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SANDERSVILLE, GA., JANUARY 18, 1881. »cg • ' nor ® vigorous, produce better developed r . avcr ‘Re l^obdi. tknd for Illustrated Pamphlet "I wbTTTT^'J.A.J0NBS,WILMINGTON,ML *[., live butthHa t. J aageion ’ i ' 6l, > an J2J»your Point, ,hf.. r ro ,nore wheat, who lM - •bowing joy no ravJ.V* 110 ° ld 8t J rl0, 1 t»»vo them a fair " ' ,08HUA t’bAYTON, Jb„ Mi. lNcruant, Dal. “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. “ Look np, brown eyes,’’ ho said, " 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- THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. NOTICE. > All m—mntaarttn* iateafed lor tU* paper awl be aoewmpaafed with the full nave oi the writer, act me warily lor pubii- tattoo, bat ee e gaaraatee of good taith. We are in ao way reeponaible fa* the viewe or opiaieaa ef e«Te*p*ad*ate. 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.