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Job work. Cash on Icllvory.
Tht Highway Cow.
The hue of hor hide was dusky br,oWn,
Hor body was loan and hor cock was 'nlm,
One horn tinned up and the -other, turned
down,
She was koon of vision and long ofliuibj .-'
With a lloinan noso and a iihort slnmp tail,
Aud ribs liko the hoops of a homo-mndo pail.
Many a murk did hor body boar ; '
8ho liad boon a target for all things known J
On many a soar the dusky hair
Would grow no mora whoro it onco fiad
grown
Many a paHsionato, parting shot '
Had loft ftpon hor a lasting spot. .
Many and many a woll-ainiod stone,
Many a brickbat of goodly size,.
And many a cudgel swiftly thrown,
Had brought the toars to her loving ryes
Or had bounded off from hor bony back,
With a noiso like the sound of a rifle crack.
Many a day had sho passed in tho pound
For helping horsolf to hor neighbor's corn
Many a cowardly cur and hound
" 'Had boon transfixed on hor crumpled horn ;.
Many a teapot and old tin pail
lal the Tanner boys tied to hor time-worn
tail.
Old Deacon Gray was a pious man, -Though
Bomotimcs temptod to be profano,
When many a weary mile ho ran
To drivo hor out of his growing grain.
Sharp wero tho pranks Bho used to play
To got her fill and to get away.
She knew when the deacon went to town ;
She wisely watched him when he went by ;
He never passed her without a frown
And an ovil glance from each angry eye ;
no would crack bis whip In a surly way
And drivo along In bis "one-hoss shay."
Then at his homestead she loved to call,
Lifting his bars with crupplod horn J
Nimbly scaling bis garden wall,
Helping herself to his standing corn ;
Eating his cabbages, ono by ono,
Hurrying home when hor work was done.
His human passions mcro quirk to rise,
' And slriding forth with a sayago cry,
With fury blazing from both his eyes,
As lightnings flash in a summer sky,
Redder and rodder his face would grow,
And after the croatnre he would go.
Over the garden, round and round,
Breaking his pear and apple trees,
Tramping his melons Into Ihe ground,
" Xvyturning his hives of boos ;
Licaving mm angry una nauiy suing,
-SysliiiisJJie old bow's ueck was wrung.
Tb mosses grew on the garden wall;
The years went by with their work and play ;
The boys of the village grew strong and tall,
And the gray-haired farmers passed away,
One by ono, as the red loaves full,
But the highway cow outlived thorn all.
Countryside,
SO VERY PLAIN,
""If only she were not bo very plain,"
sighed Mrs. Morton, as she discussed
her daughter's future with her friend.
"A plain girl nowadays has no chance at
all."
And poor Lizzie Morton had learned
to consider her want of beauty almost in
he light of a misdemeanor.
"A woman has no right to be ugly,"
her father would say ; and her mothei
would glance at her own reflection in
the glass and murmur :
"Very odd that Lizzie takes after
neither her father nor me."
So it is easy to imagine that Lizzio
had looked forward to her first ball with
mingled feelings.
"It is very little matter, after all,
what you wear, my doar," her mother
had said. "With your complexion any
thing will suit equally well."
And yet, when Lizzie was dressed and
came down the broad staircase in her
white dress, with its trimmings of car
nations, and her crimson cape over her
shoulders, she was by no means alto
gether unlovely. .
Her eyes had a soft, mild expression,
and the little hesitancy and shyness
made her lower the heavily-fringed lids
which many a beauty might have en
vied. These heavy eyelids had been a trouble
to her all her- life. Her brothers had
ridieuled her for her sleepy look, and
she had been accustomed to hear sharp
contrasts drawn between her mother's
wide open, large gray eyes and her own
heavy look. .
So she followed her father in much
trepidation to the carriage, and her
heart beat high as, after their short
drive, they reached Brandon Hall, with
its blaze of light and waiting servants
and general apiearanee of festivity.
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon were cordially
greeted by their friend, Sir Harry Wells ;
and, being among the earliest arrivals,
and upon a footing of the closest inti
macy, Lizzie was churned by the younger
members of the family and carried off
to see the decorations in the supper
room.
She had time to recover some self
possession before the guests filled the
ballroom and dancing began.
Sir Harry's second son came up and
claimed her for the first waltz he could
scarcely do less but, that ordeal over,
she was left to sit quietly by her moth
er's side.
She had been sitting still for a long
ime, when suddenly her ear caught a
ew words something about "taking
compassion" and she was startled a
moment after at hearing a few rapid
words of introduction and finding a
gentleman standing beside her, solicit
ing the pleasure of a dance.
"Poor little girll how shy she is,"
thought Lord Pelhain to himself, as she
gave a faint response and rose from her
seat, "Well, one must do a good
natured thing once in a while."
The good-natured thing did not prove
very unpleasant.- . "
Lord. I'elham's well-bred conrteby
placed Lizzie at hor ease, and, much to
her own .surprise, she found herself
chatting to him all about her home,
hor scarcely discarded school-days and
this very ball.
.."I suppose," said Lord Telham. "you
were very much excited about your first
ball? I remember when my sisters
came out what a fuss there was ! It is a
good, many years ago (by Jove, they
wouldn't thank me for saying that
though), and every one thought they'd
take the town by storm. You can't
guess, Miss Morton," he said, warming
to his subject "you can't guess how
pretty they looked. I can see them
now, dear girls ! How proud I was of
them both ! I really don't know which
was the prettier," ho added, reflectively.
Lizzie sighed.
"Why I " continued Lord Pelham, as if
once started in his recollections he
found it difficult to stop, "I remem
bei utmost quarreling with my. cousin
because Lily would dance the first waltz
with him ! How absurd it seems I"
"Are tliey married?" asked Lizzie,
timidly.
"Married.! Well no," said Lord Tcl
ham, reflectively, "and, come to think
of it, it's odd too, that they haven't mar
ried, such pretty girls as they were."
"I thought," said Lizzie, impulsively,
"that prettv girts always married at
least I
"You what?" asked Lord Pelham,
rather amused at her aroused tone; then
as she shrank back into her shyness he
continued, laughing :
"Well ! I thought too, once, that pretty
girls always married but they don't,
you see ! Why, half the old maids were
pretty girls once ! "
"I wish I was a pretty girl I" said
Lizzie, in a sudden burst of confidence,
but so naively that no one could have
suspected any desire for unmeaning
compliment.
Her simplicity amused Lord Pelham
vastly. He glanced at her little un
conscious face and after a second's hesi
tation asked, in a manner that put her
quite at ease :
"Would you mind telling me why ?
Are pretty girls such enviable things V"
"1 think they are," said Lizzie; "I'm
so tired of being told how plain I am,
every one 6eems to think I 'can help it;
and I can't, you know."
"No !" said Lord Pelham.- "1 sup
pose not, you weren't consulted about it,
were you? Well, never mind, Miss
Morton, I'll tell you something to com
fort you. I've got a plain 6ister, and I
love her better than both the others put
together," and he looked so kindly at
hor, even with a little amused smile on
his lips, that Lizzie's reserve melted
quite away.
"Is she married ?" she asked, in a hope
ful tone.
"Married! Yes, indeed, married the
very first season she came out, and such
a plain little body you did never see?"
"How did she manage it ?" asked Liz
zie in a tone of amazement.
Lord Pelham fairly laughed he
couldn't help it. This' girl, this plain
little girl, amused him vastly.
"Oh," he- said, at last, "I suppose
somebody was wise enough to know
that beauty is only skin-deep, and my
bister Janio had an angel s soul.
Lizzie sighed again; then, with a re
newed outburst of confidence, she said
"I don't think beauty is only skin-
deep. I think it s heart-deep. I would
give all I have to be pretty."
Aud as sho spoke, such a wistful,
child-like look grew in her face that her
companion was touched.
"I wouldn't think about it if I were
you," he said, after a pause. "Try and
put it out of your head. There are
plenty of things beside beauty you can
have. Don't you sing', or play f '
"I sing a little," said Lizzie. "But
please don't tell any one. I am so
afraid Lady Wells will ask me."
"I won't betray you," said Lord Pel
ham, more and more amused.
This naive little girl was something
new in his world. Thero was some
thing about her, too, which reminded
him of his favorite sister. Ho felt that
Janie would have liked her.
He took her back to her mother, feel
ing very much as if she were a little
child connded to ms care.
"Poor little girl," he was thinking to
himself. "Is she so very plain ?
He had really scarcely noticed her,
had asked Her simply out oi 'compas
sion for her loneliness," with no interest
in her personally whatever. She had
I amused him, though, ne smiled again
as ho recalled her naivette.
After an interval his thoughts re
curred to her.
"By Jove!" he thought, "I'll take
her for some refreshment."
And very much to her amazement,
and her mother's surprise, she was es
corted on his lordship's arm to the refreshment-room.
All her shyness was gone, as far as
Lord Pelham was concerned. She chat
ted away freely, not for a moment imag
ining in her simple little heart that
he was critically considering whether
she really was so very plain.
"I suppose she is," was his mental re
flection "I suppose she is and yet I
don't know. I wish she'd look at me.
She may have eyes under those lids."
But Lizzie was not yet sufficiently at
home with him to look at him. She
answered his questions freely, and was
easily led on to give graphic descrip
tions of her home life ; of the brothers
who teased her, and the sister, a year or
two younger, who was longing to come
out. and who was such a regular beauty.
"So fair, you know," said Lizzie, with
a touching reflection upon her own dull
and freckled skin, "and with such love
ly large blue open eyes."
"By Jove !" thought Lord Pelham,
"I wish she'd look at me. I'd like to
see what her own eyes are like."
But this wish at least was vain. Not
even her gratitude and shy Lizzie was
overpowered with gratitude for all his
attention could give he'r courage to
look up at him.
He remained near her, chatting, till
the carriages were announced, and even
lingered to place her cape round her
shoulders, and bid quite a cordial Good
night to her parents ; but, after all, his
curiosity was not satisfied.
"And so Lizzie did dance 1" said her
elder brother next day, as the ball was
eagerly discussed.
"Dance!" said her father, in high
good humor "I should think bo !
Danced with Lor Pelham, above all !"
"Yes ;" said Mrs. Morton, reflective
ly, "it was very good-natured of him.
I heard him say something about com-
Jmssion ; he was sorry to see her so
onely."
Lizzie herself was so convinced that
this was the case that she was not the
least annoyed, only when she went up
stairs she staid a moment longer than
usual before her glass, and, raising her
heavy lids, looked herself straight in
the face.
' 'He's very good natur ed," she thought
"I wish I were not so very plain."
Lord Pelham's curiosity about those
eyeb was singular. He found himself
speculating more unreasonably on the
subject, and wondering what color
would suit her face.
Almost any color, he was forced to
admit, would do. The dull, sallow skin,
the ill-formed nose and wide mouth, no
eyes could wholly redeem them, and
probably the fringed eyelids were a
compensation.
Well, well, what did it matter ? He
supposed they should not meet again.
Why should they ? He did not intend
remaining in the neighborhood, and,
had he intended it, he had no excuse
for calling.
But they did meet. Somehow, on
Sunday morning, a sudden and most
unwonted impulse seized Lord Pelham
to attend service in the village church.
He went in late, a little embarrassed, if
the truth must be told, at his own
action.
He sat very quietly in the .corner of
the pew to which the old verger con
ducted him, and only felt at home when
the droning choir began the Psalms.
Then he looked about, and soon caught
sight oi Mrs. Morton's handsome
face.
"By Jove! what a pretty girl!" he
thought, as his eye wandered past to a
rosebud of igirl "the beauty," evident
ly, of poor Lizzie's tale and next to
lier sat his shy friend herself, the down
cast lids more drooping than ever, the
dull complexion more leaden beside
the bright blue eyes and pink and white
of the pretty sister.
Still, Lord Pelham's glance rested on
the plain face of his earlier acquaint
ance. The service seemed wonderfully
short, and when the congregation left
the chancel he found himself side by
6ide with Mrs. Morton.
"Going our way ?" she asked, in the
porch ; and so, naturally enough, he
accompanied them homeward, even
walking through their park up to the
very door.
"Mr. Morton's in the conservatory,
if you care to join him," Mrs. Morton
ventured to say, her motherly heart all
in a flutter ; for here, she decided, was
a chance for pretty Rose.
And Lord Pelham did care, it ap
peared, and had a chat with the master
of the house, found sundry points of in
terest in common, and even stayed for
the family dinner.
"Horribly unaristocratio he must
think us I" feared Mrs. Morton, as she
explained that the early dinner enabled
the servants to go to church.
Little Lord Pelham cared for her
chatter ; ha was wholly occupied with
the plain face opposite to him.
In vain pretty Hose . bridled and
blushed ; in vain she peeped up at him
with her most bewitching air. He was
only conscious of one fact about her,
which was, that she snubbed her elder
sister.
So did eveiy one else, it appeared to
him ; for when Lizzie ventured the re
mark which she rarely did it was
generally met with : "Oh, I dare Bay
you think so !"
The neighborhood began to talk very
soon after this eventful Sunday in the
Mortons' life. Lord Pelham remained
at his friend's Sir Harry Wells's and
came so often to the Lodge, evinced
such an interest in all Mr. Morton's im
provements actually invited the boys
to his manor for the September shoot
ing that he seemed almost like one of
the family.
One day in the early winter, when
the hedges were sparkling with hoar
frost, and the roads were beginning to
harden, Lord Pelham took his familiar
way to the Lodge.
He was thinking, as he walked along,
of many things about his intimacy there,
and his thoughts involuntarily turned
to Lizzie. He went back in his mind
to their first meetings
"I declare," he said to himself, "she
never gives me a chance to see what
those eyes are like. And how they do
snub her at home, to be sure ! Well,
poor little thing 1 she's worth a hundred
times more than that pretty doll Hose
will ever be !"
He was walking briskly along, when
; his attention was arrested by a little
' figure which, turning a corner soma
distance before him, was hurrying, al
most running, toward him.
"Why, by Jove 1" exclaimed he, quick
ening his steps, "it's Lizzie. What can
be the matter?"
And as they met, Lizzie, with palo,
frightened face, clung to his arm.
"Oh, Lord Pelham !" she cried,
breathlessly, "I'm so frightened ! Those
horrid men ! I ran as hard as I could.
They actually spoke to me. There they
come !"
As she spoke a band of tramps turned
the same corner, evidently in high en
joyment of her terror.
"They begged," explained Lizzio,
"and I was so frightened. I never was
spoken to in the street before. I never
go alone only Dame Brown is sick in
the village, and wanted to see me."
Lord Pelham was very indignant. He
at first thought he would expostulate
with the coming tramps ; but feeling
how undesirable it would be on her ac
count, he contented himself with placing
her little trembling hand on his arm,
and casting fierce looks at them as he
passed.
"Never mind, Lizzie !" he said, when,
having turned the corner, they were out
of sight. "You don't feel frightened
now do you ?"
And he stood still and took both the
little shaking hands in his.
"Oli, no !" said Lizzie, looking straight
up into his face, and then at last he
saw the eyes, the deep violet eyes, swim
ming in tears, with their child-like look
of trust and dependence. "I know you
will take care of me."
"Lizzio!" said his lordship, impulsively-
"Lizzie, I want you to let me
always take care of you. Be my wife,
Lizzie my dear little wife."
"Oh!" said Lizzie, drawing her
hands away suddenly. "You can't mean
it, I am so very plain !"
However, ho convinced her that he
did mean it, and the- world has long
forgotten that Lady Pelham was ever
considered "so plain."
"She has such lovely eyes, you
know," Mrs. Grundy says. Tho rest of
her face is of no importance whatever !
Fortunes Picked Up.
Up on the ledge, last week, three men
in one day pounded out twenty-nine
pounds of gold. For many days the
yield has been about, the same, and
there seems to be no sign of their giv
ing out. Downieville (Cal.) Messenger.
At 1 o'clock this afterroon John
Robar and Eli Worthington uncovered
a three and one-half foot vein of rich
mineral, six feet from the surface, in
the northern outskirts of the city. An
assay shows the oro to contain sixty per
ceut. of lead and forty-five ounces in
silver. From 1 o'clock until i
o'clock, the hour of writing, between
six aud eight tons of this rich mineral
was put on the dump. The lead is solid
and in place. The city is wild with
excitement, and hundreds of people
have visited the wonderful discovery.
Bonanza (Col.) Enterprise.
Sr. H. Diaz Pena, who arrived in Tuc
son, Arizona, from Mexico, recently,
brought with him probably the most
splendid specimen of silver ore that has
ever been seoa in that section. In
weight thero are about twenty-eight
ounces of pure silver and a half ounce
of quartz. The mine from which this
is taken is located in tho State of Sina
loa, about one hundred miles southeast
from Alamos, in Sonora. It was 're
cently discovered by a mere accident.
A vanquero was riding over the moun
tains in search of stray cattle, when his
attention was attracted by a large
boulder, which appeared unusually rich
in metal. Upon examination it proved
to contain several thousand dollars iu
silver. It was taken to tho mint at
Hermosillo aud sold for upward of
3,000. Three brothers named Berrey
essa purchased tho mine, and in one
week they extracted more than 828,000
womi of the same kind of quartz.
Suicides from High Places.
Tho first attempt to commit suicide
on the NewYork elevated railroad was
made a few days ago by a young woman
who threw herself trom a station plat
form in front of an approaching
train. In the largo cities of the world
the high places accessible to the public
have come to be utilized for the pur
pose of suicide. Many persons bent on
self-destruction have leaped from the
parapet of the nigh Bridge acqueduct
across the Harlem river, and have been
killed by the fall of over a hundred
feet. Superstitious laborers engaged
about the pumping-house have told
stories of phantom shapes Hitting along
tho capstones of the masonry on moon
light nights, or ascending the flights of
stairs without stepping ; and it is told
of one of the men that though his work
ing hours ceased at 2 o'olock in the
morning, he would never cross the
bridge to his Tiome till after daylight.
Since a drunken man leaped from above
the keystone of the central arch, and
lived to resume his occupation of fish
ing from the neighboring wharf, which
exploit has been followed by descents
in safety by two or three venturous per
sons, the place has been abandoned for
purposes of suicide, as offering, perhaps
too many chances of failure. After the
Brooklyn bridge shall have been oom-
Eleted, it will, unless closely watched
y guards, offer facilities for suicide
which cannot fail to attract those who
may be tired of life.
A half dollar for 1807 is worth seventy-five
cents. A five-cent piece of 1705,
in good condition, is worth one dollar.
Fifty-cent pieces for 1S13, 1819 and
1824 are worth sixty cents each. A
half cent for 1851 is worth eight cents
FOR THE LADIES.
Mexlcnn Society.
There exists no other society on the
planet, not even India, where there as
more distinction of caste and claas than
is found in Mexico. On the gulf coast,
by consequence of unfortunate amalga
mation of the white and the Indian ana
Chinese and the black races, there are
said to exist at least a dozen .separate
classes of humanity, of different color,
or, at least, of different characteristics.
In the capital such is jiot the case.
Thero are Castilians and Creoles, or chil
dren of Indian mothers and Spanish
fathers and full-blooded Indians. The
Creoles are noted for their intelligence,
their symmetry of form and feature and
their personal courage. Their com
plexion may bo said to resemble that of
the far-famed caballeros of Andalusia.
The males are tall and shapely, while
tho ladies are generally very beautiful,
are well formed, possess delicately
moulded hands and feet, and the most
beautiful eyes of any of the human
family. The belles of the south of
France, of the mountains and plains of
Spain, of the Sierras and coasts of Por
tugal and the famous cities of Italy,
must yield to their charming sisters of
the Latin republics in the beauty, shape,
size and expression of tho eyes. Iney
are so exceedingly expressive, a glance i
from between their low fringes seems
to melt into the very soul.
The Mexican ladies are exemplary
wives and fond and loving mothers.
Their home to them is their entire
world ; their husbands the idols of their
hearts, while their children are the an
gels which make their home their
heaven. Yet, strange to say, there is no
word in the Spanish language that can
express the idea conveyed in our dear
old hearty Anglo-Saxon word "home."
The nearest approach to it is found in
honor, which may be translated "heartn-
stone" or simply "hearth." Yet, not
withstanding this, the ties or family are
more binding in Mexican society than
among any other race under heaven.
The repentant outcast knows that he or
she can always return to the friendly
shelter of the family roof. While tho
prodigal son invariably finds the arms
of the indulgent and forgiving parents
open to receive him, for among the
Spanish Creoles "blood is thicker than
water," and tears which stream from a
mother's eyes have often wiped away
the stains of erring daughters' sin. In
Latin countries one false step is not so
oft in followed by a parent's curse, nor
the door shut to the return of one who
lias in the senseless parlance of society
irretrievably fallen. New Orleans Dem
ocrat. Fashion Notes.
Brown lace is used on light colored
silks.
Dragon green is a new shade of that
.jolor.
Ombre and Roman 6hort sashes are
worn.
"Teel" or apricot is the favorite shade
of pink.
China crape is imported for over
dresses. Open work and fancy braid hats are
the rage.
Black chenille forms part of the hand
some mantles.
On wedding slippers ivory heels are
the latest thing.
Dotted and flowered Swiss muslins
aro again very fashionable.
- Colored lace mitts in every style are
worn to match the costume.
The new almond coior is only a revi
val of the old cuir or leather color.
Buttons with jEsop's fables are .fit to
amuse tho children only not for dresses.
Black and white checked silk deck
handkerchiefs are worn with traveling
suits.
Tho nearer tho bangs and curls ewer
up the forehead the more fashionable is
the wearer.
Skirts of sea-grass cloth embroidered
in crewels are to bo worn at the seaside
this summer.
A befitting toilet constructed sim
ply and of plain goods is far more pleas
t . ii i i i i... ii. i-
ing man an eiegunt ureas uuuijr uiuuu
Lawn tennis costumes are made of
ecru or cream-colored batiste, brightened
by wide bayadere stripes in rich Oriental
colors.
Chantilly lace is worn over plaitings
of delicately tinted satin, intermixed
with poppies or fine soft flowers, for
dress hats.
Roses of pink or crimson, dark red
roses and dark red poppies are worn
with black, or cream colored satin or
Surah dresses.
Suits of checked linen in black and
white are almost as pretty as the
checked silks, and infinitely cooler for
evening dresses.
Black silk grenadines , in Mexican
grounds, have brocaded Lowers in black
plush, the leaves oeing outlined with
threads of gold or silver.
Amnnc the stuffs which have recentlv
come into fashion is linen luster, an oli
fashioned silky material worn in the
time of our grandmothers.
Olivette is the name of a new hat
which Wirns up all around, except just
over the right shoulder, where it bends
down very sharply. The trimming is
feathers.
New designs in jewelry are suggestive
of the land of the Nile. Egyptian and
Cesnola designs prevail. The asp, the
lotus leaf, and the Nile key are patterns
much worn.
Wreaths of delicaU roses, ending in
fine sprays of rose leaves and moss buds,
are worn under the oddly curved .brims
of the stylish and picturesque Spanish
1UUUU X1UIB. .
Mother Hubbard cloaks for little
girls are gathered in such a way that a
mfHe stands mit above tlia voke. The
effect is quaint and odd but not by any
means pretty. '
Ginghain.VJrbcl.8 - fo'f' little girls are
plaited from the neck to about half the
distance between the belt and then al
lowed to fall, loose. ThtrrruWfwgis
Hamburg edging. '
Thin silk scarfs bordered with deep
chenille fringe and woven in embossed
figures are to be worn for wraps with
muslin gowns. They are to be found
in all the pale tints.
The graceful little bags of tinted silk
to be suspended from the belt or girdle
are called "gipcieres."
The Greek polonaise is worn by half
grown girls. Some dressniakqr;3 give it
the Marguerite sleeve, and the result is
a garment that looks as if it had dropped
together by accident.
One of Worth's new polonaises.
the front cut away like a waistcoat," and
the sides faced and foldevnck, with
cascades of lace down each one and
about the lower edge of the waistcoat.
A new hat made in Italy and on exhi
bition at Milan is all in one piece, retains
its shape perfectly on the head, and can
bo sat on without sustaining a wrinkle.
It would be a good theater hat on a
"crush" night. , - .4.--.
Very pretty is the mode of adorning
flat bonnets with a bunchy torsade of the
bright striped silk, and overlaying the
crown by a square oi crochet gimp
pinned down cornerwise to form aMarie
Stuart peak in front.
An English bride went to the altar the
other day attended by five bridemaids
dressed in primrose satin looped up with
bouquets and trails of scarlet camellias
and primroses, and yefr'the English are
"quiet" in their tastes.
The latest novelty in fans was brought
from the Orient, and is called the Am
phora. They are very unique in shape,
without handles, and aro made up in
silk and satin, with feather trimmings
and artistio designs painted in colors.
The Mother Hubbard gowns for little,--'
girls are economical, for no sash is" worn
with them and they are easily made.
All materials are used for these little
costumes, even muslins and ginghams
being fashioned in tho quaint old style.
A style of hair-dressing, is the fashion
of cutting the hair short from temple
to temple and curling it in short heavy
rings all over the crown of the head
The remainder of the hair is twisted in
a Grecian coil low in the nape of th
neck.
Hoop earrings are very popular. One
variety shows a roll of Etruscan gold
forming a plain, medium-sized hoop,
but ending at the ear in the head of a
savage little tiger with ruby eyes and
open jaws. The new jewelry seems to
be dimmed with the mold of a thousand
years.
Fancy jewels play an important part
in modern toilets. No scarf, tie or bow
of any kind is now worn without being
fastened with some sort of brooch.
Most of these brooches are in the form
of insects, butterflies, lady birds, snails,
and even spiders, although the latter
have not obtained the vogue that was
predicted them.
Arab Oddities.
An Arab entering a house removes his
shoes, but not hia hat. Ho mounts his
horse upon the right side, while his
wife milks the cow upon the left side.
Writing a letter, he puts nearly all the
compliments on the outside. With him '
the point of a pin is its head, while its
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be wrapped up warm, even in the sum
mer, while his feet may well enough go
naked in winter. Every article of
merchandise which is liquid, he weighs,
but measures wheat, barley and a few
other articles. He reads and writes
from right to left. He eats scacrely any
thing for breakfast, about as much for
dinner, but after the work of tho day is
done, sits down to a hot meal swimming
in oil, or better yet, boiled butter. His
sons eat with him, bat the females of
his house wait till his lordnhip is done,
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wife walking behind. He laughs at the
idea of walking in the street with his
wife, or of ever vacating his seat for a
woman. He knows no use for chairs,
tables, knives, forks, nor even fpoons,
unless they are wooden ones. Bed
steads, bureaus'and fireplaces may be
placed in the same category. If he be
an artisan he does work sitting, perhaps
using his teet to hold r ' at his handu
are engaged upon. Drin s cold water
with a sponge, but never bathes in it un
less his home be on the sea-shore. Is
rarely seen drunl too seldom speaks the
truth is deficient in affection for his
kindred has little curiosity and no imi
tation no wish to improve his miad
no desire to surround himself with the
comforts of life.
Telegraph Lines.
At the close of the year 1880 thei
were in the United States 170,103 miles
of telegraph lines, and during that year
33,155,991 messages were sent. The
miles of wire were about 300,000. This
does not include the lines used exclu
sively for railroad business. The other
countries having the greatest length of
lines are as follows: Russia, 66,170
miles ; Germany, 41,131 ; France, 3t5,
970 ; Austria-Hungary, 30,403 ; AuHtra
lia, 26,842 ; Great Britain, 23,15(3 ; Brit
ish India, 18,209 ; Turkey, 17,085 ; and,
Italy, 15,864, " .