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A Love Letter.
The following was sent to a young
man by his sweetheart. The first lines
were on the envelope as an
INSCRIPTION :
Please take this letter, Unole Sara,
Anh bear it to my beau ,
He lives In the town of Durand,
Way up In Pepin Co.,
In tho north part ol Wisconsin,
Please recollect the State ;
His name is Ozro Allen,
He has a flaxen pate.
You'll know him very well, I'm sure,
When this fact I declare;
He's the handsomest lellow In the place—
When nobody else Is there.
The following lines compose
THE LETTER :
My Darling Ozro—01 course, you well know
That to write to you, long have I tarried,
For last winter, my dear, I really did hear
That my Ozro had gone and got married;
And since, though I’ve heard not even a
word,
I will not believe It Is so.
And have taken my pen, to write to you
again,
My dearly loved, beautiful beau.
Now, you olton have told, till the story Isold,
How the girls all in love with you be,
But their love let them tell, I know very well
That you never loved any but me.
And though I don’t hear from you often, my
dear,
I love you much better, you sinner,
Than the brtal made of rye, or the dried
apple pie,
That’s put up every day for my dinner;
And now, Ozro, in on cher (which Is French
for rny dear),
l want you to write toyour E'la I
T.l you don’t. I declare, you awkward old bear,
I’ll marry some other feller.
Musical.
“What is thut noise we hear,
mother ?”
‘‘That is a man learning to play the
violin, my child.”
“Is he sick, mother?”
“No, he is not sick, my child, as you
suppose ; but every one in the neigh
borhood is. They wish he would be
sick and die.”
“Will he die, mother ?”
“No my child, he will not die. He
will keep on this way for years, and
finally get so lie cv.n play second fiddle
in a very poor orchestra.”
Judos.
A gilt-edged youth was passing down
the street the other day, when a friend,
stepping up behind him, slapped him
on the back and asked :
“How do you feel to-day, Tom?”
“With my fingers, I reckon,”
smartly responded Tom.
“Well,” said the other, “you reckon
that if you was to take a right hard
reckon, that you’d reckon another
such a smart reckon as you reckoned
just then.”
“I reckon not,” answered Tom,
faintly.
She Had a Wart.
She had a wart on the end of her
nose one of the white, horny kind.
It worried her right smart, so she hit
on a novel plan to i
e ex-
e be
taken. There
a h^^^paerrknot on ihe place
'whore the'wart had been. She is now
in sackcloth aud ashes, and it would
be a brave one who would daie to
mention corn solvent in her hearing.
Couldn’t Count Him.
“Sambo, have you fed the pigs?”
“Yes, massa, me feed um.”
“Did you count them?”
“Yes, massa, me count um all but
one.”
“How was tnat?”
“Dere be one little speqfcled pig, he
frisk about so much me couldn’t count
him.’
Mirthful Moraels.
A man went out the other night to
see if he could ascertain the color of
the wind, and found it blue.
When a Kansas editor takes his
affidavit that he saw a grasshopper
light down on the back of a robin and
lift him two feet high, in an effort to
carry him off, is simply one solitary
instance of the richness of the soil of
that State. Next year they are going
to tame the grasshopper to hunt rats.
‘ Is that marble ?” said a gentleman,
pointing to a bust of Kentucky’s great
statesman. “No, air; that’s Clay,”
q uitlly replied the dealei.
“I’ll give you ten dollars or thirty
days.” “Well, I’ll take the ten dol
lars, squire.”
When a Boston girl Is presented
wiih a bouquet, she says: “Oh, how
decidedly sweet. Its fragrance im
penetrates the entire atmosphere of
the room.” A Kansas girl simply
says, “It smells sorumptious; thanks,
Reuben.”
A MiMionary Biddle.
The following riddle is said to have
been written iu aid of the funds of a
London Missionary Society, and is
called on that account, “A Missionary
Riddle.” It is at all events very in
genious, and can be solved only by
those who have looked carefully into
one of the hooks of the Old Tesl ament.
Come and commiserate
One who was blind,
Helpless and desolate,
Void of a mind;
Guileless, deceived,
fhougn unbelieving,
Free lrom all sin;
By mortals adorned,
.Still I Ignored
The world l was In,
King Ptolemy’R, Cwsar’s
Aud riglath-PUeser’s
Birthdays are shown;
Wise men, astrologers,
All are acknowledgers
Mine Is unknown.
I ne’er had a father
Or mother; or, rather,
If I had either,
Then they were neither
Alive at my birth ;
Lodged In a palace,
Hunted by malice,
I did not inherit,
By lineage or merit,
A spot on the earth.
Nursed among Pagans, no one baptized me:
Asponsor I had who ne’er catechized me ;
She gave me the name to ner heart that was
dearest,
She gave me the place to her bosom was
nearest,
But one look of kindness
She cast on me never,
Nora word In my blindness
[ heard from her ever,
Compass'd by dangers,
Nothing could harm me
By loeman and strangers
Nought could alarm me;
I saved, I destroy’d;
l bless’d, I alloy’d ;
Kept a crown for a prince,
But had none of my own ;
Fill’d the place of a kiug,
But ne’er sat on a throne ;
Rescued a warrior; baffled a plot;
Was what I seem’d not, seem'd what I am
not
Devot ;d to slaughter,
A price on my head,
A king’s lovely daughter
Watch’d by my bed ;
Though gentle she dress’d me, fainting with
fear,
She never caress’d me, nor wiped ofl a tear:
Never moistenM my lips, though parching
aud dry,
(What marvel a blight should pursue till she
die?)
’ fwtu- Royalty nursed me,
Wretched and poor;
Twas Royalty cursed me
In secret; I am sure.
I live not, I died not, but tell you I must,
I’hf t ages have pass’d since I first turned to
dust,
L'his paradox whence ? This squalor ! this
splendor!
Say, was I a King, or a sill' Pretender ?
Fathom the mystery
Deep In my hlRtory
Was I a man?
An angel supernal ?
A demon Internal ?
Solve It who can !
The Lovely Jewesses.
There is a touching legend of why
the Jewish women preserve their
beauty, while that of the men has
somewhat departed. An ancient
riter tells the story quaintly:
“When ye Christus was driven to
Golgotha, ye men of Judea Hun exe-
craded, wounded and derided, but ye
women, oil ye women, bowed their
beauteous heads and veiled their eyes
in their raven hair, and wept salt
tears of grief to see ye Lamb so tor
tured and slain; and ye Christus
decreed that henceforth, yea and
forever, ye eyes that wept should re-*
tain their beauty, ye foreheads that
bowtd should shine as ye moon, aud
ye hair that was wet with ye dew of
pity should grow thick and lustrous
on ye he ids of their children and
their children's children to ye last
generation.”
Venezuela.
Venezuela celebrates her centenary
July 24th, 1883, and the arrangements
have been made for an International
festival beginning on that day, which
is the 100th anniversary of the birth
of Bolivar, the Liberator, and ending
August 2. The proclamation of the
national holiday in honor of Bolivar
aud the ensuing festival invites the
United States to join with Ventzuela
in the celebration, and sets apart tne
31st day of July to the exclusive pur
pose of offering “admiration and
homage to the great North American
Republic,” by unveiling a colossal
statue of Washington, “ The Father
of the great people who founded Re
publican institutions in the New
World as a model to the Spanish-
American nations.”
The Turkish Messiah.
The Mehdi is a messenger from on
high, who is exueeted to come in ihe
last days, a little before the second
Christ. He is to reform Islamism,
and heat down its enemies. He is
thus to prepare the way for Jesus
Christ, who, according to the Moslem
belief, will then appear and unite
Moslems and true Christians into one
vast body for the utter destruction of
Antichrist. Any good Moslem will
say that the Mehdi is to be a man who
is to bear the same name as Mahomet,
and who will appear either from the
east or from the west. He is to come
from one of the two cities labulka or
Iabulsa. In answer to inquiries as to
the localities of these favored cities
your good Moslem will take down a
ponderous tome from his library and
will turn to the heading “ labulka,”
to read the description: “labulka, a
great city in the west. It has 2000
gates and 2000 gate-keepers.” Then
he will turn over a little further to
read : “ Iabulsa, a great city in the
east. It has 2000 gates and 2000 gate
keepers.” The oriental mind is not
given to scientific curiosity, and is
thoroughly satisfied to build upon the
ponderous tomes of the library, faith
in the existence of a suitable birth
place for so great a per.»ouage as the
Mehdi.
The Persian blanch of Islam, re
garded as heretical by the western
Moha nmedans, believes that the
Mehdi has already come to earth and
is somewhere secreted till the fulness
of time shall arrive. Tne Persians
hold that in the latter part of the
ninth century the twelfth of the
Imams of the line of Ali mysteriously
disappeared. This Imam is the Mehdi,
and i ? properly called the Expected.
In the village of Samara, in Mesopo
tamia, is a sacred snnue, carefully
guarded by Persian doctors of divin
ity. In the centre is a magnificent
dome lavishly gilded upon the iuside
and ornamented with a profusion of
precious stones. The inclosed space is
lighted only by a skylight in the top
of this dome. Directly under the
dome is a deep well in which the lost
Imam i3 supposed to have established
himself. To this place come thou
sands of Persian pilgrims, who enter
awe stricken the golden hall of gold,
aud crawl on their knees to the edge
of the well to see in the sparkle of the
water below the dome, the glory of
the Mehdi who waits below. To this
place also comes an occasional Moslem
of the western rite—some Turk or
Kourd in disguise—who enters the
sacred place solely to gratify nis
hatred of heretics by surreptitiously
spitting into their well as he pretends
to gaze into its depths.
iftth of the great branches of
Mohammedans unite in expecting the
Mehdi very soon. The Moslem year
1299 ends in November. With the
year 1300 great things are expected to
occur. Every new century is set down
in the Moslem history as having
br< ugut some marked event with its
early years and the consensus of opin
ion fix ^s upon 1300 as a peculiarly im
portant figure. Among the many com
binations which make up the portfolios
of those who divide events by means
of numerals this one appears most
fertile in portent. Thus the popular
mind is ready to seize upon any token
of the event of the Expected One.
Borne loox at the Mehdi as a Monjed-
did or renovator, who is to effect his
reform bv peaceful exhortation. Others
hold he will be a Sahibai Khourowj,
or one who abandons his allegiance to
the ruling powers in order to Initiate
reform by the sword. The vast ma
jority of Moslems look for this more
violent method of reform. But each
individual regards his neighbor as
more worthy than himself to ba a sub
ject for the avenging sword that is to
purge the lands of Islam from all con
taminating influences of false disciples
or of contumacious infidels. Therefore
each man is eager for the loug expect
ed appearance.
The Mining of ‘‘Bonanza.
The Fashions.
It is 'predicted that black lace will
lie as stylish this fall for neckwear as
last. Now that the handsome gui
pures are again in vogue, soarfs and
oollarettes will he formed of them.
Embroidered oostumesgrow in favor
from day to day, and are likely to be
he prevailing style through the au
tumn aud renter.
I tuning
Vfck Re
The Stick Report inquires the
meaning of the word “Bonanza.” It
is a Spanish nautical term, meaning
primarily a fair and hence a favoring
wiud, but is employed by the Mexican
miners to designate the period when
they ire in good ore, or in bonanza,
in contradistinction to in borasca, or
poor ground. It lias been borrowed
by our miners and given a more com
prehensive significance, aud, like
many other words taken from foreign
languages, has come into popular use
to designate In a vague and general
way any big thing or luoky stroke of
fortune.—LeadviUe Herald.
Dreia Material*.
Hoops are not fashionable In New
York.
Redingotes are meant for the street
but often worn in the house.
More small bonnets of velvet are
shown than of any other material.
Velvet Scotch caps are being im
ported for misses and school girls.
There is an air of good taste about a
well-made cloth costume that women
are not slo w to realize.
Children’s dresses are still preferred
made in the princess style. The shape,
however, is much concealed by elabo
rate trimming.
Lovely cashmere and opera flanDel
suits are made for girls from 2 to 6
years. They are edged with a flounce
of embroidery done in silk on the ma
terials.
India shawls are still utilized by
being transformed into wraps. The
pelisse is the style best adapted to
this use, being very long, and broken
by a few seams, and therefore well
calculated to display large designs to
advantage. They are trimmed with
bands of velvet, edged on each side
with shells of black lace; or if les*
elegance is desired, with marabout or
moss fringe.
Applique embroidery similar to that
at present used for ladies’ dresses, is
new for slippers. A single applique
figure for the front, another lor each
side of the heel, the edge finished with
si utaehe, and a little soutache scroll-
work is simple, and can be made beau
tiful by a judicious selection of colors
and materials. For example, Indian
red cloth for the ground, oarker voi
vet applique, aud ornamentation in
lighter silk or gold cord, or the same
combination in a warm dark brown
or old green.
Among other rich embroideries,
"what is know as Lire Damascene is iu
favor ; this is made with three strands
or threads of metal, one of gold, one of
stiver, and one of steel, laid side by
side, very close together, so as to form
a single braid in appearance, ami set
on in arabesques. This is an effective
trimming for opera wraps, aud for
dresses designed for large dinner par
ties and evening assemblies. Every
thing will be embroidered during the
coming winter ; and all kinds of em
broidery, without exception, will be in
fashion. An immensely popular style
will be embroidery mixed with appli
cation cut out of velvet, plush, or
satin.
Among the favorite materials for
dressy visiting toilettes will be t-e
elegant Scotch plaid satins, for Scotch
plaid will be one of the most popular
winter styles. These satins are won
derfully effective, combined either
with velvet or plush, or even with
plain black or dark satin. Ottoman
reps and all the variety of plushes
will also be much worn. We are al
ready beginning to think of furs ; be
sides seal, which was so much iu
vogue last winter, fox will be worn,
and a revival of ermine is even talked
of, but this fur needs such costly ac
companiments to be oommeil fault hat
it must always remain the appanage
of millionaires As a counterpart to
this elegance, cloaks will be lined
with furs that are coarse in appear
ance but really costly—Persian lamb,
etc.
Velvet is being much worn. Ail the
grenat shades, Lincoln-green, Rus
sian-blue, dark-prune, seal-brown and
black form the line of coloring.
French-gray and chinchilla will form
a combination much favored. The
fancy for the grenat shades is univer
sal, and as blonde and brunette may
both wear these tints their popularity
is easily understood. A pure blonde—
that is, one having light eyes, pink
and white complexion and light hair
—should select the medium shades ;
a blonde with Titian red hair should
chooid the deepest toues; while the
brunette’s beauty is best brought out
with the brightest tints, those verging
upon cerise. Undoubtedly one is less
apt to tire of Linden green and seal-
brown, and therefore they possess un
told advantages.
A very elegant velvet costume is of
Liucoln-gre n. The short skirt, esca; -•
iug the dust of the pavement, is tlnisn-
ed with a narrow box plaiting of the
ve vet daintily lined with satin surah
of the same shade. The |:erfeut fitting
polonaise is slightly draped, producing
by its comparative plainness the pale
tot effect. Large, round, orochetted
buttons of the same shade close the
ba que-like fronts. A gilet is outlined
by the application of green silk em
broidery on eaoh side of the closing,
while square pocket and turn back
cuffs of tho same embroidery add
much to the general effect. A “cu
rate” collar .of white linen, with a cat’s-
eye button, constitute the lingerie,
and the mittens are long and of cream
undressed kid. The hat is a large
Montagnarde of cream-colored straw.
On one side is a jabot of the green em-
oroidery, and on the other is a long,
full, green plume. The under facing
is of velvet like the costume. Natur
ally, with such a toilet would be worn
a bouquet of dandelions or yellow
chrysanthemums.
Grenat velvet of one of the darkest
shades is used for an evening dress,
dead white being combined with it.
The skirt is of dancing length, and of
dead white moire finished with a rose-
quilling of the velvet having under it
a balayeuse of Spanish lace. The
paniers are of velvet and have their
edges trimmed with full frills of
Spanish lace, while at the back is a
broad sash of moire ribbon, having
great crimson roses upon it. The
bodice, which is of moire, is cut out at
the throat, and has a high, rolling
collar of velvet, trimmed with laoe.
Strings of Roman pearls are worn at
the neck. The sleeves each consist of
a deep frill of lace, and long lace
mittens of white silk reach beyond
the elbows. The fan is of white moire,
and the bouquet of Jacqueminot and
white roses. Grenat silk stockings
are worn, and the dainty slippers are
of moire to match the g«wn.
A mingling of pongee silk in its
natural hue with nun’s veiling or
cashmere—the embroidered usually
being chosen—is much to be commend
ed. As pongee is not expensive, and
the amount of ihe embroidered fabric
used depends entirely on individual
t >ste, a stylish and inexpens’ve toilet
may be evolved from the two ma
terials. Undoubtedly th< b si ffsets
are obtained when the woolen material
displays a mode ground with spots,
leaves or crescents embroidered upon
it in scarlet, dark green or brown ; yet
it is not unusual to see a bright grenat
embroidered in cream combined with
the pongee. Suc h a mingling is cer
tainly striking, but it is equally certain
that it is not elegant. And, hy-the-
bye, the furor for red toues still con
tinues, and any mainea of cood com
plexion, endowed with many skirts
that will stand rejuvenating and
many bodices that will not, should
get herself a Jersey jacket of lady’s
cloth of the red tinge most becoming
to her. Its fit should he as perfect as
that of her glove, and sitting down
should not cause it to wrin kle. It will
be most useful if entirely untrimmed,
and she should wear with it “curate”
collars of immaculate whiteness t
tit her throat closely; and, if her gi
be not worn over her sleeve, about
inch of equally white cuff shoul
visible at the wrist.
But to return to the pongees. In
the first place, they may be worn on
the street during the early fall, and
will be found to make charming
house dresses when colder days are at
hand. One that seems to whisper a
thought of the autumn tints has a
short skirt of pongee finished with a
narrow box-plaiting of the same. A
box-plaited tablier of the silk extends
across the fronts, stopping at the sides.
Short paniers of nun’s veiling of the
pongee shade, embroidered with cres
cents in bright scarlet, are at the
sides, curving away from the front, at
the centre of which they are caught
by a bow of eoru satin ribbon. The full
drapery at the back is of the stuff
goods, simply finished by a hem. The
bodice portion is of pongee, with cuffs
of the veiling ; and a kerchief of the
latter, laid in stiff folds, is held in
position by a small satin bow. An
embroidered collar, slightly rolling, is
worn at the neck and fastened by a
branch of red coral. A small oapote
of red lace, ornamented with wheat-
ears and having a double set of nar
row strings, one scarlet and the
other ecru, is also worn.
The Chimpanzee.
There is one kind of native African
that has never yet been able to endure
the climate of the United States. This
is the chimpanzee. Eight of them
have been brought to this country,
only to catoh a had cold in the winter
and die of pneumonia. But, undis-
oouraged, two more have come over for
the purpose of taking up their resi
dence in Philadelphia. They are
both young females of a most affection
ate disposition, with all the fondness
of their sex for ice-cream, candy and
bananas. They will put one arm ten
derly about the neck of a young man,
aud with the other search his pockets
for go idles. Their human-looking
faces are very intelligent. They have
no tajjp, are very neat and clean and,
altogether, will prove extremely
agreeable acquisitions to Philadelphia
so^ety.