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. IN JAPANESE. COSTUME.


The Countess oyana Receives at Home in
the Old Native Dresses.
Inc countess oyana, wl1e OF the
Japanese Minister OF War, Is one OF the
lew ladles OF Inc court circle at TOXIC
VINO receive at thelr own MONIES In the
native costume which European fashions
are SO 1ast driving Out OF the land OF The
Mlkaoo' Inc oounIess prefers the COM
1ortapie ana picturesque Japanese dress
10 the foreign costumes wnich tne court
has adopted ana TINS In spite OF the TACT
that she Is one OF tne nrst Japanese
women educated In America, having
graduated at Vassar IN 1857, the only
woman OF her race VINO mas received the
bacealaureate degree. Stematz Yama-
kawa, as she was known before her mar
rage spent about ten. years In this
country coming win the Japanese en-
bassy IN 1877, and returning so thorough
~ Amerlcanlzed that she had almost
forgotten her own language she Is re-
mempered py ner college mates as an.
exceedingly attractive glri, pretty =
even 10 American eyes-tall, graceful
and well formed. Inc return TO her
native country was to her something OF
an ordeal. ohe came mere glri OF
twelve, adopted the CHRISTIAN religion
and the customs ana habits OF
thought OF Western civilization and
went BACK marrlageapie woman OF
twenty-five with the knowledge that
her parents would Immediately md
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our pilots any thing but an enyiable

our pilots any thing but an enyiable
one. In summer, however, their dutiea
are not SO oneroUs as in the winter
months. The pilotages rates from No
Fember ! to April l are about 40 per
cent. higher than in the summer months.
The pilotage rates for vessels out
ward bound are as follows: For vessels
drawing less than fourteen feet OF wa.
ter, S2.02 per foot; for vessels drawing
fourteen feet and less than eighteen feet
Of water, 1913 per foot; for vessels
drawing eighteen feet and less than
twenty-one feet Of water, SS.0S per foot;
for vessels drawing twenty-ene feet and
upwards, $3.50 per foot.
Two days are usually allowed for the
passage Of vessel from her mornings to
sea, during which time the pilot is us
ually aboard in a capacity which very
few understand. He may be seen either
on the bridge of the vessel or in the
staterooms, but he is very seldom heard
promufgating any orders or issuing any
directions; he sincerely an ornament used
to protect the shipowners in case of fire or
accident, and the medium through which
these owners protect themselves from
the technicalities of insurance COM
panies. In ninety-nine cases out Of
hundred the captains fail to UNDER
stand what purpose the pilot serves on
board, hut nobody seems to ask.
The pilotboats are luxurious1y fitted
up. You will see the richest tapestry,
porcelain and portierres in striking con-
trast to improvised clotheslines, upon
which all manner of wet garments are
hung, and beneath which, on the Hoor,
are a number of rubber boots half
turned inside out, heaps Of oilskins and
sou'westers, soaking wet. 1t often hap
pens by chance that the boat crawls
along fer days without man going on
board steamer, and during such times
individual characteristics of the most
expressive order crop out. The tension
is relieved in games wholly characters
tic of pilots, and most entertaining and
| amusing. They are only broken up
when meals are served. Then the in
conveniences of pilots life become
painfully apparent. At each lurch ev-
cry thing slides; the fixed points are
no longer fixed. The men slide, the
ulSLcS Slluc, bil6 CdSbcT SWttpS DdCk anu
forth, and the lamps swing in their
frames with velocity scarcely imagin-
able. And yet the pilots seem not in
the least disturbed, but while away
even the time set apart for meals in
telling quaint stories, superstitions and
humorous anecdotes of the sea.za=zsssssa.
+ This activity reaches it's lowest point
between one and three o'clock in the
| afternoon, when all the pilots not on
duty turn in for sleep. Their sleeping
hours are very uncertain and variable
in length, depending altogether upon
the arrival and departure OF steamships
| from this port and the number of men
| available for active duty. Four hours
sleep is the maximum which any pilot
enjoys in the winter months, and even
this itself is considered quite a luxury.
Despite these inconvenience the pi-
lots would scorn the luxurious appoint
ments of New York hotels as contrasted
with their apartments on board their
little boats.-N. Y. Star.
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A Valuable Pair o. Breeches.

The owner of very valuable pair of
trousers was lately advertised for in the
French papers by the honest finder OF
the same who allowed the individual to
whom they belonged fifteen days in
which to come forward. After this
delay he stated he would consider him
self justified in profiting by this strange
windfall, which, as he was in poor cir
cumstances and about to be married,
would be very serviceable to him. On
the Place de la .Concorde, Paris, he
saw one evening dark object on the
ground, which he first took to be a
slee.ing dog. On closer inspection,
he discovered his mistake and
picked up the garment then in his pos
session. He took the trousers with him
on board . boat which he owned. and on
passing them in review noticed that tho
buttons seemed different from ordinary
ones. Prompted BY curiosity he undid the
cloth that covered them and found, in
stead Of wooden molds, gold pieces.
Carrying his Investigations further no
came across some bank notes stitched
into the waistband with other papers Of
valuv, chambers journal.
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FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
Her THANKSGIVING DINNER.

Poor little Honora Mutually. y
At the close of the Thanksgiving Day,
Was standing in front Of her alley
Aswatcbing some children nj play
: H4efssawn Was. a AZ onderful garment.
sAll patches from shoulder 10 hem. n
And her hat and her shocs--weii, I beg
you'll excuse
Any further remarks about them.
But poor little Honora Mutually
Had face just as bright as could be,
And no flower In meadow or valley
Was ever AS pretty AS she.
And SO thought an old woman, who, passing,
stopped a moment TO smilingly Say
. why, bless your dear heart, am sure you
have had
very good dinner to-day.'
Yis, indade," said Honora Mutually.
IL did for my friend Mrs. Down
Had hape of sweet tategs that sallie,
Her sister, baked lovely and brown,
wid-oh, ma am, II you cUuid but have seen
The latest and foinist OF hins,
And they Civ me the gizzard and neck OF
that hin,
And all of the sweet later skins
Margaret Eytinge, in Harper's Young Peo-
nj
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A RUST-RED DADO.

How 1t Astonlshed an American Visitor to
n Wrctched siberian Prison.
The first thing that particularly at
tracted MY attention after entered the
kamera (of the convict quarters of AL
gachi, Siberial, was broad band of dull
red which extended around the dingy,
whitewashed walls, just above the sleep
ing platform, like spotty dado of iron
rust. Noticing that was looking at it
with. curiosity, Lietenant-Colonel Salt
stein warden OF the PRISON. remarked,
with a half-humorous, half-cynical
smile, that the prisoners had been try
ing to paint their wall red"
What Is it, any way?n inquired,
and, stepping to one end Of the sleeping
platform, made closer. examination.
The dull red band at once resolved it,
self into multitude Of contiguous or
overlapping blood stains, with here and
there the dried and fiattened body of a
bedbug sticking to the whitewash.
had no further difficulty in guessing the
nature and Significance of the discolor-
alton. The tortured and sleepless pris-
oners had been sstrying to paint their
walls red' by crushing bedbugs with
their hands as high up as they could
reach while lying on the mares, and in
this way had SO stained the dingy white
wash with their own blood that at little
distance there seemed to be a dado Of
iron rust around the three sides OF the
kamera where they slept. How many
years this had been going OH, how many
thousand convicts had helped tos'paint"
those walls red, do not know; but i
had suffered enough in Siberia myself
from vermin fully TO understand and
appreciate the Significance OF that duh
red band. George Kennan, in Century.
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"A1LITTLE NONSENSE"

-Jupkins has purchased donkey for
his children. He calls it "Maxwelton,' =
because its brays are bonnie.-Puck
Now, miss, jump in, please; train
going on" Child-"But>I can't go be-
fore / have kissed mamma, ;, Jump in,
miss; Ill see to that?'+-London lid
Bits.
Dressmaker-"And how will you
have the costume trimmed, Mrs. Par
venn?" Mrs. Parvenu-'sI guess you
may put on delirium trimmins / hear
they are all the rage now.
Dear" said physicians wife, as
they sat in church, there's Mrs. Gold
berg sitting in draught." "Never
mind, said her husband, II will cash
that draft later on. Washington Cap
ital.
-f'i'-= Poverty is no Disgrace" said
links. I'm many cases it is something
to be proud Of" Eyes," replied Jones,
''it's constant struggle with me to
keep my pride down."--Merchant Tray
eler.
Attorney" What is your occupa-
tion?" Man summoned as jurorss'I am
employed in an intelligence-offic All
the attorneys at once-"Your honor, we
challenge this juror for cause. Chi
cago Tribune.
Dog fancier7sYe madam, have
all kinds of dogs here. Is there any
particular breed you wish?' Old lady
(who reads the papers) 80, any thing
that's fashionable, Lemme see an ocean
greyhound. IN. Y. Weekly.
Good heavens, man! your head is
laid open, your nose is smashed ON the
back of your neck, one arm is fractured,
and your jaw dislocatedl How did ii
happen?" "Ah, docther, Biddy-rist
her sowl-lammed me wild notty--
God Bless Our Home, Schwate Home. !"
IN. Y. Herald. H
Reporter You have been selling
tickets at a theater box-office for great
many years; now, will you kindly tell
me what is the most remarkable thing
you have noticed in your experience?''
Ticket Seller-'sThe large number of
men who want seats down in front when
there is ballet because they are "a lit
tie hard of hearing. America
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Quite familiar figure on the streets
is little old man who wears straw
hat that once had band, but longsince
parted company with 1t, and now
slouches down over its wearer's shout
ders, almost covering his head Of curly
gray hair. He Is so round-shouldered
that he appears to be hunchbacked, and
his face is covered with struggling gray
whiskers. He earns meager wages as q
collector and lives nobody knows where.
Yet this poverty-stricken man is first
cousin Of Mrs. w. II. Vanderbilt, the
widow Of the millionaire railroad mag
nate. His father and Mrs vanderbilt's
father were brothers. When in an ex-
tremity he appealed 70 his rich cousin
Tor aid, he received very polite note
from her private secretary stating that
Mrs. Vanderbilt had 50 many calls for
,harity that she was compelled to refuse
some. Milwaukee News.
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--------s--1--'----1s
LITTLE GRANDMOTHER.


Matte Bigelow was called Little
Grandmother, because no one ever saw
her in the daytime without her little
French cap or ball OF yarn and knitting
needles, And she was always knitting
and counting stitches.
If any one asked her question sho
was just as likely to say: "one, two,
three, four, five--in a minute, please
and after answering, she would COM
mence again: six, seven, eight" and
so on.
Matte lived near the great Missis-
sippi river In the spring, when tho
freshets came and the river ovcraowed
its banks, MR. Bigelow would often
have 10 move his furniture and family
before the flood came.
One day Mattie's father and mother
went away from home, leaving her In
charge of her little brother Stephie,
who was only three years old.
There had been some signs OF fresh
ct, but as Mattie's father expected TO be-
back in an hour or two, he did not think
there was any danger in leaving Matte
and Stephie in the house.
Several times on their way back Mr..
and Mrs. Bigelow we're told that the
river had risen suddenly. When they
got near home they found their house
surrounded by water, which was up
nearly to the second=story window.
Mr.. BigeIow got a slsiff and padded
over to the house, and before he got to
the window he heard somebody saying
"One, two, three, four-dont cry,
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UNCLE SETH AND THE Rulers.


i'd hate to be President, BY gum. wouidnt
take it.
The Presidents cake is alIus dough, ithout no
chance to bake It.; z.Feees
TIL papers they all call him names-a miscre-
unit an villain.
whose moral capital amt sekul ..
shillin'.
Tue Emperor Of Germany Is allus in hot water,
sH never seems " do thu thing that Bismarck
thinks he oughter
TheKtng Of Austry's all broke up, the Queen
hez clean gone crazy,
+sheycfis and cries from morn till night, an
raves, an wont be aisy.
Ar they say the Gar Of Russia doesn't dance
to,pleasant toons,
For he wears s1eetiron weskits and cast-iron
trouseHoons;
His jacket must be made OF tin before he'll dare
to trust it.
Hls beaver is an iron pot SO tough bomb can't
~ bust II.
HIS bedroom is an iron safe, q cannon ball can't
=s=ss4sss--eraek it
u which he crawls before he darcs TO jest take
on his jacket;
Ills bed stid's made of tempered steel as hard
as he can stan IT,;
lis bed-quilts made OF hammered zinc, his
pliers made OF granite.
+- king orsIlaise
II stay to hum an feed my pigs an live 18th
Ann Eliza.
ZBH=me don't want no crowns an things to
plague an aggravate US;
Wen do our chores. an tend the shotes an hoe,
our corn an taters.
:. IS. w. Foss, in Yankee Blade
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TWO AMERICAN FABLES.
The Turtle and tile Sage and the Wise Ma
and the Foolish One. =-z-5ss=-

The Turtle ana the sage Anuthe wise man
and the Foolish One.
THE TURTLE AND THE sflGE.
One day, as the Sage pursued his way
along the edge of the Pond the Turtle
called upon him to stop for moment
and Relieve her Distress of Mind.
You must Know, began the Turtle,
as she recovered her Breath, ''that Mrs.
Moss-B Bach, who has for year or more
been nv nearest and dearest Friend,
now suddenly Refuses TO sven speak to
me. ! can't possibly Understand it,
have spoken no word to give her offepse,
and / have Felt towards her as Sis,
ter
.'Ahem-yes, replied the Sage. "She
is your neighbour
NYes, lives in the mudhole.T
.'Are you in the Habit of Borrowing Of
her?"
'sOh, no." -
But is she of your
Eyes, indeed, / have lent her tea, cof-
! fee, sugar, eggs, starch, bluing, my fiat
irons, quilt-frames, coffee-mill and every
thing else she asked for and was always
glad to accommodate her.
"And when did this GOODNESS begin?"
"Last Tuesday"
"What preceded it?"
Nothing. She ran in to borrow my
best table-cloth, dozen napkins and
my silver forks, but Icouldn't let them
go, as expected company myself
There's the Milk in the Cocoanut,
my dear Old Innocence, replied the
Sage. IF you once Lend YOU must
never Refuse. The Neighbor who Lives
off of you has no Further use for you
when you Shut off the supply"
MoRAL.--A cup Of Sugar or drawing
of Tea will make Enemies faster than
kind heart can make Friends.
ssss - ~
THE WISE MAN AND THE FOOLISH ONE.
A Workingman who was going home
from his Daily Toll, his Back full of
Aches and his Hands sore and blistered,
turned aside to call upon Wise Man
and ask his Advice.
ssBahold in me-" he began, "a Man
who works early and late, lives Poorly,
dresses Shabbily and has never enough
to Eat. There's something Wrong here,
and how shall I Remedy it?"
"My Wooden-Headed Friend, have
often thought of your case, replied the
Wise Man--''often held itup as Warn
ing to others. Gaze on me! There are
no Aches in this spinal column-no
Blisters on these Hands. Feel of my
Fat! Do you ever see me Working?'
.'Neyer, and that's why came to you.
How do you Manager"
''All in the Philosophy, my Boy. In
n. d. IT.r Il
Work is Supposed to be Physically in
capable, and Charity is only too glad to
help him grow Fat Charity is Hobby
Every Hobby searches for Victims Be
hold in me Victim. Come in and have
some Cold Turkey and think it over.
MoRAL-Justy you notice next spring
If the man who had rubbed lamp-post.
all summer has lost pound Of flesh
through the winter. Detroit Free
Press.
:.
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WEDDING SUGGESTIONS.


Curious Customs Which Have Been in
Vogue Many Years.
As long as there are fair women and
brave men there VIII continue1 to be
weddings, and as weddings are the.fash-
ion there will still be plenty of persons
on hand to suggest to a young bride just
Rwhat she should do to avoid bad luck,
and also what she should not do for the
same reason.
People who are ordinarily sensible
about most things let all their supersti-
tious notions creep into their ideas re-
garding the preparations for wedding,
and these whims are made the subject
of discussion@at as early stage in the
proceedings as when the young lady 10
considering what she prefers for an en-
gagement ring.
She is told to avoid opals, as no one
ever was known to have any happiness
who owned one of them. In spite Of
this, however, dealers say that there Is
always demand for rings set with this
beautiful stone. Pearls, the supersti-
tious say, are even worse, but eventually
the little circlet is purchased and the
time for the wedding discussed. Then
more complications arise as certain days
are unfavorable and some months are to
be summed. May is said to be an
unlucky month, why no one
can tell, but many a rhyme could be
quoted to show that this notion has pre-
vailed for centuries. August is also
looked upon as disastrous time in
which to wed, and those who roarry in
Lent will "live to repent" according to
very old authority. III
Winter seems to be the favorite season
for wedding bells to chime, in our country
at least In Scotland the last day of the
year is regarded with great favor, and
should December 81 fall on Friday so
much the better, as that is the favorite
day of the week for wedding. Sunday
weddings are common in England, and
in the early history of our country many
couples were made one on THAT day, but
recently such a thing Is seldom heard
of.
In Norway and Sweden Thursday
marriages are forbidden by the Church,
It being called pagans day.
After. much consideration the day is
Qeclueu upOus anu zbf dNc-AHeicSu-Ao shAtS
girl who will consent to change it, for
that is sure to bring ill-luck which all
the rice and old shoes of the country
could not drive away.
The time arrives and with it much ad-
vice in regard TO the color which she
shall wear and the manner of arraying
herself Probably no girl in her teens
is ignorant of the rhyme which urges
young brides to be careful to wear
something old and something new,
something borrowed and something
blue" in order that she may live ''happy
ever after" as the storybook says.
Misfortune is sure to follow the bride
who has speck of green in her costume.
She must never array herself in all her
pretty robes until dressing for the cere-
mony. She must never read the mar
rage service quite through and she
must not stand before the mirror one
second after sheris ready, no matter how
pleasing the reflection of the happy face
and graceful gown.-Journal of Ameri-
can Folklore.
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MIGHTY TOUGH TOWN. :

A ienal-Service Onieer's Experiences In
Dodge City, Kan.
Speaking of tough towns" said an
ex-signal officer, reminds me of visit
/ paid to Dodge City, Kan, in 1880. /
Ehad been ordered there on official busi-
ness much against my will. ~ found on
arrival that the observer who had tele.
.graphed that he was i'll and unfit to per-
form the duties was as well as the aver
age man, but badly scared by the ma
tives and merely pining for some one te
share the awful responsibilities OF the
office. For man connected with the
weather bureau didn't stand well with
the community unless he could manu-
facture the kind Of weather the hood.
lums~wanted. IA
My associate told mesa squad Of COW.
boys had come up one evening and said
they were going to have a riding tourna.
ment the mex day and thatnif he didn't
give them fair weather they would first
riddle and then burn the observatory
He promised that the weather should bo
iustas they wished 1t and that he would
adjust his instruments accordingly. He
Immediately put his promise into execu-
tion by giving the barometer and various
other instruments divers twists, which
seemed to have pacific effect on the mob.
Upon the departure of his guests he began
to pack up to Jump the town the next
morning in the event Of his prediction
falling through. Luckily it was verb
fed, and ever after he was solid with
the cowboys.
ut was there met the famous Bat
Masterson, then sheriff of Ford County.
He always headed the list when there
was any devilment afoot, One night |
was sitting In my Office, wishing myself
in Washington, when in stalked Bat
My boy, said he, there's fun on the
tapis. Have you seen long, lank, lam
tern jawed chap, with tight trousers and
plug hat, who has been cavorting
around the streets peddling patent medi-
cine? Well, the citizens committee Of
one hundred is going to do him up to-
morrow evening. Come down and see
the circus
.sThe next morning the travelling piller
had fine send-oif in the paper. and ct
five o'clock several small boys went up
and down the main street ringing cow
bells and announcing that the doctor
would give free lecture in front Of .
well-known saloon at seven p. m. sharp.
A store box was provided for rostrum.
and lot of giant powder put inside and
train laid. Every thing was in great
shape, and thu whole town turned out
The scheme was to let the man talk
about ten minutes and then touch him
of. But some one gave it away, and the
peddler jumped the town. The crowd
waited impatiently, and then ransacked
the town for their intended victim, but
he had escaped. The baffied mob then
fred of the box, which went high in the
air. II the doctor had been there he
would never have lived to tell Of it,
Washington Post. 81.
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-"Shall Wind the clock, vadder9'
asked young Jacob Isaacstein, as they
were about to close the store. mo"
said the old gentleman, with sigh.
"Pizness was too pad. Choost let, 1t
alone, Jacob, and We Will save the wear
and tear on the veels. - orristowp
Times