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The United Statesi‘oontains agreat many wealthy women, writes a Washington oor- respondent. Henry E. Packer’s sister owns a life interest in 160,000 shares of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, the dividends of which amount to $760,000 annually. -Mrs. A. R. Allen, 0! St. Leuis, pays taxes on $1,197,000, and Miss Bernice Morrison, of the same city, is taxed at $964,990. There is a. cattle queen named Rogers near Corpus Christi, Tex., who owns 40,000 cattle, and is worth over $1,000,000. She is the financial agent of the ranch, keeps the pocketbook and oversees the stook, while she sends her second husband to the Texas Legislature. Catharine Wolfe, of New York, the daughter of old Peter Wolfe, who married Lorillard’s two sisters and got $1,000,000 with each of them. has an income of $500 000 a year and she owns real estate to the amount of about $6 000 000. Like Mrs. Rogers, of Texas, she is about 50 years old,and plain in all her habits. She is single, too. and she lives all alone in a. big house. Mrs. Wm. Astor is worth $1,000,- 000, and Mrs. Marshal O. Riherts, the Wife of a mining king, who died some pears ago, «)is said to have assets which will foot up $58,000 000. Mrs. A. T. S'ewart has a princely income no doubt. Miss Gammell is aid to contest with Miss Garrett the reputation of being the richest unmarried woman in the country, and England’s wealthiest heiress, I see, is a Miss Hamil- ton, who has large estates in Scatland and an inoome somewhere near $500,000 ayear. When They Look Their Bestâ€"Prflty Woméil En! Ila-arty Misman Meals. Perhaps there is no better test of woman’s health and beauty than her appearance at an early breakfast table, writes Dr. Hammond. Sbo in than more as nature, made her than at any other period of the day, when art has been brought in with a view of heightening her charms. If she has slept well, it argues at some extent a sound nervous system, and the effect is seen in the brightness of her eyes and the tone possessed by the muscles of her face and neck. Her movements are full of grass, for her limbs have been refreshed and strengthened by re oee, and- her mind is clear and right, for it also has rested, and there have been no bad dreams to exhaust her nervous .system and'make her limp and haggard. Her intelligence is then at its maximum, and she feels the recklessness that is so generally the result of sound. healthy sleep, and that is only a natural elation of the emotions, pleasant, doubtless. for her to exhibit. but far more pleasant to those to whom it is manifested. If, on the contrary, she has slept badly, or has suffered from nightmare, in conse- quence of a feeble digestive system, her eyes are weak, dim and watery, her face is flabby, her head appears to be held unsteadin on her shoulders, for it droops on her chest, or bobs helplessly from side to side, her complexion is dull and blotchy, red where it ought not to be red, and pale where it ought not to be pale. Her expres- sion is indicative of the discomfort she has undergone during‘the night, her movements are either painfully slow or aggravatingly brusque, her intellect shows stupidity, her emotions are torpid, her perceptions dull. While the woman that is In good physical health exhibits all the beauty in the early morning that her-features are capable of expressing, the one whose organic life is deranged is at this period of the day at her worst. There is no better test of a woman’s health than her ability to eat a hearty breakfast, and it might also be said that her physical beauty ,islindirect proportion in the amount of beefsteak or'mutton obops she ctn put into herself at this meal. Cer- tainly, pretty women can always eat a hearty breakfast. Miss Fisher and Miss Hosmer, the latter bearing the decorations presented her by Queen Victoria for her services in the Zulu WM, have arrived in Philadelphia. to take charge of the training school for nurses at Blockley Almshouse. ‘ ‘ - CountBismarck abhor! use} pains and uses a. goose qmll. An Occupation in Which Comparative” Few. Men Ellccred. or all the creatures of metropolitan commercial lifethe most interesting and _fascinating is the floor walker, says the Chicago Tribuné. A'Walking dictionary, a street guide and a dictionary of names, he also enjoys the distinction of being consid- ered the leading man of the house, if not one of the leading partners. Polite to rich and poor alike, he is a continual ray of sun- shine. He iii-found most active and most at home in the great business, houses. He knows the store from cellar to garret, and where a thousand and one questions are asked daily he is ready with a thousand and one prompt answers. The women, who are apt to be the principal custom- , are, are the recipients of his most ‘ solicitous attentions. The pink of polite- ‘ ness, he is regarded by most of them 1 as an authority on all questions of dress and etiquette. He has a faculty for remem- bering names which would astonish a hotel clerk. Then he has the advantage of the hotel man in understanding the peculiar- ities o! hiscustomers. He is something more than s. dictionary of names, and something less than a fashion-plate. Though scrupulously. neat he is never extravagantly dressed. ‘Diamonds posseSs no special attraoiion for him, except when they- are seen upon the person of a cos- tumer, and yet he understands as well as anybody that they are not a recommenda- tion in all cases. He has better means of settling questions of financial standing, for hepmay go to the manager, his superior, who is supposed to know all things know- able. To explain the exact position of a floor-walker to the outside w: rld, according to one authority, it may be given as that of an assistant manager, the term floor- walker having been gradually applied as being more explanatory of his duties. In most large retail stores the space is divided upinto departments, each one of which is under the care of. a floor-walker, as for instance the lace department, the silk department and; the hosiery department. Then there are several who are expected to keepa close watch about the front door, whose especial duty is to welcome visitors and direct them to the department where the goods they desire can be found. They are responsible for the behavior of a cer- tain number of cierks and cash boys, to whom they are equally a terror and an object<fenvy. It is generally admitted that there is as much in the appearance and behavior of a floor-walker as there is in his business tact and powers of observation. To insure success he must be a thorough optimist, whose sunny views of life must not be shaken bya cross word from the proprietor, or an insult or a series of in, sults from the customers. He would make a poor Hamlet, but the best paid member of the craft in Chicago is said to be a fine comedian. He is considered an example unto his fellow-sinners, because his con- duct is always the same, and he can tell the outrageous lie and the most solemn truth in the same melancholy and earnest tones. He works in an establishment owned by two partners, and half the customers know him as one partner and the other halt as the other. It makes no difference to him, and he neverthinks of correcting the mis- take. Nor does' his fear the wrath of the proprietors, for they regard him as their representative in most of the duties he performs ; and as people value most highly little acts of politeness coming direct from the head of a large bazaar, the courtesies extended by the subaltern if received under this illusion are just as valuable. WOJIEN A'l.‘ BREAKFAST. THE FLOOR WALKER. Wealthy Women. A London cablegram says: During the present session of Parliament an annual grant of £15,000 will be asked for' Prince Edward, son of the Prince of Wales, who will attain his majority next January. Mr. Laboueherewill without fioubt quote his usual statistics about the Prince of Wales receiving £40,000 a year from the consolidated fund and from the Duchy of Cornwall £63,000, and that he should sup- port his own children, ignoring the few that the Prince for many years back has been socially filling the place of the Sover- eign Without the Royal revenues at his back. The Radical opposition will be very small, for his Royal Highness was never more popular with all ranks of society than he is at present, and any niggirdly policy towards him would run counter to public sentiment. A Madrid csblegram says: The destruc- tion, both of life and property, in the eastern and southeastern Provmoes has been very great. Reports of a most dis- tresaing nature have been received from Alicante, Almeria. and Valencia. In the last Province the town 0! Sueca suffered fearfully. The recent rains caused the River Magro to overflow its banks,inundat- ing all the ~low-lying country around. Farms have been destroyed, buildings swept away, and several lives lost. Sorbas, in Almeria, was also asevere sufferer. The l mountain streams, swollen by rains, have swept the low lands, and in an adjacent village a very distressing loss of life is reported. A tarmer. wmle endeavonngw save some cattle, was washed into the river, and wascarried along struggling some distance. A soldier swam out to his rescue. but was dashed against a rock and drowned, and the farmer shortly alter sank, in the presence of a large number of . persons, who were powerless to rescue him. Great distress will prevail from the exten- sive destruction of property. A London cablegrsm says: A new and curious phase of the Tiehborne case is presenting itself. At a meeting of the South Stoneham Board of Guardians the question of the chsrgeability of the‘ claim- act’s-wife to the Union was discussed. The woman, with two illegitimate children, born during her husband’s imprisonment, has been an inmate of the workhouse for some years, and the question as to the husband’s liability will be raised. The claimant repudiates his responsibility. and will not be sorry to see the matter brought before the courts to revive public interest, which has fallen very flat, lacking the advocacy of the late Messrs. Whalley and Guildtord Onslow. The average life of a, railway our is ten years. It is estimated that there are 500,000 cars in the country ; hence 50,000 a. year must be built to keep up.the supply. Three thousand feet of lumber for each car equals 150,000,000 feet a. year. The tree for the 121,782 miles of track at 2,600 to the mile, which on the average last six years, require 1635,377 056 feet, board measure, every year. ‘ Thus, to keep the rosdbed and ours in repair, to say nothing of new work, cells for 1,785.377,056 feet of wood, which is nearly one-fourth the entire output of the mills of the Northwest, and almost one~ twelfth that of all the mills in the United States. When we add the vast amount ussd in building locomotives, depots, fences, oettle pens, etu., and on many roads as fuel, to any nothing of the forest fires kindled by sparks from the engines, we can see that the railroads make a, heavy draught on our timber. Last; week a. telegram was received by the Rev. Archdeacon Cowley, at St. Peters, from the Governor-General of Canada, expressing condolence with the Widon and family or Richard Henderson. Henderson wast). member of the Manitoba contingent which was to form part of the Nile expedi- tion, and died while on board the Ocean King, and was buried at sea. The Gover- nor-Genetal's message wee duly forwarded to the bereaved family, who are still living in the St. Peter‘s settlementâ€"Selkirk (Man) Ilfm‘ald. The Glass Ware Reporter says that,temâ€" pared glass may now make its rank among valuable mvamions, subject, however, to many defects in its present state. Josh Billings-is six feet nix Inches tall it he stood straight. All the Workman Killedâ€"A Furnace snack, Ten llllles Dismal, Destroyed ‘ by the Shock and Six Men-Burned to I A. Dynmnlle Factory Blown to Piecesâ€" Death. A last (Thursday) night‘s Reading, Pa., ‘despatch says: The dynamite works of H W. Stumps & 00., near Stumpsburg. blew up this afternoon, shaking up the country for a distance of ten to twenty miles. The works consisted of five buildings, the timbers of which were sent flying in all directions, nothing remaining but the foundations. All the men in the buildings were killed, so the cause of the explosion can never be known. The buildings con- tained an unusual quantity of dynamite, and the terrific shock was heard at Read- ing, twenty miles away. Windows were broken in many houses in Stouohesburg, three-quarters of a mile distant. People were knocked off their feet, mirrors and pictures were shaken off the walls, a church and several houses were unroofed. The victims were literally blown to atoms. At Robesonia, ten miles from Stouehesburg. a number of masons were working at the bottom’ot Ferguson & Co.’s furnace smoke- stack, which they Were relining with new fire brick. The stack was probably a bun- dred feet high, and was nearly completed. Ten or fifteen men were in the stack, some at the bottom, others on scaffolding above. .Just as the shock of the dynamite explosion was felt, the stack quivered, there was a rumbling noise, followed immediately by a great deluge of bricks, completely burying six men in the bottom of the stack. If not instantly killed they will be burned to death, as the scaffolding is burning and they cannot be reached. The names of the burned are Jas. Reed, David Beckley, Henry Spangler, David M. Parsons, Monroe Peiffer, Fred Foreman. Henry Putt and four or five others ‘ are wounded. The excitement is ‘ intense, crowds of people, including rela- tives of the unfortunate men, surrounding the stack. Up to 11 o’clock but two bodies were recovered. It is thought the others were burned to a crisp. The damage to the furnace is estimated at $35,000. The names of the men in the exploded buildings are Frank Statz, Joseph Kraus and Frank Kapp. out 01 Knilrond Equipment. VOL. XXVII. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. The Tichborue Claimant. Great Floods in Spain. A Grant to Bovully. he Last 01 lilm. (Brooklyn "Unionâ€"Rep) The phenomenon is as remarkable as it is regrettable of a division so close in avote of a million and a quarter, that nothing short of a careful count can place the result beyond question. But so far as Brooklyn’s share of the contest is concerned, she has nothing to be ashamed of. Her rebuke to Blaineism is as emphatic as the demon- stration it affords that with such a candi- date as all Republicans could support with- out doing violence to their conscience or self-respect, the Democratic majirity in the city would have been wiped out. (Boston Heraldâ€"Ind.) Governor Cleveland was a model candi- date. Through all the long and bitter cam- paign he conducted himself with modestyY propriety and dignity. He constantly attended, with but two or three brief inter- ruptions, to the exacting duties sf the Exe- cutive of the Imperial State of New York, not saying or writing a single word the. was not correct in taste and judgment. He has made upon his countrymen the impres- sion of a level-headed, clear-eyed, reticent, man, not brilliant, but weighing well his words and speaking to the purpose. The desperate warfare made upon him was the lowest and dirtiest ever made upon a candi- date for President. (N. Y. World.) We congratulate V the Republic on the election of Grover Cleveland as its President. The democracy is again in ascendancy in the nation. After twentyâ€"four years of exclusion from power the party of J effer- son and Jackson once more places a firm grasp on the reins of government, with the determination. by God’s help, to guide the Republic back into the straight path of democratic simplicity, economy and hon- esty, and to reestablish firmly and perms.- nently the constitutional rights which have been gradually stolen from t‘ie States and the people. (New Haven Palladiumâ€"Rep.) At the present writing It appears as if the failure of the Republican electoral ticket in this State is due to the prohibi- tion vote. which, according to the returns so tar received, is larger than the plurality tor the Cleveland ticket. In other words, the prohlbitioniate have succeeded in turn- ing the State over to the Democrats on the national issueâ€"a result of which they can hardly be proud. (Boston Postâ€"Ind.) We mean Ben. Butler, the man of “ crooked ways and distorted mind.” Yes- terday he appeared in his iavoite role of the ” Traitor and Fraud," and made what we suppose his Republican friends will call a success. He prevented Massachusetts from giving its electoral vote to Cleveland and Hendricks ; but it was a narrow squeak for him. He has earned the hatred of thousands of men who stood by him last year and the year before, not one of whom would ever again vote for him. (Albany Argusâ€"Dem.) The victory in New York for Cleveland carries lessons to rash and passionate men, which reflection may be relied on to im- press on their minds. It gives answer to vile and venal men which the contempt of the human race may be trusted to admin- ister. It supplies a commentary on Mr. Blaino’n canvas-nu in thing mmonwemth, which the decency and the cleanliness of the State will appreciate, because they made it. - (Detroit Free Pressâ€"Dem.) The next President of the United States is Grover Glevelend. It is the most glorious triumph ever achieved in a. Presidential election in this Republic. It is a. triumph of sterling patriotism and a. lofty sense oi duty over the erts of the politician and the corrupting power of lavishly expended, money. It is a. triumph of the people over the demoralizing influences which have been so long at work undermining pepuler government. (Chicago Tribuneâ€"Rep.) With defeat staring them in the face neither Mr. Blaine not his party can be reptoaohed with justice. Blaine did not seek the nomination this yearn He was the choice of the masses of his party, represented more intimately and accurately in the Chicago Convention than in any prevmus National Convention ever held in the country. He has make a, brilliant campaign, which has added lustre to his tame as a statesman. Governors were elected 1n sixteen States on Tuesday, and below is given the resultp, showing ten Republicans, five Democrats and one (Indlana) yet in doubt : Coloredoâ€"Benj. H. Eaton, Rep. Connecticutâ€"Ne choice by the people, but the Leglslature will elect H. H. Harrison, Rep. Floridaâ€"E. A. Perry, Dem. Illinois-Richard J. Oglesby, Rep. Indianaâ€"Probably Isaac M. Gray, Dem. Kansasâ€"John A Martin, Rep. Massachusetts -George 0. Robinson, Rep. Michiganâ€"Russell A. Alger, Rep. Missouriâ€"John S. Marmaduke,Rep. Nebraskaâ€"James E. Dawes, Rep. New Hampshire-No election by ‘the 13609161. but Moody Currier, Rep., will be elected by the Legislature. North Carolinaâ€"Alfred M. Scales, Dem. South Carolinaâ€"S. T. Thomsonybem. Tennesseeâ€"W. B. Bate, Dem. Texasâ€"«John Ireland. Dem. Wisconsinâ€"Jeremiah M. Rusk, Rep. Rev, Joseph Cooke is going 150' spend the winter, among the Nova So‘atia blue noses. ' (Albany Argus~Dem.) Let the obligations to the free Republi- cans be here and now and everywhere and always acknowledged. Neither political party, as a party, has gained or could gain this election. The independent reinforce- ments held the balance of power. They awarded it to Cleveland, because his e1ec~ tion was an' insurance againsn a. reversal or a. suspension of the reforms on which the virtue and culture of Americans are resolved. (New York Heraldâ€"Dem.) Honesty and common decency have triumphed. Governor Cleveland is chosen the next President of the United States. (N. Y. Postâ€"â€"Rep.) .. . The great fact which stands out in all the election returns is that the independent Republicans have saved the country from the dieguce of Blaine’s elzetion. (N. Y. Graphicâ€"Ind.) . The people of this country yesterday vin- dicated the political system under which they live against the greatest danger it has encountered since its inauguration. (Boston Globeâ€"Ind ) Massachusetts did nobly. In reducing the majority of four years ago from 55,000 to the pitiable Blaine plurality of this year the Old Bay State very handsomely set the seal of condemnation upon the trickster, Blaine. The Alnerican Newspapers on the Result. PRESS ARI) PRESIDENT. The Governor’s Elected. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, NOVEBIBER 20, 1884. They Are Often Injured by Too Much Care and Excessive \anerlug. “ More people injure flowering plants by too much care than by too little,” said a prominent florist. “ They fill their flower pots or boxes full of water and keep the earth soaked, and then wonder why the plants don’t thrive. You see, it operates this way: At first the plants are revived by the water, and the fresh growth inspires the Owners that they have struck the pro- per key, but soon the leaves begin to fade, then wither, and drop off.” “ What is the reason?" “ Well, the soil sours and eventually kills the plant. It is caused mostly by too much water, although it is sure to spoil within a year anyhow. and should be renewed once every twelve months. In winter flowers pine for the sun, and should be given the invigorating light whenever the opportunity presents i's‘alf. Another thing ii a regular temperature or as near regular as possible. Let the earth get a little dry and then give it plenty of water and a plant will gener- ally thrive. The German people of Chicago are more successful in raisiig plants than any other class of persons. They can keep them in the kitchen and have more success than others who keep them in the parlor.” “ What insects prey on the plants ‘2” “ The green fly is the worst, but it can be killed it people put the flowers in a box or barrel and burn the stems of tobacco They drop right away. The amelia bugs gather under the 'leaves’ in great numbers until they appear like a white scale. Astiff brush or sponge and water will wash them ofi. Most people, however,prefer to purchase cut flowers than to care for pants." “ Are conservatories aguooess in Chi 03:10:27" A Monolcnous ExlslencPâ€"The Daily Routine. A'monk’s day begins at 4 30 a. m.,and that breakfast is a very light and hasty matter, taken without formality some. where between 8 and 9, no one will be surprised to hear that English stomachs are ready for the principal meal at 12 30. Let us go througha day: At 4.55 pre- ciselyâ€"for punctuality is a great matterâ€" ‘the big bell begins tolling for matins. This is the modern equivalent of what used to be called the midnight oflioe. In the thirteenth century the hour was 2 a. 111., now it is 5; in some monasteries on the continent it is 4. But in those days they twent to bed at sundown or soon atter 6, while we moderns think 9 o‘clock early. ‘When the tower clock has ceasLd strik. ing, 5 all rise, at a signal given by the Superior, from the places where they have been kneeling and Waiting in the chancel, and the matiu service begins. ' On ordinary days it lasts an hour and a quar- ter, and has not much about it of ceremony or ritual that could catch the eye of an on- looker. But on festivals it is an almost gay scene, and must begin earlier on account of its greater protraction. On such occasions a large number are arrayed in alb and cope ; the organ accompanies the chant, and sometimes the voxces oi the boys mingle with the heavier tones of the monks. These little choristers are selected from the abbey school. “ Prime " is chanted at 7.30; the conventical mass . that is, the public mass of the dayâ€"is sung at 9o’clock, and at this the whole school assists. 0n festivals, this is the great celebration of the day, and is more or less solemn in propor- tion to the greatness of the feast ; a sermon often accompanies it. The next time that the community are called to the church is for the office of “ none,” and after this, at 4.30 comes the evening oifice, ‘ or vespers. This, like the mass, is sung‘ with organ accompar iment, and these two, with mutins, make up the more solemn of the daily services, at which all are more stringently bound t) be present. The office of “ compline,” the closing prayer of the day, recited at 8.30, makes the sixth and last time that the monks assemble in the church. They spend at least three hours and a half every day in this choral dutyâ€"on festivals5much more; it is one of the principal employments of monastic life. The order of the day never varies, with the single exception that on Sundays and very great festivals the high mass takes ‘ place at 10 o’clock, for the convenience of those “ outsiders ” who frequent the abbey church, and who might think 9 o’clock rather early. The remainder of the day is filled up in divers ways, in the dis} charge of the various occupations which each has assigned to him. From the end of compline till the end of prime of the following morning is a time of the strictest silence and recollection ; not a word must be spoken for anything short of the gravest necessity, and no work or business is done. It is the time for the nighty 1 2st, and for meditation andpcimrprayeh- -But when prime is finished the active work of the day begins. Foremost among this is the work of teaching ; for the monks of these days still maintain their ancient tradition of education, and the school is an almost integral part of a monastic establishment. â€"The Nineteenth Century. “ They are not. They are too expansive as a. general thmg, and don‘t give satisfac- 131011. The owners have to employ men to Duke care at them, and even than the plants iie and ham ’50 be replaced often. S,)me persons who have no care for expenses par- aist in maintaining them, but the majnriby have dropped them." V“Wha$. are the favorite flJWGI'B this season?" “ The most in fawor now is the chtyean- themum. bearing flowers of white, yellow, «and other hues. They are much worn for acreage bouquets. The most hardy plant:l for the winter, however, are the ferns and palms. They keep well, and always look 'Qretty. Window-boxes planted with these are very popular. In December we will have hyacinthe in bloom. and after them come azalias, which are very fine, are of different oolore, and do well in the house. Azahiae and palms are the most expensive. Calla. lilies do well in the house also. Roses and geraniums do not blossom in the winter except in the greenhouses.” At a fancy ball at the Hutel d’Albe-y the Princess Mathilda was, I hear, dressed as an Indian, and had her skin dyed brown. Her dress was of the soantiesb, very dccollete, her arms bare up to the shoulders, with a narrow band by way of sleeve, fastened with a branch The body was slit under the arm to the waist, show- ing the skin. The drapery behind was transparent, which she was probably not aware of, as she had not died her skin in that particular place, and the effect was awful.â€"From “ Memoirs of an em Minister,” by Lord Malmesburry. Vermont has two women acting as mail- carriers. FLO‘VERS 1N WlN’l‘E ll. LIFE IN A MONAS'I‘Efl-Y. A ’l‘nloocd Princess. The Chicago Tribune'says, use it to make good waggon roads. The suggestion is a wise one, for good roads promote civiliza- tion, good fellowship and good morals. But it is not every man, even though he may be a roadmaster, or even an engineer, who knows how to build a good waggon road. The best roads ever built, since the days of the old Romans, are those known as the McAdam roads. McAdam was an Ameri- can, who settled in Scotland in 1783, and got appointed a commissioner of roads. He had a mania for roadbuilding, :to which he devUted himself for six-and-twenty years. His plan of road-making is described as follows in the St. James‘ Gazette: His leading principle was that a road ought to be considered as an artificial lflooring, so strong and even as to let the ‘heaviest vehicle pass over it without im- ‘ pediment. Then people began to hear with wonder of roads thirty and forty feet wide rising only three iDOhtS in the centre, and he propounded the extraordinary hertsy that a better and more lasting road could be made over the surface of a mo: ass than over solid rock. Another of his easy first principles was that the native soil was more resistant when dry than when wet. As in reality it had to carry not'alone the traffic, but the road also, it ought to be kept in a condition of the greatest resistance; that the best way of keeping it dry was to put over it a covering impervious to rainâ€"the road, in fact. The thickness of this cover- ing was to be regulated solely in relation to its imperviousness, and not at all as to its bearing of weights, to which the native soil was quite equal. Instead of digging a trench, therefore, to do away with the surface of the native soil, he care- fully respected it, and raised the road suffi- ciently above it to let the water run off. Impermeability he obtained by the practical discovery that stones broken small, and shaken and pressed together, as by the! traffic on a road,rapidly settled down face to 3 face, and angle to angle, and made as close a mass as a wall. Mankind in general now believe that this last is all that MoAam invented; the rest is forgotten. That important fraction of his discoveries is what has given to us the verb to macadamizc ("To pave a road with small broken stones.”â€" Sweat), and to the French their nouns, macadam, (" Nom d’un pavage inventé par un Anglaie.”â€"Littre), macadamisage, and the verb macadamiser. If a man is knocked down by an omnibus in the middle of the boulevard, a Parisian bystander will now-a-days say, “ Je l’ai vu tomber sur le macdam.” Surprise followed surprise. Roads which were more layers of broken stone, six, four and even as little as three inches in thickness, passed through the worst winters without breaking up, while, as the ooachman used to say, they “ ran true; the wheel ran hard upon them, it ran upon the nail.” Even in the breaking of stones McAdam made a revolution. He saw that able- bodied men standing up with heavy ham- mers wasted the greater portion of their strength. He made his stone-breakers sit, so that all the force of the blows took direct effect on the stone ; and the result was that he found small hammers did the work perfectly well, and thus was able to confine it to old men past hard labor, women and boys, which reduced the cost of the broken stone by one half. The size to which the stone should be broken be determined in a practical way, by the area of contact of an ordinary wheel with a smooth road. This he found to be about an inch lengthwise, therefore he laid it down that “ a stone which exceeds an inch in any of its dimensions is mis- chievous,” that is to say, that the wheel in pressing on one end of it, tends to lift the other end out of the road. In practice he found it simplest to fix a weight of six ounces, and his surveyors carried about scales to test the largest stones in each heap. He would allow no large stones even for the foundation of his roads, for he found they constantly worked upward by the pressure and vibration of the traffic. The whole road was small broken stones, even over swampy ground. But Few Innovations to he Introduced This Winter. ' On the authority of a member of the American Society of Professors of Dancing it may be said there are to be no new dances this season, except in quadrilles. At its last meeting in New York the association adopted the society quadrille. This is in respect to figures the same as the plain French quadrille, but is danced diagonally instead of opposite. The advantage is that it keeps the dancers in motion uninter- ruptedly and permits, of no cessation in the pastime. The change is a popular one, and is similar to that made in the Saratoga lancers some seasons_ago._ The member of the American society likewise ssid : " The national guard, lawn tennis, and waltz quadrilles are also new. This season the waltz quadrille will lead in popularity. Polkas will be announced here and there on fashionable programmes, and the galop and glide waltz will be very generally danced. As a matter of fact, there are no radical innovations for the coming winter. The field for parlor dances has been thoroughly exhausted. Galops, polkas,quadrilles and waltzee are all the species that could be devised, and what- ever forms are new are variations or improvements on the old styles.” 77": How does the german s'mmd in popular favor ? ” " The german is still a feature. It will always be popular in good sociefiy. It is not adapted for a. promiscuous gathering. Those taking part must be well acquainted. For this reason it continues in favor. To lead a. german well requires great familiarity with its intricacies. Many people now employ professionals asleadere, and when gentlemen acquire proficiency it is considered a. greet distinction. The sohottisehe and five~step waltz are not danced by nice people. The racquet is little less than the redowaglissade. It is also tabooed in fashionable circles.” The lllcjclum (Macadnmlzed) System Explained. The State of Illinois has no debt. It is considering what shall be done with the half a. million dollars which the Illinois Central Railway piys every year into the Scale 'IigepmuryL V 7 “Has the amusement of roller-skating affected the danciirng-agademieg ‘I "_ “ I". has not affected the schools proper to any extent, but; it has diminished the attendance on the assemblies for advanced pupils. The character of the two amuse- ments is very much the same.” - King Leopold of Belgium has presented to King Humbert: of Italy 9. silver meda. for his humanity and devotion to the cholera stricken people of Naples. Henry Bergh, the dumb animal’s friend, in qutte a dude in dress. TIIE FESTI VE DANCE- ROAD MAKING. WHOLE NO 1,375 NO. 24. M Teefy Their Enormous Circulation and [liner Worlhlcssness. I notice in one cl your recent numbers, writes a Paris correspondentof the Albany, N.Y., Journal, you give the circulation of some of the Paris journals, and doubtless many of your readers were surprised at the large figures which you mentioned, but if they could see the size ol‘. these so-called newspapers and could notice the scantincss of news, the pocrness of the paper and faded color of the ink, the wonder would be how they could have any circulation at all ; in our country they could hardly be given away. A law telegrams from France, perhaps one from England, and occasion- ally one (copied from a London paper) from America, is all the foreign news, and the local is nearly as scanty. One-third of the space is given to stories,continued from day t) day, a few advertisements, and that is all; the leading articles counting almost for nothing. The price of the smaller sheetsis 1 cent, and these are the ones having or claiming to have such immense circulation ; the Petit Journal, for instance, giving 750,- 000 and above as its daily issue. As all the departments of France Within a hundred miles of Paris depend upon the city for their journals, the population upon which these sheets depend number four or five millions, including, of course, Paris itself, and as the father and the males generally of the family take their second breakfast at a restaurant or alone, a cheap newspaper is indispensable, so that a large part of the issue is read by but one person for each copy. The advertising patronage is very small, the French contenting themselves with wagsous parading the streets, posters on walls and heal-dings, and the little “ kiosks," as circular boxes somethinglthe size of our oldâ€"fashioned watchboxes are called, and which line the boulevards, some occupied as newvé-stands and others for other purposes. Every person here has his political opinion, and he buys that paper which most nearly reflects his views. The ooachmen, for instance, almost invari- ably read the Lanteme or the Intramigmnt, edited by Rochefort, and, in consequence, they are as a class revolutionary. llvr Habits and. Peculiarilies Clearly Described by an Accurate observer. The stenographer'is rapidly being suc- suoceeded by the type-writer, says the Brooklyn Eagle? Men are too clumsy to acquire great facility at this sort of work, and it seems especially suited to women. The advantages which it possesses over the older fashion is that the work is finished when the operator has reached the end. A large element of uncertainty enters into life when one employsastenographer. With the type-writing girls it is different. As a rule they are busy copying Supreme Court papers, which, by the way, they lay aside without the slightest regret, and they are apparently the only people who look with contempt upon the Supreme Court, and begin at once to prepare for work. The pre- paration is the longest part of it. After a few general remarks about the weather she removes her rings one after the other, looks at them carefully, places them inan'orderly row beside the type-writer, pulls a hair-pin out of the forward part of her bang, examines it and then thrusts it with unquestioned belligerence into the back of her head. Then she yawns pro- digiously, leans back in her chair, and says . she is ready. When you begin she sud- denly remembers, rises from the machine, goes to the washstand, toys with the faucets for a tow moments, touches the ends of her fingers to the towel, then comes back by way of the mirror. I have become con- vinced by long experience that the average type-writer never really cares to wash her hands. It is a strategic subterfuge for the purpose of affording her an opportunity to look in the mirror. She returns. throws herself carelessly into the chair and briskly puts asheet of paper into the machine. Having done this she withdraws the paper, turns it around and puts it in in that way. This is a system they never depart from under any circumstances. She is not ready yet, however. At this point it becomes necessary to open a small drawer at the right hand side of the typeâ€" writer, fish out a more or less showy purse, glance critically and somewhat sadly within, throw the purse back again, and bring forth an ink-eraser, a rubber, a fruit knife, and a half-eaten apple or peach. Some one will probably interrupt her for a quiet chat, and after that it you are still there you will be thoroughly started. Once under way, an expert type-writer is fully as last as the average stenographer, and when you have finished dictating you may take the manuscript away with you. I have observed one peculiarity about the female type-writer. She never makes a mistake. It is always the machine. If she puts sixteen vowels in the word “through,” she first hits the keyboard violently, then raises the roof of the structure, pokes at the type with her first finger, indulges in some airy criticisms. of the manufacture, brings the whole thing together violently again, and continues to make the most grievous and absurd errors with a face of utter satisfaction and unrufiied high spirits. She eventually marries the managing clerk of the law office. A Philadelphia correspondent of the CouriewJoumal says: The beautiful Philadelphia women, from 4 to 5 o‘clock each afternoon, can be seen in vastnumbers on the popular thoroughfareâ€"Chestnut htreet. The complexion of the women hereâ€"I speak of those under 30 â€"is as soft. clear and roseate as a child's. An intelligent physician here, conversing with me on the subject, said the reason Phila- delphia women were handsomer than the women from other cities was from the fact that they did less lacing. Leoing, he said, compressed thsliver so that its functions were deranged and the bile, instead of legitimately aiding digestion as it should, is thrown into the venous circulation, pro- ducing thesallow ctmplexicn so common among our American women. The female gymnasts and equestriennes are noted for their fine complexion. which is attributable to the fact that their profession precludes lacing. Again the women here do more walking than they do in almost any other city on the continent. In this they resemble the English women, who are noted the world over for their beautiful complexions. Not only this, but the exercise of walking rounds the form, and we justly claim that for contour of face, complexion and figure our women are unexcelled. The October rains on the Pacific coast, which naught a part of the grape crop at an estimated’damage of 81,000,000, have wet the ground from eight to twelve inches. and set plougha running in all directions. THE TYPE-WRITING G] “L. FRENCH NEWSPAPERS}. l’reny Philndulphin Girls. “2. Alawyer ought not to lie. He may defend a criminal whom he knows to be guilty, but he may not say to the jury that he believes this criminal to be innocent. He may not in any way intentionally convey to the jury the impression that lie believes the man to be innocent. He may not, in his plea. pervert or distort the evidence so as to weaken the force or conceal the meaning of it. He is a sworn oflicer of the court, and his oath should bind him to the strictest veracity. It would be, quixo- tic to expect him to assist ‘ 'his adversary, but his obligation , to speak the truth outranks every obliga- tion that he owes to his client. It is notori- nus that some lawyers who would think it scandalous to tell a falsehood out of court, in any business transactionLIie shamelessly in court in behalf of their clients, and seem to think it part of their professional duty. That bar of justice before which, by their professional obliga- tions, they are bound to the most stringent truthfulness, is the very place where they seem to consider themselves absolved from the common law of veracity. So long as the legal mind is infected with this deadly heresy, we need not wonder that our courts of justice often become the instru- ments of uprighteousness. “ 3. A lawyer ought not to sell his services for the promotion of injustice and knaver‘y. Swindlers of all types are aided by lawyers in their depredations upon society. The mock broker who operates in Wall street, and strips green country specuâ€" lators of their hard-earned gains by the most nefarious roguery, always has an able lawyer as his accomplice. The gentleman by whose agency a nest of these rascals was lately broken up says, ‘ The great difiiculty in stopping ewindles of this class is that the rascals make enough money to be able to employ the best of legal advice, and are, moreover, careful to do nothing which will render them liable to arrest.’ This is the testimony or a lawyer, Mr. Ralph Oakley. of New York. ‘The best legal advice ’ can be had, then. in New York city for such purposes. It would be more difficult to believe this it its truth were not *so often illustrated in the stupendous frauds and piraoies of great corporations, all of which are carefully engineered by eminent law- yers. Our modern ‘ buccaneers’â€"our brave railroad wreckersâ€"are in constant consultation with distinguished lawyers. They undeniably have 'the best of legal advice’ in planning and executing their bold iniquities.” “ 1. Alawyer ought to be a gentleman. His function as an attorney gives him no dispensation to disregard the ordinary rules of good manners, and the ordinary principles of decency and honor. He has no right to slander his neighbor, even it his neighbor be the defendant in a cause in which he appears for the plaintifi. He has no right to buily or browbeat a witness in cross-examination, or artfully to entrap that witness into giving false testimony. Whatever the privilege of the court may be, the lawyer who is guilty or such practices in court is no gentleman out of court. Teachern, anynrs and Clerk: Deluge Hlanagers with Manuscripts. An acquaintance of mine, who is in and out of Eastern magazine editorial rooms a good deal, tells me that only a small pro- partion of the cords of manuscripts each receives comes from Chicago, says the Interâ€" Ocean, fewer, in fact, than from any great city in the country. When plays are men- tioned almost the reverse is to be said. Nobody knows, nobody can guess. how many masculine and feminine Chicago minds have struggled and are struggling to produce “ works for the stage;” but if one takes the word of every popular actor who comes to town, the number of aspir- ing dramatists must be appalling. One of the Union Square Theatre managers told me his house received an average of about ten pieces a week, and every other stock theatre in New York about the same. “We religiously read them,” he said, “ for the chance of finding apiece of merit is just as alluring to a manager as is the possibility of having his work accepted stimulating to a young writer. Very few, indeed, have any merit, or can any possibility be adapted to the stage. Still the hunt for another ‘ Two Orphans ’ goes on, with the fortune a suc- cessful piece is sure to coin glowing in the distance. Playâ€"writing is.a lottery, with 20,000 blanks for one prize. And when everybody who wantsto can find out by asking that Sims makes $150,000 a year writing plays, that Gilbert has grown rich, and Boucicault, also, by the same means, that Marsden, Mmder, Belasco and Camp- bell live in elegance on their royalties, that Bronson Howard made $35,000 by the 'Binker’s Daughter’ and sipped besides, and indeed they all do. the cup of intoxiv eating adulation a. delightful public holds outâ€"when that is known, can you wonder country schoolmasters, struggling lawyers, needy clerks, men and women, write on for the one prize among so many blanks ‘2" Some Poings {or the Brotession to Study. . The Century for November has an editorial under the head of “ anyers’ Morals," from which ,the following points are quotpd; _ A eulpaih charged with murder in Cale donia, Minn., has succeeded repeatedly. by a. diet of hard soap, in reducing his weight: to such a point thumbs could not be puh upon trial. Here may be the germ 0! a happy thought for that class of youngladies who are afl-lmued with a. sense of ” this too, to _; soild flesh.” Poo: Belval No body seems to have a. word of sympathy for her. Clifton W. Tayleure, theatrical manager, gave bail yascerday to answer on an indict- ment charging him with assault) and bat- tery, commuted m Sepnember upon A. K. Fulton, of the Baltimore American. Ah 1 me! dear me! I often say, As I hang the tumbled clothes away ; And the tear-drop start While my burdened heart Aches for the mother across the way. Where, oh, where are Her nestlinge flown ‘2 All, at] are gone, . Save one alone! , ' ‘ B olded their garments With tenderest care, Uupreseed the pillow And vacant the chair. No ribbons to tie, No faces to wash, N0 hair all away; No merry voices To hush into rest; God save them 1 He took them, And He knoweth best; ,. But, eh I the heart anguish! the tears that full! This mother’s work is the hardest of all 1 In heaven will keep Safe all my darlings, Awake or asleep, Then I think the old adage true ever will prove : “ It’s easy to labor for those that we love." - - Bakingscewiug and brewingP Boasting, frying and boiling, , SWeeping, flustin‘g and cleaning, «Wishing, Marching and ir’ning, Ripping, turning and mending, Cutting, basting and stitching, , _.Mu,king the 011:] .like new ; ' 5 Shdestrings to lace, r ‘ Faces to wash, Buttons to sew, And the like of such ; Stockings to darn While the children play, Stories to tell, Tears Wipe away. Making them happy The livelong day; It is ever thus from mourn till ni ht ; Who says that a. mother’s work is ight ? : Lo'l‘TEKY 0F PLAY-WRITING. A LAW YE IVS "10 “ALE. At evening, four Little forms in white ; Prayers all said, And the last goodnight, Tucking them safe In each downy bed. Silently asking o‘er each head That the Clear Father I'lother’s Work.