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Dust will penetrate into closets, no mat- ter how careful one may be, and if it once penetrates a. dress it is impossible to get it all out, besides necessitating frequent brush- ing which wears out silk A good plan is to make a bag of an old sheet, starching it first 1that it may stand out with the dress. Make it long enough to cover the dress completely, un a hem at each end wide enough to run a. ape in. Button the belt of the dress and ang it over a. ” coat hanger.” Have a. loop 11 the hanger to come up through the bag, he loops on the bag too, to hang it by when he skirt is out. Draw it up at top and hot- om, and you may bid the dust defiance, so ar as the dress is concerned \Vhen washing glass, slip it into the wa- ter so that the inside and the outside touch the water at once. The reason glasses break is because the side which is first put in expands more quickly than the other. Wash glasses in hot soapy water and wipe on a. dry linen towel, to make them glossy. New silver should not be washed in soapy water as it dims its brightness, but old silver that has always been washed thus, may look better when washed 111 hot soapy water and rubbed with a dry cloth. Knife handles should never be wet, nor should the blades be put in too hot water as they may expand, cracking the handles. Ice will not melt so quickly if the pitcher is covered with some non-conducting cover- ing. A thick paper bag, slipped over will do some good, but it would be better to make it fit better, and line it with raw cot- ton. Take a piece long enough to go around the pitcher, fit a round piece into the top. Sew them together. and make a cover of chiniz the same size to go overall. Sew handles of braid to each side to lift it by. Take equal parts of flour, grated cheese .nd butter; season with pepper and salt, ‘nd mix with one or two eggs. Bukein mall cake or patty pans. You will call hem nice cheese cakes. To clean black cashmeres and other 8.11- vool goods, soak them over night in strong rax water. In the morning hang them to y without rinsing or wringing, and while mp, press smoothly on the Wrong side. RECIPE FOR ROOT BEERâ€"Take 1 ounce ch of sassafras root, allspice, yellow-dock 0t, and Wintergreen ; 1'; ounce each of wild erry burl; and coriander seed : i ounce pa and 3 quarts of molasses. Pour sufli- nt boiling water on the Whole, let stand enty-four hours ; filter the liquor, add If a. pint of yeast. put in a. tight cask or in ttles and let stand twenty-four hours. en use. Odors from boiling cabbage, onions, ham, etc., can be prevented by using a. kettle with an open pipe running down the side from a. grooved top. This pipe discharges these odors into the fire, and they are thus carried into the chimney. The kettle has a. round- ed, very closevfitting cover that sets in‘to the grooved top so closely that no steam can es- cape into the room. To beautify the nails, hold them for fif- teen minutes in warm water, then, while flexible, cut carefully. Polish them with a. piece ofchamois skin dipped in a mixture of oil and finely powdered pumice stone. Push down the skin at the lower part of the nails to show delicate half-moons of white. To giée bed-clothing and under-clothing a thorough sunning and airing is the next best thing to washing it. It also sweetens it. A second suit of underclothing should be on hand for afternoon wear, and what is taken off he thoroughly aired and dried before hanging in the closet. Broiled steak, 6%., should be sewed as 80011 as cooked, If you would have them at their best. A hot platter with a. cover to re- ceive the steak or chops is desirable. A looking glass is nicely cleaned by rub- bing well with moistened paper. “'hen all spots are removed, use dry soft paper for polishing it. Another method is to add enough ammonia. to the water in which both windows and looking glasses are washed, to make it teel slippery ; rub dry with paper. White spots on varnished furniture are removed by rubbing them with a. soft cloth or sponge dipped in a. camphor solution. Avoid taking cold by not sitting or stand- ing still out of doors in windy or exposed places, especially after severe exercise. Ox-gall added to the water in which black hose or other black goods are washed, will keep them from fading. Those and colored calicoes liable to fade dry in the shade. SALT AND MILLâ€"Remember that salt will curdle milk; therefore in preparin dishes where much milk is used, do not ads the salt until just before removing them from the fire. ' ‘ A rusty wash boiler, if not leaky, can have its usefulness prolonged by making a. bag of coarse white muslin and scalding the clothes in it to save them from rust. In canning fruit, if there is juice left over, put it in self-sealing bottles and use it; in preparing sauces for desserts. Juice of strawberries. raspberries, and the like, makes a. very pleasant drink in water, to which sweetening can be added or not as desired. Sinks, both iron and zinc, can be kept free from any coating of grease by rubbing them with kerosene occasionally. Boiling in strong soapsuds will clean up an old lampburner and make it as good as new. Any gold jewelry that an immersion in wuter will not injure, can be beautifully cleaned by shaking it well in a bottle near- ly half full of warm soapsuds, to which a. little prepnred chalk has been added, and after rinsing in clear, cold water and wiping itglry. - __ u A _ COLD CREAM. , This is an invaluable recipe fumished the writer by a. lady who prepares it for her own use, and applied at night will keep the face free from those abominable marks call- ed flesh-worms, and from pimples and sun- burn. It will also prevent the nose from being greasy or shiny, a disfigurement com- mon to many women. One and a half ounces of White wax, four ounces of sweet almond oil, six drama of rose-water, and five drops of oil of rose. Melt wax and oil of al- mond in a bowl ; then add rose-water and stir well with a wooden spoon. The longer it is stirred the whiter it will get and the more creamy. Finally add the oil of rose, and then pack away in small jars or pots. This will be found the equal of any cold cream preparation ever invented. Oil-cloths can be brightened, after wash- ing, by rubbing hard with a flannel moisten- ed with kerosene. HOUSEHOLD HINTS novsnnoLh He Had Paid Once. A few days ago there was a small civil suit tried before the J ustise of Pizen Switch â€"the same man who decided the anti-treat law unconstitutional. It is always custom: ary in such cases to have the winner of the suit pay the fees. The plaintiff, a. big raw- bonod rancher, was called on to pay the jury of six 82 apiece. He immediately stood up iu‘cour‘t aud queried : piling it on thick ‘2 I just/paid four of them boddlers $20 apieceuDo you' want the earth summer fallowed '3” The dead silence in the room-Was” broken by a. slight snicker from the defendant's at- torney, and then the spectators went out; to snort. The bailifl" called everybody to order and the jury filed out Without asking for feetâ€"[Carson Appeal. Language of the Hand. Hands indicate character. A thin, skinny, narrow palm expresses feebleness of intel- lect, as well as absence of energy or moral force. A hollow, deep palm indicates mis- fortune, loss of money, misery and failure in enterprises. Shakespeare tells of an “ itch- ing palm :” that indicates that the blood is out of order, witha covetous disposition. A stiff, hard hand, that opens with difficul- ty to its full extent, betrays stubbornness of character and reluctance to open to calls of charity. Supple elastic fingers, on the other hand, while manifesting a tendency to ex- travagance, nevertheless indicate talent and sagacity. Those who have short fingers are quick, impulsive, and act usually on the spur of the moment, more readily than those who have long fingers. Short, thick fingers, nearly all of the same length, indicate a callous, cruel character, and betray clumsy unhandiness in manipulation, as well as a constant tendency to falsehood and the de~ ‘ famation of the character of others. Long, ‘slender fingers betray a peevish, worrying disposition. Young women ought to choose a. husband whose hands are naturally red ; and hands made red with difficulty should be carefully avoidod. A man with dark colored hands is inclined to biliousness and melancholy. As an indicator of character, however, the thumb is the “boss.” A small, ill-formed, feebly-balanced thumb betrays a vacillating disposition. Small thumbed persons are governed by the heart, while the large thumbed are swayed by the intel- lect. Independent, self-reliant people have large thumbs, or ought to have them, from the point of view of the chirosophist, while pliant, dependent, and easily governed natures may be known by the smallness of that digit, always remembering that the feature must be judged in propertion to the size of the hand and the fingers on the same hand. They fought hard and furiously, until at last one of them, by a fortunate pass, knocked his antagonist 05 the rock. He did not stop, but picked into the first one he came to, and then kept knocking one off ‘ at a. time until there was but one left. The l victor took one comprehensive look over the field of battle, struck up a. rattling chatter and walked up to Miss Quail, strutted around a. few times will) self-importance enough for a. United States Senator, keeping up a. rattling string ofâ€"ofâ€"well, blarnev, I suppose. Finally they rubbed heads and bills together, walked to the north side of the rock, rose simultaneously and flew away, lighting together, ready for housekeeping. Another hen then came upon the rock with three or four males and went through the same form of courtship, and to the victorâ€"- the reward of a. wife. So it went on until all the hens were mated and goneâ€"San Diego Sun. The Courtship of Quails. I once had the pleasure of witnessing the courting and pairing off of a. flock of quails I was sitting so I could look down on a flat rock that stood up higher than the tops of a thicket of brush and weeds surrounding it near a small brook. I first heard the chatter of quails in the brush. After hold- ing quite an animated confab one hen quail flew up on the rock and was followed by five or six males. Miss Quail strutted around a few times, apparently not noticing her admirers. assuming coquettish attitudes, and putting on more style and afi‘ection than a. human dudess of the present day. She finally took a conspicuous position and appeared t I devote her entire attention to herself. Her admiiers, in the meantime, stood around and looked at each other with defiant eye and mien. They then began to strut around, spread and trail their wings, try graceful walks and poses, each striving to outdo the others. The more they tried to make a favorable impression before Miss Quail the more excited they became, until they went to fighting. With wild amazement, he gazed around on the crowd of kind and sympathizing friends. They raised him to his feet. He looked up into the weather-beaten face of the 01:1 fisherman near him, and asked, “ Where am I ?" ‘ “ Thou art here, my lad.” “ VVhere’s the cap’n ?" “ Drowned, my lad.” “ The mete, then ?” ” He‘s drowned, too." “ The Crew 1'! ” They are all lost, my lad '; thou art the 021:1)! one saved.” . A'ndvthen he dropped on his knees on the wet sand, and hid his sobbing face in his hands. The boy stood, overwhelmed, for a few moments; then he raised both his hands, and cried, in a. loud voice, “ My mother's been praying for me ! My mother’s been prayigg-for {ne !” Sadly the rockee-men began to draw in their line, when suddenly they felt that something was attached to it, and in a. few minutes hauled on to the beech the appar- ently lifeless body of a. sailorâ€"boy. Trained and tender hands worked, and in a short time he became conscious. The only means of saving the men cling- ing to the swaying masts was the rocket ap- paratus. Before it could be adjusted one must fell. Just as the rocket bearing the life-line went booming out of the mortar the other mast toppled ov‘er. In February, 1861, a. terrible gale raged along the coast of England. Eighty-ore vessels were wrecked in Hartlepool Bay. while the smrm was at its height, the Rising Sun, a stout brig, struck on Longrear Rock, a. reef extending a mile from one side of the bay. The vessel sunk, leaving only her two topmasts above the foaming Waves. The life-boats were away rescuing wrecked crews. Pay the jury $|2 YeS,” replied the Look a’here, jg ,9; it on thick '3 I Why lie Was Saved. dge, ’aip’t this sorter just paid four of them Do you‘ want the earth court its attention to the evil of food adulteration. Out of one hundred samples of tea. collected of retail dealers, twelve were found to be adulterated, for the most part, with foreign leaves, known as lie tea. of one hundred samples of ground coffee, twenty eight were mixed with chicory and peas. Of one hun- dred samples of sugar, only two were found to be adulterated with glucose starch, so that of the three hundred samples tested, forty-two, or an average of fourteen per cent, were found to be impure, enough in all con- science to show the necessity of local legis- lation, sufficiently severe to effectually put an end to these abominable and thoroughly dishonest practices. The “ ignorantz” of the clerk was ex- cused, and the price of the “karridge” sent. “ It is‘ Karridge’ instid of ‘ charraghe.’ Pleze eggscuse his ignorantz, an lett me no Wat a. 2 sete, 2 hoarse, kovered Famly kar- ridgg will cost.” “ DERE CIRS.â€"the postal was rote by mi Clurk, me Being Buzzy, an’ i Reegrit that His ignorantz shood make you so much Trubbel. He is a. pore boy, hoo you must eggscuse on ackount of his not Having went to skool but little ; therefore He speled the word_ rqng. _ Finally, the postalowas returned to the sender, with a. polite letter stating that: the meaning of the word “ charraghe ’ was un- known to the firm, and asking for its defini- tion. In reply came the following lucid expla. nation : A wholesale firm in Chicago received the following postal from Lne of its out-ofâ€"town patrons : “ Plese too lett mee no the Prise of A goode charraghe.” No member of the firm, and not one of its employes from the office-boy up to the manager, could tell what Was meant by a. “ charraghe,” and \Vebster and ‘Vorcester were also ignorant reg‘ordi‘ng the meaning of the word, The stranger is unpleasantly impressed by the crowded condition of the masses. whole family, consisting of parents and sometimes from five to ten children, live in one room. The beds are rolled up in the daytime, and When unrolled at night fill the room. A marvellous degree of economy is practiced even in the smallest details. Coffee grounds from the wealthy man's kitchen are dried and resold to the poor. In a similar way oil is twice and sometimes three times used, the drippings of each successive frying being gathered from the pan and sold to the poor. Old shoes, hats, clothes. candle-ends, dried coffee-grounds, “secondhand " oil, and a hundred other things are spread out upon the broad plaza (or square) of a townâ€" and it is here, to a great extent, that the Italian workman procures his supplies. A laborer’s suit, consisting of breeches, jacket, vest, shirt, socks, necktie, and shoes, cost anywhere from $4.45 up. His food is as simple as his clothing and his habitation. In the morning a great loaf of black bread is passed around ; each member of the family gauges out a piece of the inside, until finally only the hard crust is left. At noon the crust is eaten, softened by a little wine. A plate of macaroni, costing two or three cents, finishes the bill of fare. At night more macaroni, then the beds or pallets are spread and the family goes to sleep, to get up and go through the same routine on the marrow. The rent of one of these.rooms is from ten to twelve dollars a year ; the cost of the wine, macaroni and bread is about ten cents per day for each person ; but even at this cheap rate of living, the workman who has a family often finds it difficult to make both ends meet. A skilled bricklayer only averages fifty cents a day. Amy Avant, 8. colored woman on the p‘an- tation of Major James Reaves, in Marion County, S. 0., died a. few days ago, of mea- sles, at the advanced age of 122 years She was remarkably well preserved, and retain- ed all her faculties up to the time of her fatal illness, previous to which she claimed that she had never taken a. dose of medicine. During the last cotton picking season, she took her place regularly in the cotton fields and always performed a good day's_work. Her age is well attested by family records. Food Adulteration. The New York Wofld [la-.8 rgceptly turped The male wasp, the naturalist tells us, never stings. But so long as he and his wife dress exactly alike this bit of knowledge availeth nothing to the _careless men, who does not know it is the lady who is ap- proaching him until it be that she smiteth him with her bustle. What humanity de- mands of science in the case of the wasps is the invention of some prompter method of distinguishlng between ’Monsieur and Ma,- damwnlzzie at 4‘) yards. Paper doors are flaming into Use, and, as compared with those of wood, possess the advantage of neither shrinking, swelling, cracking or warping. It is formed of two thick paper boards, stamped and moulded into panels, and glazed to ether with glue and potash, and then rollu through heavy rollings. After being covered with a. water- proof couting and then with one that is fire- proof, it is painted, varnished and hung in the usual way. A snail’s pace need not be used any longer as a term more or less indefinite. By an interesting experiment at the Terra. Haute Polytechnic the other day it was ascertain- ed exactly and reduced to figures, which may now be quoted by persons who favor the use of exact terms. A half dczen of the mollusks were permitted to crawl be- tween two points ten feet apart, and the average pace was ascertained. From this it was easy enough to calculate that one snail can crawl a. mile in just fourteen days. A recent report of the Pasteur Institute state that out of 2,682 patients who have been treated 2,264 had been bitten by aui~ mals which were undoubtedly mad, and that out of these 2,164 only 29 or 1.34 per cent. died. Before the discovery of this method the lowest death rate for persons affected by rabies was 16 per cent. , and the secretary of the institute claims that 317 persons owe their lives entirely to Pasteur’s discovery. An insurance paper has been collecting the statistics of suicide in the United States. Among the most singular and perplexing things is the feet that “ the classification by condition shows a. greater proportion of sui- cides (among the married than the unmar- ried which is contrary to the accepted theory. The Poor of Naples. His “ Charraghe." SCISSORS AND PEN. The quantity of butterine now made in the United States is very large. One faetory in new York makes 50.000 pounds a day, and this sold at from 15 to 2'2 cents per pound. Butterine is a preparation of fat mixed with butter and churned in butter- milk, so that the combination has the full flavor of butter. In other cases the oleomar- garine is churned with milk. Of the pro- duct from 25 to 60 pounds in every 100 is butter. Probably little of that quality is made. So completely may even the best judges be deceived, that as Mr. Armour, the great Chicago pork‘packer, has proved, an article which in Iowa took the premium as creamery butter was butterine made in his factory. II cu uu ncggurs In .Mexioo beggars are called by the ex- pressive name “Pordiosetras” (“FonGod- sakes"). Saturday is universally recognised as “Beggars’ day,” and on that day they appear on the streets in full force, plying their trade with the greatest industry. If repulsed they will make a stately bow and murmur a benediction upon the head of the person who refuses them. They always have plenty of children and (logs, and lead a very happy, careless life. The plea that you have no small coin is not a valid "excuse with these beggars, for they generally have awellfilled bag of silver, which they pro~ tluce and courteoust ofl'er to make change in any desired amount. We learn from a paper published in the report of the Michigan Board of Agriculture for 1886 that in the opinion of eminent med‘ ical men oleomargarine, even when made} from untainted animal, fat, is unwhole- some, because it is insoluble and indigest- ible, and because it may carry the germs of disease or parasites into the human system. As a. matter of fact, however, “ in the eager- ness of the manufacturers to produce the spurious compound cheaply, ingredients en- ter into it which are detrimental to the last degree to the consumer‘s health.” The fat of animals that die 0‘ disease, and taliow, lard and other substances that have become rancid or even putrid, it is said, are largely used. These can be deodorised and brought to such color as may be desired, but their dangerous character cannot be wholly des- troyed by any chemical or other process. Harrison Gilbert, of Chili, 111., has a. vein erable horse. Horse and man went all through the war without receiving a scratch. The animal is now in his fiftieth year, and is tenderly cared for, living on corn bread and bran mash. He has not a tooth in his head. A SYMPATIIETIC DOG. A horse belonging to a Boston gentleman had a troublesome habit of getting the reins under his tail and holding them there tight- ly. The sinews under the tail were cut, and, when in stable, the tail was strained by a cord passed through a pully in the ceiling over the stable. One morning the cord was found out and the horse with his tail down as usual. After the stable was closed the stable dog had jumped on the horse’s back, and with his teeth out the cord that kept his friend in pain. A DOG SAVES A TRAIN. An engineer on the Rock Island Riilroad tell this story : “ While running along near Joliet I Law a fine big black dog stuck fast under an old farm gate by the side of the track. He was howling piteously, and I stopped my engine and went to his assis- tance. He was wild with gratitude, licked my hand and wanted to follow me into the cab. Every day after that I would see him sitting beside the track and wagging his tail as my train passed by. Several weeks later the train was running at great speed, being behind time, just at daybreak. The dog stood on the track ahead barking furi- ously. As we drew near he moved ahead, but continued his antics. I supposed, of course, that he would leave the track, but he dld not, and the train ran over him and ground him to pieces. We stopped the train, and were astonished at finding a short distance ahead an obstruction on the track that would surely have derailed the train had we struck it at full speed. A writer in the Scientific American says : â€"â€"A few years since I was walking along a. broad road in Richmond County, Georgia, when from the opposite side of the road coming directly toward me I saw a. ‘f coach- whip," a. snake much like the common black snake in form, but in color a very dark brown some two thirds of its length, the other third to the tip of the tail being a light brown, in appearance, from the pecu- liar markings, much like the lash of a. whip. Having nothing with which to kill the snake, I thought to amuse myself by preventing his getting to cover in the “ thick” just beyond me ; but to turn back would leave him exposed for quite a dis- tance, so, not being in a. fighting humor, he made a rush for a water oak which grew just beyond me but not on a direct line with me, the long branches of which came down to within four or five feet of the ground; then rising until he seemed almost to stand on the end of his tail, he shot ,up like an arrow through the branches, getting his grip entirely by lateral pressure and not by coiling around the branches as I thought he would do.” While sitting, one summer day, at the side of the house on a platform which served as a. piazza, but was roofed only by the branches of two large trees, something dropped upon my head and into my lap, when I saw a. large white bodied spider in the clutches of a. small wasp. Hastily brushing these unceremonious visitors on to the floor, I watched to see if the wasp would succeed in flying away with his huge enemy. After a. struggle the spider lay quiet, and the weep ran around, seizing first one part, then, another but finally went away, asI supposed, for help. In about quarter of an hour he returned, still * alone, and began trying again, as I thought, to find some lace by which he could seize the round body and carry it away. Again he departed without his spider. This time I watched him and saw him disappear at the edge of the lawn, under a. pear tree, and, followmg. found him, after some searching, ‘ diligently a.t work with another wasp eu- larglng a. hole in the ground, having already thrown out quite a little mound of earth. I was surprised, for I did not then know that any kind of wasp lived in the ground. olCOmargarine and Butterine. I returned to the piazza, and soon, when the wasp came back, I was convinced, by more careful watching, that he was measur- ing each part of the spider’s body instead of trying to get hold of it. The antenna: seemed to be the organs mostly employed in this operation. then he went home again, I was before him, and saw him meet his co- worker, put his head close to his, and evi- dently informed him that the doorway was not yet big enough, for they fell busily at work enlarging it. Then more measuring, more digging, until, after three long hours, he returned, this time with his friend, and they carried away their prey and bestowed it in their underground home. STORIES ABflUT ANIMALS. How SNAKES CLIMB. AN AGED HORSE A WASP‘S WISDOM. V y ’ "' ’J ' "'D_““’“‘ as “Beggars’ day,” and on that day they appear on the streets in full force, plying their trade with the greatest industry. If repulsed they will make a. stately bow and murmur a benediction upon the head of the person who refuses them. They always have plenty of children and (logs, and lead a. very happy, careless life. The plea that you have no small coin is not a. valid "excuse with these beggars, for they generally have awell-filled bag of silver, which they pro~ duce and courteoust ofl'er to make change in any desired amount. The population of the Island Empire is now about 37,000,000. and its public revenue ‘ approaches £16, 000,000 sterling. Its foreign trade (including exports and imports) amounts to $312,000,000 sterling. There are already three hundred and thirty miles of railway completed, and lines are being steadily pushed forward so as to open out the entire country. The army is effective with peace and war establishments of 82,- 000 and 100,000 men, respectively, thoroughâ€" ly trained and equipped in European style ; and the navy consists of some twenty-five ships, of all sizes, including seven ironclads. Complete systems of telegraphs, post offices, police, saving banks, goals, universities, schools, colleges, light-houses, meteorologi- cal observatories, etc., exist, all on the best European or American models. These im- mense innovations have been accomplished within the short space of fifteen years, and so economically, that the Whole national debt amounts only to about one year‘s re- venue. Prof. Elisha Gray, of Chicago, whose name is connected with many electrical de- vices, has just perfected a. wonderful inven- tion which he calls the “ telautograph,” and. by means of which a. facsimile of any writ- ing can be transmitted by telegraph. It; wil‘ enable a. Chicago speculator‘, ,iorinstance, to give his New York broker an ardento buy or sell stock, the facsimile of: the order being reproduced in the latter city at the same instant that it is written in Chicago, A cheque for money can be sent in the same manner, though it remains to be seen whether the banks or the courts will recog- nize such paper. No particular kind of pen or pencil need be used in writing the document to be transmitted ; in fact, a. sharp pointed piece of wood will answer the pur- pose. Muny satisfactory experiments have been made with~the machine over a. short circuit at Prof. Gray‘s laboratory, and the tests were of a. kind that indicated that the same work could be done over 1,000 miles of wire if necessary. This being so, there can be little doubt that this method of transmitting messages will in time supersede the present system (If telegraphic communi- cation. Professor Gray regards the inven- tion as a more imporrunt one even than the telephone. _ An instant latcr the girls had dived, and the shark had nearly stopped. The water arouni him was red with blood. The girls came to the surfam again, and again they dived and plunged their long knives into the monster. At last he lav still on the top of the water quite dead. The natives drag- ged him ashore, and found that. he was one of the largest of his species. But for the thrlerful bravery of these girls I should not be here to-night to tell; you this story. Svddenly two native girls hind me with long knives teeth. I looked aruuud, and I saw a. shark making for m speed. I prepared myself, and plunged in. After I had been in the Wale! for half an hour, I pushed out over and beyond one of the reefs which surround thr- Islunds. All at once I realized that somerhing was going on on the, shore. There was quite a. number of natives:. there, and tnuy appeared to be greatly ex- cited. It happened upon my last visit to the Sandwich Islands. 1 am a. very expert- swimmer, and nothing pleases me better than a plunge into the salt water. The temperature of the island is delightful, and I could not resist, the temptaxion to take a. swim. “'hatever may have been the original of the {ahled mermaids, “sea-girls,” the real mermaids are certainly found in the Sand- wich Islands. That a. strong man, much less a young Woman, can be so much at home in the water as to fight and kill the fiercest native of that element on its own battle-ground, seenm incredible, but Senator Fair, of Nevada, trllw the following story as. an experience of l is own : As the nu u-i: e71 paw On the handle of the am S: 'ing word Should, by Blessings t 'l'his conclminn, chm, Idraw That no exerlise If jawâ€"â€" Twisting lndir-rubher lawâ€" 'If the chip; that sirewed the ground By some stricken “Maw found| In h: r need, Play ed its partâ€" As the tempered teeth of steel Made a wound that would not heal, Throuzh the heart. And each severed stick that fell In its tallinsz seemed to tell, And the log upon the track Like a client on the lack. Now the sawhorse seemed to 1 Like a double X in fee; And the saw, Whichever way ’twas thrust, Must be follo 'ed‘byfihe dust Sitting in his office was a lawyerâ€" Standipx in the street, a anyer; On the lawyel’s anxiouz face You could read a knotty case, Needing law ; While the snwyer, gaunt and grim, On a rough and knotty limh, Run a. saw. Well ofl‘ Beggars Saved by Two Girls. The Telautograpb. Law versus Saw. J alum 0 her aged heart Happy dced. Like the" 1;“; :irls swam out; be- '68 between their; and to my horror '1' me with terrific rmthfiimpnrt to me