r V.. r. HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL DESPER AlsDTJM. Two Dollars per Annum. VOL. X. RIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1880. NO 33. 11 ''fe fiiili The Supreme Hour.; There comes an hour when nil lile's oys and pains To our raised vision seem But as tht flickering phantom that remains Ol some dead midnight dream I There comos an honr when earth recedes so iar, Its wasted, wavering ray Wanes to the ghostly pallor of a star Merged in the milky-way. Sot on the sharp, sheer summit that divides immortal truth Jrom mortal fanti.ie; We hear the moaning of time's muffled tides In measureless distance die ! Past passions loves, ambitions and despairs, Across the expiring swell Send thro' void space, like waits ot Lethean airs, Vnguo voices ol farewell. Ah, then ! Irom life's long-haunted dream we part Housed as a child new-born, Wo feel the pulses oi the eternal heart Throb thro' the eternal morn. Paii H. Huynt, in Vouth't Companion. GREED OF GOLD. " Is this you, GipsyP" The slight sil l turned her roseate face, with a clad, involuntary cry. " Ye, it is I, Cesare. Did you think it wis a water-nymph?" But the gay tontrue tripped, and the roseate bloom rose up to the ripples of brown hair which shaded Veta Kane's pretty forehead. Cesare D'Arcil saw and undarstood, and drew the dripping f?irl under his umbrella with the proud imperiousness of possession. The satisfied and happy look was far more becoming to tris splendid beauty than the usual sneer and frown his perfect features wore. Ol Italian parentage, his American birth had dor.e tittle tuw.ird reconciling mm 10 poverty in mis Jana ol grca pronarjumes. He was musie-teaclur in the littl town of Oik borough, and Veta Bane, an orphan girl, h id been his sweetheart from a ch'ld. I he most careless ob server could read, as lie lan, that Cesare D'Arcil, this young man of singular oeaury, luxuriant ana cynical, the step son of the richest man in town, was ail me world to ner. "I thought I should get home before the shower came," laughed Veta, happ . ou his arm under the sheltering um brella, "lou see what a wretched gucsser I uiii! the raindrops sparkling on me ions; evewsues. But airtadv the cloud of discontent had gloom 1 Cesare's dark eyes. Veta clattering on. -w in a momcut that hit. mind was iv awuy Irom her. Her mo bile face 1 .came shadowed, her silvery tongue i-i.t-ni. as tuey walked rapidly aown tue trret n country road in the pelt ing sumni' r rain. "fLis Doctor D'Alerobert's funeral yet taken piaee, Cesare P'' she aeked, at . ierg"i. ' Yes, and the will read." '"And you?" she asked, quickly. " I am left out in the cold, ot course. lie answered, with a short, unmusical iauuli. She murmured a word of svmnathv " Oh, I am not in the least disappoint ed. Gipsy. Tuere was never any love lost between my stepfather and my sell." ' "And Doctor D'Alembert's wealth is left to" great " His son Ignace, of course. Fortu nately far the duca's. He won't, make ducks am drakes of them, as I would. lie is a very hne youig man, isn't ner- ventured Veta, timidly; but Ce sare did i,ot hear. " There was a proviso that the inher itance of the Roses, etc., depended on lgnaca marrying Miss Wayne within a year; otucrwise ttte property reverted hiuju. tai iiiain noiuing. Oi course, Ignnca will marry Mabyn." Gipsy's brown eyes dilated, but her wngue Hesitated to express her sur prise. " Do you know her?" "Mabyn Wayne? Yes." "Is she good? Is she pretty?" "She is an angel, und ver beauti- IU1." The brown eyes, raised with an in Btanfs penetration, stught the ground again. Cesare w.13 too cool and careless to be in love wita Miss Wayne himself, whomsoever might be. That was not what called up his bone of discontent. But in the hillside farmhouse, whose comfort and quaininesi pleased him, he found a temporary balm for his woes. The sweetest and most innocent girl in the world loved him was his slave. The groat youth and tender beauty, the dependent nature and exquisitely fem inine traits oi Veta Rane suited him pertoctly. Unlike him, she was not ambitious, had no quarrel with fate, since she might love and beloved, and something of bcr happy content banished his unrest that evening. " You are necessary to me, Gipsy," he slid, snatching her suddenly to his breatt. I am never bo good or happy as when with you." And with a weman's devotion, she responded, in her utter happiness: "And I will never fail you, Cesare. I never cau be unything but what I am, you know." Yet at that moment the future seemed not blight, but vaguely ominous, to both. Cesare D'Arcil walked back to town by moonlight. Leaving behind him at last the long road of glittering vines and dripping tree-boughs, he reached the largo, si.ent houseand suit of rooms ho called home. It had been years since the Roses had becu his home. He had been part of the unhappincss which his handsome Ital ian mother had caused there. She haled her husband's son, and, in return, Doctor D'Alembert hated hers. A prudent and just man, he held the mott decided disapproval of his step son's hauteur, extravagance and selfish ness, and gave him iio part in his plans lor the future. Ilia nwn boy was gentle, frank, gen eroui, with self-possessed, deferential manners, which made him ever master of the situation; and for years before Theresa died he had determined that I mate only should inherit at the Rases. Sue divined this, and actaaliy died iu a fit of passion. Long before that the doctor hid planned another mistress for the Roses. Mabyn Wayne was tht daughter of his stepsister, connected, but not related to him by blood. From a gentle and pretty child, she had developed into a good ana beautiful woman. For Bix years she had been abroad. Ignace had not seen her since her fourteenth year, when she was a schoolgirl, but he had ever flushed with pleasure at the least reference to his father's well-known plan that, at a suitable age, he should marry Maoyn. tier iamny acKnowicugea Mm, in every respect, a suitable match for her, and from time to time there came from Mabyn herself some pleasant word or token lor ner old playfellow. So no one wondered at Doctor D'Alembert's will, And now Mnbvn Was nnminir hnmn Ci,lled to New York in the selection of a musical instrument for a pupil, Cesare u arcit accidentally met lier in the very hour of her landing. Transfixed by her beauty, which was a wonder, there arose within bim such passionate jeal ousy of Ignace D'Alembert that a sud den madness took possession of him. Why should another man have the priceless possession of the Roses and Mabyn Wayne, and he nothing ol this Not that he loved her. Love for him solf only devoured him. But he im. agined himself, satisfied and exultant the master of the Roses, with this peer less woman nts wile, and was utterlv possessed by the thought. Mabyn Had not beard of Doctor D'Aienibert's death, and wan irrentlv shocked. " I am very, very much pained !",said Mabyn. " And Ignace I suddoso he is in great uiiucMOEr A laint blush tinged her cheek. " Doubtless," replied Cesare, affably. Somcthintr in his mtinnpr nrreatxt Mabyn s attention. She was looking t mm, auenuveiy, wnen ne added: I Should have thnnuht T imn.cn wnnlri have accompanied me to New York and made an early call upon you. I men tioned it, but he has gone to Redwood, nununjr. rroDaDiy you win see mm as soon as he returns from the expedition." A burning blush, succeeded by a snowy paleness, betrayed to him her secret. " She remembers -hones to lore him " he said, under his breath, and added : ' She is offended." He had deceived her in speaking the truth. He was upon barely speaking terms with Ignace. At the time he had men tioned going to New York Ignace had not known that Mabyn's arrival in that city was so near. He was going hunt ing out of courtesy to guests staying for a few days at the Roses, not that he was thei inclined to the 6port, or especially fond of it at any time. The inference that he had preferred a gunning expe dition to meeting Mabyn Wayne was an utterly false one, which he would have resented w ith spirit if aware that it had ever been drawn. But the mischief was done. Acer tain subtle sweetness had gone out of Mabyn's coming home. And when week after week passed, nnd no tidings or token came from the Roses, she was passionately humiliated by her strong disappointment and sadness. ' fla shall never dream I cared so niucn." she murmured, with a burning cheek, and in a week was the belle of the set. And Cesare D'Arcil still remained in New York. He had grown thin and pale, with restless, burring eyes. Every day he contrived to see Mabyn. Same times It would be during her morning drive or shopping expedition; oftener at some gay evening reception. And Mabyn she never met him with out a faint change of color, and some thing in her manner which betokened sincere emotion. But those keen eye of Cesare D'Arcils were not deceived. He knew the fading and coming of the roses m those beautiful cheeks wore not forh-m. It was only of the nrofnund association in her mind nf himself nrtu. Ignace D'Alembert that made her pale and falter at his approach. But. wbatever th? t mm Hccess to ner nresenep whnn nriion could not approach her. He spent long muiuiugs in tue panors oi the rich mansion which wis hpr linm Ho aanceo irequently with her in public; ne was seen in the Wayne carriage. At the Roses, Ignace D'Alembert moodily watched Mm Cesare had said to him : ' I will let you ouuw ucu miss wayne returns." Simple and straightforward in the thought of treachery had never od emeu to mm Wlien Cesarft TV A mi! 'a wish had- become a defined and con firmed Plot. Mabvn hnH rotnrnaA i November. It was .Tnnunrv vh, i determined to go to New York, and from a brother of Mabvn 'a she was to arrive home. Oa his Way UDtOwn hfl nnaapri tho Wayne mansion. It WAR ATPninff 1 being a period of thawinir weather a win. dow was raised to admit fresh air into the artificially-heated rooms. ThP radiant light streamed out upon the sidewalk, and revealed a table, with gilded book, a boquet, and a woman's white glove, which stood very near the Window. It suddenly took nnqsession of Ignace that the glove was Mabyn's. He turned back, ascended the steDs. ang the bell.and asited for Miss Wayne, n return he was shown into the room with the open window, and Mabyn rose from a sofa to receive him. Cesare rose also from an easy-chair. ''Curse it! I have worked like. n. rim and yet delayed their meeting only two months," he muttered, yet coolly pro ceeded to put another spoke in his own wneei. " I have been wondering. Itrnanp.. vh you did not come before." "How Ion? hail Misa Wawno Koon l, u " J ' Two months," replied Mabyn. Have you written me, Cesare?" " Certainly." " I did not get the letter." He turned eagerly to Mabyn's beauti ful eyes then ; but there was an unmis takable ice in her manner. Not his rarest gentleness could melt it; yet, a'ter the sweetest evening of her life, when she had yet been very silent. Mabyn Wayne locked herself in her chamber to burnt into passionate weep ing. " He is good and noble, as I thought him. I love him with all my heart. Yet I do not believe be cares a straw for me!" And Ignace, pacing the floor of his hotel chamber, was brooding the thoughts: "Beautiful, yet utterly indifferent to me. I had hoped I know it no w th it she would be prepared to regard me with some favor; for I have loved her from a child. I could fall on my knees, and offer iier my all this moment." Bjsineas demanded his return to Oak borough upon the following day. but h dined that day at Colonel Wayne's, ivirs. wayne wa ever very lond ot bim " You will come to the Roses and visit me. though my father is not there? he said to her, but his eyes wandtrinf! to Mabyn's face. " We will come, ye9, and try to cheer you up, poor boy I" sid the elder lady anecuonateiy. And the colonel chimed in : "Yes, yes! whenever you please Ignace, set the time." But Mabyn never raised her beautiful eyes. Yet he knew she would come. She could not refuse without singularity and under that roof, of which she would so fittingly be the mistress, would he find hope and gain courage to ask her to be his? He went away with a grave face re turned to Oakborougb, leaving Cesare D'Arcil again master of the field ; yet j&uuce never dreamed ot Doing jealous oi mm. ne naa Known uesare irom a child ; knew his selfishness, his untruth. Mabvn was so Dure, so soft and fair. There seemed no possibility of any geni ality oeiwen tne two. tie merely won dered how the latter could afford to stay so long in town; then, dismissed all thought of him, and rattled down to the Roses, with a heartache which made bim numb and dull to all the rest of the world but beautiful Mabyn Wayne. "To the Roses? No, six miles, miss." a DroKen carriage before a country inn ; an old gentleman, with a broken leg, upheld by two men ; nn elderly lady weeping dismally, and a beautiful girl. collected and brave in the general dis tress. " If ye wanted to go to the Roses, miss. yo ought to have got out at tho next station," said the driver of the broken carriage, with an air of sullen civility " It is so long since I have been here, I nad forgotten ; and I think wo were told yesterday that Hamilton was the sta tion," said M .byn, absently, distracted by ber fattier s groans and mother s sobs though she yet appeared quite calm. It was Cesare who had misdirected the party. " At least we are fortunate to be near a clean and respectable tavern, dear father," she continued, and gave direc tion to have the men bring in the colo nei and go tor a doctor. Outside the sulky coachman scratched his head and surveyed the broken car riage. "Itolethat black-eyed furriner that 'twould snarl the whole vehicle ter Dull out tue iincu-pm, an' it bas. Well. don't care if he pays me, as he says he will, to do the whole job. Here goes fur a look out for letters!' In the hall he already met Miss Wayne wim a uriei note rorvoune Air. u Atem- bert. He received it with faithiul prom ises of delivery, went outside to secretly aestroy it, tuen mea away to communt cate with the " black-eyed furriner." utsare was soon on tiie scene. Of course, under the circumstances, he could mt.be himself invaluable. 'Waiting to hear from IenaceP Mv dear Mrs. Wayne, you nro very foolish. You know nothing of Oakborouiih phy sicians and they are simply know- nothings. You should return to New i ork at once." He had hustled them to the nm'nt nf departure, when there came an unlooked tor apparition. It was Ignace D'Alem berr, with a face utterly colorless. He had been sitting in his library the night previous, when a servant showed in a young gill. She was Dale, ffent e. timid; ber beauty dimmed with recent, weeping. " lou Know rae, I think," with artiar mty beyond her years. " I am Veta Kane." " Yes. I know vou." eivine her a kind hand. " Will you be seated?'' She seemed making a great effort to becalm, then said: Mr. D'Alembert. you will under stand mo. You are very unhappy be cause you love some one; and so am I. Ignace started. " Can I serve you?" hi asked, at last. "No; but perhaps I can serve you. Cesare D'Arcil has been devoting him self ail winter to Miss Wayne, aud that is the reason she has become estranged from you. Do not ask me how I know this; out I do know it. And they are all at Hamilton now at the I'ost house. I wish you would go there at once, and see if what I have told you is not true." A few words more of explanation, and she was gone. It was true. He knew it the moment his firm eyes blazed their accusation in to Cesare's fahie ones. But for a time he held his peace. Devoting himself to reassuring Col onel Wayne, he promised him that he should be attended by his own physician at the Roses; and placing him, with his wife, in the most luxurious ot cushioned carriages, with a careful driver, he gravely asked of Mabyn the privile?e of driving with her in a separate car riage. She assented, with a sudden sense of security and protection, for of late Ce sare seemed drawing nearer and nearer into her lift., with a fascination in his black eyes which held her freedom. She glanced behind her now with almost a look of fear as she stepped into the car riage. But Cesare wa? not there. On the narrow cliff road a figure sud. denly rose among the bashes. The high mettled horses reared and plunged, the buggy rocked, but the animals were held from dashing away by the vise-like grasp upon the lines. But 1 jnace utter a groan cf mortal an guish, for the cushion of blue velvet be side bim was empty. Without a cry. Alabvn had gone over the wheel I The next instant bo stood unnn tiio ground where she lv. There wa a staia of blood on her white lips. n1!.. . . ... i. i t l .i.. i J.110 oiicupiu lull, tuu urave man s limbs suddenly. bue is dead !" he moaned. But she moved, and murmured ! "Can I be of any assistance?" said a voice. But Cesare's craven check was white his tones shook Had tho death h planned in frightening the horses come aud to her, not his rival? "Stand aside" exclaimed Icnacfl. sternly. "Do not in my presence lay a nnger upon ber helpless and uncon scious toim. If she lives, she shall choose between us! Let that be enough tor the present. For the past, you have played ma f tlsely. You professed to play a brother's Dart, vet used everv effort to supplant me. Yet I cannot be lieve she ever could have loved you!" jcvfu in ins passionate speaking, be had found a little snow at tbe roadside. and pressed it upon Mabyn's temples until she opened her eyes. "Who told you that lie?" demanded Cesare, sullenly. " Veta Rane," replied Ignacp, mechan ically. For Mabyn had lifted her eyej to his face with a faint, gratelX smile, and he knew nothing else fu 1 moment but the sweetness of that g Cesare gazed at tbe 'p faces with a muttered curse of bit desDair. and then turkied and was gloom, Night fmnd him in the winter Ml e farmhouse garden before Veta Ran "so you played ten So you spied UDon me! Who gave the right, I he sneered, would like to know? brutally. " I have not watched you, and it was true," she murmured, her hand upon her heart. He was mad with excitement and his own bitter thoughts nay, he had been mad with an evil scheme for months ; nuvr ue was Biiupiy infixing. Take care, weak, passionate Ce3are D'Arcil 1 You reck not what those bit ter word-b'ows are doing to that tender girl who stands so helpless before you. First she reeled a little away from him. All unheeding, he went on with his bit ter taunts and reproaches. Oh, man! she loved you, and your lightest displeasure ever struck cold to her heart! He paused suddenly, for she had sunk down, and lay still rt his feet. Poor child! She never knew how lua yet madder cry of remorse rang on the night air, when he turned your still face to the moonlight, kissed your unbreath- ing lips and found you dead of heart dis ease. So ho was not all bad? Not Vow nro He was only one of many who curae their lives, and that of others, with greeJ of gold. Various Ways or Cooking Rice. Rice dishes of Italy. The rim rfUhps of Italy are popular and delicious, so unlike our own well-known ones that wo urge a trial of their excellence upon our readers. Chief among them rank the rizotto of Milan and the cream of rine and chicken. The rizotto is made hv parboiling well-washed rice in boiling water for five minutes, druininir and drying it on a cloth, frying it light brown with a little choDDed onion nd butter, and then stewing it, until tender, in enough highly-seasoned broth to well cover it: it ha3 to be watched closely, nnd the saucepan shaken as the i iec hojoi os tue Drotu, sd ttiat it shall not burn ; when the rice is done it is put into a buttered mold with shreds of cold chicken, tongue or ham, well shaken down, dusted with grated cheese and browned in the oven. Slices of mush room or a little tomato sauce are used as variations from the chicken or tongue. The cream of rice i3 male by boiling the breast of a fowl and a cut) of ricu in chicken broth until soft enough to rub 1'irougu a nne sieve; tue paste thU3 formed is used to thicken bailinz milk. seasoned with salt, pepper and nutmeg, tD the consistency of thicK cream; it is one of the most delicious and nutritious of all soups. Rizotto is prepared with sausages in the north of Italy in a very appetizing dish. The sausage i are twisted without breaking the skin, in inch pieces and fried brown ; the rice i3 washed, boiled tor hvo minutes in boil ing water, drained and dried, and then browued in the sausage fat with a chop ped onion ; last of all these ingredients are stewed in highly-seasoned broth until the rice U tender and bas absorbed all the broth, enough being used to well cover it when it is set to stew. Spanish rice dishes. The rice dishe? of Spain are more highly flavored with garlic tuan ttiose ot Italy, but the native palate calls for abundance of this pung ent bu.b. The rice u washed, bailed and browned in butter, a little garlic being substituted for tho onion; then twa large, ripe tomatoes, a spoonful ol grated cheese, and plenty of Spanish red pepper, or pim'tente, is added, and the ricu simmered till tender in a little broth: sometimes it is served with slices of ham, bacon., sausage, smoked salmon or dried fiili, any one of these being stewed with the rice. Polio coa arroz is made in the same way, morsels of fowl being substituted for the meat, and the seasoning being varied with warm spices. Rice dishes of Portugal. A ma tel. lotte of fish with rice is well worth a trial. Some highly-flavored fish, such as eels, is fried brown in oil or bacon fat. with a clove of garlic. tablesDoonful of saffron, and plenty of red pepper and salt: then rije, partly boiled and dried, is added and browned, enough red wine is poured over these ingredients to cover them, and they are allowed to simmer gently until the rice is tender, the saucepan being shaken to prevent the Durning ot the rice. A Portuguese dish of sweet rice is prepared as follows: A cupful of rico is washed and boiled till soft in a Dint and a half of milk, with four tables noon fu Is of sugar and a laurel or hay le.-f ; when the rice is soft the bay leaf is removed, a gill of cream and the yolks of four eggs added and tho rice is dishe l and cooled. When it is quite cold the sur face is dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon, or with burnt almonri-diiRt Tho almond-dust is prepare! by brown ing peeled or blanched almonds in the oven and then pounding them into a nne powder. 1 he use of the nei is by no means confined to the semi-tropical climates we nave mentioned, but the 1-mit of our article will not per nit further de scription ot tha many dishes of which it forma the base; for there se?ms to be a general appreciation of its alimentary value when it is combined with flesh forming materials. Miss Corson. They Plagued Iliui. A story is told of an English voter who possessed influence, and who asked the candidate to give his son a letter of reoommendation to an officer at the ad miralty. The request was granted, but when the youth called to deliver his cre dentials he found that he had mislaid the precious epistle. However, he suc ceeded in obtaining a nomination, and somo weeks alter his return home dis covered the lost " letter of recommenda tion" among some papers. Having done without it he had the curiosity to open it, and was startled to find that it contained an earnest injunction to " throw every obstacle in his way," for, as the writer added, " I cannot disoblige this youth's father, and if he once enters the navy he will bs plaguingmy life out to get him a ship." The young man was furious, but the father, a practical minded man. coolly remarked:. "It is not worth making a disturbance; we will take him af, his word and plague him for a ship," which wa done accord ingly, with success. FOR THE FAIR SEX. Antnmn and Winter Bonnets. ' Opening-day at the fashionable mil'in cry houses shows the small bonnets, and also many that are a trifle larger, with the front raised slightly from the head to disclose the plain but rich lining of plush, which extends to the back of the brim. Other bonnets go to the ex treme of size, and are genuine poke shapes; but these are commended by careful milliners only to very young ladies who have small and piquant faces. Elderly faces and those with large features have their peculiarities exaggerated by these large bonnets. The medium-sized bonnets with hand somely lined brims promise to be the most popular. They are worn back on the crown of the head, resting on the low braids of the coiffure, and they show the smoothly parted front hair to becoming advantage. A 11 crown braids or puffs are objectionable with these bonnets, as they give too much height, and also add to the breadth. F.at, broad, or slightly rounded crowns are on the more youthful-looking bonnets, with well-defined hard crowns on those for older ladies ; but the latter are made shapely by the graceful trimmings of plush that drape the space between brim and crown, or else by solt bands of feathers. The curtain band below the crown may be trimmed with some flat ornaments, or a row of large faceted bead', but is most often left quite plain, andaffjrds an open space between the side trimmings that extend below and fall on the coiffure. Combinations of materials are as uni versal in bonnets as in dresses. Plush is more used than any other fabric, but even this favorite material will not serve for the entire bonnet, and is lighted up by the satin Surahs, or plain satin, or is combined with beaver, or perhaps with its kindred fabric, velvet, whicli loses all resemblance to it when placed beside it; there are also rough plushes and smooth plushes that differ as greatly as do the fur beavers and the glossy smooth beavers. In combining ma terials the only rule is that one coUr must be preserved, though various shades of that color may be used ; the contrasts of color are found in the trim mings. The novelty of the season is the striped plush, which has the pile in dented to form ridges, and sometimes a line of gilt is between each plush stripe; this is especially pretty in white, black and red plush. The striped plushes are used for crowns when the brim iu smooth plush, or vice versa; it is also very becoming for lining brims, and is used for binding the edges of brims, and also of strings of satin ribbon. Feathers aro the trimmings more used than all others; indeed, scarcely a bon net can be found wituout some kind of plumage, while flowers are not used or more than one bonnet among twenty. The feathers surround tho crown, or else pass down one side of it, and fall below the back to droop on the low braided coillure that now rests on the uape of the neck When breast feathers are mounted for this purpose, small wing feather3 are added at each end, and both wings fall below the crown; when the thick long ostrich plumes are used, one end is sufficient to lie on tho coiffure. Short 03trich tiDS drooD over the front of the brims, and some fall low on the ears. Crowns are m ide up en Li rely of feathers, and there are pheasant feathers of natural and artificial shad ings. The more carelessly the 03lrich feathers are posed, the moro stylish they are ; heads of birds and breast feathers admit of stiffer arrangements, and are made to cling to the seam that joins the brim to the crown. When plush is used for trimming it in cut in a wide scarf, and laid in fluted folds around tho crown, with sometime a large bow on top, or loops on th ?sidu3. motions are used in broad widths simi larly to the arrangement of the nhnhM aud the strings may be either ribbon or piusn. sometimes satin ribbon is widely bound down one side with olusti as thick as a roll, and this is particularly effective when the ribbsd plush is used. The strings are a yard long, and are tied either in front or behind, but ith con sidered most dressy to arrange them in one long looped bow low on the back hair. Tho beaded trimnings in the way of crowns and laces for brims aro in greater favor than ever. Jet, gold. amber and purple beads are very much used, but tue novelties are the large faceted beads in cashmere. rtnWs fnv dark bonnets, while silver and pearl beads CUt in facets like diamnnd.q. nnd of large size, are used in rows on white and black plush bonnets. Among other new ornaments are serpentine coils of gilt like the bracelets now worn; these infold scarfs of Surah or plush. Large flies und bees of gilt. iet. amber and ruhv seem to be more used than any other ornament. Another novelty is the tiger's claw, with natural-looking fur, and gilt or silver claws. Lirge'hair pins of gilt are stuck about, and there are clusters of smaller pins of gilt, silver or pearl, with oval heads, thrust as if at random in t'ie loops and knots of the trimmtuz. lhe laces most used nre either plain Brussels net beaded or stitched in vermicelli patterns with gilt, or else Spanish lace is used in thick and ricu designs. Baaver bonnets take the place of felt bonnets for general wear, and are not more expensive than fine French felts have always been. Very few black vel vet bonnets are seen, and, indeed, few entirely black bonnets are made. A black velvet bonnet with soft pilo-plmh inside the brim is one of the most con servative arrangements, and even this must be lightened with gilded flits, or many faceted beads. To wear with various costumes black remains the safest choice, but it is then combined with a color that is decided by the range of colors in tbe various suits of the wearer ; thus a black beaver bonnet with red plush lining and red plumes may be worn with any of the dresses that are now completed by red balayeuse plait ings. Amber plush linings and plum age will also mako a black bonnet ap propriate for nearly all the dresses a brunette will find becoming. Very dark pheasant brown, and the red-brown shades, like seal fur, are useful bonnets for blondes, and may be trimmed with the new Spanish yellows, or with the green-blue shades, or else with maroon red . The dark garnet bonnets aro worn by both blondes and brunett-s. For combination dresses, and especially for the plaid suits worn by young ladies, bonnets with many breast feathers are ciiosen, as these in their natural hues are made up of the quaint combinations of blue, green, purple, red and yellow that are seen in the stylish Madras plnids. The new ronnd hats rival pokes in their quaint shapes, and must be oon fined to very young ladies, as they are worn back on the head, and no longer shade the forehead and protect the eyes in the way formerly so comfortable to older ladies. Young ladies just returned from a summer in Ejrope are wearing the Abbe bat a flat broad shovel-sbaped hat, with low round crown, and brim rolled up all around, but higher on the sides, and not close enough to the crown to interfere with the scarf and plumes that serve for trimming. This is a modification of theEeglisTi walking hat, but is worn back on the head instead of low on the forehead. Another pretty hat for young ladies is in the shape of a pastry's cook's cap, and is called by some the Polish cap, by others the Scotch rap, and again the Leonardo da Vinci. Very small Gainsborough hats are shown, and these now have the plumes on the right side instead of near the left side, which is turned up. Most coquet tish of all is a flaring hat that has a sin gle indentation in the brim a trifle to ward the leftside This Is made up in the new tigre plush, and in shaded plush, with the entire bonnet of one fabric, even to the mammoth bow on the top. The dark rough fur beaver hats with brim rolled up all around are very be coming, and these with tbe small feather turbans complete the variety in round hats Harper's Bazar. News and Rotes for Women. Buttonhole boquets support two thousand girl sellers in the streets of London. Women physicians are to be ad milted as members of the Massachusetts medi cal society. Miss Marian Wright, a young lady of Boston, not yet quite twenty, had pic tures this year in the Paris salon. A blind woman at Sioux City, Iowa, puts a needle and thread betwen her teeth, and with a dexterous movement of the tongue passes the thread through the eye. French ladies are now amusing them selves by shooting frogs with a steel crossbow. A silken cord fastened to the arrow and the breech of the bow serves for the retreiver. Four youug women have entered the freshman class of Colby university, in Maine three in the regular course and one in a special course. This makes the total number of female students ten in the regular course and two in special courses. The last English census shows that nearly 37,00.1 women nre employed in England in the metal trades alone, rang ing all the way from pin, needle, watch, jewel and gun makers to anchor miknm and blacksmiths, there being of these last i olacksmiths; between 300 and 400. The Sklu. The skin is wonderful beyond concep tion in ttlG milltinlil-.it.v nf ifa nai-ha nnrl in its diverse offices and relations. 'Mil lions oi nerves connect it with the brain. Thousmds of arteries hrincr tn u nour ishment, and almost as many veins bear awav tho waatn. Mill! empty out the perspiration upon it. In- numei-aoie gianas anoint it with a lub ricating oil. and oniint.lpua lift la unuloa are constantly thrown from its surface. So intimate and powerful is its con nection with tho nervous centers, that i nekind of emotions instantly blanches it. and another leinrl mnniloj ii m;ii a burning blush the first contracting its vessels, the other dilating them. lue SKin nas us peculiar diseases, but many of its ailments come from its readi ness to hell) other nrnng wliir.li nro tin. eased or torpid, for it exceeds all others iu iuis vicarious power. The skin is dnnhln. Tho milor dermis Drotects t.hn nnnroi anH rcaaal. " - . ...... I V iJO JO of the inner from rude contact with, and irom tne absorption of, poisonous or harmful substances. To vaccinate we have to break t.hmnirh Ilia onifWmla So, too, when this is sound, it is safer to iianuie moroia matter; but to do so with the slightest scratch, or chafe, is some times to incur death in its most frightful iorm. Warmth annlind tn t.hn the blood vessels of the skin, and cold contracts them. Hence, a warm bath soothes and refreshes, by drawing the blood to the surface; local fomentations over au inflamed spot within relieve the pain by drawing away tho blood. A counter-irritant acts on essentially the same principle. Cold applied to the surface for a brief time contracts the vessels, and crowds the blood back, which then returns with accumulated force, nrnrl lin.ltifr a liaaltl ful glow. If the vitality is low, this re action does not take place, and the cold umy uiuuia. Generally nnlv thp nnraot onon ...i :io should be used in washing the bands, as " u.ma.11 vi uiu3i auaps icaus to destroy the epidermis. No bathing of the whole body should be protracted beyond a few minutes, else tho good effect ot it is lost, even if seri ous harm is not done. Sea bathing is additionally beneficial from the stimula ting effect of its salts.- Youth's Comvan- ton. Keep Ahead. One Of thfl 0llinr1 BMll-Ala at.nnnnn S life is to keep ahead iuall ways possible. If vnu nniu full Kol.Sn i. u difficult to make up the headway which is lost. One who begins with putting aside some part of his earnings, how- muii, anu Keeps it up lor a num D2t of years, is likely to become rich be f jre he dies. One who inherits prop erty, and goes on year by year spending a little more than his income, will hp- come poor if he Uvea nnr pnnnch Living he van it th pip mpfina haa Ki-.-mi ifl.f multimdes of Dersons to ruin in rtnr generation. It is the cause of nine tenths of all the defalcations which have disgraced the age. Bankers and business men in general do not often ueip luemseives to otner people's money Until thpir nurn fnnrla hai,in lAfnilA' and their expenditures exceed their re. ceipts. A man who is in debt walks in tae midst of perils. It cannot but im pair a man's self-respect to know that ue is living at the expenso of others. It is also very desirable that we should kerp somewhat ahead in our woik. J his may not be possible in all cases: aS. for inHt.H.np.A urlion a ,nai'a n-nU : . .ww, . . u mi U1MU O nUl k IB assigned to certain fixed houis, lietliat if the operatives in a mill. But there are certain classes of people who can wuuao luoir time ior itie worn wnicu tllCV are Callpd in An anrl amnnoat Kov - . ,v Mv, .... V. MMUtSMgOU i,ucuj taeie are soiue who invariably put off " ooaiKiieu mem as long as possi ble, and then nnmA tn Ira norAr.ianna tiurried, perplexed, anxious, confused 1 n HI! Ml a ctata P 1-J f ... c Diig vi uiiuu na ueriaiaiy un tlLi them for HaUii trial kn - l tret ahead and keep ahead, aid your vwicraoiy sure. A Wish. Tiiere'a a' legend old of the midnight watch That at sound of(thoJmidniKhtbell, A voice rung out through'thejtilent town And tha cry was " Allfs well ?" "AU'iwellT" Oh, friend, when thy midnight hour shall oorae, With the sound of the passing knell, May a voice ring out to thy weary heart And the cry be: Allis well !" " All's well !" W. T. Pelert, in Scribntr. HUMOKOUS. Stirring times Morning hours. A high-toned affair A fife. In the center of the earth II. The rag-sorter does a ripping busi ness. Charity covers a multitude of Sins in China. New Orleans Picayune. The Elmira Advertiser says that poets no longer die young. They live to grow up with the country. It was a young housekeeper whoset the cake she had baked for a party out of doors one cold night to be frosted. No matter what it is you have to do, always take your time. Never look for a needle in a haste act. Statesman. A confined prisoner is apt to be an ingrate; and it isn't to be wondered at, considering the many bars to his pleas ures. Marathon Independent. "Is your house a warm one, land lord?" asked a lady inseireh of a dwell ing. "It ought to be: tho painter has just given it two coats," was the reply. Alluding t" Beecher's estimate, that one female housefly will lay 20,000 eggs in a season, tho Church Union thinks "it a pity a fly couldn't be grafted on a hen." Said Jones" Smith won't have so soft a thing as he has had." " I don't know," replied Uobinson, " he'll have a soft thing so long as he don't lose his head." ' " Are we extravagant?'' asks a Boston paper. "If you pay five cents lor a cigar when you can beg one, you aro," says the economist of the Norristown Herald. "Everything good in man leans upon something higher." So does everything bad in him for that matter, as witness his reliance on a lamp-post when his legs prove faithless. Boston Courier. Jones is small; his wile U tall, lint both are lull ol grittle. Says he to her: ' Voa dress too much!" Says she: " You dress too little!" Philadelphia Item. It was a man of considerable means who said, when thrown from his horse, that although not in a very comfortable position, yet he considered himself pretty well off. A young lady ate half a wedding cake, and then tried to dream of her future husband. Now she says she would rather die than marry the man that she saw in that dream. Don't speak all at once, girls. His serene highness, Prince Herma'i Eagene Adolph Uernhtrd Franz Fer.litiand August Von Saynevittenstein Hohan stein is looking for a wife. A German life insurance company, called Der Lbensversicherungsgesell schaft complains of the irregularity of the mails. Yet one would suppose it got all of its letters. A id re ws' Queen. Women have cheek enough to wear men's hats on their heads, but there is one thing they dare not do : Not one of them dare remove her hat in publio and dust oil" the bald spot. Detroit Free Press. Cruelty to any living creature shows a bad heart. Tho boy who delights in torturing a wasp with a pin will surely como to some bad end if tho wasp has a fair show in its business movements. Picayune. A youag lady was speaking to a friend who hid called upon her regarding a trait characteris:ii3 of her motlier, who always hat a good word to say to every one: "Why," sail she, " I brieve if Satan were under di3ous3ton, mother would have a good word to s ly for him.-' Jmt then the mother eatered, and was informed whas tha daughter had said, whereupon she quietly sttd: Well, ly dear, I think we might all imitate S.itan's persevcrancs. The Public Lnnils or the United States. Commissioner Williamson, of the United States general land office, in his annual report devotes considerable space to the subject of reorganization uud increasing the present force of the general land office. Fr jiu the statistical portion ol the report it is learned that there were surveyed during the fiscal year ending June 30.. 138.1, 15,699,253 acres of publio lands, and 053,151 acres of private land claims. This is an increase in the amount of public lands surveyed of 725,317 acres over that of the last year. This great increase is attributed to the operation of the act of March 3, 1879, wuicb J( d to a great increase in the number of applications by private indi viduals for public surveys. Disposals of publio lands during tho year wero made as follows : Acret. Cash entries 850,740 Homestead entries 6,01.3 570 Timber culture entries 2,11)3,181 Agricultural college sorip 1,280 Locations with military bouuty land warrants . m wi Swamp lands patented U Slates.... 3,757,888 mnus ceruaeu lor railroaj purposes l,lo7,37 j The area of publio lands surveyed in the different States and Territories dur ing the last year is as follows : Acres. Arizona 308,521 Culilornia 3,792,630 Colorado 2,775,601 Dakota 2,130,808 Idaho 225,637 Louisiana 80,505 Miunewta 296 253 MoiUna 302,413 Nebraska 709,179 Nevada 928,694 New Mexico 1 to, ma Oregon 1,052,221 440 585 Wanhingtoa Territory 847,599 Wyoming 184,445 In addition to this, surveys were made of private lands in three Slates and Ter ritories, as follows: Californ.a, 58 706 acres; Arizona, 119,258 acres; New Mexico, 444.181 acres. The total area of publio lands surveyed from tha be ginning of surveying operations up to i ne close of the last year is shown to bo 753 557,195 aores, leaving an un i l mated area yetuniurvajecfof l,C6i,9Jl(. 787 asres.
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