UTberc Mother Is Wrong. ; A mother of a family has no right to tease to be a companion to her husband kiniply at the dictates of her children. jUf course the children will have the taeasles, and there will re times when (the mothers heart must stand by, night 'and day. But you are to blame, madam, iif you let this go too far. AVhen my wife is invited by me to go to a concert, and she says: "Oh, dear! I'm too tired. Take Kittie:" it makes me mad. It hurts. Time was when she did not re fuse my invitations. Didn't she only last week, cooHy propose that 1 "take Kittie" on mv triD west and "show her Niagara Falls, she's never seen them,' when I had proposed to take her dear, tired self away and give her a rest of . two weeks from all the children. Katie 1 indeed: I'll take the child to Niagara 'at the proper time; if I don't, why Niagara will keep till her husband takes her there on a wedding trip. 1 say, wife was to blame in all tnia. But how can ' I tell her so V She would only burst into .tears rnnmhiin of her hard lot and break me all up. New York Weekly. Modern Italian Young Woman. In the middle classes line dressing out of doors has to be combined with an ability (real or supposed) for keep ing house. Fond mammas regale young men with stories of their daugh ter's progess in cooking in a manner worthy of Goldsmith's "Mrs. I'rinirose,'' and have even been known to set the hopeful young women to sweeping and cleaning, as soon as the expected ring was heard at the door, in order that the hesitating aspirant might be brought to a declaration by the sight of the girl's capacity as a menial servant. Under these circumstances marriage becomes simply an escape from intoler able dreariness. The idea of choosing a husband to whom she can prove a faithful wife rarely enters the Italian girl's head. .She must be married that she may be free. Some man of her acquaintance thinks she makes a good figure in the society he frequents, finds that her dowery is sutlicently large, and tired of living" or desirous of settling down proposes for her hand. The young wife, if she belongs to the upper classes, rinds herself suddenly in the possession of unbounded liberty. Her chief duty is to act as a sort of clothes peg, that the world may praise her husband's liberality. She can now go out alone and having little to do at home, spends most of her time calling, promenading and gossiping St. James Gazette. Kissed The Wroug Women. One morning a pretty, dainty, little woman, who had been frolicking with the waves, had come out and was lying on the beach, her head resting on a lit tle hillock of white sand, her hair float ing about in the most charming con fusion, her tanned face upturned to the 8ky, and her eyes closed in dreamy de light, writes an Atlantic City corre spondent of the New York Mail and Express. An elderly man, whose face was lighted with roguish intent, though his nair was surer white, stepped over jauntily and stooped and fondly kissed her sun-burned cheek. In just about an other half second the kind old man was sent spinning over the sand, and a big young fellow in a striped bathing cos tume, with enormus muscles and flash ing eyes, was standing over him say ing; "You're an old villain! "Impudent scoundrel," cried the old man, scrambling to his feet, "I'll have the law of you this day or I die for it." "You elderly old sinner! Even your yean won't save you. How dare you take such liberties with a lady ?" "Liberties, sir? Can't I kiss my daughter?" "But you can't kiss my wife." "Your wife ? Horrors! I apologize; I apologize, sir." And the old man continued to apolo gize for a full 'minute. His sight wasn't good; he had forgotten his glasses; he had made a dreadful mis take; he was in a tremendous state of mind altogether; his daughter was bath ing there somewhere. Ah, yes; here she is. And a charming bit of femininity in the same blue bathing clothes and black stockings and big straw hat all dripping wet, came running up to him crying, "Papa, oh, papa!" "Here she is, you see," said the old man, turning to the big young fellow, whose anger had abated and who ac cepted tne apologies in a stiff sort of way. His wife was a much more amia ble soul She remained very quiet urougn u an, ana ween sue turned to go down for another plunge in the breakers, with her hand resting on her husband s big arm, her eyes had a most forgiving light in them. He was such dear old gentleman, don't you ate and nearsighted, too, poor souL ' Scene a Swiss cafe. 1 say wai treat, why did you shout ao load at that gentleman sitting at the otJtar table? is the poor fellow deaf?' He's not deaf, but he's an English man, and doeaea't understand a word f German r Fliegende Blatter. Atchison Globe: Before marriage a wwataa is iatarwtedln ererything he .r after marriage she it interested tatttepaedom How One Actreaa Lives in Sum mer. "It is the popular notion," said a well known actor, "that theatrical people as a rule have a hard time to make wmu ends meet during the summer months. This supposition, however, it is safe to sav. is ouly true in part, for tue speuu thrift spirit of earlier days, which has been the staple of many a pleasant re cites, is no longer a characteristic pro fessional vice. Those who scatter their money to the winds, and in consequence snend the heated term in a state oi un comfortable impecuniosity, are few and far between. There are many of the acting euild who have deft fingers and apt minds for other departments of life's work, and when their season is ended in the labor of their choice, they turn to those other employments, and find the rest of agreeable chance as well as the profits of honest industry. "Cases in point are numerous, but 1 will tell you of one which is typical. 1 am acquainted with a young actress who during the stage vacation earns a snug income by turning the bark of the birch tree to decorative uses, She makes pictures from the crude article by cutting outline figures of men, wo men and children and the inferior ani mals and pasting them on black card board, afterward filling in the details with white lead. The combinatioi produces a pleasing and striking silhouette effect. Different hues of the bark are employed in imparting con t ranting colors to odd pictures. The bark can be made to produce either comical or serious effects, according to the picture maker. Eyes, hair, but tons, etcj, are put in with India ink. The actress I refer to is not only young but pretty, highly educated and a gen eral favorite as well, and her father is ii active member of the journalistic fraternity. Perhaps I am indiscreet in thus giving her summer secret away, so I will make some amends by with holding her name." Philadelphia In quirer. The Photograph Album Kctired. The plush covered and leather bound album has been banished, not only from use, but from the house. There was a good deal of romance about the book and some of us may lay it aside with regret, but the fact remains that it has had its day and that settles the matter. In the bon bonniere, in the enamel brooch; in the card case and in the back of the tablet there is a space for the sweet face and the memories it calls up, while the man with sentiment in his soul and a secret locked up in his heart can get a leather case with room for the wife, mother or child. For the cards and cabinet pictures of the men and women who come and go leaving their influence on our lives) there are folding cases bound in leather or artist's silks, with a capacity of from two to thirty photographs. These hook frames can be hung up, used as panels along a door or fireplace, or put on a shelf or table. The most popular receptacle, howe ver, is a box. You can get a chest made after the style of a cigar box of any size desired, and decorate it to suit your taste or the surrounding room. A lining of satin or velvet is easily applied with mucilage, and if at all skilled in handling the brush some with flowers or a mask of Folly will enhance its beauty. A tin box, such as water crackers come in, is not bad, smeared with luster paints, but an oak box is better, since it serves as a seat when not open, and a palm or mallaca box is best if a sweet odor is deisred. These are for the floor. For the table some thing more ornamental is required, and after the 8100 Dresden china there are tile boxes, porcelain boxes, and still others made of limoges. Then there are little bamboo stands something like a lady's work table, with several compartments in which views of scenery, statuary, cathedrals or castles may be kept Still another way to snow pnotograpns is to spread them over a small table two, three or four deep for general inspection. This is an easy way j get ai uiem. 10 be sure they will become soiled and dust worn, but that is the rate of all things material. at lxrais rost -Dispatch. Thackeray's Broken Note. Sir William Fraser writes: "I ha veal ways believed that Thackeray's nose was broken in a fight at Charterhouse byVenables, Q. O, lately deceased. Unless I am mistaken this was told me by the person who introduced me to Thackeray. On at least one occasion I alluded to the fact, and Venables cer tainly did not deny it. My informant added that the 'Dame,' as we called them at Eton, ran up and said to - Ven ables: 'You hare spoilt the best looking boy in the school!"" A perhaps more veracious anecdote is contributed by ". J. F," who writes from Boston TJ S A.: "When Thackeray was in Ameri ca n dined one day with Mr. X., a dis. tinguished literary man of this city whose nose made a good second to' Thackeray's. The ladles had left the room and the two gentlemen were sit- ng over their wine, when X. proposed at they should Join the ladies: upon ilch Thackeray asked: mat do the dies care for two broken nosed old ilowa like us r It Is said that X. had no regard for Thackeray thereafter. St James' Gacette. The Hammock. The hammock has much to answrr for. savs the Pittsburg Bulletin. It has developed from nothing into a potent factor in midsummer social joys and sorrows. A decade ago the hammock was spo radic. It is now universal. Certain tourists from this heretofore unham mocked land of the Tree, journeying in Mexico and in I'ubu. noted the meshed crescent with interest first and with ad miration afterwards, insomuch that they brought one of the swaying couches with them. The result has len remarkable Americans have taken the hammock to their verv hearts, and American ingenu ity has devised machinery capable of turning out hammocks almost as fast as the finished article will turn out its occupant A summer bereft of a hammock would le to the American lad and lass a drearv and unromantic ieriod. Given a good article of moonlight and a hammock big enough for two, and there is no combination which will more rapidly and thoroughly advance the cause of Cupid and bring about the lighting of Hymen's torch. Between the moon and the hammock there is a certain analogy. A yonng moon is very likea haminock.and when Luna appears in the west, her crescent apparently swung between twoinrisible trees and fastened with a pair of bright stars, and analogy is complete. One can readily fancy an angel swaying in the celestial hammock, which is said also to contain a man. And the idea is so apt to fix itself in the mind of the ardent mortal who gazes westward that his first impulse is to get a hammock and an earthly angel of his own, and then to sway joyously to the rhythm of two hearts that beat as one. The hammock is an institution which could not have its origin in so busy and practical a laud as America. It is a daughter of the south, of lands where languor and idleness reign beneath an almost vertical sun. Its motion savors of leisure, and its mission is one of ro mance. As an aid to flirtation it is twin sister to a fan. If a young couple ever trust them selves to the support of the same ham mock at the Rame time, Cupid has its own way thereafter. The pair must of necessity be brought Into such sweet proximity that every praticle of for mality and reserve is melted away. One may withdraw from his fair one on a bench, may hold aloof while seat ed on the same grassy bank, and may hitch his chair away, or closer, as his feelings distate. But in the hammock one can do none of these things, lie can only submit to fate and propinquity and be led delightfully to the moment ous question. The hammock has come to take the place once held by the narrow sleigh. Fate and the weather have ordained that the days of the cutter's existence are ended, but a kinder fate has sup plied the hammock. It is fashioned much like a spider's web. But who would not willingly be a fly when the web holds a charming maiden '! And what man is there with soul so dead who is not glad that the hammock has come to stay ? A Unique Card Caau, One day a well known Murray Hill beauty came into a shop, and after glancing about cautiously approached one of the clerks. "Do you make np card cases from any mate rial"ahe asked Yes, miss," was the reply. Very well, then; I have brought it with me," sb said, producing a small parcel. The clerk was about to open it, when be was interrupted with the request: "Pleeat don't look at it until I am gone. Too will find the written directions inside." Then, with a slight blush, she hurried out of the shop. Here was a mystery! The young man unrolled the paper which wrapped ft nhats this? A long glove of lavender kid, and pinned to it a slip of paper marked "For cover." He smiled, then looked surprised as he discovered a red silk stocking labeled "For lining;" but his astonishment reached its climax when there tumbled out a dainty little yellow garter, per fumed, and bearing unmistakable eri. dence of haring lieen in use. This last was marked "Binding." New York Truth. A Mimical Ga Machine. A musical gas machine, called the pyrophone, has been brought out In England. Its compass is three octaves, and It has a keyboard and is played in the same manner as an organ. It has thirty-seven glass tubes, In which a like set of gas jets burn. These Jets, placed In a circle, contract and expand. When the small burners separate the sound Is produced; when they close together the sound ceases. The tone depends on the number of burners and the six of the tubes in which they burn, to that by a careful arrangement and mWi. all the notes of the musical scale may be produced in several octaves. Soma of the glass tubes in which the w. are nearly eleven feet long. PhUadtl. pni jiecoro. "There goes Dr. Brawn tk saved my life." "Did be bar. ears you then V" Kn. K. i .,. him in my illness he advised me Wiaad for anotter fTskiaa.--Kichana, Dan Umnt May ItoeOflM H"- lionaire. Tbia little man, with bis hat pulled over his eves, hustling along in the crowd on Park mw, MoW '"T maker, say. the Xew York Mail and hx- prm At one time he had the reputa Uon of being a clever politician, but he cares coining f "" hV',7 moment K spent in chasing the nimble dotar, and he is petting rich at a rapid rate. It is Colonel 1 aniel S. Lamont h private secretary to Cleveland. He is interested in a dozen large enterprises, and he is constantly being sought after bv iop!e who have money and wish to double it by engaging in some safe speculation, lie is as busy as a bee all day and often far into the night. His friends say he is making W" Jar. and bids fair to become one of the wealthy men of the metropolis. He pays noatteiition to politics, goes out but very little in public, and seems to have lost all ambition, save for money making. He is still one of Cleveland's chosen ad risers and the two men are often seen together down town. Crowned (Jueeii After Ocatli. There is no more remarkable page in all history, says the St Louis ItepuMic, than the one which tells of the crown tog of Inez, de Castro's tieshless skull as queen of Portugal. She had been mar ried clandestinely to young Don Pedro, and was murdered three years later by assassins Instigated by her father in law. Wheu the young don heard of her death he was beside himself with grief and rage. Two of the assassins fell into his hands and suffered terrible torture; which only ended by their hearts being torn out while they were yet alive. When 1'edro came to the throne a few years later he had the bones of Inez taken from the grave, placed upon a magnificent throne, robed in royal pur ple, and actually crowned queen of Portugal. The court was summoned and compelled to do her homage, just as if she were a real rMng queen. One fleshlfss hand held the scepter and the other the orb of royalty. On the second night of this wierd ceremony the tiesh less queen was borne before a grand funeral cortege extending several miles, each jx-rson holding a torch. Eying in her rich robes, her crown upon her grin ning skull, in a chariot drawn by twenty coal black mules, Queen Inez, the only queen who never knew her royal sta tion, was driven to the royal abbey of Alcobaca, where the bones were in terred with as much pomp as though she had died but yesterday. The monu ment erected to the queen, who was never a queen during life, is still to be seen in the abbey, standing near the oneerected to her loyal husband, "Pedro the Just." The Gene! of the Howie Knife. John Sewell, the grandfather of the inter, came to Texas with De Witt's joiony, ana, being a gunsmith and a blacksmith, set up a shop at Gonzales ana was operating there in 1830. At this time James liowie was in Texas prospecting for gold and silver in the mountains west and northwest of San Antonio, and often had disperate en counters with the hostile Indians who infested those regions, says the Galves ton News. In one of these conflicts Bowie stab)ed an Indian, and the knife blade glancing against a rib Bowie's hand slipped forward, inflicting a wound upon himself in the hand. This acci dent, I have been told, suggested the idea of a guard to keep the hand from supping forward upon the blade In mak ing a hard thrust. There were a great many cypress trees along the margin of the tiiiadaiupe river, and the pioneers in ;ne colonies often established shinele 'imps along the river to work this tim- rer up. On one occasion, as Bowie and his men were returning from a trip, they stopped at one of these shingle camps to rest and recruit their horses, and while so doing iwwie whittled from a shingle a pattern ofthekidfe now in question. It is amus ing at this day and time to see some of Uie things now called Bowie knives. On arriving at Gonzales he went to my graudfather's shop, the only place then in west Texas where iron and steel was worked, and asked him if he could make one like it out of stecL The blacksmith at once went to work and soon produced an exact counterpart of the pattern, wnicn was in every way satisfactory to Colonel Bowie. On presentlna- the knife my grandfather asked Bowie if he might gire it a name, as it was a peculiar knife. Being answered in the afflrmati i. aid: "Well, I will call it the Bowie ttUie.- ixirale by the efforts of the Knghah Penitentes at the Vatican Basilica. A suiiaw, with her papooeeoii her back, was of the number aumuvu i m- ...tl,er with another Indian woman. nhq, overcome with emotion, fainted and was borne to the adjoining ward room f XobleGuard and efficacious remedies administered. -ii .,..rf nnrx-xml mute with awe 1 ur ... -I I - and devout astonishment when in pres ence of the vicar of Christ, who blessed them from the sedia Gestatoria as they reverently knelt along his path, their arms extended imploringly towards "the (Treat father." and their eyej raised in u..rifier. I!v command of his holiness medals, rosaries and other art ides of devotion were distributed totlie dusky children of the forest, who, after the passage of the papal cortege, were led forth from the Vatican in due order. CoL Cody, in his cowboy costume, with his daughter and the ladies of the troop, were conducted to places within the Six tin rhaneL where they remained throughout the function. I'non the return to camp of the In dians they found the only one of their niimlier who had not gone to the Vatican, Gettle King, an Indian, 33 years of age, native of Dhotense, dead in his tent presumably from his chronic malady, disease of the heart The American consul was forthwith notified and the official formalities and investi gations oomplied with. The Indians, in their pious simplicity, view in the sudden decease the sign of wrath of "the Great Spirit" at the neglect to visit and do homage to his representative on earth. Buffalo Bill's Indians at the Va tlcan. Much attention and elted by the presence in the Vatican of mw uuuans or. me caravan of Buffalo Bill, many of whom are derout Catho Ilea, who, by special permission of the pope, were admitted to range themselves In two alee in the Sala Ducale along the PMHg of the pontifical college to see and rewire the blessing of the holy fa Uasr, to whom they brought a gift a eokasal trvphy of fresh flowers, a large cwrlonaly wrought carpet and a cushion broiderad with the papal escutcheon The Indians, In their native costume ad fun war print, were escorted to tlft 'um Urr fcchment of police Md a tremendous throng of spectators aMMd before the BasUieaof 8t Peter d wn marshaled In order In the Sala A Living Out of .Matrimony. Talking about queer ways of making one's bread and butter, there are two men in the city hall who manage to make a very substantial living out of their schem. It is generally known that the average number of marriages in the city hall every year reaches the large total of 1.2D0. Most of these marriages are devoid of romance, being contracted by the poorer class of Italians. A good many, however, are hasty unions, where the bride and groom have reasons for hurrying down to the hall to have the knot tied. These jersons generally come without witnesses. That is Just where the two men I speak of come in. They can tell a couple who want to get married when they see them approach the hall Twenty-two years experience and observation has made them infall ible in this respect. Ina minute they make themselves known to the groom and before he knows it they have the blank certificate drawn up and ready for signature. If the mayor happens to be away they hustle around and get an alderman to perform the ceremony, and, in fact, everything connected with the marriage is done by them in a systematic way. Of course the groom generally testifies his appreciation by a tip rang ing from S3 to 825. In one case a fee of $50 was obtained. When the duke of MarlWough was united to Mrs, Hamersley by Mayor Hewitt the two matrimonal "fixers" expected a big fat fee. They were chagrined, however, when they were left out in the cold. They have no use now for aristocrats. New York Star. It Highest of American Peak. "The highest mountain in America" must now be changed from Mount St Elias to Mount Wrangel, a little to the north of the former jK-ak. Several of these mountains have been newly meas ured. Mount Hood, once "roughly" esti mated at 15,000 feet, then "closely" at 10,000, was brought down by triangula tion to 13,000. An aeroid barometer made it 12,000 and a mercurial barometer made it 11,223. Mount St. Elias, esti mated by D'Egelot at 12,fi72 feet, was triangulated by Mr. Baker at 13.500. now transpires that Mount Wrangel rise 18,400 feet alwve Copper river, which is in turn 2,000 feet above the level of the sea at this point. If this holds good, Mount Wrangel is a good 2.000 feet higher than any other peak in North America and has the distinction of being within the United States besides A Specter Ieer. Griffin Call : The mountain neonle on Walden's ridge, within fifteen miles of Chattanooga, are convinced that a snec ter deer protects the living ones. There are still a large number of deer to lie found on the mountains and parties fre quently go from the city on hunting ex- peuiuons. J hey seldom fall to get with in sight or game, but very frequently turn without any. The reason of this explained by one of the natives of noge in a most singular way. "I know," be said, "that tliere is a specter deer on the mountain. I have seen it, and so have a great many other people. Now, i an till a top of a cap box at 100 yards and I never missed a deer in my life when It was an actual fleah and blood deer. But often, when I fro huntlnar T jump half a dozen deer at a time. One or them will stop within a few feet win. 1U side to me, I shoot at it and it never moves, and I load and Are again. Then I know that It Is the specter deer, and there is no use in my bunting any more that day; I would never see another deer." re- is the Ilia Kb. m - V It IS good to ?lk. chance, sa ti I'wU, Dr. William A. Hammond, for many yean surgeon general of the army, has recently built a costly residence In " wmi. it ia MMUKeu near Mrs. Logan s home, aad it described as a Mlam General Sheri.Liu 'I Point cadet, cinuu,,,, kl flagrant again t school that he afiem jM. self that it ought not u, j given. On parade 0,1 who was aLj a fluie j "drww" tl,t . ...... , Hjy the rest of the f,mmj It .'aaapro,..rrilnb dan, who had a very exception to t! i..L -.. ' given and in f.ot J !,.. 1... ..,. ! I . A '"' "ciuant-o 'Uriitl his bayonet in !, mA asaault him. l ortuu,.. could accomplish hi, p., J rr,(aiiiru U1e uppi-r La turned to his pin, . The sergeant f-nJ pnnwumg which iufjjjj wratn anew, and ltltfT the sergeant h iWw u J nsis. iney i.,uj.it w. separated by an f.nieer. Here was a fearful brj discipline one which, academies would havtl. dismissal. But the toward the earnest stu too "leuient," he tlwi- expelling him gavehm J by rusticating him fa J this the service of M1Pr been lost to the cum!n war, where bis peculiaj talents were of itieitimJ His experience at M' lessen bis sense, of the J cipline. He knew nhri, fenders and w hen to ei: law. In his "MenwirA' he did with four oihcen i criminal cowardice at Stone Hi ver: "When their guilt A lished, and as sooti an wl curred, I caused the who iormcu in a iiuii'.w &pf . ... i i .i t ri loom, ituu tutu inr i'ini'j:i to the center, where, Wl I would uot humiliate ir or soldier by requiring d their disgraceful s wordi them to deliver theirs ap servant, who also cut ton every Insignia of rail Then, after there him command an order fruuM dismissing them frumUi scene was brought to a niing the cowards out ef es a mortifying spectacle, tl day no ollieer In that tv abandoned his colors." 1 Inthecateof Cadet tboritiea at Vest 1 u.I l . , E' they saw In him t he stuff good soldier is made-low and great energy in prtprj for it. Not a few of tk -J school are bad from liati:,' much of the vivacity t that conquer the world, need to be rightly guiiW'- fame. An IntelligMtK Jupiter can boast of tit a! gent mule on record, san Tiinei Union. H .s white (gray) and twenty! Kvery night this nnirhaJ proceeds to the life saw customary for the man! charge bis coston sip when vessels come too nrfl Vow liiii mull-shin has f'l what this signal means. alSo'clockthewiihir'sf'J 1.. . ..,.,) I- tl.olu.4J-i I procerus lu i;iv u" - j ... I . . tl.o ulurfvl neicoinesioonc.il im i awiines the attitude o'j55 wheu trying to lie led by tl instead of ai-iistiflfa"hff.. lieiirhthat make nigM Hi; or HtarlHinrd von heW, f iJhe ship, and away sauwj perfect safety and wim fl to the foii'-legged pmroiw Tall t'hiiiin'H An editorial in to day's the Clark chimney at Ktf ark. as the "tallest am i.i T'..- evei heik:. '.... - - m 335 feet in heigh. lv- Fall River iron w rks Mas., Is m feel send stack iuGlaco there is a chimney W h mltla nt Tfllll.lllt & tlui fMArv of Ilnlswo' Bolton, England, ha " 7tf feet high. A r In Saxony, will b.- 'M completed. The w " , . u . kin r.o f..t i thefumaceaand 3,IJ. IUm TtuillllMCOIIlX with the stack cn upon a bridge built W New York Hun. ' "Wimid you like log wood-chopper to me 1 "I don't know but wared the young t" - ill, hack HW HVWU iv - J "I gueat so," saldtlxn yon' only o""1"