GROWING OLD, The fairest lilies droop at eventide, The sweotest roses fall from off the stem; The rarest things of earth cannot abide, And we dre passing, too,away like them; We're growing old. ‘We had our dreams—those rosy dreams of youth; They faded, and "twas well. prime Hath brought us fuller hopes; and yet, for- sooth, We drop a tear now in this later time To think we're old. This after We smile at those poor fancies of the past— A saddened smile almost akin to pain; Those high desires, those purposes so vast, On, our poor hearts! they cannot come again; We're growing old. is, too; Old wine is best, maturest fruit most sweet; Much have we lost, mote gained, although "tis true We tread life's way with most uncertain foe ‘We move along, and scatter, as we pace, At last, with gray-streaked hair and hollow face, We step across the boundary of the land Where none are old. AN RT {HE WHITE PHANTOM. in the service of his Majesty George IIL, found himself, one dark and blus- tering night in antumn, riding toward London on the old York road. He had supped with a friend who lived at a village some distance off the road, damp, and the heavy, olonds threatened every moment to pour down their contents. A good horseman cares as much for the com- fort of his steed as for his own case, To add to the discomfort of the evening waymen; but Major Hill felt no uneasi- ness on that scoro, as, just before leav- ing his friend's honse, he had examined his holster + tols, and freshly primed them, A lru:sh with a highwayman would enhance the romance of a night journey. The Major's horse began to give un- ling once or twice, and recovering him- self with difficulty. road. beside a one-story cottage. with the butt of his whip. mons brought a sleepy cotter to the door, “My good friend,” said the Major, next inn?” “Eh? It be about zeven mile, zur,” was the answer, in the broad Yorkshire dialect of the distnet. ‘Seven miles!” in a tone of deep disappomiment; *‘and my horse is already blown! and give me a bed? I will pay you liverally for your trouble,” tic. I be nanght There be poa place to put the nag in, and there be only one room and one bed in the cot,” “What shall 1 do?” cried the Major, at his wit's end, “I'll tell "ee, zur,” smd the rustic, “There be a voine large house on the road, about a moile varther on, “Say no more,” cried the Major, have beard of this hospitable gentle. man, and his baviog been in the army gre’s a crown for your information, my good friend.” The Msjor rode off, feal ng an exhila- ration of spirits which soon communi. brass knocker till a servant in livery made his appearance, jor. said a venerable gentleman, making his appearance at the hall door, “] am a benighted traveler, sir,” said the Major, touching his hat, ‘‘and tality. night?” *“I cannot promise you a bed, sir,” said the host, “for I have but one spare bed in the house, and that happens to be in a room that does uot enjoy a very pleasing reputation. In ehort, sir, one room of my house is haunted, and that is the only one, unfortunately, that I ony Jina at your disposal to-night,” “My dear sir,” said the Major, springing from his borse and tossing the bridle to the servant, *‘you enchant me beyord expression! A haunted chamber! The very thing-—and I, who have never seen a ghost! What Inok!” The Colonel shook his head gravely, “1 never knew a man,” he said, ‘to pass n night in that chamber without regretting it.” Major Hill laughed as he took his pistols from the ter . “With said, *'1 fear these friends of mine,” he Colonel Lawrence showed his guest Can you give me a bed for the neither ghost nor demon.” toward = charming danghter of the w ho finced the table with her ever, ’ he thought, had he seen so beautiful 80 modest and so fady-like a creature; snd she, in turn, seemed savorably improssed with the obi fini, frank manners of their mi of twenty, the like to retire. Major Hill promptly replied in the aflirmative, lt} the old gentleman, tak- ing up a silver candlestick, ceremo- mously marshaled his guest to a large, old-fashioned room. A comfortable bed invited to repose; an oheerful fire was blazing on the hearth, and everything was cozy and quiet. The Majur looked around him with a sigh of satisfaction, “I am deeply indebted to you, Uolo- nel,” said he, “for affording me such comfortable quarters. I shall sleep hike a top.” +1 am afraid not,” answered the Ool- onel, with a grave shake of the head. “I never know a guest of mine to pass a quiet night in this chamber.” “‘] shall prove an exception,” said the Major, smiling. “But I must make one remark,” he added, seriously, “It is ill sporting with the feelings of a sol- dier; and should apy of your servants attempt to play tricks upon me, they shall have cause to repent it.” And he laid his heavy pistols on the “My servants, Major Hill,” said the | old gentleman, with an air of offended dignity, ‘are too well drilled to dare attempt any tricks upon my guests. Good night, Major.” “Good night, Colonel.” The door closed. Major Hill locked | it, Beside the door opening ialo the entry, there was apolher leading to some other room, There was no lock upon the second door, but a heavy table placed across completely barricaded it, He threw himself into an arm-chair before the fire, and amused himself with building castles in the air, and musing on the attractions of the fair Laura, the host's daughter, He was noise Glancing in the Quick as thought be caught up a pistol and challenged the There was no reply—but the door eontinued to open and the table to At last there glided into ii white, At the first glance the blood cardled recoguized the daughter of the host, very evident that she was asleep, Here was the mystery of the White Phantom solved at once, The young girl walked to the fire-place and seated herself in had just risen, She raised her left hand, and gazing on a besutifal ring that adorned one of her white taper fingers, pressed it re- She then sank | of repose, her arms : i i i into an attitude The Majer approsched her and stole | the ring from her finger, His action | disturbed, but did not awaken her. She | after groping hope'essiy for it, rose and | glided through the doorway as silently | as she had entered. She had no sooner | retired than the Major replaced the | table, and drawing a heavy clothes press against it, effectually guarded This done, he threw nimself upon the bed, and slept soundly till a Iste hour of the morning, After performing “Well, Major, and how did you pass “Famously,” replied Hill, ‘I slept like a top, as I told you I should.” ‘“I'nen, thank heaven, the spell is | the White Yhantom has vanished, “By no means,” said the Major, smil- ing; “the White Phantom paid me a | the honor,” “A token!” ex:aimed the father and | “Yes, my friends, and here if is" | And the Major handed the ring fo the | old gentleman, i “What's the meaning of this, Lanra?” | exclaimed the Colonel. “This ring 1 Laura uttered a faint ory, and tatoed | “The mystery is easily explained,” “The young lady is a sieep-walker. She came into my room before I had retired, utterly nneon- scious of her actions, [ took the ring from her hand, that I might be able to convince you and her of the reality of what I had witnessed, The Major's business was not press. ing, and he ready yielded to the Colo- nel's urgent request to pass a few days with him. Their mutual liking in- creased upon better acquaintance, and in a few weeks the White Phantom's ring, inscribed with the names of Mer. ritt Hill and Laura Lawrence, served a a sacred symbol of their union for ile. The Meaning of Sealing Wax, As many of our readers well know, it is the fashion now to seal letters with waX instead of the ordinary mucilage. But that the color of the wax possesses a significance of itself is not so generally known. The ordinary red wax signifies business, aud is supposed to be used only for business letters, Black is, of course, used for mourning and condo- lence, Blue means love, and in the four or five tints of this color, each stage of the tender can be accu rately portrayed. hen pink is used congratulation is intended. An invita- tion to a wedding or other festivity is colors are supposed oo y flieti ow conflictin emotions, : Money and in Debt. Storrs enjoyed an income of $25,000 to $30,000 & year, sarnod at the Pleasures of Walking, We have people amongst us who sonsider walking to be vulgar, and who imagine that they would lose their dignity if they left their oarri- age. They do not object to be driven through a country, either in diligence or coach and pair, and have the scen- ery served up to them, like fresh vari- eties on a fete day, or new paintings in this season's exhibitions; but to ask them to tread the same quartz-grit on the hard highway which the common tramp claims freedom of, is to offer them an indignity which their lofty souls resent, After all, if we are not mistaken, the free, unfettered trap, if he has anything like an observant spirit, has the best of it. He can make levies on all nature, For him the sun- shine has a greater joy, aud the moon in the falling twilight a less cold smile, The jolly miller can give him the merry laugh and the frankest hos- pitality; while the grandee is permitted to roll past in his oarrisge without having tasted such Arcadian sweets, For him is the flower-fringed by-path tiie moss-wreathed wayside well. “The plonghboy’s whistle and the milkmaid’s song” are his by prescriptive right, avd if he can bear with him a pure reverence for the Giver of all good, we think that he is happier than his richer neighbor, who dare not go afoot, No one looks so kindly and so lov- ingly on nature as he who walks, A long stretch ‘n the open country, in the face of the bugle-breezes of morn, in the full glory of noonday, or in the tender, fading lustre and sacred shadows of twilight, is a» human ex. perience that tends ulike to bestow physical strength and intellectu:l power and joy. The man who walks abroad with a keen eye and a recep- tive soul will get in one day more of the beauties of nature in all their rounded perfection—in eolor, in tint, and fn sound—than he could obtain by the study of books through many =a silent and thoughtful might, No matter what the season ol nature, and grace. And what for Beo-Huntiog in Australis. In Australia, the native adopts a very scullar plan for discovering wild honey. fe knows that bees never wander very far from home, seldom more than two miles; and he also knows that when a bee is laden with Loney it makes as nearly as possible, a straight line for home. All that is necessary, then, 18 to find a bee that is well laden and follow it. But that is more easily said than done. Any boy who has tried to follow the big and gray-colored bumble-bee to its nest knows how great a task it is. But that is a mere trifle to following the sober little honey-bee, which can be lout like a dream, against a gray-colo hill-side, In order to be followed, the bee must have a distinguishing mark that can be easily seen, and with such a badge, the Australian provides it. He gums a small tuft of white cotton to the bee's back, and thus follows 1t with compara- tive ease, But the question now comes up, how is the cotton to be put upon the bee's back? The gum 18 quickly found—it is on almost any tree; the cotton grows right at hand. The bee, too, 1s found in almost any sweet flower, buried head first in the dusty pollen, drinking in the nectar and showing quite plainly whether its honey-sac 18 full or empty. it moves a little in its eager haste to secure the delicious liquid, but perhaps a quick dab will fasten the cotton on its back.—Do not try it. As the little boy told his mother, the bee isa very ‘quick kicker.” Wateh the Australian,—and he Is a very stupid fellow, too, in most things, He fills his mouth with water, has his snowy tuft of cotton ready gummed, finds his bee, gently drenches it with water epurted from his mouth, picks it {1self free from the water which clogs its wings, and with a dexterous touch he affixes in an instant the tell-tale cot- ton. Very much out of patience no doubt, with the sudden and unexpected rain. | storm, the bee rubs off tiny drops from its wings, tries them, rubs again, and soon-—-buzz! buzz! away il goes un- lage to its happy home. — — I Arabs Untehing Sharks as Lden, ——————— Western sky all ruddy sod aglow like molten ore, and the solemn pine-trecs twilight eoming from the east, bringing Do you think that the term ‘‘friendly” 1s ont of place with reference to the stars? 1 hope not. How those glori- ous lights look down upon us with lin- gering, loving lustre from the midnight skies! angel's eye gazing on us with watchful gare, And, ss we mark the counstelia- tions, and learn of their slow, silent march across the dark, solemn dome of heaven, we learn unconsciously to give them a personality, and treat them as friends, There is Orion, in his massive world like a sentinel from above, ma- jestio, solemn, awfal-—a constellation through countless ages, Then there are the Pleiades, those sweet seven sisters of the heavens, whose pulsating rays compass every color of the rain. bow as they exist in the heavens, iiss Butchers’ Brown Paper. The Sheriff of Columbia couunly, N, Y., owns a large straw paper mill near Chatham Four Corners, It is a long, large building, built selidly of stone in several sections, The men who built it intended it for the manufacture of paper bags, and filled it with the most expen- sive machinery. They invested over £100,000, and borrowed large sums of money from various banks io the neigh- borhood. Then it was found that the bags wouldn't stick together, and the will failed, and some of the banks failed with ft. Much of the machinery was afterward sold, but a part remains to show its former glory. ‘I'he Sheriff has far more room than he needs, aithough his mill turns out a car load of paper a da There are several other mills of the kind in the county, snd they prove & poor pay in summer aod to work at all on the farms in winter. During cold weather they are busy in the mills and leave them when the spring planting begins, The straw paper is made from rye straw, for which the farmers get about 815 a ton. The straw is thrown into a great vat, where it is mixed with lime and covered with water, It is there boiled tor twenty-four hours by steam heat, until all the stiffness is taken out of it. It is now thrown into a eylinder with wire sides and long iron teeth projecting on the inside, This revolves with great rapidity and throws off most of the water from the straw by centri. fugal force, ‘The damp, soft straw is then placed in » vat and covered with water. In this vat are rollers fitted with knives, which out the straw into very fine pieces. The comminuted straw or pulp is then pum into a large stor- age vat, from which it is run ioto a in which a wire eylinder re. volves. A suction pump draws the pulp againet the wire, and it forme a thin coating on it. This is carried off by felt belting, and passes between rollers which squeeze out the water, and other rollers which polish it, It ia then straw paper. It is used by butchers in wrapping up meat, IOI OI. wind as a Fertilizer, : : Jit ih The way the Arabs catch sharks is very curious and interesting, and is somewhat similar to playing a heavy salmon only no rod is used, | kind, usually a piece bf shark too rancid, | small and very slackly spun, is wound act as a sinker, and the other end is | asa float. When a shark takes the bait | sink it for any length of time, and the | fisherman then sets off after him in their | canoe, and when they get hold of the | actually drowned. The shark that was now on the hook was proving a tartar, and before the | was playing him was eapsized, and the | half | thrown into the water. | every nerve to save the swimmers from | few minutes the men were picked up { and thelr canoe righted. The English- | men, like all their nation, fond of | sport, next went after the float, which | could be seen being towed hither and ! thither as the shark tried to free itself from the incumbrance, but the Arabs, when they saw their intention, shouted and gesticulated to prevent them from doing so, and the second canoe put off | from the dhow to assist in playing the | shark With some little trouble the line was secured, and after about two hours’ hard work, during which Johnny Shark | several times nearly mastered his cap- tors, he was at length killed and drag- ged upon the rocks, where the English, as be was such & huge monster, had the thirty-three feet ten inches, This was the largest shark they had ever seen, though both boats had had oars dashed at by the ravenous brutes, and on one occasion the same whaler, when board- ing a dhow at night from the ship, had her rudder carried away by one, Home Sweel Home, el HAS SD During the eatly part of this summer Charles King, living near Clinton, dis- covered that his father, whom he had not seen or heard from for more than thirty-five years, was living in Tennes- soe at a point not far distent from Nash- ville, The elder King had at one time lived in Western Ounio, and some thirty- ’ after a family quarrel, and was never heard from until his son, a short ime ago discovered his whereabouts from a neion report and wrote to him, The ather, being convinced that the corre- spondent was really his own son, sent for the latter with his {amily to come a farm that Le FASHION NOTES, ~ Bonnets seem to have reached their greatest height, for this season at least, — Braids, galloons and strings of big beads are the favorite dress trimmings, ~Shirt fronts are plain, and are made of three and four thicknesses of linen, —Jet and other bead embroideries are worn to excess bere and on other eide, ~Tan-colored undressed are worn by fashionable men us well as worien, ~Skirts tunics and polonaises are all made with plaits or gathers at the waist line, — Arabian Moorish snd Egyphian household fancies are all the rage for London interiors, ~Linen collars of the all-round type are being worn once more by English women; and I notice with the high straight collars now worn, attached to the dress, a band of lace is usually placed turning down over it, the linen collar showing above; the same at the wrist. ~The fashion of stripes has even €x- tended to black materials of ure, and though patierns ol Spots, elc., are still to be seen, stripes predominate, Black woolen ecauvas sinffs are ex- tremely serveicable, and when trimmed with silk or woolen lace make proty dresses for walking or making calls in a quiet way. —A striking coaching-dress is com- posed of black canvas over orange silk | striped with tilleul color, the pale gray- | fasten the folds of the dress here and | there; another knot upon the dainty i little black lace bonnet, and a few more | adorn the sunshade. | Some very stylish dresses have been { made of woolen lace entively, lined with | electric-blue surah, tnisbed with a | broad, soft electric-blue sash, arranged as drapery, with a mixture of lace. The bonnet and a small visite are mall to match, but the bonnet is fancy Tuscan | straw, lined with silk and | with an electric-blue aigretie, ~The most fashionable cloth aresses | are made with vest and several rows of | narrow gold cord or flat braiding, or are | gold embroidered to simulate vest, | cuffs and high collar, and sometimes in | designs also round or pyramidal upon | the lower front of the skirt, which laid in clustered plaits, and bas hip and | back drapery closely laid and moderate { in Bize, is {ecard all drapery from the overdresses of cloth and wool or silk costumés in | tended for the promenade, and instead {to have the overdress or polonaise as long as the underskirt. These dresses have the appearance of one skirt and a jacket, and will be becoming to short large or slender wolnen. —A handsome visiting toilet is of bronze French moire, covered with a | tunic of crape of the same color dotted { with gold; this tunic comes down in | straight panels, between which showed French moire has a narrow pleated | plastron of the dotled crape, epaulets and a belt of velvet. The bonnet is a Papillon capote, peaked high up in front, of bronze and gold tulle, lined with pale blue velvetand trimmed with bop blossoms and foliage. — Another toilet is of maroon faille, | covered with fine pale buf crepon, fall | ing loose, with a very wide sash of ma- roon moire at the side, A short Span- | with brown beads; it opens over a plea {ted vest of the crepon. Capote of fine | puff straw, lined with maroon velvet an enormous cluster of roses and brown § {over from London, invoiced the | “Norpa' It rolls up ina small compass, | and buttons on the front ot the saddle, { where it is to be held in place by small | straps, When wanted it is easily un- | buckled, and, opening out wide, covers the knees and the off-side of the saddle | far enough to conduct the raindrops | downward, instead of allowing them to soak into the leather. It is fastened | over the knees by three wide hooks, one of which attaches to a button of | the habit, while the other two are fast | ened to buttons placed for them on { each side of the jacket, thus forming an effectual protection to the knees in a rain, ~ For the most dressy costumes repped silk takes the place of cloth in combina- tion with velvet or with pluth, The soft faille francaise, Bengaling and rich velountines are the heavily ribbed silks that are now preferred to satin as parts of the intricate combinations with vel- vet, plush, fur, Jace, embroidery and beading arranged by Ingenious Paris modistes, No two of these are alike, and no rule applies to their general make-up, except the tendency to straight, long, yet graceful effects, with fewer flounces and less of the patchy look seen formerly in combination dres- ses, The fancy is retained for plain fabrics for the waist and res for the lower skirt; for instance, black repped silk is used for a basque, festooned apron and black d with a skirt of black velvet that small gold-col- ored crescents of satin sunk in its close black pile, The basque is curved a OE Tore hos ova ; ure of jet and gilt beads on the curved front of ¥he plaque. There are also cashe velvets used for all the vis. ible Pht of the skirt fron pe tmssam———_L HORSE NOTES. —Milton Young's race-horses are in poor condition compared with their early spring form, —~W. L. Beott’s runners, with the exception of Charity and East Lynne, have been sent home to Erie, —A, J. Cassatt has sold the 3-year. ~-1t 18 reported that Mr, Lorillard has changed Walter H.'s name to Gore don, after Mr, Skipworth [ordon, of Baltimore, —P, Lorillard paid $3500 for the 3. year-old brother to Glenmore at Sheeps. head Bay, Sept. 21st. The figures were £1500 over hus entered selling price. —R. Porter Ashe, the owner of Alta, the victor in the special stakes for 3- year-olds, at Sheepshead Bay, is sald 9 have won $12,000 from ihe book. makers, — William Bedford, the white-halred owner and driver of Sorrel Dan and Eddie D,, the pacers, was killed af j g Evansville, Ind., on bept. 20th, by a vicious bull, | —James Murphy, Superintendent of | the Lexington (Ky.) Race Course, | Thomas Smith and William McNamara have been ruled off the turf for life for defying the judges. —The Clingstone-Majolica race holds fire. Mr, Gordon says the purse must not be less than $3000, while Mr. Strauss is satisfied with the New York Driving {| Club's offer of the net receipts. ~JIt is pretty well understood that Drake Carter will not be seen again during the present season, The old | gelding is quite lame and has given his | trainer considerable trouble for some | time past, —Frank Harper, Nautura farm, Woodford county, Ky., has sold to P., Corrigan, of Kansas City, Mo,, the 2. | year-old bay colt Freeknight, by Ten. | broeck, dam Belle Knight, by Knight- | hood, for $5000, —The white pacing mare Lady Eig, 2.244, was drowned, August 2740n the | farm of J. W. Givin, near Des Moines, { Ja. Jady Elgin was a game impare in | her day, and was well known to Western | horsemen, | Miss Woodford struck herself | slightly at the finish of the second heat of the Long Island stakes, Nothing definite is yet setiled concerning the proposed match between Miss Woodford and Modesty. | 3 — Mr. Frank Siddall, of Philadelphia, has purchased the pacing horses, West- | mount and Lorene, from J. M. Hill, | the Chicago theater manager, now in | New York, A check for a good round { sum changed hands. Westmount has a | record in double harness of 2.014, and | Lorene has paced a quarter of a mile in | private in 0.314. | -—Messrs. Morris and Patton have { dissolved their partnership in horses by | mutual consent. Mr, G. B. Morris | gets Bersan, Favor, Whizgig and Bon. inje E. Mr. Patton gets Fresman, | Tenstone, Gold Flea and the brood | mare, Gold Bug, and her yearling and suckling colts, both by Ten Broeck, | Mr. Patton, it is said, will not race, but | confine his attention to breeding. He owns the stallion Duke of Kent, by Jonnie Scotland, and some fine brood mares, Mr. Morris will not go West, but will race his stable at Jerome Park, | Baltimore, and Washington. The Rancocas Stable purchased from D. O'Cannor, after his victory in | the Adieu Stakes, the 2-year-old bay icolt Walter H. for $10,000. It is doubtful if there is any coll of his age | superior to hum. He is possessed of a | fine turn of speed, has shown his ability |to carry weight, go a distance and travel well in heavy going. He is by | Voltigeur, dam Beware, by imp Billet, | —Free Knight, the full brother of | Freeman, and a half-brother to the Freeland, made his maiden effort on the turf at Lexington, in the Clark Stakes for 2-year-old colts, The race was taken by the favorite, O"Falio who got off in front, and, being we ridden by Wethers, he won quite cleverly. Free Knight, however, beat all the others, finishing a good second. At Sheepshead Bay, on the 1 there was an immense attendance; the weather was fine and the track fast, The third race was the great Long Island sweepstakes for all ages,of $250 each, with §2,500 added; $2,000 to the first and $500 to the second, to which is added the Woodlawn | presented by the Dwyer Brothers, Brooklyn, to become the property of the subscriber winning. the race two years in succession; two mile heats, | Starters: Caramel, Miss Woodford, and | Binette. First Heat—Carame! got a | start of two lengths, Binette | second a half length in advance | Miss Woodford, Caramel, in the | stretch, imereased his lead to four { lengths, Binette being now a {and a balf in advance of Miss Wood. | ford. Passing the stand on the {round all were running easily, Binette leading by one and one-half lengths, Caramel second, about a length ahead of Miss Woodford, which was gies Hi k FH
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