ME M1DDLKBURG1I TOST.
T. B. flARTER, Bonea aj- Ph'i.
Mii:)i.t.!ii'r.;ii. r.v.. skit. 21. iti.
Tub proposed cork trust will hava
little weight.
A oood resolution I a better stim
ulant than a nightcap.
It costs "'t cent an hour to "get
Into tho push" at the World' Fair.
A Mm.it knnwlelgc I sinictlmc-j
a danger-. in thliu to 'hi party about
whotu It Is known.
Ir people will piy their small bill
the bin hill will better ublo to
take care i f t!)OJui.i'-
Querctaro, Mexico, bus solved the
financial problem. Soap is le-jul ten
der there.
Tli most accural.' available Hurco
f information disclose that 2i,b(io,.
01)0 gallons of iliit illt'il spirits were
consumed iti the I'nitcd Stiiti'H last
year, uii 1 that tln-re wnt paid for in
toxicating drinks in t Ii i country Inr
ing tli - sum.- p. rn I .31. ;(Mi.oo', oust.
A fissure bus been iIhimv. red in tie'
bluff four miles south of Poiie.i, Ncl.,
from which ivMiii'H 11 blunt of intetisclv
heated uir. In the report in -Miiel
tho ilis-overy is iiii!i iiii!'" l it
i-talcd that ,,llii breath . th: iilit.-r
ins? wi mi" has sufficient force to cnrr
uwuy biti of piiii- r und even twijs.
France h,is t!;e credit of bring tin1
pioneer in c.)-(ip: r it i . i- orguniat ion: ,
mi'l in til-it country th -v- nr.- now
110') ti- 1J11T.I ! i VC societies Willi II
iiii'tuli r-hip of 'i'l.i.i) ( I. lr--.it I J r 1 1 ; 1 : 1
Inn I .' I H.ssi.ci iti .us mi I tioii.'Hhi per
sons interested in th"in. In tli" (ill
limn Umpire no lrs-i than .".."'l organ
izutious have been ."otiin'il .n thi
principle. Th war of tar.ff's now fairly on b
twet-n (icrmuny and Bussiu i.-. nodoiibt
1 1 1 c to more t!i!ii on cans.-. Tradi
t ion ill enmity find jealousy have doubt
less ha I ft gool deal to do with it 0:1
cither hi ile. Th"?i tliT? have, been
some ind' "it ions that llussi.-t, tbr.-u?ii
uogotin''"'' wii: Austria, bin beer
trying o put Ourmait. ia 0 portion
! is.tlutto.., .... . thin ? -
. .ii ruler have resented. T.
have lull th.' further political motiv)
of gratifying the members uf the
Agrarian Party in the bor.l-T prov
inces, mi l H ) nrik ing Mi:r.) of nede 1
votes to puss th" Army biil. Ju Igin."
by the figures of Busso-Ciermui t.v. le,
tho New York Post predicts llussiaii
exports urn ltkciy '. Mifi'ei- more than
(ii-rin i!i from the iiiiitr.il iipphcr.t ion
of m kimii'u t trill'. Ibissiau cxp rts
to (i-riitiiiiy in 1 S 1 it. it .-nit . 1 t
Itbout $1 1 I.ODll.K ) ), while (ii-rmutiy
xporte-l t. llutsiH in t'u s tra year
l.lllV SO!!! ?:Jl,')!).,()l)i).
In the Chronicl" Tire Tuldes i'.tr the
pr. s.-nt ye ir will be fouu I fom-- st i
tisti.is of iinusuiil int re-1. Fir- de
stroyed in 1h.Ii) iu th-j l'nit '1 Stab s,
$10.),0 ) .().:) worth of prop.-rty: in
lStH, not less tiisll :?1 11,0.) ),0 I I, n;,,l
in IS )J, the nmii 1 sum of 1VJ,') ) ),') I )
went up iu hino!;,'. Th fir.' loss in
this country p.n-ie l t'l ' 31) ).H )i,0.) )
limit in Hi I, mi l it Ii h in t. n ' I
nvki'ly every ye jr. Tit t i:nur.iu !e
iu in u: . h!iikiu' t h.-ir Iim Is ominoii.dy
over tli-s- ti,-urei. Tiiey kn.r.v tint
they M ill h ive to lv:inw i it-.-s, but
tli.-y dr. i ! the oppotition of 1 1 i.o
pit nn 1 tii newspaper. ''It is u very
s -rio-.is problem this nntter of
v..ist.," obs tv.m tii" Atlanta (Viustit.i
lion. "In t!1 plst sevelii '.';i year
nearly seveiite -n lri:i l.-e 1 million dob
birV w.irtli of prop-rty h s b.n'n r
tla 'j.l to u-ih'M. (i ' r ;i-i's lo,s for this
p. i-ed fo .tl l'p over 5J!J,') ) ),i) );.
N'oa', w hit .tr vi ? ifoin,' t do ii' nit
it? At one time it v.i-. tii. i ;ht that
iii".'!idi:iris!ii cut a biv ti -iir; inail
til isu lo-isos, b:;t it is uo.v n.T'-'l till',
the iiriiu ca-.Hn is t i b ! in 1 in t'l!
n itori l is fa -t that t'.i tj in iti!) for
riijip anl hastily on t r.l I build
in,', w.tii tlefijjtivj 'lu.' ik-a 1 otlnr
lra-.v.i.k.,'is in -riUsin tii i risl; of lirj.
i'iie way t count ,-ra 't t!ii-i evil iu
ities nu 1 1 was is t h ive a ri,'i-l sy.s
; "u of iiis:).--tii:i tint will prevjut
. i t-rj.-tiou o! s.t ;!i d. m--iu buil.l
i ;i. (Jut in tlr iii iiitry it will lu a
.i i.ier luriily mi 1,-r tii; cjut.-ol '
i-ii in livi bill hum j mvujr. We
u j I a r.s!or.n tii it will givj in better
juil liir,-s, even if wj h iv.' few .r houses.
Ietn.'eu tii J firj de:u in nud the htorm
tin; th luvrajj-J uU'lw o'. laaias,
flas.er, jiaint nu I gUt h i few
i haueea uf eseape.
Gkrmant will now have a hget
standing army than ever. This I
due to tbe Uelchsrath not sitting
---. . a , tho.. tat Philadelphia
THE SWEETEST HOUH,
Oh. minr merry yr Iim llfn, ,'
A n-1 many a month the year,
Anl many it dar
Tbe mouth tnnki gy, -
AnJ th day with gotdon honrs It rife
An J tho world U full of cbwr. .
tot tht iirwtit hour of th fairmt day
Of thu lovnllcit month and year,
Cams that tummer nlht,
When your cyna no liriht
Worw tnllin mo aye whllo your Hpi aald nsy,
Aui your heart IWamn mine, my dnr.
Thll JatiM-n, In New York Sun.
BRIXTON'S ENGAGEMENT
r.r joiixsom nrr.T.
IIEUE nro mnny
varieties of nmtri
inoiiinl propohiils
besiiltj those wbieh
nppear iu novels,
nml one of them
ninth) n lot of
trouble a yeur or
two nx for John
Lriton. llrixt n
wits one of tho in
telligent fellow a
who iilxo nro mhip
live, ho ho bml tie
quired a lot of ne-
qmiiritnTi?( s v. ho wore th'.- envy of evi ry
one tii it kn -w him. Although be w.is
only u Hiil'-xniHti n hitlnry quite n
i;.io.l K.ilnry, it must b" rniiil for n
Inre lirm of iron imiiufseturers, he
wns frequently neosteil fumiliiirly by
bunk 1'rehMents anil other busiiieMS
nntXiMtes, u:i 1 ce,iM hIsji nny of these
ieiitleme'i on tin; nhouhb-r without
K'ivili oil'etiHe. As h l wns n b.iehelor,
nn l oi l enough to linvo outgrown th-.'
Iinbit of louiii;iii' through su-.'ee.Mvu
rveninifs ii houses where there were
pretty ilnutfiiti-rs, he w.is nvnilnble for
liimi'T p:irti"s niveti by men wbokn?w
i-.o better way of iqien.liiiij r.n evening.
I'veryb i.ly ivniou his iieipiiiintnn.es
wished him well, mid wished they
eo-.il 1 do Koiii"thiui for him, but thry
re.'.peet-'d him nil the more beeituse he
ti- vcr trie.l t borrow money imriinkt ,!
for uny other fnvors.
It M'cinnl one tiny to oM Rudder,
President of the 1'oriy-Heviiith N'u
tiousl I link mid it iieurty ndmirer of
l!rit in, tint he wits just the mini to
throw ii fortune in Hrixton's wny. The
jdsn emne to Rudder's mill 1 hiiddenly,
but sudden inspirations nu 1 quiek ne
tion tin r.vm ure ji.irt of tie; luily life
of the tno.st stolid of I're.sidilts of big
bunks. lli it.ii hud promised to luueh
w ith tho bank iiiii0'iiiite at miibluy, and
be uppeiired lit the bunk just iu time to
nee the old lii'iu bowing out n htdy
with inure courtesy mid rereinony thuu
he imagined Rudder ciipuble uf.
As the old limn caught bight of
Riixtoik he exeliiiined:
"Jue moment, Miss Fcwse. Allow
.tA,'At. ihn Rrix'.tu. .ur.' :iJ."KJ
Ton, jiiss x ewse, uauguter oi oiii lien
I ewse, whom overy ono bus heard of."
N Rritn bowed, nud looked curious
lit tho ludy. He hud seen ber
father occasionally, beforti increiisin.i;
yeurs nud doctors had neiit Mr. I-etvse j
to hi.) tiiial home, and bis i-yes i
searched the diiuhtors'u face for indi- i
ciitious of h"r fntlier'H iltingiHHhiug ! " Kod n biiMiness ninu to - xcee I bis
traits. lie found them too, nlthough i nthority, but he and bis wife took
tint intoi view was hhort. Miss Fewso 1 liH P''se out driving the very after
w.u richly yet himply dressed ; her J u'"m -nnt Ul11 ".de his anggentio;!
li-ure, liki- iier fntherV, was .luiiipy, Prixton, mid they took her home to
and her liiee. though not rude, wns lis ! dinner w ith them, nnd the tdd man
broad nn I heavy, imd her forehead ; .undo op)oi tnnity to houu 1 the praise
was us lo,v as that of old Ren himself. I of .John Rrixtoii mid to tell what line
Still, hi r iiiiiiiin r was womanly, and
ns sh' finally took her departure
Rrixtun, vho had n dear old mother,
us Well ns a ulster whom he regarded
ns the best young woman nlive, sor
rowed to biui.self that a man ns rich us
obi Reu Few ie could not have mar
ried homo one whose blood Could
have ut'iu-'d for th'j rudeness of his
O'.VII.
'Well. John," said the President,
after blinding Miss Fcwse into her
carriage, "you owe me one. Any one
of u thousand good fellows in New
York would give ten years of his life
for such nu introduction to Miss Fewse
lis I gave you just now. do right
uhead, now, and make use of it."
'You're always doing the friendly
thing, Rudder," replied Brixton, sink
ing into an easy chair; "but 1 don't
quite understand it this time."
"Don't, eh?" Huid the President,
hastily relighting u cij-iir which he bad
laid ou his desk when Miss Fewse was I
itniioiinc'il. "Well, (pull) Jhsiil-t wes
is joint heir with (puff) her brother
lnr only brother, mind you. Old
Ben's estate is estimated by bis e:;
editors nt eight millions; I don't
kilo tv bow close that comes to the
truth I don't take mtu'h stock in
whut I can't sjh with my own cyes--but
this i.iueh I know." Thi n tho
President chipped two pudgy bunds
upon Brixton's knees, looked s juar.-ly
into Jji'ixtoii s eyes und said, in a b
me-isur'il monotone : "John Rrixton, I
I know of my own know ledge that A. in
Fewse has over one milliou--doliui-.t
in good rnilroa 1 bonds right in my
f.afe here. 'Xough said, th?"
"Enough money, I should say, for
nn unmarried woman whodoesu't look
us if her tastes were expensive. But
whut have I to do with it? You said"
"Do with it?" echoed the President.
"Why, you donkey, make it your
own. Marry tho girl. Sho isn't u
beauty, I must admit ; but she's re
spee table und honest, and she'd itueept
you in a minute."
"Upon my word, Rudder," laughed
Brixton, "you've been in business so
long that even women seem property
to you. Miss Fewse never saw mo un
til five minutes ugo."
"Perhaps not, but she's got h?r
father's level bsd on her shoulders,
Khu's seen dozeus of other men ;
scarcely a mouth goes by without some
fellow offering hiiuf df to herfor the
sake of her money, of course. She
doesu't object to marrying, for, being
a wouia.u, she has a heart; but she has
enough character to want a husband
whom she can respect, and noaa of the
fellow who have offered themaolrea
thus far have been of that kind."
"Upon my word, Bndder," aaid the
younger man, "I never would have
tikeu you, gootl fellow thon-li you
ore, for a man whom an nnniarried
woman would have aeleeted as confi
dant. It does you credit, though,
that ahe seems to hare opened her
heart to you."
"Oh, well, Ben and I have lieen in
many upeculations together, and ahn
knowa he always trusted me. lienides,
there' uo sentimental nonsense abont
her sho isn't afraid to unload her
ideas upon an old friend of tho family,
so we've talked very freely about it.
Ry the way, ahe has auch a matter-of-fact
manner that sho looks older than
she is she's really five yenrs younger
than yon. Your fortune's made, my
boy, unless you make a fool of your
self in some way. Let mo sound her
nbout it; you may count upon me to
do it without luck of proper respect
for either of you, and I'll bet the n
tiro assets of this bunk against a bud
penny that you may announce Tour
engagnment within a week. Then
you'll b, hsnd-in-glove with a lot of
us fellows 'n a business way ns well as
socinllv, and wo want you we reallr
do."
"Rn-lder," said John Brixton, rising
from his chair, "you've got n heart as
l! ns nn ox, mid I in heartily obliged
to you for your interest in me. You
must i-ivo uie time to thiuk about it,
though."
"limn to "ejaculated the President,
firing his cigar-butt nt the cuspidore
with such energy thnt he overshot the
mark Mid elicited a bowl of anguish
from the bank's cut as she mistook the
missile for a mouse when she opened
ber eyes from a peaceful aluiuber.
"I'here're some things that a fellow
can't iilbird to thiuk nbout. Jo you
stop to think when a trout rises to
your fly? Come along to lunch and
make tip your mind on the wny."
Rut John Rrixton wasn't able to give
a decisive answer over the colfou uml
cigiii-s. A million dollars in good se
curities seemed well worth the taking
by n mini who had worked industri
ously for fifteen or twenty yenrs only
t- reach n salary of five or six thousand
dollar.-, and nn appreciative wife thrown
iu seeme l like mo nm.-li extra luck, for
John's mother and sister hud for years
warned him that wives who hold good
husbands in proper regard nre ns scarce
as model husbands. On the other
hand, old Ren Fewsc's daughter, who
looked ns much like her father ns n
woman could look like a man, would
be a strange lifo-eompauiou for a man
who, in spite of much attention to
material things iu the way of business,
had inherited many fine tastes and
sentiments which h kept in good,
tif-ublo condition. Whoever ho might
marry ought to be fairly conipanion-
women wiiont he could not imagine
enjoying Miss Fewso's society.
But while John Rrixton went on
thinking and wondering end compro
mising, and rejecting his own compro
mises, old Rudder took the case iu hniid
us earnestly us if it were a proiuiaing
investment for bis own bank. Ho was
I women John's mother nud sister were.
1 So, hefore the evening was over, Miss
! Fewes whs conscious of a mighty wiidi
i that Home limit like John Rrixtoii would
us!; her to change her name und share
her life und fortune with her.
i Rrixton had been at bis office only
half nn hour the next morning when
! one of the clerks islionted :
j "Some oue ou tho telephone for
you, cir."
I "Who is it?" John nsked, raising
his eyes from u letter he was rending.
I "Forty-seventh National Rank
j President Rudder," the clerk replied.
j "Wait moment," said Rrixton,
dropping the letter, seizing bis hat
j n:id starting for the door. "I'm out
j you don't know when Pll be in."
j Oue of thu 11 nil who had overheard
tlie conversation asueil Ins partner
whether ho supposed Rrixton had been
speculating in AVoll street and got
more nccommodiition from the rorty
seventh National than his colbttersls
would wnrraut, and tho partner re
plied that it might not be a bud thing
to keep Brixton out of temptation by
sending him to Hoiith America to look
nfti-r a railway contract which they
had been trying to secure through
correspondents.
As lor Brixton he went straight
home nud prowled about t it j butiso un
til hi found his sister.
"Ettie," said he, "you nud I have
nhvavs been conlbleutial friends, ul-
though we're brother nud sister. I
want to usk you nu unusual qm-slion,
! und I want you to answer it without
! joking, or raising of your eyebrows, or
any otner teasing. hupposu that I
should suddenly determine that I
wanted to juurry, whom would you
best like for a sister?"
The young woman did not start, or
laugh or do anything expressive of us
toiiisbment, but answered promptly:
"I've louged for yenrs to see you
and Agnes llummico make n mutch.
You're made for each other."
"Longed for yenrs, th?" Never
changed your mind?"
"Never. Isn't she my dearest friend?
Isn't she as good and s eot and haml
ho.'iih as us she is poor?"
"What does mother think ofhor?"
"Just what I think, and what every
one must who knows her. The dear
girl would have been snapped up long
ago if she hadn't b.-en too poor to ap
pear properly iu the so-'ioty for which
she's best fitted. As it is, scarcely any
young muu know her, except thosuwho
ure not fit to tie hoi shoes."
"What di you suppose she thinks
of me?"
"Well, on general principles, she
can't help liking yon ; for the rest, un
less she forgets everything I say to her,
she must think you're te one supremely
perfect man on the face of the earth."
"H'm I What wonderful things yon
must have said of me behind my back.
Do yon suppose you could arrange for
ns ahe, you and I to take a drive
this afternoon?"
"Yes, but-"
"Exactly; then find s.iroe excuse,
after you return from inciting her, to
find something which will unavoidably
prevent your going."
By way of reply Ettie Brixton sprang
from her chair, kissed her brother ef
fusively and hurried off to dress for a
morning call.
Miss Hammice went driving with
John Brixton that afternoon, and al
though she was very sorry that dear
Ettie wasn't with them, she enjoyed
herself grently, after the manner of
busy people whose special pleasures
come infrequently. As the drive pro
longed itself she ehftugoil her mind
nbout F.ttie she wouldn't have had
the girl with her for worlds ; for, al
though there was more happiness in
that carriage than she hid ever before
imagined the whole world could con
tain, there was only enough for two,
and tbe mere prehence of any one else,
even her dearest friend, would have
entirely spoiled it. Instead of taking
her directly home after returning from
tho pleasant country lanes through
which be had driven, Johu Rrixton
drove to his own home r.nd called hU
sister down to the little parlor, while
he remained or. tude to watch the
horses. It seemed to him that he sat
there alone ut least twenty-four hours,
although the parlor clock hud ticked
oft only twenty minutes when Agnes
tore herself away from Ettie with thu
remark that she could not be entirely
hapiiy until sins has reached home and
told her mother all nbout it.
President Rudder was still nt bis
dinner-table that evening when n let
tor was brought in the servant said
n Npecinl messenger had brought it,
with instructions to deliver nt once.
"One of the delights of being n
financial magnnte!" growled the old
mnn, as he tore the end from thu en
velope. "Can't eat my dinner in
pence. Any customer in such n burr.
must be great Hcott!"
"Has some one failed?" asked Mrs.
Bndder.
"I should say so failed to make a
fortune. Listen to this :
" 'Mr DicAn r,CD!tr. i
' l'.riis lima giuw morlas!ifu! as th-y
griw oliler. At nuf rate, I'd ratlur writu
you than tell you face t fa thnt thu
reason I limltat to avail myslf of your
klud sugsoHtlou rui-iirillni MLss Fews Intuit
I am alrmly eii j.-ii'e.l to a most mtltnablo
y-'iinir woman. 1 shall exnet you and your
wlf.i to dannn at too wadding, wnluh will bo
within a month.
"'A thousand thanks, my dear boy, fo?
yonr, kind lntontst In, me. As your own
marrlsd 11 To has been Vfrj-liHpfjjT tif.
you'll understand in" whna I nay that I'm
marrying a tremendous fortune though
every bit of It consists of human nature.
'Vours hIwiivh.
'Johs BntXTOs."
"A million dollars yes, three mil
Iiou dollars out I" exclaimed President
Budder, dashing the letter to the
Moor. "Did you ever know such u
fool?"
"I hope so," said Mrs. Bndder. "I'll
like to believe you'd have been just
mich u oue yourself, if a rich woman
I had been thrown ut your head when
j you were paying attention to me.
(ioodliess kllown, you got nothing but
! me when you married."
! "Right you ure, my dear, as unual,"
said the bunk president, goiug to the
head of the tablu and giving bis wife
ii kiss which might have been beard u
' block away had the windows been open.
Once A Week,
New York's Butter Supply.
Commissioner Scbruub, of the State
Department of Agriculture, bus col
lected, compiled and issued in pamphlet
form statistics showing the production
of tun butter and ch"ese factories ia
this Stats for the season of lS'Ji'. The
nummary gives iu detail tho amount
manufactured in cuch city, town and
village of the State, and is the first in
formation ever collected by a State
department which shows the nmouut
and locality of these productions.
The statistics show that in twelve of
the counties of tho Stato firecne,
Hamilton, Kings, New York, Putnam,
Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Seneca,
Suffolk, Ulster and Westchester there
is uo butter or cheese manufactured in
factories. In the remaining forty-ci'-ht
counties, the whole amount of
butler end -.beesit made in factories
during t'.in season of 18'.)'2 was ns fol
lows: Wh;lo number of butter fac
lories, 2.15, making 1-1,04,019 pounds ;
whole number of ch-ese factories, 1153,
making 210,41l,li'.ll pounds; whole
number of factories making both but
ter nnd cheese, 213, making fi,473,33H
pounds of butter and 2),5t-.',0la pounds
of cheese ; w hole number of factories
in the State, Hi2), making 19,4'J7,357
pounds of butter and loO,'JJl,'510
poll lids of cheese.
The ten counties producing the lnrgest
nmouut of cheese in factories follow in
the order of amount of production lust
yeur : St. Law rcnce,14, 730,278 pounds ;
Cattaraugus, 13,202,'Jia pounds;
Oneida, 13,0-17,4 12 pounds ; Herkimer,
12,237,012 pounds; Jefferson, 12,031,
II3S pounds; Lewis, 8,ti'.)4,'J14 pounds;
Allegany, 8,513.800 pounds; Otsego,
7,0'J,850 pounds; Oswego, 7,034, 10J
pounds; Wyoming, 6,14H,o40 pounds.
The ten counties producing the largest
amount of butter iu factories in' the
order of umount of production lust
yeur follow : St. Lawrence, 3,703,Sll
pounds; Franklin, 1,04'J,2D1 pounds:
Chenango, 1,51)7,021 pounds ; Otsego,
1,110,007 pouuds; Tioga, 1,028,32'J
pounls; Clinton, l,024,i)32 pouuds;
Chemung, 1)74,800 pounds; Madison,
'J 33 "3 1 pouuds; Delaware, 00i),000
ivan la. New York World.
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASAXT I.ITERATPRR
1' KM IN INK RKADKKS.
FOR
A TOLvrr SRASO.
The French and English fashion
journals predict a velvet season, such
as the fashionable world has never
teen, and these rich fabrics will be far
ther enhanced by a profuse trimming
of jet. These, with the old Moorish
and Persian gorgcousnea of detail will
produce splendid toilettes for our
American queens. Detroit Free Press.
A jncit-TKMTEBBD LrTTLT. QTTKr.M.
Little Queen Wilhclmina, of Hol
land, is credited with the possession of
a particularly intractable temper
which she inherited from her disrepn
tablo old papa. Not long ago, while
driving out with her governess, she
became sulky and refused to return
the salutes of the people in the streets.
As a punishment she was ordered to
bed immediately upon her return to
tho palace. "What!" she exclaimed,
"am I, the Queen of tho Netherlands,
to go to bed at 7 o'clock? I won't do
it." But she did do it, being per
suaded thereto by a slipper wielded by
the Queen Regent, who brooks no dis
obedience. Chicago Herald.
r.nonA nnoronTo-H'.- i.ova AFFArn.
When Rhoda Broughton, the novel
ist, was a young girl she was very
poor, moderately plain, and altogether
tiiifumoni. At tho beginning of her
enrjer (which was then so small a
thing as to bn scarcely perceptible to
tho naked eye) sit", nu 1 a likewise
young, likewise impoverished, and
likewise unknown cavalry officer fell
madly in lovo with each other. "I
think, my son, that is is time yon
w.ir.i sent to India," savagely reimrka I
tho father of this youth on hearing of
the state of affairs. So the cavalry
officer dutifully sailed for India, where
iu time bo became a portly, liver
troubled person of some importance,
while Rhoda remained in London to
write of po:r, t.ilent'l young girls
whoso yellow-moustached lovers (all
army men) iuvurinbly went oil" to In
dia just nt the most exciting nn 1 sen
timental part of the narrative.
A NEW IDKA IX HCT.VANT.I.
A plan proposed in London is to
provide servants for households and
run the whole establishment. The
agency would engage nil servants, bo
responsible for them, and change them
f they did not suit. It would pay all
bills and order all provisions. Tho
tlrst step toward carrying out tho plan
would be to Ii Tul cooks of various ca
pacities, but all good in their way.
Without the provisions costing more
lo the householder, the flgeuoy would
mako money by the catering, because
ftVoaWW-Aow-Mii - vtfmti3ia,-. A.
plain eook might bo provided for or
iinary requirements, and a first-rate
took for parade dinners. ' A house
iolder would state the exact number
f servants required, nnd would be
old what th'j wages would be nud
vhat it would cost to feed them. He
night explain how largo his family is.
tail an approximate estimate would
4e given of the cost of catering for
hem. St. Louis Republic.
BKVVINO WOUEX.
Toople who are old enoug'a to re-
Iieiuber the advent of tho sewing ma
rine, cannot hnvo forgotten tho fears
t'ltertained by muny conservative per
tins that tho novel invention would
pit seuuistresses out of fashion. The
Irst thought of inexperience, on see
iig the rapidity with which the ma
dine ran up a seam, was, rery natu
Ully, that all the seams would easily
io finished, and that one time-honored
imployment of women would be taken
rom them. Nobody realized at first
hat by the aid of the suwiug machine
lore frills, moro flounces, more ruffles
nd tucks than ever before would be
dded to our garments, and that gar
tents would tln'inselves be multiplied.
The sewing machine did not do away
ith the seamstress. It made her, in
tend, more than ever a necessity. A
louse in which there is neither a ma
Line nor a seamstress cau hardly be
ound in town or country, and sewing
euaains, as much to-day us iu any for
ner period, woman's peculiar work,
.'he machine is the senmsstress's beat
riend as well as her beneficent fairy.
Men, it must be owned, achieve re
anrkablo success in Bowing, as, for ex
uuple, tho skillnl nnd deft handed em
iroiders of tho East, or the Paris nn 1
tew Y'ork makers of tailor gowns,
rhose stitches nro so fine, so even, and
o strong that they wear longer than
he cloth they fasten. Notwithstand
ii g this, sewing continues to be po
luliurly feminine work, with which
lien do not largely compete.
A woman who knows how to sew is
vide to clothe herself and her houso
lold, so to speak, in purple und tine
tinon at a smaller relative cost than
(or frieud who hasuo such knack. Her
husband is kuowu in the gates, when
he sits among the elders of the land.
Harper's Bazar.
"ROMANO OF A NEW ENGLAND POET.
Emily Dickinson, the Amherst poet,
was a woc.au of few friendships.
The few with whom she was
intimate seldom saw her, for when they
called she invariably insisted upon
their being seated in the hall while she
conversed with them from over the
bannister in the upper hall. It was
her custom to correspond by writing
with these friends, and her letters
were marvels of poetic expression.
Emily Dickinson wore white at all
times of tbe year. In pleasant weather
he used to go walking in the garden
nd in the spacious grounds around
her father's residence, and her com
panion out of doors was a large New
Muadland dog named -Carlo. Mrs.
Luther W. Bodmau, of this city J
calls the time when, as a little girl'a.1
went walking with Miss DiciilT
while the hngn dog stalked sol..-1)
bai1a thorn "Ciria " .,! f ...
- - - - --.. .i.i.
Di4l
inson, suddenly addressing
friend, "do yon know that
that the first to como and
when I go to heaven will bo
faithful old friend Carlo?"
her (.,; J
it is aaiu mat Alias uickmson'i J
centrieities resulted largely from j j
appointment in love. While h. ,J
still a girl she became deeply jBtJ
emeu m yonug mau wuo wag
suing his studies in Amherst coll., '
This young roan subsequently hcJi
an instructor in the college. Mr r J
warn jyieainnon, iuiBS crony n
diannnrnvnil of tint iiitimnn. l
Ktu oruiuiiw oi ruiuug in nisrrin,
Anil at l.tt flia'tli a .ntnnirlt.l t5
- ---- " " " 10,
man) he peremptorily forliml. tJ
young man me nnuse. it is mUlj i
at that time Miss Emily told hcrhtjj
that, as he had closed the doors np.J
tier trieuti, nu un niiu rionutl ln iik,,
upon her, and from that day
seldom left tho home and, f r tfcj
matter, so s-ddoni left her room-cj
sue was lor tmrty years practically J
1.1, .V U ICV.HDU n laj uuu UUlUg J'fM
a nee.
It will be of interest to Chies?i .
pie to know that the mnu ident:liJ
Amherst gossips ns the object of Km
Dickinson s hopeless yet Iov-iin:T"u
was the Into George Ilowlaud. c,
cago Becord.
rAirttov note I.
-Tk - ! -1 it . a
jjiicii ana saii-ciom m urrislsw
tensively used for morning gowan.
Ijeather lunoings are supi-rvl;
velvet for tho hottom of dress
Pole gray gloves stitched vith ba
are much m favor, while biscuit sht!
also with black points, may h ,
when gray is not permissible.
A pretty finish for flounces i nr
or lien ling let in ns insertion, tl
these nro thren b'd with dainty cUf
wash ribbons, ana can be lualat,;
effective.
Scurfs of a bright scarlet r.ra
worn with blouses intended fortr:
or boating suits, and they give 4.
lignum nu 01 coior, nnu nre 1 s;).vi
becoming to dark women.
A new necklace is of lig'jt
links of yellow gold. From this
pond light open-worked gtoim-t:
or conventionalized designs, wi'.h-rJ
sioiy a jewei iu i.uo centre.
A novelty in black silk is a cork-rJ
lieugaline. there nro also Kiimer-i
pretty and effective striped p itt-n-which
11 wide brocaded strip-) o.' w.
alternates with one of taffeta.
TV- 1
in maKing tue new uron?
tailors nnd dressmakers appear tJ
form a bit of magic, for whihi
tho hips without gore or pl-iitw
smiilenly expand and flare o-..t-.,
at the feot, vhcre they meosura
yards in circumference.
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Stock collars, girdles anl
knots of white and colore.l ri."L
are a feature of the collection of 1
Cf-ssories to the toilet, and by
of these daintv sets one gown ofibs
Swiss can be woru mmv timn,
ducing tho effect of new costume
The popularity of the sailor i
seems limitless. Young wom.-a
old, fat women nnd lovj, wearti
This year's manifestation b is a
nrim tnin last year a s nior, sa
less trimming, but is oulv t'ue
trying to the wearer for this n-
Most of tho dr-.-ss boa-iets nr
airy nothings of larj and lbir-
capable of iiffordiug nuv pnt-'
against sun or win l. Were it
matter of custom one might li
with bonnets altogether without b
in tho least incouveuiunce 1 hv
absence.
Lace parasols in black or whit
favorite wedding gifts, and shoai-
uccoinpanied by a pretty parasol
a long, narrow bag of isntin
together nt the top by satin rib
ine case is lined with silk, an:
tween the two folds of mutoral
violet sachet is laid.
A pretty idea for children's en-
be worn insteaa 01 sunb.mn-'.
formed of n bit of lace drawu up
a crown-shape I piece, nnd s.tcr
rows of dotted muslin and
tion make the cap, which is Ii:
with an edging of ja .-e, a twi.-ito!
ribbon, and rosettes of baby ribU
front.
r or a sunplo dress there is ni'A
more stylish or prettier than s
colored crepou trimmed with p
and a girdle of two or throe h-
satin ribbon. Usuallv thine uroM
with a simple round corsage wit.
lace forming epaulettes, a fieli
deep lace collur fulling over tip
tops. Drap d'Alraa, a very fine '
diagonal, will be among thu 1'
autumn fabrics, also satiu fantuu
all-wool material with sclf-H
oval dots and splinters. - The
are rich in appearauje an l will
stand uny damage from wstiT
They are also soft, pliable b:
easily manipulated.
Tho very latest Parisian p:irs
indeed, gorgeous. It is ciii'
Juno, nud is literally cover jd v'
dered with mock gems. Its t"
in the sunlight is dazzling. Bit'
the owner othors suffjr as it t
before their eyes. But it is lit
he considered a most char initia
te a rich toilet of Oriental
ness.
Hats and bonnets are male M
in thoir ntvlA than thv vers !
in the season. The round h--
into almost every shape, and fa
cial feature is a pair of Mo
wings which stand up in fre-1
little diatanoe apart. The '
made of gauze, lsops of ribbo'ij
laca or bujc jarge ostrica .
1. .1.,'
ibu wuru nun upriguv viu'-j
floweru. But littU ribliun it
this season.
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