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“Yes.”
They stood above tho world,
In n world apart,
And she drooped her happy eyes,
And stillod tho throbbing pulses
Ot her happy heart.
And tho moonlight loll above her,
Her secret to discover,
And tho moonboaras kissed her hair,
As though no human lover
Had laid his kisses there.
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" And answer mine,
Lilt up those silken Iringes,
That hide a happy light,
Almost divine.”
Tho jealous moonlight drilled
To the finger hall uplilted,
Where shone the opal ring
Whoro the colors danoed and shilled
On the pretty ohangelul thing.
Just the old, old story,
Ot light and shade,
Love, like tho opal tender,
Like it, maybe to vary—
Maybe to lade.
Just the old, tender story,
Just a glimpse ol morning glory,
In an earthly parodiso,
With shadowy reflections,
Inn pair of sweet blown eyes.
Ilrown eyes a man might well
Be proud to win!
Opon, to hold his imago,
Shut, under silkon lashes,
Only to Bhut him in.
Oh, glad oyos look togethor,
For life’s dark stormy weather,
Grows to a fairer tiling, i
Wh cn young eyes look upon,
Through a slender wedding ring.
-~Ttmpl« Bar.
THE MILLER’S WILL,
Bedford row is a sjlbt that everybody
knows, but no one knows it better than
Mr. Manby, tho famous solicitor.
People meeting him only on legal bus!
ness, consider him a dry, cautious man
far more disposed to question than an
swer or pass an opinion; but at his own
horns, where I have seen him at times,
in Is very different. If on a quiet even
ing there aro only a comfortable pair,
or, at most, a trio of friends prepent,
Mnnby unbends, and at once becomes
the most genial and frank of hosts. He
can tell msny’stories ot his curious ex
cel ienoes and difficult cases.
“ About the neatest and mo it curious
case of fraud I ever handled," he said,
" wns in connection with a testy old client
of mice, a miller by trade. He had
made a deal of money, and didn’t know
what to do with i'. The man’s name
waa Stokes—Matthew Stokes.
’ One day he called upon me, and said
he wanted to ask my opinion upon
some matter, but I soon lound he had
made up his mind what to do, and the
asking my opinion was only his way of
getting me to carry out his ideas. He
went into his story with great energy
and bitterness. He was worth thou
sands he said—that 1 knew—all in-
vet ted, and his only heir was his
daughter, an only child, who hnd ag
gravated him by eloping, and marrying
one of his clerks, named Morlcy. ‘The
clerk wns one of those good-looking
wbipper snappers,’ the old man said,
wit It passion. ‘Never could see any
thing in him but impudence and talk—
a kind of cleverness tlmt would have
be'ped to make him a good showman—
but site thought him] heavenly; and
after they got to love each other, as he
said, if his impudence didn’t write to
me, asking me to give him my daughter
in marriage! ’ I gave lriai his notice at
once, and a fortnight’s ’rages; but that
didn’t cure the silly girl. She took to
moping and melancholy.
* “ One day I ’found that she had
eloped and tho next, lm sent me word
that they were married. I felt it nwfully.
I tell you, and could have killed him if
I’d met him that day, and her too, al
most. They’re miserably poor, that's
one comfort, though he’t in a place and
does copying at night, and they’ve some
children and lots of trouble; so I ought
to be happy if I aint. But here’s the
danger. I’m getting old, and my doctors
says I might be taken off suddenly, so I
want you to make my will, strong and
hrm as you can make it, doing ber out
of the least chance of getting my money
- cutting her off with a shilling, as it is
called.’
“ * Seeing you have no other relations
for whom you care, do I understand you
wish the money left to charities ?’ I said,
not liking my task over well, for I had
no doubt that it the poor daughter had
been there, she could have given quite
a different look to the love story.
« ‘To charity P No, hang charity,’ he
cried with a snort. ‘ I want it all given
to Henry Gun son, a cousin of mine
in tho city. I don’t care twopence
for him, and know little about him, but
he once did me a kindness. It’s all the
same tome who gets the money, so as
they don’t get it. Soe ?'
‘‘I Aid see perfectly, but thought. 1
would try to alter his determination, for
it one thing displeases me more than an
other, it is to be the means of carrying
dissension and hatred beyond the grave.
Could he not, instead of trying to crush
the young man who had married his
daughter, try to lift him up P From his
own account it appeared that he w«a a
hard-working diligent fellow, toiling
hard for his wife and children. What
more could a father wish for his son-in-
law P In a word, I tried to pour oi
upon the waters, but I might as well
have poured it upon lire. T ie u 7
the old man increased, and was eve
turned upon me when I pointed out that
in commercial circles the cousin, Henry
Gunson, of whom he had spoken, was
looked upon with strong suspicion, ow
ing to an ugly bankruptcy case with
which I had to do. He remained un
moved.
" 'I tell you it’s all the same to me who
gets it.’ he persisted. * It’s nothing to
me whether the mau’s good or bad.
Disobedience in children must be pun
ished, and I can’t do better than enrich
my own cousin.’
” Finding him so firmly resolved, I
promised to have a draft of his will pre
pared, and to send it to him for perusal
by my confidential clerk, which was
done the following week. The wit
nesses were clerks of my own. When
signed, I was about to place it with the
other papers connected with his bus
iness, but the old man snappishly told
mo that he meant to keep that himself,
and accordingly it was handed to him.
“Two or three years passed, during
which time I made largo and frequent
investments for him, but no farther
mention was made of his will. One
morning I received a note from his
housekeeper, telling of his somewhat
sudden death, and shortly after reading
the note I was called upon by the cousin,
Henry Gunson.
"lam a good udge of faces and disliked
the man the moment I saw him. He
was not a hypocrite, and made no show
of sham grief at the deatli of his relative;
on the contrary, ho smiled, and ap
peared perfectly jubilant at the stroke of
good fortune.
“ ‘ You have - heard,’ he said, * I be
lieve, of my cousin’s denth, nnd I came
here because he onoo told me that, three
or four years since, you had drawn up
a will in my favor.'
“ All this was natural enough, but
there was something in the man’s man
ner that made me study his face closely.
It seemed to me that under an appear
ance of simplicity tc was playing n
deep game. Y et what game could he
be playing P I was forced to dismiss
the thought, and tarn my attention to
business.
‘“it is true that Mr. Stokes did in
struct me to draw up such a will, but
he did not in rust tho keeping of the
document to mo,’ I answered. ‘ I have
the draft of it, and that is all.’
“The man looked startled, but the
look was not one of genuine surprise,
nnd only made me suspect him more
strongly than ever.
“ ‘ Where in tho world can tho will
bo, then P’ he said. ‘ Perhaps you couid
go out witli me and take charge of
things, and see if it can i$e found P ’
“This wns said with a curious look
itito my face, us if ho had been saying to
himself, ‘ I wonder if he suspects me P’
and, contrary to my usual practice, 1
resolved to go in person instead of send
ing a elerk.
“ A cab which lie Uti kept in waiting
took us to the house, in which we found
the nurse who bud attended theold man
in bis last illness, and an eldsriy woman
w j had acted as his housek*3per. The
nurse was not so stupid as many otd-
faihioned nurses, and took occasion,
during a momentary absence ol Gunson,
to draw me aside and say, * 1 hope the
old man’s money won’t go lo that man.
He was hero ever so often before Mr.
Stokes died, and they quarreled hot, I
enn tell you.’
“ ‘What did thoy quarr.'l about P ’ I
asked, with much interest.
“ * I think that man asked lor money,
for I heard him say: ‘ 1 shall be ruined
if I cannot pay.’ I did not hear all that
was said, but it was bitter while it
lasted, and the old man hnd me in with
a fearful ring of the bell, and told me to
show that villain out.’
“ ‘I saw murder in his eye,’ he said,
and not a p enny of my money shall he
ever finger. I wish I knew where my
poor girl lives. She should have it all,
poor thing.’ Then he ordered me out
of the room, an* 1 I heard him shufflo
across to the fire, and when I came back
I could see he had burned something in
the fireplace—which, I believe, Bir,
was toe will.’
“No doubt the old man’s days had
been shortened by the excitement from
these frequent quarrels. When a man
of no moral principles, like Gunson, is
given an interest in another’s death, it
is not at all unlikely that he will try to
hasten the removal of all that stands
between him and a fortune—especially
when he thinks it can be done without
danger of discovery. I felt, however, as
the man rejoined me, a thorough repug
nance to him, nnd was very near telling
him not to trouble to look for the will,
as I had reason to believe that it had
been destroyed, but I conquered the
eeling ns well as I could; and, indeed,
I had no evidence to prove that the will
had been destroyed.
“ The housekeeper then showed us a
trunk in which old Stokes had kept all
his papers. I opened it, and at the top I
found a little packet of letters from his
daughter. I glanced at one; it was full
of sorrow and tenderness, asking so ear
nestly if she might show him their boy.
The letter went on: ‘ We call him Mat
hew, father; and when we w ere without
bread the little fellow said he would
come to you and ask for some for
mother. He was sure you would not say
no; but now my dear husband has
work, and although it would not be to
beg we should come, yet I do want, dear
father, to see you once more.' Over the
next few words the ink had run, or the
paper had got so wet that I could not
read them. Perhaps if the miller had
been alive he could have told us how
this happened.
“ I folded up the letter, and turning
suddenly to Gunson, who had been look
ing over me, I saw a sardonic smile on
bis face, which did not improve my
opinion of him. We went over all the
papers, but could not find tbe will.
".Tust ns I was about to close the
trunk, Gunnison Said: ' We Lave not
looked in the poeket inside the lid.’ I
did so, and to my surprise came upon a
folded paper, whioh appeared to be the
will, or so exact a copy of it that I was
not prepared to deny its identity. It
was written on a kind of paper that I
have used for that purpose for half a
lifetime, and tbe writing was unmistak
ably that of a olerk ot mine named Peter
Chipps. The signatures, too, were all
right, so far as I could see, but yet I had
a doubt. I caught myself taking the
valuable paper out of my pocket and
scanning it closely when Gunson was
not by, as if half expecting the senseless
paper to reveal some subtle treachery.
I got back to my office as soon as pos
sible, and read the will carefully
through; then I hunted up the original
draft, and found that it agreed perfectly.
“ For some two or three days the mat
ter stood over, tor I was called out
of town on urgent business, but the
morning of my return I was told that
an old woman—the nurse to Matthew
Stokes—hnd called to see me during
my absence. She would not leave any
message, but said she would call when
I returned to town. That day as I was
leaving the offloe the nurse came, full
of apology, and hoping I should not
think any the worse of her for what she
had to tell me. ‘ You know,’ she said,
‘ I told you that I believed Mr. Stoke
burnt his will, and my reasons for
thinking so is .this. When be was
asleep I picked out two little bits oi
paper from tho ashes, and I kept them
In my pocket ever since, and here thoy
are.’
“Hastily taking them from her, I
cou Id see from theie scraps that it must
ba,c been tho will that Matthew Stokes
destroyed, for they read:
“ ‘ My real ann personal—— ——
Henry Gunson —— —
the testator in —— ——
Ills presence and in ’
" I compared the scraps of paper with
the copy found in the trunk, and it was
without doubt in the same handwriting.
I would have turned to the clerk,
whose nnrne stood first as a witness, but
he was dead; or io tho one who had
written nnd witnessed the original will,
nnd who, at this moment, I felt sure
must know something ot this fraud, but
lie had gone to drink a year or two before,
nnd I had been reluctantly compelled
to part with him. I asked if auy one
had his address, and by a strange coin
cidence a letter hnd oome from him that
very day to one of my clerks, asking
him to cull, for he was very ill. The
moment I got that I started off for Pe
ter’s lodgings in a cab. I lound him in
bed. evidently in a rapid consumption,
and hnd only to hold up the forged will
nnd say significantly, ' Ilow on earth
did you come to do this,’ to make the
blood leave his face, lie would not
confess, however, until I gavo him a
pledge that lie would not be punished
for his share in tho forgery, and that
was more than I could take uponjmo to
promise, so I loft him, and made my
way to the miserable home of the Mor-
leys in Golden lane. By miserable I
don’t mean unhappy, but poor When
I was admitted to the house I found
they occupied two rooms on the second
door. The heiress of Stokes’ large for
tune was busy on her knees before tbe
fire, toasting bread lor her husband’s
tea, and her own rosy cheeks at tbe
same time, and Morlcy himself seated
in a corner of the room, writiug with a
swift hand at the law papers he spent
his evenings in copying. Mrs. Mor
ey was quite a young thing, and so
good-looking that I could scarcely be
lieve her the daughter of my deceased
client.
When I told them of the death of old
Matthew Stokes any one would have
thought they had lost their kindest
friend. His daughter was overcome
with grief. I assured her that from
what I had heard, her father had for
given her, and that if he had known
their address he certainly would have
sent to them. Both listened breathlessly
to my story, and then, when I gave my
opinion that nothing now could stand
in the way ol her inheriting her lather’s
wealth, she simply went up to her hus
band, clasped him in her arms and
kissed him, nnd then burst into tears.
But when I spoke of prosecuting her
father’s cousin she, with the true ten
derness and tact of a woman, said; ‘No;
my poor father would not have dis
graced a relative, even though he de
served it. Perhaps if you wrote to him
telling him what you have discovered
he will trouble us no more.’
“ It was hard to let the rascal slip, but
I wrote to Gunson accordingly, and if
my pen bad been dipped in acid, I could
not have written stronger. He needed
no second dose. Without even having
the politeness to reply, he was off to
America by the quickest route, fearing,
every inch of the way, I expect, that the
police were in his wake. I got the
whole details ot the plot out of Peter
Chipps, from which it appeared that
Gunson no sooner discovered that his
cousin had really burned the will form
erly executed in his favor, then he
sought out my late clerk as a fitting
tool to produce a duplicate from the
draft. The price given was a mere trifle
—some £5 or £6; but Peter had re
solved to bleed his employer without
mercy the moment he got possession of
the old man’s money, by the names of
forged document. Peter wns dying
when he made the confession, but Mrs.
Morley was at his house next day, and
took the poor fellow's brea'li away by
telling him she would see that his wife
and children wore well oared for. The
stricken man stared at her some moments
in dead silence, and then he feebly
snutohed at her hand and burst into
tears. He c< Didn't speak, but the sim
ple gesture said more than a thousand
words could have conveyed.
“ Mrs. Morley has not been spoiled by
her good fortune. She is the same lov
ing and generous-hearted woman that
she was in poverty. She deolares to
this day that she Is not a whit more
happy in her grand house than she was
in the two-pair back in Golden lane.
And I believe sho speaks the truth."
Words of Wisdom.
Men of the noblest dispositions think
themselves happiest when others share
their happiness with them.
’Tis an ill thing to be ashamed of
one’s poverty; but muob worse not to
make use of lawful means to avoid it.
The reason why so few marriages are
happy, is because young ladies spend
their time in making nets, not In making
cages.
Open your mouth and purse cautiously
and your stock of wealth and reputa
tion shall, at least in repute, be great.
Men are sometimes accused of pride,
merely beoause their accusers would be
proud themselves were they in their
pla?es.
The qualities of your friends will be
the qualities of your enemies; cold
friends, cold enemies; half friends, half
enemies; fervid enemies, warm friends.
A good inclination is but the first
rude draught ot virtue; but the finish
ing strokes are from tho will; which, if
well disposed, will by degrees perlect;
if ill disposed, will by superinduction of
ill habits quickly deface it.
Gluttony is tbe souroo of all our in
firmities, and the fountain of all our
diseases. As a lamp is choked by a
superabundance of oil,a fire extinguished
by excess of fuel, so is tbe natural beAlth
of the body destroyed by intemperate
diet.
On the surtaon of lakes til t I have
seen, just so long at the wind blew there
was nothing but a great black rough
ness; but when tbe wind went down,
and tbe water was tranquil, then all the
stars of heaven were reflected in it. So
in the tumults in this life, in tho thunder
of anger, in tbe strife of envy and pas
sion, men’s hearts are so disturbed that
tbe divine influences fail to reilect them
selves therein.
Effect or Tea on the Skin.
If you place a few drops of strong toa
upon a piece of iron, a knife blade, for
instance, tbe tftnnate of iron is formed,
which is black. If you mix tea with
iron tilings, or pulverized iron, you can
make a fair article of ink. If you mix
it with fresh human blood, it forms
with tho iron of the blood the tannate of
iron. Tnko human skin and let it Boak
fora time in strong tea, and it will be
come leather. Now, whon we remem
ber that the liquids which enter the
stomach are rapidly absorbed by the
venous ftbs >rbenls of the stomach, and
enter into tiie circulation nnd ate thrown
out of tiie system by the skin, lungs nnd
kidneys, it is probable that a drink so
common as tea, and so abundantly used,
will have some effect. Can it be possi
ble that tannin, introduced with so
much liquid-producing respiration, will
have no effect upon the skin? Look at
be tea-drinkers of Russia, the Chinese,
and tho old women of America, who
have bo long continued the habit of
drinking strong tea. Are they not
dark-ccJorcd and leather-skinned ?
NO. 42.
Goose-Raising In Englnnd.
Of all poultry breeding, the rearing of
the goose in favorable situations is said
to be the least troublesome and the most
profitable. It is not surprising, there
fore, that the trade has of late years
been developed enormously. They will
live, and to a certain extent, will thrive,
on the courses of grasses, though of
course if birds are to be brought to
market in good condition they must be
treated to something more than coarse
grass. The fattening ot geese has now
become an established industry in some
parts of the country.—London News.
THE DEAD OF 1880.
When a man wants to enlist in the
army ol China his courage is Bubj acted
to a very unusual test. The recruiting
officer places the candidate in a chair
and proceeds to extract a tooth, and the
conduct of the patient under this ordeal
is said to deoide the question as to bis
fitness for the military service of the
empire. If he howls and jumps up and
down he is pronounced unfit; but if he
smiles and exhibits generally a feeling
of satisfaction he secures a permanent
place in the ranks.
The Vice-President’s receipt to the
messengers bringing the electoral votes
oi the States reads as follows: “Re
ceived of , claiming to be t
messenger to deliver the same, a sealed
package purporting to contain a certifi
cate ol the vote given for President and
Vice-President of tiie United States by
tbe electors of the State of ——, alleged
to have been elected November the 2d,
1880.”
The State of New Jersey offers $30 to
every free public school in the State
with which to start a library, upon
condition that the district raises as
much more. And flO added yearly
upon the same condition.
People or Note who Gove up (he Uhosl
the Past Tear.
JANUA11Y.-3. Bishop Gilbert Haven,
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
Malden. Mass., 59....10. Frank Les
lie, we 1-known newspaper publisher;
Now York; 59.... 14. Frederick Due;
of Schleswig-Holstein; 'Germany;
5(1;.... 18. Duke Antoine deGramont,
French diplomat; France; 02 — 20;
Jules F.tvre, eminent Fronch states
man and republican senator; Paris.
71.. ..31. Commodore Homer C.
Blake; New York; 68.
FEBRUARY.—6. Adolph F. Borie.Gen,
oral Grant’s first secretary ol the navy;
Washington; 70....Hi. Adolphe Cre-
mioux, life-senator of the French re
public; Paris; 84. Major-General W.
B. Tibbltts, of the Federal army;
Troy, N. Y.; 43. Constantino Bru-
nidl, celebrated Iresco pntnter; Wash
ington, D.C.; 75. ...25 Gac oral Car
los Butterfield, veteran of the Mexi
can war; Washington, D. C.; 66....
28. Hon. Charles D. Coffic, member
of tho Twenty fifth Congress; Cincin
nati, Ohio; 70.
MARCH.—1. Surgeon-General William
Maxwell Wood, U. 8. N.; Owing’s
Mills, Md.; 72....7. Judge W. H.
Hayes, of Kentucky Federal oourt;
Louisvlllo; 59....17. Thomas Bell,
English scientist; London: 87.... 19.
Muj ir-Genorul Hector Tyndall; Phil
adelphia; 59....21 Mrs. May Agnes
Fleming, -novelist; Brooklyn....VS.
A.R Corbin, General Grant’s brother-
in-law and founder St. Louis Qlobe-
Demoirc.t; Jersey Uity. N. J.; 71....
31. Lavmin Good ell, femalo lawyer;
Janesville, Wis.
APRIL-6. R ur-Admlral Henry K.
Thatcher, retired United States naval
officer; Boston, M iss ; 74. ...8. Mrs.
Lydia Dickinson, widow of United
States Senator Dickinson; Now York
city; 71....11. Hon. William II.
Howard, governor oi Dakota; Wash
ington, D. C 14 Rev. Dr. Samuel
Osgood, distinguished American cler
gyman nnd nutlior; Now York city;
99.. .. 18. Edward V. II. Kencnly, M.
P. and counsel for Tlehboi nc claimant;
England; 01....23. Charles De
Young,senior proprietor San Ftanolseo
Ghranicle; 8au Francisco; 35
MAY.—2. M-ijo -Gon.JSamuel P. Heintz-
ciutan, retired United Stales army
officer: Washington, 11 C ; 76....0,
ilon. George Brown, lending Cana
dian politician nnd editor Toronto
QU.be; Toronto....14. Hon. Sanford
E. Cnurch, chiof justice New" York
court of appeals; Albany, N. Y.; 65
.... 19. Ex Governor Henry S. Foote,
superintendent United S.ntesmintat
Now Orleans, and at one time a
prominent Southern politician; Nash
ville, Tenn.; 89....30. Richard B.
Connolly, cx-comptroil< t of New
York city, and member of Tweed
ring; Marseille?, France; 70.
JUNE.—3. Empress of Russia; St. Pe
tersburg; 50. Colonel J. C. Audon-
ried. United States army; Washing
ton. D.-C ...6. John Brougham, dra-
uiatic author u.td actors New York
city; 70....8. Charles W. Willard,
ex-member of Congress; Montpelier,
Vt.: 63. ...11. Ex-United Stales Sena
tor James Ashton Bavard; Wilming
ton, Del.; 81. ...15 Henry A. Board-
wnn, D. D., distinguished Presby
terian minister and writer; Phiiadel.
phin; 73.... 19. General John A. Sut
ter, on whose farm in California gold
was tint found: Washington, D C.;
7L...22. Geo. Merriam, well-known
publisher; Springfield, Mass.; 78....
28. J. B. Omohundro, better known
as “ Texas Jack," noted scout; lxtad-
vilfe. Col.
JULY.—4. George Ripley, L.L. D.,
literary editor New York Tribune,New
York city, 78 ... .0. General William
L. Morris, veteran of the war of 1912,
Bergen Point, N. J., 80; Plerco
Kgnn, English author, artist and
journalist, London, 00....8. W. T.
Felton, nephew and private secretary
Samuel J.Tilden, New York city, 62.
....12. Tom Taylor, English dra
maiist, London, 03—14. Hon. John
A. Campbell, third assistant secretary
of state, Washington, 45... .20. Jacob
BrinkerliofT,member of Twentv-eighth
Congress, Mansfield, Ohio; H. Con
stantino Herring, founder of homeo
pathic school of mcdicino in the
United Stntcs, Philadelphia, 80.
AUGUST—General William O. Butler,
veteran of the war of 1819, and once
candidate for vice-president of the
United States; Carrollton, Ky.; 89
9. William Bigler, ex^governor of
Pennsylvania and ex-United States
Senator; Clearfield. Pa.; 00.... 16.
Adelaide Neiison, celebrated English
actrcs ; Paris; 30. Lcrd Sir at, ford de
Redclifie, veteran English diplomatist;
London ; 93.... 10 Ex-Governor Her-
schol V. Johnson; JotfersoH oounuy,
Ga.; 68.... 18. Ole Bull, famous vio.
linist; Bergen, Norway; 70....20.
Judge Henry M. Spotforu, Kellogg’s
opponent for a seat in tho United
States Senate from Louisiana; R d
Sulphur Springs, W. Va.; 58—24
General Albert J. Myer, chief of sig
nal service department United States
army; Buffalo, N. Y.; 52....29. Ban-
lord R. Gifford, leading American
artist; New York city; 57.... 10. Ou
ray, chief of the Colorado Ute In
dians; Colorado—31. Rev. Dr. Wil
liam Adams, LL. D., eminent Ameri
can minister; Orange, N. J.; 73.
SEPTEMBER.—11. Marshall O. Rob
erts, well-known merchant; Saratoga,
N. Y; 60;.. - -14. Major-General Bush-
rod, veteran of tho Mexican war and
an officer in the Confederate army;
Brighton. 111.; 63;.... 18. Ex-UnUed
States Senator Lafayette S. Foster,
vice-president with Lincoln; Nor
wich, Conn,; 74. ...19. Sir Fitzroy
Kelly, lord chief baron of the English
exchequer; England; 84.
OCTOBER--4. Jacques Offenbach,
celebrated composer of opera bouttes;
Paris; 61 0 Professor Benjamin
Pierce, eminent mathematical profes
sor of Harvard college; Boston;
71 12. Captain Hobson, a well-
known Arctic explorer; England;
13. Peleg Sprague, ex-United
States Senator: Boston: 87.... 14
Indian chief Victorio, noted Apacht;
Mexico.V..20. Mrs Lydia Maria
Child, prominent American writer;
Wayland. Mas3.; 78....23. Harry
Bsckett. English comedian; London.
NOVEMBER.—4. Solon Robinson, well
known writer on agricultural topics;
Jacksonville, Fla ; 77.... 10. Co onel
E L Drake, pioneer of the petroleum
business in Pennsylvania; New
Bethlehem, Pa. Brigadier-General
Richard S. Satteriee, _ Mexman wat
veteran; New York city; 83-•••H
Lucretia Mott, rt former and Quaker
preacher; Phi'adelphia; 87.... 18
Brigadier-General Jacob Zeilin, of
United States marine corps, WasU-
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Ington, D. C ; 70 ...20. J. D. Wil
liams, governor of Indiana; Indian
apolis ; 72... .22. Sir Alexander Cook-
barn, Englsnd’s lord ohlef justice; Lon
don ; 78.. • .93. James Craig Watson,
eminent astrobomer, Madison, Wis.;
42 30. Lieutenant-Governor elect
Ox>rge B. Robinson, of Colorado; near
Londville, Evarts W. Farr, member
of Congress; Little, N. H. • 40.
DECEMBER—10. Colonel Chapman
Biddle, distinguished Philadelphia
lawyer; Philadelphia; 69.... 15. Hon.
David Christie, once speaker of the
Canadian senate; St. George,Ontario;
02. S mator Balthazar Buoncomnagni,
eminent Italian scientist; Tnrin,
Italy; 59.
FOR THK FAIR BEX.
ruhlm RMM.
Linen “ banting,” finished with rows
of taggotting, ia the new material for
window curtains.
Ladies’street jackets are not bordered
with fur, but have collar, cuffs and
pocket welts made of it. A far border
is thought to detract from tho style.
Plnsh and brocaded velvet fans come
in dark Oriental colors, or in delicate
evening shades, and are handsomely
mounted with pearl or carved ivory.
Black basques and colored skirts are
the latest combination.
Big white buttons on overcoats aro
among the horrors of the winter.
One-half of tbe lower part of a sleeve
is occasionally covered with a netting of
jet beads matching a collar and cuff of
the same material.
Gray silk stockings embroidered in
colors for the house, light tints lor re
ceptions, and red stockings or those
matohing the gown for the street, is the
rule in Paris. v
Some of the New York girls must look
like small hussara in their redjaokets
braided with gold. Collar, cuffs and
aoket fairly glitter with metal, sad the
effect is decidedly military.
Aprons are now shirred across their
entire breadth, the fullness between the
drawing threads being pressed into knife
plaltings and turned under at tbe foot
to give a full, puffed look.
Cashmeres aro prettiest trimmed with
velvets; cloths, as already said, with
velvet or plush, but the prettiest fancy
fabrics for trimming fine woolens are
those of wool brocaded in tiny silk pat
terns. The style is now more fashion
able tban Peklns.
Plaited waists are again fashionable
nnd are often made for indoor wear of.
material different from the dress. A
flannel blonse of this sort is both com
fortable and economical, inasmuch as it
uffords an easy method of utilizing old
skirts, the bodies to which are worn
out.
Ladies who are making whole gowns
out of the brocades now sold at half
price are informed by Hamer's Bazar
Hint the dresses should be vory simplo
in style, with peasant wnists, broad
collars, wido balls witli snslies, close
sleeves, and a fall round skirt with no
trimmings at the ba :k.
Many of the cloak sleeves aro rather
short, the lower part being turned back
lo the depth of ten inches. This gives
a bright and stylish effect, ns the linings
are naunlly of some guy-colored plush.
Tim lower edge of tiie mantle no
infrequently is turned up witli a band
cf the same, nnd the plush is then intro
duced in the hat trimmings.
Spun-silk stockings in solid colors on
antique gold and all tho lighter shades
i f sulphur, cameo, salmon, straw and
lemon are among the latest importations
in hosiery. There are a’so handsome
combinations of pale rose and bright
coral, light blue and garnet, dark
myrtle green and carnation, mauve and
cream, and royal purple and very deli
cate lilac.
Where Bniialna Orliflnnleil.
It has often bren a subject of wonder
ment to U3 where our pretty girls got
the notion from of combing their front
hair down over Jheir foreheads, and
cutting off the ends so as to make tbe
Inch and a half of hair which they keep
hanging down nearly to their eyebrows
and which is irresistibly associated in
our min' 1 with an imperfectly sheared
mule’s tail. The mystery we solved to
our satisfaction last night as we dropped
into Dr. Jackson’s. The doctor received
from New Zealand, yesterday, among
quite a variety of ferns and mosses, and
other curiosities trom that semi-barbar
ous land, the pictures of two Maori—
natives of that country—a boy and a
girl—and the latter had her baok hair
looped upon the top of her head, and
stuck through with white-tipped turkey
feathers, and the front hair was hauled
down in front, tho ends mingling with
the eyebrows. So it is from the New
Zealand savages, and not from the North
American Indian squaws, ladies, that
we copy the fashion.—Columbia (S. G.)
Register.
Diillei’ Patch**.
The beauties of tho oourt of Louise
the Fifteenth thought they bad made a
notable discovery when they gammed
pieces of black taffeta on their cheeks to
heighten the brilliancy of their com
plexions. The ladies in Eagland had
before adopted patches, in quaint
shapes, as of a crescent or coach and
orses. An epigram was written:
Her patches are of every cat,
For pimplee and tor sears;
Here’s ail the wandering planets' signs,
And some ot the fixed stars !
The coach and horse patch was an es
pecial favorite. Anstey, in his satire,
“ The Bath Guide,” enumerates “ velvit
patches” as among a fine lady’s neces
sities; but about the beginning of the
present century they seemed gradually
go out of fashion in England.