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A short but spirited fight between Zig
Italian and his small monkey amused a
score OF bargemen and crowd of loungers
ct the river front near Harlem Bridge YES
terday morning. The monkey was quick,
but lie was handicapped by a strap around
his waist, by which the Italian, who held
the string, would swing him into space at
will.
The monkey had gone into the cabu of a
barge, where he remained so long that his
master on the wharf had exhausted every
tune on his barrel organ before he hauled in
the string and brought the little fellow on
deck. The monkey came with manifest re-
luctance, holding his hands tightly pressed
upon the bullying pockets Of his red waist
coat and followed by half dozen barge
men. all in more or less joyial frame of
mind.
Two things at once became apparent to
the man at the other end of the string, that
his monkey had reaped rich harvest of
coin, and that the bargemen had made him
drunk. He could not share the whisky
but he proceeded to appropriate all the
money, This suited neither the bargemen
nor the monkey. The latter, in whom q
spirit OF rebellion had been aroused by the
liquor he had swallowed, resisted with tooth
and nail.
The Italian kept viglant eye on the
bargemen during the con flict, but beyond
shouting encouragement to the weaker of
the fighters, they preserved a strict Neutral
ity. Despite vicious bites and scratches.
the coins were extracted, one BY one. from
the pockets OF the red waistcoat, and the
despoiled monkey was carried away, weep
ing in grief and drunken vexation.-N. Y.
SIM.
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HOW TO TELL A LIE.
Reduced to a Fine Art, 1t Becomes {
Accom- bn,apt

Reduced to Fine Art, 1t Becomes an
Accomplishment.
Another question which The Woman has
often wished the etiquette books would
setIle is the proper behavior on being
caught in a lie. says the New York Even
ing Sun. This would interest persons of
both sexes. 1t is the custom of one woman
whom The Woman knows to play brave
hand on such occasions. I've found ont
that lie you told about me-" said an rate
person 10 her one day. Have you? Really %
she promptly answered. (which one?"
This Is sure to Stagger. But it takes nerve
to do it, Another persona man. this time
had an acquaint ,nce rush in upon him one
day like cyclone. Look here Won rascal
you."' he shouted, you've been lying about
maw
Then thank your lucky stars, man. that
1 haven't told the truth about Won Jan.
swered the other, cooly.
was woman this time. Another woman
had said to her: rs 1t possible that YOU
have been lying about me?"
Lying, my dear child? Lying? WHY.
l am self-confessed and approved the
worst liar in the world. l have lied a yreat
many times to you. If 1 hadn't lied ali i' tbe
years Of my life, religiously ana conscian-
tiously, should have been untrue to ali nv
friends and all the obligations that life has
brought to me-" '
Gail Hamilton somewhere tells this story
about friend Of Mr.. Lincoln, who, in the
first convention that nominated Mr.. lincoln
for the Presidency. had worked and
spoken with great effect for Mr.. Lincoln.
Afterward, in thanking him for his enthusi
asm, Mr.. Lincoln said to him: "But / am
afraid, Colonel, that when you spoke for me
you prevaricated just little"
deyily'
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LONDON FASHIONS.
Carriage Toilets in Pretty C0lOrS-A Neat
Summer Fancy.
srecial 10 THE SUNDAY CALL,

CowEs, July Is, 1S91.-Wth the Good
wood races and the brilliant Cowes week,
the two most noteworthy events in the fash
ionable world, the London season draws to
a close, AMI inside of two weeks the gay
crowds who live only for amusement will be
dispersed in all directions. But meantime
the daily programme continues much the
same and one entertainment succeeds anoth-
er at night, while the daylight hours are
filled up with the morning canter in the
Row, the luncheons, garden fetes and drives,
each of which is an excuse for fresh and
more becoming toilet than the one last ex-
hibited. A majority of these swagger
gowns, it is quite evident to the initiated
eye, are from the Redfern ateier and are
as usual very striking in cut and style. In
deed, at one recent assembly, out of 100 no.
table toilets thirty were of the Redeem
make,
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A CATS DIVERSION.
1t Played With n Flock of Crows, So

1t Played With Flock of Crows, Some
times to Their Dismay.
There Is some fun in a crow, even if it
be love of mischief. In Calcutta had
a large garden surrounded by shady
trees, in whose branches many crows
used to roOst at night. AS soon
as daylight appeared they all flew
off to their favorite resorts. where they lived
upon the garbage of the city; and it must be
admitted in their favor that they are most
useful scayengers. But when sunset came
they used TO return to their westinghouse,
and sometimes they gave NE al unwelcome
evening sercnade.
Coming home late and tired from office l
used to sit on my lawn, and a very large
white Persian cat would come out to keep
me company. Then the cat and the crows
The cat would stretch itself out and flick
its loBG, furry tail about. Some twenty
or thirty crows promptly accepted
the challenge and quickly alighted
around the cat with the intention
of pulling his tail. Some of them
hoped up in front as near as they could
with safety from the cats lorepaws, others
stood ut the side and several of the best
play ers took their position behind the
cat They evidently acted III concert.
The crows in front crept up as close
as they dared to secure the cats atten-
ton, and then one OF the crows behind
the cat made dash at tho tail. which the
cat skilliully guarded by flirting it from one
side to the other 1t was very seldom thai a
crow succeeded in getting mouthful of the
cats fur. The cat, meanwhile, had really an
eye to business, and if one of the birds in
front of him came within practicable dis
lance, he made spring that sometimes had
a fatal result, and the game terminated
among the terrified cawing and camor of
the survivors, who saw their unlucky com-
rade torn to pieces before their eyes. But
in the course of twenty-four hours they
seemed to have forgotten the mishap of
their brother, and they came again TO renew
their diversion with the cat, who was al
ways ready to play the game, in which it
might be said his motto was Heads l win
tails you lose"
The crows are certainly clever birds. A
friend once gave me two crows nests that
had been built in his garden, which was
close to the premises of a manufacturer of
soda-water. The crows had got hold of a
quantity Of the wires used in fastening
the corks of the bottles, and had found in
them plant material wherewith 10 build
their nests. There were few twigs of
wood, but the chief part of the nests were
made of wire. l gave these nests TO Mr..
Schwendler. the Government electrician,
when left India, ana believe that lie sent
them to a museum in Berlin.-Longman'
Magazine.
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royal blue.

One Of The pretty summer fancies is tie
coat bodice of silk to be worn on demi-
occasions with skirts of another and gener-
ally of transparent material, such as gren-
adine, lace or crepe The one here illus
trated is an old pink satin surah, with a
broche figure in bronze brown. Upon the
breast is an applique design of bronze vel
vet and gold braid. and small gilt buttons
are closely set down the front. A fun ruffie
of pink chiffon finishes the pointed neck
The sleeves are rather short ana are unique
in shape. The skirt which goes with this
pretty bodiceis silk bronze gauze shot with
threads of gold.
Among pretty trifles worn as finishes to
out-of-door toilets are the long scarfs of
spotted crepe de chine, in profuson of
cOlors. Cream grounds with colored designs
which correspond with the color OF the
gown worn in connection are, however, the
most favored and in good taste Others are
OF crepe with silk stripes running Through
heavier and wider fabric th.n crepe de
chine. All are very long. the ends reaching
below the waist after the bow is made.
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when he bets his whiskers in Indiana he is
expected to pay up without whimper The
experience of one rash man is related in the
Indianapolis Sentinel:
John Hommown and John Scddder. Joint
proprietors of the Empire Stables, had a
jovial chat the other night in famous res
taurant The question cropped up as to
which OF the partners was the older HON.
mown claimed he had seen fewer winters
than his partner NO" said Scudder,
you're few Years older than / am
I'll bet my goatee you're the older" said
Hommown.
The rash wager was readily taken advan-
tage of by Scudder. The pair agreed to
leave the matter to the decision of a certain
friend, and adjourned TO his residence to
decide the matter. The friend averred that
Scudder was Hommown's junior, and the
unhappy senior partner was compelled to
proceed to a neighboring barber-shop and
suffer the decoration that for so many
years deyotedly adorned his chin to
be severed therefrom. The parting scene
was painful in the extreme, though the
razor was well strapped. The fondly cher
ished "gOatee" and John Hommown's lower
jaw were parted forever. The winner of
the wager then demanded possession of the
prize. and now has the trophy hanging over
his mantel in his misunderstanding
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scope for the exercise of common sense.
Q1 The essential things that pupils ought
to be trained to do well are: ~ To read.
write and spell their mother-tongue correctly
as far as they use 1t in everyday life.
~ To work accurately short examples in
the four rules; to work short business
examples in common and decimal fractions;
10 reckon simple interest on small sums Of
money; TO make out bills, to write out re-
celpt. and TO write letter. ~ 10 know
something of geography. a. 10 know
something of the rules of polite behavior,
and Of the precepts of morality"
NOTHING TO SPECULATION.
A most excellent feature of the rule laid
down in the Course" is that nothing is left
to conjecture or speculation. There is 10
guess-work for the teachers. In History
and Patriotism" the characters, the stories
the class Of poems and the hand-books are
designated. II Is not to be supposed that
the teachers are 10 be confined exclusively
10 the ersons or books mentioned, but they
are given as guide to direct them in their
selections. The topics given for short talks,
the rules to be memOriZfd, the naXims and
the short talks thereon, the school duties Of
children, are so many excellent guide-boOks
to point out the way so plainly that any in
telligent person can have no difficulty what
ever in knowing what is to be done and do
ing it. And so on throughout the entire
curriculum additions have been made that
must prove advantageous IL faithfully car
ried out.
The new Course of Study" which should
be carefully read by every one interested in
tho education of youth. treats of every class
from the Receiving Class through to the
Eighth Grade; General Directions to
Principals and Assistants; General In-
structions to Principals. Teachers, ETC."
kindergarten Work; Course of Sewing" !;
Music; Course of Drawing ana "Pen-
manship." The classics are all very well,
and, in fact, essential to the professional
man, but the educational course mapped out
by those who have the control of our system
of public educationis sufficient 10 fiji any boy
or girl, or man or woman, for the ordinary
vacations of life. Nothing could be more
thorough, nothing more complete than the
course of study herein laid down.
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CHANCE AND FATE.

We hear so much about DEGREES OF fate,
That subtle power whose ways are mysterious;
Some novelists there are. indeed, who prate
At such length upon this theme they weary u.s.
For when we pause while in sober way
To reason on these pretty, old. time fancies,
We 1nd the real existence OF to-day
A game in which merely take our chances
Men see In everything the hand of fate,
Which proves friend or foe to their ambition /;
They are but piaythings OF its love hate
1t seems 10 me sort of superstition.
Should failure, not success, attend our DAYS
Say that no Nemesis of fate incensed us;
But simply this, that IN iife's devious ways,
Somehow or other, chances were against u.s.
SO many NEE tiEgs from which love has grown
Seem wonderfully, wildly sentimental.
But, when We come to sift the matter down,
Nine out OF ten are purely accidental
Because we gaze through less romantic eyes
see no reason why The Old, old story.
That sometime in our hearts we learn TO prize,
Should be bereft OF any of its glory.
II you possess 4 true and loving mate,
And no storms mar your matrimonial weather
Just cease TO marvel at the ways OF fate,
And bless the Glance that brought your lives
together
San francisco, Jrfty, 1859. LILLIAN PLUSKErr.
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DYNASFIES.
Some Of The Characteristics Of Several Houses
Of Royalty.
July, 1891.

The idea, not only of the public but of
psychologists and historians also, is that a
man derives more from his mother than
from his father; but it is curiously contra
dlcted by the history of European dynasties.
The sOvereigns inherit thrones from their
fathers only, or, in case like that of King
Alphonso vi Tor the Prince of Wales, from
mother who is heiress, and. therefore, rep
resents. not foreign family as queen con-
sort does. but the reigning house itself.
Yet every dynasty has presented some GER
tain marked and fixed tendencies, extending
like the Hapsburg under lip even to physi-
cal peculiarities.
The Bourbons, who inherit from men
only, have always been very royal, able to
reign If not to rule, with certain largepess
Of view visible even in the unhappy Louis
XVI, and an invinci5le 0bstinacy, which
has Illustrated or diScredited them &C cord
ing to its object. They have been ii fferent
men, bnt nobody mistakes the Bourbon
who has lacked the special Bourbon quail
i6catlon, which We can best define as re-
gality.
The Hapsburgs have been much more
alike. and have all exhibited certain Jo-
Wan serenity as to men above the accidents
Of fortune as well AS most of the obligations
of lie. They believe in themselves to
strange degree, and on the morrow after a
defeat or on day after victory feel and
behave as rightful emperors.
Dignity, as We suppose it ought to be
called, is their special characteristic-com-
bined with hurry to act which comes out
throughout their history and is probably an
inheritance from the visionary Macmillan
las strenuousness has been that of the
Hohenzollerns. who for the rest have re-
sembled domineering, thrifty but not un-
respected landowners. One always thinks
of them as great race of squires, which is
what they have personally looked, though
Frederick the Great rose higher, and woul d
have been taken for parsonage In any So
ciety in the world.
The British reigning family, which has
never ceased to be German in appearance,
has always exhibited in different ways
character of strong ordinariness, which the
English people have understood as the
Hanoverians did, and. on the whole, with
most curious little outbreaks of popular
contempt, have agreed to approve. 1t is q
character which rises at crises, and somehow
impresses those about them, probably from
a. conviction, always grateful to English
men, that they will never do anything
wholly unexpected.
What the English would do with really
original monarch 1t is impossible to say
probably move an address of both houses,
praying him never to speak In public, ex-
cept through responsible Minister. The
house of Bonaparte has characteristics as
marked as those of any older families whose
habit Of reigning has been less spasmodic.
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TELLING AGE BY HAIR.

How to Find Out Exactly How Old the
Lady You Want to Marry Is.
If, perchance, at any time during the past
week you have seen a man stealthily pull a
hair fir ON horses tail by the curbing, you
may know he las the experimental stage Of
the latest neighborhood fad. says the Lewis
ton journal. The idea is this: Suspend a
gold ring from piece Of hair over @ glass
Of cold water, and the ring will begin to
swing 10 and fro until it hits the side Of the
glass. Furthermore, 1t will strike the ex-
act age OF the horse. or, If it be persons
hair, OF the person upon whose head it
grew.
In Lisbon-street tailoring establishment
this week this has been the feature of the
week, with such surprising success that if
accidental, as probably it is, it is simply
marvellous. On Friday horse stood by the
door. A hair from his tail tied to the gold
ring and duly suspended swung twice only,
the ring striking out the two clinks audibly
against the side of the glass.
"Ho, hop quoth the skeptic, "that horse
is II years old"
Not So" said the owner Of the horse,
old colt"
A hair from the head OF a very interesting
young lady on Lisbon street was kindly alb
straeted by her from among its companions
on Thursday. Tho same thing was done and
the ring struck twenty-well, no matter jus t
how many, but she said:
well, that's mean; that's my very age"
Another lady was agreeable, and this time
the ring clattered along until 1t struck fifty
one. 1t was her age.
A horse on hack was unaware of the
exact moment when hair was pulled or of
the experiment that rung out seventeen
times on the glass of time.
That said wrong" said a Lewiston man
present at the experiment
THAT horse is only years old"
Going home to dinner one of the gentlemen
overlook the driver OF this horse and asked
him the age Of the horse. The driver
laughed and said:
Hes most old enough to vote.''
81 heard that he was only T."
well. he is twice seven and three more"
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POETIC THOUGHTS.
Written for THE SUNDAY CALL
THE LAMP OF ANGELO.

EITTE wore lamp upon his brow
3@aH While painting on his canvas tall.
1tgHk "And wherefore ?" THAT upon my work
~ No shadow of myself may tall"
True. Master. true" the pupil cried;
"Those lights and shades SO fairly wrought
Thy falling shadow would have marred
And dlmmed the beauty of thy thought"
So, ever clear and true and bright
The lamp upon his canvas shone
And by its searching, steady light
Himself forgot, he toiled alone
Well may we bear this tale In mind
OF Angelo, the prince of art.
Lest in the nobleSt deeds we do
Our shadowy selves may play part.
What others think II they will praise,
II they Will rightly understand,
Moves us too oft, ana what we'd aid
Loses strong and helpful hand.
We bend us DER our severa! tasks,
With hope and zeal we toll our day,
Yet many times across our work
The shadows of ourselves will stray.
II In our generous acts we make
Ourselves the motive power alone
Well miss all biessedness and reap
The fruitless flowers that we have sown.
mo shadow OF myself"-great words;
1ato our quickened hearts they burn;
They make our souls for nobIer lives
And higher aspirations yearn.
Jesus! Let our words and deeds
In blending perfect be portrayed,
And keep the shadows of ourselves
From dimming light or deepning shade.
And We implore thee. let the light.
Which gioriies us and adorns-
Strange paradox-forever be
The shadow OF thy crown OF thorns.
Alameda, Cal, July S2, 1891. ANELEH.
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OF the sketches furnished to-day the first
is a couple of coaching carriage toilettes,
whose cOunterpartS may be seen on the
avenue at Newport, or later on. up at Len
nox. The young woman who acts as whip"
wears gown Of stem green and silver gray
striped bengaiine, with draperies and vest
of gray cordurette cloth. The coat bodice
has striped sleeves and is ornamented with
darker green braid, outlined by loop de-
sign in silver cord. The hat is of gray
chiffon embroidered with silver and has
green velvet loops and shaded ostrich tips.
The other costume is an almond colored
China crepe with embroidered selvedge.
The lower part of the bodice and the sleeves
are of the same colored silk brocaded with
royal blue,
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been ambitious of thrOnes-to be kings is the
role OF Bonapartes as to be admirals and
generals is of so many naval and military
families-and have all shown an incapacitY
to feel the pressure OF obligations, whether
social or moral.
They have not been gentlemen, not be-
cause they have any liking for common
ways, but because to be refined is to submit
to an immense number of rules and cbiga-
lions which oppressed them much as clothes
Cypress Maori. They have been at heart
like the ancient Caesars, soluti q legibus,
unbounded by laws-a position, which by
the way, the great Bouaparte used to claim
for himself when talking with his intimates,
IN SO many words.-St Louis Post Dispatch.
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LONGING.

Oh, for the sound OF ripping waters,
The cooling splash OF the waves,
As they break with rhythmic murmur
Ger the oceans rocky caves.
On. for the loan OF sea-SulPs wing
And I'd fly to the opal sea;
I'd lave my brow in the cooling tide,
In the waves I'd pIash with glee.
The sea, with Its free and rolling pillows
Has ever a charm for me;
long to be where the waveets play.
At rest near the opal sea.
July, 1891. CoRNIE L. BARTLETT
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LINES FROM SORROWS BARD

TO ]. l. z.
Oh, once beloved but unregre.ted spot
Unwept AlnIara! though the muse dsdain
To mar her lowly unpretendIng strain
With thee-the doubly cursed of one whose lot
Twas thine to blight, still art thou NOT forgot.
And still doth memory turn her to the train
That fingered In thy shade; and not In vain,
Thou heartiess nurse OF my youths winterl not
In vain Go review the kindred throng
For round few my hearts affections twined,
And did love them; yet when coward wrong
Reclaimed her nursing. did leave behind
OF the few hearts whom still 1 deemed were mine
Oh, best beloved friend! no nober soul than thin
July, 1891. CALYPSO
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" G0RDON.D
[DIed at the age OF 7yaars.l

tDied at the age OF ysars.l
Friends, gather near and bow their heads In token
sympathy grief,
Who do not know mothers heart is broken,
=. Aud tears bring Relief
They say it is but sleep and he viii waken;
II may De-who can tell?
know that wnen that little lie was taken
A faith ers last hope fell.
Sorrow may cease and time blot out its traces,
And bring back hope to me;
Yet, though around come forms and faces
His face shall not see.
July. 1891. WILL CooMBs
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BLUEBE ELLIS.

The unseen fingers OF the air
Set all the bIuebeIls ringing.
My thoughts like birds that homeward fly
Across the sea, went wingn
To banks and braes" where bluebells grow,
Meath trees where birds are singing,
Their home and mine. Did others hear
The bonnie bluebells ringing?
San Francisco, July, 1891 GRACE HIBBARp
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war-ships sacriticea 70 N.n.

In fifty years seventy British war-ships
have been lost otherwise than In action.
Storms, collisions and explosions have been
the causes OF all this destruction, and hun
aIeds OIL iiyes have been lost with the ships.
officers and men, is the most recent. as we'll
as one Of the worst Of the three score and
ten wrecks.