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 t • id I I i; w â-  I â- A 1 ;V' 'â- !â- " â- h â- j: 4 t ^. *-â- ;»»â-  â- ^iPPi^ H !ft|Kff ^â- ^"'1 M' "Hx^a rf*' XI. the A EVen as'tlTe tha prince and father of h-a imitators, so was the great Fariaiaa detective Vidocq prince of detect'Tos. The |he n a p a na i i ^) p jfc^hickJeMtL^^ ited in 9ea^^^^m^t4^ a^J^SAMsl ol caimes, aad io uaearthing criminals' dm nercr been equalled. In boyhood a gamin of the docks, he ho- eame a dialect performer in the concert halls oi Paris, and gained a livelihood in » ban- drod different grades of employment before he toiaed his attention to the detection ot orim*. At the time ot his greatest fame aa a detec- trre, one Moirellet exercised the daplex functions of sexton and chanter of the fash- ionable church of Livry m the auburbs of Paris. Uewas a ehrevd, and, toall seeming, a very pious man. When those northern pillaprers, the cos- eacks,' were expected in Paris, the peo- ple of the city and suburbs bethou(^ht them- selves to conceal their most valuable ef- fects. The curate of Livry was anxious to remove the church plate and his own to a place of safety, and, being an imbecile old man, intrusted his valuables to Moirellet to be secreted. M. Senart, a friend of the cure and a jew- eller of Paris, becoming advised of the cur- ate's action, also entrusted one hundred thousand crowns' value of precious stones t® Moirellet, that they might be buried secretly and securely in the forest of Bondy. A fortnight later Moirellet appeared he- fore the cure, pale and distracted, to an- nounce that the Cossacks had certainly pas- sed through the wood and dug up the precius deposit. tic good was the man's reputation, so sor- rowful his protestations, and eo honest the method of his tale, that the old cure believed him at once; but M. Senart calhd to his counting room Vidocq. "What kind of a man is this Moirellet " asked the dectective. "He en joys a great reputation in all the neighoorhood as a man of great piety, saga- city and prudence." '*I8 he married " "Yes." "Wife handsome â€" dressy " "She is very pretty and fond of dress." "A native of Paris " "She was bom and dwelt in her maiden- hood in the suburb of Andrea." "Good. Moirellet shall be called aside frem the church to-morrow morning and quietly conveyed to prison. I will at ©nee set forth to Andrea and learn what I can of his wife's family atd her early life," "But there is absolutely no proof warrant- ing? the arrest of Moirellet " "It is my business to tind proo f. " That afternoon iloii-cllet was stripped and pnt to tha "pump,"' that a com cssion might be extorted from him. The "pump" was a water-tigiit cell in the yard of the prison, mto which a stream of water constantly flowed, which could only be discharged through the pump. The only means" by which the unfortunate inmate could prevent drowningwasby work" ing incessantly at the pumi For three hours Moirellet enciurcd tiie en- forced labor, when at length the water was turaci off, and he was removed from the •ell in an exhausted state, he still protested his entire innocence. That night, a coarsely-dressed German youth, vulgarly inebriated, was thrust int© the apartment of the prison in which Moirel- let was confined-mucli to Moirellet's dis- gUbt. The German, however, droppel in one cor- ner of the ceil, and slept soundly all night, only at times muttering as if in his dreams such sentences as " ot I care no-how." "I got dot gold sure." "Vot could dey prove?" "SchiniJt, shake hands mitmyself â€" you vas all right." In the mom ieg Moirellet gave the turn- key apiece of silver and requested that he be furnished a eal cutlet for breakfast, "done well brown." "An 1 gif ms also a preakfast of veal cut- let doue well Schmidt," said the German, also giving the money. "What do you mean by a veal cutlet done well, Schmidt " demanded the amased turnkey. "Vas dot not right Dis shentleman he asked for a veal cutlet veil done brown, und I ask for one well done Schmidt 7 Vas you not haf gif dot nami ven you sands de or- der?" Moirellet and the turnkey laughed at the S rman s stupidity, but soon after, when tke prisoners were eating their food a'one, tke German said .• "You laugh at me â€" but I vos dot man Tstsho.ild lauiyh. Dond dink I vas a fool peoause I vas Dutch. You vas a shentleman, und 1 vas a tief. £ robs a Brussian officer ef a 1 his money. I got it. I go â€" hush â€" dis very night, get it â€" go quick avay from Vrance." "How do jou mean " asked Moirellet, for the first time looking toward the bcor with- ont disdain. " Hush I vas a tief, I tole you. I knows all de tiefs â€" all der brisons â€" look kere I" And the Dutchman with a sly wink re- moved a neatly hidden slide in the sole of bis heavy shoe, discio ing three ingeniously wrought skeleton keys and a small vi^. ••And do yon mean, Schmidt, to break prison i" "You shall see. I git my gold safe â€" I git safe out 01 Vrance. Dey Tonld not catch me n« but I va:j trunk." "Then if yon will aid me, away with y«a, I know of a /a$t treasure bnried in the Forest of Bondy. A third of it shall be yonrs. At midnight the Ge man began work. Openi g the cdl door with one ot his keys, ke peered forth into the dimly lighted ccHrri- 4oT. A turnkey was sittiog near the door in a dose. Saturating the handkerchi- f withths floid from the vial, he 80m had rendered that fanftionary insensible to noise. Taking the keys that hnng in his belt, he •pened the door leaning to the main hallway M tkspriMix. Paaaing swiftij to the priaoB't froa* door ke opeaed it. H A M Q rr f â-  ff oQT' qH. .MVITIimONOO OT '" " Utkig and listening nntfltiie gendanne paired tifm hMhtmt, ths twotoen ra^ denly darteflitMte tbe priaon, erdeaeii ika dark straef«k44«ieap«l. " "^â- â- â- " "' ' Tke German IcmI th^^riy tipool^ krUfrStt th^^n^t' of ..' •iant 8treeteJUbea 4Abreak tSi^liaii Bfcdy. :.«â- -!;•: AL' ' A b«iter V'ii^^^l^Zl'J^} .^th fTcat glw fcour a negHboi^^^ tie. ^Thia.nOglMw^iilia'TOdayonDfc soma and spinted JWy.,»d for a .• or twp aU-wenS weUin the ^^J^,*^*^ .^^. the farm tb^ the l»n»and feU back iiato Ilia old tricks. Hie wife remonstrated, a* d for a time the husband reformed. _*â„¢^*: Rr, however, she beams satwfioa that he "bottle tipping" was again ^hig ol». It waaa d«ri( ai^« bat IfoinUet rea^^ ound the spot where thetreasore. was boried and, usmg sharpened sticks, the men soon mi«tin««' im im Ia4e^ et^iiitf ^af»-l ***?^'*- ,., ^,. ». .. When'ihe sTOke t^ her hnsl^d i3x)ut tiie As they did so, a rusthng m the forest ^^^^ j^^ ^^^ ^^^^. ^^ ..arom*" ^^bo d^ leaves oaiued them to look up A score of ge darme% with swords drawn stood in a circle abont them, flashing the glare of their dark lanterns in their faces. "Pierre Moirellet, you are my prisoner," said the German, placing bis hand upon Moirellet's shoulder. "And you are â€" " "Vidocq." "Heavens,"' cried the terrified culprit, "who would have thought it â€" yon looked EO clownish." The prisoner was sentencsd to six years close confinement. Vidocq was overloaded with compliments by M. Sen rt and tne cure, who presented him with 5,000 francs for havin? so deftly recovered their lost treasures. WE-^RY OF WAITING. rrobably tbe Oldest Person in tc World KlUsHunaelf. Au^eo Largo, or Long Hide, burned Iirm- self to death at the Real de Ciastillo, lower Oalifornia, on Thursday night, Dec. 14. For fcme hime the old Indian had been feeble and unable to walk. During the re^ cent heavy rains tliat fell in that region the old man sought refrge in a cabin near by. Last week he crawicJ up to the house or Senor Francisco Parma, and told him he was very hungry. The latter gave him a good dinner, besides furnishing provisions tor f u ure emergencies, and then instructed the other Indians at the rancheria to care for him. They replied that they had al- ways done so, as they entertained unusual re verence for the old man on account of hisa^e. Thursday, the day in question, wae a oool day in lower California, and Long Hide was given an extra blanket by his dusky friends. This he soon tore into strips, put them on a fire, and soon his tepee was all ablaze. When this had been accomplished he plun2;ed headlong into the burning mass. A stout young Indian, near by seized him and tried to draw him out ot danger, but the old man grabbed a stake in the ground near by, held himself in the fire, and, before other help could come, was roasted alive, dying within a few hour alter the occurrence mentioned. Long Hide was married and the father of several children when the Mission of San Diego was built, J 20 years ago, and from what he told parties who visited him he must have been not Itssthan 30 years of age at the time. Three or tour years go he lost a son who could remember when the mission was first built by Franciscan friars. The son must have been not less than 120 years of age. Long Hide told of the first settlement of Old Town yirs before the mission %va3 built; of the coming of ships for water at Ilussian sprines, and many things of gr-at interest in the past history of San Diego and vicinity. Juan Melendrez, who lives near the Real de Ca^ti lo, says he knew Long Hide tif y years ago. and that he appeared as old then as he did the week betore he died. He says the old man frequently beat the best horses owned in the country on trips to San Diego, IqO hundred miles distant f lom the Real, aad then he often ceased deer until they gave up with fatigue. He would then capture tjiein after they had laid down to rest. until a year ago he was able to walk about and travel quite well. Since then he has been obliged tj crawl about on all fours, like a cat or dog. He retained his siglit perfectly, and all tha faculties of mind up to the day he died. â€" ^aii Bieno (Cal)Si(n. Esyptiaa Knitting. The Egyptians of the present â€" Kopts as well as Arab â€" run about with bare feet. The ancient Egyptians, on the contrary, who are now only to be seen in a dried con- dition in museums, possessed a very gix)d method of knitting stockings, as is shown in the collection at the Louvre, in Paris. In the grave of a mummy there were found a pair of knitted stockings, which gave the surprising evidenvc, firstly, that short stock ings, resembling socks, wer3 worn by the ancient Egyptians and secondly, that the art of knitting stockings had already att lin- ed great perfection in ancient Egypt. These curious stockii gs are knitted in a very clev- er mann r, and|^he material, fine wool of sheep, that might once have been wliite, is now brown with age. The needles with which the work was done must have been a little thicker than we should choose for the same purpose, and the knitting is loose and e a tic. The stocking is begun just as we make the design, only in the simplest man- ner, with single thread but in the con- tinuation of the work it is not simply plain bat fanciful. The usual border or the stock- ing which prevents the rolling up of the work is narrow, consisting of a row of turn- ed loops and the circle, the nicely sh .ped heel, which is a little different from our method, show a very skillful hand. But in the point of the stocking there is a character- istic difference between the Egyptian stock- ings and our modern socks. WhUe ours end in a rounded point the Egyptian stock- ings run out in two long tubes of equal width, like the d gers of a glove. This strange shape is made to suit tha sandals, which ar fumisbed with a strap, fastened abont the middle of thesand^ and as the strap has to be laid over the stocking the division is needed. â€" Textile Manufacturer. The Banm de Kendal, German Ambassa- dor and music composer, has made Queen MarghenU an a«»mirer of Wagner and M«n- delsaohn. Her m»jei«y is devoted to lit- erature and the arts; Signer Maaaar:. a joumahstj Signor Bonghi, a Greek scholar and trami^ of Plato, Senator Prat a P ^^Sl^'^^'"**?" Tn«H»o,an American OBlebnted for her talent as well ashto bean- ^r/K« ammg the chief frequenters of her -â- %, ^^M^sm^ i^4 \Omiilaft 4klB in*' tectod was thatof a colic medicine he wa^ takins, be having developed a most intract- able colic, for the relief of which he had brought home and paraded a bottls of med- icine. â€" â€" The wife was confident that there was keptsomewhtre about the premiees a con- siderable ^store of « very differeaC toad of medicine. She kept her own counsel and at tlie same time ttrict watch. In a day or two she discovered under a ininffet in the bam the secret hoard. She taid nothing of the discovery to her hus- band. Soon after the husband had business at a neighbor's, some two miles away. On his return home he was somewhat surprised at seeing a note pinned upon his front door. Hastily advancing he read as fol- lows Bexâ€" You will find the key of theheuEc where you keep your colic medicine. I have taken Kitty and gone home to my mother. Father and brother Bob will come to-morrow for the trunk in which I have packed my things. Nellie. The husband rushed to the barn At a glance he taw th t Kitty, his wife's mare, and the side-saddle were gone. Darting to the manger ha hauled off hi* corpulent demi- john of gin, and suspended trom its neck lound the key of his house. Securing the Key he bent the demijohn whizzing and crashing agaimt a post ot the barn. Bounding forth he ran to and mount- ed the hor e he bad left standing in front of his house. Awav he dashed. It was ten miles to the house of his faher-in-law, and he was determined to ovi rrake his wife before she oould reach it, or k:ll the hors3 in the at- ' tempt. Said the butter-man "Now, I see d Ben's wife come over the hill, half a mile south of my house on her little mare, Kitty, and begin to perform some queer abalntion. After she'd got over the brow o' the hill she paced up and down the road far a time then she rid up and looked over the ridge for a while. After looking a bit s; turned about and rid up and down the road a few times, and went up to the brow o' tbe hill again. So she kept doin' and once or twice she got off and led Kitty up to the top cf the hill. "I was puzzled as to whether she WaS waitiu' f jr somebody or had lost something while on th 3 w y to her father's place, some four miles beyond my house. 1 was just about TO walk out that way when I see d her wheel Kitty round from the brow o' the h;ll and begin to ply her whip. "lu half a minute she was fl in' past my jilac like a wild woman. 1 stood at my door gate by the roadside, ready to holler out at her to know what was up, but bless you, she never looked to'ards me. H^r eyes seemed sot in her head, her face was pale, and at every jump she let into Kitty with her her ridin' skirt fairly crack- slit rainfalL Soon afterward W,^WW ?TE! whip. 1 swar, ed as she bounded past me Jist then I neard a tremendous clatter be- j away house?* and herds. i' All the streets of Colo? irinevards and dwellings for nules ttn.w vineyaras auu v j^t^-j-tioto tban th* water, causing more aestrnowDu •«â€" deluge of a mon^ aipce. ^^: i-j^ Tfaronghoat Upper W»d I.ow« A"*^ and Bobfmla the tfiawing of the ^eetr snwr was very sridden. a^ "'l'""-? '""tS feUinStyria. btoddiig the rwi*»y«. Danube 'immediately commenced to^. The city authorities hastened to taker men- nres to check the flood. En^meers and workmen were busy atreDgthenrng and re- pairing the bridges and dikes. ews of dan- ger came from hundreds of villages along the banks as the tributaries continued to bcM- immense masses of water into the main stream. By New Year's the Danube had overflowed its right bank, flooding the raU- way and station and driving the offic»l8 into the upper floors and oflices. The Danube Navigation Company had boats and sailors ready and det chments of pontooners on duty in the Prater. The water^ flooded the engine which drove the electric light of the Karl Theatre and the audience had to leave. In some towns deer took refuge among the houses and quantities of same, roebuck, phea- sants, hares and partridges drifted down the river. There is scarcely any abatement as yet, the water standing 500 centimetres high- er than its normal evel in Vienna, 668 in Pesth and 678 in Presburg. It is hoped that ii the dikes hold out the worst is past. Lmz and Pesth have suffered most among tbe larger towns, 75,000 acres of cultivated land lying south of the latter being submerged. The country folk saved tkeir herds with diffi culty, but left their houses to the mercy of the waters. The damage to property is scr- icus everywhere, but the loss of life is not as large as might be expected, owing to the precautions taken in good time. OS THE EHIKE, In Germany, especially in the Rhine pro- vinces, the inundations were more destruct- ive than for many years. The city of May- ence is in a critical position, the waters haviL'g advanced cl -se to the walls and flood- ed the railways. The entire plain between Mannheim and Worms is one great lake ten feet deep. Five villages were destroyed and 250 houses have fallen in. In the Ried di trict, near Worms, twelve villages were neaaly destroyed and 600 houses collapsed. Ten thousand people are ompletely des- titute. At Maimheim the whole district presents a melancholy aspect. Nothing is visible from the observatory I ut a sea of water, with a few trees and roofs emerging Jrom the flood. The burgomasters of Worms and Mannheim left in boats. A number of lives were lost. At Heidelberg both lines of railway were destroyed. The water has risen to the ceilincs in the lower parts of the town. Everywhere churches and public buildings have been opened to shelter the roofless aufferers. The public authorities are supplying food fcoia Worms to Bodenheim and Limpertlieini. At Bergstrasse the Rhine burst through the dams and swept hind me. Turnin' about, I see'd Ben acomin' over the pitch of the hill on his big black boss like a wild Comanche. He was ridin' w ith loose reins, leanin away for'ard, and diggiu his big spurs into his horse like he'd rip h s iufcides iut. "He passed by »â-  ith his ha'r and coat- tails sailm' back in the wind, and neeer turn- in' his head to right nor left I thought I sesd niurder iu his eve. I tell you, a mil- lion thoughts ran through my brain in a second. All the stories I ever heerd about jealous husbands and insane hu bands went through my head in a lump, an' 1 do believe if I'd Had my gun ij, my h nd I'd have taken a wing shot at him nn suspicion. "I see'd Nell look back once, and then lay the whip to Kitty hott'rn ever. Ben was goin' hke t.he wind. I know d Nell was headed f r her father's, and I see'd plain as day that Ben would get her 'fore she was safe landed. "At last he was upon tier. It was then neck and neck for a tmie, with Ben reachin' out for Kitty's bridle. At list he got it, and ' he two horses gradually slowed up till they finally stopped. I mounted my gate- post all of a tremble, exptctm' to see some- thin' dreadful happen. "They stopped in the road talkin' nigh onto half an hour then I seed Ben lean over and Nell leain over, till thar two heads came together. "What the mischief!' says I, 'kisain' in- Bteadof killin" Well, th»t sort of fracas gits me ' "After the head-bumpin' the pair tum- -1 __ T came slowly joggin' along and ed about back "As they passed me I called aut to Ben to know what in the liviag jingo it meant. Ben began to stammer something "bout half of which never got out through bis big beard; when Nell s.ng^ out to me, 'Only a ace for a kissi' and givin' Kitty a cut 'hat made her bound ten feet, she called out to Ben, 'Come on a race to the top of the hill for anotherl' and away they both went. "That was five year ago, and I nev«r knowed the true meania' of tha*; wildj har- um scam n ride ti I about three months a^o when the story 'bout the. 'colic medicise,' lieaked out among the wlmmen blks. 0V»r a j«ood while after the ride howsnmever, I re member one of the neigbboring men wbn- deria' what had come over Ben that he bad sbntd wnm his gin all erf a sodden, and Wouldn't so mnch as take a glass of OrcBon W?«i "â- - -.../,•:---- â-  ,,,• • -To this day, no donbtpBefi tWliks tbat he had a desperate chase after Nell, and a narrow escape of he etting into the h me den lone with her big brother, her father and his muther-inlaw and I've never said a word to him T)ont how she fo«ded long under the browo' the hill. "â€"Finriuio ChroHicle. " The Ifarqnis of Lome and the PrinoeM Jt"i? t^tr^n ^*»«« Nij« «« â- *dS. c«r the other day iaSaa«naciaeo. ne adjacent to the wharves a e under water. The suburbs form an extenti'/e lake. Five hundred people are houseless. From the « arehouses the remain- ing goods are being moved away. The police and fire brigade are laying trestle walks to facilitate the escape of residents, while boats laden with household effects assist in the work of conveying merchants to their offices, into which they creep through the windows. Below Cologne the little towns of Mulheimer, Welde and Wan ington are en- tirely under water. in Fiiesenhelm houses have fallen and furniture is floating about. The inhabitants iu many case'i are piiaoners in their half submerged dwellings, and are there tlireatened with famine. The Rhine is now begining to fall slowly, after remain- ing at its^ highest point for twenty-four hours. l*he Grand Dukes f Hesse and Baden are busyii.g themselves with reliev- ing the distress. Berlin and other towns have opened subscriptions but the damage done and the misery caused h bo enoimous that public and private charity will be tax- ed to the uttermost. To thousands upon thousands of Germans and Austrians this has been a sad and terrible Ctri8tm.a3 and ^ewVear.â€" ^, Y. Herald. ado Cheaply acd PAld for Dearly. To show the enormous profits made by gas com^ianies the following figures have been asce tained from a scientific gentleman who has for several years been interested in gas production "You will be surprised to le-arn, perhaps, that the coal used by the larger companies costs them nothing, that is to say, their p ofits atie eo large tbat they entirely wipe out the original cost of the coal. Let me give ycu outside figures; One ton of coal costs, say $3, which leaves a liberal margin on the at tual figure paid fot it. Add cost oi converting it into gas, f2, TUsmakes a total outlay of |7. Now, from th s ton there is given on an averaeo 9,000 feet of gas, which at 92 25 per 1,000 will realize $20 25. To this amount add the proceeds of a caldron of ooke instial ly it IS a caldron aad a ball), aay |3, which vrith the value of the tar, worth abont seventy-five cents, brings the toial receipts from one ton of oool up to |24, Deduct from this the coat of tbe t a aad the lab(»-.of converting it intogal, and you have a total profit of ^17. So that actnaUy tiie ooal costs the gas companies merely the cost of conversion. •HJf course there must be an aUowaooa made for wear juaa tear, botas tike slant and other apparatua have loig a«o hempaid for outof pa«t profita, I hare not inclqdedtiieiD in iny calcuUtion.»_i^. r. Jw^^ The brte Dake of SermoiHite WM a a friend Sir WiMw SeStt m ^a ith. ' aowi^pooopmr i« asouni undcM. bl^Mglii^'aeti^ itis o Icnl^ wiBct*.i»l f;^P doptriueof pnttroS? dujBed to pra«tic» it is the forMe^^l taogfenelekaad.nrovidiog against^^^l eiq^icig contii^geacies and beinT^lil'M for them. *PT»Hl Tho'deaire to rise in life isuuiTA-,,! ., some foto tor other it is the maiM^wt ' human activity. Itencouras^M,v.i5â„¢' spires enthusiasm, energy. Thus it is uub merely i desire, to be amply tolerated, but?' ated. .. ,^^ usLUi Hoa;a be W man, the woman less a woman an^. â- ' »ilU SCCIfbl • ^*«°«»irage«indirtn?w im, develops power iri'lT it is not merely? ;S K»?^'i^*"^^â„¢*^"'"u'^S2 one. to be fully reco,ni«d and st^IJl Without it tie mou woald be l^ I tbe woman less "** by so much the loser. The rendering oi kindness, sympath.^l goodwill, the extension of unsoneht f.i5"l unsought inmll the service of lore, the unlooked-forlnlSI of mercy, or comfort, or good cheer among the offices that cannot be laimi)*! US, and that therefore we feel sometrW liberty th do or to leave undone " ' to our pleasuie. Thus it comcHoU^l easy matter to postpone the kiml actimiT more convenient season; and in maatl' 68 it results in the entire abandonnient o*!^ benevolent intentions. Backboxs AS© "GEIT.--In tbe «« I widening paths of commerce there opear before the young men of the nation urai portumties to win wealth and fortune I agricultural, mining, industrial, and " cantile pursuits like avenues to attaint I tinction are presented. But fortune »| not come by chance or distinction by hajuj both must b3 won by strong hewie a deavour. Backbone is vital to the acliie«. ment of lofty aims, ani^erve and V are essential requisites m the battle of hft I A man, to triumph, must hare faith in 14 1 enterprise anrl reliance in his abihty. Pinching tlie Toss. A shoe dealer said to a reporter last mt. ing that the majoritvof mothers exliilitjj more vanity than judgment in theeelejtiijl of shoes for their young children, "fliil will bring her baby in here," he ccntinMil "and ask me to try a pair of shoes oa ittkl will look 'real sweet.' I know what tkl means, but I'm always sorry for the 1% I who is usually in its first short dresa, Mul skittish as any old maid about having jtsfrJ meddled with. I don't say that I'm giiirl to put a shoe on it a size larger than i\ foot seems to be, but I do at least It, on OS well as any one could fit a foot op«ni j ed by a perpetual motion power. TtiM 1 trust to the mother's sense for resulti l] it's her first baby she will be indignant ui say that she dv^esn't want the 'treaBure* I 'look sloppy in its shoes ' They mast S:| exactly or she won't take them. I insisttk the child's weight will push the foot outtl le^t a fourth of an inch and that the ek I is just right. It she objecns again I s^n .f I and find what she wants. The foot 1 1 squeezed into a tight shoe and the baby pi tests by squalling. Says the seraph is teei- ing or colicky or hasn't had its "usual uf. and she shakes it up vigorously, while it- daring tlie shoes are 'just lovely' and tin: its papa will be delighted." 'â- The chances are that when she v. ants it I other pair she will leave the baby at tew I and bring down iti shos literally" burst m at tha toe. She wants several piira total* I home for trial, and I notice t'lr^t the »! on. 3 I considered unsuitable are the ts.7| pair she prefers. Chiidren would haveta- 1 ter looking feet if they had wiser mother and the fault lies in the first shoes wi I One pair too tshort will ruin the feet" matter haw loose subssquent ones may k« "Yes, but after the little people hiTeWl a foundation for corns a d bunion. Ikw^l many children between the ages of twou^l three jears who have both these afflicti*! because th'jir mothers wanted themtol«k| cute, as they term this phase of fcotsqiwj ing." I "Is there no change in the shipe of(il*| dren's shoes. "None. There can't well be becanM*! sole must be sufficiently broad to ^^^^\ wear and tear. Square toes are preferrN»l round because they allow freer deuelopsfl of the toes. The spring heel, which wsH troducedneariy two years ago, is wor"*! early as two years of ace, r.ud has recaiw become fashionable for girls in their t***' is nothing but a slip of leather inserted *l tween the solo and that part ofti«' pressed by the wearer's heel. It is «sW that a smaller than No. 8 ii madeffi«»' rcKulai'heel, and that is on the co»^| sense plan, low and broad. These and "I hu'ger sizes have a higher top than has ' usual for several years. " ^^. "Tell me something about baby «»*j How high are they numbered?' .^1 "No 4 U the first shoe out of ^°J^\ No. Ohas a soft sole of white kid ° P|t| board, and is the successor of the little wool boots that are sold for babies w -Iresses. Nos. I, 2 and 3 have what « ' ed the turned sole, sewed together »"jj| wrong side and turned out, Tnere ar«^| four to five buttons on the side and » â-  tassel is now fastened at the top u* ' The latest is to have a vamp of Frencn with calf uppers; or what is still » hall-boxed round toe tipped with f leather." Tbia Ztaliaa Maiden. A letter from Italy says " V"^^\ {^1 from the cradle is cultured ^1 aion, in worda, by action and by 1'"' entire features, gestures and i°'*^^ highly exTtreaaive of what language ly fails oonvey. Her worda are^ j mggesti.e; her "vacious ^f-"^t â- weetnets of intonation and her ^^ i iwvar dewrt her. Perfectly nni^!*^ ia not Freneh, and completely P*^}^ is not Amerioan. Hovering »^T^ the ooantry gf emotional •ad.^pcKh^^fcotl*' if^anji^ mM5m fce drought in 1 Vermont is cav Jtn. Bncknell*ha pesd seminary ol ad dol.'ars. L project is on fc ^ppi navigable t I of twenty mill itCsiro Isle a rthquake was re oos. No dama: he President h tmg grain brou I to be ground ii 1e entire vilbg« Wi has been was .^^ .^li5dEt-«i