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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.