" In the Long Run."
Ttw old-bwhlonwl saying,
80 lightly expressed,
Anil so mrulessly uttered,
Is one ot the best.
Oh, ponder, young triflor,
With young lite begun,
The deep, earnest inclining
Ot " u> the long run."
For " in the long run," I toys,
Tlie seed will spring up
That wit* sown in the garden
Or dropped in the cup.
And, remember ! no roses
Will spring irom tlie wood
Anil no IHMIUUIIII Iruit
Froin unworthy seeil.
How many a stripling
In trouble to-ilay,
By riotous living
With comrades too gay;
With charaotar shipwrecked
And duties undone,
Will ts sorrows harvesting
■' lu the long run."
And " in the long run," will
The toiler laic I Mist
Who performs honest liilmr
And takes honest rest.
Who, contented and happy,
Hastes not, in a day,
Or a year, to heap riches
Tluit will pais away !
Hie good and UlO evil
That biile on the earth,
The joy and the sorrow,
'The puin and the mirth.
The buttli-n undceded,
Hie victories won,
Will yield wluit was sown, laiJs,
" In tlie long run."
Yonkrri Slatetman.
AUNT HILLARY S LEGACY.
"Oh, clear, dear!" said Aunt Hillary
in a tone of despair; "oh. dear, dear
whatever shall I do with him?"
She was looking at something which
the ex pressman luul just deposited on the
floor of the hack porch—a stout wooden
cage, within which appeared a bright
eyed, pink-faced monkey.
" W by, he'll murder us. I shouldn't
wonder,' continued Aunt Hillary, draw
ing back as the monkey stretched forth
his little bhu'k paw, "or set the house on
fin 1 , or something else dreadful. What
am I to do with hiui?" she concluded, in
a tone of distress.
"Give him away, aunt, or sell him," I
suggested, poking my school-umbrella
between the bars of the cage.
"No, no; I couldn't think of that.
He was such a favorite with poor Janet.
And she left him to nie liecau.se she was
sup', she said, tliat 1 would tn-at liini
kindly: but how to manage him lain
sun' I don't know. What do monkeys
eat. Rose?"
"Oh, encoanuts, and bananas, and
orangi-s, and cake, and sugar, and such
things." I replied, confidently.
" I'p'tty ih-ar boarding,'' said old
Kphraim, limping up from the garden,
hoe in hand. "S'pose now. Miss Hil
lary, you try liim with a piece o' bread.
It's plain, but healthy."
The monkey eager] v grnhlied the light
rtill which Aunt Hillary pn-sent.-d on
the end of a fork, and devounxl it with
gusto. He also accepted some milk
which Kphraim courageously put le
-tween the liars; anil then he crouched
down in a corner and looki-d so quiet
and vMU that Aunt Hillary quit--
pitieil him.
" He does look innocent and lonesome,
poor little tiling." she said. " I dare say
ue misses Ids old home and his kind mis
tress; but hesball have at least plenty to
eat and drink lierc. "Only," site adiled.
hesitatingly, " I rln rather wish that
Janet Waters had chosen anything hut a
monkey for a pet."
When, two or three days after this, I
stopped on my way from school to sec
Aunt Hillary, I found her in great ilis
tP'ss. Jockey (that was the monkey's
name) had turned out a perfect little
demon, anil was giving no end of trouble.
lb* wouldn't stay in ins narrow cage—
in fart, he wasn't used to a cage, except
in traveling; and when she, with Kplirn
ini's assistance, let him out and tiisl him
to the tiedpost, he had ripped open the
pillows and investigated their contents,
which lie afterwnnl stp'wod liliernlly
alwxit the floor. He had then been con
fined in tlie back pop-h, where he
wrapnisi hinnelf in a roller-towel and
pulled Tabby's tail, and upset a can of
kerosene oil on Puff. Aunt Hillary's little
white poodle. Thereupon Kphraim tins)
tied him in the garden, while he prum-d
the c urrant hushes, and after a wliile p..
turned to find all the young radishes
pulled up and Jockey industriously i
searching out tlie garden peas which hail
hern sown on the pp<vious day.
Finally a tall pole was erected in the
midst of the grass-pint, and to this ;
Jockey was secured with a rope long
enough to admit of his running up and
down and around in a limited circle;
but, alas! even this expedient failed, for
in two hours he hod pulled up halt the
grass and scratched innumPruhle dust- !
holes.
What was to lie done with the monkey?
" I don't know which is the worst." '
said Aunt Ilillarv. with tears dimming
her usual bright YPiwn eye—" the boys
or Jockey."
There was an old sehnolhouac on the j
hig lot mourning Aunt Hillary's pretty
cottage at the end of the village street.
The teacher was a tall, thin, grnve-look
tng man of middle age—"very neat and
threadbare, nnd with the manners of a
perfect gentleman." as Aunt Hillnry ad
miringly oliserrod.
But the boys! the whooping, yelling
cn-w, who made twelve o'clock hideous
with unearthly noiM*. and who elimlieil
Aunt Hillary's garden-palings, nnd snow
balleil Puff and. Tabby in winter nnd stole
her choice plums and cherries in summer,
and at nil seasons enriched her gaplen
with old shoes, tin rans and disrupted j
hoopskirts!
All. what pathos there was In that
simple pnnark of Aunt Hillary's: "Idon't
know which Is the worst —the boys or
Jackey!"
She was tlie most patient and good
humored person in the world, and the
last whom any but a schoolboy would
have taken pleasure in worrying A
neat, trim little woman alwut thirty-five,
with bright, kimlly eyes, a fp-sh complex
ion, and a face still so comely nnd expres
sive of gentle and womanly feeling thnt I
often wondered why she should be an old
maid.
Once, when I expressed to her this won
der, she oolop-d like n girl, smiled, and
anawepd frankly that no one had ever
nsked her to marry except Sam Kane, and j
lie, poor fellow, though good enough in
other respwta, luul l>een too dissipated
for anv sensible wonuui to think of.
For the real, she might have jniuTiml.
lIIUVIH', if she hal been mon* forward nnd
pushing; hut men don't (p'nontlly fnnev
hnshfulgirls, so she Mid poor Janet \V al
ters had been left in tile lurch,while fill
their young friends got married; and Ber
ing how badly soine of them had turned
out why maybe it was all for the lu st
that she' had remained single. She had
her own house, and money enough to live
comfortably; and. if she did feel lonesome
at linn*—mostly in the winter even! rigs—
why, there were the neighbors, and 'i iih
hv and I'ufT. and, in short, she complain
ed of nothing, except the hoys and
Jackey.
Kphraim—who lived across the road,
and came over every day to do the out
door work —had undertaken the manage
ment of .lackey, hut the experiment
proved a failure.
The monkey had taken a special dis
like to him; and when, at length, thcold
man dcclored tliat judicious chastisement
was as necessary to monkeys as to hoys,
and fittemjded to carry that theory into
practice, .lackey fairly turned the tables
upon him. forced him to an ignominious
retreat, and remained victor of the field—
that is, of the grass-plot, to whose central
pole lie was still attached.
" I'll go right fiver," said Aunt Hillary,
desperately—" right over to Squire San
ders, and ask him what I had I nut do
with that monkey. If I only knew how
to manage hint, I wouldn't port with
him for gold, on account of Janet; hut
lie's worrying the life out of us all, and
something must Is' done."
When, on iter return from Squire
Sanders', she came in sight of her own
house, she knew that the climax of II<T
woes was reached. All the boys iust
dismissed from school were collected in
a crowd in front of the cottage, whoop
ing and yelling, while on the roof in full
view sat .lackey, attired ill Aunt Hil
lary's very liest Sunday bonnet —an
ancient Is'gliorn, of rnther obsolete pat
tern, which she luul that morning care
fully trimmed for its third summer's
term of service.
Jockey, it appeared, luul watched her
proceedings as she stood trying on her
isuinet at the open window, and on Iter
departure had gnawed asunder his fet
ters, appropriated the bonnet, and
mounted with it to the roof, where he
| could exnniine his prize it 'it ir\
Poor Aunt Hillary! It in mt so
much the injury to her bonnet which
: now troubled her, as the greater niis
, chief which the hoys were doing. On
; pretence of capturing or driving down
the monkey, they were climbing her
nice white front palings, trampling h< r
< mice tlowcr-hei's, and throwing mis
siles, which luul already smashed more
; titan one pane in the up per-room win
i dows.
In vain she implored them to desist.
In vain hc represented to them that sh<
ilid not care for the lionnot, and that if
Jackey were onlv left alone lie would
eonie down of himself. They were too
much delighted with the fun to listen to
lu r, as she stosl, with flushed face and
tears in h*r eyes, on Iter pwe-cnvcpd
porch, while her tornienUrs howled and
screeched. and threw wet clay and mud
hails against the hitherto immaculate
white walls of her cottage.
Suddenly hush fell upon the crowd, i
The little front-gate opened, and the
boys fell hack, as along tlm walk came
the tall form of Mr. Mclsxin, the school
master. The pale, thin man spoke to
tlieni quietly, but with an air of com
mand, and they silently trooped out of
the gate into the street, wheretlicv stood '
awaiting further pineeeilings. Then he
advanceii to Aunt Hillary, and lifted his
lint.
"I perceive, madam, that you are in
sonic trouble. Can I asist you in any
way ?"
" Ah. sir." said Aunt Ilillarv, lier eyes
brimming over with tears, " if vou could
only send away tlie l>oy, and—and get
tlie monkey down!"
"The lu.vs will not trouble you again,
madam, and " —ln- look, •(•doubtfully up
at the roof—" I think I may possibly sc.
cure your pet.* I will try."
Kphraim came limping up with the
garden-ladder, and on this Mr. M< K-an
mounted, advancing cautiously to the
edge of the roof, near which .lackey v* as
now seated, ibs-ply absorbed in picking
to pieces tlie yellow rose wliieli had
ndom.sl Ids mistress' bonnet.
He took no notice .if the schoolmaster
until tlie latt. r quietly stretched forth
his hand, artfully displaying a spectacle
case, wliert lie started up. seemingly in
doubt whether to retreat or to seize the
tempting lure.
"Voucan ketch him now. sir, easy'"
bawled Kphraim, from the foot of the
ladder, "Grab hold of hint at once, or
he'll lie right ofT like gre.i.ei| lightning.
It's a trirk <>' liis'n."
Aias, in his eagerness. Kphraim forgot
that his duty was to hold the ladder
steady, lie let go Ids hold of it and stcp
ped back to sec the results of his advice.
Tlie schoolmaster, with a quick mo
tion. seized the monkey by his long arm,
as it was outstretched to snatch at the
spectacle-case. The Impetus threw him
offllis balance—-tlie ladder slipped slowly
along the edge of the nsif—nnd before
Aunt Ilillarv's horror-stricken shriek had
fairly ceased, Mr. Mel/ean lav, very still
and white, on tlie bed of violets beneath
tlie parlor window.
lie was not dead—though we nil
thought at first. Aunt Hillary ran
for water and blackberry wine, nnd knelt
down nnd bathed ills fa. e and rubbed his
hands, while her own face was as color
less as that of the injured man
Meanwhile tlie boy* had rushed off—
some for the doctor and tlie nut to
spread the news that the schoolmaster
had broken his neck, luiek nnd skull, in
consequence of which the yard and sin-el
were soon filled witli an eager crowd.
Tlie doctor anil Squire .Sanders con
veyed the unconscious man into Aunt
Hillary's parlor, and laid him upon her
broad chintz sofa, where, with proper
restoratives, he was soon revived. And
tlcn, after an examination. It was offici
ally announced bv Kphraim to the anxi
ous public without that there was
nothing more serious the ni&tter than a
broken leg.
" Hooray I" cried Bill Davis, tossing up
Ids cap—"hooray, hoys! UIITV won't he
anv school to-morrow!"
Upon which Aunt Hillary hnstcncd to
the front gate, with more indignation in
her eyes than I had over Isforo won
there.
" Boys, ain't you ashamed of your
selves!' said she, severely. "It you
have no more feeling for your good
teacher, at lenst go away from here ami
don't disturb liini with your unchristian
noise. It is a wonder to me," she
added, as she went hack to the house—
"a wonder to me that, considering the
luidness of boys, there should ever lie 1
any good men in this world."
After n while, I saw her in earnest
consultation with the doctor. who had
just set the broken limb.
"He is uneasy lest lie should be a
trouble to you," f hearil the doctor say,
"and 1" anxious to be taken to his lodg
ing". bu' to move him in simply impossi
ble as yet."
"Ol course," said Aunt Hillary,
nromn'ly, " I don't di'mint of his la-lng n
trouble, poor man; and am sure he is
wr-leoni • to whab-viT I con do for him.
It is for mate that lie is in my house, as
I have in family to take tin nty time
and s-> hall la- able to pay film proper
at ten; i. dust, t-11 lite what I can do
for hie , doctor."
" A -resent," uid the doctor, in a low,
grave toiee, " lie needs only quiet and—
: nourishing food."
Aunt Hillarv did not take in the full
! significance of these words until a few
. hours later, when Kphraiin returned
front Mr. Mels'iui's lodgings, whither he
had voluntarily gone for certain articles
of clothing, and to see the schoolmaster's
; effects properly secured din ing his
absence. And tlien be told Aunt Hillary
a pathetic story of bare walls and a straw
l-i, chair and table; the latter wit It the
schoolmaster's dinner set out upon it.
"|Vn-snut> and com-bread, as I live,"
said Kphraim, "witli In-own sugar and
coffee in a ctiplsiard, and no butter.
And the shoemaker's wife, who lets him
the room, says le-cooks his own victuals
I and don't eat enough to pliysie a snij-*,
1 and ntends his own cloth--* ttocasioniO."
Aunt Hillary hurst into tears. She
knew, as did everybody ill tlie place, that
the schoolmaster was very poor; hut
she had not droutned of poverty such ns
this. And tln n In-was a stranger, with
no friends near to do hint a kitulmot
to look after him in Ids illness. What
wonder that ln-r tender heart wns
touched ?
Thereafter, despite his helpless condi
tion, I considered M r. Mels'an a fortunate
man. I never enten-d tin-lmttse without
fmding in Aunt Hillary's kitchen (a per
fect model of a kitelien, by-the-hye), vari
! ous dainty dishes, the vi-rv sight of
which caused my s-fliiMilgirl mouth to
j water.
Such Iragrunt tea tuttl delicate waffles,
seryi-d on the French china that ba
hei-n a wislding-prcsi-nl to In-r mother.
Sttch MTOf) Is • f-tea, and fr< -It straw
berries and translucent jellies ! Such
oinelf-ts—such broiled steaks stieji
white, f- athery rolls; and all so tempt
ingly arranged on tin- large japanned
tray, ready the carried to the invalid's
liedshle, where stood a round table al
ways adorneii with the very choicest of
Aunt Hillary's flowers—not in a big
bouquet, but simply a blossom or two,
fri-sli and sweet, in a little Itn—len-elilna
vase Unit had la-en long- rin the family
than Aunt Hillary herself.
And then, bow m-at and cool and
pleasant wa* the room in which the in
valid lay. Kind iicjghlior" supplied him
with papers and i".k. and Aunt 1111-1
1 lary sometimes read to him; an-1 I more
than once heard (iit singing in the twi
light in a low voice, much as a mother
might sing to lu-r tin-d baby.
A- lie gr-w Utter and could -it up in
lied. Mr. Mels-an U gan to make himself
of Use to his hostess. lb- retouched a
faded crayon portrait of In-r fattier; b--
repairisl ami n-novabsl amu- li-prixi'd
workhox; he instru"ed b<-r how to clean
gilt pi- tun-frames': how to fix colors in
earj- ts and dress giMsls by ch< mical 1
combination, and, l-st of all. In- tis-k
I charge of .lackey—tin- eaii-e of this nn
- xiiis-tisl change in Miss Hillary'*house,
lend—an-1. subjecting him to a course
of ear-fill training, transfornnsl him inta
a tra-tattle, intelligent an-t well-In bavi d
iii- iiil" r of the hoti-, bold.
It was wonderful, Kphrnitn declared,
liow changed tli'-Is .-i-t bad liei-ome. and
how implicitlv I tn y-sl tlie least wonl
or sign from tin - hnoiuin-tcr, who was
the only person for wbom he - v- r m.-ini
f--st--<l the J--a*t n-"|Ms t.
Aunt Hillary did b r I- t. by in- in
offisslitig and p-'Uing. to win hi* n-ganl,
hut lie appeared to look liiion her with a
certain contemptuous Ihdlff- nm- tn--
times " \pr-.---t in Jii" conduct, i-xe-pt
when sternly r- tnik-sl by Mr M<!/ an.
And so the s w-s t flowery dun-- i-a d ;
an<l one day. Mr. M- I/an. with tie
assistance of a eruteh and Squire
Sandera' arm# liin|- d out of Aunt 11iI
lary's ro---wr< atb-tl porch t<> a i-arriage
Wtllch was waiting Is f--n- tie- door. I
MW Mat turn t-i Aunt Hillary and tak-
In-r hand, and say something in a low
voice als-ut le-r giswim-s* and his grati
tude; ami I thought his eve* were moist
and his voice somewhat (altering.
And when he was gone (not to his old
lodging, but to S-itiin- Sanders' hospi
table home). Aunt Hillary went lm- k into
the house and wandered nU-tit in a lost
kind of way. and finally sat down in Mr.
Mcls-nn's armchair, and tle-n. without
a word, U-gan to cry.
When I a*ked what alb-d li<t, she
wi;ssl le r eyes and laughed, ami said
that sle- fi it at a loss, as if her occupa
tion was goni-—and she must get an
other patient to Attend to or go into a
hospital as nurse.
After this 1 uses I to occasionally see
Mr. M- Isan seated in Aunt Hillary's
front or leaning on her gate, as
she gathered a rosebud for hint, thice
I heard lrin talking iiliout liU littlectrl.
l-illie—lie was a widower—at s< hool
somewhere away In the South, an-1 of
his longing to **' her; and then I knew
that it was for litis child—to dress her
nicely and give her a good education —
that the schoolmaster hail savisl his little
earnings, to the snerifl cof his own > <
fort.
He di-1 n--t g-> ba-'k to ids little
Through S-juire Sander*' influence lie ]
obtained the position of principal of
(1 Academy, with a go-sl salary;
and now he Is-gan to dress well and look
so handsome that tlie single ladies of
( began to take quite an interest in |
him. They invited hint to society meet
ings and quilting stipjwr*; but it was
very seldom that lie accepted an invita
tion. and it eante to Is- understood that
he was not a marrying man, as they ex
pressed it.
One day, on my return home from
school, my mother desired nn- to dress
myself very nicely, as site wished to take
m<- out witli her. We went find to Aunt
Hillary's, whom we found attired in a I
very neat gray jomqrr dross nnd a brand
new Isiiinet. with white trimming*. In
plant of the one which Jai key hail de
stroyed. She looked strangely nervous,
whether front trouble or liappim-s* 1 i-ould
not decide, as she was alternately smiling
and wiping the tears from her eyes. Then
Squire Sanders nunc in nnd gave Iter
It is anu, and we nil went together to
elitm-li
1 conjectured that there was to lie a
tu+viee, though it was a week day; but,
on entering, I saw Mm. Sanders and
her sister and daughters, with Mr. !
Mcfs-an—the latter also dressed in new
clothes nnd wearing a rosebud in his
buttonhole.
Tlte clergyman ailvaneed to meet us.
nnd Mr. Mi l-can, offering hi* arm to
Aunt Hillary, the two stood h- forc him,
and there, to my utter astonishment, the
Clr were married—Squirt- Sanders giv
j away the bride. I
This wns two years ago: nnd I think
that in all my circle or friends, I don't
know a more quietly happy and con
tented couple than Mr. Mels.-an and Ids
wife. I-ilile, of course, came to live witli
them—* sweet, lovely girl of alMint my
i own age. of whose place In Aunt 1111-
i lary's afli-ctions I ought be jealous, but
the fact, that she ft nty own particular
i bosom-fri-at'l.
A Son's Ingratitude.
> In tlo- K*e-x Market |>olico court, in
New Vork, William Flannelly, years
, of age, bent and iiitirm, aeeuseil bis son
of defrauding him out of his home and
then turning him out in tin- middle of
1 the night, at the end of a pistol, to die in
r tin- st.r-s-ts.
I " What is the trouble ls-tween yotl
and your son," said .lustice Murray.
" Your honor, pardon mo if I have at
last been obliged to come before you.
| Hut, your honor, in Ihw, after many
• years' hard work, I managed to buy th<-
{ and on which my house at 30.1 Mast
| Tenth street is built. There, your honor,
i I raised my family. Hut my wife and
! my children, with the exception of this
I boy, are all dead. <Jod le fp me, your
honor, for ever having to come in-fore
i ■ you in my old ag- and to ask your pro
- t-H-tion. Since my wife died, your honor,
and my Inst son was buried, 1 have had
no one to care for but this one. I
■ didn't i-are how much h<- drank, and I
was willing to bear up with much. No
matter what hour he came home, and
- sometimes it would Is- way in the early
i bottrs of the morning, I was always up
to open the door. Hut lately, your
honor, he ha* hern brutal to me. 11--
liastold to-- that 1 ought to be dead long
ago, that I wa* no g-snl to anyliody, and
ha* frequently ki- k- d me out of the
b--use in the dead of the night. I never
drank a drop in my life, your honor, but
lii* t-ri-1 til--that he woulil nev--r forgive
in-' if 1 didn't drink on hi* last birthday.
F Then lie was forty years old, I drank
- that day and the liquor went to my
head, lb made me drink more and kept
me drunk until I could stand it no
longer, and It-- said he would force me to
drink until I signed a paper. I did sign
it. your honor, an-1 when I got soln-r I
i found that he made in-- assign to him all
that I own."
"Does any one in court know you?"
asked Ju*tice Murray.
The old man tuned round, but Is fore
le- i-ould reply Court Roundsman H- illy
r said: "I have known him for many
years. The old man has always l>e--n re
garded a* a kind, *--!s-r man.' f
William Flannelly admitted that lie
lieid full possi-ssion of his fat In-r'*
property, and that tie- old man bad on
several occasions )'-ft the house nfti-r
midnight and remained out until mom
ing.
" An-1 you did not go to *'•<■ what be
came of him?" ask-d Justice Murray.
. " No," answi-n-d tin* --n. with n smile.
" What did YOU do on those nights?"
asked Justice Murray of the old man.
"Tie- polii-eman on |-st will ti-H you,
your honor. I didn't want to bring dis
grace on my own house, *<> I walked,
and walked the street* the whole night
long."
Voting Finnnelly was r< quired to give
I tail f--r good IM-havior, or go to
the penitentiary for six months.
Fresh Air and Moderate Fating.
A capital •-•nn-n on fp-b air and
modi-rat-' i-ating is prom hed by"(latne
k- -|m rat Hone-,"in tb- hU! .tf.i// fiauUt:
" It's ind-mrs, ir, as kill* half the jm-o
ple; In ing ind-mrs three parts of tie- day,
and next to that, taking too much drink
ate! vittiils. Kating'sa*lmd a*drinking:
nnd tie re ain't nothing like fr- h air and
the smell of the Woods. You should
come out here in the spring, when tie
<>*ik tinitx r i* throwvd (les ause voti mc
the sap Is- rising, an-1 tie* bark strips
then), and just sit down on a -iti--k fi-*h
I*-- l'"l—I tie-ans a trunk, you know—and
-niff Up the -mi of that UHH --ak bark.
It gie right down your throat and pra
s. nis your lung*, a* tin tan do leather.
And l'v. le artl *ay a folk who work in
tan-yards never havi no Illness. Tle-ra's
.-ilways a HMll fttHOilM,d(tl OT living
1 could tell yott what worn! a l--g was in
the dark by my ie>—-.an-1 tie-ait is hotter
where the w<*sls be. The ladh " Ut> in
the gretit houses sometimes g-K- out into
the fir plantations—the turjH-ntine -s-nt
strong, you see—and tle-y -ay it'* go-sl
for the chest: hut bl- you. vou must
.ive in it. I'isiple go al-P-ad. I'm told,
to live at the ptie- fori-*!* to • ura em ; I
av these le-n- oaks have got every bit as
tnitch gmsl in that way. 1 never rot but
two nt- nis a day—breakfast and supper;
what you would call dinner—and mavis*
in tie- middle of (be day a haunch of dry ,
bread and an atijde; I take a deal of
tiraakfiist. and i am rather W-ar (luingrv)
at supper; but you may lay your oath
that why 1 am what I am in the way ot
health. People stuffs t hemsefvi-s. ami, bv
consequence, it brraks out, you sis-. It's
the same with cattle; they're overfed,
tii-d up in stalls and stuff-si. and never no
excraie. and mostly only food, too. It
-lands to p-nson they mut get bad.
ami that's the real cause of these here
rinderpests and pl-tira-pnumoni, and
what-nots. At least that's my notion.
I'm in tlie woods alt day, and never
comes homes till stipp-r —of course,
in breeding time, to fetch tln- meal and
stuff for the birds —so I get* the fri-li air,
you si**; and the ftvh nir is the life, sir.
the smell of the earth, too— *S|H*-
Hik n* tin- plow turn- it up—which ijt
the li-slg-* and the grass
ara ns sugar after a shower.
Anything green ]i af is the thing,
diqicnd upon it, want to live
, healthy,"
tJsrihnbtl.
The correspondent of tlie Tsmdon
Titnr* at Rome says: "Now that the
rumors as to the object of (iencrai (Jari- i
baliii's visit to Rome have proved
groundless. It is assertm! that lie has
! come to the Flternal Citv to die. His
friends distinctly assert that polities arc
wholly lineonnoifls-d with his coming
here. He found that his health was not
improving at Cnprara. and thought the |
mineral springs near Civiu Vm-hia might
benefit Ins gout, (isribaldl, replying to
tin* Syndic, who visited him on "his ar
rival. said lie did not himself know the
! reason of his visit. A mora pathetic 1
scene tluin that on Garibaldi's nrrival
at tlie railway station has seldom been
beheld. Shouts were raised a* the train
entered tlie station, but tle-v were '
-iteidily silcniN'd by tlie circulation tliat
the general was ill. He was carried from
tlie train on a mattress on a large litter,
lie lay extended and motfon'ras, with
eyes closed, and a red handkerchief
liound hi* head. It looked as though a ;
corpse was carriisl in state. It was .
found ImpiMisible to remove him front
the litter, which wns pliu-ed on an open
carriage, which was driven, accom
panied by n silent crowd, to the house
of his son. Menotti Garibaldi. It wss so
bard to move the general Unit at Civit*
Veeehl the sale of the rHtlroad salintn
• hail to be cut U> admit the litter.
FOR THE FAIR HEX.
Nona,
Di the wane ot the yir, when the sunshine
brings,
With it* Huft of summer -liiys,
Memories of Iwlf'-wny forgotten thing*—
When tlie mrmntaiiiN are wrnjit in a misty
listen,
Ami the fleeting bir-l* to null other cull—
Then the red leaven hill, the iwl leaven lull.
Oh, a mu'Kvl norrow ootnen over the In-art
AN it | -miller* the Ntinnhiiie of other (lay*,
Ami from umler the eyeliiln tin. team ntnrt
For the hire* that glcuin through u minty
IllUte—
For the liie that iiieiuoty dotli recall,
When the red leaven lull, the red leave* iiill.
lean ni-w-r.forget when the nunnhine
In the wane of the year, through thin purple
hum,
Thone faeen that haunted my Iroyinh dreams—
| The niyntieal faeenof other >layn:
| Mock to my heart (iod give* them all,
j When the red limes tall, the rod leavM hill.
—A. V. fjordon.
All A trout Nlrtrl Mult*.
| Strm-t nuita thin season are almost in
variably short enough to swing clear ot
mutl ami dust ami to show the pretty
limits which are th<* order of the day.
The usual width of a short skirt at the
j bottom is two and a half yards; very
1 tall ladies have them a quarter of a yard
wider—very short ladies t> much nar
rower than this. For plain walking
dream-* the usual finish to the lower skirt
js a kilted flounce from eight to twelve
im hes dmp. Above tiiis tin- tunic is
draped in various ways; so many indeed
thai it is diflieuJt to specify any particu
lar style a* the leading Pish ion. Per
haps the prefep nee is for tunies distinct
in front Tind gathered in easy horizontal
folds. The Inn k- are *t, -tight and Imijs <1
in every conceivable way, hut the ends
are almost invariably square. The pan
>ii<r is out in full force, hut it is formed,
not by crinoline underneath, hut by full
soft drajn-ry of the dress ltsi-lf. One
Stylish model has a single deep full pull
I hanging at the back; another has two
nulls, one on each hip, ami yet anoth<-r
has thro* lis, one above the other,
directly behind. Ail tlie fulln-*- of the
, lower skirt is drawn to tin- hack by
means of an elastie tape run in a casing
across tin- back breadth* half a yard
from tin- fiwit of tin skirt. Fichu wraps
' are much worn with walking suits, as
well as with earriage-iln-sses, but the
preference is fur tin- double-breasted
English jacket, or "till more for tie
l/iuis XV. jacket. opening to display
tlie lung vest nf strip**l or fjrocnd*l ma
terial In-low it. Vi-rt ofh-n tin- vest is ot
pluili silk or satin, The Inerovahle coat
is much liked, both for walking suits
and for full -Iras- toilets. Tiiis is double
hniwlol, f.ust- nisi witli four or Ave hut
t<ins at the waist, showing the vest
almve and In-low. Very ofU-n the jacket
has rev em Imtli at liottotn and top.
Them- mav In- <-asily made bv facing the
fronts and turning them bai k. li- n the
jacket n-s-d not In- cut unlcs desired.
Then are many m w and pretty skirt
trimmings, many of which may ln---A*i
iv made at home. Newest of tiicftcisthc
shims! plaiting. F-r this a straight
lioUtiei- is rut twelve inches di-ep ami
throe times the lengtli of the skirt's
lin.-uith. It is laid in inch-wide kilt
pl:it, and each plait is stitched (like a
tuck, indeed, tmii - than a plait ) to with
in a finger's length at the bottom, where
tliey are pn***-d flatly. The tucks, or
plait*, above this are shirred on the edge
by a single row of tin- band gathering. 1
anl tbis draws tie- "birring up into a
succession <if scantily puff<*l plait*. Tim
flounce is tb- n stit bed on an inch fn-ni
the top, and again at the liead of the
plain plaiting at tip lottom. Shtrr-d
plnitings ar<- also made in lust-rs, thr-e.
in a cluster, ami a apace bet we--n. An
-t!• r stylish floutx. is tlte fan plaiting.
This is cut straight also t<> tie depth re
quired and lion plaited in clusters of
fire plaits, piled one on anotler. The
l-laits are pre*-si and *tit<|i<*d u rn
n- ar the top, and again a f- w in-lcs from
the tiottoin. sotbat tlie lower part Spreads
out in a auccesnion of <-j-n fans. Very
much lik- <l. but - areeiy new. is the Van
dyked flounce with >niy fttlln--ss --tn-ugh
to allow it to set smoothly around the
skirt over a fan plaiting, the fans of
whi< |i come in the oje-n spaces between
tin Vandykes. Anotler popular hcad
ing lor flounces is a slcl] trimming form
ed of a strip of the dress mat- rial piped
on Ihiili edges and bo\-plait<-d into triple
plait". Ret ween the box-plait* the edges
' of the band are caught together to torm
the shell. Scarf drapertra are much
worn on short and long drawsc*.
For walking dn-ssra they an- still folded
in upturned plait* senw the front and
knotted behind. Some tunics arc slit
straight up through the middle of tin
front breadtli for from six in-fli-- to half
a yard. Tlie sides of the opening* are
tlnn faced and turned hack in rovers. A
Ihov is placed at the apex of the triangu
lar opening tbti" formed, and thcpUiting
in front extends high enough bo-over all
that part of the lower skirt disclosed by
the opening.
Perpendicular trimmings arc v-ty fash
ionable. Is-ng revers. cxtentling front
the Irelt to the islge of the overskirt, or
where tic dress is in one to the trimming
at the foot, apjs ar on many suits. A
gr< at deal of tine shirring is used, espe
eiall von thin dresses. Shirnsi plastrons
of siik or satin an- favorite trimmings for
black gn-nndine*. 'llieshirring is usual
ly done in c!utera—lnch wide bands of
horizontal sldrring twelve inches apart,
from the top to tlie bottom, drawing the
plastron into long flat puffs. A great
dral of I'ekin is used. All mat-rial in
alternate rais-sl and flat strips* is known
as I'ekin. whether it he velvet, satin, silk,
wool or cotton ; or. as is often the ease, a
mixed fabric. This forms bands, rev era,
folds, vests, ete., upon solid-colored ma
terials. I'sually the I'ekin matches the
dress in tint—violent contrasts having i
lost favor. The fancy just now is to use 4
it in cross-cut bands, strniriit arrow the
goods, as ruffles an- cut. The edge* of
basques are trimmed with these bands ;
from thrre to eight inches deep—a fash- :
ion which affords an easy method of
lengthening any liorliee left over and un
fashlonahiy short. A stylish suit noticed
n-eent!y hud two folds, one of plain satin
the other of satin I'ekin edging the basque
as far as the back side-scami; then
they were left loose and extended to torm
unknot with long ends rather low on the
dress. Almve this the back of the
basque was finished with loops of satin,
forming a double fringe. Fratonnsa
flounces are much used on the IWmt and
side of triilnod skirts. They form from
three to fire curves, arc cut on the bias
anil edged top and Imttom with lace,
knlle-jdniting. or a fold of silk or satin.
Brocade is much used for trimming hand
some silks, and is put on in the same
way as tlie 1 Vkin.
A great many pretty suits are made ol
plain and flowered cotton good*, saltern*,
mummy cloth*. percale* mid even cali
c.h-k. The choice in washing material*
i* very wido, There are many imported
costumes in new cotton fabric*. Anions
these pocket handkerchief costume* are
prominent, with parasol, lint and dr<-*
all mMie of colored Moot ted cambric
handkerchief*, thirty of whi* It are rc
<iuired for one ilnn The hord<r are
no contrived that the rcare cross-bars at
the corner* of collars, cuff,., etc., or
wherever a decided corner in wanted.
The prettiest j>orilledre--e. arc made of
Pompadour cottons, copied from the ma
terials worn in the French court oi l/mi#
XIV,, XV. ami X\ 1., the sprigs being
fae-ttitnilea from those wiiieji appear on
Kevren and Dresden china. They are no
h!lky in amieanuiee that they are now
much lined for dinner wear, with plain
colored sit teen of imwtdeijcatc coloring.
Thine an- made up frequently with Wat
, t'-nu sacque train* and colored front
breadths, but oftcnerjunt walking length,
the petticoat in plait* heiuled by Ragusa
! lace, a W att<-uu tunic coming a* a sacque
| froin th" neck, bordered witli hue and
plaiting n lavuillr. caught up on either
i Hide with how* of ribbon, and opening
horn the wai*t, showing the plain-color
! I'ettieoat trimmed witii iace in front,
the front of the Ixxiicc having a pointed
stomacher, and fastening at the aide.
A most successful design for a walk
ing-dretM i* a ehocolatr-ground.-d ens
tot, tie, with blue and pink Ix.uqtiet*.
hound the edge of the skirt are three
brown kilting*; above that, on the front,
Home broad iwix-plaits of pink and
brown; and a *hort tunic gathered up
the center, hordereil with laceand frill
ing, forming a long dm jury at the hack,
caught 111 with loop how *of brown and
junk. 'I h< waistcoat ispjnk ; the h'xlic
• iii* a long all-round barqueand gathered
frilling of pink and brown, and la.-e fall*
over tie- waistcoat. This costume ha- a
Bloat drvaav wfeci. All-round dfl(p
hasqucd jacket* and a variety of jacket*
and Waistcoat- are app]i>-i| to Washing
dr< --<•. Jacket* opening to display
waiHtcoat* tnc.de of the plain material,
gathep-d at tin waist, are fashionable,
for most of theim|*jiicd washing dr< -*••#
are mixed, either plain and figured, or
two shade* of plain. With tie figure*!
material* plait ings and bias binding* of
tie- plain color ar< fashionable, while
into tie- front and sleeve* of soni<- of the
dp-HH'-H oval slashing* of color five or nix
inches long are introduced with good
effect, A useful ntyleof making a simple
washing dr<-** consist* of a polonain- of
-trip d cotton, gat lured in tie-front at
tte waist, ami at interval* the whole
length of the tunic; a )*ow of rihtion at
•ikli gatle-ring. A hand <-ncirclo the
back of the waist from the side seam*,
and the tunic S* draped at the sides and
hack and bordered with a Ixix-piaiting
with heading, the plait* set wide apart,
and a liana of plain color thr.-adi-d
through them: a similar Yloum only
wider, borders the -kirt.
Short dress.-- will, without doubt. Ist
the fashion of tli*- stisnii for washing
materials Sleeve* will bo worn narrow
at the wrist. nut in high, and full on the
shoulder*. Itroton Sot, kalis-plaited,
w ill appear on ino-t of the liglit. r shade*
of Stle ll eewtuni' s. Thi* is also tile favor
ite trimming for white muslins, white
mull and organdi.-s, Victoria law n* arc
trimmed with Torclton and with Ham
burg embroidery.
V. ry pretty suits. Is.tli for ladies and
children, are made of Madras gingham*
trimm.il with colored embroidery an!
with plaitings of the materia], th.- plait*
bring so arrang.-d that a particular plaid
i- brought on top .\< ry lii rkiladd
l>hui l\ints.
< hlldf ' '• iiNrmrnt*.
\ . ry many of the dr.-ss.-s for girls fn>m
two to ten and twelve yean old
present the effect of a kilt and coat.
The kilt plaiting is made up of either
v. ry wide Im.x or very wide side
plaits, often tie--. dn-Kse* are nearly
all in one piece. Tin-trimming*. in-P-ad
of giving a prince—< eff.-ct, simulate a
long cut-away coat with a Franklin vo-t
ext.-tiding to iii<-< t a ilcep kilt flotince
sewed on underneath the coat, and r> pre
senting a kiit skirt. Again, the coat effect
i brought al*>ut on princes*.- dr<-sses by
the addition of broad pock> t* plactid lew
don n <>n the sides.
For schoolgirl* wash drcsse# are made
of pr< tty Sot. h ginghams, jier.-al.-s and
chintz. *, with ts.ika d.-t* and honieni
and i.andana ]>iaid*. The j.rinciple of
j nihination niles alike in ia.ii.-s' and
children's ctumes and in sjlk, wool and
cotton fahri>'. In all. solid colors are
made up with figured stuff* t.i match. A
favorite way of fashioning the gay
plaidcd bandana :uid percale dresses i* in
a kilt skirt *<-t on a d.*ep yoke fitting
als.ut th<- hi|.s closely, ami a yoked or
pinit.il lil.iuse, belted in.
For younger girl*, in wash good*, come
little slips, with the whole Front of the
garment laid in l*.x pl*its down to a
Spanish finance, while the hark is gath
ered int.. a yoke and the neck of the
dress i* finished w itli a deep sailor collar.
One of the sinipl<-st ways >f making up
dr.-*-.-* f.-r little girls is the Unbridle
shajx-. fasteneii at the hack and fini-hed
around tlie Ixittoni witli a kilt plaiting.
White dr.-**e* an- in many instan.-es fin
isli.si witli a Spanish flounce, box-plaited
on instead of Ix-ing gathered. These
flounce* are in turn edged with lace, em
broidery or Hamburg edging.
Tlie fashions in infants' clothing vary
hut little, if any, fn.m the forms in use
for several seasons past. Although tluTe
ha* lxi-n an effort to revive the low
necked, short-sleeved dresses of long ago,
(lie sensible Freneh-yoked and long*
sleeved n.hes remain in favor. I/.ng
dn-sses make way for short clothe* at
at alx.ut *ix months of age, when silk
and worsted hoot* are adopted until urh
time a* soft kid *Sioc* witii liglit leather
sole* Ix-conic a nix-es*ity. Circular cash
mere cloaks with round hoods, line.l with
silk and trimmed with pipings of satin,
afford a popular *tvle of wrap*. Pique
eloak* embroidered and ftirtlier triliuiusi
with Russian or Irish hand-crocheted
hwv are among favorite wraps in w.xil
material. Utile ran*, eompoaed of iace
and finisiied with full rucliings. cither of
ril.lxin or Iwv. ar- much worn, both by
infants and little girl* Ave and six year*
old. I luring carlv spring these an ail
lin.il with silk, hut on the approach
of warm weather the lining* may tie dis
pensed witii.
Among new fabric* shown for chil
dren's wear are fancy corduroy* of light
quality, which have the merit of w ash
ing well, and. trimmed witii l*ru*i*n
lace and pearl button*, making an effec
tive garment. Heavy Russian lares, by
the way. are also largely employe.! on
woolen garment* for children. White
muslin dresses have displaced tlie tiff
and heavy Marseille* and pique <mee for
merly worn. A new tuuaiin. somewhat
resembling mull and called Persian mus
lin. i* used, a* is dotted Swiss muslin
made up with lace and Inserting and
worn over bright-colored slip* of silk or
.Silesia.—„Vcr Fart R'orM.