The Old Log Church. On oiden walls, in memory’s halls, With roses "round it clinging; A picture rare, of antique alr, The old log church is swinging. Of timbers rough, and gnarled and tough, 1t stands in rustic beauty; A monument to good intent And loyal, Christian duty. The forest trees, kissed by the breeze Of early autumn weather, Stand grimly by, and seem to sigh And bend their boughs together. They seem to feel that woodman's steel Will come to end their glory, And whisper low, and soft and slow, Among their leaves, the story. Iown by the mill, and up the hill, And through the hazel thicket, And o'er the mead, brown pathways lead Upto the rustic wicket. And by these ways, on holy days, The village folks collected, And humbly heard the Bacred Word And worshipped unaffected. Sweet Fancy’s art, and poet's heart Gan see the old-time preacher And village sage, now turn the page, Asminister. or teacher, For in the church, with dreaded birch, On week days he presided, In awfal mien, a tutor seen, “Pwixt lore and licks divided. But where it stood in dappled wood A city sprung to life, And jolly noise of barefoot boys Is lost in business’ strife, With years grown, Are launched on life's mad billows, The pretty maid is matron staid, The master’s "neath the willows. AT TRISTE IR THE BRAVEST AND TRUEST. now flown, the children, ‘1 declare 1 feel as Light as a bird,” Stella Markham observed, as she stood before the mirror, combing out her soft brown tior ling as cnampagne. England lisaoreeableness. Here it is simply the on of weather. 2 visit to her uncle—General commanding the y a month before, garrison er. 15in Nora sat at the ut upon the same view, with 3 much admiration, but hardly same amount of enthusiasm, for she had been nearly two years in Montreal, and the novelty was of course worn off in her case. ‘Oh, I don’t know!” she said, with a covert smile of deep significance. *‘If one had two lovers always in attend. ance, 1 suppose even a desert might be made tolerable.” A dead silence fell the upon head, wondering what had staried No- ra on the war path, but venturing no remnark until her cousin said, with ab- rupt emphasis “What do you suppose end of all this, Stella?” “Of what pray? Put it in plain Eng- lish.”’ “You know perfectly well what mean, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself. You have no right to trifle with such men as Alan Douglas and Major Valeour.” “My dear Nora, 3 are, exception, the most absurdly inconsist- ent person of my acquaintance.” “1 do not deny that 1 have had var:- ous hittle affairs tn my time, but never carried a flirtation beyond my bounds, as you have done.” “Indeed!” “I am really in earnest, Stella. I re- fuse to be a party to any such perform ance; and if this sort of thing is to con- tinue, 1 shall leave you to end the affair as you see fit.” “Dear mel! what a fuss about noth- ing. I don’t think they intend to mur- der each other just ye .»’ ‘Perhaps not; but you know they both love you devotedly, and why do you keep them bovering around? You can’t marry them both, and I doubt very much whether you intend to mar- ry either.” “I don’t know that I do,” swered, but the color in deepened somewhat, and she did not meet her cousin's questioning glance. “Then you are worse than 1 thought will be thi You wrath. *‘I never would have believed Stella, girl to act as you have done! 1t’s what I call contemptible!’ “Is it, thoughr" she answered witha little embarrassed laugh. “Don’t get in such a rage with me, Nora, It isn't my fault that I can’t make up my mind. I am sure I would be perfectly willing to obi ge you by marrying one of the gentlemen, bul I can't for the life of me, find out which one to pre- fer.” “You had better not have either if you've any doubt about it,” Nora said bluntly. “Now you are going back to what you said before,” “I wish you would have done with this trifling.” “Nothing was farther from my thoughts,’’ Stella answered so gravely that Nora said, in quite a different tone: “*Yon are not in love with sither of them, then?” “ful don’t think I am. I believe I like Al—Mr. Douglas best; but the Valeour fortune and family arms quite balance my preference. Bo you see | am in a dilemma. Ah, there they are now. We had better put on our things before we go down stairs, hadn't we? What a very great swell Major Val. cour’s coachman is. It's a handsome slsigh, too. Nora went to the wardrobe aud got out her hat and furs, Asshe put them on, preparatory to a ride with Ler cou- sin’s rival suitors, she vented her fee ing’s in the bref remark that Stella was the queerest girl she bad ever met. The pentlamen were walling for them in the sleigh at the front door, and i was not long Lef re the robes were wrapped nbout them, and they were oil out of the quaint old town. It was a clear, breezy day, but not too cold for pleasure, and the ice boats ~those swift winged sleighs so common on the Canadian rivers in Winler--were skimming over the frozzen surface of the water like beautiful white gulls. To see those dainty little vessels, mounted on runners, cutting along over the ice gt a rate of G0 miles an hour, thrilledvStella’s venturesome soul with envy. “Oh, 1 would give anything in the world for a ride on one of those boats,”’ she cried with girlish extravagance, and her sparkling eyes followed the graceful movements of the trim little ice fleet. “Have you never ridden in one?” Eugene Valcour asked in surprise. “No; but I have always wanted to, I should think it would be perfectly de- Lightful.” “It is,”” Vealecour answered. We have a boat, Miss Markham, If you } {ce boatingds very dangerous sport,”’ Alan Douglas observed sententiously. You may divesinto a air hole or capsize at any moment.” “So they say,” Vancour answered carelessly, ‘“but I've been out cn the river scores of times and have never met with a single accident. It’s all in the management of the boat, I wouldn’t be afraid to take half a dozen of people in the Victorine.* “That a man has escaped a hundred times is no indemnity against possible accidents,” Douglas said tersely, *‘1 would not care to take any one with me in the Victorine—certainly not a lady.” “Oh, I wouldn't be a bit afraid!” Stella cried. me! I am dyingo go!” he said, laughingly; “only wou must in case anything dreadful happens you.” Alan Douglas’ face was overspread with a sudden pallor. hope you have no serious thought of doing anything so foolhardy.” The eolor rushed to Valcour’s face es emitted an angry spark. at Miss Markham's servi shortly. *‘I shall take her o. 1 ’ . danger, it will only ade would like it wouldn't you, Nora?" her cousin answered . “I would rather be excused,’ “What! are you afraid too?’ Stell exclaimed with an accent that brought a resentful flush to Alan's face, as well have called bh ly L do Stella cried, 18 any real to my enjoyment. 1 [thing thanks?’ “Certain are She might coward. “Whether Markham,” itn a we are afraid or not, Miss he said with quick, cutting you that ice boating is not a suitable In the first place the to lie down flat in the stern. There are no seats, no cushions, nothing--in fact there are only the barest ribs of timber to hold on by. discredit to herself,” “What do you mean to insinuate, “I insinuate nothing.” Douglas re. equivoecation. Then he . ve 3s % & " sents Pp ere, please! obliged to leave yon. Ladies, 1 am Good morning, “Driveon!" Valcour cried as he mut- of the sleigh, and, lifting his bat, began to retrace the road back to Montreal, “Well, of all the pretty exhibitions 1 ever did see!” look of secorr “He was afraid we'd ask him to join us,”’ whispered Valcour, “He needn't have disturbed himself." “The idea of a man of his age being of Alan Douglas with a different feel- “You will take me, won't you, Ma- jor Valcour?'’ Stella asked coquettishly, To which Valcour of course replied that he would “We might go this afternoon,’ he said refiectively, the ice looks pretty sound and there's a fine breeze blow- ing.” “Yes, yes! dolet us go this after- And so it was arranged. yacht, lay just off the landing. Val- come pretty near the truth, They had met him on their way down slightest of forma’ salutes, *'Is there no one else going with us?” cour tucked the rgbes about her, and seated himself in a™hall rechning pos. ture at her side, “No,” he answered with a smile, “I can manage the boat myself, and the Victorine is 80 small there is hardly room for more. Besides,”’ he added, in a lower and more lender tone, *“*would not another person be. detrop?’’ You are not afraid to trust yourself with me?” “Oh nol” Stslla answered, with a heightened color, Then thes sulle Suughl the wind mit went w ng by, and away 4 over She smooth, glittering Se of the ice, Lyng in the stern of the boat, Stella looked up at the clear blue sky, and out at the snow clad mountains, which ror tao pa pio de. very o : ayes u appeared to vanish as if by magic, The boat seemed to skim the alr, ao BR east bank of w on the river was left far4in the rear, The wind fluttered Stelia’s hair, and Nghe ees ot Or parkied Rion wih a 3 en- joyment, and Ror airly bubbled to the Vietorine circled and tacked in a lively breeze, ‘““There is another boat making this way,” Valcour observed. **It must be a poor sailor. Withonly one man in it, it ought to have passed us long ago.”’ Stella watched it for awhile, and then lay back in the stern of the Victorine with her eyes closed. “She is catching up with us,” Val- cour exclaimed presently; but Stella was not the least bit interested in the chase, “I feel as if'Y were drifting away into dreamland somewhere,” she sald, and then she felt & strong hand held softy over her own, This brought her to her senses; she openened her eyes with a start and found Eugene Valcour looking down at her with an expression she could not mistake. “1 wished we could go drifting on this way forever,” he sa:d passionately, “you and I, darling.” For a moment his hold on the rudder had relaxed, and he forgot that constant vigilance was required of him, “Look out!’”’ was the clear ringing shout that came from the boat in the rear, but it came too late, The Victorine had borne down upon one of those treacherous air holes, Ih an mstant she had capsized, and botn Stella and Valeour were struggling in the water, A cold and frightful plunge was all that she remembered till hours had passed, and she found herself lying In temples with alchohol. “Thank Godl” Nora cried fervently, “Tell Mr. Douglas she 1s safe.” “Where is Mr. Valcour?’' Stella ask- Nora's face flushed indignantly, **At home!’ she answered shortly. behaved drown aod tried to save himself, If it hadn’t been for Douglas you would not os Did Alan save my life?’ Stella ask- d, tremulously. **Yes. Oh, he has acted like a hero lay saw you sel out, and fell your safety that and followed you, t hand when the ucei- ing to when came s LO face, you,’ she said holding her hands to him, *I owe you my life, Mr. Douglas.” “You owe me nothing, sed, hastily, “You make it very hard for me,’ 1, looking down. **If I may not offer you my life in payment for a debt, will you accept it as a gift?” He looked at her incredulously for a moment, and then he caught with passionate eagerness, “Stella,” he cried, “y that, after all" “1 have made up my mind to marry you,”' she answered shyly. then: say just she met he interpo- ’ i cannot mean said, with a sudden revulsion of feeling: *‘this is gratitude.” “No Alan,” she whispered, nestling } Won't you believe me when 1 tell you 80? [I think I ought to know.” “How can I twlieve vou?" § Beart, “my is 100 good to be truel” you such injustice,” *ean you life, my love, it “I have done ever forgive me?” “1 can forgive you now,” he answer- ed rapturously. And so their peace was made, It was a ried that Nora came to make them a visit in England. Mention of Majo Valcour's name paved the way to a {ree discussion of the foregoing episode, **I think,” Stella then remarked, with s—R io ——— One Horse Detectives. A young man whose cow hide boots ing to know all about it. cial, “Out in the country, but there is no hay seed in my hair. 1 know my gait.” “You have been over the grounds of y ’ J] “Every inch.” ‘*And your theory is that?" “My theory Is my own. I can lay “You can! And of course you wilip” “Perhaps. What is the reward?” “Five hundred dollars,” ““Humph! Can’t do it—couldn’t think of it.” “Supovose it was made $1,000?" H¥No use—no use, I'm no one horse “How much do you want to bring “Fifty thousand dollars, and not one penny less! Some folks may be obliged to work for nothing, but that's not my fix." “You must be crazy!” exclaimed the offic ial. “All right—all right! I know my gait! Fifty thousand dollars brings ‘em but no less, 1’m no cheap hired man of a detective.” “Well, we don’t want you » “Exactly, If you don't want me I don’t want you. I merely thought I'd walk in and tell you what coutid be done, and who was the man to do it.” “1 don’t believe you know anything about ft” “Just so! Jealousy exists in the minds of all. Fifty thousand dollars cash down and I turn up the mu Good-bye —1'm off after seven horse thieves, three bank robbers and a gang of counterfeiters,” An extensive copper region is known to exist in Texas, running westward of Red River, from the line of the Indian Territory, through several counties, The ore is found principally in shallow pockets, and averages about 64 to 65 per cent, of metallic copper. IN THE SEA'S ABYSMAL DEPTHS. A Walk Amid Coral Groves; Shelly Forms Found in Deep Sea Mud; Low Life. The results of deep sea dredging tend to show that the ocean bottom, which has been supposed to be in absolute darkness, 18 lighted by brilliant phos. phorescence, 1 believe if we could find ourselves upon the bed of the sea in 2,- 000 fathoms, we should see brilliant white lights, casting intense shadows, illuminating the bottom in an effectual manner, The groves of coral would shine with this light, shrimp and fishes woud dart about, spectre like, over an illuminated pathway, each carrying his own lamp, and the whole ground would be one glow of phosphorescent light. The bottom animals bave eyes and thing that is certain is th there is practically no glimmer of sunlight in these abysmal depths; and unless we admit that there is some such light as 1 have mentioned, the presence of eyes can not be explained. Certain animals retain a phosphorescent luster even after being brought to the surface, and it seems but natural to conclude that in this way the ocean bottom is lighted. The dredge comes up laden with its precious load of deep sea treasures, and the enthumastic naturalists crowd around to explore the contents, Mixed up in a mass of mud are brilliant red starfishes, deep purple sea pods, delicate pink sea anemones, pure white holothu. rians, and ugly black fishes, all peculiar in many respects. While the naturalists are busy getting the animals ready for us to see, let us take a bit of the mud mito the laboratory and examine it through the microscope, It will be found to be composed of countless nums- Foraminifera. They are usually coms carbonate of ala - % iy also, and in P EE 3 of ail ale Hcious species are smooth and glossy as the best glazed chinaware, showing beautiful concen tric rings of different hues, while others ich description, I'S are the Lt beautiful shy Stall pth 1 G8 OL DiBK ” nt in color a most de them presser late brown. s find shaped, 3 and in masses of k colied, Crown uyal, bes upon lobes, These beautiful shelly forms are allied leaves, They are one- celled and simple, animal life, yet capable of these regular and perfect shells, These are the creatures the English chalk cliffs, Moreover, they are at this moment falling from the surface of the sea in a continual shower upon the great ocean abysses, in conjunction with the yers of clayey mud, an oozy, produce great stratas of chalk. being without any organ, yet capable of performing all the necessary duties of life. They can move without muscles, eat without a mouth, digest without a stomach, and feel without nerves, to move they send out be any part of the elastic cell wall, and then body actually begios to flow into its foot, If the foot digestible object another the surround the object, join together, and the object within. The ease with which It is In these animals tem- seen like magic. As we go higher these become fixed permanent organs, and the while other definite parts Here is life a stomach, any part of its body for a stomach and Although so their very simplicity of structure, companied by such complex powers, mss sm Al- How Wines are Artificially Colored. “‘Yes, chemicals will make new wine look much like the genuine article, but thea it isn’t wine; it becomes an alco. holic liquid. For example, sometimes the residue of the wine press 1s made to ferment a second time, then by the ad. dition of water diluted with glucose a decoction is produced which, when colored by caramel, will pass for any- thing you name it. Elderberries and tartaric acid are used to color light wines, while an extract of ceal tar can be made to counterfeit port so far as the color is concerned. kind of wine. coal tar the stuff can be dyed deep red, scarlet or rose pink. Then other chemi- cals can be introduced to impart an ar- tifictal odor, “The wine kles.”’ The First were of wood, and the earliest of which we have any sccouit was built in Rome 500 B, C. The next was erected by Julius Caesar for the of his army across the Rhine, Trajan’s great bridge over the Danube, 4,770 feet long, was made of timber, with stone piers, The Romans also built the first stone b , which crossed the Tiber. Sus. bridges : A Chinese one mentioned by Kirchen was made of chains su a road. way 830 feet in length, was built A. D, 85, and is still to be seen. Tho fist large bridge was erected over Severn In 1777. The has brought a in this branch of in the construction of and steel. business is full of wrin- r—III ed to that the white man who FASHION NOTES. _~{iloves are always long in propor. tion to tue shortness of the sleeves boots, and are wade very low in the in- with no bows at all, ~Colffures are still worn high In curls or a catogau Is left to droop in the neck at the back for ball coiffures, The catogan is a braid or plait of hair turned up over itself so as to form a bow of ribbon. als which braid and small round soutache. One hand. the foot of a skirt or tunic, It is also used for the fronts of a bodice and the bottom of the sleeves, Simpler dresses for young ladies are made of white gauze, crape, or silk mus. lin. There are no flounces, but several skirts draped one over the other. The bodice is pleated over a low lining and of white or colored faille or moire is fastened in long loops and ends either at the back or side Short sleeves edged with ruches. This style of dress is more elegant when worn with a low corselet of colored velvet, moire, or faille; while the upper part of the bodice forms a sort of pleated chem- isette. Very light sprays of flowers are put on here and there over the skirt and upon the bodice. These flow- ers should be matched in color to the corselet, —Sable trimmed deep-red velvet jack- to the Russian heart in are again this sea although beautiful, is suid Ishable fur, somelimes droppi pieces when iald away. A seal-plush bonnet has the brim bordered with nate ural beaver. Beaver muffs for children i are still in favor, but years gone by, worn Of. Ou lo De a per. v $ { 1 11 1 3 DE Lif whole sets are more shown, Chis ve 18 to be muc ch used by the the modistes are ir ful ming suits with very may be a that the back part necessily since the head low en high on ry 4 ainost woolen ma- a 11s s Ha00N i ~-ostumes for the street are invariably made of rough terial, with a trimming of the Muscovite style. They ty, these galloons! Each lady combines personal taste or fancy. Sometimes the skirt is sligh gathered, and around the foot there a or five rows of galloon: or else there is a draped tune and a small amazon bodice, with a ! made with are so pret according Breton plastron material striped with gal- a part of the 8 there i ss¢ gallons fo material itself, For on a certain quantity of plain material, and certain quantity of the same fab- ric with the trimming woven in side, This trimming is in all ris of patterns and all styles. There is first one wide band five or six inches deep, in a handsome Egyptian or Byzantine pat- tern, then a series of narrow galion the same s tern of handsome arabesques, Thi siyle Is very elegant; it on one tyie: in others there 4 ra 5 iO0RS LinE US HORSE NOTES, The daw of Felix, 10 be 2.101, is believer in foal, Belmont claims May 25 dates for a spring trotting COUT kr “0K ing. enaton has 249 trotth 2 Stanford, of Palo nares ai Nn EC t, Rich Hill, Mo.. has sold Bales 1, by Bavard, to E. P. Madison, of California, for $2000, {se ge J. Fuller, the noted driver Patron, Elvira, etle., recently shoulder disloe: but is HOW of had HD sted, proving. {orge Scatteraomd is jogging Lizzie M. and Windsor M, (each with a record roa as a tearm. He together, dob Miles, Joe Cotton, Matty Cor. bett, Pat Sheedy and a lot of fine yearl- ings will be shipped to New Orleans from Kentucky next week, Henry C, Jewett, of Buffalo, has ent of the New York Breeders’ Association, in » Wells, resigned, miflion pounds during the last English turf, the largest sum by £30,000 cver known. W. L. Scott has named his yearl- by the famous Rayon d4°Or. and given them the family name, They are called Roi 4'Or, Reine a'Or. ete, Byron M« purchased from hestnut mars Dave savs they go well been elected Presid State Horse place of 8 ( More sterling raced for racing season on the than half a Was ings d'Or, Pomme hue is still more tasteful when worn with a gh it jacket of astrakhan fur, —Long visites are made with the woolen faorics which imitate pattern placed over a colored lining. The long redingote is new a plain, sober- but 1 of very little modilication: the lining and trimming are alone susceptible of change or novelty in this styie of man- tle, which is more especially distined the fabric by which it Is com- posed or by the beauty of the trimming Short which are more gant materials, such as plain or fancy trimmed with silk passementerie and lace or costly fur, The characteristic trait of mantles this year, whatever is now considered of great importance, it is not only made of plain silk of a quite different from the material of the mantle, be employed for this purpose. --Jackels are very fashionable, they material, trimmed witn galloon, or The simp- by m+aus of very small buttons put on Others have a revers and three points in front; the back finished with small postilion. The collar is turned up or dows, square or rounded, Hairy, feit-like farbics, and ets, made taillor-fashion; sowetiines the vest and the edging of the outlines are made of velvet. Less thick woolen materials are used for making up jack- ets in a more elaborate style. [Daletots are also much worn—the genuine paletot of former years--but on condition they are short and tight fitting, which makes them very much resem long jackets; some have a border and plastron of fur, or else of astrakhan or plush, Borders put on around the edge of short paletots are not pretty, because they mark too strikingly the outline of the garment, dividiag the body of the wearer, as it were; into two distinct parts, which make a lady look shorter and swou er; therefore, we would ad- vise those who are not very tall and 8 ight to shun such borders, Conversation is the ventilation of the hewrt, h. g. Bankrupt, h the Dwyers 1 The five 3-3 32.0; seven wven yearli vearling fillies, its and fillies, $253 A): general average, $2405.2-11. General W. T. Withers has sold t« *, Kinsley, Walnut Springs, Tex., head of trotting stock. aggre gating in price £7900, In the sale was Queen Dido. by Bed Ww likes, sire of the famous Phil Thonipson, 2.16}: also the bay colt Fairlawn Medium, by Happy Medium, dam by C. M, Clay, Jr., for a vearling filly by Happy Medium, dan Almont, dam by Abdallah Pilot, for $1750. Major H. C, McDowell sold A. Frazier, of Missouri, a 2-yvear-old filly for $1600, of and to Charles M Pennsylvania, the brown filly chen, Reed, dam Sarafau, by King Rene, for $2500 It was not until 1860 that 1.44 was beaten in this country. In 1872 Alarm ran the distance in 1.42}. This was re duced in 1874 to 1.42} by Gray Planet, and in IR75 to 1.41% by Searcher, Kadi running mile heats on a trotting track the same year in 1.42} and 1.41} at each weights, said to fhe about W In 1877 Ten Broeck set the ever since. Modesty (4), by War Dance, ran the fastest mile of 1885 at Chicago on July 2, with 113 pounds up, when she did it in 1.414. Mona (4), by imp, Buckden, 113 pounds, ran in 1.41} at Chicago, and Tom Martin (4), by Long- fellow, 100 pounds, run in 1.41% at Brighton Beach. Joo Cotton's 1.42 at Lexingtou, with 103 poundsqp, was the fourth best of the year. The fastest mile made at Chicago jwas 1.41}, and 1.44 was beaten there nine times. The fastest time at Brighton Beach was 1.41%; at Axingson, 1,42; at Saratoga, 14a) at St. Louis, 1.424; at Shee Bay, 1.42}; at Louisvi 1.42%, and at Monmouth Pak, 1.43}, ~The plain round skirt has become too common. and has lost a good deal of the vor it had A chloyed. on uw still retty young or sumple treet Dostumes. but has no longer the vogue