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ink unfading,
le for youths and men;
Its all pervading
profrwn, I would pen,—
Magic wutiIm three, born in bearen;
Down by thoughtful angel* hii'led;
High tel. man to doom lx d'ivsn;
Heeded, they giro man t! • world;—
Try it.
Lkt la judgment wed tO ( Ubor;
Pluck, the handmaid of’Kuc-cem;
Tail to Truth eteaiM Le a neighbor;
Honor bring* her own redrew;—
Try it.
©terry orlwyet tall the student;
Earth’s |m»t age hi still unread,
Jtatioo* s fk tlie wise, the prudent;
Thiongs and armies mu>t be led;—
Try it
Bow did Watt to steam give motion* *
Locke, trace purposes of mind?
How Columbus crows the ocean?
Howdid Luther change mankind?—
They tried it.
How [rid Homer write hi'* epic?
How did Hcottcomjiosr bis lays?
How did Mcudelowohn, hi* music?
Hon did Kiiakespenre write his plays?—
They tried it.
Thus il was. will be forever:
If ‘‘To be" rrau has in view,
Man must lire with firm endeavor
Well to thiuk, then plan, then do;—
Try it.
—T. C. •hulking, in I hr. Current.
BY THE WAVES.
“And why >
mastery to i
' n»in.*d ber Muriel, is a
* said good Mrs. Doyle,
lending. “Mary June or
i would have been jest i
from that to the cotUuM, which he
guessed was her home. Bet she did,
and sailed slightly, as she answered:
“Sometimes.**
“Will you—*’ he hesitated, then of
fered ber his portfolio, “will you show
me a specimen?’’ • .
“Your face?” queried Muriel, aa she
quietly received tne materials.
He absented, and bending over the
j^per. she shortly returned to him an
outline sketch of his face; not a finished
sketch at all, but so like that it was
wonderful. lie looked from the picture
to her, then laughed and said:
“Upon my word, I shall take care how
I display iny amateur attempts again, lent
I flourish them in the face of a genius !**
Muriel smiled carelessly, and rising
from her rocky seat, was about to go,
when the silent gentleman spoke:
“Pardon me, would you sketch met’
For answer, Muriel resumed her seat
and took up her pencil again. Now and
then, as she worked, she glanced at the
grave stranger, and her own face seemed
tke long, eren stretch of sand; and the ;
hour when they met came to be brightest i
of the long, bright twenty-four to Muriel. I
to beUeve o^erwUe^ fn; sllcd ^ not seek } PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
“Muriel,’* he said to her one day, whet,
they sat together by the a?a; “Muriel, I •
am going away next week.”
‘Going away !** Her cheeks grew pale,
WOMAN’S WORLD.
FEMININE READERS.
Diamonds In Her Teeth.
w o While waiting in a dentist's ante-
and her hand grasped tightly the bit of i room for my turn to be tortured, I
stick she was twirling. ’ j couldn't help. overhearing the con versa-
will you go with me, Muriel ?” ; don between a girl in the operating chair j time being forget himself, but she did
> back to her cheek, and , s®d the man who was improving her not feel inclined to excuse him on tha»
finally I happened to meet a friend, who
joined me, and then, of course, he went
off in another direction. If ever there is
a go-as-you-please walking match gotten
up here I should like to enter him as first
choice. I’m sure he’d win; he seems to
have such hard endurance. But I'm so
glad he is a ‘gentleman.*” Her escort
tries to make her understand that per
haps it was her remarkable beauty of
form and features that made him for the
The color o
she looked into his eyes with a shy, soft j mouth. The talk .indicated that*dia
light in the brown depths of her own. monds were somehow being used; and of
but she did not. speak. j co urse my curiosity was aroused. Pretty
“Listen, Muriel, w!tl!e I tell you my 1 soon she came out. While standing in
story.” he said. •* ; front of a mirror, putting on her hat and
And he held her little brown hand in ■ cloak, she smiled inspectively at heTself,
his while he told her the story that she : in a manner critical of her teeth, and the
had heard before. The story of his un flash of something inside her red lips
happy love for a woman who had been ; caught my eyes. It was not the gleam
so false to him, and made his life so sad. j of the pearl into which the poet has so
“She is married now,” he added. “I j long transformed beauty’s tooth, but a
presume she will be happy with her hus- 1 brighter glint, like that of a diamond.
_ ( band; I hope she will. I have ceased to ; She was a “hifalutin” creature in dress
to catch the shadow from it, growing care for her." j and manners and'clearly capable of any
almost as grave as his. She gave more; Muriel did not tell him then thatahe freak of embellishment; but I was never-
account. She said she might forgive
him, as he was “a gentleman of a first
family.’’ . The young lady in question
was considered the prettiest woman at
Cape May last summer, and she displayed
great artistic taste in the selection of her
bathing costume. She was written up
by several enthusiastic correspondents as
“The Beautiful Nymph of the Sea,”
“Queen of the Wave,” etc.
Fashion Notes.
Mikado sateen is in all colors with Jap
anesque designs.
Sateens have foulard patterns, stripes,
prisms and spots.
# Crepe de chine, in evening colors,
finish and completeness to this picture j had heard the story before. theless astonished when the dentist said
than she had bestowed upon the first. j “Yes," answered Muriel. | “Yes, it was a diamond that you saw. I
As she was about to hand it to the j Sirs. Doyle, who will not go to live in have set four in her teeth, the gold filling
“original.” ;• sudden impulse caused her ' the city, but likes to visit her daughter serving as the metal with which to im-
to withhold it. an arch smile took the there, insists that the reason she knows bed the gems in the cavities. No, I
C l ace of her gravity, aud bending low Munel’s husband is a little conceited never heard of such a thing before. It
er head, till the curls fell over and con- about his handsome face, is because the wa * ber own original device. What for?
rented her work, she added a few strokes only picture in his own room is a pencil To advertise herself. She is a prosperous ! flouncing to correspond,
•bout the mouth and on the brow; then, sketch of himself. adventuress, already ill-known, and de- j Wool canvas has colored embroidery in
with a laugh dancing in her eves, she “And the frame cost $300, if jou’ll sirous of greater notoriety. She brought I floral and conventional designs
placl it in hi. hand. believe me! ’ .he told Mr. IJoyle. ! Pemian embroidery is cn° out and is
It was his face, as real, a* vivid almost — worth $300 or $400 together, as \ery big «< aD1) ij e( p’ on woolen costumes
as Its reflection in a glass; but his face; Gambling In New York. ones could qoV be used. I suppose the
richly embroidered.
Ginghams with tufted spots are shown
in all leading colors.
Fenora nets,, with floral designs, have
diamoad-monthed woman will become
On both sides* of Ann street, Park : famous in her way, and so the investment
will prove satisfactory.”—Pittsburg Post.
transfigured. The cloud of sadness
replaced by a smile: such a warm, trank, : „ ,
glowing smile as gladdens the heart Jo P lac ?’,. on Nassau street and Park
see it; “the real sunshine of feeling.” I f* n,bl i In ff houses still flourish, says a New ;
At first he looked at it in a puzzled A< )rk ,c,t(>r the St. Louis Republican.
way, os if wondering what she had done J he » m ‘ at . est down-town game of all,
to his face, until his companion, looking “owever, is at 8 Barclay, in which com-
* > t ^ -* a™* ™. t
‘Owen I b:-lieve.he 1mssecond.ightl L""52 : teTSw!.ndEftS?'
How Seu'akin Sacquos are Made,
ejirocess of manufacture is interest*
skin goes to London*
good and a tight more suitable; but I j She has drawn you as you looked six ver Y hi 6 h » nd those who go there are j jj£® f an . d baits in between,
rood novels when I was young, and I see years ago, in the college days Old fel- technically known as high “rollers.” If ; G<K>d dyeing is performed with a comb
that name somewhere, and it kinder . W, if you knew how smiles'
CUieT 1 mUst g0 nnd call her j you would not be so charry
And, indeed, Muriel Doyle was little for a moment^throme^Wi "to the , cents to*$5 each and there Is practically i An entire day is uecessary to properly
lUie her sweet, ethereal name. A strong, smile that alnrifiod thmm i* licture • i no “ lim it.” Some time ago there was ! d je a skin. The process of dipping the
—- - i — —nave made rae~look?” ~ ’ i York city has been decided by the “pull” j _
ana yet, not ignorant and uncultured. “You are rich I sunDose ” answered w hich irs owners have with the poli- j “ to , a , board,
Muriel Doyle was well versed in the lore Muriel, simply; “and you would give ' ticians. At the time of the Jersey scare i in ^ ar d, 'jjjd a search for imperfections is
oung thing. \Yh-n they could notlind ‘1 would' nirl lam rerv rich and! and the proprietor was compelled to ' w bicli, if not immediately cut out,
b .ut toe house, they alwav* sought would give ten times as creat wraith if fore #° bis unlawful gains. I will extend and rot the fur above them
- “■* - —» “ • * * ° ' --- ** e ien times as great wraith, ir ^ ni „^ .— nntmvn nnA j until the hairs drop c
cut out and skillful
work to sew up the in-
a cut six inches long has
her by the sea, and they always found I had it, to bring hack——” he stODDed The night games are all uptown, and ! untd the hairs drop out. When discov-
-rolling idly down the be„eh. ritting IhnTptiy, 2nd .way. He S °< " * 1 *“-* *” “*
: those, of course, are of the aristocracy of i ered these spots i
the order, Play in all of them, except J bunds are set to
' 1’iose in the Bowery, is for hhrh stakes, cision. Often i
^•ong the rocks, and watching the waves back immediately, and agaiu addressing , x *“ a “ ‘“yu, except
With dreamy eyes, chasing the surges Muriel thanked her for th<* nietnre- »nd 1 :0se m *be Bowery, is for high stakes, . ---— _ --- — —t,
like a child. She was » child in guile-' then as she was turning away he hesi aQ d at each a splendid supper, attended j J° be made to get rid of a spot not much
- • • - b u ro waiters, is laid from 10 o’clock ! huger than a nail’s head. Tobnnj
Jws innocence and fr. e.lon. from art; but tatingly asked her name.® M nc £f°. waiters,
“* ms * tu nty of bran, and heart she was a “Muriel Do vie," she quietly replied. to , m . Kn, ^ ht -The sideboards of these
woni.li .t Kvrntrcn. “And mine 'is Es-lin-t Owen ” lie said ctnlilishroi n!>. too, .re sdmira-
H»lf . mil. from tin- cottag. of tile '<Will you rciucmlmr n.y name aud me!" W furnished, .11 sorts of wine, and
r " w ho " ' ' ,M l «‘ n .8 She bowed, «mil<d,.nd walked lightly exoept chwmpttn*, being dm-
Dia.t, nnothei season would see their! away never glancing hack tbouerb <>h* free and ad libitum. Cigars
SteJS J. 0 *® kn ^ th °y w'atcbed h g er till the roJks Wd mu8t b ;.P ai, . l . for :. T^celebratefl 818 is
•r.c Muriel wa* not pleased at the thought her from their si^ht unquestionably the best known of the
• .j , 1 oul,n £ change. She loved her “What a handsome man be wh» " s i» f . Broadway houses. John Morrissey and
Wild rock, and lonely beach a, thev were, solil^rf,wdkTngthe lm.oh toward ^ great rival John C. Heenan, hid in-
«d .he did not want to see them changed her home. "But how sad and grave .-met <«-est« in this house at different times. It
,, But how sorrowfully he .poke. I wonder whar «elu.ive and the stranger
-, t change the as- hi. trouble, is perhaps he is in love and ” |U to get within its
dissatisfaction could i ^
g^.J??.*5‘- ir *.’ *V k " c , w thst the fash- rW„n r th,veiVm78hrmusti"ei'^rf«J ^‘Vo ....
fc^bles were surely coming. idiot!”** * ‘ J,,c » P C,,K ' 1 To conclude: I do not believe there is
She was thinking, rather -orrow fully. Muriel did remember Egbert Owen ■» boned gambler in New York who will
uuamiably of that, That was her first adventure" and he was t^ yo’K'vo things. First, faro playing
SL, tl.Tnl i h d °\° ,hC “" d ‘ Ds hero (for she scarcely thought of the will lead a man to commit! crime sooner
Z sh, '."“? ,0 °" ‘° ., I,C °th ers ): but she never thought to meet “ u< ? n ". v other form of vice.
k- V \ D « m r favor,te haunts, and a him a«n»in Drinking, as » curse, is but a child to it.
int V . hcr " nd The winter passed away and the sum- ® econd ’ th * f f® :
Cheeks, and she stamped her foot upon mcr came again, and with it came the 8taT awa ' from !t ' The mcn ‘ fact that
••S d *.hir XC ' , T- d * l0Ud: , . .. crowd of Visitors to th ”ew hotel <•" one side of the table have to do
mtsdi llr; Iml1 Muriel’S quiet haunts were made to the guessing, while the dealer nets simply
Dtcv eome- s Ll i K i ' f 1 ” ^“T with gaycty. and since their seclusion “>■ sutnmatom is potent enough to in-
itey come. And then she stopped aud- was cone their chiefest clixnn was losf 8ure J our downfall in the end.
SSjSu whtS Sr 1 fo ; l r forl ^ r - Tet «till She sometimes sought Faro is like the throe daughters of the
SS pin the **22 n^’ k “ them ’ at times when shr was not likely to h ? rse Ic . ech T.. U . continuaHy cries, “Give,
vudera.
Two young
they come ^
d?nly and cuught her breath; for turn- for her* 1 Yet
«e —'"id a poiut of jagged roi ks, Mu- them, at times when she was not likely to n ? r8p le f CI V,. « ones, "Hive,
upon the vanguard of the in- „„.et the fashionables. On one of these fl™. g 1 ” 1 ’’ And wlicn at last yon are
among the ' broke.' when you have no moffito give,
. . o nd cat w “vn you have found yourself growing
?wn P L"tme'and U, h''H 50imS , f f 1 ! ?W ~“ t ‘'"wn. nearer her, lull onto! Highland shabbier and slmbbier day by day, when
upon a stone, and held a portfolio upon talked b J ou are h®* 01 w,tb de i> ts aad duna and
W.SrZii' k r ,chm ; T | ‘ , . 1 "* h " stood Muriel Karcely heard them, unHl one "T**® “* the startling eonsciousnws that
looking E .', de b™. “J. mentioned . familiar name: then she ?“ ,h r t,m ' you have been playing you
v5rf*i iT a , mdifferently upon the listened intentlv. have been neglecting not only yourself,
hMbBnlshed Sketch on his companion’s "Yes, ” one of them lmd remarked, ‘ ‘she but your faimly-why then, you may go
m rh in ' fiS*. “ B ’.2 r . »•* nisiried yesterday so the banker from fp the dealer and whisper abashed, in
■even, pernap-, with a magnificent head, Chicasro. ms ear. lie will say in a cheerful voice:
from which he had removed his hat; “I exnected it Imif* s«m" “Why, certainly,” and slide you a
»dVrf.;&td rt h : ir , ; . 1 •
perfect in U>nntv «n,i ° fu<e tba L'* rM did you ever hear of the affairs between ” 1
£55? fiViI J’if ^. a ®°® man d*ng, her and Egbert Owen?” Crockett in Congress,
cloak* flunfr ^ a ° ose i “No, indeed; what about it?” Davy Crockett was the roughest dia-
handsome man imt™™ t * VCry ! “ 9hc w * s engaged to him,” said the ‘ mond that ever sparkled in the nouse of
than who had oifT.rXi aVe ,» t0 * . Other. “It was some years ago, before he . Representatives. Reared in the cabin of
Muririh^taSd'T?' a " d n0t I went to California. lie just about wor- his father, a revolutionary soldier, who
hMk or u L" Whethe l: ^iped her, they say, and she pretended was a pioneer settler in Tennessee, he be-
SmSuliTh.fU * tbc “ a Proud ! to f>e very devoted to him; it is likely came noted as a marksman, a bear
ur P as her liLrht looked wanted his money. Well, one day, hunter and an Indian fighter. In due
aid both Itmw-d 8 ' ( ‘d t ^ e ^*°ds- she got hold of that tnim|M.*<l-up story time he was sent to the legislature, and
ZEJ5Z .12. - 1 * 8 ! ,ghtly «bout insanity in his family, and she in 1827 lie^eame to Congrras. Wearing
S lanced at them
be intlincfl her head
The next moment -he In
er of the two whisper:
“What a striking face!
gentlemen, broke off the engagement, all in a flash, a home -pun suit, with a waistcoat made
ttle as she “The poor fellow was half crazv, but from the skin of a panther whieh he had
. »he would not listen to one word from shot, he attracted some attention, and
id the young- ( him. She treated him shamefully,called the most absurd stories were told of his
••n un* . . , _ , him an imposter, and accused him of de- prowess. He told some good stories, but
ahe would i ., Wonder * <*Mng l*er, and sent him away, half the greater part of his remarks were
“23b i ftE!SSii? her? ** .maddened. My cousin, Dr. Thorne, coarse and vulgar. It so happened, how-
the other • And vJlrr y ® U ’ wan ?fd ' says if there had been a particle of in- , ever, that he became arrayed against
half contemn?...me 8aw sanity in his veins, it would have shown General Jackson on an Indian bill, and
.•t v__,|F ® lr ^ °f bls Bp* j itself then. But that is aU a story. The 1 when the President sent a friend to him
in* hark ? uie *1* C0B J; . only instance of insanity in the family to tell him that he must support the bill
you choose ” 1 * "ketch my face, if | was a sort of cousin by marriage; but - if he desired ro-clection he replied, “I
* “MaiTt* a ♦» , , „ ; that was enough to make a rumor, of believe the measure is unjust ana wicked,
“xILlf d t * hank8 : , I course.” and I shall fight it, let the consequence
Muriel composed 1 r r ^ Urne ^! that explains Egbert Owen's mel- be what they may. I am willing to go
drawing her^wf er * cl ^ T aild ! »ncnoly ways, I suppose?” queried the with General Jackson in every thing I be-
«awmg her .shawl about Tier. “lam j other. lieve right and honest, but beyond this
Shall <( Yes; he has never been the same I wont go for any man in creation. I
i man since. He went off to California, would sooner l»e honest aud politically
curious to see a picture of mvself.
I take off my hat?” * ^ ^
*u d Airier and only came back last year. He is so blanked than hypocritically 'immortal-
^ us-
and the two hastened up to the hotel. tou, receiving marked attention and
And Muriel went home, and thought many presents in each city. When he re-
more than ever of Egbert Owen. turned to Tennessee and went into the
The summer apd the early autumn canvass he found that President Jackson
waned, and the guests, one by one, was too much for him, and he was beaten
went home from the great hotel by about 300 votes. He went to Texas, ^ _
by the sea, till only two or three where he fought gallantly, and was man of an excellent family here!
were left; and Muriel took to walking on j killed when the Alamo was takenand its j name is Mr. Blank.” “Well,” said she,
r ***\ irum ner sunnv-
brown curls, and quietly proceeded to sit
for her protrait.
Ttc young man sketched busily awav
■Baaing no effort to conceal his admire-
l { h »f an admiration to
which Muriel quite indifferent.
Meanwhile the second gentleman, who had
SLSfe ,tood a‘jdji-8 -
face that his companion sketch)
It was well worth studying; no ordi-
Bice, though not wonderfully beau-
tnul. The brown eyes and graceful
features, and smiling, red lips were pretty
and attractive, but there was a certain
power and attraction in Muriel’s face
which it did not owe to its prettiness,
which would have been there still, had
■he grown plain.
It was an expression not easily trans
ferred to paper, and the tall gentleman
looked somewhat contemptuously upon
the finished sketch, when it was n*n^H ;
t°him for judgment; then he remarked:
"The Udj Ts a better judge,” and
lowed it to Muriel.
She glanced at, ihook her head and
aouled, and returned it to the sketchcr.
He colored a little, as he asked:
‘‘Well do you like it ? is it good!”
“It will do; but I could mike a bet
ter,” said Muriel briefly.
“Do you sketch?” he asked, wonder-
Uigly; and he did not think she saw or
understood his glance at her dress, and
w ig the
pieces together again, without patching
and without visible seam, requires the
utmost delicacy. After this is done a
paper pattern is placed on the skin and
it is cut accordingly. Then the skin is
finished and lined, and the garment is
ready.—Nine York Star.
Awkwardness of Men “In Society.”
It is very curious how very few of the
men in “society” know what to do with
their hands. To nine men out of ten the
present custom of leaving both hat and
walking-stick in the hall while making a
call is a matter of positive misery, and
makes it decidedly a case of “abandon
hope, all ye who edter here.” What a
difference between men and women in
this respect! Watch a inau enter a draw-
‘ing-room when making an afternoon call
without his hat. After shaking hands
with his hostess and exchanging a few
cursory rernaks, and maybe being pre
sented to some people, his hands instinc
tively seek his pockets and stay there
until he is absolutely obliged to take
them out, while a look of boredom aud
helplessness comes over his face. Mark
the same man enter the room with his hat
in his hand; it is only an inanimate
object—a thing of card-board and silk;
but it makes a world of difference to its
owner's comfort and presence of mind at
that unhappy moment; it is something
to haudle, something to rely on, and
if conversation fails him he
can anyhow smooth it and have
something to occupy his luinds. At a
musicale he can look inside, and for the
thousandth time read the maker’s name
and feel happy, as it saves him from gaz
ing at the chandelier, while his arteulur
sense is being assailed by what he does
not understand.
A woman, on the contrary, will enter a
room without even a muff, chat with her
hostess, and eventually sit down with an
at-home air, which at all events gives the
on-looker the impression of perfect ease.
Then, at a ball, not one mau out of a
thousand can walk across the room when
the floor is empty, and walk naturally and
unconsciously. Into his pockets his
hands go before half the distance has
been traversed, and the man is happy
once again and drops the attempt at
“swagger” which he lmd assumed. Until
lately fashion allowed men a sheet-
chor at balls, by permitting them to carty
crush hats, the morel support of which
allowed them to be at all events natural
and seem at ease. Why cannot they
carry them now? It gave them a dis
tingue air, which at present is sadly lack
ing. Women have lheir fans and can toy
with them. Why'riot a. low the male sex
a small something to relieve their feel
ings—Neio York Uo
He Wm
The other day as a young lady and
gentleman were walking down the ave
nue, says the Washington Herald, they
met a young man who politely raised his
hat in recognition of the gentleman as he
was walking with a lady. The lady
turning to her escort asked rather ex
citedly: “Why, do you know that man?”
“Why, certainly; he is a young gentle-
Chintz renaissance has lace designs re
sembling Turkish embroidery.
Large checks for skirts and boys’ kilts
have solid colored bodices and waists.
Cashmere laces, with tinsel effects are
used for fronts, flounces and draperies.
Zephyrs with dainty broken checks
and small plaid? are designed for chil
dren’s wear.
Zephyrs with “end and end” white
grounds have threads of all colors run
ning through them.
Leghorn and Tuscan are both to be
worn, but the Mary Stuart shape has
superseded the Olivia.
French percales are shown in beautiful
designs and colorings. They are in plain
and coral stripes and set figures.
American ginghams and zeyphrs are
reproductions of foreign styles, the tar
tan colors being admirably copied.
Cloth of gold or silver on colored
_ ound, the “samite” of “ages long gone
by,” is made up in evening mantles
Ginghams in blue, tan, brown aud
cream, richly embroidered, form entire
dresses with vest, collar and cuffs of veh
vet.
Mountain cheviots, soft and heavy, are
excellent for mountain and seaside wear.
They are in stripes and checks and chev
iot effects.
The no -est feature this coming spring
will be robings and panels of tapestry
beading, in which tho colors melt into
each other.
Bonnets will have cither no strings, or
short ones studded with fancy pins, some
with flat coin heads, some with small
bullet heads.
French nainsooks have stripes of open
work with design of blue coral. This is
used for the skirts of dresses, the bodices
and draperies being of plain stripes.
An ivy-green velvet bonnet has a full
crown. It is simply trimmed with a bow
of salmon-colored velvet ribbon. The
strings are of pearl-edged faille francaise
ribbon of the same color as the bonnet.
A bonnet with a soft cap crown is of
plum gray velvet, studded with lead
beads. The brim is of plain velvet
puffed. It is trimmed with loops of vel
vet* surmounted by a heronjp aigrette and
has a bridle and bow of bias velvet.
Scotch zephyrs of soft finish and deli
cate coloring have Roman stripes, plaids
and checks. The plaids, by reason of
the repeated stripes, are in brighter col-
s. The large plaids are made up alone
as skirts with bodices of plain color.
The modes of hairdressing are suffi
ciently varied to suit every style. The
coiffure may be high or low,according to
fancy. Basket plaits arranged like the
old-time heavy chatelaine braids and
light curls and well-arranged puffs all
come in for a general share of favor. In
spite of this latitude it is astonishing that
women whose hiir grows very badly will
draw it up to the top of the head. The
view of the back is anything but edify
ing.
A costume of deep brown velvet has
two panels of brocade on the left side,
between which arc three full plaits of
velvet. The skirt is gathered full at the
back, falling in heavy folds. The bodice
has a plastron of the brocade and the
sleeves are trimmed with it. The visitc
is of velvet, cut short in the back and
with long, square fronts. It is bordered
with sable and is fringed with sable
tails. The bonnet is of gold *n brown
suede leather and is trimmed with velvet
and sable.
Sour Milk.
People wonder why milk gets soui.
They cannot account for it. It has been
determined by scientific men that it is
owing to the presence of foreign sub
stances. These are the reasons why
cream spoils so quickly: Milk would
keep sweet and cream also, if the milk
could be absolutely protected from the
air in which float the germs which spoil
it. Some of these are vegetable and
some animal. The last start the sour
ing or acidity, and then decay begins, aa
it does with the development of the
former. The mites are known as of the
genus bacillus. These bacilli are not
active in a cold atmosphere or when it
is heated, and they may be killed by
heating the milk up to 158 degrees.
This will not prevent more getting into
the milk, nor will it destroy the spores.
Milk should be kept, to obtain the best
conditions, in a separate room and with
everything as clean as possible. Dirt,
sourness and smells breca the enemies of
milk and butter.
o . . killed when the Alamo ,
the sands and chasing the surges again, garrison was slaughtered. . His son, “I am glad to learn he is a gentleman, for
She was standing on the l»each, oueglor- ’ John W., served as n whig in Congress ! there is so much more satisfaction, and
ious autumn day. watching the sea-gulls from 1837 to 1841. He then removed to j it is so much nicer to be followed by a
at their play, when a step came to her New Orleans, where he edited a paper: gentleman than it is by a loafer. Why,
side.
\‘Muriel Doyle!”
She turned quickly, knowing the voice.
It was Egbert OwenI A smile, that she
was quick to see, came into Ids face, and
he said, gently:
“Youhave remembered me, then?”
“I have remembered you, Mr. Owen.”
“Am I changed!” he asked.
“Yes,” she replied slowly, looking into
his face, and smiling into eyes that
would smile back now. “Yes, you are
^‘f am happier, Muriel Doyle,” he re
sponded. Then he talked a little, of the
sea-view and the birds, and went away.
■■Bathe came again the next day, aud
the next, and Muriel learned that he was
staying up at the lonely hotel. Every
day.now.he came to meet her on the shore
and she walked with him up and down
for a while, aud then returned to Ten- j do you know, he followed
nessee. where he died in 1852. Several morning for several hours,
lives of Crockett were published, written a shopping expedition, and as
by others. Of the many sayings credited ' * '* ’ ~
to him the most popular one was, “Be
sure you’re right; then go ahead.”—Bn*
ton Budget.
A Fortune for a Patent.
The Mechanical Engineer says that Ben
jamin Lauth, Sr., the inventor of the
process of making nail plate out of old
steel rails, has sold the right of his pat
ent to fire Eastern firms. Mr. Lauth claims
that by his process at least $10 per ton
can be saved on the manufactured prod
uct, as compared with the present meth
ods of proauction. Mr. Lauth will re
ceive $150 per day for one year and $300
per day for the remaining sixteen veary
of the life cf the patent -
came out of one store there he would be
waiting and looking in the window next
door' and so on until I got down to
Seventh street By that time I was
furious, and I felt the blood come into
my cheeks and glared at him; but it
didn’t seem to make any impression, for
he looked at me with an expression as
much as to say. *1 know you are mad,
hut Pm for finding out shoe you live if
it takes all day.* Well, it was a bracing
day, and I started on a health-walk up
one street and down another, but he*a
follow me just as faithfully as Tve semi
the little English pug doggies follow
their mistresses—some of the West End
society belles. I must have walked him I gwM
around for two or three miles, when J *111 Ae
MIRTHFUL YARNS.
r
Why Ho Went Away —Left All
Around—No Chance for the
Presidency—Wonder
ful Machine.
Cholly (trying to be funny;' time, 11
F- *.)—“I say, Ai
erence be
Aurelia'(artlessly)—“You tell me.”
Cholly—(-“Because it is not fast and I
—ha! ha! i See the point!”
Aurelia ! (as before)—“Oh! yes;, but
there’s another difference. The clock is
■he! he! See the
not going '.and
point!”— Call
Left nil Around.
“Well,” observed the bank president
to the leading director, “the cashier
seems to havfe cleaaed out thir pretty
thoroughly.”!
“Where is'he?”
“Gone to Canada.”
“Then the!bank is left,” replied the
director, ruefully.
“Yes,” responded the president with a
sigh,” and that is about all he did leave.”
—Arte York Graphic.
No Chance for the Presidency.
‘Mamma,” sAid a little Fifth ward boy
champagne, sung themselves hoarse’and
had all the fun that can be got out of an
ordinary club, they are apt to sally forth
and go booming up Broadway at 5 o’clock
in the morning, making the trip memo
rable by outraging the-law and humanity
in whatever way happens to strike their
brilliant fancy. As both of them arc
very well known, men of property and
exceedingly liberal, they are as a rule al
lowed to have their own way. A few
mornings ago they had exhausted the re
sources of their club, tied the sleeping
night watchman to his chair, turned out
all the gas and were roaming along Broad
way on one of their accustomed monthly
rackets when they discoveied two gro
cers’ wagons standing side by side on
Twenty-eighth street, near Broadway.
The drivers were in neighboring hotels
delivering their goods. It struck the
two elegant and accomplished gentlemen
who were “doing” Broadway as being
an act of amazing effrontery for grocer?
clerks or anybody else to have the impu
dence to bo earning an honest living at
that hour in the morning, so one of them
stepped to the side of either horse
ana after counting one, two, three, they
dealt the beasts two tremendous blows
with their canes upon tho ribs. The
horses leaped forward and tho next
moment were blocks away,dashing down
Twenty-eighth street, with the groceries
bobbing out of the wagons and liberally
bestrewing the streets. The club men
jumped into a hansom and the driver,
with a grin of deii jht, whirled them
away.
The joke struck them as being such a
good one that they told it many times
at tho club, and before they were
thoroughly aware of it they were
primed for another journey up Broad
way. As the two red faced and
jolly rounders found their way up Broad
way in the morning they presented a
picture of complacency and con
tent. They were clad in evening dress
Ad each had his arm around the other’s
neck, while the other was thrust care
lessly into the trousers pocket. Two
cigars stuck out from the corners of their
mouths, their hats were on the backs of
their heads and they were chanting a
college song with the air of men who are
at peace with all the world. It was then
that the grocery clerks fell upon them.
They are both of them men who talk
much of their abilities as boxers and
fighters, but it pains mo to observe that
they were the most thorough-, completely
and generously thrashed men that I liars
ever seen. Their mustaches were torn,
their eyes smashed and in one case a rib
broken, and when they were taken to a
neighboring hotel, bathed, the remnant
de idol | of the mustaches shaved off and plaster
that the minister’s wife is a lazy, good- J apijlied to thc abrasions and wounds with
for-nothing woman; that unless young . which their faces we:c bespattered, thoj
Spriggs proposes to Miss Brown soon, were ^ sorry a looking pair of fighting
old Brown will be justified in using stern j men I have ever seen. The whole on-
measures; that Mrs. Bangle is a deceitful slauglit was a surprise to them, hut it was
woman in telling around that her bonnet! no * the men win* know, that whoever
cost $25 when it didn't cost any such ! S° * s about the world looking for fight is
money, for Mrs. Ham bought one almost i pretty apt to be accommodated in time,
as good for $5; that Miss Barnes ; and singularly enough it always happens
is the homliest woman in town,and a few ?° faH ou them unexpectedly,
other things of minor importance. Then, |
lugubriously the other day, as he laid
down a volume of biographical sketches
of the presidents, “I don’t believe I’ll
be a President. 11 ain’t got the chance, I
wasn’t brung upl right.”
“Why, child,', you have the same
chance that other little boys have.”
“No, I *in’t; I wasn’t born in a log-
cabin, noril ain’t drove a team on the
canal, nor tad to read the spellin’ book
by the light of a pine knot, nor had to
split rails, lior nothin’ like the rest of the
boys who got there. I tell you, mother,
Pm handicapped on this Presidential
question.”—Elmira Gazette.
Tho Sewing Circle’s Noble Work.
Hobbs—‘‘I do envy you ladies the
pleasures of the sewing circle. Just
think, too, of the vast good accomplished
by your nimble fingers, for the poor.”
Mrs Fogg—“Yes, we are all po inter
ested in tne work. I don’t believe you
could keep any of us away from the meet
ings.”
. llobbs—“What is the result of the ses
sions of the winter, so far?’
Mrs. Fogg—“Well.
beside this,
vote two weeks of next winter to
- of the village. — Tid-fiit*.
al’mit r^h.Hl to tlr-; \ Boot Mauufactoi j in Ancient Home.
Iu a German publication we find an in
teresting account of the production of
books in ancient Rome. It is stated
therein that,not wit Islanding the Romans
had no printing presses, books were at
that time produced much more quickly
and in larger numtiers than most modern
works. Paper was used whieh was al-
| most woven out of the fibre of the Egyp-
on tier fill Machine.
underfill machine” is tliu< de
scribed by a writer in Mechanical Pro
gress: When I was laying the founda
* my n— 1 —*--**- - J *--■*—
filled with locomotive engineers and fire- j tian pap7ru^ wh"drgrows^to a heiAt of
men. A practice prevailed •here of en- j ten feet, ond which has given its name to
hvenmg the supper tabic with social con- paper. A Roman residing in Egypt
versation, and, the locomotive party assures us that the yield of his paper
being in the majority, the leading theme , manufactory would lie sufficient to sup
of talk was stupendous feats perforated , port an army, and whole shiploads of
in railway runs, varied by muior inca- j paper were sent from Egypt to Rome,
dents and records of narrow escapes. Before books of any description were pro-
George Dcwhirst, who ran a lathe in the duccd in large numbers, they were read
shop, sat opposite to me at the table, and mostly either in private circles or pub
lic got tired of being excluded from the fidv, so that the author could adopt sug-
converaation. lie became ambitious to gestions for th» improvement of his work,
hear himself talk in tliat crowd. One j Wealthy Romans used to own a large
evening, catching on a lull in the con- j numlier of slaves for all kinds of services,
he called out loudly to me. ! which rendered labor cheap, as they cost
Well, I went over.and saw that ma- , nothing iu nmuy ca-cs, and had only to
chine to-day, and it is astonishing the be supported. They were mostly prison-
fine work it does. ers of war, the pick of nations, ana often
does it work?” I inquired. : morc cultivated (especially the Greeks)
a* v ” a** ky ™ eans °* u l**dal; than their masters. They were conse-
attachment a fulmimed lever converts a uuently employed in the education of
vertical reciprocating motion into circu- 1 Roman boys. The works of authors were
'*'' dictated to a numlier of slaves, women
In Borneo.
The ancient capital of Borneo, the
town of Bruni, is situated on a river with
muddy banks, about twelve miles from
the sea. The houses are poor and small;
they are built on piles and thatched with
palm leaves. The sultan, alleged to be
more than a hundred years old, has re
cently maaried a girl of fifteen, who is his
one hundred and sixteenth wife. His ter
ritory has been the seat of several recent
insurrections, which he has been power
less to suppress; and it is only a question
of whether the authorities of Sarawak or
those of the North Borneo company shall
take possession of the rebellions districts.
More than twenty British subjects of
Sarawak were recently killed by
the rebels on the Trusaa river not far
from Bruni.
lar movement. The principal, part of
the machine is a disc wnich revolves rap
idly on a vertical plunc. . Power is ap
plied through the axis of the disc, and,
when the speed of the driving arbor is
moderate, the periphery of the machine
is traveling at great velocity. Work is
done on this periphery. Pieces of the
hardest steel are by mere impact reduced
to any shape the skillful operator desires.”
I “What on earth is the machine?” de
manded a listener.
I “Oh! it is a new grindstone,” replied
j George; and a silence that could be felt
i passed round the supper table.
j He Had Been Invited.
“Good morning, Mr. Johnson,” said a
i young man to an elderly and near-sighted
j passenger, who had come off without his
glasses; “going up to town?”
| “Yes; got to do a lot of trading at the
j stores an’ I don't know how op. airth I’ll
I get along without my glasses.”
j “Getting ready for the wedding, I
j suppose.”
I ‘‘Yes; my darter Emmer is goin’ to git
married. She an’ that good-xor-nothin’
Hank Williams her made a match of it
at last. I thought that youngman would
never get down to business. He’s as slow
as sorghum molasses in January, and as
shiftless as an Injun. I don’t believe he
can earn his salt, an* I s’pose Til have to
support him.”
“But, Mr. Johnson—”
“Oh, he’s good enough for Emmer.
That's the worst giri I ever raised. She
hain’t a bit like her mother, nor like me,
nuther. A fine poor man’s wife she’ll
make. Beside, she hez bunions on her
feet as big as early rose potaters, an* she
kin eat more’n a boss. An’ that ain't the
worst on’t. If twan’t for her mother that
girl wouldn’t keep herself clean, and she
never thinks o’ slickin’ up her hair nor
puttin’ on somethin’ nice ’cept when
company’s expected. She’s a reg’lar
slouch, Emmer is, an’ she kin wear out
seven pair of shoes a year. But she’s
good enough for that Hank Williams, an’
if he only supports her I’ll be glad to git
her off my hands. S’pose you’ve got an
invite to the weddin’?”
“Yes, I’m invited. You don’t seem to
know me, Air. Johnson?”
“Yea, I do, but I can’t just place you.
Le’ me see—I haven't got my glasses with
me—but I know you. Your nau.c is—
‘Hank .Williams, sir.”—Chicago Her-
There is an association in Paris whose
object is to help drunkards home at
night. If the patient fa too far gone to
give his address, the dob cares for him
add.
A Merited Thrashing;
The man who looks for fight in New
York fa pretty apt to find it. I pome—
the cursory acquaintance of two gentle
men of more or less distinction who in
dulge at times in the pleasant aaddaah-
ingnabit of imparting to the town a
deep vermilion hne in the early hours of
the morning. Two better hearted or more
agreeable men never lived, but after they
nave stowed away six or right bottles of
also being employed for that purpose.
Even amongst freemen and liberated
slaves the desire to obtain employment
liecame so great that hundreds of willing
hands could be had for writing books at
a very low rate of wages. Tne instruc
tion imparted in the workshops of Roman
publishers necessitated a regular course
of training, which was to teach the ap
prentices an easy and elegant handwm-
mg. If & publisher had at his disposal say
a hundred writers, and reckoning the
’working day at ten hours, a document
which took on hour to write would
be multiplied in the course of a day
to a thousand copies. The writers
became in time experts to such a
degree that they combined quicknea
with elegance. It must also be ad
ded, that in cases where speed was the
first consideration, the use of stenograph
ic contractions became general, and wa
possess illustrations of their employment
in the old manuscripts still in existence.
We are also informed that other reader*
and copyists were instructed and trained,
the former in the solution, the latter in
the application of contractions. The ob
ject was to copy works as quickly as pos
sible, the use of full words being only re
sorted to for the best works. The above
brief account demonstrates the fact that
the Romans made the nearest approach to
the invention of printing, although they
never attained to it. The movable
stamps of iron or other metals used by
the Romans for marking earthen war*
vessels or other utensils also prove this.
But the art of rapid writing, which wa*
perfected by them to an unusual degree,
counteracted a further development,
while the number of slaves and other
willing hands at disposal, by which
means the most astonishing results were
obtained, operated in the same direction.
A Southwestern Dinner Bill of Fare.
8. G. Bayne, who has returned from
a trip to the southwest, gives us the style
of “a ten-mlnit” dinner in Indian Terri
tory, as called out by a lady of Juno-
esque stature at a railroad depot:
MEXU.
Ish
liver.”
Bangl
“Pieorpud.”
Bung!
“Tearcough.”
Sling!
“Cheeseercracker*."
Slang 1
*
Fifty cental
Awlaboard!
Ph-wial \
—Bradford Bra,