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The Hlirlu L - (jutter. The ease seemed plain To the man from Maine A* be poudor'rl tba tempting prlM again , In toll Inoky affair of the HebriugSea Utere'* a President's l chair, no doubt," quoth he. ' Tbat lion's whelp Shall roar act! yelp Till the old dam answers it* call for help I Then, well undor cover. I'll twUt her tail And bag evury veto of tun Clan-na-Uael ! " And there a debt Uncaocelled yet Of national Krudgn tba: I don't forget. Which, proper! v worked, it a WhietHoaMpasS Jfoi war with liriuun will carry tho 'nkens by Which a Married Man is Known from a Single One. USEFUL HINTS AND NOTES. Then mlisire* flew And war olouda grew, But JOB! aa the air smelt lulpburous whew! Down into a bole (oil J. O. B , And a dead calm reigns in the Bebring Baa I low to Dress and tbe Ornaments Whiob Should be Worn. Inexpressible. (Chloago Tost) The man who luge a melon home And linda it iin't ripe Is very apt to think aome words That look liko these I ; " tt 1 in type. Upon a smooth banana peel A deacon chanced to troad, And here's t It ( a brief ihorlhand report Of what tba deacon said. A lady with her parasol A pasaer'i optic caught He laid : " Prav, do nut mention It." Hut here H tt ft 1s what he thought. With it No. O. (Boaton Courier.) "I've bought a bonnet, papa, dear; My beau doclarea 'tis trimmed with skill , I have no funds and I've come here To tea if you will ill the bill." " Your beau ! and what may be bis name '.'" The father roUKblv 'itiesuucod her; Bbu luiui! her bead, with nhevkf ailaiue, he softly auaurered, " William, air." Hia eyes hone with a dangerous light " Hum ! Hu uu v 't trimmed with skill I Well, bruin him to the House u>-nii;Ut, And I will gladly foot your Hill." Hlsjne In the DIIM. " That was well done," remarked a Frrt Preti reporter to the driver of a street sprinkler who had left a dry spot in front of a thirty foot lot ao well dcliued that it stood out against the wet street like a boil on a man's nose. " Yes, I think I have it down pretty flue.' remarked tbe driver, bnt I've had two month*' practice at it. I don't believe I'm on to his lioo over an inch at either side Hate to do it though." account ot th-< children. The man is) too stingy to pay 25 cents a week to sprinkle the street in front of him. He thought we'd sprinkle it tree if the rest ol bis neighbors paid, but we are np to al those tricks. Bnt his children are not to blame, yon know !" "Of course not." " They realize that this dry spot is sign-board to tbe public and reads : 'Here lives a mean man.' People stop and look at it as they pans, and it is pointed out by those riding on tbe cars. He has too children, and not one of them is ever seen in tbo front yard. They are afraid o pablio ridicule." " Mmt be a onriuiia man that ? " " Not curious, but mean jast downrigh mean and stingy. If he waa poor and un fortunate I'd feel ashamed to leave thi ignbcard, but as it is I take particnla pains to let Ihe public get onto him. Now watch me aa I turn. Bee that '! I stO| dead on the line, shut her off tight, and be gin at tbe other line. Yon can't tind nve drops of water on his whole front. There' be children looking out of the windows and I can't help bnt feel sorry for 'em, bu business is business, and we've got to Hv tbe same as other folks." Detroit fre frtu. Uu Wlven Tire of HtutMuidn f It is surprising how soon a wife tires o be company of a man wbu is too much a home. Men are wise iu getting away from their own roof trees a certain portion o each day. Among their wives will be found a general consensus of opinion t this effect. There will be found every where a disposition to pack off the meu i the morning and to bid them to keep on of the way till toward evening, when it i aMumotl that they will probably have little news of the busy world to brin. borne, and when baby will be sure to hav said something exceptionally brilliant am precocious. The general events of the da, will afford topics of conversation more in teresting by far than if tbe whole house bold bad beeu together from morning ti night. A very little inquiry, too, will elioi tbe faot that man about home all day ar apt to be fidgety and grumpy and inurfer ing altogether objectionable, in short This is the case very often, even with work ingmen of genius author* or parsons o painters bnt U particularly apt to be with the unemployed, snob, for instance, business men who have retired or who art out of tbe harness for a short time. Tb spirit ot mischief in never at a loss for a jo for paterfamilias if it oatohea him idlin and lounging about neither at work nor i play. It stirs np nin bilo and irritabilit. very likely, and incites him to the refori of dom< slio abuses. It kindles his sanitar ardor, and sends him poking and suimu bout inconveniently into all the odd oor ners of tbe establishment, or set* him abou the curtailment of housekeeping extrava ganoe, or thn amnqdraeut of various methodical household procedures, all whiob, however right and proper, tends to disturb domestic peace and quietude, and to make all the feminine members of tbe family very uncomfortable. The Old UOHU- ttead. Biam's representative at gay Paris staked all his wealth on baccarat, and tbe last heard of him be was on his way to tbe land of the white elephant, having shipped Mteward on a vessel. Tbe tall hat celebrates in Europe this year its 100th birthday. Tbe simple qnaker TOERS FOR THE LADIES. 'ha waistcoat and front of the drete are ormed of pale tan- cole rod camel's hair, with a deep embroider; in silver- bine ailk a border to oaoh. The toque, shoes and loves match the waistcoat, and en mite is long, very light boa ot gray and brown itnral ostrich feathers. New York Pott. The Harried Man. A married man always carries hia oondi- ion with him, like a trademark. Anybody if average discernment oan detect him at a ;lance. lie does not pinch hia toes with igbt boots. He does not scent himself with violets. He never parts his hair in he middle. He keeps his seat in the horse car when the pretty girl, laden with ban- lies, comes in ; he knows that hn wife wouldn't approve of hia rising. He does not get up dirtationa with the good oolring saleswoman where be bays lis gloves ; he remembers that little birds are Hying all aroand telling tales, and he las a horror or curtain lectures ; aomehow, married men never seem 13 arrive at that state of beatitude where they do appreciate he kind of literary performances known an curtain lectures. The married man has come to that stage when he is convinced that the way his necktie hangs may not be any more im >ortnt than hia sool's salvation. He inowH to a certainty that true happinees does uct depend on the amount of starch n hia abirt-bosom, but be will have to have been three times wedded before he will hi able to be reconciled to a collar laud two size* small or one ai/.a large. The man who can smile at fate when it swoops lown upon him in the shape of an ill-tilting collar- band i> nearly ready tor oanoni/.a ion. Kate Thtirne, in New York Weekly. A BMtutllnl Vienna**. Standing, sitting, leaning ; sad, smiling or simply meditative ; arrayed in a variety ot chic costumes ; imoking cigarette, peep ng over a matik, etc., she has challenged comparison with every fresh rival. A few rears ago she won a $5,000 prize at a beauty contest. Then she was simply Miss Mer tens, "to fortune and to fame anknown." After that she became a fixed star in the theatrical armament, and is now an actress n the Eden Theatre in Paris. She is distracting beauty, perhaps the most beau- tifal woman in Europe. Her skin shows ;he smooth, dead-white ot tho magnolia ilossom a tint seen to perfection among the Austio-Hungarians. An oriental lan- guor suf tens her large, white- lidded eyes. She i tall, ot generous boild and very graceful. fMsMI%sss1 .VrfA imericun. Packing a Luncheon. A luncheon should be carried if possible in a basket and not in a close box, because the free entrance of air that ta possible only to the basket keeps the food in butter and more healthful condition. A fresh wrapper for the luncheon should also bj used each day a linen one ia daintiest to bo sore bat if that is not to be hac then a fresh square of confectioner's paper or a Japanese paper napkin should be used The packing of many dishes in the baske is out of the question, bat there ehoul ' surely be tome arrangement by which i llask ot oold tea or milk or bouillon or lemonade can be carried. An ordinary bottli; will answer every purpose if it bo carefully stoppered, but an inexpensive llask with a drinking oop fitted to the bottom ia most convenient and beat. Sal and pepper in very small cruets should also I) carred. An KxqulMte UrewlnR-Tabie. An exquisite dressing-table without one silver- backed article on it ! The thing is not often tried, but it is very successful in the realization. Usually nowadays the dressing table with a right to the adjecliv or even complete has at least one or two boxes or brash backs of silver. Sonn-bo Jy see* to it at Christmas time or on birth days that there is something of tho sort but the beaaty of this one is in satin wco< and olive-wood backs for bruabes, and it boxes ot tortoise shell and white bune, am in little crystal bottles instead of th aasertivo and more common large ones. An old-fashioned dressing-table of the sort much in fashion now may sometimes be picked up at an auction-room for next t nothing. Btaton Tratucript. !.,!. y Ulike If el*. Lady Dilko, that beautiful and gittec English woman, who oaptivated the Ameri oatis three years ago, entertained a hundrai poor children of London jast before th season closed. The barefoots, ragamuffin and guttersnipes of the East End leftLon don by an early train and apent the whol day in tho Bytleel woods, whore they hac dinner and tea in a marquee, which ha been erected in an adjoining field. Diirin the afternoon pri/.es were given for tb most Ustefnlly arranged posies of wile flowers Lady Dilke, Mrs. Wontwort Dilke, Miss Tnokwell, Miss Austin, Mia Ada and Miss Edith Heather-Bigg, Mr Mackenna, and other ladies and gentleme helped amoso tbe youngsters by playin touch wood and various other roan games. The children returned to Londo by < iu the evening, having spent a moi happy day, to be mat at Watarlnn by thei grateful mothers, mostly the wives of doo laborers. Clipping tbe Euila of Hair. It is an old lHaa which still largely ob tains that the enda of the hair should b clipped on the occasion ot the advent o every new moon, a practice whoso adher ents olaim will prevent present breaking and splitting, and in general contribute t the health and beaaty ot " woman's glory. French hairdressers and barbers, howovo protest against this, and urge tbe burnin process instead. They say, as ia wsl known, that every hair ia a hollow tube bat of I)r. Franklin was tbe first oause of the abandonment of tbe three oornered rtyle. Tbe high hat, iu its early days, was looked on as a symptom ot a politicallly progressive spirit and was, consequently, tho object of much perseotion on tho part ot tbe police. In Germany and Russia they were forbidden under heavy penalties, bat early in tho '40's they at last became a trade-mark ot respectability. which, to retain its health and natura color, should be tilled with an oil ; treqosn clipping allows this oil to escape and th hair is thereby injured. When the hair i burned, however, tho enda are seared ov thus holding the lubricator. New Yor Timei. The Whole Effect III Styllth A styliih tailor-gown ot silver-bins faoc cloth has a riding-habit effect in the baok *lla One* \juln. Tnere is a revival of the prettv fashion rings. Anyone oau have the former, bnt much humbug goes with the latter. The imaginary gan for straw and white felt hats of all kinds will soon be fired. They, like dogs, have had their day. Chinese and Japanese articles and mate- rials tor house decoration are to be more extensively used next season than ever. Lanterns for the. piazza, of country houses of wearing long veils, the New York Sun ' are made of silk, and with them oomrs the >ys : Colored gauze twisted around the at and tied in a careless bow at tbe aide r under the ohin, seems to be nniveraaily teocming, ar.ii act tecs the lines of tbe faoe. lanve or lilao veils art much worn, bnt hose ot beige-yellow, striped on the edge with three narrow bands of while, are ewer. Navy Bin* la High Style. Navy blnn is a very fashionable color, nd it will appear among many ot the tylish street and carriage dresses during tie present aeaaon. If anything could add o the prestige of serge navy blue serge > would be the fact that on Cup day the nnuess of Wales wore dark blno English cloth very delicately trimmed with superb ace-like gold passementeries. New York 'oil. A Dochee* wltb Coittly Taate*. The Duchess of Marlborongh, liko all lainty women, is extremely fond of sweet dorp, bnt unlike the average dainty woman, considers not at all the expense ttendant upon gratifying her oaprioe. Her terfumo is bought in quantities and deliv red at thu manor of Woodstock in gallon an. Vapor baths are her delight, in which perfume instead of alcohol is em- loyed. Bom*ihlnt; New/ In .lcfc*t*. A new style ot fancy jacket is composed if two materials generally a plain fabric and a brocaded one. For instance, tbe Kxiice of the jacket, whioh is tight fitting at the back and open in front, ia of bright lilver gray glace silk, while the full sleeves, he collar and long revers, tapering down o the waist, are of brocaded silk of the ame shade of oolor. Th* Autumn lionnete. Thero is no likelihood of any marked hange in ahapea of bonneta this autumn. I'hti oval turban shape will no doubt be the avorile. Twisted net or orepe, with appli- ations of jet in tbo form of branches of oliago, bntterlliea, diamonds, etc., will be he materials oat of which the fall bonnets, f such tiny affairs may be called bocuuts, will be fashioned. Tbe trimming will be massed on top. Ordinary Mntlln Ia Ktifiii. Ordinary muslin is ooming into woar again, and black lace trimmingo are much worn with it, either aa ncbns, panels or large jabots diminishing toward the waist; n tact, any way that fashion and fancy dictate, for tbe light black laoe on the thin material forms a pretty and effective con kit. nameled VloleU. A little chatelaine for a watch is shown made 'if enameled violets, a large blossom at the top and graded to the smallest size, each with a pearl or rose diamond in tbe centre. It is extremely pretty when tbe blossoms are small and there are six or eight in a row. Rich KnoiiKh to Wear rrrl. The Duchess of Marlboronuh has taken to wearing pearla about her throat. With an income of 37"), 000 every six months this is a Inxnry in whioh tbe beautiful almond bain d lady can indulge. M.ih,> K *nr ll:il r Kelt. Now for a mahogany hair cra/.e. We have canary blendes, ocppery brunettes and champagne and gold mediums, but a new classification will be needed when tho girl with the mahogany haloarrivoa. i 1 1 1 1 on th* KIT. Small scent bottles to carry in the palm of a glove are of silver, with gold traoery. Single roses, having buds, foliage anc a long stem, are the preferred corsage bouquets. Shado hats of colored horse hair are trimmed with ribbon bows, long pins anc a feather pompon. Flower necklaces worn by bridosmaidi are mounted on black velvet ribbon, and consist of small Hat tlowers. Dancing slippers that make tbo feet look small aro black, of kid, with a beaded bow, and ankle strap having a buckle. Kreah from the Jeweller*. A matoh box representing tbo head of i buffalo was recently noticed. An impudent toad perched on tbe edge o: a silver scallop shell is an attractive ash receiver for the smoking table. Artistic enamelling is shown in a scarf pin representing a geranium blossom with * sapphire in the centre. A diminutive key of rubies and diamonds aaross a square garter bnoklo of gold nli gree work has recently appeared. A cigarette case formed like a largo square oracker with numerous indentation! has just been received with oonsiderabli tivOT.Jeutllen' Weekly. Odd* and Knda of sTaablon. A new hair oomb in tortoise shell ia tin Eiffel tower in miniature. Persian and two tone ribbons on bonnet are to continue in fashion. It will soon be time to have our sealskin wrapa of all kinds done over again. Scotch suits for little boya are, it ia said to replace the sailor and Fatintleroy. Models of tho autumn bonnet are dia played and come in for a doal of admira tion. Coin braooleta have beon followed b ooin obatelainea for the fan and seen bottle. Some of the new bonneta are a hunch o autumn leaves, red and yellow being th hues. T hree tiny round gold stnda ia the latea for tbe shirt bosom with tbe foil dres suit. Straw-colored kid gloves, embroidorc in black, are quite the fashion in Paris an London. Eight day hall clocks, guaranteed 10 years old, are still made to order and tin well pleased purchasers. Square-toed shoes for men are to be revived, and patent leather are to be wor more generally than over before. There ia a fad for monogram and ores fat candle that barns tight hours. Reports of the elegance and magnificence ! new carpets are rife. The designs ami oloring are something entirely new. The Gordon and other kinds of sashes ave been ran BO far into the ground that t will be impossible to drag them out next nmmer. Mail and Expren. VICTORIA TO BKN.I.YMIN. Birth* Among; Royalty Brfularljr An- nounced at Washington. The funniest thing in connection with bia Government's diplomatic relations, ya the Washington Slur, is the letters sent to the 1'ieaident of tbe United States iy the rulers of other nations announcing births and such events in sovereign fami- ies. Such communications are the eastern mong thd powers, and there is a stereo- yped form for them. For instance, on the occasion of the last important domestic lappening iu tho household of Queen Vie- ona a letter came from her to President larrieon, as follows : Victoria, Qurrn of (in>at Britain, Cluprenof India, Defender ( f the faith, etc . i-ic . to Huujaium Harrison, i'tesideut ol thu I'nurii btattn : GltKAT AN!> U(Mil) KltlK.M). I 1 ;ivo tilt) plt'V aure of aunouDciug to you iliu birth of a line Hiy on Hie21 iuat. to my graml-dauKbler, ihe .'riiiceu BatMnbwrg, who IK doing u null u can >e expected. This uvmit will douhtluftS couiuut ho cordial rnlutiuui cxiBtiui; buiwruu our (ior- aruuients Your good irieiu. Vli 1OB1A. This letter is written at raltd blue paper, and tc it President Uarrn.un replies on white vellum paper in a bin sheet as follows : GREAT AMD Uoun Kiiir.su. I have received liu pluaeaut UUWB oouvutud to ui by ynur cum- niiuicittiuu of the '.'2111! HIM., aud aw Klad that hu nappy ttvttui < timi ulT bafely. It is my arnest prayer and expectation that the aaU vuut will Htri'iiKtliru liii- t>oudt ol amity and riuudBlup which ao happily Mitmiit butwoeu our wo governments. Ymir HOIK! Irumd. KK-. li.MI\ llAUBlbO.N. It ia worth noting that the President icver sees these letters from Queen Vic- oria and other sovuroigns ut all, and tbe eplies, which are written in an elegant Spencerian hand by a 91,200 clerk in the department of State, am merely taken to 1111 for hia aignature. Suoh is the non- snse of diplomacy. it l>*llra<-y. Snails irs largely consumed by oonanmp- ives ia England who oan nlforxi them. Of coarse they are importer!. Tho best come rom the vineyards of I 1 ' ranee, and for this reason they are considered especially tine. They aro certainly a luxury, for a tin of snails cost -It 61. Frogs' hind legs are eaten in larger quantities than is generally supposed. You can't tell them (rom a bit if chicken ; and no doubt a good many >eoplo who are not careful about consult- ng tho menu at awell dinners eat them as such. Another novelty for epicures is craw- ieh tails. They are little thing liko shrimps, and are used for flavoring all aorta of dishes, soups, sauces anil vegetables. Boned arks in aspic jully sounds well. The young >acbelori who lounge through life in cham- bers cff Piccadilly ;o in for these potted things. They are convenient. A -r rln u i.i iir -I i -II. Mrs. Wollesloy Vassar Why are you so dejected, Miranda ? Yon have every reason to be elated after having taken the senior classics ; and your essay on de inolive philosophy won thu admiration ol all the faculty. 80 well equipped a girl should Miranda Vassar That's juit the trouble; How how can I find a husband who is able to sew buttons on, and cook, and mind tbe the oh ! (Sbo weepe.)--Pucfc. CATS WITH DIfUTUKllIA. Bow Deadly Ulieeie la Vonamnulcateel to Children. Dr. Klein read a paper before the mtm- ers of tbe Hoyal Society, England, on Diphtheria as it Affects Animals," and mating specially of tbe disease iu tbe oat nd the cow. Dr. Klein stated that during iiree years past tbe relations existing etween a mysterious oat malady and uo.an diphtheria had bt prcmiuMitly rough! to his notice, the illuetu of the ats being generally of a pulmonary oba- acter. The animals wru frequently, bile ill, nursed by children, who in turn ell ill with tbe disease, which was in them ell-marked diphtheria ; or whero children eveloped tho diseate, cats in tbe house ickened simultaneously or later. In North iondon last year the malady among cat* as of a widespread nature. After various) xperimenta Dr. Klein was able to state) nat the disease in question in these animals ras undoubtedly diphtheria. As regarded iphthuria in the milch oow, Dr. Kit-in liai roved that her milk is affected by tbe dii- ase permeating her system ; and he bowed how, by artificially induced diph- heria, the symptoms so often found in lilch cows, wbero milk wan discovered to e the means ot ditseminating diphtheria, i-rre well marked in the nduer. Dr. Kltm urlher gave nn illustration uf diphtheria onveyod from oow to oat at the Drown institution, where he was working. The uilk of two diphtheria- infected cows, nstead of being thrown away, was used or feeding two healthy caged oats. These >ecame ill of diphtheria, and subsequently ill oats placed in these cages developed the disease. Both these animals, therefor.), may be accated of infecting man, and tbe greatest interest now attaches to the oondi- ions under which the oow can acquire this iroperty of inflicting injury upon the Iriukera of her milk. Dr. Klein has ehown what waa long ago suspected by W. H. wi r, an assistant medical officer of the ooal government board, that the infection if milk with diphtheritic poison is dne to a oow disease. i l.auudrv Work. " Mary Ann," her miotreea told her, before ironing tho fine linen always try Ihe heat of tho iron on something coarse, so as not to scorch the material.' 1 "1 don't need to, mum. Thank hevina I hev nose, and I knows when the linen is scorching by tho Hindi of it, mum." Oh, MotlllUB 1llll.ll ! He I can't imagine what's become ol my razor. Uav you seen it, my dear ? She It's in thu kitchen, Harold, and I'l go ri^ht now and fetch it myself. Bridget was ao careless as to lose tbe oan-opener last night, and I why, whatever is tbe matter, dearest ? Charles Frohman manages eleven theatrical companies besides a stock com pany in New York, and baa 123 actor under engagement for tbo season. " The keeping ot bees as an employ mcnt for women is now advocated in li land," says tbo Woman'i Cycle " and as an impulse prixea are to be given in aom localities." A TOUIIII CU8TOMI.il. lie's surely a ilillicult ponon to kill, Hln (faun- Ht-oiiiH of ndainaut ; He's dying each day. but r. mains with us mil, Tbe " oldest inhabitant." Tim wise man always hesitate* To judKu another's sin : 'Tin good old common souse that waits Till all tbe facM are iu. Henry Ueorge is oppoiod to the build ing of war ahinsi Kelly, tho man who ia tryingto inven a motor, ia .~>3 yeara old. Tbe Princess ot Wales says it ia he ambition in life to mind her own business The lovely shades of poppy and card nal have a place in early autumn millinery Mrs. Henry M. Stanley's wedding oak served as one of the "aide shows" at ba.-.sr hold in London recently. Jackets are to be worn much longs than they have been for tho past few year and nearly all will have revers. Mr. Powderly dresses neatly in black and hia linen is always oloan and spotless His head ia bald and ho wears gold-rimmec spectacles. Her Majesty has sent a aplondid oradle riohly ornamented, to her great grandson the infant ot the Dnko and Duchess Sparta, and the whole outfit for the ohil was boughs in England by tbo Empress Frederick. London truth. Industrial and Other Item*. A worm eats steel rails. Artificial mask is made. Germany exports canaries. lirupp guns cost 9850 a ton. Russia has a woman Mayor. Mew York painters get 3.50. France makea artificial ivory. At Aspiuwall ioe is 950 a ton. Cakes are baked by electricity. New York has a woman roofer. Milan has the largest theatre. Hats aro ruining crops in Italy. English jockeys get 8500 a week. Jews claim Columbus waa a Jew. Powderly takes only 83,000 a year. Salt Lake newsboys have a union. Chicago is the world's eighth city. A Chicago brewer owns :s<>5 saloons. Paperhangers have a national onion. London has 800 miles of wood street. California has colonies of Hollanders. East Tawas has girl " meusenger boyf." Southern negroes are worth -'03,000.000. England gets iu.000 Irish settlers a year. New York has seven millionaire editors. Brooklyn has a Hebrew Makers' Union Nine companies supply London's water. lialsted street, Chicago, is eighteen miles ong. San Francisco upholsterers label union goods. New York drug olerka work fourteen hours. A Benton Harbor woman has 10,000 ailk- orms. Kng., makes Hint guns for Suffolk, lavages. Oerman Europe. The Marquis 9100.000. San Francisco Canadian Americana have organized. laborers are the worst paid in Tseng's funeral cost t inn i u and People. Wo hear a great deal nowadaya about the diminished attendance at church. Aa a matter ot fact, we suspect that there is in most communities as large n proportion of church goers as in the more devout past times with whiob snob damaging compari- sons are often made. However that may jo, one thing ia true ; we do find a tendency n this day to think of churches as a sort of Sunday lyoenms. We are a good deal in the habit of going to church with the objcot of being entertained by the preacher. Perhaps tho negleot of tho worship idea may account, in part at least, for the dittionlty ot filling our protestant churches. The Uomanists gather great congregations at all hours and in all weather. It ia not by offering pulpit attractions, bat by pressing the obligation of worship. We may sneer at it as superstition. A slight infusion of tho same sentiment would be wholesome for many Protestant Christians. Haptitt Kxamintr. Tho action ol the wife of a Presbyterian minister ot Caledon East for 95,000 for slander against a farmer ol Albion Town- ship at Toronto yesterday was dismissed. A varnished cane is considered a just provocation of derision, soorn and oon* tumely, and is not to be repeated. Prince Louis of Battenburg, when a young man, took a fancy to the art of printing and became a tolerably good type, setter. Over 18,000 pupils wero Hogged in the Boston schools last year. The Boston schools seem to be given mostly to "manual training." The girla who wait on the table at a fashionable Lakewood hotel are made to dress in a uniform of white and the etfooi is most agreeable. Dr. MoGlynn thinks the New York oil toymen had better purify ohnroh politics before attempting to renovate tbe politioa of the municipality. William Steinway, who ia spoken of M the Democratic candidate for Mayor ot New York, is a native of Soesen, Germany, and .VI years of age. Hia father, who was a oiano maker in that oity, emigrated with bis family to Now Yotk in 1854. V