A GOOD INVESTMENT. The yellow baza o( midsummer hang its radiant pennon) over the vel vet slope of the Fairhaven (arm i the river murmuring softly ovor its pebbly bottom, flashed np like a shoot of sil ver, and the purple fields of clover nodding ready for the scythe, filled the warm air with street, slumberous cents. "Fine weather for the bayin'," said Eliskim Fairhaven. To Lis material nature Ood'a sunshine and the grand glitter of oarth and sky were but the instruments to All his pookets with sordid Rain mere accessions to "a good crop," Alasl is not this world full of Eliakim Fairhavens in one shape or another? Miss Comfort Fairhaven sat beside him knitting and watching the cum bersome frolics of a pair of twin lambs, deserted by their heartless mother, whom she was "bringiug up by hand." "Yes," she said, with a mechanical glance in the direction of the boamy west "Who's that a-ooming up the path, I wonder ?" One of the new hands, I calculate," aid Eliakim, screwing up bis eyes. "I didn't 'gree te give 'em their sup per and board into the bargain, a night afore the job begins and I'm blessed if there ain't a little gnl along with him I" "'Tain't no hayin' hand," said Miss -Comfort, rising and going down the steps to meet a slender child of nine years old, who was leading a pale, bowed-down man, who walked with -difficulty, leaning on a crutch. "Heart alive, child," said Miss Com fort, whose kindly nature involunta rily sympathized withall who were suf fering or in distress ; "what ails you, nd wbaAo you want here ?" - "PJottse ma'am," began the child eagerly, "if you oould give us u Sight's lodging poor papa is so sick nd tired, and " "No, I can't!" abruptly broke in Eliakim Fairhaven. "This ain't no Almshouse, nor yet a charity place. If je can pay your way, well and good ; if ye can't the sooner yon go about your business the better I" "We have no money," timidly be gan the ohild, while the man as if atunned and bewildered by the heart less fluency of the old farmer's speech, leaned up against the fence, pressing his hand on his forehead, "but" "Then clear out and be done with it I" said Eliakim, resuming bis seat with dogged oomposuro. Miss Comfort looked appealingly at her brother. "If I could just get 'em a bowl of milk, Eliakim, and " "Stuff and nonsense," sonorously ejaoulated the farmer; "I ain't a goiu' to give in to this sort of thing. Once begin, and you'll never leave off, you oft -headed womanfolkl" Slowly and wearily the two poor travelers turned and plodded their way adown the broad, dusty road, the languid footsteps of the invalid scarce keepiug up with the tripping pace of the child. "Oh, papa, papa," subbed the little girl, turning hir blue, wistful eye to the white, worn faoe, 'how cruel people are 1". He plaoed his hand upon her curly uncovered bead. "Never mind, Essie," he said, with mournful, tender pathos in his voice ; "it will soon eud. It cannot bs for long, as far as I am oonoerned, poor child. Bat for you". He topped, his voice husky with emo tion. . They ' had walked what seemed to little Esther Bell a weary way, when there was rustle among the wild rose bushes that overhung the stoue wall at their side, and a voloe called hurriedly to thorn to "stop." "It's me," said Miss Comfort Fair- "Eliakim that's my brother he's gone over to the olais meetia' at Squire Dnndas', aud I out down through lota to overtake you. I tell you loan l some bow get your father Uat out o' my mini You're elck,' jtU't joa, mister?" "I shall soon be quits well," he an swered calmly, nnd Comfort Fair haven's more experienced eye detected the hidden meaning which the little girl never once suspected. Yes, he would soon be well, but it would be in that country where the inhabitants never say "I am sick." "Where are you going?" asked kind Miss Comfort, her voice growing husky in spite of herself. "We are going to my grandpapa," said little Essie. "Grandpapa was vexed with my mamma for marrying papa and going to England, but papa thinks he'll take care of me now. But I won't stay with him unless pspa stays too." And she resolutely tightened her grssp upon the thin, fever-burning hand. "I s'pose you want to get to Lons dale?" said Miss Comfort. The man nodded. "Is it far?" "Eleven good miles yet," said Miss Comfort, "but I'll tell ye what; I'll make Joab get out the wagon, and with a good bnfl'ulo robe over the seats you'll ride easy enough. They'll be bsck afore Eliakim gets through shoutin' and prsyiu' : and while you're a waitin' I'll bring down a smack o' bread aud meat and a bottle of my currant wine. 'Taint good to travel on an empty stomach." And five minutes later Miss Com fort wss carrying her hospitable in tentions into effect, greatly to the de light and appreciation of the hungry child. "Now, see here," said Miss Com fort, drawing the child aside, when Jaoob drove up with the comfortable farm wagon and stout old horse, "I don't guess you've got more money than you can use." , "We have only enough for our rail road tickets," said Essie, her counte nance falling, "but " "I thought so," said Miss Comfort ; "and here's a five dollar bill I've lnid aside out of my butter money that Eliakim don't know nothiu' about The child's eyes were brimming as she looked up in Miss Comfort's hon est, hard-featured face. "Will you let me kiss you, just once?" she whispered, standing on tip too to bring her bloomiug cheek close to the spinster's wrinkled lips. Kissiug, as Miss Comfort might her self have remarked, had she leisure for a remark, was not much in her way, but she oould not resist the sweet, wistful entreaty. "There," she said, with a strange moisture in her eyes, "run along; Joab's waitin'." "Oh I" cried little Either, as sho sat on the buffalo-draped seat, "I wish I was rich and grown np?" "Why, what 'ud you do?" demand ;d honest Joab. ''I'd buy a d'amoud necklaoe and a pink dress fur thut good lady." Joab chuckled. "I don't know as they'd become her," he said, with jocularity. "So gee up old Doll!" "I know I'm pretty old to be look in' arter a situation," sail Miss Com fort Fairhaven, "but I oan't starve, nor I won't beg, so what's there left? We had good farm onoe, but my brother oonldn't rest till be spekilated it all away, and now he's gone and I'm all alone. So, if you know of a good place as housekeeper, or matron in an asylum, or general overseer, I don't much care where" The intelligence offbe keeper, with slight shrug of his shoulders, broke in on the torrent of Miss Fairhaven's explanatory oloquonoe. "What wages did yon ask?" "I ain't particular about that so Ions as it's a good home." "Here's a plaoa thst might perhaps suit yon housekeeper wanted at Mr. Dmnponoeau's, No. Fifth avenue. You might try it, although I hardly think person like you would suit" "I ain't young, I know," said Miss Comfort, with a sigh, but there's a deal of tough work left in me yet Give ma the address I shan't give np nd starve without try in' for it." Yet, in spite of all her philosophy, Miss Comfort's heart, like that of the queen of Sbeba of old, grew faint with in her as she sst in the luxurious re ception room of the Fifth avenue man sion, surrounded by silken chairs, gilded tables, flashing mirrors and pictures, whose radiant skies might have been painted in liquidized gold, o rare and costly were they. , "I'm most sorry I come ?" thought Miss Comfort "I don't fairly be lieve I eaa give satisfaction here." While the thought was passing through her mind, the door swung open, and tall young lady in blue silk morning robe entered a young lady with golden brown hair looped after the fashionable style over her brow, and deep blue eyes. Miss Comfort rose and dropped a stiff little courtesy. "I've called to see she began, but to her amszeinent the rest of her speech wss abruptly checked by the young lady's arms being thrown sound her neck. "Ob, I'm so glad to see you," she cried ont, ecstatically "I thought I never should see you again. I went to the old farm, but you bad gone way, nobody knew whither!" And she hugged Miss Comfort more enthusiastically than ever, with bright tears sparkling on her eyelashes. "Why," demanded the bewildered spinster, "who are you? " "I'm Essie! Don't you remember little Essie Bell that you gave the five dollar bill to in the twilight by the wild rose bushes, when" "Oh o oh ("exclaimed Miss Com fort "You don't mean to say you're that " And here she stopped, nearly strangled by Essie's renewed embraces while she listeued to the story of how grandpapa had adopted her; and how she was surrounded by all that luxury could devise or art invent "Aud I have longed to see you again." added Essie, "for if it had not been for your kindness papa never could have lived to reach his home. And you shall live with me always now, nnd be my darling old friend." "No," said Miss Comfort, grsvely, slinking her heed. "I've come to apply for situation as housekeeper, end if you wou't give it to me, I must go else where." And Essie was obliged to consent "But mind," said she, nodding the golden masses of her crepe hair. "I shall give you what wages I please I Orandpa always entrusts those things to my management." So Miss Comfort Fairhaven stayed nominally as housekeeper really the trusted and revered head of the estab lishment, and her declining years were surrounded by a peace and lux ury she uever had dared to dream of in her loftiest aspirations. Miss Comfort Fairhaven had in vested the tive-dollur bill advanta geously. She had cast her breud upon the waters, and after many days it had returned to her. Thirteen Miles of Loaded Tables. "At the coronation of Alexander IT." says the Moeoow correspondent of the London Telegraph, "there were no less than thirteen miles of tables (C72 in number) laid symmetri cally along the Kuodynsky Field, just outside of the city, aud on the eve of the historio day they were covered with various kinds of eatables for the multitude. Thus, on each table were placed five roasted sheep, the horns gilt or silvered, and on each side of the improvised tables stood firs or pinos, like the traditional Christmas trees of the Germans, from which huug, not merely the usual apples, pears, sweetmeats and fancy breads,but like wise roasted ducks, chickens nnd hens galore. ' There were no plates, and the venerable old saying was acted upon that 'fingers were made before forks, and bauds before knives.' No government with the wholesome fear of bsukrnptcy before its eyes would dream of undertaking to supply the poople with alcoholio liquor in suffi cient quantities, and therefore barrels nd tubs of water were plaoed within easy reaoh of the thirsty mooshiks who might be unlnoky enough to miss their share of the 'oreature comforts, par excellence, which were also sup plied in vast quantities free of charge. Between the tables,- and at intervals along the thirteen miles over whioh they extended, lofty arabesquo-covered fountains were erected, whose capaoiom reservoirs were filled to overflow ing with Crimean wine aud the curious drink called myod. The national vodka, however, was eouspioioua by ita absenoe." Heu That Hatch Fish Eggs. The hens of China lead busy lives. When not engaged in batching ont a brood of their own kind they are put to the additional and uovel task oi hatching fish eggs. Chinese cheap labor collects the spawn of fish from the water's edge, places it in an empty eggshell, which is then hermetically sealed with wax, and places it under the unsuspeoting setting ben. After some days tho eggshell is removed and carefully broken and the spawn, which has been warmed into life, is emptied into a shallow pool well warmed by the sun. Here the minnows that aoon develop are nursed until strong enough to be turned into a lake or stream, Chicago Chronicle. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Not every crank is genius. The saddest words sre left unsaid. No man who knows he is fool is . one. The pessimist is the optimist grown older. I Every man is his own horrible ex ample. ' The rough road is often the short est one. Every child is an infant prodigy to us momer. There are days when the road seems to be all up-blll. How blessings brighten when other people get them. Men strive hardest for the things they do not need. Freudship exacts no sacrifice and claims no rowards. We doubt if anybody wants an eternity of anything. Some people prefer to1 help the world forward by kicking it Instead of waitiug for your ship to come in send out another ship. It's a long lane that has no turning, but it may turn in the wrong direc tion. Hoppinesss is of two kinds the kiud you expect to get and the kind you don't get New York Press. Facial Expression. Edonsrd Cuyer set forth at a receut session of the Trsnsformists of Paris, says a oorrespoudent of the St. Louis Olobe-Demoorat, the latest view of the evolutiouist as to the origin of facial expression in man. His lecture, as summarized iu a bulletin of the ' Societe d'Autoropologie, contains the following: Muscles about the mouth help to produce expressions of sad ness, contempt and disgust, this last when the lower lip droops and ourls. These expressions the lecturer traced to the involuntary effort to eject dis agreeable things from the mouth. Our ancestors were children, so to ppenk, and the civilized babe of todny, ou finding a bitter object in the mouth, first draws down the corners of the lips, then turns the lower lip outward to help eject the disagree able thing, and as a final resource thrusts out the tougito to expel the offending bitterness. We retain, to express extreme disgust and hatred, this thrusting out of the tongue. Amusement or pleasure is expressed by a smile that widens the mouth and raises it st the corners. The cheeks are rigid at the same time, and there are raylike marks about tho eyes. The smile of pleasure, which begins thus with the opening of the mouth, is traced to the joy of our savage an cestors at the prospect of being fed. It is a selfish joy, and M. Cuyer is cynical enough to believe that must of our smiles are the result of a gratified selfishness. ' We welcome our frieuds with a smile that as much as anything else, perhaps, expresses our selfish ploasure in anticipation of diversion or at the secret thought of our own oleverness whioh is to entertain the visitor. Often our smiles ore of self complaisance or condescension, aud then there are the tuiiles of defiance, which are simply a survival of the un genial way in which our savuge an cestors grinned iu order to show a formidable array of teeth to an enemy. The Brilliant Idiot, It was on the five o'clock accommo dation on the Boston aud Maine. He was a green brakeuiun greener than grass at this time of year and it was bis first run over the roud. At Sum erville he woke old Spottegrew out of his every-ufternoou uup by announc ing "Chelsea I" and a little later, when they stopped at East Everett, he paralyzed old lady Fettijoun by pro claiming "Prides Cronsiug!" But the climax was reached wheu the train, arrived in Lynn. When the veteran brake-twister on the frout platform threw open the door with a bang, and with a famili arity born of years of experiouoe, rattled of, "Lynn! Lyna! Change ears for East Lynn, Swampsoott, Phil lips Besob, Beach Bluff, Clifton, D- 1 vereaux, and Marblebeadl Lynn! Lynn!" the brilliant ediot on the rear platform poked his head in the other door and shouted, "Same here I" Harper's Magazine. An Ideal Existence. "It must be awful nine to boa farm er," said the oity girl. "Nothing to do but sit around and let things grow." And the yonng man who did not , know that the first eighteeu years of her life bad beeu spent on farm that eventually proved to be in the gas belt,- was wonderfully impressed. . Indianapolis Journal I THE NEW HAT NN. The most beautiful of the new de signs In hat pins are a daisy pattern, studded with few drops of rhino stones. Sometimes only one kind of ma terial appears in the now bat pins, but It is more common to Aud two or three. Pearls and rhfnestones are mnoh favored, but turquoise and filigree work plus have also secured a good place iu general favor. A neat little pin may be secured if vou happen to have an old array but ton. Any jeweler will fix a long pin to this for twenty oents, and you will have a pin not easily duplicated by your neighbor, as they are not to be bought Chicago Record. NEW BASQUES AND WAISTS. Mohuir gowns aud those of smooth faced fancy silk-aud-woot mixtures are made with round waists aud very short, full basques. There is a grow iug disposition to add some sort of tabs, coat-tails or frills around the waist,which indicates a return of the basque to populur favor. Very msuy Louis Qiiiuza ooataof lightctiine silks, gayly brocaded satins, and Persian vel vets.are worn with dark skirts of crep on or satin for the theatre and con cert ; but they have by no means dis placed the separate rouud waist, which can be so easily made at home, and of so many pretty and inexpensive fab. rics not suitable for the coats. Not so tiiauy chiffon waists are seen, em broidered and jetted nets and Inces taking their pluce and making the dressiest waists worn. Demorest's Magazine. TnE ENGLISH MAID. The English are very proud of the fact that the king of Greece so valued the English nurso of his son that ho personally assisted iu carrying her cofliu at her funeral. It is recalled by Julinu lUlpb, that a Scotch woman nursed the czar Alexiudor II.; an English wonian was nurse to the pres ent czar. The poor prinoo imperial of Frunce had an English nurse, and so had the present Orrnan emperor when he was a biby t Putsdam. For my part, I do not kuow or see of nuy especial advuntuge iu having an Eng lish nurse, but if I were a king I'd have English maids sprinkled all over my puluue. The Eaglish maid, with bsr oval tioe, rosy oheeks, great wide eyes, her spotless and starched cap, bor immaculate linen shoulder straps and scalloped apron, and above all the silent, cheerful, highly skilled service that she gives, is one of the noblest handiworks of God. New York Jour nal. HER SILKEN TRUSSES. There are combs and old hair pins in plenty so mauy, in fact, thut there is danger of the up-to-date evening coiffure becoming a rival of the muoh talked of theatre hat. In tho arrangement of her ooiffure the up-to-date young woman has gone back t her first love the bang. The stately pompadour aud the Madonna like part are soou to be thiugs of the pust. The curly, coquettish bang will reign. Of Course, there are some young women with Madonna-like faces who will still oliug to the classic part But if they attempt to keep pace with the fathious of the day they will sofieu the severe edict of the part by allow ing a curl or two to stray over the forehead. There are round, fat, well-made curls which have a springy movement and bob to perfection. These curis sell at SI ftpieoe. Then there are oara less little curls not .so perfectly formed, whioh shyly nestle among the coils of huir. Bosides this, there re the aggressive upstanding bits of ourls uppeuriug iu pluoes where you would never expeot to flud theui. For evening affairs the aigrette is the hair ornament of the moment Its airy lightness is muoh in its tavor. Besides the black, white and daiutily colored feather aigrettes there are ex quisite oues, glistening with mock jewels. To be worn with dusky tresses is a pale yellow aigrette pow dered with bite of topaa. Others are iu black with a stuttering of rhioe- stones which look like dewdrops in the sun. Chicago News. THE PHILOSOPHY OP "WAVINl VP."' Who does not know people who seem to take the utmost pride and pleasure in piously hoarding up arti cles of all descriptions'? It soems to matter little what it is they add to the collodion. They treasure it and take comfort in feeling that they have a lot of miscellaneous property laid by against time of need. This course is commendable within certain clearly defined lines. But to board for the sake of hoarding ia one of the most serious of mistakes, A great many women buy handsome mnterials, have elegant dresses made, aud then, thinking they are too good for common use, put thorn away until they are out of fashion aud out of date. It is a mistakeu economy to save ar ticles of wearing apparel beyond cer tain limits. It is much more protltu able anil sensible to buy a good dress, have it made up in conservative style, and wear it whenever occasion re quires. It is not worth while to have a large number of good dresses unless one is Constantly going out, and even then a few costumes will be found much more advantageous. To have too many dresses is almost as bad as t io few, because one feels that .there is a large investment, and that they are speedily guing out of style, and after .awhile one has nothing that there is any pleasure in wearing. One of the best dressed women in the country never has but three good'dressesat a time. One is a street costume, whioh is of the best wool fab. rio she cm buy, aud is made in ele gant stylo, theu there is a dinner aud on eveuing dress. These with a quan tity of dressy accessories, furuish her with au outfit that is every way satis factory. From these three, as they become somewhat out of date, she has tea gown, house dress and seoond best evouing dress refitted. In the days of black silks.one wom an, who bad more sense than money, b mgbt one dress during the year, and that was a good black silk. She always had a second best and the third wan good enough to reconstruct with some pretty remnant for house dress or tes-gowu. For the latter a short length of bright wool or silk was all that was ri quired. It is possible for woman to cos tume herself handsomely on very small amount of money, provided she gives the subject sensible and intelli gent thought. To do this, however, she must religiously refrain from pur chasing uoveltii-s, 4U.1 must utilize her dresses while they are uew. Buying to put away is the most expeusivo busiuess imaginable. New York Ledger. FASHION NOTES, Grass linen parasols, with batiste in sertions, are shown. Haud-painted belts with miniatures fur buckles are very smart, also very expensive. This season the black and white stripes and checks are shown in more bewildering variety than ever. All this year's waists have detaabs ble collars The newest cuff is a soft turned buck one, fastened with liuic bitton. There are grass cloths now woven nith the stripes of insertion already iu aud a vast amount of trouble ia saved by buying this materisl. A hit male all of pink roses is ex tremely becoming whou worn with a black ostrich-feather bos. The green leaves of the roses aud a high spay of the dowers ou the left side are the distinguishing features. A black and white checked taffoU has a broad, square collar extendiug over the shoulders, and bsok of the waist, aud in front turned off in poiuta, This is trimmed with a rufla of acoor-dion-plaited black mousseline da soie with a narrow white edge. An elaborate little bonnet tor thea tre and drtai wear is of tine black net with a jeweled buoklo across the front , connecting two soft rosettes of whit chiffop. A white aigrette just back of the rosette on the loft aide give the needed height
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