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Advertising Rates. O ic square, fir-it insertion., $1 00 E «cli subsequent insertion. 50 Ten lines of Minion type constitute a square. Ail Advertisements not contracted tor will be charged above rates. . Advertisements not specifying the length of time . for which they are to be lu-erted wilt be «>nti iued until ortlered out and charged for accordingly, Adverti-ements to fixed places will be ciiargcd 25 occupy above regular No ;»er cent, rutes. ice In local column in mserte*! for five cents per line each insertion. Gorr spondence containing important news sollc ted Address all correspondence to THE NEWS, Box 870. Toccoa, Ga. THE PAST AND PRESENT OF PETTICOATS AND THEIR PROS¬ PECTIVE DECLINE. A.t»«ur<l Devices of Fashion In Women’s Attire—Mr..* .Tonne*. Miller and Her Correct System of Drees for Women. No Corsets, No Ligatures, No Hands. We are in the habit of calling this a high civilization. We boost much of our progress In culture, commerce, the arte, sciences and Inventions; but in the matter of women’s dreas we are still slaves to tho foolish fetich fashion. Let any one hint that women are improjierly, unhealthfully and unbeautifully dressed, and a howl goes up from tho throats of both sexes that said hinter wants to turn all the women into men. To inveigh against that curse of humanity, the petticoat (which Includes all draperies under the ttanio of skirt as well), is to draw sneers from simpletons and provoke the twaddle of fools. Tho skirts of wftmeu make all the trouble, Their shape, dimensions and trimming keep their wearers in continual slavery keeping up to the murk. That was a wise Frenchman who dollned woman as "the trimmed animal.” He might also have added that she was owned by her trimmings. The French costume of 1705, adopted by Madame Beauhamnis (afterwards the Em¬ A Si V I M #W • FRENCH, 1795. frequently wears a trained gown, bo anxious is she to avoid “revealing the outlines of her figure.” The hell hoop which reign,*d France from I860 to 1867 and pervaded in this and other countries was an atrocity in dross which for downright indecency could not bo improved upon. It operated on the wearer like an open umbrella set on a floor to dry out. If any¬ thing touched it on one side it reared extrav¬ agantly on tho other. When it came to ex¬ posing the leg the graceful costume of Mnie. Btauharnais was modesty itself beside it Yet so powerful was the hideous fashion that no woman, rich or poor, dared keep out of hoops. If one belt? or there refused to don them she was the object of riiiieulo everywhere, and was even looked upon with suspicion whore aho was unknown. Finally the hoops died tbe death of all evil tilings. The pullback came in, and once more women were permitted to admit that they, too, had l>een formed in the image of th**ir endowed with built on pincushions, as one might have sup¬ posed from their ap¬ pearance. Tho pull¬ back was a graceful style, hut fool fash¬ ion would not let it live It was ban- ished to make room for bustles, which hnve grown and grown until they now extend from tho rear of a wo¬ man like a huge annex to a build- ing. And the worst of it is that hoops, genu¬ ine, old fashioned hoops, are threatened. Whether sane American women will put them on I know not. Mrs. ,, Jonness , Miller, formerly of Boston, she appropriately rails “a system of correct dress for wome».” If universally adopted, this system would, it is believed, lift the bur- den of ill health *eid the curse of deformity from womankind forever. It discards both corsets nnd petticoats, and is entirely free firom ligatures and bands. Think of what a mercy to women such a style of dress woul< be. More than that, it is beautiful, far mor beautiful than the clumsy things ordered b. fashion, aud what a time saver as well a dress? strength and work saver is this new style o Next the body is a union garment of silk or wool, for winter wear, covering it completely, clinging jersey fashion, and making no bulk, Over that is a muslin garment, also follow ing the figure. Then come what Mrs. Miller calls f f i REFORM. beautiful and graceful than, fashion can de- rise. Mrs. Miller’s tlieory, which is unmis¬ takably correct, is that we should be clothed iu all respects as our natural structure de- mands. __ On this princees or tea gown foundation a woman can pile the temmu»£ she press Josephine) and Madame Tal- licn was a Greek gown of delicate, soft falling mate¬ ria], slit to the knee. With it was worn digitated stockings and san¬ dals. Their effort was to revive sim¬ plicity. The com¬ ment upon it was that they had ae- complixhed im¬ modesty. But that is always said of any innovation in dress which reduces her load. Tho lady who gathers crusts from the ash barrel S v • HOOFS, “leglets. In plain English these are trousers, made for winter, of warm cloth, as thick as the material of men’s ^ trousers, They extend a trifle below the knee, and fit snugly over the lower part of tho body. They supply all the needs of petticoats, and more. Over them is worn the gown, which is cut princess fashion, consequently hangs no weight on the hips. Its lines fol¬ low tbe lines of the body, which are, or ought to l»e, more r" FOCCOA NEWS VOL. XIV. to; but the wise ones don’t won't to spoil all the lines with furbishing*. For the street Mrs. Miller’s gowns are extraordinarily short. Sho tells how she was stared at in the parlors of a fashionable hotel by some women, who said, one to another: “Isn’t her dress short? ’ On hearing this she answered pleasantly, “Yes, it is short, but it is comfortable, and never untidy.” She recommends that ladies short- en their skirts little by little until they at last reach a degree of brevity which shall enable them to walk or perform any other work with ease as men do. Mrs. Miller is such a Juno in appearance, tbat man > T a wotnan who would 1,ke to & et into comfortable apparel looks at her and sighs in despair, “Oh, that woman can wear any- nnd look lovely in it.” But the lady has designs for thin women, and fat women, and shapes of women, CAPT. EADS’ SHIPW .Y. Comparisons Hetweeu It and the Isth¬ mian Canals. Capt. Eads, who is now at Nassau, is jubi lant over the senate’s action in passing tho bill authorizing the construction of his pet scheme, a ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and well he may be. Whether the enterprise will be a successful one in case it is carried on to completion is, of course, still a matter of debate, but no one will dis¬ agree with the statement that it is a grand oouception and that the captain’s plans are singularly ingenious and complete. If it lie successful there is no doubt but the world will be the gainer by it, the United States most of nil. Tho interoceanic communication that will be afforded by the Eads ship railway will open for us the door of the Gulf of Mexico into the vast domain of the Pacific ocean, with all its great and increasing commerce. Tbe Pacific coast of the United States, Mexico and South America, and India, China, and Aus¬ \~ti ^ ^ ji | ; t ' 1 ’ ..... --v. ROUTE OF EADS SHIPWAY. way requiring for its construction not a quarter of the probable expenditure on the Panama canal, it will be able to control the larger part of the commerce. Without giving at this time a detailed de¬ scription of tho proposed plans, it should be stated that the earlier plans have been greatly modified. Instead of being drawn up an in¬ cline, the vessels are to ho raised by a vertical lift on n Hom ing pontoon, a system of hydrnu lie rams taking the vessel under the keel ard bilges and supporting it in a natural nnd un¬ strained jKxsition, so that the vessel is vir¬ tually water borne through the lifting, trar.s- porting and lowering process. Three tracks, each of the standard gauge of four feet eight and one-balf inches, will lie laid on a solid roadbed, constructed of excellent materials, in the most thorough manner. The carriage * * X A I * * C r L onrl« CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO AND TBE GULF. that carries the vessel is most ingeniously ceil- structed. The immense weight of the maxi- mum load is so evenly distributed as not to ordinary “L railroads. on ^riit*b?™i"?whS‘ on Any irregularities in the track will be overcome by powerful springs placed over each pair of wheels and allowing a movement of fivo inches. The people living on the isthmus are favorably inclined and even enthusiastic for the rail- way. .. The bill as passed incorporates Capt. Eads ‘and eighty others as a body politic, under the title of the Atlantic and Pacific? Ship Railway company; the stock is not to exceed $100,000,000, and when 10 per cent of it is subscribed and paid for a meeting of stockholders is to be held in New York ami Washington to elect directors. If this is not accomplished in two years the charter is to expire, by limitation, The maps given with this show the routes 0 f tbe Panama and Nicaragua canals and tbe Eads railway, and will be interesting for comparison. The Panama canal project, which is now beinsr pushed forward under j e Lesseps’ supervision, is too well under- stood to need further description, The scheme for opening the Nicaragua canal to navigation provides for a harbor at Brito on the Pacific coast; a canal 16> s miles long, thence to Lake Nicaragua with a rise of 107 feet, which is to lie overcome by ten locks; an open passage through Lake Nicara¬ gua 56 niiles In length; 03 miles of slack water navigation in tho San Juan river, se¬ cured by the construction of four dams at Castillo, Balas and Machuca rapids, and at tho mouth of the San Carlos, respectively, around the upper three of which are to be constructed short sections of canal whose united length is 3 1 , miles; a canal about 42 miles in length leading from the basin formed by the lower dam dire-rtly to Greytown; and lastly, the formation of a harbor at that place. SUMMARY. ,-Miles of-. Slack Canal. Lake.water. T'l. Pacific to Lake Nicaragua. 16.33 16.33 ba^e Nicaragtia .... 56. oP 50 50 San JuanJUyer .... .. S.M - M « «53 tralasia will then tits brought near us, and will pour into the lap of the U nited States 1 heir important com¬ mercial products. should the project of cutting tho Panama istli- »»us be successful, th ° T ° huant °p« c }’ to so S5an d ,ui i^ hraneisco, sho . vteT and the rail¬ Devoted to News, Politics , Agriculture and General Pi'ogress. GA„ MARCH 4, 1887. J^HhertoOrertt,. 4UU 41.00 Totals •GI.74 56.50 63.02 181.86 The general design of this route is essen- tiallv the sunie as that adopted by O. W Childs in his survey of 1857. The lake and the river are both made use of as far as possi- ble, and where the latter becomes too much obstructed by sand deposits to admit of its r—rg t - —— ■ ....... C J i \\ '% PROPOSED NICARAGUA CANAL. and the lowlands by the Icj', swamps most direct route to Greytown. So far there seems to be no choice, nature having marked the route which must be pursued. Between the lake and tho Pacific coast, how- ever, the route to bo followed has not been s Del r Medio, 'z&ssgszszz Gonzalez 235 and Ochomongo rivers, show that the choice lay between tho route by tbe Rio La jus and that by tho Rio Del Medio. Ten locks on each side will effect the descent to the sea; those on the Pacific side being dis- tributed over the distance of|10 miles be- twwn the lake and tho ocean with a tide loc. lnadditwiiat; IJuto, and those on the Atlantic si<.e being placed, one at each of the three upper dams and the remaining seven distributed over the 4-nules of canal Sl”ytown " U,e The dams by which it is proposed to secure slack water navigation in the San Juan ap- pear to be well placed, and a: e calculated to raise tho water -from 111 to 27 feet; their heights will vary from 21 to 34 feet, depend- ing upon the d-p-1, of water in which they are to be built. THE OCEAN YACHT RACE. Pictures of the llival Craft Under Full Sail. That the admiration of true seamanship has no! departed from American yachtsmen is evidenced by the interest taken in tho ocean race shortly to be sailed bet ween the schooners Dauntless and Coronet. Yacht club houses everywhere aro thronged in the evenings by yachtsmen, eager to discuss every point in reference' to tho race. And the public crowd about the docks in New York to catch a glimpse of the contestants during their preparation for the trip. Of late years the majority of yachtsmen have taken to the steam yacht, which is sim- p'.y a floating machine operated by an en- ll dicer and pilot, requiring but little skill or txperieneo in handling. Tho sailing vessel on the other hand requires both skill and < x- p Hence in a great degree, together with navigators. bravery and endurance on tho part of the The owner of the Coronet, R. I. Bush, posted a challenge on the first of tho year, in¬ viting “owners of all American keel schooner yachts” to compete with his vessel “in a race a -ross tho Atlantic, from Sandy Hook to Queen town.” This challenge was backed by a certified check for 8 10,OCX). The Coronet is one of the finest and largest sailing yachts afloat. She was put in com¬ mission only a year ago, and proved herself a very fleet and staunch craft. Lost summer her owner with his family took n trip in her across the Atlantic to Europe and back, and it is Mr. Bush’s purpose, when his sons com¬ plete their collegiate course, to take .them with him on a trip around the world before establishing them in business life. She is 133 feet in length, with 27 feet beam and 12^ feet draught, and cost $70,000. 7'r"\ /SS /^s mm«i r— -m Jjj » . - _ __y. ■ug i .i. "■■ ; ■ The Tl 5' ac hfc Dauntle.ss was formerly owned *?- famol v James 'aft ^ ort Her ^ n Bennett, Jr., and is Mr. a * s Cl present owner is CalJwe11 IL Colt - Ho promptly accepts the challenge of the Coronet’s owner, providing that tbe raco take P lace in the month of March, which was agreed to. Tho Dauntless has cross ^ tbo ocean many times and has ©ntered in many international races. On July 24, 1S70, she was beaten by the English y acllt Cambria, in an ocean race, though she defeated tho same vessel in three races on this side of the water that same year: I ) _a_ iC 22 l _ ________ 3- DAUNTLESS. The Dauntless is ten feet shorter than the Coronet and has two feet less beam, for which some time allowance must be made. She is considered one of the fleetest of the large pleasarc yachts. But many seafaring men claim that an ocean race is more a matter of luck than a test of speed, as the yachts are separated by many miles and are therefore sailing in different winds and currents. The experienced sailing master will endeavor to keep his vessel in the course of the most favorable winds aud currents, and this is the test of the seaman and the point that lends most interest to this race. It Won Id Make » Difference. “I wouldn't be a fool, if I were you,” said Jones to a fr.end. * , ‘ *‘If you werf rn^ vou wou’.dn t b6 % fooli 9 * was the reply.—Mail and Express. _____ further use, ’at which occurs the mouth of the San Carlos, the first large tributary re¬ ceived after leav- ing the lake, it is boldly abandoned and a canal is run through the val- the ABOUT POSTAGE STAMPS. THE BUSINESS OF PHILATELY AND ITS FOLLOWERS. The Invention of Postage Stamps—The First Designe*»$taiups of Different Countries—Old Time Postal Routes. The United States Ahead in Variety. The legend about 1,000,000 of canceled postage stamps being a valuable property, is still believed in by many confiding souls, old and young. Somebody started the fib years ago, and, being an attractive one, it is not permitted to die. Touching stories, without any foundation in fact, float around in tho newspapers telling how some impoverished old woman collected 1,000,003 of canceled post- age stamps and then sold them for money ^fP********^ x \ Yi 8 .'f K . early English. pief have when been they engaged find that in polishing they might tho as stove well ce?ni S ** fiUanClal b “* llt WM COn * Small boys are often enthusiastic stamp hunters. They, too, cherish a belief that the stamps can bo turned into money. Rare stamps are marketable; but not of en at the fabmous prices quoted. In this city there are collectors who devote themselves entirely to stamps and fill whole shops with them; but qu?ititl U U &COr ° ° f ranty ’ n0fc Certain stamp maniacs make dados and friezes of them, and only recently tho writer sa w a small table covered with them, legs and all, and then varnlshod to tho ultimate limits of varnish. But the spectacle was hardly & sight to benefit gods and men, or even fools. Th >’ i**? stan, p mau ia, like any other disease, has a name. It is called “philately,” and be- gan as soon as stamps wero m use in half a dozen count ries. Big and numerous are the books devoted to the literature of the postage stamp, and several periodicals aro devoted to it, one in Brussels, one in Berlin, one in England and The American Journal of Philately, now twenty-two years old. Not every one knows that the postage stamp is a woman’s invention. A French woman, the Ducbeso de Longueville, in 1653. devised it. But for somo reason the idea died out for near.y 200 years, and was then re¬ vived. It was first advocated in England by Rowland Hill in 1837, and adapted in 1840. The first design was a small boy on a gallop¬ ing horse, blowing a trumpet and clad only in his integrity. He had a scarf along with him, but apparently only used it as a wrap in cold weather, for in the picture it float.aout behind him adding tothe appearance of great haste. This design was in memory of the days when Assyrian and Persian monarch* had their posts placed at stations a day’s journey from each other, with horses saddled iiflls m PERSIAN. all. The first stamp bore the head of Benjamin Franklin, who was efficient in de- veloping our postal service, and who was s ,y r“rr lw oIJ It fa ^ ^ t . * . with a fair complexion ^ and b 3 eyes The first adhesive stamp issued by Great Britain consisted of a profile of the queen with the word “Postage" above and the value below; but other governments saw iu this a desecration of the sovereign, because her face was necessarily blackened by the cancellation, Brazil was the second which system, It is also said that the first pro- posed British stamp, drawn by Mulready, was a large one represent- ing industrial and commercial life. The Cape of Good Hope, iu 1653, adopted a three cornered stomp both novel and pretty. The stamp of Afghanistan is meaningless to an American, while that of Japan, with its dainty tea leaves, is graceful and beautiful. In 1869 the United States issued a twenty- four cent stamp, which is a miniature repre¬ sentation of the signing erf the Declaration Independence. The perforating machine was an English invention, which was at once alm ist uni- versal’.y adopted. The colors of postage stamps vrfRr continn- aliy, the why and wherefore thereof none but the postmaster general and his creator knows, 3^, Bi s. iMI VJ SKNJ_ Japanese. and a-greater number in us 2 at our time than any ouior country* A total of- issued is I8S, wrbiia U7 have wen m, use at on® tlsia _______ enough to secure “ ni r^ women. This has a stimulating effect on other impover- w^men, ^ed old and they set to work ®° llect stam P®» a ! ld ar ® °* er ~ whelmed with as- tomshment and [$0^ ^ a 11 M Is S5M 0% Wlii* FIRST AMERICAN. ready to carry with fleet feet the de¬ crees of the despot. In the Roman em- pire imperial edicts were passed to the provinces by the same means. TheUnited States took up tho postage . stamp in 1847, not such a while * J&. SrZr CAFE OF GOOD HOPE. The style of print¬ ing on white ]»per with colored ink is considered more secure than an y other hence has been adopted every- t ’ re ‘ 1 L nited States has issued more varieties of postage stamps, In the days which preceded postage stamp* Jetton were not much indulged in. For a while they cost five cento, which the receiver woe obliged to pay, unless the sender chose to prepay them. LIEUT. E. L. 2ALINSKY. A United “ Wo , ~ Now *. that _ the government . ha. contracted for a cruiser capable of throwing bombs con- taming dynamite, weighing 200 pounds, a distance oj a mile, the experiments of Lieut, in this mat ter haV e about * n “f wa * de ‘ tailed , , . by Secretary Lincoln in 16S3 to investigate the pce- sibility of firing dynamite safely with a pneumatic gun, as suggested by a manufacture big company The s first as tothe possi- bilities of a cannon on the popgun nrin- an e£h^t 1 tb* us0 of compressed air for firing explosive compounds, on account of its safety and tbe nicety to which the propelling power can be regulated. Many of his practical suggestions have been added to the system, notably a method of exploding the tori>edo immediately on its contact with the water or «s many feet tho Efface as required. a mau^SS^Yeara of* iJ°«nd ^hen Hij parents to tuis country he b ut 4 v«ars of was°but >^s I,. New York Ho 12 old when the civil war came and at the ago of lfi manage d to take f part in it as an aide on Gem Nelson Miles * sta( At the close of tho war he was commissioned a second lieutenant of "T ed th VTZ ^ * nt ’ and ^ dun f° " S r tda% Ume ye , bas ftrs a , ^ «^Jieuten- ^tioned . ^ the Atlanticand . gulf VT° coast U r For three years Z and a half he was professor of military science at the lusti- tute of Technology in Boston. Before under- taking his dynamite experiments he passed «il month* At W illet’s Point at torp<rfo tn- struction under Gen. Abbott. The lieutenant ha* given tlio subject of coast defense his entire attention, and ho says it amuses him when he hears even officers of tha late war “Pooh! pooh!” at fortifications. “Wo can throw up breastworks 100 feet thick if necessai*y,” they sometimes add. “And what then!” the lieutenant net*; “are you going to lire the breastwork* at tbe enemj . ' Gu “ “? 7 h * t c,,llnB - „. He holds that if we establ.shed arge pm factories they would prove a highly success- ful commercial enterprise. Wo could soon compete with any nation in tho world in the manufacture of ordnance, as we now do in small arms. THE GRANT MEMORIAL BRIDGE. Proposed to Cross the Potomso From Washington to Arlington. A recent bill before congr&a proposes a unique monument to the memory of Gen. Grant in the shape of a bridge-across the Potomac, which woull be both ornamental mnd useful and a departure from the tower and statue stylo of monument. Tho hUl call. for $500,<-00 toward its construction. - If a # < Cl lit S'! PROPOSED ORANT MEMORIAL. • t?SS Tho _ brtdgo ... n " t i.tobo4,8.>°feet “ 1 * r C ‘“ w,th .* Ion*. f» wbr J* .. “«» , rt , S’SST Tbe bill states tbat “the design is most t. ap¬ propriate as symbolical of the restored Union, across the Potomac river, which divided the north from the south in the tremendous strug¬ gle in which the services of Gen. Gi ant were so conspicuously valuable, leading from the national capital to the sacred ground where lie buried 15,000 men who died for tbe Union.” The site selected for the bridge is certainly a very fortunate one. It will always possess great historical interest. In 1775 a portion of Braddock's army camped on Observatory bill on the march from Alexandria to the fatal field on the Monongahela. Oa the Po¬ tomac bank is a rock on which tbe troops were landed known as Braddock’s rock. It is from this point in the rear of the Naval observatory, near the foot of New York and New Hampshire avenues, tbat the bridge is to begin in Washington: It was a favorite project of the Father of His Country to es¬ tablish a national university on that very spot, and here it was also that the Ameri- can army encamped in 1813-14 and ad¬ vanced to Bladensburg for the defense of the city against the English, and if the bridge now proposed be built, from here will go from yaar to year thousands to strew flowers on the graves of the dead in the beautiful Ar¬ lington beyond. The Game Cock and the Gobbler. “I had a game chicken once,” said another of the goesipers, “that I thought was invinci¬ ble. He whipped everything on the planta- turn and then wanted to ta Jtle the yard dog, I was verv proud of him. Finally one day a stray t<i>k turkey gobbler came on tbe premises and no his abode there. For a day or two there was no war. My rooster, it is true, followed the gobbler around and picked up gjavel in front of him, and once or twice made a point of jumping him, but the gobbler seemed determined to attend to his own bu i- oesi About the third morning, however, I lizard a peculiar noise in thevarci. I Ueonl queer ‘prut-p-rul-prut' pf too gobbler afid tbea NO. 30. AJjVfillifcW lOEUT ZALiNSkY ’ TOCCOA NEWS JOB OFFICE ns ■ ■ ■ w— ' ■ We are Prepared to LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, ; v . STATEMENTS CIRCULARS. , LAND DEEDS,. MORTGAGE NOTE MARRIAGE LICENSE, &C. *om*thingtfiat sounded like a scuffle. Indeed .windowand found that the game chicken M( j the gobbler were engaged in war. I want- ed to go out and keep the rooster from killing the gobbler; nevertheless, I was interested in watching would be. the result, uever doubting what it ' • * "The rooster was full of fight, and made SKSSSSftrtSEt .£££ peculiar cry, and I noticed that every time the rooster flew at him he merely dropped one of his wings receiving the attack cm that. This continued for some time, until finally the gob- bier darted foward, seized the rooster by the back of the neck and proceeded to lead him around in a circle. The gobbler widened the circle imtil he brought the rooster in contact with the fence. This was apparently the point at which the gobbler bad been aiming, for he had no sooner reached it than he proceeded to jam my rooster’s head against the pickets; and before I could interfere my game chicken was dead. ’’—Atlanta Constitution. . H I a . __ • .» * * ^ ****1 ***** V ® r { m U1 W wa ber f* II ’ h nm< ^ ace » tbat he was better and ! ‘ ,0n ^ , •" ----Chester (Pa.) Record. .......J Histrionic Aewbilr ’ ' Swell Actor (meeting swell octrees at phe- tographers)—I know you are after that task one of me aren’t you Miss Slasher! Swell Actress-You are a perfect mind reader, Mr. De Bloak IVe got to play Dca demona next week, yon kn™, and I want something that will give me a pained expre* 8,011 every time 1 look at it.—Tid Bits, ANOTHER DEBUTANTE. t An American Girl Singing Abroad and Acquiring Glory. A now American singer has made ber ap¬ pearance in Loudon with the proverbial “marked success” of American debutantes. She is Miss Alice Whitacre, on and off the stage, and she comes from Berlin. Wis Talent of many kinds holds in IfiJF £55? W\ M •/ MT *T ggjz WB /WAI- Sj&pg S& S f L'yAM Mm? TON '»/ / »2 tm 1 W ALICE whitacre. {or tht ^ yeant ^ Ma 8he we|lfc Lo ndon to Alberto Randegger, who received her as a pupil. She made her first public appearance at Coven* garden in October and was received with en¬ thusiasm. She refuse 1 offers for operatio work and resolutely set herself to the study of oratorio, making her first appearance in that phase of musical art in “Elijah” before the Philharmonic society of Liverpool. She . h ___, . la , , 1 conoerte . f . of ““ “ m 'f “ , “ “ " ■”“* " to »"* several months before coming back to ber native land. A Boneless 4-Year-Old. Levi Oshall, a well to do farmer living about two miles from Coalport, Pa., has a child 4 years old, intelligent, healthy and well developed, that seems to have no bones in its limbs. It con sit on a bench and without any assistance from its hands can put both feet behind his head and fold them just the same as any person could place both arms in a similar position. Tbe child will sit on tbe fl °?. r * nd “ ltB he f la U £ as its toes. It can double itself up and roll ah over tho Boor. Tho marrol is (ho child doe. not .stint any one limb with anotbw in “-SS’-Ki"— A dustpan full of clean snow scattered 1 over the carpet before sweeping gives it at brighter appearance than when swept with 4 broom. -—- —y Since Mr. Gladstone has chopped down m many trees it is now remarked that be ought to plant some. Both Banda Busy. ! t mv Ol» 3 T\r m a ■Vj J il .—. i\ V .A^S f’l i \' % cVU\ / /. / A iTv ' ^ A , mg o . m Alabama was , orought up for «tealbig a pair of chickens, bnt declared, sol- emnly, that he “didn’t steal dem ar fowls,” declaring on tbe other hand; that the com- P lair * ant bad bcaten hlm brutally with a c,u?> - “Bu‘.” said tho judge,' “you’re twice ar large a r.d strong as be 13, why didn't you dicr.d yourself 1” ‘•Vv Ly, jedgo, sco hyar; I had a chicken in , h , and , , gu , tvhavs L , t^*o raw chickens agin 1 f Giub? ’—Li;e. ^_____ . ,, T\’ a* 1 *? , it deuce in N«* Vnrlt ^“J? .,,41 , Chur cl, dt rnvanil " . ,, ? S’ , . A Cuyler’* chunhin Brooklyn, which ^ med for three years, Siirnor Fnriiil