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THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, FEB. C, 1884. Zsterel at tie PertsS:i, Cdsnta, Srt., u nasi-elt- sitter. j TP0JLLY. . ' Dear woman 1 Strange it is that ska. Such opposites involves: : And very deep a man must bo Who that eniffma solves. Just view her as she, smiling', stands; A paradox is there; Look at her soft and dimpled hands-- Yet how she bangs her hair! How woman studies to units Economy with taste : But spite of that, you'll find I'm right. She loves a little waist. In such soft arms there seems tob Just strength to wield a fan; But 6till you'll find how thoroughly She shakes a poor young man. Her unassuming modesty The mind with wonder fills; But then Just see how easily She puts on lots of frills. But woman's Tieart is kind and warm Her faults are trivial, small: Her beauty lends to all a charm Her love atones for all. ITm. J. C. Taylor, in N. T. Mun. BILL SMILEY'S SCARE. Bill Smiley was a light-fingere- d, en-- I lerpnsing young man, wuu uupuicu his leisure 03- - appropriating other peo- ple's property whenever he .cjot the chance. He was a jobbing carpenter by trade, but his chief occupation was that of a railway theif. The method le adopted was" to travel short distances on the different suburban lines,- - with the object of picking up stray umbrel- las, hand-bag- s and other portable which were insufficiently guarded; by their owners. He had an innocent way of rushing from a railway carriage just as the tram was moving off, -- seizing, in his hurry and confusion; some-bo- d else's nat-box.- or umbrellafrom the rack. On the comparatively rare occasions when his mistake was dis- covered before it was too late to rectify it, his profuse apologies were generally accepted with more or less credulity. But, as a rule, he managed to get clear away with his spoil, and, so skillfully and cautiously aid lie conduct his oper- ations, that ho has never yet been con- victed, though he was .painfully con- scious that the police had their eye upon him. One evening, feeling inclined for a little excitement, he took a third-clas- s ticket at the Charing-Cros- s station on the District Bail way, London, and strolled down on the platform. Keep- ing a sharp lookout as he lounged about waiting for a train to the West End, his attention was attracted by the suspi- cious demeanor of a tall Yankee-lookin- g man. who seemed anxious observation, and made his way to the far end of the station. He carried carpet-ba- g, which he carefully placed on the ground, while he walked up and down in front of it. Bill remarked that, when any one chanced to ap- proach, the man mounted guard over the carpet-ba- g in a very resolute man- ner. He tried the experiment himself, and felt convinced that the contents of the bag must bo valuable. As the re- sult of deliberate observation, he came to the conclusion that the mysterious stranger was not easy in his mind about having the bag iii his possession, from which it was not difficult to surmise that he had not come by it lawfully. While these reflections were crossing Bill's mind, a train came into the station, and, in the midst of the confu- sion which ensued, he saw the stranger take a step forward and accost a pass- ing guard. A few words were ex- changed between them, during which Bill yielded to a sudden impulse which prompted him to seize hold of the stranger's bag and make off with it. Before there was a chance of his de- linquency being dicovered. Bill had leaped into the train, which was already beginning to nioce. He felt a little bit dismayed at what he had done, for he was accustomed to act with much more circumspection. The chances were that the stranger would immediately com- municate his loss to the railway off- icial, who would at once telegraph down the line. This uncomfortable prospect caused Bill to break into a cold perspiration, for familiarity with the danger of being apprehended fsr robbcrj' had not bred contempt for the ordeal. But by degrees he began to breathe more freely as he recollected the stranger's evident reticence. If, as Bill suspected, the man had reasons for desiring to conceal his identity, he might prefer to put up with his loss rather than create a disturbance. But still Bill did not feel at all com- fortable, and he hastened to stow the bag under the seat, so that it might not attract the attention of the guard in case he was warned to look out for it. While he was thus occupied the passen- ger who was .sealed opposite to him ob- served facetiously: "That ain't dynamite, is it, mate?" "No," replied Bill, with a grin, though he was secretly vexed at his movements having been noticed. "It's the coat I'm agoin' to wear to-nig- ht when I have supper with the Prince of Wales and the rest of the royal fami- ly." But, strange to say, the facetious re- mark of his fellow-passeng- er made an uncomfortable impression upon Bill Smiley by suggesting to his mind a very disquieting suspicion. He had hitherto assumed that the bag con- tained valuables of some kind or other; but on that point, of course, he had no actual knowledge. Now he came to think of it, it was possible that the con- tents of the bag might be very differ- ent from what ne bad bargained for. This view of the question assumed an ominous significance when he recollect- ed the demeanor of the strauger and his outlandish appearance. Bill was familiar, like every one else, with the recent Fenian outrages. Supposing the stranger belouged to the dastardly gang who went about causing death and des- olation by means of infernal machines! Bill could not help shifting uneasily in his seat when he thought of the bag reposing snugly underneath him. U was very easy to scoff at the notion' of its being the instrument of a diabolical outrage. For some reason or other he found it impossible to dismiss the sus- picion from his mind. His fellow-passenge- r's aimless remark seemed to have acted upon him like a revelation, and, in spite of himself, his suspicions began to grow into a sort, of dreadful forebod- ing. He now recollected that when he lifted the bag he heard a strange rat- tle inside it, and the sound was repeated when he was putting it under the seat. Trifling as this circumstance was, it helped to increase his uneasiness. Whether his adventure had flurried' his nerves, or his state of health rendered him liable to morbid fears, it is certain that he soon became firmly convinced that the prize for which he had risked his liberty was an infernal machine which might blow him to atoms at any moment. The facetious fellow-passeng- er, re- marking Bill's perturbation, which plainly showed itself in his pale face; good-natured- ly asked if he was ill, and offered to put the window down. This friendly interference caused --Bill to col- lect his scattered wits 'and to refect seriously what he had better do. His impulse'was to seize the bag and hurlit into the darkness. But he was re- strained from doing this, partly frem fear of the consequences and partly from a lingering hope that his booty might be really valuable after all. It an explosion resulted from the bag-be- v lag dropped into the tunael, he would b immediately apprehended as the au-Ik- at tHe outra. & tfe lr hand, some fiendish .machinery- - might be at work inside the bag at that very moment, which rendered his hesita- tion almost suicidal. This last reflection brought on a sort of frenzied desperation which impelled him to take immediate action. He felt he could not sit still another moment and risk being blown up, even on the chance of his booty proving valuable. He resolved to get out at the next" sta-tion,.a- nd leave the bag to its fate. After all, he whispered, to himself.-i- t was more than probable thateven if the contents of the bag turned out to be innocuous, they would not compensate him-fo- r ifie risk the. possession jof Jtbye bag would involve. . ' "Bill did 'riot stop to "reflect that his last argument was rather, of v the. 'soar grapes order, nor did it occur to him that he was, perhaps, imperiling tlie lives of his fellow-passenge- rs by leaving the bag behind him. His only anxiety waste get away from it, and, conse- quently, on reaching the next station, which was Victoria, he suddenly jumped up arid got' out of the. train; but, before he had time to make good. iLs.escape, he was hailed from behind by several voices, including the uard, who camel and touched him on the shoulder. Hi! You've left your baggage," said the official, curtly. Bill turned round involuntarily, and beheld his facetious fellow-passeng- er standing in the doorway of the carriage heihad just left, holding the fatal bag in one hand and gesticulating violently with the other. It was a trying mo- ment, for, while Bill shrank from lay- - in.w a linger on the hair, he uul not knpw how to avoid doing so. lofre- - pqdiate all knowlcugo of it would at once arouse which would .lead to unpleasant disclosures, liias-nuo- h as several persons ha I seen it in "his possession. A wild idea of eeking safety in Uight 'crosseo ins nnnu lor an instant, but on looking round, he per- ceived that sovcral of the' passengers in the train and nearly all the people on the platform,, including the porters and guards, were htHrinjr at. him. Tins publicity was too much for CillSmilcy's modesty, and he hastened to put an end to tho scene by claiming his nrop-ert- y. He Walk'e I tip . to the railway carriage and received" the bag from his late fellow-passenge- r,- who remarked:- - "Young man, if it hadn't been for me you would have had to dine at Marlborough House in your second best suit, which would have been a pity!" , Bill thought this was the most ghastly joke he had ever heard in his life; but he did not say so. In fact, he was too agitated to speak at all, 'for directly the bag was put into his, hands he again heard.the ominous' rattle inside it. He thought he should, have dropped it, so frightened was he by- - the sound. But all the while he Was conscious that a good manypeople were looking' at him, which was a new source" of danger, for, as we" know, he had the strongest reason for not obtruding himself too much. upon the public gaze. He therefore made his way as quick- ly as possible through the crowd and nn the stairna.se. Once in the street, he imagined he would have' no "difficulty in disposing of the bag". Meanwhile, however, every time he moved the rat- tling sound inside it sent- - a thrill through his nerves, anil he almo-- t gave himself up for lost. So cruel was his suspense that an explosion would have been almost a relief, if it had left him ia a condition to realize his sensations. At length he reached -- the street, but under the first lamp-po- st stood a po- liceman, who eyed him very suspicious- ly as he approached. Perhaps be knew Bill by sight, or guessed from some subtle indication that the bag was not in its- - nropcr ownership. Bill would have handed over the bag with his mo3t fervent blessing, if that would have sat- isfied the '.ofhcial; but. of .course, it would have been sheer foil' to do so. The' very nature of the contents of the bag might get him into serious diffi- culties. There was nothing for it but to assume an 'air of bravado, and swag- ger past as.though be .had a perfectly, easy, conscience. This ho. succeeded in doing to his own satisfactipn, but un- fortunately the constable still seemed to have his doubts about him. -- When Bill glanced over his shoulder he per- ceived that the officer was strolling leisurely after him, apparently for the-purpos- of keeping him in view. This vigilance was especially embarrassing, for it compelled him to avoid any ap- -, pearance of haste, and prevented him from carrying out his design of depos- iting his burden on the first convenient doorstep. Half dead with sheer fright, and in of suppressed excitement. Bill made his way in the direction of .Vic- toria Street, holding tho bag .with the utmost tenderness, yet longing to drop it and take to his heels. On turning shortly, .however, he perceived, that the policeman was still steadily following in his wake. Probably the truth was that the officer was. only pursuing his beat, and had forgotten Bill .long ago. But unfortunately, this soothing reflec- tion did cot occur, to Bill at the moment, and, in his desperation, he availed him self of an expedient which suddenlv resented itself. The street door of a E ouse happened to open just as he was passing, and a maid sen-an- t came out on the doorstep and looked up and down the street. Before she had per- ceived him. Bill had coolly placed the bag in her hands, and was preparing to hurrv away. "Hi!" exclaimed the girl. "What is this?" "For your master," answered Bill, over his shoulder. "I ain't got no master. Hi! stop!" cried the girl, raising her voice as he vanished. "I say, mate, somebody's a calling of vou!" said an officious errand boy, as Bill plunged across the road. "Hi! Stop there! You're wanted!" cried another passer-b- y, in stentorian tones. There seemed to his excited imagin- ation a general disposition on the part of the by-stand- to impede his flight, and he hastily concluded that it would. Be wiser to .yield to the hue "and cry.. He would stjck to his story that lie had been iold to leave the baj at that par- ticular house, aud. he probably would succeed "in making the girl believe him. With this object he retraced his steps; gathering assurance as he walked, but, as ill-lu- ck would have it, who should stroll up at the same moment but his vigilant enemy, the constable. "Hi! You've made a mistake.. This doesn't belonjr here." There is no name on it." said, the girl, as he .approached. . "What is the matter?" inmiired the I constable, in a casual way. . ."Q! nothinjr. I've made a mistake. r.suppose, as the young lady says so," answered Bill, hastily. He mechanically held out his hand for tb bag as he spoke, but failed to grasp tne Aandle, and it fell through his fingers on to the-groun- d. Bill started back in consternation, fearing his last moment had come, and simul- taneously he felt himself collared by the consume. t uHnllo! young fellow. - What does this inean? exclaimed the officer. Rill wiuvhui in.i-i.- : -- . i it duty t cort - 1111 to the ! mutm posse tomafce-tbic-- J acinar go y.a-g- t.zrzz ssary explanations. Daring .the jour- ney; Bill's reflections inclined to bitter- ness as he realized how foolishly he had abandoned a rich prize. The metallic rattle which had startled him had been due to careless packing, and, altogether, he perceived that he had fallen a vic- tim to a senseless scare. Needless to say, his ingenious story of having re- ceived the bag .from a nameless stranger was not considered satisfac- tory, and as the .valuables were identi- fied by a pawnbroker in the Strand, whose premises had been burglariously' entered during the evening. Bill re- - ceived the full credit pLthe transaction i and was rewarded accordingly.. ,. . . " m ..... m j . . Speculators in Oil. The petroleum business during twelve, months past has been almost entirely, revolutionized, particularly the specu- lative markets. A year ago a most disastrous panic in the petroleum mar- kets 'swept away fortunes large and small. The. millionaire lost thousands and ttie merchant, in a small way, hundreds of 'dollars. A 'phenomenal advance in prices, based -- on the rapid decline of the famous Cherry Grove re- gion, had induced rich and poor alike to" invest in oil for a better future, and all .alike spread their money on in thin margins, when an unscrupulous clique of oil gamblers, with aid of the Standard Oil Company, the most nefa- rious of monopolies, conspired to bring about a panic. The local money market was wrought upon and made so string- ent that borrowers on oil collateral were'" uo'mpelled to pay for money to carry their oil at . the rate of over seventy tier cent, per annum. While the holders of certificates were stagger ing under this onerous carryiug-rat-o clique brought in a well ou the Cooper tract, in comparatively new territory. Which had been nursed for-mor- e than a for this purposj.-Th- e well starte'd at upwards of 500 bar- -, rels a day, but to' add to consterna- tion which folIowcdit opening the first reports greatly over-estimat- ed the pro- duction. As the market broke the nar- row margins gave out and brokers be- came wild to sell out customers and .save themselves. A few days latter, the tales of ruin and desolation began to come in from every quarter. Banks suspended payment, oil producers tied in disgrace from their debts and numer- - ous 'others were ruined financially ..The. widespread disaster produced by that panic showed that oil speculation had extended wonderfully Jduring the few weeks preceding, when" the market was advancing .rapidly and the able panic marKea me. peginning oi a new era in oil speculation. Before that time" a few persons put -- prices up or down at will and those who know what the will of the Standard monopoly was knew what the course of the market would be. The first notable instance of contradiction to that sovereign will was-th- e blind pool which came into the market last" May with a capital suffi- cient to control about one-ha- lf the oil stocks, or $15,000,000. For a time the Standard made an unsuccessful eflbrt tor stenrthe rising tide, but finally the bears of "the trade turned against the syndicate and. compelled it . .to retire without a profit and it is confidently asserted by many that it sold out at a loss on its investment. Since then the forces wording in th'e market have hein powerful ones. Heavy New York capi- tal estranged 'from stocks has been turned into .oil as a more profitable channel, and the boom started on the 9th of November by the Standard proved to be a comparatively small af- fair, owing to- - the resistance of this capital,- - which, when the boom was started,- carried a large amount of long oil, the selling of which broke the market again aud again as it was forced upuntil the boom had to be abandoned, temporarily at least. To get the best possible view of the situation at present 1 have questioned several of the most prominent dealers and producers.- - One broker said: "It is hot now as. formerly that one man or a few. parties canT. manipulate the market. . While-one- . clique or faction are plotting-t- o break the market and force it down, another-equall- y as strong may be .ettiug up the pins for a bull movement, in which case the balance of power may be held by a comparat- ively- unimportant party. The capital engaged in the,buiness is so la"ge that any movement is necessarily slow com- - with those of a few years ago. 'he time was, "and it was not long ago either. When the' Standard could pick up. nearly all -- the- certificates by bear manipulation, and-the-n easing up send the market on a while it unloaded again. Now there are many investors who buy on- - a low market, and no matter what tactics are brought to bear thev hold on to their oiluntil they can realize a good profit. This element keeps a large share of the certificates out of the Standard's hands. The Cleveland monopoly is still thegrcatest factor in the market, but has not that absolute power which it had." Oil City Cor. Philadelphia Times. Dangers ef Competition in Girls' Schools. One of the practices most energetic- ally relied ou in the higher class of girls' schools is that of the competition of one scholar with another. In some of them this competition is terrific. It extends to every subject; it becomes so keen as to put each girl who is in the foremost rank in a fever-hea- t of emula- tion before the examinations. In somo cases it overmasters every other feeling for the time being. No doubt, from tho schoolmaster's point of view, it is the vcrvlhing he wants. In his professional enthusiasm he aims at the highest mental result. He is not professionally interested in the health or the special nervous constitution of his girls; he does not regard them as each one a medico-psychologic- al entity and prob- lem. I don't say this by way of re-- E roach. All good men try to attain the ighest result in their special depart- ments. The educator has no means of knowing the constitution and hereditary weakness of his. girls that the mother of one died ot consumption, that the father of another was insane, that neuralgia is hereditary in the tami-thir- d, ly of a that one has been nervous; another bad convulsions when a baby, another has been threatened with- - - water in the head.- - etc. His own education and training' have not- - taught him to notice or know the meaning of narrow chests, or great thmuess, or stooping shoulders, or very big heads, or quick, jerky movements, or dilated pupils, or want of appetite, or headaches, or irri- tability, or back-ache- s, or disinclina- tion to bodily exertion. But all these things existin abundance in every big school, and the girls handicapped in that way are set into competition .with those' who are strong and free from risks. It is the most nervous, excitable and "highly strung girls who throw themselves into the school competition most keenly. And they, of course, are just the most liable to be injured by it. All good observers say the intensity of feeling displayed in girls' competitions ! ensflater than amonir lads, and that .L. 1 .! ..:!. All .offer to jine uns-iwt- Miu.iuiuuu mtm tketcapital'l bMteM.JkMitlif agony-o- f ajsprehension, ventured to there is far mora.apt to arise pe"fsonal open them again,- - and perceived that "mus. ,Giris don't take a beating so the .shock of the fall bad burst open the quietly as boys. Their moral constitu-bag,th- e contents of which were scat-- tn.' while in some ways stronger than tered upon the doorstep. To his amaze--th- at of $f especially at that age, suf-me- nt, tney consisted of a miscellaneous m S.f disturbmsr cris. ollection of silver plate and jewelry. The,wholething greater liold of which Madequite animpesiag display. them-gJd- ore real.- -S. Clouston, M. The articles "had evidently been bu- n- 0-. tn&putar Science Monthly. died uneeremoniouslyiBto' the bag, and. .'.. .:;y - ,' were, no doubt, the proceeds ofsome Yu will observe this, tne devil recent robbery. v .never offers to-g- into partnership with -- The constable- - aatnrsdlv- - nnanlaBUd abizzvman. but yu will often see him that was bis statu the the the memor booai sgggauawjTj j.' ,L The Man in the Bottle. The gilded neck of a contrivance fashioned in the similitude of a cham- pagne bottle towered above the heads of tho throng in Sixth avenue. A pair of legs protnided from the bottom. Half way up, on the side which faced in the direction of its progress, was a small opening, with a grating across it. Step- ping alongside, the reporter rapped near the grating: - "Who!s there?" came a challenge in hollow tones from within; . .The response, "A friend," suggested itself, and .was spoken.. . . i;What;doyou want?", sai.d the.yoice. "Want .to ask how. you like this 'thing." . ,m The bottle became, communicative, and as it toddled along. up the avenue the voice said: "It all depends on the weather. A man as understands the business will accommodate himself to the seasons. He will tote a banner, or maybe carry a lettered umbrella or wear a painted linen duster during the heated term, take to boards when the season of raw northeast winds comes on, and go into a bottle for the winter. Boards is better than banners in cold weather. The wind always blows up or down the street, so a feller is pretty well protected most of the time. When he comes to a crossing, if he finds the wind whistling across pretty sharp, he can walk edge- ways, and protect himself. But in right-dow- n cold weather a bottle is as much better- - than boards as a double-breaste- d beaver overcoat is better than a liver-pa- d. "Then, again, in hot weather, no man as knows himself will go into a bottle, without lie happens to be a chap as has seen a good deal better days, and don't want to be recognized by his friends. Take a ward politician in reduced cir- cumstances, f'rinstance he don't want to.be seen carrying a banner or between boards; so he is glad enough to go into the. bottle for tne heated term. Then there is once in a while a chap as haa reasons for sort o' keeping ont of view, you know, and he is ready for the bottle any time in the year, I ain't telling no names, but I knew a party what kept away from the police for a month or more, till they got off his track, by doing the bottle act. He used to toddle along the avenue, right by the side of the de- tectives who was looking for him. He wasn't any of your poverty-stricke- n sort, but lived like a lighting cock-car- ried a bottle of the best old stufiin his coat pocket, lunched 'on boned sar- dines when he was loafing along, and smoked real Havanas. The smoke? Oh, that was all right. He blew it out of the lookout, and, if anybody saw it, they thought it just curled up from the cigar of somebody else who was pass- ing. "We ain't all so tony as this chap was," the voice went on; "but we man- age to have a good many comforts. My cupboard ain't -- very replete with luxu- ries, but I can offer you a hunk of ginger- bread, half a sandwich and a clay pipe of tobacco, Generally speaking, it ain't safe to light a pipe till dusk, and then you have to be careful when you light up, and to hold your hand over the bowl when you smoke. But the neck of the bottle holds the smoke in, and you can snuff it up half a dozen times before it gets out. "Heavy?" the voice said, in response to an inquiry. "Not very. You see, this thing is made of a sort of oil-clo- th over a skeleton like a hoop skirt. The whole business don't weigh much more than an ulster. For a rainy day there ain't nothing like it. No matter how hard it pours you're dry as a husk. An- other advantage of being in a bottle when the weather is suitable is that you can go against the wind about as good as with it presents a smooth and rounding surface, and you don't get blown all over the sidewalk, as you do with big flat boards. "Oh, a bottle is good enough for mo till next May," said the voice at parting. "Come around and call again during the winter. If I don't recognize your knock, just sing out, and I shall know your voice." N. . Sun. In Japanese Hotels. The front of the house is entirely open to the street in the daytime. What serves for the office is in the front room. The kitchen is also in front. One will nearly always see a list of prices for lodging hung in the neighborhood of the kitchen. As you ride by a hotel on a hot day it looks very inviting. If the house be a large one, you will see room after room stretching backward. In the center of the house is an open court, in which is a Japanese garden, such as no one else can make. Rockeries of old and curiously shaped rocks, plants and flowers artistically arranged, and some- times a little pond with goldfish. The parlor is the back room of the house. There is really very little difference in rooms, as none of them have one solitary-piec- e of furniture. The wood-wor- k of a parlor is sometimes verv pretty, and there are pictures, with sometimes a poem written in large characters on silk, hanging on the walls. These rooms are generally scrupulously clean. The floors of all Japanese houses are covered with thick straw mats. On entering a hotel (or any house), your hoes must come off. A Japanese never wears anything heavier than a stocking while in the house. Whereyer there is any wood-wor- k in the floor, it is kept highly polished, as are also the ve- randas, which are an indispensable ac- companiment to a hotel, as it is by them that the various rooms are reached. The wood is so smooth that it will show a scratch, or the mark made by a nail in a shoe, as easily as a polished table would do so. On arriving at a hotel you are shown to a room, and a girl waiter immediately brings tea and cake. The Japanese custom is to give a little present of money at this time; a greater or less sum, according to the amount of atten- tion you may demand. The prices of lodging are generally fixed at stated sums for first, second and third class lodgers. This price includes supper, breakfast and lodging. Guests do not remain in a hotel during the day, excepting at the summer or health re- sorts. By eight o'clock in the morning the hotel is empty. Meals are invaria- bly served in the different rooms. This requires a large number of waiting-girl- s. Food is served on small low tables, just raised from the floor. The price of first-cla- ss lodging (with meals) is about thirty-fiv- e cents. That is to Japanese. Foreigners are charged for room rent and for all the food served. Last July I put up at a hotel over night. My Japanese teacher was with me. He had one parlor and I had another. Our food, rooms, bedding were precisely alike. He was charged fortysfive sen for lodging and room; I was charged fifty sen for room only, and.Un addition for every separate item of food. I re- fused to pay my bill, but finally was obliged to pay it, or I should have made myself a great deal of trouble. Most hotels prefer not to take foreigners at any price. Of course, where we are served with chairs, table and a bed, we are willing to pay extra for them. But you seldom find these articles except on the main roads of travel. One must be tired in order to sleep on the floor, lying on one thick blanket, with another similar one for a cover. There is no possible way to fasten the room at night. There are no doors like our doors. The division between rooms, as1 well as between the room and the outer veranda, is nothing but paper; paper-slidin- g doors, which can be lifted ont of' their grooves with the greatest of ease, converting the' house into one large -- room. I have slept (?) for a number of nights in a room, all four sides of which could be taken away in Jive minutes time, and which, of course, could bo opened by any one. Strange as it mav seem, there is very seldom anything'like robbery. Things must be left about the room" as one cannot put all his pov.isdons under the pillow. Boston Transcript. Social Shams. "Society is a sl::m."' says lhet sager and the truth of trie remark is daily be- ing proven. The. devices adopted by society belles to outshine each other are many and numerous, the latest thathas come to light being ihe hiring of costly jewels for some swell'party or reception. While most of the ladies who have an entree to the high spcial circlo in this city are very wealthy, there are some who are comparatively poor, but owing to family connections belong to 'the up- per tendom, and are to be seen at most of the high-tone- d parties and receptions, dressed elegantly and wearing jewels that cost fabulous prices. A Chronicle reporter noted this circumstance and long sought a solution of it without suc- cess, until a few days ago, when the mystery was solved accidently. The re- porter was talking to the proprietor of one of tiie largest jewelry establishments in this city, when ayoung lady, who was recognized as a society belle without a dowry, entered and asked if ber dia- monds were ready. "Yes," replied the proprietor, a he produced a case con- taining a necklace and a pair of ear- rings, composed of large solitaires, and handed them to the young lady, who, after examining them for a moment de- parted with the jewels. "Has your customer married some rich old man, who supplies her with such costly jewels?" queried the re- porter. "No," replied tiie jeweler, "she is still single. Those diamonds belong to me, and she has only hired them to wear at Mrs. Blank's reception this evening. You look astonished," con-tinuedt- he jeweler, and in answer to other questions he said: "The hiring of costly jewels for an evening is not by any means a new thing in this city, and I do quite an extensive business in that line. You would be surprised if I named some of my customers who hire jewelry. The set "that young lady just took away from here is the most ex- pensive 1 have in the store. I charge her ten dollars for the use of the dia- monds for this evening, and she will excite the envy and the jealousy of her friends. It's singular thatyou newspaper men have never heard of it before," continued the jeweler. "It's as com- mon almost as the hiring of dress suits by gentlemen Wc change the settings of tne jewels frequently so as to enable different people to wear the same set without exciting suspicion. Occasion- ally I have rented .sets for a season to ladies who summer at Santa Cruz, Mon- terey, or other resorts. In the case pf strangers, I, of course, require a deposit of the full value of the jewels, but the most of my patrons are well known and never fail to return the jewelry on time If they were ever tempted to retain them the fear of exposure and social disgrace would deter them. "Then in addition to hiring out jewels there is another branch of my business which is aNo novel, it being nothing more or les than the renting of silver services. Antique designs are most in favor, and many a resident has exhib- ited my services to his guests as highly treasured heirlooms. This branch oi business is handsomely paid for. Then again, we are frequently called on to supply bric-a-br- ac for weddings and to rent line silver services, jewels, etc., to swell the list of bridal presents and make a fine display." San Francisco Chronicle. The Ilonie-Da- v. Thanksgiving was not made. It grew out of the devout cravings of our forefathers for a festal day. They banished Christmas and the other festivals of tho mother land. But the religious and social wants of the people demanded a day whereon they might by feasting and rejoicing, thank the Lord for the blessings of the year. The meeting-hous- e, the school-hous- e, the home and the farm made Thanks- giving tho Feast of Ingathering, the Harvest Home, and most beneficent of all, the day of the Home Flitting. The characteristics stamped upon the day at its origin still retain their sharp lines. It has migrated from the home of its birth, and become by reason of its sweet scasonableness a National festival. But wherever it has gone, it remains the Feast of Ingathering. Thoughtful men ami women, as they sit at eventide by the wood-lir- e, in the "best room" of the old homestead, will talk over the blessed influence of this rev- erent Ingathering. One will refer to the educatingeffects of the political sermons, which, in obedience to a time-honor- ed custom, have been preached on this day. Another will mention as a significant fact, that even money-makin- g takes a J holiday on Thanksgiving, and charity walks abroad with a well-fille- d basket. Some devout soul will speak of the stimulating spectacle presented by a Nation pausing in its industry to re- cognize that its harvests are grown, and its factories run, by one Supreme Mind. But the most thoughtful of the group will, perhaps, speak : of . the tendencies of the people and the Nation, and will suggest that the chief blessing of the day is the emphasis it lays upon the home and its life. Jewish homes and festivals made the Jews so intensely patriotic that they were blamed for being clannish. Our homes should be the nurseries of a purer patriotism, that will acknowledge the brotherhood of man, and make knowledge subservient to conscience, and the conscience trne to God. The associations of Thanksgiving with such homes will make it one of the most beneficent of the Republic's festivals. True men and noble women will be strengthened in heart and life by a re- turn to that atmosphere "where joy is duty and love is law." Blessed is that country whose homes make it indeed the Fatherland, wherein good is crowned and evil repressed. YoitUi's Companion. An Honest Umbrella Thief. To steal an umbrella is, unfortunately, no uncommon thing; and we have heard of persons who justified the act on the ground that every one did it, that they had themselves been robbed of umbrel- las, and so on. There are men, indeed, of rare conscientiousness who buy a guinea umbrella on the first of January, and, after being deprived of it, take sys- tematically throughout the year the first umbrella that comes to hand; making, when New Year's Day again comes round, another contribution of a guinea to the general umbrella fund. A domes- tic servant, however, who has been ac- cused at the Dublin Police Court of steal- ing an umbrella, and who by her own unsought confession charges herself with having pawned it, seeks to excuse herself on quite new grounds. She had gone to see a lady who ought, she thinks, to have engaged her as a cook, but who omitted to do so, and at the same time neglected to pay her travel- ing expenses. To reimburse herself, she seized an umbrella in the hall, pawned it for three shillings, the sum she had laid out in locomotion, and enclosed the pawn-tick- et to the lady who had failed to secure her services. In asserting her right to be engaged, the young woman laid great stress on a written character for honesty which she had duly pre- sented. St. James1 Gazette. m Charley Ross is a reporter in the British Parliament, and has been there4 for years. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. Ex-Govor- Boutwell, of Massa- chusetts, participated in oleven Presiden- tial contests, and expects to take the stump again next year, Boston Jour- nal. Jennie Cramer's mother has been turned out of her house for lack of money to pay rent. Her husband died soon after the acquittal of the Malley boys. N. Y. News. Isaac. Gornell, of Elmira, N. Y., .aged one hundred and three years, bar been awarded' forty thousand dollars, whichwas" bequeathed-t- him forty years ago. The-cas- e was on trial in England. Elpjrn Advertiser. A gentleman, on being introduced marked: "What!-ar- e you a brother oi Oliver -- Wendell Holmes?" "No." re- plied Mr. Holmes, who inherits the family skill at repartee, "he is a brother of mine." A lady "in Cynthiana. Ky., has a of Abraham Lincoln woven in Eicture white silk, which was made .in Lyons, France, at a cost of eight hundred dollars. The making is said to have required the work of one man and three women for four months. Mrs. Salter, a lady probably seventy-f- ive or eighty years of age, and who lives about two miles from town, walks to church here every Sunday and fre- quently at nights. She says that she never took a dose of medicine but once in her life, and that was a dose of epsom salts fifty years ago. ffawkinsville da.) Sun. Among the notable weddings which took place in New York recently were those of Miss Jessie Talraage, daughter of Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, to Mr. Warren G. Smith; Assistant United States District Attorney Charles F. -- James, son of General James, to Miss Susan Anna CustL Parramore, of Virginia, and great-granddaugh- ter of Martha Washington. Postmaster-Gener-al Gresham's of- fice is on the third floor of the Pot-offic- e Building. His desk is so placed that the big pior-gla- v, between two windows, is directly behind his chair. He sits in a common cane-seate- d chair, and gives a visitor a seat at his side in a leather-covere- d, Turkish-cushione- d chair, and all other furniture iu the room is walnut, leather-covere- d. The floor is covered with plain matting. Washington Star, A friend of Mrs. Howgate says that from a once proud position in Washing- ton society she and her attractive daugh- ter have been reduced to the necessity of seeking employment wherever it may be found in order to gain a livelihood. Miss Howgate earns a small salary copying for some legal firms. When Howgate fled from the officer he took with him some twenty-tw- o thousand dollars in bonds, which" his daughter owned in her own right, and turned over to her erring father at home to aid him in making good his escape from the clutches of the law. N. Y. Times. "A LITTLE NONSENSE." A cutaway jacket is the proper cos- tume for an elopement. Boston Bul- letin. "Yes, my wife is a good poker-player-," says a Long Island farmer; and then he adds, "She is also just as handy with the tongs." N. Y. Com- mercial Advertiser. "Yes," said the high-scho- ol girl, "I removed the letter surreptitiously." "No, you didn't replied her brother Jim; "you sneaked up to the parlor table and jabbed it in your gripsack." Oil City Derrick. Whipple, the essayist, defines poetry as "the protest of genius against the reality of life."' When a poet gets kicked out of the editor's sanctum it is the pro- test of the reality of life against genius. Louisville Courier-Journa- l. Oh Boston, city of my soul! Regi- nald (to his .sister, as they walk up Bea con street): "Oh, dear, there comes that man I was introduced to at the club. He's descended from the earl of Coventry on his father's side, but I can't find out who his mother's great-grandfath- er was, so I guess we had better cross over and not see him." Chicago Times. "Whv is Abbey like the great Raphael?' asked a musical gentleman of an artist up near Union Square, tho other evening. "I oan't see anv like- ness," was the reply. "Well, I'll tell you." said the musician; "he is a great fellow to bring out prima donnas, isn't he?" "Yes. "And so was Raphael a great hand at bringing out prime Madonnas!" The artist fled, raving mad. A". Y. Advertiser. The other day old Dave received a telegram from a man down in the coun. try, who wanted him to come down and clean out his well. After some one had read the dispatch to the old man, he said: "De Lawd hab mussy on sich a man as I is. Gettin' more 'portant ebery day. Got a letter yestiday, an' nowl'se dun got a 'spatch. Uh huh! When "da kain't reach me wid a Post-offic- e da stretches airter me wid de tillygraph wires." Arkansaw Traveler. "Pa. dear," said Miss Fitzjoy as she looked lovingly and entreatingly to the elder Fitzjoy, "I am going to buy some sheet brass and a set of tools." "Oh, going to do something useful at last?" "Oh, no, you dear old soul. I'm going in for repousse work, the very latest aesthetic idea in household art " "Then vou are going to hammer and pound and make a small tin shop of the house, are you? And what shall we have to show for it?" "Beautiful alto relievo work, you know." "Well, just as you say. i ou nave painted pond lilies on every door panel in the house, stood a stork on one leg on all the curtains, and weighted down the mantels with macreme lace, and you might as well put a little ornamentation on the brass kettles. You've never troubled them much otherwise." Hartford Post. The Ferum. Ever- - school-bo- y knows something of the Roman Forum, almost as much as though he had actually seeu it, as it has been pictured thousands of times anil described thousands more. It is an open space six hundred and seventy-liv- e feet long and two hundred feet wide, com- pletely surrounded with buildings as in olden times, to all sorts' of uses. It was originally a market, but later on it became a place of meet- ing, the center of the politics and relig- ion of Rome. The Forum has not beeu visible till within a very short time. The washiugs of the high country around it, the de- posits of the floods of the Tibet going on for ages corered it to the depth of thirty feet, only the tops of the columns and arches with which it was studded being left visible above the accumulation. Ex- cavations were commenced some years ago, and continued with more or less vigor till the old Forum is almost entire- ly unearthed, and though all in ruin, some idea may be gathered as to what it was. There is no place in the world around which so much interest clusters as this open space in the heart of Rome. Back in Pagan days, inthe earliest dawn of history, it was the spot on which the mightiest enterprises were conceived ana announced. 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  • THE JOURNAL.WEDNESDAY, FEB. C, 1884.

    Zsterel at tie PertsS:i, Cdsnta, Srt., u nasi-elt-sitter.

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    TP0JLLY. . '

    Dear woman 1 Strange it is that ska.Such opposites involves: :

    And very deep a man must boWho that eniffma solves.

    Just view her as she, smiling', stands;A paradox is there;

    Look at her soft and dimpled hands--Yethow she bangs herhair!

    How woman studies to unitsEconomy with taste :

    But spite of that, you'll find I'm right.She loves a little waist.

    In such soft arms there seems tobJust strength to wield a fan;

    But 6till you'll find how thoroughlyShe shakes a poor young man.

    Her unassuming modestyThe mind with wonder fills;

    But then Just see how easilyShe puts on lots of frills.

    But woman's Tieart is kind and warmHer faults are trivial, small:

    Her beauty lends to all a charmHer love atones for all.

    ITm. J. C. Taylor, in N. T. Mun.

    BILL SMILEY'S SCARE.

    Bill Smiley was a light-fingere- d, en-- Ilerpnsing young man, wuu uupuicuhis leisure 03-- appropriating other peo-ple's property whenever he .cjot thechance. He was a jobbing carpenter bytrade, but his chief occupation was thatof a railway theif. The method leadopted was" to travel short distanceson the different suburban lines,- - withthe object of picking up stray umbrel-las, hand-bag- s and other portable

    which were insufficiently guarded;by their owners. He had an innocentway of rushing from a railway carriagejust as the tram was moving off, -- seizing,

    in his hurry and confusion; some-bo- delse's nat-box.- or umbrellafrom

    the rack. On the comparatively rareoccasions when his mistake was dis-covered before it was too late to rectifyit, his profuse apologies were generallyaccepted with more or less credulity.But, as a rule, he managed to get clearaway with his spoil, and, so skillfullyand cautiously aid lie conduct his oper-ations, that ho has never yet been con-victed, though he was .painfully con-scious that the police had their eyeupon him.

    One evening, feeling inclined for alittle excitement, he took a third-clas- sticket at the Charing-Cros- s station onthe District Bail way, London, andstrolled down on the platform. Keep-ing a sharp lookout as he lounged aboutwaiting for a train to the West End, hisattention was attracted by the suspi-cious demeanor of a tall Yankee-lookin- g

    man. who seemed anxiousobservation, and made his way to thefar end of the station. He carriedcarpet-ba- g, which he carefully placed onthe ground, while he walked up anddown in front of it. Bill remarkedthat, when any one chanced to ap-proach, the man mounted guard overthe carpet-ba- g in a very resolute man-ner. He tried the experiment himself,and felt convinced that the contents ofthe bag must bo valuable. As the re-sult of deliberate observation, he cameto the conclusion that the mysteriousstranger was not easy in his mind abouthaving the bag iii his possession, fromwhich it was not difficult to surmisethat he had not come by it lawfully.While these reflections were crossingBill's mind, a train came into thestation, and, in the midst of the confu-sion which ensued, he saw the strangertake a step forward and accost a pass-ing guard. A few words were ex-changed between them, during whichBill yielded to a sudden impulse whichprompted him to seize hold of thestranger's bag and make off with it.

    Before there was a chance of his de-linquency being dicovered. Bill hadleaped into the train, which was alreadybeginning to nioce. He felt a little bitdismayed at what he had done, for hewas accustomed to act with much morecircumspection. The chances were thatthe stranger would immediately com-municate his loss to the railway off-icial, who would at once telegraphdown the line. This uncomfortableprospect caused Bill to break into acold perspiration, for familiarity withthe danger of being apprehended fsrrobbcrj' had not bred contempt for theordeal. But by degrees he began tobreathe more freely as he recollectedthe stranger's evident reticence. If,as Bill suspected, the man had reasonsfor desiring to conceal his identity, hemight prefer to put up with his lossrather than create a disturbance.

    But still Bill did not feel at all com-fortable, and he hastened to stow thebag under the seat, so that it might notattract the attention of the guard incase he was warned to look out for it.While he was thus occupied the passen-ger who was .sealed opposite to him ob-served facetiously:

    "That ain't dynamite, is it, mate?""No," replied Bill, with a grin,

    though he was secretly vexed at hismovements having been noticed. "It'sthe coat I'm agoin' to wear to-nig- htwhen I have supper with the Prince ofWales and the rest of the royal fami-ly."

    But, strange to say, the facetious re-mark of his fellow-passeng- er made anuncomfortable impression upon BillSmiley by suggesting to his mind avery disquieting suspicion. He hadhitherto assumed that the bag con-tained valuables of some kind or other;but on that point, of course, he had noactual knowledge. Now he came tothink of it, it was possible that the con-tents of the bag might be very differ-ent from what ne bad bargained for.This view of the question assumed anominous significance when he recollect-ed the demeanor of the strauger andhis outlandish appearance. Bill wasfamiliar, like every one else, with therecent Fenian outrages. Supposing thestranger belouged to the dastardlygangwho went about causing death and des-olation by means of infernal machines!

    Bill could not help shifting uneasilyin his seat when he thought of the bagreposing snugly underneath him. Uwas very easy to scoff at the notion' ofits being the instrument of a diabolicaloutrage. For some reason or other hefound it impossible to dismiss the sus-picion from his mind. His fellow-passenge- r's

    aimless remark seemed to haveacted upon him like a revelation, and,in spite of himself, his suspicions beganto grow into a sort, of dreadful forebod-ing. He now recollected that when helifted the bag he heard a strange rat-tle inside it, and the sound was repeatedwhen he was putting it under the seat.Trifling as this circumstance was, ithelped to increase his uneasiness.Whether his adventure had flurried' hisnerves, or his state of health renderedhim liable to morbid fears, it is certainthat he soon became firmly convincedthat the prize for which he had riskedhis liberty was an infernal machinewhich might blow him to atoms at anymoment.

    The facetious fellow-passeng- er, re-marking Bill's perturbation, whichplainly showed itself in his pale face;good-natured- ly asked if he was ill, andoffered to put the window down. Thisfriendly interference caused --Bill to col-lect his scattered wits 'and to refectseriously what he had better do. Hisimpulse'was to seize the bag and hurlitinto the darkness. But he was re-strained from doing this, partly fremfear of the consequences and partlyfrom a lingering hope that his bootymight be really valuable after all. Itan explosion resulted from the bag-be- vlag dropped into the tunael, he wouldb immediately apprehended as the au-Ik-

    at tHe outra. & tfe lr

    hand, some fiendish .machinery- - mightbe at work inside the bag at that verymoment, which rendered his hesita-tion almost suicidal.

    This last reflection brought on a sortof frenzied desperation which impelledhim to take immediate action. He felthe could not sit still another momentand risk being blown up, even on thechance of his booty proving valuable.He resolved to get out at the next" sta-tion,.a- nd

    leave the bag to its fate.After all, he whispered, to himself.-i- twas more than probable thateven ifthe contents of the bag turned out to beinnocuous, they would not compensatehim-fo-r ifie risk the. possession jof Jtbyebag would involve. . '"Bill did 'riot stop to "reflect that hislast argument was rather, ofv the. 'soargrapes order, nor did it occur to himthat he was, perhaps, imperiling tlielives of his fellow-passenge- rs by leavingthe bag behind him. His only anxietywaste get away from it, and, conse-quently, on reaching the next station,which was Victoria, he suddenly jumpedup arid got' out of the. train; but, beforehe had time to make good. iLs.escape,he was hailed from behind by severalvoices, including the uard, who cameland touched him on the shoulder.

    Hi! You've left your baggage,"said the official, curtly.

    Bill turned round involuntarily, andbeheld his facetious fellow-passeng- erstanding in the doorway of the carriageheihad just left, holding the fatal bagin one hand and gesticulating violentlywith the other. It was a trying mo-ment, for, while Bill shrank from lay--in.w a linger on the hair, he uul notknpw how to avoid doing so. lofre- -pqdiate all knowlcugo of it would atonce arouse which would.lead to unpleasant disclosures, liias-nuo- h

    as several persons ha I seen it in"his possession. A wild idea of eekingsafety in Uight 'crosseo ins nnnu lor aninstant, but on looking round, he per-ceived that sovcral of the' passengers inthe train and nearly all the people onthe platform,, including the porters andguards, were htHrinjr at. him. Tinspublicity was too much for CillSmilcy'smodesty, and he hastened to put anend to tho scene by claiming his nrop-ert-y.

    He Walk'e I tip . to the railwaycarriage and received" the bag from hislate fellow-passenge- r,- who remarked:- -

    "Young man, if it hadn't been forme you would have had to dine atMarlborough House in your second bestsuit, which would have been a pity!" ,

    Bill thought this was the most ghastlyjoke he had ever heard in his life; buthe did not say so. In fact, he was tooagitated to speak at all, 'for directlythe bag was put into his, hands he againheard.the ominous' rattle inside it. Hethought he should, have dropped it, sofrightened was he by- - the sound. Butall the while he Was conscious that agood manypeople were looking' at him,which was a new source" of danger,for, as we" know, he had the strongestreason for not obtruding himself toomuch.upon the public gaze.

    He therefore made his way as quick-ly as possible through the crowd andnn the stairna.se. Once in the street, heimagined he would have' no "difficultyin disposing of the bag". Meanwhile,however, every time he moved the rat-tling sound inside it sent- - a thrillthrough his nerves, anil he almo-- t gavehimself up for lost. So cruel was hissuspense that an explosion would havebeen almost a relief, if it had left himia a condition to realize his sensations.

    At length he reached -- the street, butunder the first lamp-po- st stood a po-liceman, who eyed him very suspicious-ly as he approached. Perhaps be knewBill by sight, or guessed from somesubtle indication that the bag was notin its-- nropcr ownership. Bill wouldhave handed over the bag with his mo3tfervent blessing, if that would have sat-isfied the '.ofhcial; but. of .course, itwould have been sheer foil' to do so.The' very nature of the contents of thebag might get him into serious diffi-culties. There was nothing for it butto assume an 'air of bravado, and swag-ger past as.though be .had a perfectly,easy, conscience. This ho. succeeded indoing to his own satisfactipn, but un-fortunately the constable still seemedto have his doubts about him. -- WhenBill glanced over his shoulder he per-ceived that the officer was strollingleisurely after him, apparently for the-purpos-

    of keeping him in view. Thisvigilance was especially embarrassing,for it compelled him to avoid any ap- -,pearance of haste, and prevented himfrom carrying out his design of depos-iting his burden on the first convenientdoorstep.

    Half dead with sheer fright, and inof suppressed excitement. Bill

    made his way in the direction of .Vic-toria Street, holding tho bag .with theutmost tenderness, yet longing to dropit and take to his heels. On turningshortly, .however, he perceived, that thepoliceman was still steadily followingin his wake. Probably the truth wasthat the officer was. only pursuing hisbeat, and had forgotten Bill .long ago.But unfortunately, this soothing reflec-tion did cot occur, to Bill at the moment,and, in his desperation, he availed himself of an expedient which suddenlv

    resented itself. The street door of aEouse happened to open just as he waspassing, and a maid sen-an-t came outon the doorstep and looked up anddown the street. Before she had per-ceived him. Bill had coolly placed thebag in her hands, and was preparing tohurrv away.

    "Hi!" exclaimed the girl. "What isthis?"

    "For your master," answered Bill,over his shoulder.

    "I ain't got no master. Hi! stop!"cried the girl, raising her voice as hevanished.

    "I say, mate, somebody's a calling ofvou!" said an officious errand boy, asBill plunged across the road.

    "Hi! Stop there! You're wanted!"cried another passer-b- y, in stentoriantones.

    There seemed to his excited imagin-ation a general disposition on the partof the by-stand- to impede his flight,and he hastily concluded that it would.Be wiser to .yield to the hue "and cry..He would stjck to his story that lie hadbeen iold to leave the baj at that par-ticular house, aud. he probably wouldsucceed "in making the girl believe him.With this object he retraced his steps;gathering assurance as he walked, but,as ill-lu- ck would have it, who shouldstroll up at the same moment but hisvigilant enemy, the constable.

    "Hi! You've made a mistake.. Thisdoesn't belonjr here." There is no nameon it." said, the girl, as he .approached. .

    "What is the matter?" inmiired the Iconstable, in a casual way. .

    ."Q! nothinjr. I've made a mistake.r.suppose, as the young lady says so,"answered Bill, hastily.

    He mechanically held out his handfor tb bag as he spoke, but failed tograsp tne Aandle, and it fell throughhis fingers on to the-groun- d. Billstarted back in consternation, fearinghis last moment had come, and simul-taneously he felt himself collared by theconsume. t

    uHnllo! young fellow. - What doesthis inean? exclaimed the officer.

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    ssary explanations. Daring .the jour-ney; Bill's reflections inclined to bitter-ness as he realized how foolishly he hadabandoned a rich prize. The metallicrattle which had startled him had beendue to careless packing, and, altogether,he perceived that he had fallen a vic-tim to a senseless scare. Needless tosay, his ingenious story of having re-ceived the bag .from a namelessstranger was not considered satisfac-tory, and as the .valuables were identi-fied by a pawnbroker in the Strand,whose premises had been burglariously'entered during the evening. Bill re- -ceived the full credit pLthe transaction

    i and was rewarded accordingly..,. . . " m.....m j. .

    Speculators in Oil.

    The petroleum business during twelve,months past has been almost entirely,revolutionized, particularly the specu-lative markets. A year ago a mostdisastrous panic in the petroleum mar-kets 'swept away fortunes large andsmall. The. millionaire lost thousandsand ttie merchant, in a small way,hundreds of 'dollars. A 'phenomenaladvance in prices, based -- on the rapiddecline of the famous Cherry Grove re-gion, had induced rich and poor aliketo" invest in oil for a better future, andall .alike spread their money on in thinmargins, when an unscrupulous cliqueof oil gamblers, with aid of theStandard Oil Company, the most nefa-rious of monopolies, conspired to bringabout a panic. The local money marketwas wrought upon and made so string-ent that borrowers on oil collateralwere'" uo'mpelled to pay for money tocarry their oil at . the rate of overseventy tier cent, per annum. Whilethe holders of certificates were staggering under this onerous carryiug-rat-o

    clique brought in a well ou theCooper tract, in comparatively newterritory. Which had been nursed for-mor- e

    than a for this purposj.-Th-ewell starte'd at upwards of 500 bar- -,

    rels a day, but to'add to consterna-tion which folIowcdit opening the firstreports greatly over-estimat- ed the pro-duction. As the market broke the nar-row margins gave out and brokers be-came wild to sell out customers and.save themselves. A few days latter,the tales of ruin and desolation beganto come in from every quarter. Bankssuspended payment, oil producers tiedin disgrace from their debts and numer- -ous 'others were ruined financially..The. widespread disaster produced bythat panic showed that oil speculationhad extended wonderfully Jduring thefew weeks preceding, when" the marketwas advancing .rapidly and theable panic marKea me. peginning oi anew era in oil speculation. Before thattime" a few persons put -- prices up ordown at will and those who know whatthe will of the Standard monopoly wasknew what the course of the marketwould be. The first notable instance ofcontradiction to that sovereign will was-th- e

    blind pool which came into themarket last" May with a capital suffi-cient to control about one-ha- lf the oilstocks, or $15,000,000. For a time theStandard made an unsuccessful eflbrttor stenrthe rising tide, but finally thebears of "the trade turned against thesyndicate and. compelled it . .to retirewithout a profit and it is confidentlyasserted by many that it sold out at aloss on its investment. Since then theforces wording in th'e market have heinpowerful ones. Heavy New York capi-tal estranged 'from stocks has beenturned into .oil as a more profitablechannel, and the boom started on the9th of November by the Standardproved to be a comparatively small af-fair, owing to- - the resistance of thiscapital,- - which, when the boom wasstarted,- carried a large amount of longoil, the selling of which broke themarket again aud again as it was forcedupuntil the boom had to be abandoned,temporarily at least.

    To get the best possible view of thesituation at present 1 have questionedseveral of the most prominent dealersand producers.- - One broker said: "Itis hot now as. formerly that one manor a few. parties canT. manipulate themarket. . While-one- . clique or factionare plotting-t- o break the market andforce it down, another-equall- y as strongmay be .ettiug up the pins for a bullmovement, in which case the balanceof power may be held by a comparat-ively- unimportant party. The capitalengaged in the,buiness is so la"ge thatany movement is necessarily slow com- -

    with those of a few years ago.'he time was, "and it was not long ago

    either. When the' Standard could pickup. nearly all -- the- certificates by bearmanipulation, and-the-n easing up sendthe market on a while it unloadedagain. Now there are many investorswho buy on- - a low market, and nomatter what tactics are brought to bearthev hold on to their oiluntil they canrealize a good profit. This elementkeeps a large share of the certificatesout of the Standard's hands. TheCleveland monopoly is still thegrcatestfactor in the market, but has not thatabsolute power which it had." Oil CityCor. Philadelphia Times.

    Dangers ef Competition in Girls' Schools.

    One of the practices most energetic-ally relied ou in the higher class ofgirls' schools is that of the competitionof one scholar with another. In someof them this competition is terrific. Itextends to every subject; it becomes sokeen as to put each girl who is in theforemost rank in a fever-hea- t of emula-tion before the examinations. In somocases it overmasters every other feelingfor the time being. No doubt, from thoschoolmaster's point of view, it is thevcrvlhing he wants. In his professionalenthusiasm he aims at the highestmental result. He is not professionallyinterested in the health or the specialnervous constitution of his girls; hedoes not regard them as each one amedico-psychologic- al entity and prob-lem. I don't say this by way of re-- E

    roach. All good men try to attain theighest result in their special depart-

    ments. The educator has no means ofknowing the constitution and hereditaryweakness of his. girls that the motherof one died ot consumption, that thefather of another was insane, thatneuralgia is hereditary in the tami-thir- d,ly of a that one has beennervous; another bad convulsionswhen a baby, another has beenthreatened with- - - water in thehead.- - etc. His own education andtraining' have not- - taught him tonotice or know the meaning of narrowchests, or great thmuess, or stoopingshoulders, or very big heads, or quick,jerky movements, or dilated pupils, orwant of appetite, or headaches, or irri-tability, or back-ache- s, or disinclina-tion to bodily exertion. But all thesethings existin abundance in every bigschool, and the girls handicapped inthat way are set into competition .withthose' who are strong and free fromrisks. It is the most nervous, excitableand "highly strung girls who throwthemselves into the school competitionmost keenly. And they, of course, arejust the most liable to be injured by it.All good observers say the intensity offeeling displayed in girls' competitions! ensflater than amonir lads, and that

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    agony-o-f ajsprehension, ventured to there is far mora.apt to arise pe"fsonalopen them again,-- and perceived that "mus. ,Giris don't take a beating sothe .shock of the fall bad burst open the quietly as boys. Their moral

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    contents of which were scat-- tn.' while in some ways stronger thantered upon the doorstep. To his amaze--th- at of $f especially at that age, suf-me-

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    tney consisted of a miscellaneous m S.f disturbmsr cris.ollection of silver plate and jewelry. The,wholething greater liold ofwhich Madequite animpesiag display. them-gJd-ore real.- -S. Clouston, M.The articles "had evidently been bu- n- 0-. tn&putar Science Monthly.died uneeremoniouslyiBto' the bag, and. .'.. .:;y - ,'were, no doubt, the proceeds ofsome Yu will observe this, tne devilrecent robbery. v .never offers to-g- into partnership with

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    The Man in the Bottle.The gilded neck of a contrivance

    fashioned in the similitude of a cham-pagne bottle towered above the heads oftho throng in Sixth avenue. A pair oflegs protnided from the bottom. Halfway up, on the side which faced in thedirection of its progress, was a smallopening, with a grating across it. Step-ping alongside, the reporter rapped nearthe grating:

    - "Who!s there?" came a challenge inhollow tones from within; .

    .The response, "A friend," suggesteditself, and .was spoken.. .. i;What;doyou want?", sai.d the.yoice.

    "Want .to ask how. you like this'thing." . ,m

    The bottle became, communicative,and as it toddled along. up the avenuethe voice said: "It all depends on theweather. A man as understands thebusiness will accommodate himself tothe seasons. He will tote a banner, ormaybe carry a lettered umbrella or weara painted linen duster during the heatedterm, take to boards when the season ofraw northeast winds comes on, and gointo a bottle for the winter. Boards isbetter than banners in cold weather.The wind always blows up or down thestreet, so a feller is pretty well protectedmost of the time. When he comes to acrossing, if he finds the wind whistlingacross pretty sharp, he can walk edge-ways, and protect himself. But in right-dow- n

    cold weather a bottle is as muchbetter- - than boards as a double-breaste- dbeaver overcoat is better than a liver-pa- d.

    "Then, again, in hot weather, no manas knows himself will go into a bottle,without lie happens to be a chap as hasseen a good deal better days, and don'twant to be recognized by his friends.Take a ward politician in reduced cir-cumstances, f'rinstance he don't wantto.be seen carrying a banner or betweenboards; so he is glad enough to go intothe. bottle for tne heated term. Thenthere is once in a while a chap as haareasons for sort o' keeping ont of view,you know, and he is ready for the bottleany time in the year, I ain't telling nonames, but I knew a party what keptaway from the police for a month ormore, till they got off his track, by doingthe bottle act. He used to toddle alongthe avenue, right by the side of the de-tectives who was looking for him. Hewasn't any of your poverty-stricke- nsort, but lived like a lighting cock-car-ried

    a bottle of the best old stufiinhis coat pocket, lunched 'on boned sar-dines when he was loafing along, andsmoked real Havanas. The smoke?Oh, that was all right. He blew it outof the lookout, and, if anybody saw it,they thought it just curled up from thecigar of somebody else who was pass-ing.

    "We ain't all so tony as this chapwas," the voice went on; "but we man-age to have a good many comforts. Mycupboard ain't --very replete with luxu-ries, but I can offer you a hunk of ginger-bread, half a sandwich and a clay pipeof tobacco, Generally speaking, it ain'tsafe to light a pipe till dusk, and thenyou have to be careful when you lightup, and to hold your hand over the bowlwhen you smoke. But the neck of thebottle holds the smoke in, and you cansnuff it up half a dozen times before itgets out.

    "Heavy?" the voice said, in responseto an inquiry. "Not very. You see,this thing is made of a sort of oil-clo- thover a skeleton like a hoop skirt. Thewhole business don't weigh much morethan an ulster. For a rainy day thereain't nothing like it. No matter howhard it pours you're dry as a husk. An-other advantage of being in a bottlewhen the weather is suitable is that youcan go against the wind about as goodas with it presents a smooth androunding surface, and you don't getblown all over the sidewalk, as you dowith big flat boards.

    "Oh, a bottle is good enough for mo tillnext May," said the voice at parting."Come around and call again during thewinter. If I don't recognize yourknock, just sing out, and I shall knowyour voice." N. . Sun.

    In Japanese Hotels.The front of the house is entirely open

    to the street in the daytime. Whatserves for the office is in the front room.The kitchen is also in front. One willnearly always see a list of prices forlodging hung in the neighborhood ofthe kitchen.

    As you ride by a hotel on a hot day itlooks very inviting. If the house be alarge one, you will see room after roomstretching backward. In the center ofthe house is an open court, in which isa Japanese garden, such as no one elsecan make. Rockeries of old andcuriously shaped rocks, plants andflowers artistically arranged, and some-times a little pond with goldfish. Theparlor is the back room of the house.There is really very little difference inrooms, as none of them have one solitary-piec- e

    of furniture. The wood-wor- kof a parlor is sometimes verv pretty,and there are pictures, with sometimesa poem written in large characters onsilk, hanging on the walls. Theserooms are generally scrupulously clean.The floors of all Japanese houses arecovered with thick straw mats. Onentering a hotel (or any house), yourhoes must come off. A Japanese never

    wears anything heavier than a stockingwhile in the house. Whereyer thereis any wood-wor- k in the floor, it is kepthighly polished, as are also the ve-randas, which are an indispensable ac-companiment to a hotel, as it is bythem that the various rooms are reached.The wood is so smooth that it will showa scratch, or the mark made by a nailin a shoe, as easily as a polished tablewould do so.

    On arriving at a hotel you are shownto a room, and a girl waiter immediatelybrings tea and cake. The Japanesecustom is to give a little present ofmoney at this time; a greater or lesssum, according to the amount of atten-tion you may demand.

    The prices of lodging are generallyfixed at stated sums for first, second andthird class lodgers. This price includessupper, breakfast and lodging. Guestsdo not remain in a hotel during the day,excepting at the summer or health re-sorts. By eight o'clock in the morningthe hotel is empty. Meals are invaria-bly served in the different rooms. Thisrequires a large number of waiting-girl-s.

    Food is served on small low tables,just raised from the floor. The price offirst-cla- ss lodging (with meals) is aboutthirty-fiv- e cents. That is to Japanese.Foreigners are charged for room rentand for all the food served. Last JulyI put up at a hotel over night. MyJapanese teacher was with me. He hadone parlor and I had another. Ourfood, rooms, bedding were preciselyalike. He was charged fortysfive senfor lodging and room; I was chargedfifty sen for room only, and.Un additionfor every separate item of food. I re-fused to pay my bill, but finally wasobliged to pay it, or I should have mademyself a great deal of trouble. Mosthotels prefer not to take foreigners atany price. Of course, where we areserved with chairs, table and a bed, weare willing to pay extra for them. Butyou seldom find these articles except onthe main roads of travel. One must betired in order to sleep on the floor,lying on one thick blanket, with anothersimilar one for a cover.

    There is no possible way to fasten theroom at night. There are no doors likeour doors. The division between rooms,as1 well as between the room and theouter veranda, is nothing but paper;paper-slidin- g doors, which can be liftedont of' their grooves with the greatest ofease, converting the' house into onelarge -- room. I have slept (?) for a

    number of nights in a room, all foursides of which could be taken away inJive minutes time, and which, of course,could bo opened by any one. Strangeas it mav seem, there is very seldomanything'like robbery. Things must beleft about the room" as one cannot putall his pov.isdons under the pillow.Boston Transcript.

    Social Shams.

    "Society is a sl::m."' says lhet sagerand the truth of trie remark is daily be-ing proven. The. devices adopted bysociety belles to outshine each other aremany and numerous, the latest thathascome to light being ihe hiring of costlyjewels for some swell'party or reception.While most of the ladies who have anentree to the high spcial circlo in thiscity are very wealthy, there are somewho are comparatively poor, but owingto family connections belong to 'the up-per tendom, and are to be seen at mostof the high-tone- d parties and receptions,dressed elegantly and wearing jewelsthat cost fabulous prices. A Chroniclereporter noted this circumstance andlong sought a solution of it without suc-cess, until a few days ago, when themystery was solved accidently. The re-porter was talking to the proprietor ofone of tiie largest jewelry establishmentsin this city, when ayoung lady, who wasrecognized as a society belle without adowry, entered and asked if ber dia-monds were ready. "Yes," replied theproprietor, a he produced a case con-taining a necklace and a pair of ear-rings, composed of large solitaires, andhanded them to the young lady, who,after examining them for a moment de-parted with the jewels.

    "Has your customer married somerich old man, who supplies her withsuch costly jewels?" queried the re-porter.

    "No," replied tiie jeweler, "she isstill single. Those diamonds belong tome, and she has only hired them towear at Mrs. Blank's reception thisevening. You look astonished," con-tinuedt- he

    jeweler, and in answer toother questions he said: "The hiring ofcostly jewels for an evening is not byany means a new thing in this city, andI do quite an extensive business in thatline. You would be surprised if Inamed some of my customers who hirejewelry. The set "that young lady justtook away from here is the most ex-pensive 1 have in the store. I chargeher ten dollars for the use of the dia-monds for this evening, and she willexcite the envy and the jealousy of herfriends. It's singular thatyou newspapermen have never heard of it before,"continued the jeweler. "It's as com-mon almost as the hiring of dress suitsby gentlemen Wc change the settingsof tne jewels frequently so as to enabledifferent people to wear the same setwithout exciting suspicion. Occasion-ally I have rented .sets for a season toladies who summer at Santa Cruz, Mon-terey, or other resorts. In the case pfstrangers, I, of course, require a depositof the full value of the jewels, but themost of my patrons are well known andnever fail to return the jewelry on timeIf they were ever tempted to retainthem the fear of exposure and socialdisgrace would deter them.

    "Then in addition to hiring out jewelsthere is another branch of my businesswhich is aNo novel, it being nothingmore or les than the renting of silverservices. Antique designs are most infavor, and many a resident has exhib-ited my services to his guests as highlytreasured heirlooms. This branch oibusiness is handsomely paid for. Thenagain, we are frequently called on tosupply bric-a-br- ac for weddings and torent line silver services, jewels, etc., toswell the list of bridal presents andmake a fine display." San FranciscoChronicle.

    The Ilonie-Da- v.

    Thanksgiving was not made. Itgrew out of the devout cravings of ourforefathers for a festal day. Theybanished Christmas and the otherfestivals of tho mother land. But thereligious and social wants of the peopledemanded a day whereon they might byfeasting and rejoicing, thank the Lordfor the blessings of the year.

    The meeting-hous- e, the school-hous- e,the home and the farm made Thanks-giving tho Feast of Ingathering, theHarvest Home, and most beneficent ofall, the day of the Home Flitting. Thecharacteristics stamped upon the day atits origin still retain their sharp lines.It has migrated from the home of itsbirth, and become by reason of itssweet scasonableness a National festival.But wherever it has gone, it remainsthe Feast of Ingathering.

    Thoughtful men ami women, as theysit at eventide by the wood-lir- e, in the"best room" of the old homestead, willtalk over the blessed influence of this rev-erent Ingathering. One will refer to theeducatingeffects of the political sermons,which, in obedience to a time-honor- edcustom, have been preached on this day.Another will mention as a significantfact, that even money-makin- g takes a Jholiday on Thanksgiving, and charitywalks abroad with a well-fille- d basket.Some devout soul will speak of thestimulating spectacle presented by aNation pausing in its industry to re-cognize that its harvests are grown,and its factories run, by one SupremeMind. But the most thoughtful of thegroup will, perhaps, speak : of . thetendencies of the people and the Nation,and will suggest that the chief blessingof the day is the emphasis it lays uponthe home and its life.

    Jewish homes and festivals made theJews so intensely patriotic that theywere blamed for being clannish. Ourhomes should be the nurseries of apurer patriotism, that will acknowledgethe brotherhood of man, and makeknowledge subservient to conscience,and the conscience trne to God. Theassociations of Thanksgiving with suchhomes will make it one of the mostbeneficent of the Republic's festivals.True men and noble women will bestrengthened in heart and life by a re-turn to that atmosphere "where joy isduty and love is law."

    Blessed is that country whose homesmake it indeed the Fatherland, whereingood is crowned and evil repressed.YoitUi's Companion.

    An Honest Umbrella Thief.

    To steal an umbrella is, unfortunately,no uncommon thing; and we have heardof persons who justified the act on theground that every one did it, that theyhad themselves been robbed of umbrel-las, and so on. There are men, indeed,of rare conscientiousness who buy aguinea umbrella on the first of January,and, after being deprived of it, take sys-tematically throughout the year the firstumbrella that comes to hand; making,when New Year's Day again comesround, another contribution of a guineato the general umbrella fund. A domes-tic servant, however, who has been ac-cused at the Dublin Police Court of steal-ing an umbrella, and who by her ownunsought confession charges herselfwith having pawned it, seeks to excuseherself on quite new grounds. Shehad gone to see a lady who ought, shethinks, to have engaged her as a cook,but who omitted to do so, and at thesame time neglected to pay her travel-ing expenses. To reimburse herself, sheseized an umbrella in the hall, pawned itfor three shillings, the sum she had laidout in locomotion, and enclosed thepawn-tick- et to the lady who had failedto secure her services. In asserting herright to be engaged, the young womanlaid great stress on a written characterfor honesty which she had duly pre-sented. St. James1 Gazette.

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    Charley Ross is a reporter in theBritish Parliament, and has been there4for years.

    PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.Ex-Govor- Boutwell, of Massa-

    chusetts, participated in oleven Presiden-tial contests, and expects to take thestump again next year, Boston Jour-nal.

    Jennie Cramer's mother has beenturned out of her house for lack ofmoney to pay rent. Her husband diedsoon after the acquittal of the Malleyboys. N. Y. News.

    Isaac. Gornell, of Elmira, N. Y.,.aged one hundred and three years, barbeen awarded' forty thousand dollars,whichwas" bequeathed-t- him forty yearsago. The-cas- e was on trial in England.

    Elpjrn Advertiser.A gentleman, on being introduced

    marked: "What!-ar- e you a brother oiOliver --Wendell Holmes?" "No." re-

    plied Mr. Holmes, who inherits thefamily skill at repartee, "he is a brotherof mine."

    A lady "in Cynthiana. Ky., has aof Abraham Lincoln woven inEicture white silk, which was made

    .in Lyons, France, at a cost of eighthundred dollars. The making is saidto have required the work of one manand three women for four months.

    Mrs. Salter, a lady probably seventy-f-ive or eighty years of age, and wholives about two miles from town, walksto church here every Sunday and fre-quently at nights. She says that shenever took a dose of medicine but oncein her life, and that was a dose of epsomsalts fifty years ago. ffawkinsville

    da.) Sun.Among the notable weddings which

    took place in New York recently werethose of Miss Jessie Talraage, daughterof Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, to Mr.Warren G. Smith; Assistant UnitedStates District Attorney Charles F.

    -- James, son of GeneralJames, to Miss Susan Anna CustLParramore, of Virginia, and great-granddaugh- ter

    of Martha Washington.Postmaster-Gener-al Gresham's of-

    fice is on the third floor of the Pot-offic- eBuilding. His desk is so placed thatthe big pior-gla- v, between two windows,is directly behind his chair. He sits ina common cane-seate- d chair, and givesa visitor a seat at his side in a leather-covere- d,

    Turkish-cushione-d chair, andall other furniture iu the room is walnut,leather-covere- d. The floor is coveredwith plain matting. Washington Star,

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