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TEBBIFIC ELEOTRIC STORMS, Orett Loti of Life and PropertT in Pennsyl- vania and Ohio. BCENK8 OF DEVASTATION. A I'ltlsbnrg despatch of ! night nyi . Weatrrn 1'ennsylvania was visited by atvers rain, wind and eleotrio norm ihn morning. Orel damage wai don* aod at lean two lives were loll. la Ihii city a number of houses were itruck by lightning and several person* stunned, bat nol seriously injured. The rio fell in lorrenlif or *tveralhoun,tl coding cellar! and causing imall Bin-ami to overflow. At Weil Eluabtto two children of George Bealtie, a boy and girl aged 7. were drowned on their way to school while crossing a foot I jg over Lobb'i Hun. The girl lot her fooling and fell in the water, and her twin brother, in trying to re acne her, loet hii life alao. At Indiana. !'., light- ning .irnok the flooring mill of Wegley A WtUou. and it wai burned to the ground. The loss wai f 1,500. In Weslmorclan 1 county treat damare n reported. For two boon the rain fell in torrenti, and nearly all the itreami overflowed their banks, washing away bridges, fences and eviry- thing iii their way. I I.v l.tMtiif. At I'enn Station a number of familiei were i tnpi lied to vacate their hou~>iand aeck shelter on high ground. 1'p the Manor Valley the greatest damage was done, an molt of the bulge* along the itreami were, oarri. 1 away. The Manor \ all. v Hailroad at Clariilge, ill northern terminus, wai badly damaged, 300 yardi ben ; wtfched away and trsfh'o entirely sus- pended. In (ireensburg the High Bohool building win struck by lightning and olivhtly damaged. In itectioni of the oounty the roacbeJs are nearly washed away, renderir.k; travel dangerous and very difficult. At Tyrone, the Juniala ii away over its banki, homes and loti are inuu- dattil and people have been compelled to move I hi^in r ground. la Cambria County the rainstorm waa particularly aevere. '1 lie Conemitagh Hiver and Btoney ('reek Are again high, aud the lower por- tioni of Johnstown are under water. i have been washed away, and operation! have been impended at the mill* along these streams. 01,1 , . \ l.llalloll. An Akron, < '., despatch sayi : Two olondi came together Tneaday evening about two inikd northwtHt M Sharon, Medina county. Two minutes later began to revolve in tornado fashion and bear dowi. upon ii '.iliac-. The tornado's progn a wai marked by roaring and grind mg kounds. In i>i. minutes it had >1 i-.i ryihini; in its .track, over six milts of farm lann for a width of 30 rods, demolished dd/eni of building*, killed one man, fatally injured a man and a woman, and seriously r>j'm-d nevural others. lurest! in which were Irwa two feet in diameter were cut down as it they had been cornstocki. The first building caoghi up wai the barn of James llariman Ii wai torn into kindling. Then in turn were taken the house and barn of I r.th U rater, t)i>- house and barn of Isaac llrown an<l 1 rank Lacrnix, the barns o( UK hard Itrcwn at '1 ' 1 juit north of Hharun. 1 be tornado then muwnl down a mile or so of Imii . r land and fenoei and jnn.i work anew at the farm of Chi utivi Wall, eaiit of ( The large bank barn was torn into little which wt r.. rtnwn alon^; ov.r a inik '1 i .< Urge two story house of ruble Wall wa in. la- llou and tipped over on its HI ; ai ; horae barn n> ar by was derm i bank burn ..f Mat. Ilromli y, j-..-u auros the road, wan u . n . . .. r, a whirl - Mr. Hramley wai caught up and de- posited several rods away badly < r : under the linibf r>-. 1 1< cannot recover. llm mm landed at the hay m.,*. '1 In- house of I rank Bromley, a quarter of a mile f uril; r un, was blown several rods from ill foundation and taking fire burned with all iti content*. The family escaped by taking refuge m the cellar. An orchard of fifty apple trees, back of the hotiie, was mowed clean. Juit a quarter of a mile southeast of Bronili-y's was that of Hugh I ranks Here 4rootion wai moit complete, not a stick of liinl. jr that a man could not easily carry wai left. About lf.0 feet from the house Mr. Franks' dead body was found with the brains ooxing from a hole in the In ait made by a flat iron. An ear was torn and lies and arms were broken. In clover field, twenty roils from the houte, lay Mm. Frank* tin onicious. with her ollar bone and several ribi broken and serious Internal injuries. Hhe oannot livt. The family dog lay dead beside her. '1 In r,- were no children in the honae. About t:iOO in paper money and silver that was in the bouse wan strewn over the fields for half a mile. JBBUf'i hir M IN I HI. I. ARM. At the end of its six mile sweep through Hharon, the tornado evidently rote hi^h in the air, and, jumping over the southern part of this city, dropped on Bnringtkeld township, southeast of Akron. The house of Bcnlt Hweil/er wai whirled from us foundation and scattered over a ten acre Held. Hweil/r, who ha.l laughed at Ins wife'i fear for going to the oeller with her baby, wai piti in 1 down the oellarway headforemost, and the family ensooused in. . It r the debris escaped injury. A pen fall of pigs was hurled to tin ir death. Of two carriages in the barn only a few spokes could be found. As Fred, llarwicks was unhitching his horse the tornado came on and he was Mown away with the horse and waggon, and received serioui injuries. Dai.itl Mr-own owned rive aare* of timber, on which not a tree was left standing. Ueo. Wise's ten-aore forest was also mowed down 'I he homes of Robert ('alUI.au John II. n. rlson, Lints Hunt/ and Kh Funk were rnlrtli I and barns blown away. The storm trail. -it along ii.to Htark oonnty, leafing tlia .tobri* scattered over a sir. i, 1, of i.rii i n miles. The loss amounts to lens of thousands. VIBillNIA rtlIJi I I . A Iloanoke, \ a., deipatch tayi : The greatest lornailo for many yean punted over this oily this evening. The cait house at the Crn/ier iron furnaoa was blown down, and three laborers were killed and oo was mortally wounded iiir. HIM"! ,r i MI* Flrelng KriHii Pan I- run. U. o mud tht. Wimtli i" ..ii.i . A Ban Francisco despatch a> : There was a big meeting of negro doom sealers at the railway station at Oakland yesterday afternoon, an i unbelievers in the dire prophecies that have been uttered as to the ooming destruction of tbe town by a lidal wave were warned in doggerel to flee from the wrath to oome : Kle* away to da mountain top, < aue ixiiiictliin lunr am guiu' to drop, h.. MM away, au dou t you itop, , tUlh'lu.ali : Hallelujah: Dine <lat ktay behind aui lu* , I .mu I'ti'l* in k|innit am Dip liy fros , An. I nil lie ll'KKl waves dey'll l>! toss', Hallalujali' liallulujab ! These verats were Hhouled vociferously by the doom-sealeri. They did not mini particularly worried at the impending calamity, but tang and beat time with thoir gripsacks and umbrellas in true re- vival Bt)le. They left for Bt. Helena on the 4 40 train. This train carried away to safety many white believers also, 'liieir faith affected them uTt.rei.tly to what it did the colored people, ihey were mainly foreigner), and their pale fanes told how much they wen impressed by the awful ness of the things that nre to happen on April 14. There were traces of tears ou the faoes of the women among them. According to tbe original prophecy none of these persons should have been left at Oakland. It was foretold that after April 7 no trains could leave, aud c-H.-ape would be impassible. They Appeared to cou<udr the holding off of the event at a mark of Divine favor, and were humbly thankful that they were given additional time to eecape. Probably .'10 people took the train for the Bierras to day, and many others fled to tbe hills back of Berkeley. Tbe example set by the more fervent Woodworlbitei has stirred up a big ruah for tbe mountains. Yesterday and tbe day before the departures took more tho form of an organized txodua than ever before. Those who left earlier .juiotly went aboard the traius sepaiately, one, or possibly two families to a party. A great many went in this way, ana it was yesterday estimated that fully 3UO l*-ople had left their homes. Not a single person who wai prominent at the meet- ings where the prophecy wai first announced was to be found in Oakland to- day. All have fled to tho mountains. A correspondent interviewed several departing cranks and elicited tbe same answer in every case : \Ve are leaving because Ood has plainly- revealed the approaching catastrophe and we dare not neglect His warning." I be weather to day is unusually warm, aud tlin, taken in connection with the lunar rainbow a few nights ago, is regarded as jminuuu of the approaching upheave!. A Krvvrriiil Korg-nr A 1 >ay ton, O., despatch any* : L-ttcrs have ived from Kev. Kdward Mason, a re-ident of tins city and pastor of Ihe i'rogrtstive lirethreo ihurch at Mia misborg, confessing he il a furger, an. that he lion hii way to Wales to reclaim ai -, lance, or, failing in that, to kill him self. lie leaves a wife drstitutti, hvui| t'loandered a small iuhirilance of hers. 11> li-fl home April 3id, saving ho was goinu to Si l.oniti to preach a funeral nernion, but irsliad he went to New York, vu hu wrote to hii wife uii.t others making tin above statement!. He forced not. s ai.i b- rrow.,i m-ii:. > fri.in a nunibi r of bank* known, and il is mystery what w i :-. the proceed* Kev. Mr Maiton hail a l..i:'i hlai.-lin:: u r. Ii , M ,1 IH an iiithf r . r It is taid he was aililic'.ul lo tin usu of opiate*. THE EUMMC GIRL. Her Fancy Lightly Tarns MillinerT- to Bomaa A Ulrl l'iil>,iitr i I <>nft-Mrs. A Cliirago .li'flpatch eays : KrarnaKtark. i rvant ^irl who il under art. with pultu . . the fo'.<i for a family i.ann.l Newlands, wbu-h r. i in the in nth of Mr. ami Mm. New lauds and the dangerous two children, hai i illness of tb. ir full confesiioi Hhe admitted to-day that shu put rough on rail " into comu canned corn the wai cooking for the Newlauds' xiip| .-r. \\islnng only to test its strength. The girl said she had been betrayed and wi-ln-.l to put an end to her i-ii<trnr.e, bat had no intention of killing the Newlandi. Hhe ate some ol the corn herself, bat it only made her slightly sick, and luppoiing in effect would be no more lerioai on the utheri shs served it for sapper. Minion In H furring Mali Ii. A Liverpool cable nayi : A horrible fight occurred at Wigan. Lancashire, yt>s- t. May. Two noted wreitlern, Moran, of Wii.;an. tu.d llaigh, of Hlnniiish, were the pmiripahi. They were nakr.l, with the ex- ception of short trousers ami clogs, but in the tint round the troniers were torn to l>ri In and the clogs were then used an weapon!. The bodies of the men pretienti I a sickening xpantacle at the close of the ii;;ht. 1 iiey were seamed, scarred ami gashed in nil directions. 1 1 nigh was de- clared the victor, Moran was carried home unconscious. II,. .,.!. . I Tying .sh.i "ne of the managers of a big eastern knitting null has made a calculation that the shoestrings of a working girl will came untied on tho average three nines per diem, and that a girl will low about M) seconds every time she stoops to retie them. Most of the employeei have two feet, 10 thii entails a loss of 300 seconds every day for each girl. There are about 400 girls em ploy.-,! in this factory, and therefore the gentleman finds that 4:1.000,000 seconds are waste.) in the course of a year, which time, at the average rate of wages, is worth T.M.I17J. Orders have accordingly been issued that girls must wsar only button. I Hhoes or Congress gaiters under penalty of discharge. The man who takei things as they come never has any "go" to him. "Oyiter culture" by the Mar.|nia of 1. 1. riu. with illustrations by 1'rinoeei Louise, is, perhaps tbe most noticeable oontentsof - .. The visit described to the oyster nurseries of Aroa< hon is very interesting, and the information that VN , UOO people get their living in France in con- nection with Ibis and similar numerics, obtaining also fair wages, is a stronve reoommedalidn to the Marcus' plea for the encouraging of the iudustry on lirituh olior.,.. And ir Mu He I- ...I. i., i. i i.- Mm I... k- llrl-. I Wllll Itlnkrl. ,il,.l lli.kl.MK Tbilisi In pve My l>. A New York despatch stys: The summer girl is going to look like a maid of ancient Atiiens when in a gown ol sheer while wool, girdled at the waisl and clasped on tbe shoulder, she twists her hair in a loon-, claisij kuol thrust through with au auiique gold hairpin and adjusts i ilheticanly in plaoe u little r /in- a la Urecquf male of three nllttn of gold rib- boo. jeweled and embrtidered, with a pufT of wbilu mile to fill Ibe crown and iu from a butterfly such as Cupid uiigbi have ubased, with wiugs of gold and gaii/. ., fluttering duwu from the bauds to her wtme hair. Ihe Hammer girl will look very demure and cjqueitisb L ninu ber loose tluwing veil. Iu tbe morniug you will meet her in a wide flat hat cf black straw, simple as a scbcol girl's, with a bunch of black tips at Ibe back, a band of >,ol ' tinsel about tue crowu and a fall of b.ujk gauzo naif a yard deep fri'in Ire outei brim, which com- pletely envelops 10 its uuu-ltko but traus ptreut mtsbes tbe whole upper pan of her figure. You turn for another glimpee ol Ihe shy, vtiled maiden, and in the after noon yon meet Lor again. This time she is weariug a tupping hat like a sixteenth century courtier B, except that it id ma of laoe straw, with heavy feathers llaudin erect on top like fluttering plume*, an with u fall veil of Chantilly lace like tb hiiijjiro bag of laal n.itsoii, except that it i loose at the bottom, finished in a patteru o \ andy ke points, and lost at the throat the puffy bow of black gauze, whio gives the last cAu loach to ber walkit costume. ihu summer ^irl ii going to look lik fcolibh, pretty little Dora lopperfielu ready for a walk with ' L>ody," wbere sb f i tuits her arch dimpled faoe in one o the simple "village" Oonnets of Tusoai straw, with a dainty wreath of rosebud beneath the brim, aud with Ihe chin unugl lied up witb ribbon bows. The high crowned hat looks back long ingly from the door of oblivion. Tbe sum I'.-T girl argues with hereelf whether sb sball invite it to re-enter the world. 1 appeals to her fuucy with us roaeties o blue and gold velvet ribbon trimming ai ~~ iglish shape in black straw and its blac wing* fronting forward. 'inere are lome extremely pretty novel tiet iu liridesmaids' half, for which a use will be found soon altir Easter. One is wide-brimmed, Hat hat of gold-colore laoe straw, with a thick ruff of pur [ilisb pink ribbon, box-pleated about ibe outer briui Itlack velvet flower petal show themselves here and there. Auothei is a Leghorn flat, turned up behind. Nar row blue velvet ribbon is laid in a circle o kin; loops aOuut the brim, aud t ihi gamiiur * are blue bachelors' buttons. 'Hie tulle and gaum hat* grow mon airily fanuntio with each paisiug hoar 'Ihey aru not ulomly nlarrt .1 as in past b<a sous, but aru fairy like gossamer pull .Li ol the tljwi.r wr.ath iriii:i..u. K ii., m k.ips lioni sailing away , I this spring was wuru by u woman at the lat m. i In. K if Hie Collegiate Annul .. Its lraii.uv.ar .iLVtn of thorny r suias without loilai-i- and taiu;li .1 will i. uiig lo the waist *inura *.augiil lu^uilur by oue ; ii.k rose. liu :,ii.iii.ur i.irl seems to have a fancy fur iniii.-t Ki.imau. l.ilile crownluss , with Hjfi twists of silk in Koman siii|i. s abuut Ihe brims, arc shown by &1 tliu fasbiouablu milliners. A young girl who saw an Italian Optra favorite on ber opening night wore as auoocthful a one ai Ims appeartd. Il looked like a scarf of rec and gold w un.i about the head, with a metallic blue butteitly fastening it in front aud another betiind. For early spring the most characteristic bonnets aru ihono which are nothing more than wide fillet* of coarse straw not joined buhind or simply tied across with narrow ribbons. A very pretty oue is cf dark blue straw eifi. I with blue and black velvet, and with a small blackbird oa either side. Cirav and while make au i Dually tltuctive combi- nation. A says (.-Mii II..I-IMIII; I.,.. II,. , Chicago despatch u I'ulljr. of yesterday The conference of the n Evangelical Church dele- gates being held here to day in Ihe in tlu-M avenue church was inaugurated with a row and the police were called out. Suoii after the meeting assembled, the crowd iu front of tho door* became so dense ihat thv struel cars were stopped. 1'eaoon Kergman and the llishop limbs' 'action, wlin were inside iu possession of Ihe church, locked the doors and prevented the nt ramie of Itishop L'sher aud his followers. The greatest commotion followed. The followers of Bishop l.shi-r finally with- drew, and started up a conference of their in a neighboring uhurob. Bullish. Uapllal for ll.,.i,.,, After a series of rumors, private advice* r ..in London today confirm the report of the sale of Boston's four largest breweries ;o a British syndicate. The present owner* continue to itoblornly refuse to give particulars, bat it is learned that after muoh discussion the following companies accepted Ihat two-thirds of the stipulated prioe be paid in cash and the remaining bird in stook of the new consolidated cor- wration, Ihu* permitting the present owners to retain an interest. The sum- deoided on are : Rostie Brewery, '.KX),000 ; loylston, !00,000 ; Htiffolk, 8350,000 ; and .ulny, Saoil.OOO: total, S2,H50,000. 1'os- ession ii to be taken on July lit. Yesterday Japan opened her third Na- ional Industrial Imposition. That such n exhibition, oomposed entirely of horns iroducts and mnnufaotnrea, ii possible in apan shows the rapid development of that ituple and their adaptability to the forms f \\eatern oivili/ation. Surgeon General John B. Hamilton says hat not one-third of the American popa- alion of a military age can pass the lamination of a recruit. A LIVING TOMB. Mine Cells for Munlcrer* < ..i.,i, i,. ... .1 to KiM I rtc.l IIBMtll. Lawyer Hem/lerran, of New York, re cenlly visited bis client, James J. Bluoum, who is confined at Sing Bing under sen- tence of death by electricity, acd he thus relates what he saw : " I vioiiiii by client, Slocnm, yesterday, ' f ai l Lawyer II u. / uns n . " in the exeootton chamber at Bing Biug. 1 have bad a large profissioi.nl txperieuce in places cf penal confinement, but nottaiug that I have ever aeen approaches in its awe inspiring attri- butes this terrible prison. It it a tut) story granite building about forty fuel square, disoonnecitd with all otter parts o! the tuildinic, except by the deadly wire that connects u with the dynamo shed. Tbe granite walls are tivo feet thick, I am told, and they certainly appear to be. There are in ret iron doom, one witbm one another, at tba end of the ueath chamber, facing the the river. Tbe keeper's seat is within the ilurd door. At tn farther ei.d of the cnaaiber, facing tbe keeper a B"tu are (oar cells. Tbe walls between the cells are cf granite, and two feet thick The inmates of the otlls aru always under the keeper's eye. Owing to the thickness of the walls and of tbe three doors not a bound of the world ouiKide is audible. It is a veritable living tomb. When a lawyer, or priest, or minister stei one cf the condemned men, a heavy green baiie curtain 11 dropped over the doors of the oiher cells, so that their inmates cannot lee tbe face of, the visitor or hear bis voice. The same thing is done when any one of the condemned men is taken out of bis cell for t \-ruse. The iuwi men, therefore, see no other faoe and bear DO other voice than that of their keeper, except, ag I have said, when their counsel or spiritual adviser is pe milled to see them. It is a terrible orara and it seems almoot incredible to me tea Ihey can retain their reaion until the hou of execuiion arrives." KIOTO I 4 A.NTI-CAKI.IsTN. obCuutotl for t'o--r--i..n MKlrld. A Madrid cable of last night lays : Tb arrival of the Carlist leader, Manjai* Ce ralbo, at Valencia to-day wa* made th occasion of an ami-Car. in demonstration Thousandi of anti-Carliit* met at ll itation and followed tbe Marqal* to h hot. 1. They smashed many windows i tbe hotel and tried to set tire to the built mg, when a detachment of troopi charge and dispersed the mob. Many person were woundxd. Later a mob of 1000 per ion* invaded tbe Carlist I 'lab and set fir to the furniture. When the firemen oam the mob tried to obstruct them. The mo then mashed and burned a carriage iu th courtyard. Another mob tried to burn church, but were prevented by tbe troopi 'Ihe troops have failed, however, to dii perie the constantly gathering crowd. Th latter have built two barricades in th streets. The military authorities ha taken possession of the city and the wuol garrison is under a Midnight The rioting continue*. Th troops have made levrral charges. Man persons have been injured, and it is re' ported come have been kilL-d, thoagl orders were given lo avoid bloodshed a long as possible. I'l I l>\ki TKAVr 1 . Hi--urlllr. oUrtllj Hl.TlUt*. A \Vnro t< r, Mass., despatch Freden L Kimball, the young and trustee It 1'er of the 1'eople's bavin^a Bank, ha* it .1, after Healing from tho vaulli ^ edged securities of the bank amounting to l.i, 000, but on the market worth 930,000 i. i of moil ] ,.n : hkmllj , the Btate, has an interesting family and a eocial position of the best. lie has, how ever, an ineatiatej passion for travel, and thai is his main obj -.-t in leaving. He has not been seen sincu Friday, but left a note showing be had gone to Canada, laying he would never return, and advising bis wife 10 go back to her family. Bbe is heart broken. A* he may dispose of his plunder in Canada, the following i* tbe list of the leonrilie* he disappeared with : Boston >V Lowell Railroad, l's, 15,000 Soelon A Maine Kailroad, T'l, M.OOO tnsti.n, Clinton ,v 1'itchbure;, A'i, v.,000 , Eastern Hailroad, i. s, f .". 000 ; Vermont tlasaachusetts, 5's, M.OUO , l lid Colony 7s J'-'.OOO, Maiue Central, 7's, 1500, Kansas uy A Fort Soott (collateral), f>,000 ; Kansas ( ily consols ijollaterali, 110,000 tola), S 1.1,500. All the bonds are readily negotiable. He Wai. ii..it nui of Work. Fred, lloberts, '.'1 years old, was arrested n New York city Wednesday with a ilaoard on his back. Koberts told the jus ioe that he was out of work and had an nvalid wife depending upon him. " What km 1 to do, judge ? I oannot starve, nor an 1 lei my wife starve to death," he laid. " I will not steal 1 have not com nitted any offence. I am tired ol asking or work and being refused it. I thought hi* sign would create some excitement and make my poverty known to some wh might be disposed to takn pity on me." le was discharged. Following i* the l -r.f Koberts adorned hi* back with : "I .m nol llret Harte, Berry Wall or (ieorge 'ranoil Train, limply a married man, a tree! railroad employee oat of work, who as used every means to nd employment. I do nol wish a say anything against the circa ation of the New York press. I am an arnest hard worker, willing to do any- hing. 1'lease do not stare at me, a* I am modest. Yours very truly." 11.. The bang, one of the most maligned of eminine tads as well as the most lelt ssertive, may almost be said to have oome o stay. It is now in the I'.uh year of it* onliminiis reign. In the faoe of ridicule nd criticism it has held ill own since N71, when, in some inexplicable manner, it lade ill appearance upon certain fashion- ble brows. In a abort time all clause* had dopied the while fringe, aa it waa then yled by the newspapers. The general daptability to almoat any t> piof face ao- Hints for it* popularity, and although da. nil and caricatured, it has uever lost it* old. I i Mini/ 7'rfi'i/runr. THE VK.I.HCN HACBK1 OK. Important Factor IB City Lite ."... ll A l trlli u !<-. The bachelcr ha* become an impoe factor in New York lifa. He is not I species, an there have always been fag specimens of Ibis genus with as. lo i case*, however, he ha* been regarded exactly as a frtak, but a* one whose m bad a wrong slant, elsa he woold have Ibe bleak and sterile shorn of baobel and entered into the sonny and ramti liuled realm of tbe benedict. This idea I prevails to a Urge extent iu country townl and provincial cities and not without go cause, for me old time bachelor was an i social, cranky sort of individual at oeit a| mau oul of tune with bis aurrout dings, cyme, a woman hater. But th modern ' bachelor iu New York is all that bis prede- cessor was not alTaole, generous, sunny a man devoted to ladies' society, and al- ways in the foreground of Ihe social world, says a wilier iu Uumei/'i Witkly. Il 11 estimated that .here are over 100,- 000 bachelors ia New Yoik to day. whose a_es vary all ibe way from 2 " lo 7 >, and perhaps it is safe lo say that :.". pt r cent, of them are men of social tendencies, who enter loso society in its various aeti, and devote themselves religiously to tbe fair sex. Bachelor life, then, in New York is not tbe cold, cheerless existence that it formerly was. A glance at many of the cosily bachelor apartments, fitted up witb every convenience and furnished in regal sp.endor, would convince Ihe molt sceptical tual its surroundings, at lean, are all that heart could wish. With ao large a propor- tion of single men in our population one not 'ell informed as to the true state of things would naturally expect that a vilit to the club* aid hotel lobbies would reveal an army of bachelors. But the exact reverie is the fact. Many bachelors, to be sore, are club men, and many live at hotel*, but th*; are not tbe men who lit there to ta.k finance, discuss business schemes *nd teil itoriei, smoking meanwhile till |he room become* blue witb the oloadi of the vanishing Uavanas. They, a* a rule, lee enough of their own sex during the cay and at their meals, and naturally seek the society of ladie* in the evening. Their expenf.-* are moderate as compared to those of married men, and their earning capacity i* no less because of the tingle blessedness to wbich Ihey cling. It follows, then, that they can afford to ipend money nioch more freely on their frieodi than Ihe family men, and there i* no oue to eay them nay, as might be lh case with the latter. That btchelor life ii increasing in popu- larity very rapidly in New York is beyond ijuettion. The causes that lead lo ihi* are, perhaps, numerous, but Ihe chief is the enormous expeuse of supporting a family in good style in tbe metropolis to-day, ll may be that they are deceiving themselves and tbat, after all, they are nol getting the quiet, restful enjoyment oat of life that their married brothers absorb, with ail the cares aud anxieties which to Ibe bachelor mind are lach grievous burdens. Happi- ness, in iu belt sense, is not always gained from the utter absence of care, and it U just possible that the bachelor over- estimates hi* good fortune iu having no one to <)uioken hi* interest and itir hie anxiety. Ilia Weight of l.r... . ,l,.. Ten oommou-ii/ed eggi weigh one pound. One pint of ocit'oe A sugar weighs 1 - ouuoe*. s.'fi batter, the oi/.c of an e^g, weight one . One pint of belt brown sagar weighs 13 - One quart of lifted floor well heapod, oue pound. Four teatpoonfal* are equal to one table poonful. One pint, heaped, of granulated lagar weigh* 14 ounces. One and one- third pints of powdered agar weight oue pound. Two teacupfuli, level, of granulated ugar weight one pound. Two teaoupfuli of toft butter, well packed weighs one pound. Two leacupfuli, well heaped, of coffee A agar weigh oue pound. One tablespoon! ul, well rounded, of soft mtters, weighs one ounce. Two tablespoon/ all of powdered lagar or lour weighs one ounce. Two and one half leaoupfuli, level, of the >est brown sugar weigh oue pound. Two and three fourths teaoapfuls, level f powdered tugar weigh one pound. A tableipoooful, well heaped, of granu- ated, coffee A or best browu sogar equal* >ne ounoe. Teaspoons vary in ai/.e, and the new one* mid about twioe ai muoh ai an old-fash oned spoon of 30 year* ago. A medium lied teaspoon contains about a drachm. Mils 1'arloa says one generous pint of iiiuid or one pint of finely-chopped meat, tacked solidly, weigh* one pound, which it would be very convenient to remember. A fraud l HII,, , Overcome. On board th* City of Paris, which at- ived yesterday, was an Englishman who, rom tbe time of leaving Liverpool, waa >usy telling all his acquaintances that he xpeoted lo become a father during hi* oyage. His wife was at Liverpool. It it hould be a boy he was to vet a cablegram t Quarantine, New York. saying James" . if a girl it would read " Mary." >ome of the passengers prepared a bogus ablegram, which wa* handed to tbe pros- ective father as soon ai the ship reached Quarantine. He took it proudly, bat a tile trembling, and read il. Then he fell jack on a tola with a cry. Hii face wa* shen pale. Friend* ran for a glas* of rater. The paper fell to the tloor. It ead : ' Jame* aud Mary." Ntw York Morning Ju<irnl. The Duke of Bedford has built a private crematorium at Woking. \ 1 Boene Boston Woman's Club. Time KK>. Mrs. B. Have another cap of tea, dear ? Mrs. U. Thank yon, dear ; bat I mast et home. Mrs. 8. Why should yon harry .' Your nuband will not chide yon it you are a ttle late. Mrs. H. It is not my husband bat my ather in law that I fear; he i* staying ith a* at present. Kmoroidery ii used for trimming mo* n, silk and cashmere dresses.