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AGRIGU LTUE AL. English Cheeses. Pro. Sheldon has written the following in- teresting article for the Rural New Yorker. Now that cheese making and cheese export- ing have become such important branches of business in Canada the subject is one of much interest to us. We have many distinct kinds of cheese made in England, some of which_ have a world-wide reputation. With one single (x- eeptinn, ihey are all of the class known as “hard cheese," in distinction from the many kinds of “soft cheese" which are so general- ly made in France and Germany and which are now being imported in rather consider- able volume into London. That one excep- tion is the Slipcote cheese, and it is made in Rutlandshii e. There is an odd conjiinc tion of littleness about this cheese made in England, it is made in the smallest quantity, and its home is in the smallest county of the Kingdom. There is, of course. cream cheese, which is also very small. but it is not a cheese properly so called, because it is made from cream only and it is not coagulat- ed artificially and it is made in small quanti- ties in various counties. ' The Slipcote cheese is made from milk, which is coagulatcrl in the ordinary man- ner by the aid of rennet; the coaguluin is placed in n. strainer to drain, and afterwards in quantities of about one pound each, on plates, where it drains still more, and next it is p'aced betwen cabbage leaves, which are regularly changed, and there it ripens. 'llhe ripening takes from one to three weeks. according to the weather, and is completed when the cheese begins to ooze out a thick, ourdy liquid, and when the skin or cogt is ready to slip offâ€"hence the name of “blip: cote." This singular cheese is purely local and has a very lim ted reputation: Few people in England have heard of it, and fewer still have seen or eaten it. It has been on exhibition once or twice at our Lon- don Dairy Shows. Cream cheese is made by pouring cream into muslin which is placed in a small box- or wicker mold ; here the cream coagulates by reason of its own accumulating acidity, and forms itself into shape as the whey drains from it. It is ready for consumption as soon as it is firm enough. A limited de~ mand exists for it in London and elsewhere, but it will propably give way to the Camem- bert, thi Neufchatel and other Continental soft cheeses. , The Stilton is at once the most modern and the most famous of English cheeses, and has no antiquity to compare with that of the Cheshire, the Derby, the Gloucester, the Wilts, or the Cheddar. Records apper- taining to our ancient methods of cheese- making are, unfortunately, very scanty, and only incidintal allusions are made to them in a few old books here and there. It is a matter for regret, in this age of inter- esting investigation, that so little is known about the habits and customs of our agricul- tural forefathers ; and yet it is probable that a good deal might be learned from the musty and mildewed parchments on which the archives of counties and ancient famil- ies are inscribed, if only asearch were'made. The search, however, would involve enor- mous trouble, and practically, could never be completed ; for in many places such archives are not accessible, while in others they are probably more or less illegible. We must be content, therefore, to rely on the nebulous tale of tradition, the rest being buried in the grave of the centuries. But in any case it is tolerably certain that several of our systems of cream-making, as we have them today, date back to a. very early period. and these systems, owing to local practices, and to the influence of soil and climate in given localities, are well de- fined and clearly distinct from earh other. It may be said, moreover, that certain kinds of English cheese, to wit, the Stilton. the Cheshire, the Derby, the Leicester, the Wilts Truckless, etc.. canonly be produced in integ- rity of character, flavor, and quality in the districts to which they are peculiar. The cheese of Leicestershire, when we get a good sample of it, is probably the best cheese in England, and it has certain pecularities which, so far as my observation and inquiry go, have not beensuccessfully imitated in‘any other sections of the country. This is true also of the Cheshire cheese, which, like the Eeioester, cannot be made with complete success on any other soil that the hunter sandstone and the keuper marl. It is true also of the Derby cheese, which is made from a carboniferous limestone soil, and of the Gloucester, which belongs to the oolitic formation. iIt is true most of all, perhaps. of the Stilton, Wilth belongs to the deep marly clay of Leicestershireâ€"a soil which communicates a quality and flavor that, so far as I am aware, cannot be obtained in any other soil, be it never so rich. Stilton cheesr is made in various parts of England, and in other countries too, but I have yet to find any sample of it equal in all respects to that made in the Melton Mowbray dis- triot. FARM ITEMS. SEED Pornrons.â€"Rural New Y Mker says: 0f upwards of 100 different kinds of pots.- toes raised last season, only two seed-balls formed on those from which it was desired to save seeds. Our plan for raising seedling potatoes, as has been stated several times, is to sow the seeds in flower pots now ; transplant when three or four leaves have formed to little (three-inch) pots, turning these out in open ground with the soil in- tact when there is no longer any fear of frosts. AMERICAN AGRICULTUREâ€"At Washing- ton, recently, the House Committee (11 Ag- riculture completed the agricultural appro- priation bill. The aggregate amount ap- propriated is $530,590, an increase of about $24,000 oYer the last appropriation. The bill ditflrs from last year's appropriation in an increase of $24,000 for the Statistical Department, the appropriation of $3,000 for the propagation of tea plant, and the refusal to appropriate $10,000 for the reclamation o? arid land by sinking artcsian wells. Tuc experiments hitherto made by the Govern- ment in this line have met with very little .CCCI 53, but two bills have been introduced into Congress for the formation of compan- ics v. itli \er'y large cupiiiil to sink artf‘fl.‘.'._ wells for irrigating and stw 1. rm “ ' posesin the “arid rvsrrre ' ‘ make 5 1w > of the suspicion of allowing American cattle to be imported into England, because of the danger of infectious diseases, a good deal of attention has lieen given to the sul~j=ct at “’ashington. A bill has been introduced into Congress, by Senator Logan, to provide for the appointment of inspectors of live stock, dressed meats and hog products in tended in foreign shipment, the inspectors to be located in the custom districts where their services may be needed, but not more than six to be appointed in any district The examination of meats is not to be com- pulsory ; but on the application ofa packer, and the payment of “reasonablc fees aid charges," the in‘pectcr will examine the products and furnish a written certificate setting forth the time and place of the ex- amination and the condition and quality of the articles examined. It li expected that the meats. the sound condition of which is thus officially certified, will find such ready sale in the European markets that the cost of inspection will be easily re- paid. oâ€"«M llselessneSs of Blinders on Horses. " Blinders,” say s a writer in “ Our Dumb Animals," “originated in the pride of per- sons who imagined their horses presented a finer appearance when previdcd with those senseluis appendages. Custom and ignore ance combined in perpetuating their use, so that to-day probably nineteen-twentiethe of our horses are disfigured by these worse than useless contrivances, including multi- tudes of miserable. broken-down animals employed in the severer grades of labor, and which could not, from sheer wearincss and lifelessness, be induced to shy, or run away, by anything short of a bomb bursting in their immediate vicinity. " The unsoundness of that logic which insists horses are less frightened by objects which are screened from their view by blind- era, but which they can hear (such, for in- stance, as locomotives), than when they can see just what the object is, is proven wholly false by the experience of all who have dis- pensed with blinders on their animals'. It is the unseen object which most tear-rifles a horse. The animal who will become unmanageable when made to face away from an approach- ing train, will quietly stand its ground if allowed to face the object. I know this from personal experience with many restless horses. “Blinders do not prevent horses from ob- serving each 0" j set in front, and upon each side of them. .u they approach it while travelling upon the road, and hence blinders can only serve to prevent their seeing objects overtaking them from behind, which is an end never to be desired. I have frequently seen horses shy so violently as to nearly overturn the vehicle on being passed from the rear by a noiselessly-gliding bicycle, which fright would have been avoided had the animal bcen unblindered, and thus aware of the approach of the machine. " Blinders also much diminish the beauty of a horse, the eye being one of its finest features. But the greatest objection of all is the cruelty (and injury, as well) resulting from their use. The vast majority of blind- ers are made nearly flat, so that they com- monly press directly aqafnst the eye-lashes and eyes of the horse, which causes pain to the animal, besides frequently destroying its sight. " I strongly and earnestly wish there could be legislation to compel all horse- owners who insist upon using blinders, to use only heavily convened ones, which shal not press in the present cruel manner against the eye-lashes and eyes.” M‘s.” Our Forefathers’ Homes. Bad as the dwellings of the poor are in. cities, and in the country also, they are as a class for supericr to those in which our Anglo-Saxon ancestors lived. If a serf, the Saxon lived in a but not as genteel as some of our modern pig-styes, and far less com- fortable. If he was a gentleman, his home consisted of a hall. with little rooms on the outside surrounded by an earthwork. The rude walls of the hall were covered with some sort of hangings, on which were hung arms and tropics of the chase. The floor was of earth strewn with rushes. In this rude hall he breakfasted at nine and dined at three o'clock. It was consider ed disgraceful for a gentleman to dine alone. Everybody was welcomed with a lavish hospitality. The stranger brought news, no mean gift to an out-of-the-way country squire, who had no newspaper and couldn’t havo read it if one had been placed alongside of his breakfast plate, or rather bread-slice. For they used thick slices of bread. as plates were then unknown, on which to place portions of meat. These slices were called trenchera. because they were to be carVed upon. Forks were unknown. A Norman baron is reported to have been so hospitable that he turned the king's highway through the middle of the hall of his manor. He did so in order that no traveller might have an excuse for passing without partaking of his hospitality. Seated on a high wooden seat. the Anglo- Saxon gentleman presided at his dinner of boiled bacon. which, with bread and vcget ables, mead and beer, was the principal dish. Quantity made up for the deficiency in quality. He and his guests drank heavily. Drunk- enness and sloth marked his daily life. Drinking-cups were so made as not to stand upright. They hill to be empisd at a draught. Buckets were used to carry the mead or oil to the guests. \thn the Saxon gentleman or lady slept. he rested on a bench upon which a sack filled with strtw had bien placed. N:ither he nor his wife wore a. night-dress. The change from these rude customs into a more refined style of living was due to the Norman conquest. It polished the Slx’HJB’ manners, and infused into their sloth the energy characteristic of the English race. The transition required time. For a long period the Snow resist .i the '~lÂ¥'.‘.ll0. o'. the FLflll‘Cll NiOi‘nivn '. 'nl iv as film“ 'tlll‘.’ L, .l.-. l'L‘l il'll:i' ‘l, in; , richfort. ‘ nine mvle's at low : 'iuudvcd meters \Vldr‘. j ‘- ial be able to pass at all hours of the L FOREIGN ECHOEi‘. Interesting News Items from all over the World. The body of Prof. Giovagnoli was cremat- ed the other day at flame. The operation was perfectly successful in forty-five min- utes. it is seriously proposed at Antwerp to bring there during the universal exhibition in 185.”) the Great Eistern as a. floating res- taurant and hotel. According to the last census the pooula- tiou of Spain and its possessions in northern Africa is 16,634,345; that of Cuba. 1,521.- 684, and that of the Philippines, 5 567,685 ; total population of Spain and its possessions ‘24 456,468. With a slight preponderance of fem iles (145,000) over males. Julia l-latcher, who lives near Silisbury, in England, has been awarded the Cedar of St. John of Jerusalem for bravery in saving the life of James Loddcr, a boy who had been several times gored and tossed by a bull. The medal h’JB an inscription stating that it was awarded " for service in the cause of humanity.” Male education and female education in India, when compared with each other, pre- sent it striking contrast. The total female population is 0!) 500,000 and the total male population 103 000,000, but only 127,000 fe- males are nude: instruction at school, as sgiinst 2,517,029 males. In one case the percentage at school is 84, in the other it is 10 28. It appears from a work soon to be pub- lished by Louis Fagan, the author of a well- kiiown life of Panizzi, that the ll'itish museum possesses the only authentic manu- script of Raphael, the manuscript being a sonnet written on a. sheet containing sketches for some of the figures in the “ Dispute of the Sicramcnt,” which was painted in the Vatican about the year 1508. The North German Gazette replies to the “ attacks or the Spanish republican Castelar on the elevated person of the Jerman em- peror” by as hearty an attack on the charac- ter of his assailant, ascrihing his rancor to the fact that Germany was one of the first powers to recognize Alfonso XII. after the fall of the republic, and his motive to a de- sire to fish With selfish ends in the troubled waters of a new republic. The treasury of the German empire has just undergone its annual inspection. Every year three important financial officials visit and verify theimpcrial funds kept in the Julius tower at Spandau, and divided into four sectionsâ€"that intended for the ex- penses of fortifications, the share for pen- sions and invalids, that set apart for build- ing the parliament house, and the war por- tion, which now amounts to $30,000,000. Nothing whatever is known at the Vati- can of the £500,000 said to have been left the pope by the late Mrs. Stapleton. It is safe to conclude that the report was a tan- talizing invention of some “ anti-clerical.” Half a million pounds, or even francs, would be a welcome addition to the papal treas- ury, which is decidedly dry just now. The want of money to pay cardinals is said to be the chief reason for the long delay in creating new ones. While the Austrian crown princess was driving recently through the Rothethurm- strasse, one of the most frequented streets of Vienna, a little boy of 5 years old ran against the wheels of her carriage and fell. He suffered only a slight abrasion of the skin on the nose, but was taken at once to the hospital. The crown princess, with her maid of honor, subsequently went to inquire about him at the hospital, and also called to reassure his parents. A correspondent at Snakim writes :â€" While encamped lately near Osman Digma's quarters, some of our allied Arabs showed a perfectly ridiculous cowardice, walking about the camp on their hands and knees at the first sound of a musketry attack, which they piteously declared “ caused them stomach-ache." One Arab officer also, in a late reconnaissance of the Turkish cavalry, behaved very badly. and another officer positively bolted. This gentleman has been tried by court-martial and sentenced to death, but the sentence will be most likely commuted by reason of the offender’s youth, and because the Turks were themselves in the act of turning their backs. A few days ago, says a correspondent at Nice, at the hour when all fashionable Nico was abroad, a great crowd assembled at the entrance of the Rue Adelaide, drawn thith- er by a crime then just committed. and now already forgotten. A woman of 57 years of age, who had made money by keeping a private grambling saloon, had married a young husband. This man made continual demands upon her savings in order to meet his own losses at the roulette-table of Monte Carlo, and she at length refused to comply with his requests, which became daily more exorbitant and imperious. In a moment of fury he first cut her throat and then shot himself through the heart. The Athenxnum club of Madrid recently inaugurated their new house, which has cost £30,000. raised by subscription among its own members. Though it is neither re- markable for its architectural merit nor for its comfort, it has a noble library with 30.- 000 volumes, and its corridors are hung with portraits of former presidents and of the greatest statesmen of all parties during the last fifty years. Its saloons, adorned with frescoes and fine paintings by modern artists, men; were of the club, and the lecture hall. With seals for 1,200 persons, were fill- ed by the elite of Madrid society and the diplomatic corps. The king. queen, and princess honored the inauguration with their presence, at the invitation of ‘Senor Caoovas, who is at present president of the Athen- mim, and who provided the inaugural cu- tertainuieut. The king desired to be in- scribed at the hear, of the listcf 1,100 mem- bers. According to the Alfilllarisrhe Nae/mic];- tfln, the works for the cori.tru:tion of a canal which will unite the llrltic with the North sea are on the point of bilng taken in hand. The canal will commence a". a point between Brunshuttcl and St. Mur- gnrctltcn, on the. Elbe, will pa»: Rec 'r-‘ou. q, and end at the bay of Kiel, llfl‘Lll' H.1trtaii, south of the great for'rlfimtiini ii Fr 1‘- '1‘ 0 length will hi “Lumps/inn kilometers ; the canal will but: a dup h of water. will be a. '1‘. e lzirg-st ilzi p 9. L‘» d ;.i is! in both directions. The renal being entire- ly under the control of Germany, her men of war will be able to avoid the perilous passage of the belt, which Denmark is at present able to impede by her coast batteries and by torpedoes. When the Baltic is frozen over the ships can be utilized in the North Sea. A whole family has 1)( en poisoned it“, (lien (Burla), on the opposite side of the [linube to Pesth, by an escape of gas. The gas had penetrated into the house from a disused pipe buried under the ruins of another house at some distance, which had been burned down several years ago. The doctor was sent for, as everybody in the house felt ill. Symptoms of gas-poisoning were apparent, but as no gas was used in the house the doctor was unable to account for it, and left after administering medicine. The patients were relieved and went to sleep, but next morning five of them were found dead, and four others in a hopeless condition. Only a nurse and a child have recovered, being saved. probably, owing to their faces being buried in the bedclothes. (he of the vic- tims was the grandmother of the children who had come the night before on hearing of the illness of the family. Horems in Morocco. Yesterday we were guests in two Moo rish harcms. The inmates gave us a very kind reception. The gloomy appearance of the outer walls contrasted strongly with the inside of the houses. The halls were tiled. Marble pillars, bright colors, and rugs gave the rooms a. bright appearance. Mattress- es Were laid on the carpets in apartments facing the court-yard. They were the bed- rooms of the wives. There were no win- dows. ELCh Wife lraves her slippers at the entrance of her bedroom. We saw no chairs and only an occasional cushion. The wives prefer to recline or to sit on too floor. One or two sat on sheepskins. The second harem belonged to a rich Moor. We saw there several clocks and mirrors, evidently a recent importation from Paris, but they looked out of place. The Moor had only one Wife, and she was just 13 years old. She had been married two years. She sat on the floor barefooted with three other women, who were either rela- tives or visitors. She was very pretty. \l'ith an engaging smile she metioned us to sit near her. She looked animated. gay and happy. Several servants in the Orien- tal attire were in attendance. The life of Moorish wives must, however, be very wearisome. They are shut up in apart- ments With grated windows, high above mankind, with only occasional glimpses of the great world without. 1n the first harem I saw a widow with seven children, all girls. Two were playing cards and two were sewing. None of the girls had ever seen a man. 0] Friday only the widow is allowed to go to the Moslem cemetery to weep and to pray over her dead husband. \Ve were offered coffee and cakes. Etiquette required that we should drink four cups of onfl'ee and eat as many cakes. 0hr visit was made very early in the morn- ing. - The poor wives seemed glad to see us. They admired onr dresses and called each other's attention to what took their fancy in the way of jewelry. They were dressed gnyly, but they had aslovenly look and had an ungraceful walk.â€"Tanqiers Car. New Y ark Sim. A Parisian Novelty. Leaders of fashion in Paris deserve the rare praise of having discoveredâ€"not, in- deed, a new pleasure, but a. new variety of an old one. This is the very heart of the dancing season, Paris being in all things a month earlier than London ; and after Cinderellas, fancy balls, and costume re- unions, in which inventive eccentricity was to be confined entirely-to (the outsides of) the heads of the guests, it seemed that noth- ing new in that line could be devised. Something new has been devised, and is now in the full swing of Parisian patronage and popularity. Druces are given in which the hostess assumes a nationality. The Parisieune is content for the night to he a Spaniard, 3. Pole, 3. Neapolitan, and as is the hostess so must be her guests. The mise en scene is rigorously correct. In one ulon you might fancy yourself in Madrid, especially if you had ever been there. You have the sarabande and the bolero, the short petti- coats, the gay flounces ; and, where nature (or art) can supply them, the olive complex- ions, the lustrous locks, and the rather wanton eyes of the country of bull-fights; dark beauties are much admired and Span- ish lace is in high request. A few doors off you are in Poland, Chopin’s dreamy Waltzes giving the music and the slow, swinging step so inexplicable to a Frenchman accus- tomed to tectotum gyrations. German manners and customs are not yet very pop- ular ; but there seems a craze for the Rus- sian mode. (in the whole, the boulevardier boasts with reason that after it has struck 12 he can make a tour of the world in forty minutes.â€"~Palf Mall Gazette. 0 Nothing New Under the Sun. A discovery has been made which again lays the honesty of our ancestors open to serious suspicion. The jerry-builder, it seems, was not unknown in the middle ages; in fact he must have flourished anl waxed mighty, seeing that he occasionally got such a job as the building of a cathedral into his unclean hands. In the course of “restoring” Pcterborough cathedral some insight has been giined into the ways of the builder of the “ Norman” and “ early E ig- lisli” periods. Like his successor, he was an adept at concealing the practices by which he, no doubt, amassed a considerable fortune. The walls of the lantern at Peter. borough being carefully €X.LllllllCil, it ap peared that, though the outside lacing was of good Barnack stone, beneath this thin surface there was nothing but rubble and “pit mortar.” So, too, with the great central tower and the piers which support it, or razher viii not support it any lea-gr r, 'l‘hi.i core of those piers “ was nothing but dust,” and even their foundu‘ioua wring, of tho slutllomst :uid poorest kind. UJ Aer the izirciiiimmuces it is : tonishing tli .t H11 \mrk would have lasted soloi1g.â€"-iit.Jumvs‘ (lusettr. _.».â€"<a_« 4->N’â€"â€"" A Clllflill"ll f.l‘.ll\:", who recently lost .i mini pig, zi’ir-i‘ 10.15 search found him drowns l in Hi.) C'i ii I] can. “So,” 11; s" .i~, ' poor piggy's Ll‘(’,:LlL‘.E€Ll.n “i u l l l DUELING IN GERMANY. Au Interchange of Opinion on Various Phases of University Life. A ll:rlin telegram to the Inndon Times says : In conne:t.on with the dcbrte on the estimates of the ministry of public works in the Prussian chamber of deputies there were some interesting interchange of opin. ion on various phases of university life. A prominent clerical member, Hrr Reich- eusperger, opened the discussion by com- plaining of the idleness, the drinking and duelling habits of students, of the academic system of cramming, and of the clique ex- istence led by the professors at some uni ver- sities. But it was on the subject of duelling that the conversation mainly turned, and it was not d-flicult to divine how the tacit sympa- thies of the great majnity of the house tended. Even the remarks of Her: von Goseles, the minister of public worship, drew from Dr. Wmdtbcrst an expression of surprise that " while duelling had been made penal by law it was nevertheless de- fended in this place." The ultramontane leader here referred to a derision of the supreme court of inpsic, according to which, as one speaker put it, a, duel with sharpened blades or rapiers might, but not of necessity must, be held to be a combat with mortal u'capousvwhich was opening a door of escape with a. vengeance. And it was plainly a matter of rczret satisfaction to most that this indulgent door of escape had been created. Dr. VVindthorst, it is true, displayed more than the half-hearted- ness of his colleagues when he declared that “in contrast to the Opinions of the herr minister uttered last year, be regarded duelling as a decided evil, and in no way beneficial to the humin character,” But other members openly and boldly advocated a moderate encouragement of the barbarous and brutalizing practice of the national universities. To this very practice Prince Bismarck once ascribed the prevalence of that com- bative and party spirit in parliament which had caused him so much woeâ€"a spirit that men learned and brought away with them from the fencing ground ; but in legislative quarters the practice is still countenanced as much as ever, and when the legal decis- ion above referred to was issued, there was even a. movement among the members of all factions. as Minister von Gossler reminded the house, for mitigating the effect of the judge's dictum. Most deputies have them- selves been students, and look back with affectionate remembrance to their univer- sity life with all its swaggering and mili~ tant pleasures; and they still continue to have a. sneaking sympithy with a habit which has been discarded by most civilized countries except Germany. The foundation of duellins is the feeling of honor, but the Germans have not yet come to see that the honor of a man can only suffer a taint by the actions of his own and not by the words or actions of another, or that the sure foundation of dishonor is not without, but. within a man. Dnellists, how- ever, think otherwise, and so do the Ger- mans, and as long as they do so, it is no wonder that they are so sensitive of crit- icism, (especially from France), and so quick to rose it it. Tyndall on Rainbows. “I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a covenant between me and the earth.” The sublime conception of the theo~ logiau ex1eeded that desire for exazt know- ledge Which was characteristic of modern science. Whatever the ultimate cause of a rainbow might have been, the p'oxivnate cause was physical, and the aim of science was to refer a rainbow to its physical prin- ciples. The explanation of the rainbow was due to Descartes. Descartes looked at he drops of rain; he pictured one liquid sphere falling in the air; he pictured the rays of the sun falling upon a liquid sphere. he saw that certain portions of the light would be refracted, would be driven to the other side of the drop, back again, and would be again refracted an their emerg- ence from the drop. He took a pen in his hand, and calculated the entire course of the rays through the drop and their di. rection after their emergence from the drop. He found that the vast body of the rays, after quitting the drop, diverged at one particular angle ; they came out as a. par. allel sheaf. There was a, certain form of emotion called intellectual p'eisnre. It might be caused by poetry, literature. na~ ture or art, but he, (Prof. Ty ndall) doubted whether there wasla pleasure (flake intellect more pure and c0ncentrated than that of a scientific man, who looking at a diffixulty that hai challenged the human mind for ages saw that dilllcully melt before his eyes and recrystallize as an illustration of a law of nature. Such pleasure he thought must havc been that of Descartes when he succeeded in uncovering the laws which ruled the appearance of the most brilliant meteor in nature. Elegant New York Homes. 1 New York is full of elegant homes. hardly excelled in the world. A] our American cities abound in noble homes, but here, where wealth‘has been so bountiful, these homes are upon a scale hardly to be found in the world. The merchants and success- ful men cf New York live like veritable kings and princes. In other countries society is organiZPd round men: here the men serve the women, not only for seven years, like Jacob to Liban’s daughter. but for seventy and seven. This is the golden age of women. Nowhere else are women Without rank or quality maintained as if they were descended from princes. New York homes are replete With everything that money can buy. Almost every house hold has its special devotion ; some run to p.~ints. some to coins. some to elegant bind- ings of books, sums to antique and vener- able cditiousuf books, some to rugs, some to p‘ncqucs, some to piiiitings. I venture to say that in this city if the private houses cuu‘d be thrown ins do out We would stand auiazd as our our treasures. Sometimes the most iiiegiiifioent tastes and qiniili ‘u- lions are f-iuml ii the most iiiciiest New Yorkers 53H “little mm fee‘v likooruazii ii:- iun their humus until the lil‘V'IlSl‘l‘ ‘; if n r own occi-pQLiOr-i. p‘n; “HH- Q, ... Goth. A . i. .i l) .. i i,, .i , ,,;..,»â€". _..:,.r ll'i‘ ruin i'iil..'.‘i.'. I“ ‘Lilila‘v- «Welly