E2ZM Kl mmmi$7Fm Wt7WpW$ I IV a it PSO THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE. Keg Telia Her How to Dress for the Supreme Occasion or Her You no Life she Must be on Good Terms With Her Clothe. rwirrrzw fob the dispatch. T is high time, my "sweet girl graduate" something were being said and done for you if the coTeted sheepskin is to be received in a bran-new,too-swett-for-anything gown. "We take it for granted the essay on "Higher Education,"which is to prove that you hare got ten beyond that "jelly-like inaccuracy of thought and ex pression," that has been sim mering in your brainpan, a L burning torture, by day and Bight all these weeks, has finally been fin ished, and in the language of Louise Alcott, "put away to settle;" or.,if the performance is to be a recitation, that it has been learned "by heart;" and in either case all the poises hare been perfected by proper Delsarte tuition and the correct timbre been giren the Toice by elocutionary training,and then, but not until then, are we willing to help you find something to wear. Once sure that your ideas have been prop erly clothed, time will be spent advisedly in the study of what you are to wear and -how you are to wear it upon commencement day; for though your speech and actions be, from the rostrum, as graceful as were Hypa tia's as depicted by Charles Kingsley, yet artistically you will be a failure if unsuit ably or awkwardly attired. Babies, brides and graduates must wear white as most suitable. That much is quickly decided; but to make a selection of material from among the many kinds this fruitiul season has provided will storm-toss the best balanced brain for the time. JTor the college and seminary graduate the elegant line 01 sheer silken fabrics, laces, sets, mousseline de toies, tulle, as well as In dia, Japanese and other light weight silks are most suitable and less ex travagant than at nrst appears, since such dress can be made to ao pariv serv- -y, ice. or as a A' bridemaid I gown; and it sot infrequent ly happens the grad uating dress of to-day is the bride's dress to-morrow. One of the newest and odd est net effects is called ro coco, which name applies to the design and sot to the material, which is of pure silk net, in appearance like brussels. The pat tern is in large open meshes nearly as large as fishnet, though of Eo different a weave as not to be comparable to it Then there is the usual line of point d' esprit, with many additions in dots and stripe. These are also to be had in cotton, in close imitation of the silk designs. Nothing could be prettier than these lacy nets, or any of the all-over laces, ribbon-trimmed and made up after the plain, elegant style shown in tl e back-view illustration. This style is equally appro priate for the gauzy mousseline de soie, which likewise comes in fancy stripes, dots and figures, as well as in the plain ma terial. Especial mention must be made ot La Tosca net, which carries a woven foot band, both with straight or vandyked edge, which in itself is sufficient decoration. Then there is the satin-striped brussels net, with graceful veins crossing the stripes. This certainly makes an elegant gown. After these lace effects we suggest, as equally suitable lor graduating robes, the china crepes, crepeline nun's veilinc, al batross and like pliable material, any of which are suitable lor draping a la grece iul, after the manner shown in the illustra tion, than which nothing could be more graceful. You observe with this model the Greek idea is carried out from the bands in the hair to walls of Troy design on the bor der of the robe. To still further assist the idea the border should be of gold or silver saloon, though it could be, if all white were preferred, of the new guimp d'genes, which comes in Grecian designs and is intended to be used both upon silks and all wools. With this costume the conventional corsage bouquet or any arrange ment of flowers whatever, would be out of har mony. "We must not forget the lustrous though somewhat u n manageable mo hair. This is especi ally adapted to the accordion pleats which style is finding many votaries at this time and is cer tainly one to be recommend ed to little women. As most suit able for the High School graduate the I girl who has ar ' rived at that stage of woman hood described by the poet as "Standing where the brook and river meet" we would recommend a pretty Swiss muslin which potiiM in skirt lencths elaborately embroid ered, with round or pointed scallops: or prettier yet. with hemstitched hems. Above this hem will appear upright sprays, or vaadyke figures, elaborate leaf and flower designs or cording ttnd tucks, separated by embroidered inser "tion and hem-stitching. In a gown of this pure white, simply made with straight skirt and round waist with broad sash, a feirl would be as fresh and sweet as a wild flower. Notwithstanding it is a well-known fact that white shoes and white gloves increase the apparent size of hands and feet; yet white they must be according to the dictum of the autocrat of fashions. Any amount of latitude is allowable for bodice decora tion, and fortunate is the person who can invent something out of the usual line, in I T 2. JSqL 35MffiSS vur y j f? BETrr? i nyMw ifv ralaW ft1 Biff J ATI IIP'B iii VhI : Emi If I Krli Tilff l yHI fjm I ifl 1 rj UK It iliJN fNNR4ft m I LI h'A ' 1L I mi m WaJlS which event her dress will be voted an im ported one and occasion more envy anlong classmates than will her performance, be it never so masterly. "With few exceptions imported models have either belts or hands of ribbon, gold galoon or other trimming starting from the side seams and describing a point in front, and this certainly does lend a distinguishing grace to the figure. The changes can be rung on bodice decoration ad libitum, and, by a little study, familiar materials are made to yield new effects. It is now conceded that every degree of thickness and thinness can wear the high shoulder effect within certain limitations. For instance, the thinner the frame the fuller and higher the sleeve, while with the very stont a mere sprouting of these mate rial wings is sufficient to lend the desired piqnancy. In view of greater com fort during the heated term, all dresses, whether for indoor or street wear, are to be cut low at the throat, being sometimes finished with lace frill, but more often simply with a cord to match the dress trim ming. This stvle is all very well for full, round throats, but would very materially de tract from the finished appearance of the person with a long, slim neck. For her there has been provided the yaloise Marie Stewart or Medici collarette which, when deftly made and adjusted, gives a qneenly eiiect and is the envy of all short necks. Let the skin of your gown be of simple make, only taking care that it hangs well, as any defect in this regard is so painfully apparent to the audience when you stand on the rostrum. The plain, straight skirts are not near the end of their career, but they be gin to demand a little variation. While re taining the vertical back breadths, those in fiont are sometimes arranged to describe festoon folds, if the material be one that ad mits of this treatment, India surah and China silks, the crepes nets, and finer all wools lend themselves easily to this arrange ment. To sum up. Be sure you write yonr own performance; then cultivate a grace of speech and manner that will add another charm to your personal appearance. Think over all the little points that tend to make your dress satisfactory to you, and comfortable in fit, if you would be at ease. An ill-fitting bodice or badly hung skirt are not conducive to a good temper, and cer tainly you want to be in our most amiable humor upon this occasion to appear at you best Upon good fellowship with your clothes will largely depend your graceful appearance and an acceptable delivery of your performance. Meg. EXPRESSIONS OF THE EYE. The Xiatrst Imported Fad Is the Culture of Woman's Chosen Weapon. Boston Transcript. Woman's weapon is her eye, and the lat est importation is a code for the manipula tion ot that organ. Within a certain range the female of our species has an instinctive perception of the manner in which her opti cal apparatus should be employed upon her complementary creature in pantaloons; but science has rednced the subject to exact terms. Charts have been prepared Wash ington girls are studying them showing that the eye has 729 distinctive expressions, conveying as many different shades' of meaning. The proper thing to do is to procure one of these charts, and reproduce with your own eyes the 729 expressions before a mirror. When you have mastered them all, try them on other people and see how they work. It is popularly imagined that the eyeball itself is an expressive thine, bnt, as a matter of fact, the ball of the eye has scarce any ex pression at all. That all depends upon the lids and brows. The upper lid does the in tellectual; its position is regulated by the sort of thinking you are doing. The lower lid expresses, by its drawing up or other wise, the senses. The eyebrows are emo tional, and so on. All this, however, is only the beginning. Certain it would appear that young ladies of the future, trained'to make eyes on exact principles, will be much more seductive creatures than hitherto. But you must not be summed if you find a Washington girl winking at you; it is 10 to 1 that she is practicing the novel science of ocular ex pression. WASHOTQ THE WHTD0W3. The Most Succenfol Servants Select a Doll Day for the Operation. Two servants employed in adjoining houses were talking recently about their methods of cleaning windows. The one whose windows always looked the brightest said she selected a dull day for the work; or a day when the sun was not shining on them, because when the sun shines it causes them to be dry-streaked, no matter how much one rubs. The painter's brush is the best article for the purpose; then wash all the woodwork before the glass is touched. To cleanse the glass simply use warm water diluted with ammonia; don't use soap. A small stick will get the dust out of the corners, then wipe dry with a piece of cloth do not use linen, as the lint sticks to the glass. The best wayCto polish is with tissue paper or newspaper. To clean windows in this way takes much less time than when soap is used. KTJKFS OF FLOWERS. Alfoveltr That Is Being: Worn nl Fashion able Weddings of the East. At several of the fashionable weddings that have taken place lately in the East a few of the lady guests have carried floral muffs. These are dainty little affairs, de signed more lor ornament than for use, says the London Court Journal. They are made of silk velvet or brocade, to match the cos tumes with which they are worn. An ex ceedingly pretty one, carried by a lady dressed in eray of a beautiful silver-like tint, was of silk of a similar shade. It was covered with a trellis work of Ne apolitan violets. In front, caught into the trellis, was a falling spray of yellow roses and mimosa, arranged as though tumbling outward over the gown, though in reality most securely fixed. If flowers are worn in the bonnet thev should be real, and like those on the muff. THE USE OF PEBFUME. Delicate Odors fehonld be All-Pervadlnc bat Not Overpowering. Handkerchiefs ana gloves are best per fumed by keeping them in sachets powdered with the favorite scent of the owner, so that when drawn from the pocket no remarkable difference is detected in the air. The lining of a hat or bonnet may be sprinkled with scent and a little shaken on the corset or tpenser bodice. The great thing is to avoid a mass of perfume. It should be subtle and all-pervading; that is, it should hang on every garment but not overpower the senses. THE1 SOFT AKD PRETTY HANDS. Any Lady Can Oavo Perfect Beauties, If She Ilii Fallenee nod Follows Common Sense Sales Directions for a Simple Home Treatment That 1 a baecess. VWBITTElf FOB TUB DISPATCH. The proper care of the hands is a much simpler thing than the manicure artists wish one to believe. It only needs every day watchfulness, and a little knowledge of what to do and what to avoid. The appli ances are very simplef good soap, Turkish towelling wash rag, glycerine, almond flour, nail scissors, chamois-polisher, a fiat dull pointed pusher, (a silver letter opener is just the right shape,) and last but not least, plenty of hot watsr. The nails should be cut regularly once a week before washing, for if soft one is apt to cut them too short. When washing rnb diligently every knuckle and every nail with the racr. The hand cannot be rubbed too long. With the nail of one finger push down the flesh around another and clean the nails with one another while still in the hot suds. Then rinse and put on glycerine, rubbing very long; then rinse this off and put on almond flour, which will give solt ness and gloss to the skin. When this is rinsed off and the hands dried carefully, the result is a success. If not satisfied with the cleanliness of the nail use a soft pocket handkerchief with your nail. Never use either scissors or any thing sharp under the nail. If a cleaner is necessary, fold a piece ol the edge of a newspaper into a point, and use that The constant rubbing of the nails with the wash rag will kiep the "selvage" pushed down; if not, use the letter opener carefully so as not to break the edge. Then polish the nails with the chamois rubber, and finally rub the nails upon your cheek and all the oil necessary will be obtained. Should any stain, like shoe polish or ink get under the nail put on some cold cream, and alter rubbing carefully rinse off with hot water. Never put any acid on the hands. Stains from kid gloves can be re moved with cold cream. When the hands are very tired from any kind of work let tneni stay in very hot water as long as possible and follow with rubbing with glycerine as long as your patience holds out. When fruit picking and preserving time comes rub a little butter on the finger tips and under the nails; then rinse off with hot water before using soap, as the soap is apt to set the stain. Home Tbeatment. ETIQUETTE IK HOLLAND. An American Lady's Effort to Train the San of nn Annvorp Banker. I was once staying in a country house, says an American lady writing of her ex. penences in Holland, where I created a positive sensation by simply asking a young man to be so good as to fetch my scissors from the adjoining room I had my lap full of work:, which I could-not lay down. The young man himself looked astounded fairly astonnded as if be could not believe his ears: and such a blank silence fell upon the company that I asked outright if I had committed some terrible breach of etiquette. Mr. Doorman recovered himself, and said: "Not at all," but my hostess told me after ward that she had never heard of such a thing in the whole course of her life. This young man was the son of one of the richest bankers in Antwerp, but his man ners ohl they certainly were of the roughest However, I have the satisfaction of feeling I improved him. I remained five weeks a guest in the same house with him; and I taught him, among other trifles, that it is polite for a gentleman to allow ladies to leave the room before him, that it is an attention to offer to turn the leaves of their music, and that it is better not to smoke when they are singing. PLEA EOB THE TTPEWEITEE. She Does Something Else Than Iead Astrnr Her Susceptible Employer. New York Sun. "The Prince of Wales has taken Jcindly to the typewriter," we read in a London letter. The Prince always does take kindly to the privileges of life, but how does the Princess approve of the innovation? Twelve of the machines have already been ordered by His Boyal Highness for private use. Whether each is to be accompanied by the sweet girl operator is still an uncertainty, but, judg ing from all former precedents, the pictur esqueness of the invention will not be im paired or disarranged. A lady, speaking recently of the absnrd objection women occasionally manliest to card the employment of young and pretty women at their husband's office, said that she appreciated the typewriter employed by her husband and rejoiced in her attractive ness, for since her advent at the office she had so purified the atmosphere of the place, tidie'd its disorder and uncleanliness, abol ished profanity, and well-nigh routed the smoking hangers-on that the lady herself enjoyed calling in there occasionally, and could do so without being stared out of countenance by men not accustomed to the presence of women in the place. BEF0E1I IN NOTE PAPEE. Some Snbstltnles lor tho Everlasting; Era boiling: and Coloring;. It is probably about time that the ever lasting embossing and coloring of note paper in one corner by birds, sprays, and other simple adornments, were changed tor some other method, elejrunt yet simple, and not too expensive. Lines of gold or of silver, with varying widths, single or double, and plain, or worked over with simple sprays or stars, would look very chaste and enticing. And if anything more in the way of rich ness is desired, a rosette in the- left-hand corner of the outside sheet, with ribbon ap pendages, would do very well. Probably, also, in the more expensive sorts, lines of silver running across the paper would look charming, and would form a capital guide to the straightness of the lines written be tween them. BLACK WOOD ENGBAVING. A Revival of the Old-Time Art Work With a Hot Poker. Kew York World. J At last there is something new for idle hands to do poker work. The revival of the ancient art of burnt-wood engraving, better known as poker work, and the decora tive and artistic effects which may be pro duced by this simple treatment of wood, has led to portable outfits with a spirit lamp, benzoline bottle and all the minor imple ments. Letter racks, photograph frames, the headboard in a bed, side panels in a book case, tuckaway tables, medicine chest, cab inets and easels mav be ornamented with poker work, and those interested in decora tive employment will find innumerable places for the black-wood engravings. WOMAN AND HEE STOMACH. She Can Eat and Grow Fat on What Will Kill nn Ordinary Man. "Woman is an omniverous animal," says a great London physician whose investiga tion of womau's power of eating has .led him to the conclusion that she is, as a rnle, much more fond of unseasonable food at un seasonable hours than man. "Hen do not eat some things," continues this observing practitioner, "because they know if tbey do they will be dyspeptic and ill-tempered next day; but the frailest woman bless her sweet soul and strong stomach will con sume the very things a man refuses, and rise on (he morrow withont a wrinkle on her face or a ruffle in her temper, to be a com fort to herself and to everyone else. Heaven onlyknrns how they do it the doctors don't" Kbause's Headache Capsules are more pleasant and convenient to take than powdery frafen, elixirs, etc .' Tbflu PITTSBURG ' DISPATCH, STOTDAT, JUNE 1, YOUTH COMES BACK And Pain and Weariness Take Flight in the Electric Bath. SHIBLEY DARE SINGS ITS PEAISE. The Sweat, the Massaije, the Tingling Cur rent and Sweet Kepose. IT WOULD MAKE THE WOULD BdTTEK 1 WBITTEX rOB THE DISrATCB. 1 With the spring come feelings in any thing but harmony with fresh boughs and May blossoms. To sleepless half-nights follow useless days, when weariness of body and brain mock the aspiring will. The bairr loses its gloss and color, the skin is sallow and its sense dull, the hand is un certain, the sight blurred. "Life is so short, life is so sweet," the dreamer sings, but in this unhappy mood it is true only that "life grows weary, life grows gray."' Many women wear their part out in such melancholy torpor. I have found how to banish it "Have you tried the electric baths?"asked a woman who has the secrets of well-being at her fingers' ends. "Then we will drive right over to them, and have you put in better condition at once." Ten minutes after an interior of curtained alcoves opened to us, with gliding figures, statuesque in linen sheets; disappearing behind the curtains, bare armed, bare footed attendants in tunics of red cotton flitted around like kindly demons at first glimpse, like very kindly, serviceable, in telligent women when you come to know them and their ministrations. A hot sheet was handed me, which I proceeded to drape in classic folds, and was meekly led into a light room, apparently just the right heat of an oven for sponge cake. Sows of wooden extension chairs held the bathers, who here take the preparatory perspiring stage ot the Turkish bath. TJNCOMFOKTABLE AT FIBST. It is uncomfortable, though it seems a deliberate aggravation when a cup of very hot water is given one with directions to drink it to promote perspiration. Perhaps Dives might have been glad of it, though it could hardly have cooled his tongue; still, being ready to accept anything, I sip the almost blistering fluid, and presently feel myself dissolving, not in drops, but sheets of perspiration, fifteen minutes suffices, and one is led into a cheerful marble cell, where a slab with rubber pillow is rather suggestive of the morgue when one ties down with the red sylph in attendance. A clever red gnome it is, who proceeds to lather and scrub one with a bathing brush some sizes larger than a blacking brush, till the old cuticle peels off in rolls and flakes, so black that it seems as if one had never bathed before. Helplessly and deliciously one submits to the thorough cleansing process, and the scientific kneading and rubbing which fol lows. Not rubbing up and down, but round and round the wrist, the arm, the shoulder, which rubs the muscle inexpressibly and develops its roundness. As the firm, smooth "hand ot the masseur goes over one every particle of weariness flies. But a handful of sand, apparently, flung over one and rubbed in with good will, provokes vigorons remonstrance. "It's only salt," laughs the bath girl, "to tone up the skin." And then one is roused from the trance of rest on the marble slab, stood upright, and sprayedoff with a hose from a faucet in the wall, which plays first warm and by degrees cooler, to restore the body to its normal temperature after the liquifying heat which it has ab sorbed. TAKING THE ELECTBICITY. Wrapped in the sheet, which seems the only suitable and comfortable wear for humanity, one goes round to another bath room where a long wooden tub half full of warm water) in which the attendant dis solves a saucer of salt, offers another tempt ing repose. She holds the pole of an elec tric battery in the water, and passes a brush over the arm, neck, shoulder, chest "Good heavensl what are you about?" I say, for the electric current tingles along each muscle. I see stars and feel them exploding in the tissues, and the intensely metallic acid taste in the mouth felt sometimes before thunderstorms is developed to the edge of unpleasantness. To the verge merely, for these experts know that nature's rule is whatever gives pain or uneasiness is not beneficial. The crinkling goes out of the chest and elbows, you are tnrned over on the wooden slope which serves as a pillow, and the ache dies out of your spine, and soreness from the muscles where you caught cold last. Below the waist there is little or no sensation from the electric current, which is nut on as strong as the operator thinks best There is no sense but that the pain leaves; the ache has gone from eyes, from head,' from the spinal muscles and the bright, quiet kind, talk of the operator is part of the case, so helpfully do certain tempera ments In physicians and masseurs affect one. IN BLISSFUL BEPOSE. .."Now you can get up," is the word, and yon try to assure yourself that it is the same painful person who went into the water half an hour before. If one had changed tor a 16-year-old body the sensa tions would be the" same. You feel'so clean, so whole, so cheerlul, so juvenile. You feel like a good child, or as the French say as if you had just taken sacrament. You wipe off, and don your cerements again, and are laid out, a silent, rejoicing ghost, on ono of the lounges, a red blanket is thrown over you, with a friendly pat and tuck, and you lie in a blissful trance' with odd fancies going through your head. Y'ho was it in Dickens used to invite people to come and be dead? Will it .be as happy when the last trouble is over, and the pains and the body laid close together? You move a finger to be sure of being in the body after all. Summer clonds are nothing to it. You might be a summer cloud your self, floating away in reverie, till you lose the last vestige of yourself in blue ether. Is this the fog of sleep, showing over the rim ot sensation, drifting toward one, cool and dim, and blank. The rest is silence, the lightest sleep that ever chloroformed consciousness, in which you feel the tissues growing, film by film, aud come to in the same happy, tranquil nirvana, I should like to follow out Dr. Weir Mitchell's sys tem after this, have the patient transported noiselessly, without jar or effort, to a sunny, ocea chamber, perhaps a wide balcony in balmy air among flowers, to lie in this recuperative dream for days and days, not having to stir a hand, every want anticipated, letting the nerves rest and strength accumulate. By such cure we must pay for years of over work and worry. The tret and the sin are all of course, but if one wants a week of this absolute rest, it seems heathenish self indulgence. Yet when we have trained at tendants to the intelligence which divines wants and forestalls need, the cure of nervous prostration will not be the tedious thing it is now, but we will aid It with spray of fountains and flowers and per fumes. Soft music and pleasant voices, and pleasant looks such as Lizzie and Agnes, the red-cheeked bathgirls steal round togive one in the red blanket grave. Somehow reluctantly vou feel that you must get up out of j'our pleasing sepulcher and see what the world wants of you. How glad the ghosts must be to go back again to their easy sleep at cock-crowl And now you are out in the street and the sun shining on the wisteria clusters, and oddly, a brisk little tilt is In the soles of yonr shoes, and you hope you are stepping along with, due sedateuess; for you kndw your inner con sciousness keeps time tot a dancing tune. HffW ONE LOOKSAND KEELS. The first time you get near to a mirror you are surprised to see that ycW face is half a dozen shades whiter and cVriouilv bright. And where have all the wrinkles vanished, the fine lines of weariness about the eyes and mouth? Steamed out and rested out while you went through that miraculous face bleach in the perspiring-room- If this wasn't Madison square one would dance home out of lightness of soul and body; you feel one with the swaying fresh boughs and dancing shadows and Jersey breeze, and under your breath burnt O the day of tbs Kerry dancing, O the lay of the piper's tune. The best of it is the lightness and eleva tion remain for days and you feel the good of the bath for a week and more in sleep, even nerves, and clearness of mental vision. This double bath is tho great equalizer for the system. Under it the obese lose flesh, the lean gain it, for toning up the nerves there is nothing like the combined bath, electricity and massage, and there is noth ing like it for beautifying. One of the keenest business women of New York, whose brain is on the alert from eight in the morn ing till midnight with the demands of three establishments and who was utterly broken down two years ago, keeps in the most per fect blooming condition by the electric bath and massage daily. Baths and massage are part of the treatment by which Jfatti and Lillian Eussell defy years. The latter en chantress has the loveliest complexion of any celebrity known, and it is due to the remarkable care she takes of herself, rather than to any cosmetics. WHAT BATHS WOULD ACCOMPLISH. Now here is something indispensable in every town in the world. It opens a new vocation for thousands and a great blessing for all. I certainly hope to see the time when everv person in hamlet or city will take a weekly Tnrkish bath as regularly as a change of clothes on Sunday. It would do away with more than half the diseases known, and people would not only live longer, but live younger and more vigorous. It is not merely a bath for the luxurious and refined. The country merchant and the stiff-jointed old farmer want it and would feel its effects more beneficiently than the city sybarites. The tired working women and house mothers need its refreshment What a redemption it would be for their weary frames, what a preservative of health and comeliness. We might very well do without any more universities a generation or two till the world was equipped with baths, and taught to use them. Certainly we had far better take the money for national monuments and ridiculous little triumphal arches, that look like respectable portecocheres, and put it into public baths on a fitting scale. Half the crime would be prevented if this chris tianizing solvent were in use, and the filth and brutishness were washed away. When will rich men be wise enougn to emulate the enlightened private citizen of Borne, who gave the imperial city public baths, which far outdid our capitol at Washington in size and magnificence? Here is a way for some large-minded man to make his name remembered. Each city needs such a benefactor. Shirley Dabe, ONE OF NAPOLEON'S MEN. How He Left Somo of His Master's Finery In Western Pennsylvania. Writing of the setttlement of the north western part of Pennsylvania, a Dispatch contributor says: The sober, plodding pioneers were now and then waked up by the appearance in their midst of people about whom there was the interest of mystery or the charm of ro mance. On a slip in Land Agent Gsskell's book, interlaced between the mention of "a panther measuring 11 feet from tip to tip which Adam Long shot yesterday," and an account of David Postletbwait's entrance into a den of wolves back of his place the fall before, which he says in parenthesis (was a far braver feat than that of "Old Put"), he makes brief reference to a certain Colonel Egmont and his wife, who appeared in Upper Jefferson in the earliest days. There is no date to the slip, but the Eg monts must have arrived about 1816. This is their story as nearly as it can be recalled. Colonel Egmont had charge of Napoleon's traveling chariot and baggage van at Waterloo. When the battle was lost and the flight was on the Emperor expressed the hope that he might find passage on an American ship. Egmont saidf with the ex pectation of joining his chief in the United States, he, with the help of some soldiers, got out of the van attached to the carriage such boxes of plate, linen, etc., as could be hastilv seized, and, barely escaping capture, made his way to the coast and got on a schooner bound for America. He did not know the Emperor had been intercepted and put on board the Belleraphon until he lauded iu New York, and, as he had not received his pay, and the Emperor was then on his way to St. Helena, he concluded to make the goods supply his temporary necessities. He waited in New York until his wife arrived from Bordeaux. He sold some things before he left the city, and with the rest he and his wife came into the woods. With the little money he had he engaged from the agent a small, partly improved farm up the Mahon ing creek, but knew nothing ol labor. Some of the table linen in his possession was of ex quisite fineness, and had the letter "N," surmounted by the imperial crown, em broidered on each piece. After Madam Egmont had carefully picked out tho embroidery be sold part of it to some appreciative housewives near the agency who had seen better days. An old lady, whose daughter still has several nap kins, said that the outlines of the N and crown were plainly visible after several washings. Egmont, as well as his wife, seemed always anxious and on the alert. Their cabin was kept carefully closed and the contents of several chests were never displayed, but the use of several richly chased gold drinking cups,' in the tender of hospitality to some neighbors, who had been kind to them, led to the belief that the chests contained valuable plate belonging to Napoleon. To the refined and sensitive French woman the wildness aud isolation of their retreat became insupportable. She so pined lor sunny Prance thbt the place was suddenly disposed of, and with few leave takings, the Egmonts left Jefferson and were never heard ol more. FIOBENCE MEETS BIS MATCH. Tbe Popnlar Comedlnn Runs Up Against tbe Mexican Onyx Ml no Owner. New York Press. Writing of trout reminds me that genial "Billy" Florence has been telling another fish story, and this time caught a tartar. It was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he lives, and there was quite a group around, including Mr. Cooper, tbe Mexican onvx mine owner, when Mr. Florence cravplr 'told about going afishing and catching a fish that weighed 000 pounds. The onyx man's eyes twinkled like stars as the story was concluded, and to Mr. Florence's in quiry whether or not he couldn't tell a fish story, too, he replied: "You bet I can. Why, I went afishing once and caught a 'possum that weighed 600 pounds. He was the biggest " "But hold on," put in Mr. Florence, "what's that got to do with fish?" "Eh? Oh. ves. Well, you see we welched him on scales, and you must admit scales have something to do with fish, and then, as he was a 'possum, we set him to telling stories to Buckers suckers are fish, eh?" Florence gasped for breath, and owned up that he was defeated. OECHIDS OF DIAMONDS. The Bars Flower Reproduced br tbe Skill of the Modern Jeweler. New York Snn.l Diamond orchids are among the new and artistic things in jewelry whose beauty is equaled only by their cost The variety of orchid known as tbe Odontoglossum Alex andra is the favorite choice, each petal in crusted with "brilliants and spotted with rubies. Five blooms start fmni a single diamond calyx, each one movable so that itJ can uc &cu uut av wm uuu tue cluster set upon a long golden stem fashioned after the supple swaying delicacy of tbe real flower, which can be bent and twisted into a shape desirable. .1890. CLARA BELLE'S CHAT. A New York Bridegroom for Whom the lovely Bride Came Not HELEN GOULD'S KINDLY NATDEE. Borhantfc Episode in the Life of a Now Famous LiteJary Woman. A PBODD MATRON AKD EEE BABY fCOREESPODENCE OF THE DISPATCB.1 New Yobk, May 31. VEKYONE has heard of the bride waiting before the altar, pale and trem bling, for the bride groom that never came, but few have known of an instance where the groom vainly watched for the arrival of his blushing fiancee. It was a very elegant, but quiet, wedding in a Madison avenne mansion, and a .co pious company of guests was gathered amid the exquisite flowers that deco rated the parlors. The groom and the min ister were awaiting the advent or the bride, the time having arrived for her coming. For a full half hour the hum of conversa tion continued naturally, and the impatient groom did his best to seem unconcerned and to chat complacently with his friends. Presently the father ol the bride entered, and, approaching the groom, said something to him that made him turn pale. Together they left the room, and then the gnests be gan to cast glances of surprise at one another, a few of them suggesting that the iride must have been taken suddenly ill. A semblance of patience was retained for nearly an hour and then many of them be ga.i to leave. At last the bride's father entered and announced to the people re maining that his daughter had become prostrated, and the ceremony would have to be performed privately. ONE HAPPY YOUNG GUEST. The whole situation was awkward and solemn, and naturally the worst construc tion was placed on it by the guests. It might have been noted, however, if one were exceptionally observing, that a certain young man of much physical attraction who was present looked extremely satisfied when the announcement of the ceremony's discontinuance was made, and as be passed onto! the house the loud sobs of the un happy bride upstairs seemed very grateful to his ears. It was the old, romantic story which, fortunately, may have a more ro mantic ending than usual. The bridegroom that waited in vain for his wife that night was the choice of the father and mother, not of the girl herself. He was the desirable party, the man of. wealth and position. The girl had her sweetheart, and it was only by the most extreme measures that she was prevailed upon to give him up. She remained fairly docile until the portentous night came, and then she flung herself face down on the floor of her room, went into hysterics, and re used, offering her life as tribute, to wed the man she did not love. The discarded lover has vanished for the time being, while the more fortunate favor ite persists in covert meetings with his true lady, both scorning the objections of the humiliated and angered parents. AN OLD LADY IN TBOUBLE, In a Fifth avenue stage an old and meanly-dressed woman unconsciously made the ride nierry for three showy and fashionably-attired damsels. First, she fumbled in her rustyakirt a long time trying to find her pocket, then she thrust her hand through an unexpected slit in her gown instead of the supposed pocket, and the look of intense dismay on her face, as she imagined some villain had cutoff that pocket, set the young women into convulsions of silent laughter. Soon the poor creature recovered herself, re newed the search and found the pocket Bemoving a handkerchief, a snuff-box and a pair ol cotton gloves, she at lasproduced the shabbiest pocketbook ever seen, causing a great number of nods and becks and wreathed smiles from the trio of observers. Then she fumbled a long time with the fastenings of her treasury; these finally un done, she took out a brass thimble, a troche. a spool of twist, a section of a paper of pins and last the solitary nickel it contained. Then she peeped about for the proper place to deposit the nickel. None seemed to have been provided. The honest creature got on her leet and the thimble, the troche, the twist and the snuffbox tumbled to the floor, the pins sticking like an old friend to ber skirt. Heedless aparently, of this disaster, she potted about the wall behind herseat pressing her trembling fingers against every nail and button and bit of fringe but found no place for her fare. Then she dropped to her seat with a lond com plaint. HELEN GOULD TO THE EESCUE. "There aint no contrybution box nor nothin' for the fare," she said, "Where I come Irom there's allers a box'n now my thimble'n mysnuflbox'n my troche is all gone to Joppy," and she began to cry. The merriment or three damsels was now almost beyond control, though ;they affected well-bred airs by covering their mouths Bhe Popped the Question, Was Proud of Her Baby. with dainty handkerchiefs and looking out of the window. A slight young girl, sim ply attired, bnt with an air of elegance about her, had been sitting in a corner a quiet but keen observer of the scene. She now rose, picked up the old woman's scat tered property, and banding it to her shyly said: '-Allow me hand your fare up; and tell me where you wish to get off. I'll ask the driver to look after you." After a deal more of fumbling with the ancient pocketbook, a slip of paper with an address was produced. The address and the promised request were given to the driver, who was charged to .take particular care of tbe lady, as she was feeble. The grateful old woman was assured that she would be well looked after, and the young girl left 1 the stage. As she reached the ground n gentleman raised his hat and said: "Good morning, Miss Gould." She was Jay Gould's daughter, Helen. AN INTEEESTING FAMILY. Frequenters of the Eiverside drive often see a stylish turnout bearing a family party consisting of father, mother and three pretty daughters and attended by two graceful equestriennes, also daught ers of the family. The mother is a stately, handsome woman, one of the few dames, in fact, of middle age seen in elegant carriages to whom the observer's eye turns a second time. This lady's history is of special interest to lovers of the romantic and unusual in courtship. Being the only daughter of a wealthy house with indica tions of a strong mind, she was edncated by the private tutor employed for her brothers. She ran shoulder to shoulder with them in their pursuit of knowledge till all were ready to enter college. It was found, how ever, that the young lady had been engaged in a special study, independent of her broth ers, for, one evening, in taking leave of the tutor she abruptly, though timidly, said: 'Mr. Blank, I am sorry that you are so soon to leave us I mean that I cannot have you go. O, Mr. Blank, do you not see that I love vou? Will you will you marry me, Mr. Blank?" To say that the tutor was astonished, em barrassed, dumbfounded, does not half ex press it. "Beally, Miss Bella," he stam mered, "I have never imagined this. Please eive me time to think," and so escaped lor tbe moment. Of course, everything being reversed from the usual order of things Miss Bella lit was who spoke to papa. "Father," she said, "xou Know J. am of age. I love Mr. Blank, and have asked him to marry me." "What on earth! Have you gone mad? Go call your motherl" SHE COULDN'T BE CONQUEBED. Mamma came, and, it is said, an inde scribable scene followed. But Miss Bella was firm and Miss Bella conquered, though it was some time before she received a favor able afaswer to her suit. The tutor was poor and proud, he did not relish playing the role of a fortune hunter; he had a man's dis position to struggle for and win a prize rather than have it thrust upon him. But Miss Bella waited with so much patience and sweetness, and so strong a conviction that he would say the right thing at last, that he did. Then she went on with her higher education and he with his teaching till the proper time came for marriage. They have had a happy and proserous life. She is one of the leading literary women of our country and he one of its first educators. Their names are on the title pages of several books, hers being of a higher order than those that are usually 'decorated with a woman's name. But the intelligent observer wonders if the five pretty daughters will be encouraged to follow mamma's example. A comely young matron with limited means and a vast ambition conquers cir cumstances in a novel way, and greatly to her own satisfaction. She dons a most elaborate nurse's cap and apron, arrays her lovely baby in its very best, and with a per ambulator which her own deft fingers have lined with blue silk and decked with rib bons she appears in the park as one of the swellestof swell nurses. You maybe sure she is the proudest and most attentive to her charge of the throng, and the compli ments tnat toe cmid s beanty elicits from the passers bring a bloom to her cheek and a sparicle to her eyes that make her, too, alto gether charming, so that baby and nurse are the admired of all admirers. She is some times asked whose child she has, and de murely gives her own name. Unce or twice they have been too persistent in attentions, and she has had to make a feint of appeal ing to a policeman, but usually she makes a triumphal passage through the crowds. What does she gain by the masquerade? Hear her cooing to the baby when undress ing it at night WHAT IT ALL MEANS. "They thought you were a real swell baby, darling, aud that you live in one of the fine big houses, with servants, and gold spoons, and silks and satins, oh, oh!" Bnt the serene baby is unmoved by the innocent ruse and the attentions it receives. One afternoon the masqueraders were on the walk bordering the drive near the Webster monument when a very stylish carriage bearing a solitary lady suddenly turned toward the walk and stopped in front of them. The lady leaned eagerly forward. "Nurse, please let me take your lovely baby a moment, Allow John to hand her to me." But John was not allowed to touch her with his clumsy paws, the nurse herself reached her precious charge up to the grand lady. The child wis taken to the silken bosom and pretsed by hungry arms while tear? stood in yearning eyes. The nurse with quick beating heart, half in fear that the horses would trot off with her treasure, kept a sly hold of the baby's skirts. But the child was given bacK to her with whis pered thanks and the solitary lady rode on to a probably solitary home. That evening the incident was volubly related to the hus band and father, the story ending with the declaration that tbe swell lady would give carriage, and all her horses, and her servants lor that precious baby. "And would you like to make the trade, little woman?" "Jack!" Claea Belle. EKTIBELY TOO JTATOEAL. Tbe Hard Lock of a Young Mlchlgandcr and His Staffed Fox, Detroit Free Press. J A young man was going up and down Gratiot avenue the other day seeking a purchaser for a dead fox which he had stuffed and mounted in a very creditable manner. He asked a pretty stiff price for the ornament and no one would meet his figure. He finally entered a saloon to show it oS, and after some talk he placed it on the floor and said: "If there is another fox in the town put up in a more life-like shape I'll give $50 for him. Gentlempn, look at the pqse ol that fox. He is supposed to have heard some thing to alarm him. See his listening attitude. Observe his excitement! You can almost see him quiver as " At that moment a bull dog entered tho place at his master's heels, and he made a grab for the fox, rolled him over and over, and before he could be kicked loose the skin was in shreds. Pellets From Various Pestles. Society information from New York in dicates that at least 3,000 members of the Four Hundred will summer aDroaa. Professor Charles, in extinguishing a fire, what is indispensable? Charles Eire. Many a hero who has been slashed and disfigured by a saber without flinching, has been known to wince at a woodcut iu a newspaper. Miss Blvthe The greatest "spring open ing" in this country doesn't take place until the regular summer season begins. Lord Chump You really amaze mel That's a notable American paradox. Where can I witness it? "At Saratoga, my lord." A- biblical student claims to have dis covered evidence proving that Eve sewed ber first garments together with pine needles. , FLOWING WITH FDS. Pens of Prominent Paragraphers Plied for Public Pleasure. LIVING LINES ON LOYE AND LORE. Amusing Anecdotes, Penetrating Philoso phy, Distracting Dialect. TIT1LLATI5G TEIFLES PDT IS TIPS rwBrrrxs oa tub dispitch.J His Decoration. He walked by her side, as tbey strolled apart, Through the lonely blossoming ways; Afar from tbe busies and rolling drams. The psalm of a nation's praise; Afar from the crowds that lingered there 'Mid the sunlit graves and tbe headstones faix, Tbey, too. with tbe reverent throng had bent, And in dear remembrance crowned With palms and lanrels and garlands bright Fall many a grass-grown mound. And beard tbe voices of comrades tell How nobly the heroes fought and fell. Bat now in silence they turned away Through meadows with daisies spread; Her face was grave, but her eyes were sweet With the languor of tears unshed; And she held a rose in her finger tips, Bed as her own soft rose-red lips. "You were kind to tbe dead," he said at last, In a pleading. Injured tone. "Bnt what of the living soldier brave. Who In daily fight alnne Mast strive for datv, nor dream of fame Dare he no token of honor claim?" he turned with a smile, half tears, and placet) Her rose on his bosom. "There Mr one last flower! It was meant for you. But I was not sure yon would care. We cive, unsought, to tbe noble dead. But the noble living mast ask," she said. Madeline S. Bridges. Like a Bird Wllh a S5 BUI. "Patti sings like a bird." "Yes-like a half-eagle." Cabltle Smith. A Painful Discovery. THE STOET OF A FASHI02T ABLE GIBL. He sees her coming down the street A fair, sweet girl, with dainty zrace; He smiles at first, yet when tbey meet He bows with angry, scornful face. And she her pale cheeks flash with red, Startled to find nerself so blamed; Then haughtily she lifts her head Guilty she is, bat unashamed I Gnlltv and yet he loves her well; He kissed her face this very morn: Now, what bas wrought the evil spell That fills his loving heart with scornf He is her brother vet his eves Send forth disdainful looks that hart; Her brother judge of his surprise To find her wearing his new shirt 1 Bessie ciiaxdleb He Was Balldozrd nod Intimidated. Traveling through Alabama recently, and stretching my less on tbe platform of a way station while the train was waiting "20 minutes for dinner," I asked an old negro if there was much bulldozing and intimida tion at the elections in that section. "You don't live roun' yere, do you,boss?" was his answer. I admitted that I did not. "I knowed you didn', caze you wouldn' ax me no sicher queschun. Bnlldozin'ea 'timerdation you' dun know whut dey is tell yer see er 'lection down yere!" I asked him if he was ever intimidated. "Now you talkin', bossl I bin 'timer dated en bulldozed. Hit's outdacious, da's whutl" "How did they do it?" I inquired. "Huh! How? Go long, now! Don't you know how dey do it? De puts me on do rock pile fer ten days caze a man gin me a dollar to vote fer him fer tax c'lector da' bow! Black man aiu' got no show yere 'lection times, en yon knows it!" Polk Swaips. Tbe Tariff Fiend. I talked to him of Jupiter and Dian. The ancient gods who thronsed Olympus' hill; Bat he snitched of! on daties on pig iron. And talked about McKlnlej's tariff bill. He asked, the while I told of Troy and Homer, What lowering of tbe tariff rates would do. And whiteffect 'twould have upon Tacoma. On Kankakee.Maach Chunk and Kalamazoo; Then talked about the duty on alpaca. On turpentine, and tin-foil and tobacco. Then I digressed upon predestination. Talked bcripture like a theologic dean. He asked, if, in my candid estimation. There shouldn't be higher rates on kerosene. And then I talked of poetry and beauty He said all sections should together pnll; And If tbe East got bides exempt from duty The West sbonld ask a higher tax on wool; And if tbe sugar men sbonld gat a bounty Bo should the lumberers ot Aroostook county. I talked of Science probing earth and star . Calm Science, by her handmaid Troth at tended. Ho said our present tariff rate on tar Shonld be at once materially amended. I still talked Science, scattering Krror's mist. Making the whole earth fairer and com pleter He said that salt should go on the free list. And so should sodium, soft soap and salt petre; And then he talked of tins and zincs and cop. pers. Of revenues and European paupers. I talked of history, literature, art; The thoughts of most inspired songs and sagas: But, when I stopped to breathe, he madeastart And said a tax sbould go on rutabagas. I smoothed him with a sentimental strain. And told the joys of lore and pure affection He said the rates for Michigan and Maine Were not the rates for every other section. I left him. and in smothered wrath went stalk ing; When 1 returned next day he still was talking. B.W.FOSS. Sweets. niPOBTAJf T TO PAEESTS. Mr. Youngfather I wish I knew Edison. I'd give him a pointer. Mrs. Youngfather What about? "I'd suggest to him to invent a method by which the baby's midnight shrieks could be carried ofT by a wire to wake up the policeman." A2TOTHEB OBGAIT EJtTIBELT. Key. Whangdoodle Baxter (to Sam John sing, who is not well) Brudder Johnsing, don't you sperience de need oba new heart? Sam Johnsing G'way, niggah, ain't nuf fin de matter wid my heart. Whut I needi is a new libber. Alex. E. Sweet. Brother Gooselet. A UOEEB nS'CBEASS. Seven little missionaries Horrible tbeirfate Cannibals picked clean their bones. Then they were ate. JOBUf KESDBICK BANOS. Bordello on Paracrapbers. I have a great admiration for the bright fellows who can write bright paragraphs. A colnmn of paragraphs is a column of suggestions; it should be worth as much money to tbe writer as a serial story. What makes a dictionary so valuable? Nothing bnt its short, crisp paragraphs. I used to write like a favorite contributor to a dic tionary. But now I pine for change. I want to write speeches, like the grei.t and good Senator Blair, and .long poems, lika George W. Homer. In fact, I want to do something I can't do. Jevver feel that way? I reckon that must be the restless strivings of ambition. I never bad ambi tion 1 was vaccinated when I was a baby but I reckon that is what it feels like. BOBEBX J. BtJBDETTE. A Case of Necessity. "Sit down, sfrf yelled the teacher to the lad Whom he had thrashed for pranks in school detected. "Indeed I would, but you. sir. cut so bad That I am forced to stand corrected." EBKATio zstaq,vx.
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