HUUftZJUHB TWSBl5BQ,'Sl17- '1891s "- rMs'-$7 19 tTBAXSLATED F0U THE DISPATCH. On" a cold, barren island, in the Arctic sea, where the skies were alwas gray and dull, and no sweet spring flowers ever gladdened the eyes of the inhabitants of lhat dreary region, there stood on the sum mit of a high hill a stately, old castle, in which lived Count Frederick with his wife and two children, a son and a daughter. The Counters had not always lived in the irozen JSTorth. Her girlhood home had been iu sunny Italy, with its bine skies and balmy air. But on account of her great love for her husband, she left the beautiful land of sunshine and flowers and made her home in the lonely island. Bat the cold climate was too severe for her tender nature, and when little Helg was but 8 years old and her brother Victor only 10, the kind, loving wot&er died, leaving her children to the care of au old nurse, for the father spent most of his time cruising on the sea. For Helga, as for her mother, the gray skies and cold winds had no charms. But the little girl's fair face and kind ways caused her to be loved by all who knew her, and she was everywhere known as the Flower of the Island Helga used to wan der along the rocky coast, and dream of the sunny lands of which her mother had told her, and she wished that she might only once see the beautiful flowers and breathe the warm air. Victor said: "I shall soon be old enough and strong enough to go with father on the ship, and thin I shall go to Xtalv, and see the beautiful land where other lived." "And will you take ine w ith you?" Helga had aoked. "Of eourse, little sister, you shall go," replied Victor, "I would not leave the Flow er of the Island here alone." But a few jean, later, i hen the Count took his son away with him in the ship, the little girl, in spite of her entreaties, was left on the island with her nurse. Helga HELGA COULD DIMLY SEE had gone to the shore to see the ship set sail, and so great was her disappointment that she paid little heed to the loving words of her father and brother, who prom ised to return soon, and bring with them rich gifte. After watching the - essel until hhe was no longer able to recognize Victor or the Count, the lonely child, weeping bit ter tears turned her Mens toward the castle. 'Helga." aida voice near bv, "why are you weeping?" Helira-loolced about in astonishment; but her ees were so blinded by tears that she could see no one. The "question was re peated, and this time the little girl saw standing before her a btautiiul creature, ar rayed in shining white garments. "Vou are suqirised to see me and hear me call you by name," said the stranger, while a kindly smil played over her lotely face, "but I have known you for a long time, and I also knew your mother. I have heard yourv Uh to leave this cold, drearv island, and I have come to show you a land more beautiful even than Italy. Jv kingdom is lies f.ir away. I have "command over all the fairies of the Xorth. "Will j ou go with me? jclelga, trustingly, gave her hand to the lairy, ami wnn tier ascended the rough coast. "When thev reached the cliff, the Fairy proved her hand against the rock, and a momen later Helga was in a land more beautiful than any of wliich she Jiad ever drcrmed. There wcc the sunny blue skies the sweet, bright flowers and the soft, warni air. There, too, the birds sang mer rily iu the trees, and crystal fountains tparklcd and shone in the sunlight. "When the little girl had feasted her eyes on the beav.'ii around her, and had gently touched tin- ilo-Acrs and gnus, she said: "Kind Fairy, 1 th.-nk joumany, many times for thiMcht ff your beautiful land, and-now, when the ii:md seems dreary and cold, I can ti.mic of your bright, nunny garden and forget the gloom about me." "Why can you not stay with me?" asked the Fairy, "then j our life would be all sun shine." "When my father and brother return." replied Ilclgaj "they would find the castle very loneh w ithout me." "At lea-'t stay until your father returns," said the Fairy. Helga'F eyes brightened at the thought, and she gladly rccej.teu the kind invitation. Every day was filled with pleasure. Fairy laud was so wonderful to the little girl, whose whole life had been spent on the irozen island, and was it any w onder that with such attention as was shown to her that she was at last persuaded to think that her father and brother would soon grow ac customed to her absence, and that she would be happier in fairjland? So the time glided away, constantly bringing new joys, until finally all thought of returning to the island was abandoned. After Helga had been away from her home for several vears, it happened that the Fairy must visit her other realms across the sea. She bade Helga a loving farewell, and, after promising to return in seven davs, she left her in command of the kingdom; but de manded that she would not pass through the gate of rock. Helga greatly enjoyed being Fairy Queen. Her little subjects were very attentive, and the seven days passed rapidly away. But w lien the eighth, ninth, tenth, and even eleventh days had gone, and still the Fairy did not appear, Helga became very anxious, and feared lest some accident had befallen her friend. X)n the evening of the twelfth day the little girl could no long er endure the anxiety. "I must go," she said, "and sec if her little boat isuot coming over the waves. Surely the Fairy will forgive me if I disoTr her only this once" Helga pressed her hands against the rocky gate, and was once more on the bleak island. The sun had just set, and twilight was fast sorcadimr over the shore. On a cliff, overhanging the water, Helga could dimty see a figure walking to and fro. Thinking to find the Fairy, she quickly advanced and discovered, instead of her friend, an old man, who at the sound of footsteps turned, and crid: "Helga, my dear child, is it you?" "With a glad cry Helga ran to her father's arms. After the first joyous greetings were over, Helga said: "Father, how white your hair has grown, and how sad your face is." "I have suffered much in the kst few years," said the Count. "During that voy age, when I first took Victor away with me, our ship was wrecked, and your brother, w ith many others, was lost. I then returned to my home, only to find my dear daughter, the Flower of the Island, gone, no one knew where Since then I have lived iwith a few servants in the castle, and every day I have spent many hours on the shore, hoping to hear some news from my child. But now that I have found you, I snail for get all sorrow, and our home shall be bright and happv again." "Alas, "dear father," said Helga, "I have promised never to leave the fairies. But come, I shall show you the beautiful land, and the Fairy Queen is so kind that I. am sure she will allow you to remain with me, and we shall always be happy.'.' Helga then led her father to the entrance of Fairyland. She pressed her hands against the rock, but the gate did not open. She then beat the hard stone until her delicate hands were sore and bruised. Still the rate remained closed, and Helga was shut out of Fairyland. But the Count was too greatly pleased over finding his daughter to long lor any other joy, and he earned his treas ure to'his lonely home. Very many times each day Helga went to the rock, where she hoped to find the Fairy, who, she knew, would forgive her disobedi ence, and would allow both her father and herself to dwell in the beautiful land of sun shine and flowers. But not until several years later, when the good Count had been buried beside his dear wife, did the Fairy reappear to Helga. She then took the Count's daughter again into Fairyland, and the beautiful Flower of thj Island was never A FIGURE ON THE CLIFF. afterward seen on the northern sea. shore of that cold, Paysie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Pozzies for the Little Folks That "Will Keep Their Brains Bony for Most of the "Week if They Solve Tlicm Correctly Homo Amusements. Address communications for this department to E. R. CiiADBonnN, Lewistoum, Maine. 1311 CONUNDRUM. What puzzle is this couple likely to catch? D. M.H. 1515 RIDDLES. ( I. My sails arc spread to catch the breeze, And j ct I skim no lakes nor seas: Tho wind blows high, the wind blows low. And I move w ith it, swift or slow, Tot lrxed I stand, on solid land. Just w here I first w as built and planned. il Present and past are in my name. To many lands extend my fame; Young children hail mew ith acclaim, Their siics and gmndsires did the same. Strange ups and downs my patrons claim: They ri-o w ithout a breath of blame; Dow n, down they sink, and feel no shame. Yet there's no malice in my frame, And pleasure is my only aim. hi. Ye common plodders of the race, Behold me in such lofty place; Unwearied though your efforts be, You all may rise, but not like me. Yet though I stand at such a height, I am bnt fragile, weak and slight. Prisoned by bonds I cannot break, And that is well for my own sake; For if I once should burst my thrall, Sudden and sure would be my fall. M.C.S. 1546 CTBTAILarENT. , The fotaf-becs upon the leas Must dread to hear the one, Whose merry tunc, in latest June, Pioclaims their feast is done How brightly glance, in swift advance, The gleaming blades of steel; How many a nest their eager quest Does ruthlessly reveal! And thon, anon, is played upon Their blades u merry tune, By sharpening one, which says that done Is search oihces here soon. JBrrrrat Sweet. 1517 MISS FLORA M'PLIMST'S SPBINO TOILET. She had a stylish bonnet, but as she had A w urn it one season sue uau it made over, us ing only the original material, and it became "to cite." She hnd part of a dress nade over, and that part became assemblies. She rearranged an old shoulder garment, nnd it was a step. Some soft materials for tho neck wcie made ocr, and then pertained to music. She had a di ess made over, becauso she was tired of it, and it became tiresome. She gave her little sister some coverings for tho lect to make over for. herself, but after sho had done it, it provd that there vas only one covering for the foot. She cut off tho end of u wrap, and rearranged the re mainder, and it nrns then something in w hich to bathe. ETnvL. 1513 NUMERICAL. A woman with an all Is one Whom all right-minded persons shun. She will 8,2,6,5 and 4 Your car, and then your patience bore. 6, 1,9 or the merest youth Serves for a listener, in sooth. 'TIs 3, 7 vain, indiffotence' Tou show, to hints like that she's dense. The woman with a pet complete Is one J do not care to meet. Bitter Swebt. . 1519 CHAEABE. 2ly first, to speak phonetieal, lives sometimes in a hive; ' Or, if you'd have it literal, TIs to exist, or live. . My next, if for the noun you seek, Is numbers all complete; Or, if the verb you would prefer, It is to place or seat. The whole will show another verh, And means to quite surround. As soldiers sometimes trap the foe Upon the battle ground. Ethyl. 1550 a washing. A small boy went to a menagerie without an escort, and the strnriire Ricrhta and sounds affected him so much that ho lost his head -I completely, and then becamo a public news paper announcement, as the hurry scurry business men of America call it "for short." One of the animals found the head the boy had lost, and he (the animal) became so turned about and confused that ho mado first a loud noise, thon n Jump, and at last looked very white and sick. Moral: Small boys should not go to such places without some one to look alter them. MRS.E. a 1551 DECAPITATION. A parent's lecond is complete, A childish sin to awe; And guilty eyes refuse to meet The one whose word is law. Letjusticebewith mercy blent, Then love shall cast out fear; And hearts bo loth, by real intent, To wound the honored dear. Brrxxa Sweet. 1S52 AHAOItAX. "Lineage goes" as pedigree, Race, descent, or progeny. lyet us hope that in our line Bight may gain and wrong decline. Gregory Gale. 1553 TEANSPOSmON. ' What do you read, my lordf"HdmleU The paper, mirror of the one For every land beneath the sun, And some more distant still; With two on subjects old and new, Seasoned with salt and spices due, And dished with nicest skill. Tho "leader" lifts its arm to three Evils of high and low degree. And crushes them all like four,' In five such thoughts and words of might As needs must thrill the dullest wight. And bid him "sleep no more." M, C. S. solving in Aran. Prize Winners L Lottie Hughes, Apollo, Pa. 2. Oliver Twist, Pittsburg, Pa. 3. Alice Barnett, Pittsburg, Pa. Roll of Honor Matilda Chambordon, Nettie Fording Geo. C Allen. Henry Leavitt, M. K. a.., c u. mous, xsstner x. jNeison, juary M. Hanratt j, C. H. Simmons, Inez B. St. Clair, Rebecca H. Nlcholls, I. Don't No, Fred A. Hines, Olive A. Klein, Allegheny, Emma Sproull. John Dougherty, Parker Manson, I. C. Phlnney. ANSWERS. 1534. Desdemona, Paroles, Fallstaff, Dog berrv, Hamlet. 1555. L Meats, tames, mates, teams, steam. 3. Kcins, risen, Erin's, siren, resin, rinse. 3. Aster, rates tares, tears, stare. 153G 11 . .iko-mon. 1537. JSupncr: 1. Purse. 3. Pups. 8. Spur. i. Sure. 5. Pure. 6. Peru. 7. Ruse. 8. Super. 9. Upper. 1533. A carpet. 1539. Intemperance. 1510.- P MAD H A It E D H A N A P E B MAN I P U I, A B PARAPHRASED DE PUBATED DELATED BASED BED D 154L Down, own. 1512. Daisy, dais. 1513. Tenet, tent. CHAMPION CRACKER EATER. A Man Stows Away Eight in Less Than live Minutes. St. Louis Chronicle. Thomas Gar vy, of East St. Louis bet George Cass that he couldntt eat six soda crakcrs in five minutes, without drinking any water. The bet provided Cass. was not to drink within five minutes of "go," or within five minutes after the last cracker disappeared with" a horrible, crunching sound. Six minutes before starting Cass cleared his throat with several glasses of assorted beverages, and eyed the soda crackers, which never looked so large to him before, with a critical eye, and then declared he was ready. "When time was called he started at the crakers with a terrible earnestness, and in stead of eating six crackers, Cass devoured eight crackers in four minutes and 40 sec seconds, and never dropped a crumb. Af ter accomplishing the feat and pocketing $100, he again wet his throat, in which ope ration he was joined by those who had witnessed the proceedings. Cass now de clares himself the champion soda cracker eater of Illinois. THE PICKPOCKET IS.B0BN. He Must Have Long, Flexible Fingers and Moist at the Ends. A man must have the physical endow ment to be a pickpocket, just as a man must have a certain mental endowment to be a poet, says a noted criminal in the St. Iionis Globc-DcmocraU The lining of the pocket must be taken hold of about an inch from the top on the inside. It must be drawn un easily and quickly at the same time. Kot more man nan a uozen movements oi tnc fingers should be necessary to get the lining out far enough. "With the lining, of course, will come the pockethook, and this should never be touched by the fingers until it is almost ready to drop into the hand of the thief. Some experts never touch the book until it is in the hand. Xow, the fingers to do this should be slender; not necessarily long, but thin and flexible, and the best pick pockets are those whose finger ends .are naturally moist. PB0FESSI0NAL TEA TASTER. He Must Not Smoke or Indulge in Spiced Foods and Should Be Regular. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A professional tea taster is called in, and such a man is the only reliable judge. It is by no means an easy matter to bedome a good tea taster. A man must not only have an intimat e knowledge of all varieties; but must keep his palate in the .most delicate condition. Smoking is absolutely pro hibited, and a taster must follow a very strict regimen, especially avoiding every thing like highly spiced foods. The least irregularity in diet is at onee felt in loss of delicacy of taste and scent, and even a slight cold will render a man temporarily unfit for service. A tea taster must live more simply than an anchorite if he hopes to attain eminence in his pro fession. When a man knows what is re quired to be a good judge of tea, he is in clined to treat with a great degree of in credulity any amateur opinions. BOB IHGERSOLL'S BALD HEAD. It Calls Out a Gift and a Yilo Pan From Two of His Friends. New Yorfc Morning Journal. Colonel Bob Ingersoll had something of a joke played upon him on his lost birthday. The genial lawyer is not noted 'for the density of hair upon his massive head, and this hirsute deficiency was the theme of the fun. Two friends sent him a handsome silver comb in remembrance of the day, and at tached to the gift was a cord bearing this message: "We send'you this knowing that you will never part with it." PASTIMES $ LADES. 1 Becoming Exerc: Horseback. Eiding, Boating and Dancing, STEPS OP GRANDPAEENTS, With All Their Grace and Dignified Activ ity, Coining In Again. SOME PEETTT FIGURES AND PAYORS CWniTTEX FOB THE DISPATCH. Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice, stole in and ant As if they feared tho light, But O! sho dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter day , Is half so fine a sight. ' sir Jons LucKtrso. The London Times says the present sea son has seen "driving jump to a great height of favor among fashionable women." It is a curious expression, but enlightens us as to the liberty which even so great an au thority takes with our common language. There is no doubt of the fact that the pony phaeton and the pair of ponies are becoming a great necessity to an energetic woman. The "little poney and the Ealli cart" as a ladies' pastime is a familiar figure at New port in the season, at a thousand country places, and at the seaside, in New York's Central Park and all through the West and South. It has been much more the custom for ladies in the West and South to drive them selves than for those at the North; conse quently they drive better. Only those who know how to drive, well ought ever to drive, for they not only endanger their own lives but a dozen lives beside. Kecreatlon on Horseback. lo form of recreation is so useful and so becoming as horseback exercise. No En glishwoman looks so well as when "turned out" for out-of-door exercise. And our American women who buy their habits and hats in London, are getting to have ihe same "chic." Indeed, so immensely super ior is the London habit considered, that the Trench circus women who ride in the Bois, making so great a sensation, go over to Lon don to nave their habits made, and thus re turn the compliment which English ladies pay to Pans, in having all their dinner gowns and tea gowns made, there. Perhaps disliking this sort of copy, the Englishwomen are beboming careless of their appearing on horseback, and are com- . WV A. C OI.AUO .., U t.u. wv vuuv . a cotton skirt. The soft felt hat has long been a favorite on the continent at water ing places for the English; and it is much easier for the head. Still, in case of a fall it does not save the head like a hard mascu line hat. We have not yet, as a nation, taken to cycling- for women, but many Englishwomen go all over the globe on a tricycle. A husband and his wife are often seen on a bicycle near London; and women who lead sedentary lives, in offices and schools, make much of their afternoon thus. Boating Beautifies the Figure. .Boating needs to be cultivated in America. It is a superb exercise for devel oping a good figure, and to "manage a pijnt has become a common accomplish ment for the riverside cirls. Ladies have "regattas on the Thames. Golf has.yet to be introduced amon'g us, to rival lawn tennis, archery and ball Fencing, which many actresses must learn, is a very admirable process for developing the figure. The young Princesses of Wales are adepts in this. It requires an outfit of a dainty tunic to the knees, a fencing jacket of soft leather with tight sleeves, gauntlet gloves, a mask, a pair of foils, and costs about 15. American women as a rule are not fond of walking. One must put in something like an attraction or a duty to rouse our delicate girls to walk. They will not do it for their health alone. Gymnastic teach ing is, however, giving our girls more strength, and it would be well if in every family ot daughters there were some calis thenic training, to develop the muscles, and to give a more graceful walk. To teach a girl to swim is almost a duty, and these splendid physical exercises will have a great influence over that nervous distress which our climate produces with its over fullness of oxygen. Dancing the Old Dances Again. But if girls do not like to walk, they all like to dance, and it is not intended as a Eun when we mention that "a great jump" as been made back to the old-fashioned dancing in which freedom of movement is allowed. Those who saw Mary Andei son's matchless grace in the "Winter's Tale," all trieH to go and dance like her, and to see Ellen Terry's spring in the pretty Olivia teaches one how entirely beautiful is this strong command of one's muscles. From the German cotillon back to the Virginia reel, is indeed a bound. Our grandfathers knew how to dance. We are fast getting back to them. The earliest dancing mas ters were Frenchmen, and our ancestors were taught to "pirouette" as did Vestris when he was so obliging as to say, after a royal command: "The house of Vestris has always danced for that of Bourbon." The galop has, during the long languor of the dance, alone held its own, in the matter of jollity. The glide waltz, the redowa, the stately minuet, give only the slow and graceful motions. The galop has always been a great favorite with the Swedes, Danes and Hussians, while the redowa reminds one of the graceful Viennese who dance it so welL The mazourka danced to wild Polish music is a poetical and active affair. The Old German Cotillon. The introduction of Hungarian bands and Hungarian music is another reason why dancing has become a "hop, skip and a bound without losing dignity or grace. Activity need not be Vulgar. The German cotillon, Dorn many years ago in Vienna to meet the requirements of court etiquette, is still the fashionable dance with which the ball closes. Its favors, beginning with flowers and ribbons and bits of tinsel, have now ripened into fans, bracelets, gold scarf pins and pencil cases and many things more expensive. Favor3 may cost 55,000 for a fasnionable ball, or "dance," as they say in London. The german ia dance of an infinite va riety, and to lead it requires a man of head. One such leader, who constructs new figures, becomes a power in society. The waltZj galop, redowa and polka step can all be utilized in it. There is a slow walk in the quadrille figure, a stately march, the bows and curtsies of the old minuet, and above all, the tour de yalsc, which is the means of locomotion from placetoplace. The changeful exigencies of the various figures lead the 40 or 50, or the 200, to meet, ex change greetings, dance with each, other, change their geographical position many times. Indeed no army goes through more evolutions. A Basket a King and a Flower. A pretty figure is "La Corbeille l'Annean vetlafleur." The first couple performs a tour de valse, after which the gentleman presents the lady with a basket containing a ring anu a uower, men resumes his seat. The lady presents the ring to one gentle man, the flower to another, and the Dasket to the third. The gentleman to whom she presents the ring selects a partner for him self, the gentleman who receives the 'flower dances with the lady who presents it, while the other gentleman holds the basket in his hand and dances alone. The kaleidoscope is one 'of the prettiest figures. The four couples perform a tour de valse, then form as for a quadrille; the next four couples in order take positions behind the first four couples, each of the latter couples facing the same as the couples in front. At a signal frpm the leader the ladies from the inner couples cross right hands, move entirely round and turn into places by giving leit hands to their part ners. At the. same time the outer couples waltz half round to opposite places. At another signal the inner couples waltz en tirely round and finish facing outward. At tha time time the outer couples chae Lies in P ODE croise and turn at corners .with righthands, then dechasse and turn partners with left hands. Valse generale with vis a vis. A Pretty and Popular Figure "Le Cavalier Trompe" is another favorite figure. Five or six conples form a tour de valse. TKey afterward place themselves in ranks of two, one couple behind the other. The lady of the first gentleman leaves him and seeks a gentleman of another column. While this is going on the first gentleman must not look behind him. The first lady nnd the gentleman whom she has selected separate and advance on tip-toe on each side ofthe column in order to deceive the gen tleman at the head and endeavor to join each other for a waltz. If the first gentle man is fortunate enough to seize his lady he leads offin a waltz; if not he must remain at his post until he is able to take a lady. The last gentleman remaining dances with the last lady. A very pretty figure and easily gotten up is called Les Drapcaus. Five or six dupli cate sets of small flags of national or fancy devices must be in readiness: The leader takes a flag of each pattern his Lady the duplicates. They perform n tour de valse. The conductor then presents his flags to five or six ladies, his partner presenting hers to the gentlemen. The gentlemen then seek the ladies having the duplicates and with them perform the tour de valse, waving the flags as they dance. To give a german in a private house a lady has all the furniture removed from her parlors, the floor covered with a crash over the; carpet and a set of folding chairs for the couples to sit in. The carpet and crash are very bad. It is better to have a bare wooden floor, if possible. The Koof Is an Introduction. It is considered that all taking part in a german are introduced to one another, and on no condition whatever must a lady so long as she remains in the german refuse to speaK or to dance with any gentleman wnom slie may chance to receiVe as a partner. Every American should learn that he can sneak to anvonc whom he meets at a friend's house. The roof is an introduction and for the purpose of making his hostess comforta ble the guest should at dinner party and dance speak to his next neighbor. The laws ofthe german are so-strict and to many so tiresome occasionally that a good many parties have adjourned it, and merely dance the round dances, the lancers and quadrilles, winding up with Sir Boger de Covcrly or Virginia reek Tho leader of the german must have a comprehensive glance, a quick ear and eye and a great be lief in himself. General Edward Ferrero, who made a good general, declared that he owed all his success in war to his training as a dancing master. With all other quali ties, the leader of the german must have tact. It is no easy matter to get 200 people into all sorts of combinations and mazes and then to get them out again, to offend no body and to produce that- elegant kaleido scope called the german. A Technical Term Explained. The term tour de valse is used techni cally, meaning that the couple or couples performing it will execute the round dance designated by the leader once round the room. Should the room be small, they make a second tour. After the introductory tour de valse care must be taken by those who perform it not to select ladies and gentle men from each other, but from among those who are seated. When the leader claps his hands to warn those who are prolonging the valse, they must immediately cease danc ing. The favors for the german are often fans, and this time-honored, historic article grows in beauty and expense every day. Bibbons are very much used, being called "les rubans." Six ribbons about a yard in length and of various colors are at tached to one end of a stick about 24 inches injength; also a duplicate set of ribbons attached to another stick must be in readiness. The first couple perform a tour de valse and then separate. The gentleman takes one set of ribbons and stops succes sively in front ofthe ladies whom he desires to select to take part in the figures. Each of these ladies rises and takes hold of the loose end of a ribbon. The first lady takes the other set of ribbons, bringing forward six gentlemen in the same manner.. The first couple conduct the lady and gentleman toward each other and each gentleman dances with the lady holding the ribbon i duplicate of his own. The first gentleman dances with his own partner. Bibbons were used for a cotillon dinner with very good effect. "From the chande lier in the center of the dining-room," we read, "depended 20 scarfs of gros grain rib bon, each 3J4 yards long and nine inches wide, heavily fringed, and richly adorned at both ends with paintings of flowers and foli age. These scarfs were so arranged that an end of each came down to the place one of the ladies was to occupy at the table, and care was taken in their selection to have colors harmonizing with the lady's dress and complexion." The Cotillon Dinner. These cotillon dinners have been a pretty fashion for two or three winters to enable four or five young hostesses to give each a dinner, the whole four to meet with their guests at one house for a small german after the dinner, each hostess comparing her list with that of her neighbor so that there should be no confusion. It is believed that this device was the invention of the incom parable Mr. McAllister, to whom society owes a great deal. The fashionable society, like the german, must have a leader some one who will take trouble and think out these elaborate details. Nowhere in Europe is so much pains taken about this sort, of adornment as here. The menus of these cotillion dinners are often water-color jpaintings worthy of pres ervation. Sometimes a scene from one of Shakespeare's plays, sometimes a copy of some famous French pictures, iu either case giving something delightfully artistic. For a supper after a dance or during it, the dishes arc placed on the table, and it is served en buffet; but for a set down supper, served at little tables, or large ones, the service will be exactly like a dinner, except that there is no soup or fish. Oysters on the half-shell and bouillon in cups, repre sent these two courses, sweatbreads and green peas, cotellettes a la financiere, and some sort of game in season, such as reed birds in autumn, canvassback ducks, veni son and woodcock, salads of every descrip are served in order. Ices and fruit follow. Cheese is not in order. A large centerpiece of flowers is placed in the middle of the table. Champagne, iced, is poured from the beginning to the end; and old-fashioned people put sherry and Madeira on in hand some decanters. A slice of pate de foie gras with tomato salad is indispensable. M. E. V. Sherwood. GETTING BID OF SU0EE. A Platinum Wire Over a Gas Jet Will Clear Up a Boom. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It is not generally known that platinum at a white heat will consume any quantity, of .tobacco smoke and keep the atmosphere perfectly clear. Lamps with a ring of plat inum over the flame are used for the purpose in the East, but apieceof platinum wire suspended over a gas jet is much cheaper, and really does its work better. No one'kno ws exactly the process whereby we air is Cleared, as it lnvanuuiy is, out an easier way to avoid annoyance to ladies or non-smokers could hardly be imagined. Heated platinum, however, only clears the air, and does not purify it, dhd hence it will not enable the sensitive man to breathe freely in the vicinity of cigarette smokers. Prices In Chicago. Jay Gould told an intimate friend not long ago that Chicago is the worst city in the world foi a poor man to live in. "In the first place," said Mr. Gould, "it costs so much to live in Chicago that it isn't worth it. Now the undertakers have raised the price of funerals and it costs a poor man so much to die that he can't afford it." What's In a Name. Maurice Barrymore has a big, ferocious looking dog who exists easily and lazily Under the questionable name of "Fish' When asked the reason of christening such a fine-looking animal in such a curious fashion, Mr. Barrymore said: "Oh, he don't and wont bite." HAUNTS OF THE POET So Beantiful That the Most Gifted Pen Fails to Describe. m THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTEICT. Xatnre Has Prpduced a Little Realm of Per petual Delight. GREAT .MINDS THAT REVELLED THERE COBIlESrOJinENCE OP Tint DISPATCH. Ambleside, England, May( 8. A Ger man writer has truly said: "There can be no guide to a lover of nature but that love itself." No pen painter who has ever lived or will ever live, has limned or can ever de pict in a page or a book the beauties of the English lake region. There never has been printed an adequate guide, and even were the best one that conld be made provided, the traveler who 'comes here to see with eyes and heart would suffer greater from its insufficiency than find delight -in its expo sitions. This is true because, in the first place, no one with pen or brrish can produce on a single page or canvas a single picture com prising manifold expression. It would be a human impossibility to comprehend in any series of descriptions or paintings the myriad distinct and glowing scenes which the region furnishes. And, even could this be done, then there would still be lacking all those glorious promptings to emotional enjoyment from associative interest which the beholder of the actual scene can never have interpreted to him by another. In many years' almost continuous travel in Europe I have never come upon any other place which so satisfied in endless variety of change nnd mood every faculty of vision and mind; every pure activity of thought and memory; every tender capability of heart and souk Word Painting Is Inadequate. You could make a great volumcfull of glorious paintings, winsome descriptions, exquisite incidents, memories almost as comprehensive as the wide domain of Eng lish literature, and sweet with tender phfl osophizings; and then but have barely hinted at the majestic book of nature and reminiscence which lies open for the enjoy ment of all who come. The village of Bow ness is one of the quaintest and sweetest old nests in England. It is a dreamful maze of inextricable streets whose houses are al most wholly covered with roses and ivy. The east window of its square-towered little church is one ofthe oldest in England, hav ing been taken from that once most magni ficent of all of England's ancient monastic edifices, Furaess Abbey. The place is hid den beneath gigantic trees on the eastern shore of the queen of the English lakes, Windermere. Climb Brant Fell behind it. The lake, immediately beneath to the west, sketching from the lower Furness Fells, in Lancashire, to Ambleside in Westmoreland, tonus a liquid valley of blue, set with numberless emerald islets, its mountain shores merging into purple depths at the far north, where grim Helvellyn lifts its curved crest beyond the sublime-isolation af mighty Helm Crag. The ocean blue of Morecambe Bay glints be yond the puce sands of Lancaster to the south. Esthwaite and Coniston Water glim mer among the western fells, and Hard Knot and Coniston Old Man form mighty sentinels in the background in the direction of the Irish sea. . Wave on Wave of Somber Fir. It is a sublime spectacle. But along with it is the ever welcome element of soft and tender beauty. The lower masses of larch nearest the water's edge are like gigantic pillows of emerald. These merge in grace ful lines into the more somber fir, which, bank on bank and wave on wave above roll upward in noble undulations, often to the very crests of lofty mountains; while half seen cottages peeping from mountain sides, gray old chapels nestling in patches, of sunlight, splendid halls and manor houses perched upon lower promontories, and countless pleasure craft specking the waters of Windermere, and to the exulta tion of an exalting solitude that happy consciousness of certain, if isolate, nearness toman. Feast as you may at nature's lavish board, the undertones are ever heard. Over yon der by Coniston Water, gray and scowling John Buskin, a prisoner in his own home, lovely Brantwood, presses his pale face against the window-panes and stares with strangely-lighted eyes at the wondrous world without, but knows it not. for mad phantasms possess his darkened mind. You uau see j.uu uaiei auu. gieus wmun iv orus worth loved and haunted. Near Brantwood is Tent Lodge, where Lord Tennyson once lived, dreamed and wrote. , Hear, gentle Gerald Massey wooed those pensive spirits with whom he so wholly lived, and in whose actual though impalpable presence he so undeniably believed. Great Intellects at Itccreation. Then a sturdier lot appear. Just below Bowness to the left, Storrs Hall is seen. It was here that in 1825 such giants as the statesman Canning, the philosopher, novel ist and poet, "Christopher North" (Prof. Wilson), the laureate of England and bard of the lakes, Wordsworth, and Scotland's greatest romancer, Sir Walter Scott,met and held high mental carnival, while disporting like a bevy of school boys, and terminated the illustrious occasion by a brilliant regatta on Windermere in charge of Wilson as "Admiral of the Lakes." It would have been worth a year of ordinary namby-pamby life to have sat silent among them and listened during those rare and radiant days. Windermere, but a continuation of Bow ness, is modern. The London and North western Eailway penetrates to this point. In the place of Bowness, which is now left in drcamftl quiet, it has become the southern metropolis of the region; just as Keswick, to which you can come by rail from the northeast, is the northern me tropolis. The situation of Windermere is entrancing. It is stately in splendid inns and surrounding country seats, similar to the grand mansions along the Hudson. The place, with its modern suggestions and countless arriving and departing coach-loads of tourists, sinks out of sight beneath the giant forest trees, when you have climbed to the summit of ,Orrest Head, where the prospect is still grander than that from Brant Fell, behind Bowness; for you are. nearer the head of tho vale of Windermere, where the encroaching mountain walls are highest, and the noble lake itself makes the broadest expanses. Tho Plot of Bohert FJsmere. But near as this is to the steam whistle and coach-horn, the undertones are even here. From Orrest Head, the haunts of every poet or prose writer ofthe region, save those of Coleridge and Shelley about Keswick, are again visible. Windermere with its glorious foreground of foliage is seen in its entire length. Bange after range OI lOKe mountains rise uujfimu u to me west. The valley of Ambleside lays like a half defined glen of purple to the north, darken ing at its edges, changing to livid green along the higher ranges, the crags of Helm, Fairfield and Nab Scar forming great peaks of sun-kissed -splendor above. A mass of mountain tops and misty passes lie to ward TJllswater in the northeast. Along the ridges toward the Yorkshire moors, one purple furrow shows where was hid the plot of "Itobert Elsmerc," in Longsleddale. Besides, here are the woods and waters of Elleray. No Cumbrian home ever held a bigger frame, a greater heart or a loftier ana tenderer soul than the mansion of Elle ray. The place is now just as it was when it was "Christopher North's" earthly paradise, with ''several roofs shelving away there in the luster of loveliest lich ens, each roof with its own assortment of doves and pigeons preening their pinions in the morning pleasaunee;" and the giant sycamore, of which Prof- Wilson himself said, "not even in the days ofthe Druids, could ther fcavs ben such another tree," still shelters Elleray with its mighty arms. . A Picturcsq.no Old Water MID. But six miles to the north of the village ofWindermcre,lies Ambleside,more ancient, in that it was bnce an important Boman sta tion, than any other village of the lake re fion. Like Bowness, the entire place is idden in masses of foliage ana bloom. Numberless tiny mountain streams tumble through it, and one turns the wheel of the quaintest and most picturesque water mill m England. Here in a few moments' walk one comesto the famous Stock Ghyll Force; and to the east and higher still rises the huge ridge of Wonsfell, with "its visionary majesties of light," as Wordsworth sang. From its summit grander prospects meet the eye than at Bowness or Windermere. Yet with all"-the entrancing excursions among the scenic glories roundabout, more pilgrims come to Ambleside because one woman gave its name to the whole world. That woman was Harriet Martineau. "Skeptic" some called her. She held that she had passed the boundaries of skepticism and dwelt in a life of absolute faith. No one need grieve for her "views," when they resulted in so grand and diligent a life. !N o woman ever lived who accomplished more actual literary labor, or iu that labor did more for the world's progress and human ity at large. Her old home "The Knoll" is not a stone's throw from the highway, but is so imbedded in foliage as to be invisible from it. Just a few steps through a mass ive gateway, over a drive shadowy from laurel, hawthorn, beeches and holly, brings you to a sunny terrace aflame with flowers; and then facing about, the outlines of the house are gradually traced through masses ot ivy pushing to the very eaves. The gray old Westmoreland stone can only here and there be seen. The large bay windows are half hidden by jasmine, climbing roses and passion flowers. And the huge chimneys and gables hint of the houses ot Elizabeth'a time. The older villagers say the light ot Ambleside went out when they bore Harriet Martineau's body to its grave in the old cemetery at Birmingham. But it seems to me her good and kindly face must still be shining there with the blossoms from those great bay windows. Just before you reached Ambleside you could turn aside a few steps from the highway and see in Dove Nest, the former home of Mrs. Hemans. Imme diately opposite -The Knoll, where lived Miss Martineau, though hidden by the ma jestic trees which line the banks of the Kothay river is another fine old mansion, Fox' Howe, where the great Dr. Arnold passed the happiest hours of his life. Then to the right ot the highway, not a mile from The Knoll, is Bydal Mount, Wordsworth's home described in the preceding article. In the sweet old village of. Grasmere you will find the tombs of Wordsworth and Hartley Coleridge, in the graveyard of Grasmere Church. The Custom of Boshbearlng. It is in, this church, dedicated to Saint Oswald, so old that British antiquarians cannot fix its origin, that the curious and ancient custom of "Bushbcaring" has been continued from the mists of antiquity to the present time. Traces of rushbearing maybe met in some other northern local ities. It has been revived at Ambleside. But this is the one sacred edifice in all Eu rope where the custom has been continu ous irom time immemorial. u very ancient times rushbearing seems -to have formed a portion ofthe Feast of Dedication, and the processional bearing of rushes for the re newal of floors, whose place they often wholly supplied, was attended with much pomp and ceremony. Many of the remote early English churches had no other floors than the bare earth, with now and then a line of rude flags along the aisles, and this church of St. Oswald's was provided with a complete floor only as late as 1840. Up to that time the small rushes which grow npon ihe fells, provincially known as "sieves," were gathered and brought to the church from Langdale in carts. Tall poles, often large holly boughs, were provided for the "bearings." These, curiously decorated with crosses, harps, wreaths and frequently with paper-flower serpents twining around them, were carried about the village, often fol lowed by four maidens with a flower bordered sheet filled with the sacred rushes. When the rushes were all strewn in the church, usually on Saturday afternoon, "Jimmy Dawson," the fiddler of Grove Cottage, struck up a "Bushbearing March" of unknown antiquity. He headed a pro cession forming at the village bridge. After this had threaded all the stre'ets and wynds of Grasmere, it returned to the old church, where the wardens, after an ancient usage, presented each ofthe bearers with twopence worth of gingerbread, paid for out of the church collections. The rushbearing of Grasmere now occurs on Saturday in the second .week of August. The procession, still moving forward to the strains of "Jimmy Dawson's March," fol lows St. Oswald's banner; and, scattering flowers and rushes, proceeds around the en tire village. Bushbearing hymns and a hymn to St. Oswald are sung. Games fcr children are provided in the rectory field. Wrestling, '"putting the stone." running and leaping are indulged in by countryside champions. Bushbearing hymns are chanted at the church gate. A choral evensong is sung at 7 o'clock, and old-time distribution of gingerbread, dancing and other rural festivities are continued until midnight. Edgae L. Wakejiait. LETTERS HAED TO FIND. Two Initials of Designer Morgan Hidden on the Silver Dollar. It is generally believed that the letter "M," to be seen on the neck of Liberty on the face of the silver dollar, means "Mint" and is proof of its genuineness. The Phil adelphia Secord says this is not true, but that the "31" stands for Morgan, George T. Morgan, who is the originator of the de sign. Upon the same side there is another "M," also the initial of the designer. This is to be found -in the waving locks of the fair goddess, and it is so cleverly concealed in the lines of the design that it can only be seen after a long scrutiny. A prominent Mint official, in speaking of this other in itial, said that he had had it shown to him scores of times, but never could find it un assisted. MUST HAYE THEIR QUOTA OF HEADS. livers of Borneo Not Accepted Until They Have Killed So Many Men. When the Very Bev. Thomas Jackson went to the Island of Borneo among the head hunters the people had a habit of col lecting the heads of their enemies. The women all demanded warrior husbands, and the ability of a warrior was judged by the number of heads he had gathered. When a man proposed marriage to a woman she in variably asked : "How many heads have you?" If he did not have enough to suit her she would tell him to go and not to return until he had half a dozen or a dozen more. The priest3 have made a little headway toward discouraging this custom, but it is still a custom. MOLTKE'S 0PDTI01T OF STANLEY. Thought the Explorer a Vagrant Soldier Oat for the Hard Cash. rrof. Joest tells me that he had a conversation with Moltke about the Afri can exploration some time ago, says a Ber lin correspondent of The Dispatch. "He asked me many questions about Stanley," said the Professor, and he concluded by bluntly demanding, "He is one of these marauders, is he not one of-the type of the vagrant soldier of the middle ages who would do anything for money?" Moltke, however, on the other hand, de scribed Major Wissmann as a "most deserv ing young dog." The veteran added, with emphasis, "He treats those black devils as they ought to be treated. It would not do to play with them. Tight cravats, and not Bibles, are wanted there." Ixjts of Stray Clothing. This is the tints when people toko c2 their OTrcoaU and vrasi and feel io wars that they forget them and leave them In stores, halls' and street cars. It may seem queer to think of a man getting out of a street car and leaving his overcoat, but tho conductors say this is frequently done. BEP0BTED HIS OWN SUICIDE. A Prussian Sofdier"s Statement to the Captain of tho Guards. The Prussian soldier is so strict in- all matters affecting his military service that he seems to carry his discipline to the grave with him. A Captain in the Guards re ceived the other day a curious letter from one of his men, written in the most formal and official manner, which made the follow ing curious announcement: I have the honor to report most dutifully that I have committed suicide by shooting myself with the rifle provided for my use by tho grace of His aiajesty. The three females survinfvlTi thft hnnsa ot-mv master. Cantata X , haye driven ino to commit this act. I. trust that His Majesty's uniform will not ho spoiled on account oi tnis, my last act oi in subordination. Then follows the name of the unfortunate soldier and his military description, written with the most scrupulous exactitude. sStoi? tlat for If vera An not it ihat hAmmn t, isumptive. For ConntmpHon, Scrofula, General Debility and Masting Diseases, uxors ja jiuuiuig iij&t SCOTT'S Of Pure Cod liyer Oil and HYPOPHOSPHITES Of Xiiimo Tiyt Soda. It is almost cs palatable as milk. Far better than other so-called Emulsions. A wonderful flesh producer. S' COTT'S EMULSION SOLI) BT JOS. FLEMING & SOX, 413 Market street, Pittsburg. mblina, 3IEDICAX. 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