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Ik ton Jf W. B. MINCEY, Editor. voi. ir. L^jveral prominent business men who were interviewed by thc New York U r- ald , claimed that the cost of a National election, measured by its effect upon business, was 1500,000,000. It is stated that the clearinghouse reports show thii estimate to be correct. ! The vote in New York city in 1880, according to the census of "that rear * ‘ showed one vote to each 5.87 persons in the population. If the same proportion holds good now there and esewhere the population of New York is l,i)8' 030, of I . ^ . • , , 0 o.> } ^ | 78„,22l ■ro> d.)i and of Chicago 748,238. Foreign bankers advise that at Euro pean money centres it is evident that the flow of gold is toward America, in navmeut payment for ior food tooa sunnlies supplies to to feed itea the mo hungry millions of the Old World. It is evident from the latest reports as to foreign crops that Europe must continue to draw heavily neavuy upon upon us us for ior bread d cau and anu meat, and that trade must be in our favoi for months to come. j ! The New Orleans Picayune says: “Amonff Among the the guileless guileless aboriniues aborigines of of the the estern plains it is a common custom when a babe is born to give it a name suggested by some ob ect that presents itself tselt to to tne the eye eve of ot tne the doting aoting father latijer as as he steps outride of the door of lus tent and looks about him. This will explain whv y it- is that ‘ no Indians have ‘ ever been named Honest Government Agent. , „ The Germans are hard at work, ac¬ cording to the New York Sun, digging French out of their language. One of the ,, , latest results , of , this ... purifying . p:p- cess can hardly be commended. The word “patrouille” is to be cut out of the 1st i at of ot military military terms terras, and and in in its its nlace place is .a ; to be substituted truppentheilen- ; nachtigspaziergang” which is not the simplest conceivable manner of express- ing the meaning of the word. The CatiioHc Church in Great Britain is keeping pace with the increase l^pop¬ ulation. There are now 5,041,0)0 com- j mumcants , . the , Lnt..ed .. ., , Kingdom. ... , Ot ... in these England aud Wales ciginy IrSana, 1,-158,- OJ0; Scotland, 1/20,OJO, and I 901,000. There are also now in England and j-n- Vi ales i cqii -314 priests,as • , aga nst 1<»; in 187.?, serving 1704 churches, chapels and missionary five bishops stations. and 334 In priests, EcoUsnd serving tbm | are onn w cto v »^ ch ” ches u “° a ,Mwm - I -AlLICL ’ ? - Henry I abouchere, of London Truth, i has extilained the desire ol the foreign ! | nobility to seek American . . wives. . Girls .... I in England are awkward, red-elbowed, large-looted, badly d.csacd, hojdeniih m sses with giggling propensities and | no conversational j owe s. American girls are handsome, natural, wc.l always diessed, at j ease, a little cheeky, good conversationalists, and free from the smell of bread-and-butter. He de- Clares that England will continue to bo overcrowded . . with ... old , . maids -- until „ ... „ Eng- ! lish girls realize these facts and become j i Americanized. j ----------— | With union of action between Ger manv, i England, ° ’ France. Italy ’ and Porta- i ' gal . for the suppression . ot . the Zanzibai „ ., slave trade, backed by the naval forces , of these combined powers, there can be I no doubt, Lu declares the New York Sun, j that the .a,, end of „r that thttt abomination .hnminutinn i- is » at hand. The first time at which broac | measures were taken against the slave trade in general was in 1808, when the „ Lnited , c , ta.es , anr i Ing an j met in | . . the enforcement of the policy which j theyhad adopted for its suppression. These powers subsequently received aid in the work from the Netherlands, France, ^nd Spain. Ia 1320 our Gov- eminent ernment took too. the the lead lead in in de-larintr declaring the the < ; slave trade to be piracy. A declaration j of this kind will doubtless have to bo | made by the powers that have jiist com- b’ned bined against against the the slave slave traders traders of of Zan zan Zlbar *___! Dr. Dr Corwin Corwin of of California California, has h-s rpcent’v recently : issued a circular to hi3 medical brethren asking them a number of questions re- I garding L.i»g the possible harmfulness of the ® b.W. Ot course, ob.tr,., ,b. „ \ ork Graph-, _ , . Dr. T , Corwin . has , i New no | idea of abolishing osculatory contact | from human experience. There are said t o be some savage tribes that have never | invented - th^ kiss, but it is safe to say j that they comprise a very small aod be nighted portion of the race, and that the | task of of drivim? dnving any anv ox of the tne rest rest back oack into into the howling desert o - * exist- , ence is hopeless. The doctor’s idea is | that kissing has been extended from its ! legitimate Ipcitimate field new, andta.ua and that a !ar<»e .a ge part nart of , that now aone is uu^ccompanieu Dy any adequate compensation for the risk taken. Others than Dr. Corwin are con- rludine that that risk is considerable: ! * v ' niir'<■ b nn 1 to ' ' ii.it ia - - “ a goodly variety of cl .scares msy be con- , traded through kisses. ! , JASPER, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY % 1% OLD GRIEFS. Con it be true that souls too fond of earth, Whom Death hath s^nt on heaven's shin- mg road, Will backward turn to haunt some oM abode, Perchance some mouldering chamber,now in dearth of all that fitted it onca with neaca nr mirth? Eo not like them, if such poor souls there bo; Seek not thy joys iu memory's hollow Nor make thyself a ghost therein to But rise to nobler life, an 1 thou shalt soo All that deserved tliy love arise with thee. —Frank Listin' i. ______ ____ ____ pni | ULL j yirj 1 iMlvIVu/U Yivn H'P lj. ij Mrs. Pringle was “bilin’soap in the backvard, in a b’* black kettle set in an iron ring with three legs. The o was a roaring tire under the kettle, and Mrs. ■ wi’h ber cal oo skirts ninnnd aboui her amp’e iu-rhoiid waist and a lur<*-e "reca sunbonnet on stood by die ket- tie stirring its un-a ory conteuls with an old l.ro ,m handle. waslds0 * ‘tlae fit 1 of the moon" and iiu- sirs Prin<de was uided in her most nnrt int i,v Lone} thr. mo She would™ have made 50a P d the “last quarter” ’ than she W0ll , have gct her h BQ8 in th quarter.” ' tier daughter Polly was scouring some porch, very shining and milk pans ou the bock ’ singing b ‘ 1 w tthp -eyonu me rivpr! riven „ . h ,n a an< ‘ c ' ea f voun g voiy3 ; * *' r8 , r ‘“nle P ut an end to tne song by . ‘- hurr ed.ly: “Polly, in and saying, run peep into ihe oven and tee how my bread s coming on. If it’s browning too fast lay a paper over the pan, and if that pan of light biscuit has riz enough you con put them into the oven, too. I ca n ta ' e his soap. Its got to the int . where needs stiddy sirnn’.’ p it tony, a aught, rosy checked g.ri m I'.’L 0 ,'”’ ® <l yV " :‘ st °- 'be pans a <jii:( k auu with its *! 1 dozen , ei 1 iSC 0 *' set of 11 shining I* 10 or more mates, and ran lightly int i the kitch -u oi 'be old i arm house i resently she came Mother, ,?°‘ a there ', c Ci jLed s a pedler out. coming in at the gate i'o J 0 " Wll,lt anything;’ ao, l dtinuo as I do—yes, you can g et me a spool of either thirty-six or Jorty whBe thread. I ain’t got enough %o tinL'li your p a s slnrt. ' n r w moments I’oLy came out to , her mother , with yard two of bright a or pmk iribu yg. tra iling from tier brown finger^. *.. ip? s sa ,‘.l c 4p -+■ t ‘ y> cnn ' - T 1 h Da y this ■ nubon? , , , it s Torty cents a y a -d, but he's got only this piece left, and he says I can have all of it for fifty ' s-topp.< s \^ lirmg °< !*•” the soap, wiped her hands on her apron, “ d Ihe «»* bei ' re =» h " gers while she said: “I dunno, Polly; money’s skeerce jest ^ 0 ^’, wi '^ 1 taxes tailin’ due an’ crops doin’ so poreiy, an’we hadn’t ought to spend ain>t Iee! ed " a cent wu 0 ., , !0 rve an idee you could get this ribbon tor ’boot twooitj-tivo cent, a tard it, town. g she > was^in she ttie ".is main somewaat a very self-coi.- sensible ». a I’^-ty lace and 1 , ts mat , e .ter .a er o»er- t nd ’• i S figure 77 and 'scent jT.,/,' nUher too 100 muS mjcn l,mt 1 ojxng'.'“i t;m. j (tier noted the wistful , . look on T,.. y t " c ,.^ c ' :itents °, 1‘ d , l 3 a fir^u pe . i, of T V° itft?r» • ii. 1 Poll? one sale lead to anothe but ^ y shoo- ch .., r her heat when he showed her , laces ana rings and brooches and giows. !!„!!),•' ‘ 1 e 10 kave w„ll i f - ah^ ,. , thin- more to-dav liiii ” md fi, hwdedhim “ V toe t'n P fivA i i ,, fr0m he a n rZ’Lil?,', ,a it? [ U f ° k ', t! ra ' ' tempting p. l’olly i y into ,° another “Umtier nurehasT purchase. r, ^u^ en y, ^“®8 ,aa< |ed around to aee a ! et e ™“ ® ,ntlic house but , J0X in a cofncTofS’s^ack and f rom it a small b ack jewel-case. He lowered his vo ce as he said: “I tells you vat I v, 11 do. I vill gif Y 0 ' 1 a cllance to PY someding I haf not ^ t(> seli to nopody.” littleWing H e touched a in the case, it flew back, and Polly ela-ped hands and I>ed!ilcr dropped to her kneci in front the as she exclaimed: „ 0 . 0 . 0 . h . Isn , t lhat Io , el „ On thc shirred blue satin lining of the case tJi ere rested a necklace of small, ,. like be ads witha torquo.se pendent. “Vas it not teau-tee-ful?” asked the peddler, watching the wi-tfu! look on VH7-. I /»-■., don d make *• 7» ■»» of « tell mces. a peesness - ing shewelry. I baf dis as a sample und 1 takes orders for it; but I find it ecs too expensive bodder for most with of mv it gustomers * not no more, und now I offers it sheep to you, because it vag the very ting a pooty gell like you needs, eh :” Polly blushed at the bold reference to her beauty - but she involuntarily held out her hand for the ghining nec kkceas the peddler hia held red it and toward ber suspended clean on one “I of tell not very vord, fingers. you, upon my dot inecs, not dink I vould sell necklace till ^ ^ Voo , d you not it 0 mec8) uud KC e how very, very becomin ° jt ees. Ob, iny! my.” He clasped the bauble round Polly’s neck as he spoke. Bhe s'epped to the glass on the bureau and gaed at the re- Section of herself vzhile she toyed fondly w j( b blue cross as it lay on her bosom. “WE SEEK THE REWARD OF HOK c l*’ r LABOR.’ “Dot vns shust made for yon,” said the peddler. “I vns so glad I dinks mo of it.” "But I can’t take it,” said Polly, sigh- ing deeply as she handed the necklaco back. “1 have no money.” leplied the ped- “Vy, holding here is money," had given dler, up the bill Polly vould him. “For dis and live more I vou dot necklace, and it cost me . vord it did. feeftecn foliar*, upon my you vould be gra/.y uot to take t.” Polly shook her head, still holding out tho necklace. - “Let me tell you someding, mees,” said the peddler, persuasively. “You know dot you could sell dot bit of shcwelry for twenty tollars is the vould city, e ^' Veil, you can; any shcwcler shunrpat de shance. 1 vould sell it my- self, but I vas not going to the city for ,lis lon ?> lon S vile, und I needs the monc v - Ten tollars vas gifliug dot neck* - la 1? a,v *. J ,> oll >' bad , be *» thinking , . , . of . many things 4 as the peddler spoke. One ot them " as of a party she was to attend at the villa ge hotel that night; a party that was J?, be | be g andest aiTair of her life. Then she was going to the city the next day to spend a week with a young with girl wbo bad recently spent a month 1>0,, y- Last of all, she thought of a ersp tec -<iollar bill upstairs in her own little P u " e * her . the bill Her mother had given on her , sixteenth birthday, only the week before. She was free to do a 3 she liked with this money,but shehadnot thought of spending it without the of Her parents. She hid, in fact, that it should be the nucleus of a fund with which sho iiitended going awav to school for six mouths during ' the coming 7 _ eai . ‘ j d n it f ..^ re „ ou gure j cou se or twenty or even ^ftgen dollars in tho c jtvshp She ask asked ' d> siowlv Sl0Wly but bUt thoiiffht- th0U -l vas shust so sure as dot I vas u Even if j had woru it a little? ’ “])ot vould niek no tiff’rence.” . The ond of it ali was that when tho ped( }! er went awav he had Polly’s ten- do jj ar Bin i n his wallet, and she had the necklace hidden away, and was going ting- about her work; but she was not it| ?, „, IlOW We li, did you get the ribbon? ’asked. Mrs. Pringle, when she came into the );itchen W hiie P “ 'lo.V for dinner “Y es > renlie “Didn’t sret s mv Vollv thread did had sue. - to answo f ytfra/ ihmgie was not to by the* off. however. !-ho stepped ™ to pantry rfn „ r - n( i “Didn't L fe Ut anvthimz y else did vou? 1 I T , Siffi . nf>d Wc"« „t avpd iu the 7 oJ” house l so 60lae thing else, and I dunno as you’d L^ ■ e ,“ . tn .See y.„ v » hnn.rht fw that t S? rfhhon !i 1 wheedle you into buying some 0 f his I other gewgaws?” said Polly, slowly, she “No-o-o,” as bent over the bread-tray with a crimson face. ,, ,, fcof , . , . . . - She t?ld an mttnih : ^ *-]t isn’t as though I had really brd^Td j jjje necklace to keep." she re.osoned with to-j j ierse jf. «.j» m only going to wear it night and a few times maybe when I go I' to the city to visit Hattie, and then it! shall take it to a jeweler and sell i )ef()re j CO me home and get twice as much as I gave for it. Then I’ll tell ; mother all about it, and she'll be glad I got it, so it real!y isn’t telling a not to tell that I ha-, c it now.” But this reasoning % d.d not relieve PoUv . a congcieuce . he was strangely - dinner, and did her si i en t at not resume ohl cheerfulness even when the subject of tho comin K party at the hotel had been brought eheliad up bv her parents. Here- tofore been all animation when- ever the party was mentioned. “Ain’t you feeling well, Polly?” asked hcr mother - noHcing the change in her manner “Better take a little nap when you ge tthc dishes washed, and kind o’ r 6St f or to night.” “ l L'»ess I will,” replied Polly, and she weut U P to her room an Lour or two later. Her new white musiin dress was lying on the bed, its flounces crisp and fresh, and the ribbon she agracefu! had bought of thc peddler knotted into bow, with long ends, and revived pinned when to she the looked waist, Polly’s spirits dress, and, instead of at her do-.v-n" first party sbi ivi slipped arrayed off herself her dark the calico dress and in muslin. Then the new necklace was clasped around make her herself slender think neck. that It was she easier now to bad done nothing wrong, and she stood before hcr little mirror for a longtime, vi.»iU8b f „.l( Iu this %«.„,! i. tb.t, with a satisfied smile on her face. Her mother helped her to dress for the party. “I you’ll look ’bout, well guess as as the I eat of 'em ’’she said, with motherly pride, when Polly was ready to start. “That ribbon is the finishin’ tech. I’m real glad you got it, after all. Oh, how would you like to wear my gold when chain and pencil your pa gave me we were married ? You can, if you want to. It’s to be youra some day, anyhow.” The day before Polly would have this a greet accepted privilege, the offer; and would eagerly have tut now stammered as she said: “I—I—don’t know, molher. Mary Hazel baa some lovely pink roses the out,and hotel she said she’d bring some to for me to wear.” “Ob, that’ll be better than the chain,” ra d 3irs. Pringle “The chain would be a good deal for a girl thinkin’, of your age there to wear. To my way of aint nothin’ so nice for girls to wear as nutebrcl flowers. It’s purtler’n all the jewl’ry The they can pile on." necklaco in Polly’s dress pocket seemed to burn her lingers, as sho touched it at that moment. She in- tended putting it on after she reached the pride hotel, and she did so with a feeling of that ro?c above all her senso deceit and shnnio for the falsehoods sho had told and acted. She noted with secret satisfaction that the girls of hor acquaintance looked ad- nvrngly them at her necklace, and some of had brought praised it openly. Mary Haze’ the roses, but Polly wore them thrust into tho ribbon of her belt, and not at her throat. But when sho lav in her bed late at night, thinking it all over, her true nature asserted itself tlphin, typd and sho went to sleep with a trou- heart. Two days later sho went to the city to J*®. cr fri f ,u ^’ Hattie Martin. She was eager , to go for several reasons, chief of wn ch now washer desire to exchange the necklaco for the money she had given for it, oven though she got no more. 4 hen she would tell.her mother all about it. It would be easier to do it then, sho .said. Hattio Martin had arranged for sev- eral parties for Folly’s pleasure, and they invited out several times. Polly buTwifFd— 1 "hi 0n Hw 0 ° ccasi(,n *’ ^ t-nie "tth diminishing sat sfaotioa oaq.h When she took it oT for the last time, ' was with a feeling of relief. I he next the last of her visit, and she >? slipped out of the house alone, a ' ia went down town to the jewelry * tore 1 wh ch she had decided to offer tlle nc kllu ' l! for sale. She , had thought that it would be an easy aud simple thing to do, but sho f° ,,nd herself trembling and her heart beating h violently ( when she entered the krgc aQ(l , ho vy establishment. Flic hafl f asscd soveral times before she c ?, uld muster courage enough to enter at a ' „ 1 . be done,” she said, desperately, a as she finally crossed the tiled threshold, and walked a ross the ™*jblo battering floor show to cases. tho counter with its “Can I show vo i anything?” asked tho thc P° Ute clerk - " ho came fo: ward to ber. “I-I—wanted to-to-sell .... this,” stammered Polly, with downcast eyes, t’a.'J the black morocco case, with rklace in it, on ije counter. clerk took up the euro, opened lifted the necklace between hia und linger, l’olly gazed fixedly jewelry in tho glass case before ad did not notice that the clerk mg her umit-cmselj kkau he waa ^ ic without n p‘ klace - * ben he suddenly left her a ward, and disappeared in » smalt oiiice at the end of a counter. “I uo hope he’ll bring me at least ten 1« »!» l»~«l “When the clerk came back, «b> there r tas necklace in his hand. “May I ask you where you got 1C sai(k “I—I—bought it.” she replied, in a hesitating, confused way. ;;,:f wh om di<1 y° u bu v l tT ' - “Oh, of—of—can f T I get ten dollars ... for it:” She bad a oonlnsed idea tha, there mying. fchc wanted to get her ten dollars and go away aa quickly as possi ble, “You will have to tell all you know aoout this,” said the man, a little sc- verely. “This necklace is worth several times ten dollars,and it was sold by this clerk a few weeks ago to a lady living in this city. Since that time it has been with oilier found jewelry, different some of which has been m pawn shops; but the thief is easier still for at large, ‘to Now maybe it will he you tell me all about it than it would be to tell it in court.” ’ “In court-atolen-thkf!” the words seemed burning into poor didn’t Polly’s bra:n. “-h,” she gasped, “1 deal it I I don’t know—I—you can have it sir!” The clerk ran qu'ckly abound thc counter, and caught her by the arm, as she turned to walk away. She glanced up at him with a look of bewilderment in her innocent face, and then fainted awa v - - When she recovered consciousness, she found herself lying on a sofa in the little rear o t ee. several noticed, men were standing arouad her, and she w..h a lit- t e » hlv e r - that a polioemau stood near door. ‘ Now, my child, t said a gray-haired man > after a few tuomen s, we < on really think you s’o e the necklace but we want to find out who d.d. Please tel1 «» al > how the necklace came in yo u r P® S6e ^-sion. „ The ~, , kradly . tone of the man reassured p o Mly, and she told her story simply, in a manner that convinced most ot her fearers of its truth, tne member of the j Howo.er, mm* • I** ious. “With whom are you staying in the city?” he asked. “With Mr, James Martin’s family on E— street ” “Very well. I shall go with you to Mr. Slartiu’s house, and see how much of j»sur story is true.” Folly’s tears and confusion only strengthened the man in his icsolvc, arid she was forced to walk home with him, fteiiug more than ever like a criminal. Mr. Martin happened to be at home, aid easiiy convinced Polly’s escort that she had told h rn the truth; but she could not shake off her feelings of intense chagrin and humiliation. The next day she gladly turned hcr face homeward, resol zed to tell the whole story to her parents at once. It was harder than ever to do this after she had bought a morning paper from a ne ws- 1-oy, and found in it her own came, in b g, black letters, at the head of a col- urnn. Sfee rend no more, bn. hor head veil,fhnd lending against sat in tearful the silence, window i all car the Way florae. She spared herself nothing when she was aloi o with her parents, but told them the whole story, and then showed Reared,| them the paper in which her name op- and in which an inconsiderate reporter had smartly referred to her as “a valni ami verdant young miss from the rural districts,” who had “shone fora brief *jea on in fashionable society in Mrajffi—’s pearls." dear, what, has ‘‘New, you see, my keep come f from your tir*t attempt, said to Mrs. something 1’riifflo, from mother,” she lay I’oir:^ in n kindly birthing foue, as her burning sat bedside, temples in cool water, and soothing her as best she could. “Itell you, Polly, dear, it’s never safe for girls to do anything mother can’t, be told about. Children could so often >avo themselves lots of misery, if they never did anything they wouldn’t bo willing for pa and nn to know all about, and Now you go to sleep of soon tho as you again can, wo 11 never speak matter after tins. ’ '1 he pedler never eamo that way again, ami they never knew how tho seoijied necklace came into h s possession. of its It unlikely that be was aware real value when ho sold it 10 Polly. He might however, have been afraid to keep, longer in lm possession, and suddenly determined to sell it for what he could, and ri l himself of it. For a longtime Polly hud a horror of being summoned to the city to testify m court nga.nat the criminals, but if they were caught, sho never know it. She does know that it is dangerous to culti- vatu one's vanity,and that a girl is never too old to make a conlidaute of her mother.- Youth's Conpani n. The Table of Nutriment. A pint ot' white beans, weighing one pound, and costing seven Ameriam cents, con- ! tain®, nfceoi^ding to the .'na ys\ as much nutriment as three pounds .ind a half of roast beef, costing eighty-seven and a half cents. Of all i.hc articles tln»3 can be eaten, the choipest arc bread, butter, molasses, beans and rice. A pound ound of flour. com If meal goes and wheat as far ns a , of corn, were ground, „d and the made whole product, bread, |ifteou liran u all, were into saved, per cent, of nutrimeat would lie with much greater hcaliUfulncs®. The follewiii" panitioni’llie table shows thc mode of pre- amount of nutriment., and the time required for the digestion of t,\e most coramouarticles of food upon ourtuWf“: Ant! of Tfmfof cMcniub hjtetii vf Food. ■' ■ - o.rtO ;* Ir. If JJ ’ . ^ raw . 3~jwr “ cents :i 3) Turnips, toiled ■t Milk, fresh....... 7 “ a io Cabbage, boiled.. 7 “ 4 3(1 Apples, raw ... 10 “ 1 50 434‘SS' “ll It “ a 30 20 li a oo \ emson, boiled.. aa l ;tu Pork, roasted.... >\ ft 15 » ssssz: ao ■1 Ml .35 3 30 Poultry, roasted, .31 a 45 baked... ...58 3 r. Broad (wheat) baked S) 3 30 Bread, baked....... HO 3 ao Beans, boiled....... S 7 a 30 tiutti-rand oii«:::;.. 88 1 ot 90 3 50 Sugars and syrups. 03 3 30 .............. ......... of Hare ESC la novelties than have ever been import- ed in one lot before. The larger number consist of French and Spanish creations, and of woods and ivory from the Holy Land. 8 pot-Wl palm and Egyptian olive are perhaps the prettiest woods among the lot, and when capped and swedged with beautifully grained ivory they make canes which delight the eye of the mo t conservative connoisseur. The Egyptian olive wood is used prin- cipally in umb.ella handles in the un- finished state. Bouillion blonde, a very Light wood from Algeria, and accasia, which grows in Spain complete the list of new woods. Bleached bu; khorn handles, with extra laige. full crown, and H ard skin han- ales from Tunis, which have a decidedly snakish appearance, will please the ultra fashionable. Mexican onyx is now being used in various designs for handles; shaped in Masonic emblems, it makes up very at- tiactively, and bids fair to have a large run.— JVew i o ne Sun. \Woss7tv • of ‘ Variel v in Food It may appear xery well j. in . theory lha . animals do not need a great variety ol food ; still, nature always asserls her nght* whenever she .s restricted to a linn c range o < ,e '- w 1 ' 1 authority Dr. < arpenterj that . * no ( fan: in dietetics is bet ter e »bl. shed th-.r. that concerning the. S=»Mffiility■ ot single long sustaining hea.th and life on a alimentary principle.” This is not only true with man, but with all of our so- mestic auim da; and this is why we have always ad-iaed frequent change m food *r years prom. agoa.r. ,og aia^cnuio h.,,;b««dW-'t. diohu uim MauJ e ou doga could not live much over foity days ; on a singe artim of diet, let it be ever so nu'rit ous, witbout its causing s arva- ten^oraSliSeious'iVSni wm more cmcac.o . in uring mllddls- mi u uis ordtsr$ than medicines, N w York Sun. . , .. .. y K e . Arl *Mi,pjiants . Prote-sor Hermann l eiebe, of anima, ^ fame, was asked by a 8-m reporter which was the most expensive animal to feed, “Elephants,’' be answered. “This is what one is fed on daily: Ono truss and a half of hay, forty-two chaff pounds and one-half of tur- nips, one bnsiiel of ; bushel of bran mixed, ten of pounds for of warm mash, one bundle straw bedding, which is invariably eaten be- fore morning, and thirty-six pails of water .”—New York San. ; A fashionable ----- —*■— dress reminds -- of on* wai when it has a wrinkled front. iil Vr . Bear’s fur is boas. Rod in all shades i9 more than ever in vogue. There is a tendency toward fancy silks of every description. Cloth wraps of blue, red, or green are bordored with black fur. French ladies wear bracelets on the outside of the dress sleeves. Afternoon gowns for brides are made up in dull porcelain-blue shades. made A favorite color is smoke gray up in combination with silver frost. Braiding grows more and more thc rage for jackets, mantles, and gowns A woman in New York makes her liv¬ ing preparing calf’s-foot jelly for the sick. Mrs. Cleveland now and leader conspicuous! churc figures as a patron of in work. On stylish notepaper, the monogram is very large, covering in some cases half the page. Among the rich ribbons now hown are velvet stripes on penu de soie grounds with an ottoman border. Basket patters aro the correct thing in silver waist belts. Thick cords of silver rope are also worn as belts. Tho Countess of grand Pellegrini denies Fay. of one the of tho last of tho 18th century, lias just died iu Italy'. Mrs. Wordsworth, the daughter-in- of the law of the poet and last survivor occupants of llydal Mount, is dead Double jabots of lace to bo worn with a dressy toilet are made wide nt tho throat, tapering to a point at the waist line. Neapolitan red is now a i eddish brown similar to thc old Bismarck brown. As yet it is seen only in expensive fab¬ rics. Very largo cravat bows of lace, made with two great loopi without ends, are worn with tea gowns, jackets and blouse waists. Princ ess Sophie of Prussia, who has been betrothed to the Crown Prince of Greece, is eighteen and her fiance twenty. I ady Colin < ampboll is accused of just enough eccentricity in dress to sug¬ gest an ambition to be conspicuous in public. around Ruches of raveled silk, pasted pointed in V thc back of the neck and shaiic in front, sere a fashionable neck- dre-ising. ladies madespf I ilttplre fine gown#-for and young have striped are women a selvagh or gay Perdan bordered elge for trimming. received Fraulein von bomming, Philadelphia, who is her training in now a practicing dentist in AVeiabaden and has a very large practice. There arc now four medical colleges They for women in the Pnited States. are located at Chicago, New York, Phil¬ adelphia aud J'altimore. Fashionable Americans will avoid 1 on- don this eason. By the express command of thc CiUocn there will be little gayety in court circles this winter. The latest ostrich plumes show combi¬ nations of very dark colors, black with dark green, navy blue or dark brown be¬ ing the extreme of fashion. One of the most fashionable garnitures It is for millinery this season is jet laco. made of very fine-cut beads strung on wire and is very elegant in effect. Fenl turbans arc worn with round,soft crowns somewhat higher than those of last winter, and folded and wrinkled after the manner of beaver velvet. An heirloom iu the family of Admiral Dupont is a pearl breastpin that ftas been worn by the brides of the family at their nuptials for more than a century. ! adies who believe in lucky emblems will look wilh favor upon a new lace pin, which combines a horseshoe, a four- leaved clover and a wish bone in its de- sigu. It is no longer fashionable to weai flowers in the street, but it is considered correct to carry two or three roses, a cluster of pinks, or a bunch of violets in thc hand. I urge plaids arc made up bias of tho goods, the skirts being but slightly draped. The bodice is made of plain in material of the color most prominent the plaid. them Over 2000 patents, many of on machinery of a complicated ihmacter, and have been taken by women, over 1500 books have been written by women ’e th?'pastrfoury«irs. f.OOt, Mrs. Browning, wife of frre wa * a little woman who dressed exactly as she pleased without regard to fashion, and‘who had a very decided mind of her own and a habit of expressing it. Signora Crispi, wife of the Italian Premier, being • -i ot acceptable at court,” all the wives of the Italian Cabinet Min¬ isters were excluded from the banquet given to the German Emperor at Rome. A museum has been erected to tho memory of Lady Brasscy in ber hus¬ band's palace in London, Curiosities fiom all parts of the world are gathered there, und form, it is said, a remarkable collection. Perhaps the best Mrs. paul feouthwoi woman __ h,who wn.er m this country .s ceives an income ol *.»«!.' a year from j tne .sew tor T r - jia 7 ’■ *\ r a P’ - \ onk of :he new writers from trie . ou ft, earns an income of $t.000 by her pen. An Indian 1 r.ncess known as Woppo- 8ha bad kitee! practised has just died medicine in Pittsburg. successfully for many years and hud certificates to show that she was the daughter of the Chief of u powerful tribe of Mexican Indians. B.-ie was well educated aud had traveled over nearly all the world.