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HOLLAND FOOT-WEAR. Iwoodcn Slioe and Its Staying Pow A Cliautaiiqna Settlement. §®jQuteh ^kender wear heavy wooden shoes, their gait laborious and un A number of Dutch belles of ^■fer Walong class with drag them. these heavy The children wooden Ho be able to manage their w ooden ■much |Ha easier than grown people. dozen or more little urchins in ^■n ^Hr a romp in the heard street they set tip which can be for blocks. jjHother ||Hy child, who who wishes has left to find task her for its BHlay. ■Hearch does not at first use her eyes for the juvenile delinquent, ifletly j^Hdowq stick and , one hen of she her hears ears out loud of w a jHkvhicli ^Hes in the suggests neighborhood the tearing she rushes down ■I the sound, guided by her ears, ih, at length, breaking forth threat ags Hung and slaughter, she leads home her KHwvued offspring, the cries of the latter ^w’ by the music of his com footfalls. H great advantage of the w'ooden its staging powders. Every one s not require a new pair of wooden Es in his or her lifetime. When the ■jjJcitiaen H^liter that is informed she would by like the to bloom- have ■ gsHHiir of wooden slux j s he frowns / ■.^R, Hat pretty “Jly child, pair which w'hat is the matter grand Sner your received as her wedding gift? fy a re still neat, although not gaudy. |Hit H ust family remember that times are bard expenses must be kept HH The common people seem to PPiand.how to live cheaply. Many ,the laboring men earn but two tujfiga day, and yet manage to sup ■tnvilies, and lay up enough money |H Hir a families decent burial who find to those themselves members un- 8Hikeep tip the task of trying to live, ■the H, town of Clvmer, Chautauqua N. Y • J is a large settlement of ®lders, |Hit the older members of wdiicli from their fatherland the simple SHvrs ami industrious habits which Ha ways been characteristic of that H Nearly without- exception they are Hed in general farming ami dairying. H> supplement their farm labors they Hintroduced an industry which is Hd on in no other place in the Union. Ii3 the making of the wooden shoes Hgs Home which are so common in Holland other foreign countries. Dur Hie coldest days and the long winter Bigs Hsiiaves” these Hollanders ply their knives almost without cessation. ■ business is really a monopoly, and of Rhas proved very profitable, the de m for the clumsv shoes for decorative •• ®>ses not only enhancing their value, ■i the shrewd Dutchmen were quick H, Hrv but increasing the number called H^>od materially. The woods used are and cucumber. Each shoe is cut from a single block. They Hie so well seasoned that a pair made H best manner is almost indestruc Tlie bulk of i hose shoes is handled dealer in Curry, Pa., and a large t are sent to the Philadelphia mar- 1 It also requires a great many to ^the wants generally of the colony itself, by both as |hoe|s f There are is something worn odd about so ■en §^ioes that they are regarded as I curiosities, and arc often found in Bum collections. Regular wooden modelled after the old Dutch pat H kept for sale in many novelty IHeitiea.-- Boots and Shoes, n’enants’ Toleration of Dirt. * tenant’s toleration of dirt is not f to innate total depravity. It is c to environment circumstance, ifcy. The love of cleanliness and the Ition of dirt are alike an inertia. Englishman's affection for his “tub*' pure matter of habit; the poor It's affection for dirt is also a matter [bit, better Let days a be neat compelled woman by who jioverty has f in a tenement where she must go down three flights of stairs for every pail of water, and never have any hot water without a fire in her own stove; let her discover a the end of a hard day’s work her floor her ■ and need scrubbing: the first week she will go down staii*s for the water and build up the fire, though it be August and she must sit and sleep in the room so heated, The second week she will mean week? to go, but will be too tired. The third it Jtru^upTn the ^atofo^hte; will not know that there ever was such a thing as a clean floor or clean hands.— Aleck Malmaison in The Epoch. Marriage of Austrian Army Officers. The latest Austrian army regulations provide that of the officers of the general staff and of certain branches of the com¬ missariat one-half may marry; of the other army officers three-fourths must re¬ main bachelors. Any lieutenant or cap¬ tain, in order to receive permission to marry at all, must prove himself possessed of an income, other than his salary, of 1,000 florins, and a staff officer of 800 florins. To A these 7 T figures ^ must “ be added uuutxi 50 cent, . the of , officers under per m case 80 8U years voors of ol age.—iNew age —New York loric Post roat. Melbourne'* “Religious Census." In Melbourne a “religious census” has recently been made, showing that on a given Sunday there was an attendance in the various churches, with a capacity of 107,620, in the motning, of 52,924. and in the evening 59,183. Of these, 11,041 in the morning and 11,909 in tho evening were Church of England attendants, these being the largest of any one religious body. Next in order respectively are Wesleyans, Presbyterians, Romanists.— New York Commercial Advertiser. Cranberry Acreage. In New Jersey there are some 5,200 acres under cranberry culture. The leading leaning cranberry ciantterry states states are are Massachu- Massacmi setts, near Cape Cod, New Jersey, Wis consin and Connecticut. Hie entire crop in the United States last year from culti vated plants was about 600,000 bushels. —Boston Budget. The Weatherwise Spider. Country folks have a.weather indicator in the spider. Although the morning clouds may be threatening, if he spreads his web oiit to the breeze it shows that the prospects for a fair day are good.—. i rv StiperfiiiiiotiN Nej,ro C«>a tmen* | No reward could induce the negro surf men on the North Carolina coast to walk along the beach at night, especially dur ing a storm, when the lightning is flash ing and the huge white capped breakers come sputtering in on the sandy beach. They imagine they can see in the plios phorescent light the forms of sailors who were lost at sea, riding in astride of the l huge billows. On account of this super at it ion it has been found impossi ole to in duce negro coastmen to enter the life saving service, no matter how well adapted they may be for the work. The tedious night patrol nlong the desolate seashore is what they object to. The average seashore negro would almost rather die than to encounter the vague form of a departed sailor man m the surf or on the beach.—Brooklyn Citizen. One of t he n»o.*t prodigious engineering projects now on the tapis is that for tunnel ing ti»e Rocky moimtains under Tray’s Peak, wliic*i rk's no le>s than 14,441 feet above the level of t he sea. It is stated tiiat at 4,441 feet below the peak, by tunneling from cast to ; west for 25,000 feet , direct communication ccuid !>e onened between the valleys on tho Atlantic s ope uud those o:i ib«* Pacific side. - 'i hv? would shorten the dis a:ico between i Denvrr. i;i Colorado, ami Halt I^akc City, in U.ah. and consequently ti«ed^tance between i:.eJIi-**riri, r,z. Lwuis, ami San j PrancfaCN OKI nnl«..«i»l ta-ra would belitti, more r.-quiiotl i.i tin' ivuy oi iwetiKlms or d<> I »a'>u-l>"S mountain*. Part .,1 the work has already Lean kcvomplished. UNDER ETW£fV8 INFLUENCE , , Experience ef » Patient While In the lined, of the Cntveon. The doctor got out hla ether apparatus and soon compounded a smell like a phe tographer’s shop in olden days, while out of the comer of my eye I could see the surgeon, who had taken off his coat and P ulled 801116 guards over his wrists and arms - Ms weapons in a neat S’l'.^th €rac‘ tions to breathe deeply two or three times. The apparatus for giving ether consists of a box, in which the compound is placed, and an oval India rubber mask, very plia ble and flexible, projecting from it, with a tap which allows communication be tween the two parts to be cut off or estab lished at wfll. The mask part was placed over my face, and I inhaled deeply once or twice, with the only result that I was seized with a choking cough, which, however, was soon followed by a pleasant and rest ful sensation I felt ns if I were gentlv dozing off on a warm summer's day, so I closed my eyes and placed my arms down by my sides, that tliev might not interfere with my * , breathing. , . 1 he doctor f bent t o\tr rr»« me anil niifi raised an eyelid, *. but I was wide enough rapidly^oing,though,and aw . ike to vet tl oetor ” I was I felt I was begin ning to lose consciousness. The light seemed gently to fade away, giving place to dark ness that was not awful or horrible, but soft and restful. There was no giddiness or singing in the ears, but silence and darkness settled down over mo, and then a red veil seemed to come from beneath my eyes and to float away into the increas¬ ing gloom, gradually diminishing to a red spot, the only speck of light left. Slowly this faded away, and sight, hearing, voli¬ tion and every sense with it. 1 had a dim i sciousness of existence, but my very life seemed far away, buried under soft masses of darkness. I do not know whether l spoke, but my brain was a blank, and not a thought crossed my nn i. AU ni,mb dead , . and ....... 8tilI the Ht , was ’ » lence of thfi ^rave; but with a faint, un definable consciousness somewhere that this was not death but only the suspeiv s i ou of life. Darkness was all around; no t a darkness that might be felt, but one that lllled everything, covered everything black, impalpable and all pervading ptesence. Gradually and softly as it went the light came back again,with no startled wonder ns to where I w.,» tor almost be fore I rould shape a thought 1 instinctively remembered my position, ami knew the Oiwvnuon was over. In «he room x up in bed, aud then a horrible feeling of nausea and pain rushed upon me. 1 had lain down strong and well. I woke up weak and throbbing with pain under my bandages. ‘‘1‘plendid," cried the snrgeon, cheerfully, “nil over, first rate! Not much moro than a quarter of an hour over it.” During my trance they had cut uud carved me, sewed me up and bandaged me with out my knowing that T had fjeen touched, —Pall Mall Gazette. - — ......... — ...... En«»ruion« llaltruad Pifures. In an address^on the business of the Iximlon and Northwestern railroad (Eng land) recently delivered, some figures are presented that, on account of their mag nitude, are exceeding!) Interesting. That great railroad corporation now has a cap £110,000,000 (about $550,000,000), or about the same capital as that of the southwestern group of railroads in this country, although the latter have nearly ten times as many miles of road. The revenue of the London and Northwestern is aboutX‘50,COO,000 annually. It has 00, 00(1 “servants,” or, nu wo Would say in this country, “employes.’’10,000 of whom are employed in locomotive construction. ; Although the road, with all it 9 branches. ! is very Vi tie longer limn the Pennsylvn- ! nia railroad, its leaned lincu (cxclu- ; give <4 those west of Pittsburg), yet the Ixmdon and Northwestern run* through sucli a jxipulons country that it carries n» nuaily 60,U(W,irtK> passengers aud 33,000,- | 000 Ions of freight. The company owns 3 <100 OBgiura. K-hteb» '“««» j MniuuUy «f uvor ..1,000 000 roiUx, Otari) ■ lfiO.OOO milts a day, «.M8 ao hour, or 104 , per nnuutc. Tha ««1»* cotlw-tively make a journey in four hours equivalent to that cf round t’:t world, rnd so great ia me wear atta tear mat one ne^ engine has to be brought into use ever «ve d»jr». These are wonderful figures t Presented by u single railroad compm only sixty years after the construction < the first locomotive ai*d its introductic on railroads. They are strongly stigges ive of the possible revolution to be brougli about lu another half century by the ap plication of electricity to the movement o trains.—Philadelphia l^edger. ™ snake fl du< 8 no in lh. Abbott. II has proved that many varieties are th raters and gardeners l>est friends, an bus harmlessly tested on himself the bit tnsr Powers of several kinds usually sup P°scd to be poisonous. The comtnoi f? ftk6 8 0116 °* 'hese; our autho 8tates tba * the . >' ,ir « vlcioua but not yen t uot hesitate to bite if u a ntate< P n ?; b «* the snake he has bke , found, tho P rlck fron ~ frcquciit experiments, does not requin coustant access to the atmosphere, bu 6811 * or du *) 8 " a,tM Another much libeled snake is the “ho/ nose.” often called “flathend” or ‘‘adder.' Dr. Abbott disbelieves in the power <* snakes to charm birds, and also in th u . hoo P ,, ' ar ‘ . et . >’ aho f >ol ‘ t t «.i. " hosw iw ra<Hl °. n ° P ro F rew * wonderful l stortt; occasion *li.V Regarding the lize wUicl 8uak88 reported to reach, he quote ' nsnukos ‘ n ’ * cMw°u!tir*nlltolk7 6 a J: 1[01k8 ;. 0 J*lr er - 1 k- „ 4 ♦ - LITERARY AND JOURNALISTIC. Mrs. Rose Huitwick Thorpe, uuthorof tli the poem “Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night, is going to California to live. Kansas City has a near daily jiaper. It i called The 8un, ami Hugh Coyle, of Plnh delphia, is its responsible editor. AH>ert Lawson lias purchased an tutem in The Cincinnati Evening Telegram an takes editorial charge of that paper. It is now said that Mr. Henry I^m May hew \vi never at any time editor of h, despit the generat impress km to the contrary. Mnie. Emile Flvgare-Cartin, the Rwodi;, novelist, is moro than eighty years old, bu la about to publish an extensive nutobiogi phy. Miss Churchill, the author of ‘‘My Girls. M private secretary of a New England rai roa a. Hli« i« a woman with moro than on h , uthor <)f ..John Halifax, Gentleman, c |,„ rrKllt ln Tlj , Forum f, P r w( linulto of Ul0 , :i u „ rtl<<! menCn , „ nd Iuor ,| ehnroeteriatk.. men Somebody has diacovei^l more letters » Charles Dickens, never published, and the will appear in the OctoW number of Ih English Illustrated Magazine, with mo' “Personal Reiiiiniseeneei* of the novelist, Among the new volumes to api*nr this in tumn in Putnam’s “Story of tho Nation Series" will W the “Story of Turkey.” 1 Stanley Lanc-I’oole; th« “Story of Ireland, by Emily Lawless, and the “Story of ieo,” by Hunan Hale. White & Alien announce that they a v to issue a new end expensive edition c Macon lay’s “Liys of Ancient Rome, p r j„ t ,. ( | on the Chiswick press. Theeditio wil j j ;c limite<l to 1.2V> c#of which a? will l*<* «m larjre naper. The Marks or a Lady. There are certain mark* of a lady, no mn ter what her surroundings or circumstano may be. These are « gentle voice, reflnemei shown in her choice of language, and nea ness in her drew. Few iM*ed plead want time as an excuse for tuitidtne.*** for if lovo * order and neatness are innate id thechara ter they will prove themselves, even when ti hand* are burdened with cares that won .wntobs an excuse for unthlilesa An there is no excuse for slang, exaggeration ( affectation in language, except 1/Uorance < muural vulearitv. * w y Muky private secreiiii y to W. A HnkerffW| tbo det^ctire i* *nid to l>e collet iBK „«urM lor . ~ri« of «.«** wkicb »i J B vra<»-H»wthornc eombinutira „ » ^ t , M ciii. ago rorn^xnidtat of Tl ti », .1 ciijovs a ftw IW v.h.