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& Human Mulberry Tree. ‘From the Philadelphia Press, In the private cemetery adjoining the Acad emy of Natural Sciences, almost hidden by the tall green grass, and covered with moss, there stands the stump of what was once a flourisii- ing mulberry tree. It this stamp could speak it would unfold a most wonderful tale of transmi- not of the spiritual, but of the physical or thé tree, Of which the stump is a found its birth in a human mous tree that sprang from the gra Wiliams. Linked with the stump there is another histor whieh of Koger history of this T ing ina fashionable quarter of the cit Baek in the beginning of the pi before steamships were even tho’ Agnes Dunean, a good Scotch dame birth, set sail ina stout ship tor the infant Re- public. When in imid- aterrible hubbub. Tents, the waves , Yowin: ul Providence to by ¢ arrived in Philadelphi tion. atvame eureh was bui the west Filbert MeInniss, and prospered, and a number of the co’ tion, for their own convenience, est private cemetery—the one now adjo Academy of Natural Sciences. This was in 1X24. Mrs. Duncan removed to Baltimore. A branch ehureh or chapel was established at 12th and Walnut streets, presided over in as sense by one Rev. Blackwell, and afterward by John Palaier. who will be remembered by many. Blackwell gave his name to the little chureh on 18th street. In the meantime the Rev. Tnniss, whe d crown to be a stout old genth man, with white hair, fell sick and died oft. phus fever. He was covered with a winding sheet, Inid in a coffin of fine black walnut, and carefully de j in his own plot of ground in ent by and 1 from the a muiberry sapling pushed its way up through the yrass near the head of the grave. Warm air and sunshine favored it Trowth, and it soon developed into a healthy tree, bearing an abun- dan f blood-red mulberries dren in the neighborhood mon ereated especially for the delectation of their tender palates. Persons remarked that the po- sition of the mulberry tree was a strange one, but to this day the peculiar cause of its presence would probably not be known had It not been for a quarrel which arose in the Blackwelb ehurey, and which finally culminated in the trustees claiming, asthe property of the church, the little grave-yard. They were ousted and in revenge ordered the bones of their ancient pastor, McInniss, to be duy up and removed. Forthwith tothe grave eeded the trustees. The grave digger drove ‘is spade In the ground and scattered the damp dirt around. Deeper and deeper into the frowna went the spade. The pile of earth by his ‘ide grew in size. Still there was no sign ofthe coffin. Dismay was depicted in the counte- ances of the trustees. The spade became en- tangled in the roots of the mulberry tree. When more dirt was removed it was found that the Foots had completely filled that portion of the grave occupied by the coffin, of which not so Much as a fragment was left—only two of the | metal mountings of the lid and a few nails. Not | a bone could be found. absorbed thing. bone or of the shrond was there, although a Jong time Was spent in the search. So nothing was there to be done but to scrape up atew handfuis of dirt east them fn the pine box which the trustees had brought along. The box Was closed and taken to Mount Moriah ceme- tery, and there it now lies, no more the bones of old Pa hill of dirt which ean be picked up on Chestnut street. And the mulberry tree: | decayed and was at The muiberry tree had stump, a cannii without a ghou markable pliys 1 without a stomach, a ghoul 's instincts, a memory of a re- resurrection. Ses Preaching to the Squaws. From the Oregon Astorian. There was a curious practice among the In- @iavs on Puzet Sound tn the early days. It was the iecture or sermon that, at stated periods, Was (lelivered exelaslyely to the Indian women. An important member of the tribe, the big @hief or the medicine man, would select a pro- Montory or island remote from the mainiand and paddie himself there, solitary and alone, on a fine Seon all the squaws would be seen following him, paddling vigorously toward the common point. No bucks were among them; they all remained on the mainland. _ The preacher, Instructor, «xhorter. or whatever he was, often steod in the water up to his knees for a full hour or more while he delivered his Giscourse, but the squaws and Indian maidens gathered as close around him as thelr canoes Would permit, soas to catch every word that fell froin his lips. Savonarola was never more in earnest than this do preacher; his face and action showed that he realized the importance of his work. He was supposed to be Instructing omen as to their proper duties in their =; but whatever he said they were There was no noise save fing of one canoe against J with the slight swell of another as they mov the water. was an exciting spectacle to see the dusky n, When the service was over, start in an ace for the mainland, their dark, sinewy arms plying the flashing paddle as the white canoe cut swiftly the placid waters of the hing banter the prows J they rejoined the bucks, whe were idly awaiting them. eS ee A Terrible Snake. A new snake, eal! nis carinata, which fa the Bret sp ‘ace seen in England, and of which we Lave no specimen here. tracting crowds to the I and dividing sensition with Oscar Wilde in his Bew sheared and common-sense form. It is about a foot and a half long, and the color is i ay. It is the deadliest of created is at- t's Park, London, arries in its tiny head the secret ©f destroying life with the sudden rapidity of Nghtnine and the concentrated agony: of all poisons. This king of the asps is more danger- ous than ti bra or the korait, for it does net turn an: e € one, OF flash into conceal- but with fearless pluck A stroke of a stick will smash it, y that it will will break it in two, ora but such is its venomous mal challenge attack by every device in its power, staking its own life on the mere chance Of its adversary uing within the little circle of its reach. At most the radius of taat eirele is tweive inches, but within it at any int lies certain deat the bare hope of foot trespassing within its reach the echis throws its body into a figure-of-eight coil, and, attracting attention by rubbing its loops together. which, from the roughness of the teales (hence the epithet carinata), makes a Fustling sound, ereete its head in the center and ‘«k. No one having once encountered le little creature can ever forget its spect when aroused; its eagerly ir; its restless colis, whick, In con- truculeut agarestive stant motion one over nother and ‘rnstling ominously ali the time, bring it nearer and Bearer to the object of its fury; its eye, malign- ant even beyond those of other vipers; and then the inconceivable rapidity of its stroke. The echis does not wait to strike until it is within striking distance, but vents its malice in repeat- ediy darting at nothing. hoping to agcravate its antagonist ‘nto coming to closer quarters, or more probably as a mere expression of its own Incontrojiable viciousness. ‘A diary of its daily career finds it in the morn- ing basking inthe suv, where it revels nntil aroused to sudden anger by a footiall. It then coils itselt up eo that a iaan's hand might cover it, and waits, The heed'ess victim approaches, disregards the rustling at hus feet, and the next Instant goes stazvering trom the path, for he bas ‘elt the deathbite and isdoome never micses lis aim. The bitten man is given ts. The swift venom strikes the iife instantly from his biced; his limbs become paralyzed, his eyes dizzy, he reels as he walks, suddenly stoys, clutches at something, and falis. This is certainty the fection of death- erait. By a flash of eectriclty a man can kill « living creature as instantly as if it nad been streak by shang or. javoking the discoveries of. #. can dissolve and destroy life with ali the terrible circumstances of vegetabie or —— But these ure the results of sewetice, laboriously acquired by the co-opera- tion of generations of human Theechis is of swift and silent mui of its own trom its birth, and, unaided, and goes out on its tt perfects its warpath to give or rents ne i; M* Bal oguinst that hs the one. one, rete onr one. "Balai hat oe th ‘ture or the cunning of science can prevail. { noble | in return for | i day In spring | Not even a trace of aj $ its elghteen inches of | English Styles for Gentlemen. From the New York Clothisr and Furnisher. We learn from our London exchanges that all the kinds of garment coyered by the name of morning coats are still made to close well up, and to button three holes. The waist is carried tothe long side, the skirts short and well rounded away in front. This style of coat is only a revival of one that was in favor many years ago. Thefiner or better class of dark tings are made up inthe frock-coat style, Jin the military, or to the short side in both ist aud skirts, which are also made very plain, the front buttoning three holes, and two in| faced with layantine; edges ided or bound. Cuffs are formed in all s, with two or three holes at the solas and the fine all the rage, the ma- i checks, in endiess variety 18. Brown, gray or brick- sare taking the lead. Taste ap- rs to be about equally divided between and the long waisted forms of morning Smart, well-made young gentlemen, e for the last two seasons extended ave so faithfully to the close-fitting Kindly to the long- | i their alle | tonin, ich are so p mit ofa fancy vest, cut in the jockey style, en Loth above the turn’ and at the Faney vestings are more generally worn now n for the ew seasons; and, from the munber of new styles of fancy vestings to be non the counters of woullen merchants. it 1 be quite safe to conclude that they will be in favor during the summer months. Trousers are cut in the straight style; that is, | they are of sane width at knee and bottom, ranging {rom seventeen inches to eighteen inches, and of the pizeon-hole shape across. the instep. Beaded sideseams are invariably formed with the border on the materials. and | he seam inade to fall straight down the side. miner overcoats are cut in the short Ches- teriield shape, moderately close to the figure, with a center'seam in the back, and vents at bottom of the sideseams. The fronts are not eto close so high up as they have been, d the iapels a little broader; these are h silk, or lay : Ail the seams are laid over and stitched, which gives firmness and finish to the pialner class of materials. ‘The Latest Fas! ie From the Burtiagton Free Press. See the woman with the pokes— Horria pokes— What a World of merriment their ugliness pro- vo) How they wobble, wobble, wobble, In the balmy ait of June, While the French-heeled beauties hobble, And the envious turkeys gobble In a hoarse, derisive rune, Ke>piug ume, time, time, In a sort of jerky rhyme, To the hop and bobbing motion that the mincing gait invokes ¥rom the pokes, pokes, pokes, pokes, Poke, pokes, pokes; From the bobbing and the wobbling of the pokes. ‘Thirteen O'Clock in Ohio. From Science. An enterprising’ railroad in Ohio, the Cleve- land, Akron and Columbus railway, has made a new departure in its time-tables by adopting a | System which has been approved of, but not | ventured upon by many railway companies in the country. On its time cards the hours are numbered from one up to twenty-four,the latter being midnight. ‘The confusion which so often | j exists between the a. m. and p. m. hours is thus avoided. Thus one train arrives in Cleveland at 19.30 and departs from Columbus at 17 o'clock. This road also carries upon its morn. ing trains weather signals, devised and set by the Ohio meteorolozical bureau from predic- | tions furnished by the United States weather service. It is believed to be the first railroad in the country, if not in the world, to adopt either of these schemes. seas SE Where Flower Odors Come From From the Independent. The odor of flowers sometimes comes from the | petals, as. for instance. trom the petals of the rose. The petals or floral leaves of the rose give ont an odor long after they have been gathered. This is not the case with most flowers. A recent writer has called attention to the fact that the sweetest carnation is odorless soon after it iseut, as are most of the sweet flowers used in cut ower work. The mignon- nette and heliotrope were supposed to be excep- tions. but as these continue to open new flowers when cut and placed in water, it is probable the oder comes only trom the opening blossoms. se Curious Marriage Customs. M. Ch. E. de Ujfalvy gives in the bulletin of the French Anthropological Society some cu- rious facts respecting the marriage customs ot nlou, a region on the southern slopes of the Himalayas, and Ladak, high up on the moun- talns—the first a country with periodical rains, fertile but small valleys and superb forests: the second a sterile land with poor soil. Tne state of affairs in each family in Koulon ap- pears to depend upon the fortunes of its mem- bers. In one honse four men, usually brothers, | live with one woman, in another there may be three men with four wives, and in yet another, one man with four wives. On the whole there is a scarcity of women, owing to the fact that infanticide of feminine infants is practiced in order to keep down the population, which otherwise would become too numerons for the limited extent of cultivabie land. The mat- rimonial associations of Koulou live harmo! ously; the children speak of an “elder father” anda “younger father,” and when one of the husbandssees the fuot-gear of one of his brothers outside the nuptial chamber he knows that he onght not to enter. In Ladak the matrimonial arrangements are usually polyandrous, that is each woman marries an entire family of brothers, and she also enjoys the prerogative of choosing a fifth or sixth husband. according to her own tastes. Ceses of polygamy and monogamy occasionally occur. In the south of Hindostan exists a tribe of | Turanian or Mongol origin, known as Nalrs, Whose marriage customs throw the superiority entirely into the hands of the female sex. In | the Himalayan polyandrous countries before | mentioned the men are either tillers of the soil, | coolies or traders, and the woman directs the house, manages the children and guards the carnings of the husband, which fact’ gives her insome sort the higher standing, but among the Nairs the mother is always the head of the family, and her eldest daughter rules in her absence and administers the fortune of her brothers and of their sons. Inheritance pro- ; ceeds in the collateral line; that is, the nephew | inherits from the uncle; the supposed father can leave nothing to his children, has no recognized title and fs considered only as a friend or pro- tector. A young girl is legally married at the age of 10, but the husband is sent away after the union is consummated, with a slight present to reimburse him for his trouble, and 1s forbid- den to have any further relations with the girl, who from that time 1s free to live with any man or men that please her fancy, without scandal, so long as she does not descend too low in her choice or choose those who are physically de- fective. The woman owns the land and leayes it to her eldest daughter, the brothers cultivate it for the benefit of the community, and men | who have no sister or nephew ure adopted as eee bya woman who is not related to them. ———— ae =a Nothing to Laugh Abont After All. From the Detroit Free Press. He was from the east. He was buzzingaround the 3d street depot the other day with a suspi- cious looking young man, and making a great show of a fat wallet, and finally the special offi- cer stepped up to him and said: “My friend, who is the young man?” “TI think he's a pickpocket,” was the prompt reply. “Where are you going?” “To Chicago, and he has just purchased his ticket for the same point.” “If you think him a suspicious character why do you train in his company?” 5 ‘Simply to beat him.” “How?” “He goes to Chicago because 1 am going. He means to pick my wallet between here and there. He to scrape his pockets to buy the ticket. I have two wallets just alike. About half way to Chi I shall ‘let him get hold of the one stuffed with paper. He will leave the train at the first station after. He will have no money, find no friends, and be mad enough to bust me when he sees mytrick. I’m just crack- ing my sides over the way his ehin will drop when he opens the stolen wailet.” About an hour after, when the train had de- So hanging around a st aro “Then you didn’t go to Chicago?” Bs .” answered the man, as he came closer, He simply wanted my watch, and I'll be hanged O bee hasn't got ice?” | sucking children and gives a few tables of the | | tained the following average losses during pe- | Tiods of ten minutes for different ages; first half | first verdict should be against the statesmen { chap wasn’t after my money, after all. | with two girls of the it! Where's the chief of po- jsspieipeebey ‘A Statesman at Home. From the Denver Tribune. “Dave will be here to-morrow,” sald Governor Tabor to his financial agent last evening, In a tone that bespoke a quiet, trusting joy. “Ah, indeed!” sald Judge Rowell, “Dave is a bright fellow. I read his paper every week.” “His paper?” inquired Governor Tabor. “What paper?” “Why, the Solid Muldoon,” replied Judge Rowell; “Dave Day edits it, you know.” “But I didn’t mean Daye Day.” exclaimed Goyernor Tabor, frowning. “When I said Dave, I did not allude to that coarse, unfeeling creature in the San Juan, but to Dave Davis, my old Senatorial pardner.” “Oh,” said Judge Rowell. Denver?” | “Yes, he will be here to-morrow,” said Gov- ernor Tabor, “and 1am going todo all in my powerto make his visit a pleasant one. Me and Dave was as thick as three in a bed when we was Senators together. We was on the same committees, and he used to ask my ad- vice about all the bills he introduced, I may say, without any vanity, he was one of my ad- mirers. One day he told me he had never seen anybody like me betore—that I was a suet genc- sis. “Is he coming to “What's that?” asked Judge Rowell. “You had better study your Daniel Web- ster’s dictiofiary and not expose your ignor- | ance,” exclaimed Governor Tabor. and then mer, kindller mood, he added: roduce you to Dave when he . And that you may spruce up a little, here's a dollar for another necktie and paper collar.” 2 When to Weigh the Baby. From the Jahrbneh Kinderheiikunde. Biedert has studied somewhat the weight of | weight of four children. He especialy inuists | upon the importance in weighing babies of se- lecting a particular time of the day and recom- mends two hours after the first feeding in the | morning. By weighing twice after a meal, at different intervals, there is shown to be a loss. From a limited number of observations he ob- of the first month. 3.3 grms.; second month, 59; third month, 7. fourth month, 8.3; fifth month (one child only), 8.1. These are the rates of loss trom excretion of all kinds. The ott er | principal point of Biedert’s article is, that with | care in weighing the accidental variations may | be nearly all eliminated, leaving only those due | to illnesses. In part second the growth of | children with minimal nourishment is discussed from a medical standpoint. ——_—_ees____ Wendell Phillips on Assassination. WHO IS TO BLAME FOR REVOLUTIONARY EX- | , CEBSES. | In a letter written soon after the Phoenix park | assassinations to an Irish meeting in Boston, Wendell Phillips expressed some exceedingly radical opinions on political murders. “The French people,” he wrote, ‘committed many excesses in their revolution, but the blame belonged to the government, which had brutal- ized them for centuries. Lord Cavendish was an honorable man and personally innocent of any evil intent, but nationally and officially he represented Gladstone and Forster. * * * Alexander of Russla represented a government that disgraces civilization and Christianity, and he was rightfully and justly strack down. The Sicilian vespers were a terrible vengeance, but history put the blame. not on the actors, | but on the victims. * * * The world is justiy horror-struck by this detestable crime, | but the men who have made Ireland capable of | such acts id roused her to the mood of com- mitting them, should sit down in the sackcloth and ashes with the perpetrators of this fell re- vengé, When such a deed is done the world’s who provoked and made it possible.” ees = Why She Loved Him. From the Post-Dispatch. “Irma!” he celled. She turned her head, ‘Tossing its gold, Like a sun-wave rolled Down the back of her neck, and said: “What ts It, Mike?” He putled hts moustache, bristling and red, While his under lip hung like a lump of lead; Then he spake, “Pray, Irma, why do you lke | your Mike?” She turned upon him her lustrons eyes, ‘rom 2 face an angel himself would prizes ‘Then hid tn the folds of her golden hair, And artfully velled her beauty there, For Irma O'Suaughnessy’s manner Was rare, ” erled Michael MacGrezor McCann, use I’m considered a handsome man?” Xo,” she sobbed, While Mike’s heart throbbed. tt” he asked, “because fortunghas smiled Upou Mike as her own dear, darling child?” “No,” she replied, While Michael sighed. 5 It because,” sald this lover true, 1 supply you with plenty of gum to chew?” “No,” sho gasped, As her hand he clasped. “Then why,” he shrieked, “Oh, why do you love | Your Mike, and cali him your turtle dover” Up trom the depths of her golden hair | Irma. raised her face eo fair; ‘The ligitt of her goul filled the sktes of her eyes, She suniled like a wayon load of pies, And, drawing Mike near, Close to his ear She uttered these words between her sighs: “Ob, Mikey, dear, I love you not Because both beauty and wealth you've got; } is auburn, and his complexion very fair. Nor yet because whenever you come You bring me a dime’s worth of chewing gum. My love for you Has nothing to do With the taffled realms of Nyum-!-Nyum; J love you simply for your du- Plex eliptic, broken 1n two, . ‘Three-cornered base-ball thumb.” See Awards to Widows and Parents o Murdered Irishmen. From the St. James’ Gazette. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has awarded the sum of £3,000 to be paid to Mr. Field under the crime act, as compensation for the Injuries which he received in the attempt upon his life in November last. The following sums are also awarded: To Bridget Gibbons, of Dungeen, county Mayo, £85, for personal injuries; to Thomas Huddy, for the murder of his father, Joseph Huddy, Lord Ar laua’s bailiff, £300, to be levied on the district in three installments, the first to be paid forthwith; to Michael Huddy, father of John Huddy, the | nephew of Joseph Huddy, who was murdered at. | the same time, £200; to Mary Whelehan, of Knockrane, Toomavara, in the county of ‘Tip- perary, for the murder of her husband, £400; to | Catherine Fennelly, of Carraghboy, county West- | meath, tor the murder of her son, Patrick Fen- | neliy, £600; to Catherine Donobue, of Clonmel, for the murder of her husband, James Denohue, £400; to Mr. William Bourke, for the murder of | Mr. Walter Bourke, in August last, £1.500, ot | which sum £500 Is to be paid to the trustees of | the marriage settlement of Mra. Coghlan, only sister to Mr Walter Bourke; to Julie Connors, of Killaritf, county Galway, for the murder of her husband, £800; to Peter Harken, of Cootra, Lauderdale, county Leitrim, for personal in- juries, £50; to Roger Gibbons, of Dungeen, county Galway, for the murder of his son, £250. “Johnny, hurry up, and get ready to go to school, or you'll be too late.” “I ain’t goin’, mother.” ‘ot going! And why not?” “T've struck!” “Struck! What do you mean by that ?” “Why, didn’t you read in the paper last night about persons strikin’, and said it was right for the oppressed to strike ?” { “And I hope you do not call yourself oppressed, do you?” “Of course Lam. If a fellow doesn’t want to | go to school, and his mother makes him go, lan't ¢ oppressed 2” “So _you have strack, have you? Well, Il! see if I can strike, too.” And just as soon as Johnny saw his mother reaching for the strap, his first strike came to an Singular Action ef Am American We- man—Whe is the Waif? Berlin Correspondence of St. Louia Globe-Democrat. T heard a strange story last evening which is interesting the American legation. It was in the paflors of Consul General Brewer, who has served here a little over @ year. He and Mrs. Brewer entertain handsomely, and they have given Michigan a fine reputation. One ot their guests had just arrived from Stettin, whencethe tale comes. It seems that eleven years ago AN AMERICAN WIDOW sent her 8-year-old daughter to Stettin to be educated in a private achool for girls. She paid tor two quarters in advance, and frosn that day on not one word was heard of the mother until this spring, when she sent to the American con- sul the passage money for her daughter's return to America. Inquiry for the young woman brought the following to light: At this same school the two little daughters of a very wealthy citizen were pupils: they became yery much at- tached to the young foreigners and she frequent- ly visited their hme. When the two quarters that were paid for had expired there was noth- ing to be done, as no one knew the mother's address. “The child was penniless and in a strange country. The managers of the school could not afford to keep her, and it was in ‘this quandary thet the father of the two little girls came forward and took charge of the child. He was the chief financial support of an orphan asylum or school, and here he placed her. However, he soon lost the bulk of his for- tune, and the orphan school, of course, col- lapred. He then placed the’ girlin another school, where he continued to pay all expenses, notwithstanding his reduced circumstances. Re- cently she completed the course of study and won first honors. She had intended hereafter to support herself by teaching, as it was long ago taken for granted that her mother had de- serted her, and would never be heard trom. Then, to every one’s surprise, the let- ter and money arrived. The young woman was overwhelmed with grief at the prospect _ of arting from her stanch friend and benefactor’s family. The self-appointed guardian demurred. He rea- soned that no right-feeling mother could treat a daughter in this way without some explana- tion, and he decided that it was unwise to let the daughter start for America until the mother’s identity was proved, which he for one doubts. The young woman has become en- deared to his family and does not want to re- turn to America. He sought advice and finally wrote to the address given, inclosing a bill for 11,000 marks, the sum the young woman's edu- cation had cost him. If the woman declines to repay him, and if circumstances continue suspicious, the matter is to be dropped, as there will be no danger of her attempting to get con- trol of the daughter undersuch circumstances. The girl recollects but little of her LIFE IN AMERICA, and knows nothing of her family’s present cir- cumstances, whether she is an heiress or a beg- gar. Another susprcious circumstance is that shortly after the alleged mother’s letter was re- ceived her attorney in New York wrote to the young lady offering himself in marriage. This leads to the belief that the girl Is entitled to property which others desire to control, and that there is something wrong in the case. Of course she never knew that such a person as the lawyer existed, and is now more anxious than ever to remain, that she may avoidthis strange suitor. The guardian has not yet received a re- ply to his letter. = aes Mow the Czar Looks and Dresses. The emperor who has just been crowned at Moscow is six feet high, and is deep-chested and broad-shouldered. His light gray eyes re- semble those of his mother’s relations at Hesse Darmstadt more than his tather, the late em- peror's, who had dark blue eyes (such as the French call blue black), which are to be seen in the pictures of Alexander I.. Paul and Peter the Great. In figure and style he is also like his uncle, the late Grand Duke of Hesse Darmetadt. ‘The shape of his head, which is above the av- erage size, like most of his family, is rather pe- culiar. His forehead is high. A small mouth, with extremely good teeth, which he only shows when he langhs, is his best feature. His hair in St. Petersburg he is always attired in unform, but when on a holiday he wears the black and white shepherd's plaid, such a favorite with English noblemen, a black tie, white Irat, but no gloves (though he carriesthem), ring of watch. That he has been no carpet soldier is evident from the marks of frost bites on the third and fourth fingers on his left hand, and a scar on his tem- ple, where a Turkish bullet grazed his head. ————_+e+ Mow a Native W From the Detrcit Free Press. Going down the great Jackson route from Grenada, Miss., a regular old homespun native of the state entered the sleeping car and paid fora berth. He had never been inside of a car of the kind, and everything astonished him. | When the porter came to make up the beds I saw that the native was greatly perplexed, but as he made no direct appeal it wasn’t my duty to post him. He was the first one to make pre- parations for bed. He glanced anxiously around, pulled off one boot, and then took a rest for five ininutes. When the other boot came off he had solved the problem. Pushing his boots under the berth he started for the rear platform, and nothing was heard from nim for about ten min- utes. Then he put his head into the door and called out: “All you uns in thar,’ look out, for I’m com- ing!” And come he did. He had disrobed while standing on the platform, made a bundle of coat, vest and pants, and as he shot into bed after a ran up the aisle, he gurzled out: “Old Mississipp! may be a little slow, but she ‘allus yits thar’ just the same!” ——__—_-e. — Keeping a Carriage. Now that the English mode is more than ever followed in socicty, it is timely to speak of the superior knowledge of most carriage-keeping English families about thelr horses. The visit to the stables is more frequently made in Eng- land than here, and there are certain fixed rules about whit fs good form in taking out the car- riages that are observed by very few indeed in our country. An English coachman now honor- ing New York with his presence has been per- suaded to give some information to a reporter of the World, which 1s well worth attentive read- ing. “Tn the fust place,” said the gentleman whose acquaintance the ee a had made at the gate of Central Park, “the Amerrykins Is ’orribly hignerant of fust class style insetting hup a ker- ridge. For hinstance, you seen me to-day awaitink hall alone for the young missus, whic! that were her as Bob, the groom,come along with on’orseback. Now,in Lunnon d’ you think there wouldn’t ‘ave been a reg’lar tootman along with me on the box as well as that there groom in the saddle? Bless your ‘eart, its ’orrible form the way they does things ’ere. At ‘ome there’d be a footman forthe ’ouse an’ the box and a groom besides for ’orseback. ‘Ere they mixes the two hup shocking. Another thing. You saw that cockade in my’at. Wot does @ cock- ade mean? At ’ome it means’ I’m @ coachman for a gentleman as Is inthe queen's service. My guv'nor ‘as to bea hofficer in the harmy or the navy or in the civil service afore [can wear a cockade. But bless your ‘eart, ere hevery houtsider as takes a fancy tothe harticle sticks it in is coachman’s ‘at an’ makes a bloomink y of im. Why, when I fust ‘andled a pair of ‘orees for an Amerrykin master I hopenly re- fused to wear a white cockade. A gentleman thinks twice at ’ome before ‘e sets hup a ker- ridge. ’E’s got money in bank and a manor in the country and a ’ouse in town afore ’e does it. But ’ere, as svon a8 a cove gets credit for a month’s board at @ livery stable’e seta hup a hestablishment and cuts no hénd of a swell. Why, man alive, they gives theirselves hairs "ere on the smallest Pecuniary hinvestment you ever ’eard of... .The place wouldn't be worth ‘aving if It wasn’t for the perquisites. end. for he darted out of the house, and was | down to the school-house in a twinkling. Hannah “All we like ” sang the soprano, And on the wrinkled face of Hannab Al a frown, “Al we De sheep,” And hit the nail right on But, “We like sheep have ast ‘Unheard by Hanneh was Shae day. —V. B. H., in Newark Advertiser. ——_—_ A father and son eloped from Elton. Iowa, Reighborhood. The de- serted wives chased the party to Council bie’ aand carried the men back ne For hinstance, the shoeing smith supplies a set of shoes a month. ’E charges @ set. The hactual value is $4. set. To make it hall right there’s halways weteri dentist. ’orse clothing, sponges, ‘arness black- ing and the like, that comes up never short of $40.0 month more--@#Fof that’s the coach- man’s perquisite. Then one “orses is laid up for a week, an’ he ‘@ day for the use of one of isown. Two dollars a day of that comes to me. us ihe coaeh bull too. Lot a It's astonish! a ier, 0. SPE, lect tear ee short of $75 8 month, and one-third otleats mine. You see, heveryth! i e Feet aire 2 Deneded DY se am they, naturally, makes it. take an interest in wy decision.’ The London World gives some startling views concerning the observance of Sunday in Eng- land, which at this time may be of interest to Americans. Between the Sunday of the well-to- do classes and the Sunday of the poor there is, it says, agreat gulf fixed. To the polite world the day is one of gayety and pleasure decorated with a little fringe of optional religion, and principally noteworthy for its festivities, its dis- sipations in town, or its banquets at Richmond and Greenwich. To the poor man it does not always mean an abstention from work,and even if it does, there is little to replace it but sense- less, stupid dissipation, The upper classes break the Sabbath with an elegant refinement that hides the transgression. The poor man breaka it in a way to offend the conventional hypocrisy that ordinarily passes for religion. Before a just judge, therefore, the transgres- sion of the rich, if tranagression it be, is the greater. The objection to the opening of museums and galleries on Sunday comes not from any relig- lous sentiment, but from the spirit of social ex- clusiveness; and it is characteristic of the for- bearance of the English masses that they should acquiesce in the existing system as quietly as they do. The considerations, however, which weigh with them are of a peculiar kind. If the working classes were bent upon securing such legislation as_ that proposed by Lord Dunraven they would obtain it with very little delay. But the truth is that though, as an abstract propost- tion, they might like to have more opportuni- ties at their disposal for rational enjoyment on Sunday, they have a vague fear of the practical results which it might entail. The English working classes dread above all things the risk of working seven days a week; and they are full of apprehension that if museums and pic- ture galleries were opened on the Sabbath this might be their doom. Ultimately they will, no doubt, think differently on the subject, and the real demand for Lord Dunraven's- motion will come when the working classes perceive that there fs no other justification for our existin; scheme of Sabbath observance than the invi ious distinction between rich and poor, ——___s¢. Wednesday Whatnots. When the wife ofan Ohio politician was {n- formed that he had been struck by lightning and killed, she didn’t burst into a fiood of tears. She merely remarked, ‘Well, I never would have believed that there was anything in this world that would shock John.” “Tam saturated to the epidermis,” said the high-school girl, throwing her gum boots into the corner. “I don’t wonder at that,” replied her mother; “they give you such hard leasona at school.”—Oil City Derrick. “‘Sanded strawberries” is a new game which is played at the table when the strawberries have been properly prepared for the palate. The- game 1s to guess whether the sand came with the berries or the sugar. The ostriches in California have exploded the old story that the female covers up her eg and leaves them to be hatched out by the hot sun. The female sits on the eggs in the day- time and the male assumes that duty at night. This arrangement enables the matron of the family to know what her spouse ts doing after sundown. A little girl was standing at the depot to ree her father and a gentleman friend off, when she suddenly observed to her father, referring to his friend, who waséall and lank. “Ifthe cars run off the track and any legs must be broke. I hope they'll be Mr. H,’s.” ‘What's that tor?” said the startled H. ‘‘Because,” she added, art- lessly. ‘Aunt Mary says you have a pair of spare legs.” The ‘All aboard” of the conductor Prevented any ex planation. “No,” said the restaurant keeper, ‘I don't put any strawberries in the strawberry short- cake. What's the use? It I put half a dozen berries to the piece folks would kick just the same.”—Boston Post. A correspondent wants to know why green turtle Is the sort almost exclusively used for food. We are not very sure, but we surmise that the green turtle is caught easier than almost any other kind.—Teras Siftings. The man who sees nothing but the news- paper he is reading when a lady wants his seat in acar, isa man who would be so busy with his prayer book az to bilk the contribution box when it passes by in church.—New Orleans Picayune. At a wayside inn—French gui this mean, eh? Here's an item. ‘Gas, two francs.’ Why, you have no gas in the house!” “I know it, sir.” “Then what makes you charge for it?” “So as to be ableto afford to put it in, sir!” “ Say, Bizz; “What does said the office boy to the keener of the chips, “‘why were the antediluvian oys- tersbad?” “Give it up, dear boy.” ‘Because it was the time of No—ah!” A vigilant sentinel is posted at the door of a picture gallery with strict orders of the custom- ‘ary character. A sightseer happens along and is promptly halted. —‘* Here, sir, you must leave your cane at the doo But, my friend, I haven't got any cane!” “Then go back and get one! No one is allowed to pass in here unless he anaes his cane at the door. Orders is or- ders!” The good book says that the tongue Is like Roscoe Conkling when he was in the United States Senate. It does not, of course, mention Conkling’s name, but when it says that the tongue Is an unruly member we know what it means, ete.— Texas Siftings. “Now, Edith,” said her mother, ‘‘you are go- ing to be a good girl to-day and act like a little lady, aren't your” “Yes, mamma,” replled Edith: adding after a few moments’ silent cogi- tation, “what makes oosay, ‘‘ittlelady,mamma? Is it cause big ladles acts so awful?”—Boston Transcript, A Syracuse soda fountain exploded the other day, breaking a young man’s leg and his jaw. We have always tried to impress the feinale mind with the fact that the confounded things were loaded.—Hartford Post. Two men were standing at the Kimball house bar when one of the rounders came in for a drink. As he departed one of the men ex- claimed: esar, what a nose! Did you see it?” “Whose nose?” “That fellow who just went out; he’s got a nose on him like a beet!” “That's what he is!” sententiously remarked the bar- keeper.— Georgia Major. In anger flew her agile jaws, And swear words darted from her tongue; ‘The maid was fighting mad because She couldn’t make her bangs stay bung. The single eyeglass is worn by the dude. The theory is that he can see with one eye much more than he can comprehend.—New Orleans Picayune. To the “pooher” all things are poor.— Yonkers Gazelle. The shades of night gather in dew time.—Wew York Neu Coricura REMEDIES, THE GREAT SKIN CURES. THE CUTICURA TREATMENT, for the of Skin, Scalp, and Blood Diseases, oon- sints in the Internal ee of Goricuns, Kusguvern ihe new Biood Purifier, and the external use of CUTICURA aud Curicuna Soar, the Great Skin Cures, SALT RHEUM. ‘Will McDonald, 2542 Dearborn street, Chicago, crate- faily, ‘a care of Salt Rheum on head, peck, face, arms, and legs for seventeen years; not able to walk exoopt on ‘and knees for one vear; not able t> help himeelf for vight ; tried hundreds of reme- | doctore pronounced his case opeloss: permanent. ly cared by Curicuna REsOLvENT ( purifier) in- r. and CUTICURA aid CUTIOUKA SoaP (the grest skin cures) externally. PSORIASIS. itizen ‘afflicted with i a Should send to us for tis fin tale SKIN DISEASE. ¥, H, Drake, Eeq., Detroit. Mich., suffered all description from 4 skin disease which on hig hands, head and faos, “and nearly < his eyes. The most careful doctoring failed to help him, and after all had tailed he used the Curicuna Hi soL- VENT (blood ) internally, Curicuna and Curt cura great skin cures) ex! and wag SKIN HUMORS, BE. > Mich. writes that her ‘nena and sonte parts ‘wero almost Faw. Hea coped eh eta corm cured by say. Ehneros oars (cea i} Curicurs and | Sessoms BEAUTY. EosRowg, aryl ot anos fronting N. 4H. MILLE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Booms 2 end 4 Gunton Loe Buildin B. THOMAS, loom No. & front oom. nbove mala entrance Warner x . Building: Sie Petre uortnwoet mbi6-S10" GOODRICH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 124 DEAR- A. Sonn suv entities, free. | Highteen mb3 tial business ears Perience. Con: Endea fo wiinont pablicty: H. * 342: Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, ja4-6m* jolence apd exyeDel Mable to produce permanent injury. month or quarter. | Scholarshin for a year, day or even= $50.8 ‘lasses in practical writh in iret each mouth. HENRY 0. SPENCE! MES. SARA A. SPENCER, Vice-Principal. NG F street northwest, ee Neco ©. BRADLEY, +: ATTORNEY-AT-Law, joved toRooms Nos. 10 and 12, Gi Building, No. 472 Loniiena Avenue northwest. ae ara HAS, J. GOOCH, SOLICITOR OF PATENTS Counsellor at Law and Expert, St. Cloud Building, 9th end F streets. “Good work, dod references, moderate charges, BOOKS, &e. New Booxs. Memoirs of Jobn A. Dix, by Morgan A. Dix. ybamia Sacrology. 2y.- by Ward. Fiors Shaw. C.F. Woodson. Hours that Jil Biukt, C.F. Gardner. lowshaes, Tout & Pour ML HL. MORRI 46 475 Penneyvania avenue, or Prowsnangs. py snage Tourgee. THE GOLDEN CHERROS ERE fee Bia. PITMAN'S PHONOGRAPHIC Drch{oau % RECOLLECTIONS OF DEAN STANLEY. By Dean 8 IES OF NEGLECTED TEXTS. By Dr. Rob- FARLY @RAVES; FOR THE BEREAVED. By McDuff, ‘or sale by . WM. BALLANTENE & SON, 426 SEVENTH STREET. ____ LADIES’ GOODS. __ A LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT OF | Ladies’ and Children's BATHING ITS, at M. WILLIAN’s, ‘Cite Trevise, Paris. 907 Pennsyivania avenue, I have succeeded in procuring a few more of those JERSEY POLONAISE, In Biack and Garnet, for which it was impossible to supply the demand a few weeks ago. eT R 3.—FIRST-CLASS: POR LADIES.—FIRST.CLASS HAIR DRESSER, Corcoran Leas nilding, 537 15th Strost northwest. Ladies Hair dressing and H.ir waehine parlor, Lang- try Bangs done to perfection. Imporved goods in every. style. a 30-1 QQ PER CENT. DISCOUNT OFF TRIMMED BONNETS AND HATS, ALS, 10 PER CENT. OFF ENTIRE STOCK UNTIL JULY ist. MRS. M. J. HUNT, 1909 F STREET, — my31 Ms. Geo. Wane, LADIES’ TAILOR, 1115 F street NorTAWesT, LONDON TAILOR-MADE CLOTH COSTUMES. LONDON TAILOR-MADE RIDING HABITS. DRESSES of all descriptions made in the most ele- gant Leet ft wuaranteed. _my26 Ware gre E LOT OF FLOWER i bargain; can be used for Indies’ as well sachildren's hate, 1 lot Corsage Bouquets, Dandsome rosce with ehaded leaves, at 50 cents; xomething new. 3 fine Heal Ostrich Tips, af 08 1 lot of handsome Plumes, at 31. mny26 At BAUMR, 416 7th street. NINTH AND F STREETS.—GEN- Ht BALBRIGGAN SHIRTS and 8. at $1.45 each ail izes. ENGLISH LISLE D SHIRTS, ch. “ ENGLIS BALBRIGGAN SHIit’ each. GAT UNDERWEAR, at 25 $1.61, 29, $2.50, ull sizes. Genuipe AN’ DRAWERS, ‘uannen allatzena 800, sachs RAINBOUR FEATHER abner, ft a1 each, N50 FEATHE: WEIGHT SHIRTS and DEAWEIS msde ip the sere best manner, all sizes, at eye) it al each. ENGLISH HU- SIERY (Morley re noweat Gonufas, at Soc. por pale, ‘usual price 75¢. &W. CO LARS aba CUES an ‘dsome NECKWEAI, in uew stepes. Freneu, kug- lish and Americsn Suepei re. iris mas toorda, at $9, $10.50 and 712 per half dozen. 25 ANTON FISHER, | ol ICAL DRY CLEANING LISH- MENT, 206 street northwest, Tiny rane pee Veils, Laces: cle are peetectiy cere he thee Pragiea lea’ Ex th Brolece a pgeciuee Spinien of E. edt oficis! Chemist of the District of pambia: “Yo ir chemicals are of the m hafmless, snd you! ect: Part Aen fa ir perfect ma Mss ANNIE K. HUMPHERY, ‘Bake cougar 8 ti ae Eee ay at ie. i ee to are in every styleand matsrist, ind guaran’ fect fit and ifort, Fach eof ess ei ts akan een ench Hand-made Uni apd Qnect itzported Hosen. is Patent Shoulder Braces and al! oth form Goo2s. TI Miss H. is make, that! oer azant (or the prios HOUSEFURNISHINGS. E. SCHEFL, ORGANIST. TEACHER OF PIANO and VOCAL MUSIC. | Particular attention tobe Denner, as well as those wishing to be cualified for Pertoriners. Terms moderate. 734 12tbat.u. w. my 3-000 RENCH LESSG V. Prud’boiam Chitdren’s classes, 10 "a.m ‘ 45, Private tuition if ‘Natural ‘meth: taught. Pujal soon iearu to speak and understand. A dood pronunciation aejuired. my22-im YQRWOOD INSTITUTE. SELECT SCHOOL FOR Youns Ladies. 1212 and 121 it i 4 14th at. Next wemion Ohens Sept, 26,°83. For circulars, adiries WM.D.CA- BELL, City. ‘A few boarding pupils received. 430-6, AVID 8. L. JOHNSON, ORGANIST AND CHOIR: master, 1117 luth street nortuwest. Private lee- fone $1 per hour, Public voice classes fifty cents ner month. ou TU SVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. ‘Summer Law Lectures af 12th JULY, {ine weekly), SEPTEMBE! Va.) to A FQUEST OF N vain this summer and MECCA IN, Us merous cs ed ced rates, in instruct, at reduc iano Leneo jug by my remarkably hort method. Jor Concarta, Operas, 204 Oratcrice will find their Meco in thie System, which is the shortest and beet, sav ‘yster vi years of practice, and traming voives syatckiy to Nery highest culture, at my murical institute. 615 1th sheet, bet F&Gn.w. PROF. DE WOLOWSKI. mv: | ees LEAVITT, OF BOSTON, Teacher of Vo cal ani Instrumental Music ana larwony. Lessons continue | during the summer. _ Address 945 K street northwest. mats SHAMBERS GIVES THOROUGH Foylish) branches. Ente rate. Special hours st.n.w. Metropolitan cars bas < W. FLYNN, A. 5. ‘. Bathematicn, Latin, paration for Co competitive examinations. aia, Terms in aayance. | Obra CLASSF! ict: Book anabip, US. Histo ASHINGTON Co! VATORY OF MUSE ‘T TIMMS’ New Halls, cor. 7ti and Do. w, Ep- ance [07 D st.” Fourteeut, year. ing, Vio advantages “0: B. °, in. &c. Twelve teachers. BULUARD. Director. : T BARGAINS IN NEARLY NEW PIANO: G as oa Square Grand Chickering, -” A Magnificent Square Grand Knabe, only £190, A guperb-toued Square Grund Fiano, used but three months. only $185, 1ucluding hindscnic cover and od, cost $400, wer leaving the city. Au clegant Rosewood Case, pearly new, SquareGran@ Piano, cover aud stool, for only #180. cost $975. A full Upright Graud, deed but bitle, at pearly half cost. on «mi net Upright Grand, made to order ut a cost of $1,00 brouxht to this city—sustable for a very elaborately fur- for neatly one-third com Ob easy payMieuts to good One splendid tone Pu Other is In Pituos that clos cash and time precinte. BEINEKAMP BRANCH FACTORY WAREROOMB AND PIANO EXCHANGE, A magnificent extra the fvext Upright I ever nished room —can be bong! for only $75; and one at 268, or only $75; and one on payments of $8 per month. Ba ‘Cail at once ut the 427 20th street northwest. a ; ‘awtra ce heron Ju PE hlceaut stock now -L. SUMNER, Tn charge. 10th. Now is your tine, open at Sil 9th street my 26-e0 RUSTEE'S: Sare or PIANOS AND ORGANS. Atthe trostec’s sale on the lth of May cf, the asectsof the late firm of Beckinar, Eb4 ling & Co., agents for the Chickeriu Piano in Baltimore, 1 pu A some mavuiticent bargains ap NEW AND SECUND-HAND TJANOS AND OR- ANS. As Iwas crowded for room before making thin purchase, I find myself now compelidd to sell these foods at a tril nz adsance, ws 1 nave no room to «tore them. Iwill sell for tea days bray new SQUARE PIANOS for $160, worth $300, UPRIGHTS for $176, worth $950; SQU, EAND PIANOS for §190, worth $600; NEW ORGANS for $50, worth $90, &o. SEVEN-OCTAVE SQUARE PIA’ nsed, as lowes $65; SIX-OCTAVE for $30. The instruments are made by the best known firms in the bumpers and are fully warranted. 4 eople of good couutenanee ean pur- chase of us on monthiy payments. N OTICE OF For further particulars call on CHAUNCEY J. REED, my15 433 Puc suery TH and the NEW ENGLAND Fisnos, BARKER, BALTIMORE and the 1.1 Oreuus, at lowest factory prices for cash, Or on easiont known inonthiy instaiment plan, at G. L. WILD & BRO.'S MUrIOAL WAREROOMR, 709 7th street northwest. Dasrortws Fim, FT diderent ntorand allprices, Sonctantly ferent Take an Soe, constant ‘The most varied assortment in the city -FRIGERATORS and WATER COOLERS at re- auced pris. Stoves, on band. COOKING STOVES, RANGES. BRICK SETT and PORTABLE SLATE MANTELS, LATROBES, FUR- NACES, a great variety. W. S. JENK> & CO.. Je8 717 7th street nortnwost. JREFBIGERATORS (IMPROVED MAKE), ‘HEST'S (all sizes). WATER COOLERS and STANDS. FLUTING MACHINES, af at lowest prices, Shor Wart 314 7th street, 6 doors above Penna. avenns, GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. a2 MANUEFACTOR! OF FINE DRESS SHIR’ ns GENS’ FURNISHINGS, 2 1112 F Steger Nortuwssr, Wasurnarox, D. C. Bix of the fix Extra, Six Fine Shirts to order. mbit "Tuomrsows SHIRT FACTORY = MEN'S FURNISHING EMPOKIUM, £16 F Street, Opposite Patent Office. Pyle Res catrecesey, creme ot Becriosa, Anishod, Bets.” Failline of Boye? ie eae SEWING MACHINES, &c. ons OMPLETE SEWING MAC] ‘MOBT Ci ie ES eas NT THIS SIDE OF NEW ie for un: and lways han ‘TACHMENT», PARTS: and NEEDLES for any wachine ever made ete 550 eid Wsere cae Thing that ie renuttog tor ine po machines. One ier partment Stecwing ‘at’ short none ad lowes price. Hartord Sewing rn Macho Sing ine lighteet runstsn and machine ever made. end see it. by Sowitie Min etrooe Ot Building, Bazar Paper Fashions. eB iG MACHINE HOUSE, 1868. a Nears ‘no canvaarer cap SCRAP PICTURES. - ElCHENBACH’S PIANO WAREROOMS. PIAN 0% various makes for sale aud nevt at re-; a prices. Wi. Kasie £00 ‘world-te. powned Pianos. ‘Lun: pairing. Iith street, above Pa. ave. - P4805, ORGANS, SHEET MUSIC STECK & CO. PIANO, ‘The mest Piano Mads, EMERSON PIANO, The Peet Medium-priced Piano Manufactnes4. WILCOX & WHITE AND KIMBALL ORGANS Tis 1 Or: = rented a cdinigeds Fobt applied dt purchseeds * TMtoe 5 CENT MusIO. ‘ho ouly ecmpleto Stock ta thatte, HENRY EBERBACH, Xo, 15 F STREET, fin SAFE DEPOSIT ©O. SPCURITY, From LOSS BY Bi ROBBERY, FIRE OR ACCIDI THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, of Washivgton, In ite own building, = Connex 15TH STREET axp New Youn Ave. nal Charter A y a 5 epee er Act of Congress anny 208, LeRy. The Company rents Safes, inside ite Fire and Burglar Eels decane ade cee Reneer 2 ‘nd in. Koon : Kcining Vaulte, provided for Safe-ventore. VAULT WAR! THE DOORS opARpe. Sis SARGENT SEC ES AND VALUABLES of oeserp- etait Gant eae apa SPLCIAL GUARANTEE: at the Lowest Kates, BENJAMIN P. SNYDER, Pr ARLES ¢ 1L0V nt ot Risa & Co, Vico President, BES TEP, sory C."E. Nyman, Asst. Becy mmin P. Snyder, Charen C, L es tL Sirteyant jibeumas evan DENTISTRY. Poladeiphit. baving De sana mend hits 10 my patrone abd iy ERT ans Onnti of undone ataly, wane a ae, ee TEETH : Amo FH MADE DEFORE AND IN sega a Raiy” “Dk DONNALLT ‘ctrect northwest. Diet etret cenbeoe er alata Book Golafilings = specialty. Gas given day of ieee ‘ae Digscisciaee TAG ‘OWLAND DENTAL ee 2 ett a nere witting. rons without ots fou ley fer ete]