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-^-^a^T-Ti; ,^zr7?.. j;:!:^ "WV*^- '^ ( % r^ «) V - THE LADIES' COLUMN. ' V I 1 A Pretty Tabl« Invention. A lady who entertains charmingly and in her own large- hearted and original way lus invented an additional course at her most delightful ladies' lunches by intro- ducing after the dessert a platter of fresh Parma violets, from which each guest helps herself to a luscious bunch of fragrance mnd beauty. A side dish of silver pins accompanies this course of sweets. Before being served to the guests these sarrxf beau- tiful flowers did duty as a centrepiece on which the guests feasted their eyes. â€" Bot- ion Pott. Dressed um Flowers, The wild imagination of mantuamakers lias taken a new flight ; they are dressing people to personate flowers. A young girl appeared at a recent ball in a white silk and tulle sprinkled over with white and purple violets ; the corsage was covered with a network of heavy gold cord, whijh formed a complete basket, and in this receptacle violets were strewn. The straps over the shoulders were a violet ribbon, tied in bows to represent the handles of the basket ; the â- tockings were embroidered with violets and leaves ; she wore green satin slippers and carried a voilet bou>)uet. Another young woman wore a skirt of pink poulte de sole, with a garniture of pink rosebuds and fern leaves, placed over a drapery on moss-green crepe, with a pocket of moss xosebnds and fringes of grass that fell to the bottom of the skirt. Une shoulder was adorned with moss roses and ferns, and the corsage was of pink moire antique trimmed irith bands of cut crystal. These astonish- ing costumes appeared at a private, not a fancy, ball.â€" AVii' York Letter. FaMhlun Notes. Old Normandy laces are again in use. The full sleeve gathered at the elbow is more and more popular with evening dresses of transparent material. Shoes with uppers of patent leather and foxed with thick soft kid are still preferred for carriage and house wear, aud walking ahoes maintain the patent leather tipped toe. Corsets are made very high over the bust, and long in the waist for street wear to increase the loug-waisted effect aimed at in all French gowns, but for evening wear they are cut very low to provide for the very decollete gowns that are fashionable, Blockin>;s i'. jilk and Lisle thread repeat all the new greens and shades of heliotrope. For wear with evening dress are silk â- lockings with black feet and black half way up the leg, the rest desh colored. This gives a curious appearance as if only half high hose were woru. Large shell ornaments for the hair grow more and mure iM)pular and in the shape of long daggers, stilettos, two-handled swords, tridents, etc., are thrust through the elaborate long puffs. A pretty one woru hy a woman with \i^t brown hair helped in silky folds on the crown of her head was of dark reddish shell in the shape o( a crescent, three inches across from tip to tip. In line of the new fancy for ribbons AltfVSu'ffs with small loojigof line^f alou^ the upper edge, through which narrow, picot- edged ribbon of different colors is run and tied in a bow of many long loops, under the chin and on the outside of the sleeves. Another fancy is forrufllesof crimped lisse, â- et thick with innumerable loops ol narrow white or colored ribbon. With the approach of spring many new black lace gowns make their apiwarance. The prettieut have plain skirts of narrow â- tripes of satin and nioire. finished around the foot with a narrow plaitingof the same. The draiMjrv is best made of very wide flouncing, which lends itself readily to the 5 resent mode of plain, full folds, and is as eep as the skirt. .Vu economy is to have an extra pair of lace sleeves made with lining, which can bo easily substituted and worn in the eveninjj. To those who can stand the severity of the style the CI reek knot is the most becom- iaif, style of wearing the hair. The hair should be waved, with a few light curls in the middle of the forehead, but drawn away from the temples and twisted in a close knot on the back ot the head, immediately below the crown, not allowing it to drag downward towards the nape. Misses wear tailor-made suits of dark â- erge, or of striiicd or plaid hn-nespun, with a kilt skirt that has Khort drapery, with a postillion ba8<iue with velvet rovers and a vest of gay wateretl or striped silk. Dark blue serge, with red watered silk vest and blue velvet revers, makes u pretty frock. The higli collar of blue velvet has a red watered ribbon inside, with a small bow on one side, and the cuffs are similarly finished. A pretty tea gown has a petticoat of thickly gathered lace Uonnces sewn with big, dark red chenille balls. The gown, of white cashmere with a long train, buttons to the waist, from which it is open, show- ing petticoat, aud turned back with broad revers of red velvet, the edges of which, like the full open sleeves, are hung with the chenille balls. The inside and train of the gown Women's Work and Ways. The Nebraska girl is by law her own " boss ' at the age of 18. Dr. Laura Weld, a graduate from a Bos- ton medical school, has bung out her shingle in Dresden, Germany. Miss Anna Siegel enjoys the disftinction of being the only woman in the States who plays the trombone. She was educated in Vienna. The Iowa Agricultural College has a new degree, M. D. E. (Master of Domestic Econ- omy.) It has already been bestowed upon two women. There are about .500 women employed in Berlin making rosettes for shoes and slip- pers. About 1,000,000 of these are exported to other countries each year. Prussia pays women from sixpence to tenpence a day to act as guards at railway crossings. The work is mainly to open and close the bars and light and sweep the crossings. The Rockwood Pottery at Cincinnati, founded by Mrs. Bellamy-Stor'jr, is cele- brated for its colors and glazes, than which none are finer outside of China and Japan, and for the beauty of form and finish gen- erally. The initial experiments which have led to this perfection have bean mainly conducted by women. Ban Francisco has a novelty in an itin- erant female button adjuster, who stands at the street corner with her box of buttons (the mechanical self - fastening kind) ready to repair the accidents of the day. Jenny Liud is described as being white haired, plain, severe and extremely pious ; intolerant toward ycung singers, sneering at their voices and their vocation alike, and regretful of the days when she was sinful enough co appear on the stage. She sharply rebukes any one who ventures to address her as Jenny Liiid. She left the name behind her with her sinful youth, and will not tolerate any allusion to it. THE Ul'KEN AMO THE BIBLK. Memorable Tetttimuny froui ^ueen Vte. torla t4> the Value of Ule Utily Scrip- tures. The pablic learned with some disap- pointment from a letter written, it is understood, by Sir Henry Fonsonby that the story of the Queen presenting a Bible to a heathen prince with the words, " This is the secret of England's greatness, " was incorrect. It seems, however, that the interesting story is not without very solid foundation. It would appear that Bome time ago, a present having been made to Her Majesty by the chiefs of Abbeokuta, the Earl of Chichester was authorized to write the following letter : " The Queen and the people of England are very glad to know that Sagbua and the chiefs think as they do upon the subject of commerce. But commerce alone will not moke a nation great and happy, like England. England has become great and happy by the know- ledge of the true God and Jesus Christ. The Queen is, therefore, very glad to hear that Sagbua and the chiefs have so kindly received the missionaries who carry with them the Word of 6od, and that so many of the people are willing to hear it. In order to show how much the Queen values God's Word she sends with this, as a 6WU i»/i|{ttJ;^««l^'»ji. a. ntinv nt this WnrJ i»» tK* English." . ^ HouM-rianU and Water. Strange as it may seem, water is one of the greatest obstacles to the successful cul- ture of window plants, in giving too much as well as in giving too little. Plants want water and in just the right amount. What is the right amount can be learned by till- ing a pot with soil to within an in.^h of its top. Pour on water, and vh -ii what will has drained off and it no lonr c irips, the soil will contain just the ri,',V.i i;ii»utity of water. But all soils will noi !• i 'he i.xcess of water drain off thus ; wlci' UUwl wth water they bold it and remaiji ns miid, ii' which no plant, save an a<|uatic, can grow, If it is inferred that such an i tipervions WITH THE SPIEITS. Hiss Brown's Peculiar Manner of Invoking the Dead. Nninbers of People Hear from Friends Aorou the Dark Kiver. The Atlanta medium, Miss Zaida Brown, held the fort again at Spiritualists' Hall, on Sirth street, last night. Miss Brown is a baxom young woman of 'i2, with a ready command of language and strong lungs. She was listened to by a large audience, most of whom were believers in her doc- trines. The lady claimed to be controlled by mediumistic power in the address, which was well received. At the conclusion of the lecture Miss Brown gave some of her peculiar kind of tests, which consist of telling all about some dead person from some trinket or memento worn in life. She also gave a history of the wearer uf the ornament. When the young woman colled for applicants who wished to hear from departed friends there was a rush of men and women to the platform with rings, bracelets and other kinds of jewellery. Miss Brown remarked, as 'bey over- whelmed her with the numerous articles : " One at a time, please." She also ex- plained that to make the tests successful they must be handed directly to her by the wearer. The first person to receive attention was a man who handed the medium a ring. Miss Brown pressed her hand tightly on the treasure as she said: "The [lerson who comes to me has had many changes. There is more down in her nature than is understood. She has a gentle face, with gray hair. She is about five feet seven or eight inches in height, and has dark uycs. She always rushed into things impulsively, but earnest and sincere, and went out of life rather suddenly. This man must have his own way, and was very skeptical. I hear the name. He went over to the other side a long time ago." The owner of the ring said that Miss Brown's statement, which was unintelligible to the rest of the spectators, was correct. The next individual accommodated by the medium was a lady, who took off a bracelet, which Miss Brown held in her hand. " This brings an influence of someone very amiable, of some one not closely con- nected. Therecome tome the names of Ellen aiidWilliani. The possessor of this article has lately buried something, whether in the grave or nut I am unable to say. I also see a lady, rather sliort, with dark hair. A man is also connected with this in some unac- countable way." The lady who put her faith in Miss Brown's [wwers declared that William was her hus'oaud, but was uilent aa to the other persons whose first names were suggested. The medium received another ring and told how it brought visions of a lady who had passed through startling changes in the past few months. There was a feeling of a child dying, and the inlluenceof a two- story brick house, and in a room was a woman leaning over a bright fire. The names of Charlie and Jim came to the medium, and she was moved by an accident (111 Ui.> u>.ruur.. Tl,„ 1. ,1.. â€"u- --.i._;.^ I.I spoken of oy Miss Brown o.\oep« the name of Charlie, which was rather remarkable because Charlie is such a rare name. So far the efforts of the Atlanta girl had not been conspicuously successful. The next trial was on a ring. The young woman Haid she was iiiUuenceti by a feel- ing of hinietuosity. The jwrson was dis- posed to rush into" things, and wai^nclined to regret it afterward. An element .)f travel entered into the impression. Sho regretted to say it, but the young gentle- man of dark eyes and sallow oomple.xioii who was brought out in the test ciiewed tobacco. There was also the iiiduence of a s'.orm, the thunder rolled r lid lightning rtoshed; and the additi iiial WAfl'ience of Nomething. lost. She rev-jaled THE UGAD ALIVE. soil can be made into a porous one by add I iiig a suflicient (juantity of sand, u good conclusion will have been reached A clone soil may bo made a porous one tv uJdii:g sufficient sand. The writer was o.ici callpJ upon to insiwct some windo>v ploni& that were growing in the wronj; lirecAion, in spite of careful watering. \< e found a large plant stand in which was a collection of plants, in porcelain and other imporvi ous pots, each of them filled with liiiuid mild. The owner, though a fairly Intelli- gent man, was astonished to learn that it was possible to water too much, ami that he was killing his plants with kinuness. Pots with ample drainage and a soil made porous with suflicient sand will prevent the evil of too much water. Still, plants may suffer from a lack of water. The window gardener, finding that the surface of the soil in the pots looks nio.st, infers that no more water is needed and gives none, hence the plants suffer. I'ho cause of this trouble is the same as that of over- watering ; an impervious hO, I prevents the passage of water through it. Water is given, but it wets only a slight layer at the surface, it cannot pass downward and the I roots may be suffering and dry, while the surface looks well. The remedy, as in the is an open soil. â€" .imerican I the uanii 9 of .Jimniie and Herman. The is lined with the palest pink ^^jj^^^ ^^^^ surah. Aqriculturist Fashions In Mourning. " _^ In Brittany widows' caps" are made of o„^ Hundred and Forty KlephantH Cap- yellow material. tared at Once. In England it is still customary to wear Mr. Sanderson, Suix'riiitendent of Clov- white silk hat-bands for the unmarried. ernment Khetldahs, succeedeil on the Uth Gravishbrown is the color used in in capturing an immense herd of elephoiitB, Ethiopia the color ol the earth to which iiumbering no fewer than UO This is the ttwT ^«ka return I laWst capture on record, and represents, the dead return. . v it is estimated, about a lakh of ruiiees. South Sea I:-'.nders express oi^ourningby l^^j^'^^^Sth; capture is only six miles a garb of striped white ""'^ bUck cloth. .^ ,^^^ ^^^j^^^^^^^^ ^j^^ion of the This signifies mingled sorrow and hope. | ^^^^^ jj.„^ ,j,^^ stockode in which the The Romans during the Uopublic wore elephants are enclosed is immensely strong, dark blue for mourning and purple and vio- ^^^ ^^ hein^ further strengthened against let to express royaltyâ€" " kings and priests pressure of so many powerful animals by to God." ! being backed up with powerful timber White is the emblem of hope, and stUl supiiorts, while an extra stockade is being prevails for all mourning in China. In prepared, into which some of the elephants Enttl»ud and this country it is used for may bo admitted before the tying up children to denote purity. : process with tame elophants commences, .rown is used, while sky- , The main stockade >« /'t^"' ^ ''^^"y the assurance that the packed with elephants of all siz-cs. Coi. to heaven, is the color Graham Smith. C'ommissary-Oener^al.^who Cappedooia ' was 1 .la lor Hiis made still more complex by a large bink building which fell in and killed a man. .V man also appeare<i iii the vision. Lie was 4>5, with dark Y.&'.i *nd eyes. A iiidy also came who was a great loverof iiMsic The man tliat owned the ring sai.i 'diat Miss Brown's disclosures wt-re concot The next subject was a young man who snrioiidered u ring to the mt-dium. She 'OoJ; it and at once brought up in her HjiiritiaLstio way two young girls, Tiilieaiid Mary 'lie forn.cr was very pretty, with lighi. hair and blue eyes, and ol r ithur Hlentier biiild. Miss Brown coni- pLiuiei ted the owner of the ring by saying if he was not a li< wytr he ought to be one. He was too skeptical to be religious. The young man was given lots ol taffy, and during the course of the test the medium brought up the names of David and Wil- liam, whom she desctibud minutely. When she had finished the yoiiiig man stated for the benefit of the auclie'ice that ho didn't recognize any one spoken ol, but everything said about himself was true. Several other individuals submitted articles upon which Miss Brown cast a horoncope. She pleased the believers, but the skeptics were inclined to doubt the efficacy ot her declarations. â€" Cincinmti Knquirer. A Man Who Wua Drowned Is Arreated for CuuspirInK to Uefroud an InHurance Couifmny. Supt. Cornish, of Pinkertoii'a detective agency, and Chief Inspector Hanscom escorted to police headquarters a man who, according to the certificate of death, was drowned mure than four months ago, says a Boston despatch of February Uth to the New York Sun. At headijuarters he met the iiian who had sworn to seeing him drown, and who was so mad that he ex- claimed, " You fool ! If you got out of the way why didn't you stay out ?" These two men, with two others, were arrested for conspiring to defraud the United States Mutual .\ccident Asso<;iation out of Su.OOO. One of the conspirators took out a policy lor that amount, and soon afterward was reported to have been drowned. Applica- tion was made for the insurance money, but the conspirators made one or two blunders, and failed to get the casli. The story of the conspiracy, asconfessedby the supposed drowned man, ia this : Early last summer Henry J. Thomas, of Cambridge; Charles L. Frost, of North Andover, and Walter E. Bray and Eugene L. Saunders, of Chelsea, were discussing schemes for making money. They decided to try a plan for defrauding the United States Mutual Accident Association, of New York. Ou June 8th Thomos procured a blank application, and Saunders filled in the necessary answers to interrogatories concerning his health and general condition. A policy of S.O.OOO was taken out. and Mary Leonard, who passed as Thomas' iiiteiuied wife, was made the beneficiary. It was understood that Thomas was to die at a certain time, ami that the money would be o»lualIy divided amonu the conspirators. Two asBcssments ^ere paid, mid then the men thought it was time to act. On the morning uf September ilOtli the four men met in a saloon in Boston and decided to drown Thomas in Beverly Harbor. Thomas went to his room at West Springfield street, packed all his things and took them away. Then he went to Beverly and met Bray and Frost. They spent some little time in discussing who should assist Thomas in his voluntary sacriAce. Frost was chosen, and he and Thomas went to the docks. Frost and Thomas spent two hours in ex- amining the yacht Mayflower, which lay alongside une of the wharves, and at sun- down they went to the railroad bridge and hired a boat. That was the last that was seen of them until to-day. Late that night Frost returned to the bridge alone and re- ported, with every appearance of grief , that the boat had capsized and that his com- panion was drowned. He said he searched for the body, but without suecess. .Vll he could find was his friend's hat, which was in the boat. \tteT telling the boatman where to look for the body, he drew a wal- let from his vest pocket and paid the man with a note that had not been wet. The boatman did not notice this important fact until after Frost's departure. The paiiers announced the death of Thomas, and <m October 2nd Mary Leonard telegraphed to the secretary of the insur- ance company claiming the amount of the policy, 'ihe agent visited her to make the usual iiii|uiries, and found her at u restau- she promptly replied that she imd seen the account of the drowning i<i the Jniinuil, which was taken regularly 'jy the proprie- tor. The agent had not s.eii it, so he went to the proprietor and ask-d for the pa()er. The man said he did not take u The girl's confusion made the agent susp cious, and iin investigation was begun. Afier patient shadowing, a man who partly answered the description of Thsnuia waa seen visiting the woman, and was traced to Taunton, where he went by the name of Thomiraoii. He recently moved to Cambriilge, and the police went there to arrest him today. " Well, you are looking pretty well for a man who has been drowned four months,' said Chief Inspector Hanncom. Thomas recognized Hanscom and turned as though to run, but the inspector stopped him. lie pretended lie didn't know what the inspector meant. He denied being Tlionms and stoutly maintained that his nunic was Thompson, but whcH Ustective Thornhill prmluccd a picture of him, taken before his alleged departure from this world, he confessed. He said that he and Frost rowed around the harbor until » specified hour. Then they rowed to the shore and he got out and met Bray. Frost then jumped overboard in water up to his waist, and careened the boat until several buckets uf water had been shipped. Then he got in again and rowed back to the bridge with his sad tale. Frost was arrested in North .Vndover today, and protested until confronted with Thomas in Inspector llaiiacom's olfice. The men stared at each other without a sign of recognition. Then Frost went ui) to Thoiims, touched his face, and said, facetioHslv ; " He's alive, that's sure." " Yes, I'll! alive,' was Thomas' dry retort. The woman hoard of Thomas' arrest and fled. CNCI.E TOMMY STEKETT. The Husbaud of Five Wives aud Father uf Twent^-llve Children. One ol the most familiar characters about' Hamilton, and one whom everybody knows, is Uncle Tommy Sterelt, writes a Hamilton, O., correspondent of the Cincin- nati Cumviervial-duziUe. The 7th of this month he celebrated his 77th birthday anniversary, and from ap{>earances will live to celebrate many more. He was bom near Venice, on the Miami. His first work was for Isaao Anderson, with whom he lived as a farm-hand, receiving 8:i a month for the first year. Mr. Sterett has (mtlived four wives, and now lives in hap- piness with his fifth. He first married Mary Wells, ol Kentucky, the couple start- ing in lile together in a log cabin twelve feet s<)uare with dirt floor anil a chimney made of mud and slicks. The wife wcaved and purchfttcd flour, while the husband mauU'd rails in exchange for meat. By liia lirat wife Mr. Sterett waa the father of eighteen children. Mr. Sterett'a second wife was Isabel Brosier, by whom he had one child. The old man said he could not remember the » dates when he married Ins different wives, us his memory was poor, and ho " couldn't recollect these little thinys. " .Vfter living four orfive years Isakeldied.andMrs.Martha Nichols took her place. This was along about 1852, and five children resulted from this union. Mrs. Robert Pierce liecame the foarth Mrs. Thomas Sterelt, and she died about twelve years ago in I udiaiia, without leaving any children. Uncle Tommy's present wife was the widow of William Smith. One child â€" lohnnie, aged 10â€" ia the last addition to the Sterett family, and he completes theeveni|uarterof a hundred children who claim the old man as their fallier. 'Iliete children have grown up, married and emigrated, and many of them are living to-day in parts unknown to their aged parent. Mr. Sterett lived ia Hamilton in Itjlo, when, as he says, it was a common sight to see Indians, bears, pan- thers, doer, wild turkeys, foxes und wolves in the niads, and prowling about tlie town. He has always been a Democrat, always expects to be, and first voted for .\ndrew Jackson for President. When the war broke out five of his own Kons and four step-sons went to the front and served until they liecamo veterans. Tlie old man wanted to go, but the boya thought there were enough out of one family, and that he had better stay home and take i:are of thu children, while they did the fighting. The farthest he was ever away from h(mie was a trip to Louisville to see Ins boys during the rebellion. Although a bitter Democrat, and from Butler county, too, the old man was loyal, and opposed to the conduct ol the South. Had he had more -ions fit for duty they, too, hhoiild iiavi; gone. Mr. Sterett asserted, »s he recalled those stir- ring days. Uncle Tommy has been a laboring man all his life, and was boss of the First Ward street gang for nine years. To. day ho is able to walk to his daughter s house, fourteen milcrf away, in less tliun four hours, and none can work harder than he. Ho has used the weed since his 1 llh yiiar. and worked for lialf a â-  ciitury, weiiig nothing but hard knocks and much How H.' MunHK«l> to Corrall Thieveit, Hif und Littlfs In Persia pale-brown is used blue, to express "°'^'"'y' , „. ,,. u.„„ ' enough to be present at this most e.\citing The Cardinals and Kin^s of I-ranco have «;^°^«;;;°,°i {^ ^n.^esa a scene unciualled Kheddah operations. Unfortunately one elephant, breaking A Matrimonial Cunimencenient. A Cincinnati newspaper man, who re- cently led a blushing maiden to Hymen^s altar, is said to have started out m>on his matrimonial career the proud possessor of the following housekeeping outfit : I oil wtovo *1 ''** 1 culTcu p«t '^ 1 fryiiit! pan '^ 1 stow pun â- *' The object of this article ia to encourage those who are contemplating a journalistic career by showing them what can be accomplished in that profession by industry, sobriety and economy.â€" Coforodo Dinptitili. ^•"" .â€" , 7 , .. t ranture. and to witness a scene always to be mourned for by the use ol capture, ami lo _^ ,,„ < ... ^i .u. â€" 1,._ jjag been '" purple, aud this use of the color handed - - , ., â- aid that the purple signifies the " blue aristocratic blood ol the dooeaeed .bwn to the present time. It is ^jj^escif and Tndohrg so killed one o^! the hunters.â€" C'o/<;ti»ii Englithnum. â€" Young woman, listen to this : Tom Moore began to write poouih when he was a boy ot H, Soutbey wrote his first verses when ho was 11, Koata was a successful poet at 18, Leigh Hunt talked in rhyme at l.t. Chancer at 12, and Milton when ho was 10. And where are they now, Ethel ? Where are they now ? They are dead. Go wash the ink off your Unimb and help your mother pare the potatoes, Ethel, if you would live long. I'll write the poetry ; I don't care to live any longer. P. S.â€" In fact, I'd rather die than pare the potatoes. â€" Uunlette. A Ton of Prune SweopingK, On Friday night the butcher who sup- plies meat to the British steamship Sax- mundham asked Night Iiiaiwctor Whclaii if it waa all right for him to buy and tako away a lot of prunea which had been offered him by ollicera of the steamer at 4 cents a ))Ound. Inspector Whclsn investi- gated the case and learned that the steamer had cleared for her outward trip with a cargo for Havre. The prunea were said to be the sweepings of a cargo of liried frnita landed ill New York before the vessel came around here to load. Tlie case came up before a board at thu I'liatoni House yes terday on a charge against the vessel and captain of violating section 4, :it)8, for hav- ing goods on board and not on the manifest or store list. The captain satiaficd the board that he had no knowledge of the oonccalment of the prunes or of their being on board, but he was condemned to pay a fine of 8100 in addition to the confiscation of the goods, which weighed nearly a ton. This was the penalty affixed in section 4,HtiH, but will probably bo alightly reduced by the Secretary of the Treasury on ac- count of the innocence of the captain. - IlallimiirK .â- imfriciin. Markedly individiiali/ed and iiideiHJiid- uiit, Ins|)ector Byreiis in manner is very gentlemanly, insinuating, and invitive ol confidence. Ho knows the thoughts, plans, ways and charactensiics of •• cnxiks, ' and readily infers how any one of the category will proceed in the projection and execution of crime, and what he will do to cover Ins tracks. Charles Keaile's advice to • put yourself in his place' ho follows in prac- tice of a profession to which pre-eminent fitness rather than choice has called him. Like every genuine '• sleuth hound " of just government, he exhibits rare coolness, self- [KisBession and bravery, iiersistenco un- wearying, sagacity almost unerring, and the lino acent that" sniffs the slightest odor of the <|uarry. Kind as keen, and im- partial as inniertuibable, he has formed » class of police otficers equal to the needs of a municipality so free to ingress and egress that it is the most ilifticult of all to guard .igainct criminals. " Honor among thieves" ia one of the time-worn lies that he (TB- nounccs with emphatic sr*)rn. Ho says: " I never met a thief iri my lile, pro- vided ho could ber.tiit by peaching on his confederates, fioin whom I could not find lilt anything I was desirous to know. There is no auch thing as honor among thieves. " * ' â- â€¢ Some of the men reporting to him are said to be collogobred, ri.u can pass muster in the best Pucicty. .\ll are chosen in view of individual aptitude for certain kinds of work. I'he stamp of otficialisni ia about the laat of which there is any trace. Keeping imiKjnitn as much as ixjssible, the chances of prompt detec- tion are multiplied. "Crooks" are now afraid of their shadows ; great robberies havo ceased, and minor crime been reduced over eighty jier cent. I)ctective8 more or less closely imitate the example of their chief, who says : ' Every evening 1 make it a [loint to meet some of these men in resorts, and learn from them the where- abouts of their friends, and what they are doing. One crook of conaeqiience generally knows what other good men are doing. In this way I keep posted, and know in what part of the country all the sharp men are. .Vs experts are liberated from the Stato Prison 1 follow their tracks in thia woy. ' \ Dakota woman in the upper James valley decided that she wanted a fur cloak. Sho began trapping mink and tanning the â- kins. These sho sent to St. Paul, whers they have been made into a beautiful cloak f«r which sho was offered $126. Variety may be the apice ol lile, but advertising ia the iiepper and salt of » newspaper, and the bread and butter of the a-'vertiser. The customer comes in for the oream. â€" A literary man says : " 1 have surely diacovered the author of ' The Bread- winners.' It 18 John Hay. as has been asserted. You lemeniber the iieouliar name of Offit in the book. Well, a man of that namo appears in the early chaptera ot - the life of Lincoln which Hay and Nicolay are publishing in tho " Century." I men- tioned the coincidence to one of the assis- tant editors of the magazine, and he admitted, on being pressed hard, tliat John Hay wrote tho much-talked-about novel.'' First Lady â€" Yes, I have tried three dif- ferent sewing-machines in the past six months. Second Lady â€" What pests these aewing- machine agents are, an't they t First Lady â€" Peats ? Why, if it wasn t for them 1 should have had to buy a niaohiue ton years ago I"