the mysteries
of the toilet could not bo- veiled from
tbeir curious eyes, a fact which caused
me much embarrassment. But as in
tbe case of the lions ut the Zoological
Gardens, "tbe feeding” was the great
attraction. A hush ol expectancy would
fall npon tha crowd as the hoar ap
proached, nnd they watched with a feel
ing of awe tbe box being laid out and
the camp stool set beside it, with the
metal plate and cup, the bottle of salt,
anil the can of sugar, together with the
knife and fork. As the boy appeared
with the stewed fowls and sweet pota
toes the excitement usually rose per
cept iblv, anil a crush for front places
j would ensue, threatening to upset my
I humble moat. The climax usually was
| reached wben, with all the gravity I was
' capable of assuming, I took the* knife
and fork in my bands. Tho fowls, how
ever, were leathery, anil my unavailable
(sic) attempts to cut or carve reduced
the whole spectacle fioin the sublime to
the ridiculous, and »Horded such food
for satire and laughter to the wags of
tho tribe that 1 blushed and scowled.
Flower of tlie ilassia Tree.
The flower of the bassia tree, which
grows in India, has curious properties
It presents no remarkable features at
the time of its opening, bnt after a few
days, when the fruitifieation has been
accomplished, tho petals begin to swell
end be.•nine *W!iy. After a while tho j South.
trying, says tho Stillwater Lumberman,
to raisa chickens by feeding them with
yeast cakes
There ore some economical girls in
Tonuessee. For a social entertainment
recently, a yonng lodv chose to be a
shepherdess because, she soid, she could
afterward use the crook for a cistern
I ole.
The Empress Eugene visits her be
loved dead at Chiscllmrst every week
when she is iu tho neigborhood, and
twice a month assists at the service
soid for them by Monscignour God
dard.
An Ottawa policeman arrested two
respectuble young women in that city a
few days since, because they were wear
ing "loud" hats. His object, as ho ex
plained, was to "loach thorn to dress
quietly in tho future.”
Dr. Harry Darling, of Atlanta, Go.,
whilo visiting Niagara Falls, was so
smitten by the charms of a girl who
sold relict in one of the museums—
Annie Murphy,of St. Catharines—that he
proposed, was accepted, and the next
day they were married and started for
the south.
Among thp peasantry in a certain
portion of Germany it ’is considered a
sign of good lnck to meet a pig. Some
shrewd goldsmith ntilized the idea by
manufacturing charms, or pig emblems,
which bi-came ail the rage in Germany,
and which have lately been the fashion
in this country.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, who, with
her daughter, was present in New Or
leans at the recent unveiling of the statue
of her hnsb ml, is described as a small,
delicate woman of dignified bearing and
cordial nnd quiet manners. Mrs. Jack-
son's father is Presbyterian clergyman,
Rev. Dr. Morrison, of Cottage Home,
N. 0.
Fimliion Voici.
New Y’ork girls tie their throat bou
quets with love-knots.
Hair cut short on tho top of the head
for curling is called terraced in the
aarolia falls to tho ground, charged with
saccharine matter, leaving the pistil on
the tree to grow into nn excellent fruit.
Thn corocla itself has also acquired the
properties of an edible fruit, and is at
tractive to iusecis, beasts and • men.
Numbers of jieopte come from consider
able distances to gr.tlier tho fallen
flowers. They dry thorn and cat them,
either in the natural state or cooked,
and make of them a regular article of
merchandise. A liquor is distilled from
them which lias a dreadful odor, and
i iroduces worse effects than other alco-
tolic drink i.
Cheat) prints trimmed with the most
costly laco are the propel- costumes for
French wutering places.
The flounces of some French summer
silk gown* are raveled into fringes in
stead of being hemmed.
Flounces put on in cascades are some
times used to trim underskirts. They
arc necessarily narrow, as other wise they
would foil shapelessly, and at best they
have a queer, upside down look.
White Leghorn hats, covered with
rows of peurl-bcadod Spanish lace, and
trimmed with four or five short ostrich
would open your oyes. Perhaps ,,
won’t believe it, but it’a so, every word
. of it. I told yon a while ago that I
I thought $60 waa a big reward for find
ing a dog. It coat $20,000 to look for
Ben Butler’s dog, and yet Tiger has
never been found. The case tm this
wav: Some five or six years ago Butler
had a very fine Siberian bloodhound
that he prized very highly, and which
hail been given to him by a Boston
friend. One day the dog was missing,
anil Mr. ltntler was very angry. He
advertised extensively for Tiger, but for
many days ho eonld hoar nothing from
his favorite. At length the dog was
brought home by a pale yonng nutn, and
Mr. Bntler willingly paid him five dol
lars as a reward. (toon afterward Tiger
was again miMing, and the same agony
was suffered by Mr. liutler. Again the
samo young man returned the dog, and
Mr. liutler again rfhelled out a V. Bnt
this time he tied np the dog and ordered
his man to keep an extra watch on his
kennel. In throe weeks that dog was
again missing, and no search that could
l>e mode turned him up. Mr. Bntler
had the young man who had twice
I found him hunted up by the polios, and
accused him of having stolen Tiger.
The charge couldn't be proven, how
ever, and then detectives were put t*
work on the case. Thev soon reported
that the do£ hail left the city. Mr.
Butler, visiting tho treasury department,
had a talk with Mr. Whitney,’ who put
several members of the secret service on
the track of that dog. First they got a
clew of Tiger away np somewhore in
New Y’ork State. Then they heard from
him in Portland, Me., and again in In
dianapolis, Ind. They visited many
, cities, anil the public thought they were
looking for counterfeiters and bogus
plates. They were in reality after Bai
lor’s dog. But after a search of nearly
a year they gave np the chose, and
Tiger has nevor to this day been heard
from.
Don’t Postpone It-
If you have a disagreeable duty to
perform—and few arc fortunate enongb
to escape unpleasant things in this life
—fulfill it promptly. Nothing is goinod
by deferring a dreaded piece of work.
If it be a carpet that must be taken up
and turned, the best parts brought to
the middle, and tho want adroitly
managed so that they will be under the
, bid and out of sight, it might just as
well be begun to day as next week.
I Begin it to-day, anil by next week it will
be finished. If you owe a call to a fret-
j fnl, unhappy woman who will jar npon
yonr nerves and disturb yonr composure,
do not be cowardly and shirk the mat-
j ter, but make yonr call. You may find
the lady in a rare mood of sunshine. If
! yon are appointed as oollecto: for it
missionary society and you prefer any
j way of working lor the cause to
soliciting money for it, nevertheless if
to do that be your dr.ty, and yon ac-
i knowledge it as such, please undertake
• it at once. Yon will find Alpc melting
l>eforo you into mole-hills. You will
receive courtesy where you dreaded
rebuff. It will not seem very hard after
all, if you do it bravely and because it
is your duty,
Ja]ion it, now supporting six large
universities on the European