Borrrobeula Gha. A strangr*preachc<] last Sunday, And crowds of people came lb hear a two hours' sen ion With a barbarous souuding name. Twaa all about some heathen Thousands of mlUs afar, Who lived la a land o' darkness, Galled Borrroboola Iba. to well their wants h > pictured That when the pUta waa paaeed Rash listener felt his pocket, And goodly sums were oast, Par all most lend a shoulder To push the roiling oar That carried light and oomiort To Borrroboola Gha. that night their wants and sorrow* Lay heavy on my soul. And in deep meditation I took my morning stroll; Till something caught my mantis With eager grasp and wild, And looking down with wonder I saw a little ohild. A pale and puny creature In dirt and rage forlorn; What could she want, I questioned, Impatient to he gone. With trembling voice she answered, ■' We live Just down the street, And mamma she's a-dyin', And we've nothing left to oat.' Down in a wretched basement, With mold npon the wall*. Through whoso half-buried window* CMTH sunshine never falls; Where cold, and want, and hunger Crouched near her as she lay, I found a fellow-creature Gatpiog her life away. A chair, a broken table, A bed of dirty straw, A hearth all dark and tireless— Bnt these 1 scarcely saw, Far the mournful sight before me. The sad and sickening show— Oh, never had I pictured A scene so foil of woe— The famished and the naked. The babes that pine for bread. The sqnalid group that huddled Around tho dying bed; All this distress and sorrow Bhould be in lands afar; Was I suddenly transplanted To Borrroboola Oh*? Ah, no! the poor and wretched Were close beside my door. And I had passed them heedless A thousand times before. Alas for the cold and hungry That met me every day, While all my tears were given To the suffering far away. There'* work enongb for Christiana In distant lands, we know; Our Lord command* hi* servants Throngh all the world to go. Kot only to the heathen; This waa hi* charge to them - - " Oo preach the word, beginning First at Jerusalem." Ob, Christian, Ood ha* promised Whoe'er to thee ha* given A cup of pure cold water Bball find reward in heaven. Would you secure the blessing. You need not seek it far; Go, And in yonder hovel - A Borrroboola Gha. Hrligkm* Hfra THE TWO ROBERTS. Bunging softly to himself, Robert Ed ktn rode " over dale and over down " a the sweet stillness of the July night. Hardly a breath of air was stirring in ths branches of the trees. Now and then an invisible night bird piped a solitary note to keep him company, and soft waves of light streamed over the kills as the queenly moon, well attended by her guards, rode indolently down the broad highway of heaven. The blue dome, looking soft as velvet, was, like the fabled path of lovo, strewn thickly with the golden kisses of the stars. As he gained the last hill, whose summit gazed on the little watering place which was for s few weeks to be his destination, he involanUrily drew twin and sat silent a moment, enjoying the moonlight scene. On his left an aid-fashioned brick house reared its twisted chimneys aloft, 80 class was he to it that its sharp gables seemed to ewt the air over his head, and only a strip of green lawn, bordered by horse chestnut trees, separated him from the windows, gleaming in the moonlight, " Hsnpter and crown I'd fling thorn down. If I might"— Robert Edbnry hnshed his eong when be perceived, for the first time, his very close proximity to the house and the windows. "The sniMitential home of some sub stantial farmer," be said to himself. " I bad better move on, or bis daughters may think I am serenading them. Too la*e I Just then a window was opened so Uy overhead, and a lady's faoe appeared at it. In the rash of bright moonlight Robert caught right of the long ripple of gold-gleaming heir, snd was sure that the face wee lovely. At any rate, the voice wee. " Robert, deer, is it yon T For half e minute Robert Edbnry was mote with surprise, and made no answer. "It is yon, Robert. Why don't yon apeakr He spoke, then, low, end with hesita tka. " How do yon know it was I f "Of course I knew it was yon.' There was a flash ofpetulaooe in the sweet voice cow. "Who else but you soald be riding snd singing in that ab surd wvy at Una hour of the night, snd bait ing before the hoase ? Hare yon a cold, Robert f Tbnr voioe sounds dif ferent from what it nanally does," " Perhaps it is the night sir," answer ed Robert, wickedly, and getting his wife partially together. "Or I may bare cracked it with ringing," Bat still be spoke in the moat subdued of tones, " I did not expect the pleasure of sposk ing with yon. ' •'The very idea of yonr coming op on horseback at tbia night hour I Ton know you ought not to be out Why did yon do itf Where are yon going ? Into Spafleld ?" •'To be mire," •' But what for?" ••To aee a friend." •'Who i it?" came 'die quick ro aponae. "Not—not Nelly Cameron?" —with a abade of jealousy in the tone uow. "Are tho Osm.'rons receiving tbia evening ?" " Not that I know of," returned Rob ert Edbury, promptly. "I awear to yon I waa not going to aee Nelly Cam eron. I have not apo'ien with a (tingle yonng lady to-day, exoept yourself." " Poor Robert I" iinu a little langb rippled lightly on the air. " But do go. Yon know what yonr health is, and that yon have no bnairem to be riding at thin time of night You onght to take better care of jourself. You will be laid up to-morrow ; your voice already aonnda atrvoge and altered. Good night" •• One moment,"cried Robert Edbury, earneatly, aa he leaped from bin horse, fastened the bridle to the gate, and stepped inside beneath tho window, where gleamed that mysterious, enchant ing faoe. •• Won't you give me a flow er—you can easily reach that clustering vine by your casement Perhaps—per haps I shall wish to ask yon some time to forgive me some great offense. Won't yon give me a flower for a token ?" " How strangely y. ; talk. Of oonrae I would give yon a flower ; but these are only honeysuckles, and yon know we promised to give each other nothing but roses. But stay I"—the pretty voice caught itself. " I burn a bunch of vio lets on my table. Would you like them ?" " Anything anything that comes from your hand I" whispered Robert, more sincerely than hs always spoke. The bright faoe disappeared a moment from the window and then returned—a white hand gleamed in the moonlight. " There, take them, and now you must go 1 Quick ! I hear some one stirring. Suppose it should t>e mamma I Good night, dear Robert." The window was softly closed, and in an instant after Robert was groping for the violets in the wet grass. He found them where they fell. But, as they were falling, the quick eyes of Robert Edbury had discerned something, bright as s star, falling too. The small strip of grass where he had stood was entirely n the shade, hidden from the light by the large horse-chestnut trees, and he had to grope in the dark for this glitter ing thing. An instant's search revealed it to lie what he suspected—a lady's bracelet. It was a slender circlet of gold, studded with crystal. The quick movement had unclasped it from her arm ; and Robert, with a smile, pnt it side by side with the withered bunch of violets in his pocket as he rode away. " Soepter and crown rd fling them down." sang Mr. Edbury as be rode swiftly on in the purple dusk of the trees. "Scep ter and crown, if I had them, I'd fling them down for the one bare chance of hearing that lovely voice once again." He was alone; there was no one to aoe him ; and taking the violets oat of his pocket he kissed them tenderly. It was most absurdly silly of him do it; bnl who of us does not do silly things in the heyday of oar yonth's morning ? Hilly things that we blush for afterward, perhaps ; just ss Robert Edbury blushed when patting the violets tgain quickly away. " Scepter and crown I'd fling them down. If I might"— But his song got no further than that ; it died away in thought Passing arm-in-arm down the crowded dancing-room of the Hpa the next even ing, with his friend Norton, Robert Edbury'a quick ear was caught by a note which at once arrested his attention. He bad said that he should know that divine voice again, hear it wherever or whenever he might, and he was not mis taken. A certain remonstrance lay in its tone ; not to say mischief. "Bnt who could it have been, Robert, if it wss not you ? It frightens tne to think of it. It—it was somebody of vour height and figure. It must have been yourself, Robert." " Bnt I tell you it was not, Jessie. I should like to know who it waa," " Ho was a gentleman, I am sure " with a stress npon the word. " Yon need not he put out, Robert" 2 Robert Edbnry turned andsswdosebe side him, leaning on that other Robert's arm. a young girl surpassingly beautiful. Roses mingled with the bright gold of her hair, shone in the l>oaom of her dress, and a bunch of them waa some how intertwined with the slender gold wrist-chain attached to her fan. Mr. Edbnry caught his breath, as, turning bar face, the girl's soft violet blue eyes rested for s moment unreoog nizingly on his. " Who ill she f " bo whispered rtgerlj to his friend. " How lovely she is I Whst is her nsme T By heaven I I never believed in divine loveliness before ; but here it is, pare snd andellled. Whst is her name T" "It is Miss Chasm!sue," was the an swer. Hhe snd her mother live at the (trove, half a mile ont of town." " A farm-boose," remarked Robert. " No, it is not. It looks not nnlike one. They are people of property. Tea, she is very pretty. ID introduce yon if yon like.' Half an boor later Robett Edbnry was bending over the young lady's band in the pretty secluded gloom of a vine wreathed window. Tbey were as much alone as it is possible for one to be in the heart of a busy, unheeding crowd. The first notes of a Htranss waits were beckoning the dancers, and gay oouples went laughing, harrying by. " Ton are not engaged for this valse T" said Robert eagerly. Some remembered cadence of hie voice struck the young girl's memory, sod, forgetting to anavcr him, she looked at him doubtfully, while e rosy blasb swept over her forehead. She half knew him end half did not. " Will yon let me look at your card t" he panned, so, with perfect courtesy in bis voice snd manner, lie took the bit <4 Silt and enameled pasteboard which abe ad tacked ewey amid tba rosea at he wrist, "I—l half promised this dance to Robert," she stammered, flinging a qniok gtanoo over Lor shoulder into the nwaying crowd. " Then I ahull claim it," answered the other Robert, with an andaoiona smile. He atooped and nicked op a roeebod that had fallen, and tiien held it triumphant ly before the fluahed and startled face by hia aide. " Bee I" he aaid, gayly; " I saved it from being crashed underfoot. Will yon not giro it to me ?" Bat nhe reached oat her hand impul sively. " I—l never give roeea to straugera," ahe replied, with a cold, frightened, angry air. "They are Mr. Robert Btonor a roeea. Oive it back to me, if you pleaae." " My name ia Robert, too," be aaid, in the name gaylv-tender voioe, though hia dark faoe changed a little at her frank oonfeaaion. " My name ia Robert, too, Miaa Ohaaadane. Therefore, may I not claim the roeef" The aoft blue eyes, filled with tears, flew up and met his. Bhe knew him then. Frightened and ashamed, and trembling from head to foot, she rose impulsively to her feet He took a step backward, and they stood so, facing each other a moment in the gay unheed ing crowd. " I know you now," gas pod Jessie. " How dare yon speak to me again—yon are very presuming, sir. I will not bear it "Give me back my flower and leave me." " Nav," ho Mid gentlv, bni in the tone of a manter, "in there ratine for anger?" And in a low, reasoning, per ntianive voice he npoke to her for aome momenta, and tho riaingapirit waacalm ed. In spite of herself and against her will she was becoming irresistibly at tracted to this man. " Give me this one waltz, MinaChaas dane, and then I will give yon back yonr rose. It will be a fair eichange. But mind what I tell yon, aa sure as there is a heaven above us the day incoming when you will offer me a rose unasked. Gome!" The old mae-rod flush drifted ovor the young girl's face; his words, and more than all, his manner, impressed her as he meant they should. He stood, with proffered arm, courteously still be side her, and, though protesting inward lv with all her might that she would not Janoo, she gave him her hand, and in another moment they were floating de liriously together to tho strains of the seductive music. When it was over, Robert led her to her seat near some friends ; her mother had not gone to the rooms that night. Bho looked very pnlc. The pretty rose color had ail died • .it of the sweet round cheeks. " Are yon faint ? ** he asked anxiouslv, bending over her. "Are von tired? Shall I get vou some water ? " No, no f" she cried, shrinking away from him. " I am not faint--but look at Mr. Robert Stonor. I havo offended him. He is angry because I danced with you. Oh, what shall Ido ? He is my cousin, and has ill-health, and he must not be excited." Robert Edburv turned, and aw stand ing near bim that other Robert, who threatened to be—or perhaps was—no mean rival. His ill-health was evident One hand was pressed to his aide aa if to still some uain there, and on his handsome blonde face, which was marked bj unmistakable traces of confirmed sickness, a cloud of jealous anger rested heavily. The eyes of the two men met sod each knew the other for a rival. A half smile of scorn, as he looked, cnrled Robert Edbnry's lips. In a ease like this a man has no pity for the ail ments of another. With a grave face, he took from his pocket the rosebud and laid it in MissChaaadane'a lap. " Here ia your rose," he said, quietly. " I restore it to von at your wish. Bnt remember what I said ; and believe me, time will prove me to be no false prophet." Without waiting for au answer, be bowed and disappeared amid the throng of dancers, seeking her no more that night, " Is Miss Chassdanr engaged to that man 1" he questioned of his friend Nor ton. •• I believe there ia no positive engage ment," was the reply. Mrs. Ohassdanc, it is said, objects to it," "On what score does she object ? Money ? " " Oh, no; Btcnor has a small, oom pact estate close by, and is well off. On the score of his uncertain health. Also, they are oonsins." " What is it that is the matter with him ? " " Home complication, connected with both the lungs and the heart, which, I conclude, renders treatment difficult. " Do you think Miss Clicasdane cares for him ? " " I don't think she loves him, Edbury —if that's what yon mean. It seems to me that she likes him more M a brother. When eligible attentions are paid to girla, they feel flattered, you know, and respond accordingly. Nine out of ten of them understood nothing of their own feelings, and mistake friendship for love. Robert Btonor and Miss Chaae dane have grown up together have been like brother and sister." Frequently they met after that. It M an unusually gay season at Hp* field, and entertainment* abounded ac cordingly. In tbe morning drinking the water, or making believe to drink it; in tbe afternoon aanntering in ttae gar den*, or on the parade ; in tbe evening at tbe rooms, or at private parties ; two or three times did Mr. E ibnry and Miss Obaaadane meet, and linger together, and converse with each other. Robert Edborv'a time waa hie own, and heetaid on. He ooold have staid forever. Tbe two or three weeks' sojourn he bad in tended had more than doubled itself; for he bad learned to love her paaaion ately ; and all the world might nee it for aoght he eared. She too, might see it, if abe cboae; but whether she did or not, be oould not tell, judging from the grave ami sweet dignity with which she met and bore back hie eager attention*. At length there oaroc an evening when he waa determined to put hi* fate to tbe test; to go oa in thia uncertainty waa worse than torment. They bed not been much distnrbedby Robert Htonor; a paroxysm of hie complaint bad con fined that gentleman to hi* own home. And *o Robert Edbnry went np to the old fabled honae. before which hie horse bad baited that first night, and aotight an interview with Mia* Obaaadane. HM was quite alone. The long French wis dow by which ahe aat waa flung wide open, and the low red annlight, atrearn ing in over her, lighted up her fair gold hair and the roacn in her dress. " How l>eantitnl ahe ia 1" he thought aa be took her hand in hia. " What if I should not win her after all I Bat I will make a hard fight for it." Jeaaie looked op inquiringly into hia faoe. " Ton are very ailent," ahe aaid ; and then, catching the earneat look in hia eye*, ahe blushed violently and drew away her band. " I love you," he pa**innately broke forth in a low tremulous tone, break ing hia emotional ailenoe. "1 have como to you thia evening to risk my fate by saying thia, to win or to lose all. Jeeeie, you mnat know how I love you ; how I have loved you all along, from that very first night that I spoke to you. neither of na knowing the other. Will yon not give me snm6 hope of love in return ? Do not send me from you an utterly broken and diaoouraged man ! " Jeaaie waa ailent for a moment—one long, cruel moment to Robert Edbury —then the small, sweet face was turned to him with gentle dignity. He knew his doom beforehand, ere she apoke the words. "You must know bow useless it was to speak to me of this," ahe aaid. " Yon knew—surely, yon must have known— that I was engaged to ny cousin, Rob ert Btonor." " Engaged to him T " "Yes. We are engaged." Neither apoke for a time The scent of the flowers, blooming in the lonely grounds on this aide of the honae, away from the dnaty and bnay highway, seemed to mock them with its sweetness; the cluHtering shrub* and trees waved gently in the anmmer evening breeze. Ho oonld not apeak at once; the sense of hia hitter loss waa too great. The setting snn streamed in upon him, lighting np hia distressed face. It seemed to him that the great old-fash i mod clock in the hail ticked oat the jeering wo wis; "Lost! Lost II Loeittl" " Engaged I" ho said, at length, with a long-drawn breath. " I did not know it. lint engagements, where no love ia, have been broken many times before now 1" " Hash 1" cried Jeaaie. "Do not speak like that again. It would kill him I Yon do ncd know what yen are saying." " Kill him t" "If he beard it, I meant. He says he trust* me." " And yon are sacrificing yourself for him !—for a fancy I Hear the truth, Jessie. Yon care "not for Mr. Btonor, except as a cousin or a brother. Ex amine your own heart, and it will tell von that yon do not Yon care for me. Yon love me. Many a half word, a half look has lietraycd it to me. Yea, my darling, it is Robert Edbury yon have learned to love, not Robert Btonor. Your blushes, my love, arc betraying it now. Yon " What was that ?" shrieked Jessie. A low, smothered sound, half groan, half cry, came in from the open window. It waa BO fall of pain that a man would not care toriiesr it twioe in a lifetime. Before eitftnr oonld rush out Robert Htoror stasia the opening. It was never to he forgotten. His handsome faoe was distorted with either pain or anger ; hia lips trembled; his left hand was pressed, with the old familiar gesture, upon his heart "False, false that you ore 1" broke at length from hia bloodless lips, aa he seized Jessie with hia right hand. " Yon told me that you did not oare for Rob ert Edbury | You told me " A pause, a stagger ; and with a fright ful shiver be fell on the carpet Robert Edbury broke the fall partially, but he waa not quick enough to quite save him from it Jessie flew from the room for assistance. " Robert Btonor here 1" cried the be wildered Mrs. Ohaaadane. " 1 thought he wn* confined to hia chamber at home." He had been confined to hia chamber; bnt, alaa, be had crept out of it that evening, and come tip to the honae to see Jessie. With the fond hope of sur prising her in the usual evening-room, he had gone ronnd the shrubbery, in tending to enter by the window, and bad heard all. • On the floor, there as be lay, hia head raised on a cushion bv the hands of Robert Edbury, he died. The medical men aaid he could not, in any case, have lived many month*, if weeks, bnt that the agitation had killed him. It waa many long days after thai, when ahe bad risen from the sick bed to which this shock of sudden death had brought ber, that Robert Edbury came to aay farewell to Miaa Chaaedane. The interview was brief, studiedly brief, for, with the shadow of that deed man lying between them, speech was difficult to both. " Oood-bye," ahe cried, reaching out to him an attenuated hand. " I hope you may find happiness and peace I" " Bnt we shall meet again," cried Robert, eagerly. * * Barely surely— some time in the future I may como to you." " Hush I" ahe cried, the tears rolling piteoualy down ber ebeeka. "Yon must not apeak of that. Robert's shadow would always come between us, as he fell there on the floor. We killed him 1 We killed him I" and ahe wrung her pale hands together in strong rx oitement. " Stop P aaid Robert Edbury, quite sternly, " Yon are taking an altogether mistaken view of the truth. Ask your mother; aafcany one. But you are weak and ill yet, Jessie, and the time has not come for me to insist on this. Let n* think of him, poor fellow, as one who most, if he had lived, have suffered mud), and who haa mercifully found peace in the rest of death." Ha stood for a moment looking with a lend longing into the small, sweet face, from which the summer rosea had fled with grudging haste. Then taking from his pocket s fragile gold and crystal circlet be held it out to her. It was the bracelet ahe lost that first night of their "ftund it nndar the window that night with the violets," ha said. "It fell from your arm. Will you take it beck now t A faint lovely tinge of red flickered lata ber cheeks ones mote. "Jlor she answpml, looking into hia dark face with bander, gentle wiat fnlhosa; " I—l don't st to rgpall that night, or anything connected with it. You may keep it if you lite." Bo be kissed her hand and aaid fare well. But he left a whisper behind him. " When the rosea bloom again, re member me." by, and no message came. The second year he aaid to him •""i (( "Bnrely ahe will send for me now! ' But May and June crept by, and July came; but not one wora came from Jeaaie Ohaaadane. He waa grow ing siok with a wild and helpless de spair, for he felt how worse than naelesa it wonld be to go, uncalled, when one day a letter came flattering like a white bird to his heart; " The roses are in bloom, and there is one for you I" , How to Be a UeaUeman. Do not betray the confidence of any one. Never laugh at the misfortunes of others. Never give a promise that you do not intend to fulfill. Never givo a present, hoping for one in return. Never fail to be punctual at the time appointed. Never make yourself the hero of your own story. Never pick the teeth or clean the nails in oompany. Never fail to give a polite answer to a civil question. Never question a servant or child about family matters. Never present a gift, saying that it is of no u*e to yourself. Never road letters which yon may find addressed to others. Never call attention to the features or form of any one present. Never refer to a gift you have made or a favor you have rendered. Never a**ociate witli bad oompany. Have good oompany, or none. Never arq>ear to notice a scar, deform ity or defect of any one present Never look over tbsi shoulder of another who ia reading or writing. Never call a new acquaintance by the drat name, unlets* requested to do so. Never answer questions, in general company, that have been put to others. Never pass between two persons who are talking together, without an apology. Never lend an article yon have bor rowed, unless you bsve permission to do so. Never enter the room noisily; never fail to close the door after yon, and never slam it. Never fail to tell the truth. If truthful, yon get your reward. You will get your punishment if you deceive. Never enter a mom filled with people without a slight bow to the general company|when first entering. Never fail to answer an invitations either personally or by letter, within a week after the invitation is received. Never accept of favors or hospitalities without rendering an exchange of civili ties when opportunity offers. Never borrow money and neglect to pay. If you do you will aoon be known as a person of no bnainesa integrity. Never refuse to receive an apology. Yon may not receive friendship, but courtesy will require, when an apology ia offered, that yon accept it. Never examine the cards in the card basket. While they may be exposed in the drawing-room, yon arc not expected to torn them over unless invited to do so. when walking arm in arm with a yonng lady, be continually changing and going round to the other aide, be cause of change of corner*. It sbowa too much attention to form. INphtberia and IU Treatment. Diphtheria ia a disease which springs from the growth of a real fungus on some of the mncons sur faces of the system, more gener ally of the throat it may be spread by contact of the mnoooa sur faces of a diseased with those of a | healthy Person, aa in kissing, and ia to | a limited degree epidemic. From the local parts affected it spresda to the whole body, affecting the mnseular and nervous systems, vitiating the lymph and nutrient fluid*, and producing paral ysis. As soon as the bectcrinm or fungus appear* in white patches on the threat, it should no more be neglected than a bleeding gash or a broken aim, and there ia almost a* little need of a fatal termination of one incident aa of the other. It has been found by actual experiment, both in and out of the hu man system, that thia bacterium ia killed by several drugs, the safest and most certain of which is chlorine water, diluted with the addition of from two to fo_ times the volume of water. This wash ia harmless, even when swallowed, and pretty certain to arrest the disease. The great cyclopedia of Ziemesaen on the practice of medicine gives the high eat place to thia method of treatment. To keep the patient well housed and warm, with additional flannel clothing if neoeesaiy. and to keep the system well nourialied and the bowels open are matters of nursing often neglected ; but, with care in these respects and early application of the remedies above suggested, there is no need of the dis ease proceeding to a fatal termination, 01 even to the debilitating illness and painful cauterisations which go together in its later stages. Aa to the origin of diphtheria, the weight of testimony is that it belong* to the darn of filth die eases, but further thou that its source is not dear. Familial which would be scandalised at the suggestion of untidi ness are attacked, while others of filthy surroundings escape. This simply * bows that our aenae of cleanliness needs cul tivation, so that we may discriminate between what i* offensive to the system and what offensive to oar faknly-edu cated tastes. The farmer'e wife, to whoa the dosed and carefully-dusted parlor or the preternatnrally scrubbed floor are the essentials of neatness, may en dure the proximity of a sour swamp or of the kiU hen cesspool for years with out Uking offense. To many a careful and laborious housekeeper, a ehsoo cobweb or the children'* "litter" of a few hours' play will outrank ia hdxtooa nesa a defective drain far the eel lar or a -y— <- I k FOK THE FAIR SEX. H.iMWrh. A WhliK, ttoppiofc, baking, chortling; Nsxt day ironing nwt bo dona, X And tbo busy housewife flndntb f IjiUJa rest till Mt of ran. Then the knitting uid the sawing With Uit buttonhole* to make; Ob, the patching and tl> darning. How tbey maka oar Angara aebe. But of all the varied dntiaa That w boa? housewives And, J do think that waabing diabaa Is tbo moat provoking kind. Why, tbo time* tbey moat be h—dlad, te I O'er and o'er, day after day, ' Almovt tnakea one wish the ofaina Were in bit* for children'* play. How, don't tell me I am wicked— I know that aa well aa yon ; Bat eomebow, when I am weary. Dishes make me feel ao bine. And the only cure I've found yet la a paper or a book. When my family are settled Koch In bis own cosy nook. I know well that very many Have obtained the needed grace; With a patient, cheerful spirit. All llfe'a petty Ufai to faoe. Ob, that I were of that number ' Then, with heart for any fate, I might, with cheerful spirit. " Loeru to labor and to wait." Hew Vsrk Paahlwaa Is Pare. <4 The fashionable fur* •' the season are seal, beaver, otter, chinchilla and mink —seal and otter leading the list. Un doubtedly the richest-looking fur that is worn is sealskin, hence its continued popularity over all other*. The beanty of sealskin consists in the density of its I nr. and its dark, rich oolor. For fine ness of fleece and depth of oolor the Shetland sealskins are chosen, but these are very scarce and very high-priced. The strong Alaska skins, with thick, warm pelt, are preferred for garments that are to be subjected to bard service, eg as tbey arc more durable. Well-made K seal sacqucs have the pile of the fleece H turned upward, as it the-* naturally falla backward and opens slightly, thusabow- ■ ing the depth and thickness of the pile I effectively, end giving a darker look; for this reason, when stroking the for with the band the strokes should paaa upward, as down strokes make the fur too smooth and glossy. Bacqnes that have the fewest seams are commended, as the pile is apt to wear off in the seams. New seal sarqnr a are made slightly longer, and now the favorite length ia from thirty-five to tbirtv-eight incbea; individual height has, of course, a mod- . ifying influence. Double-breasted fronta are stylish, and may fold over straight from the throat down, or else be turned l>ack on rrvrn like a gentleman's coat The collar ia broader than that of last year. Goat sleeves without cuffs are preferred, as cuffs are thick and clumsy about the wrists. In the way of fasten ing, passementerie and links of fur are both use L Occasionally seal aaoqnea are found reaching almost to the wear er's feet, but, although very handsome, tbey are exceptional rather than in ac cordance with the general style, and from their great warmth better 'adapted to a colder climate than that of New York. There ia a fact connected with sealskin that ladies would do well to S. remember. After it baa been exposed * to rain or mow it abould not lie left