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FOR THE LADIES.

: Mrs. Phoebe G. Ellis of Sidney, Me, is a smart
old lady She IS 81 years old, and is as vigorous
most women of half her age. Last Fall she wOve 40
yards OF flannel and table linen sheeting and rag
carpet besides. She has children in Montana, Wis
consin California, Maine Michigan and Massa-
chuseIts, and lives in the house IN which she was
born.
The wife of a New York banker has invented
a machine for making wire rope, the patent Of
which she has sold to a San Francisco firm for SIS
UOO cash and royalty. The way she came to hit
upon this was from device she used to twist her
worsted.
The very latest freak for small dinner party
Is 10 have semreirculaF table, along the straight
end OF which are erected miniature rocks and trees
mirror Tor lake and even groups of tiny deer in
forest, like boys Christmas tree decoration
Yet another notion is to have the center of the
table sunkeu, fringed with ferns and with lot Of
crabs, lobsters and even fish padding about in a
little water.
Mime. Hading is beautiful, but she went as near
10 making herself seem plain in l. Etrangere as
DeautIul woman could. Her dresses were mis-
takes. They were disasters. The thought of the
dark-blue plush, with the dowdy little eapote,
lined with crimson o. in the third act is positively
painful. And Nine. HadiuE, in cobalt sat through
one long scene on peacoek-blUe sofa.-NetU York
Herald.
The woman who gets but one letter a year al
ways reads It on the street-Atchis0n fRGn.l Globe
= The Empress of Austria, who contempIates
making tour OF this country. has a wild desire to
ride over our Western prairies and learn to throw
iasso. Her mind was first directed to this amb-
ton by the accounts she read in the European
newspapers OF Buffalo BilIs show. She is fond of
adventure, and her feats on horseback have long
been celebrated throughout the world. She has
had three mustangs imported from this country
anu mas been seen gailoping of late about the
country near Vienna, throwing a nOOsed rope at
various objects as she dashed past them. Upto the
present time, however, she hasn't caught anything
but cold and rheumatism. Her illness at Corfu
was caused by mustang-ridng.
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IS MARR1AGE a FAnuRE2

First Tramp-"I see all the newspapers are
disputing as to whether Marriage is Failure ,
or not. What do you think of it?"
Second Tramp-"It 1t is a failure-a decided
failure. I could give blood-curdling illustra-
tion of it."
First Tramp-" Indeed Let me hear it."
Second Traap-"I married the widow of a
plumber, expecting to get the physical repose
and the luxurious surroundings my highly
organized system requires Before the honey
moon was half over we had to foreclose a mort
gage on a Turkish bath establishment and
undertake the running of it to save our claim
Ny wife insisted on my going in at the bottom
and learning the business from the ground up
endured the martyrdom of soapsuds and hot
water for one long week, when I escaped her
vigilance and regained my freedom. But, alas
my life was wrecked"
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tion. and therefore we have special interest
ID knowing how il luTned ont We viii let
Eauy tel the story of their adventures.
.. We were not large party, wrote Harry
afterward, only a thousand men ia all
There was a part OF the 9Th Iowa and the
25th hlc., two CONF ranies OF cavalry and two
pieces of bght artillery from the Dubuque
battery. Gen Nandever commanded the
expedition. and we expected 10 be away four
or FIVE days.
We were two days getting TO Huntsville,
where we found the reEels that we were
after had gone. Huntsville is an Arkansas
Countyseat Of two or three hundred IN
habitans, and hardly an able bodied man
could be found IN the whole place; all were
away fighting ID the rebel ranks The pTin-
cipal store iD the place was a whlsky-shop,
and the proprietor claimed TO be Union
nan. One OF the officers, Captain, bought
a canteea of whisky OF him, and offered a
United States Treasury note in payment
The maa took the note and looked at 1t
carefully Then he returned II, saying he
must have either gold or Confederate paper
money.
Isn't this good enough?' the Captain
asked
50 Good enough as long as you-uns are
here said the man; but when you turn
your backs the other fellows would hang
me if I had that kind of money.
Nobody had any Confederate paper, and
the CAPTAIN didn't know what 10 do. he
wanted the mans whisky, as the weather
was cold, but he knew the fellow was right
about getting into trouble lor having our
money about
Another Of the officers had been in the
first expedition TO Fayetteville, and happen
ed 10 have IN his pocket a whole sheet OF
private 'shinplasters,' or promises TO pay,
that he picked up in q printing Office in that
town He took the sheet from his pocket
aud asked II that was the kind Of money
the man wanted.
4" Just the thing said the whisky dealer.
Give me one Of them slips and you can
have eanteen Of whisky for it,
The slip was cut from the sheet and
handed over. Them mans attention was called
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to the fact that it had not been signed, but.
he declared it was just as good, and nobody
would know the difference.
Another and another and another were
cut of. and finally the whole sheet mad heen
disposed Of for eanteens Of bad whisky.
Then somebody fished out another sheet Of
the same sort Of stuff, and the whisky dealer
did q lively stroke of business as long as the
paper lasted. Probably be worked II of on
his neighboT- and suffered no loss owing to
the notes having been without signature.
Well, we didn't make many prisoners at
Huntsville, but the few We did make set Us
thinking pretty lively.
We picked up four OF five men of no par
ticular couse gUenee, and they were exam
ined apart from each other to make sure that
they had lot patched up lies 10 tell Us.
Next We picked up two men who had left
the rebel army only , / hours before for the
reason that they had 40 weapons and were
simply useless mouths TO feed.
They gave as the startling intelligence
that the rebels were already advancing to
attack our army. They had left the camp
about . miles south Of Fayetteville, but not
until they actually saw the troops marching
out on The road 10 the north. They said
there were 30,O00 Of the rebels and they
were commanded by Gen. Van Dorm.
Gen NandeveT Immediately sent off a
courier with This information to Gen. Cur
It's, and very soon afte-ward he gave the or
der to return 10 camp We went about six
miles and then camped, but before we had
been IL camp al hour we had a courier from
Gen. Gurus with the same information and
ordering our immediate return"
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CHAPTER NNEII.


"Gen. Eandever," continued Harry. gave
orders FOR us 10 start ont Of camp al o'clock
and ma ke 4 forced march 10 reioin the main
column. DO you know what a forced march
E2
- Well it's something pretty tough when
you have 10 make II, IS il means a march
without any rest until Ii is ended We had
a miles 10 - that day, aud it took US from
in the morning until 10 at night, but we did
it. II wasn't SO bad for the cavalry and artil-
leTT, Is they bad their horses bat il was terri
bic Tor the infantry. The word passed along
the lines that the enemy was on the road TO at
tack ms. Gen. Nandever had great fears that
the rebels knew Of cur expedition and would
try 70 cut Us Of al the crossing Of the White
Rsrer and So he hurried on till he got the
stream behind us. There was about three feet
Of watee az tlc ford, and u save the infantry
men from getting their feet wet and c0nse-
quently sore, he crossed them over with the
cavalry. An infantry soldier iumucd I'D be-
hind cavalrynla and was soon on the other
side. Others climbed on the caissgls of the ar
taiery, and 50 iy TWO trips Of the cavalry the
whole force gts crossed over with dry feet
= We only halted Tor about - minutes at
time and three times in all during all that
long days march. The infautrvmen were
completely Tired out when they got into camp.
but they Wsre ready for the battle the next
day and taeg did good work, too, you may be
suEe.
While we were on the march we met con
Tiers that had been sent ont by Gen. Curtis 10
tell rs hat fighting bad already begun away
On she right ai our line where Gea Sigel was
They also told MS that we should fHd the cen
ter OF main pos li0u al Sugar Creek. where the
shape Of the ground WIS such as to give US a
better defensive position than the one at ross
E0-Ows. Gen. Curtis had decided to coureu-
tEate las forces lleTe as soon as he heard O. the
rebel advance, aHC the movements 0i the various
parts or the army had such a concentration in
view
Aoi the least weary Of these who took part in
Gen. Wanderers expedition Cn its return TO
c1mp were Harry aHd Jack. The noble-hearted
youths bad done all they could 10 helm aloUg
uhe5r comrades, and f9r nearly halr the waV
tbey had loaned their horses 10 footsare infan-
tymen who were unable 10 keep up with the
column. Harry declared that little exercise
would do Eiu good. Jack shared his kindly,
feeling and walked briskly along as though it
was he greatest fun ia the world. Gen. Van
dever said they were pair Of Mark Taplev's
Hh0 could be Jolly under the most adverse
Circumstances.
When they were yet four or i've miles from
camp the General sent Harry 10 give notice OF
The coming OF the expedition and order a
supper prepared for the weary men Harry
took bis horse from the man who had been
riding H. and darted away as fast as he could
90. The men in camp set 10 work with will,
and when the expedition arrived a supper As
good as the army Tations could supply was
ready and waiting. Harry sa isfied his own
hunger and secured 2 good meal for Jack who
was not long in swallowing 1t; the horses
were fec and watered, and then the pair of
young veterans stretched themselves ON the
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PERSONS AND THINGS.

The Marquis de Talleyraud-P -Perigord recently
won $4,000 At Monte Carlo. He played the limit,
y, 400 at each bet. His wife is an American
king Otto of Bavaria's latest development Of
mania Is to imagine himself a black cat His de-
mented majesty now moves round on all-fours and
calls loudly for live mice.
= The reeently-unyailed statue Of Gordon in
London Is pecuiar-u not unique-in that it rep
resents a great soldier without a sword He is
shown carrying rattan cane under his left arm
-GeOrgia editors have to turn good many cor
ners' as witness the following 90 We have on hand
an excellent clotheswasher, which we have got for
years advertising As have no clothes to
wash, we are offering the thing for sale cheap aud
10 the person buying will throw in "a free local
notice and year subscription to our paper
- man in Nebraska Is in Jail for stealing snu-
sages. The evidence against him is said to be con-
elusive. Not link is wanted.-Chicago Tribune.
= IL Is said that negro in Jacksonville refused
TO leave the city while the epidemic OF yellow fever
was at ITS night, because he regarded travelling by
rail as more dangerous than the disease.
An Australian missionary tells the following
story against himself: When / asked the word
for sin they gave me for thin and so was led
into representing that it hateful to God for man
to be thin; and that they would be condemned for
it. So they came to the conclusion that it was
pleasing to God for people to be fat In fact had
been telling them that all lean people went TO hell
and fat people to Heaven"
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HUmoR.
30 ANaEI1c rNrrRrA1NMrNr.

~
NO. she said Grossly, for she was very tired
and the day was hot. "PI not give you a
mouthful. I've got all that 1 can do, and
moren I can do, cooking vitteIs for the men
you see working in the fields there. haint
neither the strength nor the provisions to
waste on loafers who are too lazy to earn their
bread"
Madame" said the tramp without shadow
of irritation, "you claim to be Christian, 1
suppose?"
Yes, and 1 am, as far as weak, human ma
ture'n let me be- What's that got to do with
it?"
Well, have you been told from the pulpit
about the likelihood of entertaining angels
unawares ?"
eyes, but there is no record of an angel trav-
cling around the country disguised in shirt
that hadn't seen washtub this season, and
with breath that would addle eggs You just
mozey on. III take my chance of entertaining
angels some time when I haven't to cook for
gang of harvest hands"
He mozeyed on.
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PoJvglot yyisdopR

Nothing costs so much as what is given u.s.
ElcHch Pr0Cer5
Learning makes man fit company for him
seiL-TGmd PrOUerJ.
No man knows the weight of another's bur
den.-Dmish ProCeyJ
The courteous learns his courtesy from the
discourteous.-T Turkish ProUerB.
man is not known till he has passed
through both good and i'll fortune.-Spaaisb
PT0reTb.
lie who cannot counterfeit friend can never
be a very dangerous enemy.-Burnese ProgerJ
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Query.
ITne

In my mail / find the following query, writ
ten in desperate hand:
a sheet Of paper may move ton one mile ,
says the Scientific American
Now, put away in a much-scented casket
are o42 letters OF four sheets each, written upop
and crossed by Mrs. --- TO me before Idiyided
the right to my name with her.
Mrs. -- now weighs the tenth part Of a ton.
What / want to know is: Win the 8l2 letters.
representing 1868 sheets, move her in direct
line from me 33,650 miles? If so, where is this
paper fuel machine obtainable: and is il easv
to hitch woman to?"
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A TOTAL WRECK.

Blanke5l5ecL-" Pm awful sorry to hear you
have failed, Crowder. I hope, though, you'll
save something from the wreck to give you
fresh start"
Crowder-" No, everything has gone Blan-
kenbeck. I've nothing between me and the
poorhouse but my reputation and my business
ability"
Blankea5ecI- Great goodness, is it so bad as
that? Then your hand is already on the
knob of the poorhouse door"
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LChicago Trib,ins
Trustee of Church (at st. Joseph, Mo)-our
pastor has resigned.
Fellow -Trustee-Is it possible? What is he
going to do?
" He has accepted call from congregation
in Kansas City,
In Kansas City! CWrathfuIly.) Let's give
him donation visit before he leaves u.s."
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He-"Your refusal, Miss Briggs, takes away
every motive orliving. Existence henceforth
will be but torture, and I shall welcome any
thing that promises to end my life summarily.
Good-by"
She" You are forgetting your overshoes
Mr.. Griggs"
He That's so. Thank you. One cannot be
too careful about going out in this sloppy
weather"
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John L. Sullivan says the trouble with him
is "a shifted liver" We have heard of too
much whisky taugling mans legs or turning
his brain, but the liyer-shifting feat is a new
accusation.
short time before he wrote that letter a
Washington dude taught Lord sacBvlle to
smoke cigarets and blow the smoke through
his nose. This will account for much.
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Boolzmaker-If you have 800 to bet I can
place it for you where it will be sure to win
you $500.
Briggs-Where did you place that $500 I
saw Skaggs give you to put on a sure thing?
Bookmaker-Well, I was going to fix it so
that your 500 would win his $500.
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Not an Exception.
TPhiladeiphia Record. I

Social Philosopher-My gracious! wish I
could have the honor of an introduction to
that lady. She's the first sensible woman I've
seen on the street to-day. She wears no bus
tie
Friend-I know her Wait Good morning
Mrs De Fashion. Permit me to introduce my
friend MI Highmind.
Forgive the intrusion, Mrs. De Fashion, but
| noticed that you had no hustle -"
Mrs. De Fashion-Horrors! I must have
dropped it, (Fsints.)
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Grammatfc.

LFigaro.l
Professor-What is the plural of child?
Pupil-Twins, sir.
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I am told, however, that this penitentiary is
one of the, best in Japan There are Others
scattered throughout the Empire, and Japan
has altogether more than 700 prisons and houses
of correction. These have more than $4,000
officers, and in 1885 they contained more than
$4,000 prisoners. OF these $4,000 were men
and less than 5000 were women. The women
of Japan seem to show a much less average of
crime than those of other countries and of the
prisoners for life in 1885, while there were
4,273 men, there were only 80 women | saw
some women in the jails at Toxic, and every
other woman seemed to have baby with her
They were awaiting trial, and were chiefly
arrested for small offenses. The women of
Japan thus seem to have higher average of
morality than the men, and there is no doubt
but that this state exists in other bra ches of
vice than those punishable by law. AS to social
morality, their standard is undoubtedly higher,
and the married women of Japan are | am
told, as true to their husbands as the wives of
any other nation. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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was surprised at the wonderful work done
by the prisoners. Some very fine lacquer and
some wonderful cloisonne were turned out be-
fore my eyes, and l saw many things made
which are used in America. We are, you know,
Japan's best customer, and we buy $2l 000, 900
worth of her goods a year Many a dressing
gown which is worn by a Washington or a
Fihh-avenue belle is embroidered and made at
this penitentiary, and many of the japanese
fans which you buy SO cheaply are made here
Straw mating is woven in these prison walls,
and the clothing for the army of Japan is here
sewed. The prison does printing and book
making, and in it many of the prisoners learn
trades which they practice in after life Mr.
Owori, the Superintendent, seems to have ex-
cellent ideas of prison management and ne
told me that he considered the prison place
for the making of good citizens out of bad ones,
rather than for the punishment of the bad. He
was a short, pleasant-faced, bright-eyed Japan
ese, dressed in European clothes, and he
seemed to have the prison completely under
his control. 1t is probable that he will come
to the United States within year or so to in
spect the prisons there and to bring the results
of his Investigations back to Japan.
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asked him as to the daily life of the pris-
oners. He said "The prisoners rise at 4:20 in
the morning. They must be washed at 4:50,
and at a. m they must answer at roll-call !;
10 minutes later they have their breakfa fast.
This they eat with chop sticks, of course. The
breakfast consists of rice, beans and fish, and
sometimes beef. They are allowed an hour for
eating, and at 6;15 begin their work for the
day. At $50 they have half hours rest, aud
from II to l they lay off for luncheon. At
they go to work again, and continue until /. At
4:50 they return to their wards, after roll-call
and then have their bath, The prisoners wash
all over every day, and they have hot baths
several times week. They do not receive any
tobacco, and we often keep them here some
time after they have finished their terms until
places are found for them. We have a system
of watching man for a time after he has left
the prison, and | think that our prisons are
improving This prison has been prison for
over 100 years, and it was penitentiary in the
days of the Shoguns."
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Another part of this Police Department was
devoted to the licensing of girls for prostitu-
ton. | saw room full of young girls, each
attended by a man or woman, who were here
for this purpose. If they made the satsfac.
tory representations they were given licenses
to live in this way for three years and | was
told that the licenses could be renewed at the
end of that time for three years longer. Many
of the girls gave as a reason for entering upon
this life that they did SO to support their aged
fathers and mothers, and some were accom-
panied by their parents. Prostitution is one of
the great evils Of japan, aud each large city
has its quarter devoted entirely to this
pursuit, 1t is, as a rule, one of the
finest parts of the city, and this class are
required TO reside within it. In the city of
Toxic the quarter is in ShiEigaWa, about five
miles from the center of the city, and there
are here, am told, about 5000 of these eharac-
ters. They make up village of wide streets
and high houses, with the richest of finish and
at night the whole is a blaze of light Lanterns
by the thousands hang from the balconies. In
the center of the street there is line of ilu-
minated pictures and small tableaux in wax,
free for all who wish TO see. The lower parts
of the houses are open the sliding walls are
thrown back, and behind bars in rooms from
20 to 30 feet square are seated a la Turk, or on
their heels, the girls who are for sale. They
III the full Japanese dress, and their faces are
highly powdered and their lower lips painted
red. Before them sit little boxes of charcoal
for lighting. and not a few smoke their pipes
In some of these rooms you see 30 and 40
maidens who look at you, but do not speak
unless you speak to them. There is no indie
cent exposure, and their outward actions are
not bad. Some of the rooms are filled with
Japanese girls dressed in European dresses
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