Queen Mary. I hae a bart, I hae but ane, I'd gie them a’ gin I had twenty, To him wha meets me in the lane, The lad that's aye to jimp an’ dainty. 1 dinoa care though he be jputipes W bat though his daddy be a miller, We'd bappy be—kings are nae malr, Love does na’ aye tak’ sides wi’ siller. {’ve kenned him lang, he used tas pu’ The gowans frae the trees o' simmer, An’ when he twined them 'roon my broo’, He sald 1 was a queenly kimmer. I daur na t-1l my love, wae 's me, Bat losh! I wish some leesome fairy Wad catch him when he couldna fi An’ whisper—gang an’ speak tae When honest hearts on Cupid ea’, 1 he wee rogue needs na muckle wilin’; She had but gane a step or twa When wha but. Willie met her smilin’, He took her han’ sae saft an white “I've heard a whisper frae a falry— Gin ye'll has me for your true knight, I'll tak’ ye for toy ain Queen Mary.” ATY. MRS. WESTERLEY’S HELP. “Well I will try once more, Milly, but you must not be too particular this time,” sald Tom Westerley. Tom frowned a little as he reminded his young wife that this was the fourth time she had been left without a ser- vant during the year they had lived at Cloverbanks, It was such a bother to be bringing them constantly from the intelligence office, Milly colored a little, knowing that she was very particular and a little set in her way, and might be more patient, She would try very hard to succeed with the next one; it was so dreadful to get along in the hot weather, with no help and the baby teething. Tom drove into town, and about eleven o'clock a neat little woman came out on the train, “I am glad that you are not a young girl, said Milly. **Isuppose you have had experience in housework?” “Oh, yes, indeed!” was the reply, with suavity. “I have kept house for myself; | am a widow.” “Have you been a widow long?” “Two years, I understand all kinds of cooking—fine laundry work—every- thing.” So it proved. Milly was so pleased she felt absolutely grateful, and looked on admiringly as the rather disordered household was brought up to a state of perfect order. Meanwhile, Mrs, Maria, as the new- comer styled herself, was very loqua- cious, “Perhaps I say it who shouldn’t, Mrs. Westerley. but I'm good help. 1 can take right hold anywhere, and 1 don’t overcharge. I've lived in a num- ber of places, and they will all recom- mend me,” “I should think likely,” replied Milly, who was rocking the baby while Mrs, Maria put the sitting-room to rights, “I'm a good hand in sickness, too. Hope none of you won't get sick while I am here, but it’s unhealthy this hot weather,” dusting the mantel deftly. “Pon’. you think Mr, Westerley looks a little peaked?” “The heat wears on him some,’ said Milly. “It's very bad to get out of health affects the pervea,” She had a small, round face, with apple cheeks and sharp, black eyes. She paused in her work, and looked in- teutly at Milly. ** Affects the mind.” “Yes” **1t's bad to get the mind disordered.” “It is, indeed,” said Milly, care- lessly, *] don’t suppose you notice it, Mrs, Westerley, but I think Mr. Westerley is very irritable,” “He gets tired,’ replied Milly; *‘and, as you say, I think be Is not very well.” She blushed a little for Tom, remem- bering how be had scolded because the baby had thrown the hair brush in the bath-tub that morning. But she had readily excused it, because she knew he was overworked, and had not rested well through the hot night. She was not well herself; the dog days had com- menced, and she felt dull, weak and unsociable. The baby cried nights, and Tom was certainly impatient and testy. Mrs, Maria seemed insensible to the beat, she flew about the house like a parched pea. Milly literally had no care of the housekeeping. Everything was dove In exquisite order. It was a great relief, Most a fortnight after Mrs. Maria's arrival Milly received a letter from her Aunt Helen, asking her to come down to the shore for a week, *1 can go, can’t I, Tom?" she cried. And Tom said yes, So Milly and baby went down to Haveuside, and told Aunt Helen what a nice housekeeper bad been left with Tom at Cloverbanks, and how delight- ful it was to be free for a week, to en- joy the salt air and surf bathing. When she came back Tom met her at the station; there was an anxious cloud ou his brow, “Feeling well, Milly?’’ he asked, “Oh, yes, indeed !’’ she replied bright- 1y. so looked at her quite sharply, and she looked at him. “Why, don't I look well, Tom?" “Why, yes; 1 don’t see but what you do,” he answered. “How has Mrs, Marla got along?” “First class,’ *‘She is a treasure, isn’t she?" “Yes. " How strange of Tom! Ie wasn’t irri. table now; ho was odd. It made her nervous, as if some were im- peud iisig of whieh atie did not know, It see to her that Tom looked pale and harassed, **Is anything the matter, Tom? What makes you seem so queer?” “What makes you act as if you were afraid of me?" he pered, and could not help showing that she was very much annoyed. “What do you want of me?’’ she ask- od, one day, haughtily, when Tom was present, “Nothing — nothing,” replied the little woman, soothingly. Tom, who was reading, looked around sharply. She thought Mrs. Maria said something to him as she passed his chair, It sounded like: “They never like to be watched,” Who? Did people think she had joined a gang of conspirators? She went up to her room with a swell- ing heart; but it was a very hot night, she was very tired, and she soon forgot her troubles in a heavy sleep, She was awakened by Tom Crossing the room, and found that he had the baby in his arms, “She will sleep better in the next room with me,”’ he said, “*She is very well in ber crib, Tom,” said us wife, in wonder. Milly could not sleep after that, Tom had looked so pale and strange. Every night now Tom slept in the next room with Lily, and in the morning gave her to Mrs. Maria to be dressed, She sald something rather fretfully to Mrs, Maria about “Mr. Westerley’s notion.” “Poor dear, can’t you see?” said Mrs. Maria, pitifully. *‘See what?’ asked Milly, feeling as if she were going crazy. “I've noticed it ever since I've been here, I do not know whether it’s heat or overwork, or whether it is heredi- tary.” “What do you mean?”’ “The poor man is a little wrong in his mind,”’ she replied. The truth seemed to flash upon Milly’s mind, Tom’s uncle had died insane. His strange behavior was ex- plained all at once. Her blood froze in horror, “Oh, what shall I do?” she cried. “You must humor him. There is nothing like humoring them, I've had a grandmother, a mother and two sisters insane.” “Oh, how dreadful!” shrieked Milly. She sobbed and cried in the face of the calamity. Then she tried to think, She no longer dared to trust him with Lily, He was mad and unsafe, Oh, it seemed as if the terrible thing could not be borne! She was trembling like a leaf when she saw Tom's buggy drive into the yard. He saw her agitation as soon as he entered, “What 13 asked, **She’s been very bad this afternoon, poor dear!” said Mrs. Maria softly. “Milly, perhaps [—] had better have a doctor for you.” “A doctor for me, Tom?" she said looking at him amazedly. He turned anxiously toward the cra- dle and took the little one in his armns, “Oh don’t—don’t touch the baby!” she cried in agony. Don'’t—don’t take the baby!" She tried to take it from his arms, but with a frown he resisted her, How strong he was! A panic seized her, She began to scream and ery aloud. “Tom, oh, Tom! try to think of what you are doing. Don’t take the baby the matter, Milly?” he from me! You-—you will hurt her, I want my darling baby! Ob, I must have her! i “Oh,” groaned Tom, *I must have | help! Mrs, Maria, run for the doe- tor.” She had hardly gone, and Milly had sunk weakly into a chair, crying, when two men entered the open door. “la there a womanhere named Maria Hewins?” they asked, Tom shook his head, “She is about here somewhere,’ the elder said. *'Or else she has just left, X ou have employed her all summer,’ “Do you mean my domestic?” asked Tom, The men nodded, “We have called her Mrs, Maria.” “It's all one. Her name is Maria Hewins, This man with me is her husband, She’s gota family of seven children down in Maine, She’s tem. porarily insane, The doctor says she'll get over it. She has escaped from the care of her friends.” *“Then she isn’t a widow?” “No.” “Never lived out before?’ **Never.” *‘Is crazy?" “Yes. And thinks everybody else is s0, You'd never mistrust it, perhaps, she’s smart—but you see she’s always thinking everybody else is Insane.” A little information sufficed to put the men on the right track, and they went away, “Milly” said Tom. “Tom!” cried Milly. “She's made all this trouble,” “Yes. You ain't insane, are you, Tom?" “No more than you are, Dat she filled my head with stories of your strange behavior while you were gone down to the shore. It seemed as if you did act strangely, Milly.” “It seemed as il you did, Tom." “I was afraid to trust the baby with you. She warned me that insane mothers frequently injured their chil. dren.” “And I was afraid to trust Lily with you, Tom, I thought you took her in- to the other room to sleep because you were crazy. Oh, I have suffered soi’ “I guess I have, Thank God,” con- cluded Tom, *‘it wasonly a scare!” They learned the next day that the Cecil's Craze, ———————————— Milly kissed her brother good-by and jumped into the train that was to bear her to New York, where she was to spend the winter with Mrs. Archibald Wyeth, Milly had never been much away from home, and rather enjoyed traveling by rail. : As she sat by the window, looking out on the rolling country, she sudden- ly felt two arms clasped about her nag, and her face was covered with kisses, A little surprised, she found herself in the grasp of a charming young girl “I have found you at last, Lilly,” said a sweet, childish voice. *I knew God would give you back to mel” “Do not be.alarmed, young lady,” sald a tall, handsome man who had risen in the seat back of Milly, *‘My ward lost her twin sister lately by an accident and has never recovered her reason, ”’ “Let her stay here by me if she wants to,” sald Milly, as the little girl showed no signs of relinquishing ber hold on her newfound friend, “I do not mind,” *‘Cecile’s is only a temporary de- rangement,’ said the gentleman, “and we hope soon to cure her, I trust, miss you will be with us for some time, for she seems to have taken a great fancy to you. Here is my card.” Milly took it and read: Sie Roger HEPWORTH, Millbank Terrace, England, The baronet was glad to learn that they were both on their way to New York, for he had taken a liking to the fresh-faced country girl as well as Caclle, All through the journey Milly did what she could for the poor stricken girl, and when they arrived at the city, Ceclle would not part from her until the promise was exacted that she would call on them the next day. It soon become a dally occurrence for Mrs, Wyeth and Milly to be invited to ride in the park with Sir Roger and his ward, As the skillful physician bad predict- ed, Cecile recovered from her mental malady, but the frall body grew more and more spiritual every day, and at last it was evident that the too beauti- ful color which flamed upon her cheeks as each day grew to a close was the fatal hectic. At last she could no longer leave her room. Then Sir Roger went to Mrs, Wyeth and entreated her to use ber influence with Milly to stay with the dying girl who was constantly wishing for her companionship until take her place in ministering to the old father, and she gave him as tender care as though he had been her own, Lady Milicent Hepworth (our Milly) fills her position as thoughshe had been born to it, and ber husband blesses the day when Cecil's delusion drew Milly within the circle of their traveling group. PETTY SUPERSTITIONS, Silly Beliefs in Evil Influences That Still Find Numerous Adherents Each new generation asks, When will the world have done with its super- stitlons? Why should people cling to strange beliefs in evil influences, beliefs which, for the most part, had their rise in delusions of keathenism, centuries after the Christian religion has had sway in the civillzad world? Weknow that many strange and bloody supersti- tions have faded away in the past two centuries, “Witches” are no longer put to death, and incantations are no longer practiced in civilized countries; but a thousand petty bellefs in lucky and unlucky things survive these dark. er superstitions, and these, though they are proved false every day, continue to influence the mind of people of no little intelligence, In some parts of the country the re- ceipts of the railroads are smaller on Fridays than on other week days, be- cause so many people fear some harm if they start on a journey on that day. Very many people, who would be ashamed to confess that they are influ- enced by this notion, hide it under some pretense, and perhaps convince themselves that they are guided by some other reason, in refraining from traveling on Friday, than their super- stition; but the proof is plain that the influence of the day is feared, A great many people have a fear of certain numbers, and a belief in lucki- ness of other numbers, If they stopp- ed to think about it, they would be ashamed to be influenced by so unreason- able a feeling. They do not, however, stop te think. Superstition is simply a form of letting very ignorant people, who lived long before us, do our think- ing for us, Many men who are incredulous about most things, have little tricks to bring about good fortune, such as turning a chair around before they sit down, carrying coins with holes in them, keep- ing a certain coin a *‘pocket-piece,”” to bring good fortune, or a horse chestnut to “keep off the rheumatism.’ Inas- the last, The invitation to Milly to spend some party was stopping occasioned her some | embarrassment, as her simple toilet ar- rangements, gotten up in ber prairie home, were hardly intended to bear the criticism of lovers of fashion and dis- play; but her love for the gentle suffer- er overcame her scruples and she went to her, The visitors at the lLolel were very much interested in the baronet and his ward, and many a pair of bright eyes would have been glad to win an admir- ing glance from the Landsomse, stately nobleman, bat he seemed ever the same —polite and courteorr Mut indifferent, | His vvard, Cecile, »: also his cousin, his favorite nephew, who was the sec ond son of Lord Dugallan, that on his young as was Sir Boger at the time, [ had appointed him guar- dian of his twin girls, and had also left him a third of his large fortune, so that, although by the provisions of the en- tail, he did not inherit any of hus father’s property, he might be in pos- session of a good income, But the terms of the will, if either sister died, the survivor was to inherit all; and if neither should live to attain her majority, Sir Roger should then be the heir, unless his cousins wished to will their share to someone else, In that case he was to be guided by their requests, “Guardy," said Cecile, one morning, after she had made jan excuse to send Milly from the room, “I want to make my will. You are richenough already, and 1 want to give Milly half my money. Are you willing?” Sir Roger stroked the bright head tenderly. “Anything that pleases my Ceclle me, "’ Cecile took his hand caressingly in one of hers. “What a good, kind guardy you have been, Leaving your home in dear old England and travel- ing about with me in search of health that won't come, But my mind is all right now, Oh, that dark time when everything was a blank! And it was Milly's sweet face, so like my own Liliy’s, that helped me, She Is my sister in spirit if not in body.” So it was arran The lawyers were sent for, and Milly Dutton was no longer a girl merely in comfortable cir cumstances—she was an helress. But she knew nothing of iv until Cecile’s transiation to be with her sister forever, Then she learned of it from Sir Roger's lips. After he had told her of the way in which Cecile had wished to give lier such a permanent token of her love, he said, sadly: “Life will seemn very strange to me now that Cecile has gone. For the last three years I have hardly bad a thought except for her, I shall miss the dear child sadly, Will Cecile’s Sho lookad up at him 3 With silently down her ohoeks, ng “Milly, are those tears for me?” how a nut carried “keep it oft.” The distinguished archmologist, Dr, Henry Schliemann, is sald by his in & pocket could ful always to put his left stocking and shoe on before the right, to put his left leg first into his trousers, and his left arm first into his coat-sleeve, His prac- tice is the opposite of that of a great many people, who belleve it is *‘luck- jest’ to put on the night stocking and shoe first, People who are supersti- tious would find much trouble, proba- bly, to make their own superstitions agree with other people's, One superstition which influences many 1s the fear of changing or turn. ing a stocking which has been put on wrong side out. If the stocking has once been put on that way, it must be left, or else it will make the day un- lucky, If the stocking possessed in- telligence and power enough to bring the people bad luck under any circum. stances, it should do so when it is not turned, in indignation at being left wrong side out! One of the most extraordinary indi. carries about with her bottle in which is imprasoned an insect of the sort call- ed a “multiped”-—a woodworm with many feet. This lady, who is not con- sidered insane by those who know her, never does any thing involving risk without taking out this bottle and held- it in her band, This is simply the feti- chism of the African negroes, and noth- ing more or less, Among the French it is considered rather dangerous to taik of railroad ac. cidents while on the trains, for fear that the talk will bring on another ac- cident, If this superstition was found- locomotives and cars do not like to hear thelr misdeeds and mistakes spoken-of! A custom which prevails in Europe is the covering of all pictures and mir- rors with cloths while a bunal is taking place from the house, The hundred small superstitions, such of fear of evil consequences from the spilling of salt, from the breaking of a looking-glass, from the howling of dogs at night, and many more such trifling circumstances, are passing away, no doubt, but they still have a strange power over many people who do not believe in them, but who are thought- lesaly influenced n them through a sort of habit, Such a habit may be destroy- ed by a little serious thought when one il i A : i i i E : 8 ; i Bee H §F i 54 FASHION NOTES. ~Sashes and girdles are again ap- pearing. ~All white cloth jackets are still in fashion. —Flounces are seen on the newly imported gowns. —Neal brown cloth is a favorite ma~ terial for riding habits. ~-Mourning costumes have a trim- ming of lace worked on tuille, with fine jet beads. ~It 18 not considered good taste in Paris for ladies to wear bright colors in the street. ~—[Polonaises may be draped alike on both sides, or long on one side and short on the other, ~The bodices without any basque is almost universally favored by fash. fonable dressmakers, —The tan, brown and bronzes shades are very popular just now, both in dress and millinery. ~-Irish lace, or point d’Irelands, 1s in high favor with the Parisiennes just now as a dress garniture, -—Riack and yellow, black and pink, and beige and red are favorite color combinations in millinery. ~Bows of light green ribbon are sometimes combined with white arti- ficiel flowers in lisu of foliage. ~The material of the sunshade is tussore, surah or glace silk, shot of two colors, striped or embroidered, —There are also very handsome sun- shades of biasck tulle and lace, such as were Lhe fashion twenty years ago, ~White feathers, either alone or combined with ribbon, are by far the most elegant trimmings for Leghorn hats, ~Genuine ellk batiste appears this season in new and exquisite colorings, and is very silky and rich in appear- ance, ~ Dressy costumes of silk are often made with pinked out edges and a plastron composed of silk scallops in layers complete the corsage. A hat that has every appearance of felt, without the objectionable weight lightly stretched over a foundation, ~Lace, tulle or net mixed with vel- vet or moire upon straw and forming a matrix for number ess long stemmed flowers is the feature of millinery just now. -1f the calico patterned India silks are combined with plain stufls, the un. derskirt must be figured goods with drapery of the plain, and waist in which both appear. -The latest woven like gingham, but in design re- sembles print. It is not pure linen, the colored threads being cotton, ~Cashmere and metallic effects are noticeable and there are especially buckles, pins and aigrettes of dilfer- ent metals variously ornamented. ~Tibbons retain their deserved pop- ularity, especially the wider kinds, and stripes are by no means abandoned, combinations of color and weaving— moire, satin and grosgrain--being fre. quently seen in the same piace, Two toned ribbons will also be used. ~Jeérsey bodices of silk canvas, in open work designs, are worn in the evening at the watering places over skirts of lace, faille or bengaline. With these are worn low-necked surah un- derwaists, which are finished with ~ Among the novelties in fine wool which are the tied portions form wery dainty iacelike designs, Others are woven In bold relief, representing rows of soutache or basket plasted braid sewed to the fabric, ~JIn millinery for early autumn, close fitting bonnets and various tur. ban shapes—which are a sort of com- promise between a bonnet and a hat— will be very popular; in the new hats, crowns are only moderately high, and some are very low; and all tastes and types of beauty can be suited in the widths and arrangements of the brims, — Perhaps one of the most general investments of the latter part of the season has been a good waterproof coat or cloak, becoming and ornamen- tal, but eminently adapted to a con- tinued stretch of wet weather, Every where you see travelers provided with (usually enveloped in) one of these gar- them are In a small patterned tweed, and provided with capes and hoods. Except for the unmistakable smell of the Ha 2 2 HORSE NOTES. Sprague Golddust will not start again this season, ~The Utlea pool-box amounted to $80,000, ~Proctor Knott ran in blinkers when he won the Equity stakes. -The new three-quarter mile track at Clifton is about completed, ~The ch, m. Jessie, record 2.21, hes been turned out for the season, —Hayward, it seems, is to ride for A. J. Cassatt, who has had second call on him so long. ~-John £, Turner was so weak after driving Spofford at Utica that he could scarcaly stand. The malaria is still in his system, ~F. J. Baldwin made little Barnes &n offer of $8000 per ansum, but the little fellow refused to entertain any proposition from the Santa Anita turf- man, ~ French Park will not start for the Futurity, as he has no speed, For weoks he has no speed. For weeks he has shown lameness after every good gallop, ~The Utica meeting was not a financial success, The bad weather reduced the average of gale receipts, and the revenue from belting was light, ~dJ. M., Stribling, Virginia, I1l., pad H & D. Btout, Dubuque, la., $5000 for the yearling colt Dabuqgue, by Nut. wood, dam Nora Wilkes by George Wilkes, —Count Valensin’s black yearling filly Fleet, by Sidney, won a mile-heat race at San Francisco on Friday Aug- ust 31st inst. in 2.44, 2.51]. Sidney is by Santa Claus, 2.174. - Never in the history of English racing has the turf experienced such terrible weather as during the past forty days. With very few exceptions, it has rained every day. Garrett, a 3 year old bay stallion by Maryland Volunteer, dam Carrie (record 2:27), is in training at the Philadelphia Dnving Course. He is owned by William T. Harriott, of St. Augustine, Cecil county, Md. | =—George A. Bingerly has sold tc | Samuel Stewart the brown § year old | mare Betsey M., by Messenger Chief | Bhe beat George Scattergood’s Oakland { Boy and Charles Dickens over the | Geutlemen’s Driving Course recently. | -——Ex-Alderman Henry Hughes has {sold his bay mare Skylight, Pilot, by | Strathmore, dam Twilight, by Mam- | brino Pllot. The purchasers are Span- | ith parties, and she will immediately {be shipped abroad. The price wes about $10,000, Dunboyne will hereafter run in the | name of M. Jordan, the horse having | been knocked down to that turfman’s bid at the Jennings sale on the 20th ult.,, for $4500, A yearling by War- | wick, dam Lorilla, was purchased by business | Wyndham Walden at the same sale for §7500., ~-Mike Dwyer sald the other day that they would sell out their racing stable if they could get their price. He said he would like to retire for a year at least, as Le was wearled with the cares and responsibilities of a stable in addition to managing & race-course, ~Jt is probable that Elkwood has run his last race. While he is not broken down, his owner, Mr, Gratz, deems it best to retire him on the lau- reis be has already won, and it is prob- able that he will be found in the stud next season. A gamer borss than the Suburban winner has hardly ever been seen, and in addition he has had a won- derful turn of speed. — Matt Byrnes is to be W. L. Scott's trainer next season, as Mr, Haggin will retire, be baving made no nominations for 18%0 and 1500. Byroes will have nothing but 2 year olds when he takes Mr. Scott's lot; but the Rayon 4'Ors, although they have not yeti developed a stayer, are a good lot as 2 year olds, Gipsy Quesn, Tea Tray, Ransom, Satan, ‘l'orchlight, Laura Stone, ete,, showing a world of speed. —There were thirty-two heats trot. fod and cleven paced at the Utica Grand Circuit meeting. The heats trotted averaged 2.233, and the heats paced 2.20 7-11. The average time for the meeting was 2.22§. At Pough- keepaie there were thirty-three heats trotted and seven paced. The average time made by the trotters was 2.213, snd by the pacers about 2.204. The a ] time for the meeting was 214. ~The gray gelding Marcus Both: administrator (2.204), dam Emi C., dam of Bayoune (8.214). died of heart disease at Flemington, N. i > ~ : i g § il