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THE HOME.
hossip 3"d Glfanings for the Fam
" ily Circle.
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|pj-v?<' ft* Marriage—Aa Ideal Girl—Timely
I Topics—Household Hints—
' Useful Recioes.
larriac*.
H>t rheiMtorr Itt 'trr. .
m >f,;» and women, and especially
J , p-.'1-le, .1 WH>t know that it takes
| >.•*> marry eon»|>letely two hearts.
jVt.,i ofthe most loving and WuH wfaj
lint nature allows ro sudden change.
We >Io|<e very gradually from the cradle
■ tli.» sumni t «»f I'fp. Marriage is
I riJiuiI. :» fraction «»f im at a time. A
wedlock i* a long (ailing in love. 1
j young persons think love l»e
|i>nc*oidy to brown hair and plump,
r**ind. crim-on rhwfci. So it doe* for
itsKginning, ji*>t as Meant Washing- i
ton »«*<!!•' at Bo-don I lay. But the
golden marriage i* a part of love which
b:-.,ia! day knows nothiugof. Youth '
| yitlrt taxel and wlkea flower of love,
a^e is tl««* com. rij»e aud solid in
the car. Beautiful is the morning of j
love with itt« prophetic crimson, violet, |
■ g Id with its hopes of day* j
I • to come. RrautUiilike Is the 1
| . ftiin>t |, ve, with i;s glad romem
Ibrance, and rainbow side turned to
\»h:iI hcawn as well a* earth. Young
I ie marry their oppoaitea in temper
I .mural character, and such a mar
I r age b ^nerilly a g^od one. They do
I .. atiuctiveljr. I'hf young Map doee
I | say, ■ Mv black eyes require to (><•
I wed to blue, antl toy orervehemenci
I lire* t«» U- a little modiiled with
I . mewbat «>t dullness and reserve."
I W oppoHiu - come together to
I |. wul, tl •> do n • know it. (>ur each
I like himself. <':d
I > w uiarr> their opponitcs,
I •- yn irrytheirsiniilars and from eal
I tti Kach of tlicw two arranue
| inoM is very pro|K«r. In their lo
r;: ■ \ im.-" .'iiri .•mi.... uui j
w \ a great u»:. 1 y times and both
will < I rin tlu- otlur back again,and
\ .ir.>l l»y they will Ktrml an to the
■ i- tln-y Wilt to g> t<». and the road I
'u-y will go l>y and l"ri>me reconciled. |
l i t- it .» will be nobler ami larger for
i;',1 wit i >o much htnuiti
1 ke hun>c!f, *id she will b<« a
l ii woman for having manhood Ik»
- ! In r, that >cek* to correct her de
• a'M h - aud supply her with what .she
,'.ick>, it" the diversity b.» not too grc i', :
.r.d tin r<- be real piety and love in their I
li< «rt> t«» begin with. The old bride- I
:;r »>m, haviug a much shorter journey j
t » nuke, mast associate hiiuself with
•'lie like him-rlf. A |>erfect and coiii
I !« fe marriage Is, perhaps, as perfect i
H|*T->nal l>euuty. Men and women are (
n.arri>d fractionally now a small
fraction, then a lurirc fraction. Very
frw are marri«sl totally, aud they only, j
| I think, after some forty or filly years of
gradual ap proach aud excitement. Such
a Urge ami sweet fruit is such a complete
marriage that it needs a very long sum
mer to ripen in, aud then a long winter
t • mell >w anil «cason. Hut a real happy
m irrh«e ol los-e and judgment between I
» a:: i*!tt* woman is mic of the things I
» vt iy ha:.<l-ome that if the sun were, !
the bwek poet fabled, a («;mI, he I
nuiiht M.»p the w>>rld in order to feast :
- with such a «|tectacle.
I'crfrrl.OM <u I'rllironK
. • Nrrt-spomleDt of a Utica N. V.
, r The |m*oj»Ic of t!ii.s i» <rt of j
«>i ul i ci iinfy never brag, but we have ,
«v»urg lady in tin-, village who has
mcr:t» «u-erv i ng of public notice. s:»p IJ
is .i blonde. of medium heigot, blue j
e\ - co-.n-" d Oecian teaturcs, and is
acknowledged to In* pretty, even by en- '
v!> !>. tt iiiales, and has borne away all j
the »i pri/ts in school for years. Il»>r
O'lu -.ii >n is prouotiuced by our late 8
#!h* ■ '.•u:umi-sioncr as being as good ' !
a* tii t of\nv teacher in the Fourth 1
•li--tr: t. She can ink ', was!i, iroa,
make garden, *ing divinely, new on a , 1
• 'ittoii. or patch, make and lit all her 1
own dot hex -pin the yim, aud make 1
her own stockings, mop the floor, enter- *
taiu a huuse full of ministers, or au a--- '
x'iul»lage of young people, make tat- *
tmg. crotchet, bevel.a lambrequin, kuit I
insertion en a slipper ease. or quilt a 4
pumpkin pie. She never was known
tot all your attentionjto the door scraper f
r mat. never sjtokc a cross won! or had 'J
a cold dinner on washing day, never ate t
a chocolate caramel or chewed gum. t
s|ie wore none but her owu hair and !■
:» < th. a;i'l was never nearer a cornet \
ti in the outside of a dry goods eouu- I i
Nr. She never had a beau in her life, I
vf •> r l'» «t young men would l»e at her t
V. t with the least encouragement. She v
•in row a t«»:»t. shoot a gun, climb a i
iri-**, and throw a fly or land a trout iu i t
i manuei to win the admiration of any i ^
sx>rtMnau. She never gosaius anil t
never attempt* to take a hand iu an- j <
tin r woman's knitting work, and she s
is never seen upon the streets in the
evening unless going to church or to- i ^
vi-.it tli" sick. Her father has l*»en a j
widower t'<>r over a dozen years, a pillar (
i:i tbc rhurch, "MH-ial and sought after j
by all, yet manifests no desire to change
housekeepers. She was never known
ti> torture a niano in her life, manifests j
no : ror eats, or poodles, or eur *
<1 ',"s, and doesn't know George Kliot's
l>e*t novel from a hencoop, yet she is
thoroughly conversant with the iro- !
;*>rt»t! t in i*stions and news of tlie day, 1
•tud i»u ouote history till you can't 1
wink. We are n»t related except 1
t .nn „■!: our respected ancestor, A'lain, 1
and u<> young man must cousitler this
thrown*cut as an inducement, for the ;
lady in • |ucstion would not look favor- I
ably upon Ins suit a moment unless she I 1
wit- convinced that he was the equal 1
<> her father, and it would !»• strong
proof she would require. We live in
t '• northea>t corner of the county, are
a vague, uncertain, inopportune sort of
' town, and vanity is not our weakness,
• ■ .'—well, bring V:n on, and let us see
i#t Oneida county is made of, any
!h*.
TIMELY TOPICS.
•sk\> ki: (ias.—I'rof. Wiliaid Parker,
ei e oi our most disi inguished physi
cians, after hsieuiug to the discussions
of the Academy, said: "If 1 were to
build a house, 1 would uot have it con
a<< ted in any way with a sewer. I
mould construct a sort of annex." In
to which I Yo lessor Rtrker was under
stood to say, he would gather all the
pip-sand fixture*, water-closets, baths,
and wash-basins. He further remarked:
1 -uppo«*» most of you would objeot to
having a vault tilled with dead bodies a
»ew yards from yoar house, and eon
n«*ed with it by a pipe. Yet this is
prank-ally what we do. Water is no
protection from the poisonous germs
whk'h Kunrate aud live in this foul
air. This matter demands our mist
<■n_rei.il attention, f,,r we are iu a very
eritk-iil ami unhealthy oondition."
J 'ikn's Wokk. — The London
HITl"r constantly grow
!,!K e ployment of women in the seri
ous work of the werld: "Ho great a
< la®V'" in the circumstances of women
an h;.rdlv fail to work a corresponding
"an»ce in their relations witn men.
gT*- J^t obviously be content to fore
~f '" ferenoe, real or assumed, whioh
~*n hitherto paid to them. Any
cJv,!«-4° s ever served on a mixed
thS^K men ant* women knows
, women either completely sub
tue men, of that the men pres3
nVv, tt-'i! nio®9*'th quite as much eager
I, u™. eir opponents happen to
own s?x " t! Wben they are of their
«ku;r, r"e conventional politeness
^ '-on takes care to leave a woman the
t
victor in an argument disappear* a*
soati aa the eud of the discuiwton is to
decide which of two opposite views ah ail
be carried out In action/'
Thk Walts—8ln©e the peace of 181,%
1 from which period—or, indeed, from a
few years earlier—Mrs. Mitford's cor
| respondent* dates, remarkable changes
have indeed taken place in Kugllsh so
ciety. One of her moat intimate friends,
Sir W. Klford, had Undertaken a cru-'
sade against waltzing, which he wa*
sure "would never be tolerated iu thU
country unless the moral feeling of the
country had undergone a great
change.'' While Byron attacked it in
a famous poem, Sir W. Klford wrote in
nroM a satirical history of it* origin,
everybody condemned it, and Mrs.
Mitford, of course, ampng the rest. It
danccd itself iuto fasti ion, all the same,
and that very rapidly. -St. James Ga
zette.
PL.AYIKO WJTH Pirk—The following
sensible advice to young girls !♦ from
the columns of the Springfield Republi
can : The young woman who i>ermits
promiscuous at^eutiona from a large cir.
cle of admirers, married and single, is
playing with lire, carrying a poisoned
brand to pome other hearthstones,
whence its .-.tilling exhalations will de
stroy the p*ace of that family. The
married man who thin occupies and ad
dles the brain of the girl casts a cloud
over a charucter that ought to be spot
less and serene, and grives parents, who
see the fruit of years of teuder nurture
turned to ashes of bitterness. Hhameon
that wretch. The first and inexorable
duty which should be tanght to a young
woman is to keep man in his place, and
to know her own.
Tjik (.'ioakkttk Habit—The smok
ing of cigarettes by very young boys
was never no prevalent as at the present
day. Lads parade the streets—not over
eight years old not yet out ot kuee
panta sometimes—pufling away at the
weeds. Says the f.anoet: UA consider
able number of cases have been brought
under our notice the last few months,
in which youths and youug men who
have not yet completed the full term of
physical development have had their
health seriously impaired by the prac
tice of almost incessantly smoking cig
arettes. It is well that the facts should
be known, as the impression generally
prevails that any number of these little
'whiflfc' must needs be perfectly innocu
ous. whereas they often do infinite mis
chief."
Woolkn ix WiSTKii—So far as it is
possible it is a >;ood plau to discard all
woolen table spreads aud lambrequins
from sleeping rooms, particularism
winter; they catch the dust and retain
it, and cause a great deal of useless labor !
besides being decidedly unwholesome..
With the many l>eautiful fabrics now |
to bo obtained, in linen aud cotton, !
there is no need of a room having a chil- '
ly and cheerless look, if this suggestion ,
of using cotton aud liuen for woolen is
carried out. Very pretty table covers
are made of drab linen, or cream colored;
they may be ornamented by etchingsin
the corners, or may have a border all
the way around, or pretty designs are
worked in scarlet, iu outline stitch,
which will brighten the eovcrsuttlcieu'
fy. The mantel lambrequins should
match, and the small amount of care
required to keep them free from dust
w ill be appreciated by the occupant of
the room, particularly if she does her
own work.
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
Wrought liDw, china and plush ap
pear in innumerable forms, ami are 111
disftuisahle at present in household
decoration.
In washing martins and lawns put a
little pulverized borax in tlu* water,
and u*»e but little st>ap.
A tough piece of meat can he made
tender by letting it eook for several
liours iu water at simmering heat.
I*retty and inexpensive screens can
I** made by covering an ordinary
•lotlies-horse with dark felt or plnsli,
upon whi *h Chinese crope pictures may
ue mounted.
A new frame for small mirrors and
picture* has the top and lirft side about
■in-half the width of the bottom aud
right side. It is covered with plash,
ind :» small owl placed on 3 i*ereh orna
uents the upper right-hand corner.
It is more imj>ortaut in covering the
vails of a new house to selec* materials
ilid patterns intrinsically '^ood and
uitable than something that has the
ast touch of fashion—for fash'ons, eveu
ii wall papers change, while tin* priu
iples which underlie true art ami tit
ie*s do not
To extract ink from cotton, silk or
i«K)len goods, dip the spots in spirits
f turpentine, and let it remain ft>r sev
ral hours; then rub thoroughly be
ween the hands* and it will all disap
•ear without changing either the color
r texture of the fabric.
A lovely panel is made of a atrip of
lack satin embroidered with [links,
'he top and bottom are finished with
w»-iuch bands of scarlet plush, and
lower edge h:'j» also a border c-tfailk
alls of dilFerent shades of red; a brass
rire is fastened to the top and a silk
■»rd with which tosuspend it.
An elegant lambrequin may be
cade of dark crinwon plush, velves or
elveteen. Then put on, iu diagonal
ines about three inches apart, rows of
hin brass crescents. Finish the edge
nth a row of silk tasseln, tying each
ne to a crescent with a »4lk cord, anil
hen fasten to the velvet with the
a me cord.
To wa.-h wuitc 11*11110 is nnwui
hjinkiug tbem make a good suus of
>oiliug water, aud add a tablespoouful
>f aqua ammonia* aud when scalding
i*>t ]H>ur over the tiauuel. Do not rul»
>n a board, but, if convenient, use a
touuder. ltinsein hot water and wring
a dry an possible and bang in the but
uu to dry.
Modern dwarf book-cases, which con
ist simply of a set of ash, ^nlnut or
boni/eu shelves, with the top enclosed
n an ornamental rail aud a slender
x>le from which to sus|>end a con tain,
ire a great improvement on the cura
leraome old cathedral-like receptacles
"or forgotten literature. They stand
lat against a wall, occupying little
ipace, hold oiany books, and the top
terves the purpose of a small cabinet
n the opportunity it affords tor the dis
play of a few pieces of good, china and
iinall easel pictures.
RELIABLE RECIPES.
Tomato Soirr.—One Urge can or
twelve fresh tomatoes, one quart of
boiling water, two small onions, a small
■ arrot, half a small turnip, two or three
sprigs of parsley or a stalk of celery, all
cut line and boiled one hour. As the
water boils away add more, so that the
quantity may remain the same. Season
with one even tablespoonful each of
salt an J sugar and half a teaspoouful of
pepper. Mix a tablespoonful of butter
with two heaping ones of flour and add
hot soup until it will pour easily, l'our
into the soup; boil all together for Ave
minutes, then straiu into the tureen
through a sieve aud serve with toasted
crackers.
Spiced Beef.—To a five-pound pieoe
of beef take one pint of water, half a
pint of vinegar, two teaspoon fu Is of
ground cloves, one teaspoonrul of all
spice, one teaspoonful of black pepper
and a pinch of red pepper, tweteaspoou
fhls of salt, two or three onions. Mix
the dry articles and rub into the hoof.
Press the beef into a deep dish aud then
pour the liquor over it. Let it stand
twenty-four houre in a oool place, but
turn it over occasionally. If it absorbs
all the liquor add more in the propor
tion. At the end of twenty-four hours
put the beef, with the spice and liquor,
into a stew-pan and let it simmer slowly
three or four hours till very tender. It!
is eaten cold, the gravy to be used for
breakfast dishes.
Cauliflower.—An entree of merit
is made of cauliflower. Cut it in very
small bits and put it in a pudding dish
with layers of bread crumbs. Use pep
per and salt and little lumps of butter
as for scalloped oysters. A cup of rich
cream improves the dish. When ready
for the oven pour enough hot water
over it to thoroughly moisten too brv*d
crumbs and U» allow a little more. Herve
hot. - *. *
Fkctt-cakk Puj>dikg.—Take one.
pound of flour, three-quarters of a
pound of mi gar, half a pound of butler,
and one nut meg,-one pound of cleau
Smyrna raisins, a teaapoooful of bicar
bonate of soda, dissolved in a cup of
sour milk or buttermilk, and added the
last thing. Be sure to save out a little
of the flour, wherewith to sprinkle the
fruit well before nutting into the batter.
Send to table. hot, served with wine
sauce.
OiNCJKKBI»*:AT>.--Clood plain ginger
bread is made of two poands flour, half
a pound of butter, half a pound of sugar,
two tabUwpoonfola each of cinnamon
and Kinder, one pint of molasses," a tea*,
spoonful of soda dissolved in a half a
cup of sweet milk; if you have sour
milk, use that, and add half a teaspoon
ful more of soda. Hake in very thin
layers; mark each layer with a fork in
liues an inch apart. The oven should
Ih» hot when the gingerbread is put in.
I-kmon C'kkams.—Pare four lemons
vety thin, and throw the peels iuto
twelve tablcspoonfulsof water. Squeeze
the juice over eight ounces of finely
]K>wered sugar. • Well !>eat the yolks of
ten eggs, then add the peel, water and
juice gradually, and strain it through
the muslin into a stew-pan. Stir it
one way over a gentle fire until It be
comes pretty thick, but do not let it
boil. Serve iu custard cups.
THE FASHIONS.
Lalftl >>»» York Mode*.
Kxtning Punt,
C'hene goods retain their popularity.
Ixuig Jersey gloves of fluest wool are
highly favored.
Heavy arrnure brocades are used for
outdoor garmeuts.
Crenelated edges to fancy house jack
ets are a growing fancy.
Some of the latest imported French
polonaises have Louis XIV. waistcoats
and pockets covered with silk embroid
ery.
Jaunty soft felt English hats, much
resembling those worn by gentlemen,
are a passin? novelty for ultra-fashiona
ble young ladies.
Ilight silks of pale sea-green. delicate
pink and lilac are combined, for eveu
mg wear, with dark garnet, dark blue,
brown and royal purple velvets, with
admirable effect.
In jewelry is shown a very novel lace
pin in the form of a locust with sapphire
eyes, the body of a light colored lapis
lazuli, the legs of gold, and the wings
formed of tiny diamond clippings.
Pearl necklaces of many rows twined
around the throat, magnificent trim
mings of pearl-beaded appliques, fringes
some of them thirty inches deep, and
strings of tiny Human pearls twined in
the hair, are costly and elegant garni
tures for full dress occasions.
» - I I
the promenade was of cardinal satin,
with a Dorsay rcdingete of plush of the
same brilliant shade. The French ca
pote en suite with this dress was of
plush, i-overed with amass of sparkling
ruby beads, anil a cardinal aigret sprink
led with ruby powder.
White brocaded velvet for wedding
dresses now show designs of humming
birds, immense (lowers and vines, pond
lilies, and foliage, large fern-fronds,
oak-leaven, liorse-chestnut blossoms,
and sheaves of wheat; some of the pat
terns art* outlined with cut crystal beads
or threads of gold.
Heavily braided Parisian traveling
clonks of black, olive-brown, dark
claret, and town-color—most stylish
and uncommon in cut and make, satin
iined, and elegantly finished with bands
of fur—are handsome and costly wrajw,
»nlv within the reach of those possessed
of plethoric pocketbooks.
Princess dresses in royal-blue velvet
a/e fashionably worn for rweptiou
toiiets; they have the Medici collar,
revfps, and deep cuffs elaborately em
broidered with dark-blue jet. l'luin
colored velvet dresses in the same style
haveembroideries worked in amber and
ruby beads. Velvet, in fact, is the
most fashionable fabric of the season.
Higfe coloring in millinery is further
enlivened by veiy conspicuous gilt orna
ments in novel and unique designs.
First among these are the hughest of
antique buckles, warlike and barbnrie
looking weapons of various shapes ami
sizes,and great wis with jeweleu heads
linked together by gold coins and med
als in old Itoman patterns; to say not th
ing of beast", bird*, and reptiles—de
signs familiar to alk, l>ut appearing anew
in gold and silver Juf*vC', ^
Krenc>> **«* paste, and jet -the range
jt ornamentation extending from a tad
|i »le to an ek'phant.
Little capnte bonnets, already covered
with velvet and rwwiy for trimming,
•an now be bought for sums so small
that a lady having any taste or skill in
the millinery line can own a head-dress
to natch her several costumes without
beiiig iu any way extravagant. These
elegant little bonnets come in every
fashionable shade or color, and require
hut little adornment beyond a cluster of
-atin loops and two o* three ostrieh-tipa
gracefully arranged.
An exquisitly-delieate and beautiful
Ire.'N just tin felted fwr a bridesmaid's [
toilet, is of jwarl-white China crape,
laid in very wide box-pleats. Between 1
t'ach are set brr>ad peq>endicular bands j
t>f gold-embroidered etai>e. Above this j
ire set white satin paniers, which round • s
Dver the hi}* and teraiinate in an un
irapeih train, falling from the bock in [
*>ft ami sheeny folds. The edges to the j
paniers are gold-embroidered. The
diarj>-pointed s*»ti» bodice is cat down j
al»out live inches from the throat all
around, and veiled with a gold-elm
broidt-red c rap« ehemlset rusae, edgedi
with gold lace, slightly gatheml.
FASHION NOTES.
Jersey waists are much worn.
Silver fox Ua beautiful but. not dura^
hie lur.
Bilk muslin remains in vo^ue for bull
ilrfs.-*!*.
The rage fior yellow has sot yet run
it* course.
Ail dancioK dresses am, dc rigiteur,
short all around.
The favorite corsage flopwris the small
yellow aster.
Christmas iroodw are making their ai*
pearanee in the shop windows.
The fashionable furs are bear, bovver,
astracban, and fox, e#j>eeially silver
fox.
The Russian circle, with its broad
bands of fur, is the popular long cloak
of the season.
Some ladies wear violets for corsage
bouquets all the year around, regard!^
of the coat.
Fleeee-liued silk ftloves are more suit
able for wear with a mull* or a fur-lined
circular than kids.
I-adies who go to balls in long and 1
trained dresses announce by their toilet
that they do not intend to dance.
The holiday goods iu the shape of
Berlin novelties seen at the Co-operative
Dress Association are as uiihj-ie and
tine in their way as the antique Oriental
tapestries ami draperies also shown
there iu the art rooms iu the fifth story.
Among the bonnets and hats in the
millinery department at John Wales's,
in Twenty-third street, New York, is a
modified Uainesborough in metallic
blue velvet, with a double torsade of
electric blue chenille around the edge oC
the brim, a band of broad Ottoman rife*
bou of the same shade banded around
the crown, with two buckles of irideso€Ht
blue steel, while two ostrich ploraoa. of
a paler shade of the same blu* are
fastened down with a bird of iridNOeot
blue plumage.
r&pa's threat: Miss Melissa Kftandish,
of Beacon Hdl, Boston, was poring over
a work on oonie sections wh'«u the news
came of General Butler** election.
J "I'm glad of tt," she exclsjmed. Every
faoe in the room but her1.'^ expressed the
utmost horror and as^nisbment. "I
mean it/1 persisted the girl, tossing the
volume on the tat£e. "Papa said if
Butler was eleoted h*'d move out of the
Btate, and that's why I'm glad,""
BruoWyu Uagle,
I KNOTS TIED TIGHT.
Th»i TUrrr'a ItottHmg Half »o
Swrfl in UlCMUff'* Y•■■C
A mono the young womea married in
New York last week was one who from
early girlhood has been exceedingly
fond of flowers. 8he decided to ex
peud her energy and her father's money
upon floral decorations instead of in
the direction of fine gowns. Her floral
feat Is a matter of remark with every
guest who attended the reception that
foljpwed the marriage oeremony.
Palms and ferns made the hall lovely.
In the drawing room the grates were
filled with fine maiden-hair, fern and
Lright cat flowers clustered beneath.
A medium sized plant rose from the
centre. On the ends of the mantles
were floral fans widespread. The
centres were small white daisies; the
fringing of rosebuds and ferns. The
sticks were distinctly marked with
ardesia houries. Another fen on an
easel of smi I ax was composed sf white
pompons, edged with bou ailene buds
and fringed with yellow daisies. The
sticks were of yiolets. Both oftbe fans
were hand painted with sprays of the
loveliest combinations through the
centre. In the middle of the mantle
stood the "old oaken bucket," a marvel
ous piece of floral work. I'pon a bed
of licopodiums, fringed with cissus,
crotons and ferns, with terrestrial
orchids springing up in places and a
spray of jwssiflora rubra near the old
shaft, stood a square well, the side's
made of different blossoms. One side
was of yellow pompon artcmesias, one
of white, one of crimson king carna
tions, one of la purity e*arnations. Each
was sprayed with a knot of roses. The
top of the well was mossy; on oue
comer perched an owl, wise
in expression; the owl's back
and wings were wrought of chrysan
themums and his breast was of pale
purple artemsias. His eyes were of yel
low daisies. The well-bucket was full
of sweet-smelling violets and trailing
moss seeined to have been caught on
the pendulous stick. The floral screen
was affectively worked out. There
was a clover leaf on the marble of the
pier glass and iooae baskets of roses
were interspersed throughout the rooms.
The portiere of ivies and smilax chains
which swept in the arch between the
arch between the extension and the
drawing room was the most effective
work. This was looked back with
rose ties of white satin. In its centre
swung the wedding bell, a bell of roses,
sprayed with pale buds.
According to tiik Ohio papers the
Ohio brid? is worth her weight ia gold.
For instance, at Hellefontaiue, in "the
most hriliiaut wedding tiiat has taken
place for years" "the bride was one
who has been a reigning belle in the
highest social circle of the country and
a universal favorite with her friends."
The reader will be pleased to learn
further more that "the cememony was
performed promptly, the high contract,
ing partiop being attended by the sis
ter of the tiride and a prominent young
legal luminary here. The bride wore
a dress of rich pink silk, entirely cover
ed with elegant lace trimmings, and
wore no jewelry. The bridesmaid, a
petite blonde, looked lovely iu pure
white, without ornaments." Again,
at a wedding in Cincinnati, iajjie em
brasure of the spacious drawing} room
where the hymeneal scene inWKiacted,
was a rich profusion of tine plants ami
above the heads of the handsome couple
was a monogram wrought in evergreens.
At the same wedding "the fair bride
was becomingly attired in white and
ottoman red and the bridesmaids
shone resplenent in white cashmere."
Hi t Kentucky seen**, after all, to be
the place where* the marriage bells ring
most merrily. We have it from the
Courier-Journal's Winchester corres
pondent that on the 15th instant, at
"the beauJiful houie of tlie bride's par
ents, whs one of the most magnificent i
social event* that have ever occurred in
this county. About live hundred invi
ted gtiesW were present, many of them
from a distance. Tl»e bride is a beau
tiful young ladv, now in ttie nineteenth
year of her age. Vivacious, intelligout,
tiigldy accomplished and possessed of
exquisite form and features, she is the
acknowledged belle of l*r circle. She
was attired in a costume of creswn-col
ored silk and natiu, cut en train aud
elaborately decorated with the costliest
(lowers and trimmings. The groom is
ibout twenty years of age, and is one
jf the handsomest and most popular
roung gentlemen* in the county. He
j us*' atteudanits."
l'be correspondent takes pains to a<ld
bat "Wolfand Trott's Hand, of Louis
ville, discoursed sweet music."
At a wedding in San Francisco the
»ther day "the ceremony of placing the
ring on the bride's linger was with dif
ticultv performed by the liridegroom
liter lie had succeeded in extricating a
.iny pasteboard box out of the lining of
bis vest. Owing to some flaw in the
matomical construction of her linger
die golden baud refused to budge after
reaching the second joint, anil the com
bined efforts of both of the bridegroom's
thumbs were required to accomplish
the task.'' The reporter basely adds
that "the bride must have been about
thirty-five, but she blushed like a pencil
from the Antarctic Circle." Not satis
tied with such h thrust, the scribe con
•Itides the item with: "When the cere
mony w as over tlse bridegroom passed
11 five-dollar piece into the hands of the
minister, a dollac and fifty cents. of
which the divine subsequently spent
for cigars."
A CON vkntioi* of Ilapt-i .t preacher*
was bold at I'itUtboro, ISorth Carolina,
a few days ago. On the opening day
two young clergymen wore married and
after the ceremonies the liridcgsooms .
appeared before the committee of ar- I
rangements to be assigned-to tenif >orary |
"homes" in MUtsboro. The waggish
aieml>ors of the committee, learning
that the brethren had been married
that morning, assigned the brides to a
homo at one ead of the towmand their
husbands to a»bome at the othe* end.
Tiir groomat a wedding in a Wash
ingten synagogue last week.presented
as a thank-offering a solid wlver Eu»
chariaticscrviee lined vwth gold, which,
after being consecrated, was ased in
the oelebratiou of the Oommunion im
mediately fallowing the cerenaony. He
had just reoovered fro jo, serious illness.
In Cohunbus, Ohio,, laet week, th«
bachelor associates of a young bride
groom serenaded tha bridal couple at.
midnight with a portable steam eagiue.
'Hie toots aroused half the town. Amotig
the presents displayed at the wtdding
of the aauie eouple was a large cook?
stove.
Wukx a bridal ooupi# had reached
the "flower gates* on ibeir way from
the altar to the door in a Ijouisville
church the gro*m recently halted,
pluoked a number of flowere from the
ga£e& ajd presented them to the hrhle.
THE GIVE-AWAY GAME.
MlMyTrirki grMUffd by rakiM and
KLr*H Mrs.
uDo you know," said a man who
was wiling jewelry from * dry goods
box to a rep'.»rter for the Atlantic Con
stitution, thai the Americans are the
Mbiest bucthugged aI any in the world?
It is true, and I hat* helped to hum
bug then> about as touch as the aver
age man.** had just been
reading an account sf the Ixwisvai<
lottery drawing, \ahicb brought fartl
thisapeecn.
"Can't you tell us some of \om U
perieDce In tht£ line?" asked a mat
near.
"Well, yon would laugh to korn
what fo»ls people make of themaehre
aometinea. About two weeks a*>o
was 'kiwu in Rruoswick. where I*aw
(eKow running a perfectly square gamf
Kut which was the moni out-'Hnd-oi1
steal I every heard af. His plan wa
hiuiplo, and hundred* of IU* very U*
people of the town flocked to give hiin
a trial. He rented a store and put a
(•how-case acroan the counter in- the
center. In tbe show-case he had, ]
know, my hat fuli of $20 gold coins,
piled in a heap in one corner, and in
Use other abovt^fhe same sized pile of
silver dollars. A dice buz and six dice
completed his outfit. By paying 50
cents a man had one throw with the
dice. If he threw six he took the entire
pile of gold; if he threw six aces he
was entitled t» all the silver. Of course
he knew no one ever threw all the sixes,
neither was it possible to get the sixes
to come all in a bunch. A man might
as well expect to get struck by light*
ning from a cloudless sky at noonday
as to throw tix aee«; it ia almost an imr
possibility, that's all. Well, the fellow
made several hundred dollar* and left."
"Did you ever hear of how easy It
was to feel a mat] with soap!" contin
ued the talker. "We street men know
that as an old story, of course. I was
down to Troy. Ah,'-' several months
ago, when a fellow came along almost
strapped, lie went to a grocory store,
bought a few bars of this transparent
soap, cut it into small pieces about the
size of one's thumb, wrapped it in col
ored tissue paper very neutly, and then
covered tbe package with tin foil,
spriukling'the whole with a bottle of
cologne to give it a good smell. Well,
sir, that fellow got on a box and soon
gathered a crowd by some nice talkiug,
and proposed to take out all the grease
from hats, coats, etc., that could l>e
brought in. The first case presented
was tbe city marshal, who walked up
with a great spot on his coat which he
wanted taken out. The fellow carried
a sponge well saturated with benzine
and arnica, which of itself will takeout
almost anything, and by using a bit of
the soap soon bad the marshal s i»at
entirely free from grease. That started
the soap sales,and in two or three hours,
it being Saturday and a crowd in town,
the soap man bad sold $.'{6 worth, near
ly all of which was clear profit."
Stopping to draw a breath tbe jewel
ry no*n continued his interesting story,
"I tell you you ftm humbug anybody.
I am not unlike the rest of the world.
I believe I would bite at my own tricks
if I could get in the crowd."
"While I was at Brunswick, Ga.,
some time ago, I took revenge ou the
town by playing what we term the
'give-away racket.' It is a mighty tine
thing to play, but a very dangerous one
In some localities. I had been using a
big umbrella, large enough to cover
fifty people, when one night on the
street a crowd of sailors, led on by some
of tbe town boys, threw rotten eggs at
the umbrella and broke up the crowd.
Then I resolved on the 'give-away
racket.' A fellow has to be mighty
careful about working it, or he will get
caught out. it can only be played once
in a town.
| " i m' way to no n i* iuis; < «ei a mi <»i
line gold rings, w hich cost about $1 a
dozeu, and propose to be advertising
sonic big gold concern in New York. 1
called untie the brazen gold of Sun
Francisco, stated that I would show the
crow d a thing or two^uid soon got them
interested. First, I made a speech in
which 1 stated my business, then I
commenced to oiler Hhe rings at any
price from L'cents up, idling thein that
they could not Ik* bought for leaa than
S4 a piece at a jeweler's, f let out about
twenty rings at '2 cents, anM'tben asked
everybody who had bought rings to
hold them up. Instantly every ring
was in the air. 'Now,' said F, a<(dress
ing tliecrowd, 'this is your money, is
it'." 'Yes,' said a dozen. 'Anri'you give
it up freely for the rings?' 'Yes,' came
again in chorus. 'Very well, here's iiO
cenwforyou, sir, and 20 cents for you,
sir,' and soon around the crowd; Tlw?y
commeneed to wonder what in the
world I meant; said I was crazy, and a
lot of other things, but 1 only told them
I was advertising goods for my house,
ami hud plenty more things to give
away. Next I took up some or my
handsome diamond studs, which T ex
plained were I.ske George diamonds,
tVfUal to any on earth, etc., and that I
was ftoing to«0J them from 25 cents ub»
the more one pato She hei tor it would*
be, of course, tor !>i:n. Twenty studfe
were soon outi and tlie same speech'
made. Xheu I rumk* the crowd hold u^
the diamonds, ami each man got
cents Imcfr wtw lrad bought.
"The thing began- ft*get very inter
esting, and the crowd numbered 300oi-J
4<H>. Then I got out some beautiful
gold-plated sleeve-hut tons, which lex
plained coukl not be !>ought for
than $12. The^e 1 pg^xwed toBell folt
a'dollar additional an In-fore, each time
doubling the money gift. The button*
soon went off, as had'the other thimrs,
and I was ready for the- final 'bite' at,
the crowd. The twenty puirs of sleeve
buttons had been sold for half a dollar, |
and I had given back twenty silver ;
dollars. 'That fellow's a darned foal," -!
I heard all around me, btit I replies! to
this by saying that last week,hi Macon, ,
I had given away $),500iaud that I was.
ready to io it again.
The crowd was jierfectly crazy to see*
what canoe next. It was watch chains. J
The chains were said at any price from. '
50 to anything abave that one wanted )
to give, I telling them the while that,
the more* they paid the better it would! j
be for them. 1 hinted that the watche* j
would came next, and this led them oflT
like a lot of madmen. The trick mv* 1
was to .ie)l as many chains as posslUta j
at I had a devil <«f a lot of chain*,
and so I sent them out right and left, j
The dollars came rushing blindly at me,
and 1 :aked them in like chaff. Then f J
got out of chains.
"Previously I had prepared two Wj?
red silk handki whieft*, exactly aliite.
and a* soon as ti e chains were all s»d«l
out I took the H'oaey, ami, in the pres
ence or the erow;i, new nmi u|ii»Kn>^,
and, after maki a speech, proposed t«
throw the bundle into the crowd for
the :*P9t man tolake. While talking I
purposely dropped the bundle into> my
ho>jby my siae> in which I h»d the
other handherehief. In thw was $10 in
silver and some paper to make it stand
out and look like ttieone J had dropped.
Ail this had l*»en arranged beforehand,
c»'course. Wltb a whoop I sw ,mst the
Lai; around ray head after stooping to
pick it up where I first dropped1 it, ami
up it went inta the air. Great hmvens!
j you should have s^en the mob I' I never
I saw anything like it. They fought like •
Ftigers over the handkerchief, while L
took occasion to lw«ve the Mjot. I haJ
also arranged to bring the thing to a
climax about tht» time the Albany train
left, so I was *#r»ven at omw to tb*
depot. I was junt $2H0 n;vaJ. Bu!/I
got very Avak i» the knee5.while wait
ing at the depot. I was a little too
soon, and About a dozen J oung men ran
up, rai.ii.iK the wry mischief of a noise,
which I thought was for me, and it
proved to be true. They, saw me and
came around me, laaghiag and knock,
ing earh othw like craz/ men. I didn't
know what «mi earth was the trotter,
until they finally t*>ld me it wt» the
be9t joke that had evt» l>een played on
Brunswick,, and, aiiJouKh they had
been vioUis«i«ed, Nn-v »-auted Uf- assure
nie ifc waa.aH rhrtit."
''I had sold (l»t> chains to nearly all
the boot men in ISrunswick, wm» of
them paying me as.high a*$5 for them.
I was saUhtir^ to leave, and had my
revenge Yon may put it down for a
foot that any avamge Amexioaa «wwd
can b» humbugged the samn-wajr*wery
&vy m the year.'"
Caught: Kaid the fathar of the b ink
vafchier: "M* son caught stealing!
My boy detected in thf a<tofdi»hon<~ty!
ile, the Hghbo/ my life, ou whose educa
tion 1 hav* spent so ntueb care. H<
has disgraced his family. We are ai
, ruined. And that mi son should haw
done this! Why, om aa I am, I'll be
1 I'd worked it so they'd never found mi
out! Too bad! Tw> bad!" And, over
• come by emotion^Uiaa^ud man wept,
t Boston 1'ort.
r Helped him out: It waaalla miatak<
A gentlemen ealled to learnaomethin
[ from the filra, and at be wawn't ha via
i very good luek we called a reporter an
, (old him to help the man out. YV
t were aa mueh .-ur^rWd aa anybod
9 when the reporter tackled him an
il Uire* hiwUow»ifrt*iri.—BaatoQ JVwt
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
The Secret of Mrs. Lugtry'e Beta
ty Expltiae*.
Her Love For Out-D»or Sportt—James Gor
don Bennetts'* Recent flyiag Trip
to the Metropolis—Hit Of
fice Visit—Another Vw
derbilt Mansion.
Special Cvcretpo*dence of the SwuLu/ llegiMer.
New York, Kovomber 30.—tJarony'a
portrait* of Mrs. I>angtry do not do her
justice. The charm of this lady is in
her graceful turns of the head and her
movements, added to her exquisite com
plexion. Why is It that she 1s unique?
The true answer seems to be that given
by her a few evenings ago, when she
^id: "I was the only sister of six big
brothers', aud would you believe it, 1
shared all their out door sports." She
recently said in respect to the criticisms
of her feet as being larger than the
American type of pedal beauty, that
she had walked more miles over Jersey
moors and lanes than gentlemen of
America bad walked yard*, and that
she had accordingly the feet and the
health to prove it. Khe often expresses
her love for out-door life, and if she
• stays bcre next summer she will show
some of the dilettante yachtsmen of the
| New York Yacht Club that ohe can sail
a yacht like an expert. "How do you
suppose she kept her complexiou?"
said a woman to a lady frieud behind
< her fan at a reception a few evenings
i ago. Mrs. Iiangtry wasju*t then giving
the anrtwer hy telling how nearly all her
life was in the open <iir in Jersey. Her
father, Dean Lie Breton, is the oldest
Dean in the church of Kngland, aud is
at the head of the ecclesiastics in Jer
sey. Nearly
All of Her \n rector*
liave boon Deans, and they all belonged
to the ancient family of I*» Breton, 8he
says ingenuiously site wan more hoy
than girl in her early Java, an<i she evi
dently is not a hit sorry for it, Hhe is
equally frank about her appearance on
the stage. When she married, her
husband had an estate in lrelaud that
yielded £.'{,000 a year, but the troubles
there reduced his re venues so much that
they scarcely amount to £.100 a year
now. Mrs. Laugfy fouud that her
husband had no tai't at economis
ing, and being tired of the role of a char
ity friend, ^ie determined to go upon
Ihe stage, her husband giving his per
mission on the condition that all of her
earnings should be her own. Hlie is a
goo'l-liearted sort of woman, resjionsive
to Kindness, sensitive to rudeness and
wholly disciplined to the tinaneial ad
vantage of obeying her manager. Mrs.
Jjinglry sjieaks French ami also the
Jersey patois, ller voice at times Mig
j:est» I-Votland, hot this is not strange
tor she says that she learned to talk at
the knot of her mother, who is a Scotch
woman'. She was introduced into Lin
don society through Lord ltnnolagh,
father-in-law of her brother, Clement
IjC Breton; a London barrister, ami it
was a portrait of her by Frank Miles
which Prince Leopold purchased that
made her a pet as the Jersey Lily.
Bnifll'ii Affrrllon Tor III* Prrunrn,
James (ionion Bennett's recent flying
visit was characteristic of his restless
latter-day life. Il is impossible for him
to remain long in one mace. I pon his
recent trip lie appeared in much better
health than tUMiail. One hour after the
vessel was reported he was down in the
Herald oMce. It was night and the
place was as busy as a bee-hive. He
went aUnit shaking hands but saying
very little. H» seems to have a very
peculiarly kind *ide tor the pressmen
and when he g<+s down among them
lie lingers a little longer than usual
looking at his employes. The hardy
fellows vJjvj handle the presses have a
hearty v»them which attests
the'"- U>y»y f 'I'Jrood feeling, and the
atmasu?®'1^^" J^j-dolent with syco
phanc3r,er®.'? |,i.,iSr up, and the men
1 j £%ith him. aud sayV
Jr»»y what tiiey mean,
an<T"are nt\*3hild to speak.
ir T»D5, Jim Hmjh Bonner.
why tiounce It Is, and that is all they
know about it, and they don't eare over
much, and it is probably for this reason
that young Jim sits on a roll of paper
and "admindgly watches these lusty
fellows and doesn't say "bounce." On
tlie contrary, if he comes down—as they
say, "loaded"—he empties his pockets.
Ue gave every man in the rooiuJIOeiu h
recently, and when his money gave
out, lie tore pieces of paper oil a roll of
printing paper and wrote orders 011 Hue
cashier for *10 for each of those who
(liun't get bills. He made a speech to
die (toys some time ago, telling them
iliat be was not with them often, hut
tiiat iic was in constant communication
with the olllce, and he wanted thenti to
understand that he was always "at
home" when they had any calls to
make. His words were remembered,
and tba pressmen tfome time latwr held
a inciting and resolved to ask for $100
a year more salary. The hianagcr
wouldn't hear to it, but when he was
, told wilat the young man had said in
hisMjeech he said that he would for- 1
waru the request by cable. Before
many hours had elapsed there came
back from Turkey an answer contain
ing the word "Orauted," aud there is
now no suc h hero to the pressmen as
j "young Jim."
Cornelloa tunarroiu
!ia.-t:iken possession of his new house
it Fifth uveil imp and ^Fifty-seventh
street, which lias eost nearly a million
dollars. The hoobe fronts 125 feet on
j Kilty-seventh street where it has its en
trance, and it hana depth of I0« feet and
five inches on Fifth avenue. From the
foundations, which are huilt upon the
solid rock whioh in found at the upper
end of Mnnh.'iilan Island to tlic gildel
vnw, it is 107 fret « inches high. The
main building. is four stories high. It
)uu»a massive stone front in the Kitza
Is iiian style, ornamented richly with
carvings. Tae up]>er portions of the
iiwt and seroiMl story windows are com
p«ied of costly stained glaas, and alao the
dining room which is;»gruat dnuble-stort
extension U£xft4 feet in dimensions and:
in almost made up entirely of stained
and ^ronntiglaw, with a dr«ne of stain?
cd glass 'or its m.»f. Hero gorgeous
feasts may be expected aiul gourmaj Us
will revet There are fous large rooms
opening from a central vwttibule, which
can be tarown together in one park*-,
and tho- upper part of the bouse has
enough.commodieua chambers (<x a se
lect hotel. In approaehing the house,
it i» hard to tell whether it is a palace,
a church, a cluh»houH»vor an art gallery.
The roof Is a csmbiaeiion of fl jt peaks
and Hansard. The U«t point of view,
ho-sever, on the Fifth avenue side,
.shears it to be one of the moat note*
worthy residences in New York city.
TUe house is
rme* e» >• «wiw|r
iet>ide that % «leseripti<«i of its orna
mentation would be ctoyisg* There in
nothing lb it the world baa sot heard
of before, and it is not to be said thai
its featnre is that chasts and eleganj
simplicity that is ideal ia the veiy rieh,
with those who are not rich. Its in
terior aeenaa to be » hesaar at first, aad
the first wonder ia how anyone en
dures such oppressive magnifUenoe
Hay after day. Whit a relief it rausl
be to get out of the blare of color am!
tbe glitter of metal to a neat, aweel
room with delicate tints and tatty furn
iture about II Moorish rwingim
lamps, Spanish silver lamps, hear:
and costly Benares brass lanterns scat
tered among portieres and tape«trie
« seem to moek at the wearied brai»
e exhausted In the attain of business In
jr great city. Wrought brass reflect th
light %m frames tor beveled mirror
and the whole r'hems of fiiroitui
weiMlobtre as ita chief ddm Um
excitation of the anwi. While in tfcii
city the desideratum ia serenity and re
pose at home, here is % yoonf man and
his wife with a big retinue «f servants,
v-iviog and receiving mentions, win
in* and dining regaraless of livets^keep
isg late hours, and awaking the next
motiQiog in fits of iRB A ta IW
ehain' at a tfa> break £sst* tookiai
through $1,500curtains at the street,
and tra&diog on $1,000 ruga Thej
bloesoa^s their race decay*.
Mrtay ike FuMii «f CM/ Lite la
revert jr.
Step aronnd a few Mock* to an apart
mentboUdiag to aee another picture oi
city life. At the window where you
see that carta« and a few begonias,
there stands ta thie morning's bright
sun a trim ysaotT woman with plump
bust and aien** waist, poking a lump
of mi gar betweeif the wih* of a canary
bird's cage. FVetfy as she seems from
a distance, she isx even preOfer in hef
home. A few ineotbs agoshfc waaeare
ing her living by coloring plwtagrapha.
8be had m*iv«i a flood education* was
an ardent student hi her letsuie hunt*,
aud cultivated hersetf with moefr seal
that she could not hut pteee, even
captivate, the man Kb* is now happy to
call tier husband, and who is more than
happy to call her wife. He had a strong
In ail, well equipped intellectually, on
strong shoulders out he >H poor, and
conscious that New York was the plaee
for the very rich or the ve«y poor. Hfe
had fivcn up all hopes of murylng, for
he felt that be could not support a wife.
Hut he found that this
kneel Yoaif Wmms
had Utter ideas upon this sutgect. Hhe
bad made up her mind that the three
sources of great ex|>enae in the city,
were, first, a home ia a fashionable
locality; next, doineetic service, and,
third, the cost of raw ma
terial as converted by skilful lmad-ia
bor. She would solve the problem first
by disregarding fashion in locality and
seek only sanitary conditions and
cheerful possibilities; second, bv per
forming her own work, and thin*, by
employing the skill of both herself and
husband in getting beauty out ef saw
materials. They cbooee a tlat which
costs lew than a single unfurnished
rtMtm in some localities has bceu made
a model of neatness, and the capital in
vested ia only #350, while their cost of
living, itself daiuty and choice, ia less
than what the man paid for his board
before he was make happy. H« has
less |)er year as a salary than Mr. Van
dcrbilt receives in income while he is
asleep in a single night, but no mil
lionaire goes to his gold bags as
eagerly as the young man gisw to hia
neat home and pretty wife. It takes
t*rains to make more of one's condition
than the average man makes of it, and
the couple of my little st<wy have been
blessed with brains. They have made
a dejiglitful home ont of a bit of money,
and "all its paths are peace."
OLD STORIES FROM OUT OF TOWN.
A grafted fruit tree in Holme* county,
Mississippi, la*t year Ixfo |»eaehe# ami
thin year plums.
Mrs. Mary Austin, of W.-iriHugton,
fJa., who recently died, had been the
mother of forty-four children. Among
them were nix eels of trivets.
A tioy fell from u fourth story window
ol a mill in I,ewistonr Me., and wan
caught hy hit* trousers on a- high pi«4cet
fence. He snll'ered no apparent injury
Near the centre of :» vsliitcoak Inr
recently cut. in Carter county, Ky., a
stone weighing over cm* pound was
found. The wood had grown aolitily
around it.
The seventieth anniversary of the
wedding of Mr. and Mm. Josiah Jlimt,
of lienningtcn, Vt., haa just been cclc
hrahsl hi tlie house where they began
housekeeping. They art* "I and H7
years of age respectively.
The Uev.J.P. .lay, of Mrmplilf, re
fused communion to uu cxcommuuicj*
ted member of Ida church, awl the latter
attempted to whip him. 'Pile dominie
wan equal to the occasion, and the other
b in the hospital.
At a Methodist campmeeting at tiro
ham. N. a hoy 14 years of age, who
had l>ccn dumb from hi* birth, sudden
ly sprang in the preacher's platform and
in a clear voice professed religion and
became an exhorter.
An investigation f,»'
Presque Isle, Me., to keep time revealed
a large cord of a spider's web attached
to the lower end of the is-adulum, Unit
slumming cne stroke.
A Connellsville, I'a., sportsman shot
a duck on the river, and it was quickly
dragged beneath the surfhoe of the
water. (Jeorgc Kllerd strolled nistut
the spot the next day, aud captured a
pike, weighing twenty-.one pounds, in
whose stomach was found the stolen
duck.
On his wedding day, July 10, IK77,
Charles Kmerson, of ludiana|s>lis, en
graved the date and the name of him
self and wife on a silver half dollar and
spent it in Pittsburgh, fn a payment
to him last week by bis employers he
received back the marked halfdollur.
A Toronto lady, in h< r hurry to start
for church, t<sik from her closet a |atlr
of her husband'* trousers by mistake
for her dolman, threw tiiem acroas her
arm, and did not discover her mistake
until she had thrown the trousers over
the briek of the pew in fronfcof her.
With only l,2M) population, I t»»»n
Sflrlngs, N. Y., Inu. eight churebea.
'I lie last, now being built, has only one
male and six female memls-r*. It is
the n-sult of a legacy requiring its
erection witliin h ;«tat<-d period Us pre
vent the money from going in anwiher
direction.
A man At Wheatland,
the lU-v. Mr. Htr«h*ll to romi' ttuJ pmy
with a member of hia family who waa
»irk. After the clergyman had aneom
Tmnied him a »hort distance Uw man
compelled him, atthe muudetrfanfciLol,
to deliver over hi* watch and.<itain and
the little money lie had.
Blf Pr*fU» irfMlrfH MH^ag.
If'il'irmtre Amsrirtr*,
Happening to pam through Four
t wnth Htrcet v<«terday afternoon I no
tfctod an intelligent looking man with
aa empty aleeve. He waa lagging--a
nemmon enough sight imNewYork—
but thin Iwggar wax an lewthrto. He
I wan Hitting Iwfttfe a liege nauHic box
that proheiily ttrmln $100 and in front of
it wan a handaome poodS* dog, careftillv
combed r<»d trimmed, and in hia mout»
a nnall haaket. The mio had a Holdier*a
cap in hia hand, and the group waft aa
aflective and artiatic one. Curioun tan
M-e how the dodge wtaaecded 1 atoud
ankle f-ir a few minuteeanJ aaw fuUy
half a dollar droppe<e in penniei taid
nickc'a by the ladle* who were paaaiag
all evidently at tract ad by the One fcee
of (ha btwr, the clean, looking dog
and the tnuaical xtjeinaef the uu lww
l«ox aa it jingled out an aria from
"Hotnnanbula." No one atopt^d to
comide* that beggar* am- not
Ku^poaod to be able Co* buy
flW music-bo***, but eveajr ten
dar-hearted woman dropped her mite
Mid jxtsMod on, thinking afce had done a
charitable action. Two bouraafterward
1 paaard the U-^gnr, and fogy! him *ti&
acoopiug in tha nickela at a nirtoua rat*.
No Joubt he raaJiaed eight or ten del*
lars before auoaet. There i»a atory
' tant of a maa who triad ■oauoceaafalty
to get em play nwnt. and at length aat
dawn on the eurhetone, ex baulked by
fatigue and Imager. Ha Ml Uetaaad
> bia bat alipped from hfc head aad lay
upturned aeaide hla>. When beaiwoke
be found nearly a dolfcr In amatt coin
in the hat, and, aeelogdiat begging waa
profitable, aat on fake name not day
, after day with bit bat before him. m
> well dtd he aueoeod that be waa able at
laet to go out Weataod purchaeea farm.
It la qaMe true, aad the man la Ihrtefl
> MtUI. la fact, begging la a profcaria*.
aad men and wernen atand In the dad
' taking for alma who are really riehei
- than thoee who beetow them. The au
I perlntendent at police onee pointed oat
i, an old man to me who, he raid, owned
a a whole row Of dwelling* up town, th«
e I renta of whldh were over *15,000 pet
i, 1 annum, and all thla valuable property
a bad U*u faitl for bj poftfQf •.
■bvhpm r
Bmjt
"A gentleman from I
count/, hMttiMnd !
IntlMAlMOfli—J
fiah with four bca
bodj beM* grow* tug1h»* mttmr ttf
Siamese twin style. Tha i** aban
eeven inchea loaf and -four Ineha
Mjuarp, and belong* y> the frwh fcmljy.
It is ■ voracious fecdv."
Otmm VmHry Rw% ,
Tlirr* Is i girl In Columbia Hiff,age<f
twelve /cars, who wdgha I88}mm.
She fa not tall, but la nnMh Mia
and has a ttry pleasant taoe. We «r
thb young lady and wcrs Informed t)f
ber parents as to her age and weight.
Near Moore'e Tlirt there Is ato«/w itf
child who wejgheMWpnanda, and la f4*
ennu ww — —,r.—
eeven incbeu In* Mgl^JM^If^f
man at the same p
area eighteen inchc
"the big- footed dftr
to be proud of bfa i
(WMHrWm n»eTbw*r
About two waeka* since the
flsorge D. Tilimaa got off the atght
train at Beech Inland Station tor the
pumwof going to the Agriculttnl
rloVheane, a few miles distant, to a^
drew the dub tbe Miowing day. A.
resident planter- and member of this
Hub bad prouiiard to meet Mh Till-*
mao with a ronvegraiun to take him
to his how* for the night. Tbe plantar*
waeto leasarriediaa few dayo, an#'
l ad bis bead so tilled w4b hia earning*
uaptlala, that he forgot bfe engagement
witt Mr. TMman; con jaqeently tho
Coaausiusau had to walhto the near
eat mnn haaat. On his way he en
countered a ferocious dog that bit him -
in two place* Mr. Tillman- took out
Ids knife and garee the animal- a' tarrl*
ble gaah that fa-likely to provWtatat.
aiim ia
/brt Ufa*** i
(»n Tuesday afternoon laat Mrs. W.
L. IVttit, wife of tbe teller of the Writ
National Itmikof Vftrt Wayne, appar
ently died,.and the undertaker took
charge of tbe body, Arrangemente •
were made for the Aineral, ■ and
watclient sitting with the wuppsead
eorpae. At lit oVInefc at night a faint
»ieb y aa heard t-omktg from the body.
Tlie «atch?ra started to their fwt with*
alarm, »tcp|Md to iter aide, found her
eyea were wide open, while In a voios
ttiat was aenrrely an audible whfapcr,
she recognized-them uad oaked for her
hualwnd. For a luonient the attend*
anta were hpet-eble** with wonder at
tliiM resurrection of tbe dead; then,
with tba levulalogpof foaling they al
most screamed with «-witcniffit. Tbo
hiiebund eame in haate, ami with toy
un>| iukuliie <-iu»j>td HKaiii hfa living
w ife it) hia araiH, The doctor was aeut
for, and lie wa* ua much oatonlahed aa
the ieet of' the household at behold
ing living what iu hia exact medical
M'ieiitc lie had declared dead. Head
niiniatered tbe pro|ier nwloralhca, and
ibe patient rapidly recovered and wae
declared at a late hour to be iu a mora
lio|H*lul condition than ever.
Naakaa lMllla»
,Vr*i.
Ah the private watchman at lb*
Dime Mum'Iiiii wo* going lain nmiulu, be
had hi* attention attracted by unusual
ly loud noi*e* coming from the third
*tory of the building, and, upon ha«ten
inn thither, he found the python, U10
l»rge*t anake in captivity taoveuUten
feet) in deadly combat with a nnake of
another *pe«4ea (an anaconda! twelva
feel long. Mow long they bad been
fighting the watchman did not know,
hut he*ay»that from (he time bla at
tention M> attracted hy the nol*M up
stair* until kvvni In the morniaff, bit
hour for going off duty, they koptup •
coiitlliuouN warfare When one would
mi** the aim of his intended blow and
*trike the wide of the cage, the nound
could lie diHtiiictly Inard on the giound
or uudilorium floor. The python, after
numlicrlc** ImmiIk with hi* optMOuni,
m ciiih to oave gathered all IiIm nlrrngtb
for a filial attack, which mad*.
The anaoondn was ready, and plarlnK
tbemaelrea In a«» aJgio^y'ltoWr *TU»
LUWi fearful rage that the wane waa r»
ally fearful to IwhoM. After having
carried on their deadly conibat for fulijr ,
aix hour* the python madam JaMdeopa
IrtiO irtioiK^i ana MtoreMpM w w«tl mh ,
the unaoonda'* head in till muutb lit
the depth of at least there feet, and;
holding it in thippoMitlou for Momctimo,
at 1rh| (•ommenoed to noil around tha
anaconda until it aetually ground and
maMiod the life out of IU
IbaDn W RaMlfioabM
fYrmo Krwottkm.
W. I). Hampton, of liamptoMvHkb
inform* u* of a thrilling adventure that
rec ently took plaee at the Whits Hoafc
■nuirtz mlno, on the north *lda of the
Hun J< •a<|uiu, in Hue thild >IWrM,
winch, for nerve uml daring, In e<|ualto
anything w« have lo-urd of. Then I*
an old Miafl on the mine whleh ha* not
I ecu ii ■ el for year*, and n<<wnlly it bo-.
came nertwary to clear It out and tup
it in working the mliu\ 'Hie *haft la
at < ut thirty feet deep. p< rpendieularij,
with an to*line of thirty feet more. A
tiumI er of ratth-Miinke* had taken pn»- _
h wion of the cwlwurr, probably In tte
Html by falling down the *haft, and by
r« < din# . »id hn-iMUHl Uil me viiiw •
aermed like n writhing maerot
e|»l lit*. At flrat an <-(tort «h made to
lean Um-iii out by diwhanting (ImI
towdrr cartridge* al On- ImtUim of (be
liaft, hut lliin iuhvm only wicomiM
n kll'lng Mtidi of-the wnaktoaeffbanead
o In* at the t'>p of the Incline, and, aa a,
a*t i»«twt, out- »f Ihf workmen, ('hiriw'.
'amabell, iiyn-.-d to go to tha buUam.'
Kit] kill the li. frtbk'.vfnomoue reptile^
vlrjr« IiInhIhk and milling could be
ilaiaJy Ik -ir< 1 at the top of tha abaft,
'rut urinc a'.Mintity <A aattdotoe tm>
nake |M>iaoo and maklbg all ImM1
irrparation* for raining aad In tain lag
iie advcntutfima mini. w4io wa* abaw,
at it were, to place hi* lift In bia oat*
land*, ('liLslt* Campbell «raa lowered'
irto the abaft by his trembling Mlow
laborcr*. Hewai armed only, with "a
It ntem and am all altak.
Theatearii oecaeioned hp tba poiaooed
brcatha o/ lite rattlemaMC vaa ilnwd
nverjMiwarinK, bui nothlngdaunted, bi
proc^-dod on hia arrand. Iteaebfag-tbd
bottom af the aliaft Ih» gradually Igepad
hia way down tba at«"-p aod ellppeaar Im
ellne, stopping aver and anon to-kill a
venomaua ruttiar that impeded.hia mv.
KeacUIng the bottom be piled bia tfMfc
«rlth vigor, wkik- tha rnui afMatal
Hjuiatifd and ralilcti, their eycaapart
ling like diwuooda and thiie forbad
tongiwa lapping the air aa they mptW
thai# heada la the iateneltjr of tbeir tmf
oBidru' k wl4b tliek polenged Ammb at
tbabftive young man tbtt bad mnit
•noroai ii on their quartern and g}vn
Cham baUJn. ftapidjy they Ml oref It,
Ibe agotdaa of death under the enee i
ring hlowafrona the Hva eakattek O
not a aingle one wan left alive. Tb*r- j
kern large anebe% with bam eevea. la
nine raiuea eaab, vara btfled, au4*vfc
With foarlara aad if teen raitife ftA
apwttadjt la MM "—
younger onca were da
waa hadbd oat, bat thr ddaaiflf
I air of tba nabadM aaniM
wei* btm that ba flaiato* awi
reaebtog Ibe top. Radaatbatwi
mialMarcd aad be vaa taken I
iNMue. where ba lay dd^bn or
day*, but la now fMf
ready to aaaab
AiouroalMfc
-aid the engineer, *4 Ms
become a bero by tffcblaf to a
wben tbecoUMoobaea, bat i
rHVeted that mv naaie weaHl
ed flee huadred d
newspaper* I
Jumped."—Bi
A spring tm tiLT*mm—y pa*
pour* forth olear. aM watoai
long, but at eua-da
dry, diarbaiftog aa'
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