Birthdays. I am content To lot the added year* That come to mo. Roll hack into the past so far Ttiat memory Can only find iilotitf the shore Some perfect shells, and nothing more. I am content That seaweed, bits of wreck And pebbles gray Float out of sight into the sen; For them to stay Would bo to cherish grief and pain f would not, must not feel again. i ant content That none of life Can over be l*ivcd o'er with self-same throb and thrill; So moro to mo Will former song, or book, or toy, Fill the new measure of my joy. I am content To live all of to-day; And when I dream, Let fancy reveal in the light That hoi>e hnth seen. Beyond the present and afar — A steadfast, sweetly beckoning star. I am content; For ago upon the hoart Can never creep; And when nt last in stillest night I seem to sleep, A birthday comes to me in truth; The gift it brings, immortal yonth. —L'lica Observer. MABEL RAE I'ruler the shadow of a great fig-tree a young girl sat in a deep reverie. Such a tender light was in her eyes, such a sweet smile of full satisfaction on her face, that a stranger would certainly have said: "She is thinking of h*r lover." Hut no lover had Mabel llae. Her pleasure sprang from a far less dangerous source—from the handful of tuberoses in her lap. Their spirit ual. dreamy beauty and rare, rich per fume always held her as in a spell of measureless content, and the lovely waxen llowers, pale, pure and white its moonshine, haunted her heart and im agination, and received from her a per petual love and worship. Titer,* she sat until the heat and stillness of the tropic noon drove her to the house, a grand old home, hid among giant live oaks, gray with the solemn waving Southern moss, she went to the large dim parlor, intend ing to put her favorites among the damp moss of the hanging baskets, but the dreamy languor of the rooin overcame every desire but that of sleep, and she lay down on the nearest couch, holding lyx (lowers in her hands. Half an hour later Mr. llae opened the door, and ushered in a gentle man who had accompanied him from New Orleans. "Sit down, Allan," he said, "I will soon arouse the house. You see it is the hour for siesta, and 1 tielieve all take it at the same time when I am away." For a few minutes the young man believed himself alone. A subtle pow erful perfume was his first sensation. Then, as his eyes ticca me accustomed to the dim light of the carefully closed jalousies, he saw a picture that he never more forgot, a most lovely girl, in the first bloom of maidenhood, fast asleep on the silken cushions piled on a low divan. Ifer white robes made a kind of glory in the darkened corner, one hand had fallen down, and the flowers gemmed the carpet at her side; the other lay across her breast, as if embracing the tuberoses which it had scattered there. Never in all his native mountains, never in any dream of love or fancy, had Allan Monteith seen a woman half so fair. He stood gazing on Maliet as if he had " seen a vision.'' There lay his destiny asleep; he knew It, ami opened his whole soul to wel come "Love's young dream." Hut when Mr. Itae, followed by a negro valet, returned, and Mabel languidly opened ber great pensive eyes, and stretched out her arms for her father's embrace, Allan almost thought he should faint from excess of| emotion, and it was with difficulty he controlled himself to receive the introduction and the apologies necessary. Allan Monteith was a young Scotch man, the only son of a gentleman with whom in early life Mr. Itae hail formed a most ardent friendship. He was rich, ami by nature and birth equally notable; nor was he destitute of the traditional business rapacity of bis house, as some late transactions in cotton ami sugar in New{Orleans had proved to Mr. Itae. And partly be cause he liked the young man, and partly as a matter of interest, he had Invited him to his home among the woods and lagoons of the ever green bayou. Maliel, in this transaction, bail scarcely IxjQp properly considered; but to her father she was yet a child. True, be recognized her beauty, and was very proud of it, and she pos sessed an exquisite voice und great skiil in music, and the passing idea of showing his pearl of price to the for- MMMisSrSSjLi:-!-i eigner ratlu r flattered his vanity than alarmed his fears. He did not dream that he was introducing a new claim ant for its possession. Allen lingered as if in an enchanted castle, till he had no life, no will, no hopes, but those which centered in Mabel Hae. And she soon returned his passion with a love even more ab sorbing and far less selfish than her lo\ er's. Ob, the sweet, warm, love-laden days in those solemnly shaded woods! (Hi, the blissful hours in the cool evenings, when] the perfume of tuberoses and jasmine 11 lied the air! when the 'soft calm moonlight glorified every lovely and every common thing! It was like a dream of those days when the old rustic gods reigned, ami to live was to love, and to love was to be happy. With the fall, however, there caine ! letters from Scotland, and Allan could no longer delay. Mr. Itae would hear of no engagement for two years, by which time he said he hoped to he able to give Mabel such a fortune as would make her acceptable in the eyes of Allan's father. Hut for the present lie | absolutely declined to look upon the young people's attachment us binding j on either side. "In less than two years I will lie here again, Mabel, darling," were Allan's last whispered words, as he held her in his arms, and kissed again and again the face dearer than all the world to him. And Mabel smiled through her tears, and held the last tuberose of the summer to his lips for a parting pledge. Hut the two years brought many changes. The war cloud gathered, ami long before Allan could redeem his promise the little inland plantation was desolate and deserted ; Mabel was an orphan, and cruelly embarrassed in money affairs ; claimants without num ber appeared against the Hae estate, and creditors forced the plantation into the market at the most unfavorable time. She was driven from her home in slriet accordance with the letter of the law, but she felt and knew, though powerless to prevent it, that she had been wronged. For the first time in all her life Ma bel thought for herself, ami dared to look the future in the face. She had promised her father never to write to Allan without his permission, but she considered that death annuls all con tracts, and surely now if ever it was Allan's duty to befriend and care for her. So she sent him word, in a few shy. timid sentences, of her sorrow and loneliness. But it was doubtful If ever the letter would reach him; mails in those days were not certainties; and even if it did reach Allan, it was still more uncertain whether he eouhl reach Maliel. And in the meantime she must work; and though Mall could command no higher position than that of a nursery governess, yet she found in it a higher life than ever the dreamy luxurious selfishness of her father's home had given her. Her employers were of the ordinary ' class. 1 tan weave no romance out i of them. They felt no special inter est in Maliel, neither did they ill-use her. She was useful and unobtrusive, and asked for neither sympathy nor attention. No letter came from Al lan. though she waited and hoped with failing heart and paling cheeks for more than a year. She had not the courage to write again, ami her anx iety and distress begun to tell very |s*r ccptlbly on a naturally frail constitu tion. Then a physician advised her to try at once a more invigorating cli mate, and she not unwillingly agrisil to accompany the invalid wife of an officer returning to her home in New- York. This w as the daw n of a brighter day for Mattel; by tlie advice of friends she established herself in a fashionable locality and commenced teaching mil-1 sic. I think few women could have lieen more successful ; so in the see-! oml w inter of Maliel's residence in New- York It ltecame " the thing " to invite Miss Rae to preside over select social and musical entertainments. I have a friend who met her during that season frequently, and who describes her tart, and influence as something extraordi nary and magnetic. Her rare beauty was undiminished, though inure thoughtful ; her drees was uniformly the same—a pale pink lusterless silk, with tuberoses In her hair and at her breast, for her passion for these flow ers was stronger than ever. She htwl many lovers, hut she ig nored or else decidedly refused all. Her heart was still with the tall fair mountaineer, who had won It amid the warmth and perfume of tropic noons and moonlit nights; and though twice two years had passed she refused to believe him false. And she was right. Allan deserved her fullest faith. Her letter hail nwer reached him, and yet he had with in rredibledifficulty made his way to New Orleans, only to And the plantation in the hands of strangers, and Mabel gone. After u long ami dispiriting search lie left Mallei's discovery in the hands of well-paid agents, and returned to Scot land almost broken-hearted. But he still loved her passionately) ami often on stormy nights when the i winds tossed the tall pine* like straws, | and mountain snows brat at the barred ] doors and windows, he thought of the happy peace and solemn silences in 1 which lie ami his love had walked, list ening only to the heating of their own I hearts, or the passionate undertones of tlu' mocking bird*. Thus tin' two walked apart who should have walked hand in hand, and I it seemed as if the years only widem*! that brea'-h over which two souls { looked longingly and called vainly. Did fate knock softly at Mabel's soul then? for slm blushed, and instantly, ! as if by magic, there sprang up in her heart a happy refrain, which she could not control, ami which kept n singing, "II)* cornea! he comes! mv lover comes !" She dressed with in>>rc than ordinary 1 care, and was so Impatient that her toilet was ooinplett*! before tin* others had liegun. So she sat down in the sun-lighted parlors, saying to herself : "I will lie calm; for how should I la-ar a disappointment, ami what ground of hop)' have 1? Absolutely none, but that he comes from the same ! country. No, there is no hope." But still doubt and fear she could hear the same chiming un. j dertone, "He comes! he conn's! my lover comes!" But if we wait the harvest of tlu lu-art will come; and so one day Mabel got a note from a friend announcing her return from abroad, anil begging her to lie present at a small informal reunion at her house that evening. She went early in the day, and *|M-nt the afternoon in th** plea-ant gossip which young and happy women enjoy. Her friends rallied her a good deal u j * in her growing year*, ami laughingly advised her to si-cnre a young S'otch man with whom they hail a plea-ant acquaintance in their travel*, anil who was now in New York, ami going to sjicnd the evening with them. she liernme nervous anil stijiersti tioii*. and when the silence wa* broken bv a quick ring and a rapid footstep she rose involuntarily from her chair, anil stood trembling and flushing with excitement in the middle of the room. Ah, Malxd! Mabi-I! Your In-art has *i*-n further than )our eyes. Allan has come at last. " Ah, my darling! my darling! I have found you at last!" wa* all that Mattel heard as Allan clasped her to his txisiim. And so Mattel's w inter of disc intent and sorrow was over, and never more •liil she have grief or pain unsnnthed or uneomfnrted- for she was loved.— llnrptr'n IVrrklg. The Pioneer of ( hi) ago. A writer In tlie CongrrgnthonnlM thus speaks of the first settler of the er reality, outrunning the wildest dreams of im agination an Occidenal fact surpassing the Oriental fancy of the Arabian Nights, rising, by a single wave of the magician's wand, from a miasmatic marsh to a magnificent metropolis, from a military post,! with a few soL diers and alsmt two hundred Indians. French and half-breeds, to a commer cial center with six hundred thousand people, of every kindrisl and tongue and trilw under the whole heavens— all in fifty years ! No the amazing panorama pass,*! lie. fore the vision, as Deacon I'hilo Car penter, ot starving the fiftieth anniver. san* of Ids life in Chicago, narrated the changes that had come under his observation during those flftv years. Leaving Troy, N. Y., late in June, 1832, he reached this place on tlie lHtlt of July, traveling part of the way by eanal lsiat, part by the lake, part by wagon, part (round the head of Lake Michigan) by canoe in charge of two Indians, and entering Chicago by ox team ! The first thing he saw was the American flag floating over Fort Dear liorn. Mr. Carpenter bought a quarter sc ti>n of land in what is now al>oiit the renter of the city, at ten shilling* an arre. He soon organised a Sunday school of thirteen children. This be came the germ of the present Sunday" school of the First Presbyterian church, which was organized alout a year later. llcv. Jeremiah Porter, a missionary from Mackinaw, preaclied the first ser mon ever preached in Chicago. Au army chaplain, honored and beloved by a wide circle of friends, he is still liv ing. There are. so far as is known, only three other men liesides Mr. Car penter now in Chicago who were here fifty years ago. What Chicago Is now the whole world knows. What it will be fifty years hence it would seem ex- j travagant to predict. JEj J Shadow*. A hunt of golden minsliiiic, A w)iij>erini; of the leave*, A musio-ri|>|>le on the brook, A joy, 11 wonder in each noolc; A KWeepiiiu ehndow o'er the land, A lliiNliinu of the tree-top*, A crinifuininu of tho lake, A peaceful mikliie** in the air, A thought of hidden mysteries there, A (,'lorioti* fading of tho nun— A summer'* day i* done. A joy in childhood'* plaything*, A casting thein aside; A flash of golden youth-hood's liour, Wlien joy break* through the passing shower; A ca*th- building in tlie air; A chcriahed ho|a- defeated: A smile, a joy. a doubt, A gleam, reflected from the past; \ *igh upon it liiwoin rn*t: A mystery of a world unknown; And then—a *oul ha* flown. —Chumbrrn' Journal. ri NUEXT I'AKAHItAPIIH. To call a laundress a Imwoiii friend is flat irony. The rultured no longer call it hash. Mosaic nutriment is the correct form. It is said, "Time alone can heal the desolate heart." This may be because time is money. The khedivo in hi* harem oil*, While thin#* go hnrum ncnruin; The *ultan get* in sultau notes. And ha* to grin and It-ur 'em. The mosquito is little, but bis brave example is contagions. He makes the most cowardly come to the scratch. " We stand at I.ife'* west window*. And think of the day* that art- gone " While the grocer'* l*>> lick* the molae, And a pair of gtwit* butt on the lawn. A t;r<--n May (Wis.) mother writes: l "Are t tie cliihlrcn <>f A raid Hey called A raid Meybies V Ours are call*l (Jnsn Mayhies." Playing upon the violin i* claimed to cure nervousness, hilt it gives the man next d'>r a worse ea-c tlian the • >ne it cures. "So Mr. Tangletext is a great di vine?" said Fogg ; "well,that's lss-au*)- noissiy can divine his meaning, I snp jmse." "There is always room at the top;" *aid the hotel clerk with a sardonic grin, as Im sent the weary guest up to the ninth story. A painter, whose talents were but indifl- rent, turned physician, lie wa* asked the reason of it. "In painting," answered he, "all the faults arc ont at tlie end. Papa asktsl. "What are you doing with the cane?" "It isn't a cane." "What is it, then?" "It's an umbrella without any clothes on it," " I wish I was a horse !" exclaimed a Now York boy who had Just Ikmmi soundly whipped by a country school master. "Why do you desire to lie a brute?" asked the astonished peda gogue. "Because," whined the lad, whenever von licked me you'd be arrests*l for cruelty to animals." "I suppose when women get their rights," said the young man in tlie flat hat. "you girls will lie making love to the fellows. It must lie awfully nice to lie made love to, you know." "Yes," replied Angelina, "only one wants to chose one's lover." The next mo ment the young man in the flat hat was standing alone, feeling flatter than his flat hat. Hargleal Instruments Among the An cient*. Says /)r. FOOU'M If rait h MONTHLY: Some of the surgical Instruments found in the hurled ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, now in the collection of antiquities In the museum of Na ples, show that the surgeons of that time were provided with many of the most important instruments now tn use. The /amcet remarks that the number of instruments found in one house there will liear comparison with those possessed by the average practi tioner of the preeent day. .. it. lit DIES' DEPARTMENT. iv,...,rn. In nrlimni'. in this long whitewashed room there is a display of toilets such as have rarely been seen. The girl* are in white dresses, with muslin or China crape embroidered shawls. The pic turesque cap is of light lace, made up with something like a horn at the back ot the head. The white dresses are relieved by silk aprons, with bibs of t lie most delicate colors pale blue, sea green, lilac ami gray mingling with charming grace. We ctqiecially noticed one young recently married woman for the almost Eastern luxury of her toilet. A dress of white satin, ro> -colored stocking*. ribi*,r. of tlie same color round her waist, trimmings embroidered with roses, a muslin shawl and apron, lace headdress and silver ornaments. She was pretty as well, with a delicate complexion and line brown eyes. The im-n are nmeli less conspicuous. I heir coats are of a very somber hue and they wear broad-brimmed hats. The two violinists who formed the orchestra played the old air of the branlc. The dancers took each other by the hand in tiles of twelve and exe cuted a dance of the country known as the gavotte. Each tile, led by a man, gravely dcserilied half-circles in form of the letters. All these gar landsof men and women move lightly, crossing, turning, gliding adroitly around each other and never departing fr.iiu the most ceremonious gravity. In this country manners and customs are deeply rooted; nothing has changed; they dance as they did in tlie days of Louis XlV.—(Jhumbfrs' Journal. find \oiw for \\ oitirit, Andrews, Ind., has a brass band co!ii|*-'sl of fourteen, young ladies. Al>ut t wo hundred and liftv female clerks are now employed in the central ] ist • iflici at London. A sjik journal recommends strain)*! hot i iff)*' for ch-aning black silk. Tin silk should in' sp ing'*! with thecoffi-e >n the right side and press<*l on the other. The gohl which President Van Itnnn purchas,*! are -till at the White House arel there i* some silver ware that has d n<- duty for sixty-five years. At a recent wedding reception in New York the space lietween the f"M ing-*l>ir* in the drawing-room* was filb*l in by a curtain compose*l entirely of suiilax ilotti*! with roses. Mr*. Sarah .?. Hale, editor of ' /f lining him a few dollars ami letting him go, announced that under the new law adopted in Maryland bis punishment would lie thirty lashes on the bare back. Miss Lena Kirke, of Batavia, N. Y., lia* served some eight years in a den tist's office, where she has liecome qualified, am! now has a permit to practice dentistry in any part of the Mate. Miss Kirke, however, prefers a salary where she is to the responsi bility of an oflice of her own. Nnlrs. Jet remains in high favor. Yellow remains in fashion. Repped* woolen will lie much worn. Peacocks' feathers aro again in vogue. Butterfly ornaments are very f ah ion able. Ficelle strings appear on many fall lonnets. Mousquetaire gloves are as popular as ever. Blue in all shades hi, ls fair to lie very popular. Looped hlack draperies are no longer in high favor. Terra cdta and lirick red are com bined in milliner)-. Pink,si ruches, called chicorees, are coming in vogue. Chenille figured goods appear among late fall importations. .1 ackets almost covered with soutache embroidery will lie worn. Bead* will he used again for em broideries of evening dresses. Thr small capote and the large poke will lie the leading Unmet*. Tapering crowns are not so fashiona ble as large square and flat ones. strip,*l plush Is blocked into shape as a lining for the wide brims of felt hats. Diagonal rows of narrow bias ruffles are the new trimming for the foot of silk skirts. *l. - , . Sicilienne and Irish poplin are com ing into fashion along with oth<*r ! reppcd good*. Leather lace with leaves of leather i on twine flcelle lace is a novelty for | trimming Isinni-ts. Alternate gold and silk brocade Mowers and figures appear on the new brocaded satins and ottomen reps. Trained dresses that have Iteenlittle used during the summer have reap* peansl at Newport and Sarat-oga re eeptions. liris'itiles will In* limited to velvets for the approaching season; plain goods will he preferred in silk and woolen stuffs. < ashmen* and ehith with Saxony embroidery, soutache braiding or plain stitching, will make up the hulk of new autumn costumes. New house wrappers come in cash j mere in all the new colors, and white with embroideries of silk hrl htened j with gold and silver la-ads. New woolen plaids and cheeks come in the .-esthetic colors with broken, shaded lines and bars of brick red, terra cotta, gray, blue and yellow Short-waistod l*liees, gathere*l at the shoulders and waist, are worn by young ladies and misses in tiieir teens in France as well as in England. They give a youthful air to the wearer. A novelty in bracelets Is composed •if several circlets of gold links| to gether with stones, whose initials | form a wi*h or a name. The same fancy is reproduced in dog-collar nwk ; laces. A great deal <>f dull red i* seen <>n . the newly-imported costumes. and a touch of red Is ss-n in almost all toi h-ts, though it may be only a coppered r<-! •■ilk neckerchief, a flamingo's breast • >n tiic turban or terra-cotta gloves. The new braid embroidery differs from that -•• familiar to every lady 1 v having the narrow braid set up on one edge in what is called •• knift-blade" fashion to make the tigiues ap|>ear in relief on the fabric. Amazon cloth is tiie most suitable material for hrai