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aEN'E RAIj news.
The pop nlation of Chattanooga is said,
t 0 be 20 , 666 .
3 lovoA grapes are successfully grown
Hillsboro county, Fla.
in hundred,> the price
Eighty cents per
offered for good limes in Jacksonville,
florid 3 * thousand dollars
Fifty-five worth of
sponge were sold at Key West, Fla., last
Monday. million
ElCrHT and three-quarter dol
|ors is the valuation of property in Flor
jda for 1883, an increase of four millions
over last year.
Vicksburg, Miss., wells sunk about
260 feet reach the gulf level and an
abundance of excellent water, with fine
Bind and soa shells is found.
The Charleston, S. C., News and Cou
jj 3 . reports great injury to the cotton by
drouth and greater injury threatening
upland crop.
South Carolina, according to the cen¬
sus, is tl ie most illiterate state, 48.2 per
cent of the popu'aticn being unable to
read, an 1 55.4 per cent unable to write.
From present indications it is probable
that Galveston, Texas, will receive for
the season 1882-83 about 900,000 bales
of cotton, leaving every port except New
Orleans in the race.
A committee is canvassing for sub¬
scriptions to a steamship line between
Augusta and Savannah. It is thought
that it will he a success. When the con¬
templated improvements in the river are
made steame s can run all the year.
The German colony located at Pick
easville, Ala., apprehend realizing noth¬
ing from their crop, on account of the
drouth, and have entered, into negotia¬
tions to furnish staves to the Mobile
market from the timber along tlie upper
Bigbec.
The work in the harbor at Vicksburg
will not be abandoned. It is confidently
believed tint a sufficient depth of water
can be kept in the west pass of the lake
to allow tributary boats to land at I be
city landing during the lowest stage in
the river.
The Board of Directors of the Florida
Snip canal and Transit Company adjour¬
ned at New York yesterday, after a four
days’ session. Work will probably com¬
mence on tho canal within the next
ninety days. Its estimated cost is $46
000 , 000 .
Western North Carolina is certainly
» great section for fruit. In Watauga
county is an apple tree fifty years old
which has on it about fifty bushels of
fine apples, and has nine large branches,
which give rise to thirty-two branchlets,
is seven and a half feet in diameter and
covers twenty-nine yards.
Two of tho best farms iu Culpepper
county, Va., exchanged hands recently.
One of them, containing 1,300 acres, sit¬
uated on the Rappanonnock river, was
purchased by Thomas B. Nalle for $50,
003 cash; tlie other, containing 200
axes, near brandy Station, was sold at
§10,030 to the County Treasurer, S.
Russell Smith.
A. two-thousand dollar Jersey cow,
owned in Baltimore, Md., has recently
earned the reputation of being tbe best
butter producing cow in tbe United
States, having, in seven days’ test, given
327 pounds of milk, which made twenty
five pounds two and a half ounces of
butter, being one pound of butter from a
little less than thirteen pounds, or six
mhl a half quarts of milk.
Georgia, Tennessee and other south¬
ern states comblain that dogs kill their
sheep. In England pet dogs are becom¬
ing a serious drain upon I he edible ne¬
cessities and luxuries of life. Many
pups are fed on toast and tea and eggs,
and lamb chops. One gentleman daily
orders a beefsteak and two glasses of
wine for his dog. Some ot them take
handy and soda, cheese and pickled
oysters.
Wr. H. J. Gachet, Bullock county,
Ala., is engaged in making syrup from
felons, and has already made 300 gal¬
lons. This se ji s f or 75 cents per gallon.
An ordinary melon will make two gallons
juice, and it takes twelve gallons to
make one of syrup. Estimating the
field per acre 1,000 melons, which will
P v e 2,000 gallons of juice, or 166| of
Atoip, at 75 cents per gallon, the pro¬
ceeds will he $125.
Albany (Fla.) Argus: An immense
town is now being built on the line of
the St. J. & D. E. railroad. It commen
<es a t Ravenswood, and continues all
slong the line to Umatilla, a distance of
dx miles, of which Altoona is the grand
center, geographically. Five saw-m'lls
make it hum for 11 s, and if things con
tinne this way for another year a line of
Areet cars and street lamps will have to
this ‘ e inaugurated per necessity. Within
six miles are the towns of R ivens
" Hid, Pittmann (now consolidated), Al
u,| 0k na, Honeywell, Glendale and Uma
Asew cave has been discovered in
- N °rth Carolina. It is located tho
Tennessee on
river in Swain county, near
the mouth of the Nantihala. A blast
Put in the mouth of it and a way
for entrance. One large room,
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VOLUME VI.
bearing beautiful stalactites, was ex
plored and a small aperture leading to
another room was found, but for want
of proper lights the exploring party
went no further. The railroad runs im¬
mediately by it on the river. The land
is owned by Maj. J. W. Wilson, about
the largest landholder in North Carolina.
The cave is in the great marble belt of
the west, which crops out at Marble gap
on Valley-river mountain.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The sum of $931,GOO, bequeathed by
J. B. Gardner, of Boston, to help pay
the National debt, was received at the
Treasury Department and placed to the
credit of patriotic donations.
A Reno saloon-keeper kept a bottle o '
p itch pine splinters soaked in spirits of
turpentine for the use of custom ers who
tell the barkeeper to hang it up; but the
beverage became so popular in Reno
that it was considered too good for that
class of customers.
A gold idol weighing thirty-two and
one-half pounds was recently excavated
in Calistlahauca state of Mexico, by
some Indians. The idol was composed
of a group of figures, but it was broken
up by the Indians and divided equally
Only nine of the thirty-eight States
have furnished the country with presi¬
dents. These States are the following,
and the length of time the several States
have held the office is also indicated :
Virginia............. .......36 years
Massachusetts...... ....... 8 years
Tennessee........... .......16 years
New York........... ....... 10 | years
Ohio................ ....... 41 years
Louisiana........... ....... 1 year
Now Hampshire...... ....... 4 years
Pennsylvania........ years
Hlinois.......’....... 12 years
Total from 1789 to 1885,... .90 years
In the seventy-two years prior to the
civil war, the South possessed the Presi¬
dency for forty-nine years, and as good
as possessed it under the eight years of
Pierce, of New Hamshire, and Buchan
nan, of Pennsylvania. In those days it
made no difference whore a man came
from, if he was in spmpatliy with the
dominating Southern element. The ex¬
traordinary contributions to tlie Presi¬
dency, were due, not at all to her loca¬
tion, but to the UNiisual relations of her
strong men to the Government during
the period of the Revolution and settle
nieut of the Constitution. Virginia has
furnished no presidents since Monroe
went out in 1824.
Mr. Russell, a wealthy Mississipp
planter, who is at Rockbridge Alum
Springs, with his wife, has with him also
an adopted child, twelve years old, who
is a son of the late Gen. John B. Hood.
Of the Hood children, the two eldest
daughters were taken by Mr. Maury, a
relative of Mrs. Hood, and are now be¬
ing educated in Germany with his daugh¬
ters. John B. Hood, Jr., the oldest boy,
is the one adopted into the family of Mr.
Russell. A pair of twin girls are adop¬
ted children of a Mr. Adams, of New
York; another pair of twin girls are in
the family of Mr. McKee, of Mississippi;
another boy, Duncan by name, is the
adopted child of a wealthy maiden lady
of New York, and another, Oswald, is
in the family of another New Yorker, re¬
siding near the Empire City. Thus
have the fatherless been cared for. A
singular coincidence is related in connec¬
tion with three of the gentlemen
who have thus taken the place of fathers
of these interesting children. Messrs.
Russell, Adams and McKee were class¬
mates at Yale College. They are all
married, but have no children. Without
consent of action, or even knowing what
the others were about to do, each ap¬
plied for and was given the charge he
now has.
Lawyer’s Fees.
Merritt E. Sawyer, the attorney for
Miss Mary Alice Almont Livingston moved m
her suit against Henry Brooklyn, Fleming, Y.,
before Judge Pratt in N.
for a reference to decide the question of
remuneration to counsel. He thought
$5 080 reasonable. Without his knowl¬
edge the plaintiff went with Richard S.
Newcombe to defendants lawyers and
settled for $15,000. Mr. Sawyer said he
asked for $5,000, but would take $4,000,
while bis client was not willing to give
him more than $2,500. considered $3,000
Judge Pratt said he
a reasonable fee. It might not repay
counsel for his trouble, but allowance
must be made for the fact that the com
nromise for the $75,000 verdict was for
small a sum. Mr. Sawyer said the
^«rnrrme so ^opinion was accepted contrary said he to
bis Jt Judge Pratt
So Hmu the" ladv should have finally at agreed levs!
500 clear and it was
that oft he remaining $4,500 Mr.
should have $3,100. leaving $1,400
'
Mr, Newcomlie.
CON YERS, GA.. AUGUST 31, 1883.
Aphorisms of Holmes.
You may set it down as a truth which
admits of few exceptions, that those who
ask your opinion really want your praise,
fish Memory when is a net. One finds it full of
he takes it from the brook,
but a dozen miles of water have run
through it without sticking.
God bless all good women ! To their
soft hands and pitying hearts we must
all come at last.
Put not your trust in _ money, but put
your money in trust.
When a strong brain _ is weighed with a
true heart, it seems to me like balancing
a bubble against a wedge of gold.
Controversy equalizes fools and wise
men in the same way—and the fools
know it.
I find the groat thing in this world is
not so much where we stand as in what
direction we arc moving.
If the sense of the ridiculous is one
side of an irrepressible nature, it is
very well; but if that is all there is iu
a man, he had better have been an ape
and stood at the head of his profession
at once.
Travelers change their guineas; not
their characters.
There are three wicks to the lamp of a
man’s life: brain, blood, and breath.
Press the brain a little, its light goes
out, followed by both the others. Stop
the heart a minute and out go all three
of the wicks. Choke the air out of the
lungs, and presently the fluid ceases
to supply the other centers of flame,
and all is soon stagnation, cold and dark¬
ness.
The scientific study of man is the most
diflicult of all branches of knowledge.
There are a good many real miseries
in life that we cannot help smiling at,
but they are the smiles that make wrinkles
and not dimples.
We must have a weak spot or two in a
character before we can love it much.
People that do not laugh or cry, or take
more of anything than is good for them,
or use anything but dictionary words,
are admirable subjects for biographies
But we don’t care most for those flal
pattern flowers that press Lest in the
herbarium.
Faith always implies the disbelief of a
lesser fact in favor of a greater.
The Broad Church, I think, will never
be based upon anything that requires
the use of language. Freemasonry gives
the idea of such a church The cup oi
cold water does not require to he trans¬
lated for a foreigner to understand il.
The only Broad Church possible is that
which has its creed in the heart, and not
in the head.
I would have a woman as true as death.
At the first real lie, which works from
the heart outward, she should be tender¬
ly chloroformed into a better world,
where she can have an angel for a gov¬
erness, and feed on strange fruits, which
shall make her all over again, even to
her bones and marrow.
Why can’t somebody give us a list ol
things which eyerybody thinks anp
nobody everybody says, and another and nobody list of things
that says thinks 5
New England Woollen Mills.
In order to ascertain tlie extent of the
lepression in the New England woollen
industry, the Boston Advertiser sent cir
culars of inquirv to the 500 mills in those
States and has published the results Thenum- of
the replies received from 250.
ber of woollen mills in New England 490, re
ported by the census of I860 was
and the number of sets of cards was
2 922. According to tlie Advertiser's
returns the number of sets of cards now
slmt down is 759 , or more than a third
of the whole. The estimated daily con¬ ;
sumption of each set of cards is 300
pounds of wool. This would show a re¬
duction in the total consumption ol
230,700 pounds a day, or about 7,000,00C
pounds a month. Tlie actual reduction
is doubtless greater than this, for the
reason that the returns made do not in¬
clude all of the stopped mills. The num¬
ber of sets of cards shut down in each
New England State and the total num¬
ber in each as returned by the census of
1880 are as follows :—
Slates. Shut Down. Census 1880
Massachusetts.. 390 1,350
Rhode Island 138 432
..
Maine......... .... 35 201
New Hampshire 293
Vermont ...... 18 145
Connecticut.... 139 435
Total 759 2,922
The important bearing of this marked
depression on the wollen industry of the
country is apparent when it is remem¬
bered that New England is the chief seat
of that industry in the United States.
According to the census of 1880, one
fourth of all the woollen mills in the
United States and more than a third of
the sets of cards are in New England,
while New England mills consume more
than half of ad the wool used in the
country and turn out more than half the
goods made.
At Home.— A Baitimorian has a cage
of monkeys. By way of variety he put
a cat in with them, much to their oe
light. On taking it or 1 the other day
there was terrible howling on both sides.
The cat refused to eat, and the monkeys
sat b'cking the tears out of each oilier s
eves for days. Finally the cat was put
back, and then there was great joy. II
licked all the little monkeys, and the
big ones took turns hugging it till its
tongue stuck out.
—
Values. -The total assessed valuation
0 f the United States is as follows: New
England States. $2,652,076,586; Middle
states, $5,567,073,848; Southern States,
* 2 369 246 890 ; Western States, $6 180 -
, , , $128,213,629. Total,
524,614; Territories
$16,897,135,567. This is about onc
third the true valuation.
Bargaining With a Pump.
Some thirty years ago, an intemper
ate man was reformed by being refused
one public cherry. house Penniless, morning, he where went to had the
oue he
squandered many a shilling, to get a
drink “on tick.” The landlady refused
to trust him. Seeing a plate of luscious
ripe cherries on the bar, ho asked for
but one. “Save your money and Imy
vour own cherries,” was the reply. “I
will,” ho said, and he did. His wounded
pride forced him to reflect; reflection
ensured amendment. Prom that morn
ing he was reformed.
The following story tells of a flannel
weaver who was induced by a surly an¬
swer to reflect and then to make a good
bargain with a pump.
This man had saved a guinea for the
pation. purpose of having began a whole week’s spending dissi
He on Monday,
three shillings per day for seven days ;
on the morning of the eighth he was
burning with thirst, but his money was
gone.
Judy, the landlady, was mopping the
passage; he stood looking at Judy, with
his cracked lips, parched tongue and
bloodshot eyes, expecting her to nsk
him to take just a drop; but she did not,
and he requested her to trust him for
only one pint.
With an indignant look of scorn and
contempt she replied, “Trust thee ! thou
dirty, idle vagabond ! Set a step in this
house, and I will dash this mop in thy
face.”
The poor wretch hung down his head
in shame. He was leaning against a
pump; and after a little study began to
talk to the pump.
“Well, Pump,” said he, “I have no!
spent a guinea with thee, Pump; will
thou trust me a drop ?”
He lifted up the handle, put his burn¬
ing mouth to the spout, aud drank liis
fill; this done, he again said to tin
pump— thee, and boa-
1 ‘Thank Pump ; now
mo, Pump. I will not enter a pul>)i<
house again for seven years; and
Pump, thou art a witness,”
The bargain was kept, aud this mu
afterward became a respectable ma ni
facturer, and often said that it was :
grand ened thing dash for him that his Judy face. threat¬
to the mop iu
Preserving Berries.
Fruit Juices.— The juices of many
kinds of fruits are so extremely delicate
.’bat they cannot be preserved by the or¬
dinary methods of heating, so as to re¬
tain the flavor, this being especially the
case with raspberries and strawberries, advised
To meet this difficulty, wo are to
take perfectly ripe, dry, clean raspber¬
ries, and to mash them in an earthen jar,
with a wooden pestle, so as to obtain a
homogeneous mass. To this, five to ten
per cent, of grape or cane sugar is to be
added, and the whole then allowed to
stand, being stirred occasionally. An
alcholic fermentation will before long
take place, in the course of which the
pectine will separate completely, leaving
the perfectly clear juice, which will be
found to retain all the peculiar aroma of
the raspberry. strawberries, pounds
For preparing two
of berries are to be selected, as directed
for raspberries, and placed m a large
mouthed bottle without mashing, so as
to fill the bottle one-half to two-thirds;
two and a half pounds of finely pulvor
ized sugar are to be added, a- d the whole
shaken up frequently at the ordinary
temperature, without heating. The
sugar will extract the moisture from the
berries, aud form a clear syrup, possess
ing all their flavor and odor, which may
be separated by straining. This puce
will keep perfectly by the addition of
one-fifth of its hulk of alcohol.
Pickled Barberries. — Boil the
bruised berries of a few bunches in salt
aud water; strain and put a gill of the
liquor to a quart of vinegar, pound with an
ounce of salt, a quarter of a of
loaf sugar, a quarter of an ounce of
pounded ginger, and a little sliced horse¬
radish; bi»il and strain it; then pour it
hot over the barberries, the finest
bunches having been previously selected
and placed in jars; when cold, cover
closely with a bladder. They may brine also of
be kept in a jar with a strong them. When
salt and water poured over the surface,
any scum is observed upon
pour off the brine and add fresh.
Wicked Gypsies.
A band of fraudulent gypsies are on a
tour of New England. They are used pro¬
vided with a tent which has been
heretofore for a side show, and a lot of
old costumes. The manager has hired a
knife thrower and an acrobat, in the
guise of gypsies, and with them he ex¬
pects to win numerous wagers on feats
which he knows they can readily per¬
form, but which the unwary visitor will
deem impossible. He also has several
women who pass very well for gypsy hags,
and who will sell trinkets and tell for¬
tunes. But the gii-1 who figures as the
gypsy (jue 6 H is liis cliicf dt^pGiidcDcc for
iiicome. She is rather handsome and
devoid of scruples. She has learned her
lesson of fortune-telling mummery, she
is audacious enough to carry out the
masquerade, and that rustic will be lucky
who gets away from her without leaving
a much larger fee than most gypsy palm
orossers exact..
Too I’iiettv. —Mary Bullock got a ri
dicnlously heavy verdict against the
Euglish company on whose railroad she
was slightly hurt. But a new trial has
been granted, as expressed by tlie
Judge, that she and her sisters, who ap
peared as her witnesses, were so beauti
ful that their charm of person had seem
inglv deprived the jury of common
sense.
NUMBER 23.
A Chech for Over Two Millions.
In April, 1881, Jay Gould, Bussell
Sage, General Dodge and other New
Yorkeis arrived in Philadelphia, Pa., lo
attend a meeting of the directors, at the
office of the company, which it was sup¬
posed, would transact meeting merely routine take
business. The was to
place at 11 o’clock a. m., and Mr. Gould
and Mr. Sage came into Mr. Scott’s pri¬
vate office in the Pennsylvania Railroad
building for the purpose of having a pre¬
liminary talk on the future policy of the
road, there being some points of differ¬
ence between Messrs. Gould and Scott.
During the conversation, the difference,
which was amicable, rather widened, and
finally Col. Scott said positively policy, and he could that
not agree to Mr. Goulet’s
he would rather sell out.
“What will you sell for?” asked Mr.
Gould.
Col. Scott promptly named his figures,
and Jay Gould wrote his check for
$2,400,000, and became the possessor of
the control of the Texas & Pacific Rail¬
road Company.
The gentlemen then went into the
room where the other directors were as¬
sembled. and the resignation of Col.
Scott was tendered. This was the first
notice to them that the sale had taken
place. The whole transaction did not
occupy one hour, and neither gentlemen
had any previous idea that the sale would
occur.
The incident is a forcible illustration
of the aptitude of Mr. Gould and Col.
Scott for promptly arranging weighty
affairs of business. There was never a
time when Col. Scott’s mind was clearer
than on this famous day, though he was
physically very weak from the diesnst
which ended his life a year later.— Phil¬
adelphia Press.
Not to be Fooled.
A city missionary in Christian the employ of the
Albany Young Men’s Associa¬
tion is middle-aged, of solid port, and
benevolent aspect. The cut of his cloth¬
ing is canonical, and altogether he de¬
notes his calling at a glance. His spe¬
cial duty is to visit the hotels, make the
acquaintance of young strangers, and in¬
vite them to the meetings of the asso¬
ciation.
“Your name is Jarvis, I believe,” he
said, in liis politely insinuating manner,
to his guest.
“Yorraro right,” was the reply.
“You are going to spend a few days in
the city?” am.”
“Yes; I
“And you will have some leisure hours,
I presume ?”
“I presume so.”
Some other conversation was of the
same import, evincing a desire for ac¬
quaintance on the one side and of offish¬
ness on the other.
“If you have time to walk a couple of
blocks with me,” said the missionary, at
length coming to the point where he
meant to entice the stranger to the as
sociation building, “I will show you—”
“Oh, I know what you will show me,”
Jarvis interrupted; “you will show me a
place where you have drawn a prize, and
then you will try to rope me into a banco
game. That’s what you’ll show me, if
I’ll let you, you infernal confidence
swindler. But you’ve wasted your time
on me, you scoundrel. Get out, or I will
turn you over to a policeman.”
A Mean Trick.
A man who probably hailed from Buf¬
falo played a powerful mean Niagara trick Falls on a
Detroit bridal couple at
the other evening. They went to a
hotel and registered, had supper and
then started out for a night view of the far
Mighty Roarer. They had not gone
when a man called to them and said:
“Have you just been married?”
“We h-have,” answered the groom.
“Going to stay here a day or two?”
“Yes.”
“Having registered at my hotel you
probably intend to remain there ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, I want to say a word to you.
I don’t want any ducky-deary nonsense
around my house. I want no popsy
wopsy business on the verandas. I want
no squeezing hands on the balconies, or
feeding each other at the table.”
The groom let his arm fall from liis
bride’s waist in a slow and painful man¬
ner, aud the stranger continued:
“The first time you call her peache s
and cream or she calls you her darling,
out you go!” sir.”
“Y-yes, sweeter than ten thousand
“She’s no
girls, and you are no more of a darling
than I am, and I won’t stand lovesick
nonsense.”
He walked away with that, and the
people at the Falls who knew the bridal
couple were amazed to hear them address
each other as Mr. and Mrs., and to see
what precautions they took to prevent
touching hands or betraying any wretched symp¬
toms of love. They put in two
days, and it was only as they were discovered upon
the point of leaving that they
how a base villain had duped them.—
Detroit Free Press.
Checks. —A device has been intro¬
duced at a Chicago hotel for the pur¬
pose of circumventing swindlers. Each
guest receives a small piece of cardboard
on which the number of the room he is
to occupy is plainly marked. This he
is obliged to present at the office when
ever he desires bis key. Another card,
on which the name of the bearer is
; written, is a pass for the elevator, and it
is essential for a ride. Both these
checks must lie returned to the cashier
when the departing visitor pays his
bill.
Simple Dresses For Summer.
There been suddenly developed, simplo
says BErperV plain Bazar, fabrics a fancy and for single
dresses of a
color, by the way, of giving variety to
the wardrobe, and prominent among
these costumes is the use of plain gren¬ the
adine with gi’os grain, as opposed to with
rich, velvet-figured grenadines colored—
satin. When the dress is
dark red, copper, lapis blue, or golden
brown—it is made of the smoothest silk
gauze of a single shade, or else change¬
able with black, draped over plain gros
grain or taffeta silk. If the dress is
black, the material is the avmure-fig
ured or square-meslied plain grain grenadine, and
the silk is gros or ottoman
repped. Lace is the trimming for all
such dresses, but this may be confined
to the basque, in which case only three
or four yards arc required for the full
frills on tlie sleeves, neck and down tho
front. Tho ecru embroideries that aro
done on a net foundation, aud rescmblo
lace, are used for colorco grenadines,
while for black dresses the French,
Spanish, and guipure laces aro chosen.
At the best furnishing houses there
are black grenadines deep-pleated of nico quality kilt
made up with the
skirt, full apron drapery, and short
basque that constitute tho popular de¬
sign this season for the simplest wool
dresses. The grenadine killing is lace in
wide pleats, and may bo edged with
which falls at the foot upon ono or two
narrow kuife-pleatings straight that effect are needed tho
to relieve tlie long of
lengthwise pleats. The upper drapery
is not cut out by any pattern, but is ar¬
ranged in inexplicable folds on the top
of the skirt, in any way most becoming
to the wearer. The lower edges of the
grenadine aro most often turned under
above a kilt-pleating, but if it is meant
that tlie front should be with decidedly lace four in
apron shape, wide; it is edged this lace must not or
five inches as
Oil the back drapery; only two yards aro
needed, and this is put on in a gathered
frill without heading, the edge of the
lace being passed under the wide hem
of the grenadine; one-third extra fullness
is all that is added for lace. Pleated
lace is not used.
The trimming width of laco 3 for
basques is about three inches, while that
for aprons and for flounces on skirts
varies from tkroo to eight inches in
width; when two different widths aro
used they should have the same design,
and indeed tho same patterns widths, may tho bo
had in three different
third width being used for frills around
tho hips, which are either laid upon the
wertugndin puff, where they will appear
just below tlio short basque, or else they
are attached to tlie basque itself under
(he slender scallops that are cut along
its edge. The French laces that imitate
Chantilly designs aro used for such
dresses iu pretty patterns of shadedroses,
rose-buds, palms, and feathers; the prices
of these beg n as low as 25 cents a yard
in tho three inch widths, and increase sold
up to $1.50; excellent designs are
for 35 or 50 cents a yard.
A Happy Thought,
“While I was defending Dr. Mudd,”
said a legal gentleman in Washington,
“a little tiling happened which I eighteen can re¬
member, though in the almost lapse of tlie de¬
years I have forgotten all
tails of the trial. A colored woman had
been found with some evidence tending
to remove a very bad impression from
Dr. Mudd, and she was brought up to
Washington. City. I had my carriage
there, and Muild’s brother-in-law put
the woman in with us to take her down
to the court-room. As wo were about
to start the question was asked: ‘Sally,
have ‘No.’' you lmd any breakfast? ’ »Slie said,
We both thought that she ought
to eat so as to be able to tell her story
without being shaken or weak, Tho
other gentleman drew out a five dollar
bill and banded it to lier, telling her to
go and get her breakfast and then come
back to the carriage. I don’t know
why, but for some reason hardly intel¬
ligible to myself I reached out and said,
‘ No, don’t give her five dollars. Take
her to get lier breakfast at the hotel and
then come hack and join me.’ We pro¬
duced the woman in court a little later,
and tho very first question Judge Holt
asked the woman was: ‘ Sally, since has any¬
body given in you this any city?’ money ‘No sir,’said you
have been
tho woman innocently. dollar Now, bill suppose Do
she had taken the live ?
you see what an impression it would
have produced on that court, and gono
to Dr. Mudd’s prejudice ?”
A Story of Backus.
Nothing could have been more coun¬
ter to the truth than minstrel Backus’s
answer to the nightly interlocution oi
the end-man:
i • Well, Mr. Backus, how do you
feel?”
“Oh. I feel very happy; I’m a married
man, you know.”
“Then your wife is with you, is
she ?”
“Oli, no; she’s spending the summer
in Europe.” [Laughter.] would look into the
Then Backus up
box, and bow to his wife, whom beloved
so well, aud all tho time the audience
thought he was flirting with a young
lady in the audience.
Tired of Her Name.-—M rs. Frances
M. Scoville, sister of the r-ssassinGuiteau,
filed a petition in the Circuit Court ask¬
ing to be allowed to change her name.
She said she is now and has been for the
Inst three years a resident of Chicago.
She was born in Ann Harbor, Mich.
She forgets to stale the date or her
maiden name, and in 1853 was married
to George Scoville. She procured a di¬
vorce from him in January last. She
now desires to change her name and as¬
sume that of Frances Marie Howe.
A learned exchange announces that
statistics prove that the average ago of
men is increasing. The tables given
were based on the ages of business men
in large cities, and the gain, though
small, is apparent. Clearly, advertising
lias done it. In old times a business
man wore himself out hunting up busi
| ness. Now a good big “ad.,” judicious
Iv distributed and faithfully kept and up,
i (toes liis work, fills his coffers prq
longs his life.