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THE SHROUDED HEART.
: cannot win her. for our ways divide, ■
And we are far apart who once w . re sear.
Through misty eyes I saw her go; hers clear.
It Untroubled as a summer sky, denied
11 A mirror for my thoughts; the waterside
On t'louily days outstretches deep and blank.
And doubles not the fern upon its bank.
So calm her face; and the drear world an wide.
Let be; hid somewhere in the dreaming cloud
That wreathes love's altar, though hut smol
dering,
Amid ttie chilly ash some embers burn.
Whose touch eau w ake her dead heart from its
shroud.
And, like the turning of the magic ring,
Back to my side her wandering footsteps turn.
—Henry Edward Bedford.
ELECTRICAL RESEARCHES.
THE OLD SQUIRREL RIFLE.
showing How Morse Utilised the Expert
incuts of a Century.
It is the general belief that Professor
8. F. B. Morse was the inventor of the
electric telegraph. On tiio contrary, ho
was not tho originator of tho principle.
Researches were mado in Leipsic by
Winkler in 1740, Watson in London and
Le Monnicr in Paris in 1747. These
electricians used frictional electricity, and
while no practical results came from
their experiments the principle was clearly
established. Tho earliest successful tele-
tph was that of Lo Sago in Geneva in
. 74. He constructed a machino with
wenty-four wires and was abio to trans-
-it intelligence over short circuits.
bout tliis time Lomond, a Frenchman,
also attained practical results, using a
single wire much after the method of Lo
Sage. In 1798 Salva constructed a
machino at Madrid fsom which ho ob
tained satisfactory results by using and
grouping a succession of electrical dis
charges by means of an electrical spark.
Cavallo in 1797 and Ronaldo in 1810
tried transmitting intelligence over long
circuits by using impulses attained from
the disclutrgo of Leyden jars, which
proved a failure. In tho year 1808 Som-
mering began experimenting witli the
voltaic pile, and constructed a machino
consisting of n series of voltameters, in
which water was decomposed by the gal
vanic current. lie proposed to give sig
nals by tho escape of gas from the glass
tubes of tlie voltameter. The slowness
of working this method wa3fatal tocom-
mercial utility.
Dr. J. Redman Coxe, of Philadelphia,
about this period, invented a system of
telegraphing by tho decomposition of
metallic salts, which was taken up later
and practically worked out by Bain. In
1S20 Oersted/ of Copenhagen, discovered
a system of electro-magnetism, and at
tempts were at once made to utilize it for
telegraphing. Ills plan was afterward
carried out by Ritchie and publicly ex
hibited by Alexander, of Edinburgh.
Baron Schilling, of Cronstadt, next ex
ecuted models of electrical machines, but
bo died before bis idea was practically
carried out. Gauss and Weber, of Got
tingen, mado an attempt to carry out the
baron's idea in 1833, but practically they
mado tho machine ono of their own.
They erected a lino and then associated
themselves .with Professor Stienhcil, of
Munich, who mado it a writing telegraph
by using a perforated tape, much after
tho manner of tho present automatic sys
terns. But in the early researches of
Gauss and Weber aro still embodied all
tho principles of tho mirror galvanometer
used in cable telegraphy. It is well to
note that tho researches of all these cele
brated electricians wero wliat called tc
the attention of Professor Morse tho idea
of developing the system which lias mado
his name a household word, and has
caused tho inventions of all foreign in
ventors who preceded him to bo thrown
into tho junk box or relegated to tho
musty shelves of continental' museums,
—New York Press.
Fammia Old Men.
Beginning his 83d year, M. Ferdinand
do Lcsseps can look around and sec but
very few men of anything liko equal
emincnco who aro as old as ho. The
German emperor is 90; Dr. Dollinger is
88; Moltke and Bancroft tho historian
aro each 87; Kossuth is 85, and Profes
sor Owen is 83; but it is not easy to ex
tend tlie list. Yet it is astonishing to
note the lurgo manlier of living great
men who ltavo passed tho ordinary limit
of. human life. Of sovereigns, tho pope
is 87, and King William, of the Nether
lands, is well on in his 71st year. Of
statesmen, Mr. Gladstone is 79, Mr.
Bright is 70, Prince Bismarck is 72, M.
Jules Grovy is 74, M. Leon Say and M.
Leroyor are each 71, Lord Solimme is 75
and Lord Granville is 73. Of generals,
MacMahon i s 79, Leboef is 78 and Ba-
zaine and Ciaidina aro each 70.- Of
poets, Lord Tennyson is 78, Mr. Brown
ing is 75 and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
is 78. Of musicians, M. Verdi is 73. Of
engineers, Lord Armstrong is 77 and Sir
John Ilawkshaw is 70, Of paint. 3,
Messonier is 72; and finally, of showmen,
Barnum is 77. Perhaps, however, M.
Chovrcul, who is fairly started ujion his
102d year, ought not to bo omitted.—
London News.
The Ancient Arui of u Kentucky Hunter.
Loading a Flint Lock Gun.
I will deseritie tho genuine ancient
Kentucky squirrel rifle, sketches of which
I have in my possession, made from t'..a
best models.
Tlie barrel is four feet long and nearly
an inch in diameter, while tlie boro is but
little larger than a common round lead
pencil; just great enough, in other words,
to take into it a round leaden lmllet of
about one-tenth of an ounce avoirdupois
in weight, Tlie stock is of curly maple,
elaborately carved out of a single piece of
wood, and extends from the semi-circular
brass heel plate to tho brass half ring of
mounting under the fore tip of tlie barrel.
POACHERS OF ENGLAND.
Who They Are anil How They Ply Their
Kcfariou* Avocation.
Just as a liar may bo something else
besides a liar, so a imachcr may be, and
usually is, something else besides a
poacher. Very commonly ho calls him
self a farm laborer. Short and inter
mittent “jobs” aro what ho likes best,
and lie often changes his master. Ho
will engage himself to a farmer in order
to gain tlie rigid of going upon certain
land, and .then, after a careful survey,
ho will set gins where ho thinks proper.
To be ordered to work in a field next to
a*overt is what ho likes best, and when
his master's back is turned he notices the
hares’ runs in the fenco that divides tho
What is called tho “drop,*’or bend of tho . field from the wood. .At night lie re
breech, is very slight ns compared with | turns to the scene of liis observations and
the fashion of the latest guns; indeed, i seta a Jooso purse net over each run. Ho
somo of the old guns have almost straight then goes into tlie covert and walks
s jocks and most of them have a grease i through the sido of it next to tlie fence,
pot either opening in tlie heel plato or in . when tho chayces aro that at least a bare
the left side of tlie stock near that plate, or two will become entangled in Ins nets.
Tho trigger guard is of brass and find- | Tho “innocent laborer” typo of poacher
fully curved, while the thimbles for the j sometimes carries affeyret anil a rabbit
ramrod are placed under the barrel stoclj, | net in his dinner basket, and seats liiiu-
in which is a semi-circular longitudinal , self on a hedge bank honeycombed with
groove that becomes a round hole in tho j burrows to take his midday meal, with a
wood of tlie lower part of the stock. I result which can easily be imagined.
Tho lock is tho best model of flint and j Cattle drovers and butchers* men often
steel mechanism, elaborately carved and do a great deal of poaching. They aro
perfectly fitted into tho right side of tho ! fond of keeping greyhounds, and they
stock near the lower extremity of the | train one dog to rango while tho other
a correspondent of Tho British Mer
cantile Gazette, writing from Canton,
calU attention to tho important trado
which might lie dono in candles with
that country. The candles most in de
mand aro of a red color, like ordinary
sealing wax. A trial might be made with
other colors, and bluo would bo suitable
In funeral ceremonies.
The article could bo produced at a low
“ice, since tho color is only on tho sur-
“"^at least this is the case with Chi-
tone's. They ought to have a high
■point, to that they may not gutter
^iscd to a current of air, or even
’ circumstances,
tint ns well as opaque candles
■itablc. It would be as well
rid that n slight strip of bam-
Ligh the Chinese candles, tho
"ty of which is inserted into
the candlestick.
barrel. Tlie trigger is double, tho pos
terior one setting by a hair spring ar
rangement, regulated by an intermediate
screw, the forward one at the least touch
releasing tho hammer that bears the flint,
which in turn strikes open tho steel pan
and drops its spark into tho priming In
the.under part of the stock, just behind tho
guard, is a tiny holo into which is thrust
a small quill, probably a primary quill of
tho golden winged woodpecker. This
feather is used to put into tho “touch-
holo” to prevent tho powder from run
ning out during tho process of loading.
The ammunition for this gun is tho
finest Kentucky powder, leaden bullets
molded by hand and somo strong, thin
white cotton shirting for “patching.” The
bullets aro carried in a pouch, tho pow
der in a finely carved horn, and tho cliargo
is measured in a boar’s tooth charger.
To load the min, put tho feathei; in tho
touch holo at the pan, pour in a boar’s
toothful of powder at the muzzle and
then, spreading tlie patching cloth ovrr
tho mouth of tho bore, lay on a bullet
and press it down even with the rim of
the barrel, cut of the cloth as close to the
lead ns possible, and with the ramrod
push tho missile homo to its bed on (ho
powder, Put tho .ramrod back in I he
thimbles, take out the feather and till till'
pan with powder for priming; close the
pan and your riflo is loaded.—Maurice
Thompson.
The Man Milliners of Franco.
If ladies aro invading the trades and
professions which they could not before
equal rights were thought of, the men
aro avenging themselves. Most of tha
French hatters now work for both sexes,
and their shop windows vie witli thoBo
of the modistes in exhibition of trimmed
hats, smart, neat, stylish, and, in short,
tempting as they can be. A hatter said
tome: "I would not venture to niako
up flowers and flimsy stuffs into hats
and bonnets. A woman’s fancy and
light fingers are wanted for that. But I
don’t fear competing with no matter
what milliner when the trimmings are
rich and solid. We keep an artist, who
has hail medals in tho Salon, to design
hats trimmed ns you Bee them.” High
art is running into' tho channels into
which it flowed in the Eighteenth cen
tury, and which wero left dry from tho
time of the revolution up to a few years
ago. The impetus was given by tlie
Universal exhibition, and. must I say it,
the conniption of tho Frencli theatre, its
well as the necessity under which innu-
agetji found themselves of pleasing tho
eyes of gilded "rastouquoueres, ” ig
norant of French, and wishing to show
their womenkind what Parish.': stylo in
dress was.—Paris Letter.
sneaks aliout in readiness to run into any
liaro or rabbit tliat may bo turned to him.
Sometimes they” carry their greyhounds
in a liglit spring cart, and when they see
hares feeding in a field by tho roadsido
they stop and send their dogs over tho
fence. These greyhounds are taught to
hunt by scent ns well ashy sight. A still
moro favorito dog among poachers ofsthis
sort is a lurcher, nlthough many fear to
keep one, liocause his very existence is
enough to stamp his owner as a man of
doubtful character. Properly speaking,
a lurcher is tho result of a cross between
a greyhound and a colly; but ho is not
always a first cross, and he frequently in
herits a strain of some other breed. Ho
is a desperate and deadly enemy to hares
and rabbits, and lie generally unites an
excellent nose nnd great speed with sur
prising sagacity and cunning. Of all
things it is most important in a poacher’s
dog that lie should never give tonguo.
We can remember tlie time when lurch
ers’ tails used to lie cut to givo their
owners an «cruso for pretending that
they were sheep dogs. In tlieso days,
however, sheep dogs aro usually allowed
to keep their tails, so there is no object
iti docking a lurcher.
Colliers arc much given to poaching in
some districts. Their favorito dog is
produced by crossing a very small grey
hound with a bull terrier or spaniel.
Sunday is tiieir great day for poaching.
During tho hours of divine service they
go for walks in little parties of threo or
four, along public foot paths, and allow
their dogs to range in tho fields and to
draw tlie hedgerows. As every magis
trate lias good reason for knowing a large
number of petty poaching cases depend
upon tho question whether tho culprit
was or was not upon what ho calls the
.“futtpath” at the timo tho offenso was
^committed. A rat catcher and a mole
catcher liavo many opportunities of
poaching, and owners of shootings nnd
gamekeepers would do well to keep
a sharp eyo upon [icrsons following
those callings. Perhaps tho worst of all
kinds. of jioachers aro poaching game-
keeper^ A keeper who hints at any
thing liko sharp practice with regard to
a neighbor's boundaries is nover to be
trusted about his own master’s interests.
Wo remember a keeper who was em
ployed on an outlying • shooting some
miles from home. The mail had always
n good show of birds and sent a regular
sqpply for the table, but it turned out
that ho was ono of tho greatest poachers
in tho county, and that ho had killed and
sold tho neighbor’s game, if not his
master’s, in considerable quantities.—
Saturday Review.
Unlcii* You Have tho Gift.
To tho question, how to write, I should
lay don't write at all, unless you are
,ure you have the gift, which is God
given* liorn witli you, and can no moro
lie made to order than can a taste for
music when one has no ear for it.
Don't think you can write becauso you
are fond of reading stories and devour
everything which comes in your way, or
because you think yourself us capable as
j-our friend, who lias achieved n success
you fain would emulate. You must have
tlie ideal world in yoil nnd aliout you.
You must early lie familiar with tho
imaginary jieople you are to make real,
and who, if you are real yourself, will
come to you sleeping and waking, at day
dawn and sunset, nnd luying their
shadowy hands on yours will hold you
fast until you tingle to your finger tips
and can no more keep from writing than
tlie bird can keep from singing when tho
dew is' on the grass nnd tlie morning is
at its freshest. It you liavo never ex
perienced this glow of enthusiasm, if you
have no imagination nnd are taking up
writing as you would any other business,
because you think it will pay, or you
want fame and money, don’t try to
write, for if you do it will lie stilted and
unnatural.—Mary J. Holmes in New
York Mail and Express.
Lincoln and IIIn Beard.
Shortly after his first election to tho
presidency lu> received a pleasant letter
from a little girl living in a small town
in tho stato of New York. Tiio child
told him that 6he had seen liis pictu-e,
and it was her opinion, as slio expressed
it in her artless way, that he “would lie
a better looking man if ho would let his
beard grow.” Mr. Lincoln passed that
New York town on liis way to Washing-
Ion, and liis first thought on reaching
the place was aliout his littlo correspond
ent. In his brief sjieech to tho people ho
made a pleasing reference to the child
and her charming note. ” “This littlo
lady,” said ho, “saw from the first that
great improvement might bo mado in my
liersonal appearance. You all see that I
am not a very handsome man, and, to bo
honest with you, neither I nor any of
my friends ever boasted very much aliout
iny liersonal beauty.” He then passed
his hand over his faco and continued;
“Bull intend to follow that little girl’s
ndvice, and if she is prelent I would like
to speak to her." Tlie child camo for
ward timidly, and was warmly greeted
by tlie president-elect. Ho took her in
his arms uud kissed her affectionately,
expressing tho hope that ho might liavo
the pleasure of seeing liis littlo friend
again sometime.
Shortly after this Mr. Lincoln, for tho
first time in liis life, allowed iiis beard to
grow all over liis face, with the excep
tion of the upper lip; and this fashion
lie continued as long as ho lived. In
speaking of the incident which led him
to sjiort a full beard ho afterward re
marked, reflectively: “How small a
tiling will sometimes chango tlie whole
aspect of our lives.”—Ward II. Lamon.
Under Italian Skies.
We pass in sight of threo seasons.
Around us is tho crisp air and golden
sunshino of autumn. Beneath us hun
dreds of feet the rills of spring murmur
their way toward tiio sea. Abovo us the
frosts und snow of winter keep their cold
and beautiful silence, except when they
speak with tlie white tongue of an ava
lanche. Sometimes tho dclicato ever
green trees of an entire mountain sido
have been covered witli rain that frozo
as it fell, and tho whole gigantic hill
Hashes in a corrugated cloak of silver.
Away beyond and abovo this a higher
mountain will hold up its mighty drifts
tofraternizo with the white clouds. .Wo
are rushing along among mansions fit
for tiio gods.
Tlie people that we see at stations and
in tlie coaches aro becoming- moro and
moro stubby and swarthy. The guard of
the train—a kind of conductor and brake-
uian in one—Looks exactly liko tlie tourist
from Italy who wanders along our street
at homo in tho early morning and ex
plores the ash barrel witli an iron book.
Women doing their washing in tlie road
sido streams ale small and ill-favored.
These mountains seem to liavo borne
dwarfs. A few soldiers in shabby uni
forms look too small to participate in a
grown up battle, and make us wonder at
Magenta and Solferiuo. Beggars spring
up* out of tiio earth, undressed in tiio
carefully arrayed rags of professional
poverty. An old gray haired woman is
plowing in a barren looking field with
a pair of cows—tiio yoko twined about
their horns. People talk to each other in
a queer dialect of Frencli and Italian,
broken and ground together.—Will
Carlcton.
ALL FOR GOLD.
f-? <»t* by Skillful Archers.
In tile days when tho buffalo was
found in vast herds on tlie western plains,
, there wero Indians who, whilo riding at
a gallop, could send an arrow through a i -
buffalo’s body. Remarkable as this watched mo- closely you saw that when
shooting was, yet it did not equal that 11 put Bio water to my lips.my upper lip
They’ll robo mo in my bridal gown.
All me, all me!
They'll robe me ill my bridal gown,
The orange buds will he my crown.
The white veil will &o Heating down;
And I shall hear the splendor meet.
And .wish it were my winding sheet. i
Ah me, nh me!
They'll twine white gems about my neck.
Ah me, ah mot
They’ll twine white gems about my neck, i
And I shall give no sign, no check,
■ But well enough. I, too, shall rock.
That dewy pcaris are for my tears;
Tho deadly opals for my fears.
Ah me, oil me!
They'll lay my prayer book in my hand.
Ah me, ah me!
They'll lay my prayer book In my hand,
While I shall calm and stately stand.
Ami hear tho organ pealing grand.
And I shall neither faint nor fall.
But live and smile on through it all.
Ah me, ah me!
They’ll lend mo to the altar rail.
Ah me, ah met
They'll lead me to tho altar rail.
And my false lips will never fail.
Nor my false heart will over quail,'
As I breaths o’er those words of old,
And sell myself for love of gold.
Ah me, ah mel
—Boston Saturday Traveler.
AN APPETITE FOR GLASS.
How tho Alleged Glass Eaters Deceive
tho Credulous Fnbllc,
Several gentlemen wero disSussing tha
other evening at an uptown cafo tho pe
culiar appetites that museum freaks have
lately displayed for glass. They wero
wondering if tho sharp particles were di
gested, and ono of tho party said that tho
wholo thing was a “fake.”
“Why,” said the knowing one, "tho
trick is ancient. I've seen it dono hun
dreds of times, nnd can do it myself.
You don’t bclievo it, eh? Well to satisfy
those of yju who doubt my veracity, I’ll
do tho trick. ”
A very thin gloss, of the kind in which
seltzer is usually served, was brought,
nnd tho amateur freak called for n glass
filled with water. Whilo tho audience,
which had increased in size, was wonder
ing what was to come next, tho gentle
man coolly picked up the thin glass and
deliberately bit off a piece, which ho
cliowed with the utmost complacency.
When it was reduced to tho proper fine
ness tlie performer picked up tho glass of
water and, to all appearances, washed
down tho rather unpleasant dish with
apparently us much satisfaction as if tho
particles of glass were delicate bits of
turkey nnd tho clear beverago cham
pagne. It was noticed, however, that
ho ditUpct drain tho glass. Everybody
looked at him in perfect astonishment
and somo of liis friends, thinking it was
an act of bravado winch migl
fatal, wanted to send for a pliyi
“Never mind calling a doci
tho trickster, laughing heart
mystified expressions on their
changed to looks of object terror;
all right, and now I'll expose tlie trick.
Of course nono of you bclievo I swallowed
tho glass, but the question is what be-
camo of it.”
IIo’then took up tho glass from which
ho drank, and, putting a handkerchief
over another tumbler, poured its con
tents into tho empty receptacle. Wnen
tho straining was finished tho handker
chief held hundreds of fine juirticlvs of
glass.
“Now you fellows want to know how
tho small pieces of glass got into the
tumbler, don't you?
“In tho first place there Is little danger
in chewing tho glass if ono is careful,
but it requires a good deal of practico to
eject it without being detected. If you
ring it wa
night provi
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I’m
Snwduat by the Hal*.
Baled sawdust is the latest outfit of
the saw mills of Maine. It is put up in
neat lialf cord packages covered witli bur
laps. A |iowerful hydraulic press is used
to press the packages, and the entire
supply is shipped to Boston, where it is
used by the street car companies for bed
ding for horses. A portion of it is used
for parking. The cost of transportation
is reduced about one-half by the bailing
process. I expect to see the sawdust of
all the mills in the northwestern luinlicr
district utilized in this wav Imfnre low.
Sowing Machino Kinks.
It i3 astonishing that makers of sewing
machines do not put on a dcvico to raise
the foot witli the^nec, similar to a swell to
an organ. It could ho easily mid simply
arranged by ednnecting tho kneo lever
with the pressor bar by mc>uns of a cord
(or say fine wire cord) about as follows:
Fasten the cord to pressor bar guide,
quilter screw head or tho thread cutter,
thenco up over pulley lever or supporter,
attached for that purposo at rear of tho
face plate, thence ft similar device at
Tear of arm above its base, thenco down
through tlie table in a sheave pulley near
the top end of right leg, thence across to
a lever about twelve inches long, set in a
sloping jiosition near tho loft leg of tiio
sewing machine.
The rear or upper end of tiio lever
should bo attached to tho under sido of
table, so tho front or lower end will rest
against tho operator’s knee. Thus by a
little practice the oiierator will soon learn
to use such a device, and have tho use of
tho right hand where it is much needed
at tlie wheel and to help guido tho sew
ing. It will do away with this everlast
ing grabbing back to the foot lifter twice
for every stop.
Let us figure a little on this matter.
Say that 5,000,000 of machines are in
use in this country, tho waste motions in
reaching to lifters amount to several
hundred million motions per day that
might be utilized to licttcr advantage,
and tlie timo lost cosh day would perhaps
amount to thirty years to ono individual.
Please notice tliat figures don’t lie, nnd
twenty or thirty cents on each machino
would save so much.—Sewing Machino
News.
readied by the archers of ancient times,
Mr. Dixon, in liis lustory of Gairlock,
Scotland, says that the MacRaes of that
district were sucli skillful archers that
they could hit a man at tho distanco of
400 nnd even 500 yards. He instances
the killing of a serving man at 500 yards
and of two men killing several McLeods
at 400.
Lest tiio reader should discount tho
distance of the range, tiio author men
tions several wonderful shots made by
Turks. In 1794 tlie Turkish uuibassador
sliot an arrow, in a field near London,
415 yards against the wind and 482 yards
with the wind.
was laid over tho rim, • and before
drank a drop all tho pieces which were
under that upper lip wero almost at tho
bottom of tho water. To be sure ono
must bo careful not to swallow any of
the pieces with tiio water, but that can
be dono by closing the teeth. Tho finer
the glass used the less fear there is of its
living detected in tho bottom of tie
tumbler.”
Several of the audience tried to do the
trick, but gavo up in despair when their
tongues and gums wero cut by the par
ticles of glass. It is, however, becoming
very popular for blooded young men to
bite pieces out of their glasses, and the
The secretary of tho ambassador, on j timo may come when a piece of glass for
hearing tlie expressions of surprise from | chewing purposes may bo included in the
tho English gentlemen present, said th
sultan had shot 500 yards. This was tlie
greatest jicrformanco of modern days,
but a pillar, standing on a plain near
Constantinople, recorded shots ruugiug
up to 800 yards.
Sir Robert Aipslic, Britisli ambassador
to tiie sublime jmrtc, records Unit in 1798
lie was present when tlie sultan shot an
arrow 072 yards.—Youth's Companion.
Tiio word knowledge strielly em;
implies three things, viz.. lr... |
conviction.—Whately.
Fifteen young (
have gone to Italy lo.-.-.aiy ; i.
bUezo*.
toyed
f and
Scandinavian* in tiio United* States.
A scries of articles on different nation
alities in the United States forms ono of
the unique features of tlie current vol
ume of Tho Cliautauquan. In a late
number Albert Shaw discusses tlie Scan
dinavians, und gives the following in his
valuable computation of statistics: More
people liavo left Norway, Sweden und
Denmark during the last seven years to
make their homes in the United States
than during the entire previous oxistenco
of our country. Witli one-fortieth of
tho wholo imputation of Euro|m tho
Scandinavian countries furnish nearly
one twenty-fourth of the aggregate
European emigration of the United
Stab s 'luring the six decades from. 1820
to I Since 1880 we have admitted
in numbers 4,000,000 European
n-e ■ our shores, of whom aliout
500,i •. j ..avo been Scandinavians. That
is to say, wo aro during the current de
cade drawing 12 1-2 per cent, of our new
foreign population from a group of kin
dred nations which have only 2 1-2 per
” cent, of the imputation of Europe. —Pub-
7 lie Opinion.
bill for refreshments.—New York Even
ing Sun.
A Novel Necktie.
The manager of ono of the largo Chi
cago wholesale houses in tho line of gen
tlemen’s fuihishings, shows a novel
necktio which he has just received from
Texas. It is a rattlesnake skin, made up
in tho form of a four-in-hand tie. The •
point-rattle is sot in the center of th*
outer fold—to servo tho purpose of a tie
pin. As it glistens and shows all sorts of
shifting colors in tho sunlf ht or gaslight
it makes a very attractive, if not exactly
conventional, tie. The owner says that
it was sent to him as a sariiple, the sender
saying that, as the stock of rattlesnakes
in his country is inexhaustible, ho can
supply as many of these strange ties os
tho Chicago liouso may want.--Chicago
News.
- shoes of tho Confederacy.
Two ladies of our acquaintance,
wealthy nnd exclusive at the beginning
of the war, wero glad, during its latter
years, through the great change wrought
in their fortunes, to find tliat their skill
in making shoes, siipiiers and gaiters
could furnish them with a modest in
come. ■ These shoes were constructed
from old broadcloth coats and pants,
pieces of bombazine and any available
black goodd; their soles were often cut
from the leather tops of worn out shoes,
and tiieir lacings were the coverings of
hoopskirt wire dyed black. Toward tfte
close of the war many of them sold for *
$30 and $40 per lair. —Jennie S. Jiulson.