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A Washington correspondent states that but one Senator smokes cigarettes. Thk rine trade of Oporto has been made a monopoly by the Tortuguese -Government. Maine follows the example of Massachusetts in the matter of free text-books lor the public schools. The laws of tho t nited States forbid the importation of liquor into Alaska,

yet Juneau has twenty-live saloons in Jull blast. Southern papers are discussing the possibility of establishing a negro reservation on the principle of the Indian

territory. A KixSAS man hauled 800 carloads of

dirt in one month, and the local editor ; chronicled it "800 transfers of real estate in one month. Mas. Senator Stanford, in her drives about Washington, rides behind -a pair of magnificent black horses which are valued at $20,000. An English naval officer estimates that there aie $200,000,000 in gold and

silver under the sea, which could be reached by good luck. There is a bill before the Ohio Legislature to prevent any doctor in that State from advertising himself as a medical man. The idea is that it demeans the apurfesh." JohnW Watsof, the principal author of "Beautiful Snow, is a braLeman on the New York elevated railroad at a .salary of $9 a week. Thus the whirligig of time brings in its revenges. St. Lotus has half a dozen or more professional clock winders. They each have a list of time-pieces which they are to wind on certain days. One of them says he attends to over 200 clocks a day. Young "Walter, who owns one-sixteenth of the London Times, has only received 16 in dividends for the year. The usual profit annually divided among the Times9 owners is upwards of 90,ooo. ; A Los Angeles paper says that in helping her husband on his farm at Sau Jacinto, Mrs. T. N. Meade plowed and sowed over 100 acres of wheat, taking

hold her as tenderly in thy arms as she held an 1 pressed against her generous., throbbiag heart tho abandoned babe We seek no more."

Tennie C. Claflin was incarcerated in a New York jail eighteen years ago on a charge of obscenity. Now she is a ladv bv act of Parliament, or, in other words, the wife of a knight. She married a wealthy money broker and dealer in India goods in London and he w as knighted. Tennie C. Clallin, a fortuneteller and heroine of New York police courts, has therefore become Lady Cook. Thk unexpected discovery in one's ancestral book-shelves of a volume worth anything between 3,000 and 4,000 must be an experience as rare ,s delightful. While clearing the library at Hoj ?etoun House for a stale at Sotheby's, some one came upon a copy of the Mazarin or Gutenberg Bible

Lord Hoetoun did not know he had n: ; book-collectors and experts did not know of the existence of this copy.

care of her own four-horse team, she is a "city-raised" woman, too.

and

Justice Eeigwe of Jeffersonville,

IncL, does not consider marriage a failure. During the ten years he has acted as magistrate' he ha uxutod ,976 couples, and of these about 90 per cent came from Kentucky, most of them being runaway matches. Feascis W. Lasak, when he was 13 years old, walked from Prague to Berlin, where he learned the fur business. In 1819 he came to this country without a cent in his pocket. Recently he died at Dobbs Ferry, N. YM age1 90, leaving an estate of$G,000,000. ' A gentleman in Columbus, Ga., has a razor which has been in constant use 104 years. It bears a close resemblance to a broadax, but does good service yet, and may cut many a whisker before it is finally laid away among the reHcs of bygone days or used for trimming corns.

A sheriff in Georgia actually attached a railroad train by running a chain through one of the wheels of the CTgjne and fastening it to the track. After a while he was convinced that he had no right to stop the United States mails and the train was allowed to proceeds The Cleveland Plain Dealer says

that Christian science gte cold comfort from the clergy of that city. The substance of their conjoined opinions is that the delusion is neither Christian nor scientific, and that whatever effect it has upon people is the effect of imagination. According to the Boston Transcript, it is a noteworthy circumstance that, while the female population of Boston is much greater than the male population, the statistics of marriage show that exactly at many women as men to-wit, 5,461 ?j j e married in the city last - :ri . y Insurance companies want to know all about it, you know. Because John Obert was blown up by 200 pounds of nitroglycerine in Pennsylvania, and be

cause only a piece of one of his toes could be found, the insurance companies aay that he might have run away to triek them. The medical editor of a certain London paper, who advocates a vegetarian diet, has undertaken to live for an entire month on nothing but whole meal and distilled water. This meal he grinds himself, mixes it with cold distilled water into a batter, and bakes it for an hour and a ball He allows himself one pound of meal and two pints of water daily. Robkbt Ingersolb prayer at tho funeral service ever the remains of Mary Fiske, in Scottish Bite Hall, New York, the reference being to her adoption of a little waif : H We pray thee, Mother Nature, that thou wilt take this woman and

A lady tourist in Florida secured the services of a noted guide, who tiuppliei a buggy, guns, and dogs, and after enjoying a good day's sport though his assistance, dismissed him at the hotel with a present of her card and the remark : "Now I won't charge you anything for writing you up, giving you a good advertisement in the papers North that I correspond for, and in return ycu must not charge me for tho sport I have had. I like your dogs, and the shooting was good." The poor guide was dumfounded. Li Hex Poi, the Jay Gould of China, is not worth quite so much as first reported. His wealth was estimated,

whenLe first arrived in New York the

other day, at $50,000,000. This, mistake may have arisen from the difference in

the monetarv unit of the two countries. It takes 1,200 Chinese coins to make one American dollar, hence a Chinamen becomes a millionaire when he acquires $833, and he may be fifty times a

millionaire, as Li Hen Poi is reported to be, and only be worth $41,650. The total vote cast for President last November was 11,381,503, an increase of 1,830,578. The total Republican vote was 5,442,067, an increase, of 594,333. The total Democratic voce 5,537,397, an increase of 626,380. The total Prohibition vote was 249, 246 , an increase of 97, 437. Cleveland's plurality in the popular vote cf 1884 was 62,683; in 1888 it was 91,730, an increase of 32,047, Two States that gave Democratic pluralities in 1884 failed last year ; ten gave larger pluralities in '88 than in '84; eight gave smaller. Of Republican

States eleven gave larger pluralities, seven smaller pluralities. All the States but five increased their vote. A young man who lives in Garden City, Kan., has a claim in an adjoining county and pays weekly visits to it. On one of these visits he was awaken ed bv a commotion around the house. The building began to move slowly, and, suspecting what was up, he lay still until the peep o' day, when the movers had proceeded several miles with him and his house. Uulocking the door, ho stepped out and bade the marauders good morning. Of course the situation was an embarrassing one to the housestealers. They ofiered $100 in cash and to replace the house on its foundation if the owner would make no ar

rests. This offer was accepted, and the claim-holder went back to town with bis $100 cash, thinking it was a pretty profitable night after all.

It is a curious fact that science is getting such control of education that a deep enthusiasm in research is being wakened up among the youth of America. During the last summer several scientific research parties were made up of boys to hunt fossils in our Western Territories. These were headed by competent teachers and guides. Others aegjxrojected for the coming suinmctr. !traphical research, as well as paleontological and geological, forms a good field of work for our young folk. A spirit of this sort awakened in the rising generation is the best preventive of vice and shiftlessness. All young people of either sex should be furnished with an outfit for some sort of research a microscope, a telescope, a botaniccase, or even photographic apparatus.

Mr;s. Van Dczer, of Elberton, Ga., has a great curiosity in the shape of a silver spoon that is 212 years old. This spoon was made in France, by oler of

a gentleman of that country who hid . since I commenced writing it hit J an fylitfirs. and to each he presented gnyrrh' I put them all to

I Thftv wonder what nation I

a. flwnn un t, i i rtuut3Bi iuuv uudi w

mm nr-v v.u, tt w v

kept as relics and handed down from

What n ioot Time Jim Had. We had just finished our dinner when Jim came pnddjing across the lake in an old dugout that I know had been condemned twenty years before, using a piece of board i'or a paddle. The craft was half full of water, and every now aul then, as he drew nearer, we could see Jim trying to shovel .some of it out with his extemporized paddle. When he came within speaking distance some one hailed hit : "Well, Jim, what kind of a time have you had?" "Just splendid." 'Oet anything!" n "Two beauties and some lit':le ones.

Jim camo ashore and showed his string of lish, two of about a pound and a half each and live or six of about a pound. WI tell vou, fellows, I have had great sport. Wouldn't have missed it for anything. "You look as if you had got wet. "Well, you know that big boulder down in the second rapid? I was just trying to wade out to it, and I stepped on one of those round, slippery stones and down I went. Swashed mo away

into the pool, the current did. I think I must have rolled over a do:;en times. Held on to my rod, though." Tho magenta of Jim's necktie had evidently parted with a good shure of its coloring matter in favor of Lis white llannel tennis suit. "Where's your hat?" "I lost it in the rapids." How did you get your trousers so torn ?" "Got my flies caught in a trs e and had

to shin up to get 'em loose, coming down I slipped and tore my trousers and scratched my leg. I say; have any of vou fellows got any sticking plaster?" "How did you manage to break both vour tips?" ' Broke one when I fell in the rapids. Broke the other just before I came away. Hooked a big fellow in strong w ater and struck him too hard. Smashed mv tip and lost my fties." "Whose rod is it, anyway?" "Belongs to my brother Jack. He lent it to me. That is, he said I might take it if I would promise to be careful of it. Jack '11 be mad as a hatter, sure." "Lose all your flies?" "Every blamed one." "About time you came away, wasn't it?" "I'd have stayed longer if I hadn't broken my rod and if I'd had gome more

flies. I say, Cook, is there any soup left i Dick, old man, lend me a pair c 4 trousers, will vou? And a shirt. And some kind of a hat. How much sticking plaster? Oh, about sis inches long and swo inches wide. Blistered my hands, too, paddling that confounded water-logged old dugout. Scarlet fever in my nose? Well, it was rather hot in the sun after I lost mv hat. Broke my bottle of lly

fluid and cut my fingers with a bit of glass. Expect 111 look to-morrow as if

I were iust getting over tho smallpox.

Never mind, it's my last chance this

season. Cook, come now, huiry up that

9 W nana 9 Yfa lots of

'em and plenty of pork. Fry a couple of trout? No. can't wait. Haven't you

rot some, cold ones left over? Only

thron? WpII. brincr 'em alonar. Holy

v . 7 J - V . smoke! I never had so good a time m

my life. I say, Tom, lend nw your rod this afternoon, will you? I know there must be another biff fellow jnsfc where

I hooked that last one. I'd like to take him home to-morrow, only to show the

boys what fun there is up he::t.

So Jim, with the appetite accumu

lated from 4 a. m. to 1 p. m., ate up all

the cooked provisions in the camp

borrowed dry clothes and a rod (for no

body ever refused to lend Jim anything)

and-went out just before sunset and caught the big trout and went home to show the other fellows what u good time be had had. If he forgot to say that he had tumbled into the rapids, lost his hat, scraped six square inches off his leg, broken a borrowed rod, lost all his flies, been eaten up by mosquitoes, got his face burned to a crisp, his fingers cut and his hands blistered, it was because such trifling mishaps detract so little from the pleasures of an outing among trout streams. Forest and Stream. As Bad as Yolapiik. English spelling is remarkable for its infinite variety. As long as "tizic" is spelt "phthisic," the voice of the spelling reformer should be heard in the laud. Mr. Turner, in the following incident, in view of our present method of spelling, was entirely consistent: James meets his friend Turner on the train. They are both going to Janesville, and stop at the same hotel. Tur

ner registers his name thus : "E. K. Phtholognyrrh." Jones, noticing it, exclaims : "Here! what are you assuming such a foreign, outlandish name for 5 Are you in any trouble?" "Not a bit of it," replies Turner; "and I am not assuming anv foreign name." "Well, What kind of a name is that?1 demanded Jones. "That is my identical old name," persists Turner, "and it's English, toopronounced plainly, 'Turner,'" "I can't see how you get 'Turner' out cf those thirteen letters, and, besides, what is your object in spelling it that way ?" asked Jones. "Well, you see, nobody evar noticed my name on the register whe :i I wrote it Turner" explains the latter, "but

Ththologuessing. am from,

hear people

nection with their study of the l anguage. This task, to be performed upon honor before their next meeting, was either parts of the grammar to be learned by heart, or an exercise in translation. As they played chess about equally well, they fairly beat one another into the knowledge of Italian. Was not that a sensible use of a game?

Advantages of Being Plain. A French newspaper lately introduced a novelty, by asking its woman readers to write on the advantages of being plain, and the disadvantages of beautv. The disscussion which re

sulted has brought out the deliberate expression of the opinion, on the part of a celebrated man of letters, that it is better for one to be homely than to be handsome. His reasoning is that one who is without good looks, seeks to make up for the lack of them with all the world by amiability, gentleness, and politeness, and is so liked by all, while handsome persons are apt to be vain of their looks, and, confident that they intake them quite independent of ordinary politeness, attract dislike by "giving themselves airs." As to women, the same writer is sure that the plain one generally has, except beauty, everything on their side modesty, simplicity, and confcdence. He relates an anecdote of Lord luTssell and his son, the Viscount Amberley, which is to the point. At a royal fete Lord liussell called his son to a window-seat, and said to him :

"Mv son, you are 30 years old, and

should think of settling in life.

"Have you chosen a wife forme?"

asked Amberley.

"No; you have only to choose for

yourself. Look ! Do you desire wealth

with vour bride? There is JUiss uian-

ricarde whose father has conie back from India as rich as a nabob."

With 20,000 from my estate of Am

berley," said the young man, I have

no need to look out for a fortune.

"Well, then, do you look for high

birth ? There is young Lady Florence,

the descendant of Botheraud, one ot

the companions of William the Con

queror. "When one is the son of a Russell, said the viscount, "there is certainly no necessity of looking out for a noble birth in a wife." "Then if it h beauty you seek, here is the lovely Miss Broughthanipton. Her beauty alone has won her the most noted of suitors. w "My lord, I do not look for beauty any more than I do for fortune. Since I am to marry I desire only happiness." "Oh, that is quite a different ease! If it is happiness you seek, man y a plain woman, bv all means." A Dull, Sickening Thud. They were both very young and very fair. She wore an unwrinkled new

gown in the very latest and roost bilious shade of green and with directoire buttons the size of a dinner-pla.te. Her gloves and boots had just come from their respective manufacturers and her bonnet was of yesterday. Nor was his costume at all eclipsed by hers. It was of shining spick-and-span newness from the toe of his polished boot to the summit of his glossy and resplendent silk hat. They came into one of the Fifth Avenue churches Sunday morning, and

dense indeed was the worshiper who did

Prophetic Verdict. Gouverneur Morris dated American

liberty, not from the Stamp Act of 1765, but from the prosecution of Peter Zenker in 17iU, on i:he charge of libeling

the Governor of New York and Lis oih-

eial frinnda. William Cosby as tho

Governor. He was an irritable man,

who, having been sent to the Colony to mend his broken fortune, did much to

hasten colonial emancipation. Unscrupulous and avaricious, he insisted on new surveys of land and new giants, in order that he might clutch at great perquisites. "Do you think I mind that?" he answered' those who objected that the Governor was acting against law. "I have great interest in England." The New York Meekly Journal was established to defend the cause of the people against the arbitrary Governor, who was trying to play the part of a

petty tyrant. Its squibs and satires upon Crosby and his Council provoked the authorities to certain copies of the Journal to be publicly burned by the hangman, and its publisher, John Peter Zenger, to be thrown into prison. Zenger was charged with publishing false and seditious libels against the Government. As the grand jury refused to find a bill against him, the Attorney General filed an information. The case excited intense interest, for it involved liberty of speech and of the press, and all the central colonies regarded the controversy as their own. James Alexander, Zenger's counsel and the leading lawyer of the Colony, took exceptions to the validity of the commission of the Chief Justice. De Laucey, and to the legality of proceed

ing by information instead of by indict

ment. De Dancey retused to receive the exceptions. "You thought," said he to Alexander, "to have gained a great deal of applause by opposing this court; but you have brought it to this point, that either we must go from tiie bench, or you must

ELEMENTARY LEGEBHEMAIS. i CURIOUS srUGKHT. This trick is quite sure to cause th gentlemen to say, "That's pretty good? while the ladies will ficream, "Oh 1 don't on seeing it performoi. It needs alitle soli -sacrifice, too; bp if you are anxious to perform a neat little trick, you will not mind the slight pain. Previous to coming into the room puncture your thumb with a sliarp instrument, neer the nail, in one or two places, but not so that it will bteed without pressure. Now come forward and assert that you have discovered & new method of surgery, and will demonstrate it by cutting open your thumb and instantly healing it. Take, next, a handkerchief, and bittd. tho thumb tightly, keeping it straight Ask for a knife, and pretend to cut your thumb, at the same time bending it The pressure of the knife (although the blade does not, of course, cut you), and the bending of your thumb, will cause blood to flow profusely. The blood spreads along the bladd of the knifet and it looks as though you had cut deeply into your thumb. Then "heal it by wiping the blood away and straightning out your thumb. SPINNING A HANDKERCHIEF. Jugglers often perform the feat of spinning a handkerchief on the end of a stick. You can do it on the end of your wand, just as cleverly. Bring forward a large handkerchief, a bandanna, for example (they can be bought cheap now since last November), and, tossing it in the air, cause it to spin on the end

of your wand. The e ffect is very pleasing to the eye, and you are likely to

great credit for you apparent skill.

The Becret of your success ues in m fact that you have a needle stuck in the end of your wand, projecting out about half to three-quarters of an inch, point upwards:. Consequently, the handkoi chief, when thrown in the air, is caught

-i- t

6 Re :Sristued an order excluding ?

rther practice in 7mRa 8 verjue,

by the audience, but appears to them as if the handkerchief was whirling around on the top of the stick. A QUEER PLACE FOR WEALTH. Remark to your audience that, aa a magician, you see many strange things which are not visible to the eyes of

what my name is. I can

Kept as rencs auu uumeu talking -about me all around. It is as I generation to generation to the eldest f gaid before; it is English spelling daughter. Mrs. Van Duzer U its right- j phth there is the sound of 't' in

ful inheritor in her branch of

ilv, find is anxious to

scendants from the other daughters have as sacredly preserved their keepsakes. This spoon was made before anything but pure silver was used, and ia new half -worn away. It has never been in a fire, and fortunately escaped

the fingers of Butlev during the war

the fam- ; phthisic; 'olo there is the sound of 'ur

know if the de- in colonel; 'gn, there is tlie 'tr in gnat;

! 'vrrh' is the sound of er' .in myrrh.

j Now, if that don't spell Turner, what

i -i j. ii j

; uoes lb speii :

How Fraitkliu Mastered Italian, Probablv no vounsr person ever

- - w -- learned a modern language in a more ingenious way than Benjamin Franklin. Ha tftlla lis. in his autobiocrrfiuhv, that

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Its cwner keeps it securely unaer iock ! fttter mastering French he und iJ ok and key, and in obedience to the re-j Italian. An acquaintance who waS. also Quest of her ancient ancestor will, on ! learning it, used often to tempt Frankher death, leave it to her eldest daugh- ! m to play chess with him Finding ter. . i spare time they had for study, the fu"IiLEST be the tie that binds," is not ture philosopher hit upon the happy believed to be an apostrophio -jo tight plan of allowing the victor in any game lacing. 1w right to impose some task in con-

not perceive at a glance that they were on their bridal tour to New York. They were shown by the usher to a pew nearly full, but "they didn't mind that. They were perfectly willing to sit close to each other and look on the same hvmn-book. Butalas! from that affectionate proximity arose, to express it figuratively, the little rift within the lute, the first cloud on the honeymoon. They rose to sing the hymn. He tenderly placed his shining hat, which he had hitherto

guarded in ins hand, on the seat. 1 ney lifted up their voices in sacred song, and forgot in their proud companionship all sublunary matters. The singing over, they closed the book and simultaneously sat down. There was a muffled report, a dull and truly a sickening thud. The bride turned pale, the groom turned purple. Was it her fault that she had sat down on his high hat when he had carefully placed it behind her? It was not, but alas! the spell was broken, the glamour forever fled! As she rose and he extricated the ruin of what was once so beautiful, as he saw the feigned devotion with which the people around bent over their hymn-books, the glance he cast upon her was distinctly and clearly reproachful. New York Sun. The Legitimate Drama. Eminent Tragedian Is everything readv for my appearance in the revival

of Measure for Treasure? Stage Manager I think so. I have looked up the scenery and "How about the music?" You can rest easy on that score." -und the costumes?" "Superb!" " And will you see to the illuminations?" "Of course. There's one unimportant detail, though, unattended to." "What's that? "I have been unable to get books of the play, and the company are not up in their parts. w "Oh, the words don't matter, we're reviving Shakspeare, you know, and, besides, we open in New York. Be sure to have three ballets antf. a lightning juggler and the trick acrobats." Time. Ycry Singular. New Yorker (to friend) Did you read about that young lady being robbed in broad daylight on Sixth avenue? Friend Yes, I read about it. "Singular, wasn't it?" "What was there singular about it?

Such things happen every week." "But didn't you read that she had $5 in her pocketbook, and that she had just returned from shopping? That a woman should quit shopping hile she had $5 left is the most astonishing thing I have ever known." Texas t'iftiwjs. At the church Mamma, is that the usher?" "Yes, dear." "Does ho show

people whereto sit, mamma?" ".No,. he

snows people wnere uui Georgia Cracker.

Alexander from any further pr

that court. The "Sons of Liberty" then brought the foremost lawyer of the country, Andrew Hamilton from Philadelphia to plead Zenger's cause. When the distinguished advocate entered tho courtroom those who were present rose to

their feet, waved their hats, and shouted other people, unless you choose to maka

loud huzzas. Chief Justice De L-ancey them so. t frowned angrily, and demanded silence. "For instance, " you say, "look in that Thia nviaonpr pleaded "not aruiltv," man's sleeve."

mlmithfvl thp publication of the al- Thereupon, you walk up to him, shake

le" ed libel, and justified it by asserting his sleeve, and cause a literal shower of

its truth, coins to fail out, altnougn tne auaienoa Those were the davs when the lepral can observe that your fingers barely

doctrine wasthat "the greater the truth, hold the bottom of the sleeve from the libel." When Hamilton whence the coins come.

offered to prove that the alleged libel This feat is done by palming. Have 4l rvwirtf Tiicitina intnr. I cavarol nm'na riftlmd in VOnr lftft hand.

rupted him, saving: "You cannot be grasp the gentleman suddenly, forcing to mvAtha truth of a libel in vour left hand inside his coat to the up-

evidence." Pr opening, under his armpit. At the Hamilton, turninff to the same time, catch the lower part of hia

jury, "we appeal to you for witnesses of sleeve with your fLngors, and shake. All" the" facts. The jury hove the right to eyes will be upon the lower part of th

determine both the law and the tact,and sleeve wUen you are anaiung. and they ought to do so. The question In the meantime, let the coins, whiek

before you is not the cause ot a poor you noia paimea sip uown iuiuub nrintor nf Npuf York alone, it is the sleeve and fall out. IE you work quickly

cause of liberty the liberty of oppos- and adroitly, even the subject himself

?ng arbitrary power by speaking ana will not discern me way ic i uwuo. writing truth. Yankee Blade

The C hief Justice charged against the

the doctrines of his coun- Tne Amazons ot uanomey.

sel. The jury retired, and in a few The black female warriors of the war-

minntes returned a verdict of "Aot like tribe of Dahomey belong to the

Guiltv." romance of the Dark Continent; but tho

The audience, shouting approval, bore latest African discoveries are sweeping

Hamilton out of the court-room upon away much of the illusive nun Duswmca their shoulder). The Common Council has hung over this state and its terrors, of New York gave him the freedom of The king of Dahomey for a long time the city in a gold box fox his gratuitous kept the neighboring tribes in fear, and services in "defense of the rights of when ho with hundreds cf his people

mankind, and the liberty of the press. suddenly invaded a peaceful land to

That verdict was a prophecy to those capture slaves, opposition was not to oe wlio could read it of Colonial independ- thought of;, for if any one lost his head pucfl. It was the handwriting on the and resisted capture with weapons, he

wall, but there was no Daniel, In whom-j was pretty sure to have his head cut off, England had confidence, to interpret it. However, of late the neighboring tribea

An Tint rAv as much respect to tne

Tlrett or asumgiou nocie 'J Dahomey tribe as formerly, for the king The daughter ota high official, whom was receUy attttCka by a tribe from the writer of the Waterbury American Nort- 'md renowned women-, afc Washington, occasionally meets, said, d to when the arrow

m a burst of conndence, tneouaermgni. - . to whistlo through the air.l

"I am only four years older, uccoroing Tjjismonian guard of fifteen hunto the almanac;, than when I came here, women flower of the army.)

but ia experience it seems to me x nave Th . no.means resemble the valiaafc

lived a century. Amazons of the Grecian myth;

they axa

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negro women, notmng more nor ie the king's wives, whom he keeps under

striot discipline ani craftily makes us1

Sometimes I actually get scard when

I think what a change has cone over my way of looking at life in these, four

years. It seems that x nave a most losi of fts hifJ bogi. The cunning km?, my old individuality and that another q Dehomey knows that his wives are as

consciousness Has got into my noay. indolent as all negroes are although they "I came here a simple, innocent ; mad 6 hewers of wood and drawers cf

country girl, just out ot scnooi, ana W()rld over ftnd m he compel,

with the most glowing ana roniiuiuu them to work like men. The women of ideas about society, now I arias hard- j)ahomey consequently go to war, witl fined and artificially poks,hed, if you - A

please, as a society woman of twenty c6ur formerly ascribed to them only. i r,nnarna nrtA nan amilA n.nn Simla and OQ I - , P i

to ait."

men in society must, to such tin extent

that I have al nost ceased to know wlio

my real friends are. and treat everybody with the same stereotyped smile and pretend to bo as deeply interested in affairs at Sallie Jones, whom I met for the firs t time en minutes ago, as I am in those of my own sister. It is dreadful, and I am glad we are going away. "There is scarcely a person who has been much in society here for the last four years whom I have not met, and oi all those thousands there are not really half a dozen I ever care to meet again. You see so many people, you go bo much, that your head is in a vhirl all the time, and you not only don't have a chance to get attached to any one, but von don't even get acquainted with them. Of course, I have often thought in the midst of it all what a magnificent time I was having, but now that it is all over I fell very much as I do on seeing the curtain fall at the end of a grand spectacular performance at the theater. My eyes are tired from the glister of the costumes and the glare of the calcium lights, and I am glad to hurry home and go to bed." More Interesting. Husband What kind ol seats shall I get for tho play to-night orchestra? "Wife No; family circle. fc Because they're olua;?tI .suppose!." We can see better." "See what, the stage?" ''Of course not what; the women in tho audience weaiv XifwYee Blade.

for powder. Demoresu

A Widow's Strategy, A man of considerable wealth, wfo died in New York City Home jtioe sm made a distribution of his personal estate which did not suit his lisconsolatewidcw. Among other unsatisfactory thintrs. he bequeathed the proceeds of

certain land and stocks of vaUe to & brother, while he left to the widow tin proceeds of other stocks and lands coxa--

legacy. But the widow was sole execu; trix of the will, and when she came sell she disposed of the land and stock in a lump, setting a high valuation on those of which she was to have the pro-

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ceeas ana a low vaiuauuu uu wie vvuwa, the valuation of the two lots taken together making a fair price for the whole By this means she exactly reversed that portion of her husband's will relating to the land and 3tocks in question

practice on the part of his sister-in-laW. brouorht a suit to recover the actual

value OI Wio ue'4Utsa iuau3 uw whereupon the widow proposed that ia stead of spending the estate ia law tbf

should marry each other and onjoy it together. Tllis proposition struck a re-

sponsive chord" in the breast of th

brother. They wore married hocoj

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time in spending the fortune wluca WW deceased gentlema a was so kind aa tif accumulate for the oi. J