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( II ; rSpent-tax. “ I am beside myself," said bnnm'ss he stood b ' a portrait of himself in the artist's s ' 1. “It isn't the first time though, Ismanm," sighed his wife in man t}? tuna. “ Vegetable pills 3” exclaimed the old lady; “don't talk to me of such stuff. The best v etable pill ever made is an apple dump in I F or destroying a gnaw- ing at the stomach. there's nothing like it.” A born. meeting a wit. angled for an invitation from the latter to (all on him. At last the wit yielded. and gave the bore an invitation, saying, "Come at any time. as I shall be glad to see you on any day exCept the day you call. " My me is just here." said a citizen toa lawyer. "The plaintiff will sw’ear that I hit him. not. out of that if we go to trial .’" "A hun- dred dollars easy," Was the reply. l‘t'x l'l‘IlS'Pl'X.â€"-v-TWU Oxouians din- ing together. one of them noticnig a I»): of «you: on the neckcloth of his compan- I will swasr that I did} Now what am you lawyers make- : . l l l l I l l l .. -..____. 1 mt. XL. BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE. BY SOPHIE SWIFT. v plays a discord. 1 am utterly indifferent to the mysterious manifestations which are disturbing Anstice’s soul and stupe- fying with wonder the brains of the household. Neither I’lanchette nor a â€"to whose use it is devoted. I think with amazement of the amount of ghostly counsel which Austicc must have receiv- ed 1 The writing is somewhat scrawly. I do "Anatiix lessons: of her tweird seiz- pencil p.” ,1 makes any revelations m not find it very easy to deciplicr;.-\iistice, ures ;' she is sitting, looking rapt. with is black stump of a pencil in her hand, that is writing, slowly and deliberately for the most part, but weasionally with a in“, said. u] ”9,, you 3", a unaduj'ljerk that shakes her arm otfthe paper. "Pt-Ill I" said the other. "that's for- frfrliv.‘f,” "So, indeed." says the puiister. "I inade it on the spot." . When Filkinsbury moved away from town he was asked if he received any- thing in the way of a keepsake from the citizens. though I believe there was something said about my receiving the congratula- tions of the people on my change of resi‘ deuce." Lord ()ilo Russell. while calling u mugwhicp 1 have been stitching the long,l l’rince llisuiarck a short time ago, as ed , llitll lan he nuinaged I" fill himself of , have proved to be stuulpy and will have own BUSPICIUIIP, that clzuis of unfortunate visitors whom he ' could not well refuse to see. but whosel room he found preferable to their coin-l puny. "Uh.” replied the cluuieellor, "I have a very simple method I )Iy wife knows them pretty well, and when she see» they are with me, she generally cou- _ trives tocouwin and call ineawayupousome pretext or other." He had scarcely fin- : ished speaking when the princess put her I‘m” “' “l ”W ‘1‘”"1 ““d “‘“d' "0m" you nounces the last Word in an awe-striken ‘ now. must come and take your medicine. You ' ought to have had it ton minutes ago." Lord ”do Ilumiell had not till then had any idea that his roomcould be more Wel- come than his coiiipauy. W- o CURRENCY. The season for clubbing Michigan editors has set in, and there is eVery pro- spect of a rush of business. It takes an oyster twunty-five years to petrify, and then he is no more palatable than the bivalves to be had at any churit- I able festival. I A New York thief says that (ion. Grunt. ' never carries any money to speak of, and that his watch isn’t Worth stealing. A thief ought to know. ‘ The rumor that. Frank James is looking for ii hulf interest in ii Missouri weekly paper is denied by his friends. He thinks the revolver mightier than the pen. It has been demonstrated that any Maid , of the Mist can pass tho Niagara whirl-' pool, but that's poor satisfaction for swim- mers not. built on the stcamlmat plan. The Woman who doesn't liko her nose, can have it remodeled in Brooklyn for 827i. Slio will be cautioned not to blow it for three months after the operation. There is one county in Virginia which lllL‘l not had it dropof rain for the last three months. What u nice place that, must. bu for drying clothes and sliiugling houses '. ‘ .-\ New York fire insurance president has just lost u countryseiit valued at 875,000, l and he hadn't u cent of insurance. He was probably lookiiiguround for u reliable (”filllllllbll)’. I It costs only $7.50 to steal an old horse, lilo down his teeth, dyc his coat and sell him to mull“ mun wanting a 4-year-old stopper. That was the figure given in Iiidiuuupolis. .-\n l‘lsquiuiau in good health can cut his own Weight in soul or whulc blubbcr at ono meal, and ho does not afterwards stand I up and make a fool of himself by offering or responding to a twist. The man who has had 8‘20 luwauits withâ€" in lin‘ years lives in Dubiiquo. He's so touchy that no ouo can knock him down or club his dog or steal his lions without his rushing after a warrant. .\ l’cnusylvauiu iuulu which had lived in a coal Illllh‘ for him: yours without sce- iug daylight was linialml up the other day. and his first act was tokick u boy sky-high. Mulos know what daylight is for as well us any ouo else. ' Mr. Mi-(Yurdy, of Jersey City, says ho has had bur-glam in his liouso fourteen dif- foroiit times in the lust. six years. As he never bud anything to stoul, and has con- uoqul-tu lost nothing, the burgluhi have his lir.ii‘l~fi-lt symputhics. -â€"â€"â€" . -â€"-._ Linus) (I: turn I v .1 in Sr-p'cinber, 1579. The twin that bore lbb Hawkins to coil-1m caught. him awry from the arms of hi in t‘r r, and file kisses of his ~ist/crs. \':ry glam was Bab Ilmkius. and vuy relucdiut he :og~ to school. " Aw. shsw l " he rowled; " l ulonlisr. to go. nutbor, so whats the use? lbggonc the cullidgn. it don't do no good, su' I Won't know no in pro w‘cn I come buk than l do w‘rn I go away. I'd drathcr drive a team 'r learn a trade 'r sosuothiu. Dod fulc‘i the thing snylm v.‘ . June. 1533. Ambrose ll iwkias returns t 9 ho ancestral balls on the farm: his fam ily weep for j =v. All rush to embrwn him as he strp- In)!!! the train. Ambrose llsw- kiln gas is fixedly on them through the and window ihst in: u lcs one eye, In delicately extending "to tinge s for them to grasp. be in iriniirs : “ Aw. fslhawl gently. my «lo-sh fe‘lsh, gently; any on th- rings. yo kusw; bless )Ju, mo nothswâ€"hsw! in. thanks; kiss on when in get home. yo kusw ; how do. ruthsa ~brotusIrâ€"woll. bless ins soul but .I’ l w forgot. an the boy's ma, 3 stab, desk. wi I you kindly hand these brunc- for m b dies to the luggsgs-mswstsht As no. â€"ls thisâ€"is this the vehicle." And all the way horns the old man didn't “y a word, but he j at drove and thought an I dm-o. sud surly s‘l tho right he sat up unsung nickel-u and laying than to lock in tho Valuing trough down by the co: ham. A ol he toll a neighbor the in: d sy tb\ L! i «In I" incis Adam. was right and ti: it he had leub four y.us of codes: l'srmng to uu'lim In R ds [fun the boy amld ho l .r it is yoke of slit-I bk. h. and 'o, be [Le b y s rented to be rmuin' run-id all right. an i be mlousd he‘d do. by-‘n' by. ._.,, o .- - " Thou. if I undurtsnd you." said a merchant to a customer. "you do not intend to my me the amount you one": "Your understanding is tum-ct, cap It. “And you call youm-lfw honest man, ( o you 2‘” "Yes. sir. If I were not honest. I would tell you that I intend to pr ; ut. being honest. I do not wish to c- ive you.‘~ ‘Il’. \‘iidnltin. “I Alli-“‘3'. Flt" half. I hon on hen's eggs Ile lifted her up the other day and found her keeping warm thrice woung kittens, s powder gourd. and s door knob ; and his putting in his time now muttering how it «mined. instead of lay- ing for his might-Jr‘s boy. “No.” he replied, "nothingn Even if one could doubt Anstice's word, one could see s’i/ isn't writing. I may be Weak-minded. but I will acknowledge to ‘50" who dragged forth that little demon of a l'lanehettc from the oblivion of the dark closet might see a ghost every ni ht 1” . Iary Stcyuer proves her [xmmion of a " creepy," feeling by a little shrug and shiver. I look up from my work, a stork in precious iuoniing hours. and whose legs to be taken out,~yes. they are unde- niably stumpy,»â€"l look up, and say, in- differently, " It is only fun. What. harm does it do i But it so seldom tells the truth that. I am tired of it." " It ! I'l' .1 What is it i” cries Mary Stcyncr excitedly. realize what ii mystery it is l lievc it its-spirits ?" Mary Steyuer drops her voice, and pro- Do you be- tone. “ Nonsense 3" say I. “ Spirits would iicvercome back to writesuchstupidthings and tell such lies I" “ Not unless they were bad ones," says Mary Steyner rcllectivcly. “ \Vhilc it was Plunchettc it didn't seem quite so dreadful, because there was the bit. of metal on it, and one could talk about: magnetism, and if one didn’t understand in the least what magnetism was or had to do with it, still a Word is something to cling to. But now that Anstice basilis- Covered that. a pencil in her fingers writes just as well without the board, the mystery begins to disturb inc. I’m thank- . that the pencil won't write ful enough ' I tried it, for fear if. in in ' fingers. woul I" “Ask Dr. Felix about it," says Mary Maurice, who is softly playing a Chopin nocturne ut the piano. “ Dr. Felix is in the library, too, prc- tending to read n book, but really watch- ing Ansticc. He has been talking about it most lcurncdly. My small powers of comprehension were completely bcnumb- ed by the first sentence, and before he had finished the room whirled around me. He talked about ‘unconscious cereme tion,' and ‘ cerebral autoinutism. and ‘ un- lcouscious volition ;’ uud jelly-fish uud the molecules of monkey-brains Were in some way mixed up with it all 1 Then he end- ed by saying that it ‘ was not. altogether cxpluinablc '.' Ansticelistcned as sweetly as if it were all perfectly lucid and satis- factory. Tho thing itself wrote, once, that if. was Satan: that theory has one advantage over Dr. Fclix's,â€"~it is more comprehensible. Girls, you don’t sup- pose it is that man do you !" Mary Stcy- nor speaks in a tone of suppressed eager- ness and excitement. “ That man I" repeat Mary Maurice and 1 simultaneously. with a vague idea that she must meant Satan, yet not; re~ membering to have over heard him defi- nitely classed with humanity before. “ Dr. Felix. of course," says Mary Stcy- ncr, impatient of our dullness. Mary Maurice and I look at her in Won- dcr. The supernatural theory which cx- plains the manifestations of which Anstico is the medium, we know ; and Dr. Felix's " natural " theory we knownâ€"that. is, so far as his profound philosophiziug has been able to enter our untortured brains ; but what is this l “ You know there is such a thing as uicsuicrisui ; and one mind sometimes has cxtmonlinury power over unother mind," says Mary Stcyncr. We know : our knowledge is of that. extremely limited character which in- spires us with the vast respect for the sub- ject. " He's a most uncanny little man," says Mary Maurice. “ He's always watching Alistice. and I know she is never out of his thoughts." pursues Mary Stcyncr. " llut l shouldn't have thouglitof his having anything to do with the writing if Ansticu ind not told iuo that she had noticed that it would not write as freely when she was alone. ”no day when l wm looking over her :houldcr Dr. l‘clix's name was written over and UVt'I' again ; and once it wrote hers and his and drew a ring around them. Austice luughcd and blushed and thrust the paper out of sight ; she said it was vtry absurd, sometimes. l asked her if she thought it was spirits. and she said she couldn't form any opinion. it was so mysterious ; she kept trying it. not for the sake of what it told her, which was often nonsense, but for the sake of finding out. She felt as if she might be on the brink of u grout discovery. 1 thou 1M then that. she was inspired with Dr. ‘ulix's zeal for icntific investiga- tion ; but yesterday she told me that she thought it must be spiritspâ€"souiothing was written which only she and her mother knew. and she was sure that she had forgotten it : it was not in her mind. I reminded her that it. had never told any- thing correctly which she did not know ; but slm said. mysteriously, that I did not know all that it had told her. Something is making her pale and nervous. l'ucle Rufo “M in the library this morning. and he told her that she didn't look like herself, amid he thought she would do betwr to employ her faculties with the material allaini of life rather than in try- ing to ‘ raise spirits from the vast docp.‘ And Dr. Felix said she was of ‘ too sen- sitivc and iuipn-ssionabh- an orgaiiimtiou to trifle is itli an unwuiprchcndul phase of brain-p-wcr :' he said it ponders-only. but that was the gist of it." " I don't sec hour he can have " He certainly doesn't eimiursge her in experimenting with it." “ His philouiphising does ermunge her : it makes her want to find out. But, perhaps he has nothing to do_ with it. I only offer the idea as an addition to theories already proposed : it cui't well throw less light upon the subject than they do. Ilut there is one fact in con- uection with this “lininmuul a fact is a great thi tome lathe present dared undid-nu my brain : Dr. elix wants to marry Austiw.‘ . " o marry Ansu'ce t' l mutilste my stork, sud Mary Maurice "' You don't seem to . thing to do with it." said Mary Maurice] me. and I am not anxious to have them. Iain quite contented with life, without carin to feel out into the darkness that boun it. But facts impress me. This I . . , . . “0"“ "“l’Wm"e5 ""3 very disagreeably, fur not deceive me.â€"thut ldontimagiuc any solely trusted ,U The irritating small- IAnstice is my sister, and I do not wish Dr. Felix for a bmthcrâ€"in-law. ‘ I do not question that the information is a fact. .frvling crccp)‘; and I Wish that the per- for we are all in the habit of regarding Mary Steyner as very acute. “'e three are cousins, and we are all Blaries ; the names all resemblance ceaSes ; but We understand each other as we none ,of us, not even I, her sister, understand ‘ Austice ; and for quick perception and l shrewd observation we look to Mary Stey- uer. Moreover, this is not an utterly new idea to me. I have refused to heed my but for weeks I have felt as if I were, like Austice, “ on the brink of a great discovery." l “ Why should he want to marry An- , slice 1" says Mary Maurice, turning around on the piano-stool. Mary Maurice is m- clicnd to be argumentative. “ In the first place, he is in love with her.” says Mary Steyuer. If I ever questioned the shrewdness of Mary Steyncr’s observation, it would be It is as easy to fancy the differen- ‘ tiul calculus a prey to the tender passion as Dr. Felix. ; And yet when one is young it is not so I very difficult to believe in love as a uni- versal motive. Ircflect that in the un- comprehondcd “ soul of things " even mathematics may be rooted and grounded in love. It is not impossible tha Felix is in love with Anstice ! ' “Secondly, beingathorough iimteiialist, ,Dr. Felix has a very strong appreciation ‘ of wealth as a positive good." i Mary Steyncr has expressed admiration for Dr. Felix ;thereforc this surprises me, and I say so. I “ I admire him more than ever, he is so beautifully consistent,” she says. “ He has some of the weaknesses of humanity, land he falls in love ; but not for a mo- ment would he indulge himself in any such emotion if there \verc no material good to be gained by it. Given love and wealth, he devotes himself to their attain- ment with systematic persisteucy. I don't see how Mary Maurice can call him ‘ un- lcauny.’ His character refreshes me, like the multiplication table, in the midst of Ansticc's uncanny performances. When - that pencil goes scribbling off by itself, and I begin to feel cold chills down my back, my only comforhis to think of Dr. Felix and remember that twice two still makes foiu' Z" i “ Austice won't. marry him," says Mary Maurice. “ llfurry him I” I echo, with disdain. It is audacious of any mini to wish to marry Ansticc. Have not a round dozen already been made to feel this ‘l “'33 not , even Charley Biuiuliull,-â€"Princc Charley, - as we always called him, our old friend, our knight and champion from childhood, whose father has been P3 thins to Uncle Rufc’s Damon all his life,â€"-wus not Char- . lcy sent away with disdain last. month ' when liesuddenly developed thisaudiicityl Our Anstice looks like an Annunciation lily; she is clothed with stateliuess and purity as with a garment. Diverse in our opinions and feelings as to other matters, we are a unit in our Worship of Anstice. Her beuut ' is a. pcr‘ pctual pride and delight to us. 2\Vo three i Murics are all plain.) We are even proud I of the sensitive reserve which prevents her from taking us all into her confidence, as we take her and each other into ours. I am especially proud of the fact that she Iis my sister, and not in the least. hurt that nobody hours of it without strong impressions of surprise. Audacious as it. would be to my mind for a king to wish to marry our Ansticc, . what can be said of such a desire on the part of Dr. Felix 1 He is poor, and of [no reputation, except for looming, which I do not think we estimate very highly. He has lately come from a German imi- versity, and is Uncle llufc's secrcuiry. He is not altogether plain of feature. but; he is small of stature, and we none of us approve of little men. His manner has not a particle of polish : he is brusque to the verge of rudeness. Wu three Muries think his munncrs detestable ; Anstico in refreshing change from tho manners of the society young men whom we meet. What. else Anstico thinks about. Dr. Felix I have never thought it Worth the while to risk. and now that I think of it, I remember that. she has never said. I have remodeled the legs of my stork, and again the one important one is hope- lessly bad. Mary Stcyner jumps up and says that a little fresh air is necessary to preserve her sanity after such exercises of mind as she has had this morning. Mary Maurice goes out with her. I go in search of Ansticc. She is not in the library. Dr. Felix sits there alone at a table, with a pencil between his fingers. His hand is perfect- ly motionless. and he has on what Mary Stuyncr calls his “investigating expres- sion." He is inVokiug the spirits, or " the uncomprchcndcd brain-force," or whatever the power may be which moves the pencil in Austice's tin us. He looks more like a Bcdhiiuitc t tan one would suppose it [smiblc for Dr. Felix to look. The pencil does not move. He is too absorbed to observe me. and I go out, closing the door softly. It strikes me as probable that Mary iStexner will soon find her only C‘lnl'h‘ tiou in the inultii‘dication-table. for Dr. Felix is becoming. like Ansticc, an tip-rm ,tle of the uncanny. I noisclcssly o raises her head and shows me a tear- atained face. She is trembling from head to foot. Xcver have I sen our serene Anstice in such a plight. She seizes Inc, clings to me. “ Mary. I must tell on I I can't bear the , such a burden all shme.’ she says. “bulk . :at this." A sheet of paper written all over is ,lyin on her desk ; beside it is the little , black stump of a pencil. the very sight of lithich fills Mary Steyner with horror. ‘ It has been worn down from a pencil of guslly proportionsto its present condi- tion in is short time by the invisible de- , munâ€"or " forw." according to Dr. Felix with l t Dr. pected. lsuys she rather likes them,â€"thut they are \1‘: ll ibeing experienced, reads it readily but she insists upon me doing it for niy- ‘ ,self. “I want to be sure that my eyes do i of it," she says. I read first a name which is signed at the bottom of the sheet, and which is very plainly written : it is the name of ourdead ' mother. A detached sentence which is very l plain is this 2â€"“ Be miiiforted by the . nowledge that your mother is always l near you." “ Mary, you remember her writing :â€" does that or does it not look like it 2" Anstice asks this as one asks a question upon which life depends. I do remember our mother's limitl- writing 2 she wrote a delicate Italianhand, ' sloping very much. This writing is l round, upright, almost back-handed. . I am about to ansWer Austicc’s question with an emphatic " No," when I catch . sight of a capital letter that is peculiar ' and is as our mother made it ; further on there is another that reminds me of her writing. I hesitate. “ I don't think it does. as a general thing ; but there are some little peculiari- tiesâ€"" “ You see them? would 2” cried Anstice. “ It is of no use ‘ trying to deceive myself. It is mother.” lShe drops her face in her hands, and is shaken by weeping. I am moved, but. not as might be ex- 1 do not take kindly to the I am conscious of a strong sense of revolt. I do not feel that I have heard my mother speak. My strongest feelings are a decided objection to the whole business, and anxietyabouf. Ansticc, who seems deeply distressed. “ If you really think so," I say “ I should think it would be u. happiness." “ If I think so I Don't: you think so '3" asks Ansticc. . “ 1 don’t see very much to make iue think so,” said I. “ But you don't know all she had told me, Mary. She reminded me of things that happened when I was a little girl, that I had quite forgotten. And, Mary, you remember the ring that I lost nearly u. year ago,â€"-tlic little sapphire set be- tween two large pearls? She told me that it was in the finger of a glove that I had discarded and tossed into the bot- tom drawer of the chiffonicr, to be thrown away ; and I found it there 3” And An- sticc produced from her jewel-case the sapphire ‘ring, and held it up before my astonished eyes. “ But when you asked about the watch , that Uncle Rufc lost years ago, it wrote 1 that. he would find it within a week ; and l he hasn’t," say I. “ And it said that ' Aunt Katherine had gone to Cleveland, and told with whom and in what train. and we discovered that she hadn’t stirrc out of her house‘" I. thought- you supernatural; “Yes, but it was not mother's spirit; that wrote those things. Sometimes I. think, Mary, that these may be evil; But cvcry- , thing thutluis purported tocoiue fronr spirits who tell falsehoods. mother has been true." “ But this does not seem to make you happy," say I. “If: is what she told me that makes me unhappy. She saysâ€"oh, Mary 2 she says that I must marry Dr. Felix, that we were created for each other, and that I shall interfere with the designs of Providence if I refuse him, and bring trouble upon us all, especially uponâ€" upon Charley." covcry." I have gone over, and the Won- dcr of it has swallowed me up. (T0 in: eoxrixvsn.) ,_._...._... Wrestling Camels. came “a l” d l . USEFUL HINTS. Hxir. FxLLixc Orr. --â€"-This defect occum fmni weakness either of the body gener- ‘ ally or of the hair bulbs, or follicles. them- selves. Frequent cutting undoubtedly strengthens the growth of the hair. Fre- quent brushing and washing are quite the best methods for preserving its health and cleanliness, and ought, along with the as- sistance of the one-sided comb, to be. tooth comb ought to be banished from use entirely. At the same time. it is of im- lportancc to note that unless good assist- l aucc is given by proper attention to diet, exercise, ventilation, and such other matters as tend to promote the general iliezdth and vigour of the body, external remedies will be of very little use. The following shampoo liquid is very good, and may be used safely :â€"â€"Takc of carbonate of ammonia, {.oz. ; water, one pint. Dis- solve; then :idd tincture of Spanish fly. 502.; old rum, 1 gidlou. Moistcu the hair and scalp with a little of this mixture. rubbing well in. Afterwards wash off with cold water; then dry well. i makes a capital hair tonic. John Wesley recommended rubbing the scalp morning and evening with a raw onion until it be- ,comes red, and their applying a little honey. SpoUlng. To spoil house plantsâ€"water them too much. To spoil butterâ€"do not work out all the milk. To spoil it curpct~swcep with a still bulf worn broom. To spoil pancakes lukewarm griddle. To spoil it breakfastvâ€"gruniblc all the while you are eating. ' To spoil potatoesâ€"lot them he and soak in water after boiling. To spoil breadâ€"use poor flour and sour yeast and let it rise until too light and it runs over. To Spoil scissorsâ€"cut everything from a and the corridors. sheet of paper to a bar of cast iron. Ammonia water or a cloth dipped in whiting, cleans paint nicely. Supolio is also good. Cold tea is the best thing to clean varnished wood. ,solitary, purlmscless way. I l i l N0 36. i ll EOYPI‘XAN HORRORS. Visit to s. and Home Where (hotera l was suspected. , The following frightful description of a visit to an Egyptian mad house is taken from u letta‘ by the Calm correspondent ~ of tee Egyptian (hustle :â€" I Grave suspicious were entertained by many that the Government Lunatic Asy- lum at Ablxassceyeb was a hotbed of cholera, and that the existence of tlicdis- ease within its walls was being concealed. No difficulty was made about my being admitted to the place. We were ushered through a deep, dismal archway into the recreation gound of the asylum, where the mad people were wanderin about in ii urning to the left beneath an arcade we entered a dork dmrrway, just as the last of A IIERII OI“ I DIO‘I‘S had been driven in before us. We took ten or fifteen strides along a sombre pas- sage, and on reaching the wall niiidc u 1 quarter turn to the right and stood fucing This 3 long, lofty corridor, lighted only by a few small windows near the ceiling, sc- oured by iron bars. All along this corri- t dor, at the base of the wall on the left ' ' ,liund, the bundles sat. squatted on their haunclics in it long and almost intermin- able row. To all appearance they were u quiet. inoffensive, iiiiseniblc-looking lot. of l creatures. literally clothed in sackcloth. Their only garment consisted of a course sackcloth shirt, descending to their knees, with an aperture through which to pass the. bend, and sleeves falling half way to j the elbows. They had not a particle of m PIKSONAL PARA“; 1'33. What our niacin Punt. are Saying and Del“. No photographs of Rev. Philliju Brooks can be bought. Madame .laiuiuschek with water-nylon. . Mr. Irving‘s sccuciy is insuix-d for a hundred and twentydive thousand dollais. Mr. Darren is being modelled for a statute in his part in I‘nnmmi do Bimini by Mr. Slit-chain Robert S. Rantoul. dllli., of Rilcui. is entertaining llon. Mark Napier. “ho de~ fended Ambi I‘asha in I'lgvpt. line of the wuitcis at the Brunswick, in New York. can talk in six languages. and two Italian counts serve at Deliuuuim's. The \\ idow of the historian .I. ll. (in-cu has completed the ix-vishumf her husluind‘s ('un-l mail of L'uolomluuvrding to his direc- tions. Mia. Kutc Chase Spntguc‘s daughter Ethel inherits her mother's good looks and the artistic talent of her aunt, Mia. Jessie Hoyt. Miss Longfellow will dcviitc heisclf at Ncwnliuiu College to flu.I higher iuiithc- inatics, and Miss Annie to art and the classics. More than a thousand of the aged poor of the borough were entertained at ti-zi lately in the Town-bull by Mr. E. Wood- housc, the Mayor of Leeds. England. Ned Shannon. a Philadelphia stevcdot‘c who has saved 163 people fmm dmwning, lnid his own little boy drowned while hundreds \vorc looking obi" Mm. Fwd Lander (Jean Davenport) spends the autumn in Paris; one of her sons is at Harvard. and tlicothcris study- ing for the stugo at Dresden. For his behavior during tluI cholera pestilence. in Egy it. the Queen of Italy 11st decorated Fut icr Emanuel Kennels. n Franciscan of the Convent of St. lszidori- diverts herself in Rome. The neighlxurhood of llossi-tfi's house. in Lillt'yllu lloiv, Chelsea. must have been wortliliving in. Cecil Lawson, the painter. lived next door. and Muclisc and (it‘lll‘;\‘ Eliot ii few doors invay. - The I'.S. Minister to l" ’illlt‘t', Mr. l.. l‘. Morton, is said to resemble Leopold l.. the former King of the llt-lgians. although there is thought to be something particul- l . _ . . ylincn about them. On our right were tho “1'1." AWNIC‘W “I‘m“ 111‘"- l bake them UH El bedrooms; lofty. spacious. sombre “pull- iucnts, entered through low doorwuvs. The bcdstcuds were similar to thosciin use in the native hospitals and barracks â€"â€"ru-ou flames and planks. The bedding and bcdclothcs were filthy in the extreme, and swarming with vermin. Each room was crowded with beds placed about an arm's length from each other. The stench \vus intolcmblc, both in the apartments No regard was even paid to the most elementary notions of cleanliness. AN INSTRUMENT Ul" 'l‘Ull'l‘l‘llI}. At length We reached what I can only The ten and tea describe as the chamber of horrorsâ€"41m leaves saved from the table for several apartment in which rcfmctory patients days and steeped will usually be sufficient. were mustered and treated. It removes spots, and gives a much fresher, lofty, spacious 11 mm, It was a with plenty of newer appearance than when soup nud'ligbt. Here a most horrible sight greeted water are used. .__â€"â€"â€"‘ .0 4. >00.â€"â€"â€"â€"- l'hotozraphlng In Colors. ‘ ‘How soon can I have my photographs? asked :1. lady who had gazed for the fineâ€" tion of a second at the camera in an 03â€" . tablishmcnt in Eighteenth street. “ She will get them in as short it time as she would an ordinary phtogmph, and they will show the colors in the fabrics i f her dress and her complexion. The pro- cess is quick and simple,” said the opera- tor. “ In six days. with all the colors." “ Do you take the colors ‘with the “No; the preliminary process is the some its in photogmphy. \Vc take ordin- ary photographic negatives by instantane- eous photography. The patent lies in producing the colors after the negative has been obtained. The paper on which the photograph is printed is covered with a light wash of colors according to the notes taken by the operator at the sitting. No skill is required to apply the wash. This is sensitized by it process pro- tected by a patent. \thu we print from the negative on this paper the colors take up all the lights and shades, and the result is a perfect colored photograph. The process was invented by Bonnuud, u. Frencluunu, and the phobigmpli is called a Bonnaudtypc." “ Do you confine yourself to portraits '2” “ Oh, no; we take photographs of houses, paintings, subjects for advertis- ing, and samples. Hero is a set of briur- wood pipes, and a set of lampshndcs. Now the drummers for the firms manu- Wrestling matches between camels is facturing these, instead of taking the an amusement in which the Turks take 'grcut delight, although they sometimes 'gct fine uninuils maimed in the sport. The I camels are trained to wrestle when quite young, and take much pleasure in the fray. A corresjmndcnt writes : \Vc litula lyoung one on board, only a month old, ' and as he was born under the flag he was cliristcnct “Uncle Sam.” One of the Turks amused himself on the voyage iuuk- wus six weeks old he was more than a match for his master, using his legs, neck and mouth with such dexterity, and dis- playing such Wonderful strength in so rough playmate, and often hurt the men by throwing them down. This feature seems to be natural to the camel, for when two strange ones come together where there are any females they have a wrestling match for the supremacy, and tho conquered one ever after acknow- ledges his inferiority by not so much as daring to glance at- a fanatic. Well-train- ed animals seldom injure each other, being taught to throw their unmgonist by getting his neck under their fore legâ€"the right oneâ€"and then throwing the whole weight of their body on him and bringing him to the ground." I â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".”‘->”~â€"â€"_ A. 'ortmnto have. At Neuilly, near Paris, ti lady of inde- pendent mcans was much annoyed by the ! gradual disappearance of licrjcwels, laces. land other articles of value. of which she i believed she was being systematically robbed. llcr servant's honesty was be- yond question. and the supposed thief, it was mnjecturcd, could on] ' be some un~ known person who gained access to the apartment during the night. The lady had a son, an officer in the army, whom 'sbe informal of what was going on, and it i for any emergency. He waited one night for three hours. but nothing unusual oc- curred. and he was on the point of retir- 5 ing to rest when he PL'I'WIVcd in the dark‘ l neas some one prince-ding cautiously along the [in-sage. He fired. a scream was uttered, and the mystery was cleared up. He found his mother there, lier ban filled with trinkets; and it turned out that the lady who was a somnainbulist, bad stowed away all the missing property in a closet used for lumber. Ily a fortuv nste chance the sleep-walker was not wounded. and what in' ht have been a. tragedy ended in a lsug at the matron’s expense. I am more than “ on the brink of a dis- , l l “pehlevan " of him, and when be, young a thing, that he became a very, pipes and the lumpshndes with them in their travels through the country, can take photographs, ,eun mail the photogri irctuilers. This simple photography is a large branch of our business." 0â€"..pâ€"O Large and Small Heads. A writer in the Journal of Srimu‘c says the idea that a great intcllcct requires a large head is not supported by facts. An examination of busts, pictures, me- dallions, etc., of the World's famous cclc- britics, almost tends the other way. In the earlier paintings, it is true, men are distinguished by their large heads, but this is attributable to the painters, who agreed with the general opinion, and wish- cd to flatter their sitters. A rcccdin v forehead is mostly condem- cd. Nevert ielcss, this feature is found in Alexander the Great, and, to a lesser dc grcc, in Julius Ciesar. The head of Fred- erick thc Great, as will be seen from one of the portraits in Csrlylc's Works, re- ceded. Other great men have bad positively \sall heads. Lord Byron's was "re- marknbly small." Men of genius of an- cient times have only what may be called an ordinary or every-day forehead. and chxlotus. Alcibiades, Pluto. Aristotle and Epicurus, among others, are men- tioned as instances. Some are even low- browcd, as Burton. the author of “The Anatomy of Mclancholy," and Albert Durer. The average forehead of the Greek sculptures in the frieZc from the Parthen- lon, is. we are told. “lower. if anything, ltlmn what is seen in many modem forc- l heads. " .W. Nevada. 3 State that nuiuiiges to spring more natural curiosities to the regular _ ' ll "‘0 d”"“ “I A'" was detemiincd that he should keep a month than most others develop in a year, , stire s room, and . ud_hcr prone up"?! I!” , watch in the corridor leading to the apnrt- has in any- bed. IN" {50° buried m "h" l""”“'- bhe ment, with a revolver in his hand, waiting her waters 9 whistling fish. It is a sucker and the whistling is done with a purscd mouth. after the human fashion. A voracious newspaper goes so far as to any that the fish can be taught to whistle a simple tune. The dudine, after critically examining the magnificent proportions of the dude. timidly remarked: "GL'UPEE, darling. if I warn going to wear the breeches after we lgct married, on will haw to get them made lar cr t an that." Oil clot may be kept bright when slmat worn out if. after washing it. you take s haul cloth and dip sooner of it in kero- sene, and rub the oil-cloth with it. 0! mavuylittleoilgoessgreatny sad csrcmustbctskcu nottouse toomuch. ' either side of each cavity. or the munufiwturcr', . iphs directly to the , Bitllblng, us. All around the walls, at rcgulur dis- tances of about six feet, were arched cuv- itics commencing at the ground and ex- , tending to it height of about. twu feet six inches. The extremities of u curved iron bur \vcrc firmly fixed in the nutsonry on The purpose of this arrangement was as follows :»â€"â€"- When a man became violcnthc was placed with his legs bound and with his back luguinsf. the iron bar, in a sitting posture, his arms being firmly lashed to it. The cavity in the wall was supposed to pre- vent him injuring his head by swinging it backward and forward or by dashing if. from side to side against the masonry. As we entered this veritable torture chamber the first thing that met our gaze was a re- cuuibent figure surrounded by three or four attendants. ox 'rni: nae-K. \Vc discovered :tmachinebearings. close resemblance to a weighing machine on the buscule principle, only that. the bottom part, that upon which the goods are placed to be weighed, extended Stunt: three or four feet from the buck piece. The top of this back piece was padded to the depth of about a foot, the padded part being covered with red Morocco leather. ()n this machine wus scutcd a patient, with the back of his head against. the pudding and his legs cxtcudcd toward us. The three or four attendants by whom he was surrounded were engaged in binding his arms to rings fixed behind the buck part. of the machine. The left side of this wretched being's bend, at the height of his eyes, was covered with blood. and his left eye was almost, closed. till the part surrouiuliug if, being much swollen and inflamed. While the attend- unts were engaged in tying him up he was the tears streaming down his cheeks, and he rocked his head gently from side to side as if in pain, occasion- ally glancing toward us. While we stood gazing at the horrible sight hc didlnot :it- I tempt to offer the least resistance. Uf| course the injury which he had sustained I may have been self-inflicted, but it, is equally likely. I think, that he had been knocked down by one of the kccjwrs. The appearance of this prison was filthy in the extreme. 'l‘lic stench was iiisuflbr- able. The kitchen, which was close at", hand, was a gloomy. dirty sort of plat-c. The women’s quarters were even Worse than thoseof the men. They were very crowded,ui1d their generally filthy con-l dition is beyond description. Many of} the women were liystcn'ciil, them wer'. naked. W-â€" A Chinese Passport. and two of"'“‘" .\ new poem is on the lupis by llobt-n Browning, who has passed the season under Monte Rosa's brow, li\'t' thousand feet above the scudevcl, and now lictuki-s him to Verona for the. winter. Queen Elimbothof llouuiuuia hubituaL ly wours tho llounuiniuu peasant girl's dress when in her summer liousc among the Carpathians. ller rooms there arc :idorncd by her own liuudiWoi-k. Madame Nilsson brings‘ twenty-nine boxes of gorgeous costunu-s designed by “'orth and other l“l‘L'llL‘ll artists. It is rumored that she has been invited to spend tho operatic season with Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Auundibui .losbcc, now studying medicine in Philadelphia, dresses like an American lady, with the exception of a curious scui'f of citslnucrcdikc designs and colors around her neck. crossing in front, and tied about her waist. She speaks good English. lliiron Schlcidcu, who is now visiting the German Minister in \\':ishingtou. was the representative of the free cities kuou u as the lluuscutic League, in President l’icrccis :ulministrutiou, and is one of flu- most polished. accomplished, and popular diploniutcs ever accredited thcre. l‘cus, inkstunds, and piipciwmgnn ill't' sent from all ports of the world to Oliver Wendell Holmes, in hopes of :iiitogmphii- uckmnwlcdgmeuts. llis study overlooks a wido view of the Charles llivcr and Buck Buy. and its walls ure lined with choir-o editions of English and foreign classics. Hunting seems to be an unhealthy oc- cupation this your in England. Mr. Whitehead, M.l’., was shot by his son. who mistook him for grouse ; Lord Loin.- dulc is in a bad state from having boon thrown at :i five-lnirrcdgate ; and Sir Staf- ford Northcotc is now suffering from flu- effects of an ugly full. .â€"â€"â€"â€".o¢<-.¢>oo-â€"--â€"â€" The Countess and her Cuts. At the Kcnsinglon Vestry llull. lu-foro the lion. E. C. (.‘urzon, Sir Henry (lor- don, and others, Justices of the Peace, the Countess dc la l’oi'rc, residing ill 38 l’euibrokc square. was summoned for permitting ii number of cuts to rcuuiiu on her premises, sons to cause a nuisance in- jurious to health. Mr. llurding, Clerk of the Kcnsiugtou Vestry, attended to support flu: summons. and said the tilll'lll‘l' was one of many yczii-s' standing. The Countess» lum willing fodo anything. Mr. Ilurding» lior ludyship has made that promise ou l__\_‘t‘. than one occasion. and I regret that I cannot place any I‘t'lilllH'l‘ in it. Mr. lliril (a uuigistrulc) How many rats are there! The Countess rl havi- fin- cuts. and also feud some stray oiu-s. Mr. Harding oxpluiiicd that thi- Countess was summoned not long Kllll'l' at tho llamiiwr- smith l’olicc Court, when the prohibitory order was gruntwl from the kt‘f'lllllg of cuts at. Ill! l’cmbroki: aqliiirc, where slu- thou resided. She has since removed to 25%. The Countess This pl'oni'clllllig is u i-riu-l thing; if. is through ii neighbor. I llith' tu'o dogs. Mr. Abbott, the Sanitary Inspector. said when the Countess was suuuuoncd on the lust oceioiiou she had eighteen cuts and nine dogs. Mr. ll :iid- ing -'l‘licy were shut up in a room. and would naturally imagine lllt' filthy sun-ll. Mr. llird- Do you (‘Hlllilli' tho animals in a room ! The Countess f‘i-r- tainly not. There being no witnesses to prove llll.‘ offence, the lif:lll'll Ilimninm-d If you intend to proceed into the ,in- ,1", “,,,,,,,,,,,,,‘. tcrior of that country by river you mum geta “house boat"~ it sort of monster gondola built in junk fashion you must engage a cook and interpreter, and you must finally obtain a pamqwn. without which you may be turned back by any, little mandarin's representative who ioayi chimsc to challenge you. The hourw- , boat and cook were foliud for Hit: by tho, energetic manager of the Hotel (li'a ('ol- ‘ onics :it Shanghai ; the pasulmn. owingio the kindly am- of Mr. P. (5. Hughes. the muchâ€"cstccuu-d English ('ousiil. caim- just in time to allow no: to -’|\‘illl myself of a fair wind and a good stmng tide. The, lumsjmrt would have made a first-mic, sheet fora bed. both in point of size and in toughness of material. What it said I , shall never know, The man who in- , scribed it will carry his dread secret to the gran.- for all I could decipher. Huf. i ficc it to say that. it contained upward of 4“} large Chinese characters. IWH alumni, covering nearl' sis squan- inches, that by a Chinese gentleman of my iicqlmiutancc it was pronounced “Welly can do." which was satisfactory. » III/firs- pvm/l'nrt London Trltgrriph. â€"â€"-â€"â€"‘"‘-V””-â€"_‘ The mania for onupetitiou so clmractcr- istic of Americans has got into the clan» opening business. \ork laid a wager of 8125 as to which could open an cquabnumber of claim quickest. The winner got away with 501 to the the 397 of his opponent. test was said to be very exciting. should think Iso-Ior the datumâ€"- We 1 lllrtl. Two men in New, The con- i _._.__.â€"â€"- ”a..." ...____ lni‘d l‘lmrlcs l’ncrcsford in in a hull' lw- oausi- he isn‘t satisfied with his how-m for b-unbimling Alexandria. alum-s \l'ulni‘lv)‘, l the Quit-on. and t-i'i-rylMly who. moon-(ml with tl. Soon-how the world doc-w not think IN? is a very great man. l)o.\"i Aim! n.- l‘ihrll though you find i hold to ll'llillill silent. don’t. rush into an argiuucnt ohm in couqniuy. .‘l illu- puiatioim person is IIUYt‘f‘ ii favorite. If you do not ugh-v with what is said. it In best to n-mam silent. Hf mouse, if your opinion is asked, give it clearly and lll'lll- ly. and yet in a maum-r that. cannot bu construed as offensive by those holding different views ; and if the matter is om- with which you an: only partially or not at all :impiaintcd. own the fact mthi-rtlmo slavinhly follow what another has said. While waiting for a train. ii Missouii slit-riff. with a prisoner whom he had Mid : brought from Nebraska to be tried on a clmrgc of home-studiug. made some visits to an iuljamznt bur-rtmn. Tbs result was that while the sheriff-ti rirgltl’d [or the law was for the time being almost obliterated that .4 the prisoner was greatly magnio .\ [silicctimti took charge of the sheriff, and the prisoner thereupon went to the dcjfltomister, and said. ”They've 'arruitcd my sheriff. and I want tl. turn myself over to you." When the train lain": along. the inebriated sheriff was planed under the can: of the partly ineb~ riatcd primncr, and the jounicy was con- ltinuvfil.