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Ess and Esses.

$50 you have finished your studies al
the seminary I was much pleased
with the closing exercises. The author
of that poem-Miss White, I think you
called her-bids fair to become known
as a poet"
1--WE think the authoress will become
celebrated as o poetess," remarked the
young lady, pertly, with a marked en-
phasis on two words of the sentence.
"Oh!-.ah" replied the old gentle.
man, looking thought!ully over his spec.
tacles at the young lady. 81 hear her
sister is quite an actress, and under Miss
Hosmer's instructions will undoubtedly
become quite a s~culptoress."
The young lady appeared irritated. ,
1.-The seminary" continued the old
gentleman, with imperturbable gravity,
sis fortunate in having an efficient board
of manageresses. F-om the presidentess
down to the humblest teacheress IN
usual talent is shown. There is Miss
Harper, who as a chemlstress IS un-
~euualed, and Mrs. Knowles has already
q reputation as an astronomers. And
in the department OF music few can
equal Miss Kellogg as a singeress."
The young lady did not appear to like
the chair she was sitting on. She tool;
the sofa at the other end of the room.
Eyes," continued the old gentleman,
as if talking to himself, 'those White
sisters are very talented. Mary. l I'M
derstand, has turned her attention to
painting and the drama, and will soon
become famous as a painteress, %andurely
as q lecturess." ,
A loud slamming of the door caused
the old gentleman to look up, and critic
css and ~grammarianess was gone.
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What Some Words Mean in Law,

Eggs" are not meat nor 'poul
try" within a statute prohibiting the
sale of such articles when unsound.
Boring through a floor with an auger
constitutes q burglary, says the Alabama
supreme court, in Walker against State.
This was where the prisoner bored a
hole through the upper floor of a corn
crib, stopped it up with acob, and after
ward, on a separate occasion, drew the
shelled corn through the hole into a
sack underneath the crib. brass
knucks" is used in the statute as the
name of a weapon without reference to
the metal Of which it is made. There
fore Il conviction of unlawfully carrying
"brass knucks" will not be set aside
because it was proved that the weapon
was lead or pewter. Terms cash" IS
not equivalent to "received payment"
Terms cash" on an unreceipted bill Of
goods, sent by a wholesale to a retail
dealer, cannot be held as a matter Of
law to imply that the goods were paid
for before they were shipped.
A farm overseer is not a "laborer "
within the lien law. Notes, bills, etc.,
representing money loaned on interest
by q corporation, are property liable
to taxation. A railroad depot is a
warehouse" within the statute of
burglary.
A Sunday school is not "divine wor-
ship; but a building for the sessions of
a Sunday school and religious lectures
is for a "religious purpose" although
occasionally used for fairs and other
benevolent purposes. The court said
lin pennsylvania easel. "The Sun
day school rooms and the lecture room
of q modern church are as essentially
used for religious purposes as the body
| of the church building itself. The Sab
bath-schools are an important auxiliary
of every Christian church, and indis.
pensible to its life and growth. That
| the services in such schools are in the
main OF a religious character is too well
known to be seriously disputed. So OF
the lecture room. It is used for the
mid week evening lectures and other
services, when the attendance is not
large. The expense of lighting and
heating the main church building is
thus avoided. But the services upon
such occasions are as truly religious in
in their character as the sermon upon
the Sabbath"
A supervising archi ect is a person
performing "labor," although not a
s'laborer," within the meaning of the
mechanics lien law. A widow keeping
a boardinc-house, with a female friend
residing with her, and female servants,
besides the hoarders, is the "head of a
family" But q single man who keeps
house and has no persons living with
him than servants and employees, is
not the ''hcad oil q family" or IL house
keeper" And an unmarried man, who
does not keep house, but supports his
mother and unmarried sister, who
board with his married sister in another
town, 10 not the head Of q family -
albany LaW Journal.
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Words of Wisdom.

He who thinks his place below him
will be below his place.
Good temper is. like q summer day,
the sweetner OF toll and soothcr Of dis
quietude. 1t sheds q brightness over
everything. 49,,
1t is to be doubted whether he will
eyer find the way to heaven who desires
10 90 thither alone.
False friends are like our shadow
keeping close to us while we walk in the
sunshine, but leaving us the instant we
cross into the shade.
No man is born wise; but wisdom
and virtue require a tutor; though we
can easily learn to be vicious without q
master.
Strong minds, like hardy evergreens,
are most verdant in winter; when feeble
ones, like tender summer plants, are
leafless.
The modern majesty consists in work
What a nan can do is his greatest orna-
ment, and he always consults his dignity
by doingit t.
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j ute.
onv Of the most promising new fields

onv Of the most promising new fields
for farming in the Southern States is
the cultivation of iute. AS q fiber it is
largely taking the place OF flax and hemp
in coarse products, and it is also said 10
be much used in much finer goods,
some OF the handsomest carpets being
partly of jute. There is no doubt but
the demand is to be large and to stead
lily increase.
Jute is as easily raised rs corn, and
plante in March or April, it may be
harvested in June, July and August,
after cotton has been laid, and at a
time when there is no special call upon
the farm force. The labor of cultivation
is light, as its growth is so rank as to
overshadow everything else in the field,
and it's yield is simply enormous. There
is a very wide field of industry in jute
cultivation, and one which will eventu-
ally become very profitable. The inn
p~ortations of jute during the year end
ing June 80, 1880. were over $1,000. 900,
ali of which can easily be produced at
home.-Rural NeW Yorker.
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Louisiana has the lead in French
newspapers. She prints fourteen in
Guiding one daily. Massachusetts is
next, with five weeklie5, and New York
is third, with two dailies and q weekly.
Illinois heads the Scandinavian list,
with twelve weekly and monthly publ
cations. Minnesota has five, and New
York three. New York leads the Span
ish column with eight newspapers, New
Mexico is second with five. and Texas
and California each have four. The
only Spanish daily in the United States
is printed in San Francisco. Of the
nine Hollandish newspapers, six are
published in Michigan, two in Iowa, and
one in Wisconsin. Three of the four
Italian journals are print d in Califor-
MIA, and three ofthe four Welsh in New
York. The two Polish newspapers are
credited to Illinois, and she claims three
OF the nine Bohemian journals. The
only Portuguese newspaper in the
United States is printed in Erie, Pa.
The directory gives the title Of 42l
religious newspapers published in the
United States. distributed thus:
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GOODBYE, Old Year.

Oh, good companion, stand hand fast awhile
We've walked together many a pleasant mile
And would catch thy last, laint, partin
smile,
And say, "Good-bye, old year."
Here at the glowing hearth let me retrace
The splendid tokens OF thy feeting grace,
Thy ever open hand and smiling face,
And say, "Good-bye, old year"
The January bells and gifts-the snow,
The flying sleighs, the skaters all aglow,
The ~glancing eyes, the whispers soft and low
All, well! goodbye, old year.
The February joys, the splendid play,
The witching opera, and the ballroom u y
The shopping, and the flirting-welladay!
Goodbye, goodbye, ca year.
The pleasant skies that came with March
again.
The parks gay drive, the galIop in the lane,
The planning and the dreaming! 1 would fair
Live over them, old year.
But, oh, the April hours! when happy trees
Grew green with gladness IN the warm south
breeze,
And all the birds came singing DER the seas,
Singing for Joy, old year.
The glory of the May, the warm, white
showers,
The orchard blooms, the golden-tinted flowers
The building nests in all the woodland bowers
What memories, old year!
And then the roses in the month OF June,
The balmy freshness OF the busy noon,
The silver splendor Of the young spring
moon
All these were thine, old year.
AS were the July skies, the scented hay,
The dreamy languors OF the summer day,
The drifting boat upon the calm blue bay;
Can I forget, old year,
Or hope to hear again q song so sweet
AS when, one night, with slow, consenting
feet,
] walked with love among the August wheat;
w, 1--WE sweet sung, Olu year.
Its echoes haunt the shady, scented place
Where brown September met US face to face
And crowned us with the vineyards purple
grace;
Oh, grapes! oh, love! old year!
Oh, wine, and corn, and fruit, and little sihs!g
Oh, misty splendor OF October skies!
Oh, Indian summer caught in lovers eyes!
On, sweet still days, old year!
Oh, blazing hearth! oh, home! oh, comfort
rare
OF dear November with its pleasant care,
OF grateful Thanksgiving and dainty fare,
And heart OF love, old year.
Thusdid we dwell together, thou good year,
Till hale December brought the Christmas
cheer.
Now shall we part? Old friend, there is no
fear;
Thou shalt thy strength renew.
Yet ere this charmiul circle pass away,
Turn the familiar iace-one moment stay
While love and gratitude find space 10 say,
Goodbye, old year, goodbye.
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FOE Fl FAIR SEX.
FurB.

The variety in furs is very great this
season, and there are many changes and
novelties to record. Sealskin remains
the favorite fur for sacks and cloaks,
and squirrel-skins for lining, but aside
from these there is nothing absolutely
decreed by fashion, and it depends
entirely upon individual taste and style
whether the black fox, beaver, chin.
chilla, spotted leopard, or tiger-cat shall
be chosen for the fur set or for the trim
mings of dresses or cloaks. Experience
proves, however, that the beautiful chin
cbilla in its light gray shades is more
becoming to blondes than brunettes,
while sealskin softens all compilations;
that the rich black fox fur cannot be
well worn by very small ladies, or by
those with q short neck, as its long thick
fleece is too heavy, and gives q full high
shouldered effect, but that it is the stylish
choice for tall and stately figures; also
that the tiger and leopard skins look
best with brown costumes, and are
especially suitable for very young ladies.
Many of these ianciful furs are colorcd
by art, and it is the fashion Of the time
to prefer these to those of natural hues.
This coloring is 8 skillfully done that
the furs do not crock, or at most U on
but slightly, and these stylish colored
furs are bought by people of wealth who
can crafty every wish. Indeed. so
popular are they that they replace the
most valuable sables, which are now left
in the furriers' care for safe-keeping all
winter as well as in the summer. Never
theless fine sables still hold their own in
price, costing as much money as before
they were laid aside for fancy furs. In
regard to the care Of furs. dealers say
they must be kept in a cool dry place,
and must not be dried by artificial heat
after having been exposed to fain or
snow. This is especially true Of seal
| skin, which has its fine pile fattened,
marked and matted when dried by a fire
or by furnace heat; it should, instead,
be exposed to the air of a cold room, and
| should he we'll spread out when drying.
The seal fur is less liable to be eaten by
moths than manv other furs, and has
been spared by them when sables in the
same camphor chest were ruined.
Camphor is most generally commended
as a pr%eservative against moths, and to
this many ladies prefer to add pepper,
finally wrapping the garment her .neti-
cally in paper or in linen. The gum
camphor should be wrapped in tissue
paper, and stuck about in various places
in tho box, and not allowed to come in
contact with the sealskin, as there is
danger of fading it. Perhaps the most
important thing OF all is that the fur
SHOULD not be worn too late in the spring,
and that it should be we'll beaten by
rods, and thus thoroughly cleansed,
before it is put away for the SUMNER
H1rpeT'S Bazaar.
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f arS.
EuTSs
Large ears hear things in general, and

Large ears hear things in general, and
denote broad, comprehensive views and
modes of thought; while small ears hear
things in particular, showing a DISPOSE
ton to individualize, often accompanied
by love of the minute. Large ears are
usually satisfied with learning the usual
facts of q case, with the general princi-
piles involved too strict an attention to
the enumeration of details, especially
all repetition of the more %unimportant,
is wearisome to them. People with
such ears like generally, and are usually
/ well fitted to conduct large enterprises,
to receive and pay out large sums; in
buying or selling would prefer to leave
q margin rather than reduce the quhn
tity Of any sort to the exact dimensions
of the measure specified, and in giving
would prefer to give with a free hand
and without too strict a calculation as
to the exact amount. Small ears, on
the contrary, desire to know the par
ticulars of astory rs we'll rs the main
facts; take delight often in examining,
handling or constructing tiny specimens
OF workmanship; are disposed to be ex
act with respect TO inches and ounces in
buying or selling, to the extent, at least,
Of knowing the exact number yer or
under the stated measure given or re
celvcd. People with such ears would,
in most cases, prefer a retail to a whole
sale business. chronological Journal.
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The Fable OF the Smart Man.

There was once q very smart man,
and he met q man who was not smart,
and said to him: "See here, l am an
awful smart man. I know everything
and can do anything, yet MY pocket,
my purse and my sto l. ach are q trinity
of emptiness-three in one, and I'm the
one; while you, who are not smart, go
clothed in purple and fine linen and
have your ribs regularly adiposed.
Now tell me, why is this?" And the
man who was not smart answered and
said that he did not know, but he sup
posed it must be because the market was
overstocked with smart men. Moral
There Ia. none.
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Fashion Notes.

Shell trimmings are much used te
head founces.
Leaf. shaped pieces are used to trim
the bor3er of bssques.
Plush is not effective in black, and
velvet is prefer: ed to it.
Satin bows re worn at the throat
with plush cost lmes.
Both gowns and bonnets are very
eavy this year.
The materials strewn with small dots
arr called pointillis.
The new chenille cords used for drap'
ing are as thick as ropes.
Olive green is the fashionable color in
reception costumes.
Tie hoods worn with the rich plush
morning costumes are OF lace.
Jackets of cloth and velvet are worn
in the street this winter.
It is in the stuff and not in the cut Of
the GOWN that its novelty must lie this
One long Topped bow at the back is
preferred to any other fastening for
bonnet strings.
Cuffs turned over, like those worn by
children, have been adopted by young
ladies.
Little birds are often perched on the
knots of flowers that milliners send
home with gowns.
Basques of cheap brocade are made up
to wear with wooden gowns left over
from last year.
Bright Innings are used in all plaitings
that are in the least likely to fly upward
and show their under side.
New York dressmakers use the stock
met stufs for making street jackets,
with satin piping, and without any of
the Jersey effect.
Girls pilgrim suits are often made
with a little cape, which is laid loosely
around the shoulders and fastened in
front by two tassels.
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TIMELY TOPICS.

Sir Henry Bessemer has saken out no
less than ia patents. The freedom of
the city of London has just been con
ferred upon him. Before his steel pro
cess was introduced into Sheffield the
entire make of steel was $1,000 tons a
year; now it is $50, 900 tons.
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Florida and Nevada are the only
States in which religious periodicals are
not printed. The only religious journal
published in Arkansas is devoted to the
interests of the Metnodists. In Ala
bama the Uriversalists and Baptists are
apparently struggling for the possession
Of the State. The Presbyterians are the
only denomination who print q news
paper in Colorado: Connecticut IS given
greoationalists. No Methodist, Baptist,
Episcopal, Universalist or Presbyterian
periodicals are printed in either Della
ware, Indiana, Minnesota or West Vir
ginia.
Forty.fou religious newspapers are
printed in foreign languages.
Other periodicals mentioned in the
directory are devoted to the following
interests:
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Sleep.

Sleep. 4
When the evening shadows creep
Stealthily,
Hiding every hill and dale,
Hiding all things with their veil,
When the shining day doth die.
Sweet is sleep.
When the evening shadows creep
Stealthily,
TO the baby in her nest,
Longing for her quiet rest,
flushed by loving lullaby,
Sweet is sleep.
When the evening shadows creep
Stealthily,
To the weary he ,rt and brain
Bringing tranquil peace again;
AL our cares and sorrows hy-
Sweet is sleep.
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AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.
Their Number and Distribution--The
Guage or Art, Agriculture, Science, and
of Piety.

of Piety.
The twelfth annual issue Of th e
American Newspaper directory gives
the names of 9,723 newspapers and peri
odical- published in the United States.
Eight hundred and forty-three are daily
newspapers. So are tri-weekly, 1923 semi:
weekly, 1880 weekly 43 bi-weekly, l23
semi.monthly, 1853 monthly, IA bi'
monthly, and SIS quarterly. The six
States credited with the largest number
of publications are scheduled in regular
order:
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According to Liebig, tea and coffee
have become necessaries of lite to whole
nations, but especially essential to the
poorer classes, supplying a void not
readily filled up by the limited supply
of good eats and wholesome food gen
orally.
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The scale of piety is indicated by the
number of religious newspapers pub
lishcd in the cities:

The following table shows the relative
strength of the peculiar forms of piety in
the United States as Indicated by the
number of newspapers published by each
denomination:
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Sarah Bernhardt,s Costumes.

In the play of "Adrienne Lecouvreur,"
Sarah BernhardJ makes no less than five
changes of costume, which has caused
her version of it to be called "The Play
in Five Dresses" The first one which
she wore at Booths theater, New York,
was a grande jupe in rose color satin
over a chenille gauze embroidered with
gold. Another was "a grand Turque in
white satin embroidered in variegated
colors, very ancient. Then there was a
grand Mauteau OF white MORE with gold
bouquets. The chemisette of Turkish
gauze was imported from Constantinople
expressly for her, and was gathered in
at the waist with a rich girdle of white
pearls. turguoises, and other precious
stones, presented to her by the Prince of
Wales. In the same act she also wears
ajeweled cross studded with diamonds.
Another of her costumes was a rich robe
of white satin, with bouquets of roses
and other ornaments, in the style of the
Louis XIV. period. A grand train of
cream.colored satin over a tablier of
blue satin was the leading feature OF
another costume.
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The Indians.

The number of Indians in the United
States, exclusive of Alasks, is reported
to be 255, 938. all of whom, except about
18, 1000, are more or less under direct con
troll of agents Of the government. The
civilized Indians now in the Indian Ter
ritory number 90, $50, and the unciYil
lied, l7,750. There are, in round mum
bers, 25, 1000 Indians in Dakota, $4,000 in
New Mexico, $1,000 in Montana, $1,000
in Arizona. and $4,000 in Washington
Territory. 1t appears that there are
upward Of 5000 Indians in New York
State, and more than l0,000in the State
of Michigan. The following table shows
the substantial results of Indian labor
during the year:
BY INDIANS, EXCLUSIVE OF FIVE CIVIL
lei TRIBES.
Number of acres broken........ 27,2S3
Number Of acres cultivated.... l70,S4l
Number Of bushels Of wheat
raised 4l5,777
Number of bushels of corn
raised ....... 666. 400
Number OF bushels Of oats and
barley 222, 43o
Number of bushels of vegetables
raised observation-disclosures. 1916, las
Number of tons of hay CUT. SO 527
Number Of cattle owned. ....... 1882
Number OF sheep owned...... S64, 1877
BY THE l CIVILIZED TRIBES.
Number of acres cultivated.... 3l4, 399
Number of bushels of wheat
raised go. 336,424
Number Of bushels of corn
raised 3 BAG. 042
Number of bushels of oats and
barley 1874 500
Number of bushels Of vegetables
raised ..............:....... sos. 900
Number Of bales OF cotton
raised l6 $40
Number of tons of hay cut.... $4,000
Number Of cattle owned...... s97,O Gao
Number of swine owned...... 40O 2S2
The youth who permits his sweetheart
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The boy who wants a situation at the
poulterer's is a brave lad. He is ready
fer the hen counter.
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The Baptist Weekly remarks With con-
siderable subtlety that the brethren who
have been able to attend political meet
ings, gaze at torchlight professions and
do considerable shouting besides, cannot
consistently plead the risks Of night air
as an excuse for absence from prayer
meetings.
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Five of our foreign ministers were at
various times in their lives editors Of
country newspapers.
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Order OF Druids.
Order OF Harngari.
Military and naval
-NeD York Sun.
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The six States credited with the
smallest number of publication are:
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In Russia, all the SONS and daughters
of princes inherit their title. They are,
consequently, as plentiful as sparrows.
1t is said that there is a village where
every inhabitant is a Prince Or Princess
Gallitzen. The title of prince in Russia
is about equivalent to that of esquire in
England.
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The number Of newspapers printed IN
the United States in foreign languages
ia 40 follows:
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The youth who permits his sweetheart
to rule him il a misguided young man.