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|* ctnalc Gossip.
A favorite way of dressing the hair is, the
hair is parted in the middle, waved, and drawn
loosely back to form a short ‘ ‘French” twist,
which is snrmonnted by finger-puffs plaoed ir
regularly. One long cnrl falls in the middle of
the back.
Llsteners to Scandal.—“As no one,’, says
Mrs. Steele, “is abased save to a willing listen
er, the friend who tells yon she has heard you
calumniated must be ranked with the calunni-
atois." She is even worse than they are ; for, if
it had not been for her, you might never have
known the unpleasant things they said of you.
This, at any rate, is one of those numerous cir
cumstances in which ignorance is really bliss.
Used up Fbiendship.—We can eat up a friend
ship as we can eat up everything else, and leave
ourselves no crumbs to go on with out of all that
large oake that onoe was ours. If we throw too
much on our friends—make too many demands
on their sympathy, their patience, their good
nature, their allowance, their generosity we
shall end by eating up in a short time the cake
of love that should have lasted us to the end.
New Bonnets.—New summer bonnets are no
longer uniform in tint, but show from two to
four colors, and decided contrasts on one bon
net. Thus rose pink and reseda are seen on a
chip bonnet; peach-color silk and red poppies
on another; yellow cowslips, forget-me-nots,
mignonette, and ivy on a third ; tilleul silk,
masses of mignonette, and coral colored rcses
on a fourth.
Order of Nurses.—Queen Victoria has just
instituted a new order. It is to be bestowed up
on those trained female nurses who, by their
skill and conduct, deserve high recognition,
and they will be called from the order, “St.
Katharine's Nurses.” Each St. Katharines
nurse will hold her appointment for three years,
receiving during that time $250 a year in addi
tion to the salary paid her by the institution
to which she belongs, and she will be permitted
to wear for life the royal badge or armlet of the
order. The Queen’s intention of forming the
order was to "raise the social position of the
nurses.”
Bonnet Trimming.—A feature of the season
is the revival of velvet as a trimming for straw :
black velvet, brown velvet, dark-green velvet,
and navy-blue velvet is laid in the broad scarf
folds upon the side of white chips and fancy
straws, and is especially used upon English
walking-bats.
There are no trails, however, of either flowers,
or ribbons, at the baok’ There are scarfs at
tached to the back, which tie in front , but the
wreaths of leaves and small flowers, or foliage,
fall as a fringe, or are set close to the head, the
shapes, even of straws, taking on the small,
round, compact style.
Novel Wedding Souvenirs. — The bridal
menus, now becoming fashionable contain,
when the facts will permit, almost an entire
pictorial history of the bride and groom. They
are printed on cards of pretentious size, nearly
eleven inches square, which are profusely illus
trated. The bridegroom is depicted engaged in
his usual occupation ; at the bottom is the
church wherein the ceremony was performed ;
at the top, mingled with hymenial emblems,
are small photos of the two most interested par
ties, and in the center stands the native home
of the bride, around which is grouped tUie mejiu
and il^s programme of m^sic performby^e
military band on the oooasion. t
Those Horrid Freckles.—Our young ladies
keep themselves too much in-doors during the
winter, and then suffer for it in a crop of freck
les duriDg the summer, especially those who are
favored with a fair skin. The best course is to
avoid the oause—to face the winter winds a lit
tle more frequently, and thus possess a skin
healthly enough to prevent these deposits of
coloring matter beneath it.
Still, most young persons will sin and suffer,
and then be anxious to get rid of the penalty.
There are many complicacted recipes for the re
moval of freckles ; but the Boston Journal of
Chemistry says that the old household prescrip
tion of sour milk, or buttermilk, may some
times answer the purpose. The freckles yield
to other applications, but for these, some of
which are unsafe iu unskilled hands, the fam
ily physician should be applied to.
“Mcth” somewhat resembles freckles, still it
is dependent, not on an external oause, but an
internal—the digestive system—and can be re
moved only by getting the latter into a vigorous
condition. A quickening of the action of the
skin may be an aid in the case, but the main
thiDg is the removal of the internal cause.
domestic platters.
Fruit Eating.—When fruit does harm it is
because it is eaten at improper times, in im-
propor quantities, or before it is ripened and fit
for the human stomach. A distinguished phy
sician has said that if hia patients would make
a practice of eating a couple of geod oranges be
fore breakfast, from Febrvary to June, his prac
tice would bo gone. The principal evil is that
we do not eat enough fruit! that we injure its
finer qualities with sugar ; that we drown them
in cream. We need the medical action of the
pure fruit acids in our system, and their oooling,
corrective influence.
To Fry Beef’s Liver.—Cut the liver in slices
about two thirds of an inoh thick, soak in cold
water about quarter of an hour ; have ready
some butter in the spider; when hot, put in the
liver; season with salt, pepper, and an onion
ohopped fine ; dust a little flour ever the top ;
cover tight to keep steam in as muoh es possible;
add a little water while cooking, to keep from
getting dry (do not let it burn); when brown,
turn on the other side ; put on a little more
salt, pepper, and flour, when done, take the
liver out on a platter, pnt in about a tea cup of
aWeetmilk; if not thick enough add a little more
flour, wet with milk until you get it about the
thiqkbess of fceef- gravy; pour over the liver and
serve. This is the Swedish way of cooking it.
When to Water Box Plants.—About as good a
rule as I can give in regard to watering plants, is
this : Whenever you see the surface soil in the
flower-pot has become like dry dust, then give
water enough to soak the plant thoroughly.—
Above all things, avoid what is texmed “drib-
bing,” and I can best describe this from an inci
dent of my own observation. I know an enthu
siastic flower-lover, who murdered her plants
with over-kindness. Just as regularlyjas the la
dy arises from the breakfast table, she will give
all her plants a little water, to brighten them up,
shehays. Now the|notion ii all wrong. Nature
does not send down a continuous ram upon our
gardens, filled with their vegetable and floral
productions. We sometimes have a heavy rain
fall and then no more for weeks, and still qur
gardens flourish. So plants in pots should only
be watered, and that most liberally, when they
are dry, and give no more until you see them
thirsty again? If you give water every day to
pot plants the soil will soon become sodden
£nd sour, and your plants get sick with a sort of
"I don’t know what” kind of disease, and in
nine oases out of ten, if you stop the water until
you dry off your plants, you will find the
trouble came from overwatering.
Oat Chaff Beds.—A most soft, comfortable,
and wholesome filling for beds or mattresses can
be procured in most country places by getting
a farmer to allow oat chaff to be saved. It is soft
light aDd elastic, and very sweet. The cost is
very little. Oat chaff is so very light that a
slighter kind of bed-tick than in necessary for
other kinds of filling is quite sufficient Anoth
er advantage is, that the chaff can be changed
with so little cost that it is within the reach of
any one. For children's beds it is perfectly sat
isfactory. It is only neoessary to keep a sack or
two stuffed full of o'at chaff in a dry place, and
then new and fresh filling is at hand to make a
sweet bed, whatever aaoident may have befallen
the cot mattress.
Beautiful Country Homes.—The sight of a
beautiful homestead, with its surrounding of
neat fences, well cared-for fruit and other trees;
its vines and flowers, its many marks of taste and
culture, pleases the imagination and makes mer
ry the heart. It iB surely not enough that a man
should raise his food and clothing ; it is right
and necessary a man should do so, but it is de
sirable to do more. It is a poor, sordid ambition
that ends with even the accumulation of much
gold and property; eaoh and every farmer
should make the scene around his dwelling one
to charm the traveler, and thus do his part to
ward building up the fair fame of the^ country.
Besides, as an able writer has said, the mind
keeps pace with the man, and the love of the
beautiful in nature inspires the mind with love
of the useful and the good.
Home Contrivances.—I recently brightened
up my sitting-room at a trifling cost. My carpet
was nearly worn out. In the first place I turn
ed the breadths and sewed over the carpet so as
to make all the worn places come as nearly in
the center of the room as possible. By cutting
and contriving I managed this, having a fine
array of holes and patches grouped together. I
bought four yards of small figured ingrain carpet
resembling drugget at ninety cents per yard. I
out this in halves, sewing the breadths together,
which gave me a foundation two yards square.
For a rug I bought eight yards and a half of
oarpet bordering at 35 cents per yard, with
whioh I bordered my square, giving me a bright
large rug, whioh I tacked down on the worn
places in my oarpet, covering a good part of the
oenter of my room. My rug oost me $6,40, and
my floor looked fresh and neat. I can assure
you the effeot was excellent.
No Quarreling at Tahle. — Disputation is
highly prejudicial to the proper assimilation ot
food. The mind becomes irritated, and the
stomach instantaneously follows suit. A dinner
table is the worse possible place for argument,
for no one ocn predict that this may not become
heated and aorimonious when once started, and
if it does, there is an end to the wholesomeness
of the meal. The general principal of the ‘ fit
ness of things,” the proper time for everything
sort of method, applies very pertinently here,
insignificant ss “the things to be fitted” may
seem. Consequently,; whatever pleasant things
may have occurred during the day (and few
days are so sad that none occur), should be made
the most of at dinner time, because it is their
own time par excellence. Good news, happy
thoughts, bright hopes, and the like, are to be
counted among the most efficacious and diges
tive relishes, and should therefore be made the
utmost of and used accordingly.
istorical fjxrfces.
B.ttle of balf&uo, -Hily 2f,‘
wire-stringed guitar. Then there is the favor
ite lundu, a kind of a slow fandango, involving
much snapping of fingers and shuffling of feet.
The saracura dance is led off by a special musi
cian, a merry old feliow, who marches about the
room playing a tiny reed flute with the right
hand and beating a drum with the left. One
after another the couples fall in behind him,
tripping along with their aims about each other
very lovingly, and keeping time to his music
with a little jingling song. —[Scribner for July.
A Very Queer People.—Taken altogether, the
Burmese are a fine robust race, among whom
physical deformity and mental weakness are
unusually rare. The men are almost invariably
tattooed from the waist to the knees with fig
ures of birds and animals, on a groundwork of
delicate tracery and waving lines. The opera
tion is performed with needles, is exceedingly
painful, and is executed with a black or blue
coloring matter. It is often commenced at as
early an age as 6 years. The arm9 are frequent
ly tattooed in vermilion with cabalistic charac
ters, supposed to be cl arms against disease and
evil spirits. The hair is tied in a knot on the
top of the bead, and intertwined with a piece of
gay muslin or silk, a jacket ot stuff or ootton
hangs from the shoulders, while a bright-color
ed cloth wound round the waist, extending to
the ankles, and with one end thrown jauntily
over the breast like a Highlander’s scarf, com
pletes the costume. The women are frequently
nice-looking, and adepts in enhancing their
personal appearance by iich and graceful dress.
Their black hair is carefully dressed and per
fumed, gathered together behind the head, and
usually adorned with fresh flowers. They wear
a vest or bodice of the material known as Tur
key red ; a petticoat of native silk, partially open
in front, so that in walking it displays which
ever leg is thrown forward, and a train of a dif
ferent pattern, the graceful management of
which is one of the accomplishments of the
Burmese belle. An open jacket, a shawl drap
ed across the shoulders, and a pair of red san
dals are also worn. Their jewelry is massive
and handsome, consisting of pure gold and pre
cious stones. Bofh sexes have the lobe of the
ear bored, and the aperture enlarged by insert
ing gradually an increasing number of slips of
bamboo. In these slits they wear tubes or cyl
inders of gold about an inch and a half long,
and three-quarters of an inoh in diameter. Men,
women, and children are inveterate smokeis,
and the ear tubes are not inconvenient recepta
cles for half-smoked cigars.
Women hold a very different position in Bur-
mail to the one to which they are condemned
by the Mohammedans and Hindoos. They wear
no veils, have their own legal rights, can hold
real property independently of their husbands,
and are universally respected and considered
by the other sex. Their manners are pleasant
ly frank, although always well-bred, and they
are allowed freedom of choice in matrimoy. It
is quite as common and natural to see a be
trothed couple enjoying an evening walk in
Burmah as it is in England, The greatest rev
erence is shown by children to their parents,
and by all the aged. Good temper is a prevail
ing characteristic ; and, though none seem to
be very rich, there is no poverty. If a family
should happen to be in want, the neighbors
help them, and strangers are always hospitably
welcomed and fed.
(Continued from 2nd page.)
mu.
Hamilton was shot by Burr in 1804.
In 1614, tobacco passed as currency in Vir
ginia, end th(|streets of Jamestownfwere planted
with it.
Savannah, Ga., will oelebrate her centennial
of the siege of that place on the 9th, day of next
October.
The first railroad locomotive tan on the fifth
day of October, 1829, between Liverpool and
Manchester, England.
One hundred years ago dating from next July
8, Fairfield, Conn., was burned by General Try-
on. The town will oelebiate the event on the
centennial day.
Begular voyages of steam-vessels were not
commenced in crossing the Atlantic ocean un
til 1838, when the Sirius and Great Western
commenced their trips.
The national annals of the Mexicans state
that they originally dwelt in the North, whence
they commenced migrating in the sixth centu
ry, under their illuBtrous emperor Citin.
Connecticut was so called from its Indian
name, which meant “long river.” It was dis
covered in 1614 by the Dutch, who established
a trading post on the present site of Hartford,
Benedict Arnold was promised $40,000 for
his treachery, and the rank of brigadier-general
in the British army. It was while returning from
making this bargain that poor Andre was cap
tured.
Thomas Paine died in 1809, at the age of 73
years. He was born in Norfolk, England, and
was in early life a stay-maker. He was a man
of profound thought, but also very intemperate
in his habits.
flutes of fTaucl.
News from Africa by the steamer Gaboon re
ports that barbarous oustoms, supposed to
have been done away with, were still in vogue.
Five women had just been beheaded for having
ehanoed to look upon the procssion of “Egbo-
mans,” it being against the law for women to be
abroad at thiB time.
The Indians of the Amazon.—The grand fes
tival begins on Saturday evening. Daring the
day parties have been coming in from all direc
tions, bringing their roupa de ver a Dms—
“clothes to see God in”—on their heads. Every
house is crowded with guests, and many Bwing
their hammocks to the trees ; the old women
busy themselves in preparing sweetmeats and
mandioca beer; and the men build an ar
bor of boughs before the ohapei. Everybody
attends the final prayer-meeting, and devoutly
salutes the saint ; then the dancing begins in
several houses at once, and is continued with
very little intermission until Tuesday or
Wednesday, as the refreshments last. Many of
the young people get only five or six hours of
sleep during this time. The dancers are order
ly, and for the most part sober ; the old people
sit around and watch them, and grow talkative,
and enjoy themselves quietly ; and white clerks
from town move about with a pleasing sense of
their own glory. On Sunday morning there is
an interlude, daring whioh the grand breakfast
is served. An ox has been killed for the occa
sion, and the guests eat as much as they please,
with their fingers for forks. Ceremonious toasts
are proposed in bad Portuguese and drunk in
bad wine ; everybody says “ Viva /” in acknowl
edgment of everybody’s sentiments, and there
is a solemn aping of all that is ridiculous in the
grand dinners of the brancos. With this the
Indians feel that they have dene their duty, and
return to their sports with fresh unction. They
dance rustio waltzes and quadrilles, not un
gracefully, to the music of a violin and a little
‘Pemit me, Nelly, to ask to what standard you
refer?’
‘To that of Watts who put many beautiiul
Z UhoujjjMy £-•{' .J&C"‘Si“*-»30.-verx simple
that a chilli can aMierstacd them. I will illus
trate by repeating ibe standard alluded to:
Were I so tall as to reach the pole,
0-* grasp the ooeau in a span;
I must be measured by my soul—
Mind is the measure of the man.
X
‘Ah, Nelly! my own, my generous friend, I
know you would not flatter; but could I feel my
self worthy of being measured and accepted by
such a standard, the height of my ambition
would be so nearly attained that nothing but to
have my well-loved friends always uear me,
would be wanting. I have rea; many of the
pretty poems of Watts, and can think of nothing
more sublime than the great mind of this good
man coming down from the heights of logic and
theology to the humble nursery in which he
wrote his well known ‘Hymns for Children’—
songs that will perpetrate his name to all oom-
ing ages, and embalm it in the memory of
those who, in their early youth, were taught
his simple, yet heart-touohing melodies. O
that Watts had suDg for me in my childhood—
my heart would now be attuned to his loftier
strain—my mind to a theme more noble—1
would be purer and better How strange it is
that men and women cLiefly write and talk for
men and women only! How strange it is that
thousands of children are left afloat upon the
sea of life without ohart or compass to guide
them on the perilous voyage to old age! I won
der if the sweet songs of our poets are sung in
heaven? I wonder if be is not all the more hap
py from hearing^em chanted by an innumera
ble concourse of cnildren around the throne.
To me these are pleasant speculations, Nelly;
but we have left the subject about whioh I have
thought so much, and I will leave the rovings
of my fancy to ask what you think of the close
resembtmee between us?’
‘I have also thought much of the similarity of
our features; but the more I thought the more I
became confused, and long ago gave it up as a
mystery that I never expect to understand. It
is no uncommon thing for two persons to favor
in some respects; but for us to be almost pre
cisely alike is wonderful. Coralie often spoke
of this strange resemblance as a matter that was
constantly puzzling her mind. I have also of
ten heard father and mother speaking of it when
they did not know I beard them; but I could
never learn that they were ever able to make
anything more of it than we have ourselves.’
‘So we must leave the subjeot where we found
it—a perplexing wonder!’
‘As far as I can see, that is the best we can
do. •
‘Nelly,’ said Julius, after a long pause, ‘there
is yet another matter concerning yourself that
has always been a mystery to me. My love for
the Montgomery family is simply inexpressible.
My intimate acquaintance with Willie extends
almost as far back as I can remember. It has
been of the most confidential oharaoter; and yet
I never knew of your existence until the day on
whioh you first came with Coralie to my hum
ble oottage—but little more than one year ago!
Why I never heard you mentioned by inference
or otherwise is strvnge to me. Do you know of
any reason why this was so?’
T do not know,’ said Nelly, after studying a
while, ‘that I do; but I think this strange
resemblance between us bad something to do
with it. This is only conjecture; for I did not
know that I was suoh an entire stranger to you
at the time mentioned.’
‘Yes; you were a stranger, and I afterwards
learned your name only by direct enquiry of
our mutual friend, Joe Harper. Perhaps this
may seem a small matter to you; but knowing
you now, I cannot realize the fact that the time
ever was when I could live without you. I know
this world is full of shifting scenes—that earth
is not our dwelling place—that but little of true
happiness is felt by mortals without having an
admixture of fain and sorrow for its shadowirg;
but then I know and feel that there, is a land
bryond the shimmering fret-work of stars where
friendB never part—where the pure and good
may always dwell together in the Paradise of
God. Here,the paths we tread may be divergent;
but there we may meet again, and ifearth would
not be earth without you, heaven will be heaven
with you, Nelly.’ ... T
‘Oh sir, you say too much for me; for while i
hope to gain the one, I cannot in my present
miserable condition expect to make the ?,
brighter either for myself or others. Still,!
know that I have friends for whom I feel the
highest respect possible. I never will be kb*®
to oancel the debt I owe them. A heart full ot
gratitude is theirs; but that is only a drop in
the ocean. This is all I can give—this is all I
have. A cloud, oh, so heavy, has chased away
the sunshine of my young life, and the only
hope I have of ever seeing the bright skies be
yond it, is to live for my friends, and in the ser
vice of my God.’ ,
•Noble and generous friend of mine, this
oloud has a silver lining which you may see
this side the stars. But please excuse me for
being still inquisitive. I wish to ask you other
questions in whioh there can be no possible
harm.’
•I will gladly hear them; but if I am not more
successful in answering them than I have hith
erto been, you will be poorly paid for your
trouble.’
•I am all anxiety to know why you are always
dressed in yellow, and Coralie in ichile. The
first time I ever saw you your dress was of a
golden oolor, and now it is soft amber; nor
do I remember to have ever seen as muoh as
one oolored thread in Coralie’s dressing.’
‘Had you asked me that question a few hours
ago, I could not have answtred it, for not until
this very day did I ever know the reason my
self. This morning mother showed me the lit
tle dress that I bad on when she found me, a
helpless child left to the mercy of strangers. It
is made of yellow silk riohly embroidered with
gold lace, and a broad yellow ribbon is put in
elegant trill around the collar. Mamma said it
suited me so well in childhood that she vowed
to always dress me in this peculiar color, and
she still thinks it most becoming, though I am
aware of the eccentricity of being thus dressed;
but an intense desire to please father and moth
er has, perhaps, done muoh to make me think
the style natural and beooming, though I may
be mistaken. However I do not know that it
seems unnatural to others; for I have never
heard even an intimation to the effect that it is
out of good taste, or in the least degree unpleas-
ing.’
•No; you are not mistaken. It might seem a
little odd in others; but the style naturally be
comes you. So would any other color. A pol
ished diamond will glow and sparkle anywhere.
But tell me about the white.’
‘With pleasure I will tell you all I know. The
explanation given in regard to the yellow, in
duced my mother to go still farther and tell me
why cousin Coralie was alway s dressed in white.
When in her tenth year she was traveling with
her parents in British India. Daring a tempo
rary residence in Calcutta, they lormed the ac
quaintance of an English nobleman who, struck
with the peerless beauty of Coralie, gave her
many costly presents. Among these was a dress
made of India cloth, or white twill as it is call
ed by Eastern merchants. This cloth is so in
tensely white that it dazzles the eyes when seen
in the sunshine, and so very costly that only
the wealthy can afford to wear it. Seeing how
well the dress suited their charming daughter,
her parents added the white shoes, gloves and
hat. Thus arrayed she and her father one af
ternoon were leisurely walking through the sub
urbs of the city, viewing the fruits and flowers,
and glittering temples of that land ot| wonder,
when AMtddeiuly.-Miey'W’ere cvest?.ken.)
those terrific thuuder storms which artjflieculiar
to tropical regions. They sought refuge in the
vestibule of a magnificent Mohammedan mosque
constructed of highly polished white marble. The
lightning run up and down the gorgeous col
umns like flames of fire, and the rolling thunder,
peal after peal, seemed to shake the very heav
ens. Sjmultaneously with a blinding flash,
Coralie felt something hot run down her cheek,
and placiEg her hand upon her head, found that
the electric fluid had melted a comb in her hair,
but she remained unhurt. At the same instant
her father saw a picture appear upon the marble
wall, as if drawn by the hand of magic. An ex
amination revealed the fact that it was an exact
picture of Coralie herself—a white paint ng by
the hand of nature upon a while surface, and yet
more perfeot in all its deliniations than if drawn
by human hands! The shading had been effec
ted by making the white marble more intensely
white. Why this was so her parents have left
for philosophers to explain ; but in commemo
ration of the Providential preservation of their
daughter, they have, since that time, always
dressed her in white. I admire their good taste,
and think the whiteness of her vesture in keep-
idg with the purity of her character.’
‘Indeed,’said Julius, thoughtfully, ‘your an
swer is not only satisfactory, but highly inter
esting and instructive. The production of the
picture upon the wall by the agency of electric
ity is something very wonderful, and the escape
of Coralie seems almost miraculous. Was the
melting of the comb, without injucy to her. the
result produced by the combination of white
about her? Or would it have been the same if
the marble wall and her apparel had been of
Eome solid color, or of different colors? These
are questions that I am wholly unable to an
swer myself; but I think them worthy of the at
tention of the scientific. It may be that some
day this strange incident will not only throw
new light on the art cf photography and its
kindred branches, but furnish a hint that will
give to the world a better protection from light
ning than even that discovered by the immortal
Franklin. Many of the most important^ discov
eries is the result of a dose observation of the
laws of nature which, by some genius, have been
worked out to the end.’
‘I see,’ said Nelly, ‘that you are about to make
more out of this strange freak of nature than
even Coralie’s parents were able to do. While
they only sought to make it a criterion by which
to dress their daughter, you are seeking to make
it benefioial to all mankind. Tnis’is suggestive
of something noble in your nature, and you will
pardon me for saying so in your presence.’
‘Gf course I will,’ seriously replied Julius, ‘I
oan only hope that yoa are not mistaken. Please
excuse me for thus speculating on the valuable
information you have furnished me. I feel in
clined to pursue it still further, particularly ^in
regard to your yellow dress. In some countries
hereditary oustom regulates the color of the peo
ple’s clothing, as in ,Nubia and Abyssinnia,
where for ages the dress of the natives has been
dark blue. Sometimes the color is regulated by
ohoioe, as, for instance, an American Indian will
always wear red when in his power to procure
it Even o« mutual friend. Calveda, general
ly puts two red reeds in his baskets to one of
any other oolor. In other countries the mode of
dress is regulated by law, the color indicating
the rank of the wearer. In China only those in
high authority have the priviloge of wearing
yellow. In some other countries oustom only
allows those in authority, either high or low, to
wear this oolor, and in others again those in au
thority ohoose to wear yellow to a greater or less
extent. Even the custom of hoisting a yellow
flag over a hospital or a private residence infec
ted with some contagious disease, originated in
the necessity of using a yellow bandanna hand
kerchief to distinguish the signal from that giv
en by the regular flag of a military chieftain
who first issued the order to warn bis soldiers
of danger. Since that time’a yellow flag has si-
ways been used for similar purposes by both
military and munioipial authorities. So you see
that however other colors may have been worn,
yellow is always associated with dignity or au-
thoriiy.most frequently, however, with both ’
•And what,’ anxiously asked Nellv ‘would
you infer from all that ?” J
•Much, very muoh !’ replied Julius, with ani
mation. ‘Take these assaciations with the oolor
characteristic of yourself in connection with the
profuse supply of ready money for your benefit
when a ohild, and your extraordinary attain
ments, which seem to be as much the result of
natural endowments as that of education, and I
am forced to believe that you belong to no ordi
nary family !—that the littie yellow dress means
some hing very significant —more, perhaps
than you are ready to believe ! It may be, Nell
ly that the rose-tint natural to your cheeks is
produced by the flow of titled blood, and that
this relic of your childhood is the emblem of
your nobility. The unknown person who
brought you here, writes that he had traveled
many weary miles to place you under the oare
of this more than noble family. It may be, he
came aoross some rolling ocean to place its bil
lows between you and your birthright.
How he knew anything of the Montgom
ery family, is, of course, a matter of mere
conjecture ; but there is a feature about it
to which I wish to call your attention.
Sir Robert Montgomery, an English nobleman,
settled in this country about the beginning of
the eighteenth century. His descendants be
came bold defenders of American liberty, and
thereby forfeited, for some length of time, their
titles and estates in the mother country. It
may be that, in conrse of time, some of these
titles and estates have fallen to your inheritance,
and that you have been brought here by some
imposter in order to secure them for himself.
Of course I can make no satisfactory explana
tion of the matter; but I have come to these con
clusions because Willie once told me that his
father was himself a descendant of Sir Robert
Montgomery; and with some hesitation, he
promised that he would sometime tell me more
about the history of his family. He spoke of
the matter in a way rather mysterious; but as I
did not, at that time, think it of much impor
tance, the subject had, until recently, well nigh
passed from my mind. But there may be an
unseen link here which closely unites the past
with the present. At any rate, I am imprt ssed
with a dreamy, undefined notion that, after all,
you may be one of the Montgomery family !
But this continuation of my speculations wea
ries you. I offer them to you for what they are
worth, and ask pardon for detaining you so
long. ‘
‘Indeed, I am not weary. Your speculations,
and your questions as well, are entertaining to
me—they are a place of rest. Just think of it.
A traveler lost in a strange land. As far as the
eye oan see or the ear hear, all is one vast ex
panse of desolation. The streams are dry, and
the flowers all withered. Tha nightingale lies
dead and the faded grass lies crisp in the burn
ing sun. But listen ! There is music in the
distance, and it rolls grandly onward. A br ght-
winged messenger appears upon the scene, and
points out a way to rest and safety. I am that
traveler, lost and benighted in a strange land,
but your voice, kind and sympathetic, is the
bright-winged messenger whioh brings to me ti
dings of hope and consolation. With all my
heart I thank you for this visit; and I feel un
der man” obligations to you for the favorable
manner in which you have sometimes mention
ed my name. I feel myself more an object of
pity than of praise ; and having fallen ; o far
short of what I ought to be, I am unworthy of
the distinction which you seek to give me.
However much we may speculate upon my
ins -3f+jJ nomatoaH condition. I feel efficient that noth
ing definite will ever be known—that I must
live and die without even knowing my own
name. . If, however, you should by chance or
otherwise, learn anything ot my unwritten his
tory, you will be doing me an inestimable favor
by imforming me of it.’
•On all occasions I will be happy to ser^e you;
but do not think that I am making out a bill of
charges by asking questions. Nevertheless, if
you have no objections, I would like to see the
little yellow dress your mother showed you
this morning.’
‘O yes. It is here in my drawer. Mother
gave it to me, and I will take much pleasure in
shoeing it to you.’
Nelly opened the drawer and took out a neat
ly wrapped bundle. Carefully opening it, she
UDfolded the tiny garment and handed it to Ju
lius saying :
‘Here it is ! Could it tell me its earliest his
tory, I would go to the end of the world to
hear the story. There fastened to the collar, is
the original of the mysterious letter which con
signed me to the keeping of the more than no
ble Montgomery family. Mama says it is now
fastened in the same place and manner as when
she first saw it. It is confined with a gold pin
which oan be easily removed. You can open
the strange messenger and read the contents if
you wish.'
Julius carefully took out the pin, and with
trembling bands opened the letter. It was writ-
yellow-tinted paper which contained an
illegible monogram on the left hand corner,
lhe ink j,id faded very much; but being writ-
ten in a bold, round hand, every letter was fully
legible. By the assistance of Nelly, who was a
fair Latin scholar, Julius read the letter in the
original as lollows :
‘Mr. and Mrs Montgomery: Puelluiam par-
vulam desertauique u> custodia mea habeas,
item pernoscens dignitatem vestr^ui, ut vos ei
praeficiam, iter permaguum molestumque per-
Nelly Stanbridge, nomen ei esto. Benigne
et leniter instruatur; liberaliter et diligenter
eduoatur; turn, nisi in terra remuneressini,
retnbuetar abundanter vobis in coelo, quo ejus
parentes ambo profecti sunt. Sub gradibus in
tronte domi vestri. $1000.00 auri invemstis,
ad Yestrnm iaborum compensaoduoi. Cain hi
nummi expensi sint; summa peenniae major in
VtUh™® vestr ®‘ e,dem ooimiHo, collocabitur.
Existimans vestrorum viciuorum pancos, dun-
l? ng ? am Lat , mam P° 88e le 8®re, in eadem
lingua hand epistolam scripsi; quo harum liter-
f'““ ar « a “ e “ tl,m lateatar; si, casu, in manus
ineptoB inoidat.
TP 8 e i as Parentes proprii non, placeat vo
bis Nelly nunguam intellecturam esse
‘Assentientes his petitionibus, ei et suis ami-
ois egregie prodentis.
Vaiete!
(To be continued.)
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