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Eugenie's Souvenirs Of her Son.

The poor empress, writes a correspon-
dent of the Boston Journal, in her melan-
choly seclusion of Camden House has
the sympathy of everybody includingt the
ladies who are her old enemies, and who
would not admit once upon a time that
she was a good wife and mother. She
received 80 Queen of England the other
day in the famous blue boudoir, where
she has collected all the souvenirs which
must hereafter have only a tragical inter-
est for her. There under a glass case
she keeps the casts of the right hand OF
the emperor and the young prince, and
these two hands are represented as hold
ing the telegraph dispatch announcing
the adoption of the law ordering the re-
construction of the column in the Place
Vendome. There also on a dainty shell
is a little white satin rosette that the
prince imperial wore on the. day of his
first communion. By.a singular stroke
| of luck this tiny piece of ribbon was
found intact in the midst of the ruins Of
the Tuileries, preserved in some miracu-
lous manner from even a single stain.
And there, too, on a pedestal, and care.
fully shielded from harm, is a marble
bust of the prince, which was likewise
uninjured by the fire; The grief Of the
ex-empress is overwhelming, and she
wanders from room to room weeping the
whole day long. AS the bed-chamber
and the study Of the emperor have been
kept exactly as they were on the day Of
his death, so are the rooms of the young
prince left precisely as he quilted them,
never to return, and the beds of both the
emperor and the prince are constantly
covered with fresh violets. In the cham
Der of the emperor stands a large ward
robe which contains every object which
Napoleon III. took from the Tuileries
when he went to the wal that on the
fourth of September, 1870, he would call
his own, namely, his uniforms. What a
comment on the insecurity of human
greatness!
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Cutting Glass With Scissors.

Many persons may not be aware that
glass can be cut under water with great
ease to almost any shape by simply using
Il pair of shears or strong scissors. In
order to insure success two points must
be attended to. First. and most i'm
p%ortant, the glass must be kept quite
level in the water while the scissors are
applied; and, secondly, to avoid risk it
applied; and, secondly, to avoid risk it
is better to begin the cutting by taking
off small pieces at the corners and along
the edges, and so reduce the shape grad
ually to that required, rs if any attempt
is made to cut the glass all at once to the
shape rs we should cut a piece of card
board, it will most likely bre..k just
where it is not wanted. Some kinds of
glass cut much better than others, the
softer glasses being the best for this
purpose. The scissors need not be ut all
sharp, rs their action does not appear to
depend on the state of the edge presented
to the glass. When the operation goes
on we'll the glass breaks away from the
scissors in small pieces in a straight line
with the blades. This method of cutting
glass has often been Of service when Il
diamond has not been at hand for cut
ting ovals and segments, and, though the
edges are not so smooth as might be de.
sired for some purposes. yet it will
answer in a great many cases. The two
hints given above, if strictly followed,
will always insure success.-Wustrateo
Woo1,rorEer
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A Simmer Idyl.

He was a decidedly poetical-looking
chap from head to foot. He wore eye
glasses and had curly hair. By gazing
upon him you could almost tell the ex-
act number of Sonnets contained in his
pocket. He had on Il blue fan lel suit
and pheasant smile. She was maiden,
practical and innocent. They walked
down q fragrant meadow and paused
beneath a spreading oak. He was the
first to break the silence
Isn't this lovely?'
ooh, amt it,! she replied.
yes" he went on, rs he planted his
chin in one hand and contemplated the
vista of sky-land, this is simply divine.
To sit here and breathe the soft, cool
summer wind, fraught with the charm
ing fragrance of violet and rose, is just
~cntrancing.'
She said nothing.
Isn't that Il majestic mountain over
there, towering into the tleecy clouds?
Isn't that a lovely little brook, pattering
in baby syllables over the innocent little
pebbles?"
KINDER she responded.
YES" he went on, Us he planted his
chin in the Other h nd for Il change,
SullllHtl 10 llIC IlCsiNtll vi lllC Veil
Just look ut those happy birds, darling
through the air from tree to tree and
flooding the valley with exquisite bursts
of sony. Wouldn't you like to be Il bird,
pct?"
I'D rather be a girl and eat ice
cream" she responded, with a twinkle
of Arcadian simplicity in her merry hazel
eye.
This seemed to rufle the poet consiG-
crabiy. but he managed to regain his
mental equilibrium sufficiently to 60 on.
Behold those golden-winged butter
flies! Don't they fly languidly, as though
their lives are but one smooth period Of
bliss and uninterrupted happiness?"
Yes" she responded; land they haI
thei| wings like door-mats, don't they?'
After ten minutes of silence Of the most
profound description he ventured tt
Speak again.
..knd there 60 the merry bees il
golden fiotillas, coquetting with the
brerzc-swayed flowers
She kept still. -.
But soon all these pretty things will
vanish like a lovers dream. The flow
prs will fade, the leaves will fall, the
bir,.s will migrate, and the emerald tap
es.rv of the lea will become the couch o.
the snowflake. The lilies will vanish
from the lake, and the sunset will glim'
mcr on the barren limb and melt the
snow in the empty nest.'
He paused for breath and she whis'
pered: ,, .
bu"kwheat cakes and heavy under
clothes, won't we?" ,.
He couldn't 60 any further with his
remarks, so they got up and wandered
away.-New York Star.
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Care of the Hands

handsome hand is a charming object
in itself, and seems to indicate refinement
to it's owner. 49,,
To be perfect. the hand should be
delicate and somewhat long.
The back should be just plump
enough to prevent the veins from being
too prominent.
The fingers must be long and tapering,
forming little graduated columns OF per-
feet proportion.
when the hand is open there should
be little dimples at the knuckles, which
ought to be slightly prominent when the
hand is closed. ,
Much of the beauty of the fingers and
hand depends upon the proper care OF
the nails. These, if cut too close, deform
the finger ends, rendering them stubby:
The upper and free border of the nail
should always be left projecting a line
or so beyond the extremity of the fingers,
and should be pared only to a slight
curve, without encroaching too much on
the angles. Soap and the finger brush
are all that is necessary for cleaning and
polishing the nails. The habit of biting
the nails is as ugly as it is fatal to them;
When the skin of the hand is hard
and rough, they should be kept almost
constantly gloved, and washed frequent
", but not too often, with lukewarm
water and fine soap, to which may be
added Il little bran. A little cold cream
before going to bed is a common and
useful application. The skin of the
hands should always be soft and flexible.
S,,ron,yoo .Toy1Dn]
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Reduced TO Figures.

Tie annual crop of the tobacco leaf is
about 42O, 600, 900 pounds, two-thirds o.
which is exported. =.
The traffic in eggs in this country is
estimated to equal 2 1000. 900 per annum
5000, 600 dozens are exported from the
country every year: :.
The average yield of wheat per acre is
81 bushels in Russia, IL in the United
States, l2t in Austria, l6 l-3 in France,
29t in Great Britain.
The world averages an annual produc'
of 6Sl, 900. 900 pounds of tea, China pro
ducing 600, 600, 900, Japan 4 10000, 900.
India IS, 600. 900 and Java 5000, 900.
England has 49, 00,0 900 sheep, from
which she realizes an annual product Of
$3.50, 600, 900. The United States has, in
round numbers, 81 5000, 900 Of sheep, over
$500, 900 being owned in California,
which ranks as the first wool-producing
State in the Union.
Cotton brings to this country more
than 5000, 900, 900 per year. Bread stuffs,
last year, brought Sl61, 777,s4l from
abroad, and since 1865 has brought an
average of 500, 600, 900 per year. Ou
animal products, cattle, hogs, etc., ran
next in Importance to our export trade,
amounting last year to $le3,232,5b.
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Notes Of The Yellow Fever ScOurge

The ship Templar arrived at San Francisco,
from Rio de Janeiro, having on board q num-
Der OF yellow fever patients. Nine of her sea-
men had died from the disease. The vessel
wns taken to Quarantine and thoroughly Gis-
injected.
Late Memphis dispatches to tho New York
Herakd say: "All passing steamers hug the
sand bar along the shore opposite the city as
closely rs they can. They appear DESTROYS of
giving our port US wide a berth rs possible. 1t
is limited that IN embargo will be plnccd on all
moneys and supplies sent for distribution, I'M
less addressed to the constituted authorities or
benevolent ~socities in charge of camps with
out the Infected districts. Mistaken philan-
thropy mny result in anarchy, spread the dis
ease and is likely to entail losses OF lite and
the destruction Of valuable property. 1t is
boldly asserted that il the necessity arises for
decisive action martial law will be proclaimed.
The minute men are now thoroughly organized,
Their number being 200. Colonel Cameron
has taken charge oil about $50 shotguns, which
were found in various gun shops, the occu-
pants being absent from the city. This was
done as d precaution. The Towards have
placed fourteen additional nurses on duty.
They have $40, 00U on hand and their expense
is about $3.50 per day, but it is daily ~incrcus.
ing. The heads of the various relief boards
REPRESENTING lllc NIL <hsSoClhIrOHJ 1NiiSiho
OF Honor, knights OF Pythias, Mnsons, Odd
Fellows and the Ancient Order OF United
Wo1kingrnen have held IL meeting to adopt a
uniform rnte for NIL nurses employed. 1t was
agreed that n cooperative association should
be formed, that only nurses Of known charac-
ter and ability, either male or female, who
have nurscd in other epidemics, should be en-
ployed and that a suitable house should be en-
gagged for a general depot, Il competent person
being employed to care tor.it."
A Memphis correspondent says the death of
Ben Adams from yellow fever in that city has
startled the acclimated. He had a clear, typi-
cal cuse OF yellow fever, with every marked
Characteristic, lust year at the time OF the cpl
demic, and this year he died of n clear, typi-
cal case of yellow fever, having the same
marked symptoms. DR.. Sim was his attending
physician lust year and this, and he gave the
correspondent the above facts, adding: alt is
a r.re thing, and there are a thousand chances
to one against having Il typical case OF yellow
fever twice"
A grand military review and parade was
held in Memphis by the two colored military
companies who are c%ncamped on the bluffs.
RELIGIOUS services were held and fully five
hundred friends and relatives Of the two COM
panies were present and participated in them.
De Soto county, Miss, which I'D joins Shelby
county, Tenn, employs one hundred men ut
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The kidneys and bladder, sometimes become
torpid and weak from unascertainable causes.
When this occurs, their discharging function
is OF necessity very impertectly performed,
and certain debris, which is the result Of
natural bodily waste and decay, does not es-
cape as it should, but remains to corrupt the
blood and develop poisonous humors and dan
gerous as we'll as painful diseases. It is one
Of the benefcent effects Of Hostetters Stom-
ach Bitters to gently stimulate the urinary
organs, and prevent them from lapsing into
Il state of inactivity, always provocative Of
their inflammatory de-. eneration and decay
How much better, then, it is to adopt this
mild diuretic as a means of melting them to
action than to incur the canger OF this de-
struction. To expel from the system waste
matter through the bowels and kidneys, and
to regulate and arouse the stomach and liver,
are among the chief uses Of this valuable
| remedy.
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National AmalgamatiOn.

Out of a population of IS, 10 600, the
census of 1870 showed that this country
contained over 5,550,000 persons born
abroad. The first necessity of the future,
political and social, is the amalgamation
Of this emigration with the resident
native-born population. TO one who
notes that ont-fifth of this foreign popu-
lation was grouped in five cities in 1870,
and who is familiar with the fact that
in these cities forcisn-born citizens
are extremely apt to live in particular
streets and wards, the chance that this
population will, in the large cities, go on
increasing without mixing with native
born Americans. appears not improbable.
There is unqucstionabiy II strong ten
Gcncy among those who discuss this sub
ject. without feeling much confidence in
republican institutions, to consider the
foreigh-born population of u large
cities us likely to remain in all essential
particulars foreign. The most effectual
solvent of these fixed crystallizations Of
population must be the intermarriage of
the different nationalities with each
other and with that part of the popula-
ton born in this country. Recent re-
urnS of the marriages in New York city,
nearly one-half Of whose population is
foreign-born, show that this amalgama-
ton is in progress at q rate which must
in two generations put those Of pure
German or Irish descent in Il great mi
nority. and in three leave comparatively
few who are so, the intermarriage OF
these races with each other proceeding
about one-half as fast as the marriage OF
their members with those Of American
birth.
The mere fact that the adult males OF
certain races showed larger proportion
of marriages than their proportion in
the population would lead one to eX-
poet. would in itself indicate that race
lines were not perpetuating themselves
in the marriages of the city. The mar
riages recorded in New York for three
years-lS74, 1875 and lS76-as given by
the New York Herald from the official
register, were 90, 900. OF the husbands
thirty-seven per cent. (8,732) were
Americans, about five per cent. more
than the ratio which adult Americans
boreto the total number of male adults.
The proportion of German adults mar
ried was over one-third, while Germans
constitute but one-sixth the total popu-
lation of the city. The Irishmen mar
ried were but one-tenth of the whole
number, or one-half the number of mar
riages to which their proportion of the
population, one-fifth, would entitle
them. The remainder of the foreign
population. less than 4 tenth of the total
Inhabitants of the city. furnishes a fifth
of the marriages, twice its share. In
other words, the native born population
give asixth more marriages than would
be expected the Germans twice as many,
the Irish half as many, and the miscel-
laneous population twice a many
Epr1nqfeM Republican.
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A Husbands Fatal Mistake.

AtPort Huron, Mich, a terrible acct
dent occurred, the victim being Mrs,
Adam Hclmer, who, with her husband,
resides at Union and Tenth streets. As
eleven o'clock in the night Mrs. Helmel
was awakened by the noise of burglars
in the house. Mr.. Helmer told his wife
to keep quiet. He then seized an army
musket lying in the bedroom and went tc
another part of the house on a search
for the intruders. Meanwhile. his wife
arose and went to n different part of the
house. When the husband returned he
thought he saw ar intruder in the closet
and fired, but to his most sorrowful sur
prise found the intruder to be his wife.
The whole charge from the musket en-
tered Mrs. Helmer's right side, causing
fatal wound. When Mr.. Helmer dis
covered his mistake he fell to the floor
in a fainting fit. On recovering. he
picked up his wounded wife, and car:
ried her to her chamber and summoned
physicians.
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four dollars per day to guard against any com

four dollars per day to guard against any eom-
munications with Memphis. 81
Tho quarantine of the railroads leading out
of Memphis has been taken advantage OF BY
all little country storekeepers, who are charg-
ing fabulous prices for articles Of merchandise
needed by the farmers.
A dispatch from Lisbon, Portugal, says that
O notice OF quarantine has been issued against
New York and New Jersey on account Of yell
low fever. In regard to other Atlantic ports
action is suspended.
The Governor of Arkansas has called upon
the State Board OF Health to cooperate with
local boards in pertecting a thorough system
of quarantine tor the protection Of the public
against yellow fever.
Five hundred additional tents have been
furnished to Memphis by the War Department.
About three hundred persons from the yell
low fever districts pass through Washington
daily, most of them going further north.
DR.. White, formerly president Of the New
Orleans Board OF Health, and DR.. Andrew
w. Smythe, tor twelve years house surgeon OF
the Charity Hospital, concur in the opinion
that the yellow fever has run its course in New
Orleans for the present summer.
|, Memphis dispatches of the 9Th to Now York
papers report twenty-five new cases and four
deaths, and say further: memphis is truly to
be pitied. She is shut of from the outside
world, and those of her citizens who are here
must remain prisoners in their own dwellings
until the trosts OF winter shall come and with
their chilling influence stop the spreading OF
the fever, which now threatens to embrace the
entire city. The disease is slowly and surely
advancing toward the center OF the city, and
when it is remembered that there are yet two
and a halt months for it to seek new victims,
no wonder that even the brevest hearts fail IN
anticipating the future. No one Is allowed to
leave. These words seem harsh, but the safety
of those cities to the north OF us depends upon
the rigid enforcement OF the cruel quarantine
regulation now in force here. The authorities
are on the alert and are doing everything in
their power to prevent the departure OF the
people. An engine brings in and carries out
the mail daily on the Memphis and Charleston
railroad. Nothing but mail matter is permit
ted to be taken aboard. The same strict regu.
lations are in force on tho Louisville and
Nashville line, excepting that but three mails
per week are received over this route. All
the other lines Of railroads have ceased run
ming, an6passing steamers shun this port as
if death itself was ct the wharf ready to grasp
the first man who came within reach" DIR.
Robert Mitchell, of the National Board OF
Health, who is is located at Memphis, reports
that about one thousand persons are in the
camps, which are on high grounds and ex-
posed to good country air, and that provisions
are obtained by two t~ruins, which run South
and take on board such provisions as are lett
ut certain stations for the people. If it were
not tor these they would starve.
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A Stream, Of Lava.

There is naturally much curiosity
among American readers to know just
how Il stream of lava looks. A Boston
artist, writing to the Transcript, in de-
srribing the lava stream at Mount Etna,
says: The lava thrown out presented
various aspects and different phenomena,
following the hour of the day and Of the
time. On the first day at early morn
ing the ignited current presented the as
pcct ola bed of fossil carbon, halfburned.
that. MS it turned and glowed, left behind
a trail of sinking smoke, the odor oil
burnt horsefesh. At night it presented
4 bed of fire and smoke, showing the
flames and molten mass as it turned and
twisted in it's bed. Here and there as
the wind bore the heat away q number
of the more curious and bolder obser-
vers advanced toward the fire to light
their cigars.
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Fence Advertising.

The Binghamton On. " Republican
says: AS an instance of the value Of
fence advertising" it may be men,
toned that Of fifteen firms whose adver-
tiscments appear on the fences and barns
on a certain road leadingou of the city,
only three are now in existence, and one
Of them has changed its location. Some
of the advertisers are dead. There is a
shastly sarcasm in an invitation to pur-
chase goods at his establishment by a
man who has lain in his grave two years.
Moral-If you wish to die, advertise on
a fence. If you desire to live and get
rich. advertise in a respectable newspa-
pcr that has a good circulation among
people who buy your goods.-Syracnse
Herald.
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FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Mrs. LanRtry.

The New York T1titune's London cor
respondent writes: There is a report
: 1 really cannot say at this moment
whether well or i'll f~ounded-that Mrs.
Langtry is going to America in the au-
tumn. If it be true, then you will be
able to test for yourself the English
standard of beauty. Mrs. Langtry,
though subjected during two seasons to
the severest competition, remains the
acknowledged queen among those ladies
to whom society pays homage tor their
good looks. She is still at the head OF
professional beauties, as people choose 10
call them. The name is misleading and
has an odious sound, but it is convent
ent and has passed into general use. 1t
must not be understood as conveying
any reproach whatever. 1t is to be said
of Mrs. Langtry-but for the word pro-
fessi3nal it would not require saying
that her name has been for two Years or
more on evcrybody's lips and in every
gossiping D without being assocl-
ated with any scandal. This is true. alb
solutely true, although it was the Prince
of Wales who first took note Of her at
fractions, and who first brought her into
notice and made her the most famous
woman in London. Mrs. Langtry's
beauty by daylight is at least equal to her
beauty as seen in the glare of wax-lights:
What YOU will say of her in America l
cannot predict, but it is certain that n
secret of her attractiveness in England
may be found in the extreme delicacy OF
her lo~veliness. Travelling Britons say
that this delicacy is more common!n the
United States than here. Mrs. Lang,
try's complexion has stood the wear n
tear of London life and late hours and
oyerheated rooms. and the peach bloom
on her cheeks does not fade, nor will 1t
rub off. She once offered her handker,,
chief to a gentleman who was skeptlcal
on this point, and asked him to try.
The modelling of the temples is ~singularly
fine, the arching of the brow delicate;
the eyes are sapphire blue, set in an ORR
of tender curve; the hair, which is soft
brown, is worn low enough over the
forehead to mark the contrast OF color
with the eyes; and when this lady IS
amused, her laughter gives an animation
to her countenance that is sometimes
wanting. The face has faults which it
is easy to criticise, but the beauty OF 1t
as a Whole is beyond denial. 1t is OF
some one of her portraits that l ought to
saw a1lthis, but the original is so much
SUPERIOR to tile portraits, and so much
more constantly on exhlbltlon, tnat II
seemed more convenient to speak OF ina
For the liberty I take-not being a pho
tographer-I offer the humblest ex-
cuses."