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sketch Artist and Camera.

No. | do not think thai amateur pho
togfaphy i, %supplanting out door sketch
Ing. said a we'll known Fulton street
dealer in artists materials a few days
since. in response 10 i question OF a re
porter.
while / DO not say that the converse
Of that proposition Is true, | Go know
for a fact thai q larger number OF sketch
ing classes have gone into the country
this summer than ever before, and, as a
rule, these classes have had q very large
membership. 1t Is a theory of mine.
which. | think, can DC really demon
strated, that there is readily no reason
why the sketch artist anu the amateur
photographer should not work in perfect
harmony, and that the union viii DC
Greatly 10 the benefit Of both.
II a give you an instance, - he went
on, where the cameIa has been Of III
told service to one Of the artists on . well
known magazine. Formerly this artist,
If more than local reuown, used to
sketch wholly from nature, but now
when making a tour through England,
DIOtldulf Vi NitGic it may NhAi4NC ~ bGf
lac always carries his camera along. and
when he ONE across a pretty bit OF
landscape. a ruined castle OF anything
else he wishes to preserve, he at once
takes . negative. Thus you see that IN
q icU weeks time he can take hundreds
of negatives, while months would be On
5Gmed on his tour If he were compelled
t. sketch each view himself. When he
reaches home he throws the negatives
onto a piece of cardboard, touches them
up with India ink, then in some way de
conposes the silver on the plate leaving
the India ink drawing IN its place. The
drawing is then photo-engrayed and Is
published in the magazine as a bona fde
sketch, while, in fact, 1t Is purely a piece
of mechanical work. New York Mail
and Express.
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river. thence up tho stream ina southwestcrly
direction T. Montreal Here the rarids are
encountered. and tine cargo OF the Rosedale
was transferred ia lighters 10 Kingston
From Kingston she proceeded over the
length Of Lake Ontario. through the Wcilaud
canal thence along Lake Enc, through tho
Detroit ami ST. Clair rivers and Lake ST.
Clair, along Lake Huron, entering Lake
Michigan through the Straits Of Mlckraw
Once on Lake Michigan II Is plain sailing
straight up tho lako to tue mouth NJ tho
Chicago river, On which the city o. Chicago
is built.
The Rosedale steamed into the river, past
the system vi swinging bridges common Ia
cities through which small navlgable rivers
pass, and landed at her dock, about two
miles and d half from the rivers mouth.
Here size was visited b. large numbers Of
Chicagoan5 who hockei 70 see tue first
steamer tlat had ever cleared from a Euro
pean port and CONS direct 70 Chicago.
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Destruction Wrought by Insects In America

The annual lo.sto productive industries
IA the United States caused by insects IS
estimated IL $3.50. 900, 900. Here Is a
far hattie between man and another sort
of earth occupiers. They are smaller,
but if they al whip Us, have I'M
doubted rs good n right to the world as
VIC have. AS civilization advances new
insects make their appearance, marching
sometime eastward. but generally west
ward. There are few, if any, forms Of
vegetation that have no parasites that de-
your either foliage or fruit. The loss to
the cotton crop is estimated at s1J, GOO, 600
q year, while that to the apple crop is not
much less, and that to the potato crop at
least one -half as much. But the estimate
u not a fair one until into the loss is
counted the time spent in fighting to Sc
cure the proportion that Is saved. Scion
nAo American.
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DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

Mrs. s. NJ. P. Plat has written a poem IN
honor of Mrs. Cleveland.
Belva Lockwood began school teaching
when str was IL years old.
Nine. Vincent, a French woman. has saved
twelve persons from drowning.
Mrs. Lien Mitchell has been appointed a
member of the Chicago board OF education
Miss Daisy Hampton, the famous Con-
federate generals daughter, Is great reieS-
trian.
Queen Victoria has given $4,000 to 81.
GATHERINGS Training hospital for nurses ior
London poor.
Lottie Gerak. Of ST. Louis. has been
awarded first honors at the Vienna Conser'
atory OF Music.
The Duchess of Rutland. "a writer on social
topics for women, is coming to America 10
widen her sphere Of observation.
An old musk.t lately fished out of the Ohio
river bears the letters p. b., y and Is believed
to have belonged To Daniel Boone.
There are two women III tue United States
-one in Brooklyn and one IN Flint, Men
who follow the calling OF undertaksr
Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson = pictured at
the Alcott memorial services ~ a bowed
white haired aud sanity looking woman
Mss Fuller. a daughter OF the nominee for
the chief iusticeship, has just been etadu-
ated from Wells-Mrs Cleveland : college
A bill "to prevent the gathering oi wild
flowers has. for some unknown reason, been
introduced into parliamen, oy Mr Shaw
Lefevre.
Mrs. Rignold. who died d. few days ago at
Birmingham. was the first actress 70 under
take the part oil Hamlet She tried it nifty
years ago
Miss Rebecca Wright, Sho gave Sheridan
the secret information by which he won the
battle Of Winchester, is o Mrs Beusalr a
treasury department clerk ia Washington
Mrs. Frank Leslie is enthusiastic IN her adj
miration of VI. Ferdinand de Lesseps who
called on her in Paris the other day. Size
predicts that he will live to see the Panama
canal finished.
Nine. Gabrielle Dunontet Is today perhaps
the most distinguished young woman IN
France. At the recent examinations IN med
icinc and surgery under the auspices VI tue
Women's Union Of France she gained the
6rs, prize. and vas awarded the medal and
diploma Of honor Besides being unusually
proficient in her professional ana scientific
studies. Sue Is an accomplished l.n-ulst ma
sician and painter, and a brilliant "oman M
society
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The Tyranny OF TIPS"

Fifteen years ago the tipping OF
walters in hotels and restaurants was as
a constant and practically inevitable re-
quirement almost unknown here. The
system came into vogue a. a somewhat
natural result of the large influx OF for
eign waters and Of the acquisition OF
European ideas through the vast and still
increasing tide of summer travel. With
true American %impetuosity and energy
we have carried on the practice OF tip
ping till it has now become q nuisance
Of extremely exacting and annoying pro
portions. 1t is impossible to take a meal
in q restaurant. TO stay in a hotel OK to
enjoy the somewhat questionable luxury
Of a berth in a sleeping car without, IL
addition TO paving the large profits OF the
proprietors Of these institutions, giving
also a very considerable pe,centage in
the shape Of tips" The system is SO
thoroughly organized that it is impossible
for the man who desires any comfort to
avoid paving this customary blackmail.
Without it, he cannot even get the food
or the attention which Is purported to be
offered at Il high price. ANY regular
traveller will say that it is hopeless 10 try
to obtain more than n good or well
served meal in a hctel unless the waiter
is remembered. The same experience
will be encountered in any of the better
class restaurants.-Julian NIagnus in The
Ersoch
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\ village newspaper, giving an ac-
count of a lecture by q noted lecturer
said briefly and indefinitely that it was
"a wonderful flow Of lansuage'-whicil
seems to lave been the idea of the hearers
of a certain colorel minister, mentioned
by an exchange. whose gifts we're rather
superficial.
The length OF tie words he hurled at
his hearers was only limited by the
amount of oxygen he could take into his
lung. at one effort. This was all very
well for a time. but the church did not
seem to prosper, and by and by a change
was decided upon and I committee Of
one was appointed to ask for the wofdy
ministers resignation.
When the GRAND had been stated, the
preacher Indignantly asked what the
congregation expected for nothing.
WAL, now, doan yo' see, we duzzent
expect'-
''lsn'tmy character away up gan above
prOcrastiLationf'
NO trouble bout dat but, sab, yer
isn't fur enuf dedicated to-
KANT | talk confidently enough ter
suit de most rapashusf'
Oats it. chile; dat's it; hole right
on where var now. 70 kin talk and
yo' kin talk, but yo' doan't pint out; yo'
can argyfy an 20 kin argyfy, but yo'
doan't show wharein."
The resignation ashanded in directly.
Youths Companion.
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The Charm Of Femininity.

The increasing Discrimination of our de-
slrable young men 10 marry worries fond
mammas with daughters on their hands,
and 1t is a problem which they have been
unable to satisfactorily solve. The most
popular reason given is that women are
extravagant, costly iuxuries, i'll which
the average man heSitates to indulge. In
some cases this may be true; but generally
speaking this is rank nonsense. The men
Of the period may think the ''horsey"
girl jolly fun, but they do not want to
marry her. Men Of brains like a set to
with a woman of opinions, but they do
not want that bill of fare for breakfast,
dinner and supper, The student knows
well enough that algebra and isms are
worthless to keep household machinery in
good working order.
MOI Every one of them will pick out
for a wife the cliuging, modest. wonanly
woman, who will he content Cor affect to
be- TO shine by reflected light. No man
would willingly 60 on record as Mrs. So
and-so's husband. Now we NAV as well
admit that young women are willing and
anxious 10 ecure husbands, wherefore
there's no use in denying that it is worth
while foi the girls Of the time 10 cultivate
that otherwise definitionless charm which
Is understood by the word femininity.-
Detroit Free Prev
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LITERARY LIGHTS
Mrs. olipnant i. bard at auothe. novel

Mrs. Olipnant Is hard at auothe. novel
Jules Claretie Is the most prolific OF French
writers.
Bret IIarte remarks that L. likes being a
social hon in London.
Dean Bradley, Of Westminster Abbey Is
writing d life OF his predecesso. Dean Stan
ley.
James Pawn thinks he is @ Letter trout fish.
c-man than William Black. ami both are
uovelists.
Octave Thaney. tue writer Of southern
sketches. Is Miss Alice French, Of Daven-
port IL.
Lord Tennysou Intends t. pass the next
winter Oh the Riviera. lie VII put the
finishing touches u al c1tcns4'e poem while
there.
Il. I. Roe invites parties u us place at
Cornwall on-the-i Hudson, scat them az d
we'll equipped dinner table ant tuen pro
ceeds to read chapters from Us forthcoming
novel.
II u1mored in Russia that procced.nssln
lunacy arc about t. be- begun against lol-
,toi. the novelist ii Iolstoi IS Graz, - mas
certainly made it pay ii has a World "id
fame and = good income nom LIS bCAi'
Robert LOUIS Stevenson viii Als ".ts' his
mother AID Lloyd Osborne has sailed ifonl
San Francisco ia Dr. lierr.tt5 Ca5co, the
largest Yacht IN tnosl waters The royage
viii last seven months and viii include visits
to the Marquesas Islands, Otahelte and Hon
olulu. Nj. Stevenson will continue bis III
erary work during tho cruise and will seek
new sources OF inspiration IA tho lands aud
SEAS be visits.
Wilkle Collins i, described as one ot the
most courteous OF correspondents lie Is al
ways prompt with his reply, aud LIs letters
are as g~raciously written a. his books. No
curt ~laconics and biusque b%reyities with him,
there is good nature in every line and some
how when we get 20 the end OF ms chatty
epistle, We feel there Is less OF the usual
Journalism in his Believe me. faithfully
yours. His letters, which are headed
Gloucester place, Portnan square, hayea
monogram, with Il quill piercing the letter.
which il quite d trademark ia it, way
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No Children Nccd Apply.

4 well known newspaper man, VINO
had been temporarily residing in Phiia'
leiphia, hanged his base Of action to
TIL, CITY. His family consisted OF his
wife and five chifren, all of the latter
having passed the ,iewling age. find-
ing himself well settled in New York he
looked aLout him for q nest for his mate
AMI Young. He was told of n handsome,
well appointed Hat in a location conve.
nientlv near to the prominent hotels n
which n bachelor friend Of his had just
vacated. he inspected it and was de-
lighted. The ianitor was all smiles n
smirkS. The price was reasonable. The
delighted journalist brought forth his
rocket book and. while mentioning some
well known persons As sponsors for ms
GOOD name. proffered a months rent IN
advance. The still beaming janitor. with
out extending a hand, inquired Pardon
me. sir. Dut are YOU married.
WHY. certainly, was the somewhat
indignant response, for u friend saw
in the question nothing more than the
evidence Of a suspicion as to the legality
of hi. coniugal relations.
Sill %beaIning, the Janitor said: Amy
children. sirt'
Proudly uttered vas the response:
-Four bpys and a girl
No longer Deaming the household
agent said. coldly: Il am very sorry. sill,
but | cannot let you the apartments
WHY notf'-this in indignant aston
ishment
Because. sir, the other tenant, would
leave III "a body if we admitted children
TO this house. Their de,tructiveness we
might put up with, but their noise is
what is most objected to. In New York
people get all the noise they want in the
streets, 50 they want quiet in the house
1t wa in vain that p~rotestations were
made as to the angelic character OF the
youthful quintette in question, and use
less was the emphasis laid on the fact
that all the youngsters had passed the
boiSterCus age.
The hat wa memorable. No children
need apply.
An exceptional case, you say. That's
what cur friend said. lie went from
house to house inspecting fiat after flat.
but everywhere the i-nsurmountable
Have YOU any children, sir:' put d stop
to further negotiations New York Cor
Philadelphia Times.
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Methods of a guarantee Company"

We give u heaviest bonds for ad.
ministrators of estates. We have given
them as high as 500, 900. Here, how
ever, we ali olutely secure ourselves
The bond covers the money and securi
ties belonging to the estate, and these VIC
lock into a drawer III some safe deposit
company's vault. The drawer has three
KEYS, Il of which is held by Us, one by
the administrator, and II by the safe
deposit company. Ii it is necessary to
take anything from the drawer, not les
thar two men-generally three-go from
this company with the administrator and
his lawyer. The securities are all taken
out upon a table, and after the required
paper is found they are carefully put
back.
We used to send but one of our men.
but an unfortunate incident taught Us
the value of greater cauuon One Of our
principal oflicers-I will not say who,
because he is sore about it yet-went
down to the safe deposit company with
the lawyer employed by an administra-
tor. While they were there the lawyer
stealtllly distracted a package contain
ing $4,000 and put it under his coat
He is now in Mexico, out of the way,
and we have settled the account. which
cost us in the aggregate about 800, 600.
Since then we have taken the greatest
possible care. All money deposited in
different companies is in the joint name
of our president, vice president and
treasurer, and their three signatures are
necessary to get it out. We consider
ourselves absolutely safe BOW. In cases
of bonds over S25,000 we reinsure in
other companies here and in England"
New York Mail and Express.
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WHEN TfEY BEGAN.

Su Walter Scott did not begin to write tai
be was 40.
William Il. Prescott published his Grst
work at Al.
George Eliot was 81 years old before she
became aware Of her original powers
Harriet Beecher Stowe was 40 years old
when size wrote Uncle Toms Cabin"
Fanny Fern never wrote u word for publ
cation until she passed her fortieth birthday.
Elizabeth stuart Phelps first literary
venture was q story written when she was
Is years old.
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That NIas tho UidIen necf.

Marion, | rejected Nr Darringer last
evening
Why, katef
He was entirely too profuse'
impossible = lover c9glla'e be-
And he was cs cushing as be was volu-
minoUs 10 praised my eyes, hair and COM
plexion. He
'Oh. Kate, thar was just lovely
But his grammar, Marion. That was the
hidden reef whiea wrecked him. lie SAID
Your eyes is ana ali that. Goodness. I ex-
pec.sd to hear him say Your nose arc. l
love him, and it makes my heart ache to
think about it-bu, | can never marry hia.
No-nsver. Detroit Free Press.
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THE RrpuBiIcAN QUARREL.

The family quarrel among the Repub'
,icans In Virginia means nothing. and the
Democrats would be wise to STE The
noint. Republicans are Republicans be-
cause they cannot he anything else, and
there is nowhere for them 10 vote except
with their party. In presidential year
the Republican party is always more
united than in any other contest, because
The education and the tradition. and all
the teachings of the party tend to call
out the full strength in the South every
time the National idea is uppetmost.
Resides The moral forces in the campaign
We know that there can be no counting
out Of negro votes in a presidential year.
We know the story of a canoe and n
darkev being capsized in the Dan
river and the pol of the vote all lost
But when the eyes OF the entire country
are on ia we must depend on honest
votes honestly counted.
We cannot get the votes unless The
peoplc are instructed on the tariff, and
we cannot make tie fight on the Randall
idea OF Democracy to dodge everything
and promise labor and capital everything
that they want The most sensible Re
pnblicaua in Virginia know that their
party will win if the Democrats dodge
the taIifI issue
The simple reason is that he Presi
den, has drawn the line, and if his party
turns tail on it we caunot possibly win
the battle.
Malone ami Wise and iiiddleberger
and Yost of course have active invidual
ideas Of their own-esch n 10 his own
comprehension. Bui the Republican
party of Virginia IS a unit that will not
be dissolved until the people see that
there is no chance of victory and that
the Republican party is dead.
We repeat that the local quarrel
among the Republicans means nothing
VIII T. there H. one single chance for ii c
party. In a State election it would mean
something, but in the National year there
il not a lie told by the professional liars
on each other that could lose the Repul
lican party a single vote. And don't yOu
forget il.
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How to Test = Mushroom.

The mycophagist selects from wood or
field q specimen Of toadstoOl which by
lis external appearance extends an inyi
tation to Try it. Hard. Dig. leathery
fetid. Shiny, Or decomposing ones are
LEFT rridiy alone-as they should be.
Carefully removing the fungus from its
habitation. and after noting Its botanical
characteristics, a small piece Is tasted
raw; if it is nauSeous, 1t Is thrown away
and branded as %non-edible; if it is hot,
acrii. or bitter, a small piece is cooked
without seasoning; II 1t retains any dis
agreeable qualities over the Goals, 1t Is
branded ia like manner; II it loses them
all, larger pieces are cooked and eaten
until the kind either gives signs OF nox
ious qualities or proves TO be harmless.
Ii the specimen is mild and pleasant 10
the taste Ia small piece both raw ana
cooked. the same care is observed until q
full meal is eaten; aud il is very neccs-
sarv that it should be; tor IN One family
OF ill bearing toadstools- the Amanite
-no sign either cooked or raw is given
Of il deadly properties. This Is the only
family u which deaths have been traced
and the botanical characteristics OF its
members must be thoroughly mastered.
There is 40 other method Of testing that
is safe. Charms OF salt and silver are as
useless as the romance of The fortune
teller, and even worse; for, il believed
IL, they inspire q confidence that leads
directly to serious results Charles Nc
Ilsaine in Lippincott's Magazine.
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the money 70 tit him for what h. fci. { 10
his ~v0catioa-the priesthood Ia l,j' bee
entered the University Of ST. Mays. boo
Chicago, and commenced the study oi tho
class cs. During tho years Of l.ji-ol ho Was
a fellow student 81 several mon who have
since distinguished themselves either ia the
priesthood or the secular professions lie
next entered the University OF N0tre Dame.
Indiana. where he taught several elias rs and
at the same time completed hi, )yu course.
Upon tie completion Of a thorough course Of
philosophy and theology he was ordained a
priest July =, 1866. He was placed iu charge
of several u%nimportant parishe, ~ Chicago,
and in the fail Of 1866 he wa appointed pas
tor OF st James church. Here le found n
poor church aud a scattered c0nrloglt0a.
but he Immediately SET q work o. build uy
his parish, and in a short time be had crccrol
IA school and placed his district ul1a % most
respectable footing. lie was then appointed
to another parish, St Patrick, and hero
again he found everythsug ia % chaotic state
His efforts soon placed The parish ln "a Sour
ishing condition, schools were soon erected.
aud several institutions of charity were
founded. lie was made vicar general in
lss2 10 was spoken o. 81, a successor ol
Bishop Foley when be died. and thors was
much surprise a year ago THAT lo Was not
appointed bishop Of the newly created diocese
Of Springfield. The last sermons which ho
preached were a series 10 opposition % On
archy and communism.
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The steel rail combine OF 1882 was ~
other ILLUSTRATION of greed and monopol
oyerreaching themselves. Under lepili
mate competition the price OF steel rail
had fallen TO 500 per ton, and it was d.,
covered that the immense profits OF H.
business for previous years had create
largely increased mills and o%yerproduc
ton. A steel combine was formed /.
limit production and arbitrarily advanc'
prices TO the highest point that eXcessiV.
tariff duties would allow without blinl
ing In imported rails.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
AT Large,
RICHARD f. BEIRNE Of Hanover.
john T. HARRIS Of Rockingham.
First District,
T. r. b. WRIGHT of Essex.
Second District,
ID. GARDNER TYLER of Charles CITY.
Third District,
TAzEwELL ELLETT Of Richmond city
Fourth District,
WILLIAM II. MCKINNEY Of Petersburl
Fifth District,
II. G.. PETERS of Henry.
Sixth District,
W W BERRY of Bedford.
Seventh District,
MicAJAH WOODS OF ALTERNATE.
Eighth District,
+ L. MEREDITH of Prince William
Ninth District.
john A. BUCHAEAN of Washington
Tenth District,
II b. PooRE of Appomatto.
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The Merchants Bank at Omaha.

Ahandsomeuew building has been recently
completed IN Omaha. the property and the
business place OF the Merchants National
bank. 1t is seven stories high and fire proof
The material is Massachusetts brown stone,
81. Louis pressed brick and iron. The
architecture is the ancient Flemish. Tho
basement story is Of stone, while the super.
structure is Of brick. The girdels are q
iron aud the floors Of thing, So that there -
nothing but the furniture contained IN the
building 70 furnish food for fire.