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MUM. Of ill- ^..^^^vhenawann, '-•'"^'knowwhettu-r.throuKh «':,U' ^"anger footsteps trod my '••ri'itinK*I,lftce" ,,vn«thl8sephjrr.in tl.r- hu.l. of Fumin'T-weuther, soi'tly I w i i n s a tain i()ft n i '''V."('f' l'tn' marshes, ami tho ripi''"1^ burn. "..•.lUonio tl)' mcnlow, .."Mr Ihe 11"' '"•"shadow-J1ust tho w,,v,,ur ln ,,.ntrniioIn*odors from the- b!os ircccts, or the drowsy in .i completely nee Jill ^ny™:i-""rVl.o fro«- m.l clMrus- ^nH el:« !l :l VwiM»r! if *rou"i UK oc.f» mthrough tl... "iiLViit'i*--1 11 :"VI' !li,:'"i'' lie n u-if th.- ini.rsl»»-s" wIk-m- tli- U i i K a n I i I li'ilV ..m th' il' H'VrW keep litit .'r i1 f-' 1 iniHii'iriw i" me. ,, tliiin the windb of r. gbu.K0fthfM.fl. i it. ryi (iSt ji i ••jroo l-AT TO MAKKV. 4rv fat voting woman eanm to mv 1*11,1 asked to see mo private ly. we were alone she said: evou sure ti» om' can owriiiMr sun 1 Ion W"ti I laugh Hi'". wiH y.i'.i aJanie. I shoiiM be unworthy "f confidence if 1 foul.I Iguilty of a rudeness. hank you, sir but no one ever upon you on mx-Ii ridiculous d. You'woii't think me an Miot, v«.u?" beg of v.ll to go Oil." on"ilon car.- to know mv iimhi Hfidfncc!'" •Certainly not, if yu care to cn th.tii." have called to consult you nl-ut Strangest tiling in tin* world I toil you all. I am years old. n I was l'J I weighed l'J'J pourds: I weigh -VJ I am all tilling no fat. I can hardly breathe. 'i he v o i n a n a o v e i v e o o and has been on the point of ak mo to niarrv him, but of course In- I am (Trowing w or-e all the timo, n- d.m't dare to venture. I can't iiirij. lie is the noblest mart in world, and could marry «11 ri• :-.e s o 1 o n a e i i in* to unite himself to such a tub as I am. Why, Doctor, on know how fat 1 run. 1 am a to bt-'ioli!. And now 1 liave com. He if anything can be done, i know iiavi- -tadied up all sorts of curbms and I thought, you might if o n e o w o e i o i n s riful curse." bal been talking l'a-ter and r. and with more and m«r»• f. .•! :iflT till! manner of fat wotipu. arc always emotional), until -In edown in hysterical sobs. Hi, 1 starve myself I don't eat }tli to keep a canary bird a y e I n i w a e a n a e a e 1 don 'nelicve anything can be for me. Wo aii have our alUlo and I supposu wu ouj lit to bear i with fortitude. 1 wouldn't mind aivx'lf, hm it, s 1 ju^i lireakin^ his if it wasu't for him 1 could be icilod." li' il explained to her our nerv«'»us "tu. and the bearing certain eon- n* of (ih class of nerves i:a^ upon u^jttxiijon of adiposu tissue. 1 i saw she was not listening, but niotiriiinjj her sorrow. Then I her if (jhe would be williu to prescription I mi^ht ^r,\e uer. Mllin-? willing?" she ere". "i 'j! Willinto o throu •.!i lire, or Illy llesh cut-oil* with te-t-iiot 'is nothing 1 wouid no: •h|n? t«» eri.lure if I could onlv «et ''tins horrinle condition." prepared a prescription for her, 'rnirijriid that she should call upon s ln wl,idl IH'i'^piration. Tim Turkish u •:s ad^ must work, either v ,r S0IUe way, several l)(H:tor« I can't walk my feet iflh»U"'i* roight bo the case, ii('s l»r V *VOU1' shoes are four k\n, wi]f,ai,',1| ar tllUk »,!L which compresses the center of the body, making you look a great deal fatter than you really are, must be taken oil, rind you must have a corset which any dressmaker can lit, to you— a corset for the lower part of the ab domen, which will raisothis great iniss and support it. "This is all the a.h ice I i, one. :i% "To be -.me it wa, haj)jn wile, ••oecause dalned that 1 hotild horrid lilt\-seven poiin. low n till I reach i t' 1 "C'! a week, that 1 mi^ht supervise i^'gress and have fre.juent oppor i'-s tci eru-oura^H her. Tim pre 1 read to her was this: or oreakfast eat a j)iee« of beef tton as larjre as your hand, with •p °f white bread twico as large, dinner the .same amount of meat, preferred, tish or poultry, with fiiiTV"11"!1"' fitinaecous or lood in the form of bread or ,'. *"or »pper nothing, iti! ", w u n 1 ^reatlv annoyed then a mouthful of lemon- ,llt sujrar. i, ,,fV* in!e ie!L times a week some strong. l,,ot 1,urt .your feet You or work until you perspire *rv day of the week. Of V i keVdnr.*1""1^ liealth, with st Walk every you a.. tlmf^llr3n°°. but,, as you havo told n?, vo, art "b sin op to do any- fC Wur®i 1!i rd at s»me- Vwrnu,?:-" ««ry -lay." at»l r.„•" rise early the morn- 31 "'r1"- e Much ternbiv corset you have on, ,, iv(} you at present. At limi you will ioso half a pound a day. In the first three months you will lose from tw.-ntv to thirty pounds. In .six months forty pounds. Y«u will eonstantlv improve in health, get over this excessive mo tion, and be much stronger. K.erv o n e k n o w s a a v e y a o a ing 1,'JUO pounds, can be .juicKiy re duced to 1.IXXJ pounds with great, im provement to activity and health. It, is .still easier with a human be in".' That, you may know exactly what Is being done, I wish vou to In". weiirhH write the ligu and on* In ir in- inorandii! ii"W. when Mselt ai]-! 11-iTr Wi collie again, V\ei i how much you ha 1 happened to \i', o .• her until from our la th did no two W e was pi i.u when she «-r, tj ready her -t.-iis a t,,,., and win it w. ollife -in- -a: "I I. ',. not tjuite i I am delight 1 have done and shall Vou must In any mistake say. At lit I thought 1 1 have very :i.!i i i a i i a to,.l U I' t-lsmg w:^ not In i: troubh w 'i .,• -:11 ii- after '.v^iiian I i:_r man with We .-Unit .mil I fame o U 1 igh u mg, a. mv friend tlr. Iiccoiiie Ili- u -hape. Wh' L'o'j 1 run te t.iu health v a- 1 made up ii.\ in !, t" 1 waited pound-, ami ttiere 1 will Stop, unless my husnaud -ay.s ]:5tt. I am wibiug lo do anything to piease him." »/.. /'/.' MuntJilif. iicai lUver of (lie Voiih. The o s i n e e s i n nothing, refused to go well tne part ot the journey was liie passage of tin* oium nia. 'i'he bar at the mouth of live the 'day riser is a great hindrance to its free irriga tion, and vessels are otten detained for days, and even weeks, lavorable opportunity waiting tor a to cro-. We s outside in the fog, hearing all the'time the deep, solemn warning of tin.' Lirrak*':'^. Om stt'iiu (a^t raptain, as 1 *»ir as 10 rnU on, i s k bar. knowing At the end of the i ,lav he entered in triumph, with a clear view of the river, the grandest sight have ever seen. The passengers seemed hardlv to dare to breathe till we were over 'the As we passed into the river, I sat on deck, looking about. I had long looked forward to seeing this immense river, seven miles broad, rollim- seaward, and the great line of breakers at the bar but no on' can realize, without actually seeing it. how much its grandeur is enhanced by the surroundings of interminable for st. and the magnificence ot its snow moun tains. The character of the rncr it self is in accordance with everything about it, especially where it breaks through the Cascade Moiintarns in four miles of rapids, and stiH shut between basaltic walls, with deafening i n .' u row passage of the !',! 1 V l",* "f s usual compressed into one-eighth of width. For a long time I eoul.l n ceive any other sensations oi adn a n y o e o u u o i s o n strength Tlie Indians say that i„n.,.T .im.-s IL" r.v.-r where are ."pu.'dslide from th« ascades. but ih.ii »ml tl,,, (milks Jninmcl up Hh' »tn jn 1.1 I i a i e Sou nd. •W11««. .r»f' rj* traveling (pia* k dm ..i^. el e w,i i. hZmTr^ are th sa5d the Sir an 1 I I W r\' ors was Very suhdu. delighted with a pat a 1 it tie rose on a pink flower, on a His untutored mimi dread! i 15tit I,' that. About, four i5 i.- alter I meeting thi iiandsorn" •. alter a p. •n' W i if 1 111v friend left it a i:. to m.-, nat win have lost t' n we sjiuil sei.•! •. •eh poi i\ itati aoprti -.. As the we I brougii i.e I:. r cxelaine i. !.••:• "1 am the happ and don't you t. earned it? 1 thii happier than I ha-t not worked for it." i i i i n n e w o i ::. 11 k 1 have iiolie i'k i am a great should ha\ e i. .-n ,t We made the usual cali ui.on M.eii during the lir~: in• r. :,. :.:i• i w. *. months after t:.c w.-dd.n/. ti.ey v.. spending the evening wiiii us, 1 :is him if Iih wife had told him about relations with her avoirdupois? lb laiiL'lied iieartily, and replied "Oil, ves, sin? has told me i\ir\ tiling'. I suppose, but wa-n't t::'i:\ "Not vers. 1 am sure w i:. have thouu'ht funny ha\ e a o u lir-t i-.terv ie»v. I' w .r just, the reverse tunny i--n i \". iIiink so, madami' 'i am sun' il was th ni an\ \i-': 1 ever paid any oi .-. Doctor, ui\ yood husbaml sav« fc- -hou'id J. a v. marrie'd me all 'in -am'-, bi.: I he would iiave bc- ii a .! ffi "Ve-," said the I,u-1• »ii•!. wa foreoi'.1 t. 11• 11 that V\ e l\\o s,., ^te tew:i vo of Victoria. u could ,lot understand, ami lie earned his aversion to accounts to such an extent that he refused even to allow two items of his purchases to he included in the same bill. Every article that he bought he insisted upon paying for separately partiailv, of course, tins was duo to his ignorance of arithmetic. In the establishment ol the London Cheap store that which n»ost_interested the king were the me chanical toys, and there was no limit his admiration of the taikin" dolls, the walking foxes, the crowing' cock*, and the little hen which oecaionail v stopped to lay an egg. But that which touched Cetewavo's .sense of humor more than anything eU was a lifu-siz figure of a frog seated on a stool and leeding a juvenile frog upon its knee vith a ladle out of a large bowl that Mood near by. Among tiie articles oi wearing apparel which impressed him most were fur mantles and the lorn gauntleted gloves worn bv ladies. •t eustomer, Cetawayo bought Frenc: prints for each of his twentv-live wives, and a largo quant,:v ot t„ hicily those of gold, veli'fv, nj- -fjr let color. Ttiey were for iiie. u«e ui household in making readwork. L':, ike the jtitnian's w.i. lio like.'. n.,ne of your gaudy color-, l.ut oxfiressed a prefi-rrnce for plain red and yellow, t.-etawajo s taste in the matter of eoi- He wa Whicll i went to bed at i e e v e y a over his jire-e: ami tin •, v,. re both num. uaule. replied the was fi.reor i pd of those 1 am e,, ,g satisfactory to him to comp am thlit he is himself and not another. For it will perhap* occur to evcrj writer who semis a paper for ^ider ilmt he sends it because he thinks f, n taM«.iiVriy iL. nri 'i/ine, and conseqiientl}, Si"1 ,," of .he .u.^ .houU iT.:,fKf be iirotierly assumed .If-Lk', It I £h' I ,: :i tc some responded to his knoc tracts? ivriaiiny )V er her .b" *'*•,o,v the house, if on jdease. ,rd js "l I'Ol'at event, tl.o Z"r Wi.uld not c.mtair. Hie voUimcs I ,, v'/'ne. Hi" uld bt rendered solely u]xn the ground Of aTailabiiity. The Easy Chair is of the opinion that the editor would have re turned .Jonathan Edward's treatise upon the will had it been offered for serial publication in the magazine, I «t solely for the reason that he did not think it to be suitable for the magazine. So, if the correspondent's epie, or lyric, or essay, or sketch, or tale, or whatever his offering may have been, was returned, it was not because it was thought not to be meritorious, but because it was not available. Oih -, li.ii iter 'I' ll! i ••Stop l'r,'l"U'di V. ,'r, V.sv Chair has mver aib-ged 15l,t 1 -i Ire accepted or declined thnt artu •lh^tract merits. On soiely up- suth jiultimcnt i8 Titi declaimed, and it is an nomicetf Plainly tbat the verdict eity are e in lie Our A'\ ii-e-. w st 'eiulisis m-uiarehs. r. re miili. i i!. V i i' ea.i- i: Ml Jakey. bill me ,I aeon Aocr. it ,t o'clock he .iciiecnt residence of W i i ground, ur a •oiate ground, •unibed, how ever, to the gari.sii cnanns of satin uroeatelle, which has a crimson ground, with a gold border. Among the other articles which he bought was a hign silk hat. His only headgear when i e arrived in England was a military for age cap, u: lie refi -. 1 go and sec the «|iie-:: a Oibon." 1:. anytliing bi.t a higli mik iiat, so speedily were the uses of civilization grafted upon the savage, mind. The dillieulty of mak ing a hat for Cetewayo was very great, owing lo the fact that he alwass car ried a wedding ring upon his head. A Zulu wedding ring a e--r«i c..\ered with guru, thickened u :ii a- .-- 1..i is lixed round the l.ead at marriage, and worn until ilea"Nothing, how ever, iu ing impossi e. a silk hat of tl ino.st abnormal proportions ever wit aesed in Engiand was turned out half an hour before the train left for Os borne. In 11• •:. Cetewayo was very particular. V. other kind of mea: tiian beef wa-, ever cuter! by him. ar.d he was obliged to decline the gift of venison sent him i Lady Florence l)..\ie. Ilis beef was grilled in lump black outside, and raw inside. He al ways diueii in the following order: First he ate his beef, then his rr.-ad. afterward his potatoes, and last "I all he liii ~?te.J up with champagne «»r whisk. !eu i\o's hal i re ry regular. He u- iilliy at and and one part ot ins :s devoted to gloat ng which lie received, 1 Vlvai Simieilong About Helurnetl "Mafiu scrlpls. Some months since the n.a-y hair, says (ieorge Wiiliam Curti- in irt .1 endeavored to sootiie the minds of authors who are naturally disappointed by (he return of their manuscripts, by a plain narration of the facts in a recent case, wheri' the writer was Mire that the editor had been caught tripping, and had en returned a paper without reading i:. Indeed, there seeing to he a widespread sus picion that this particular wrong to the author is very common, and manu scripts are often received for examina tion. This fact enables the Easy Chair to remind poets and other kind contii butors thai they have not probably found it necessary to read "Pollock s Course of Time" from the first word to the last lo dOiimme whether il was a poem to their PeUe, and to suggest that a few pages ol 1 upper undoubted ly authorized them to pronounce upon his comparative merit with Milton and Shakspeare. Is it really necessary to read every page in a book to discover that it is not worth reading.'' If a manuscript of .»o" pages less there fore, be intrusted to the editor for ex amination, it is not necessary for him to ponder every page in order to reach a satisfaetorv opinion of its suitability. So if the stitch ingeniously inserted from lwes forty to fifty be intact when the manuscript returns, it does not de monstrate that the editor has betrayed his trust. I" the instance to which the "F'o-v hair" has alluded, the author cited' dates and postmarks to prove that the paper had been returned With out examination. The author was un doubtcdlv of that opinion, but a few ain words from the ed:tor were con cltisive upon the point that it. had been carefullv considered, and had been d ciined for reasons perfectly satisfactory p, the »'ditor. To complain that they I iv :wo e :i 11,• r- (los l" a-. Still, '. r.. \v a k en .i.ade o\ i j 'I ii'Te is a ipiaiii ami o rnrti w.tn a huge red nose, ••f• aid le a l, ami an ini!iicii v- i at the ends, who ma any morning of the vear go in i. 1- .flit avenue with tin* march of 'I i'm-sirm irrenadier and ti. "t a ..appv infant, lie is gent!- i Everyl.ody who know lie owns tin Every inorii stoos at the William 11. uiilerbilt, greets the servant who op-. i,s the door blandly, and goes at once Air. anderbilt's barber-shop. !so much has been written about his :. use that it seems hardly as though i. .'., new could be told, but many ceariee- place, and in the south u i- r.iijuiUiUg Mr. Vamlerbiit's dresa !i **iu, there lias been litted up a i e- ^iiop. It is small, and in the middle of it a an-er' chair, macie of ark mahogany and inlaid with moth ei-of-pearl. i'he iiase-boanls of tins om. the eori:iec.. and the door and liuiow fraiiie- a of the same shade ol maiiogany, ami the mother-of-peari decoration are identical with those on the chair. The chair is of the regula tion barber-shop pattern. Old .Jakev shave* the two-hundred millionaire, and then drifts down the avenue, nod d.ng gracefully to the stage drivers, and giving the occasional policeman whom he meets the 5th rcgimeut sa lute. lie shaves several other wealthy men on his way down, and finally ends with Commodore (Harrison, on Park avenue. Then he goes back to his hum ble home iu the lower Bowery and -mokes a fctrong (Herman pipe and [i ays penuckle with his wife until 5 ""clock \n the afternoon. Then be w anders up town again and visits one or two old gentlemen who prefer to be shaved before dinner rather than iu the morn inc. He returns again to 1 he Bowery, goes to a favorite lager iieer saloon in Roosevelt street, and sits in one particular chair and at one particular table every night until 11 o'clock. Then he stalks off to bed. He is close to GU years of age, and is said to be the best barber iu New York. He gets his own price, for his work, and probably has older customers than any other barber in the world, lie shaved Fernando Wood thirty years.- A'. Y. W. Atlanta Constitution. The Power of a Silent Woman. One of the great instances of silence was Cordelia, the daughter of King Lear, writes Sir Stafford Northcote. I i suppose there is no character in any of I Shakspeare's plays that produces a i more wonderful effect on the imagiiia tion and feelings of those who can read or see his plays performed with so I few touches or strokes or so few words i spoken as Cordelia. I was looking at a comment upon the play, and I see it I noticed in the first act Cordelia lias onlv forty-three lines assigned to i her. She does not appear again tin til the fourth act, iu the fourth scene of which she has twenty-four lines, and in the seventh thirty-seven. In I the lifth act she has live linos. Yet during the whole progress of the play we ca?i never forget her and after its melancholy close she lingers about our recollections as if we had seen some being more beautiful and purer than a thing of earth, who had eom municated with us by a higher medium than that of words. Her beauty con sists largely in her silence. a VeiiinV' Old Davy Howe is an ancient colored ci'.izen who has probably already scor ed his Id) years. He is yet sprightly for bis at'e. His business is to wait upon the store of Maj. Wilkins, by whom he is fed, clothed ami cared for. Bv some means old Dave came into possession of a small yearling, which iic determined to break to single har ness. After much labor Dave con structed a truck wagon with extended shelves. The next thing was the har ness, which was a curious amalgama tion of strings, old pieces of bagging and a shuck collar ample enough for an elephant. It was altogether a work of labor as well as ingenuity but patience aud perseverance always conquer, and at lasl Dave was ready. Slipping away out of sight, Dave harnessed up his yearling, a proud smile of triumph all the time wreathing upon the obi man's dusky feature*, lie led out his ealf, which seemed so gentle that old Dave was tempted to get into the wagon and right here Dave made a mistake. Firmly seated, Dave shook up his lines and gave the word to "galang." The calf turned his head for a mo ment and viewed his attachments with a contemptuous leer, ami then with a kick and a bleat he started for the square. Old Dave was upset and roll ed upon he ground, and the calf dart ed onward. Dave started to his feet and fchouted for somebody to "stop dat yerlin." It was no use. The wagon had come in contact with some obstruc tion and was an irreparable wreck, while calfy turned and looked at the ruin ho had wrought with the compla cency of a successful candidate in a country election. Wat/maboro (Ua (Jit i n". Oh! Mose and the Preacher. Not long since one of our preachers, who is the owner of a line breech-load er double gun, with a pointer dog at lachment, ami who sometimes takes a little sport in the fields, and at the same time supplies his table with th» toothsome quail, concluded to "run 1 I I rh V /'ow/v. 1 the creek for ducks. But before doing so he concluded to inform himself of all the facts bearing upon this rare and i mes profitable sport. With this intent he met an old darkey in town who domiciles upon the banks of th.) "rolling Briar,' and the following conversation occurred: "Old man, don't you reside in .1 -e proximity lo the waters of Briar Vreek i*'1 "Boss, I doan' what you means by 1 libs right on d- i shore." "Wei!, my man. if any great number of untamed visit ihoe haunts at present?" "Boss, don't tink deni ducks anybody, but dares tou-an's oi evar, shore's you born.' "Well, old man, uiy object in ing the inquiry was. that I have sire to come down, and have a niorceau of sport, and was exceedingly solicitous to Know if I mid procure the services of a competent chapurone to guide and propel a boa .'" "Bos 1 doan* underlau' what ail dem big words mean. Put you jo' come down, iuii wickede-t kreck." "My da v i n i n zaetlv undcrstan' In! •proxigimity.' auk of ile kr am "ti inform tun. e.! 11.ants Ym ina i a de lit! i e 1 Moe lrows ctin v nigger on padd frl. ml, I have but one i"-k .'i leisure and I would like to know if you could suit your con venience to mine?" Bight here old Mose split upon his judgment, as ho supposed that day of leisure, and replied: "Boss, you jes' come down cunv Sunday, an' bring the ole nig a drnp, an' dem solicitus you talk about, a while ago won't know nuff'n 'bout, it.' 1 Right here the interview terminated, and as our preacher has not been miss ing oil Sunday we do not think he has been duck shooting. Why People Came West. To ui Corwin undertook, wlan a member of the Ohio legislature, to have a law enacted abolishing public whipping for crim '. He spoke at some length in support of his measure, and an elderly gentleman, who represented 1 a rural district, answered as follows I "Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is not as Did as am, and has not seen as much i of the practical operation of the vys iem of punisnment which he desires to I abolish. When I lived in Connecticut If a fellow stole a horse or cut up other amies, we used to tie him up and give him a real good thrashing, and he ai ways cleared right out, and we never •-aw anything more of him. It's the best way of getting rid of the rogues I that ever was tried, and without «-x pense to the stale."' Corwin rose to reply "Mr. Speaker, 1 have often been puzzled to account for the vast emigration from Connecticut to the west, but the gentleman last up has explained it to my satisfaction.—Ben: The Iiottoin Sliding Down. The Mississippi is said to be subject to a new danger. Its bottom is said to be moving toward the C.ulf of Mexico. Of course not the bottom of the entire length, but the ooze and mud for many hundreds of miles, is sliding down, as it were, and making the river shallow er at its outlets. Should this continue, and man be unable to control it, the river would in time bo confined, as banks would be formed at its mouth. This would make a great lake out of portions of Louisiana and Texas. Of course new outlets would be formed, but in the meantime vast changes would occur in the Mississippi Valley. Great cities would be submerged. Lakes larger than Superior or Ontario would cover regions now occupied L»y farms and towns. Still this need not coucern the present generation. It would take many hundreds, if not .thousands of years to affect these alter ations. and then, perhaps, mechanical science and human resources may be so developed as to enable man to over come, or at least modify, the slow op erations of nature. Jhmoresls. What Americans llead. There is such a thing as reading too much. If you would grow mentally, you must study. Perhaps no people in the world read so much as the Americans do but what is the char acter of the literature they read? The details of criminal courts, sensational aud exciting news, extravagant stories and romances and the incidents of prize fights, base ball and riots are read with avidity but literature of a high order is neglected, and the most profound treatises upon scientitic, ar tistic, moral and useful subjects are al lowed lo grow dusty on the shelves of libraries and book stores. The lault is mainly in their early training, which has failed to vclop a taste for learn ing, industrious habits, and a manly ambition to gain the respect and con tidence of the community by persever ing efforts to improve things of real value. In the New York Custom House Bar num took an oath that his white ele phant is worth $200,000.