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HUBMVRimON HATER. One year $1 50 Mix months 76 Three months 40 NeMpiper I.nir Dcelalana 1. Any person who takes a paper regular ly from the postoflise-whether directed to his name or another's, or whether he has sub scribed or not— is responsible for the amount. 2. If a person orders hie.'paper discontinued he must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may continue to send it until payment, is made, and colleot the whole amount,whether the paper is taken from the office or not. S. The courts hate decided that refusing to take newspapers or periodicals from the postoffioe, or removing and leaving them uncalled for is prima facie evidence of in tentional fraud. Poetic Selections. THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE. OIOBOK ARNOLD, ’Twas a Jolly old pedaeogue, long ago, Tall and tlinder, and tallow and dry; Hit form was bent and his gait was slow, id is long thin hair was as white as snow, But a wonderful twinkle shone in his eye; And he tang erery night as he went to bed, "Let us bs happy dowD here below; The living thould live, tnough the dead be dead." He taught his scholars the rule of three, Writing aud reading, and history, to-?; He took the little ouei upon his knee, For a kind old heart in his breast had he, And the wants of the littleat child he knew; "Learn while you’re young," he often aald, "There Is muoh to enjoy down he e bilow; Life for the living, and rost for the dead I" Bald the jolly oli pedagogue, long ago. With the stupidest boys he was kind and cool, 8peaklng only in gentlest toner; The rod was hardly known In his School- Whipping to him was a barbarous rule, And too hard work lor the poor old bones; Beside It was painful, he eoraetimee said; " We should make life pleasant down here below, The living need charity more than the dead," * Bald the jolly old ptdtgogue, long ago, He lived In the house by the hawthorn lane, With roaee and woodbine over the door; His rooms were quiet, and neat and plain, But a spirit of comfort there held reign, And made him forget he was old and poor; "I need solitlle," he often said, "And my friends and relative* here b. low . Won’t litigate over mo when I am dead," Bald the jolly old pedagogue, long ago. But the pleasantest times that he had, of all, Were the sociable hours ho used to pass, With his chair tipped back to a neighbor's wall, Making an unceremonious call, Over a pipe and friondly glass. This wssthe finest pieaauro. he said, Of the many he taslej hire below; "Who has no cronios had better be dead I” Bald the jolly oli pedagogue, long ago. Then the jolly old pedagogue’s wrinkled face, Meltid all over lu sunshiny smiles; Ho stirred bis glass with an old school grace, Chuckled and sipped, and prattled aptce, Till tho house grow merry, from cellar to tiles; "I’m a pretty old man," he gently aald, "I have lingered long while hero below; But my heart lsfroih if my youth Is fled I" Bald the jolly old pedagogue, long ago. He smoked his pipe In the balmy air, Evory m»ht when thosuu wont down, While the loft wind rlaytd in bis tllveiy hair, Leaving its tender klsaos thrro On the jolly eld pedagogue’s Jolly old crown; And foellng tfce kisses, he smiled, and laid: " ’ 1’waa a glorious woild down nere below; Why wait for boppiness till wo are d< ad T" Bald tho jolly old pedagogue, long ago. He sat at tli9 door one midsummer night, After the sun had sunk in tho west, And the lingering beams of goldea light Made his kindly old UCa look warm aad bright, While the odorous night-wind whispered "res:!' Gently, gently, he bowed his head, There were angels waiting foi him, I know; He was suro of happiness, living or dead, This jolly old pedagogue, long ago I Stories and Sketches. ANAESTHESIA. INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING ITS DISCOVERY. Bow Vork Times. Mr. B. F. Carpenter has just finished a nearly full length portrait of Dr* Crawford W. Long, late of Athens, Ga., who used ether to destroy pain in surgi cal operations March 80, 1842, nearly three years before Hoiace Wells, of Hartford, Conn., discovered that nitrous oxide gas was also an effective agent to produce a similar result, and mere than six years before Sir James Y. Simpson, . of Edinburg, demonstrated that chloro form was as effective. Morton’s claims will rest on the fact that he administered ether in 1846 to patients in the Massa chusetts general hospital, who were op erated upon by the eminent surgeons, Warren Haywood and Bigelow. Dr. Long’s discovery was made and well known to physicians and others in his neighborhood; also to Dr. 0. T. Jack- son, of Boston, in 1854, and to congres* when Morton made his attempt to get that body to recognize his claim by giv ing him $100,000. Senator Dawson, of Georgia, proved to the committee that the discovery was made by one of his constituents, Dr. Long. Some months ago Mr. Carpenter received the order to paint a portrait of Dr. Long for the alumni cf the Georgia university, to be placed in the Stat9 capitol in Atlanta, Dr. Crawford W. Long (now dead), of Athens, Georgia, was born in Daniels* “LET THERE BE LIGHT.” Subscription, $1.50 iD Advance. VOLUME III. BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1879. ’ NUMBER 149. effect. One of the young men present said he had inhaled ether while at Bchool, and was willing to do it again. They were all anxious to'witnesa its effects. Dr. Long got some ether immediately and gave it to the young man who had previously inhaled it. He then inhaled it himself, and afterwards gave it to all present. After this the young doctor and his pupils indulged occasionally in ether frolics. On several occasions Dr. Long became furiously excltod and could not be controlled. After recover ing from the ether intoxication he fre» quently noticed that his arms and hands were badly braised, and yet he was not conscious of having felt any pain at the time he was under the influence of the ether. He also noticed the same thing in his pupils. They were often hurt by falls and blows, and were not conecious of pain at the time. These facts, repeatedly observed, suggested to his mind the idea of using ether to prevent the pain of surgical operations. He frequently spoke ol this to his students, and at last he determined to give it a trial. Dr. Long having made up his mind to try the experiment with ether on the first favorable opportunity says, (South ern Medical and Surgical Journal, De cember, 1849): “The first patient to whom 1 admin istered ether in a surgical operation, was Mr. James M. Venable, who then re sided within two mileB of Jefferson. Mr. Venable consulted me on several occa sions with regard to the propriety of re moving two small tumors situated on the back part of hia neck, but would post pone from time to time having the opera tions performed, from dread of pain. At length I mentioned to him the fact of my receiving bruises while under the in fluence of the vapor of ether, without suffering, and, as I knew him to be fond of, and accustomed to inhale ether, 1 sug gested to him tho probability that the operations might be performed without pain, and proposed operating on him while under its influence. He consented to have one tumor removed, and the op* eration was performed the same day- Tho ether was given to Mr. Venable on towel; and, when Inlly under its influ ence, I extirpated the tumor, it was encysted, and about half an inch in di ameter. The patient continued to in* hale ether during the time of the opera tion, aud when informed it was over, seemed incredulous, till the tumor was shown him. He gave no evidence of suf fering during the operation, and aisured me, after the operation waa over, that he did not experience the slightest de gree of pain from its performance.” The names of I«ong, Wells, Morton and Jackson, all Americans, will doubtless be associated, and to these must be ad ded the name of Sir James Y. Simpson, who introduced chloroform and enlarged the domain of a^sestheala. Sir James received the highest honor from his government in recognition of the great service he had rendered hu manity. The fate of Wells, Morton and Jackson is most pitiable. Wills, disappointed in carrying off the honor of the great discovery of an«thesia, became insane and committed suicide in New York in 1848. Morton, disappointed at not receiving a pecuniary recognizUionjfrom congress, for his labors, fretted himself into a gestion ot the brain. In July, 1868, he returned to New York, from Washing ton, in the wildest state of excitement. Dr. Lewis A. Sayre and Dr. Yale were called t-> him on the 16th July. They considered his condition as critical, placed him in the hands of a trained nurse, ordered leeches to his temples, cups on the spine, and ice on the head. Dr. Morton would not submit to treat ment. As soon as Dr. Sayro left, he ordered hia buggy to go to the Riverside hotel, saying he knew he would soon bo well if he could get out of the hot city. He drove furiously up Broadway, and through the Central Park. At the upper end of the park, he leaped from his buggy, and ran to a lake near by to cool his burning brain. Being persuaded to get into hia buggy again, he drove a short distance, then leaped out, and jumping over a fence, he fell down in a DARKENING THE BLOOD. SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF ALTI TUDE IN LEADVILLE. Leadrlll* Latter. I saw but very few cases of intoxica* tion in the streets, though the three hundred saloons in the city held out their best inducements. I was surprised at this, as one of the notable effects of the great altitnde of the place (10,800 feet above the level of the sea) is that all fermented liquors intoxicate more quickly than at lower elevations. The boiling point, owing to the decrease of atmospheric pressure, is much lower than at Chicago, and the alcohol is sooner vaporized and taken into the circulation, producing intoxication much quicker. The boiling point ot water hero is about 190 degroes, instead of 212 degrees, ♦he effect of which in boiling beans, eggs, potatoes, eto , is that it requires a long while to cook them in an open vessel, and it is necessary to keep the pot well cov* ered or the water will vaporize and es cape before being raised to the requisite degree for thorough cooking. At this elevation much air is required to fill and satisfy the lungs, and breathing must be quicker in order to properly oxygenize the blood. It is said, too, that after one has been here for some time the coloring matter of the blood becomes darker, being changed from the peroxide to the sesquioxide of iron. With a person suf fering under any difficulty or disease of the heart, the effect of any long-con tinued exertion is to cause a dangerous degree of palpitation, and even with per sons entirely well the pulse runs extreme ly high. There are other and notable facts con nected with this altitude. There are few birds seen here—perhaps for the rea son that flying is difficult in the light air. The common house fly, the sum mer pest of our eastern house-keepers, is unknown here. There aro some of the outdoor bluebottle variety, but they seem languid and tired. It is said, also, that cats can not live here. This is probably owing to their delicate organ! aition being unable to resist the rigor of the night air. So the “voices of the night” are not heard in this locality, and bootjacks are reserved for their natural uses. Another result of the lightness of the air is that, having so little density, it is easily heated by artificial means. Our nights are uniformly cold—so cold that it is uncomfortable to sit without a fire; but a few pine chips or small sticks will warm an apartment very quickly, At the same time the sun’s rays do not seem to have the heating power that they do in lower elevations. This seems to confirm the theory that there la no substantial caloric in the rays of the sun, but that heat ia the re sult of chemical action, generated by the direct rays with the elements of the at- mosphere—the directness of the rays and the density ot the atmosphere, While standing high upon these moun tains, even at a distance from any snow drifts and where the air is still, the sum mer sun has only sufficient power to make the air refreshing and pleasant, while you on the plains are sweltering under a torrid heat. In the shade of a rock or two it is always cool enough. The effect of the altitude is the same as that experienced by balloonists, who in ascending from the surface ot the earth, even on the hottest day, soon find it necessary to don their overcoats and warmest clothing. In the night, here, a good supply of blankets is always necessary; and nearly every morning heavy frosts are found, and sometimes thick ecales of ice are formed. The crests of some of the mountains and many of the deep ravines upon their ides are still full ol masses of snow so compact that one can walk over them without sinking. A day or two ago, in visiting a mine close to the summit of Mount Bross, I was compelled to cross field oi snow, hanging over the edge, which must havo been a mile in length and probably in places twenty-five feet in depth. haunts the bright scenes—a sorry sight Superannuated beaus and timid strip- inga fall to her lot. It begirs to become very dreary. Still she trips it on a toe which perhaps never was fantastic and has certainly long since ceased to be light. Whatever may be her faults, no one can deny that she has courage and perseverance. People would almost wish that she neither. For the world is a selfish world, and people who give dances like to see fresh faces and lovely figures in the ball-room. Here is the third page of the life of a flirt. It is not a pleasant picture to look at. It is not—except from the moralizing cynic’s point of view—an agreeable ob ject to contemplate. Quick 1 let us dis miss the company. Let our guests hurry home. The dawn comes breaking through the windows. The musicians arc tired. The waterman has let his lights out. The bright sun is in the heavens. Aud here comes the pretty, fresh young girl, her face beaming with the roses of youth and health, and it may be love, to thank her kind hostess for a pleasant evening. The old flirt takes charge of the little creature that London society will Boon turn into a young flirt. The admiring beaus escort both down to their carriage door and the coachman drives home by the park. The blackbirds are piping loudly in King-* ston Gardens. The market-gardeners are reposing on flat forms of cabbages and salads that the sleepy horses are chanically dragging to the great mart at Co vent Garden. It is just another ball got through, but the season is at its height and there are many more to fol low. Perhaps the elder sister might give word of advice to the younger, and warn her before it ia too late of the fate of a faded flirt. ville, Madison county, Georgia, on the first November, 1815. He er»du«ted at 1 BtJlte of Jn«»»ibility. He aae then the University of Georgia (then the I uten moribund to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he died an hour or two later. Jackson has bean for some time in an insane asylum, hopelessly incurable. In Boston, Mass., a monument has been erected to the “discoverer of ante theaia,” but no man is designated there on by name. The citizens ot Hartford, Conn., have erected a bronze statue of Wells (by Bartlett) in their Capitol Park. We have no objection to it; and would suggest that the name of Long, Wells, Morton and Jackson bo inscribed on the Boston column, with dates, and suitable inscriptions. The state of Georgia will, at no distant day, erect at tho national and at its capitol or its university, a statue of Long, wbo was unquestionably the discoverer of eurgical anaesthesia. Franklin College) in 1835. He studied medicine and graduated at the medical department of the University of Penn sylvania in 1889. He then went to Jefferson, Jackson county, Georgia, whore he practiced medicine fer many years. In 1842 he hadfour students in his office, viz: P. A. Wilhite, John 8. Groves, D. I. Long and H. R. Long. The two last were relatives of Dr. Long, and they are both dead. Wilhite and Groves are stilllliving (1877). Dr. Long was twenty- seven years old. His pupils were all from nineteen to twentysone; they were on the best of terms with each other, the Doctor entering into all the sports ol his pupils with a hearty good will, while h never neglected his duty as their teachere On one occasion they wore talking about tho inhalation of nitrous oxide gas, when ono of his pupils asked him to make some .. When a paragrapher gets up some- for them. He said he did not have thing too stupid to go in the funny f-uitable apparatus for it, imt that the in column, ho gives it to the literary editor, halation of sulphuric eiher would pro- who puts it in a column headed “ Pearls duce precisely the same exhilarating 1 of Thought.” The Ageing Flirt. London Mayfair. •She was supreme five years ago. But five years have told upon her complexion and her beauty, while the young men who adored her are young men still, and woo her little chit of a sitter, who seems to iter only fit for the governess and the children’s dinner. The retrospect is not pleasant. She Ihinks of time wasted, of nonest hearts toyed with, ombittered, rejected. Hhe has seen, one by one, pretty girls of not half her beauty or style reaped and garnered by the proper husbandmen. And now eho stands out rejected, abandoned and in the cold. The retrospect is not pleasant. But how about tho prospect 7 It is sadder still. Tnere is the gay music, the bright rooms, the polished floors. Still her name figures on the invitation cards, though she knows that she is asked, not for her own but for her sister’s sake. She might indeed give up the game and retire with the dignity of years. But she can not take the hint of tho period or read tho handwriting with which Time autographs her brow. She still Coddling a Streak of Lightning, Au American lady writes: “At night my husband comes home with a rush, hangs his hat upon the floor, throws his coat upon the first chair, sendB his boots flying in another direction, works hia feet into his slippers while unfolding his paper, reads, eats, reads again uutil bed’ time, throws his paper down for some one else to pick up, and rushes off to bed. This is the programme, with exceptions, until Saturday night. Sunday morning he bolts bis breakfast and tears around while getting into his 'Sunday best,’ and rushes off to church; comes home and bolts his dinner (never eats), reads a lit tle, sleeps a little, and away he goes again. When he tries to keep quiet he is sure to make more noise ; if he starts to go round a mud-puddle he is sure to step flat into it; If he crosses the room carefully he ia sure to kick the table-leg or fall over a chair; and let him go to the table where a spare clean cloth has been spread, and you will see more of 'decora tive art’ in five minutes than you ever dreamed could be accomplished in so short a time. He is temperate, naturally kind-hearted, attends strictly to busi ness and pays his debts like a man ; was once chatty and domestic, fond o! his family and homo, but has a lowed him' self to drift with this rushiug, reading habit, until now nothing could break it up short of breaking his neck. Fancy a wife trying to coddle such a streak of lightning. It is not necessary that we shall be public speakers, or writers, or function! ries in order that our influence shall be felt about us. These outward means of influence are more direct and apparent, but not more positive and sure. Our looks, our words, ou actions, nay, even, our silence, speak of our characters. We are impressing ourselves upon oth ers. Our seniors, our equals in age and standing, even the children about us, are receiving impressions of our characters. Wo are breathing a silent but strong influence into many a soul, which goes direct from our characters. Are not our responsibilities fearful, so great and constant is our influence? Hence the vast, the inexpressibly vast, importance of possessing good ebarac- actera. Our characters are not for our selves only, but for others. If they make us happy, they produce a similar happiness in the minds of all with whom we associate, differing only in de» gree. Think of our friends, relatives and neighbors, the dear little children, the circles in social and business life we on- ter, dally, weekly, yearly; think how many we meet with, speak with, and thus influence from year to year, all through our lives, aud then calculate the amount of influence we each one of exert upon tho world. And then think that, through all whom wc have thus affected, our influence, in a smaller degree, is carried to all whom they do or may influence, and thus outwari and onward, till it may be that generation from generation, even through eternal ages, shall feel the wave of influence which wo have set in motion, and then endeavor if wo can to realize the respon sibility that rests upon us. If our char acter is bad, oh ! what a weight of wick< edness and misery we shall cause! but if good, how pleasing the thought that we are thus intrumental in sending tide af ter tide of joy and peace out on the wiDgs of our virtuous influence to purify and gladden human hearts in countless thousands for as many ages. Explainiug a Joke. INTIMATIONS OF GENIUS. CII4RLOTTR F A hawthorn bough in full and snowy bloonf; Strange birds that Bitted ever by the ship; Built on a broken branch, a little nest Upon wheie eggs brooded the parent bird; Things unfamiliar floating on the tide— All these to greit Columbus gave the sign Of the new land be was about to touch. Such tights are manifold with thee, m y soul I Buch hints are breaking oa thine oager eye. Strange fancies brood or else go winging past; Fresh forms and growth of Nature's life appear, Things oli as Ume, yet to the old world new; The new expressions of accustomed thought. Thou art already on a new world's yerge, That mighty world la Oenlus-ah 1 but know Thou canst expect no better fate than his Who found that other I poverty, neglect Follow tho fate ot him who finds a world Whether It be of matter or of thought. Not now, not here, will be thy claim allowed, Butlang years heocs when thou hast left thy clay And all thy shackles moulder with its dust, Then shall men know the greatness ef thy work, The littleness of those that lived with thee. Through mortal hurts Immortal glories come- Push on to keel upon thy new-found shore, And take possession id thy Sovereign’s name I The projected line ot fast steamers to carry mails to all river towns between St. Louis and New Orleans has so far advanced that contracts have been signed by John H. Baldwin and associ- elate owners of the line, with Billings, Powell A Co., of the American foundry, New Albany, Ind., for all the machin. ery and boilers for the vessels. The steamers are to be completed and ready for business by the first of December next, _ _ . .It is alleged that an earthquake was felt at Niagara Falls ou the morning of the 21st. A St. Louis gentleman, now viaiting Norristown, called at our office next day and explained the cause of the supposed phenomenon. His theory is that a Chicago girl at the falls was charged five dollar! by a hack driver for driving her around for an hour and a half, when siio very properly “put her footdowu” on tho attempted extortion— hence the quaking.—f Norristown Herald. Silent Influences. a patty ol nine, the reaaon of his mirac ulous escape being that he “didn’t go oudt in der poat.” Autuntil Fashion Whispers. 1,10At. A OVERTIME* ERTR. Will be inserted at the following rates: Sheriff sales, per square f 3 50 Sheriff’s mortgage hales 5 00 Application for Jeffers of adnuatration SCO Application for letters of guardianship 5 00 Dismission from administration 5 00 DWmmion from guardianship 5 00 cave to sell land 4 00 Application for homestead 4 00 Notice to debtors and creditors 4 00 .Sale of real chlate bv administrators, executors and guardians, per square 3 50 Sale of perishable property, ten days... 2 00 E-tray notice, thirty days 2 00 Anxoi nchmknt.—All bills for advertis ing in this paper are due on the first appear ance cf the advertisement, when the money ia needed. THE ARRIVAL. He came into the office modestly and shyly, as was befitting, and asked to see the man who put jokes into the Adver tiser. The joker was engaged in reading some very exciting tables of trade and navigation returns, in order to Inform “An Old Subscriber” how many gallons of beeswax had been exported from the Province of Prince Eiward Island in the year 1871, and was consequently in a very hilarious mood. The visitor took ff his hat, mopped his manly brow with a dirty handkerchief and placed before the newspaper man a scrap of paper on which was written: “When Sir Joseph Porter dies the company will be treated to half-and-half •Porter and bier.” The newspaper man read it, looked up and exclaimed, “What is it about?” “It is just a little joke, you see.” “Ah ! I didn't notice. I will read it again.” He reperused, and then asked, “Where iB the joke?” “Why, the play on words—a pun, you know—Porter and bier.” “Oh, ah, yes. Porter and bier. Well, did you ask Mr. Porter about this ? Will he be pleased to see his name in the paper in that connection ?” “Why, there is no such person. Sir Joseph Porter is a character in ‘Pina fore.’ ” “Well, ’ mused the newspaper man “if there is no such person 1 don’t see how he can die. A person who don’t exist can’t die very successfully. Any attempt to kill a man who don’t live must necessarily prove a failure.” “But you don’t understand,” explained the amateur joker. “You see the whole point is in the play on the two words— porter and bier. Porter and beer mixed is called half-and-half. Now you catch" the idea, don’t you ?” “Well, I understand it so far. But where’s the joke?” “Why, I explained ” “Yes, I know that you explained. You said porter and beer mixed is called half-and-half. But that kind of porter is not a man—it is a liquor, and anyhow, you don’t spell beer light.” “But that's the point. You notice there the words have different meauings and the same sound. It is to bring out a different idea that the word itself con* veys that I have tried, aud I flatter my self ” “No, no,” interrupted the newspaper man, “not flatter. “Your grammar is at fault. The joke is flat, not flatter.” At this point some of the people in the Banctum interfered and the enemy beat a graceful retreat without any casualties. .. We frequently hear of narrow es capes from drowning, the victims in nearly every iustauce being rescued “just as they were going down for the third time.” Why is it that some are not saved when about to go down the second time ? Let us bear of some one saved before going down at ail, like the Dutchman who was tho sole survivor o! Th? Princesi style of dress will con tinue in favor. With long trains the balayeuse of white lace ia still in favor. Elaborate decorations are in favor for evening and reception robes. Crimped and copeaux fringes are very pretty, and are favored trimmings. Puffed paniers have been generally adopteu in place of plain, tight»-fitting overskirts. Belts of leather or morocco have buckles of strass, nickel, steel or oxy* dized silver. Gilets and revers are net quite so popular as they were last Benson, even in combination suits. A tall lady Bhould avoid stripes aud make her selections from the new fab rics in checks and figures. Black dresses, trimmed with pink bows or flowers, will greatly become a lady of pale complexion. For full dress, sleeves are semi-short, leaving room for the bracelets, which e worn over the long gloves. A pretty fichu is composed entirely of kilted Bretoune lace, and ornamented with bows of of eaude-nil satin ribbon. Madras skirts in bright-colored pat terns are pretty with tunica of some light fancy woolen material draped over them. A stylish lace bonnet is simply yet effectively decorated with long ostrich plumes and a dark red rose and foliage. Plain redingotes,stitched all round,and very tight fitting to the figure, are be coming to tall slight ladies with small waists. A short costume requires to be made and trimmed more carefully than the trained one, otherwise it does no: look distingue. Moyen Age fans are painted upon satin cambric, in floral patterns, rustic scenes, birds, and animals, and have plain lining of a different color. Indian cashmere, beige and Llama tissues are combined with fancy foulards, Indian and brocade silks and satins in the stylish autumn costumes. Satin de Leon is a new material of corded silk, satin finished and two faced. In certain lights the color of one face shows upon the other, as in the change able fabrics of olden times. The new solitaire studs havo a separate stem, which is introduced into the but tonhole and upon this stem the stud is fitted, when it snaps and is locked. Jewels are in great favor, and necklaces or lockets and crosses suspended from chains, ribbons or velvets are worn even over the high-necked bodices. Jn stockings, hair stripes of two colors upon a light ground la the style most in favor, and in Lisle thread stockings the lighter stripe of the two is of silk. An elegaut dress of pompadour foulard in floriated stripes, all the tints ot which aro faint and melting one into the other, has underskirt and trimmings of pale blue silk. The novelty in walking shoes is of kid, with sides of the dress material with which it is to be worn. The shoe is or namented with a large bow of embroi dered ribbon and a steel or silver buckle. A Diana Vernon hat of white French chip is lined with pink satin, turned up with a tiny cluster of pompen roses and trimmed outside with white ribbon and along white feather. The London Spectator thinks that women care more for nature, and moro for art. A cynical bachelor might say that perhaps that is the reason why men and women care so much for each other. A stylish dress for a bridesmaid is ot rose-colored Surah, trimmed with very narrow flutinga, and tunics cf fancy changeable gauze, striped with rose-col ored satin, made with puffed paniers fin ished with pretty Bretonne lace. For a matron a handsome bonnet iH white with large crown and open border, lined with old gold-colored satin, and garnitured in front with a cluster ol large fullblown roses, creamy-white yellow, pink and crimson, with tinged foliage and curtain and strings of Bre- tonne lace. An autumn hat of straw has brim low ered in the middle, raised slightly on the right and much more on the left side. It is lined with bronze-green shirred satin, and the large hollow on the right side is filled up with a cluster of crim son roses, outside loops of bronze-green velvet and a large feather of tho same color. Wbat do I hear at tho window 7 Did some one call me ? Nar> It was only the wind, my darling, Orieiing tho night away— Only the wind and the shatter Talking as two friends may. But now I hoar rome one speaking; 0 listen and you will heart Itlsonlytne night-bird calling To her mate in sudden fear; Only the dead leases falling— The first dead leavoe o 1 the year. Bat now there Is s.,me one coming; 1 hear a slop on tho stair. Nay, nay, it is nothing, darling, But the rockers of my chair. I have juit been out in the hallway— I am sure there is no ono there. Never a knock at tho doorway, Never a step in the hall, Yet Iho Kin* is certainly coming— How lightly his steps do fall! A High—and a straightening downward— And silence is orer all. Clipped Paragraphs.! . .The secret of prolonging life ia not to abridge it. .. It is good to bo deaf when a slanderer begins to talk. None are so old as they who have outlived enthusiasm. We can not do evil to others with* out doing it to ourselves. Truth is violated by falsehood, and it may be equally outraged by Bilence. Nothing i« more easy than irre proachable conduct. The public are soon to be permitted to inspect tho interior of M. Bartholdi’s istatue of Liberty. She is to have a stair case terminating in her back hair. .. A Georgia young man asked his Bweethe&rt whether sLo had ever read Romeo and Juliet.” She replied that she had read Remoo, but she did not think she had ever read Juliet. Sitting on a camp-meeting ground eating peanuts and listening to £dull sermons may not be a very rapid way of getting to heaveu, but thon it’s a sure way. .. A German gentleman who keeps • seven-by-nine lager beer phop at the South Fad treated himeelf to a day's vacation recently, leaving his son in charge of “ter business” and a keg of bser. On hh return be found the keg empty, and addrcs:cd his offspring as fob Iowa: “How is dis, Yawcob, dat you make me only und dollar un dirty cents for dose keg of beer ? Show me how you draws der peer ?” Yawcob took a glass auddrewjit nearly full of beer, with but the ieast margin of froth, when the old gentleman, seizing his hand, said; “ You make dose glasses stand higher down from der keg, Yawcob, der profit in der beer bizzineas is in der pubblea.” Wormy Trout* lilca4o Time ..The most remarkable unanimity that is so pleasant to observe between man and wife is nicely illuUrated by the following letters of the Bame date: “Ui* Country, August 20.—Dear John : I am going to stay another week. Am having a splendid time. Affectionately, Julia.” “City, August 20.— Dear Julia: You can stay another week- Am having a splendid time. Affection, ately, John ” For some reason or other, she concludes to pack up and start for home immediately, to Bee about hi« “splendid time.” A curious fact about the fish in the Yellowstone is related by Gen. Whipple. Below the falls the trout are fine fellows for table use. But above the falls the fish are wormy. It is no trick at all for a fisherman to land three hun dred trout in ten hours, provided his arm dose n’t become tired and the bait holds out; but the fish are unfit for ubc after they have been caught. No trout has ever been caught above the falls that did not carry a worm somewhere under its scaleH. The General examined a large number of trout, and every one contained the worm. The worm, when examined, was found to be in most cases, about eight inches in length, and resemb ling a piece of white tape. This reptile, when freed from Us bed iu the meat, possibly console ourselves with the re flection that the sun really shines on tho United States when it is up. We have to submit to four hours of sunlessneBS a day; England is lucky to get four hours of sunshine. So life has its com pensation and existence in the United States remains endurable, though we do not — geographically speaking—make quite so great a spread as we thought. Caught in tho Toils. Some curious instances of retribution have occurred from time to time. In May, 1862, a weaver of Nottingham brought home a loin of veal and told his wife to cook it for dinner. As he did not return to that meal, she put the veal aside, untouched. In the evening ho came back and gave her a steak to prepare for him. After eating the steak he complained ot horrible pains, and finally died of convulsions. The meat he had brought in the morning he had rubbed with poison, hoping that his wife would eat it, aud she had fried the steak in tho drippings of the dish intended for her destruction. In Englaud, while two divers were employed in removing the remnants ot a shipwreck, they found a tin case full of sovereigns. Both seized it and struggled for its possession, until one contrived to smash the window in the other’s helmet. The unfortunato man was drowned, and, in hauling his body to the surface, it became en tangled with tho air-tube of the other and broke it. The murderer was found dead beside the trea-siire lie had wreated from his victim, whose fate lie shared.