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W-YOftKEB. 
but. their crimes arc as brutal in purpose and un¬ 
erring in execution as they ever were. .Tealousy 
and gambling were the moving springs of the 
murder which startled Nice on Dec. a. He was a — 
native of Italy, aged 34. She was born in Hungary 
and was passing the winter in Nice. He was a 
desperate gambler. She loved him. Ills fortune 
went to waste. She lent him money. He lost 
heavily and hogged her to give him another 
chance. She resolved to leave him. On the fatal 
evening M. do X-, a half-pay oflieer, was pay¬ 
ing a visit to the lady, when a violent ring at the 
bell was heard. The maid-servant announced the 
Italian, and M. de X— wished to wit hdraw; hut 
Madame begged him to remain, adding that she 
might need Ills help, she left to receive her vis¬ 
itor, with whom she had a lively altercation In 
the ante-chamber. The Italian pushed Madame 
Into the dining-room and bolted the door. M. de 
X-bade the servant listen. Some words rap¬ 
idly'exchanged In the dining-room were hoard, 
such as, “You cannot mean It!" “You are Jok¬ 
ing!" and then came two shots from a revolver, 
at a slight Interval. M. de X-broke the glass 
of the door, put his hand within, drew the bolt, 
and entered. A horrible spectacle pretonted itself 
_the Italian and the lady lay on the floor In pool3 B 
of blood. 
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“ON CALL.” 
“ I can’t Jess git It trow my head how dose bu- E 
slness men can borrow money on call an' make it 
pay,’’ Brother Gardner was explaining at the 
market. “ De odder day T borrowed two dollars ' 
of dat Mister Brown on Grove street, and I was 
jess dat fool ’null to show o(T a tootle, so l tole ‘ 
him I wanted to borrow dat two dollar bill on call. 
Well, what you S’pose happened?” 
“ H e did n't have any two dollars to lend!” call- * 
ed out one of the whltowo-shers. 
“ You got de money and jumped do town!” put ; 
in a second. 
“Gemten, I know dls town, an’ dls town knows ' 
me,” slimy replied Mr. Gardner. 
“ I believe my money Is ns good as my word 
among de best business men. No, sir; tuk de 
money, went homo, an’ I hadn’t been In de house 
ten minutes when dat Brown cauio along and 
sung out: 
“ Brudder Gardner, I’sc calling you—I'sc calling 
over de fence for dat two dollar bill!” 
“ Hero dat money was on call, an’ dero he was 
calling for It, an’ 1 had to hand ’em ober. When 
an ole man like me bez got bis mind made up to 
have tried oysters for breakfast, an’ a tlnanshul 
smash like dat comes down upon him, It Jess 
make do shlvurs go up’n down his back wtdout re¬ 
gard to ceremony." 
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SOMNAMBULISM. 
A young man who lives on a farm near Bochnrn, 
Australia, lately went to sleep on a sofa after a 
hard day’s work, and had been lying there some 
time when he got up and went outside. Ills com¬ 
panions observed that he walked with a stagger¬ 
ing gait, but little notice was taken of the mat¬ 
ter, as they expected him to rejoin them Imme¬ 
diately. Tim somnambulist, for such Iib was, 
passed through three or four gates, untying and 
retying the fastenings, which were made of rope, 
and made his way to the woodshed. There he 
hung his coat upon a nail, took down a pair of 
shears lie had been using In the daytime, and 
proceeded to sharpen them. He next caught a 
sheep, and had just, Hobbled shearing It, when he 
was awakened by iho sudden arrival or Ida 
friends, who had come with a lantern to look for 
him. The shock of awakening caused him to 
tremble like a leaf, but lie soon regained his 
equanimity. The sheep was shorn as well as IX 
the, work had been performed In broad daylight, 
and the night was by no means a clear one. 
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ENJOYMENT IN TEXAS. 
A new-comer In a Texas town always enjoys 
himself. After spending a short time looking 
around the place, he grows weary and finally asks 
the clerk of the hotel It there Is any chance of 
having fun that day. And the cleric, scratching 
his head a moment, says:—“ Well, 1 dunno. i 
reckon we can get up something lor you before 
night. Haven’t been shot at yet, have you? No? 
Oh, well, you will be soon. Just lout around the 
streets ft little while, and even If you ain't shot at 
yourself, you can dodge the bullets intended lor 
some other person. Maybe you might object to It, 
coming In that way, sort o’ second-handed, you 
know, and If you do, why, watt a little while, and 
I’ll go out with you, and I guess ivc can get up 
something real lively." Two minutes afterward 
that man la studying the time-table for the leav¬ 
ing ttrae of the next train, and not even the 
clerk’s promise to let him carry a revolver that 
he shot a man with last week can keep the guest 
In town over night. 
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A SECRET TROUBLE. 
failles' portfolio. 
DECORATION DAY. 
BY RAY HULBURT. 
Brino plants and flowers of every hue. 
And every kind, to-day; 
Search woods and fields, and gardens, too. 
To make the fond display. 
Bring pansies, lilies, roses all 
In bud or blossom found. 
The myrtle and the mosses small 
That trail along the ground. 
With evergreen and immortelle 
Adorn the soldier’s grave; 
A hero he, who grandly fell. 
His country’s cause to save, 
Then softly speak, and lightly tread, 
But check the falling tear— 
For he who fills this lowly bed 
“ Has made his title clear." 
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i, LACKMONEY TRYING TO MANAGE. 
Last summer, I thought I must, have a new 
parasol. For two yearn back, It had seemed as 
though my old one could not last any longer, and 
now that every piece of silk iu It was cracked 
through the middle, something must be done. 1 
know about nice, lady-llke parasols, and gloves, 
and shoes, though 1 may not bo able to have 
them; and now, after waiting so long, l did want 
a goo a parasol, hut. 1 did hate to ask for the 
money. We were building our new house, and 
that would use up everything that could be | 
spared. So I took my old parasol, and looked it 
over a nd over, with a dim feeling that, there was 
some way to repair It, but I could not find It, out. 
I thought of running a strip of silk under the 
cracks, but that would look shabby, and would 
never do, and I bad no time lor useless puttering. 
After a great, deal Of turning the matter over, 
when I was about m.V work ; knowing that 1 must 
have something to keep my face ami neck from 
burnt og up, I concluded to get a very cheap one, 
and being In town that morning, 1 bought one for 
a dollar and a half, and turned homeward With it. 
It was cloudy for a few minutes, and as 1 held 
both parasols, the old and the now, in my band, l 
was so struck with the comparative coarseness of 
the new one, that I was sick at. heart, and said 
aloud to myself, “I’ve Just thrown away rny 
money, and I needed It, so much for other things." 
My old parasol looked very good to tuo now; It 
had been a nice ono In its day; and In my utter 
disgust with myself for getting such a coarse new 
one, I thought of a way to fix It. 
ed In arranging matters a little to my mind. I 
have been alone much of the time—that Is, with 
no girl, nud the milk of t wo, three, or four cows 
to attend to, besides the other work. I usually 
manage to get the heavy, dirty work of the day 
done by noon; ’ have found that, for a rule, I 
must do so. In order to stand the work at all. 
llow many times t have hurried till It seemed as 
though f was in ten places at once, to get the 
table set and t he things aLl ready to go <m the 
table, and still have six minutes left. In which to 
take a, hat h and slip on a light dress, so as to feel 
like somebody and look like somebody at the 
table! Then I have found that the milk which 
must, he skimtned at night, may commonly bo 
skimmed at noon and the pans washed. Then 
when Iho pans were placed on the table, ready, 
rny husband has often been kind enough to strain 
the milk and BOt it up, and to wash the palls, too, 
when the ehlldron needed my care. 
it, Is worth while for women out In the country 
to try hard to have their kitchen-work out of the 
way In the afternoons, and to make themselves 
look neat and tasteful then,, too; and It will pay 
their husbands to take every hindrance out. of the 
way of this that they possibly can, tor It, will help 
to make t hem all love homo, boys and all. It, will 
help In culture and refinement, too; for whatever 
maybe said about these poor bodies that must 
soon return to dust, the manner In which we 
array them acts directly on the spiritual, which 
will never decay—our own souls, and the souls of 
others. PKKSIB Verb. 
MR. JARRETT’S ANECDOTE OF MISS 
CUSHMAN. 
Harry Jakkktt spoke the other night about 
(hut Cushman farewell at Booth’s Theater. The 
arrangement, was that Mlaa cushraan should re¬ 
ceive $500 a night, and It was distinctly agreed 
that the engagement should be advertised as the 
actress's farewell to the stage. The nights all 
paid well, but special ciTorls were put forth to 
make the last, night un ovat ion. The public got 
wild over It, and seats sold at a tremendous pre¬ 
mium. One hundred ami Lilly dollars were paid 
for a box. Seats sold at *7 and $10. Miss Cush¬ 
man saw all this going on, and the day before the 
last Saturday she said to Mr. Jarrell: 
"I am feeling very badly—I think I shall be sick 
to-morrow night—In fact, I know I shall. Haven’t 
you got some medicine you e.an give me?" 
Jarrett thought of returning Iho money of an 
$8,000 house and trembled. He aald:—“ Don’t you 
think a $ 1,000 check would be good medicine, and 
would ward oiT the sickness?” 
“You are my savior!" exclaimed Miss Cush¬ 
man, “ 1 knew you were a good physician.” The 
extra fil.ooo were given her and she played. 
In Philadelphia, tile week following, business 
1 hurried homo, took my parasol and scissors, »galn immense, *»nd when the farewell night, 
A router In a Nevada hotel thus addressed one 
of the female boarders: “Madam, 1 have been 
observing you closely for some weeks past, and l 
am led to believe that there is trouble—trouble of 
a serious nature—gnawing at your heart. Tell 
me what that secret sorrow Is." “There la a 
secret sorrow," rejoined the lady, “and it, weighs 
upon me like a mill-stone. It Is that 1 havn't a 
stove poker heavy enough to break your silly 
pato with. But such as it is, however-” Here 
she grabbed the Instrument and made a rapid ad¬ 
vance upon the sympathetic porter, who broke 
for the door, and got out just slowly enough to 
secure a sharp clip alongside the car. 
sat down to my sewing-machine, cut the fasten- , 
lugs of the silk to the frame, arid sewed up every 
crack with a firm, straight seam. The silk was 
so thick that, when stretched, it scarcely showed 
the seam at all; then, as It was smaller, I sewed 
a atrip of old silk around t he edge and carefully 
fastened it, to the frame again. Then i put the 
trimming on so as to cover the piece at the edge, 
and It looked well; at least, so well that It would 
not call attention; which was all 1 could ask for 
It. It, was a very brier Job, and 1 surveyed it, 
when finished, with extuuue pleasure. It. did 
well last summer, and very likely It will have to 
do for next; for, us things look now, I shall have 
to pinch then as much as ever. 
1 had no trouble In exchanging my new parasol 
for cotton cloth, which always comes good. I am 
out of all patience with that, kind of repairing 
which takes more time and trouble than the 
things arc worth when done, but there, arc ways 
of keeping things presentable from year to year, 
that take but little lime, It one only knows bow. 
The love for the beautiful and lltUng, In dress, In 
character, and In everything, grows upon me us I 
grow older, and I rejoice in it. This Is not saying 
that 1 lovo more and moru elaborate Pouncing 
and Unery; It, is quite the contrary. Still, wo 
who have but Utile time and money must not 
dress dowdy and odd; that would lie an end to 
our usefulness In this world, to say the least. For 
rnyseir, making over old things a great deal, and 
doing my own sew 1 ng, it takes time that I do want 
for something else, and l am so glad to find some 
pretty, plain way of dressing that promises to last 
more than one season. 
Ono warm day last summer, at our Sewing So¬ 
ciety, I noticed the President was all In white. 
She must be a woman of fifty years, and her head 
was white too. She looked beautiful; so much 
better than most of the women present, who 
were arrayed In thick poplin, alpaca, or silk. In¬ 
stead of talking, 1 was thinking how, among our 
country people, white had been considered as 
only Oiling for the young; and as my years grew 
on to Itdriy-flve, the question would keep coming 
up, “ What shall 1 do when I am too old to wear 
white?" For years aud years, two white dresses 
have been my chief dependence during warm 
weather, for dressing and afternoon wear, and, 
with a black silk, have enabled me to be neatly 
and tastefully dressed, wit h not much expense 
each year, and only t he trouble of doing up a 
white muslin once la two or three weeks. 
Really, It Is not. so hard to wash and Iron a 
white muslin, or light calico, and have It look as 
nice as a dark calico; and by using some care, one 
who lias not been used to It would be surprised to 
see how long light dresses can be kept clean. 
Tills refers to those who, Uko me, live In the 
country, and have milk to skim and pans to wash 
at tea-tlmc. There are so many or these who 
wear dark calico, for afternoons, from tho begtn- 
i nlng to the ending of summer! 1 know how It is; 
1 I studied over It a great deal, and finally succeod- 
canm near, Miss Cushman said sho felt ever so 
much like breaking down, but she thought that a 
repetition ot the New York medicine would do her 
good. ,Jarrett & Palmer had to give, her another 
extra thousand. 
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ABOUT BABIES. 
Different countries have dilTcrent methods of 
dealing with t heir young. The Greenland baby 
Is dressed In furs and carried in a sort of pocket 
In the back of his mother's cloak. When she Is 
very busy and does not want to be bothered with 
him, she digs a hole In the snow aud covers him 
all up but bis face, and leaves blm there until sho 
is ready to take care of him again. The Hindoo 
baby hangs In a basket, from the roof, und Is 
taught to smoke long hcnmi lie learns to walk. 
Among the Western Indians, the poor lit,tin tots 
arc tied fast, to a board, a nd have their heads llal- 
toneil by means Of another hoard fastened down 
over their foreheads. In Lima the little fellow 
lies all day In a hammock swung from a tree-top, 
like the baby In the nursery song. In Persia he 
Is dressed in the most costly silks and jewels, and 
his head Is never uncovered, day or night; while 
In Yucatan a pair of sandals and a straw hat, 
are thought to be all the clothing he needs, and 
In Detroit they fix the baby In a nice little car¬ 
riage and knock the underpinnings from below 
the harmless pedestrian as the mother calmly 
propels the vehicle and gazes In the shop windows 
at the latest spring bonnets. 
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WOMAN’S HEADGEAR. 
Joseph AumsoN says ot woman's headgear: 
“I would desire tho fair sex to consider how Im¬ 
possible It is for them to add anything that can be 
ornamental to what is nlready t he masterpiece of 
nature. The head lias the most beautiful appear¬ 
ance, as well as the highest station iu the human 
ttgure. Nature has laid out all her art In beauti¬ 
fying the face; shchas touched It with vorinll- 
Jlon, planted lu It a double row of Ivory, made It 
(he seat, ot smiles and blushes, lighted It up and 
enlivened It with the brightness of the eyes, hung 
It on each Hide with curious organs of sense,given 
it airs and graces that cannot be described, and 
surrounded It with such allowing shade of hair as 
sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light. 
In short, she seems to have designed thu huud as 
the cupola to the most glorious of her works, and 
when we load it with such a pile ot supernumer¬ 
ary ornaments, we destroy the symmetry of the 
human figure, and foolishly contrive to Cull en¬ 
tile eye from great and real beauties to childish 
gewgaws, ribbons and bone lace. 
Tue Superintendent of Public instruction of 
Iowa has decided that male teachers In the pub¬ 
lic schools must not be under nineteen years of 
age, and female teachers seventeen years. 
WOMEN. 
White lace mils, provided they cost as much as 
$20. are fashionable at, lull-dress parties. 
Women In politics! Sugar In slops! it may 
Improve tho slops; but, oh; what a waste of 
sugar. 
They are now making camel hair shawls from 
coon’s fur, and It, takes a wise camel to tell the 
difference. 
An old lady has recently died In England, aged 
one hundred years, whose grandson himself has 
a grandson. 
The old-fashioned sliver comb Is coming Into 
fashion again. The price ranges from $7 to $30. 
Let it, comb. 
Princess Mary, of Hanover, says the London 
World, after biking eight months to make up her 
mind, has finally refused the hand of her cousin, 
the Duke of Connaught. 
“ No, Mu," she said, “ Charles can never he any¬ 
thing to rne more. Ho cameOUt this spring In his 
last, fall overcoat; and, oh ! Mu, li it, only matched 
rny new dress I wouldn’t care so much; but It 
doesn't, and wc have parted." 
A woman, SO paralyzed that the pricking of a 
dozen needles won’t affect her, may stilt muster 
strength enough to go to the front window when 
the woman across the way makes her first ap¬ 
pearance In a new spring bonnet. 
We sec by a. fashion exchange, that, light dol¬ 
mans will be very fashionable this spring. There 
is one style to which the young lady token most, 
and Unit Is the very light doll-man, who parts his 
hair in the middle and breathes sweetly through 
a bronze mustache. 
A fashionath.e young man lately presented his 
sweetheart with a string or pearls. As she hung 
them Joyously about her nock a cloud camo over 
her brow, and she cried : “ Beloved, do not pearls 
betoken tears?” “Don’t fear," was tho re¬ 
sponse, “them’s Imitation.” 
“ Mv dear Amelia,” said a dandy, “I liavo long 
wished lor this opportunity, but hardly dare speak 
for rear you would reject mo. But I lovo you; say 
you will be mine! Your smiles would shed"—and 
then he paused again. 
“Never mind the wood shed; go on with your 
pretty talk,” said Amelia. 
A pair oi engaged lovers In Kentucky decided 
t,o marry Inexpensively. They rode about in Nel¬ 
son County, day after day, In order to casually 
l meet a minister or a justice of tho peace, so that 
the rite might be performed in so quiet a way 
• that no fee would bo. expected. After a week of 
) this effort, with seven Bud separations at night¬ 
fall, they met with success. 
i Here Is the latest Parisian dinner dress: Moon- 
'• light blue velvet, embroidered with whlto silk 
y and silver; tlm back la of orange colored raffle, 
1 with straps of blue velvet retaining Its fulness. 
r Velvet coat, embroidered with silver. White satin 
r waistcoat, with sliver and toininola buttons alter¬ 
nately. In the liatr a humming bird, with a dia¬ 
mond between Its beak. Blue velvet band round 
neck, with diamond drop. 
t Tuk Female Medical College of St. Petersburg 
y has uow 470 pupils—73 Jewesses, io Roman Oath- 
,1, ollc Poles and 11 Protestant Polos; the rest he¬ 
ft long to Iho Greek Church. Pupils for Gils college 
h come, irom all tho Russian governments. They 
a belong to tho middle class, and arc generally be- 
o tween twenty aud twenty-live; very few are 
o above thirty. Seventy-eight ot those now study- 
s lng are married. The course lasts lor five years, 
C. and the. pupils have to undergo a regular routine 
,s or study and pass many examinations. 
1 " That llgUtcolored silk, as well as black, Is made 
" poisonous by tho use of lead in weighting it, is 
w asserted by tho Chemical Review, which says 
that the cheat may bo detected by dipping a bit 
111 of silk In water, and then subjecting It to sulphur¬ 
'd reted hydrogen gas. Tho gas may bo obtained by 
10 putting a little Stilpburet of Iron In diluted sul- 
lt pijuric add. The leaden, silk will change color. 
Kl “ Ladles applying this test are cautioned that if 
they have been made beautiful with powders and 
w enamels, their faces may change color as rapidly 
ly as their silk." 
vs 
Tnn Pacific Medical Journal, commenting upon 
the announcement that high heels wore to be 
adopted by ladles of fashion, says:—A convention 
of corn doctors In the Interest oL their trade could 
not devise a better scheme for good times. Women 
' ’ whose pedals arc solidified may escape with only 
corns, or which we hope and pray they inft,y have 
1 •' a foil and tender crop. Bat that a whole genera- 
", tlon of little girls should have i heir toes Jammed 
Into tho toes of their boots, to do the work of 
, heels, and that their legs should bo thrown out of 
the natural balance and the pliant bone bent Into 
lt scml-clrelcs, Is a sacrifice to fashion which would 
Iitl disgrace a nation of Hottentots. 
ng Miss F. MoGkew has been recently appointed 
en assistant cashier of the First National Bank of 
ad Huntington, Ind. Miss B. Wallace Is cashier for 
as u bank in Mecbanlesvlllc, and Miss A. M. King for 
ht. one In New Sharon, Iowa. The bank at. Iluntlng- 
as ton was the first to elect a lady to Its board of 
nd directors, Mrs. Anna A. Dally havtugbeon elected 
er- director lu 1868, and Mrs. D. J. Purviance in 1873. 
Arc or the First National Bank of Peoria, Ill., Mrs. 
oh Lydia Bradley was elected director In 1ST'', arid In 
Ish the First National ot Canton, Ohio, Mrs. Louisa 
McCall Is one of lliu boanl. The banking business 
ot A. K. * K. B. Young, at Fort Collins, Col,, has 
of been for some time conducted by Mrs. Ji. B. 
ub- You ng, the Junior partner, who Is said to be a 
i of lady or sagacity and experience In money mat¬ 
ters. 
