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XLUN01& TOb LATE. *T ML *1. HAWTHOaK*. 1Wtai I«M young. end sew the kings of mm PdlMtiM great lance that none but they coula awhile, my soul, and whan h is full, thou too fihalt win the But when the awaited day Arrived, a stranger gray id hand upon my arm. and said: Fain now thy spear and shield!" g. ^ ^ I ivas young, I lifted up mine OftmMl •} : saw austere philosophy achieve pH' victories that teach men to be win, tea said I to my soul, "Erelong, belief - Thau too shalt wisdom know I'" But while 1 waited Jol p > boat v figure came and said, "Too lataSt (•btlyhatli uo reprice." I was voting I was a maiden *#»et,\ Whose smtling eyes made sunshine in my . breast. -"^Mld thou a temple without stain and meet, Q, soul." quoth I, "to house this virgin guest." But when at last I sought •- The maid, that greybeard caught <3Ma» eye, and frowning said, 'Laggard I too late! 'j • • Vase on, by love unblest i" "When I war young, God's faoe upon ma shade; Whwoat 1 veiled mine eyes, and 'whispered, "Soul, J9H w«s a riroam ! God dwells in Heaven alone." Skit when to Heaven I came (having paid death to toll) • , Thfli voice said, "Know, In Me Love, Power and Wisdom be. til the Ijordf and thou hast learned tOOlMt T 4.. Oedauly is man's goal!" INDIAN WARS. '4Hmy Har^wt the United States GOT- «nun«t.aOMMil Million Dollars. rw h wmm |INCE the 4th of July, 1776, when this Government began, the In­ dians have cost the United States a thou­ sand million dol­ lars, says the St. Louis Globe- Democrat When the old Feqnot chief met the Pilgrim Fa­ thers near Ply­ mouth Bock and said, " Welcome, Englishmen," he spoke for 1,000- €00 Indians. That was the estimated nunber of the red race then living ^riebin what are now the bonnds of the 'United States. And so it appears that, date, the act of dispossessing the •borigines has cost $1,000 for every Imek, ®&naw and papoose living on the «oil wheis the white man came. (These are round figures, but they are *awy close to the exact record. Three *jwars.ago Mr. Tom Donaldson, who is •am in charge of the Indian census, >Mde a careful compilation. He showed ®kat from .July 4 1776, to June 30, the Indians had cost the Govern- »t $929,239,284.02. It is safe to say i the four years added will bring the figures np close to one thousand mil­ lions. This enormoss amount is about aae-third of what the war. of the < webeilion cost. One-third of the - one thousand millions has been spent in imeifying and civilizing the Indians. jPjto-thirds of the one thousand millions in absorbed in fighting Indians. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, once , this Indian war business. He Senate when it was proposed a peace with the Navajoes. "other Senators demurred to the > of the proposed treaty. Mr. Doo- > told them something about the « Indian wars. At the same time X*h*:f[tkve some interesting facts about xutfaMP^fm of these -Indian wars. Whtfc-is known as the great Sioux I WK started in 1852. At that time I f&mm was perfect peace on the plains. ; .faome Mormons were driving their cat- (tlc toward Salt Lake. Near Fort Lar mime was a gathering of Indians. The aailifcary ix>st was there, and the In­ dians were camped near it. One of the jKoox killed a cow belonging to a Mor- Tlie emigrant complained. The sr in command at the post sent out subordinate with twenty man.# The >ie force went to the Indian camp, demanded the surrender of the • Stoox who had killed the cow. The al- "fesaatiTe was that the camp wonld be dfamd upon. The Indiana replied to the • liwoiMid: "We are willing to pay for % • His -animal; we will pay you in buffalo i >jnbes or buffalo skins." The army officer declined. He re- y -"peated his demand for the immediate asurrender. The Indians refused. The f -officer gave the order to fire. The men, obeyed. In twenty minutes *tfae«oldier3 were killed and scalped, was the beginning of the Sioux (.852, The war lasted three or is. It cost the United States •$15,000,000 and $20,000,000. pjfavajoe war was another which little told about. For rcany this Government acquired Territory in which the Navajoes lived these was no trouble. One day a Mavagee Indian was visiting the fort the troops were. He got into a qipriril m'fi~ b nt[j~ boy belonging to r4$ 4he officers. The supposition tut the negro insulted the Indian. 'Km latter dnew his bow, and put au ar- Jtow into the negro, killing him. Then <1m fled to Ms tribe. The officer sent a dbmand for the surrender of the Indian, The tribe refused to give him up. "Without soy delay the troops were wched out and war was begun. Three Htweapaigns were made against the Nava- .joes ou this provocation. The United 4Btet@s troops were beaten in each of -tfeam. This Navajoe war cost the Gov- %«rnin«rit nearly $20,000,000. \ Tbe biggest of all recent Indian ware • "WM.the one about which, least was pub­ lished. It began in 1862. It had its " ~«rifpLn in a comparatively insignificant «M|a>*ter. A contractor for furnishing •ffrnffian supplies sent to theSioux agencies <"atfcat was supposed to be prime mesp pork. The consignment was found to «caooaist largely of heads of hogs. The ,.Italians went back on such rations, and ^Aebk the war path instead of the souse. 43ens. Sibley and Sullv conducted the ;:*0W#gn. They had 15,000 .mSSc^bein. " / Thare is a record of engagements with | *&ostile Indian* within thA military di- ] , »«iaon of the Missouri from 1868 to i882. '-iX* the recapitulation of this record it ? vis stated that "more than 1,000 officers A and soldiers were killed and wounded" -•'"••tin the Indian fighting of that period. _ .Four hundred battles and skirmishes ; ^wer© fought with Indiana in the four- ;K;•• #een years. Za answer resolution of inquiry . the Senate, 18^6, the Secretary of _ • stated the tdtal cost of the troops "MM Indian-country from 1876 to 1886 llbeen $223,891,2t>4,5a " " O 'r " ""I ' MM ,, OklabMtt^^ - Mm** 18^ and '1878 there lirarilei^ W Indians 800 se»tlitt*ln tha Southwest On the 2d of ICwoh, 1868, this war to punish the Ohleyennes, Arapahoes and Com- manohe« b«>gftii. It ended on the 9th of February following. Three hundred MhI fifty-three officers, soldiovs and citi- zena .were killed, wounded or captured intli6 eleven months' campaign. The Indian loss was 319 killed, 283 wounded and* fifty-three captured. Tba actual field operations during the ele*ien months eost $1,056,515.67, The Modoc war in the lava bfcets uost the army 111 soldiers killed ox wounded. The chief incident of this campaign was the assassination of Gen. Canby. Seventeen citizens were killed or wounded. The record which was sent to the Senate by the War Depart­ ment says: "No Indians reported killed." , So far as losses were ooncerned the Indians usually had the best of it. The Sioux war of 1876 cost, for the actual Held expenses, $2,312,531. But the campaign was chiefly notable fox tne Custer massacre. The army loss was 283 killed and 125 wounded. The Indian loss was only 85. Had Sibly'a policy toward the Sioux been continued Sitting Bull and other Sionx leaders would have ornamented gallows-trees and there would be no ghost dancing to-day. The Custer massacre was never atoned for. The guns which the Indians took from the soldiers are still in their possession. The Nez Peroes war of 1877 lasted three months, and cost $931,329.52. The Nez Perces lived in a valley in Eastern Oregon. They occupied land whioh, from its extraordinary fertility and adaptability for irrigation, is now worth from $50 to $75 an acre. That ought to be sufficient explanation of the way hostilities came about. Two bad white men killed a good Indian. Two bad Indians killed a good white man. Troops were sent to the Nez Peroes camp and were whipped, with the loss of a Lieutenant and thirty-three soldiers. Then followed the Nez Perces war. Geo. Howard followed the Nez Perces over 1,400 miles and then failed to be in at "the death." Miles, who is now attending to the Sioux, fell on Chief Joseph and his band in the vicinity of the National Park. He killed six chiefs and a lot of warriors and captured all the others. The wind-up was on the 30th of September. Howard came up with his advance guard just after the victory was won. In that campaign 241 officers and soldiers were killed. The Indian loss was 158. The Bannock war of 1878 was a small affair, It only cost $556,636.19. When it was ended the record showed a loss of twenty-foar to the army, thirty citi­ zens murdered, and seventy-four Indiana killed. . The Northern Cheyenne outbread of 1879 entailed a loss on the army of thirty-two killed and wounded. No Indians were reported killed. Since 1882 the only Indian fighting has been with the little squads of Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico. For every Apache run down and killed or captured the Government ia said to have spent $100,000. ' A HUGE SCHEME THAT MEANS NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY. On« Writer, Who Is Evidently Welt In­ formed, QIV*m Soma Plain Wards and Cold, Hunt Figures in Regard to the Al­ leged Utopian Measure Mow Being Cul­ tivated in the South. A writer in the Philadelphia #*re»« has made a table of the Utopian scheme proposed for the establishment of Sub- Treasuries and warehouses In each county of each State in thf» United States and what it would cost the peo­ ple of t^.jg|i|!^i4.^tj|||^I.t pi- lows: u > _ ft dosen State . aecaMinf te yotir bes*a}u4**en1 [fmnM^on.atthe timeyonacc^pted ' ut two hours later when yon iimmhiIii vnnr batik t!»e*re-j^Wtr«feposft ln your bank the*re Clerk would throw out three or ,ye and ten dollar notes, aomo of Ke would pronounce counterfeit f and the others of broken and worthless banks, atkd fvu would go home thinking what a worthless system of banking we had, and what a dupe your debtor had made of you. If you could find him and make him make good the loss, well and good, otherwise you had to stand Hi. Then the rebellion broke out and the national fea&ing system was adopted. Taking the large sum as previously •Sr-M •: The Late Firm of YOU Particular*. Treasuries Kumber ot counties In Mch State *f the United State 8 by aensa* of M80 to 2,653, wbioh I place in column ef Sub-Treasuries as No. requited.. ' Coat of 2,683 sub-treasuries and warnhmiMs, which would have to be bnilt absolutely fireproof, those in tbe North with el&vatort for grun at­ tached, and those in the South with elevators for grain and cotton com pressors for cotton attached; the lowest estimate for each would be at least $2 X),000x2,<>53, amounting to Number of sub-treasury agents is ene (1) for each county, or Yearly cost of 2,653 agents at the proposed salary ot $1,500 each would be %e Cost of 2,653 aafea, made absolutely Are and burg­ lar proof, for keeping the money* issued by the Government under the propoiMd plan, at say $1,000 each, would be Cost of office furniture for 2,653 buildings at $300 each would be Cost of 2,Go3 platform scales of beBt mftke for weighing produce, etc., say 3500 each, would be There is nothing provided In the proposed scheme for the taking care 6f !ho yimt accounting or book-keoping department which wduld be re­ quired, and 1 ho inspection, welshing, handling, etc. Below I give what would be economical under the proposed system : Number of book-keepers requited at eaoh sab- treasury, 1x2,653. equals Cost of 2,653 book-keepers at $1,000 each Number of inspectors, weighers and laborers re­ quired at each sub-treasury would bo about lOx'2,658 Cost of 26,530 inspectors, weighers and laborers, say at $2 per day each * 366 days, equals >730 each per year x 26,530, equals per year Cost of maintaining insurance on 2.653 buildings and their contents per year, say in a lu^upsoin Number Teatly oost of •• Cost Of fmp**e^jW. plant. m.m,m f bis manv customers for past >unce himself as an aspiring milage of your future tavots id as in the past make only rtions as to our goods, price*., WWOfiOO _.'v 00 795,000 .. A.\v • r^TT^".'. T"T7^ • r INTER GOODS and to reduee^the afeme, and at h we will allow each and 3 extraordinary cut of lDISCOUNT=== wm ToM >nb-treasuries larked e n all our in .'m8,653 Total number of employes par year.......'.,..,. Total oost of employes and expenses per yea*,. Total eost of plant A #85,899,400 «ras.374,soo In making the above computation I have not included the cost for engraving the plates for printing the new green­ back currency nor the cost for paper and additional employes in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for it would re­ quire more than double the present force to keep pace with the constant demand for new notes occasioned by the retiring and de8truction,pf the notes redeemed. shown to be required to build the sub- treasury warehouse syfttem, and that which would be required to purchase the railroad system of the United States, the Government would not only be the largest borrower in the world but would Soon become hopelessly bankrupt. It must not be forgotten by our farm­ ers of tho North and West that the men who are engineering the above described The other bureaus of the Treasury De-' schemes are tho parties who, after Jeff hrtreo&ii, < 1 ' yiftPB^l/'adv^ice^Ml^lrrfce fotyhe same reason that uneanned fruits haye--because nearly all the fruit crop9 this year were remarkably light. The tin tariff has about as much to do with It as "the man in the moon." But how about the advance in canned meats the Democratic organs have been telling about? There is no shortage in the meat crop, but the answer is easy. The organs, like Bob Ingersoll's boy, have iMj ijiBtyfijjiiig<8j Jberc Origin of Familiar Fairy Tal<n*» "The Babes in the Wood," according to an English authority, is founded upon an actual crime committed in Norfolk near Wayland Wood in the fifteenth century. An old house in the neigh­ borhood is still pointed ootr npon * mantel-piece in which is carved the en­ tire history. "Cinderella" has been traced to an Egyptian story. About 670 B. C., Princess Rhodope was bath­ ing and left her shoes upon the bank of the river. An eagle pounced upon a shoe and carried it off to King Psamit- ticus at Memphis. The Kiug, struck with the smallness and beauty of the shoe, sent forth a proclamation for the owner. In due time a marriage was celebrated. "Jack the Giant Killer* is said to be based on the tradition of Corineus, the Trojan King of Corn­ wall, and one of the companions of Brutus, who amused his leisure by rout* ing out the native giants* "Blue Beard" was Count Conomor of Brittany, who having murdered his previous wives, married Tryphyuea. the eighth. She, having learned his character, fled, but was pursued and slaughtered. "Tom Thumb," "Little Tom of Wales, no big­ ger than a miller's thumb," was King Arthur's fatuous dwarf, sometimes eon- founded with Tom of Lincoln, who married the daughter of the mysterious Prester John. "Humpty-Dumpty" was a bold, bad Baron, who was tumbled from power in the days of King John. His history was put into a riddta, the meaning of which was an egg.--Nev> York World. . Captured By a Hornet. | ,x "Ton may talk about the cunning of a fox. but you should have seen how a wasp turned the tables on a spider last summer," said a man the other evening to a New York Tribune reporter, when they were telling hunting stories. " One day a fellow sportsman and I were hnnt-1 ing 'grays' on the Ticonderogo flats, up in Essex county. We were resting on the top rail of an old fence when our at­ tention was attracted by a buzzing sound near by, which we soon found to come from one of those big black hornets that hunters generally steer clear ot The old fellow lay in a spider's web, buzzing away. We saw at a glance, ' however, that he was not entangled in in the meshes at all. He would keep quiet a moment and then buzz again. He continued to act in this manner for about a minute, and we were unable to account for his strange conduct. Pretty soon up from its den among the rails came a good-sized spider, which bravely grappled with tbe huge intruder. It then became clear that the action of the hornet had been only a wily rase to at­ tract the spider, for at once he stung the plucky little defender to death and flew away with it to his big nest in a thicket •f blue beeches on a neighboring hill." If Yon Wish to lie Fat. Says the Illustrated American to a correspondent: So you have eaten things full of starch, sugar, and grease, and all to no fleshy profit, which is the desire of your life. Perhaps y.ou are trooos naturall7 spare of person, and if your ^ ' unfortunate thinness is not the result of ill-health, try an old-fashioned, fat- tener--milk. Every night, just before stepping into bed, drink a glass of fresh, rich milk. Sip it leisurely, and be sure it is not acid. I have seen Wonders worked by this simple remedy. Try it for three weeks, step on a slot machine and report the results. A Bad Break. Mr. Sehnorer--I feel very mnoh out of sorts this morning; my sleep was T«ry much broken last night. Mr. Nextroom -- Yes, I heftrd it. Makes a funny noise when it breaks, In 1868 and j don't it? Just like the fnort of a baza* DEMOCRACY'S N£W TOT. MM* " " r . Democratic Congressman--I touch the button, they do the rest.--Judge. lively Indian war in {saw. partment, <>ne Secretary's office, Treas­ urer's Register's, and office of the Comptroller of the Currency, In which bureau an account is kept of the Issue and redemption and destruction of all notes and bonds issued and redeemed by the Government, would require more than triple their present force to keep pace with the demand and would cost more than $1,000,000 each year. The bill for the above scheme for estab­ lishing Sub-Treasuries and warehouses for the deposit of cotton, grain and other farm products was introduced in the Senate at the last session of Congress by Senator Vance, who.afterward withdrew his support from it on the ground of its unconstitutionality. He had good grounds for so doing, for under the Con­ stitution and existing laws the only of­ ficers elected directly by tho people to administer the affairs of the National Government are the*. President, Vice President and members of the House of Eepresentatives. "^Under tho provision of the bill pre­ sented by Senator Vance, one Sub-Treas­ ury agent Is provided for each county in each State in the United Stateq. Tak­ ing the total number of counties In each State In the United States, there is pro­ vided for tho election by ballot of 2,653 Sub-Treasury agents, at the same time, in the same manner and for the same length of time (two years) as a member of Congress is elected for, for the man agement of each Sub-Treasury in the district in which he is elected. The Sub-Treasury agents, beingelected by ballot to hold office for two years, possess powers not even accorded to the Secretary of the Treasury, their superior officer, for, should they be found guilty of disobeying instructions, or in the misappropriation of public funds and property in their hands, they could not be removed without process of law by impeachment, the agent in the meantime being allowed to handle public funds and property until adjudged guilty The Alliance also requires the aboli tion of national banks. Perhaps they will tell us how the business of the coun try can be conducted without the aid of national banks as a place of deposit for the people's money against which they can draw checks arid negotiate drafts and bills of exchange in all mercantile and trade transactions throughout the country. The whole thing smacks of going back to the old State banking system, when counterfeited bills and bills Sf broken bsinks constituted about one-fourth Davis, King, Floyd, and others during the latter part of James Buchanan's ad­ ministration had transferred What little gold and silver we were possessed of as a nation to the sub-treasury and desig­ nated depositories of the South, and whatever munitions of war we had in Southern arsenals, seceded and went in­ to rebellion. They stole every dollar of tho gold and silver and munitions of war so transferred and used them to destroy the Government. After this theft had been accom­ plished the patriotic men of the North and West rose up, and, at* an Immense cost of life and treasure, crushed out the rebellion, and since, by their finan­ cial wisdom and foresight, they have placed the Government on a sound financial basis, with a credit which has grown so high that it has been enabled to fund Its large war debt at 4 and per cent, interest Compare this with the administration of J anies Buchanan* when, under a Democratic tariff for revenue only, they conld not realize suf­ ficient moneys to meet the expenses of the Government and pay Its employes; they had to advertise for loans of four and five millions of dollars, and the banks and moneyed men of the country who responded offered to take it in sums varying in amount from $50,000 to $1,.000,000, at rates of from 9 to 86 per cent., thereby showing their distrust of the financial soundness of their Gov­ ernment. Now these same van come forwdrd, under a new guise* *The Farmers' Al­ liance," which originated In the South, whose officers are composed wholly of Southern men. with grand schemes to bankrupt the Government Treasury again, under the plea that.it ia not sec­ tional but national. been lying. Instead of an advance, there has been a reduction in canned meats.- Here is a comparison of Novem­ ber price-lists: Canned beef per dMm. One-pound cans.............. Two-pound cans Four-pound cans............. Five-pouad cans Fourteen-pound cans --India n apo I is Journal. 1868. 1800. Nov* v Nov., *Ufl 81.06 1.75 • 8.9fc.v' ,y 3.40 • GS UR V ' yv 6.60 V u.00 Tariff Pictures. " No. 1. The ivetoae- weekly wages of iOI mm- pattoasinKuflawl are 96.833 The average weekly wages of the . same 10% occupations in this country are 811.90 Mo. a. Ten years ago a wheelbarrow cost 98.25 Mow you caa bny one for •1.65 No. 3. Ladies,, when we depended on- glrgland for calico, baok ia 1887* it cost 8! l-\ eents per jraid. Now, because we make plenty ot tt heee, thanks to the tariff jm can get " * w ; x ' ' < T • * c 7 t s Daring the fiscal year ia«sg June SO, 18SO, we Imported •55,331,808 OUR EXPORT TRADE. Tt Serves as a Comprehensive Tariff I<eo- twe. The report of our foreign commerce for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1890, makes the aggregate value of the export of merchandise $845,293,828. Of this amount,§629,820,808, or 74 percent., was the value of; the products of agri­ culture. The values of the leading profits of the • soil exported were as follows: CottoB^ttjj^iB.792; wheat and wheat flour, Which $54,- 036,163 was 658,015; beef products, $30^^^^^Kog products, $85,181,174; $13,081,856; .animals, value of the and exported ef iron and steel goods, ending Juno 30,1880, « •18,605,67ft Itarlng the year »Imported •41,678.801 and exported --Was York Prm*. Demoeratie Defaulters. •25,548,808 State Tro&sorer Chnrohill ot Arkan­ sas State Treasurer Polk of Tennessee.. Htate Treasurer Vincent of Alabama State Treasurer Tate of Kentucky., State Treasurer Burke of Louisiana. State Treasurer Nolan of Mlrsourl.. State Treasurer Hemingway ot Mis­ sissippi State Treasurer Archer of Maryland. State Treasurer Woodruff of Arkaa- •60.522.01 400,000.09 2*3.148.94 247,008.4) 887,000 00 33,445.00 815,000.00 132.401.i3 67,000.00 Total --flliladetykiaPTMt. .lUtuiiUM ..W^44, _.*a«UT*s*rtobal{ftea mwaK'&OB trill • jntA titwiwrttJI Wtw •OVUM KM latiunni of Tehnaotepao. A* anatter ottmcA, fcowerar, apratibeiy ahniiar projeot has been undertaken in Nora and the eminent engineers who have charge of the execution of the plan -have no donbt of its success. The Governor General of Canada visited the works the other day and fixed the pedestal for the hydraulic lift intended to raise vessels of 2,000 tons displacement from the dock to the level of the iron rails. This ship railway Is designed to span the isthmus of fifteen miles between Chignecto Bay, an inlet ot the Bay of Fundy, and Bay Verfce, an inlet to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. When com­ pleted, it will shorten the voyage from New England ports to those of Prince Edward Island and of the St. Lawrence by some five or pjx hundred miles' of stormy water. If this road is success­ ful, the Canadians will undoubtedly build another ship railway, seventy miles in length, to connect the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron with the eastern end of Lake Ontario at Toronto. By such a route, three days wonld be gained between Duluth and the At­ lantic. Strange as the idea of a ship' railway may saem to modern journalists, it was familiar enough in ancient and mediaeval times. For 300 years the Greek mariners were in the habit of dragging across the Isthmus of Corinth their triremes, many of whioh, it has been computed, must have had a displace­ ment of 450 tons. As the road over which they moved their vessels was of polished granite, pro­ vided with cribs and rollers, it may not unfairly be described as a ship rail­ way. The Ottoman Turks are known to have transported ships overland, and in 1438-39 the Vetetiaus conveyed a fleet of thirty armed vessels bodily over the mountains between Adriatic and Lake Garda. in order to raise the siege of Brecia by the Milanese. --There was another memorable inci­ dent of the kind in our own day, when in 1849 Commodore Vanderbilt, partly by means' of the San Juan Kiver but mainly by dragging the vessels over fallen trees ana rocky portages, man­ aged to launch two steamers on Lake Nicaragua, - If the Greeks and the Yenetiana oould move vessels of hundreds of tons' burden over land surfaces greatly in­ ferior in smoothness to that presented by steel rails, and without being able to avail themselves of hydraulic press­ ure or of steam, the construction of a ship railway should present no insuper­ able difficulties to modern engineers*--- New York Ledger. Carriage Etiquette. In the ethios of fashionable life, car­ riage etiquette occupies a prominent place, says the New York Times. One of the several things supposed- to indi­ cate whether a woman is born in the purple, or at least accustomed to car­ riage life, is the way in which she leaves and enters her vehicle. She should have one foot out and firmly set upon the carriage step before she relinquishes the sitting poBtnre; then the body should follow easily end naturally. Nothing is more awkward than to see a woman thrust her head forth first, and then find herself forced to doable np to accomplish the rest of tbe exit. Watch one who knows how gracefully sink her weight from one foot to the other, al­ most without losing a perfectly perpen­ dicular position, securing instantly a walking poise as she touches the ground, and the difference between her method and that of another who lands very nearly in a tumble on the sidewalk will be discernible. , From Paris the dictum comes that ii^ acting as hostess a woman should enter her carriage first, seating herself so that hdr guest sits at her right, which place of honor she must not omit indicating to her guest as such. When the host is a man, however, the guest enters first and should take a place at the host's right. This, of course, is in reference only to cases where both host and gnest are merely riding together. If the host, either man or woman, is driving, his seat is always the proper driving one. A ridiculous combination of gallantry and ignorance is occasionally seen, usually at summer resorts, where a woman driving a cart or phscton permits her male companion to occupy the driver's seat while she handles the rib­ bons from his left. Men and'Women la Tonquln. X lauded on the river banks and found myself in the midst (4 a population differing altogether from any I had hitherto encountered over a. pretty wide portion of the globe. Slim, diminutive creatures the Tonquineso are, compared with whom even tbe Bengalee of the Ganges delta is giant, But strange to say, the women in most cases are as comely and fair as the men are repul­ sive and ugly. But their size is rediou- lous. Of about the same stature as the Goorkhas, they on an average probably weigh no more- khan half the sturdy hill man. The men and women, when the men are dressed at all, are dressed alike. A colored) handkerchief is ooquettishly tied around the back of the head, and the other garments are a long loose blouse with, wide pantaloons. It is diffi cult for the- new comer at first to dis- tinquish th<& sexes. What is the most wonderful, however, of tbe costumes now in fashion is the head dress whioh the better-off Tonquinese ladies wear. A mushroom-shaped basket" might, per­ haps, dbe&cribe it, but then the mush­ room roast be of the size of a drawiog- room table. Add two enormous tassels pending on either side, and place under­ neath a Malay-featured, sallow com­ plexion ed doll of about fifty pounds weight, and some idea may be formed of a Haiphong belle. Men and women, aa in China, all carry fans. Thankful for Small Faroe*. "I'm sorry to refuse you, Mr. Bjone8, for I can readily imagine how a rejection like this may blight all a proud-spirited man's future, may crush his ambition and his hopes. But it has to be." "Thank you, Miss Boston, that you have tempered your refusal with such kind words. All the other girls I evefr asked simply told me they wouldn't have me as a gift, and that settled it.^ --Philadelphia Times. ,4 ; 1 1 **'•- A Fair Devotee. De Broker--Your wife ligiousis she not?. De Banker--I should say she was. Not a month goes by that I ctont have to pay out two or three hundred dollars for Sunday dresses and things.--Street & Smith's Good News, SHE (as he places his arm aroand her waist)--Stop rightNrbere yon are, six! He (taking % firmer hold}--Willingly. '•my dear, ,• InnuTiti ghteainone' for the amused that were well and enjoy sudh lady, a patient, who asylnm three years. see that she was somewhat in atl other respects she intelligent person. She she had leff at home her daoghter, only child, about 14 years old, whomidie had not seen in all thai time, Tn lady's husband had virtually put bar in prison, and had never taken tike pains to call on her himself ofteoer than once a year, and had never allowed her daughter to visit her. Tears stood in the poor woman's eyes as she told me these things, and I had no reaaon to be­ lieve that she was deceiving either her­ self or me. And upon inquiry I found that her case is not an exceptional one. There are mothers confined in all omr asylnm s, as there were in the institu­ tion where I was, who, while they are insane enough to warrant their being put under restraint, are yet sufficiently intelligent to be sensible of their con­ dition, and, like the lady I have aluded to, be overwhelmed by the thought that they are in a hopelessly helpless condi­ tion, and may be kept imprisoned thna for years, or even for life, away from their kindred and friends, and from the little ones for whom their hearts yearn with an intensity that no human being can appreciate, except some mother that has lost a child*. This lady said she had known such patients, when talking about the little children from whom they had been separated, to sob and moan for hours at a time. But the law is inexorable. It says that a husband may confine hla wife in an asylum if he can prove that she is insane--and that is a very com­ prehensive word. In some States the certificates of two physicians will ac­ complish this purpose; and, when once a patient is shut up in a ward, there ia no deliverance that can be depended, upon. But not only do tbe women suf­ fer in this way, for there are men whose 1 Affections are as keen and as strong aa those of any woman, who long to be with their boys and I girls, to see them growing to manhood and womanhood, but who know neither the day nor tjbw hour when that longing shall be gratirv fied. Business and Sentiment. \ ^ A tired-looking -man, with a deep band of crape on his hat oame into a newsDaper office. "Well," asked the editor. "My cousin Jim is dead," said ttwM * ^ tired man, with a deep rooted sigli; , "my only cousin, whom I loved aa * brother--or more." "That's too bad." y „• "Isn't it, though? And I--I haYfr j; written a few verses of poetry on him, or rather about him; and I didn't know but what you might be inclined to print them." The editor found npon inspection that the poetry was not so bad as it might be--in fact, for obituary poetry it wia . ' rather a superior article. So he said: "I think we can find room for this." "Ah, if you only will! My poor, poor 1 cousin I If this tribute to hi^memory--" Here he either got Btuck in his sen­ tence or broke down from emotion and gave way to tears. Then he put on his hat, stood on one foot and then on the, _ other, and finally said: '•*«, "Oh, er--do I get my check nowi lit ^ wait till publication?* " ' "Whatcheck?" ^ > "The check for my poetry, of oomntk'^'"' Do you expect a man to sit up till 3 o'clock in the morning writing poetay \ for the fun of the thing?" The. tribute to Cousin Jim appeared yet. • * „ _ ' Bow i£dtson Mve*». •> „ - He spends whole days and nights in his laboratory, eating little, musing, % living in his head. These long sessiona :- of abstraction must make a tremendous draught upon his strength. A friend called on him the other day and stayed with him in the laboratory until four a. m. Edison was busy constructing something, and talked unreservedly. "Are you not going home to-night?* the friend asked. ' ' "No; I shall curl up om one of thft benches so as to be ready for work in the morning." Sometimes a workman, coming in at yt seven, finds the great man stretched ofat on his bench sleeping peacefully as a \ child, renewing the forces exhausted by long vigils. In such a ease the work- , i | man always takes another bench; Edi- son is never awakened by any one. He is careless about his food. A visitor 5, one day saw him eating some red her- ' 5 ring and drinking great goblets of water. That was his lunch. Ha 'y worked in. the intervals of eating ai^d . d r i n k i n g . c . ' How Madam Met Her Waterloo. The late Duke of Wellington got %" " ̂ letter once from a lady saying that sha : | was soliciting subscriptions for a cer- y tain church in which she was much inter- 'V ested, and had taken tbe liberty to pnt | his name down for £200 and hoped he ?l would promptly send her a cheek for that amount. He forthwith replied that he was. glad she thought so well of him. Certainly,, he would respond to the caU, but he, too, was interested in a certain church which needed subscriptions, and, counting upon his correspondents well-known liberality, ho had put her name down lor £200, "and so," he con?* concluded, "no money need pass betwea* us." ^ A Half Million for Ban^ae**. Delmonioo's restaurant sets a banquet table in one of its rooms upstairs on an average once during every night of the year, sometimes giving three inside of twenty-four hours. The average num­ ber of plates set for the di®srent ban- - queters at this establishment is 100 tutd the average cost per ulate to the dinem is stated to be about $12, so thai it can be seen that the amount of meney spent for banquets at Demonico's during.^., year is nigh onto $500,000. ^ y^JK; A gtiM(e Csse.iMtosd^y if:; J Miss Grace Gridley, a pre%^«aSj|* lady of Ambov, HI., 22 years of age, has been in bed since last March, in a state of languor. She seems to be con­ scious of what transpires about her, bat makes no reply to her parents or any , one else. She is fed liquid food, but u gradually wasting away. Her Case baa baffled physicians. A Small Matter. - i Fomndrid--Horrors! Half ft ; w.S'A'4 '.,#0 •; 'A . 1 • 1 , '•^'1 V f ^ •<T* v." Mrs. Fomndrid--Horrors! Half ft,̂ * .̂ dozen words in your note Mrs. Society are mispelled. ' V ? Miss Forundrid--Oh, that don't mat- J ter. She can see by the coat of ansa •- y on our stationery that we're all right* /1 --New York Weekly. ? WHEN a man goes up stairs late at „r > night and skips.every other stair in endeavor to keep quite he always s< to skip the stepa that don't ereak.* mira Gazette.