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TI113 "BURLINGTOH. YT.. FREE PEEKS, MUDAY DECEMBER 2(1, ISS-1, CLKVKLANIVS RECEPTION. BRILLIANT SOCIAL EVENT AT ALBANY. The I'rosldi'iil-clecl lti'i-elies Ills Stii-lnl l'i lends li the Number l' I'liiirly Tlnco Hundred (triiiiil Display ol I'iihIi Itilnllili' Toilets llnw lv. Clcil" land lti-ii-lvi-s Tim tt,iniiii-l. Ai.ltANV, X. Y., Dec. !!. The reception tendered by flow Cleveland to his nodal friends to night was a brilliant ulfiilr Tlin e hundred invitations were sent and full iilae-tenthsof ihoselavlted attended. The reception was given exclusively to thoM- who had extended courtesies to the Preideni-el;cl during his two . veins' so journ here, and to his Bullulo friends who had honored him. As it was purely in re urn for social honors which the gov ernor has received, no invitation were ex tended to persons outsldeof lids city, llttf laloand Troy. The principal State ollicials wen- picsciil with their ladles. The lime designated for the icception was between the huiir. of nine and twelve, but the guests were late inni-rivd:.;. I'.y 10 o'clock, however, quite a number Kid arrived at tin- executive mansion and befoie Wait) the parlors were lllled with guests, The hulk appeared in the richest evening cos tumes crr seen in this city. Occupying the exact position in the parlor vthcrc he stood when informed of his nomina tion, tin- President-elect assisted by his wo sisters, .Miss K. Cleveland and Mrs. lloyt, received the guests. The presentation of each guest was made by Lien Knrnsworth of the governor's stalf and Col. Lamont, the governor' private secietury. I'or each guest the. governor had a pleasant word and a shake of the hand. While the guests were being pre sented it band stationed in the library dis coursed music, which the younger guests took advantage of by indulging in dancing. When the presentation ceremonies were concluded fiov. Cleveland ga" his arm to .Mrs. Cary of Htill'ulo and led the way to the dining room, fol lowed by .Mr. Krasltts Corning escorting Mrs Daniel .Manning, and other guests, where thev partook of an elegant colla tion Dancing was again i'ldulged in by many while others gathered in little groups and engaged in social conversa tion. Tlie President elect was almost con stantly the centre of a group ol ladies who seemed greatly to eiijoj his quiet con versation. It wa"-' long alter midnight be fore the 1. 1st guests took their departure trom what win consnlt-ivl the social event of 1 ie season. tiii: two nit; (Ms.ii. I'lto.nx'Ts. Comparison (iftlie l'ntiniiin and Nicaragua K1111U1-. Wi.shi.ijrton Despatch to tie- ll,.-tin Hcudd.l Tlie Nicaragua canal treat continues to ab.-or'.i attention to a mt gicat extent. Mr. Kdmiinds yesterday made a strong ap nea' for the ratification of that tteaty. ila lug been always in favor of its nego 01 I tiation, he naturally desires to see it siie- cei-d now. Indeed, it is probably largely w, as to give to eaeli a more striking indi due to tin- influence of .Mr. Kilmunds lha t yiduality. Tin's, however, can be the sttb I lit. mi ,-si-nt t ri-.-it v ),. i i-ii-i-ti-il tints ject of future consideration, should the lar. lie is a strong opponent of the idea ol nHi.whitf tlie French to ctablMi 1 (l.m.l.Hile,,.. tl.t ,;.t.tll..il. ami IWI.IIsi:ii 10 oil till-? v-oiuilll 111, lllivi he believe- there are lare com-! mcivial and agrlcultuial possibilities in Ni'-aragua. while comparatively few at Panama. The theory of the adniinistra tin., s that the construction of the Ntcur :igi..i canal bj this government will cause an ,11 Iclinite suspension ol the Panama canal, and perhaps Its abandonment. The. v. me people who doubt this, how ei., anil who believe that alter all it vi .1 1 lie better for tlie I nite.l States toj go .1 tor a sea level canal at Panama than 101 .1 canal with -0 locks, ;iso miles long. j 11 Nicaragua, ith no liarnois at either! end. It would lie a slow and ex- pensive process to work a sailing, ve-. I acios.s tlie -ontiiieat by means of a1 can- ! with so many l-n't,.-.. The publieii- tion -if the report of .Maj. Mci'iirliind, of' Hie 1 ui-jm of engineers,!, uiteil states army, on ' ne Nicaragua canal, prcparid in isrt ami suppressed until now, will nllect tlie oiiii"oiis ol Senators in regaid to the 1 scl.. me. Ill setts l'urth fully, but without exit -aeration, the charaiter of the dillicul-1 tie.s im be surmounted in making tills ca-, ill1 1, and declares that the work will cost ( 1101 ic.ss man si hi.oim.ho i. i-.veryiioiiy kiiiuvs that lien. Ito.ssir'.s talk of b'uliliii:; any sort of a canal Jo. j"j(i,i:i),ooii is non.-cii-i'. Proliably tin net uiil cost would lise more i.i-irlylo.sJuo,(H),(HK.i. The Panama canal Is no! likely toco.st less than ..'!U!),lliM,0iM, but tin t will not prevent it from being dug. It is lell here timt it is di-ereditable to our govcruineut that there should be any dis cussion or doubt about the feasibility of the Panama canal at this late day, and the idea o! sending out a mixed commission of army and navy ollicers of high rank to report on the two routes is again broached. III.- felt that, some more definite and iiu-t wolthy information in regard to the cost ol both routes should U- t biaiui-d be-o-' -i!i thin--' is done. I 11: ni:v OKl.CAS.s M'OslTION. Tit- Vor! of Impi-owim-nl Welng Kapblly I'ltslieil Small 11 1 1 1 11-1- ol 'Isllui's. Ni Oi.'l.i.ws. Dec. '.'-I. -At the Kvpos ii'oiuids tin; work ol improvement Is be. .g iiiished as rnpidl u-- an army of workmen can prosecute their labors. Wititii. tne building 1 lit- cliib'itois are 11 -crlng space with . u-,il ra)idity. ! i lylliing lias settled down in 11 syste mni i" groove and as a naiural result not a 1 lonieii! is lost. While tin- attendance Is ;ood very little business Im. Is-eu done in Die wn. of sales. The e.hibiti,rs, lmw ecr. me cheerful, claiiniii that the in vesttug community li-ive jet to come. '1 he near approach of tue ( urtstnia.s holi-da-Im also had its cITo-l llnaucially. To ,011 ow will be a field day as infornia tio 'in-- been received Ibm l lie llrst inlliix of "iv i(d excursionists will arrive. Tli te, visitors nre from Nebraska, .Min .- i.aaud Indiana, and will number air ' '. '( in all. Among the number a la 11 -ventage are school teacher.-.. H11 Ni v - lU-nnel t-.ilacl,ev Calili-s Openi-il ViUCK, Dec. :.M. The lleunett- .Mai i.ey cabli's were opened to the public at n '-'niglit at the olliee.s o! the Coiumer tial !e company, corner of Wall and Vi ti-i-ets. The place was brilliantly llgl. 1 ami tint operators itud clerks were kept actively engaged in sending cable grains. lion. Itnlierl C Wllltliliqi Uli'ilili) In lie-llei- Hut Atbli'i'ss at Hie Washiiiff tnu "Moinmii'lil lli-illt .itluii, Wasiiinotdn, Dec. '.'I.- Hon, Horatio C. King has received a letter from the son of lion. Hubert C. Winthrop, stating that that gentleman is better, but that there is no probability of his being able to come to "Washington to deliver the address which ho has prepared for the ceremonies at the dedication of the Washington monument. It has been suggested that the son of Mr. Winthrop be invited to read thu address, but the matter lias not yet been consider ed by the monument association. tiii: hiinninoton momitmknt. The l'liiii Adopted Miiti'liti'lit by lit) ( oliiinltlce. Tito llennlimton luittU- monument com mittee .Messrs. K. J. Phelps, A. II. 18 leu, H. K. Present t anil .1. Ci. .McOnlloni.'h have published u statement In regard to tin1 iliin they lmvc adopted in which they say : The committee have been favored wltli various deigns from very competent hands, all meritorious, and some of great merit. Without further referenee to others whleh the proper limits of this report would not allow us to describe, we have unanimously a'ud without aiiyllnal hesita tion concurred In recommending to the directors the design of l'rof. dolm F. Weir, a model and drawings and ground plan of which are herewith sulimltled. They explain themselves, a far as a mere model and suggestion ("111 anticipate Its sitccesslul renlUutiou In the artistic con ception and execution. The structure is designed to stand about twenty tcet- square on the ground, and about lifty feet In clear height, and to lie on a mound ten feet high, making a total height of about slvty feet. The mass of the base K to lie composed of rough liliiclts of N'ew Kugland granite. Kroin the.-e rises a shaft of unhewn granite, irregular in form, suggestive 01' the ehaiacter of the age and of thecountry, conerging toward the top. Tills is surmounted bva llguiein bro.eof strlkliiK'uUitudc, liftcen feet high, which may lie either a portrait statue of (Sen. Stnrk'or a representative ideal figure, tvpifying the Itcvolutlonitry leader. On the corners of the base at the toot of the shall are designed to stand four bronze statues eight feet high, repre sentative of those who took part in the light and it incidents. These need not be portraits of individuals, lint types of the time and the event; the farmer and the artisan turning from their avocations to take up arms to icsisl invasion ; the wom an of the time, not less memorable than the miui, sheltering her child from the coming storm; the minister of re ligion, whose words aninmted his llock and invoked upon them tlte divine benediction. These sculptures if com petently designed and executed, will ex press most forcibly the event which is to lie signalized, and what is much more, the national spirit of which that event was the outcome. The battle of Uennington was not fought on our side by regular troops, nor in the course of systematic war. It was the spontaneous uprising of the yeomanry of tlietinie to repel inva sion", and to strike for political and per sonal liberty. That is the distinctive story and Die national impulse whleh the sculpture should perpetuate, in such man ner that the wayfaring man and the school-boy may read it always, without mistake. " The model that we place befere you, and the small ligures that indicate the place and general chareter of the sculpture, can only promise and sug- 1 gent tills success ; they con not realize it. Thai must be lift, as every work , of art must lie, to the genius and skill of the .sculptor. True, it inav fail of its pur lins'.', us sculpture lias tailed before: but I in the right hands we no not anticipate Itiiiure. .More especially as tiie design of .each liguie will remain to be considered 1 11111I in-rented before it is nettinlli- exectit- ed. And it is the expectation of "the com mittee liml llii-se ugures may probably be ili-si-rm-il 11111I llllislicil bv solL-il-nti' arllsls. 'design we recommend be ultimately mi Irtiit ...1 I In tin, full,- ctiliw ,if tin. Iimsi. nru spares for .suitable inscrintioiw. And .1... ..,s..1!..,,...4l, ,.f ll... L-t. M,,.,-'!.,. .. Wll IIIU ILllllllUlll.,i Uil i-il.Ulli. illll,Hi; 111" , troduced, if desired, as shown on the I model, bas-reliefs in bronze, representing scenes connected with the battle, and bronze wreaths emblematic ot victory. In respect to the general ell ret of 11 1110:1-1 ....1 ! .i.r. 1 .1... unient constructed from tliis design, the committee entertain no doubt. And their opinion on this point has been confirmed by that of many p-rsons whose judgment is entitled to respect, and to whom the model and drawings have been shown. Its size will be quite adequate to the u-quire- I meats of the locality where it is proposed I to place it, and will make it siitllciently j conspicuous and commanding both near ; and lar. In the harmony anddignityof its ' proportions, the beauty of its outlines and , the significance of its expression, it ap- ticars to us likely to command both popu j lar and critical approval. The main shaft 1 especially, we regard as original and strik I ing In conception, as well as singularly ! appropriate to tlie subject of tlie monu I incut. Tlie cost of the monument, coni- pleted according to tills design, is esti , mated, and we believecorreetly, at s.'i.oOU. Tin: roKTV-i:i(iirrii j:on;i!i;ss. lttiltt Houses Ail.joitru ITiittl .Ian. ."i-Xn I til si 11 ess ol 1 111 1 111 flu lice Tr.llis.ii-tetl. W.sllt'(.'l'()N, Dec, '.'I. The Senate con vened as usual promptly at noon and within ten minutes had disposed of such little morning business as offered, consist- ing of petitions, etc. The Chair then laid before the Semite the calendar of bills un objected to, but on motion of Senator Morrill without further business the Sen ate at l'Jili) went into executive session. The doors were reopened at l'J:!l."i. The . Chair announced ids signature to tlie con-, current resolution providing for a holiday recess from Dec. MI to .inn. ."i. On motion of Senator Allison the Senate at I'.Wml-1 joiinied until -Ian. .", lss.",. The llniisi-ColK-iil-s In tin St-iiiil- Itesolit tliili ol Aitjiilll-lilnt-tll. W si,u, Dec. 'Jt. -There were about .VI meinb"is present when Speaker Carlisle called the House to order this morning. Mr. Ilitndali of Pinnsylvania called up the adjournment resolution and moved a concurrcnc in theSetmteamend meiit which pro ides that tlie lecess shall begin to-day and last until .liiuuary ."1, ISs-V The motion was agreed to. The House then at P.'.-il on motion of Mr I!an dall adjourned until .lau.o, ISs,",. Washington Xott-s. The amended naval appropriation bill was received by Hie House, from the Sen ate to-day, but' no action was taken in regard ui it. The current appropriations for the navv department cxpiie on the :11st in-t The board of trustees of the Columbia I university of Washington, at a special ! meeting upon the unanimous recotninen 1 datioii of the faculty ot Its nit-ilii-.il depart 1 meat, has decided to admit women to the study of medicine in that institution with all the prWilegcs' ot Instruction now ac corded male students. (leu, Miernimi hpeal.s I'pon tli '.M llllaiy Xeccssllii-s .r Hut I'nlli-il sl.il.-s. Ni: Voiik, Dec. til. Gen. W. T. Sher man addressed tlie military service insti tute at Governor's island this afternoon on "The Military Necessities ot the I'nitcd States." Gen. Hancock, dipt. Iledford of the liriUsh army, and other distinguished soldiers were present. Gen. Sherman argued as usual 111 favorof iiinore elllclent service to be gotten into shape In times of peace. He also said that the military system should lie improved mid advocated tlie Slocum bill, Notwithstanding nil that has been said about the superlluolis women of Now Kngiaiiii, It would seem that thu supply of husbands Is greatly in excess of the de maud. A New Haven advertisement for a husband brought two hundred re sponses. Uontun Trttmorliit. GEN. II. 15. LEE'S FAMILY ! BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE CONFED ERATE COMMANDER'S CHILDREN 11 in. I.i-e mill llct- Daughters During tlio War- I'l-lviitloii'i of tlio lliirk Dnyn Arlington A Youtlifiit C'liiifi-it-i-nilo's Lust Mi-singe. NV-.v York IIi'rnM.1 At the recent opening of the .Metropoli tan museum of ai l I saw among the ninny notable people there .Mi-s .Mnry Lee, thu necotul daughter of Cell, Kobcrt li. I.ce. She Is a plain-looking lady of iKi, and, like her father, is altogether unpreten tious. Shew 01 ea heavy cashmere wrap, ami was in cnmp.uiy with a lady siinilaily attired. .Miss .Mnry Lee le-einUcs her mother in appearance inure than her lather, it Is a tcinnrkahli: fact that the only one of Ccn. l.ce's childicn who at all resemble him is his oldest son, (!eu. O. V. Custi-i Lie, now the president of Wnshington and I.ce unli ersity, at Lex ington, n a. There ale (he of the I.( e childien three sons and two daughters. They were all horn at Arlington, the old Custia homestead near Washington, when; Mrs. I.ce continued to icside titter her mar riage. The eldest (laughter, Mildred, I1113 traveled a gicat deal since tlio war, spend ing much of her time in Kurope, but when here makes her home, with her brotlicr ( uslis at Lexington, Miss Mary, the next sister, aNo lives with him. Agnes, the youngest sister, died dining the war at a" health lc-ort in North Caro lina. None of tlie daughters married and Cust's Lee is nl-o single, hut lluncy Lie and Kobcrt K., dr., are both married and are both Virginia farmers. One of them only has children, and the nroha- ' bilities :ue that it is through him alono that tlie Lee family aiid the Cus lis family arc to be perpetuated. Mrs. lloheit K. Lie was the only.child j of (ieorge Washington Park Curtis' who I was the only son and heir of Martha "Washington. It was from (Ieorge Wash ington and Martha Washington that Custi.i , obtained Arlington, which, at tlie opening ; of the war, was one of the finest pieces of country property of the south. It was I 1 tlie ideal southern honvstcad. TheCnlon forces took pos-e-s-on of it at the very opening of the hostilities in IMil, and daring the war it was con verted into a utiConal cemetery. I Aciordit.g to the proviso of the will of , (icoige Washington Park t'ustis the en tile proi'i-rlv was to 0 to tlie e!ile-t son of Alts. Lie. That c'dest son was thu 1 picmt Ccn. G. . C. Lee, and he oh- taincd si ','.),()()() from the government in i payineiit for Arlington last winter, there iiaiug been a long contest at law about it. . '! hat money represents the bulk of the propeily now in possession of the Lie family ."and is but 11 tril ing rcnitiatit of the ni.-igniP.ccnl estates they owned 111 ir ginia bi'l'ore the war, not to pcak of the hundreds of slaves that belonged to tln-s--estates, lint the family has tared better than many others of liic south that were I equally wial thy bci'oie the war. 1 Gen! Curtis Tee, though the legal pos sessor of the si 'J."), 01), 1 he received for Arlington, has a big heart, and makes the mo.-t liberal luo.isiou for his two 1 . , "a ',''" .W1 1" Though, as stated at the opening ot tins paragraph. uiry Lee is u plain-looking lady, witli no pietcntion.s to licautv, sue is "incit 111 intellect, anil is a most charining person. lJuring the war . . . . . .... . she was mo,t of the time in l.'ieliinond with her mother and sisters, and with them endured many pri itions I have s -en a lit tli nccouiit liook in which there was a lec cr! of expenditures ni.nle on account of the little p ule the .Mis. I.'v and her daughters nu s-c-l V1.1l. It was seldom they had 111e.it 01 coli'ce. and the most ex militant piim had lobe paid f r chicken or even gieen corn. Tlie bull; of the diet was made up of rice, bn ad and sin-h light nitidis. .Mi's. Lee was one of the most patient and self abnegating o! women, and though a coiiiirined invalid dining tlio entire war in which her husband was -ucli a prominent actor, never complained, but was in the tace of cons'sint misfortunes am! tlue.itenid diui jir-, always lcsigned and s -renc. She maintained this charac ter up to the cry hum of her death. A touching story of whleh Mi-s Mary Lee is the hc.-oii'e'is that after one of the terrible battles 11 ar liiclunond, just previ ous to tlie cloc of the war, she and some of the ladies went on 'he field to lender whatever assistance they could in the euro of the wounded and living soldic's of her father's armv. me among tho--- to wliom s)e WL,,lt , ,nvr ... ,.) w,l!; ., x ., not over in, who li.ul been 1 til illy shot unit was le.idy to expire "she -aw'llie poor fellow was going to die imi'icili:it'ly. nnd being struck by his uuilh and ne ,1 attire asked him if lie had a-.y mess ig- to Ieau behind. "Yes," said in; '"in., home is , and my mother lives al ; 'el her, if you please, that ! have ',W -ei n our splendid commander, Gen I 1 e, ,1 i-le by, and that 1 am content to die " '1 hat was all. lie never knew it was his sple'idld commander's daughter to whom he was eoullding that final message. 'Illt- I'.rlib'i-iioiii J: ,1 ll 'lii.-Ho 'rrilnit ' "Did you ever until e, " oiiericd our so ciety yoiing man "how utteily no good a groom is at a wedding? Of '1 1 u se the nliiilr couldn't come oil without him, but he is never noticed, l'vcry lady ctaues her neck lo s,.t. what the" bride lias on, but the groom might as well wear a j'nlr ot pajamas and a polo cap for all the notice he attracts. In congratulating the bride tlie guests lire always careful lo adiires-j her as '.Mi-s Somid-So,' hecau-o they Keldoni know the groom's name. And if the poor groom makes any blunder mining to fotce his wouls by Ihi) heart in his tliro.it he is snickered lit, white the faltering of Hie biide is at tiibuted lo uiaideiily mode-ly, and she is buoyed up b the 'niuttcrtif 'so swrets' and 'how lovelvs' of Ihe softer sex." 'I be Sly Oil Duke. I Sew Vuil: Tiiliiim-.' The late duke of Wellington got a letter once from a lady saying she was soliciting subaeiipiions fur a certain church in which she was much inteicslcd, and lmd taken the liberty to put his ilium; down for SOU pounds s'tcrling, and hoped ho would promptly send her a check for that amount, lie foithwith icplied that ho was glad she thought so well ot him; cer tainly ho would respond lo the-call; but he, too, was Interested in 11 certain church which needed subscriptions, and counting upon his correspondent's well known lib crality. he had put her down for i!00 pounds sterling, "and so, " lju concluded, "no money need puss between us," i-: u-Giuftt'ti, Pearl-rininied eye-glasses of violet color uro now used exteusively by fashionables of both sexes iu New York. The origin ator was a Vftssar nchool girl. costly undergarments. Suit Hull Knock tin; .Spots Out or 11 linn ilreil D'ttlm- .Noli-. I N'ew Voik .Sun.) In a gentlemen's furnishing store up town, near the Fifth Avenue hotel, many wealthy and .stylish men buy their linen and tics. The clerks there wear the latest collar, the latest tics, and the latest every thing. They look like brokers and tiro vety stylish. "This winter," the most stvli?h of them Bald, "we have more novelties than ever , r . , , ,i ,1 hefore, and there is leally no reason why 1 a gentleman of refined tastes anil with plenty or money should not l.e very com-1 foituble. lle.es an Arctic sleeper. yml I ee It's made after the lasliion of the sacks I ,1, a,,,, , 1 ,1 11, ,,t .,!,., it's made of the lincst lamb's wool, mid tied around the neck witli silken sitings. Some of our joting gentl-.nien are so deli cately nurtured that a slight cold might he disastrous. They slide into this, and are protected utterly, no possible danger of slipping their feet out. from under the covers. The wool has a .slightly itritating cocct on tlie skin, that produce) a healthy circulation on the surface and induces sound slumber. " " What arc these'.'" tins repoiter asked, ' pointing to what looked like ragged fur ! trom tin hack of a kitten. 1 "These are the very latest driving I I gloves, very ugly, I'll admit, but nothing iiuc 1 Hum in the worm lor waiuuii iney surpass sealskin, buckskin, and every , thing of the kind. They consist of a 1 background of knitted silk, covered inside ' and out with the lino silky hair taken from the belly of a raccoon, not the i coarse, outer lialr, hut the line downy fur that grows beneath. Klcvcn dollars a pair I wc sell them for, and pairs arc out I already. There are those tobogganing I gloves made in Loudon and shipped to I Canada. They're just out, tight at tlie j wrist, you sec, and running way up over I your overcoat to your shoulders. You I could slide down from the top of Mont I Wane, head first, with a pair of those on, j and you'd necr get any snow up your sleeve. Now step back this way and I'll I show you the mo-t beautiful tiling that 3011 ever saw in undergarmen's. " ; "Shirts and drawers.'"' inquired the 10 1 porter. 1 cs, but ilon I call tlicm that m this store, 011V1 hurt our moie ictlncd custom. Call tlicm undergarments. Now look at this." He drew out of a fancy box a heavy I mass of knittid silk of the most beautiful blue tint. ".Now," he said as lie stretched the gar ments out into human form, "isn't that the most lovely (esthetic thing you ever saw? Would". you think that 'the man could have the heart to put such a work ol ait on his legs? Hut many have, and they go like wildllre. We sell Ihcm at i?100 a suit, and thchigh price takes the laniy of the young men who have noth ing to do but spend money. We have old millionaire for cuslomeis, and distin guished .slatiMiiin as vtell, among the lat ter Piesideat Arthur. Well, not one of lho.se buys much fancy stock. They got rich " buying merino undergar ments at $1 or s", a .suit, and ihey keep right on that way. It's tlie lieli young men who are always having fortunes left to tlicm that keep up the trade. We had one young gentleman who inherited in 0110 j ear no less than three fortunes, running' from iJoO.OOO to iJUUO, 01)1). Tlie way he bought things that he didn't want would have done your heart good to see. Here's a lot of plain linen handkerchiefs. They're very fine, just like culm el's, and sell for MIO a doen. The young man I spoke of bought four doen of them, and a doen of these camel's hair socks with silk In els and toes They 111 e only .i! a pair, and very comfortable, hut why lie Mauled so many I can't under-tand, Wc do good business when young men are to be married. They get lioussi-uus as well us anybody, and lhc have to pay for it. Five hundred dollars is a small' price for a good outfit. If you c cr .itiiui off, come around. " Tin- .Mn'-iii-, I'l.int. IMi'-.i, 1. r ii-. Tan, s.l),-iiM-i'i at The American ah-i s certainly deserve to innk among the mosi extraordinary pro ductions ol the vegetable kingdom. In the lii'st place (heir nppcaianec is so unique. Willi their aiti.'lcial aspect and gigantic bin bed leaves, sometime-, ten feet in'lcngtli, which, remaining pcilectly mo tionless, give no ide-i of the immense vital ity within. Then the conditions of their giowth-so haidy that tiny will thrive 1 upon the sandiest and uio-tiui'l soil, un alfcctcd by changes ot temperature and appaicntly indill'ercni to liic amount of 1 moistuie they icicive. Hut most wonderful of till the manifold usefulness, which makes of each plant a ' little fortune in itself i'r 111 the pulp of 1 the leaves a line papi r resembling papyrus is made, nearlv all the old manuscripts having been composed ot this imitation ' tmichiiii nl A strong t.ine is made of the fibre, which is also utilized in weaving a nice tiialit ol goods. I In-Initial's thatch their liou-e- witli the leaves, which serve alo a- a kind of gutter for conducting water fioni a higher lo a lower level. The 1 sharp poiuls when stripped from the plant carry with them a long stout filament and thread combined. After the sip lias bi en drained out the poorer classes take the pulpy mass and cook it for food, etolling its savory qualities, At c'uaiihi 1 found it sul serving another purpose the dried hulk of tlte plant forming an impromptu bee-hive, inhabited I y a busy colony of workers. That for vvlilch ihe maguey is chietVy celebrated and from which it derives its 1 great Importance, however, is the produc tion ot pulque, nun taking into considera tion the enormous deinand for this bever age, a plantation devoted lo its manufac ture i- at once an easy nnd profitable source of income. The plant requires scarcely any attention unlit tlie time of (lowering, which generally occuis at the end of some ten j cms. it having mean while thrown otl 11 number of little i-hoots, that in their tuin ln-come productive,. If allowed to Mower, the maguey semis up a gicat shaft laden with countless blossoms and then dies. lie Need ill 11 JTmv Wuttli. Merchant Traveler. "Mary," remarked old man C'ros-sciim to ids 'wife at breakfast one morning, 'was Will Trimble here to M-e Katie last night?" ' Yes, mv diar. " " What time did he leave?" "I heard him say it was 11 o'clock by his watch as he .ent out" "What kind 01 a watch does he carry?" "A patent lever, he told Katie." "A patent lever, eh? Well, you toll him, with my compliments, that If he wants to remain healthy, he had better change that patent to a 10 o'clock leave her. I was young once myself, and know what time of night 11 is by those patent lever watches. " FOOD IX JAPAN. NOTES AND COMMENTS OF AN OF FICIAL OBSERVER. Cutitpiit'Htlifly I.lttltt Ahh11.1l 1'oott Kuton -Tlif l'noil ttf II10 liissf's NIiip Tenllll Vi-Ki-lnlilo i:n'i-'ts on Life anil Ili-ullli. ., . , , ,,.,, , , , 1 1 In i-iinloeioil .lonrniil. .... ' . ... ' , . 1 "u " " " 1 u,,v" u !'" 111 . ' 'm jr ' "r1,1",",: 1 K'v ',,w, (.'f 1 l"f food habits ot the Japanese, that h "iterestinp. botl. as legards the iaeis and tlie comments ol the oilictal observer, lie aid: ?a universal has meal eating ue- , aiuoiig the dominating laces tlie praises of In cf are 1 come thut sung wherever Occidental clvill.ii- iloa has gone, and it is not only a popular belief, but an accepted .scientific opinion, that any well-fed people must use I animal food considerably; to have meat to cat trequcnlly is lcckoned the be-t proof tuut the common laborer in a country is well lavoied. .In pan, with a population of ;,ll,i) 11,01.0, equal to that of the I nitid ! Kingdom, emmged iu very diveisifled in 1 dustry, pii'sents a conipl'ito exception lo 1 tint iule as lo food. The scarcity of ani mal food, in comequencu of tlie non-intcr-coiir-c policy, and its almost unnecessary pioliibitioti by the leligious faith, have 111-n li: a nation of vegetarians, except a to lsi, which is not forbidden as ' flesh.' "Of the 4ii,()(W head slaughtered iu I MM), the foreign residents and the foreign maiiiie consumed more than half. Out side of the 1 1 city ports, mutton and pork are almost uuk'nown; there is an abun dance of fowls, both wild and barnyard, but the common people can not pay for them. The supply and variety of llsli, however, are very huge, over 20() kinds being tied "as food, nnd the gov ernment is actively working to incrcasi both. Already piobably one 'half the peo ple cat lish once a day, one-quarter several times a month. Still, the food of the masses is more than nine-tenths vegetable, and the list of this has been made long by their necessity-sharpened wits. Of cereals, rice Is the most important, occupying more than half the lllled area in summer; barley, millet, wheat, rye, and corn rank next "in the iiuantitv pioiluml. There ue mid to be some '.'fin varieties of rice- seed ;u hulled bushel weight sixty -two and mil a hall to stxtv-tlve, and it contains itmrtut oboiti- tier i-iitit of stnreli '1't.i millet is ,Vi to (si per cent, starch and sugar, ll to 1.1 p-r ceiii. nurogiuous mill- ler, unit utjotu tsl per it 111. 01 nutriment in all, being almost equal to the best American wheat, liiiekwheat, containing lo ti") per cent of nutriment, is also -town largely on the lighter soils. " Menus ami peas an-more extensively cultivated in Japan than anywheic else, and there are over forty varieties Hue the soy bean or .Nirvamumu contains '.'U per cent. tat and l!0 of nitrogenous matter, starch, and sunar, and clo-ely approaches meat both iu composition aiid iu its action on the body. The sweet potato, being verv prolific and cheap, ranks next to rice in "impoitai'.ce. 1IS.UUU.0I.U bushels being the last lepuited production. A large white ladisli, called daikon, glowing up to a van! in length and fomtien pound in weight, is a very common and populat food, but the common otulo is little used by the natives. A siiiprisingly large list of wild plants and sea weeds is utilized a food. "The place of sugar is considerably sup plied by a pieparation made from mil let 01" lice and malted barley, tin starch ol the lice or millet being 1:011 veiled by the malt, and the product vary ing from a thick sugar or honey up to hard candy, 1 eing cheap and in large eon-iimp tion." sauce, so-called, enteis very largely into n't- witli food plants; in 'nimui is shoyu. known 10 us as soy. The kind almost exclusively used is made from wheat anil the shoyu bean ground iu equal part, it i, boiled and steamed, then left to ferment, after being then child in the sun it is allowed lo stand iwhile in a cask ol salt water, is then strained ami is icady for use. the refuse 1 eing f' d to cattle, Its flavor is pleasant, and it is s-iid to lie the basis of most oi tlie celebrated sauces put up iu England. "The proof of the pudding being iu the eating, it is interesting lo note tin: tc-ti moiiy that tin- Japanese 11 race of good piopoitlou, physique and strength, w hose c, tutor's are much less, and whose xposiirc is much greater than in case ot western nation live an average life, in !i ugth and health fully up to that of the i.uiopciin or American, witli a table ex ci'dituieof not more than ouc-.'i.th 01 one-seventh that of the latter. " ui . lltiistllMC shtlt.es ICtiiil,,, 1 Jy'll.tiMI l.l-'t' Mr. Gladstone's method of shaiu'g hands is graphically described as follows The pit-mid ;cilorms the operation ol tin id shaking in llntc stages. 1 ii-si, in takes v our uutstn tehed member softly in his grasp, so that thr fork of your stump and ihe b rk i f hi s aie in the closest 1 possible i-outai" liml alliance. Then you learn licit the pumler's hand is cool, soft, and clastic; full of tiny muscles ami bones, and all alive, 11s it were. There is leiissiiiaiicc. invitation and intcrroga- 1 tii n cordiality, zcsl, ami contnleiuv. And now comes I lie grip, wh'eh is tlie second stage of the prod ss; it is firm ami dc cisive, and lusts ;is long as it takes the premier In ii.qtiiie after your health, mid to weh nine you, if you are welcome. 1 l.n-tlv. vim are released with a sorrow ltd ' dutch, that delays the departiue of your linger tips to tlie hist fraction of a second. This is how Mr. Gladstone will salute a friend and politiud adhcieiit: his way of slinking hands wi'Ii u politiia! opponent j say tlie marquis of Salisbury I can tell you notbiii'-' whatever ah. -ut 'lilies Willi ll llloUKllt l.tH-ls. Musical llernl l it m.iv not lc generally known, that Gilbert and Sullivan hud a superstition thai the letter "p" hi their titles brought them luck. " Pinafore" made the lust great hit, and Ihen came the "Pirates of I'i'iiatiee. " vvitlt two "P's. " Then fob lowul "Patience, " nnd then "Iolanthe, " with the subtitle thu "Peer and the Perl," again a double " P, " and at llrst thev thought of adding to this by calling it "Peoria." "Princess Ida" followed, but Ihe " I " seemed lo break the i harm, Sar dou, the great Pleach ilay wright, litis fal len into a similar way of thinking, and be lieves that the fate blesses his "Doras," so he has wiitten "Dora," a success; " Fe dora. " a gre.it success, and is now at work on 'Theodora. " I'io Will Ciiiiiii llixlii-r. il'lill.uli-llilil.i I'll1! ' Alaska bears 1110 said to bo very fero. cioiH this year and tiro devouring largo numbers of unlives. Tills will make llieni so fat and sleek thut their furs will com. lniiud a higher prico next year. It take braiiu to forecast tho markets. mm T' Vs'Y mlit wn.b (.cm: MALAltTA, Atul vi'stuvc lliv Torjthl Llrrr lo its iioriniit romlHion , fivvtohv to the. Stomach, inriiorttfe the Jiirfneys, Cure, Const! jintion , proilm:hiii i Jlt iilthi Ai jwtite. Son nil Jfhjestion , lleifulav Stools. Cleat' S.in and a fiiorous Hotly. It is the GREAT REMEDY for all Nervous Diseases, Neuralgia, Jflieiiinal isiiij Nervous Debili ty, J'araiysis, Miliousness, Dyspepsia, Cost i veness and Piles, Jj ver Coin plaint, all Kidney Troubles, 1'V niale Complaints, anil ail Diseases arising l'roin tin Impure State of the lilooil. Wet'lvcyou below the infilled properties of the articles used in the inimufiictiirii of the ('Ul.r.ltv C.SMl'OCM) tnkcu fiom tlio United Slnti-s Dispensatory, nnd utlier Staniliml Authorities. I II PI TT IN 'I'1"" active jiilni-iploot' Hup-, l a UUrUhlU tonic, moili r.itely mireotie, hlglnj ri-eoiniiiemled III nervous diseases, piodm-lny sleeti iiml l-eliev Ing pain, li-ed Iu itj speiisln, le storing tone to the iiiitnteil ami t-xlum-tcil stomach, otic of the be-t icinedli-s lor nervous tremors, wakefulness ami ilclerinm. allaying tlie j tti 11 ol nitieiihii- lliiumutlMii, etc., etc. RlirHH lmrea-es the appetite, promotes ill DU0I1U fr,.stion, lavois the secret ion of urine. I'si-d in leclilt- ingestion with tliitulemi, chi'onh 1 1 1 1 -i 1 mat i 11 , eiitiuieoiis idleetions ami dropsy. IJANIJhLIIIN ,', onle, iliilietie 11ml apcrli lit, speellli- action 111 1 ,isi-s liver iissiu inted with a of coimc-uoii ot the lotm-u spi-i in ami constip.it ion. UPCADilRII I A 'sit wi'll-Known blood pun OttnOol aniLL.1 n,.,-, IMi h mentioned In tin Dispensatory in connection with coin, 1 In 11 malism, skin iIi-i-.im-s, coiistitntioind sj phib-. serottiloiis nilet-tioiis, nnd other ilepiiivcil inn- lit mils i,l In-all ll. PIPSISSEW A Is 11 diiiii'tle, tonic and a-tnti- IM'llt. 1 IVSICilllls III solillll jmtlfmeiif Imvu ti-stillcd to Its 11-1I lllli".-- 11 siiolnla ol the irlands and -kill, ami as 11 t tt-o tot-1 In l1111.it isin, dlsi-ascs ot t he kldnr-j s, diop sj and di-onli-ied illtre-tloii. WIAWflR AWP Like other active ciitlinitk-. I'lrtllUnilMj Mnndrake in lemov inir const. p.. tion leinov esone ot tlieeailses ol eoustipati, 'I1, the condition which is uencrally spoken ot a torpor ot tin- liv er. RHURSRR I' a tonic, cathartic, stomacha, lUlUUnllU m lonitinir the digestion, rm derini' it Usi-lul in djspi-p.i.i iitti-niled w ith constipation, 1 ii I i n l -1 1 , etc. '1 lie jrcnili act ion ot 1 Initial!) tenders it one ot the ln-t leinedies tor hellion holds eonm-i-ted with constipation : one ot tin- best leinedies lor iliairlnea ciilsed by eolil or the plcsonci 01 llrllal ill-.' iii'.'i-sTa in tne stoiniii'ii. GENTIAN Is a pure and simple tonic Inttet. It i-M-iti-s tlie iinpilite, nil iirorates diiri-stion and enters into most ol t lie stom achic coinhiniit ions i'inplo.Mil in modern prm tlee. It iiiny he u-i-d m nil i-a-es c I pun debilll.v of the dlgcstiie organs, or win 11 a general tonic impression is leipiired. llv -pepsin, ntonie gout, iimeuoi'i liii-a, hj sterin, scrot tihi, Intel mittcnt li'vcr. diaiiho-a and worms an- iimotig the liian.l allrrllinis 111 w lilili it ha inovcd u-i-1 ui. fftn I-n boon to brain worl.i r- nnd all win vuvrt 1,-1,1111,. a nerve tunic nnd titiuuant w hlcli is I n e 1 10111 1 1 11 1 -1 1 ;l -.1 1 it atti r i lteits. It siipilii man-rial lor liody nu-l Inaiii : it gives tone mid .stieiiL'th to the age 1 and intlrm : e111eslns.nl male vitality, i-ti . It Is valunbii in malaria, iigue, malariiU di-bllit.v . low lev 1 1-, pin-ill tie, spinal and nervous complaliits, in lliiiuuiatory nllcctioiis ol the heart, eplleps.v , hllioiis am! Ihcr tiotibli-s, sli-k in-adaihi, change ot life, spinal irritation, s(-a.iekness, etc. It is i-i-iii'-liing and ii-storative to all w in have undergone piolougi-d e.veitlon, such ti-nlhli'li-s. ptililie spi-akei s and olher, einitilim: those wlio list- it to 1 eniahi lot- a long ttnn without lood ami eudiiie 11 1 11 1. 1 1 a 1 lalliie ami iret erv o eheei liiiness, f.INP.PR Is a stiiniilant ami carminative given UlUULiil in din-i.ia, tlatillaut cone init tin Iccblc sttite ol the iiilmeiitiir canal atteiidant upon atoiiie gout, miiseiilar iheiimat'siii, ni-ti-ralgia. hcadai-he, impiutiiig 11 wariiiing ami cordial opetatloii iiiou tlie ,-loniai-li. fUAMflMlI P I" a grateful anodyne, animal 11 sdlrtlflUlUlbD bitti-r. imparting a pleasiug degree ol warmth and strength to tin stomach, and ill nil i-ii-r- ot Indlj-cst 1011, wind colic and gi-ncml weakness, it has lor ngi s l-ci-ii siionglv reeomiiicmleil by the most 1111 -ni'iit praetltioiici-s n a v ery ti-eltd and hi m -llclal lemedy lor pi-riiMlie.il -ilek lli.idailu, I) spepsla, and all its kindred disea-i , Itw reputed tui-nre neuralgia. rSKFITi I a tonic and stimniaia n 'In sinrUjld-irt gi-.tin-oi-iran--. and i-iinpi ji 1 1 relieve -implc i.-.iti n- delulitv . fiftl IIMnA Is a puto siiini,aiit still' .nil VjlLlUllIUU tome, iih-i casing the aiipi t t tin linproi ing diacsiliiii. ll nti-wi-vs adi 1 ml i l leiileo ill s-in pie in.-pepsia. PRICKLY ASH an aileri.il ami net-ioi s liinul.inr. It 11 -'lt.v. 1 . virtues in piodueing eiitani-ou r v ,11 1 .it n 1 cvpelllng wind, ami idlaving line loarilni malic pains, a 1 -nu -1 in chimin rlu iitn.i tisin enjo.vsiniicli 1ep11t.1t loll In this ci niut I v . VFIIrtW nfirk' '- astringent and grnti.v ItibLUu 1VAjiv !,,., ami a!-i hi.id vc 1-cmplo.M-d iu scri'luloiis i-Mianeot.s i-rnt tion, congestion ot the liver and d -1'i'i si.i. All these are combined with the Great Nerve Tonic, Diuretic and Carminative CELERY SEED, In (he Celery Compound. from. Col. A. (I. Hutch, rotiiit,-urat Win t sor, Vt tor twiuiy-oni- .vcais. riui viiii, Ill...liilv 11, lss't, Cm- M. K. l'.vi.st:-Dent- Sir I'm- seera years I have siu,-ted from d,v sii psa and iteu talgla, csH-el.dl acule facial neuralgia, m coinpaiiied w ith neuralgic headache. About a vein- since I began Inking j our ( l-Il.l'ltY 'CO .VI I'll I'M I with 11 lestilt which I inn glud to give lor the benelit ot others. The llrst bottle helped me greatlv.nnd longer Use hits tesulled in complete lcliel. 1 now have good digest inn, sound sleep, and am toi ttiicd no more by 111 11. ralgln. Hoping ClII.KItV COMl'Ol'Nll imiy tie us leiinmciiiUit' lo oil as tt Is bcnelleiai to others. 1 111 I Vours truly. A. (i. HATUI. I To Introduce THT. Cllbl'.ltV COMl'OrM) In places vi heie Duii.i ns no mit ll.vvi: it is Stuck. I will, us iiri r.iiT or Two H111.1..VIIS, 'send two bottles to any address tu New- 1'ng 1 laud, M'ctiicly packed, ami i:picss Cluirgcs 1 I'lltd, toj out- nearest l!incss ilillec. l'ltr.i'.vitr.n nv M. K. PAINE, YVlMlsOK, VT V. S. A. A I'riictleal Apotlnvnry who has been 11 ! tiv ely engaged Inllie prep.uiitlonol niislii-lncs since .March in. ISlii. Vim- In, olitnliii'il li- 01 in-i- VVliotesnln nnd Itetidl Dtuggl.st In tlie t'nifed States or Can ada. l'rlce $1 per bottle ; nix bottles for $.1. A. G. FISHER, Genrnl VTMUfB Atwit, 91 VfuVnnU Ave. Ohltao, lit.