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*HK POEMS HERE AT HOME. The poems here at home! Who'l l write'cm down Jes as they air—in country and I n town- Sowed thic k as clods is 'cros t th e fields and lanes , £r thes e 'er e littl e hop-toads whe n i t rains ? Who'll \voice \ 'em. as I heerd a felle r say 'At speechifie d on Freedom, t'othe r day . And soare d the Eagle tol , it 'peire d t o me , Bhe wasn't bigger ' n a bumble bee? Who'll sor t 'em out and set'em down , say s I , •Atf s pot a stiddy hand enough t o tr y To do'em justic e 'thout a-foolin ' some . And headin ' facts of f when they want to come ? Who's got the lovin' eye and hear t and brain To recko'niz o 'at nothitf - 'i s mado i n vain— 'At the Good Bein' made the bee s au d birds And brute s first choice, and u s folk s after ward? What we want, o s I sense It, i n th e line 0' petry , i s somspin' yours and mine— Bomepin ' with live-stock i n it , an d outdoors , And ol d crick-bottoms, snags an d syca mores. Putt weeds in—pizen-vines and underbresb , As wel l a8 johnny-jump-ups, al l s o fresh And sassy-like 1 and groun'-squir*ls—yes , and \We As sayin ' is—\We Us and Company! \ Amaranth's Investment. B Y HELEN WHITNEY CLARK. TEY ? What ? Go - in' t o buy th e ol d Brooke Hone- stcntl?\ asked Uncle P e 11 i a h Stubblefield. \Why th e girl's reg 'lar silly. That air land is all wore out. Won't grow n o t n i n ' 'ceptin ' sassafras sprouts, or wild chamomile!\ \A fool an'her money is soon ) parted,''remarke d Aunt Rubinn, sententiously. \Says sh e loves the ol e place an d i s bound t o keep i t from goin' to strang ers,\ observed Cousin Melissa Rrooko. The rural population of Pineyvillo township were mostly all either Stubble- Delds or Brookes, o r connected with them b y marriage. \An' sbe \s a -yoin ' to bring Ileub's •widder an' children Iroui th e city to live •with he r \ t Uncle Pelti.'ih looked amused. \Fine livin' it'll be i n that old ram shackle of a house,\ he chuckled. \Amaranth aliu s was hard -headed,\ groaned Aunt Kubina, who was n stout woman with a large flabby face an d blue eyes, with white eyelashes. \But I wash my hands of 'em. II sh e wants to Eaddle herself with Reub 's fam'ly, sh e needn't look to me fo r help.\ \It's my 'pinion Sylvester Smallcy will hev somethm t o say about it,\ smirked Cousin Melissa, with a craft y look. And s o the gossiping tongues wagge d on, and all because Amaranth Brook e chose t o invest the fe w hundred dollars bequeathed t o her by a distant relative in buying back the old homestead, where ehe had frolicked away her childhood days in care-fice happiness. But Amaranth gave little heed to their meddlesome gossip. She ha d fought her own battle s since the deathof Grand fathe r Brooke left her alone an d unpro tected, with little or no assistance from the relatives who were now so free with their advic e and unfriendly criticisms, nnd sh e wa s determined to manage her affairs in he r owu way. Bnt i n regard to Sylvester Smalley the Ciise was diflercut. He wa s her be trothed lover, and would of course ex pect to be consulted i n her affairs. And Bylvestcrdid have something to say, a s Cousin Melissa had predicted. Amaranth had been looking over he r prospective purchase, and wa s on her way home, when he overtook he r an d at once broached the subject. \No us e t o throw your money away on that ol d rubbishy place,\ h e told her . \You can't raise a crop there, an ' I wouldn't take it a s a gift. An' your money, witn what little I've got , would build u s u nice, snug house on that forty acres father giv e nit, an' help t o stock the farm besides Then we could be married an' go right to housekeeping. Will you, Amaranth?\ He looked a t her tenderly, an d for a moment Amaranth felt almost tempted -to give up her plans and ambitions aud accept hi s offer. Tney were loitering slowly homeward nnd had paused a t the old stile, where a BCarlet -flowered trumpet-vine showered its gorgeous trophies at their feet. \Say yes!\ urced Sylvester. And Amaranth felt her determination weakening. \But—but there's brother Reuben 's wife and the children!\ sh o faltered \They ar e quite destitute, an d have n o one to look to but me.\ Sylvester lrowned. \Let Reub's wife look ou t for her self I \ he returned gruffly \I dare say thor's orphan 'sylums i n the city wher e the young un e would be took care of.\ Aramanth's cyce flashed scornfully at him ns sh e drew herself up with offended dignity. \Brother Reuben's children shall Dover go t o the asylum while I live!\ ehe fleclared indignantly. Afte r a fe w more words their troth was broken. Sylvester stalked moodilf on hi s way, while Amaranth, with u pnng of sore disappointment a t he r heart, turned toward the grayston e farm house, where she earned a small stipend over he r board by doing the housework for a family of six . The broke n engagement offered fresh food for gossip among the Brooko an d Blubblcficld kith and kin, but Amiirouth was not t o be turned lrora her course by thei r censures and criticisms. The old homestead was bought and paid for To be sure the soil was rocky ind sterile, and the dwelling in need of repairs. The orchard trees—what was left of them— were gnarle i and bent , and the fences and outbuildings i n a sad state of dilapidation. It was really scarcely worth th e small mm asked for it, but Amaranth had de termined to buy it , and buy i t she did. An ancient cow and a half-decrepit pony were included io the sale. And after the house had been treated ' to a few repaiisand u thorough cleaning, brother Reuben's latnily wer o released from their uncongenial quarters in the city and comfortably installed thirein . . Mrs. Reuben—a meek little woman. with no moro idea of supporting heraeU than n canar y bir d might Have—-wa s ye/ a good housekeeper, and willingly under took tho management of domestic affairs, while Amaranth' gave her attention t< the raising of poultry and garden vego tables. And th e children grew round a butterballs, romping under the gnarlj old apple trees or playing hide-nnd-seel among th o tall sunflowers and holly hocks that nodded in the dooi-yard. Later on . Amaranth earned a few do l lars each wee k b y the sale o f her pr o duce at the little village o f Pineywooc Centre, whic h wa s scarcely a stone ' throw from he r back pesture-bars. B u with al l he r industry and economy, sh> found i t a hard matter to provide ta herself and th e helpless ones dopendinj on her, an d there were times when shi really fancied th e wolf was already a her door. The family connections held them selves aloof from her , and stil l continue/ their direful predictions. Sylvester Smalloy took particulai pleasuro i n driving past the house, with Nancy Maria Stubblefield, to whom h' had transferred his attentions, seate d beside him in his spring buggy. But n o one offered a helping hand and Amaranth wa9 beginning to feel i tremor of despair, whe n something hap pened whic h n o one—certainly no 1 Amaranth—had ever dreamed would come to pass. It was nothin g more nor less than th e building of a branch railway from th t \Ozirk Lead an d Zinc\ mines to a poinl on the Mississippi River some three miles beyond Pinoyville Centre. The nearest route, according to su r vey, la y directly across ono side ol Amaranth's estate, au d she readily a c cepted the offer of tw o hundred dollar! from the minin g company fo r this small portion of he r \worn out\ farm land. But the tide of prosperity did not-stoj here. Roger Alden, the young surveyor, who had laid ou t th e new railroad, sug gested Piney/ille Centre a s the most convenient point for the smelting work s to be erecte d by th e mining company. And s o th e sleepy little village waked up oue Hue mornin g t o find itsel f i n th e midst of a most unexpected \boom.\ Car-loads of lumber and other build ing material soon arrived, and ere long the sound of tho hammer and saw wa s hcurd i n th e laud. Tents were pu t u p for the temporary use of workmen bu t were soon su p planted b y mat cottages. Mercantile buildings an d supply stores tollowed, l streets were laid out,churches and school ; houses were erected, r.su the farmer wh o flocked lu for miles around, tempted b j this new market for their \truck looked wit h wonde r a t the flour ishing town, which ha d spung up, like Aladdin's palace, from the very wilder ness. Adjacent farms, which the owner. 1 would have gladly sold fo r ten dollars an acre but a short time ago, no w brought moro than te n times thai amount. Amaranth, though offered a high price, refused t o part wit h he r property on any terms. B y th e advice o f the young surveyor, however, sh o wa s induced to lay out a portion of he r farm, fronting the railroad, in tow n lots, which were eagerly purchased a t a satisfactory valu ation, aud th e \Brooke addition\ soon ranked a s th e most desirable residencj portion of Pinoyville Centre. And Amaranth found herself , if not wealthy, a t least comfortabl y situated. A stout hired hand attended t o th e farm work now . The worn-out meadows and corn fields were redeemed from theii impoverished condition. The antiquated cow was supplanted b y a small herd of Jerseys. The decripit pony was \pen sioned off\ o n th e fattest ot pastures, while a span of \matched bays\ drew the new carryall, when Amaranth, or Mrs. Reuben an d he r children, took an airing. The discomfited relatives, who had all but boycotted Amaranth i n the dark days, now discovered that \blood wa s thicker than water,\ nnd hastened to make friendly overtures. And Sylvester Smalley, who had not yet succeeded in building on the piter- nal forty actes, abruptly ceased hi s attentions t o Nancy Maria and cast longing eyes toward th o thrifty cora fields and well tilled barns o f the old homestead. Long since ba d he repented of hi s shortsightedness, an d after some skillful manceuvering h e one da y succeeded in meeting Amaranth face t o face, at tho old stile. \She'd a rose la her bonnet, and oh! she looked sweet As tho little pink flower that grows in thf wheat.'' and Sylveste r felt that he must win he r at all hazards. He advauced with outstretched hands. \Did yo u really think I meant to give you up, Amaranth?\ he asked, re proachfully, But she drew coldly back. \Give me up?\ Certainly! You gave me up long ago,\ sho returned. \But I didn't mean itl I—I own I was a fool. Amaranth,\ he stammered, desperately, \but I alius intended t o come back an ' marry you. An' 'tain't too late yet . Only name the day, an' I'm yours!'' But Amaranth smiled a s she glanced beyond him t o a tall figure which wa s rapidly approaching . \Very much obliged, I'm sure,\ sh e replied, demurely; \but I have prom ised to be Roge r Alden' s wife, and th e day i s already named . Here comes Roger now Will yo u sta y and be in troduced?\ But, with a disappointed scowl, Syl vester slunk away. A Fish lliat Jluilils Houses. In Lake Nyassn, Africa, there is o curijus little black tisli which builds n breeding house every year. In the bottom mud of th e lake i t scoops out a basin two o r three feet i n diameter, heaping up th e mu d removed from the hole s o a s t o form a wall nround th e margin. I n this lake within a lake this queer little fish erects a mud house about fourteen inches ncros s at th e bottom, rapidly comin g t o a point io the shape of a broad cone. A hole about four inches in diameter, always on the south side, serves as a n opening for egress and ingress. A dried specimen of this queer piscatorial domicile pre served i n th e Riyal Museum at Berli n has two doors nnd a mud wall separating the \dwelling\ into two rooms.— Now York News. SAVAGE ATHLETES. 6IE*:RA. MADRB INDIAVS THAT RUN LIKE JACK RABBITS. The total product of ry e in the Stats- of Kansas is reported at 4,042,6J^ bushels: nf harlev. 3.842.054. Men, \Women and Children Sprhit- A \Wooden Ball Used as a Pace maker—A Hundred-and-Tweik- ty-MIlo Race. I N the heart of the Sierra lladro Mountains of Old Mexic o ar e In dians whose name means foot \foot- runners,\ and who are probably tho Oest race o f long-distance runners left in :bo world— runner3 who ca n perform feits equal to those of the best of the Md Greeks and Romans. The tribe oc cupies a strip of territory along the Doundary line between the State s of Dbihuahua and Sinaloa, and number ibou t 15,009 all told. The first one we net was the mail carrier, who made laily trips between Guarichic and San lose de los Crtices, a distance of fifty miles of as rough and precipitous moun- ;ain roads a s ever tried a mountaineer's lungs and limb3. This Indian was bare- ieaded and barelegged, hi s entir e suit :onsistin g o f about three yards of nar row cloth woven out of goat's hair. On his back was a mail sack that with Its contents weighed some forty pounds. This was supported by a strap across his !orehead,and another across his chest.LI e :ame trotting down the hill smoking a sigarette, and moving a s easily aud gracefully as i f just starting out , instead if having some twenty miles already t o Ms credit that morning. A s he reached '.he leveler ground i n the valley he dropped a ball about the size of a base ball on the ground, and catching i t deftly on his toes, gave i t a throw for ward and raced afte r i t with th o speed 3f a deer, picking i t up on hi s toes and throwing it forward again without i n the least, s o far as I could see , checking hi s speed at all. As he overtook u s the ball was placed in his armpit, and he trotted llong by tho side of the mules chatting juite socially. I learned that the T.iuri M mrio were i race of runners, that thei r very name characterized them a3 a race of Mercj-' •ys, and every man and boy and most of .he girls carried one o f the wooden balls with them everywhere, tucked under : u irnipits until they were i n a hurry, tueu it wa s thrown forward, and away the owner rushed after it . It wa s thei r way of keeping in training all the time,and of hurrying themselves over the ground. The ball is made of h-trd wood aud i s about the size of a baseball, but some heavier. It i s always throwu from^the toes aud never by the hand, but just how they throw it I cannot describe, writes a correspondent to the dic_,j Inter Ocean. No one but a contortion ist i n our land i s supple enough t o imi tate them. The bal l is caught o n top of the foot and balanced a n instant, nnd then thrown, not pitched, by n n inde scribable twist of tho leg . They see m to use the leg with n s much vigo r and to throw the bal l with a s mucu forc e and fur a s often a s one of Anson's colts wnu.d using his arm. They pic k i t up with the skill of our 'iest short stops. In short distance racing they have the genuine professional stride, something that I had never seen among the Indian racers. - In long distance running they bound and leap along like s o many deer. The courier said that there was t o be a great race between two rival towns i n two days, and that if we hurried our mules we would get there i n time, a s i t was onl y sixty miles ahead. We hurried, ind witnessed a sight that seemed like a bit out o f old Spartan days. It was at the Indian villag e of G uachio- chic, about 180 miles wes t of the town of Jimenez, on th3 Mexican Centra l Rail road. All ot the best runners of that place were pitted against those of the rival pueblo of Zapuri, a little hamlet i n the bottom o f a huge canyo n a little farther west. Guachiochic lies i n a valley about three miles wide and fifteen long, a s beautiful a s a private park. The great mountain reaching up to the snow line, tho velvety grass of the park, more like a lawn than a wild pasture, the rude In dian village o f pole and bark hut, the tropical foliage and the wild untamed looking Aztecs made a scene not soo n t o be forgotten and unrivaled in it s pict- uresqueness. The Tauri Mauri s are long-limbed and slender, giving the im pression o f being above the average height. There i s scarcel y any muscl e on their puny arms, but their chests ar e deep, their back9 broad and thei r limbs as trim and muscular a s a greyhound's. The y look as i f created for speed. In the afternoon they asked me t o look jver the course. To my astonishment I found i t was twelve miles long and that the circuit was to be made te n times . A royal race, indeed, of 120 miles. The race was to be run i n the night and con- jluded in the cool of the next afternoon. About 5 o'clock i n the afternoon everything was ready. The track, known to every one, began i n th o village and tan across the plain to the opposite side of the valley, then around and around ;he valley , coming through the town tach time, the finish being tb o strafght- iway course back across the valley on ;he line on which they started. Ten ithletes stood on the right side of cue plaza and ten on the left, each having a oall. Each was dressed onl y i n native ;ruuks of goat's cloth. At the word, both balh were thrown forward and tho twenty bounded forward ,n a way that would ta x a bicyclis t to seep up. I thought thut such a hurst of spee d would soon tire them out , but it wa s meant only for tho start of throe miles straight away across the valley; and before reaching tho other side the runner s began cutting off the corners and racing ahead on the oval course s o as t o receive nnd carry o n the hall of their party. The bal l was pitched for ward by the foot of the first o n that side to reach it, and i f a rivil could reac h it first it wa s promptly thrown back o n the course. The object was to get the ball around the prescribed course, n o matter how, s o long as i t was touched onjy by the feet of tbe players. To touch i t with the hand was to lose all bets. Tripping, crowding, and all the roujh work of our footballists were permitted to prevent an opponent from reaching o r throwing the ball. Runners were per mitte d to cut across tho valley a t a jog trot and s o be ready to receive tho ball as i t came along and then spurt with it . Umpires nnd judges were stationed all alon g the circuit to se e that tbe ball was kept along the designated track. By 7 o'clock the moon came up and the valley wa s nearly as light a s day. Yell s a s fierce a s any that greeted the soldiers at Pine Ridire or an audieoce n t Yale crreetod ' tho bronzo Btag g of Giinchiochic a s he hurled the wooden sphere, through the plaza, 100 feet ahead o f tho hal l from Zapuri o n tho first trip around the valley. It was impossible to sleep, the enthu- Biasm was to o great, as wo gathered around the camp fire and listened to the , disputes of the riva l factions, and list ened to the shouts from the player s afar off, and a s they drew near greeted them with yells that left us hoarse fo r several days afterward. Fur into th e forenoon they ran, but in a littl e less than fourteen hours the balls had made the prescribed number of trips aroun d the valley, and four run ners on on e side and three on tbe other wero coming a t the top o l their speed over tho last three miles ot grassy lawn toward the goal. A line was drawn in the dust ncross the street at the edge of the pluz a nnd th o crowd gathered bac k waiting the victors. On the y came, and as the y rushed toward u s i t was impossible t o say whjeb would win , but as one runner from each side reached tho hills, one failed to catch hi9 fairly o n his loot while going at full speed and his throw was weak; but the other, catching his fairly, gave a grent bound aud twisting his le g ns if i t were an arm, hurled the bal l fair an d square over the line and over our heads, Zapuri had wo n by a hundred feet. How the crowd yelled, and how wc yelled with them, nnd how th o reekin g victors were praised and petted as they sat down to divide their winnings. Soon after a shor t race only about te n miles was laid ou t around the town an d a race run b y th o girls o f the two pueb los. How they di d run nnd how they sent that bal l spinning, tho bronze Diana s ol Guachiochic winning and thereby soften ing the defeat of their dusky brothers and lovers . If some o f those interested in trials of speed and endurance want some record-beaters, both i n endurance and spurting for short distances, the y can do n o bette r than t o giv e somu Tauri Mauris a chance to se e the World's Fair. Tlio Black Hole of Middle Mo uitaTu. Up until about the mid lie of April , 1890, the \Black Hole of Middle Mountain\ wa s on e of the bes t kuowu of Virginia's natural curiosities, th e Natural Bridge , of course, always excepted. Tue Black Hole wa s a natural well about twenty feet in diameter, situated a t the foot of Middle Mountain on the farm o f A U. Slitliug- tou i n Pocahontas County. I t \was of unknown depth and was locally believed to be poisonous from tbe fact that cat tle, horses au d other nnimils i n common refused t o drink of the wnter although almost famishing from thirst Black • iole Ins been known since a t least 10 0 years before th e opening of the Revolu tionary War, and was given the name it bore because its waters looked as blac k us ink, even though the eyes of the be holder were no t more tlia u two feet dis tance from its surface. When dipped out by the cup , pail or barrelfu l it ap peared a s clear as crystal, the original coa l black appearance being a phenome non never satisfactorily accounted for. At about the time mentioned in the opening, Black Hole, which had stood with it s waters n t a uniform level for two centuries of white man s history (during which time the water line ha d never i n the least been affected b y flood or drought, suddenly disappeared. On e Vnruer, who lives on tbe Slitlington farm, was th e first t o discover nn d an nounce what was considered a neighbor hood calamity. He had went to salt the cattle whic h usually congregated m the shade around tbe brink of the pool, and was amazingl y astonished to rind that tbe old \bottomless well\ had sud denly become a thing o f tho past . It s waters had suddenly become a thing of the past. It s waters bad been myster iously drained, it s sides had fallen i n nnd Black Hole had truly \perished off the face and ou t of the depths of the earth.\ For a good account of Black Hole se e Home9 's \History « f Vi r ginia.\—St Louis Republic. Millions of Squirrel Tnih. A good deal of uncertainty seem s t o picvail a s t o th e likely supply or soul skins, but a recen t feature i n th e fu r trade i s the liberal resort to the us e of tails of animals which at one time were regarded a s being o f very second-rate importance. The most urgent demun.l for tails would appear to be in th e in stance of ermine. But the point only, being jet black, is inserted, after the well-known fact of their introduction, a t intervals—in icalty, the ermine trim mings of the sovereign and royal family not actually consisting o f tbe tail of th e ermine, but of the paws of the black Astrakhan! lamb o r other suitable black fur. Squirrel tails arc, however, largely used, and ono o r two millions of tnese find their way annually into the market, as well a s martens' tails, which really make a beautiful fur . The musquas h tail i s also a large article of commerce, the musquash skin itsel f being, perhaps, tho best nntural low-priced fu r that finds it s way int o our market, and fnt superior i n poin t of wear to the dyed rabbit skins that are sold in b'ack an d brown lustercd goods familiar tu trade —New York Advertiser. A Four Footad Hi ch 'iirr I'o.f. A gentleman with a handsome eo,uip age, followed by a fine .English mastiff, drove up i n front of a Cincinnati hosteiry the other da y and jumping from ni? buggy, snappe d tbe hitch strap int o th e ring o f the ho-so's bit and then placed the other en d of tbe strap i n tne mouth of the mastiff, which by this time had sea'ed himself on the curbstone. Tuere the mastiff sa t like & statute of stone holding the strap securely while his master went in t o \see a man.\ O n th e gentleman's exit the do.r yielded up the strap and the gentleman drove off closely fotlcwcd b y th e faithful four-legged lackey. —Cincinnati Tunes -Star. India-is Ar e Not Daiuly En'ers. In regard t o Indian cookinir and w at nnd how they eat, General Wesley Mer- ritt, i n command of the Dakota Division , had this t o say : \When the Indians have time they cook their meats well done, but i f i u a hurry retreating the y will kill a horse o r n cow and eat the flesh raw. A hungry Indian is no t choice at all a s t o how his meat should bu cooked. He simply desires quan tity. They eat everything about a beef except his hoofs and horns. They havo splendid digestive organs, and fe w suffer from dyspepsia.\—New York Commercial Advertiser. A SLANDERED LAND. TALMAGE PRAISES ' THE CZAR. Russia Not the Place of Darknes« and Brutality That Ii's Painced,. Rev Dr Tnlraag e o n Sunday fulfilled his promise that he would again speak of his visi t to Russia and correc t many wrong im pression s concerning tha t empire and it s rule r He took fo r hi s text II . Peter, ii -10 : \Presumptuous ar o they , self-willed, they ire not afrai d t p spea k evi l of dignities.\ Amid a most reprehensible crew, Peter her e paints by one strok e the portrait of those who delight t o s.as h at people in au- Ihority Now we al l have a right to criti - :is e evil behavior, whether in high places o r low , but the fact that one i s high up is no proo f that ne ought t o b e brought down. I t Is a ba d streak o f human nature now, a s i t was in the time o f th e tex t a bad streak of human nature, th.i t succes s of any kind ex- :ite s the jealous antipathy of those who cannot climb the same step . Out o f this evi l spiri t grows not only in dividual hut. national and international defamation. To no country has more in justic e been done ihan t o our own in days | lha t ar c past . Long befor e \Martin Chuzzle- wit \ was piinted, th e literatur e of the world scoffe d a t everything American There i s a siste r natio n on the other sid e of the wa now going through the process o f inten.ntioiial defamation There i s no country on eart h s o misunderstood a s Russia , and no monarch more misrepre- rente d than it s Kmperu t I f the slander o f on e person i s wiiked then the slander o f I2li,(i00,000 people is 120.000,000 times more wicked You as k how i t i s possibl e that such ap palling mil-representation s of ftussia could Hand ? 1 account fo r i t b y the fact that the Ku^mn language is tu mos t an impassable wall . Malign the United Stales or malign 'Jreat Bri t an o r Grrm.uiy u r France nnd by th e next cablegram ilie- falsehood i s exposed fo r we al l understand English, and many of our |Ocple ar e familia r with German an d I-'rtnc h Hu t t lie Russian language, beautiful and ea-. y t o tlio=e born to speak it , ,s t o must \t't-a! urgan s a n unpronounceable (iigui - and if at St IVler-burg o r Moscow an v unl i Russian calumny were denied, the most o f the » orl d outsid e o f Russia would nevp r si-? o r hear thedenial \\ hu t ar c the motives fo r misrepresenta tion' Commoriiiil interest s and internation al jea'oii'-l v Russi a l- a s larg e us al l the | rest of Kuropeput together Remember tha t a nat on is only a man u r a woman on a i>ig na'ii 1 bethought myself Do the people i n A 'nercali Id the <.'(n eminent a t \\ ashing- 'o n responsible fu r th e Homestead riot s a t I'.'tsburg . or fo r roili'ia d insurrections, o r for th e torch o f th e v 1 lit:ti that consumes a bloc k o f Initi^e\ ur fo r th e ruilians who ar . rest a rea l triu n making the passengers hulil up he urn:- unti l the pockets ar e juiHinl' Whv, thi -n. h il <l the ivnperor uf Russi a t.hoisus unp'i-sive and gi-nia l a tiiun a< I have eve r look c i i n o r talked with, responsible for the wrongs enacted in a nation with a populatio n twice as larg e i n til.inber s the millions of America' Would yo' i individually prefe r t o b e judged by s< u r faults or your \irtiics' Al l neople,ex cep t ourselves, liuvi- Units. It i s mos t important Hint thi s country have right idea s concerning Russia , for , among all the nations thi s sid e of heaven, Russia is America s bes t frien d There has not bee n n n hour i n th e last 7 r i years that the shipwreck of fre e institution s i n America would not have ralledlfort h f o u al l thedes- poiisms ol Kuropeaml As m a shout of gladness wide a s eart h and deep as perdi tio n Hu t whoever eK e failed us ltussia nevei did , and whoever els e was doubtful, Russi a never was . There i s a vas t real m of Uusila n s yet un occupied . I f the population of the res t o f Europe were poure d int o Russia , i t woula b e only p.irtiall v occupie d After awhile America will b e s o wel l populated that the lide s o f emigration wil l go Hie other way. and by railroads from Russia at Bering Strails—where Asia comes within 36'miles o f joining America—millions o f people wil l pou r down through Russi a nnd Siberia, and o n down through ni l th e regions waiting fo r tb e civilization o f th e next centurv to come an d culture grea t harvest s and build mighty rilie s \Wha t tb e I'nite d Statei now are oh th e Western hemisphere, Russia will be on th e Eastern hemisphere And n w I procee d t o what I told the Em- f iero r and tbe Empress an d ni l the imperial amily at the Palac e o f Peterhof what I would do i f I eve r go t bac k t o America, and tha t i s to answer some of the calumnies which have been announced and reiterated and stereotyped ngnins t Russia. Calumny the First . The Emperor and al l the imperial faiuilv ar e i n perpetual dread o f assassination ^ly answer to this i s tha t 1 never saw a fac e more free from worri- nient thnn the Emperor's face . He ride s through the street s unattended, except b y the Empress a t hi s sid e and the driver on the box There i s not a person in thi s audience more fre e from fea r of ha-m than he is . His subjects not only admire him, but almost worship him. There are cranki I n Hussia , but have w e not had our Charles Cuitenu nnd John Wilkes Booth? But i s not the Emperor an autocrat\' By which you mean, has h e not power enough without re-tnotion' ' Ye« . bu t i t al l depend\ upon what use a man makes of his power Are you an autocrat i n yr.u r factory, o r a n nutocrn t i n your store , o r an autocrat i n your style of business' Calumny tlieSecon d I f you go toRussia you ar e un-ie r the severes t espionage, stopped her e nn-1 questioned iherp , and in danger o f nrre«t But my opinion i s that i f n man if disturbe d i n ltusjt a it :s becaus e he ought t c b e disturbed Russi a is th e onlv country i n Europe in which mv haggafe wa« not exam ine d I caTied i n my hnnd tied together with n cor d so thn t thei r title s could be seen , eight o r ten books, al l of them cursine Russia but I bad no troubl e i n taking with me the books. There i s len times more difficult y i n getting your bairgng e through the American Custom House than through the Russian Cnlnniny Hi e Thir d Russia and it s mlei ar e s n opposed to itn v other Teligion. except the Greek r e icion, thn t they wil l not allow nnv other religion tbn t nothing bnt p\rsp- cution and imprisonment nnd outrage intol erabl e nwaitthe disciple s of any other r e hgion But whnt ar e th e facts' X hud a long rid e i n S r Petersbur g and i' s suburbs with the Prefect , a brillian t efficien t and lovely man who is th e hlgnest officia l in the city of S t Petersbur g and who*\ chief business i s t o attend th e Emocror I siii d t r him \ I suppose your religio n is that ot the Creek church''' \Vo sai d he. 'I nm n Lutheran \ What is your reliirion' ' ) sai d to one of the highes t nnd most influen tia l oflicin' s a t St . Petersburg . He said • I nm o f the Clm c h nt K-iglan d ' Myself, n n American o f stil l another denomination o f Christinns . nnd never hnving been inside n Greek church i n my life until I went to Russia , could not have received more con sideratio n had I bee n bip t ze d in the Orcek Church I had i t demonstrated to me verv plninly thnt a man's religio n i n Russia has nothing t o do with hi s preferment for either offic e o r socia 1 positio n ( nlumnv the Fourt h Russia is so very grasping o f territor y and she seems tn want the world. But wlin t nr c the fact- ? Dunnu • ihe las t century and a quarte r the I'nited r'Stnte have t.skc n possessio n o f everything between tbe*Tliirlee n Colonie s and the Pa cific Ocean, and Englnnd. during the same length of time, hns taken' possession o f nearly 300,0 0 ).00 0 squar e miles, and by tbe extent of her domain ha s added 250 ,000,000 population, while Russi a has added during tha t time onlv ore-half o f tho number o f square miles and nbop t 18,000,00 0 of popu lation , against England's advance of domain by 250,000.000 . Calumny the Fifth. Siberia I s a den o f horrors , and to-dn y peopl e ar e driven lik e dumbcattle;no trial i s nfTor'e d the suspected ones ; they nr e put i n quick-silver mines, where they ar e whipped and starved nnd some day find themselves going around I without any head. Bu t what arc Th e facts ; | There ar e no kinder peopl e on earth tha & th o Russians, nnd to most o f tbem, cruelty Is nn impossibility Siberi a i s the prison o f Russia , a prison more than twice the size o f th o United States. John Howard,'-who did more for the improvement of prisoners and the reformation of criminals than any man that ever lived, his name a synonym for merc y throughout Christendom, decland by voice and pe n thnt tlie'systcm of transporta tion of criminals from Russia to Siberia wasan admirable plan, advocating open ai r punishment rather than endungeonment , and also because It wa s taking all offenders hundreds of miles away from their evil companions . , Russia i s the only country o n earth from which the death penalty has been driven except i n case of high 'treason. Murderers and desperate villlans are sent to th e hard est parts of Siberia, but no man is sen t t o Siberia o r doomed t o any kind of punish ment until he has n fair trial. After being In Siberia awhile, the condemed go to earn ing a livelihood, and they como to ow n their own farms, and orchards an d vine- yards.many of the people coming to wealth, tod thousands o f them under no induce ment wouu l leav e those parts ofSiberi* which are paradise s fo r salubrity an d lux uriance. But how about the knout, tbe cruel Rus. sifin knout that comes down on th e bare back of agonized criminals? Why , Russia abolished the knout before it was abolished from the American navy. But how about tbe political prisoners hustle d off to Siberia? According t o the testimony of the most cel ebrated literar y enemy o f Russia on ly 44i political prisoners were sen t to Siberia in 20 years. How many political prisoners did we put i n prison pens during our four years of Civil War? \Well I guesaat least 100,000. CHILDREN'S FASHIONS. BOW TO ENTERTAIN A JfVENII.K I'AllTV CRACK* Kit 1IOMIONB A SPECIALTY. Fashions fo r children thi s autumn ar e dresse d in warm pelisses, made with ful l sleeve s shirred into narrow wristbands , and having over the shoulders a little cap e o r colle t outlined with fur The favorit e head gea r appears t o be soft.long-haired fel t hats , trimmed will wind mill sai l hows o f Tartan ribbon , velvet or satin antique o r moleskin plush Some of them ur e tie d under tbe chin i n a funny littl e coquettish bo w Dark gree n cloth seems t o b e a favorit e colo r and material fo r littl e g rls . while th e boy s stil l appea r i n the true blue dear t o th e heart s o f th e jolly .Inc k Tars. Mothers, i f you can aftor d it, let your daughters give a juvenile part y thi s winter i t i s u fatigue t o the hostess bu t it i s n rea ] jo y t o the tiny guests, a s wel l n s t o th e children of the htm^ The little ones trtlb tibi-ut their \ :i t c s t<.r wi-eks befnre it cmne! oil am i i i - r ju y s re oublul if they (in allowed t o lmv*» a 1 am i in th e sending oui of th e im itat:« ns. Jl di.ne in n |«rt'tenlu»u. way the invitation** are per ernlly sent out i t the name of the children am i the prettiest lon« note paper employed for the purpose or th e damte't nf * \ t home\ cards uith a colored picture at one corner Th e guests arrive pnnetnallv a t a children s afternoon partv and the little one s are given tea at a 'ong table the daughter* of th e hoie-e «»t nursemaid, pouring on' tea and cofT**c at either en d I h e t.ib e i-* i-f/verrd with plates uf bread aud butter and various kind\ ol nike« an d «*\vpeN, ami i at ker bonbons are [\'jced ijc-nle the pate 1 *. Th e i hildret Ja: ce o r phiv ;*:irne** while their elders area' tea A : paitie-tgiven dining the ('hmtnm' holidays a di-tnii'ition of presents occupies an important place m the prognmmc. anC they ar e generally given at the. end of tin evening in some prett y an d novel fas! ion Light reireshments are given in tho dining room lefore the rhddren take leave-lemon ode, cake*, sandwiches an d chrvstulizeC fruns Dfiiig the usua l refreshments given Crack*-*• Honbons should not ho forgotten the rxplo* v e cracker s being to the litth onei what champagne is to their ciders Muising the shy i st natures to unben.t un dcr lln -ir inspiriting influence. PROMINENT PEOPLE. TUB Pope's jubilea wil l ociur In 189 i TENNYSON' S flrut book was publishe d In 1SS0 . H'niTELA W REID says he wil l retir e fro m puoli e lit e QUEKN VICTORIA has altogether take n 417 a^i iculturu l prizes . THE Duke o f Marlborough's life was in sur e i to r $1,U0J,03D . QOEEV VICTORIA will spen d tb o winte r mouths ueur Pisa , i n Italy. Go'.'Ei'.voit PATTISOX , oi Pennsylvania , co.uettni. s adiress-s Sunday-scaoo.s. MA«K TWAIN - has settlel down fo r th e winter , wit i a'n family, at Florenc.*, ltily. JUSTIC E L. Q C. LUIAR i s sufferin g from a sbgnc stroke paralysis at \Vash1u3ton. (iovcKXOj t RUSSELL, o f Massachus;tt3 , wi u iinv s a salary o( thi s yeur , iujtsa' i o t 2' JJO'J, as heretofore. LILLIAN EMERSON , widow o f Uilph Waldo Einer.-ou , the poer , died i u Coucoi-J, Mas*. , a tew dayd ago, aged ninety yeard . GLADSTON E wil l bt present i n th e Britis 1 ! Houie ot Com-nons only waen Importan t measures aro under consideration , Oy ilnckav. the California millionaire , i t lio s oea n wittily sail* \He i s a iniu you woul d lik e t o Know i f he were nst no.\ KNCTE NELSON, the Governor-elec t o t Min nesota , was born i n Norway, a n 1 was sh i year s ol d wben he cim i t o thi s country . CORPORA L JAMES TANNER, o t Brooklyn , ha s bee n appointed Julgj Alvjcito Gen era l u f th e G, A, K , uy Cooimiador-lu- L-hief iVeiisert . MRS. MCKEE, daughter o f th s President , is t o rer.iai u at tne WUite House , presidin g 111 oe r inotner' s s:ead . Russel l Harriso n an J «il« wil l als o livj there. LIIAI'LAI N J . H . HEUSET, afte r a year' s servic e ou ih 2 Portsmouth, tins bee n com pelle d t o resign irom ths uavy o n account o f repeate d an J uuco.iquemblo saasic^uoji . tu. HENRY A. SLADE, the spiritualisti c medium, tneJ for fraud, i s o n tttd verg e o f insanity. He i s at tue Bamaritau Hospital , iu Sioux City , Iowa, penniless an d friend less. REPRESENTATIV E CCRTIS, on e o f th e Con - gressiueu-eiec from Kansas, b3£a u life, a s a hors 9 jockey, and by turm Has sine.) bee n a'busdr.vdr, notol porter and lawyer. He is an Indian half-breed. EADERKWSICC, the rnuiiciao, usuall y prac tice s from 1 0 n'clocl c i n t'joevenlu; unti l 3 o'cloc k i n the morning, and then sleep s un til noon. Before playiu^ he always hold s h. s h-ind s i u lot water for ten minutes . CAPTAI N ILLINE, whoso death ha s jus t bee n reported lrom Russia, commanded \th e tirnole battery,\ whicu undo suc h havoc at Stsbsstopol . Tolstoi ha s Imraor - tahz-dtbis uattery in his work o n .h o oper ation s i n taat siege. AFTZR one of the hardest \knockouts \ any Wal l street operator ove r rocolve d \Jim\ Keane is again the acknowledged leade r o f speculation in the street . Fo r tb o thir d time in his history the Callforula a i i again rated as a multi-millionaire. BISBO P W. H. MJLES, senior BisUopo f th a Colore u -vieibodls e Episcopal Cuurc h I n America, dial at his home in Louisville , Ky., a few days since . Tbe Bisho p was a Kentuckian, and he at all times enjoye d th a confidenc e o f the whlt's.as wol l an thos e of hi s own race. He was the organise r o f hi s church and a bishop twenty-two years, preache d more than forty yean an d wai sixty-fiv e years ot age. THE REALM OF FASHION. •WHAT TO WEAK AND HOW THEY\ MAKE IT. Oapes and Cloaks. The Eioh Styles of' Oat Door Garments Now in Fashion. TYLE in outer gar ments fo r winter is various. Capes aro much prettier than jackets when worn- over a fushionnblo- gown I noticed tho - hideous effect of a full dress sleevo squeezed into Oi jacket, which, al though of the Intcst cut.and v\ ith nrrjpl o wide s U eves.lookedi rositively grotesque- and quite spoilt tho pretty figuie of tho wearer A rape like the one i n the initial picture would havo been better The other illustration depicts one of tho fur-trimmed, full-length cloaks of the latest fashionable shapes Tbe out-door garments fo r this senion ar e very elepnnt in style. Tho handsomest mnntlts are of block silk plush- o r rich velve t raadp up with silk passemen- terieorfur Sometimes all these materials- are used together , a s in the case illustrated. MI 1 ;$mix_^ n I Tl.tMM 1 n n 1 I I F M TU 1 \ The pcicre depu'ts two ofi::*- tvpica l cloak*, ol ih e i-t -aion Ore figure H 111 .1 .ong tight lilting i oat • if dark Une oat lined throughout with saliK- mink mi d trimmed very handsomely with a deep collar an d wide (•nff>. of durk Russian -able The olhe j H a very effn'th e cane : lade in .lt-ite n JK-VI iiuteruil a kind of imvv >erKe, '\itli s TWO WINTER CLOAKS shaded tt r p c o f ro d and green cher ilie . It is cut in three quarter length, mil edged throughout with black fox ft r Warmly lined with quilted .sho t silk, this will mako a delightlul winter cloak * NTAT HA T Tlic fair , liar lint with a twisted Oiim, while catchy over some faces,is not becom ing to al l Such exceptions will fin d a wel come sugges 1011 i n the hat shown i n tho picture. The brim rolls evenly up a littl o near the edge, and i s 11 good deal wider in front than a t tbe bnck The crown i s very small and nnrrows toward the top , alter the manner o f the sugarloaf crowns This ono i s not absurdly high however That i s a charm of the model—it i s extrems in no way The under side of the brim i s light brown, the upper side and the crown i s dark brown A i-oft light brown scar f i s knot te d to the fro n o f the crown, it s loops spreading wel l towards the cd-^eo f the wido front brim The ends of the scarf pass arou-id the crown One ending short, tho - other long, hangs beyond the edge of the - .bri m a t the bac k Through the knot and towards the «id e a dark brown quill is thrust, the only conccss.on this pretty hat mokes to the general pc rkinoss n f tho heaii gear just now fashionable. This stiff littlo - feather only brings out the eoftness and - rounding lines o f the hat Snow Maggots. On the Icy peaks of tl»e Himalayas, says an Imaginative writer, there is a \snow maggot,\ resembling the silk, worm in appearance, an d weighing nearly a pound. It is excellent to eat, hut to o much of it will make one bleed at the nose. WHENEVER you d o a good deed it means that God and you havo beefi workine totretber.
