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§entiuel. HAI I.’ M GEORGIA /•<//</ /.*////> kver r thi rkda y Ballafcl c*» Atk.in»on« PKOPWICTORK. Bom* vara ago (’alia* I tan farin' r*» no**! to fenrr thdr farm* with black walnut raila. Now they <an •* II Mich «f the* raj If a* art' ■caaonfl for a* much, in nook raw*, a* the land en« h»*e<l 4»y them i> , worth. Nat urn I iota now fount no )cm than 1,870 different kind* of flahe- in Nortl American watora, of which 500 live in the hrer* and take* and 550 kind* In long tn th* Piwifn Os th* remainder, i 105 dw< II only in the deep water* of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, never ap proarhlng the aborc or the *urfo<*. The population of London now exceed* every other city, ancient or modern, in the world New York ami all it* adja cent <itie* combined arc not equal to two thinh of it Scotland, S*it/<*rl tnd, and the Australian colonica each contain* fewer aouta, while Norway, Kcrvla, Greece, and Denmark have scarcely half no many. Yet at the beginning of the preaent century th< poputaf ion of all Lon don did not reach one million. Th< gradual extinction of the buffnl' on the American plain* la being follower up by an alarming in< rca*e in the depre dationa of wolve* iq>oii the miwji and cuttle range* Both tin* gray wolf and the coyote are fa*t becoming mon niimcr on*. The aheep have suffered Nome time from their ravage* ami now the cattle lire attacked. One pack of gray wolvc* within fifty mile* of Fort M< l/cod ha* Iwen known t<» attack and pull down utaors 2y« ar* old. Coyotes follow* fiercer animal*, and are *ati*fled with what tiny l< avr or with the urnaller calve*. A small logining* the lead pencil buaincM of thin country haw ftpniug t< very large proportion*. Year* ago, all the lead prnrihi u*e<| in thi* country were im|w»rtc<l from Germany, where they were made by band. A* they < aim- into more general umc, their manufacture wan Ingun in a amall way, on thi* aide of the water. Hooti the cedar of Florida and our vaat supply of plumbago wen* util itod, (Mid Yankee g<niu* invented the , machinery which ha* *o enormously in rrraard their manufacture. One manu farttircr now turn* out about two thou Mind gn** of |M*n< il* every day, and an other dot* an annual bu*im ** of $1,506,. 000 Fully one third of the pencil* made in the I nited State* an- sent abr< »a<l. Twenty years have pa.***-<l *im e Prussia, arming h<r*< If with the needle gun, inarched again*! Austria, ami overthrew her on the battlefield. Now, nil the nation* <»f Europe, a* if by a common in atinrt, are Miking to aupply them*elvcr with a more formidable weapon than the ningh* breechloader, namely, the maga nine or rrjieating rifle. Switzerland and Sweden winr time ago furnished theii troop* with magazine gun*. Within th< hurt fr w week* the British Admiralty has decided to distribute 3,000 Speiirer Lee maga/ine arm* to the navy for experi ment. France ha* gone still further in ordering thr issue of a hundred Kobin rifle* to each infantry battalion. These nth* are a nio<lifl< ation of the Gru* pat torn, and contain in a cy Under eight cart ridge*, whi» h are moved into thr barn ! by a spring n* ner<| rd. The K.to]mtarhck repeater i* already used in the French i murine, n* well a* elsewhere. Thi Austro Hungarian infantry I* vo be armed, ul least in part, it is said, w ith the Mann li< her magn/im rifle, union* Mime other shall b< found more effective. On all ►nb * the (end* n< y i* tow ard magazine guns; ami while variou* practical übfee tion* to particular rittaa come up, thr ultimah triumph of the magazine arms the N< w York 5i a*«Ut*, scrim* clear The Bataxia tN. V ), Fanner*’ Club, iM»me memlMrs of which have been mulcted by th< patent right * humauts, ha* pititiomxl Congress to amend the ]Mt > nt law' m> it» to fn .■ faniK r. who are innocent pun luim r- fn'in liability for claim* for alleges, infringement* of patent* in u*ing machine* whieh they have Imught from the manufacturer* of them, ami without any kti of. or n .I'ou to b< lievi m, .niy such infrinu. tnelit The following i» a copy of tile l* tition -‘The umler*iune<l. citiaens of New York. tv')* . tfullv reprc-M nt that under the [latent law. of the I nitial State* the' public are outraged ami twiudlecl by claimant* of royalty u|i.>n tnavliiii. ry in general u*< The price ol a patented article is enhamaal by the pat rnt, which the purehntcr pay*, ami h< should lw protected in its um». He doe« not and ran not know* whether its m.«nu • factura infringe s ujwvn other juktents and he is swindled and justice is outraged when he ta forced to pay a royalty upon ma* himry so |*urvhn*vd, and w< askt'on gn*» to amend the {latent laws *o as to make the manufacturer alone liable sot royalties anti infringement of patents ' The New York ruawtaays that thr claim for relief certainly teems just to the farmera, who beyond a doul*t suffer arri vualy thorough thrar unexpected ciaima, An exhibition I* Iwing b'.id iu Copen* hug*n of th« arti< lc* of uv and ornament brought from ra-t Greenland by Lieut. Holm, who W4* the fliwt vvhito man to lx - r<,mc acquainted with the Eskimos of that r»*gion, when-he *|x nt la*t winter. Jt ia retail'd of the* |x*ople that when •me I* M*riou*ly ill h« eon**iil . if hi* rel h!h <•* request it, to throw himself into the mn. In f aM*» of hmm y the patient i* put to death. From this <*u*tom and the general hardship, |wr*on* over \enrs of age arc ran*. In general thex« jN'Ople res<niblr tbo-' of wcstcrri Green hind, and *|M-ak n dmihir language. An» w boy exiing«*li*t has ap|x an <1 in Mt Loui*. Hi* name is l/mis My*cn heini'T, and hi* age i* twenty two. Ilia pulpit manner* are described a* unique, rot to .jty ludi< rou*- ••Dm- moment he in calmly reading a passage of Scripture. ( and the n< xt will be upon :i M*at out in the body of the chllH’ll < Aborting the |Hop|e to turn from their evil waysand be Mixed er< it i* too l.'itc,*’ “What are your tenn-f u-k< d a rc|»ort<*r of the evan- ' grli-t. J have no terms,” wax thr answer, “I require no salary. The pn a< her and the Lord attend to that, i go by the sixth chapter of Mathew.” It ha- been found that ty|w ‘etting is an art to which the deaf ami dumb are particularly adapted, and the trade is now taught •y>temati< ally in many of tie large institutions in thi* country. In order to make thi* training a source of amusement ami recreation a* well a* of practical Iwm fit it ha- frequently been found p<»**il»|e to issue a weekly news paper The KaimoM w hich i* edited and published entirely by the pupil* of tin* Kansas Institution f« r the D< as and bumb at Olathe in (hat *tatc, is the most inqairtant of the* publication-. It is iu fact the pioneer pap* r of the <leaf mute*, a* it wa* started about eleven years ago. Now it i* self supportin g. It is a hand Homely printed <ight-pagc paper, and contain* not only a large amount of in teresting miscellany, but several columns of local new*, a department devoted es pecially to the interests of the deaf and dumb, and a well written editorial page. In each issue of the paper is given a weekly report of th<* standing of all the pupil* in the institution, showing not only the progress that each one has urnde in hi* or her studies, but the marks for conduct, health and pun< tuality. Mince the Star was started other institu tions have followed the same plan, and now the State Mchools in Kentucky and Indiana have flourishing newspaper*. It hymen for Book Borrowers* Some people have, a strange way of des ignating their ownership of book*. Os course you remember, when a whoollx>y t what ridiculous doggerel some of the scholar* wrote in their*. As for examule: "Thi* lx>ok iw John Smith's My list is another; A’ou touch one And you'll feel the other.” And again: “Steal not (hi* l**«k, my honest friend. For fear the gallows'll thy end. " A great many grown up children have adopted the custom in a graver »”'<>d. The two ver*' * commonly used are: "If thou art borrow*! by a friend, Kight welcome shall lx* lie. To n-ad. to otudy, not to But to return to me.” And thi*. * "Not that impart'd knowhdgedoth lUtninisii learning's store; But iMMtks. I find, if often lent, •, Return to me no more.” There is one found in a book formerly be longing to a will know n resident of New York “Anyone may Irnrrow, but a gen tieman returns.” David \V. .layne’- ls»ok* havi the following M-riptural quo tation: 'Hiu thou rather to them that sell ami buy for yourselves.” The following rathet *’vere line* were used by a Massa chusetts man: ' -Stern pow er of justkv. lift thy w and In spite of mercy's look; Strike him who with presui «p:uou* hand I‘urlums thi* valued I <‘Ok ' Aaron Putnam, who flourished in M<xl ford. Mas* . Lent one hundred years ago, used these line*: “The wicked borrow, but do not return again. See thou art not of that numl er ” Duncan C. Pell, of New York, had thi* rath< r churlish motto, not nt all in keeping with hi* character: “He does v ( lend hi* books.” \V .1. Snelling, one of tin early editors of the Boxton // r> 7. had these instructions; “Do not turn down the leave* to mark the I •'•»< e, but put in a slip of pa (kt. Do not give the IhmvK to child? •> for • plaything. Handle not with dirty hand* Kvturu the book when you hav; read it.” Natural Language. \ few years age a society of eminent Frenchmen di*cu**e'l the question: “Wbat language would a child naturally wjMuk if never taughtf” Twenty differ ent rv*ult* wen- predicted. To test the nn<tt«T. two infant* were procured, and u.>lat**d with a deaf and dumb woman, who lived alone in the Alp*, surrounded with her sheep and chick' n*. After *i\ years, the children and the nurac were brought before the mix ants "ho were on tip-toe of expectation as te the result. When, Io! not a word could cither of the children utter. Imt mo*X |M*rfrctlv could they imitate the crowing of theewk. the crackling of the ben. and thr of bhccu REV. SAM JONES. A Pen Portrait of the Noted Southern Revivalist. K. Sketch of Hie Ctreer wad a Few Simple* of Hie Saying* Tin ll'v. S.un I*. Joni''. ha» achieved wide fame a* an evangclixt. Hr wu liorn in ChainlxT* County, Alabama, Oct. Hi. I’d*. Soon after, hi* parent* n inoM il to hi* future home, Cartenvillr, <ta. Mr. Jon< *i* of eminently rdigioii' piiri iitagv. Hr afjopti'il hi* father'* pro fc«*ion of law afti r receiving an excellent education. An excea* of animal apirit* i aii*cd the future pri ncherto iH-conie di* *ipati'd He Hunk lower and lower. When he now prem hi * again*t intoxicant*. U'anililing, and other di>«d|>ation* he know* what he i* talking about. Mr. Jone*' father, on hi* living lied, I nnidi- a last a|i,i< -d to the better nianhoo'l of hi* miii. The liner nature of tin-mini wa* tom hell, and In- reformed. H<- real ized the horror* of the pit from which he had escaped, and therefore all the more ; l» nought others to do right. He wa* in tolerant of the vice* of «a;icty and the I in<on*i*ti nciiM of ('hri*tain*. His plain *|h aking made him many encmie*, yet , hi* evident sincerity gained him high rc apMt. In October, IH*2. Mr. Jones joined the ■ North Georgia Conference of tin Mi th odi*t Epiacopa! Church South. He re mained from two to three year* on sever al circuit*. Gradually it dawned on him and his friend* that he could do the most effective work a* an evangelist. In 1h*«) i Mr. Jone* was appointed agent of the orphan*' home of his conference. He soon placi d it in a pr mperoua condition. There is a reminder lu re of over a centu ry ago, when George Whitefield went up an<l down the laud preaching and raising furyl' for his orphan home in Georgia. .Mr. Jones then extended his field. After many successful meetings in vari ous Southern State*, he attracted the at tention of the Hi v. I'. DeWitt Talmage, who had him conduct a revival at the Hrooklyn Tabernacle. After more work in the South, .Mr. Jones spent a month in St. Louis recently. He is engaged for month* ahead. Mr. Jones is tall and rather good-look ing. He is deliberate in speech, and is something of an orator. Although he sometimes indulges in slang to drive home a truth, he is a master of the speech of the common people. He is witty, sar castic, humorous, pathetic, elegant, w henever he wishes to be. To crown all, he is forever in earnest, always persua sive, and never loses the object of bis discourses to save souls. Mr. Jones has met with great success. His meetings produce intense interest. He is everywhere indorsed by lending or thodox ministers. In the South he Ims been provided with an immense tent, holding thousands. At Nashville and other cities it was jammeil every day for weeks. About 18'2 .Mr. Jones was married to Miss Laura McElwain, of Eminence, Ky. Many of Mr. Jones’ sayings are of tin kind that stick in tile memory, and not a few are clear-cut gems of counsel. He may be reckless of speech, but lie in some way manages to make a good many cen ter shots. Here are some of Sant's sav ings: “Then> is just as much religion in laughing a* in crying.” “I have never heard of a man getting i Up ill meeting anywhere and confessing that he wa* selfish or avaricious.” “An obedience that 'lares to go, that dares to suffer, and dare* to do. That is what we want." “Kisl liquor and Cliristianity won’t stay in the same hide at the same time." “I like some folk* that have got some laugh in them. There is nothing tube done w ith a dead crowd.” “One preacher told me he got down on hi* knee* one evening ami prayed to heaven, to Goil Almighty, to straighten out Brother Jone* and change him in a few things, and that he would lie a good preacher if that could lie done. He prayed until about sundown, and oot off his km >s, and the Loni seemed to say to him: Well, 1 heard you praying for Jones, and if I was to take all those things away from liim he would be no more account than you are." He *aid it liked to si aie him to death, and he never prayed on that line since." * . j •lit Forty-six t ears .« One Pulpit. Dr. George .leffrex. of Gl. -gow, where he lias [in ached upward of fortv six years, is n [anted to have explained the pvn't of his being able to maintain an unbroken ministry in the same place so long to one of the former m nilx-rs of hi* ehun h. who is now a merchant in New York. “1 read," 'ays Dr. Jeffrey, "every tn-w Iss'k that has a Iwaring u|xm my s|M-<’ial work, and make extracts from it and index them, so at any moment I can find them when wanted. hi this wax I keep myself from moving in a rut. 1 work as liatxi as 1 used to do at twenty, ami I keep so far ahead w ith my sermons that there are always ten or fifteen un finished oni * lying in my drawer ready to receive the result* of my latest readings. I call them •sleeping sermons,’ but it is they that sleep, and not the people who hear them."— Christmn Reawakened Memory. Two year* ago a young man living in a Vermont village, having finished hie academical education, was ready to en ter college. But just l»efore the day ap [■ointed fur hi* examination he was taken ill. After several weeks of suffering he slowly recovered hi* health, but discov ered that his mind find lost the knowl edge acquired by six year* of hard study. Latin. Greek, ami mathematic*, all wen gone, and hi* mind wa* a blank in re pect* to hi* [ireparatory studies. Hi* doctor [irescrilx-d that lie *houid re*t hi* mind and familiarize himself with a few *iniple detail* of light work. He obeyed the advice, and found in hi* old habit of doing things carefully the schoolmaster thet brought back his old knowledge. Before his illness the young num. in or der to earn a little money, had taken care of the village church, sweeping it out, cli ailing the lamps and doing all the work, of a sexton. He now resumed this work and by the physician's advice tried to Keep hi* mind from puzzling itself about it* loss of memory. Several weeks went by without bringing any change in his mental condition. (•lie Sunday evening a stranger entered the church, and. as the sermon was a dull one, gazed carelessly around until hi* attention was attracted by the lamps on the wall. He noticed that all the wieks were so carefully trimmed that there was not an irregular flame to be seen. He w ondered a.s to who could be the careful sexton, and, happening to be in the place the following Sunday, he again noticed the same uniform trimming of tin- wicks. Passing the church the next day and I seeing the door open, lie walked quietly in and saw the sexton swee|>ing out the central aisle. Looking closely at the young man, the stranger said: "Do you i do all the work about the church?” “Yes, sir.” “Do you trim the lamps?” “Yes, sir.” “Why do you trim them in such a pc culiar way?” “I don't know what you mean.” “Why, the flames are alike.” “Oh, but they ought to be. Yot xvould not have them uneven, would you ?” “No,” answered the stranger, with a smile, ‘-but it speak* well for your care fulness. Why, I should think one of the flames would fit all the others exact ly if it were superimposed on them.” “Superimposed? Isn’t that word used in geometry?” “Certainly. If polygons, having equal sides and angles ” Before the stranger could finish his sentence the student threw down his broom, rushed frantically out of the church, run across the street and into the house, where he astonished his mother by exclaiming, in tones of triumph: “Mother, I know that the square of the hy]>othentise of a right angle triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides!” In u moment his school knowledge had come back to him. flashed into his mind by the mention of the superimposed fig- 1 ures. Philadelphia Call. Governor's Island. A New York letter to the Troy Timex I thus describes Governor's island, where General Hancock died: Governor's island which contains about fifty acres, was originally called Nutten island, from the abundance of nuts grown there. It xvus purchased by the federal govern ment soon after the opening of the pres- , ent century, and has since then been an importunt post. It fronts the harbor, and i* se)>eratcd from this city by the East river, xvhii-h here is a half mile wide. A narrow but rapid estuary called Butter milk channel separates it from Brooklyn, anil the island i* only reached by a gov ernment ferry, xvhich crosses the East river at the Batten. Governor's island i* considered the m >*t desirable military station (for a n-sidencei in the country, Ix ing very healthy, and then so conven ient to this city that all the pleasures of the latter are within easy reach. On the extreme west stands a showy structure of stone called Castle William, whose em brasure* and cannon have a defiant look, but really they are of no defensive poxver against a foreign fleet. In the centra of the island, hoxvever, i* a 'tar fort of the most [H-rfeet character, and near bv are the officer*' dxvellings, uni' of whieh now contains the honored corpse. Governor's island first came into active usi' during the M' xiean xvar, when it was a place of encampment for our volunteer'. During the civil xvar. hoxvever, the number xvas increa-ed to a va*t extent, and often 20,- 000 men xvere canipeil there, awaiting or der*. It will henceforth have a new and impressive prominence in the history of ' one of the greatest of modern heroes. - - Hail Been a Boy Himself. Tom Anjerry, a student at the I'niver *ity of Texas. ap|>lied to Professor Snore , for permission to be absent. j “1 xvould like to lie excused from my ‘ jography lesson this afternoon, a* I want j to take my sister out riding." said Tom. I The old professor, who is no fool, looked at the young man over the top of his spectacles ami said slowly: "Want to take your sister out riding in a buggy, eh? Is she related to you!” —7« nu Sittings. LADIES’ DEPARTMENT. tiolilen (*<»••»• t« Srrvsni*- Tt ha* lx-en the custom for the German impress for the last nine years to present golden crosses, each with an autograph diploma, to those female servant* who could show that thev had remained forty vears uninterruptedly in the same familx. In the course of this period lier majesty has conferred no fewer than 1208 such distinctions on Prussian subjects, includ ing inhabitants of the RcieiLsland, and it is interesting to note that the largest per centage of the golden crosses in projior tion to the population went to Alsace- Lorraiue, H-s*i-Nassau coming next. Posen, where the Polisii element abound* Ix-ing lowest in the list. I/mdon Timre. The H«rea*«le Woman. Have you ever met the sarcastic young woman; No! You will find her every where that ice grows luxuriantly. She is a cross between a tartar and a taran tula. She is a pest. The giddy girl, the lackadaisical miss are not ornament* who* ■ ios* woul i cause the world grief, but they can be tolerat' d. The sarcastic maiden should be *u]>pre*scd by law. The school is growing. Nobody likes the sarcastic girl: everybody fears, and many hate her. Her stock in trade may originally h ive been satire, but has long ago degenerated into impudence, and with the degeneration ha* slipped away her ability to see the difference between what was and what is—between satire and impudence. She has been fostered in the family circle, and generally stays ther ■. She began xvith mild criticisms of her friends, and ends by lampooning them. Now she has none, and carica tures her acquaintances. Her parents ap plauded her early efforts, and she retali ates by staying on their hands. The fam ily think her brilliant, young men avoid her, and w hat the world knows as a sour old maid is generally thus created.— Bloontington Hye. Tile Perfumery Industry. The manufacture of perfume from fl uvers has been carried on more or less since the beginning of the historic era, says tin* Baltimore Num. The ancient Egyptians seem to have understood the process of distilling attar* from various flowers and fruits. During the middle ages we read of a jicrfume known as Hungary water, which was first distilled from rosemary in 1370 by Elizabeth, queen of Hungary, who obtained the re cipe from a hermit, and by the use of it is said to have preserved her beauty to old age. Catherine de Medicis, when she came to France to marry Henry 11, brought with her a famous Florentine perfumer, who had the art of manufac turing oils from flowers, both by the process of enflourage and by maceration, though of course his methods xvere rude and unscientific as compared with those of to-day. From that time the French have ,>aid great attention to the cultiva tion of floxvers for this purpose. The greatest number of the materials, amounting to twenty-eight, is obtained from the south of France and Italy, which is the chief center of manufacture for perfumery materials. The East In dies and China furnish about twenty-one, Turkey two, Africa txvo, North America six, South America six and England four. The "illy articles named from the United States are peppermint, sassafras and xvin tergreen. The chief places for the growth of the sweet perfume-producing flowers are Mont]>elier, Grasse, Nitnes, Savoy. Chimes, and Nice, in France. It is there that the jasmine, tuberose, cassia, rose and violet grow to such perfection, and that the processes of enflourage and maceration are commercially worked. Nice anil Cannes are the paradise of violets, producing annually something like one hundred and fiftv tons of blos som*. The variety cultivated is gener ally the double or Parma violet, xvhich is *o productive that the floxvers are sold at about 5 ,ienee per pound, and xve all know what sort of bouquet a pound of violets would make. The abundance in Sicily of every flower xvhich in our cli mate is most highly prized recalls the traveler in the story xvho arrived in a country xxliere the children [flayed pitch and to**, and marbles xvith diamonds, ru bies, emeralds, and other precious gems. "These are. doubtless, the sons of some powerful king.” he said, and bowed re spectfully before them. The children, laughing, made soon him perceive that they xvere the street boys, and that the gem* xvere only the pebbles of that coun try. How to Treat Company. To ap]>car a pleasant cheery hostess throughout an evening "party," or even the short-lived call is truly no easy thing nor can some people ever learn the art. Tact is an essential, and an absolute unselfishness; the guests must be first, and they must not feel any Sacrifice of time nor attention too keenly. All women should aim at being bright con vcrsationalists, not startling nor wonder ful, but amusing, refined and especially light of touch. Long stories are usually intolerable bores, and a serious, slow, heavy way of looking at matters in gen erxl is an infliction. Grievances of any sort an> best kept hidden; a sprightlv acquaintance with the affairs of the dav a flattering anxiety as to others’ opinions, an absence of slang or mannerisms, of boastful egotism, or -elf deprcciat;., a tact, tart, above till, tart, these mak % agreeable hostess, the woman one wish,., to find at home in one’s round of cal . Parlor chairs should be. for th' , part, light and easily moved, xvith ji;. t s few of a more substantial sort for th.*., who are six’ feet tall or weigh two ] IUI dred pounds. People can't talk a rofl ,, f two apart, nor can they drag that aboni. ination a "patent rocker," (don’t have rocking chairs iu your parlor!) across t „ their nearest neighbor. A sofa sup B , duces conversation. Have little thingaJyiug about the ruen xvhich must of themselves call out co ni . ment and give your guests something t„ do. Albums, anil piles of photographs birthday books; a pig album where on* has to draw a pig and write one’s name underneath, xvith closed • eyes; scrap books, jiarticularly of pictures, and smh works a* "Bellow's “Comic Primer,” ami “The Good Things of Life,” al! these an, hosts in themselves. Games are almost invariably successful the older and staider the company the more riotous they arc likely to become. Bean Bags are a good thing to have in the house, and Logomachy proves enter tabling in many circle*. But simple childish games, (I don’t mean Copen hagen), and the simpler the better: ‘-Go ing to Jerusalem,'’ “Vacant Chair.'* Charades, and the like, prove more divert ing than any other form of entertain ment. We women make work of companr, and xve grow, many of us, to look upon it as an evil, necessary, perhaps, but al ways an evil. Could xve see the lust way, xvhich is also, as truly, the easiest, we might be not grudgingly given tv hospitality, and all learn the lesson few do not need—what goes to make up a model hostess.— ln Good llousekeepii)q. Fashion :Vote*. All the new bonnets are cut up at the back. Correct mourning jewelry is of English crape stone. Clustered stripes are a feature in all .spring goods. Bilk braids, with feather effects, are new trimmings. Camels’-hair is the leading material for spring wear. Steels in the backs of gowns arc l>e ing gradually banished. All sorts of straws are worn in hut* and bonnets this spring. Raspberry and moss-green are a favor ite Parisian combination. The spring goods are of great variety, and novel in combination. Even nexv pongees come in bourette or boutonneux and corded stripes. The Russian blouse frock is worn by little girls and small boys under 5. The latest novelty in fancy slippers are those embroidered w ith garnet beads. Low shoes, worn with paste or Rhine stone buckles, are choice for house wear. Spring hats are tall and are trimmed high in the back, the front, or on oue side. All the wollen goods for spring wear show a soft finish, and are in subdued tones. All bonnets have high crowns and brims small, but a little larger than those of last year. The leading idea in skirts is one dress over another, either an upper one open ing over a lower iu front, or draped ever a lower one. The most novel hat was in brown straw, covered with a brown gauze veil and trimmed xvith a bow and an aigrette of shaded grapes. Some of the nexv bonnets have the straw folded into boxplaits, to form the crown, xvhich shoxvs how soft and supple the material is. Now if you have a smart gown of brocade or satin you must send some of the material to the boot maker, because your boots must match your costume. Brides are wearing distinct trains to their wedding gowns, and many dinner gowns are made thus for the spring, but instead of being fastened to the back they are secured round the hips, as though a cloak, half slipping off, had been care lessly pinned together in front. The crossed-over fronts arc extremely fashionable in basques and polonaises, and a novel effect is produced by hal ing the first three buttons, starting fro® the shoulder, of large size and artist ll character, and the rest small, set close, of the self color and simply used for fasten ing. The Highest Iceberg. The highest measured iceberg of which we know was one seen by Dr. I. I. Hay *■ or. 'Ae west Greenland coast, being 35 11 feet above the water, and submerged, a‘ he estimated, about a half a mile; » great chunk of ice, plenty big enough to pay the national debt of (then) $2,000 ' 000.000 at the cheapest wholesale rates of ice in the United States. The ice bergs are quite numerous about the uppet Greenland coasts too, Scoresby recording 500 in sight from his ship at one time, and Dr. Hayes counting as many from the masthead, and then giving up in sheer despair, for others faded away in th distance in such inextricable confusion *-• to defy computation.—Lieut. Sclwoti* 4 -