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PARTIAL TO PIGEONS.
Persons who Find Diversion
In Training the Birds.
Pccslart .'*» of P ir on«, and Price* Paid
for the Bout Varieties.
I lir / pigeon fnnr j- r* nay that th* r*-
i* in* r a*4 <| inti n *t in the rai-inu of pig
eon-, parti* übuly among th<* l:uli*-, who
ear* for thorn nt odd moment* nt horn*
and obtain from the Mile of the bird* ron
«ud< raldo pin mon* v. Mr. B• nton hank
in*, of New Jentry, who i- one of the
bo*l known pigeon fam ierw of thin coun
try, and wh»»M loft of m arl} 500 bird*
in* hide, holin' of the hi4hd>»oni»-t and
*no*t valinibh* in the world, *ay»:
“Every on*' of my bird* know* me,
find uhein ver I ehb r th*’ loft they flock
around. Mo t jMoph have the idea that
piv**»n* iiiiH b< br**l in the dark. Thin
in not th*? * siv, for it tnakra them wild.
All mine ar«- bred in the light, in gl:i s
painted whit*’, about -ix by t ight
in* Li * in *»ize, and with hay inxide for
the n< st A * urion sac t I have noticed
about pigeon* i* their loyalty to *:o h
other. D‘t a pair be on* i mated and
th* y will never foi ik» »»n* another while
alive. How long do they liv*■{ Tw« lve
year*., and ke< p up their full vigor for
• hat jw r; »d. W<- fe**| tiu-in on Canada
praa, wheat, cracked torn and o* < a on
idly a little hemp Med. The weight of a
pigeon varle* from thr* * or four ounc * »
to ncv< nd pound . T. big; ' t figure i
have h* .*r«l that win paid fora pair of
pigeon* in thi* country wo* SSOO. It
wan given for a pair of * nrier pig* oiim.”
“Will you tell me oim thing about the
different kinds of pi; . oh, |)1 M< < ook,
a noted lover of the bud, wsm linked.
“Any one having owned pigeon* of
any kind will know what i* meant by
common pigeon>• Th y ar*' not of any
diatim t bre* d or *'olor. Th* tin* but
very f* w common piy* o i* now in which
Home trio rs of th* higher < la>srM cannot
l>e du! <t* <1 At th* alii** tilll* I believe
that w. re allak of th . railed common
pigeon* kept ntirely to themwlves for a
niiiiilwr <>f x ir's color-marking ami
other chariti t< ri th » of ihi- higher cln» •<•*
would < otir.’ly dinapponr ninl the bird*
would b more likely to r> -mble io color
ami xluipi- the*. they originally i .ini<
from tie Blot- Hock N.■> t to n coin
mon pigeon, |x>rhiip« the l>e*t known, nt
leant by iihiiic, i the Homing Antwerp,
Whic h i« the c urrier pigeon, ho l ulled.
It in tlic bird known to make long flight*.
The fim-tniln nr<'xpccril favorites Tin
white one* ale the moat common ami
eanieM to bleed, but they are hlho I In
had in blink, brown, blue, red, and yel
low Tin two hitter are rare, and cwdlv
bring from $lO to SOO a pair. Fun*,
witli fowl fentin i ■, mottled ot checkered,
are no*, of much lulut*. No breed of
pigeon* ha* ho many varieties mid uh
varu tie* a* the tumbler pigeon*, nori*
there a variety so well-known that i* n*
yet so little understood by pigeon breed
crs. Many who own them e\|>ect them
to p< rform, wiiethcr the bird are given n
chance or not I sitully they arc kept
with a lot of other bird* and are tl >wn
with them. There are also many tum
bler* who do not tumble at all. All if
tile short faced laii.t ■ -are not suppoo I
to be |H’i lormi r *. although 1 have *ren
tailin' tumble very well. Pouter.* m tl i
first tvleclion of many prominent pigeon
fancier*, mid rawly is this bird entirely
ttbamloiu d for other varieties. Mr.
Ik < her, of Baltimore, who is mi entlmsi
Mtie brecsler of |x>iiti-r«, has at pr. *< lit
probably the b> -t birds of that variety in
the country. Tiny are omewhat dijli
cult to breed, mid gtxxl one* ulvvnvs de
Hand high price*. Fifty dollars for a
pair of lb t i l l-* bird* would not b. . \
.rniagaiit in this country, and in 1. ig
.and |H-rhnp* the same bird* Would bling
twin that mnou.it ind more. 1 rrtrem
aer that Mt Schell, of Brooklyn, had
•lie he l-’fiiMil $2.10 for. Tin I can be
had in pure white, black, red, yellow
vnd baladl i 1 ■ I 1/ o/ <i-.. I'
Wi-m.
To Sneeed in I.if*.
I earn your business thoroughly.
lv ,-p at one tiling in no w ise < hange.
<>l m in *y t. m and older in all you do
•nd undertake.
Ni ver (ail to k i p your appointment*,
or to lie punctual.
II M'if-relimit, do not take tern much
advice, but rather de|x*ii«l on yourself.
Never 1 > idle, but k<* p your hands or
mind* usefully cmpb ye l ( \ccpt when
deeping.
I'm-charity with all. be generous in
thought mid di d■. help other* along life *
Ji.rny pathway
A<custom youisclf to think and net
vigorously, mid lx* prompt mid divided
for the right against the wrong.
Make no haste to be rich, remember
•ng that *m»li ami steady gain* give
competency, with tranquility of mind.
Mike few pmiuiw *. Always *|x ik
the truth. mid nothing but the truth,
mid in your l>u*ine** relation* lx- guided
by strict integrity aud unflinching lion
Develop a wealth of character by jht
roaal courage. Posse** the courage to
speak your mind when it is necessary you
should do so, and to hold your tongue
when prudent you aliouhl do so; to »c
--kiiowlidg* your ignorance rather than
acek credit under false pretenses.
FEAHL* OF lIJdI’GHT,
Silence dor* not alway* ir/ rk whdom.
Sooner or later a man’** thought* will
come into fruitage in deed*.
Too mm h overcharge# nature, and
turn* n.on-to *li« than i.ouridjm* nt.
Thou may’nt a* well exjM* tto grow
stronger by al way* eating, i.« wi** 1 by
alway* reading.
"I i* thought nml digratmn that make*
book* *-rvi< cable, and give# health and
vigor to the mind.
Ten thousand of the great-*t fault* in
our neighbor* are of h-*** ronwquenro to
w* than on*? of the *inalh-st in ouraelvr*.
Ih*jui«iliV** |»eople ar.” the funnel* of
convcr-ition; they do not take in any
thing for their own u-c, but merely to
pann it U> another.
The o*l v* r-ari*'4 of a good cauw nr**
like men who atrikc f t the * oah of a
larg fir*- they *' att r the *-oaS and
propagate th** fire.
Character i*» proof against th*' wotting*
of ridicule, ami th* <jonwioii<*n*'M of
doing right t ik* the sting out of the
mo*t envenomed je#t.
When v.e ar* in th*- company of aen*i
blc men we ought to b*- doubly cautioua
of talking too mu* h, I* »t We low two
' "•*1 things, their good opinion and our
own Unproven • nt, for what we have to
- iy we know, bat what they have to say
w*' know not.
toughing.
A hair tic kling th* throat will keep up
a spell of coughing, if not r<**i"t<•«l, a*
long as the presence of a large ac.' umuhi
tion *>f the product 4of diiw*tiMc. We
heard Brown-Hetpianl say in a lecture:
■•Coughing is a natural, reflex action,
wholly unintelligent. Not much is need
ed when it < in do any good nt all.
When it cannot do any good it should
b*- resisted," In nine cases out of ten it
can be rvMKt**d by diverting th** attention,
b< < oming absorlN’d in something. A
•imple remedy, important to all invalids,
i-. win’ll the hpa*in is *-oming, to r< si«t it
by obstinately inhaling a long br«*nth and
“paying it out” slowly. Csehss cough
initat' s throa. ami lungs, and ran itself
produce or p* rp' tuat - sore throat, etc.
In * linn li it i-i often * pi*L inic. An Eng
lish ex* liange a\’ “ ‘Do not < ough
the preacher dow n’ is the much-needed
advice given in 770 StrorJ ant! Ti'otrel.
If people have Lad < <ilds they had la tter
nui '*- themselves nt home, or nt least re
strain their roughing, when attending
public worship, as much a* p**ssiblc.
Even Mr. Spurgeon, wc an* told, some
times feels t hat h* is nearly barked dowi.
by the thousands who respond to his up
p* ah of love by p als of < oughing. The
Lite J/ord Ellenbormigh once r -marked in
*omt, ‘Some slight interruption one
might tolerate, but there seems to bo an
industry of coughing.’” Coughing is
inpleasnnt 4 n all who hear it. To the
< "Uglier it •like medicine, of which the
w ise man'* ailc is to take as little as pos
Bible. ATr York ll<*/o*4.
Artemus Ward on Editors.
Art«-nnis Ward, speaking of editors,
says; “Before you go for an <•< lit or,
young man, pause nml take a big think!
I.*Mik nround, ami we if there is not an
omnibus or some meat cart to drive,
some soil somewhere to be tilled or a
clerkship to l»<- filled anything that is
reputable or healthy, rather than going
for an editor, which is a bad business at
best. \V< ai« m»t a horse, ami eon
seipiently have not be< n < nllvil upon to
furnish the motive power for a thresh
ing machine, but we fa jey that the life
of an editor who is forced to write,
whether he fe*-|s like if, or m»t, is much
like the t* *d in «pi< slion. If the yeas
ami neighs < ould be obtaim d. we be
lieve that th* intelligent horse would de-
• <d ‘ that the th; -king machine is pr»
ferable to the sain turn editorial. Th*'
editor’s work i* m ver done. He is
<l. am* *1 incessantly, ami no wonder that
h. dries up prematurely. Other |>eoph-
*an attend bampicts, weddings, etc.,
visit halls of dazzling light.andenjoy
theinselves in a variety of ways, but the
editor cannot. He must tenaciously
stick to the »p;•'! The pr* - lik a
sick baby, unis: not lx- left to run by it
self even f«»ra d.iy, or somebody indig
nantly ord* rs the carrier-lmy to stop
bringing ‘that }wi|x r. There is nothing
in it; I won't have it in the house.'”
To Clean Gluxs ami Mhorwarc.
Egg shells crushed into small bits and
shaken well in d*-eanters three parts tilled
with cohl water will not only chan them
thoroughly, but make the glass hn>k lik**
new. By rubbing with a flannel dipptsl
in the lx st w hiting the brown discolora
tion may b taken *»tT cups in which cut
t arils hav* been baked. A lin. all of us
an* aware that emery |M»wdcr will remove
ordinary stains from the white ivory
Knife hamlhs, and that the lustre of
moixKvo leather i< restored by varnishing
W ith w L.t ■ _ N ■ . it is <nd,
is better to clean silver with than alct»hol
or ammonia, tinishing with a little whit
ing on a > >ft 4 loth. W hen putting aw ay
the silver tea or cofT* c |x t w hich is not
in use every day lay a stick acn»s> the
top under <xn*er. This will allow fresh
air to get in and prevent the mustiness of
the cxmtvnts familiar to boarding house
tuflfervn.—.4H ui*/ Decvmfn***.
SALMON P. CHAS'. |
Romantic Incidents in the
Life of the Chief Justhe.
H i Struggles in Early Life aal L<> 7o
for a Beautiful Southerner,
Ku . ' :><• L. DMirT, at one time .rival"
w<n-t:.ry to Chief Justice Suin'.l
. t' i it. s in tli ■ X. n Y .rk Mil 1
Ejri'nu» nne inter, .ting inttuncein the '
earc'-r of this noted man. Mffoidier
nays:
“I had a hard enough Mtrugg !in my
early life,” said Chief Justice base to
to me, one afternoon; as we were miking
from the Capitol together. “ then I
first catnn to Washington to | *h my
fortune, I asked an uncle who v. in Sen
at r, to obtain for me a < 1.-rkshi in on ■
of th- departments, lie told me he
would rather give me a dollar >buy a
spade with which to work my w ’ n the
world. I thought my uncle was ikind,
but I have long since known 1 I icte.l
wi-cly in not getting me an offi , ind I
attribute all my good fortune i fe to
that refusal. Had I secured a c !K»hip
at that time, I should probably ’ ire re
mained a clerk all tny life, and, Ir-tead
of now being the Chief Justice .1 the
I'nitcd States, be the chief clerk <la le
partment.”
Salmon I*. Chase worthily woUtill he
high honor that he gained. Fofyirs
after removing to Washington hp vnt
through the daily drudgery of teaci ig
a boys’ school, studying law durtngiis
spare hours under William Wirt, thefh
erof one of his pupils. It was nt Mr. W s
house that he met the beautiful ]ss
Cabell, and then began the only ramie
in his lie. He was thrown into r
society every day, and each day ad d
to his interest in the lovely Southern fi.
Love inspired him to write verses wh 1,
however, were intended to express ie
passionate sentiments of a lover. <•
proud Virginian beauty accepted r.
Chase us an escort to parties, recent is
and the theater, and she found hi a
very agreeable companion in the pul",
for he w.i, clever and int- lligent,’ it
she would not think of marrying a pr I
young school.ti 1-her with hisov.u
tune to make and apparently witltjc
prospect of making it at that time, g
Miss Cabell m ide the same mist:(Bn
declining Mr. Chase's addresses a| e
lady did who refused to inary Louis'.-
jioleon when he was living an obseun -
ile in England after his escape froirie
prison of Ham, and thereby “refur a
crown,” :* the future Emperor sa >
her. Perhaps Mr. Chase's unlbrti te
love affair was the cause of hislef tg
Washington and removing to Cinein i,
which he did soon after passing thr .r.
He got so bravely over hi - passion,pv
ever, for Miss Cabell, that he lit to
marry and bury three wives, befr he
was forty. The aroma of that earlj >ve
still lingered many years after rd.
Once, when the Chief Justice wajsit
ing Hichmond w ith his daughter, r ece
of his first love another .Miss ( ill,
equally celebrated as a belle and .nty !
called upon Miss Chase, her fat ' re- '
called with tender feeling the <: ttm
stanees of his youthful love and.: re
sult.
\\ hen he spoke of his fir-', swe .< art
there was a pathos in the voic ' the
calm and dignified Chief Justice,ahich |
was as rare as it was interesting. When I
I became the private secretary ' Ckief '
Justice Chase, he was in his
year, and to all appearance in e full
vigor of his magnificent man he 1 ue
was six feet high and w< ighed t’> lli'A
dred pounds and was as straigt «s a
Tuscarora Indian. He had a v<y com
manding appe aranee, and as hrwalked
along the marble c erridors of th Capit' I
his presence was felt. He was laturall.'t
a very austere man and seldom tr.h ndi-u.l
even at home. He had little >r no ap-l
preeiation of humor, ami rarey indulg dl
in a joke. He was just as >bstemious ir. I
his words as in all othr things. II 1
talked little, drank litU’, and never us 1 |
tobacco in any sliaxe or form, anddid It
not like it to be used in hi* present t
Hi* lift wn* iigulnr and hi* ta*i *simpl' I
rising at t> in the summer ami 7in tl t
winter. In goml wrather he t. '...*!>,. 1
walk before breakfast. r> turning i !
time to join hi* family at morning prayer, f
The breakfast hourwa* S o'clock, after
which he joined hi* secretary in the libra
ry. where he spent an hour r ailing over
his letters, dictating answers to them, or
prepiring hi* opinion*.
At 10 he left hi* b.oa* to go to the
Capitol, always walking win a the weath
er was fair, and riding in the ears in bad
weather. From 11 to 3he presided over
the Supreme Court of the I state*,
after its adjournment w alking back 1i his
\ c a lunch
of cracker* and tea. and then went vig
orously to work on hi* opinion*, remain
ing so engaged until dinner, which was
always served precisely at 6 o’flock
His table was elegant, but no; epicurean
and consisted always of three courses and
a di'sert. The Chief Justice alw.ivs
dressed in black when in Washing: >n
and 1 was very much astonished t.. we
him appear in light panto >:,*, sack coat
and slouch hat on the morning that we
started on the Smt hern Cir fit, in Ma-.-.
ISG'J. Mi*s Chase t Id m- *hi was afraid
her farther would be< om -o .attached t .
the slouch that he would w ant to
• wear it after h’s return to Washington,
which she Kerned to think would lie
' lowering the dignity of the Chief Justice.
Coth.am’s Wealthy Homes.
1 “Probably in no city in the world,”
i d an ex-oflicer of the Army and Navy
I Club a few days since, ‘‘dis s a pcde-triai:
I 1 itch n glimpse of so many magnificent
interior* as in New York. Naval men
I you know are great walkers when they
reach port. It is an exercise that is bene
ficial in a thousand ways, and in the
course of my trips about the world 1 have
become familiar with the npjH-arancc of
the streets of all the const and many of
the interior towns of importance. It is
rather peculiar that the older the city the
less the surface display and the more
beautiful the zealously screened interiors.
For instance in Home the house* which
are most elaborately decorated within
have such somber and unattractive ex
teriors that they might almost be called
repellent. In Chicago on the other hand
when a merchant prince or a millionaire
pork packer builds a house he has it near
the sidewalk and when the gas is lighted
at night lie is apt to raise the shades and
pull -the curtains back so that passers by
may look in and see in what a costly
manner he lives. New York has not this
shoddy idea, but where the houses are so
close to the sidewalk and the house
maids are careless there is very often a
chance to catch sight of int riors that
force a man of pny sort of cultivation or
‘ taste to stop and admire. Last night 1
' went to dinner in Fifty-seventh street,
west, and as I had plenty of time 1 left
the navy yard about five o’clock, crossed
the bridge, walked up Broadway and
moved thence up Madison avenue and
along Fifty-seventh street to my destina-
tion. Everywhere along the route above
Madison square I caught sight of magni
ficently panelled walls, plush and laced
curtains that cost fortunes, warm bronzes,
richly framed pictures and the like set off
by subdued colored lights. On all sides
were views of sumptuously furnished
apartments sometimes in the basement
and sometimes on the second and third
floors of the houses, but never ostenta
tiously shown. 1 don’t know whether
I people are generally aware of it or not,
! but there is more to be seen in a stroll
about New York streets than in any other
city in the world. And when the wind
ows arc not too securely screened flying
glimpses of mngnific ntly furnished homes
may be had which must plunge a beggar
into the very depths of despondency.”
—Brooklyn Euyle.
Some Historic Bogs.
At a time when d (sneeially metro
politan 'logs, are somewhat under a
cloud, say < a writer in All the Year
1 Round, it may be well to recall some of
the claims of our old friend to respect
and esteem. Every one remembers the j
dog of Ulysses, who died iu greeting his [
master, just returned from his long wand- i
erings, and the story shows the consider
ation in which the dog was held in the
heroic ages of Greece. The old Persians,
too, held the dog in high esteem; to the
I Magians he was a sacred animal, the rep- I
| ri sentative and friend of Ormuzd the 1
i Beneficent, anil the great satraps were i
1 distinguished by their trains of hunting '
dogs, as was the King himself, and Xer
xes set out for the conquest of Greece
surrounded by a great body-guard of ,
| faithful dogs. Those most highly prized
! by the Persians came from India, so-call-
I ed probably from the Bactrian regions, I
where the dog is still held in high repute. 1
Captain Woods tells us that the old-sash- ;
ioned U.'beg would think it no insult tc
be asked to sell his wife, but would re- !
sent an offer for his dog as an unpardon
able affront, while among the border ,
tribes of Turkestan the epithet of the
dog-seller is one of the profoundest con
tempt. Indeed, the birthplace of na-
| tions is probably the original home of
I the dog, and when our Aryan ancestors
•began to migrate westward from their
1 ancient seats with their flocks and herds
they brought With them, no doubt, their
fi- ree and faithful dogs, who have left
tl ' ir descendants of to-day. the English
IBii'tiff, tl. Pyrenean sheep dog, the Al
banian wolf-hound. Ancient laws, too,
let rd the estimation in which the dog
■- hi Id: ‘ A herd dog that goes for
K sheep in the morning and follows
he.a home at night is worth the best
>X, say the ancient laws of W ales.
■ he best herd dogs of the present dav.
equips, are the Breton sheep dogs—
agh, shaggy, uncouth—with an aspect
lit ’hey had a little of the blood of
Bn in their veins, but highly valued
b®ieir possessors, who are not to be
into parting with them by any
tshttr under the price of the best ox; and
dog is one of the most saga
B of hi* kind, watching and tending
- ■ k with an almost incredible zeal
votion.
Setting Kill of Bill Collectors.
Awn—l’ve got an excellent plan for
• ti*. rid of bill colic.-tors.
Mn-Ha! That so?
<«>-1 havi Never fa '-.
44 Well, old fellow, you must let me
t»e secret, for I'm worried to death
BAVi-U, I've tried it * veral times of
•hi I find the man never c .-mcs back
ay, what do you do?
pay him.— Button Courier-
T.ADIES’ DEPABIMEXT.
XVonien’M Ingenuity.
We 'nave heard of several cilsM of fe
male ingenuity in aiding the escape of I
prisoners. Here is one. The criminals
ore handculled, and with their escort i
were awaiting the train which would j
' nvey them to the county jail. Sud
denly a woman rushed through the
crowd of spectators, and, with a shower
of tears cried out: “Kiss me good-bye, I
Ned.” Tile escort good-naturedly al- I
lowed the process of osculation to be ■
]>crform.sl and the sheriff smiled fcelinglv.
The woman passed a key from her own
to the prisoner's mouth, with which he
undid the “bracelets” and escaped while
the train was in motion.— Chamber?
Journal.
The I.atest Jevs-el.
The fashionable gem of the day in
Paris is the oudja. The oudj iis simply
a charm, the virtue of which lies in the
fact that it is as old as the pyramids.
The oudja is made of a delicate paral
lelogram of gold or silver, in which
>s seen an eye, elongated in form,
; from which falls a tear and divides into
smaller drops. It serves as an ornament
for charms, brooches, pins and especially
bracelets.
A strange and inexplicable symbol, the
1 oudja was, nevertheless, at once adopted
by people of taste and elegance. In
London it is creating a furor. —Jeweler?
Wckly.
Then and Now.
■‘The golden age of great Elizabeth”
appears but bare and poor when con
trasted with our own. Women-servants
were paid about three dollars a year, be
sides one dollar for clothing, and meat
and drink. Most of the gentry gave
their servants but one substantial meal
each day.
The houses of farmers and mechanics
were still, for the most part, huts, with
out chimneys; the smoke escaped by
doors and windows, after it had well
nigh blinded the inmates. Even the
great palaces, as the French ambassador
reported, were without carpets, “the
floors being strewed with rushes, which
remain for months, receiving mud, bones
and grease from the table, and filth of
every kind, until the stench and vermin
in these great houses are insupportable.”
The plague which raged in England in
those days was due to the uncleanly con
dition of the houses.
Strada gives an account of the wed
ding of the son of Archbishop Parker to
the daughter of the Bishop of Chiches
ter, which contrasts oddly with the
magnificence and cost of a marriage now
in wealthy families in the United States
“The bride had w ith her as dower a
gelding; for her apparel, ten pounds; of
her own stock, twelve pounds; and of
table-linen, one damask cloth and one
towel, two pillow-bears, two long
cushions, one silver salt and standing
cup, and, when they rode to visit her
mother, ten pounds in money.”
Napkins and tablecloths were seldom
used ; forks were almost unknown. Even
the dainty Lady Gray made her breakfast
on “swine-flesh and ale,” cutting and
tearing the meat by the aid of a knife
and her fingers.
Chanued Her Mind.
A southern lady tells this story in Har
per's Magazine: I was sitting on a train
about to leave Hichmond, Virginia, for
Petersburg, when a bridal party came on,
and one of the bridemaids occupied the
vacant seat by my side. The coach was
crowded, and her special escort could
net find a seat, but contented himself
by* standing in the aisle at her side, con
versing about the events of the day. It
became dark, and I closed the book I
had been reading, and leaned my head
on the window, and closed my eyes, sim
ply to rest them. Nothing was further
from my thoughts than to be an caves-
dropper, but so in the event I proved to
be; for in the darkening twilight the
absorbed couple, supposing me to be
asleep, settled into “love's Tow tone,”
each word of which struck upon mv ear
clear as a bell, for in his earnestness he
leaned on the back of the seat in front of
us, hi* face, as you can picture for your
self, forming with the lady's ear and
mine an equilateral triangle. In free
America, and on a public conveyance, I
did not think it necessary to remind
them of my presence. Presently he bent
closer, and w his[x-r-d : “Youmustknow
by this time what my attentions to you
mean. May I hope that 1 may claim vou
as mine?’’
After a little pause she said, “I am
very sorry, but I am afraid our paths
through life will have to diverge.”
lie expostulated, of course; then, heav
ing a deep sigh, walketl away.
The twilight deepened, and I still
rested my eyes. After a while the dis
consolate lover returned, and renewed
his suit, saying: “I have spent fifteen
wretched minutes. Can you give me no
hope ?”
Her voice in the gloaming sounded
like music to him, I have no doubt, as
she answered: “I have been thinking
over what I told you. No one knows
what will be in the future, and perhaps
our paths may converge.”
Just then the whistle blew for my sta
tion. and gathering up my possessions. I
was preparing to depart, when he ex-
I claimed, joyfully: “Do you get off h« e ?
I Allow me to help you with these." [
’ with shining eyes he took my satchel :, n ,|
parcels, and helped me off, even control
ling himself so far us to bow nape. tfui; T
as I left. 7
On looking back I could sec the laj.
in my seat by the window-, and the
py lover sitting by her side. The wlii..
blew, the train started, and—the curt rd
1 fell.
Ka.lilou Note..
Pale blue sateen has pinhead dots of
cardinal.
Birds and ornaments, but no flowers, h
the millinery mandate.
Hats and bonnets erf the same material
as the dress are in vogue.
White mahogany is the present msthet.
ic craze in bedroom furniture.
V-shaped necks filled in with lace ara
more popular than the square cut.
Wool canvas has colored embroidery
in floral and conventional designs.
Large checks for skirts and boys’ kilts
have solid colored bodices and waists.
Fringes in all colors are formed of
twisted strands of very- narrow fringe.
Quantities of Hamburg edging and in.
sertion will be used on Summer toilets.
Walls are more and more hung with
cretonne and satin in preference to paper.
Mousquataire gloves are more fashion
able than those which require buttoning
Dresses are more trimmed with other
materials in stripes than combined with
them.
Mohair trimmings have dots of tinsel
through the centre, and are edged with
tinsel.
Underclothing is now frequently made
of silk and is more elaborately trimmed
than ever.
Norfolk bodices will be again worn, as
well as postilion bodices which are short
on the hips.
Persian lawn is much in favor for white
Summer dresses; it is inexpensive, and
washes w-eil.
Zephyrs with “end and end” white
ground have threads of all colors running
through them.
Bunches of tinselled feather-tips are
much worn on the hair with evening
Summer toilets.
Zephyrs with dainty broken checks
and small plaids are designed for
children’s wear.
French percales are shown in beautiful
designs and colorings. They are in plain
and coral stripes and set figures.
Cloth of gold and silver on colored
ground, the “samite” of “ages long gone
by,” is made up in evening mantles.
Scotch zephyrs are of exceedingly soft
finish and delicate coloring. They are
to be had in Boman stripes, plaids and
checks.
Ginghams in blue, tan, brown, ecru
and cream, richly embroidered, form en
tire dresses, with vest, collars and cuffs
of velvet.
Sateens, with stripes of black alternat
ing with white mauve or pink, have a soft
I silken sheen. These stripes vary from
I an inch to a hair litre.
Some of the feather fans have a row
of birds sitting upon a telegraph wire
; painted on them. The contour of the
i birds’ heads is cut out at the top of the
i fan.
' Sateens, with dark brown ground,
h ive tiny catkins in shaded colors sprin-
■ kled over them; others, with dark
; ground, have Turkish figures in a variety
of colors.
Delicate gold necklaces are composed
of a single cord with festoons of cord
each caught up with a turquoise. From
the centre of each festoon depends a
small pear-shaped pearl.
Coffee-bean jewelry is one of the latest
of fashion’s fancies. Studs and sleeve
tinks are made of a single bean of ame
thyst. Brooches have the real polished
coffee bean as well as the amethystine set
amid leaves of gold. The cases of this
jewelry are of coffee sacking, tied at the
four corners.
Peculiar Penmanship.
It is no unusual thing for the men who
distribute the mails to find in a batch
half a dozen envelopes which look as if
some fowl just emerging from some dark
liquid had walked across them. The
writing of lawyers and men in public life
is the hardest the officials have to strug
gle with. They are so accustomed to
write in such haste that even in the di
rections of a letter they employ so many
abbreviations as to make the addre
almost unintelligible to any* but a skilled
postoffice official. Merchants and bank
ers also write very obscure addresses, but
they are by no means as bail as the law
yers and statesmen.
The worst fiend the decipherers have
to contend with is the funny young man
whose delicate sense of tasteful humor
leads him to discard such common things
as good English letters in the address of
notes to his lady friends. The letters in
some very frequently give place to sym
bols, such as are seen on advertising puz
zles, and very often the mail distributors
come across an envelope which bears
nothing but a group of pictures. — Phila
delphia Call.