At f'firlstmas-Tlde.
At Christmas-'ids the fields are bare,
A shiver ol lrost is in the air;
The wind liiows keen across the wold.
Gone is th>- aotumn's glimmer ol gold.
But, lo! a red roe opens wide
In the glowing light oi the inglo-side—
A rose whose f nigra nee, sweet end lar,
Is shed at the beaming ol Bethlehem's star;
And once again the angels sing
That love ie heaven, and Christ is king.
At Christmas-tide the children go
With dancing footsteps over the snow;
At Christmas-tide tbo world is bright
With the sudden splendor that thrilled the
Ulg.lt,
And made the dawn a shining way,
When first earth wakened to Christmas-day.
Ah! hide year I acre, churls and rude,
For nono havo a heart to share your mood.
At Christmas-tido tbo open hand
Scatters its twunty o'er sea and land.
And none are leit to grieve alone,
For love is heaven, and claims its owu.
At Christmas-tide are chiming bells;
Oh! silvery clear their cadence swells
They smite the cold ol arctic plains;
They ripple through tailing of tropic rains;
In palace* men pause to hear
The wonderiul message ol peace and cheer;
In lowly huts the pen-ants pray
With blessing to (io<l lor the happy day;
On every brocae the joy is borne
Around the globe on the Christmas mora;
And loud once more the angels sing
That love is heaven, and Christ is king.
At ChrisUnas-Ude, in alb and cope.
The priest uplilts the anthem ot hope;
But each true heart that casts its care
On the sweet Christ-child hath unaware
A more than priestly chrism poured
Upon it, down trora the mighty Lord;
And grateful spirits haste to lay
(iilts at His leet on the Christmas day;
While high above the seraphs sing
That love is heaven, and Christ is king.
Harptr'z Bazar.
CHRISTMAS AT MUD FLAT.
She bad been in camp four days.
Where she came from, why she came,
or who she was, no one could tell. But
she was in camp, and had come to stay,
there was no doubt. She was quiet,
modest and simply clad—three quali
ties which commended her to the resi
dents of Mud Flat as a change from the
ordinary run of females who from time
to time invaded the precincts of that
classic settlement.
Nor were these the only points which
had been noted by the boys. As Andy
McCorkle had gallantly handed her
from the lower step of his mud-bespat
tered coach to the portico of the hotel
everybody saw that she clung almost
convulsively to the little child whose
arms were twined about her neck. They
observed, also, that her features were
pale and bloodless to an extent that was
almost pitiful. By that delicate intui
tion which sometimes exists under the
roughest exteriors, the sturdy miners of
Mud Flat understood that the strange
lady was suffering from menud as well
as physical illness. Their sympathy
was aroused in her behalf from that in
stant, and every man in the place im
mediately ccnstituted himself her
champion and friend.
A day later, when she had rented a
cabin near the outskirts of town, with
out disclosing to any one her intentions
for the future or the story of the past,
their interest was increased, and they
began to show their friendship in sub
stantial ways. A great of fire
wood was mysteriously deposited within
easy reach the first night. Bags of
four, quantities of coffee and sugar, a
whole ham, and a quarter of fresh
venison likewise trade their appearance
from some unexplained source the third
L morning.
Little was seen of the recipient of
treasures, however. She had only
on the street once, and then only
{■to purchase a few necessary articles.
!9 Upon that occasion she met the rever
ential gaxe of a eoore of loungers, and
turned her head away, pretending not
■ to see, when the jovial BUI Carter
B smuggled a huge package of candy into
H the child's capacious pocket. Bat aside
V from that she bad remained hidden
B from view, and the miners knew as lit
lis about her on tb* fourth dav as they
on the first.
The twenty-third of December was
■ unusually cold, even for that locality.
In the main apartment of the Mag-
PpßMto saloon, a party of the boys were
she monght be," observed
hHHB and rather angular personage
to his companion as Lone Tom
" whoever she mought be,she's
Y alone, ban-in' the', kid, and unprotected
besides She's sickly, too, and orter
her a doctor. Tins ain't no sort of a
plane for a—a inveriid." be concluded,
1 heei.A'-ingly, removing his heavy boot
I torn the tabic Then, after a paase. be
' continued t "I wonder what ails ths
| mUter any ItowM
f "A miutVA the bottom of It, gentle
men. me," observed Judge
lite other side of the
t* jr. viotion at each of bis
" Take my word for it,
ae liter ailereis in
some poor woman's
and her eye of its
Koquen* at nil time*,
■me was women, he
? of Mad Flat to
i ■fMtore the Httie
! * : lis lk"* 006
|g their
favorite orator hud thrust his right
hand into his breast as a preparatory
gesture leading to a more extended tri
bute to the sex, Long Tom Rollins
leaned forward and exclaimed:
"See here, old man. How do you
know all this."
For a moment everybody was aghast.
Whether they wore astonished at the
suddenness of the interruption, or at the
hall savage tone of the speaker, or
whether it occurred to them that the
judge might possibly have so far over
stepped trie bounds of prudence as to
have attempted " pumping " the inter
esting stranger, may never be known
But it is certain they were astonished
into silence. Kven Judge Gashwilder
was observed to lose his usual presence
of mind. For an instant his naturally
serene countenance wore an expression
which in another would havo been
mistaken for guilt. If the confidence
which the others had always placed in
him was a trifle stiaken at that instant,
it was quickly restored when, after a
moment's hesitation, the old gentleman
explained his peculiar position.
" You see, gentlemen," he said, grad
ually resuming the attitude from which
he had been surprised by the abrupt
spaech above quoted, " I was prowlin'
round her cabin last night, when all of
a sudding I hoe red voices inside. The
door was open a leotle bit, and by
standin' where I was I couldn't miss a
syllerbul. I will here ex plain," he con
tinued, thrusting his red bandana hand
kerchief into his iireast, as was his wont
when speaking publicly, " that I was
there for the purpose of findin' out, if
possible, whether the gal win* in need of
anything that I could help her to."
" Which accounts." observed a by
stander, " for that chicken which was
hung up alongside the door when I came
by this mornin'."
"I heerd her talkin' with the kid,"
continued Judge Gushwilder, not notic
ing the interruption, " ami I couldn't
help lissennen. As near as I could make
out. the talk was like this:
•'' When shall we see papaf
"'Heaveu knows, my baby. Wo
have s .uglit him long, and when God is
ready He will restore him to us.'
" ' Is Crismaa com In' soon, mamma?'
" ' Yes, baby, darling. But there
won't be no present ior my little one
this time. We are away from home,
and poor. But when wc find papa we
will go where there are lots of pretty
things, and then baby shall have
—a _ in
Here the judge lwuied forward and i
whisptred in a nervous voice, teiiiag
his companions that he had heard the
mother repeat to her child the sad story
of how her father had gone West four
years ago to seek his fortune; how for
two years his letters, containing money
for her support, had come like rays of j
sunshine through the clouds; how they
had suddenly stopped, and no answers 1
were received to her agonised appeals;
how for two more years she had sup- (
potted him dead; bow. at last, the post-.
master in the little village where she
lived bad, upon his dying bed, confessed
to having stolen the letters from her
husband, so as to get the money they
contained, and suppressed Iter missives
to him, for fear of discovery; and how
she had started out with her litt e one
to find the lost hushand, who had been
last heard of In Mud Flat.
All this the judge told to the few
riends be could trust, speaking in a
wtiisper, iest the precious secret should
be passed to others in the room.
"And now," he added, resuming his
rhethorioal attitude and voice, " I axes
you as gentlemen and representatives of
Mud Flat chivalry, shall this gal and
her kid, being too poor to have a Christ
mas of their own—shall they go with
out it or noiP Remember, gentiemant
that kid is the first one as ever ca.ue into
this place, and p'raps she's our luck.
Lrt us nurtur her, my friends, and le
us show her mother thet we ain't so lost
to virtoo an' principle as not to appre
ciate u when we bev a good woman and
an innercent kid among us. Let us give
am a Christmas. I will now pereeed to
head the subscription."
So saying, the gallant old man emptied
the contents of his breeches packet
upon the table. Others followed suit,
and when the last m in had placed his
contribution there, the pile contained a
goodly sum.
" Mow, gentlemen, some one of us has
got to take that money, ride to Denver,
and spend it for >m. Who shall It beP"
" I>"t me be yonr agent," responded a
deep base voice.
Turning they saw a tali stranger,
standing near by, who had jnst entered
in time to hear the judges call for con
tributions. One or two in the room
recognised him as a m<ner who had
come in from the diggings that after
noon, having found L too cold to work
longer in the mountains.
They were inclined to resent the inter
ference of an outsider, and probably
would not have heeded his request had
he not spoken a second time. Drawing
near the table, he said.
"Gentlemen, I wis once a married
man myself, bat my wile. God bless her,
is dead. For the love I bear her mem
ory, for the affection I have toward the
remembrance of my little one buried
with her. I auk you to let me aid In this
matter."
The ssdnes i In bis vcrfp* and lace was
so sincere, und the utility*bending a
man whp bad " oeen lbs*?and kaewed
what women folks would like," pre
muted itself soffkvornbly to tbe miners
UMtwilb >ut i ttie hesitation they al
juSEtai
what he wiid bring bank tor tit*
strange lady and her child.
The morning ot December 35 dawned
crisp and cold. The fresh, biting air
of the mountains raoed among the trees
right merrily, whisking the snow into
little wreaths, and frolicking among the
branches with real holiday gayety. It
was nearly noon when the stranger rode
into camp loaded with bundles. At
the Magnolia he met an eager crowd ol
miners, who, headed by Judge Gash
wilder, were soon on the road to the
strange lady's cabin. Arrived there,
they felt a sudden hesitation about en
tering. It was like intruding upon some
sacred ground, and they were almost
tempted to deposit their bundles upon
the threshold and fly.
"You take the stuff," said the judge
to the stranger, " and go in lust.
You've been familiar with wimmen, and
know hoar to hendle 'em. We'll wait
outside."
Hut the stranger felt the same hesita
tion. Perhaps his long absence from
feminine society made him bashful
Perhaps a thought of the memory he
revered caused him to hold back.
Finally the judge consented to take
the lead, nnd dotting his hat, knocked
soltly. The door was opened by the
child, who bade him enter. Beside the
grntc sat the mother, who rose to meet
them. All passed in hut the stranger,
who stood outside.
" Marm," said the judge, who some
how hari lost his usual ease of speech
and gesture, " we—tlint iis. the citizens
of Mud Flnl— has come to wish you a
merry Christmas, and to offer you these
few toklngs of our respeck an' esteem.'
Having thus delivered himself, the
old gentleman deposited the bundles on
the table, and stood beaming serenely
on all his companion*. The strange
ady, completely overcome by this un
expected kindness, could not find words
to reply f.r a moment. Then, in a
broken voice, she said:
"This is a glad moment ol my sor
rowful hie. You are good, kind men
and I know God will repay your gen
erosity to the widow and fatherless,
I-"
She stopped suddenly, and stood with
blanched cheeks and distended eyes,
staring toward the door. The miners
turned and beheld the stranger, who,
with a great stride forward, and a cry
expressing the wildest joy, caught the
woman in his arras.
They stood thus, heart pressed to
heart, and lips to lips, for an instant.
Then k thc stranger turned his eyes de
voutly toward the ceiling.
"Thank God." he murmured, gently,
"the wile I had supposed dead is re
stored to me."
The miner* stole softly away, and left
the stranger standing thus, with bis
arms tenderly t wined about the woman
of his love, and the little child cling
ing fondly to bis knees.
The air was balmy outside; the sun
•bone with ineffable sweetness upon the
scene; a bluejny screamed his delight
from a neighboring tree, and the wind
played a joy tuneful among the rocks.
Christmas bad oome to Mud Flat.
Jshany's Joke.
Mr. Wagon was the victim. His son
Johnny is a mischievous lad, and the
other day resolved to play a tries on bis
brother. He arranged certain attach
ents to that brother's bed. worked by
>rds running to bis own room, and
then went off fishing. While he was
gone, his brother was sent away to be
absent over night, and t lot.of company
arrived at the house. Mr. Wagon gave
up his own room to them and occupied
the absent son's bed. Johnny got home
late at night, an 1 wholly Igoorant of
this change of arrangements, went to his
room, which was neitto his mother's,
and prepared to perpetrate his designs
upon bis brother.
The first proceeding was to haul on a
cord which ran between the blankets
and spnad on his brother's bed, ami.
being fastened at the top. would pull
the clothes off the bed- Mr. Wagon
was comfortably tucked in, when sud
denly the clothes began to slip, and he
found himself uncovered. He thought
he might have kicked them off. and sat
up and took hold of the clothes to pull
litem hack. Meanwhile, Johnny had
aynked another cord, which pulled the
pillow off the bed. Mr. Wagon dis
covered hia loaa and reached for the
pillow, and when he got it the clothes
went off again. He was much excited
at that, and again went after the clothes
snd again lost his pillow.
That time the p llow went under the
bed. and Mr. Wagon went under after
it, and immediately came out again and
swore prodigiously, for the fl tor was
strewn with chestnut horn, and he had
rotten into them. He resolved to scold
tie chambermaid for leaving so many
pins on the floor. Once more he made
an attempt to get the pillow, and, a* It
was way under, he made a frantic dive
for It, and last then Johnny, who was
-baking with laughter, pulled the last
cord and the whole bed came down
upon Mr. Wagon and jammed him upon
the burn.
His frantic bowls brought his wife
and friends to the rescue, and be waa
flahed oat. And then the g*s was
lighted and somebody discovered the
Cords running to Johnny's room. Mr.
Waeon at once hastened there. The lad
explained that he thought bis brother
was In the bed, hat it didn't make any
difference. Hie yells were mistaken by
a man sleeping half a mils away for a
cry of fire, and be jumped ont of bed so
hard that h sprained*a toe.
The average bankrupt of Hie period
claims to have grfiittie-abfpies.
. . A m. * i ''
TIMELY TOFICK.
The Rev. Charles F. Fennpy, of
Maine, the leading prohibition State of
ttie Onion, has compiled statistics show
ing that in forty years there have been
6.356 patients received at the Smte in
sane asylum, one-third of whom were
suffering from the effects of habitual in
toxication. In fourteen years, he says,
the police of Augusta, the city of his
residence, have made 4,008 arrests,
seven-eighths for drunkenness. During
the same time ff!)4,000 lias been ex
ponded for the poor and destitute.
According to the latest returns the
total number of cotton spindles cn the
globe is 71.850,000, of which 39,500,000
arc in use in England and 10,060,000 in ,
the United States, the balance, 21,700,- j
000 being at work in all other countries,
France having the largest number,
which amounts to 6,000.000. The coun
try having the least number is Greece,
which has 36,000 only. The greatest
cotton spinning center of the United
States is Fall River, Mass., which has
1,364.101 spindles and 38,631 looms, and
consumes 168,475 bales of cotton annu
ally. It manufactures 400,000,000 yards
of cloth every year.
Alexander Gralmm Bell, of telephone
lame, is a tall nnd well-proportioned
man, with black hair and beard, shining
black eyes, a genial smile, and very
gentle and courtly manners. His wile
—an exceedingly pretty woman—was a
Miss Hubbard, and although she in
what is called a deaf-mute, she both
talks and understands her interlocutor
as well as those who have always heard
and spoken. Her mother, acutely dis
tressed by the indifference between her
child's future and that of more fortunate
children, bent her whole energies to the
task ol discovering methods of commu
nication by the use and observation of
muscles ol the lips and throat, and was
largely instrumental in developing and
perfecting the system by which the ed
ucated deal now talk themselves and
understand what others say.
In Mr. Gladstone's household, at
Hawardon, was an old woman servant
who had a son inclined to go wrong.
The mother remonstrated and advised
her boy, but all to no purpose; he
seemed determined on a headlong course
to ruin. At last the mother, in her des
peration, caught the idea that if she
couid persuade the premier to take him
in hand, perhaps the prodigal might be
reclaimed. "Screwing her courage to
the striking point"—lor what will a
mother not do for her childF—she ap
proached her master, and, in trembling
tones, preferred her request. Mr. Glad
stone responded at once, and though the
affairs of the greatest kingdom in the
world pressed heavily upon him. with
genuine simplicity of character he had
the lad sent to his study, when Le spoke
tender "words of advice am, remon
strance, and eventually knelt down and
prayed a higher power to help in the
work ol redemp' ion. This kindly action
was effectual, and the lad became a re
formed character.
Rsoofally Hi put In, a Bombay m pr
elum t prince, who arrived in New York
a abort time ago, brought with him hia
four native wire*. Three are in charge
of another woman and eunuch. In ad
dition were three servants of the male
•ex, varying in height, a is* and age.
The prince aaya each aervant haa cer
tain thinga to do. "No aervant doca
two things, and when I get tired and
weary I make them amuse mc. They
are all good musicians. During our
trip acroaa tLey Lad plenty of opportu
nity lor practice, aa in that time some of
our moat solemn feaata took place. To
the laat of these we invited all of the
paaaengera, and they appeared highly
amused. Then I b ave also my con urer
my snake charmer and my women who
dance for me after dinner. When the
Prince of Wales visited Bombay some
years ago I entertained him, and on that
occasion my wives showid him the
nautch dance." The prince aaya he is
here just to see the United Slates.
The recent earthquake at A gram,
Austria, was almoat aa terrible aa simi
lar convulsions in South America. The
damage to private buildings in that city
alone amounts, according to the best
estimate, to upward ot 4.000,000 of
florins. Among the minor inconven
i< noes consequent unon the dlaaster, the
total suspension of lighting by gas was
severely felt. But the inhabitants were
not simply deprived of light by night,
but even of fire by day. The chimneys
of most dwelling-houses fell dowu, and
though the cold was very severe the
cititcns did not venture to light their
fires aa usual. The loss and damage in
works of art and antiquities in the d.y
Is very great. A most extraordinsry
natural phenomenon was observed at a
•pot about nine kilometers from A gram.
There a number of fountains of hot
water burst out from the earth • These
geysers, which resembled the well
known hot springs in Iceland, were,
however, only temporary. It waa also
noticed that all the rivers and streams
within a certain radius of A gram sud
denly rose more than a yard above their
previous and usual level.
The marvelous accomplishments of
electric telegraphy at the present day
are seen in the following schednie of
times and places, as given in a French
paper of reoent date: A telegraphic
dispatch sent from Paris will reach
Alexandria, Egypt, in five hours, Ber
lin In ons hoar thirty minutes. Basis in
one hour snd fifteen minutes, Bucharest
la five boars. Constantinople In five
hours, Copenhagen In four hoars, Cuba
ia ten boon, Ed in burg In two hours
and thirty minutes, Dublin in three
hours, Frankfort-on-the;Main in one
hour twenty minutes, Geneva in one
hour fifteen minutes, Hong Kong in
twelve hours, Hamburg in one hour
thirty minutes, Jerusalem in six hours,
Liverpool in two hours, f/ondon in one
hour fifteen minutes, Madrid in two
hours thirty minutes, Manchester in
two hours and thirty minutes, New
York in four hours. New Orleans in
eight hours, Rio Janeiro in eight h ours
Rome in one hour thirty minutes, Kan
Fancisco in eleven hours, St. Petersburg
in three hours. Saigon in eleven hours,
Southampton in three hours. Sydney,
Australia, in fifteen hours, Valparaiso
in twelve hours, Vienna in one hour
forty-five minutes, Washington in six
hours, Yokohama in fourteen hours,
and Zanzibar in seven hours.
Bedlam.
The term " Bedlam," so often applied
to lunatic asylums, is merely a corrup
tion of Bethlehem, a hospital of that
name having been set apart in l>ondon
three centuries ago for the treatment of
such patients. It need hardly be men
tioned that insanity is a disease due to
high mental cultivation. In Scotland
the proportion is one to 563, while in
England, where there is iess culture, it
is one to 783. In our own country it is
one to 760. It is never found, however,
among the barbarians. There are but
few lunatics in India, and in countries
deprived of political liberty,such as Italy
and Austria, the proportion is very
small. Among the more noted in
stances may be mentioned George 111.,
whose mind was disordered during the
last thirty years of his life. l>r. Brown,
former superintendent of the Blooming
dale asylum, became a victim of the
disease which he was treating, and the
constant study of insanity led to bis
own mental wrecx. Horace Greeley's
case is too well known to require detail.
It is evident that his mind was crushed
by the distress oocationed by the politi
cal error into which he fell. Gerritt
Smith, the famous philanthropist, was
at one time deranged, and w*< during
this attack an inmate of the Utica
asylum. James Otis, the revolution
ary patriot, became deranged in his
latter days, and while in this condition
was killed by a stroke of lightning
American statesmen have been remark
bly exempt from this calamity.—New
York IstJUr.
k Celestial Kerr Ist lon
Mr Goober—as the story goes—lived
in the Mormon country. He had but
one wife, and never thought of taking
any more till one day an elder told him
it was his religious duty to seal unto
himself a few others. Mr. Goober went
home and sadly informed bis wife of
what the elder had said, and Mrs.
Goober said she bad no objection, pro
vided the elder would come round and
argue the case with her piously. Goober
told the e.der, and the elder drooped
around. He smiled sweetly as Mrs.
Goober advanced to meet him. The
next thing he knew he was skipping
around the room with his coat slit up
the back and hui hat knocked into pi.
while Mrs Goober wielded the broom
stick. He finally jumped out of a win
dow, and escaped with his life, s sad
der and wiser man. The next time be
met Goober he told him be had had a
celestial revelation by which Goo tier
was relieved from the necessity of tak
ing any more wives—Mrs. Goober
would oount for almost I.OiiO in the New
Jeruslalem.
A Mwlas Jail.
People have often complained of a
laxity of discipline and supervision in
jail in thia cjuntry, but they appear to
be veritable bastilea compared with
that in the Canton Schwyta Switzer
land. The only prison is a farmhou>e.
and the jail authorities are a jailer,
police sergeant and a nun. The two
former spend most of their time at some
neighboring hatha. The prisoners go in
and out aa they please, appnrrntly on.y
remaining because they like it. The
nun is in the habit of accompanying re
pentant infanticides to a neighboring
shrine. One criminal, a brutal mur
derer. sentenced about a year ago to im
prisonment for ll'e, seems to have been
kept locked up until Le so won on the
nun's feelings by protestations of piety
that she allowed him to work outside
like the rest. Early one morning lately
he was sent for water and, strange to
say,cannot now be found.
Facts far the farinas.
Cotton was first planted in the United
Stale* in 17.VJ.
Bread made with yenst was first used
In England in 1(190.
When tea was first introduced into
England it sold for 915 a pound.
The word checkmate is derived from
the Arabic Es cheikh imat—the king is
dying.
The oobra di capello is fond oi the
water, frequently swimming some dis
tance from land. It has even bern
known to board vessels at anchor. Co
bras are much used by Indian jugglers,
who do not, aa haa been asserted, remove
the serpent's fangs before exhibiting
them
King Irfwis.of Bavaria, has summoned
Richard Wagner to Munich, to ooosull
with him about the theater wbfeb- is to
be a part of the new royal residence
upon aa island ia the lake of flmren
chlem. This palace istoooet 910.000,-
000. Attached to the theater will be
epecious and comfortable lodgings for all
the artists who will be aanaally engaged
to perform before the king. Only snob
gu*t will be invited as in King I.iuis.
opinion are competent to appreciate
Wagnerian music.
FOR THE FAIR HEX.J
Hr Itlncs.
The practice of wearing ring* has been
very prevalent in different countries and
at different periods. Rings have been
used to decorate the lege, fingers, toes
and now, which Inst fashion was very
prevalent among Israelitisb women.
Tlie form of the ring symbo iso eternity
and constancy. In the Saxon period,
and even alter the Norman conquest,
HOO year* ago, a ring around the neck
waa the recognized badge of personal
serfdom. The Egyptians wore finger
rings'the signet being an emblem of
authority. The (lark-eyed Jewess, in
the daya of the prophets, delighted to
adorn her sender fingers with glitter
ing rings set witli rubies, emeralds and
chrysolites. The Greeks used ringer rings
in connection with marriage rite*.
There are some specimens on which nr<
brief inscriptions. A Greek ring lias
engraved on it " Faith immorta..'
There arc Roman nuptial rings in the
cabinets of the curious, on which are
engraved, in rude Latin letters, " I>ove
me," "I love you," "Happy iife," etc.
Among the ruins of I'ompeii was found
a gold ring, picked up in Diomed's
house, on which was cut the device of
a man and woman joining hands. This
is supposed to have been a wedding
ring. The custom of inscribing short
sentences, called "Posies," on wedding
rings is noticed by Chaucer. Shakes
peare and other dramatists. The Grime!
ring na a marriage ring was at one time
in great favor. It was a double or triple
ring, formed of two or three links turned
upon a pivot. At the betrothal the par
ties concerned broke the ring asunder,
each rett ining a link to serve as a re
minder of the engagement until they
ratified it at the altar, when the parts
were reunited, and served for the mar
riage ring. This ring is mentioned in
the " Beggar's Bush," by Beaumont and
Fletcher. It is undeniable that finger
rings look remarkahly well upon a lady's
delicate and well-formed pretty littie
hand or hands. They beoome them,
and what a nent way they have for ex
hibiting the rings—there, that is suffi
eient.— Troy Timet.
l ukloia In lIIOM.
There has been but one innovation
made in the standard fashions for
gloves, and that is the introduction of
lace insertions in ladies' gloves. Two
or three rows of half-inch wide lace an
placed between a similar width of the
kid at the wrist. For stmt and evening
wear, especially when short or elbow
Sicevea are worn, the lace top is the
lav rite. It is an ordinary glove of any
number of button*, with a lace pattern
perforated in the kid for an inch or two
at the edge, making a much more artis
tic finish than the ordinary plain band?
The glove with an insertion of lacc ex
tending the length of the wrist is abo
one of the most popular gloves worn.
The favorite shades for evening are
flesh, cream, ecru and mastic tints. The
number of buttons varies with the taste
of the wearer, six to eight being worn
on most occasions. For ll e street black
is very popular. In colors either a
match for the costume or a contrasting
color is used, old gold, mastic and wood
browns being the favorites. Undressed
kids are extensively worn for mourn
ing. Street gloves have from four to six
buttons generally. As the weather grows
colder dogskin gloves of a fine quality
are prefem d by many to those of kid,
as they are heavier and warmer. Tbey
are made with two. three and four but
tons, and cost $1 75. Kid lined with
lamb's wool, with fur tops, is made in
gloves and mittens for winter wear.
They are made in all dark colors, and
oost $1 50 s pair. Lined gloves, with
wide gauntlets of seal and beaver for
driving, are also used for the street, and
ard $3.50. The castor gioves may be
had in grays, chamois and light brown.
For children lined dogskin and kid and
cashmere gloves are made in the same
colors as those for older persons. New
York Herald.
uhln HIXM.
Some of tbe short petticoats worn
with little tack* for morning drew arc
quilted
Link sleeve-buttons do not sell as weL
as the (ingle buttons, in spite of the
favor of fashion.
The gowns with plain straight trains
and fronts opening over trimmed aprons
are in high favor.
Puff* ol colored satin are inserted into
the outer seam of black dreaa sleeves
when they are worn in the evening.
Collars for the outer garments worn
by small children are pointed on the
right shoulder and fastened on the left
by a steel clasp.
Alsatian bows for the hair are simply
shlrr d to fortr their loops instead of
being held together by a band of ribbon.
Veils of red guaae are ranch worn in
Paris, although they injure the eyesight
and make the face look as if painted-
It Is a mistake for a young lady who
wishes to appear slender to wear a very
large con) aiiout her waist, and a fat
woman should content herself with a
vest.
Webbing or stockinet, of ■!lk, and in
all the new colors, is Bold by the yard
lor corsages and sleeves.
Cardinal, old gob) and heliotrope satin
line many of the moat elaborately yet
embroidered dolmans.
Dresses continue to be narrow. Wide
sleeve*, gathered at the top, are much
worn, and new combinations are com
bined with old ones.
Dome of tbe moat elegant ball d resets
for tbe winter are of black tulle, em
broidered with gold, amber and Iriden
cent beads, and have a most <t"Hpg
effect.