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A Sensible Serenade.
I king beneath your lattice, love,
A song o* Brent regard lor yon,
The moon is getting tn'lior liigh,
My voice is, too.
The lakelet in deep shadow lies,
The fiogs tnnho much hullabaloo,
1 think they sing a trifle hoarse,
And, love, me too.
The hlofsoms on the pumpkin vino
Are weeping diamond tears ol dew,
i wnim; the flowers nto wilting Iasi,
My linen, too.
All motionless the ceilnrs stand,
With silent moonbeams slanting thro’;
The very air is drowsy, love,
And (uni, too.
Oh, could I soar on loving wings,
And at your window gently woo!
But then your lattice you would l>olt—
So 1M bolt, too.
And now 1’vo dono my serenade,
Farewell, my host regnrds o you,
I’ll oloeo with one (Fiencli) woid tor nil,
And that Is tout.
— George Arnold.
The Favorite Daughter-
Colonel Morton was one ol England’s
Indian soldi t a who had attained dis
tinction. He was a Companion of tin
Bath; and although honors are some
times bestowed in the neighborhood ol
courts on !tn> 11 proton e or upon none,
the Indian t fllot-ra who win the ribbon
are perhaps among the most meritoi i-
ous body of men in the world. And it
to be hrnve nnd kindly, loynl nnd true,
are qualities which merit the recogni
tion of authority, the colonel deserved
ttie reward he had received, nnd more.
He had married early in life and lmd
several children, which hnd perhaps
given a manly gravity to his character
when other young captains of It is age
were over-busy with brandy pawnee
and games ol lmznrd. Certain it Is that
his home was cited ns one of the pleas
antestand best kept bouses In Madras,
when first his wife sickened,
then his children. The climate of
India was not so well understood at
that time as itis now; nnd Mrs Morton
was ordered home by the local physi
cian. most experienced in such caaes.
“You will never rear a family here,”
remarked tbo doctor, who was fre
quently consulted in mch emergencies,
“The cJimato is unfavorable to the
heal tit nnd vigor of the English rare in
the second geceration. Native air is the
only remedy known to science, nnd it
must bo taken as soon as the mischief
begins. 1 lmd to strfo my wile home
last year; the best advice I can give
yon is to follow my cxsmplc.”
Bo Mis. Morton, alii r some struggle
with her love nnd ;i de, lmd to leave
her husband, ns other ladies have done
before and since, with a sore heart. But
there was no help for it; the bravo and
loving woman remained at' her post,
and smiled at her o«n dnnger, so tliat
site could stu\ by the side of him who
was more than life lo her. Then nature
gave way and broke down utterly.
She and her children were pale and
thin ns phantoms when they stepped on
board the great ship, which was flying
the blue-peter, ac -ompanied by the sari-
faced major of oavnlty in undress uni
form. He watched them with straining
eyes, ns they stood < trerck waving scHrt
and kerchief to him, and the big steamer
went out to sea. Tie y hud taken his
heart with them.
Mrs Morton settle d on tho pleasant
coast of Hampshire; | artly to be in the
neighborhood of some rich kinsfolk
from whom she hail i xpectannies, and
partly because her wifely tnney made
her think that sho was nearer Li u, so
long ns sho remained by the sea nnd
ready to retur should lie reonll her, or
did one whisper tench I or that sho wns
needed near him
It was long before 1 e rallied and the
roses came back to the sweet English
faces of her little ones.
Hr husband could not afford to
throw up bis commbshn, which had
coat him halt hit foituncj Jig could
not go on half-pay ehl er with any
prurience, or ask for leave while there
was war on the fioiujei and his regi
ment was ordered cn m five duty. So the
honest gentleman seivid eutt lie usual
term of sirvb e, cot his colonelcy indue
course, and w as handai mi-ly dealt with
by “J‘'hn Company’' [a nickname for
the tb<n Hon. East Inula Company]-
a ki-.der master, it is said, than his suc
cessor.
When the colonel nrrived at South
ampton, however, with all his honors
thick U| on him, he was a good deal
altered. His sta'wn-t figure lmd not run
nto hulk, and had lie yttme gallant c*v -
aliir look as whi n I e roae with Have
d k , a,ld K, ’. aston °n his first camp tens
But his hair, wlrcli hHd been black,
was now ol iron ,ru\ ; his comely (ace
liad grown more mod, and his voice
had the metallic ring in it of or e accus
tomed to command, fu troth, the
olonel was forty-.dx and looked Ulty.
Hard tervice and rough diet lmd done
their work upon him. Barrack life is
not all rose-color.
Ahoutayear afttr Mrs. Morton had
welcomed her husband to the Hampshire
liomp she had marie around her, another
daughter was born to them. She was
o°Fn At daybreak on a M iy morning,
and the bnppy father, who was no.
wanting in poetic instinct, at once gave
her the name of Aurora.
She was a frail, delicate child, with
wondering blue eyes, and a transparent
complexion faintly waimed by auburn
hair, of the rich g< Idmtintwhich looked
as though a sunbeam played amongst
tta 6i)ken curls. Her fragile life ap
peared, lor years, to hang upon a thread,
and it was a touching sight to v ee tho
hard old soldier ol a hundred battlp-
fields watching the feeble gambols of his
little girl, and rocking hertosloep jnhis
strone arms when she tired, which was
very soon.
He could scarcely bear to bo apart
Jrom her, and carried Her about at his
saddle-bow when he rode along the
Hampshire lanes, lie had her beside
him playing on a carpet when he Ashed
™L tr ‘ >U i t '- tool< lltr int0 Uie fields
where his lmy was making. He went
gardening and boating on his lake with
her. He was nevertireo of her prettv
prattle, and by-and-bye they began to
romp together. y g to
The child’s limbs developed into
L“ 1 ?f ne8 ' i and ,Y’^ or ’ ti,! hyihetimeshe
was ten years o*d soe lmd become a wild
beautiful hoiden, full of high spirits
fu,D t 88 ‘ S,lfi could ride - she
could sing, she could dance, and was
rfaoy for all binds of fun and frolic.
At twelve she could have
commanded a troop of Lorse
and knew more of military ta -tics from
the colonel s talk than many a promis
ing hoy at Sandhurst. But her grand
climax was reached when Mrs. Morion
suspect,ng with a woman’s intuition
that they were too quiet to be up to
much good, stole m upon the pair one
nne 8 : Jr P risecl Hie colonel on
one knee behind a screen in the library
teaching his pupil the noble art of selt-
dclense. She lmd hit out, t. o, so straight
hied' tho f 1 '°V ] lder - Uiat his face resem-
b!ed t.ic family plum dumpling whi-h
had heen served for tiflin. U
. t“ ttl “iffbt Mrs. Morton gave her hus-
band a curtain lecture, and. after nearly
tb iking bita with kisses and laughter,
formally took her daughter’s education
out ol iiia hards. The-'e good people
wore all of soldierly tastes, and loved
pluck and spirit even iu women.
Aurora was then about .-he age when
a girl begins lo grow shy, and clings
closer to her mother; so she became a
prim and praiseworthy little miss for
several years, making progress in femi
nine ethics nnd deportment in a demure,
docile way that was quite relreshing
Hie young witch lmd an inborn faculty
of charming. All she did bad a natural
grace and winsomeness. Sim showed
as great a taste for the accomplishments
of young ladies as site hnd don f r those
of a different sort. She learned to
dance, pnint in water color, to make
cheeses before illustrious visitors nnd to
wield all the bright armory of youth
and loveliness as quickly arid well ns
she had foamed to ride and handle a
hair-trigger; and the ugh sho would often
say, “ Mamma, I ought to have been my
brother,” she was a dainty young beauty
indeed at seventeen.
She possessed especially a remaikable
talent tor singing. There was an
untaught melody in her voice which
was almost amazing in an English girl.
Her songs and her sweet, pretty whims
and ways were enough to charm the
heart of a cynic, nnd there was not a
manor house within twenty miles of
Fresh fields where she was not as wel
come as healthy weather.
In her own home she was light, she
was joy. She gladdened the whole house
—and ruftd it. She kept her father’?
accounts and for mother’s kevs, being
a shrewd little lady into the bargain; a
soldier’s daughter, who knew the fitness
of things, also the price of them.
Her broth-rs and sisters tiad married
at d gone out into the world, so that
when Hie colonel came home from India
they were almost strangers to him; but
Aurora had never h<ett separated from
him a day since her birth She knew
all the family affairs and interests nnd
short-eomings from day to day. She
knew of brother Tom’s ptivaie allow
ance from his moth* r to j ay off his Ox
lord debiB, and of sister Mary’s quarrel
with sister Jane, and how it had to be
kept secret from Aunt Hester for fear
she should niter t e will. There was
also something about Jack, who was in
lire navy, which she only knew herself;
and. indeed, she was the most experi
enced person In the household, having
much sound counsel in her, and might
have seemed to a fanciful imagination,
encircled in that sterling home-love,
like a fair jewel in a golden casket.
Her father’s early training hnd tnught
her nn ny of the plain truths of life
Bhe could converse fnr better, nnd
more reasonably ns well, upon a greater
variety of topics thnn most young
women. To her father sho wns what
neither man nor woman*could be but
hetself. Site was his friend nnd yet his
child, which Is the tenderestof ail con
nections that bind together human
hearts. She know all the strength and
weaknesses of his diameter, which was
by no means perfect. She governed but
she obeynd him, and his unspoken wish
was law to her proud ana generous
heart.
He had accustomed her to military
obedience of orders, and she would
march off anywhere and everywhere at
the word of command with mousing
docility; for there was one thing which
the colonel could not bear, and that was
opposition to his will. In the midst of
her most wnyward humors, and when
she felt elate with all tho royalty of her
womanhood, she would not have angered
him for the world.
Perhaps part of the honeyed recret of
the sympathy between them was that
she had a true hero-worship for the old
soldier, nnd fougiit his campaigns over
and over again with him with us much
pleasure as ho did-
Her language glowed with a poeiry all
her own when sho sho spoke of her
f tiler’s worth nnd oounrge.
She treasured up liisclaspsand medals
ns of great nrice; his sword andsubie-
tnehe were snored in her eyes. As they
talked together of siegis and of b.ttles,
of deeds of dnrieg and vie ory, she
looked indeed the fairest vision tlm-
sho could smilo on valor when its task
wns done.
Ni ithcr father nor mother could make
uo their minds to marry her, for they
knew no one worthy of Ler hand; ano
her own heart never spoke, save
in merry jesta among i he
?quires of the county. Lord Mai-
luwfield lmd sioled up lo her at a won
derful hail she attended r.t Cowes; Mr.
Dewdney. who owned tl.o next parish,
lmd been seen mooning about tho lams
every time she rode out But his 1 rd-
ship was a robust widower, who could
only talk intelligibly of shorthorns; and
Mr Dewdi ey lmd a head of Imir wfoch
seemed to be on Are.
So tilings went on. Ono wasdismissed
with a smile, another with a sigh; but
the giri made no choice till idle was
more than Ave-and iwent., when her
mother began to 1 iok grave.
“Pooh, pooh!" gr w ed the colonel,
when his wife broached the subject,
■Qu«<me’ can marry halt England,
when she pleases.”
He would never allow treason to be
spok<nagainst his darling; and, indeed,
he was constantly (lodged about ttie cov
ert side, on bunting-days hi AuroraV
idmiter's. who only waited a word of
encouragement to declare themselves.
Mrs. Morion was silenced but not con
vinced and she next, spoke to the young
lady herself; but her daughter only
blushed a little and declared that her
home was too nice to run away from it
“ Humph!” said her mother, dryly.
About this time Miss Morton, who
had been reading a great deal concern
ing artistic furniture, imbibed a taste
for house decoration, and nothing would
serve her but that the ceiling of her
own room should he painted with an
elaborate device of her own inugining.
Her design was appropriate and well
chosen, but far too complicated for any
of the local workmen, so the colonel
wrote to one ot the great Arms in Lon
don tosend down a special artist.
A few days afterward there arrived a
young artist with the appearance of an
Italian gentleman and the manners of
good society. He spoke with a foreign
accent, but tie also spoke perfectly good
English, and he was introduced to the
colonel as the most expert decorator
known in 1 lie business.
When the awkwardness of having so
smart a laborer about tho house had a
little warn off. lie was supplied with the
necessary materials for his task, and
then, day after day, might be seen lying
on a sort of cradle he had made with
ropes to a scaffolding set up in Miss
Morton’s private room.
She fully explained her plan to him,
and she saw with deiigbt that he was
working it out with a brilliancy and
elegance such as she had scarcely dared
to expect. YVhenever she looked at his
work as it went on she felt a new sur
prise and enchantment
His name was Carmelo Williams, he
said, for his mother only was Italian;
and he wa not offensively garrulous in
any way But he had dirk, lustrous
eyes, and a soft, caressing voice, which ‘times
young painter made the air alive with
mu«ic.
She lied with him before his fask was
over; nnd they were married. Married
in Scotland, at a border village; and
when the willful thing wns done the
virl found, on her return to the inn where
they had halted, a newspaper which
told of her father’s sudden and danger
ous illness.
The colonel’s anguish had, indeed,
been terrible, and when he knew exactly
what had happened he bad fallen down
as a stricken stag might do, and now
hovered between life nnd death.
“ I must go home at once," said the
girl to her newly made husband; and
there was a decided ring in her voice
which permitted no disaute “You
must remain here, sir, till I send for you
or eome to you.”
Tho painter had no time to gasp out
his astonishment, for before he could
protest she was gone; and, taking the
Arst train, she never stopped in her
tourney till she kneeled in her bridal-
dress, all disarranged, at her father's
feet.
He hnd rallied partly, and he, with
her mother, sat hand-in hand, their
faces very pale and wan. A big tear
from tiie old soldier’s eyes fell upon her
forehend like molten Are.
“Oh papal papa!” she cried, in a
vi ry ecstnsy of grief, “ I am come homo!
f will never leave it again. I have
married him because I knew lie would
never dare to contradict you!”
A Wake in Ireland.
A correspondent of the Baltimore fn»
writing from Ireland, thus relates his
experience at a genuine Irish wake: 1
had oftej beard of an Irish wake, but
never was presentatono until last night.
Arranging my garb so as not to lie too
conspicuous, 1 went witli an escort to
tbe little farmhouse “ where the dead
ot e lay nnd the living lamented,” as u
pretty French poem tells regard
tng a similar scene. The locality
was Clondalkin. The “dend one”
was tho only son of a widow He
had heen a village schoolmaster in the
neighborhood, and lingered amidst the
evils of consumption for twenty-eight
years, when tliat fatal disease termi
nated n his early death. The house wns
composed of two rooms on tl a ground
Aoor and two above In the lower ones
all the arrangements for the " wake”
had been perfected. The body was
enshrouded and in a plain pine* coffin.
Around tho bend i f the roffin were a
crucifix, a print of ’The Mother ol
Sorrow," nnd two somewhat long and
lighted candles, and at the foot hut ono
candle. By the aide of the coffin sat the
widowed mother, also a mother of
sorrow. On a low stool Bhe sat, rocking
her bent body to and fro. and alternately
patting her hands on tier knees as she
gaveuiterance to a wail of woo. Occasion
ally Bhe would arise, look lovingly
on the sad white face of her “darling
boy gone," and in agony let loose the
Aoodgntes of a geueiously flowing heart.
The surrounding persons were entirely
women, both old and young. Sympa
thetic sorrow was marked in every face,
vet not an item ol dismal black mourn
ing could I see Prayer book and rosary
beads were in tho laps of each. After a
severely improssive silence had prevailed
for fully a half iiour, a little woman of
middle nge, with a deep dark pair ol
eyes and a thin scrawny face, well
marked with the ftirrows of lrowning
rather than of time, began in a monoton
ous, weirix way, in semi sotto voce
notes, a species of grief and guttural
sounds that were taken up in a
» somewhat higher key bv her
companions, and formed a witch
like chorus of “Ullah, uilah; ghola,
ghola; ullah, ghonal" This was the
. relude to a rudo sort of poetry or
“homing”—a dirge-like, heroic im
promptu poem in the modern Celtic
language I sought an obscure yet con
venient corrttr, and t<> tho best ot my
ability in phonetic powi r of pc neil took
down these sounds. Later in the ever
ing. as I remained purposely,I conversed
with the liit'e old earner, and found tier
extremely shocked at my gross ignor
ance of her poetry ns noled in my book
By her aid f made a crude correction ol
tho so-called Celtic, ns well ns a trans
lation, which, in part, is as follows:
“ And he is gone, sweet son a id man,
He is gone!
’Tis now wtion lie to ht-uvun goes
That ai-gelx rejoice amt lovely appear.
He is gone!
We are lonely, obento l, deceived holow;
Hu is proud nloive, ainive, aliovu!
Hu ix gone!
Oil! conrso coffin that coop- the body—
Oh! flue heaven ihui condors the soul,
He is gone!
Wo do not entirely d o below;
We do live bujoiul, above!
Ho is gone!
Oh! thou in mnnlino-a all others excelling,
Now tin nngoi within sweet gardens dwelling,
tho w it*-robed ones are listening to tee
voice,
Oh! let thy mother hear it, that she may re-
loioo.
He is gore!
Come, oli south wind, laden sweet
Fiom tho ttow’ry loud laud—
l.omu, that we may eat
I'liy pleasant flavored gilts within our cold
relreut,
He is gone!
The quickest Trains in the World.
The pace of the quickest trains in
England, says an English paper, is
greater by ten miles an hour than that
of tbe quickest trains of any other
country. In Great Britain the average
velocity of the express is fifty miles an
hour. In Belgium it never exceeds
torty-onc miles an hour; between Paris
and Bordeaux it is thirty-nine and a
half miles an Hour. In Russia and some
parts of Switzerland the rate is
twenty-seven miles an hour.
Per contra, in England railway
traveling is attended with more risk
ilmu iu any other country in the world
Ve even idub the peri's of the steam
locomotive are much exaggerated, f ra
French statistician, after a very lab •
rious examnation ot tue deacus occur
ring from railway accidents over the
surface of the whole earth, stales the
result of hia examination thu : “Ii n
person Wore to live continually in a rail
way carriage, and speno all his time in
railway Uuireling, the chances in favor
of his dying from railroad accident
wou d not occur until he was 960 years
old.”
Advertising in Dull Times.
One wnu speaks from experience con
tributes me following to an exchange;
“ It is useless to advertise in dull times;
it is a sheer waste of money.” For thirty
years the writer of this has made adver
tising a study, and knowing all the “ins
and outs” of a judicious expenditure in
tho purchase of “ printers’ink,” feels
warranted in making the assertion that
those who are governed by the above
quoted idea are wrong in their judg
ment and are not as successful in their
business operations as are those who
pursue an opposite course and do adver
tise in dull times—so called. These la*-
ihe true meaning of the phrase “ dull
,. -■ 1 —— ' tiroes.” To be made popular, or nuh-
gave extraordinary expression and even -licly known is the whole secret of ad-
pathos to his language. When he was vertising. The continually keeping of
alone he sang—sang with a marvelous a merchant’s name before the people in
Z P ±i y WL1CU COme8 0Dly of inborn tbe i ocal P a P ar and mentionfoceven
genius.
Aurora listened, at first timidly and
furtively, then entranced ; then, In aven
knows, perhaps magnetized. It was
beautiful summer weather. The rose
and lilac were abiossom and ablow, the
scent of the lush woodbine came with
an intoxicating odor through the win
dows, and those wondrou i songs of the
briefly tbe stock he has to sell, secures
the popularity, or notoriety—call it by
what name you will.
Much of the elegance ot a lady’s dress
is made, up of comparatively trifling
accessories—little elegant nothings,
flowers, Jaces, and ribbons, dainty
gloves, and bewitching Blippers.
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
IkreitliiK the Ilatr.
A becoming style of dressing the hair
for the evening, says a taslnou article,
is to part it in the middle ol the head
and crimp the Iront hair on either side.
The remainder of the front hair is
combed over a puff to form a roll taken
behind the < ar. The back-hair is dressed
in a very iarge twist, with two curls
tailing down the neck. A dinner coif
fure consists of the back and front huir
taken together nnd arranged in a large
lull coil. A peuf zephyr is then placed
over the front of the head nnd fastened
down by invisible hair-pins. This pufl
is a very light crimped piece of hair, tin-
upper part forming short natural crimps,
only reaching to the temples. In tin
back of tho coil is a low comb. There
may also be on the side below the ear,
a large bow. The style of twisting the
hair in a plain knot, fastened by a comb,
is very simple and much liked.
A Clem, liiicli.ii.
The cleanest kitchen I ever snw wa?
in Holland. The walls were as white
ms untouched snow; the saucepans re
flected objects like mirrors; the mantel
piece was ornamented by a species o'
muslin curtain, like tuo canopy of a
bed, without a trace of smoke: the fire
place beneath was covered with china
tiles that looked as bright as if no Are
had ever been lighted there; the shovel,
tongs and poker and the chains and
hooks seemed made ot polished steel. A
lady in a ball dress might have gone
into every hole and corner of that
kitchen, and come forth without a
smirch upon her whiteness. Having ob-
-erved a servant while cleaning, one can
readily understand the secret of this
wonderful neatness. 8he blows in the
cracks between the bricks, pokes in the
corners with finger and pin, makes a
minute supervision enough to fatigue
the etc as well ns the arm. It is truly
a national passion. But there are
reasons for it; the atmosphere of the
country, which injures wood and metal;
the dampness, tho smallness of the
houses and the multiplicity ol small ob
iects favoring oust; the,uperabundance
of water: a certain need of the eye that
eventually finds beauty in simple clean-
iine-s; and. finally, that emulation
which, in all places and times, pushes
things to extremes.
Fashion motes.
High heels are going out of use.
Portemonnaies and purses of plush
arc all the rage.
Black lace Jerseys are worn studded
with jet beads.
Hand Kerchief suits are very popular
for little girls.
Gloves for the deepest mourning are
of undressed kid.
White nlush forms a large part of the
latest bridnl costumes.
White serge flannel is a new material
for ovening home wear.
Quantities of laoo are worn in any
sty lu pn furred around the neck.
Evening dresses are made with the
front and sides close and clinging.
Paris begins to appreciate the Ameri
can revival of Quaker, styles of dress.
Wbito pineapple silk kerchiefs, em
broidered in gold, are worn aryund tue
neck.
Fashionable women have taken a
fancy to wear broad and low heels to
their shoes.
French ladies wear skirts of plaited
plush in tvli colors, with tunics or over-
drvsses of silk or cashmere.
Vie poko bonnet is becoming only to
thin, tall women with a picturesque
Gtroco-Roman caste of countenance.
A bines lace cap of puffed net, held
down by gold bands on the bair, is very
brooming to either blondes or bru
nettes.
Thu fashionable colors for evening
dre-ses are cream white apricot, saimon.
lavender, mauve, heliotrope, and
amethyst. Pale blue and rose color are
never out of date.
The fashion in plush extends from
bonnets, where tho strings and cover
ings are of plush, to the cloaks which
are tri * med with this elegant material,
the jackets which are made of it, and to
tho dresses which show a profusion ol
plush in ttieir construi tion; and even
the brides now are wedded in acostume
of white plush; but this last is not in
good taste.
A very pretty walking dress is in
violet-purple silk, the skirt laid in a
large flat plaiting, over which is placed
a broad scarf of violet plush, knotied
behind. I'ht-silk corsage has a double
collar of the plush. Tho pockets, cuffs
and vest, front of the corsage are in silk
embr idered with gold in a very fine
and delicato pattern Hat of violet si k,
trimmed witti band of plush and with a
tuft of marabou feathers powdered with
gold.
Ilundsoine Homes in New York.
Never were such magnificent and
cosily structures in course i f erection
at New York. The taste of Now Yotk’s
rich men in the manner of house dec
oration, outside, as well as inside, grows
more luxurious every year. Some are
not satisfied with American work or
American material, but must 1 ave boili
from abroad. They actually insist upon
having men brought over from Europe
to carve the stone traceries and figures
on_ their _ house fronts. A mag
nificent building at tbe corner of Fifth
avenue and Sixty ninth street is making
very slow progress on this account.
Every figure must be cut by imported
workmen, and as it takes time to get
men from the other side, and they don’t
always suit when they come, there is,
ofcoutse, much delay with the work.
It is the same case with the costly new
Vanderbilt buildings. The ornamental
^ork must wait till “artists” from
Europe are ready to do it. In
addition to tbe three Vanderbilt
bouses, there are now building on
rile avenue elegant mansions for
Robert Goelet, Ogden Goelet, David
Dows, H. R. Bishop and one of the
Astor famLj besides. One of the new
palaces wi t have a single imported
chimney piece that cost $4,800, and is
oniy a wooden one ai that. The Astor
bouse is being built by Mrs. W. W
Astor for her daughter, Mrs. Roosevelt!
The materials are brown stone and brick,
the basement being of incut stone, and
the lines of tbe front are very severe
The hou=e is thirty-seven feet wide and
about eighty feet deep. The sculptor,
St. Gaudens will design the artistic
details of the entrance. The plan is that
commonly known as an English base
ment house.
Domestic Uses for Ferrets.
The country sutlers the loss of millions
of dollars annually by the ravages oi
rats, when by keeping one lerret farmers
could rout the last one of the pests from
their premises. Ferrets are similar io
the weasel in habits and size, but they
have been domesticated and used for ex-
uelling rats in England for centuries.
Mine are while, very small in size, and
so tnme that I can call them to me and
handle them as I please.
II nursery men are bothered
with l'ubbits lurkingabout and cnawnit
their trees, with a ferret they can catch
the last one. No matter where they
burrow, tbe little fellows will start
them in no time. If I can find where a
rabbit has taken to a hole in the gronnd,
I place a sack over the hole, let in the
ferret, and in less time than it takes to
toll it the rabbit is in the sn< k-.V
field (0.) Pair:. *
Effect or a Dad Example.
“ My early practice," said a doctor,
“ was successful, and I soon obtained
atleaviable position. I married aloyely
gift, two children were born to us, and
my domestic happiness was complete.
But I was invited often to social parties
where wine was freely circulated, and
I soon became a slave to its power. Be
fore I wasaware of it I was a drunkard.
My noble wile never forsook me, never
taunted me with a bitter word, never
ceased to pray for my reformation. We
were wretchedly poor, so that my family
became pinched Lr daily bread. One
beautiful Sabbath mv wife went to
church, and left me on a lounge sleeping
oil my previous night’s debauch. I was
avou-ed by hearing souu tiling heavy
fall on the floor. I opened my eyes and
saw my little boy six years old tumbling
onthecarret. His older brother sni t
to him: ‘Now get up amt fall again.
Timt’s the way i apa does. Let’s plaj
we are drunk.’ I watched the child as
ho p rsonated my beastly movement!, in
a way that would have done credit fo
any actor. I arose and left the house,
groaning in agony and remorse. I
walked off miles in the country—think
ing over my abominable sin, and the ex
ample I was setting before my children.
I solemnly resolved that with God’s
help I would quit tho cup, and I did.
No leetuie I ever heard from Mr. Gough
moved my soul like the spectacle of my
own sweet boys ‘playing drunk as
papadtts.’”
A Young Man’s Dilemma.
A story is told of a young man who
called on a young lady for the first time
one Sunday evening. After an hourm
two of pleasant conversation on various
subjoers, the “ man of the house ’’ entered
the room where the young couple were
sitting. Th°“guv’nnt ” was introduced
to the young man, and, after a few re
marks upon the weatlirr, eto., left the
room ana retired for tbe night. Nine
o’clock came, and the caller, saying
good night, left for his home. The next
morning, on passing tbe house, Mie
young man had occasion to speak with
the young lady, and when about to re
sume his down-town journey, met the
“man of the house "coming in the
gate. “ Well, young man, you held on
pntty long," said the old gentleman,
and the poor young man, without stop
ping to explain, went his way, puzzled
whether to commit suicide or go a-flsh-
lug-
The fatted calf was killed that a for
giving father might rc-veal his feelings
toward n prodigal son.
[La Fayette Daily Janrnal.]
Anxious to Itlse.
There’s plenty of room upstairs, as
Daniel Webster said to tho young law*
ver anxious to rise, but despondent of
his chance to do so; but no one need
injure himself either in climbing the
stairs of fame or those of his own house
or business place. The following is the
point: Mr John A. Hutchinson, Supt.
Downer’s Kerosene Oil Works, Boston,
Mass., writes: Mr. Patton, one of our
foremen, in walking upstairs last week
sprnined bis leg badly I gave him a
bottle of S,. J acohs Oi 1 to try. He used
it and au almost instantaneous cure
„ as effected.
“See here," said a laua nuding hus
band to his wifo, “ we must have things
arranged in this house so that we shall
know where everything is kept." “With
all my heart,” she sweetly answered,
‘and let ua begin with your late hours,
my love; I should dearly like to know
where they are kept.” He let things
run on as usual.
[Chicago Tribune.]
Thomas O. Thompson, Esq., the
Mayor’s Secretary, who, some few days
ago, slipped on a banana peel and
snraint d his knee, writes that St. Jacobs
Oil “acted like a charm ”
There wero twenty-five homicides
committed in San Francisco last year,
some of them of peculiar atrocity, and
not one of the perpe’rators has yet been
convicted^
It l*t U’oitli n Trial.
wax ti'.aibieil Ini' in my jnus with Kid
ney Com, 1 lint, Gia**el, & *.; my lino I ho-
canto loin; I w.ia dull aid iiiHoive; could
hu'iUi i'iawl about, Riel was an old wmiin >t
mail all over, nti'l could got n t ing lo help
me, un il I got H**p Ii no*'.-, an I now i am a
hoy again. My hind and kidneys are all
rig'i'.aod (am ns ac ive as ft mint ••Cthiit*-,
ivt I * ugh I am 72, ana I no no do bt it will
do as -oil liir others ot my ti;e. Itis woilh
thu trial. - (F.i her.)
Tn one grove in California are 1 301
trees, none measuring less than six liet
in diameter.
A Ctr o at r n«t — 8|>eridr-s without nntnhor
lor lira core ot Co nr ft have boon exien.-ivey
atlvr r i-ud, and doubt los- there is tome virtue
io all tint tho i vi donee ia over wliotmh g that
K ystlir am lU'tn toes morodi.ee ly I ban any
oilier to iho sent ol tho d sense, nod though it
is a comp ta ivoiy new discovoiy it has re-
sol ed in more cmc* within the range oi our
ptweivn'inn Mi nnd 'It mm hors put together.—
IV'ikesba,' re ( Pa ) V io •L qier.
Having hoon i dieted With Cmat'ili and cold
in the head. I trie i a great manv remedies
without any Item lloinl olVers; at la-,11 used
Kl.v'a Cream Balm, which i ffos natty cored mo.
I consider ii a duty X owe anil* i ing hum mi y
U> recommend it to others snfleriiig trom the
sain*, almost un verbal. American di-ease. VV.
H. 1. Hillard, dent st, Boidentown, N J.
Trice 50 cents Ely's Cream Balm Co.,
Owego, N. V. Will mail it lor GO cools.
A challenge to Sawing Machine SI >n. T 1 e
United S'utu- Mamituotu ing Company, ot Chi
cago, III., claim that their sawing machine
«il raw logs easier amt tHster tltnn any other
maeh no in An.erica, and t m T esident ol the
o iinpany lias deposit, d $1 000 in the bank ot
Tioslon, K-sn & Co., ot Chicago, as s chal
lenge ago* nst any olho S rwing Machine ma le,
ami a like d*porit T ore ure several otto r
Sawing Machines, bn bo tar nono of them
have accepted this challenge.
GREAT nORSE MEMCTVE.
PR. TORI AS* VF.NKrtAN IIOTISK I.INIMKVT tn
Plot bottler* nt UO rents; 32 years est h lslre-1. It 1. tho
heal In the world for tliecu e or colic. Old S rrea.Mnrnlns,
llrulsesj Sore Throats, etc. TOhlAS' 0 tMHTION
P(IWI)toils are warranted to cure Distemper, Fever
Worms, 11 ts; give a line coat; Incrc sellu* appetUo -nd
c’eana- the urinary organs. C’erilllerl to i,y u .1. 1).
Meltn lei. owner of some of the fastest nmnliu homes
In the world, nnd I.inhi others. aSienta. so.d by drug
gists. Depot—1Z Murray Slreot, New York.
IVIclked for C c ttvmen.
‘■I believe it io bo all wroug and oven
wicked lor clergymen or other pnhlio mo t lo
bo lo i into giving to-timonials to quack dootnt s
or vile Studs rul ed modicim s, but whon a
really uteri orions a livlo is ma ie up of com
mon vnlusb e tomo lies known io all, and that
a 1 physicians us<- and trust in daily, wo Should
ireely 'commend It. I therclore oheerlully and
hnniy outmur hd II p D.ttors tor tho good
thoy have dono lit ■ a ol my ll'iends, firmly be
lieving tney have no cq ml lor lamily use- I
will not be without them.”
Hev. , Washington, D. C.
A littlo tuing in a Sunday-school was
asked by for teacher if she always said
her prayers at night and morning.
‘ No, miss, 1 don’t.” “ Why, Mary,
ire you not afraid to go to sleep in the
dark without asking the good father to
take cave of you and watcli over you
till morning?’ “No, miss,Iain t ’cause
I sleep in tne middle.”
“ The Doctor Bald
I would never ltavu u y trod. I lint was throe
months n.o, nnd now 1 woigl. 190 pounds. 1
ill'll.ol wriie Im t ol wlint 1 want totay, but
Wruuor’8 Snfo Kidney and L vnr Cu ti did it
all.” H O. KUUHK Hsh»ay, N. J.
A New York Arm gets a living by
selling the meat of dead horses and other
animals to proprietors of cats and dogs.
Ispigkstios. dyspepsia nnrvono prostrn-
>ion and nllt irnnol generalriehtLty relievo I try
'liking Mkxsman’b Peptonized Beep Ionic
the only pr* pnrati not In eioonislning it-iemlie
mitrllioinpropenii s. It contains b'no.l-mnking,
I'oico-g* in rating and 1 la-sn-lnini gproperties;
is invaluable in all ouleohlod ouiul ti ins,
whether the re-lilt ol exhaustion, no.vnus
prostration, o•< rwork or sonto di-onse, par-
lietilnily it ro tlliuiu trom pulmonary c an
nul C. Casivcll, Hazard A Cm, pro; rielois,
Naw York,
Itis estimated that there are nearly
1,060.000 railway men in England who
ui e obliged to work on -Sunday.
As a port' city reliable anil oonnomioaX rem
edy, «e oniclrptly recommend Dr. BullsOouah
9ynp. PHce
every wlitio.
25 cents a bottle. For sale
thirteen girdles around the earth
POIII’S EXTHiCT
SubdiM Inflammation,
Acute and Chronic,
OmtroU aU Hemorrhages,
Venous and Mucous.
1NVALUABLK FOR
Borns and
Inflammations
Accumulations
Colds and Coughs,
% Nasal* & Throat
Dischaiges,
^ Chilblains.
RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA.
No ri inorly «o readily and eflectunlly arrests the Irrita
tion and illtehurues from Catarrhal A Mixtions u
POND'S EXTRACT.
COCCUS, COLDS In the HEAD, NASAL nnd THROAT
discharges, inflammations and acci'mcla-
TIO.VS In Ihc LUNCH, EYES. KARS anil THROAT,
RHEUMATISM, NEUHAI.OIA.ic , cannot tie cured so
easily by any other medicine. For sensitive and severe
cases of CATARRH uso oor CATARRH CURE 17/te).
In all cnscaoae our NASAL SYRINGE (23-). Will he
sent In loti of $2 worth, on receipt of price. Note H at
POND’S EXTRACT Is pot up only InImttlos with picture
Trade Mark on oulsldo wrapper and words 11 POND'S
EXTRACT" blown In klsss.
tr Our New Pamphlet with History of our Prepara
lions, sent free.
LADIES- -Read panes IS, 19, 21 and 29.
POND’S EXTRACT COMPANY,
IF Wed 14th Street, New York.
EICHT REASONS
WHY WR NEVER SELL POND'S EXTRACT IN
lll'LK, HUT ADHERE TO THE RULE OF SKLL-
INC ONLY IN OUR OWN Don't.KH, IN
CLOSED IN HUFF WRAPPER,ON WHICH
IS PRINTED OUR LANDSCAPE
TRADE-MARK.
t—It indues the purchaser obtaining the
oekuink aitlele.
Z.—It iroleet* the con* timer InbnylngPcnd'i
Extract not weakened wlih water, which we found was
d'.ne a few j cars n«n, when we were induced to furnish
dealers wtlh the genuine article In hulk.
;l —I* p teds ttie continue, fromunscrupu
lou pa-llo- selling crude,cheap deco thin* to him a;
Pond'a Extract, for any person can tell tbe genuine from
the bottle . nd w upper.
4.—'Ii p oiecta the con-timer, fo- It la hot safe
to use uny other at ilcle accorilli g to the dlrei tloi sglven
In our hook, which suriounds each bottle of P„ml
Extract.
ft.—It protect the comumer, for It la nr.,
agreeable lo healecelved and perhapa Injured hy uslnr
other urtlcleatin er ttie.lira*Ilona for Pond’a Extract.
O —.to other « tie e,manufacture or Imitation
h“» Hi" effect cla med for and always produced hy
Pond’s Extract.
7 —It I- prejudicial to the reputation of Pond
Ext act to have pe. pie use a counterfeit h llevlng It to
he the genuine, f r they will turtlu be dlmppointnl if nut
Injured by IU eir.'cta.
8.—Justice to one of the be't medicines
In the wo -. d, and the liuudfeda of thousands using
It, demands every precaution against having weak a u
Injurious preparations palmed off as the genu.lie. The
only « ay this can he accomplished Is to sell the or,mum
put up In n unliorm manner—tn our own iioitlxs, com
plete with hull wruppera, trade marks, etc
lll-IMI'.M IIEu— . he genuine Pond'a Ex-
t.nct tn cheap, became It la fltiong, unit, rm and
reliable. Our hook of directions expla'ns when It can he
diluted will* water and when to he used rull s rengt'i.
It I'. St I'.AI HE It—That all oilier preparations if
cob. less, are mere decoctions, boilings, or produced
snnply to obtain i lie odor and with, ut the seh ntlflc or
p-.u'tlcnl knowledge of the matter which many years of
labor has given ns.
l.KIIKnitEir, Oil KNOW WOW—That all
preparations purporting to be sup-rl. r to PuikI'b Ex
tract because they hive color, are eolore I simp y because
they have crude, and tu unp. ofesslonn: people using
them, perhaps dangerous matter In them, and thoiild
never he utnl except under tho advice und pre crlpllon of
n physician.
HI- M . MBEIl AND KNOW—Tint our very
expensive machinery Is the result of thirty years of ex-
pertehee i the most of which wns entirely given to this
work), and constant attention to the production of a !
-forms or Uuniame Is, nnd that therefore we should
know whut we assert, that Pond's EStr.ct Is the best,
purest, and contains more virtues of the shrub than any
other production yet made.
cur New History nnd Uses of Pond's Kxt act and
other preparations sent free.
I. \ itlEM—Rend pages 13,18, 21 nnd 2<S in our book
which is found around each bottle, and will be sent free
on application.
POND’S EXTRACT COMPANY,
it Went inn Street, NEW YORK.
natural shades of Jt nek or
llrown; docs NwT STAIN
fniAvirMiNAiA “ ,e SR.IN, amt is easily
[ RISTADORO S' l,I) ,et, n 1118 a rt,an,, «r i i
l mu 1 nuu,lu u P’«*pn at Ion and a favorite
onevery well appointed tol-
letior Lady or Gentleman.
Sold by Diu ci.-tn and ap
plied by Hair Dresse s
epot.1l t Wt! Jam St ,N r .Y.
UTTEX'mfC. Aat
Complete
Manures
for every crop.
I
AGKIC’l LTUKAL CHKMU’Vl<i m-n?GAIK
facts iiuJrestinK to FunnirL” ci ^ ulars * whicU contain
H-jLBAKEU & BRQ., 215 IV.nl St.v v
ordered wUh^ivri/f * Yu'Vcn,. 1 a'.iv"'" 11 plni * ny iSdli
broken one In twu minutes Addrcis ^ * rer, “ n t '“" »
It. M. Peabody. Jeweller,
143 St.» Salem, Man.
, D i?COVERY OF TITE ACE.
A comigete*cure*guaran? ed'by'uslng mmbottle.* > 1!h'nt
“• OECKEll A CO.!
Ill
xl'liiiiidillliinii.iiriili'h ■■ -"AH
tiae
GREAT GERMAN
REMEDY
for
rhedmatish,
neuralgia,
SCIATICA,
lumbago,
BACKACHE,
G-OTJt,
SORENESS
or Tim
CHEST,
SORE THROAT,
quinsy,
SWELLINGS
AND
SPRAINS,
FROSTED FEE]
AND
EARS,
33XJX13NT8
AND
General Bodily Pains,
TOOTH, EAR
AND
HEADACHE,
AND
Mil FIB
........, AC3KC22S
No Preparation on oartli cpiale Sr .f a• v un -h n^Arr.
BURi.. 81MFLK and t’liF.AP Kxionial It *”1. A trial onfall!
but tho cmnpnrativoiy triiiiiff outlay of .* >Clms, tituievery
ono i.ufTorintf with pain run huvo chonp and ptoitivo proof of
Its claim... omgcTIOSM IN ELEVEN l.*MHKits.
SOLO BY ALL DRUQOISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO.
N Y N I'—rt
RADY CABINET ORGAN—NEW STYLE l ’
HIIiF.E ANTI A QUARTER OCTAVES, Iu I1I..M K
WALNUT CASE, decorated with COLD BRONZE
Length, X Inches; height, S3 In.; depth, 14 In.
This novel style of tho MASON * HAMLIN CAT-
IN ET ORGANS (ready this month) has sufllch r.i
compass and rapacity for tho performance, with fnl
pads, of Hymn Tunes, Anthems, Songs, and Popular
Sacred nnd Secular Muvlc generally. It retain'* lo a
wonderful extent, for nn in. irumcnt no small, tl.-
exiraoi Jinary excellence, both as tn power and rpisl!;
of tone, which has given Ihc MASON i. I1AMI.R,'
Cabinet Organa their great reputation anil won fur
them the HIGHEST DISTINCTIONS at EVER)
ONE of the GREAT WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL EX
niBITIONS for THIRTEEN YEARS. Evuuv live
WILL nx FULLY WAiMUXThD. CASH PRICE |22;
on receipt of which It will bo shipped na directed. Ir
OV nXCXIPT AND TKtAL IT DDKS NOT SATISFY TIIF
I-ltncnASXIt, IT MAY UK BETQSMD AND TUI MONEY
WILL DR nRFPNDKD.
EIGHTY STYLES of Organs nro regularly marie
by tho MASON & IIAMLIN CO., from tho BABY
CABINET ORGAN nt 922; lo largo CONCERT OR
GANS nt 9000, and upwards. The great majority are
nt 9100 to $200each ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES,
CIRCULARS and PRICE LISTS free.
MASON & HAMLIN ORCAN CO..
161 Treinont St., BOSTON; 4fl East 14th St., NEW
YORK; 149 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. •
If you are
of uuuinu« ,
ened by tho htruin r.t
your duties av
stimulant*and i
Hop Bitters*
If joMjsa ^ounjr nnd I
discretion or dititlpal
rioa or bIdkIo, old or I
poor health or languish I
ness, rely on H O pj
Whoever you are.
whenever you fuel j
that your system I
~ , ton-
plaint, dls
of Ihc cfoinuch,
bowels, blood,
liver or nerves 1
You will be
cured If you use
Hop Bitters
If you nro sim
ply weak and
low spirited, try
iti It may
0 av e you ri
life. It has 1
saved hun-j
drode.
njpht' — - - - ,
tore brain nerve and |
wafltc, uho Hop B.
I BUfTt
I tion
I young, suffering rrojn
I ing on a bed of nick-
1 Bitters.
Thousands dlo an-
nually from some |
form of K id ne.y
r>diseuso that udgM
havo been prevented
I by ft timely use of
HopBItters
D. I. O.
In An Absolute
and trreslbta-
blo euro for
Sold by drug
gists. Heudlur
Circular.
I10P DITTEB8
■ra co. f
Rofheitrr, II, Y.
A Toronto, Oot.
IOO PR E iTErPni
For ■ Machine tint will
Saw a. Fast and Xosy
ax this ono.
Thta la the King of Saw M.ohls.fc ID
*9*. off a Z foot log In 8 minutes.
SO,OOO In nae. The cheapest machine
madb'and fully warranted. Circular free.
DnlUd Stales Manufacturing Co., Chicago, I1L
{Oil OOO Has been deposited m tue
(JP1UUU.UU of p rest0Df Kean 4 Co., of
Chicago, IU., as a wager that the above sawlug maehlne
will saw easikii and imsteu than any other machine
In America.
RED RIVER VALLEY
2,000,000 Acres
Wheat Lands
b sst in the world, for sale by tha
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Mauitota R.R. CO.
Threo dollars per acre allowed the settler for break*
ing and cultivation. For particulars apply to
D. A. McKINLAY,
¥,nml ('oinuilnwlom‘1’, »t. Pfluh jljjUl-
$350
C. N. GItITTENTON,
* \ Tn 1 AGENTS WANTED!
7ft Rest Selling Artic.es In the world, a
sample/nce. J<i Hnongon. Detroit, Mleh.
•‘ 00*1—cu r e» Nervous Debility
* weakncu of G<“ erutive organs, 81—all dne»L>ut*
oend for Clr I r to Allen’s Pharmacy, ;t i pint Ave?,N. Y.
OURR FN‘* 0<I YJ3IS
P. O VICKERY, Au.u,tn. Main.
777
E aL0YMENT-^^o8 S
^n^^fA ( ?^To t m h pt, A F 1 U E .?. P |L N 0 S A E S
As f/Q. HOC Gcorgo Nt. Clucluuali. o.
For SaleorFxchlrTgTfoTSfocVTofGoods
Eighty'-acre Improved Farm, two miles from f?ltv of
Roches eti M cnes-hn, Will sell cheap! ArtUr® 8 y ° f
* 1-OkWb, Rochester, Olinstcad Co.. Minn.
Information KwtTMRsr.
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Representing the ohoicest selected Tortoijo-
8nell and Amber. The lightest, linii<ia ! >in«=-t>
and strongest kr.own. So d bv Optic anr* i> n “
jewelers. Merle by SPENCER OPTICAL
M FG. CO., 13 Maiden L me, New Yui'k-,
FLAYS! rr.\YI PLAY*!
i’or Heading Clubs, for Amnt ur Theatricals, leinpe*
flnee Plays, Drawlng-itoom Plays, Fab.v Plays, hfh op «»
Plavo, (iuide Hooks, Speakers, Pantomimes, lableaj
Lights, Magnesium Lights, Colored Fire, Burnt W*
Theatrical Fuce Preparations, Jarley’s Wax Uorks.'Visa
Heards und Mustaches ut reduced prices. CJOBt
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