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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
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Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. X.
RIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1880.
NO 33.
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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.