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WAYCBOSS, - - GEORGIA.
’ IN LIFE.
Wealth that proTa tbe best Tor nmn
l sweet.
Is that c
faonly om lines nm'now in
s i In this country, and H is mak
ing onljthe eosxsost kinds of crash towel-
Hag. It has been losing money for year*,
■Tits products come in competition with
Those imported from Germany, Scotland
and Ireland.
Hr. Rdhoa, the *-lectrieisn. Who Is
hhnsrlf very deal, is reported to hare in-
wen ted an appliance which will enable
deaf people to hcar without difficulty. It
San little Instrument which is worn in the
oar out of *ight. It i« a sort of artificial
eardrum and Intensifies every noise.
Wyoming hunter* »re excited over ve-
porta that come from the headwaters of
Shake river, of a kind of fifty head-of
«Ute, or snow elk. Hitherto there
haws been traditions of snow elk, an
which they are described as being sa
white as the snow, from which they get
their name, and larger and swifter thaa
the common elk. Now and then one
Jms been seen, bm never a herd.
An ingenious calculator has been set-
. "ting down the progression of the hand,
and finds that it travels as fast, if not
as far, a* tbe foot. A rapid penman
-write* thirty-five words a minute, and in
dktiig so—what with curves and turns of
dim pen necessitated by every word, not
momentum crossing hi* “t’s”—draws his
span through sixteen feet of space. In
lofty minute* hi* peri travels a furlong.
‘Thus many person •* who do not walk on
adl four- progress :J00 miles a year with
Jheir hands, or, rather, with one hand.
A Toronto (Can.) GloU subscriber,
writing from Smith's Kalis (Ont.), says:
"“‘Having *een in your columns an item
representing that there gre in the State of
(Jeorgia six brothers who measure thirty-
might feet six inches and weigh each over
290 pounds, I submit the following as a
production of Ontario, and of the county
mf Lanark. We have eight brothers here
9)) tne name of Coade, who measure in
fl ir socks fifty-two feet four inches, and
weigh 1,720 pounds, or an average of 215
pounds each. The tallest is six feet seven
inches, and the shortest six feet four in.
chr*. -The heaviest weighs 277 pounds,
jrtid the lightest 105 pounds.”
The Kiiftsian papers announce tbe
•emancipation of the Russian serfs. It
appear* that the peasants on the estates
mf tbe foreign convents in Transcauetsia
•were until quite recently the septs of the
riiocow* of Jcruyalefc\ and, Constantino
ple. This*'abnormal Valuation has at-
•racte 1 th^ attention of the authorities,
and ainctri l**t summer the'enfranchise-
■nept-opTtjfso serfs has been in progress
- it»tbe government* of Tifii* and Kntais.
Tbe Brotherhood of the Holy 8epulchre
possesses more than 0,000 serfs, and the
Patriarch of Constantinople, as represent
ing the convent of Ivesky on Jfomt
4ktho«, hs* »boot 500 more.
t there's no baa,
Thai dazlses not tha worldly eye,
like niy-gottcn gold,
!fcr leaves him, as the time draws aigb.
FEATHERS AM) FLOWERS.
somethi)
What is
She lifted her eyes then and'docked in
his face.
•T cannot tell you,” she said.
. , . Suitable Work at Good Wage* for
You do not know or suspect!” .Intelligent Glrla—The Prow**
She was silent. He watched bor with ; the Material and the Pay.
an interested look. Maps ho was I Thirty nimble fingered girls, seated
Tbe strengthening syir
Hops la earth's fainting ones;
Whose constant deeds of mercy make
A life of henist—.
And Zone is best that deeply flow
And «wn* no narrow bound;
That apreads its perfnma as the roue,
To gladden mil around;
That make* its botae a Paradise.
With beauty and content.
While Truth grows:brighter to tbe eyes.
And peace and Joy-aru blent.
->WiUia»i B.Dacid*om.
thinking-how delicate fcer face m, with . ha., stone tide »nd hnlf at the other of*
it* braunfa! deep-blus tjta, its silken- lor,, wide tsble, heaped with feathers—
soft frame of chestnnt hair; how gentle small feathers and large feathers, curly
and bow refined her speech. ! and straight, of every color and shade—
He remained silent for a space, then made a pretty picture. At the right hand
spoke ogmn, erea more considerately. j of each girl wa* a small glue pot. and
“Would you not like—would it not be j betide it lay pieces of canvas and a roll
a rest for you logo to someplace of „f fine steel wire. Armed with small,
I amusement this evening' I should.like pairs of tweezers the girls ndroitly
| *» •»»“ JW. Miss Hose.- ' picked feather, from the heap
. _ | —— front
She did not answer for u moment; then, j of them, dipped the quills or lower ends
“ 1 : into the glue, and arrauged them artisti-
n ft : : l.U U si.. l..#s
OFFICE WORK.
| **I thank you. Mr. Fraser, but I could 1 «allr on the piece of wire held in the left
* not—I could not hare at once a busi- hir'd. A piece of canvas was glued on
: ness and a social acquaintance with the j the back. A few quick turns, a pat here
same {pffitleman.” ; and a pat 4here, and a pompon, a wing
I “Nor he said, as if surprised. Then, j or u cluster-of tips is ready for the udorn-
“Perhaps you are right." meat of a hat or bonnet. As soon as a
! She found herself trembling now from i tray is filled it is carried to the other end
• the effort of the little speech. Perhaps [ of the room. The handiwork of the girls
! he noticed this, for he withdrew, and j fa then sorted and carefully packed on
BT LILT CUBBY.
“You may come In i
walked rather aimlessly aliout the place. j shelve* to await shipment.
“I think," he said. “£ think I know the : “Our business is a comparatively i
trouble with Price ” Amt then he tnmeH I nw. al:, u ..M flu muniii
“*?,f*“* r n :!£?'»!, I ? nd ,ookod at • sudden mean- ] turer of artificial flowers and feathers, as
you phwse, he asm at length. Light j ing—a something in his look that star- I he examined a new design handed him
o clock u the hour we-iiiniiilly begin Imsi-; ii«i her und Mtoer heart to throbbing. !»>..•, .k. .»;.!• --hot ; n th. abort
•‘f'lJ and almost cud | , n d brought . gray mitt before her eyel
atramedlr; pirh.|»tt acemed to hm. that: she would not hire felt aor different
l** 1 *"^) •» • • dd 1 T”i! S h *I- ; h * d h ” “ id: Pri ™ * both of
by tme of the gtrla, "but in the short
time since we obtained a foothold in
America it has grown so rapidly that for-
c . , , . « ^ , ,is ;r° —-• i —'w a i no i<- jOHuun ui uvih o* clgc competitors have been almost en-
'JSi? . f momealoutside tiic wal- j us.” tirely driven from our markets. In fact,
5^ ' !* : riight, tale, with a ■ Her head seemed in a whirl. She was ; the American manufacturers successfully
* he h * r 5? un * ! when he urged her to close up her ; compete with the European firms in their
/v J L y _j J ~ ,u ! aa y- Me ciosett the office early and they
the dusk and grind of the great office, went out together. It seemed as if his
He saw moreover, that her attire was I road lay toward her home; and thithei
wholly befitting a lady. he walked with her. They talked as
... . _ . Her face-was hke a ; books and desk and cease work for the i own* countries. We do not. ana rule,
2K*S5SJ“ *^1*' __ r l her ^ in i da J- He closed the office early and they j make as fine goods as the French or Hol-
T * 1 ** v: * landers, but we could if there was occa
sion. The best products of our factories
They talked as j cannot be equaled by any country. There
they went of ’ indifferent matters; bat is really no demand for the best grades,
when the homo was reached she spoke ' * * * * '
with un abrupt bitterness.
“Thi* is the place I live in the attic.
Once I lived in a mansion."
He lingered for a moment.
“Yes,” he said, “I knew it.” But his
tone of gentle compassion, tinged with
regret, seemed to irritate her.
•Then she turned to go.
“Thank you," she said, simply. -T will
name at eight.’’
And immediately she seemed to have
vanished.
fie whirled about sharply, and looking
out of tbe great window saw her descend
ing the steps to the street. Rhe turned
her head neither to tbe left nor
to the right, but facing J might ahead
passed briskly from the place and from
his right.
He remained at the window looking
out even after she was gone, but. lost in
thought, saw naught of the city’s uproar
and warfare.
Two persons, the only others present
in the office at that moment, exchanged
glances and smiled half contemptuously.
These were Price, the manager, and Miss
Allison, the copyist. Price wai a distant
relative of the proprietor, and loved him
none too well. Margaret Allison was
jealous of her own position and fearful
of another woman clerk being hired.
-puval Fraser still stood looking out of
the window, and Price, leaning
-Mias Allison. whi*]icred sneeringly:
‘-*Thc blonde god Ls easily affected.”
Thoy often called him “the blonde
god;”hewo8 tall and elegantly fash
ioned. with a gulden head of ideal con
tour. He was, indeed, a handsome man,
and young for the portion lie occupied.
but we make a few samples in order t6
show what we can do.
“1 believe that efforts are to lie made
to bring flowers once more into favor,
ipplanting feathers. Should this be
done we'wul have to make many changes,
as for a long time my girls have been
w - working on feathers* exclusively, only
* • However, ” she said almost sharply, . filling an occasional order for flowers.
“I neither require nor desire pity. Good I All our employes in the manufacturing
night.” ^ department are giris. They must be of
The manager's holiday seemed not
to have agreed with him. He
came to the office next morning
In a decideedlv unpleasant tem
per. The black eyed copyist was still
absent, and upon Miss Madison fell
double her usual amount of work.
Duval Fraser appeared distrait, and
everything 'seemed at sixes and sevens.
As the hours passed the condition of
things grew worse. Richard Price be
gan to mutter and find fault and finally
to grumble openly. Miss Madison evi
dently was not pleasing him.
“You have done this all wrong,” he
said, turning savagely upon her. “The
addition of that column is absurd.
Haven’t you any sense?”
Duval Fraser’s blonde head was sud
denly lifted from behind his desk. He
rose and came over to the corner where
a» Ifreten. reprerent^ire of pp Ra.torn I Mial Mldison „ t and loolt thc ,
bownet, of pitlHoni am mill,on.,re | „ hMt froIn the p,,,. Toung worker . Xftar
EK’,. ^ I« 1»ick I<»k he turned to tho other man.
forgot heraftf at he worda of Pr.ee. the . .. Mi „ M.diron'. work » not at fault,
manager and tittered aud.My, he said, quietly. She make, fewer mU
The round recalled the he.ul of the of- tl , kcs th ‘ B one we , mvc cvcr em .
See. He came away from tho .window, Ioted g|ie h J, donc ^ ory , hing „ , ho
and picking up a scrap of pa|icr from his I w
pnrate desk brought tt orer to the mana-1 Pric0 liad Ua fac0 ^nt down,
... „ , ., i but that which he sneered in reply camo
■•This lathe handwriting,” herold, w ith horrible dUtinctnero to the ear, of
vere alowly. "of that young lady. ’ H« ; l^th proprietor and derk :
m ^.i OWn ' K ’ OTt : tn Sh< - ! "Of coorae anything abo does i, all
will be here to begin work in thc morn- : jo
ing; we .hall not be M ruihed then. ‘ 11 ” Du V al I’rascr waited han
wish you would show her what to do. i r To p
IaCt hir attend to those ‘statements’ and i Hc WW t °, Pr l oe ;
a class-superior to the factory girl, with
an eye for beauty and with correct- judg
ment in the blending of colors: I find
that the native American is by far thc
most apt pupil. They have naturally the
requisite tastes and are ambitious, per
severing and full of pluck. Bhc is a
hard worker, knowing that by her labor
alone she can obtain the means to com
pete with her richer sisters in dress. If
you should meet one of our young ladies
on the street you would scarcely suppose
her to be a wago worker.
“The French girls are, as a rule, the
best designers, but I have an American
that excels them alL Whenever we find
a part icularly bright girl we send her to
Paris to study the art, with the proviso
that riie shall remain iu our employ a
certain time after her return. All our
designs, even the most intricate, are
made by the girls. Some firms employ
designers,/but I find that our system Ls
better—we get a greater variety of origi
nal notions. The girls become ambi
tious, and they are constantly turnin'
NEtrS AND NOTES FOE-WOMEN.
A CELEBRATED EDIFICE.
The President of
VT . , - * A VISIT TO OLD 8T. PAUL'S CHURCH | reive* 9188 00 a
Velvet-surfaced waterproof garment* w xxw YORK. 1,1 ’ *
the latest
Red satin rain umbrellas
Parisian novelty,
On the new parasols a nbbon liow
tied just under the handle.
The Pew'George Washington VsmI i if asked will leilany one
When In the City-Noted Dead «f »t* cries how long he 1
in the Graveyard. ! In Siam, it is said, a wifA who. redeem*
“'7'" 7 *"■ . , One of the oldest landmarks of tlic citv her liusltand after he has sdd himself at
lull skirt* trad round waists ure t hr nf New York is St. Pauls church. It lm* Sibling owns him thereafter a* a chattel
features of little girl a frocks. stood on Broadway for 120 years, and its ! A chaplet of oak leav**, with th*-
Eastern embroideries are used in trim- massive pillars, if they could’speak, would acorn*, was presented to thc Romai
tell stories long forgot!c i in our local soldier who had saved tbe life of a com
history. They have looked down in stem rade in battle and alain hi* opponent. It
alle-ce on the Fields, now called C'itv was originallv presented by > the meutd
Hall park, and watched thc ancient New comrade, and latterly by thi emperor.
Yorkers celebrate thc birthday of the Vital statistics lately puHiriied show
British King George by roasting an ox that in Germany the average life of met.
and drinking beer, and thoy have watched has increased during thc last thirty yr
the aldermen and officers of the city dis- ■ *— ** * -
play the standard of Eugland and shout,
“Go;! sure the king." This was in June.
1787. In August of the n^uc year, this
old churuli. if it could speak, would tell
of the indignation of thc citizens over
the )m-*«age of thc nmtittv act. who, with
the soldiers, cut down tbe liberty pole
round which they had tna:lc merry a few
month* before; liow that .pole was erected
only to lie razed to thc ground thc
niittg rich bonnets and gowns.
A Philadelphia belle has been par
alyzed by the use of cosmetics.
Purled edges on ribbons have entirely
superseded the straight odgcJ*
Jewelled pins confine small butu-hes of
flower* to shoulders or corsage.
Embroidery decorates thc new cotton
thin goods in “all-over” design*.
Railroad cloth is very stylish for tight-
thting jacket* as well as for loose wraps.
Collars aud dresses are higher thau
ever and mt jierfectly straight on the
cdS*.
At a fashionable gentian the favor*
were real canary birds in pretty little
cage*.
from 41.9 to 48.9 years, or five per «
In women the increase is given at eig 1 ,
percent., th" advance being from 11.9 •
«said to be an erratic *»rt«-t
genius, and has for pet* irveral Isr*.
A philanthropic voung woman in Bos- following March by thc soldiers i
n has opened a bathing establishment anniversary of the repeal of the
t thc
openod a Imthing establishment anniversary of the nrcal of thc stamp
for dogs. j act. For years it watched thc fights of
Photographs of Mrs. l.ogan are said to
of liberty for freedom. It stood
be‘morem“XmMd“th^r’ b th^i" o7"hcr : »Uth.,u s hthcw.Vof ,h ” R«»lntion. .nd
husband. j finally, after a long struggle, saw the *ous
Mrs. Langtry's set of Russian sable is "* * * *
worth $6,000. The skins of which
composed were collected during a period
of many years.
To keep pace with the collars, belts of
jet are shown, and now comes silver in
many varieties.
Straw turbans arc trimmed with velvet,
of liberty victorious.
St. Paul's church was built in 1767. It
is a very costly structure of reddish gray
sandstone, and no expense was sjiarcd it
it* decoration and ornamentation,
history since it was erected has been
markable. When the British took pos
session of the city and New York was
fortified, barricades were erected in all
live mire, which, when 1
reach, they catch with tne avidity t
skill of a terrier.
A a mother thc Komau woman bad-
originully no legal inheritance in the
property of her minor children. A child
desiring to marry need not obtain her
consent; thc children were not in tin-
family of the mother, but of thc father -.
tho mother had no power over them.
A Western editor lias figured out
that 1.000.000 dollar bills weigh 2,84 ’
pounds. A million 1,000-dolTar bilt-
aud some of the high-crowned straw < part4 of thc city. Broadway at St.Pnul'
hat* have .no other trimming than feath- ; church wa* entirely enclosed by huge ma-
ers posed in front. J hogany logs. Barracks were wanted for
Bureau covers come with thc ends j the soldiers and St. Paul's was used for
elaborately embroidered, and finished , that purpose, loiter on. whrn hospitals
Its weigh just about the same, which show-
| the superiority of pqpcr motley -tif-irfm
who carries his fortune in his “pocket. A
million of money in silver weighs about
thirty tuns, and one in gold less than two
tons.
Two hundred years and more ago the
licds iu England were bags filled with
1 straw or leaves, but not upholstered or
squared with modem neatness. Thc bag
with knotted fringe. - *cre wanted, St. Paul's church was could he opened ami thc litter remad'
Mltndor jacket* of jet graiadipo , ^^totophoegtpl. Mid daily. There were few M
edged with good-sized beads with collar * " * “ * " ’ “* *'
to match arc effective.
Hats in New York are said to be really
stylish only when they are half a yard
high from the brim to the crown.
New woolens come with canvas-woven ,
grounds, on which are stripes, bars and down the
then when the war of the resolution ^** houses of ancient England. T^e mastci
over it again became a Protestant Episco- and mistress of the Anglo-Saxon house
palYhurch. i had a chamber or sh«-d built agaimt the
_ A reporter for the Mail ami Kr.pi*** ' wall that inclosed the mansion anti its
visited the church recently and looked at dependencies ; their daughter had th#-
some of the relics of life one hundred j same. Young men and guests slept in
years ago to be seen there. Walking j the great hall, which was the only ni
nth aisle he came to the pew ticcable room in the' hoftse, on tables <
figures of boucle velvet and plush. ; with thc initials G. W. engraved on the , benches. Woolen coverlids
A bonnet with soft crown of Turkish j oak panel. This is the pi w said to have vided for warmth; poles or hook
embroidery has the brim covered with liecn occupied by George Washington. I which they could htrag their clothe- pro
tiny tassels of beads, which fall over the ; That he used to attend thi* church is
hair and given soft effect to the face. j certain, for in one of the note-books kept
Miss .lennio E. Burton, for several | by thst gratt dud is one entry statin#
years deputy clerk of Adams county,
Nebraska, has removed to Washington
and opened a pension claim agency.
that on Friday, Christmas day, 1790, he
went to St. Paul’s cbapel ill the after
noon. Upon the wall at thc back of this
an oil painting representing the
! painting
executed soon after the
jected from the wall: perches were pro
vided for their hawks. Attendant* and
servants slept upon the floor.
Stories of a Lion Tamer.
Herr Dricsbach’s life was full of t*>
markable incidents and hc frequently
took pleasure in relating event* of hi>
life. Thc following is in his a
word-.
for ladies no longer young is the “nun’s”
or “sisters shoe of fine, soft kid, laced : ^ oseo f‘th e Revolutionary war. and it is ! “I was exhibiting in the city of B.dti
the instep and having low heels. : said was paid for liv Washington. J more. Wc were playing n piece in whirh
On tho north side of tho church is j one of my tigers was to suddenly leap from
another pew kuown as thc governor's j above upon me, as if to kill
Alice Garner, a student of Newn
ham Hall, Cambridge, England.
been elected out of twenty candidates pew. Over it is a painting representing j it would jump on to me we would mil
professor of history in Bedford college, the nrms of the State of New York as j around on thc
he said, quietly. She makes fewer mis- j their ideas into reality. When thc de
igns are completed they are submitted
A social oracle says: “All women
should aim nt being bright conversa
tionalist^ not startling or wonderful, but
amusing, refined and especially light of
touch. Long stories are usually intoler
able bores, and a serious, slow, heavy
wmy of looking at matters in general is
an infliction. Grievances of any sort are
best kept hidden; a sprightly acquaint-
xMe with the affairs of tbe day, a flattcr-
anxiety as to others' opinions, ab
sence of slang oj- mannerisms, of boastful
'Bgo«isin, or .--elf-depreciation, tact, tact,
Boovc all, tact - these make the agreeable
hoatess, the woman one wishes to find at
home in one's round of calls.”
Duval Fraser waited hardly an instant,
e tapped olci$ to Price.
. th.t I. ,.re.„;„„ ■■ It.! “YouwfflDpoJojllotoWJfJWEao,"
pirari iw.y then anil toTlt ± W 0 l I?} 'j „
■ ? XI the door he paused, as mA
| hand played carelessly with the wn
to us and those accepted are lilicrully
are enabled to odd
wages. These, by the way, are* far better
than can be earned by girls in any other
business. .Beginners make from $6 to $8
a week, and gradually raise these figures
as thev become nroficicnf. Exnerts in
: ELIZABETH FRANKLIN. :
Wife of J
; WILLIAM FRANKLIN, of New Jersey.:
Died August, 17W.
Hibcerity and Sensibility,
Politer** and Affability,
Godlines* aud Charity,
son.” Tlicn ne went out.
European ingenuity in thc construction
of destructive instruments was perhaps
never so active as at the present time,
jiastfttcc i es only *t inflate to still
‘ * MMercmenU in this line. In
shaped hand-stamp with which all
counts were stamped “Paid.”
¥ ’ * | “I hope you heard me,” said Fraser,
Miss Mud iso n wu* punctual. At eight sternly,
o'clock that keen March morning she cn- What happened next, ltappened so
teted thc office of Duval Fraser and was swiftly and was, withal, so shocking that
pleasantly received. It was less of sn one could not describe exactly how it
ordeal than she had anticipated. The came about.
black-cyed copysist was gracious to her It was like the flash of an eye. Rich-
new co-workcr lieyond conception, and | ard Wee turned upon the other with an
Price seemed kindly disposed to thc i oath, and would have struck him in thc
strange voung lady. ^ When Duval ! face with the hand-stamp, but Rose
~ ! Madison, who had sprung from her seat.
Fraser arrived at ten o'clock there ^ j _
slight young form perched upon a high j Parted between the two trad received the
stool at a desk that had K-cn hitherto, blow upon her own head. She fell with-
unoccupicd; then* was a delicate face out a sound. A tiny stream of blood
bent earnestly over a great account book, ! trickled out of thc chestnut hair and over
a busy pen in a small, frail-looking band. ! the marble forehead.
Hc went over and spoke so kindly that * e- o « ♦ *
thc pale face grew £&i>t and the small [ Two weeks later she ojiened her eyes
hand trembled at its work. t aud looked around her in her wondering
And so Rose Mudhou b?gan a life of | way. The first thing she fully kafilf.was
* ‘nil!<»«•-work _ * SUch ** Itfi- •• twi-lrp * tl>.* .It. !■•!«« «11 in I.a.1 ... 1... lm ../l
England and other countries, in order to
overcome the rifled mortar—a abort gun
''with a relatively short range guns bavft
hero invented having a length of fifty feet
•nd a range of eight to ten miles. The
XkickBC** of solid armor plates has also
-teon increased until the Italian Ironclad
Italia, has thirty-six inches of armor on
her sides and ran ies four one-hundred-ton *
guns, which throws shells of two thou
sand pounds a distance of ten miles. Not
satisfied with even such monstrous guns,
the same government contracted two
year* ago with Krapp to build for them
five forged steel breech-lokding guns of
115 tons each, fifty-five feet long, and a
projectile of 2,500 pounds.
life as, twelve ; that she was lying ill in bed in her board"
months earlier, she would bare laqgfccd , in^-hpusc attic. Thc next thing she re
nt as absurd in connection with herself. rillzed was a scent of heliotrope, which
She hardly knew how the first d*y$ ! drew her attention to thc fact that there
went—th* days of her initiation, tt was were beautiful flowers in the room. -The
they become proficient. Experts
the busy season make over $20 a week.
All our employes arc oh piece vTork.
This urges them to greater exertions, and
C&i&j i§ I* also* financially
Mlfcflcial to tliem, for their earn
ings tt some cases are double
what they would be on salary. These
thirty girls form but a small proportion
of those working for us. Many more
take their work to their homes, some do
ing this after completing tlieir day's
work in other pursuits. All the girls are
bright, and grow more so thc longer they
Sense Refined a
were with
Elegant
continue in thc business. It has
cidcd beneficial effect on their minds and
morals. The occupation is a healthy
one, as their clear complexions and ruddy
cheeks testify.”
“How are you enabled to successfully
compete with foreign manufacturers?”
“In the first instance, we have greater
facilities to make the grades we do, and
then our raw materials are much cheaper.
Chicken feathers enter largely into our
manufactures, and they cost bnt a mere
tong. Pot hunter* send in innumerable
quantities of the common kinds of birds,
London. * originally adopted. The interior of the
A youlig woman fills thc position ot j ehurch is made all the more interesting
baggage mistress, station agent and tel- | to the visitor on account of the numerous
egraph operator at Chcstcrville, III., and memorial tablets that are fixed to*the
in audition finds time to run a lumber walls. Among the most conspicuous is a
yard and a dairy. marble slab, upon which, cut in unique
The retort courteous: He (after pro : letters, is the following inscription:
posing and being rejected)—“Isupflpsein ;
the end you will be marrying foaie idiot
of a fellow.” She (breaking in)—“Excuse
me, if I meant to do that I should have
accepted your offer.”
Peruvian women are not beautiful
though many arc very pretty. They all
have glorious black eves and they know
how to use them on the gentlemen. They
allvety* dark, and a Northcncr with
blonde hair and fa : _r cQmplcxtion is looked
upon as ^om .-tiling of a Curio »ity. j ;
The wife of Johann Strauss possesses a j j
very curious fan whffti no money could •
liuy, being ornamented with autographs j
of the most celebrated artists in Europe. ;
Thc painter Munkacsy has just painted i :
upon it a miniature skotch of his great . •
picture, “The Last Day of Mozart.” :
Tuelanguage of Scaling-w-s promises . f - •
to supplant that of flowers. Red wax Then com *s a dark-colored slab which
must be used for business only, black j tells the visitor that Colonel Thomas Bar-
wax for^ mourning, and blue to signify clay, of the British army, und the first
' cxpre*K all consul-general appointed to the. United
Pink wax is States by the king of Great Britain, died
and they cost but little more. Tne .Eye
ing ana primming of feathers require
great skill and patience. Wc cnjplov
twb men for this work alone, jfost of
thc fancy natural colored leathers come
from Florida and thc Gulf States, from
South America rod Europe. Of these.
all *o now, sy strange. At bight she was ; third and last thing was the face of ’ however, we use but few. The cambrics.
curiously exhausted* find it sometimes Duval Frazer looking down upon her. I canvas, gold and silver foil, wire and
seemed difficult U> reach home—Mich a j Then she again lost consciousness. But other mateiial* are much cheaper in this
home as It Was, a boarding hojise attic, it came to her the following morning, { country. By far the greatest advantage
and he was there again. : we have is in thc factory system, which
And many other mornings he was { greatly reduces expenses. In France,
there, until she grew stronger and able j. for instance, factories of this kind arc
to sit up. ! almost entirely unknown. There arc
Then, “Yon see,” he said, “I told yon j families who for generations have done
But she managed somehow, and then—
the office grew more familiar.
And Price, the manager, grew quite
friendly. lie was an older man than the
proprietor; he might have been for#,
perhaps a trifle lea*. He had a dark
face, whose hardness of features was only
relieved at moments by a good-humored
smile. A heavy beard concealed the
lines of a mouth that might have ap-
floor, to all ap|fur<
■ngaged in mortal combat. Tht theatre
in which wc were playing had a ljirgc pit.
! and it was filled almost to suffocation
that evening with boys ami mcj. Thi-
| time the tiger junt)>cd over ray ueail and
I was flying for the pit when I caught him
! by the tail und hauled him back v 1 needn't
i tell you that standing rcom was male
i - *-
. mighty quick in that pit when they s
I thc animal coming. They rushed <
Next comes a plain t Ablet inscribed;
. re>i«lent of tbe Coffin
Died Rent. 10, 1WW.
Thi* memorial is erected by his
sister in token of her affection.
love. Five tints are made to c
the graduations of passion. Pink '
for congratulations, and wh'to
weddings and ball invitations.
At Miss Gladstone's wedding thc Prin-
ss of Wales wore a costume of dove-
gray cloth and plush with the jacket
i«picuous
trimmed with chinchilla. Thc gray plush
bonnet was trimmed with “asses* cars”
lined with gray sutin. and the wide gray
satin strings were tied in a bow fastened • flattering inscription:
firmly at cither side the bonnet.
In the north .wall is set tho following
pellmcll, yelling and screaming for
hold on to him.
'When Edwin Forrest was play-.i*
GEORGE WARNER,
Died Dec. fi, 1825,
Aged 74 years.
Prayer and Praise
and like Enoch
He walked with God.
bittrrn ess of speech io tth
A paragraph recently printed Id a Ne,
York Dearepaper raid that the firat labor
etrikr in thi, country of vhtch record i,
pee erred occurred among tho, factory
girt, of Doycr. New Hampshire, in 1837.
TV girls paraded the town with n flag
and n bean band, and tbe employer,
quickly yielded to their trrma. In reply
to fids paragraph a correspondent of the
Sew York UmumknI Adrirrimr writes
that the rordwainera (aberm&an) of
Slew York city went on atrike in Norem-
ber, 1800. They wan indicted far con
spiracy to hamper trade and extort
mioary, and were arraigned before Mayor
Ds Witt Clinton apd Session* Justices
Xarier and Carpenter, composing the
-‘Mayor's Court.” Mr. Sampson and Mr.
Golden tdefended them, end on the other
aide wen District Attorney Riker and
.nomas Addis Emmet The jury re
tamed a Verdict of guilty, and the
into office pending the proceedings), in
jnetof the trial and ^sentence was to ad
jaooufc, ant to punish.
Rose Madison said to herself it must be
that Richard Price was under some great
obligation to Mr. Duval Fraser, else he
never would have shown such resent
ment-such disposition to “run down” his
employer and relative. And when -he
as be came frequently to do early
in the morning or al noon l
i hours, when
Fraser was absent, disparagingly, almoat
’ * r, she felt a sense of singular
sneeringly, - _ .
annoyance and strove not to listen, but
to attend tbe more closely to her work.
But Mis* Allison, the black-eyed copyist,
was an attentive hearer, and Miss Madi-
I knew Price’s trouble. Bemdb, I did
him a favor once, and he has never for
gotten it. It is the way of the world. I
lope it will not be my way, ever. Price
has left the city,” he continued, as if
iticipotmg her , dedre Hq know.
“It is a lesson be will not for^t. And
—tfrell, I am just as glad he fa cut of the
wayz It might irritate me to sector hear
of him. I do not want to be irritated at
present.”
“Nor said Rose, feebly, whh a faint
smile. J
No,” he repeated sobetly, f-for.I have
my mind;
somethin* to achieve.” ■ >
He suddenly reached forward and
took her hand. But she tried to draw it
away.
‘Rose,” he began.
o " th-
son could not escape the conversation of
the two. It displeased her more and
more as the days went by, even beyond
concealing.
. Nearly two months had posted, when
one morning Rose Madison experienced
singular circumstances. Richard Price
took a holiday and Miss Allison went
home yi at noon. Duval Fraser remained
in the office the entire afternoon, and
sca%dy any one* come in.
At three o'clock—she always remem
bered that day rod that particular hour
—the “blonde god” arose rod came over
to her desk.
“You work very hard,” he said, slowly.
“Yon must get very tired, every day.
Rose had hardly lifted her. eyes, but
the motion ot her pen hod stopped.
“Yea.” she qpid, quietly, 'it is very
hard. I em sometimes very tired.”
“I want,” he said abruptly, after a
moment's pause, “1 want to ask you a
question. Vhen_vou first come into the
•No—no, no,^ she answered. “I don't
want to be pitied.”
“No.” he acquiesced. “I remember;
you neither require or deserve pity. But
then—this fa different. Rose, I love you;
shall we be married?”
And she did not say him nay.
The petroleum wells of upper Burnish
. —ive been worked for 2,000 year* and
still yield abundantly. They are
no other work but this. They work at
home with scircely any facilities, end of
- iv.t. l-l ...t. T» So
necessity their labor costs
no uncommon thing to sec father, mother,
sons and daughters all busy over feather
work. Our dyeing fa done wholesale,
theirs fa not; of course, you can sec the
difference. The fruits of their labor are
taken to some wholesale dealer alnnt
once a week. Modi tbe same system
prevails in Germany, rod even in Lon-,
don. Twenty years ago almost all the
feathers worn by American women were
imported; now the trade is oura. We
have revolutionized things. As a rule,
the .featfro* worn by the lower classes
Game in Maine.
A Bo-tro //-• correspondent.writing !
JCSnSVaSgSULcaHH V? $?nte» in , s
Maine, says : Oftentimes they are at- ) :
tacked by the moose or caribou, which. ! ;
with deer, were never plcntier in Maine ( :
forests than they are now. Of late years . • - - . ,, . r \v«m OT i.
_ n tr n r* Wn nmilf to rcn*(K'k ! Near to the tablet of George Warner is
klSno foLts wifi this noble game, which ! that of
has been successful. Under thc game | ing to the inKript^
law* (leer, mouse anti caribou arc Jiro- tW»U*» S;
tcctcd for nific months in thc ycarr Cam- ; ScptoaAwAtWAlntb.StrtjWof ht,
plaints against thc law* arc* frequently •S e *
made froil) the fact that in some seetions. | j ’ *
deer have become troublesome to f; rm ■
crops while thc moO'C l.ave b c.mie d in- j
ccrous to life. An Aroostook paper re
lates the story of two men wh>* were I :
treed by a moose, and. had they killed | A lawyer's business
him, would have lai 1 themselves liable after his death in **"•
are of better quality than those their
richer sisters wear. The latter can pur
chase ror temporary use; thc former care
only for what they can turn and twist
and make over again and again.—Brook
lyn Eagle.
from this life
nber :i.
An adjoining tablet reads
Raered to the memory ot
DAVID McKEAN,
an unrisrht ani pious man,
Who died April 7,1796.
the Old Bowery theatre in New Yort«-iljr.
his piw-c was followed by an •cxluHti-m
of lions by their trainer, Ucrr Drii-^ h.
During tlieir stay there Forrest retuidd
one day that he had never exper..
the emotion caused by fright—trot
uever scared in his life. Drioi
heard thc remark and o
ing took Forrest horn
him. They entered a hous? i
passing through long and devio
passages, Driesbacli opened a d
said: “This way, Mr.'Forrest.”
rest enterc 1 the door was slam
hind him. Forrest felt somethi
his leg in the darkness, and .
down his hand touched what he 1
was a cat’s tack, which he
stroked. A rasping growl grec
motion, and ho saw two fiery -
glaring at him. “Arc you afr :
Forrest?” asked the lion tamer, i
invisible in the darkness. Fn
plied, “Not a bit,” when the li<
said something and the growl <
and the back began to arch. Forr
out for a few minutes, when hc ex cl
“Now let me out, you scoundrel,
break every bone in your body.''
lion king kept him there and hc <jfi
dare to move a finger. whilf> V
kept rubbing against his leg.
finally promised a champagne ; ,
Driestach would let him out. whi
donc and thc bet was immediately
The lion king was' to some e*
E radical joker. On one occasion
e was exhibiting in Broadway.
York, he had catered a den of
and was gping* through Che a
performance of ie Saturday night i
was suddenly stretched upon hi
and a large * Brazilian tiger was
throat ana the other animals were
dashing about. the cage. Dries
—: l _i # -j
j voice wa* heard calling for aid
; hoarse manner. The andiencc
j excited and women Arieked.
keepers ran to tho prostrate lion-
to a heavy fine. All kinds of schemes arc
devfacd for the evasion of thc law-s, hut
the game wardens are generally so vigi
lant that oftentimes comm arhc where one
fa dcprixeJ of eating venison cat from*»u
style.
animal legally killed. With the abund
ance of game, it is not improbable that
the laws may be modified so that they
will b-' les- harsh in their workings but
equally efficacious in their protective fea
ture*.’
ally five feet six inches square and are
sank to a depth of 250 to 450 feet. The
Burmese have never learned the secret of
refining and their exports have not been
lfirgc.
Alfa torpedo boat recently built at
London by Yarrow & Co., bal attained
the remarkable weed of 24.027 .knot* or
24.66 miles per hour. This is believed
to be the fastest time ever’reached by
any steam vesseL
The footmen and eoachman of a cer
tain family in England wear green wigs
when they go to court. *
One Perfect Mon.
“Well, Mr. Talinagc is certainly wrong
for once!” said Mrs. Snaggs, looking up
from reading that gentleman's last .Sun
day’s sennon.
“How so, my dear?” asked her hus
band.
“Why, he‘ says there are no perfect
“And you think you ’foind
i when
“Indeed I don’t,” was the quick re
ply. “But I know there was a perfect
man once, and his name was Mark.”
“Mark,” repeated Mr. Snaggs, in
astonishment.
‘Yes Mark, for the Bible distinctly
* the perfect man.”'—
JOHN WALLS,
a distin *-*-*
Memlm* of the
aid, a id he was dragged from th:
He crimo from behind the cage wi
face and tights covered jrith cri
liquid like bio id. He was hastily
upstairs, where a physician, who wa<*
York Bar,
Died October 2,1830,
Aged -Vi yean.
George N. Chapman, who died in thfl
year 1816. ha* a memorial tablet, a* have
also the following members of 8t. Paul's
church: Charles Falls, Samuel Rathburn,
Susannah Mansfield, Thomas Osborn,
Benjamin Haight, Joseph Knight, Ben
jamin Isherwood and Walter Smith.
Last, but not least, should be mentioned
General Montgomery, the revolutionary
hero, the inscription to whose memory is
the outer wall, and may be seen by 1
A Wonderful Spectacle.
I have never seen anything half so
pretty as thc pairot dance in th • trans
pontine “Aladdin.” The dancer* run
on the stage each holding u perch to
which a parrot or a cockatoo i* chained, set in ine outer wwi, ouu w tw. .
and at certain moments in the dance they | pedestrians who pass along Broadway,
swing tho perches, ‘so that thc birds un
fold their brilliant wings.' Tne effec t is
wonderful, and is enhanced bv thc giris j Some
being drevaPin the odors of thc parrots*
plumage—beautiful g vcny-bluc. soft
bright reds salmon pink, peacock green
veniently near, examined klm and
that although seriously injured, thc
tamer would live. The next day :
tach appeared on the streets wit'
face covered with strips of court p
and his arm in a sling. His friends
greatly excited over hi* escape, but
sympathy turned to disgust when
learned that the gore on the lion-'
face had been" squeezed from a i,
filled with rose pink, and that tho
ight reus, salmon pins, pea cock greet
J vivid yellows, relieved by the creamy-
white tones and tho fle^h-color of thc
cockatoos' feathers. There fa a wonder
ful scene, too, in Aladdin's palace, where
on the stage are grouped several horses
and horsemen, five large elephants, some
dromedaries and a camel, the smallest
Yanlty.
has said that evely fenglisli-
sn island and every American a
Declaration of Independence. The
Frenchmen fa vain because be belongs to
so great a country, and the Englishman
boasts because so great a country belongs
A Scottish driver of pigs was led or.
by an Englishman to talk of himself, and
avowed that he considered himself in
respects a greater man than the
speaks of ‘Mark the
Pittsburg Chronicle.
ponies I have ever seen, beside various • Duke of Wellington,
ostriches, pelicans and other birds who*c j “And why I" asked the Englishman,
names* I am not sufficiently natural- “Aweel, Wellington was a great man
historical to know. Two vultures, held ; and verra clever.” said the man, “ but
aloft bv veritable black men, flank this : j dott—I doot if he could hat driven
zoological assemblage. The children seven hundred pigs from 'Edinburgh to
were simply enchantcd.—Londo* Troth. Lonnon an’ not use one, as I ha* done!”
Hamilton Disstcn, of Philadelphia, has
$485,000 insurance on h'.s Irf
Some of the finest French toilet soaps
are made from peanut oIL
Manual Training.
The progreaa of manual training '
United States during the .last few .
has been very great, whether it be
sidcred from the standpoint
growth of public sentiment on t
ject, or from that of its introdu
existing schools, public and privs
thc establishment of independent <
It is In some form in certain
schools of twenty-five of the I
the Union, and there are at least
educational i nstitutions in the coi
where it fa made port of the cou
instruction. The character of the sc'
into which manual training has t
traduced is varied. The range is f
the most noted colleges and umverei
in the land to the public schools of ?
cities.—Harper'* Magazine.
It is thought that a dozen shots
the new German bomb, charged
dynamiteVhclfa, would der*—