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TIMELY TOPICS.
AUGUSTA; Georgia, claims thc largest
cotton factory in the south. Forty
buildings are in process ol" erection, und
houses.to the value off?350j00.0 haye been
completed this year._ .t.
A econ ni NO to a French statistician,
. more thrui'a thousand people have per
ished hy fires in. theatres from thc begin
ning of the nineteenth century up to'thc
present date, while the pecuniary loss
amounts to *G0,O00,000.
THE report that Gerald Massey, thc
English'poet, has become insane is how
denied by a personal friend of his, who
say's that tl.f?t he is now"engaged on the
greatest literary work of his life.
THK St. Louis whisky distillers have
yielded to - thc energetic, persistency of
Secretary Ilristow, and have withdrawn
their plea of "not guilty" filed in the
most important counts, and by so doing
Jiu Ve forfeited the goods seized. . .'.
ATUE influenza or distemper among",ttt?
liiSrses has become HtlmOjBt . universal
tl?roughout tiie country, and, though
Ro? to be compared^ in .severity' to'the
Epidemie of two years hgo, it is .?Yill-tbe
cause of considerable inconvenience and
lOss. We hegih, also? to hear of fatal rc-<
suits f?pm the disease;-and Jiorse-breed
ers report the Whole season unfavorable
to the successful rearing of- colts from
thc fatal prevalence of . thc trouble
among them.'. . ., - ^*
. ' THE St. Louis Times, in referring to
? . th^.latt},\f?B?t>o?Jay,Gould,Sidney Dillon,
Oliver Amc8.and other railroad ningnatcs,
'.says' the niaih objecti pf their vis1t'.\vas to
.fiporfeet'arrangemeiils-'to run through cars
;4 -fr.omr;h?rc ..to_.San Francisco via-the St*
. Louis'anti,, Kansas City aud'-^prt
-and Uriloh ;?nd Pacific railroads wit
change, pnd ultimate^: froni. Nejj
. via New York,,Central through rib.
that thisjrt?pject is
. "destined to forestall thc adnoh'.of the
national railroad convention to be hclci
ivfePTC next montj^and df-;possible, to kill
" *^he'- Southern' Pacific railroad' "project
rriiy?icli has mnnv strong friends here. .
Vy.;-... , '....,*_-rr, ? . '
THE great powers of wintern Europe
. have exerted their combined influence to
smother the Servian rebellion and pro
tect the dominion ol'the Turk a little
.. langer. It 1s; easy to imagine how thc
Czar smiles "in. bis-ilceve at their jeal
ousy and tho secret intrigues it leads to
.: .n ord?r ?to prevent Russia from getting
a foothold oil tlie Mediterranean, espec
1. .ially. as eycTy"5;ear she i&? extending her
.empire to Central Asia and throwing the
net of her diplomacy dow'rj, towards thc
ocean and Persian Gulf. Those flank
movements arc, of vast importance, and
if continued a quarter of a century will
make it of very little moment what the
great .powers say,. There is little use in
defending the front door when the enemy
. has captured all thc rest of thehouse.
. " . . \V>: are indebted, says the-New Orleans
Times, to the state registrar of Louisiana
for an advance copy of a table showing
the population of Louisiana, accordingtp
state census of , 1875. AVe present the
totals below, comparing them with' the
figures pf the United Statescensusof I860
and 1870. They show a very large in
crease during the five yours, but it is con
* fined-chit?f?y to the rural parishes, that of j
Orleans, comprising thc city of New Or
leans, being only 12/121 :
. I'Ol'Cr.ATION OF Til 13 STATIC.
. . lSiiO. . 1870. 1875
Wilie..357,l.'x? 302,005 40I.<>1<>
?Vye.?.colored,. 18,?47 304,210 450,011
Stove*.:....i.331,720 .
CHiiicscniUlItidiiuifi. .173 (?40 1,512
. , . Total......v.v....,..:70?,0Olj ' 720,5)15 857,039
Kj ? : I'OIMM.ATIO^r OK NKW. OIU.KAXS.
^Vliitv ....140,903 140,023 145,721
Free colored. 10,?I:;?> 50,45(1 57,047
J51a.ves...,. 14,484. .
Chinese ?iud Indians ? 174 3? . 71
Total..174,050 191,410 203,430
THU return to -thc Pandora from an,
all-suinmor.expedition to the arctic zone
with nothing discovered but a warm
current, a vessel of Ross's expedition
abandoned, twenty-five, years ?go nm!
still stuck in the Icc, and thc headstones
.of, some.of Sir. John Franklin's biyried
men, is tho last brief and uninteresting
?e?oufit ?f a brief and unromantic cruise
in rather ha^k/iey^d ?cas. Thc Pandora
expedition went within about 1,000 miles
of thc pole* or thereabout, and reached
tfcc Western longitude of thc Ped river
settlement, passing..perhaps one-third of
the. way westward through the series of
straits north of Victoria land.; Peing a
. steamer thc Pandora mflVcd^apWIy, and
' had thc northern se? been tfnobstriietcd
!c?. ?.r ah<r vi)i?W,.at .that reduced
; compass ?f the globe,' have steamed
? through' fi^m -BUuhi'H Pay to the Pinjian
AirVerieah seas in three or four dayjfcal
tho utmost. S!ie sailed above seven ne
grees in twelve days, with all sorts of
embarrassments and stoppages,. *x*cycii
degrees more of steaming over coitally
short, parallels would have carried her
quite through laud obstructions to thc
supposititiotisly open Polar sea tm the
longitude'of Sitka and mid-Pacific. The
expedition was Lady Franklin's. The
best wje can say of it is that it .was so in
telligently and humanely directed that
Capt. Young brought home his vessel
and his men.
THE tragic death of ('burles Revere hy
his own hand in an uptown den in New
York is another illustration of the old
truth thal the way ujt the transgressor is
?hard. Revere had been a sporting char
acter. He drove fast, played deep, aral
plunged into all manner of excesses.
About two years ago he formed a liaison 1
with a woman on whom it is thought he
squatidcred ?00,00(1. Lately he has had
a powerful run of ill-luck, and with Iiis
waning.Tortuncs she began to look out for
a well-filled pocket to set her heart upon.
He became desperate, and after an after
noon anti night of debauch, at the end of
which she refused to go with him longer, !
he struck her on the head and then shot
himself at her feet. The discovery of the ]
self-murder revealed a ghastly scene of 1
pain, dissipation, anti depravity, and shows 1
how thc pursllit of pleasure through their 1
devious, immoral ways is always nure
warding and often fatal. The excitement i
steals away the life of thc pleasure* and ]
the delirium is always degrading and :
death-hastening. It seems as though thc
experiment had been.tried Often enough
with1 unvaring results, to-warn everybody
away from stielt perilous Bourses-. 1
ALFONSO'S; FIANCEE.
PrincoiH 7lIor?'i-ilc?, th?? I'rONpeetivc ?tut-on
of Niuiin.
The FrcimLrf??r?3pondent of thc Lon
San .Times, in some extended comments '
^n?Spahish politics, weave.-; a sketch of
>rTincess Mercedes, .rite youngest of the '
two daughters of the Due tlc Monpcnsicr, 1
whose engagement to King Alfonso was
rcce?tly announced:
"It iajjpvitlently thought that a mar- '
riage between tho King and the Princess j
Mexcedesjyould. produce cojisidcxuble ef
fect in Spain, and rc-unitc, to thc exclu- 1
sion of the Carlist king, whom civil war !
and the blood which has been shed. .cutiL'
oil'from the nation, in one and the same ,
interest, all members of thc royal family.
Hut naturally this alliance would not be
supported by the present cabinet, for it
would free the king from the enervating j
guardianship of the Duke of Sosto, and it
is in this silent struggle, iii this incvita- ;
hie antagonism, that the anticipated ex
planation of events which will li appen in
Spain must bc sought. It was with these I
reflections that I spent tltc morning a tRan- I
dan. 1 observed thc respectful cn thus'- j
asm with which thc Spaniards treated the 1
young Princess, who has become the ob- :
jeet of their combination, and it may he \
said of their hopes. The Princess herself <
just passet! from childhood, lilli of grace 1
and ingeniousness, seemed unaware of the 1
royal destinies which perhaps await her, *
as, with her eyes fixed on the Princess j
Christina, lier sister, she laughed at the j.
awkwardness of Prince Antonio, her little :
brother, while they all abandoned them- I
selves" arrricre pawer, to thc pleasures of .
croquet on thc shady terrace of Kantian, t
At thc end of the day thc Due dc Mon- )
pensicr was surrounded by his Spanish (
gucjts, who had ail resumed their Castil- i
lilli gravity and whose attitude breathed t
the traditional respect of old Spain for t
those who sit tm the steps of thc throne, t
Further on, the duchess, in the midst of t
a circle of ladies; conversed in a discreet
tone of voice, and raised her head" from
time tb time to follow the children's game
with a satisfied air and to simile at the
hursts of laughter or frequent discussions
entailed by thc croquet, while she is con
demned to the severity of Spanish eti
quette. The Princess Mercedes is otic of
tue most graceful personages who could
occupy a throne. Evidently thc Prin
cess is yet too young to become immedi
ately a royal bride for she is not yet .14 ;
but I am sure that the young king, who
knows her and who must have preserved
a recollection of her, will easily become
an accomplice of those wdio dream of giv
ing to Spain that Princess who to-day
breathes grace, and who to-morrow at thc
wished-for hour will add to this grace thc
kindly dignitv of a queen and the seduc
tive charms of a woimm. Ijjo not know
how far Spain is rn a position to give up
itt struggles, competiM?mrad incessant
war. I do not know how jar one ought
to wish that this young princess should
become ?the instrument of "ibis difficult
undertaking. I do not knfew, should it
bri accomplished, if one day I shall not
think with satlness bf this young lady
whom people arc trying to thrust into the
Spanish furnace ; hut in leaving Randan,
and while laughing at thc t hought that
Thad been assisting at the supposed con
spirators' feast, I was obliged to confesffl
that this marriage might well lie pleasing
to Spaniards sincerely desirous of procur
ing a halt for their country on the path
of agitation which it bas trod so long."
-A merchant who, from being a very
poor Ixiy, had risen to wealth and re
nown, was once asked hy an intimate
friend to .what ho attributed his success
in life. "To prompt obedience to my
parents," was-tuc reply. "In the midst
of many hail*examples of youth of my
own age,-I was always able to yield a
reatly submission to the will of my
fnl her and mother, and I firmly believe
that a blessing hits, in consequence, rested
upon mc and upon all my cllbrts."
TWO ?IE:MSTI.%N.S.
Two Christ ians traveled clown road,
Who viewed tho "uiM ? ?iii ditloront.cyesj
The one was pleased n illi rai l h's abode,
'i'lic oilier longing for iii'- skies.
Kor one i he heavens were BO Mito,
They niletl Iii" minti with fancies fowl ;
Tin' iithcr'u eyes kept piercing through
Only for Ililli Winch lies hcyolltl.
Korrine, enchanting wo ilie'?res,
The distance was di' .eely ?lim,
Tlio hirds that llulti .c<l o.: the hr? o
Nodded their pretty heails for him,'
Tho other scarcely saw thc Howers,
Ami never knew the trees were grand,
Ile did hut count the days and hours,
Till lie might reach the promised land.
And one, a lillie kind caress t '
Would lo a tender rapture move;
Ile only ope.d Ids lips ta Mess
The t'od who gare him things to love.
Thc other journoved on his way,?
Afraid to handle or tn4out:h : ? *
Ile only opiil his lips to pray ,
He might not love a thing loo much.
Which was Hie liest ! Decide-who can,
Yet wliy. should wu doeido 'twixt them?
We may approve the mournful man,
Nor yet the joyful man condemn.
.He is a'Christian who has found
That carib, as well vs lieu veil, is sweet,
Nor lessls he who, hehvcil-lMHintl.
Hus spurned thc earth beneath his feel.
- (tooti Words.
FACTS FROM A LL SOURCES.
ELDERBERRY WINI*.
A correspondent of tho Massachusetts
Ploughman gives the following recipe,
rts having been used for years with per
fect success: To fill a five gallon keg,
take five quarts of ripe, berries picked
from the steins, five gallons of water,
boil them together one-quarter of an
'lour, strain thc liquor, add fourteen
|M)iinds of brown sugar, boil again half
tn hour; put into a tub three pounds of
aisins, pour tlie boiling liquor on them;
ivlicn about milk-warm add half a
pint of yeast, let it stand three, days,
strain into the cask. If there is more
liquor than fills the caks, use it to fill up
with as it settles while fermenting; if
there is none left water will answer. Keep
it full about two weeka> When about
done fermenting, cork the cask tight; let
it stand about three months; theii draw
nil' into bottles.
COI.OIUNt? APPLES.
The Sacramentel Record says: "Mr.
Charles Caine, w*no owns an extensive
Di ehard near San Jose,-has a method of
giving to red, striped and yellow apples
i high coloring. I'lic fruit is picken and
laid upon the ground inTong flat piles,
under the half shade of the trees. It is
desirable to give them as much sunlight
is they will bear without sunburning.
In two or three weeks the apples on the
top will be richhv&olored. 1 hese are re
ino ved, boxe'd ana sent to tlie' market,
md the next layer exposed to the sun.
His apples thus colored, especially the ,
D?ldwir., iSv...tl.'s~ ruder," and Spitzen-1
burghs, challenge the admiration of all
ivho sec them. Ry this process apples
that, when picked from the trees, were
nlmost without color, will become bril
liant as the reddest apple tai the tree,
ind equally as fine as the liest."
CT'T Koon Kort ?STOCK.
The Western Rural says: Fanners in
the west not having laid experience in
reeding cut seed to stock, do not fully ap
preciate the advantage to be derived
rom it. It will be found that the same
imount of hay or straw cut and -mixed
vi til a little bran or smash will do nearly
louble the amount of good as that fed
nose to horses or cattle, which arc stall
ed. When this plan becomes to he more
nacticed, the advantage of the ini
irovcd condition of the stock will be so
;rcat, that the cutting-box will become
m indispensable requisite to every
armer admiring good stock. It requires
dine trouble, hut the stock needs Uris
(Xtru care at a time when the ordinary
vork of the farmer is not pressing. The
iXpcnse is not great in the use of a hand
michinc, and if a larger machine is used,
he work may he done more rapidly, and'
he power used to drive it may he used
i?r other purposes of equal advantage in
"ne farm economy.
TOP-IlKKSSINCi MEADOWS.
The resufts of a single top-dressing oil
>ight plots of nearly half an acre each of
andy, warm soil, of the Michigan State
Sericultural college farm, exhibited the
bllowing tacts at the end of three years:
The top-dressing was applied in 1864, and
.he grass was cut twice each season in
1864 and 18(50, and once in I8GG. The
.reduce of each cutting and of each lot
vas weighed separately and a perfect
.ecord kept. Tlie results for the four
icasons were as follows: Qh-.tho. *i)lot to
which no manure or fertilizer was applied,
the total weight of hay yielded per acre
was 8,740 pounds. Where two bushels
of plaster per acre was applied, the yield
per acre was 13,22<> pounds, a gain of
4,474 pounds. Where live bushels of
wood ashes were applied, thc yield per
aero, was 12,007 pounds, a gain of 4,165
pounds. Where three bushels of salt
were sown per acre the yield waa 13,900
pounds, a gain per acre of 5,227 pounds.
Where twenty loads of muck per acre
was laid on, thc yield per acre was 13,810
pounds, a gain-of 5,074 pounds.. Where
twenty loads ol" horse manure was laid
on, thc yield was 14,686 pounds, a gain
of 6,224 pounds. These -arc the results
which indicate that there are fertilizers
which will prod lice as good results ?us
plaster. For instance/the plaster yielded
a gidn of fifty-one per cent, while the
norse manure gave an increase of seventy
one per cent, or nearly a ton moro*grass
per acrc^in'thc three years.
PLAC?? KOK TflE WAOON-r.OX.
The American Agriculturist has the
following; When not in usc the wagon
box is a cumbrous thing to stow away.
It is too costly to bc allowed to liront
amongst the plows and harrows, and too
bulky to find ?.place in the tool-house or
thc shctls. Generally it lies tip against
the fence, or at tim back of the liam,
where it is as much injured in one year
by exposure iwit would bc by several
years pf use. A very convenient plan is
to hoist it up to the ceiling of-a" wngoji
slii'.l. (ivor thc placo where the Wilgul.
usually stands; here it eau always he low
ered piutotlic wogoii in two minutes, and
it is on*ol' thc way and safe fruin injury.
It is necessary to have four rings on the
wagon-box^ one near each corner, two
short ropes and two long ones; and two
small pulley-blocks fastened to the hearns
overhead. The short ropes are tied to
the rings, each crossing one end of the
wagon-box. There should he a loop in
the middle of each of these short ropes,
to which the long ropes can he tied or
hooked.* "When the wagon is hacked into
the proper place the ropes are fastened to
the wagon-box, and each end of the box
is hoisted a few feet alternately (if there
?sonly one person to pull it up) until it
is high enough. The ropes are fastened
around cleats fixed to the wall of the
shed.
THE CROUP AND ITS TREATMENT.
This disease causes death hy sn (location.
The entrance of, the windpipe is very
small ; a little cold causes the lining of
the part called the mucous membrane to
swell. .Thi-.' dimishes the openigg, which
is made smaller still hy what is called
submucous infiltration-that is, this mu
cous membrane, hoing inflamed, throws
out an extra amount of fluid, like the
eye, when it is inflamed. This fluid
hardens and forms at Length a kind of
layer which is sometimes of an almost
leathery toughness ; increasing in thick
ness until the orifice is so nearly closed
that the breath is obstructed. . Nau
seating medicines dilute this formation
and thus aid to bring it away. A favor
ite prescription for a quarter of a century
among eminent physicians was to mix a
teaspoonful of powdered alum with a lit
tle sugar to make it palatable. Tho im
mediate effect is to nauseate, giving
great relief in a minute sometimes.
Flannels dipped in ice-cold water,
changed every two minutes, and squeezed
a little so as to dribble and wet the cloth
ing, ia an sxcellent remedy, because it
cools thc parts and diminishes the
amount of blood sent there, and as the
phlegm is made out of the blood a less
amount is made, and relief is certain.
But flannel dipped in water as hot as can
be horne and applied to thc part,changed
every t*'o minutes, carries off the heat
by evaporation, and, irritating the sur
face, brings tho blood away from the in
terior,, "aral thus diminishes thc phlegm.
' (?oort Advice.
The author of this is not known, but
he-or is oortainly a wise, man or wo
man : Would vou show yourself really
good toVour daughters? Then bc gen
erou?_to(thom in a truer sense than that
of heap Eg"tiinket.s on their necks. Train
them for independence first, and then la
bor to give it to them. Let them, as soon
as ever they are grown up, have some lit
tle money, or means of making money,
to he tlieir own, and teach them how to
deal with it, without needing every mo
ment somebody to help them. Calculate
what you give them or will bequeath to
them, not as is usually done, on. the
chances of their making a rich marriage,
but on the probability of their remaining
single, and according to the scale of liv
ing to which you have accustomed thom.
Suppress their luxury now if need ho,
but do not leave them with scarcely hare
necessaries hereafter, in striking contrast
to their present home. Above all, help
thom to help themfcelves. Fit thom to
he-able to add toJ;heir own means, rather
than to ho fore'ver pinching and econo
mizing till their-minds are narrowed and
their hearts are sick. (Jive all tho cul
ture you can to every power which they,
may possess. If they should marry after
all, they will he the happier and the lat
ter for it. If they should remain among
the million of the unmarried, they will
bless you in your grave, and say of you,
what cannot l>e said of many a doting
parent hy his surviving child: My lather
cared that.I should be happy after his
death ns well as while I was his pct and
his toy.
Why Professional Men are Thriftless.
Th 3 laborer who has saved money is
better fitted, perhaps, than any one to |
employ to advantage the kind of labor
in which he himself is versed. But the
lawyer or thc author who has saved
money has no way open to him of turn
ing, at the same time, both his knowledge
and bin money to account hy thc success
ful employments o? thc talents of other
lawyers or other authors in undertakings
like unto his own. Perhaps, indeed,
something ofHhi.-* kind happens when a
popular author like Dickens turnseditor,
and collects around him a staff of clever
writers, who admire his genius and arc
even disposed to copy his mannerisms.
But the case is exceptional, and as a rule
it so seldom turns out that the very suc
cessful author happens to have the qual
ities of a successful editor and journalist,
that exceptions bf this kind may he put
aside as irrelevant.
No doubt one of thc great reasons why
professional men are, on the whole, so
thriftless in proportion to their gains ia
this-thai the occupation which absorbs
their energies is not one the gains of
which can nc extended hy the help bf ju
dicious saving and investment.. A man
can not bo successful in commerce, nor,
indeed, very successful even as a skilled
laborer, without a strong motive for sav
ing in order' to secure more success,
cither of the. same sort, or at least of a
closely analogous sort. But'a profes
sional man who is very successful
rarely ' has a strictly ,, professional
motive for saving. Thc more his
heart is absorbed by his work, the loss he
he thinks of providing for himself in di
rections which are in no way bound up
' in his work..
THERE is no changes to speak of in the
election returns from-Iowa. The Repub
lican majority ?H about thirty-one tliou
. ?and. ^ '
TUE SADDEST OP ALL.
lVairtte Tliat Would Have Ifrlvcn nu n : i > ? -
??ure ?Inil.
SI. LIIIIIM Uopubllcnn. *
Once in a wiiilc something happens in
the world, so far removed from thcnatural,
proper order of things, so thoroughly and
awfully abnormal in its quality, so com
pletely preposterous in its cons?quences,
that the average manean almost weep from
sheer wrath at an evinced disregard of the
eternal properties. They may weep over
this statement of an actual fact:
In 1853?8 gentleman, whose name need
not bc.given, closed up a profitable drug
business, and retired upon a deserved com
petency. A taste for the good things of
the world had thissuccessful businessman,
and when he retired he selected from his
stock of liquors a supply of thc best, for^ji
private consumption. Kare Bourbon twen
ty years old, was carefully bestowed in bot
tles and decanters; smooth, oily brandy was
similarly put aside; rich port and brown
sherry and precious cordials were pre
served with equal care, and when he final
ly went on tot" business, the gentleman re
ferred to had in his possession a rare lot
of liquors contained in a ?variety ol'
bottles, decanters, jugs and other recep
tacles.
Then came a sudden death, and the .
business man's possessions decended to {j
his kinsfolk. The bottled liquors went
to a near relative whose family were not
in the habit of looking upon thc wine
when red or any other color, or of con
suming liquor iii any form. The bottles
and decanters and jugs were put away, as
so much rubbish, in the garret, and left
undisturbed.
There, in the lonely garret, the liquors
stayed, and the years passed by. The
Bourbon; grew richer, the brandy oilier,
the wines more nutty, the cordials more
like the very elixir of life. The ocean
cable became i fact, Germany took a
slice of France and her milliards, Stan
ley found Livingstone, and other great
things happened, and still, by days and
weeks, and months and years, in liottles
and decanters and jugs, hidden away,
half forgotten, in the dusty garret, the
rich Bourbon grew richer, the oily bandy
oilier, the nutty wines more nutty, the
precious cordial more like the elixir of
life. Time, the great distiller was doing
his best.
Time still passes, as time always docs
and in the household where the liquors
werj, the thrifty housewife and her assist
ant daughters kept all things neat and
orderly, and,,furnished a well-provided
table. They do so still. It has always
been the custom of these ladies to put up
in autumn a large supply of pickles and
preserves and jams and such delicacies,
and a while ago they began the usual
work. They had accomplished much,
when at a certain stage, with a great deal
of fruit on their hands, they found them
selves without bottles to hold thc various
essences and extracts and other sloppy
necessaries for the work. Home one spoke
up.
"There are a lot ol old bottles and ju
with nasty liquors in them up in th
garret."
The suggestion was enough; the ukase
was issued by the good mother, and one
was sent to take ali the bottles and jugs
iii thc garret and prepare them fen? Use.
They were all brought down and the con- y
tents emptied oil thc ground in the back j.
yard, that thc vessels might be used for
household purposes!
The Fnglish language is a very good
language for some purposes, but then,
you know, it is totally inadequate for the
purpose just here.
The thirsty earth drank up the precious
liquor and gave no sign, but had it lips
it would have smacked them; had it eyes
it would have rolled them. The greedy
earth took all, the rich bourbon, tho oily
brandy, the nutty wines, the exquisite
cordials! What an aroma, lit to tickle
the nostrils of gods upon Olympus, must
have arisen ! What delicious agony of
exhalation? The sweet inaudible wail of
a lost spirit! Comprehend it if you can.
Bourbon forty-three years old, other nec
tar as priceless, all cast away as common
stuff, lit hot even for beasts that perish
-and no earthquake, no lightning from
the sky, no convulsions of nature to pun
ish the thing. "Think of it, drink of it
(no, you can't drink of it, because its
gone), dissolute, man !" Was ever such
an outrage before?
This is no mere sketch from the imagin
ation, this is a simple statement of a hor
rible fact. Is its knowledge not enough
to make the niau with organs of taste and
|-fcmeH, a temporary maniac, enough to
make him w^tnt to go and dash his head
against a pillar of iron? Oh, ghost of old
Silenus!
Newest Fashion Freaks.
La Boiteuse (the cripple) is the name
thc French modistes have given an over
skirt that is one-sided, or made to look so
by being draped higher on thc right side
than on the left. Thc over-skirt that
finds most favor hore arc those that have
very deep aprons, reaching quite to thc
foot of the skirt licneathi These aprons
are now very much trimmed, ano thc
most popular one of all has large upright
folds that meet iti the middle of the
apron, are hcid Utera by bo>.' .?, and the
folds then slope up the side and arc lost
in tho drapery of the back.
The front of costumes is the objective
point for the trimming this sensofr.
Parisiennes have been abandoned tour
nures and all bouffant effects, and the
garniture is now massed in front or on
the sides. Jabots, folds, lows, tabliers
and pockets trim the front and sides
abundantly, yet the fashion of tying the
skirt back remains, and thus the fullness
is massed behind.
Sleeves are also very much trimmed
this season. There is less shirring and
puffing upon them, but there is a fancy
for rows of horizontal folds, for irregular
? iaits across thc whole" front ol' tho
??cCYej and for deep cuffs that triai tlic
sleeve to tiic elbow.
^Notwithstanding fringe.in laces arc so
lavishly used, there is a fine style found
in tiie untrimmed garments that makes
them popular. Tltere'are oversights and
polonaises of thc richest frabies that are
merely hemmed or faced, and thus the
purchaser can afford to invest more
money in the material pf her suit.
Muffs are made to match thc new cos
tumes. Dresses of brocaded velvet and
lille have mulls of the velvet ornamented
.villi small bouquets bf (lowers. Feather
muffs, exceedingly light, small and warm.
?re also shown to match thc feather hur
lers of costumes. Wide ruchcsarc made
if feathers Unit arc stripped irom the
items, and sewed-on straight instead ol'
icing curled. There is Iben a muff to
natch. These ut tail's arc very handsome
n natural gray ostrich feathers, in
narabotit, and iii the dark green cocks'
eathers. .
Of all garments that have grown longer,
doaks show the most decided increase in
eiigth. The long pelisses andhasquincs,
?early fitted to the figure, are'revived for
sloth cloaks, while long French sacques
vith louse liaeks arc used for those of
iilk that arc lined with ?fur. Dolmans
ire also longer, and have ample sleeves
'rom the elbows to the wrist. There arc
ither new wraps that resemble thc double
tapes of two years ago, but which have
he fronts turned up to form sleeves,
s'ew jackets of figured camel's hair have
hised sleeves with outside page sleeves
lunging Jong and square, and showing a
hiing of*velvet. *
New wedding dresses arc of soft, hlstre
CSS faille, trimmed with a gallon of white
lille, wrought with pearls, and also ivit?-t
licol crcpclissee, that is seal lopped and
inished with a narrow 41 purl edging'"
?raid. These dresses have square court
rains, elaborate fablers, and cuirass
lasques. The Howers are white crushed
uses and eglantine. Fichus ami scarf
ashes arc on other wedding dresses, and
n the tulle dresses of bride-maids.
The Curiosities of Fever Infection.
Men of science 'speak of epidemic
raves, and of scarlet fever being com
ltinicateif by the few drops of milk
ditch you pour into your tea, or the
ream diffused in a dish of strawberries >
)n a late occasion, at a fashionable dinner*
arty in London, as many as eight or ten
nests, and seven members of the house
ibid, took scarlet To,ver._ Obviously, thc
nfeelion must have been caught Tit the
inner party ; but how was thc puzzlinp
latter of inquiry, for no one in thc ihm- .
ly of thc host \vate known to have been
fleeted with the disorder. Was the dis
asc brought to the house hy a waiter?
Vas it conveyed in the table-linen from
lie washerwoman ? Was it somehow in
orporated in thc cream that had been
ised iii the dessert? An investigation
n these and other points, as wc unders
tand, was made, but not with any satis"
actory result. Thc cream was thought
o he the most likely vehicle, of infec
ioii ; hut how could any one be certain
ll the point? The cream employed in
tishiohablc dessert in London is possibly
nad? up of half a dozen creams from as
nany dairies, and inquiry ends only in
aili conjecture. Rather a hazardous
hi.-.g, one would say, going out to dinner
dieu you may run tho chance of toing
lilied in a manner so very mysterious.
Voiile, in their innocence, arc not aware
f the manner in which contagious (Us
ases may bc communicated hy public
onvcyanc.es, by articles of dress, by
(wellings, by the very atnospherc. Wc
lave just heard an instance of tl?.e com
nunication of scarlet fever by menus of
. "kist," the name usually given in Seel
and to a servant's trunk. A servant girl
II Morayshirc fell ill with scarlet fever
ind died, lier kist, a painted wooden
nix, containing all her worldly goods,
1er later clothing included, was sent
ionic to her relations, and lay for some
veeks at a station on the Speyside mil
ray before an opportunity occurred for
einoving it by a cart to her mother's
.ottage among the hill. During this in
erval thc station master's children, in
omiiing about, conducted their..gambols
>n the kist, which was a repository o
tontngion, and iii due course were struck*
lown with scarlet fever. At length thc
?ital kist was conveyed to its destination,
md the contents were dispersed among
'neilds and neighbors. The donations
vere kindly incant, but they proved
atal. No precautions had been taken to
lisinfect the articles, thc result being
dint wherever the clothes of the deceased
;ir1 were taken in scarlet fever fourni
ts victims. For several months the
"ever raged, until the wave of its infec
tion was expended. Now ensued a re
markable event. Thc outbreak proved
Lo he an opposing ban 1er to the Jip;cad
if a more virulent type of scarlatina
advancing from another q harter at a later
period of thc year. On reaching the
[briner scene of the disease, it was arrested
for want bf material to, feed upon, a
second attack being very unusual.
Chaiiidcr'.s Joumal.
A ne".?' company, introducing a novel
form of insurance, has been organized in
New York. It is called the * national
hurglar-y insurance company, atid claims
a capital of 81,000,000, paid tip. Its
title sufficiently indicates its purpose,
which is lo insure, thc owners of property
of every kind and description, in dwell
ings', stores, manufactories, churches,
public buildings, warehouses, etc., against
loss hy the depredations of burglars.
Thc company advert? cs that it will
employ a special patrol and detective
force to protect the property of its in
sured, and ki recover the, same if stolen
If hot recovered within -ixty days after
it ts Stolen; tho company agree to pay it?
cash value at thc time, of thc tim?.
