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The Sultan's Personal EXPENSES.

Respecting the Sultan of Turkey, who
may he said to keep Eur, pc in per-
petual state of Turkish bath, some in
teresting statistics have been published.
Abdul Hamid's flvorite residence at
Constantinople, the Yildiz Kiosk, is de-
Tended by thirty guns and garrisoned by
5000 soldiers. Attached to the estab-
lishment are five" takers" whose duty
it is to scare away dull moments by
pouring into his majesty's ears all the
title-tattle, scandal and idle gossip OF
Constantinople. These takers have
under them staff of sixty spies and
sneaks, who day and night poke their
noses into the city's holes and corners
and creep up back stairs in search OF
spicy items for the royal ears. There,
are four sultanas and eighty women OF
the harem. guarded by one hundred and
twenty black enuchs, who have special
servants of their own. and live we'll.
There are ten maitrts dhotcl, three hun
dred cooks ,and two hundred walters.
Ten servants take rilre Of his majesty's
pipes. tn more Of the bit of carpet upon
which he rrays and ten more pass their
lives in making coffee for him. Not
withstanding tie eternal cry of poverty
raised by poor Turkey, the sultan man
ages to spend in his household not less
| Sill, 600, 900 year.
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A kissing Match.

At a party of young people in Paris
conversation happened to turn on the
subject of kissing, and the question was
propounded who of the young men pres
ent could boast of having given or being
able to give "his girl " the most
kisses. Various were the replies this
question called out. Finally a young
man and the girl to whom he Was be-
trothed bet forty dollars that they could
kiss 10000 times in ten hours, provif
ing they would be allowed take an oc-
casional glass of wine "between. Two
persons were appointed Il committee to
count the number of kisses, and the
work began. During the first hour they
counted 1000 kisses. During the second
hour the kisses were not nearly as
numerous, for the committee only
counted 1000. After the third hour,
during which they managed to score
but $50, further operations were brought
70 sudden standstill. The lips of the
Young man were seized with a cramp,
and he was carried off in a fainting con-
dition. The girl few days later was
stricken with brain fever, which nearly
carried her off. When the people who
had won the bet demanded their money
the parents of the girl refused to pay her
share of it. The matter was then taken
to the courts, and there it was decided
that the bet must be paid.
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DAUGHTER and Wifc.

A bad daughter seldom makes good
wife. Ifa girl is ill-ten pered at home,
snarls at her parents. snaps at brothers
and sisters, and "shirks her ordinary
iutics, the chances are ten to one that
when she gets home OF her own she
will make it wretched. There are girls
who fancy themselves 80 far Superior
TO their parents that the mere privilege
of enjoying their society in the house
ought to be all the old people should
have the assurance to ask. While their
mothers are busy with domestic duties
they sit in the easiest chairs, or lie on
the softest sofas, feeding on cheap and
trashy novels, and cherish the motion
that they are very literary individuals.
The household drudgery is too coarse
for such fine ladies' rs they. The busi-
ness of their parents is to provide them
with nice clothes and to be content with
admiring their handsome appearance
in the intervals of labor. Girls OF. this
sort are generally very anxious to be
married, that they may escape the disa-
greeables of q homo where they are
held, more or less, under subsection; ;
therefore are they smiling enough to
eligible bachelors. quickly smoothing
down the frewns which alone they give
to the members Of their own families.
A caller who doesn't have chance to
see how they behave as daughters may
be excused for fancying them lovely and
lcvable beings: but one who does see
il is foolish If he commits himself by
offering marriage to girl Of this sort.
She is not fit to be the wife OF a worthy
man. If she will not assist her mother
in, the domestic labors. and badgers the
servants, is she not likely to be equally
slothful and ill-tempered when she mar
ries? If she now thinks herself too line
to work, is it safe to expect that her
views as to that matter would radically
change if she becomes wife.
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Prices and Uses.

Sudden and large advances in the
prices of articles are frequently oc-
casioned bynew uses found in them. An
instance is afforded in currants, which.
as IN article in the grocery line, might
formerly fairly be regarded, from the
low price at which they were to be pro-
cured, a, drug in the market; and the
increasing use of currants for distlllinlg
purposes in France has enhanced their
value in an important degree. Ofcourse
this will be met by increased cultiva-
tion of the berry in Greece. Again, in
silk, values would never have risen to
their present point but for the extensive
use of silks in blending with other ma
tcrials, as in the soft, flexible goods 30
acceptable for ladies' wear, while satin,
for which Persian and Bengal orgazine
supply the face, has come largely into
fashion. The United States now count
as IN important factor in the manufac-
ture of silk goods, the Paterson mills,
with their $4,000 hands, producing
to the. total annual value OF, Sl4.-
OOO, 900. One can only wonder at the
former low depression OF silk in
view of the present general activity
of the markets. 1t is Il singular fea.
ture in the production of silk that so far
this has had no tendency to increase in
volume. The Asiatic countries, W hence
the bulk of the supply is derived, axe
sta gnant in this as in other industries.
In Europe. with the more extensive cul-
tivation of the mulberry tree, the raw
yes disease made in the silk wolm
lave tod upon the yield. 1t would seem
tnat it Is to California that the world
hereafter would have to look for the
quantity and quality needed to supple
ment the advancing demand Of con-
sumers. I'ratle Rerie,D.
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Carrier Pigeons at Great Attitudes.

Experiments were lately made IN
Switzerland to ascertain whether carrier
pigeons would start at high attitudes
and would find their way from SUBMITS
covered with snow rs well as from less
heights. Two pigeons were set at lib
erty on the Bergli, at height of 5000
feet. After perching tor few minutes
on a neighboring rock, they took flight
in the direction Of the Eiger; but soon
after they returned to the hut whence
they had been liberated. They did not
start again for some time, when they
took the route for their cot, although
surrounded by mountains, and they had
not seen tue country. Of these two, one
did not reach its destination till seven
days after; the other failed to appear.
Neither Git should be said) had been
accustomed to be set at liberty at great
distance from it's cot. Another expert
ment consisted in letting off two pigeons
one of which had not been thoroughly
trained for great distances-about 9 30
A. ", at point fifty feet under the
highest point of the Jungfrau, or l3, $50
feet above the sea level. They immedi-
ately rose, described several large cir
cles and took their flight down the val
ley of Lutherbrunnen in the direction
of Schiithorn and Schalveren. One OF
these pigeons reached its cot at Thun at
three o'clock next day (eight hours after
starting). The other did not turn up.
The result of these observations is the
more interesting, because in several in
stances pigeons let off from balloons high
up in the air have seemed incapable oi
sustaining themselves. and have fallen tc
the earth like IN inert mass.
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Hunting the Czar OF Russia.

Lately, says the London Standard,
the czar hardly ever left the Winter
palace, at St. Petersburg. When he
went abroad he was surrounded by
cloud of mounted officers, who con-
cealed the carriage and protected the
inmates with their bodies. In the
palace he was accessible only to diplo-
matists, dignitaries and officers of the
household. At chapel detectives occu.,
pied seats that were formerly reserved
for distinguished visitors. Detectives
infested the kitchen. Every dish was
tasted by persons of rank, specially Sc
lected for the purpose. The emperor
did not even venture to open his letters,
documents stepped in poison having re-
peatedly been sent to him. Yet, with
all these elaborate precautions it
occurred to nobody to search for
the announced, advertised and
pacarded mine in the basement.
The emperor and the Duchess Of Edln-
burg were seated in an apartment next
to the dining room when they heard
the report of the explosion. The lights
were extinguished and the gasplpee
burst. The princess, the officers and
the valets went blindly through tho
dark, and then poured promiscuously
through the door of the royal apartments.
The sovereign was found cropping his
wav out of the fatal quarter. All who
saw the sight-the picture OF A Alexander
II. leading his daughter away from the
mine OF dynamite say it was one that
could never be forgotten.
The Vienna Tagblatt relates that for
some days past the czar had daily re-
ceiyed sealed letter containing q few
words of menace. and saying that if he
did not change his system of oppression
he would not live to celebrate the
twenty fifth anniversary of his acces:,
sion. The sheet was always bordered
with black. In court circles it was
known as the black letter. All efforts
to discover the person who conveyed it
to the smpepor's room were unsucsess-
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A Diab0lical Invention.

Only few short weeks ago, says the
Rochester Democrat, an innocent adver-
tisement appeared in the newspapers,
and an unsuspecting public read that
the new game of rs" was for sale.
That was all, but few realized the deadly
meaning concealed beneath those appar-
emily harmless words. A gentleman
saw one in the store, and it looked so
simple that lie took it home to amnse
the children. In ten minutes from the
time he tried to explain to the little peo-
ple how the thing was done he was OBJ
iivious to all outward things, and went
on, hour after hour, moving the little
blocks of wood with the feverish in
tensity of a madman. A neighbor called
in, and seeing at glance how the puzzle
should be worked out, bought one and
tried it. He is still trying: And so the
infection spread. To-day therei is hardly
a pleasant home in the city that has not
the dark shadow of "l5" across its
threshold. Men demand it, women
plead for it, and children cry for it. And
when it catches them it never lets 60
Occasionally some one will get the fif'
teen numbers in the proper order, but
his elation is short-lived. To save him
he cannot tell how be did it, nor can ne
do it again. All theories are wrong,
and experience is OF no avail. 1t ls
worse than a malignant fever, and nc
one can tell the moment when he viii
be made a victim. Young men carry
the game in their hip-pockets: the same
as Texans do revolvers, and it is even
more fated in it's use. 1t is produced on
the slightest provocation, and instantly
the spell is worked. Men swear and
throw it from them, but they pick it ur
again and 60 on moving the blocks o
wood up and down, to the right and tc
the left. 1t is the last three numbers
that disturb the mental equilibrium; Il
is plain enough sailing until then. 1t il
there the trouble commences. WHAT
will be the result no one can tell. Un.
less there is a speedy relief we must be-
come nation of block-moving idiots
No punishment is too great for the mar
who sent This infliction upon an unpre
pared community. We can see him In
imagination trying to make the NUM-
bers come right on red-hot piece O
sheet iron. Could he be found there
would be no escape from the hoWllnl
populace.
Up and down,
Left and right,
Almost done,
Never right.
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cleft Nothing to His Family"

How often is this said of man who
dies owning no property! How often
in their ignorance are good men sad
dened by the thought that, having no
money to bestow, they can bequeath
nothing to their children. But every
child is an heir. and his inheritance is
indefeasible. First of all are his
memories of his parents and home.
All! if men and women could dictate
to their lawyers, on paper or parch
ment, what memories they shall leave
behind them, how differently would the
record read in so many cases! But
memory is record not open to amend
ment, not subject to obliteration by
another's will. We shall be remem-
bered chiefly for what we are-happy If
there be even one who will think of
what we wished or tried to be. Every
day and year, therefore, adds to the
possessions of our children and friends,
in their memories of US. How made
quately does money represent one when
compared with ones self! The trlte
truth that it is not what man has. but
what he is, that measures him, never
seems less trite than when one thinks
what ne will be TO his friends when he
has been ten years dead.
And so a man who has no property to
devise should not be unhappy. " l give
and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife
and children q good name" Isn't that
good start to last will? If a man
can honestly and proudly write that,
and then descend to possessions that are
expressed in figures, SO much the bet
ter. But there is the best authority for
giving the preference to the tangible be-
quest. And if in his inmost soul the
father feels that among the unenumer,.
ated legacies, each dear one left behind
will lave memory of him as kind,
thoughtful. generous, amiable, loving,
tender and true, how dare he think that
he shall die poor? These are treasures
that no heirs quarrel over, and that re-
auires no probate outside of the sanctu-
ary of the heart. They are veritably
"laid up in heaven" Why do the
errors of the spiritual materialists still
keep men looking beyond the stars as
the place where "their. possessions be?''
Golden Rule.
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Novelties of the Fish Supply OF San
Francisco.

It is estimated that to furnish the
markets of San Francisco with fish
total of about 800 fishermen are en-
ployed, who work in gangs OF from three
to ten, generally owning their own boats
and tackle. These boats are of all sizes,
from the ordinary rowboat for the bay
end river 20 the half bark for outside
fishing. The most profitable is the
salmon fishery, but in that con-
siderable capital is required for the
purchase, care, mending, etc., of nets.
Herring are caught in q net
smaller than that used for salmon, as
also Goldfish. shad, perch and numerous
other varieties of marketable tish. Ihe
salmon come principally from the Sacra-
mento river, the others from. the bay,
San Joaquin river and the vicinity o
Monterey, Tomales and Bodega. AS
vet. the shad fishery is in its infancy,
the spawn placed in the Sacramento
and Truckee rivers recently not having
attain ed that size, with few exceptions,
sanctioned by law for its capture. Some
of the largar varieties Of fish, salmon
excepted, are caught with the hook.
Lines are stretched, averaging seventy
five feet in length, buoyed on
nieces of corkwood, to which
umberless hooks are attached, balted
generally with minnows. These
arc visited twice s. day and the catch
taken. For the lobster fishing sort OF
basket, about five feet high and two IN
diameter, with small opening at me
TOP. is employed. Into the opening the
lobster crawls, and is caught in a trap:
The greater number of Holsters furnished
the markets comes from Santa Barbara.
Crabs are caught with a net basket at
different points off the shore rocks, and
shrimps with a small hand net drawn
through the surf. Our clans come from
the sandy beaches around Tomaless,
and the coarse article known as Chi
nese CLANS from Long Bridge. MUSES.
are similarly taken. Boys are generally
employed III the shrimp, clam ana mus
sci business, who sell their catch at the
best prices they may obtain from the
different stall proprietors. Inc oysters
of our market. the only article IN when
California is inferior to her Eastern sis
ters. are found in the bay. and torn on
the submerged rocks by dredgers. The
Eastern article transplanted has not as
vet shown that size so much desired,
and it is beginning to be felt that, owing
to some cause not escertained, our bay
is not well fitted for their production.
However, if our oysters are inferior in
size they possess all excellent flavor.
and are not surpassed by the Eastern
varieties for cooking purposes, especially
soups and stews.-San Francisco Post.
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The Things In the Bottom Drawer.

The Things In the Bottom Drawer.
There are whips and tops and pieces Of strings,
There are shoes which no little ieet wear,
There are bits Of ribbon and broksn rings,
And tresses Of golden hair.
There are little dresses folded away
Out of the light OF the sunny day.
There are dainty jackets that never are worn,
There are toys and models Of ships,
There are books and pictures all faded and
torn,.
And marked by tho finger tips
Of dimpled hands that have fallen to DUST
Yet strive to think that the Lord is Just.
But feeling Of bitterness hll, my soul
Sometimes, when try top-,y,
That the reaper has spared 20 many flowers
And taketh mine away.
Aud almost doubt Il the Lord can K low
That a mothers heart ean love them 20.
Then think of the many weary ones
Who are waiting and Watching tonight
For the slow return Of ftaltering ieet
That have strayed from the paths OF right;
Who have darkened their lives BY shame and
sin,
Whom the snares OF tho tempter have gath
cred In.
They wander far In distant olimes,
They perish by hrs and flood;
And their hands are black With the direst
crimes
That kindled the wrath OF God.
Yet q mothers song has smoothed them to
rest.
She hath lulled them TO slumber upon her
breast.
And then I think OF my children three,
My babes that never grow old,
And know they are waiting and Watching IT.
me,
In the city with the streets OF gold,
Safe, safe from the cares Of the weary years,
From sorrow, and sin, and war,
And thank my God with falling tears,
For the things in the bottom drawer.
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The Empress OF Austria.

The Austrian empress whole passion
is for dogs and horses Her MAJESTY
always rises with the lark. When the
day lengthens she rises at six in the
morning and goes to hear mass in the
private chapel near her apartments.
After the devotion of the first moments
of the day to religion she proceeds to
the stable and the riding. g.school. Her
favorite horses know we'll her elastic
step and sweet, clear voice, and nothing
gives her such pleasure as when the
Door animals greet her presence with a
sort of affectionate neighing.
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An exchange says that an offer OF
81 ,250,000 has been made for the Lon
don Telegraph and declined by its pro-
prictors, Messrs. Lawson, Levy & Go.
The Times is roughly valued at $685.,
600, 900, the Standard at $4,000, 900 and
the Ne,os at SIS. .O0O. 600. The price asked
for the Telegraph is round 5000, 900.
The circulation of these journals is
given at 81, GOO daily for the Times, l45,-
600 for the Standard, l25,000 tor the
News, and 200, 900 for the Telegraph. In
point of advertising patronage, the
Times exceeds all the other three com :
bined; the Standard surpasses both the
latter. The paper of least circulation
has the most advertising patronage,
and rice uersa.
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In Youth.

LII 1Vutus
In youth we rested on the hill OF hope,
And viewed before US the prospective pleas.
ure;
We watched the warm east bathing vale and
slope, .
With rays downladen with their golden
treasure.
There came shade that lent tinge to sad
Eess,
Yet made the soul more spiritually bright;
She took my hand, and, in voice OF Sladness,
Pointed to where a bird sailed in the light.
With the smooth waving wing that SKINNED
the cir,
Upward and onward my heart kept time
and motion;
Until cloud, with silvery lining fair
Concealed the bird, and bightel my devo-
ton.
The moon approached, and with it worldly
pain,
We labored in the vale, with burning rays
above us;
Slow moved the rook across our field Of grain,
And darkness seemed to fall on those who
cared 10 love us.
On the western slope, in twiligh, now,
We turn with sadness toward the night be-
hind US;
Tho care of time is fixed on either wow,
And aghs are born OF thoughts that but re.
mind US.
Tho bird that sailed, al early summer morn.
Behind the cloud with silvery lining isir,
Was youths bright hope, which fed from me
with soorn,
And left my days to darkness and despair.
The rook that moved across my field OF grain,
Bore on lis wings the blight OF coming
years;
But still to me there's solaoe in her strain,
Who raised me first to life among the
spheres.
-Hu9i F. Nc Dermon.
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FOB THE FAIR SEX.
Eashion Notes.
'soao are reviYed

SODe@ASee
OIL calieoes are revived.
Yeddo grapes are cotton fabrics.
Cotton grapes will be much worn.
Turbans are worn tar back on the
head.
Lace is again used to excess in mil
linery.
Large pelerins collars Of lace are re-
vived.
Shirred pointed bodices are very
fashionable.
The new French buntings have a
Grape finish.
The turban is the bonnet Of the pass
ing moment.
Lace.striped buntings appear among
the new goods.
Rouge Adrianople is the new name
for red oil calico.
Flat tops and round tops for turbans
are equally fashionable.
Albatross, cloth is one of the new
ames for French bunting.
Japanese colors and designs prevail in
all printed cotton goods.
Flower bonnets and flower turbans
appear among evening coiffures.
Marigolds and bachelors buttons are
among the new artificial flowers.
Lilac and straw color will be favorits
combinations of color for spring wear.
Plain red oil calico will be used in
combination with figured rouge Adrian
ople.
Girls in their teens will wear large
round collarettes of cut work, Maltese
and antique laces.
A fancy for red bonnets and red laces
prevails, and all dressy bonnets have
the strings edged with lace.
Second mourning bonnets are made
of black royale OF large reps and Otto
man silk trimmed with the same.
Grape Yeddo and French bunting, or
fine camel's hair, form many Of the COM
posite costumes prepared tor early
spring wear.
Checked cloths OF many mixtures,
with an occasional silk thread Of some
bright tint "shot in" initiate the Eng
lish homespuns admirably.
Red gronnd oil calicoes, with all the
old-fashioned figures that used to be
seen on such goods forty years ago, an.
pear among late importations OF dress
goods.
Silk and wool brocaded mixtures of
light quality in bright Oriental colors
and designs will be used as parts of Co.'S
tunes, with plain French bunting or
light camel's hair.
Included among spring and summer
goods suitable for children's use are
monte cloths figured in japanese styles
on soft cream tinted grounds, or dotted
with tiny flowers and leaves on plain,
pink, blue, or other colors: also kind
of crepe so rich and soft that it has
almost the appearance OF silk: Both OF
these materials are entirely of cotton.
Dresses forchildren up to six or eight
years of age are still made in one piece
"a fa.hion both comfortable for the
child and convenient for the mother.
Wool and silk, and silk and velvet are
the materials used in these dresses,
which may be very,simple or elaborately
and gracefully modelled to simulate
vest and jacket. Satin bands and lace
serve as garniture.
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month, but the strain had been too
great, and he died from the effects OF
the fl ght. The rest of the pack were
killed by the neighbors, although they
caused considerable trouble"