l)o Right.
Take this in An lor your v >te,
Do right!
Ciiuird It well in every strife.
Do right'
Heed its touching* in your
Krom it* precepts ne'er depart,
bet not evil get the start,
Do right!
DM mgh the tempter whisper low.
Do right!
He will ouly prove your 100.
Do right'
Vver He where duty calls,
In the Held or palace hails,
Klee Iroin haunts where sin appals,
Do right!
I in. vi re will allure the mind,
Do right!
*Tis a snare to ail mankind,
Do right!
Principle must help ua Here,
Keep our minds from doubt and tear,
llnke our |>othwny bright and clear,
Do right!
/hi Hit H Atulin.
TWICE MARRIED.
" Yes, I suppose it's all very fine and
rrand, but I b'lieve I'd rather Eddie had
jaken a fancy to some one who wouldn't
have felt himself too fine and grand for
hernia and pa.''
" I can't see but that the young man
is perfectly civil and respectful. And
certainly his mother has acted the lady
bv you. Called on you tirst, and asked
Eddie there to tea right off. We should
bear in mind that she never expected to
make the acquaintance of plain folks like
as."
" There was nothing else to do. unless
she quarreled with her son, and that she
would never do, anil he the apple of her
eye. So she made the best of it. Rut
111 tell you what, pa—l mean to have
my own way about the wedding, for all
Mrs. I,c Roy's wheedling soft Speeches."
Mr. Clark wa* always more or less
absent-minded when he came home at
night from the store. It was a minute
or two liefore he asked, as was expected
ofliiin. "What do you mean. Eliza?"
"As it's to be an Episcopalian wed
ding, it ha to lie in church, and of
course there'll be a crowd, her friends as
well as ours. And she is ashamed of us.
Slic wants Eddie to have Governor Reed
give her away instead of her shabby old
" Well, if Eddie's willing—"
" Eddie willing! Of course Eddie 'd
be willing if you was willing, and you
never could say no to a woman. fv> if
she come* along—Mrs. Is" Hoy, I mean
—and talks to you about the social ad
vantage it will be to Eddie, to go into
the church on the governor's arm, don't
you listen to her. Just you say that you
nave left it to the women-fiks to settle
the wedding."
Mr. Clark received his orders meekly.
He hoped he would not 1m? called upon
to combat the eloquence of Mrs. Is>
Hoy. lie doubted that he could hold
out again-l it unless his wife were by to
hack him. He sighed. He hated to see
Eliza fretted. It wa- hi- nature to take
thing# as they came, but it was certainly
sot hers. Rut he bad never seen her so
completely upset as she was now.
Some mothers would have lieen
elated at the prospect of a daughter's
marryini above her, as the phrase gi *.
but of these was not Mrs. Clark. She
was satisfied with her own station in
iife. She preferred to keep to f.cr own
ways and that other people should keep
to theirs. She felt that she was as good
as anybody else, and she did not desire
to be thrown with people who held a
contrary opinion.
The next morning came a pleasant,
sordial not-- from Mrs. !>• Roy, asking
the Clark-—father, mother, daughter—
to tea with Ifer that evening. Eddie
wished to accept the invitation, and
Mrs. Clark eouid never heir to crow
Eddie * wishes. She therefore sonu'wliat
unwillingly dressed herself in her best
and brushed up her old man. "Now,
pa. don't give in to her." were her last
words as they were admitted for the
irt time into the beautiful !*• Roy
mansion—really a mansion, built in Port
ltoyal in the old colonial times. Mis.
1/p Hoy received them with a manner
that was gracious ties# itself. If she
cnad>' up her mind to do a thing at all.
■hedid it thoroughly. She had combated
her son's engagement to beautiful Eddie
Clark as long as there remained a grain
of virtue in opposition. Now she d< t'r
ilined that there should IK* no vulgar
femily jar*. She showed a proper gen
tility in thai at least.
Alas! Mrs. Clark was powerless to in
terrupt a long, amicable tctc-a-Ute be
twein their hostess and her liusiaind.
•luring which George Hoy showed
her the various curiosities with which
the drawing-rooms were filled, and Eddie
played soft air- on the piano, Kildic had
been beautifully taught at the academy;
her tact in music, as in other matters,
w.ien she chose to exercise it. was great;
she played in that charming pensive,
twilight style which serves so admirably
to fill up odd corners and crannies.
George walked home with Eddie; the
husband and wife were together.
" I've done it," Mr. Clark said, desper
ately, as soon as they were fairly started.
"Hiie wa too much for mc; I couldn't
help ft."
" You didn't agree that a perfect
stranger should give away Eddie?"
"Yes, I did. After all, what matter
does it make? Anyway, it can't be
helped now; and it's notfiing but a form
anyway."
"Our only chiid!"groaned Mrs. Clark,
with tears. Her heart was very soro.
At that moment she would far rather
Eddie had been going to marry Joe
Thompson, a clerk in her father's store,
who had been in love with her for years,
and who would have iieen honored by
the connection, rariierthan hluc-h)oodcd
George !/• Roy, to whom Eddie's parents
were a thorn In the flesh, to lie endured
as best might he
Mrs. Is- Roy carried the day; Mr.
Clark, having given Ids word, held hy
I. like an honest man. The wedding
took place in fit. Mary's, and Mr. and
Mrs. Clark were ushered to their seats
like aii the nut of the congregation, to
see their darling married. Mrs Ho Roy
swept in on her son's arm. calm, cool,
collected; the bride followed, supported
by the white-headed governor of the
State. Ln bitterness of heart her mother
heard Iter take the vows which made
her Edna I-c Hoy. It was a large, digni
fied assemblage, in which good Mr. and
Mrs. Clark felt lost. They felt equally
.oft afterward at the wedding reception
at Mrs. He Roy's. It was a very melan
choly satisfaction to tbam to hear on all
■idea praises of the bride's exquisite love
liness. They serrated no longer to have
part or parcel in the matter.
If Edna did not realize the pain of nil
thin to her parents. It surely WIII not be
cause she did not love them. She loved
them dim |y, Willi n tenderness nil her
own; hut nt tlint, time site was too ut
.erly absorbed in her own tumultuous
happiness to be able to eoneelve of there
ite'ng n serpent trail in her paradise. She
clung to them with'passionute kisses he
foeo she started on her wedding journey,
and had almost to be torn from their
•nibrnees; but tliis without probing the
nature of their regret and w reteheilnesa.
■the and (Jeorge sailed for Europe al
.riost imnn'diately. He was arieh man,
but be bad a profession to which lie
proposed to devote bimseif. For the
next two years he attended medieal
lectures in Paris as assiduously as though
he had bivn a needy student anxious to
go to work to earn a living. He and
Edna were very happy during those two
years; it was the life that suited Edna—
art and inusie and congenial society.
The world was even gayer and brighter
tlian lier day dreams had pictured it.
Then a year of travel. Then home.
Eddie' had never known how she had
missed her dear father and mother until
she found herself once more clasped In
their loving arms. How had she done
without, nil litis while, the ir extraordin
ary devotion, their blind infatuation?
bite had never half enjoyed her own two
babb - until site had shown them to her
father and mother. Tears of joy and
pride i lined down Mrs. ('lark's cheeks.
Kddic's little girls! There never were
such beauties, such darlings. Eddie's
eyes, clear, brown, eager, with their
father's heailtiful golden hair. Fortun
ately they were sufficiently like their
father's family to win favor with their
grandmother He Roy on that score. On the
whole, she was -atfstb'd with tic appear
ance presented bv Iter son's family. Ed
die's French toilettes were stylish and
becoming: the elder baby pratthsl in
French in a distinguished way; the baby
proper was a study for a picture as she
lay in the arms of her tonne, whose pie.
turesoue cap and apron were the Itrst
that had ever appeared in Port Koyal.
Edna really did not do (jeorge discredit;
she would be well enough, if only it
were not for her vulgar father arid
mother.
Still there were no jars. Hut, all the
same, Feins grew gradually h.ir.iAscd and
unhappy. It became patent to her that
Mrs. I/" Hov looked down upon hcrante
eedents, and that it was perpetually upon
her mind to instruct her in the different
articles of her own social et —d. Eddie's
gentle soul rebelled. She !• <1 her own
pride of birth. She hated Mi s. I*> Hoy's
arrogance and assumption. She almost
hated Mrs. Ie- Hoy. llay after day she
was made to appear to disadvantage bo
fore (jeorge. ltay after day sin- felt that
sh>" was stiffening and hardening liefore
the icy breath of her mother-in-law's
constant surveillanee. A word here and
a word there will prejudice almost un
aware#. (Jeorge, for the tirst time,
noticed that his wife had defects; she
kicked self-control, self-possi s-ion. These
things would eonie in time hut they were
an indispensable part of the equipment
of a finished woman of the world.
Gradually (jeorge began to olyect to
her frequent visits to her parents, al
though never in so many words. The
argument he Used was that she was so
much away from home; he saw so little
of her. Gradually Eddie abandoned
tit's point; hut in return she resolved
that site would he equally chary of her
visits to otle r places. Hhcestablished a
character for un#*' lability and indiffer
ence among all the Is' ltoys' friends in
Port Royal, people whom Mrs. Is' Hoy
had urged ie rto cultivate—" for your
husband's sake, my dear; a physician's
wife cannot exercise too much discretion
in the choice of a tuaintnnces."
Gradually she did not seem to herself
to be the same girl. Oh. if only she and
(Jisirge could live in a little house of
their own! This great, grand house vs
a prison. But it had always been on
the cards that George with
his mother An unusual devotion ex
isted between the mother and son.
Eddie was not a wise woman. She
made no effort to conceal the bitterness
In her soul from her own parents. They
knew that she was not happy; they
never dreamed of blaming her when day
after day went by without their seeing
her. Rut they dill blame Mr- [s
Hoy. and none the lens as they saw Eddie
grow quiet and dull and changed.
(jeorge and she drifted farther and
farther apart. His was an impression
able nature, which speedily fell aivay
from the magnetism of any influence
which was not vigorously exerted. And
lie iikisl life and gayety; Eddie's mood
chilled and rtjirowsl him. He had no
sympathy for people with the blues. So
he sought amusement elsewhere. If Ed
d to return visits, the more rea
son that he should visit vigorously. He
was always warmly welcomed at the
houses of his old intimates. The Sto
reys. lor instants", made as much ot him
as though he still were unmarried, lie
believed those girls would do anything
for him. He showed Eddie with some
what ol schoolboy triumph a pair of
slippers Minna Storey had worked for
him in shaded flosses.
Port Koyal—at least its exclusive
circles—always left home in August and
September. The I/- Hoys from time im
memorial had gone to the Sweet brier
springs during those months. It was
decided to carry out Ids usual pro
gramme, almost without consulting
Mrs. George I/" Roy. She, for her part,
detested the idea of going, as indeed she
had ended by detesting all the He Roys'
doings.
Nevertheless, Swei thrier springs was
a pleasant place enough, in the heart of
the peaceful, sereti" mountains. It was
not so lar from Port Royal but that
(Jeorge could join his family once a
week, for which fact Eddie would have
been more than thankful had she had
the full benefit of his society when he
did come. Rut there were not many
men at the sp ! ,gs, and llr. Is" Roy was
handsome and popular. His wcekiv
arrival was the signal among the idle
girls at Sweetbrier to monopolize his
attentions. And George was nothing
loath. He came up here to recuperate
and to have a good time, and when tie
applied to having a good time, it was
with the same zeal which lie hail
brought to bear upon the study of Ids
profession.
The Storey girls were his warmest ad
mirers. Minns Storey was as liewitch
ingly beautiful as the typical Eastern
Iwuri—all rounded curves and dimples,
soft, tendrilly brown hair, and laughing,
mischievous hazel eyes. She was a girl
who never hesitated to follow the bent
of her pleasures, although these at times
led her into somewhat devious ways.
She genirally h id a love affair on hand,
although this was apt to lie not so much
a flirtation aa a romp. At least this was
the distinguishing characteristic of her
present encounter with Dr. I* Roy. It
was great ftin, no doubt, hut it could
hardly he said to be dignified. As the
weeks slipped by, the feet grev. to he an
I established one among the other girl*
1 that I >l*. !*• Hoy was Minna Btorey's ex
! elusive property.
| Eddie was wretched. Those women
! are perhaps to lie envied who, in Himilar
situations, cultivate a gnyety which, if
forced, nt least serve* as itn escape-valve.
Eddie not only was wretched but looked
so. And George became irritated, lie
actually was at lost in the condition of
believing himself to tie the aggrieved
' party.
One evening, when Eddie hung over
: the children until they were asleep,
crooning soil air* to thein which always
lulled them to rest soonest, she Wandered
down stairs with the vague intention of
linillng George and trying to dispel the
! miserable cloud which had hung between
them now for so long. A wish to do *0
had come into her heart as she kissed her
babies good-night. She. driftisl- down
the great soundingstairwav, looking like
a pale ghost with her sail eyes and her
flowing white dress. She glanced out
on the different piazzas on her way; the
; 1 martlets were apt to walk and sit about
|on these during the long evenings. But
; she did not see her husband. She drilled
through the parlors, where there were
card-playing, dancing, music.
"Ixiok at Mrs. Is-Hoy. How beauti
ful she is!" one person remarked.
"And how intensely unhappy! J'oor
thing! What a pity that any one with a
heart should have married George Is
; Hoy!'
tslie stood in the open doorway and
looked tip and down the piazza on whh h
opened the parlors. Ah. at last! George
; was seated with his hack toward In-r. In
a lounging, negligent attitude. Facing
1 him, in an attitude equally negligent,
was Minna Storey, lor dfimdi'd llae
j ehante fare Upturned to his; tier white
awns gleaming out of the falling rose
colored sleeve* of lor dress, and wreathed
with Human iwarls. Perhaps slie was
posing for Eaiia Hiwikh or some other
Oriental character, to whom strands of
! pearls are approprfabsl In UtMeaur.
rtraiUi ; at all events,|hi-r graceful hea<l
was adonod to 1 orri-s;>nd with her
! arms. She made a slight movement at
; the moment that Eddie appeared in tin-
I disirway.with whichhcrlittlcwliiteliand
| fHI again*! Ir. Is- Botl knee, and lay
| there carelessly. Eddie's fru-e eontraeted
!as in pain. Site i-anie forward. Minna*
j slightly ehangitl her attitude, but with
|no visible show of embarrassment •
j G-orge glanced up. " Will you join us?"
1 In- asked, in an un*yinpatlnTje, super
j ficial tone.
Eddie paused a moment, looking down
upon Minna. Then she said, icily, " No,
thank you," nnd moved away.
She was combing at the long hair
presently, when George knocked at the
•hsir. i 1 i that rigid look on her fare,
j that hurt look in her eyes. Ili> i-lrsisj
I the door, and stood leaning with hi*
I bark against it. " I wih, Edna," lie
; began, directly, "that you would le a
j little m re like Other people. It is eon
| found' v unpli-asant to have you going
aimiit lisiking like a mute at a funeral. '
" 1 cannot iiwik more unhappy than I
feel." she burst out. with gntlc ring *ots.
•• Why did I ever marrv you? I wish I
had ifiial instead. Why did \ou not
; marry this Storey girl, whom yi.u make
l love to now tv fore my fa< <■? If you have
j no f'-'ling for me a.* a woman, I should
j think you might show at least common
respect for me as your wile."
Her tone, her word*, stung Girge \A
i Hoy to the point of fury "My wife'"
| he said. "Jbavin*! 1 wish you hail not
| that i laim upon my tolerance. A man
I n-aps a fearful harvest from a youthful
' mistake.'" Then he turned on hi* ln*-l
i and ijo*d tie door sharjily I* hind him.
j Eddie wasoniy a trifle more mim-rahi
| than she had Ins n before,
j The next day was Kundav. Partie*
: for church wit* made u;< l!ddi' found
I bmtlf Uatlaaly btotawsd in one. it
I lilik'lit at least Is- more toll r ibSe (halt
j wandering aimles-Sy about tie- hotel.
'A* si.- wa* band'd into the stage she
■ notiei-d her husband gathering i-i
j Minna Storey's draperies within the
I compass of a light wagon, in which he
j was going to drive her. She was talking
j and laughing a* uual. Tie re aa- not a
j cloud on George'* face. Tlie sight >ut
j Eddie to the heart. .Sle- averted in-r fine
hastily. Her feliow - nassi ngi'r* *av
what she *nw; they piiiisl h< r. It i*
hard to a young, proud nature to !c
pitied.
The stage clattered ofl' amid a gay
Hnhcl ot voice*. A mile down tlie road
there wa* a hill. At the lop of this hill
the horse* took fright, one becoming
perfectly uncontrollable. Plunging and
reariig. they dragged tie *tag ( . to the
edge of the mountain, flic ni xt mo
ment the gr- at lumbering vehicle was
overturned and pitched down the moun
tain side. Then the horses, having done
their worst, tood still. Tlie driver
picked himself up and surveyed the
scene of the di*ater. The first object
that met hi* eye* was Mrs. Is- Roy, who
had been thrown against a heap of
stone*. A messenger was dispat< ln-d to
the hotel, who mvt Dr. 1/ Hoy first of
all in his no-top wagon.
"Hurry! hurry!"' he cried. "Tlie
stage ha* gone over the side of tin moun
tain. Mrs. I,e Hoy is dead."
George was off like the wind; hut not
In-fore Mis* Storey had entreated, with
white lips, to be fot out. He wa* alone
when he was confronted by Eddie'* pit i
ful iiale face.
Tney gathered her up and carried her
to the hotel for dead. The rest of tlie
party escaped unhurt, except for trifling
cuts and bruises; hut wlnn they laid
heron Iter bed they thought thai life
was extinct.
I might quote page* in support of the
assertion that the worth of a treasure 1*
emphasized hv the dicqfl of losing it.
Harshness, indifference, neglect, dogged
George Hoy'* steps like stern accusers,
now that Eddie lay speechless, tineon- I
scions, for hopeless hours. It seemed to
him that he had killed her. If lie had
been with her this might not have hap- ,
pencd. Surely he might have shielded
tier. Shielded her? Ah! had lie shielded .
her from other dangers, other Ills? Tin
hitter reproach haunted him that he had 1
betrayed his trust.
How utterly little and contemptible
their dissensions now seemed! Only Iho
one truth remained, that she *.u Ids, tlie
woman he lovirl, the only woman who
could fill his heart.
He sent for her father and mother.
They came, wntng by the cruelist an
guish ; but they came just as she began
to revive. Youth Is stubborn; life Is
olwtinatc; and love wrestled with prayer.
George U Roy had never known
before what it was to face a mysterious
Providence, omnipotent, and yet heark
ening to supplication.
Eddie was given hack to him again
given back to him, so it seemed, from
death. It was a second marriage.
We often wonder if we could live our
lives better If we could live them over
again. Certainly Eddie and her hus
band profited by their former mistakes.
For one thing, they spent their second
honeymoon In • home of their own.
When Eddie went down from Sweet
brier spring*, in the full, to Port Koyal,
she found n lovely house made ready for
her, of which she wan the unconditional
iniMlr*HM. George explained, to nil whom
It might concern, that the situation of
the house suited the requirements of lilm
practice better than that of the IA- Hoy
homestead.
It win astonishing how easy it was to
get on with Mrs. Is- Hoy mere oiler this.
.Sometimes, indeed, Eddie wondered
whether her former trouble* had not
be"n chimeras of her brain.
As for Mr. and Mrs. Clark, they were
at last entirely reeoneiled to their
daughter's marring!. They spent the
grimier part of their ituliseqmnt live* in
Htiojling their little grandehildn >i to
their heart's content.— Jfurprr'x Ihizur.
An Kventrul Career.
The town of Graham, in Young i-oun
tv, Texas, is named after a man who,
though no longer young in years, is still
so in both physical and mental vigor,
and whose name and posterity may well
I he perpetuated in tie' beautiful region
which has been selected for tie' town
I site. Dr. < 'hristophcrtiraham was born
; near lhuivillc, K v., October 10, 17*7, and
was descended from Irish parents. He
grew up with hut limited education in
j tlint then new country. He served in
tin'war of I*l'<J-'l5. lie descended th<'
I Ohio and Mississippi to New Orleans
several times before the days of steam*
boats, lie was a proficient hunter and
excelled in athletic sport* and manly
courage. Asa marksman anil hunter In'
hud but few equals in tin* early days of
the present century in Kentucky, then
famous for riflemen ami hunters. After
serving through the wnrwith England lie
returned to Kentucky, iiut not to remain
long in the prospi iisof pi we. In tin
year l"i7, wln n the expedition of Gen
eral Mina was preparing to invad' M'-xi
eo through Texas, in order tooverthrow
the Spanish jkiwit. 1 >r . Graham left
Kentucky In company the afterward
famous Texas patriot and In To, < oleic '
Milam, Hen Sanders, William Ilaylor,
< harles Miteindl and others, and joined
the force of Minn at San Antonio. Gra
ham, however, soon became dissatisfied
with the manner in which the war was
, i (inducted, andjr. turned, thus escaping
the tragic fate of some of those who ac
companied him. He returned to Ken
tucky, studied medicine and.it is said,
was the tir-t M. D. graduated nt Tran
sylvania University. He came ha/ kto
Texas in |tttf2, and w a* with Stephen F
Austin in the City of Mexico wln n the
, latter went to secure a confirmation id
hi* colonization contract. Going hack
to Kentucky, he eomineneerl the prae
ti •• of medicine, and built up tin now
famous watering place, Harrodshurg
Springs, whii h property he sold in I*.V2
to the United States for a military asy
lum. nssav ing the sum of § 100,000 tor the
same. Again he returned to Texas and
accompanied Colonel (iray in bis reion
noissanee for a line of railroad on the
thirty-second parallel, The doctor,
however, left the surveying party at El
i'a-o and proceeded through M'\ioto
the I'a- ilicat Ma/atlan. and from tie nee
to S in Francis* o by *<a, stifl"< ring ninny
perils and hardships Imth by land anil
water. Tie me returning to Kentucky,
In inaugurated a system of impmvemen't#
on n grand scale on Bo kcastle river.
Although now m the ntnety-**-i-ond y< ar
of liis ag'-. he instill in full mn-' ssion of
hi* fuullie*. nn! occasionally eon*
tribut's articles of a pr;ietie;U and *< i< n
til'e char.'tctcr to tic Ixiui-viib pr 0
-bowing no diminution "f his int< ;;e,.
tual powers.— f/ntteMon A* '•.
I'hange* of the luist I'lfty Years,
Tlte autiior of •> o ri'- of papers on
" Young I.andon in tie Ixindon '/</-
araph records "one of tie • hang'* of the
halt century. When he first bcyan to
n ne mber things there wer* only two
milroails in tie United Kingdom It
took the lest part of four (lays to g t to
I'aris; and the post agi of a tier to that
city was fine and liglitpni e. There
wife no ocean steamer*: and fivi w<l*
w . ie often consumed in a journc y to New-
York There w cr> no Tu -ifcr mxtcbo*
lighting 011 or off tic box : and flint and
s|ce|, and the tind. r-box. and tnatehes
dipped in hrini-'oe.-, reign- .1 supreme in
tie- kitchen; ml was still burnt in the
strict latniwofGrosvenors'iuaro. There
were no electric telcgrn|ds. no postoftlec
money onlers, no steel p n*-in lonunon
u*o —no envelopes, no perambulators. ,
There wen- no cheap newspapers, no
shilling magazine*. no po-t cards, no
perforated stamps awl counterfoils, and
no paraftine candle*. There was not an
hotel in England w In r> a lady could dine
in a public mom. Then was ni photo
graphy. no ticnroliw . no h irofm 111. no
gly ccrin'', no •-ollodion and no guneotton.
There wre no mauve mid tm magenta
dyes. There were no preserved meats,
soups or vi g- t ahles. 'l ie j.- was but lit
tle chap oai and 110 cocoa. Soda Wat<T
was a shilling a liottie. There were no
nfrigerntots. and no *1 wing machines.
There wen no keyli-ss nor cry stal-i asssl
watehes: no 1 lectm-gild ing nor silver
ing. and no electmtyping. The (.*•) fork
in ordinary use had only two prongs.
There wi re no stays that were not in
struments of torture, and no walking
hoots for ladies. There wa* no Halhrig
gan nor Ralnmral hosiery. Tin re were
only a few vi ioclpixle*. and there were
no revolvers. Tfiere was no gutta-per
cha and very few cigars.
The Itnkr f trgyH.
Tin- Ihiki of Argyll now visiting
America U tie eighth ihik< of that title.
He was itorn at Anlingiaplecastlo. Duni
tsirtonshlre, in Ifil, anil succeeded hi*
father fn I*lo. Hcforehis father's death,
and whi Ie- was Marguisof Eorne. he
took an active pari in tie controversy ir
the Presbyterian chun-h, and did some
literary work, publishing, among other '
things. " A l.' tter to the IV r* from a
peer's Son." a letter to the Hex . Thomas
Chalmers, lb It., on the present position
ofehurch affairs in Scot land, and an i-H-ny
entitled " Presbytery Examined." lie j
has been a freouent speaker In the House j
of Peers, lie lias filled enough other* to j
turn an American politician green with
envy. In lK r l he was chancellor of the
University of St. Andrew's, in ItiAJ! lord
privy seal in the cabinet of the Karl of
Ahenhs-n, in IH.Vi he held the aanv>office
under Ixird I'almerston. in I*.VJ lie was
postmaster general, in IKSC lord privy
sea! again, in IHflo postmaster genera
again, IHfll lord privy sea! again, lie has
tieen rectorof the University of Glasgow,
president of the Koyal Society of Kdln
burg, and secretary of state for India.
Among his other offices are those of
hereditary master of the queen's house
hold in Scotland, chancellor of the Uni
versity of St, Andrews, trustee of the
British Museum and hereditary sheriff
and lord lieutenant of Argyllshire. Still,
with all these honors, he walks and c*U
and has hands and fret jnst like other
men. In later years he hi* published
"The Reign oflaw.' " Primeval Mn"
and a number of other works.
FOK THE FAIR HEX.
llresM* for genua lrls
It is not an easy matter tosclcel dresses
fur young girls of fourteen or lift-en
years, as tin y are too tall for the slender
designs used for smaller girls, while
those appropriate for their older sister*
are too elaborate f,, r them. At present
j l ./}' Ijouim?h providi* himplf
; girlish costunKk made with a basque
| long round overskirt. and a lower skirt
I that ri'ehes to the ankles. .There are
also II m> di' s-i , for misses iiuiih with
tniun d skirts thai simulate two skirts,
I t although this requires less material,
it is not so economical u„. separate
1 skirts, liecause it does not allow so
: many changes to vary the wardrobe, nor
J will sUeli dresses wash well.
File trimmed skirt* or simpli dressi-s
have the back laid in loose kilt plaiLs
from the belt down, while the front and
sides have a long apron sewed in with
I the lii-lt, and fastened down the side
seams; a narrow-plaited flouiuv is ta-low
this on the gored bn-iulths of tin- lower
skirt, i Ie- reverse of this style i* seen
j in pretty wool dresses, and alao in the
I white muslin dresses sold its confirma
tion tlre*sc, but used for summer even
ings afterward. These have the front
and side breadths laid in box plaits from
the belt down to the ankle, where they
are left slightly loose, are lucked in a
■ •luster, and isdgei! w'itli Yali-neii-nni * or
Breton lace.
The overskirt most liked for w-oojen
and wash dress l *.* lias adis-p apron front,
shnply hemmed, and a long draped
hack. When of double width woolen
good* two breadths suffice for tie ifitire
over*kirt The front breadth i held in
wrinkled fold* horizontally by a tajs
placed down the middle; only On- un
der part of the fold I* tacked to thL* tape,
*0 that tie- fastening doe* not show.
Tin- sides of tie front breadth are sloped
toward the ts-!t, and the elu-ter of shir
rim; in tie sid' *.-aiia adjusts the drapery
on the hips; tie- hack breadth i* then
aught up in the middle in a single
cluster of plait*. Till* ixlge i* le mined
or else stiti le d by machine.
Basque* and polonaises that button Is'-
hind can scarcely fx- found at the fur
nishing house*, as these have Is* n re
plan-d liy vet garments that must fasten
in fre.nt, or e!*e by those that lap in
double-breast!*! fashion. A plaited *ilk
or satin vest, and a fan of the sane for
the hack of thehasque, give a very pretty
finish to wool, foulard and grenadine
basques. Gingham dresses are made with
a i-ixi! neglige corsage that hang* loose
tike a saeijue in front, while the tia< k
ha* a yoke with plait* • xt- iiding to the
end, and held in iilaec by an ulster bi-it
tliat is-gin* in t lie fside scruus and hut-
Uin* in the middle of the ha- k
Ki-ru wiwd itrisse., usually Fn-neh
• hunting, trinmusl with blue or brown
polka-aottisl-iiin.iri vtrv popu.arwith
young girl* There sr-also m.-uiy gen
darme lilu' bunting dre**i,, and tie-e
of creamy white are liked for afternism
w> ar. 'I lie I'aiiama twis-il* in small
- heck*, trimmed with sliirrval satin,
make re it ilr for morning, travel
ing, etc.
lln pnlonai*! most u*'*! hv young
girl* i* of the mat'atiiec slmpe, whii h is
<ut iiuite long, and the great length
dr.*i| i) in soft plait* around tie liip*
and a lengthwise puffin the hark. To
be graceful this must le* lisiped but
twin-, oni"" in each under-nrtn wain,
and must curv- oi<n in front. Such
dr> — ■ * iuv made ~f the pretty i an pa
il our foulard* with ru or pale blue
grounds -town wiUi daisies, row-hud*
and garden pinks, ori l*eof small.tiguo d
gr< iiadite -
Blue or tut fl.uin-'. dres*.. for girls
o wear in tie mountain* or nt the *<-a
sliore ore made with a single *kirt plain
in trout and kiii-oiaitod behind, arid
tiiuiniisi around tie -kirt with tlirn*
row* of Her* tile* timid; whit* braid is
ti ed on blu- ffntini 1- and dark brown on
I*Til. The in kt i* in l'inafore style,
with loose front* and plenty of hra*s
buttons; or ••].< tlnn i- a sailor blouse
; of the flannel itt.ub with a disp sailor
■ o'.'ar.and worn with asliort ajiron over
skirt iunl sash. Tie■*•• are sold for §lO
for girl* of fourteen. Pretty gingham
dri-ws may )* I song hi rcady-tnadi for§s.
The prettiest white nansook drrsses
have p.uiier basque* w itli elbow sleeves,
trtmniid witli puff"- of tlie nansook *< pa
rat 111 by fin-ton Insertion. Four of tin***
puff* and insertions |s%s* down the front
of the basque, an I arc length-md to go
around the bin- and meet in the middle
of the hack unitcralMiw of white watered
ribbon Tlthi i* one of tie- newest dc
igns.
Small iiehu* of the dr material ar>
add'-d to nice suiss. for giri' wiai,
while for g>ti'i-a! w-ar ar<- Engli-h
jackets d eordumy. or the navv-blue
i'iuafiM' - kxt* with giil braid and
law.-- buttons. Their round hats have
straight stiff lrini. or 1 Ise they an* Eng
lish turban* with rolled brims. A gay
-i arf put on can !• **ly to show nearly
it- whole width, with the endsturmd up
like a spread fan. i* the trim in ing. wltli
is-rliap* two -.hurt ostrich t : ps curling
forward on tie crown, or else ,-v liinl
lu-ad or two or three wing* stuck in tlie
left side.
Biuc and Idip -black ladles' cloth re.
mains the favorite fabric for riding
habits, and tl.c English style of cutting
is preferred. This give* a narrow -hurt
-kirt that ii* plainly on the figure, imi
eealing it. 1 ut adding xethingto tin ir,e.
The right side i* shaped differently from
1 the left, being enlarged to give Mtranry
room when tlie hg t* .vrer th* prir.rn''i
of tin saddle. The trousers, of the cloth,
are of very -imph- shape, and an* en
tirely mneosled. The hoMpie is sliorter
than it ho* lately lx* n Worn, extending
iu*t below tie waist-line in front and on
thesiih s. and forming a jiw key tail with
ojuare rornirs hetitnd. A small lirwn
collar with aw hit- muslin cravat is the
fuiorlle lingvrh The idofvcs are tight,
with the meretrini ofa linen 1 uff. But
tons and mock button ho' - trim tin
front and the tall of the basque. Tlie
glove", of dog-akin or oU" ntnlre*wsl kid,
are long-wrist id, Iwing fastened ly four,
<r six buttons; | these are prefVrreil to
gaunt lets.—- /fur/wr". fro ror.
ifc CssNlrr.
One of the fit t requisites in a child'*
summer outfit for the eountry is a pair
of strong, br<iad-isoled slne*s tit for
cliinldng and running, and not likely to
lie ruined by <>>nt.v-t with the wet grass
in the morning, Tliesc shoes should not
he too coarsely or clumsily made, though
eTen *heap and cohimon-looking *loe
is better than one, however fine, which
hinds too tightly over the instep, or
cramps the toes' while it blisters the
heels. Few mot tiers remember how
very much a child's ouoiibrt. happiness
and good temper depend on the way,
sensible or otherwise, in which the little
leet are dressed. It is not frr nothing
that the adage, as easy as an old shoe,
has passed mto the proverbial litera
ture of the world. The miseries of
new shoes have bsnw frit by moat of is
I Hi acute nn observer n* John Brown, of
Edinburgh, remark* that one of the In
j comprehensible mysteries of civili/.Htion
i in the way in which people consent to
: torture their feet. No little growing foot
i should ever In- inefutej in a covering too
I big or too small. 't he l>ot should not
i filxiUt iik''th<**hi'inik* ti pwlnf a jm-s,
nor ithouM it pre** like a cage, nor yet
he too short, and so foree the nail of tlie
larger toe to grow into the flesh, causing
• excruciating torture from which only
heroic treatment will deliver the victim.
Provided with thick and comfortable
shoes for out-door wear, and no ft slip
pers for those hours of the afternoon and
evening wltieh shall be spent in the
iiouiM', the ne*t thing in order in to think
iof the dress. Thin flannel from head to
foot will equalize the temperature of th
laxly, and prevent many an attack of
cramp and sudden cold. Some mothers
think that a woolen texture next the
"kin must of necessity make a child too
warm in the hot July and August
weather. 'litis is a mistake. Linen arid
cotton are apt to become clammy and
' hill, especially when saturated with
perspiration, and flannel is therefore
I safer, a* well as more agreeable in every
way. To those whose nerves dislike the
contact of nure w<sd, the soft merino
fabrics, winch have an intermixture of
cotton, are not objectionable. Tire gar
ments worn alsive the flannel should he
few. loose, and simply made. Little
trirl- esjs i (ally are sufferers from the
love ih' ir mammas have <,f seeing them
xr:i> < fully and charmingly nttinxf 'i'he
temptation to set off tlHr flower-like
faces and dainty shape* in roiws of fairy
i like tints and Ij'liuy thickness; to adorn
thein with hues and iuislm**, emhroid< ry
and ruffling, i indeed strong. Delicate
i women, fastidious and refined, spend
tle ir own precious strength in stitching
and s'-wing, that their darlings may r<--
uibSc the roses and the lilies, may glit
ter on the promenade like gay mollis or
velvet butterflies, and flash along the
part- rre like animated rainbows. Then
t le autiful bahies. wh<n thus pains
takingly dr<*sed, are told not to soil or
tear tlieir finery, and so iwing rnrc-wora
and cumbered, tiiey miss the best go/*l
tin country lias to give them
Plenty of strong calico or cambric
dresses, brown ho Hand or white aprons,
liglit. closely-wovensun-hats which w ill
she! the eyes, and then freedom to
roam here and ther< on expeditions alter
Is rri'-s. flowers or sea-shell*, long dc
i lightful mornings in the fragrant ham,
odorous of sweet-smelling hay, grarid
1 tramj'* vross the country with tome,
tasty who knows iiow t/i I'-ad without
wearying, and drives over the liills by
moonlight, and the fortunate children
who thus go to the country shall find in
the days and night* a wonderful elixir
and tonic. They will learn better les
sons than the test-books can impart, :u>
they ii*tcn to the babble of the brook, or
*<<• the lixh leap up in the silvery stream.
Th'y will grow tall and plumpan<lrosy,
and 'hake off thos, artificial cobwi In
which society in town contrive* to weave
even over the gentleness and frcshn'-xs of
its Isiysand girl*.— Iliyir.
I Muliloii !VoU.
Bonnets arc worn very high.
lk<p apron over*kirt* are still in
favor.
Some of the iv w vests an' oral in out
line. and slop at the | It.
1 lie reW'st boots for darning are
mad. o| satin, with higli heels.
The sjdg gores of some overskirt* are
laid in light lengthwise plaits.
The jxilka bas<jue. as it i mad' this
year, is the old-fashioned chatelaine
waist. I
A variety of belts are coming into
, vogue, leather, linen and of oiler mate
rials,
Liwtcrless blue tur< ( uoiac j tlmucht
to be exe.sslingly Is-coniing to fair coin
pic xion*.
Laundry pin-cushion*. with a laundry
list printed on tlie under side, are the
i lap st invention.
K'igllsli women wear ami like the little
Ixißti' t* lii.'ule of clust'T* of flowers Iving
on black luce.
Ilas iues of * material entirely diff. r nt
1 from that of the skirt ur" made by the
French dressmaker*.
_ Morning and traveling drew* and sea
side ri.tiuni't become mop- and more
masculine in appearance.
Summer color* .w vcrv gay, and the
*(r i is look a* though a float of hutter
w ere floating through them.
It is prophesied that the heavy braids
and t'tiflit will come in again as sen as
puflVd *kirt* really Ix-oeme fashionable.
Bunting lialmorals are shown for sum
mer wear. They are finished with two
or three plaiting* at the lioltom. and are
sonnlime* trimmed with bias bands of
satin.
Hie s's ret of ironing an i washing the
new cotton drcs* good* is not to u-c
-tan li, or to Use a* little as possible con
sidering the prejudice* of early educa
tion.
Basques of a different material from
the skill will.lt is Kaid.be fashionable
in the autumn, and even now brocade
waist* are worn with plain skirt*.
The long, plain has.iuo* of last season
are niailc fashionable by tlie addition of'
a *aah, which is sewed into the side
MSB ju*t Is'lc* the waist, and tied in
the hack a U>ut half-way down the skirt.
The ends are finished either with fring*
I or lace.
Whsl * liimri • Wlff Its* to Tn.
Seeing the query. " Why are farmers'
wive* more liable than other women to
is,- ome insane?" I thought I would give
a hint as to what might l*-one of tlie
r< .wni. A woman on a farm ha* to
i work so much tic harder than one in
uwn. It i* only common for her *>
\ li i'v to do most of the garden landing,
j look after the chickens, bring tlie cows
' from the pasture, milk and take them
[ lack. slop the hog*, do all her own
housewors. washing and ironing in
. eluded, and attending to childnnj
Then, wlien Sund'T come* and she
want* to go to church or on a visit, she
is told by " Rsth" that " the liorse* are
: tired," or "he don't feel like going."
Very likely he ha* been gone a week, on
business, ol course, but it was quite a
change from being at home. So he does
not feel the need of change as she ikes,
and he is too se.fUh to exert himself to
please Iter; the time be would do that is
past. As it is too far for her to go alone,
she stay* at home. So for weeks,
month* and years it is the same routine
of* labor, without relaxation. No won
der the mind Mid body both give way.*
If some one will give a recipe to cure
selfishness in a husband it will he of
more benefit than anything else I ran
think of.—- lAmda, tm /aStand farm*r.
The cobbler who wwaksali night sings,
" lt> nrver too late to UMtefl."