FOR THR FAIR HEX. Fashion Not**. Scoop bonnet* are worn. Poke tionnete are fashionable. Jabots grow longer and longer. Plush will be worn all summer. Cashmeres are very fashionable. (lilt buttons are the things on boots. Irtod for summer wear. Garnet, blue glass and crystal arc com bine?! in some of the new hair orna ments. I>ark velvet, ligh shirred satin or In dia muslin are all used for facing spring bonnets. Graduated jet liall* will lie used for the face trimming of black lace bonnets Ui is year. Shades of yellow, from pale straw or corn, to deep tax and old gold, are very fashionable. ViTV large flowers, I-SJWH-Inllv rose* and chrysanthemums, are used in bonnet decorations. Scarf* of fine net, edged with Breton lace are as often worn for lionnct strings as for mvktira. The lieetle pins and brooches will be Used on IKith blue, green and white Ism nets this year. Tea rose, old gold and Prince of Wales red will lie used to trim Idaek ince lam nets this year. The marked feature in the n> w over skirts are the shirred fronts and tmuf fant back draperies. Satin folds are nut stitched on dresses, but lined with wignn and caught down with blind stitches. Underskirts have plaited ruffles of Hamburg embroidery, and arc made with deep yokes at the top. Bark red and cream, pale Sevres and tsii rose and gmilarme-hlue and red are to lie fashionable combinations. Balmoral skirts of gray mohair trimmed with one or two plaited flounces, are shown for summer wear. White cambric waists are made up with ten plaits-in front and eight in the back, and have plaited lielts. Princess overdresses of cnme]Vhair, that can be let down and worn for wrap pers am economical novelties. Crystal glass buttons, sometimes railed Rhine petioles, rut in facets and set in platina are *lmwn fur waistcoats. French bunting, a fine, light wool goods, is tiio material in use for spring and summer balf-inourning costumes. The cashmeres in alternate glossy and watered stri|ies are to he used for morn ing wrappers and dressing sarqui-s. Blue and lavender are the favorite colors for trimming dress caps. The lace is cnshnirre, Monde or Breton, as one chooses. Bonnet strings fbe tied in a large lnrftr bow under the chin, not at the side, or tliev are simidjr crossed in front, the w, with large joints and toes turned ft cm a line parallel with the foot, to say nothing of tin* trouble some corns so annoying and crippling to a large class of young women. The worst results of this crippling custom of wearing small and narrow hoots is felt by children when allowed to outgrow 'heir Ismts. It is poor economy to allow the young to wear lioots when the fist have become tiMi large for them, since deformity of the feet is easily produced at this time. When the boot is too short and the lu-cl too high, the ingrow ing of the nails is a |ierfctly natural result. < 'hildren w ill have sufficient ills to contend with without this crippling from deformed feet, the most prominent cause of which is small and badly-titting Is sits and shoos. l'hloua for < ltlMtni. Among the latest Parisian fashions in children's suits, says a New York paper, are the following models: For a mi-s about twelve years ot age, a pretty suit is composed of pcarl-eoiorod faille and cade-mire, trimmed with seal-colored feathers. The princess dross is cut in the Knglish style, aiul tritiums! on the lower part of the skirt with two plaited flounei-s, surmounted by a band of feath ers. The front of the dress consists of a plaited faille pla-lron. the one. piece nlo forming the deep turned-down collar. This is liordcrcd on either side with the same trimming. Down the middle of tile back of tile waist there is also a plaited faille trimming, forming two bands, which separate at the waist. These bands extend down on the -kirt, forming the side trimming of plaited flounces, with which the back of tlis skirt is covenal. On the lower part of tile plaited bands is a faille pocket, trimmed with gilt buttons, and a band of feathers. On the end is a ribbon bow. The sleeves have plait, d cuff-, trimmed with buttons and ieath< rs. This feather trimming can lie replaced by fringe. Grei n cai-ln-mire and blue faille make an excellent child's costume. A deep plait •si flounce trims the lower part of the skirt. It i- separatist in tie- Mflt rin front by a plated piece plaint crosswise. Above the plaitisl flounce is another narrow one placed on very full, and taken up in front aliovo the cross wise plaitisl piece in a point. It is surmounted it>- a blue faille fold or piping. Ixwips of blue rihlsin fail over th point. Up tin front of the skirt are thr-<- bias bands of cacliemire, finish's! with a blue faille cording. They extend up the front in curves, like tie- plaited trimming lielow. Thcs- bands arc fast-m-d down on either side by mother of pearl buckles. A faille cording i* taken across the middle of the waist in a curve, and sewed in the scam under the arm. This dress open- jn the bark, from the n|K>rt myself after 1 inn sixty.llxe" 58 "As limes are now, no" |; " Not with present pay" 15 " K.X|s-t to die n |iq>er if these times lsst," 4 " Not at inr present Imiwrn" 4 "t un just lire now on my wagm" 5 " No pmspert ot saving anything n0w".... 11 " ('nnnot save a dollar 8 " Ihi not |*y my way now" 3 " Not ly day lalsir" 4 "I.ife insnranee and anving* leaks trmke me" 1 " Witii present condition of business, don't want to lire to sixty-flve" ...I A Hinging llook. Another lOiriou* phenomena of sound is the singing liook. now a philosophical toy. Thank* to M. l'ollard. navy en gineer of Cherbourg, it i* within every Intelligent person's reach. You place a small Usik on the table, the floor or a chimney-picce, and presently it distinct iv emits songs, sa<-r<-d and profane, or duet* hv a piano, or harp and violin solo*. The hook I* composed of ordinary pater, leaves of the latter, alternating with some of tin. The ttiefnl leaves are united, the last two with an electric cur rent, forming thus a condenser. The top and bottom sides of the voluntemrn mon Irate with nn electric wire running along the wall, but concealed, and ter minating in a pile In another room,, win-re the •neitlu ror the singer, etc., •'deposit*" the sounds of hi* voice in a wooden mouthpiece containing n metal plate and a stylus, which, touching a spring, sets free the eleetrie currents and transmits the sound to l-lte Isiok. where it is repeated—a phenomcnou not yet capable of Is-ing satisfactorily explained. —Varti l.cttcr. FOB THE tOtJfttt FOLKS. Th first I'rlmrosr. A primrose awoke froui its long winter sleep, And stretched out its head through its greoti leavos to peep; But the air wus so cold, and the wind was so keen, And not a bright flower but itsoU to tie seen. " Abx!" sighed the primrose, "Ilew useless am 1, As here all alone end hell hidden I lie; But I'll strive to he choei'lui, contented to he, Just 11 siniplo wild flower growing under u tree." Soon a iiii.iden passed by, looking weary uud and, In the bright early spring-time, when all should bo glad; Hut she Spied the sweet primrose so bright uud so gay, And the sight of it churuusl nil her sadness nwiiv; And the primrose gave thanks to the dear Lord above, Who had sent it on sueh sweet mission ot lore, A MnrotiiK t nil from n Panther. " 1 suppose you're wondering why I Keep thai ugly old client," said Mr*. H , "and 1 must own that its not very ornamental; hut il wived mv life once, for nil that. I sis* you think I'm making fun of you, hut I'm not, indeed; nnd when you hear the story, I think you'll agree with me that I have good reason to value it, ugly its It looks. "This was how it happened. When we first eiuue out to India, mv husband Wits sent to make the survey of tile N'er htldila Valley, one of the wildest hits in all Central India; and we really were, just at lirst, the only white people within forty or fifty miles. And sueh a time as we had of it! If my hush,and hadn't heeii its strong as he is, and a perfect miracle of patience as well, I don't know how he eouhl have stood 1 ,t he had to do. It was dreadful work '• r him. heing up sometime* for a whole night together, or having to stand out in the burning sun, when the very ground itself was almost too hot to toueh. And as for the native workmen. I never saw sueh a set—always doing everything wrong, and never liking any Imnly to put them right. When the railway was ln-ing made thev used to carry the earth on their heads in baskets; and wlcn Mr. It served out wheel. harrows to them, they actually carried litem on tle-ir leads in tlie sane way! I could not help laughing at it, though it was terribly provoking, too. And that wan just the way they nil were: if there wan a wrong way of using anything tley'd lie sure to find it out. Even our butler, or khUtnutgar, who was much letter than most of tlein, cane one day and begged a pair of old ds antcr-!ahefs that my husband was going to throw away : nnd when the man came in next morning. In' had positively turned tlem into earrings, nnd went alxiut quite gravely with ' I'ort' In one ear and 'Sherry' in the other! " However, il tlie native men \vorr. But oil this while I'm neg lecting my story. " t Ine ifay (it willl>e long enough !*•- fore 1 forgH it) my httxlnuid wo* out as usual at his work, and the nurse had gone down to the other native servants at the other end of the ' rompound,' as wc call this hig inclosure, and 1 was left alone in the house with my little Minnie yon der, who was then jtit about a year old. My this time I had got over my first fenrs. and didn't mind a hit leing left hy myself; indceil, all the lower windows having lmrs ncross them, t thought that I was safe enough; hut I little dreamed of what was coming. " I must have lieen silting over my sewing nearly nn le>ur. with the child plaving about the fl'>r he*ldes nie, when suddenly I heard a dull thump overhead, as if something Imd fallen upon the roof. I didn't think anything of it at the mo ment, for one soon get* ned to nil sorts of strange sounds in tlie Indian jungle; but. presently, I thought I could' tear a heavy breathing in the next room but one, and then 1 Iwtran to feel frightened in earned. I rose as softly a* I could, and crept to the doorway between the rooms. This doorway was only rln*ed by a curtain, and gently pulling aside the folds, 1 |>oe|ied through—nnd found my self within a few paces of the largest panther I had ever s narrow for his paw to enter. But if tlie paw couldn't. Urn tongue eouhl; and soon he Wgan to lick my lingers, rasping them so that I hardly knew how to bear it. Still, the touch of Minnie's little arm around my mvk seemed to give me courage. " But there was far worse than thla to come; for the panther suddenly leaped right on top of the cheat, nnd his weight < Krcssed down the heavy lid upon my' ngers, until the pnin was so terrible that, unable to stand it any longer, I creamed with all my might. "The scream was answered hy a ehout from just outside in which I recognized my husband's volnn The panther heard it, too, and it seemed to scare him, for he made a dash for the window, either for getting or not noticing the iron bars; but just as he reached it, there came tlie crack of a rifle, and I (heard the heavy brute fall suddenly upon the floor. Then all the fright seemed to come back Upon me at once, and I fainted outright. " I lienrd afterward that Mr. R had happened to w ant „,ie Inst rent uni which lie had left at the house; and, not wishing to trust il in the hands of any of the natives, became back for it himself— luckily, iu.-t in time, for the bullet from his rifle killed the panther. But, us you see, my hand is pretty stiff yet,"—Mi viit Krr, in St. NichoUui. Horrors of u I'ruirie 1 ire, A Topekn (Kan.) correspondent of the St. lands hittwrnl writes: Another terrible prairie tire is reported from Bit lie ('reek, north of Lincoln Center, Lin coln county, which destroyed everything in its path, and resulted ill the death of three persons. It appears that ulsiut four o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Mont gomery, one of the well-to-do farmers of that section of the county, and his son, a Imiv of about twelve, were ill the field at work, when they discovered a fire coin ing from the west, and they stopped their work to keep the lire from the hedge, when tie wind suddenly changed to tin' north, blowing very hard an and cold, and Inuring before it a second tire, which came with the fleetness of a horse. It seems there were two fields near, on either side, and seeing tie ir danger, the l>v started to one field and the father to the other. The ls>y was ■ aught in the flames and fell to the ground instantly. Ale ighlior by the name of Isaac I'fulf, who was passing near on a mule, galloped up to Mr, Montgomery and induced him to mount the mule behind him and ride to the field. Mr. Montgomery mounted, but. seeing his |K,y fall, lost all presence of mind and threw bis arum around Mr. 1 'faff, catching the (iridic reins and holding the mule -till while they wore enveloped in the llaines. Both men dropped to the ground, nnd the lire passed over thcni. Tie- mule ran a short distance and fin. dead. The two men arose to their feet, and the wind and tie tire took their clothing from them as they walked to the nearest field nlsuit one hundred yards distant. Mr l'fnir feet were so badly burned (lint his Isx'ts fell from him as he walked. A Mr. Manning 1 .nine to tin in from the nearest house with a couple of <,uilts, which lie wrapped alsnit the two n-n and carried them to the Initisc. He urn carried tin •h ad liy t> the house. 1 oth nn n were perfectly rational, nnd conversed freely with those around then) up to within a f- w hours of their death. Mr. Mont gomery lived al>iiut two hours, and Mr. l'faff ii\'l until alsmt '*ven o'clock that night. Mr. Montgon. v leav.-s wife and s< v<-n ■ hildreu, most f whom are grown; Mr. l'faff leaves aw ife and one child, having buried two children <|Uite r<- •■ntly.on* jut a day previous to losing his own lit* while attempting to save that of another. Both w crewll to-iln and liighly-j -sj^sr*• d farmers. Mr. Montgomery was almiit fortv-flve r.r fif ty vc.os of ag, and J'faf! alsiut thirl The fire btlrni d one . tile, two liofses, several In .id of li";;". alsitlt two thou sand bu*hci of com and considerable; other grain Ielonging to Mr Montg">m cry, and his stable and house, with everything in them, tlir fiuly barely escaping with their lives A Laughable Episode. A laughable episode net urrcd in tfii city, in whi h the practical joker luul the tables turned upon him in a manner soe e.-mioning no end of fun to the pnrtv and his friemls. A certain disciple of Ktrti* lapiiis. who loves a joke, is the owner ~f a fine sk< let..n. -<1 ut in nuch a manner that hy opening the iionr of the recepta cle anil toil' hing a spring, the bony ob ject will walk forward *• veral steps ny nuyc.ly. A has kpt w.i- instantly dropje-d to the floor, a half bushel of apidi - rolled broad-cast over tbe room, wliile a terribly-seared! youth wn* *i'ii disspt* aring thn>ugh tlie fti'-e door with shrill > ri< *. After en- | loving a i|ulet Intlgfi. thepliv*ic|an busied himself in picking up and restoring to the Imskct the scattered fruit, e\|vs ting the lad would return in n moment for his stock In trade. After a brief interval the physician no ticed from the window the lad standing in the street, gazing snrll-bnund nt the ofllce ds>r. fts ing tnc lad evinced no disposition to ndtirn for his la-ket ami fruit, the doctor carried the same to the ds>r, which he o)iened, and tailing to the lad. retjticsttxl liini to come and get It. .fudge of the doctor's surprise when he was greeted with the following re sponse to his invitation: "Xo you don't. "You can't fool me If vou hare got your clot lies on." X'ow it happcntsl that a friend of the physician, who is tall and thin, and not Idcsscd wit'i a single ounce of superflu-■ ous Acs). Was passing the nfllec and hearn the remark of the lad, and Itaring aw-ertnintal the cause which called it forth, the situation wn t ludicrous to keep, and the various friends efljoy many a laugh at the doctor'* expense over the incident.— Syrarw Journal. A Story of Carlyle. We all know lie is a worker; but not all men know to bow severe a test his industry, patience and courage wera once put. He lent Ills manuscript of tlie French Be volution to the late Mr. Mill. WIMJ in turn lent it to Mrs. Taylor. Sim, through a, >ntoiinaeeountnh!eentelcsxnoan, allowed it to drop front her hand to tlie floor (the lady cannot have slept over tho most glowing and picturesque of nar ratives) without picking it up. aud the next morning a housemaid duly lighted tlie Are with tlie priecleaa leaves. Mill went to recount the mialiap to his friend, and looked so thoroughly miserable that Carlyle, so far from Ottering a Syllable of reproach, was at much pnin* 1... >m sole film But the loss wna a real calam ity, for Carly lc had kept no copy, and the rewriting of the work he has de scrilied as " anguish." It was accom plished in six months. NOVEL FIHHINU. Th* Manner In which Cormorant* arc Imixed In Japan. I wiui invited one evening, *ay a writer in the Argonaut, during niv sojourn it a small town not far frotn Kiyoto, the old capital of Japan, to accompany some j yakuninx (officials), wbo were then 'raveling witii me, to the neighboring ! river, for the purpose of witnessing the in which cormorants are em ployed in the catching of lisli; at the *!ti"tiiiie! was informed that a pleas ure iKwt had already been engaged for 1 theoeeasion. Incepted the inx itation eagerly, and, lanterns being provided. ! together with a guide to show the way, we set out, carefully picking our way along tbe narrow pai lis dix idiug tlieri< ■<■ fields, the myriads of frogs in the water all round us keeping'up a deafening roar, ! rendering it almost impossible to carry ' on conversation, xxliile the uiosquit-\> use for organizing pie-1 nie, and thoroughly enjoying theme| vi% when such pleasures tlo Hot interfere with the strict performance ~t tn.-ir nubiie ' duties, (In the pr< sent occasion *i* '/tix/ei (female musicians) ba'l la-en en gaged, xx-Ik> sat at one side of the 1khI. while we of the other s<-x ranged our selves on the mats on the other. Sweet meat.* of various kinds were so rend out ••n !ae<;ii.-red trav*. as we ail settled our seiviH into tlie most comfortable atti tud-. and tlie srii'lo (Isoatinen) were told . tocMtaff! After alsuit fifteen tninut'-s' sculling xx <- roundexl a bend of tlie river, when a magnificent *|xs-taelc hurst on our viexv. I lie river appeared to 1- on fire. Near ly two liuudr<-ntining burning pirn- xximkl, blazing pi's-esof which every now and tlu-n f'-ll through the hars Into ihe water, thereby multiplying tlie nnin- I* r of iigbts, real and reth"Ct<-d, and rnid ing to the general ' fleet. Our hoatiinn now st'sT'-'l u Into the midst of tie buv s,-. n-. and driving the txmtpole into the Ik-iI of th'* river, made f:-t to it. and s.-'i down to smoke their iwm (pij*), La h of tln-Hoats pof.'-s4s! from !■ n to twenty is'rtnorants, which, xx-ln-n pot en g.igedn tliei r duty <>f eat'-liing fish. r m.'iin uiiar sound, will nf'T the water in *arcb of the fih tliat Would, xver<- it free. ,!• their naUiraj prey, i^rge'numb' r* <>f Uiem were now swimming around the i*iat. tle irmove ment* controlled by strings attic Iks! to rings around tlieir ns its. and li'dd inibe li-bermen's band*. AVlwwrver a lird -pi'sl a fish altroetol by the giam of the lire, it seized it witii its bill, but was pn venUsl from sw alloxring it by tbe ring round its throat. Tlie fisherman th ani-se knoxv so well how to exsik. and did not ncghs-t the mtkt (wine), which xva* ! pa**cd around pretty rapidly, and which 1 xva* kpt lot in a kan-doirnri (pons-lain V'-se| jn which xvine i* heated by Ic ing placed in a k'-ttle of hot wat<-r) bv cm- of the fair *ingn th ir .iiiii*cru (guitars), while in tlie int< rx al i < j"k'. puns, and rt/sir fd gititly down with tlie stream i toward our landing-place j and just a* I was Wginning to east rath'-r teud<*r glance* (pri'lathly the efl"e< t* of the fish ' or wine) in tlie dins tion of a very pretty gri*/>a *eatsi opjcisite me we touched the pier, and. etenjong ashore, tk our way again thix'ugli the ri'-e field*, the scene enlivened bv Urge numlier* of hnlnro (fire-flie*) flitting hither and tliither. j Outride otir hotel Jwe parted with our fair musician* and retired to m*t. having spent a most pleasant evening. - _____ Tried to Mar* Ike Color*. One of the most heroic incident* ol 1 the massacre of the Itritisli tamp on the border* of Zululaml, in South Africa, i* related by a i-orrespondent of thelxxndon Ihiily St ics. It ••■eiiis that when all was over, the ammunition Wing exhausted. 1 and nothing remaining for the men to i do hut I" sell their lives as dearly an pos sible.. a it< of nil the assurances of the family that it had Iscn properly put on. and then for the lirst time discovered the bundle of tofaaceo, vhkh had in tlie space of Jc-- tiian an hour infused a viru lent poison into the bl'sid and reduced the pnti'-nt to a state from which it was exceedingly difficult to pscit't her. It is to Is- hoped that the incident will put an end in Lincolnshire, and wherever <*!• it prevails, to the practice of using tobacco instead of Hut for liaridagcs. lAJWUM lilobt. To Make a flare Prosperous. There can hardly he a greater sign o prosperity in a ccnimiuiitv than a dis position to a--it one another—lift a lit tle when a neighbor's wheel gets stuck in the mud. VVc know of a |>la<- where a man's barn, with all its winter stores of grain and hav, was consumed by fire in the night. Immediately all of the iikii of the country side mustered and hauled up timber for a new barn, and then a big raising came off. > After that the *ouiid of twenty hammer* xva* iieard until the whole was shingled ami sid<*l. Hut tin irdissls ~f kindm--- w as not done yet: and one after another they off< red to take a head or two of his stock and vriiit- r them for him. thus greatly re ducing his ]os- arid assuring his le-art of tin more durable riches of brotherly love find neighWrlr good-will. Sons can compute in money the value of one m, It example of liberality in the com munity. especially in It- influence on the young And wlieti this spirit pre vails there j- sure to be progress in a jilac". <\. n if all tlie jitiprov i-mcnti are in tlieir infancy, People will come and setth Innpine* that iMfflMthiaiM Now. if xou desire tn so* your place grow ing in popularity, do all you can to dew your < If a good neighlKir, ••sjial !v to thoo who need a little extra help. If a man starts a tin shop or a bla< k stnlth shop in your place don't harness up and drive off five miles to buy your pans and get your horse sliod.iiW W r.-iuso you have been in tbe habit of doing it. Patronize tlie new comef when you want anything in his line. S|M7k encouragingly to lnm and well or lum to your neighlKir*. Little words of approval or censure a long way ; wlien oni-e you have spoken them you cannot r-calf tJitT. l|e|p tlie sick, especially xvhen they are poor, for poverty and ill nesa arc ind's-d a heavy burden. Per form all aits of loving charity which fall ilny by day in your path, rc'niemhir ing Who it lias said. "Ye shall in no wise lose your reward."—Country Qtntlc vutn. French Fun. The unliappy man who had lieen run over xva* carried info the poller station, where the surgeon examined him and said i "It's a mercy the wheels passed over him as rapidly as they did, for if th earriagi had fss-n going slowly there would have lictn no hope of his reoov* ry —none whatexcr." j' Pn Lcly." cries the radiant hack* in in. desirous of backing Up tlii* favorx ble opinion as strongly as possible; "when 1 -vxv the gentleman crossing the strspital. "you must lind it pretty lonesome xvork. being laid up ere." "Oh. no, e*p., not at all." was the reply. "1 sutler a great deal, and Unit makes the time slip by." A prisoner who tirmly extxeeled that lie would get his desert* and he sent up fer life, is astonished to hear the jury fix his term of imprisonment at two year*. "Two year* only!" he exclaimed in delight; all. then, gentlemen of lh jury, may heaven do likewise unto you a thousand-fold." Friendship. What is it ? lk> smile*, word*of cheer and kind action* constitute it? Aretho** who never upbraid, but meet all our doeiLs with word* of prai*e, who flatter us on every possible occasion, to be con sidered trite friend* F Tlieir sttention* may be pioasant to our vanity and om eeit. and keen u* in the Isxst of humor with ourselves, and we may think their company very desirable, yet they will not do to put faith In, for tlieir nmiahls j behavior i* often tlie cloak for self-inter