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THE MlDDLKliUKGII TOST.
T. O. IIAKTER, Eiinon and Tko'r.
MH'hl.Klit l.f.lt. I'A.. .W. 1,1 SHS.
fanndi Is mad becauso the Mormoni
re Siti'iinir there.
There nro lr.it fourteen Catholics In
tin 1'nitcd Mates House of Pcpicscnta
tives.
India, Central Aii nrd China product
about one-sixth of tin- Sift.OOi) tons il
tlii' world's nnntial wool clip.
Au A iiicric in company ha Irnci)
Ahonkir l!a.- from tin; F.gyptlnn Govern
rent to grow oysters tin rein.
New York hn found it necesiry t
Increase tlie taxes, nnd it in now
on tin; sl'C, nnil I hi'.ailolpliiu has 1 nc
likc.v.se and increased to -fi. 'J on il'M.
liven .Tcru-nicin in in ti e ti;nc!crnth
century swim, nnd lint 11 real estate
b om. 1 mid in it the city Inn pint' up
tiv I.iin I red jiff cent, within the last
l?w yt an.
Th" greatest shooting ever done in a
sing c day wan liy F ord Walmlnghaiii mi
lii i tiinor recently. 1 1 k i . ! 1 1,0"is
grume in thirteen h mra, there belli."
forty drivers.
The I'nitcl Statu in nt ' the only land
whore tko . port n ti i t y to servo one's
country is . luxury that politicians are
wiling t pay for. The ( finite do Pari
announces tint In; will spend $l,tWi,iM)U
at 1 In? net general election in Franco.
Any hook of poem which has the word
"tyrant" in it (intiot pass thu Russian
frontier. The Car thinks it a direct
hit at him. An 1" nirli-.li 1mh!v wm la'.ely
tabooed because it hid the sentence,
"liod s free iiir." All the nir iu Pussia
lu'loti jr to royu'ty.
Cheese from New Zealand, according
to the Am iti'iiii ('ullir.i,'"; is supplant
planting considerable ipi.tntitics of
Ainerican and Canadian chec-o in iirit
ish markets. This is an important factor
in refill at in price, and partly aci ouuts
for lower prices in F.ngluud this season.
Much of our American produ t is t'jo
soft, mushy and open. Too much moist
ure is left in it to command high keep-in-;
quulitics or the hest market prhe.
The American Cultivator says : "Thosa
immigrants from Kuropo who return to
their old homes are rarely satisfied. Lift)
in this country, with its larger opportu
nities for improvement nnd enjoymen.,
it so much superior that it over-balances
the possible cheapness with which the
bare neccssat ies of custenen can bo pur
chased in foreign lands. The immigrant
accustomed to our modes of lifo cannot
restrict himself totheclo-e penurious
ncss in which his early years were spent
If he tries to lhe ns well as he lived in
this country, he usually funis that it
3'jtU ua tuuch nnd sometimes mora."
THE MYSTIO SIOJ.
fl gorznous poppy, of rich rnow
Show us the vsy to Sleepy Town.
Bnhy must ko he's tired of piny;
Ilut yet I think we have mimed the way."
Thon tranquilly up and down
Yavrd the flower of rich renown,
And softly It soemnl to ray,
"This way this way this way
Is the way to 81eepy Town."
"O ripening wheat, all goMnn brown,
Show us the way to Sleepy Town.
Ilow shall wo find where tno starlight Rlnnms,
On tho City of Slwp in the Land of Dreams"
Then soothingly up and down
Went the wheat, all golden brown,
An I whisttcring scctiie 1 to say,
'This way this way this way
Is the way to Sleepy Town."
'O lit'lo on-. with curly crown,
Hav yru learnol the way to Weepy Town,
U heru faililefit music, and Si(test liht,
An I swittst lilosoms enrtiant the nightr'
Hieti drowsily npand d wu
Vent tli't iM-antilut curly crown,
Vi'U le 111 i t,ml eyet seerne I to say,
"This way this way this way
Is the ny to Nli-cpy Town.''
-iiii-ra 1! tinnleiid in Hit. Nicholas.
People who nie always lookin! lor tho
treasure buric.'i by jiirntrs never Ktop to
wonder, rem irks tho Detroit t'rv V -i,
where they had a chance to rako in big
liauls. In thu days of pirates a doen
captircd pirate .iiiK wouldn't pan out
enough caili to but up u good corner
t'occry.
A co'ore 1 man by the name of Puss,
who was lately convicted of murder iu
t.'ie fir-t degr"0 and sentenced to bo
hanged at Praiidenburg, Ky., was
granted a new trial on the ground that
he had not bmn convicted by a jury of
his peers. The:e was no colored man uu
the try that tried him.
The tn-to for realism is extending,
observes tho t'ummercitl .lr ril r. In
Nova Scotia the other day three small
boys, under eight years all of them,
bound and gagged another email boy
tad proceeded to play "killing pig" so
successfully that they cut his throat
fatally to get the proper Ilow of biood.
I. ord Wolscley says that ono of the
nraest men ho ever knew is Lieutenant
tiencral Sir !crald (iralium, V. ('., who
was in chief command at thu battle of
Teb, iu Africa, i.ralmm is several
inches over nix feet iu height, and rather
indolent physically. Many limes Wolse
ley lias seen him endanger his lifo rather
than take a few extra steps in feafety.
One lfafael, a wcathcr-bcatan gypsy,
tj&s petitioned the Kmperor of Austr a to
allow him to bo invented with thu
sovereignty of all gypsies everywhere,
olTeriug to show incontcstitbly his descent
from that Pharaoh who would not let
Israel go, and also, if his petition be
granted, to make the gypsies ceaso from
vagrancy and becotnu serviceable t iti-tens.
The latest suggestion concerning tho
origin of yclow fever cornea from I)r
Galbier, a l'rttich physician. He believes
that thu disease is analogous to cholera;
that it flourishes only under peculiar con
dition of race, climate and temperature,
and that its liibt cause is the develop
ment of microbe in the intestines. He
ha received a commi&s'oa from the
French Government to go to Florida
and study tho discuso.
AN UMBRELLA'S STORY.
"Arcthusa," interrupted Adolphut,
very deep and very atrong, and he did n't
look at ad limp now, "you are going too
far ; I shall have to ask you to take that
back."
"That 1 altogether decline to do,"
replied Arcthu-a; "it was cowardly to
nsk me to ride when yon did n't know
how to manage tho machine."
Now, if Adolhus had observed femi
nine nature of the round and rosy kind
as closely ns I have, ho would have held
his tongue, for he would have seen tho
two tears just trembling on the wink of
Aric's eyelids, nnd known tho troublo
wns nearly ended: but being only an
exasperated man, ho said very coldly:
"Since that is your opinion, Miss Ander
sou, I will relcaso you from atl promises
to me, ns you would hardly care to bo
tio I to a cownrd for life."
'oh, thanks, very much," responded
Ario as sweetly and calmly as if she wns
accepting a glass of water; "it is very
kind of you to think of it," and ho
busied herself removing a bit of mud
from her dress. The sudden change of
voice and expression made my head
wim (although I had seen the two tears
dropi, nnd it evidently did Ado'phu,
for lie looked puzlcd, although his tones
were still frigid ns ho iniUircd: "Do
you prefer to walk home, Miss Ander
son, or will yoti trust yourself ngniu to
the tricycle nnd my mellicicnt hand.
"This la the mischief to pay," said he;
"my crank will make it hot for me if I
don't make a better job than this." And
he turned me thoughtfully over and over
In hla hands.
"There ia no use to try and glue that
up; thore'll just have to bo a new head,
nnd 1 know where there is the very
thing, at my neighbor's, tho pawn
broker's, on that broken cane that I aaw
there tho other day, that will bo just the
stylo to auit my dude customer,"
I felt this to be a fatal move, for how
would the cane hand ever accommodate
himself to his reversed position in life,
and by the time my would be friend
came am' ding back I was thoroughly de
pressed, although I realized at the first
glance that my new head was mu"h
handsomer than the old: and in spite of
the fact that we were regularly joined
together by a massive gold ring, nothing
could change my foreboding that the
union would never be a happy ono.
Promptly on tho following morning
Adolphus called and hastened with me
to tho nbodo of tho fair Arethusa who
received mc with delight, and expressed
her admiration in most eloquent terms,
saying: ".lust fancy! and how awfully
jolly I" (Oh, yes, she waa very I'nglish in
deed!) a great many times in oil her
choicest tones. 'I Ids, of course,
was very soothing to my feelings,
but I was not long nllowe I to Imsk in
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT MTKflATimrc FOU
FKMINIXK UUADER9.
".ih, I think it would bo b.ttcr to rido tho honeyed words, for pickhicking was
rtY IIAIiltlf'.T I. A WHO.
( lothcd in rags too dilapidated to be
railed p tiireMuo or even artistic, with
broken ribs ami warped buck-bone, It is
no wonder that I lost my head; am nil
through the abominable tastu of Arethusa
and Adolphus, who those "the King's
highway' and a tricycle on which to
murmur swe -t nothings instiad of the
vine-covered porch or summer house of
good old fa-luoiied tunes. Adolphus
was leaning so much to our side that ho
appeared to bo "nil out of drawing,"
w hile Arcthua's ear wns of tho brightest
rose pink and her left dimple in full
play; moreover, rdio was perfectly uncon
scious that the kiinheams had undisputed
possession of her lair fucp, nnd were sure
to abuse, th' ir mlvniit ige by a shower of
freckles upon her ilrcciau nose.
In vain the wind tugged nt me and I
tugged at Adolphus. 1 Iu would not bo
Warned, nnd tho lesult wns a mingling of
g rlish sluieks mid stiong tuascuiinc
language, and a general upset condition.
As for me, I was so completely crushed
that had it not been for the hab t of a
lib t in. c 1 should never have hail the
energy to observe ami co nnuiit isotto
voce) as usual; "What fools lhoc mortal
be.'
Adolphus sprang promptly to his feet,
very red, very much inoit lied, very
anxio:s to lind somebody or s imelhing
to blame hes des his own carelessness.
And there, peeping out through the
big w heels, complete y caged, sat .Vic
tims i, looking as sweet mid ipiietlnow
tiiat .she had found terra tirnia) us a
"sucking dove."
"Tho wretched machine! my poor
(larlingl thai honid umbrella! Are you
fcuro you aie not hurt J A screw loose!
A hole in the horrid road! 1 shall never
forgive my-elf il you uro hurt!" cx
cluimed Adolphus nil in a breath.
"Jbit 1 am not in tho least injured,"
lisped thecnged pigeon sweetly, "and if
I had been, it never could have been
your fault; it was just some weak spot
in the machino, just an unavoidable ac
cident that no one could help."
"How sweet it is t f you to sny so,"
cried Adolphus, going to work at iiiov
ing the turned over tr cycle; "but I shall
not huve a second's peace till I see you
on your feet iga n ; then, if you nally
are miliar , ed 1 cinnot be altogether
mrry for the accident, for it has bhowu
the e.iiiislte amiability of your d s-po-pion
iu all its perlection. I don't
believe there is a girl in a thousand, no,
nor in the world, that would h ive
borne such u trial without losing her
tcmp'T."
This style of conversation proved so
agreeable to both parties concerned that
it would doubtless have been indefinitely
prolonged, but Adolph is finally moved
the wheels and disclosed to the view of
the amiable prisoner the crushed remains
ot tier new heliotrope hat 1 Then, indeed. I
caiiiu a change o'er her mobile face; the I
features shut pencil, a stony glare Idled i
her liouid eyes, there was a perceptible
sullen ing ot tho whole frame, and the
titraightost, Unlest, tallest up rising that
lever liehc.d in my 1 1 to. V hen she hud
finally reached her highest noasibilitv.
she inquired in a voice not loud, but us
ch ar uud cold us cut glass; "Will you
be kind enough to toll me, Mr. PadcliHe,
what that oiijcct isr
I uin sine I iloii t know." said ho
with one puzzled look at her (hanged
aspect, and another att ho object unh
ealed, going a stop nearer as the truth
Hashed upon him, hut unfortunately on
the nni icrous sMc.
"Why, Ario," he shouted between
peals ol laughter, "it's it's your uew
but." And crushed, buttered and ut
terly demolished, ho presented it for
nearer inspection, winch p.oved quite
too much f'r Arie's cool dignity.
"You meant, uiiii cling creature," sho
burst out, "to spoil my hat, and you
had no business to tip that tricycle over.
Do you suppose 1 would have risked
that hat if I had known you were ex
perimenting (Jh, yes! it may le a
laughing matter to you, very amusing,
doubtless! but are you aware that that
hat came from Paris; not only that, but
it was made to order to match my suit,
and not till this very morning did 1 re
ceive it.'
Long before sho had finished, Adol
phus was feeling remarkably Imp.
"Hut Ario but, my dear," ho expostu
lated, "you know it was all an accident;
don't you tli.nk you are a little unrea
sonable;' What is it all about I"
"1 thought I had expla nod with suf
ficient clearness what it was all about,"
with a return of dignity, liut a glance
at tho wrecked splendor freed her tongue
again.
"1 dare say it would give you pleusurr,
yes, actual pleasure, to see mu make u
guy of myself by wearing a hat that
didn't match this suit I but I won't, air!
No! I'll burn the suit first."
"Aiethusa, don't bo a goose, and all
about a hat, too!" nnd Adolphus now
looked distressed enough to auit the
most exacting lair lady. Put not Are
thusa, for there were teais in her eyes,
ami my observation bus taught mo that
those tears niu fall before the temper
lull lui
Ilow f'.aro yoi ,11 ma names; I tell
you it u a uiein, contemptible, cow
ardly "
since the tricycle is he c; it would fcein
n p ty t get all heated nnd dusty from
the walk, don't you think?" Ti.cti
drawing a blue silk handkerch'cf from
her pocket, she tripped up to Adolphus
ami oborved iu the most, matter-of-fact
way possible, "Would you mind, Mr.
Padcliife, ,ust tyl g this under my chin;
tho ends are so short I can't get nttheuiF
I inn sorry to troublo you. but I'm nfraid
I shall take cold if 1 rido with nothing
on my head."
"ies. certainly," answered Adolphus,
awkwardly, and ho tried still more awk
wardly to tie a knot under tho remark
ably pretty chin that was held up for tlio
purpose. Tho eyelashes were down, so
lie had nn nmplo opportunity to observe
that it wis a remarkably pretty chin,
with iiitu an unusually alluring assort
ment id dimples around the corners of
the mouth, nnd somehow, as ho looked,
the clouds passed away from his face,
and holding thu blonde head straight to
ward him in d veiy firmly by the ki..:
he had succeeded in making, ho sa.d
gently: "Arie, would you mind looking
at me."
" Mi, net the lent in tho world," was tha
demure answer, "only tho sun hurts my
eyes."'
" tuition is a very excellent trnit." he
nnsweicd dryly, "but I do not know
that I ever knew it to develop so sud
denly. mi ni ght shield your eyes with
your hands if you are ready afra.d of
permanent blindness."
"Why, surely," cried Arie, "you al
ways are so full of resource in an emer
gency,'' nnd covering both pink palms
over a pinker face, she looked nt him
with an expression of infantile admira
tion so bright and warm that it would
almost dry a wet umbrella 1 At all events.
Adolphus was not proei against it, and
a simultaneous burst of laughter broke
from them that startled tho robins in
tho branches overhead, which suggested
to A Jolphus that ho should secure tho
peripiisites that belonged to the occasion
iicforo any further interruption oc
curred. This having been satisfactorily ar
ranged ho asked : ".Now, tell mo frankly.
A lie, nrcu t you n little bit ashamed to
break your engagement forsucna trillof"
' -"I '' sho exclaimed. "I break an en
gagement', who would ever suspect me
; (d such a thing. I've uluajs been t Might
I that man was a dangerous nnimnl und it
was dangerous to contradict hbii w hcri
' he was in earnest. Hi sides," sho added,
still m ro meekly, "it might lead to a
iiarrel."
"Well," said Adolphus, highly pleased
witu tins sa ly, "1 suppose 1 snail
' ju-t fool enough to get you,
sphinx as you are," and ' ho
j seated her on tho tricyclo ns
' caiefully ns if she had been a Dresden
1 china shepherdess; and thus for tho tirst
i time his eyes dropped upon mo where I
j lay in tho g .tier, wondering what
(jiiality of tho inasi ulino mind was that
i which led him to prefer to be inado a
' fool of in this was I
I "That umbrella is past nil usefulness," I
i ho observed indilTereutly ; "we'll just!
leavo it where it is "
Hut Arethusa did not think ao. fdio !
wanted mo 1 us a memento of their first !
falling out." So I was brought a'ong
forthwith und enjoyed the privilege of
listeumg to various plans for my restora
tion to strength and beauty, besides n
great deal of conversation qmtu too deli
cate to bear pen and ink !
Thu nest morning 1 waa handed over
to thu tender mercies of an umbrella sur
geon, and Ida facu was certainly a study
as ho cvumined me. My fractured ribs,
my warped baekbono, nnd generally
broken up condition, eviduntly made a
great impression upon him, for, ud.ust
ing his glasses, hi; looked scarchingly at
Adolphus and asked dryly: "You didn't
make a ni stako and bring tho wrong
umbrella, did you? This isn't worth
mending."
"Possibly I'm the best judgo of that,"
with fits most lordly air.
the order of the day, and I was immeili-
utcly cadi d into rcpiidtinn nnd my
troubles began. At the first whill of
w ind my head tnadu n violent elTort to
re-utno Ids natural position nnd drair my
pretty dre s iu tho dust, tin elTort which
1 resented nnd strained every bono to
prevent: and in the commotion that en
sued there was another hat catastrophe;
but this t mo it was Mr. I'nd.-lifTo who
wai tho sulTerrr. and much diversion
his antics nlTorded us, ns ho ambled
nnd leaped, nnd a rambled and climbed
back and forth on n stonn wall in his
pursuit of it, nnd made h msolf generally
ridiculous in full view of his lady-love,
ns sho stood cool ni d serene in the rosy
shade, which, in my gratitude for hold
ing mo firmly aloft, I shed over her in
profusion. 1 nni sorry to bo obliged to
state that his race was enlivened by oc
casional breezy expressions, to which
Arethusa und 1 politely closed our cars.
"Why, my dear," said the sweetly,
when, red und disgusted he rejoined us
bearing captive the muddy hat, "I nm
nfrniil so much exercise must have fa
t gued you so soon after brr.akfast."
Tho words were sympathetic enough,
but unfortunately there was a full
blown twinkle in her eyes utterly nt va
riance with them, and it wi,s this that
Adolphus'sipiicli glum o took in ut once,
and to this he respond d irritably, "Oh,
1 ijuite ur derstand ; I daro say you de
liberately pushed my hat oil with that
detestable umbrella for the mko of see
ing me make myself ridiculous."
"Why, Dolphy! how can you sny such
things! I'm sure it. w-us very pretty to
see you play with tho wall so nicely. I
had no idea you were so ngi e!"
Dolph's vanity was touched to tho
quick now.
"ih, 1 dare sav you would havo been
equally diverted if I had fallen and
broken my neck," ho returned ucridly.
Sinco that is your opinion,"' mimick
ing very successfully his manner of the
previous day. "I vdvu you back all prom
ises, ns you would hardly caru to be
bound for lifo to a murderess!" Then
she remarked ub-cntly : "And all about
a hat, too!"
Then it was that I appreciated tho full
meaning of the saying that "two is a
company and three is none," for thoso
two ungrateful wret lies a. 'reed to call
poor inolleiisivo vv the sour o of nil dis
agreement, nnd between them left mo
without a shred of character, actually
deciding to do without my protection
for ull tune.
"Put we'll keep it to lend to trouble
some callers," and with this pleasant
be ' I"'osPl'rt before me I was returned to the
umbrella stand with u bung: Amen an
Muga:me.
Thabr Has Gone to School.
The haby has cone to school; ah, me!
Wbnt will the mother do, (
With never a call to button or pin,
Or tie a little shnef
How can she kep herself busy all lny
AVth the little hindering thing ' away I
Another basket to fill with lunch,
Another 'kox! bye" to sav,
Anl the mother stands at the door to see
Her bsby march awav;
And turns with a siRh that Is hslf relief,
And half a something akin to grief.
She thinks of n nosslhle future morn,
AVhen the chil lnn. one bv on.
Will go from their home out into the world,
Tnb-ittle with life alone.
And not even the bnhv le left to cheer
The desolate home ot that future year.
She picks up garments here nnd there,
Thrown lon in r-iress Imsie;
And tries to think hnw It would seem
If nothing were displa"ed ;
If the house wer.- alwi.ys as still as this,
How eouU she bear the loneiinessf
Graphic.
Married Cuban Itrtnln the Maiden
Xnnio.
In Cuba a married woman novcr loses
hcrnini icn name. After marriage sho
adds l.er husband's nnmo to her own. In
being spoken of she is always called by
1 cr Christian nnd maideu names. To a
stranger it is ften quite a task to find
out whose wife a woninn is. Ncier
nt
tr wto,
nut .,'
times, and the women'
are too small to bo montn
tcrs from the summer
ran console thomselves with the f
.tl IL. 1 . . .. 1 i
an me croons ana snarps in the tov
are not intently perusing such J
concerning them, and laying p,
niiurr lueiu u,nmonuics. EOnieJ
at these summer resorts, who rirrtl
tunes aoout witn them in their
cases, are extremely reckless in iki-
of them, and send coid shivers do-
notei cierK's spine uy coming slrcvJ
midnight, dropping one hundred' J
sand dollars' worth of prrclou, A
on ino acsK and maxing oil i)efote J
stop to sec whether he is looking or J
One bold snatch, on these oiv.,
would make a hotel thief comforJ
ior inc. i no ricn cottagers, hu
arc more rnrerui. 1 hey are awart j
iney are Known an ovor the en ,
nnu mo vaiue oi tneir gems aiTu-l
legistcrra in Durgtars' note boolo I
so iney take proper precautions. J
all have heavy burjrlnr and fir.
tafes net into the wall of their I e U
V.:. .. .1- i .... . I
mitt iiiuir ivsuj JM'nsussionS Sr I
posited there every night. Mrs. ft I
Astor and .Mrs. Ogdeti (Joclct both
aiarms attacnea to mo safes in i
no..doirs, so that thu slightest .j
tamper with tho do r will li t j
noiso that cnu bo heard (
nnd is cnlculntid to induce
otis prostration in even tl.t
est piue.-e.-. wiien nny 0f
Astors, aniierullts, intlirops,
lards, or Van dciisselaeis travel. .
is sent by their jeweler tc
courier
h...r.n., tl. ii .it...i i.. ,i. i '..i,. ...i.. ,,lc,r "'amonus, nnu, ue is ,c1
7"" " J, . ""' , fr their snf.i deliverv. He
name, one naturally nssociatcs them to
gether. The children take the name of
both parents, but place the mother's
ha me after tho lather's. Wvmaa't Jour
nal. .
fir
abroad Willi them, it lieinir hi, , i
to g i to tho rafc deposit comp.iiiv
receipt for tho ..cwels, seo them ',,
tl.o ( aptnin's sale ahor.rd the r
take, them out on the other
get a receipt from tho l.oinlour
u inker who lias them in charge
owiicis remain .11 I urope. ' ,
men. however, w. 11 not trust ti.
treasured jewels to tho hands of
detective, and their methods of
Th. nirmtresfl of fashion
llut.drcds of orders given to Paris
houses forsticet, dinner and ball dresses
have been countermanded from tho
Initcd Mates. The reason is this:
t i 1 ""r? ,0l7tfM"V CovcT ! Uy transporting them are as v
land hold the sceptre of fashion, and , ' lv ,,.,!; m,.,.,,,,,..
iihs In her last tour in New Kng'nnd
showed herself on nil public occasion
without a bustle. That sceptre has long
ims-cd from tho imperial and royal class.
Who now thinks of dressing bko nny
Queen or Kmpress you can numof Tho
last crowned dictuticss of tho modes
was tho Kmpress Kugenie, and sho was
an upstart. l.oudo i Truth.
I-iixurious Toilet.
Toppua, Xero's Queen, bathed in
asses' milk, nnd kept :ioo of tho loud
voiced animals to insure n supply. Jose
phine improved on her p an by "pouring
the milk, boil. ng hot over violets, and
bathing in it when ust blood warm.
Ilut tin d rri luxury goes beyond even
that, und ifrand dames now powder their
faces with toe concentrated soul of luis
s.hii iobts, and supply their luck of
bins it's withill the old recipes of .iuon
and wiih tho led of Provence roses, or
tint their lips carmine with tho blood of
the pomcgnuinto. I.uclos, and that later
fair, tho Pompadour, nro revived nnd !
brought into use. 1S0 tho woman of to
day. if she bo but artist enough to use
without abusing these good gifts, may '
hold up to her mirror a long improve
ment on nature, while dccieoitudn. rrmv I
hair and wrinkles are sent at leasttwenty ; vored to trim black and gravpl
jrcurs xo me rear. vuiituuircitU AUetr- j fcoltnnisued antique brocade I
queer ns only feminine methods
.Mrs. I'aran Mcvens, who is n,
not original, carries thounmi
lars' w orth of bin dug genis din.
brown paper paiccl an t tint
white cotton string. Her u -that
thieves would never sup c
sua ny a looking oiimiic, 1
fastened into a shawl strap, u,
while carrying nwny. Mr. Hi
whoso cous n, by tho way,
eve of mairiavo with a 1 rem;,
transports ihat superb out :
thousand dollar necklace ami
ter of n million worth of di.i"
chamois belt about her va
Hratlley Martin has some dear ,
stones that sho Used to carry ,n
silk-covered hair jeshio 1 tl .
her ns a bu.tle. Now that I.
disappearing, sho will be ohliL-
vide a new hiding plnce. .b 1
I'nsliion Notes.
Onyx is given a dead finish!
ing.
Cashmoro colors aro a new fl
millinery.
A combination belt buckle 1
laiuo is among the novelties.
btcel bead passmentcrn s 1
in combination,
drcscs.
Thu fashionable
and also
tints of '
ISeitn Lore.
Tho flowering beans wcro anciently
supposed to give out a perfume that
made men light-headed; heme, when a
person seemed unusually silly, thu ex
pression used of li i 111 was: "llcaiis are
in flower." Another saying connected
with beans was: "i gni gruuo ha la sua
semolu" "livery bean has its bluck, "
that is its black eye. This was cqmvuleut
to saying: "l.very person has hi
fault."
beans havo nltvaya had something
mysterious connected with them ever
1 siuco tlio days when rimy wrote 01
I ytliagoras's rule against eating them,
"tliHt beans contain tho souls of the
dead." And long ugo in tho city of
Pome the priests said that tho dark
line on bean blossoms were letters.
Still tho modern mind is doubtful ns to
the success of the said priests in reading
such nlphubct. liut the lar.d of mys
terious beans wo Pgypt, where the
priests dared not look upon the vege
table. To Pope Kuticianus is attributed "the
blessyngo of benes upon the aultar," and
the ghosts of the dead were appeased by
tho Koinans, during tho I einuriu, by
throwing beans on the tire of tho altar
every other night for three times.
And an ancient Popish houk, of 1 ),
Female Chivalry In Now Yorlc
It is much the fashion with tho chean creeu. red and urav. in invria.
wits of tho day, observes thu New York j variations.
Com -;.;! in, to Btieot at chivalry as some- i N'ew black woolens intc
thing compounded of whim ond scare- ! mourning wear havo criuki
crow. And thereby they demonstrate like crape,
both their own dense ignorance nnd the Among tho recently imp r
grcui noeu mere is lu tlio world for tho ties iu jewelry we note a tiuy.
thing they so decry. 1 or chivalry in cs- , iu fun shape.
cuco is, not us iney would make it out
a tanmstical gallantry, but consideration
of the strong for tho wea', the youthful,
the hy.ipy, tho 1 rosperous for tho ugod,
the Unplaced, ftiu poor. A pretty de
monsiivtiou it camo off on a ."sixth
avenue elevated car tho other afternoon.
Tho car was wofully crowded, as usual,
when it steamed up to Park place, and
among tho passengers who stjuee ed on
wus a thin elderly woman, with a hard.
sour, grumpy mce, ycta pitiful tremor of , furnished by tho fa-h'onail.
hands that belied her delimit countenance, with all tho "confections" tL'
Miestraggiea up tlio aisle, iUito hopclu-s
of anythiug more than u strap ta which
sho might cling, but ,11st ns the car was
fairly iu m ,tion a girl with tho face of an
angel, tho gown of a Paris. an, and a
jiackiigo of bon-bon?', worth their weight
111 nickel. Stood HIV tail mill utrnirlr mill
fair, nud with n kintliu .S.r .1... be silver, the other a copp f
poor battered creature into her vacant gold, and a fourth oxidizea
seat, while a do.cn inon young, strong,
healthy nnd unburdened, lolled uiid
stared at her in uuabashed ease.
imp i
shapt
Korrings in form of stirrupl
set with dirmonds, tho other
phires, are a novelty.
Drop d'Alma is nn old f.ir
is revived among tho nutunia
all tho fashionable shades.
Various shades of gray-gre:l
blue are conspicuous in tlm '
portatious of dress fabrics.
Hons and muffs to mat
i Alpenstocks, suggOslinstl j
mcr season, are noiv made
1 tor the decoration of the hi I
becomiuga sort of museum.
Linked sleevo buttons '
senibling coupled colTeo Ij
Xo Moro Hustles.
The flat of fashion lias irono forth that
bustlvs shall be banished from the toilets
Coats for the street, ja kf
wraps in beaver cloth, i-
worn in red, terra cotta,
golden brown, marine blue.
Diroctoire styles havo sj.'
tho fore, and broad lappin.' 1
waistcd evening bodice m'' I
of tlio fair sex, ut which thu unfair sex street wear, will bo a fi
juoiess to uo rejo.ciug merrily, "i here I season
All right, ull right, sir; if you don't i Rnv8 f gomo tmcmoiiy to wnich beans
mind paying twite as much ns you
would for a uew one, I'm sure l'vo no
objection to put my work on it." And
then followed a dis .ussion as to my
dress anil e prpincnts; thut was intensely
interesting to mc, lor 1 knew how much
depended upon it. If some delicate
color wcro chosen my lifo would indeed
bo a gny ono, for 1 should bo reserved
for full-dre-s occasions, but, a' as! how
soon it would end! as fudu I must, and
so be thrust asido into some (lark coiner
nnd forgotten ! tso I was thankful enough
when Adolphus decided (being of a
literary turn) that I should be thoroughly
red.
"Itcmcmber, I want it as soon as
possible," wero the last directions; and
the surgeon, looking a tor his retreating
back, observed, "u screw looso some
where in that head ; cranks are thicker
than usual this year." And then he fell
upon me, and such a wrenching and
pulling anil (straightening of ribs never
happened to one of my family before, I
mu ceitiiin, and 1 squealed and groaned
at every pull ; but it was done ut last,
and then came my dress, which went on
comfortably und lilted to a charm, and I
should have been iiuito satisfied if tho
suiireou had not discovered at the
belonged: "We do not use to seeth ten
or twelve beans together, but as many ns
we meano to cato ; no more must be
Hteepe, that is, meditate, upon ten ot
twelve sinne only, neither for ten or
twolvo dayes, but upon ull the sinnca
that ever we committed even from out
birth, if it were possible to remember
them." lndepthdn'.
An Island's New Dress of Flora.
The luxuriant vegetation of Krakatoa
was totally destroyed by tho eruption in
IHsj;!, not a living germ being left. Three
years later tho island was visited by Dr.
M. Troub, who now reports having
found six spec es of m'croscopic alg e,
which coated tho rock und seemed to
have formed the soil on which eleven
species of ferns had taken root. A com
mon grass of Juva was growing, and
there were quite a number of flowering
plants us tirst appear on coral islands.
Heeds or fruit of several coral island
tries were found on the shore. Krakatoa
is ten miles from the island of Bibesie,
containing the nearest terrestrial vegeta
tion, twenty miles from Sumatra, and
twenty ono from Jayu
1 li.abolh Cudy Stanton says she re-
mouieut a fact thut I tried vainly to cards tho religion of to-day as tue culot
hide, namely -a crack la my baud I I obstacle to woman suSrage,
win oo moie room in the street cars,"
says ono. "Wo shall seo gruceful drap
enos," adds another, while a third deli
cately phruses his idea of clinging skirts
and grnceful outlines. The initiated
smilo with derisive pity, remembering
that tho unfair sex knows nothing of
reeds. Only two small reeds w hich will
ltit SJ urn In a , .ia f ..... ..I. 'a, f f.
X Z T i . , . . , - , average man, but to our in:
mn I .. . 6 ku UP V!.ry 1,U ut "''. of dark blue er I
r o n in ho street cars It was tho reed, tU(1 lmt not , wilh ve;
in! ,r.'i i J l "itched cutr, and edge,, i.
. A bodice that will be c
for evening gowns this
nml square in front, witn
I no eta fallinrr rlnu'ii from l
- I I r
ereil collar nnd the oiH'llltii.'
a chemUctto of tluu pleatnl'l
Capo overcoat grow in f-
lnches is their correct it
mod ing uo one but thu wearer; the reed
spread out in sitting down, aud iu walk
ing we:e shaken by tho wind. Hut what
will become of ull thu bustlo manufac
tories? There were a great number of
them, and if this change iu the fashion
prevails their occupation will be gone.
Jt series them right, too, because they
were all conducted by men, und it is
men who have alwuys howled about
bustles. Tho story runs that a certain
Parisian lo.ider of fashion owed a bill for
bustles which sho was not piepurcd to
pay. Thu bustle man sued her, and out
of revenge alio discarded bustles, und
introduced lhe adjustable reed. Ilcnco
ft very largo industry received a rerious
blow. t seems hard upon all tho work
people- who miido tho wire for tho
bustles, und thu greater uuinber who
constructed thu articles, and tho young
women employed to sell them, to say
nothing of tho'u who have bought a col
lection of bustles Hud don't know how to
get rid of them. 'i'ijj irt, l imn.
finlendltl Jewels a Heavy Oaro.
The care of splendid jewels weighs
vsrf .i-uYiiy upon their owners tome
more stylish.
Long loops of ribbon v
not even prcUnd any co;
the girdle. Haunt cr tiling-1
of many new flat skirts, t
wearers many of the coin;
cssurlly incident tothoeuij
awkward wearer.
tstylish women no lonjr
petticoats upon the street
ono too short toshow,vl':
lv trimmed at bottom
petticoat, while skirtsofi:
brie, or soft wool go nt1
and mutch it iu color.
Ktrab'ht. undrnned kl"
. .. .c, ,
of the richest metal em"'
for their ouly trimmm?
feature of new inipoitJ.
iiavo tiny jinds at tho l'l
suspicion oi sieots,
thut the bustle dies its'"
Nurses' aprons r.f
two broad widths that
hind, and aro trimmed
sortion und tucks above
of white muslin ha so
einbrodery, or else ioof
boa are around tue IW
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