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PIRT II. _ L HE AHA [ SUNDAY BEE.PAGES 9-16 _ L .EIGHTEENTH YEAR OMAHA , . SUNDAY MOKNING , NOVEMBER i 25 , 1888.-SIXTEEN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAGES. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NUMBER KM Two Hundred Ladies' Fine Leather Hand 13ags ; All Leather-Lined. None worth less than $2 , and up to $4.5o. Your choice Monday , $ i each. Don't miss these Hand Bags. Only once in a life-time can you secure such a bargain. And here is another : Forty-five fine white Wolf Rugs ; On sale Monday , $2.98 each. They are sold in Omaha at $8. We have a few left of these. 100 large sixc Feather Dusters , each ; not half price. Children's Wool Mittens ioc a pair , worth 2f > c. Ladies' Cashmere Gloves , fleece lined , ioc a pair , cheap at 25c. Ladies' fine Kid Gloves with self embroidered backs , 68c a pair , worth $1.25. WATCH FOR OUR OPENfMG OF HOLIDAY GOODS ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M _ _ _ _ _ . - . . . .j * . . - - _ k _ . _ _ _ _ MV BK v * i n M B * * - $ > . LIFE OF YUM-YUM AT HOME , Pen Pictures of the Giddy Girls of day Japan. HOW SHE SLEEPS AND WALKS. TIic Opera ( if the "Mikado" at Toklo How Yuin Vuiu Dances and H Her Education and HoiiHolioUl Duties. KIOTA , JUIAN , Nov. 5. [ Special Corrcs pondcncoof Tnu Ilcii. ] Prom this old capi tal of Japan , wlioro the sun shines over palace and cottage , whore many of the no blest men anil most beautiful nmiilens of trio mikado's realm live , I simr the Bong of Yum Cum. The giddy girls of gay Jnpan nro all about mo. Their houses nro open auit their nlmoiul oycs twinkle a welcome as I pass along the streets. There is no Pooh Bah with "his do/en different offices to clog uiy footsteps - stops , nml I can give you some pictures of yum yum at homo. She is as pretty hero as over appeared on the American stage. I like her rich cream-colored complexion. I have fallen In love with her Jot black eyes which , though they shine through lids not half as wide apart as those of Mrs. Langtry or of Mrs. James Potter Drown , nro quito as full of soul and quite as beautiful. I like the llowlng drapery of her costume , and have become accustomed to the absence of the cor net and to the itccollcttc display of the bust. I adinlro her modern taste in colors and the soft grays and hues of her dress seem to hur- monizo with her surroundings. The paint on her lower lip I can over approve of , and the structure of her oily Jet black hair Illls my soul with wonder , Till ! YUM VUM of Japan , however , is different from the American be.iuty who tried to represent the Japanese heroine under that nama in the play of the "Mikado. " Olio of the troupes broughtt ho play to this country and It was sung , 1 think , at Toklo. It w.is the luughiug utock of the mikado's capital , and there were a thousand and ono things olu it which have no part with the social customs of this coun try. The hullo of Japan , for Instance , never knows the rnpturo of a lover's llrst kiss. Kissing Is not done In the empire of the real mikado , and Tsuch a tiling as the shaking of hands is uncommon. Tno marrirgo and courting customs are entirely different from ours. Yum Yum can furnish no garden gate for her lovers to hang over , aim she never knows the pleasure of moonlight drives. She lias no gate in the llrst place and no lover In the second. Her family , If she bo of high birth , arranges the marriage with the family of the groom andthu oourtlug.tf thorols any , Is dona after the wedding. The Yum Ygm of Japan thus leads a much less eventful jlfa thnu thn young girl of America. She think * she lias fun bceauso she knows no better , and her chief employ ment , If sliu bo ono of tlio poorer classes , is the totting of her baby brother and sister upon her back. It It thui that tier inotiior took euro of her , and the cradle for till the llttlo Japanese babies Is the human back. Almost as soon us the biby Is born It Is tied to the back of the children next In ago and lie moment a mother begins to expect the ndvcnt of a second baby aha trains her little daughter in preparation for it. At nrst a Ight doll Is placed on th j baby's back , then a heavier ono Is [ substituted , and thus the weight Is Increased until It approaches that of a baby. 1 saw last wncU a three-year-old child carrying a dog trapped to Its back In this way , and as the baby staggered along with it , It met u child of the same ago who had a baby tied on its back , and the two sat down on their llttlo heels and played to gether in the mud , The babies did not seem to mind It in the leaslrand the infant Yum Yums hero cry less than do our llttlo Ameri can babies. HOW SUB liUKSSKS. As an infant , Yum Yum dresses like her mother , and the girls of Japan spend less upon clothes than do their American sisters. Spring bonnets they never get , for nil womanhood hero goes bareheaded. Skirts they do not use , and the long stockings and the high-heeled shoo never clasp their toes and calves. The Japanese girl wears no gloves , and she never loses her shoo- bu turner. Her shapely llttlo foot , clatter over the streets In wooden sandal1 } two inches high , and she holds these on by a white cord which , tied to the wood between her first two toes , crosses the foot and is fastened to the sandal at the heel. In place of stockings she lias foot mittens , and these have a "linger" for nor great toe , and they do not come higher than her ankle at the leg , Aboya tills comes her dress , and if the weather bo wet , she will think nothing of pulling it up to her knees and In wabbling along with her bare calves showing at the ack. This dress , however , is a curiosity. It has no pins nor hooks and eyes to keep it to gether , nnd as for buttons they arc u foreign invention. It consists of a long robe made of silk erupe or cotton , and this open at the front like a long jacket. When worn ono side of it folds over tlip other ut the front , nml it is held in place by a wide belt or obi. This belt is the finest part of Yum Yum's toilet , and it forms iuu : ( iiiini.K AMI ni'sTi.ii all in one. It is four yards long and Its mate rial Is as rich us her circumstances will war rant. Sometimes it Is made of magnificent stiff fabrics and loaded with embroidery. It is tied In a big buttorlly bow at the back.nml though not a pin is used it keeps its place nnd holds the dross back perfectly. Yum Yum , however , does not want her dross spread out like the tail of the peacock. She runs rather to the pull buck and the loose fohU of the unstarched stuffs which wrap themselves about the formshowing its every outline. They impede the walking of the la dles , and the result is that tha Jap anese girl totters along In a half pigeon-toed fashion nnd when slio tries to run she goes off in a gait lika a cow. The dross in the summer is open at the neck , and Yum Yum docs not know what a breastpin Is. My wife made a girl in the country , who had ilono her : i favor , a present of ono and pinned it at her neck. The girl was delighted with thu present , but she ut once removed it from her neck and fastened it to her girdle in thn region of the bustle. The Japanese girls never wear ear-Hues , and their only orna ments nro on this belt. The belt is the cost- llrst p.irtof the dress and I have seen some which I am told cost as high as S1UU and up ward , The cheaper ones go as low us a few dollars , and some can bo bought which nre made of cotton of bright colors , uud which cost only cents. WINTr.lt COSTUMKS. The dress for winter Is inurh the same , save that the stuffs uro wadded , and that more underclothes of the same slupo are used. The sleeves probably pinch the arms u llttlo tighter than In the summer , aud still they have the same bag-like uppearanro. Yum Yum's alcoves are tier pockets. In them sho. keeps her luncti and her paper pocket handkerchiefs , uud in theut , aaa lit- tie girl , she carries her piny things. They hong fully a yard duwn from the wrist , and they form ono of her mot useful institu tions of Ilirtution. She does i : t use the fun to da this , hut she has a language of gos- lures which will tell a love itory In her waves of the hand. She uses her eyes , too , but rover winks. The same meaning is con * voycd by the rolling of the eye-halls or the twlchlng of the left corner of the mouth. She has no language of the handkerchief and does not shrug hrr shoulders if disgusted , She can turn uu her nose , however , with quite as much scorn as can a New York belle and she cuu curl her 'j le red upper lip Gents' Driving" Gloves , 250 a pair , worth $ i. Gents' heavy Knit Mittens , calf-faced. They are worth $1. On sale Monday , soc a pair. . Gents' all-wool Scotch Gloves 39c a pair , worth 65c. Gents' fine Undershirts and Drawers , Swits Conde best goods , Worth $3 , Monday , 51.50 each. Ladies' Fancy Stripe Merino Hose , I5ca pair , worth Children's Fancy Stripe Merino Hose ioc a pair , all sizes. Ladies' Fine All-Wool Cashmere Hose , blacks and colors , pair ; worth 4oc. So dozen Ladies' Brocade Silk Handkerchiefs , dark colors , I9c each ; worth to the same purpose. She is above all tilings friendly and good-natured and she will gig gle ami laugh at the same provocation ; THEY HAVE OQOD rOIIMS. The Japanese women or rather the Jap anese young women have very good forms. They are a lull head shorter than the aver age American woman , but they are plumper , and their non-use of stays or corsets soems' to have produced a better bust development. They lean slightly to the front as they walk , and in old ago they become stopped. I be lieve that the women go quicker here than with us. This is especially so in the lower classes. A woman married among the lower classes 11 Japan is indeed a woman spoiled as far as beauty is concerned. According to the old Japanese custom , when a girl has arrived at old maidenhood , when she no longer expects a husband , or when she has , get one , s.bo. shaves off her eyebrows and blacks her teeth. This produces an effect wlichit | , is impossible to understand without seeing1. My stomach turned sick when the first Jap anese married woman I saw , a plump , rosy- cheeked girl of about twenty 'Opened hpjr mouth. If you will paste a strip of black court-plaster over your 'teeth nud try to- laugh , you may approach it. You cannot get the lull ugliness of the custom ulUil you have your eyebrows shaved. It seems to take nil of the life and beauty out of the fucis and to turn it into a thing of loathr ing. The teeth look as th'ough covet od witli black varnish , and 1 am told that the prop/vr- / atlon for coloring them Is made of a mtxtur'a of iron and vinegar. Thi.s custom prevails throughout the interior of Japan. It the cities it is falling into disfavor'and the court ladies and those of the better classes at Tokio have entirely given it up. It is a very old custom , and its origin is ascribed to different reasons. Ono reason is that a woman Upon her marriage shows by this that slip has de voted herself entirely to her husband , and has rendered it impossible for her to bo tempted by making herself unattractive. The fact that she must also become disgusting to her husband docs not seem to Jiavo cntcre'd into the calculation. NO 1IHI ) HEADS OH WIIITl : HOIISKS. Yum Yum's hair is Jet-black. A redheaded - headed Japanese girl is unknown , and so far 1 huvo not scun u whltu horse in the cmplte. This hair is more carefully cnreil for than the many colored locks of the American girl , anil it takes a professional halr-drcsscr to put it up in its wonderful shape of waterfall and coil. Shu lias combs of a dozen kinds and she uses hair oil profusely. Her oil is made of the seeds of the camcllu and ilia tea shrub , and her hair is HO long that it often reaches * o her heels , When put up it is BO stiff that it stays in place and she expects ono good huir-dressmi ; to last for several days. This she is able to do by being careful -in the daytime and by the use of the Japanese pillow ut night. The Jap.meso pillow is neither moru nor less than u thin block of wood about two Inches wide ut the top and about four inches high. On the top ol u is a wad of paper to make It soft , uud yum yum can lit this under her neck and sleep away without having her head touching the bed. She sleeps you know , on the floor and all of our poetry about dainty limbs touching the snow white sheets would not hold good hero. Yum Yum docs not use sheets and her pillow needs neither pillowcase - case at tilght nor pillow sham In the day time. Her night dress is u heavy woolen nnd well padded comforter under her and another of the sumo sUa und thickness on top. A paper lantern stands beside her restIng - Ing place on the Moor , and she may have loft her box of charcoal and her pipe within cat > y reach. * JUT TUB I'lPK. And does Yuin Yum smoke ? Yes , Indeed , she docs , und she generally smokes a pipe. She likes the weed as well as her husband , and like him uses tha llttlu metal pipe of tlio country , bho uses it gracefully , too , und she always liunda you u charcoal box to light your pipe If you stop at a tea house or make n call , THE 1-AMII.r 1UTII. The Japanese. Yum Yum is very cleanly about her person. She takes a red-hot bath every day , and does not object at company being present at thu ceremony. The whole family bathes , In ttio Interior districts , In the sumo bath tub. taking turns , and yum yum If stio be not the favored daughter , usually trets in on thu homo stretch , The master of the house has the first bath , then the mis- Fine Opera Flannels , yard ; worth lee pieces All Silk Moire Ribbons , all colors , all widths , Monday , i ic a yard. Fancy stripe'Velvets , still go at 33C yard. Silk Plushes , 39C yard ; worth 750 100 pieces Dress Goods , at special prices Monday. Zephyrs still go at 4 c skein. Best imported Germantown Yarns , 13C skein. jj Wool Arrasenc , * large skeins , | 1 5c skein ; worth 6oc. 7 Our Special Prices ' " | on Cloaks --still I go " * Another Week. tress , then the children in the order of their ages , and then the servants. No soap is used in the tub , but tno wnter is not chang ed.Cold baths are not taken except lor penance or as a matter of a vow. und the bath tub Is made so that a fire of charcoal can be built under it , and I can say to my sorrow that it feels to the stranger hot ter than boiling lead. Upon my llrst intro duction to it I was attended by a maiden who persisted in helping mo undress and who was , not satisfied until she saw mo Jump into the steaming water. My blood rushed to my head as I sunk into the liquid lire and for a time I gasped for breath. I came out as red as a boiled lobster , aitd an hour later going past the sumo bath room I s'uv a whole bevy of girls enjoying themselves in and around it. They did not move to shut the door as I went by and like all Japaucsc girls were not in the least ashamed. Su6h' things are after all a mere matter of custom. These Japanese With all of such actions are the most mod cst women I ever seen , and bold faces nre fewer hero than in any country IJhnve over visited. At some of , the hot springs I saw both sexes , young anil old , bathing together , and this promiscuous bathing wns until a few years ago , common even in the public bath houses of the large cities. Now there arc still public baths , but the women bathe on ono side of a fence , about thrjeo feet high , while the men have tneir bathing quarters nil the other side. Tlio two baths are in the same room and arc , of course , under cover , TlIltBK l.ITTl.i : MA1IS. I saw yesterday hero at Kioto , u picture which brought back forcibly the words of the opera of the Mikado. It was the three little girls at school. "Three little maids from school are we , Pert us school girls well can bo. Filled to the brim with girlish glee , Thrco little maids from school. " It was through the open walls of a well kept house. The girls wore looking over two books together nnd their merry laughter came ringing onto the street as I passed , A tea tray sat beside them and they sat Japan-liko on their heels. They were in short , Yum Yum , Pcep-bon nnd Pitti-sing nt home and they had the advantage of tholr American counterparts in that their actlug was perfectly natural , They were working at their lessons , I doubt not , and the better ( lass of Japanese women uro by no means uneducated , They receive , lam told.n better training than the women of any other ori ental nation , nnd they arc better treated than those of any other Asiatic nation , The Japanese girl can , UH iv , rule , read and write Japanese. She learns all about household matters and she taken the whole charge of the household. . This Is her sphere and she Is known , 'us the honorable mistress of the household. Her hus band has no right to bi'incddllng with the cooking stove. She pays the servants and the market bills. Jutlie-cuso of the poorer merchants she often nets us one of the clerks in the sty res nnd takes' ' the place of the hus band when he Is not prosoiit. In the country you will find her oftan-frorklnt : in the Holds , und at JS'utUo Isaxy prmit numbers of women who acted as the leaders of pack horses car rying copper and goods up and down the mountain , .Vill , -thjjik the women hero havn an easier tlmelha'u thos'o of the lower classes of Germany .or Holland , and you see fewer labnr-hardchitl faces among the other sex hero than you tl < ) hmuny ( of thu coun tries of Europe. "tf COlllTSIIIl'fANl ( ) MAHltUOE. The wife is , however , after all , but little belter than the servant of the husband , and the tics of murriagibaud divorce uro hero BO loose that he can dis'ponso with her ut pleas ure. Marriage in Japan is not attcudcd with the ttolcmuity and rellzlous ceremony of the American wedding. It Is a civil contract and thu negotiation * for it goon , as u rule , through the parents. ' The-young man und woman hava no preliminary courtship , and the seeing one another for one or two times Is the only chance they have of deciding where there is any compatibility of temper ament When Yum Yum lias arrived at the age of fifteen or sixteen her parents instruct one of their friends or u professional match maker to look about for n good husband fat her. If they huvo decided upon the young man they mention his name , and It U the duty of the frlen to speak to tuo parents of the prospective bridegroom andarrungu the matter ; TUU ga-bctwcuu is called uNuku- chip. Ho appears in every Japanese marriage , and it would be entirely improper for either the brldcKivom or the parents to arrange n match without him. Ho has charge ] of everything relating to the marriage. Ho brings the young people to.- pcther , generally at u tea house , where both families meet to have a party for the occa sion , and it is at this meeting that the two often sec each other for the first time. If , "The Mikado " Yum Yum as in the case of , falls in lovfi with her Nanki-poo at first sight , it is all right. The two giggle nnd laugh and , examine each other , and a few days later , the match heinc agreed upon. presents pass between the two parties and the acceptance of these presents is understood as nn agree ment that the marriage is to take place. The presents consist of flvo tubs of sake or rico wine , of live articles of food , two rolls of sillc apd a sillien girdle. This is , of course , among the bolter classes , The lower and 'poorer send a less amount und u poorer quality. TUB WRIIIIINO t'URBMOXV. The ceremony proper Is made up of the drinking of sake and the eating of a dinner together In the presence of thu two families. The bride comes to the groom's house to bo married , nnd she brings along presents for him nud her prospective parents-in-law. She appears upon the scene in n dress of white , which , however , she changes before the cer emony for ono of colors , which is a present to her from thd groom. The groom also gets a present of n town from her nnd put this on. At the drinking of the wine the bride gets the first cup und there is nn almost incessant drinking throughout the ceremony. After marriage the bride or the wife is swallowed up , as it were , in the family of her husband. Books on the duties o f women urge her to bo subsorviciirHo her parents nt law , and in times pastHho was expcctou to communicate with her own parents chlelly by messenger and not fo visit them by any means fre quently. The chief book on woman training in Japanese- literature Is the Oiuia Dalguku , which is taught to ail Japanese girls , and on which I am told they base their conduct. It is founded on the principle that woman is much the inferior of man , and that she is naturally prone to evil. It says that nine women out of I'm are suffering from mental diseases of Intellect , anuor mid resentment , evil spenkini' , Jealousy and lack of intellect. The wife should , therefore , depend upon her husband's instructions in all things , and the IK subservient to her father in like dogrco before marriage , A WIIT.'H iiioiiTS ANI > witoxns. She tins , says this book , no right to show Jealousy , and if her husband is guilty of im proprieties she should gently reprove him. She should go no plnco without her hus band's permission , and the husband has a right to bring a concubine into the house If ho will. The result of this is that concubin age prevails here to a large extent and the men of Japan have n low moral standard In regard to women. The husbnndvhas almost complete control over bin wife bHie law of divorce nnd ho can got rid of her If ho will on seven different grounds. If his wife has reached the ago of fifty and is childless ho ran divorce her. If she talks too much the law allows nlm to send her away ; if she Is guilty of theft , if she is ad dicted to jealousy , or if she is disobedient to her parents-in-luw , she Is liable to divorce , and If she commits ndultry she is of coursu divorced , With such customs it is no wonder that the number of divorces in Japan is larger than those of India in Itspalmcst days of liberal divorce suits , A MIAMHI.ESH hOCIAI , ( .TJiTUV. In connection with this romes the subject of licensed prostitution and thu selling of girls by tholr parents to a life of blmmo , which has made Japan notorious the Chris tian world over. The subject , however , Is too largo a ono to be dealt with in a para graph , sufllcu It to nay that the evil , though modified by foreign influences , still exists to an ulurmln ? degree , and the Japanese plil of ttio town class would consider it a filial duty to obey her parents in case they made such a contract , and that Inttaoccs of virtuous girls going into houbcs of ill-fume to make money to support their fathers , make up many of the moat admired of the heroic stories of Japanese literature , Such a thing in Japan IB not respectable , but It Is not dishonorable , and the instances of virls leaving such fcer > vice and bccomltiK the wives of rcipectablo i case Comforter Calico , yard ; worth ; c. Red Twill Flannels a yard. Fine Dress Ginghams , * a yard , worth 12 0 Bleach Muck Toweling , 4 J c a yard , worth 8c. Ladies' Flannel Skirts , 6gc each , worth $ i. Two Gross Stamped Pillow Shams , aoc a pair , worth 5oc. lee Beaver Shawls , $1.39 each , worth $3.50. 75 Fine Double Shawls $2.50 , worth $5. Fawn Horse Blankets At $3 , worth $5. 100 doy.cn Turkish Bath Towels , each ; worth 25C. men and of moving in the good society' of Japan arc by no means uncommon. With the fallen Yum Yum , however , I have nothing to do in this letter. After she is married she is us a rule a good and a vir tuous wife , nnd if my eyes are worth any thing , I think with all of the customs against her she manages to rule her husband hero ns she docs the world Over. The evils of the Japanese social system 1 may speak of here after. There are undoubtedly many still. The picture has , I believe , been overdrawn , mid the statement that there are no virtuous women in the laud of the mikado is about as true ns that all Americans chew tobacco , and that their chief amusement is in spitting on the carpet. FRANK O. Ctiircxinu. Tliclr F rtuns. Gisscft's faml'uUtyirJnc. . Ho is but a fisherman , She an oyster-Heller : I well , I'll be , if I can , Their true fortune-teller. Ho had lost his heart to her Love has thrilled his lining ; And for him her pulses stir ; That is easy seeing , Ho is Jealous as the South , Uouud with Love's ] stern fetter1 ; Shn well , watch her ro c-bud mouth- She is little better. So they'll quarrel many n time , Quarrel till the morrow ; Then , like their own sunny clime , Joy will follow sorrow. Doubting , always loving still , They will pass together To the shore whcro comes no ill , Strife or angry weather. Simple tale you say this is , Lacking point or glory ; True , but myriad tales like this Make tlio wild world's ' story. UKMGIOUH. The Catholic population of Connecticut IB about two hundred thousand. The number of chapters of St. Andrews brotherhood is olllcially reported to bo . 'Ml. The Catholic Knyiew notes with rcgrofn decline In the practice of offering musses for the dead. The oldest Presbyterian preacher on the Pucitlo coast Is Hov. Dr. Keasoiicr , of Corn- vlllc county , Oregon , who is ninety years of ago. ago.Tho The Jesuits now laboring In the missions of that order number 2I77 : , according to the sta tistics of the Ktudes Ucligicuses. Of this number 1W3 ! arc priests , D'J'J ' teachers andGiiS coadjutors , The statistics of the Upper Iowa Method ist conference show l.TWI piobationorV-i-Wn members , lW ! local preachers , mil churches , valued ut 8JUl'.ll ( ! ' , aud IM parsonages , val ued nt1llui5. ) ( According to an article In the Now York livening Post , thcru is a marked decadence In the American branch of the Salvation Army , on account of the competition of cheap theatres and dime museums. Thu Hebrew Journal looks with disap proval upon the decree of the Utah supreme court dissolving the Mormon church and con- llscatlng its property , regarding it as a viola tion of the provisions of the United States constitution. The wealth of. church members In the United States , aa given in thu census of 1SV.I , was nlno billion of dollars. Their contribu tions annually for missions wns uu uvorago of ono-Blxteenth of u cent for ovcry dollar , or one dollar In every 1,5(1 ( , Very Ilov. Arthur J. Donnelly , St. Michael's church , Now York city , vicar gen eral of that diocese , has been raised by the popu to the dignity of domestic prelate in recognition of his services to religion. Thn distinction entitles Father Donnelly to thu rank of right roverened monsrigncur , A eood deal of amusement has been cre ated by the report that the University of CiiesBCu has conferred upon Prince Bismarck the title of doctor of divinity. Yet. why should It seem more uhMird to make a'1 ! ) . ! ) . " of a man who Is no theologian than to make ) uu "LL.U. " of a uiun won la no lauycr il For many years Harvard university con ferred the doqlorato of laws upon every Massachusetts governor , including some wlto probably knew less of lilackstono than Uis- uaarck does of Calvin. Sl.NGUl/AUlTlKS. F. L. Ames , of North Kaston , Mass. , owns a whltu orchard , the only specimen known of that particular specie. A feirtiile blackbird has boon presented to the menagerie in Central Park. It was taken on the steamer Moravia on her lust trip from Hamburg , whcu nearly 1,000 miles from the coast. A curious natural phenomenon Is to bo scon near Pittsburg. So str.mgoly damp has thu autumn been there that nature in places seems to have bacn deceived into believing thut March Is hero instead of Novombec. Near the Ohio violets are to bo found bloomIng - Ing in largo numbers , anil willow trees hav * put out new shoots und new leaves. Hov. ri. ICcarnoy , of Lubec , and Hov. Mr. Ilodgkins , of Perry , Mo. , while gunning on thu uhorc of the south side of the village , Tuesday afternoon , discovered what ap peared to be u sea serpent. It wau about fourteen feet long , and coui | > oscd of Joints ) about ono inch in thickness connect oil by sinews , and on the underneath side is a tin , uud to all appearance it is a sea serpent. In front of the provision store of ono Mc- Muhon , at Crescent beach , near lioston , numerous squashes were displayed thu other day. Haiu drops falling upon thorn from the electric light wires so charged the vegetables with electricity that McMahon , in handling one of the squashes , received a severe shock. Other persons tried to pick up the squashes , with the same result. Mollic Fauchor , lirooklyn's fasting girl , U again thought to bo ncaring her end. "For more than twenty years she has been , literally dying. For twenty-two yours baf- lled science has stood by her bed and watched. Kightccn montlm ago wise men of tliu profession said that the end had come . Since that time she has been in better health and spirits than at any time since her atrunga illness began. About a month ago , however , she began to full again.1 Her heart , which has been vnry weak for years , has becoino moro Involve * ) , ami not only does thu end seem Inevitable , but all about herrealbo that It will probably come very soon und very suddenly. She HCCH no ono , KIIVC her physician and nurse , and is exceedingly weak. " The Sago and the lm\vr < ; r. t ! A Lawyer who had n , very Important Case on Hitnd Wont to u Kn'o ( , uiul mild : "Oh , jrreut nnd wise 'man , toll my mo how I shall Appeal to the Jury 111 this Cuso In Order to Win UV" "Huvo you Knots to .Support you ? " asked the Hugo. "I linvo , but , nliis ! facts don'tgo any moro. " "How IH the Insanity Dod o ? " " 1'laycd out. " "Cnn'tyou work in PuthosV" "Thoro lias been too Much of it in the pust , oil , S.itfo. " "How'H 1'rovlous Oood Character ? " " .Alas ! my C'llunt has nono. " "And Kleptomania ? " "Ah ! sir , hut ho broke into a Dwell- In } ; ut Midnight , and inunt jut u n < nr Dod'u ( or lie will bo found tfnllty , " "Has the prosecution any witrieHsus ? " "J'hoy have the owner of tlio hotiho , who swears Positively to ray cliont'H iilontity. " "Then I'rovo to tlio jury that ho hus been htuno-bliml for the past tun yuura. " MOIAI : , : The Lawyer Won hi Cute , and the I'l'Isoner WHS Apolo Uud to wliuu sot ut Liberty. Mr. Fred Ward and his company played "Virginias" in Pittsburg last week In thele I raveling fcults , tholr wurdrobo having mis carried , The papers ulaim thu a'ldlencit adapted Itself to the circumstances butter than thn company. Klwin Dooth pluycj , "liiunlel" under tlio snno conditions neb lung au ° lu Stamford , Cotm.