There are living at the present time
eleven ex-Governors of Vermont.
Omaha courts have sent a thieving
County Clerk to jail for ninoteon years
at hard labor.
Methodism, if statistics can bo re
lied OD, is decreasing in England. The
latest census shows over 2000 fewer
members than tho voar before.
The development of tho trained
nurse system, although of recent ori
gin, has assumed such wido propor
tions as to bo National, if not uni
versal, in character.
A New York publisher, in his an
nouncement of a new book, prints in
parallel columns all tho good things,
and oil tho bad thiugs that tho critics
havo said about it. Sometimes tho
bad things do more to sell a book than
the good things.
The statistics of tho British Homo
Secretary show that in the first three
months of this year there wero threo
fatal accidents and twelve serious
bicycling accidents in the strcots of
London. During tho same period
there were 318 summonses issued for
rash or reckless riding. In two cases
only wero tho persons injured women.
Tho President of tho Indianapolis
(Tud.) Street Ilailroad has made esti
mates which puts tho 1033 to his com
pany from tho riding of wheels at
810,000 a year. Eight thousand livo
hundred licenses for bicycles havo
been taken out in Indianapolis, aud
ho figures that ono-fourth of these
wheelmen would otherwise use tho
street car twice a day. That would
net the company 88000 a year, aud
the new riders which are now learning
would easily increase tho amount to
SIO,OOO.
Tho practice of carrying babies on
bicycles, in cages or baskets attached
to tho handle-bars, has booomo very
common, in spite of its obvious dan
gers. Physicians say, too, that tho
rapid motion aud the joltiug are not
good for tho baby, and that tho ner
vous system is likely to be seriously
affected. The Illinois Humane Society
is trying to put an end to the practice
by invoking a State law which pro
hibits the exposure of children iu
dangerous positions. Tho application
of the law is doubtful, for of course it
never contemplated such a case as
this; but the movement in question
seems to bo a wise ono, and tho prac
tice should bo stopped, if possible,
both for the sake of the children and
tho nervous onlookers.
Tho New York Observer states (hat
Bishop Potter does not know, or at
least until recently, did not know
what a chump is. He says: "I was
walking in ono of tho downtown
streets in Now York the other day, and
as I passed by two small boys, ono
said to tho other: 'There goes the
bieh. He's no chump.' Now, I don't
know what tho word chump means,
but I am gratified that tho boy was
ablo to identify me." A chump is a
short, thick, heavy piece of wood; a
chump end of meat is tho thick end of
a joint. In the languago of the boy
whose friendly criticism tho Bishop
overheard a chump is a dull, stupid,
blundering individual, dull of percep
tion, a blockhead, in fact. Tho oppo
site to all this is a keen, astute man of
affaire, a man who is bright, always on
tho alert, comprehending tho situation
and knowing just what to do in uuy
situation.
The new High School building at
Medford, Mass., is pointed to as an ox
nmple of what may bo doro iu an edu
cational lino as to interior decora
tions-. In the twenty-seven rooms of
the building there arc 172 works of
art of different kinds, most of them
being largo photo-engravings, uhilo
there are also busts, has rcliofn and
other articles of beauty and value.
The busts and pictures are all careful
ly grouped and arranged, each room
being given a separato subject or class
of subjects, and these subjects being
carefully graded upward in harmony
with tlio progress of tho pupils. In
the halls and on tho staircases tho
samo general plan has been carried
out with regard to famous natural ob
jects. Those of otir own country are
found on the lowor floors, and those of
other countries higher up, tho idea
being to ground tho pupil thoroughly
in tho knowledge of his native land
bofore tnking him abroad for that of
other countries. Mo: lof tho engrav
ings are of famous paintings or other
works of art, so that while carrying
tho main idea of presenting nu author
or statesman, they also give tho pupil
a general knowledge of tho work of
famous artistß of different eras. These
decorations are valued at S2IOO, and
were presented to the school by tho
alumni.
LIFE AND LCVE.
Life and Love at tho cross-roads met,
Oat for a holiday-
Criod Lovo, ".Sweet Life, thy cares forget,
'Tis Lovo who bids thee stay,
Come, journey on without rogrot,
Through summer hours alway."
A rose-white blur agaiust tho skv,
Crab-apple blossoms blow;
Tho drifting swallows homownrd fly
To April slopes aglow;
And Life and Love iu laughter vio
As on their way they go.
Pan's pipes sigh 'noath a crescent moon,
Like cobwebs float and stray;
Night moths seek the whiteflowors soon, j
'Tis the daffodil mouth of May:
Aud tho pilgrims sing a inerry tunc,
They aro comrades truo for aye.
To June's rose-hidden portals led
Glad Love his comrade true;
"Now we must part," WHS all Life said,
"Aud fare alone, for who
Finds Lovo and Juno and roses rod,
Has lived his day—adieu!"—
Nancy M. Waddle, tu Ladies' Home Journal.
A TENNESSEELOVE STORY.
jpSSgjgjHßY onlled lior iho
I %'l Daughter of tho
IS Confederacy i n
that Southern city.
Who Ims a daughter
t'.lj £s\/],y of her own now, who
-~<y j should, of course,
1,0 Crtlled the
Granddaughter of
the Confederacy,
but probably isn't. That, however, is !
anticipating.
The daughter of a cause so long
dead could not have been so young
aud beautiful. Sho must havo been
tho chil l of a Memory, that grows
xuoro beautiful with each year, and
knows a new youth with each succeed
ing generation.
She was very beautiful tho day that
Howard Poiirco saw her. lie sat on
the window lodgo of his second-story
oilice—ho was a young lawyer from
the North—and looked dowu ou Com
pany K, Tennessee National
Guards, lined up at "parade rest."
Ho knew their Captain, Saunders,
who also was a lawyer and whoso office
adjoined Pcarce's. It was annual en
campment time, and K Company was
about to go to the grounds at tho foot
of tho Kidge.
"Order—fcfaims!" commauded Cap
tain Saunders.
"Carry—Harms!"
"Shoulder—Harms! Bight for'ad,
fours right—M'oh!"
Company K moved up the street.
As tho last four swuug into tho column,
there camo a clutter of hoofs on tho
pavement, and a girl rodo past the
company and took her place at its
head, saluting tho Captain gravely,
and with ceremony.
"What a beautiful girl!" Pierce ex
claimed.
Sho wore a gray riding habit, with
double row of small brass buttons
leading up to two black stars on tho
collar. Ou her sunny locks a small
gray slouch hat rested, tiited just tho
least bit over one eye, Sho rodo
well.
Pearco leaned so far from tho win
dow to catch a parting glimpse ot the
girl iu gray that he almost fell. Tho
crowd had dispersed, and the young
lawyer returned to his desk. It was a
warm day toward tho end of July, and
he was not sorry that ho had no busi
ness ou hand that must bo rushed.
Ho reflected that as ulmost every one
had gone to tho camp ground, there
was no reason for remaining iu tho
office, which tho little breezo that
stirred out doors carefully avoided.
Evidently, tho girl iu gray had gone
to tho camp ground. And with
Saunders. But Saunders was married;
happily married, Pearco hoped. Auy
how, ho was glad that Saunders was
married.
That evening ho sat before Captain
Saunders's tent, with Iho Captain, his
wife aud Miss Mooro - - the girl in gray.
To tho ea .t of tiio camp ground the
ridge ro o iu a gentlo slope. To the
southwest, seemingly towering jus!
over them, was tho mountain.
Pearco's heart beat faster as tho
thought camo to him that thirty years
before white ti nts had marked tho foot
of the ridgo as they did that day. But
then they had stretched for miles north
and south.
"Captain," ho raid, turning to
Saunders, "it is easier to get up tho
ridgo than it was once. There uro no
men in gray there to-night."
"No," the Captain replied; "but
tho sons of tome of those men are
j there," poiiitingto the company streot,
in which blue-c!ad Injures lounged.
"Loyal? Without doubt. Listen!"
Tho band--, which had united for tho
evening concert, had just struck up
"The Star Spangled Banner." Whcu
tho air was recognized a cheer arose
from the tented wood.
"Hear that?" said tho Captain.
"Wait," said the girl in gray.
"For what?" Pearco asked.
"They v.iil play 'Dixie* after
awhile."
"What then?"
"Thou they will yell," sho said,
looking at him with a bright smile
aud nodding uconfident "You'll seo—
or hear."
j And When tho National
j air was finished there was a brief wait.
Then tho quick, stirring notes of
| "Dixie" started tho woods into life
| with sharp echoes, which were drowned
I by one long, loud yell.
Pearco looked at tho girl to receive
lan expected "I told you so." But
| sho was not looking at him. Her
■ cheeks wi re dark with color, and her
I eyes, brightened by excitement, wero
| fixed upon tho young men, tossing
S their caps high above tho tents and
' shouting with all their sturdy lung
I power.
"I wonder," ho mused, "if she
hales the North as she loves tho South?"
When tho tumult had ceased he
turned to Saunders.
"Weil, Captain," he said, "what do
you say to that?"
"Of course, they love 'Dixie,'" said
tho Captain earnestly. "So do I. But
thero is no deeper meaning in that
cheer than tho love of a memory. !
They are loyal."
Miss Mooro said that she must go
back to town.
"As it is late, I shall havo to leave
my horse with you, Captain. I shall
send for him to-morrow. I reckon I
can walk to tho train in this rig."
Slio looked down somewhat doubt
fully at her ridingskirt. Penrce eaid
that ho would bo glad to go with her,
and though it was not apparent in just
what way he could overcomo tho dis
advantage of the long dress, sho seemed
to be grateful for his escort.
Woll, that was the beginning o? it,
and tho end is not yet. An incident
that occurred under a largo tree in tho
old Confederate fort on the mountain
may give a hint of the trend of events.
Pearce [and Miss Mooro were under
tho treo because it was tho shelter
nearest when rain suddenly began to
fall; and it rained, probably, because
a number of young folks of tho city
had come up on tho mountain to spend
a September day that promised, in the
morning, to bo pleasaut.
Mr. I'earco was not in good humor.
110 and Miss Mooro had ecparatod
themselves from tho others. One
topic of conversation had led to an
other, which, in this instance, was a
declaration by Mr. Poareo that ho was
irretrievably in lovo with Miss Moore,
and that if sho refused to make him
happy ho should bo forever miserable.
At a critical stago of this declaration,
a raindrop kissed tho girl's cheek.
"Oh, it's going to rain !" sho cried.
Tho next instant tho downpour be
gan, and both rushed through a breach
iu tho earthen wall of tho fort to the
tree, whoso branches, to which tho
leaves yet clung, olrorod protection.
Thero they stood in sileuce for several
minutes, sho busily brushing raindrops
from her hat, which sho had lakon off,
and he watching her, moodily.
Tho silence became oppressive, and
sho glanced at him, curiously aiul
apprehensively, from undor her lashes,
lie caught tho gluncc, and, moving to
ward her, said:
"Well?"
"Oh, don't," sho exclaimed, start- j
iug away, her eyes still lixed upon a
ribbon with which sho was working.
"Why, Katherinc—cr—Miss Moore
"Ob, you mustn't."
Ho walked to tho edge of tlio circle
protected by tho leaves and looked
out over tho clay wall of tho fort,
down which tiuv rivers ran. {She,
having dried her hat, placed it again
on her head aud begun brushing hor
skirt where, here and there, rain had
spotted it. Slio gluuco 1 sovoral times
at his back, stubbornly turned towurd
her. 110 evinced no intention of mov
ing, nor of speaking again, and sho
became nervous. Tho situation was
uniK.'urable, and sho exclaimed :
"Wo must get back to the others!"
"We can't very well go through this
rain," ho said, without turning round.
Another prolonged silence, broken
only by tho monotonous fall of tho
rain. Finally, when sho had almost
made up her mind to gather up her
Nkirts and run to tho hotel, a quarter
of a milo away, he turned and camo
quickly toward her.
He put out his hand as though to
tako hers, but she quickly put her
hands behind her and stopped back.
Ho folded his arms nn 1 stood before
her, looking earnestly into her eyes
that sho raised to his, almost appeal
iupiy-
"ivathorine,'' ho said, "I love you.
Will you bo ray wife?"
A beautiful color stole slowly from
tho ribbon at hor throat, lip, up until
it tinted the elges of lier small, per- \
feotlv formed ears. His gaze hold j
hers for a moment; then her eyelids |
fell and their long lashes swept her
cheeks.
"Mr. Pearce," sho said, slowly and j
hesilatiugly, "I am so sorry, but I—l j
cau't."
"Because you do not lovo mo?"
She looked up quickly into his face ;
thou down again; but sho did not
reply.
"Kathcrine, tell me," lio said,
"Why is it that you cannot marry
mo?"
"Because," sho was very busy dis
lodging a half buried stone with tho
toe of her shoo —"because—you aro n
Yankee!"
Another swift glance mot hi' 1 steady
look. Then sho moved a little further
away and stood half turned from him.
If is first impulso was to laugh. But
that passed almost as it came. The
gray, brass buttoned riding habit, the
Hushed cheeks aud bright eyes with
which sho had listened to "Dixie,"
flashed across his mental vision. The
"Yankee" might be an obstacle not to
be laughed away.
"Cut I am not a Yankee," he said,
with emphasis. "I am from Illinois."
It seemed a long timo to both that
they stood in silence. Again sho was
tho first to speak.
"This is an awful rain," eho re
plied.
"Ye?, a very wet rain," ho replied.
"Oh, you uro going to jost about
it—"
"But I am not jo? ting," ho an
swered, walking rapidly to whore sho
stood. "What I mean is that you
will get wet. Tho water is beginning
to drip from tho leave?. Here," strip
ping oft' his coat, "lot mo put this
around you."
"Ob, no," sho said, stepping back.
"But you must. Tho air is chill,
and if you got wet you will catch
cold."
"But you—you—"
"It won't hurt me a bit. Come."
110 assumed a commanding tone,
and that, or something else, accom
plished liis end, for sho made no effort
to freo herself when ho placed the coal
about her shoulders. It took a long
time to get it lixod just right, and his
arm was still around her when ho
looked into her face and 3aw that she
was looking up into his. Somothing
in her eyes prompted him to draw her
close to him and say, very tendorly:
"Sweetheart, I como from tho
North, but I love a Southern girl.
Don't you think that sho cau lovo a
Northern mau just a little—if ho is
not a Yankee?"
She studied the arrangement of his
necktio closely, and thon transferred
her Scrutiny to his watch chain. But
evidently eho was not thinking of
either, for when she spoke, sho asked:
• "Illinois people aren't Yankees?"
"Certainly net!" ho replied with
conviction. "They aro a long way
from Yatikeedom. Moro than a thou
sand miles." She oxamined the neck
tie again, looked into his eyes for a
moment, then over his shoulder, off
into the rain.
"Ivatherine," ho said, softly, "Do
you lovo mo?"
Sho turned her head slowly until
their eyes met. A wave of color
rushed into lier cheeks, and she mur
raered faiutly---"l r ee."
"And you will bo my wife?"
With perhaps a sudden thought of
her surroundings, and of a stormy
day thirty years befoie, she replied:
"I---I surrender."
Tho rain, as il to hide the sceno
from nuy possible obsorver, fell more
heavily for a moment. Then it ceased
altogether, and soon tho sun shone
through from a blue sky wlicro tho
gray clouds had parted.—St Louis
Republic.
Lambs in Society,
Tho lamb has become a fealnro of
New York society. Not that lort
which iroquents tho misuamed club.
Not tho variety whoso lleoco is invit
ingly extended near the stage doors of
theatres, for harmless little girls with
tho downcast eyes, to pluck. This is
Iho real lamb, whose name lias been
forever linked with that of Mary by
tho pastoral poet.
If you como to take an early morn
ing constitutional on Fifth avenuo any
pleasant day, proof of tho lamb crazo
can bo seen. White as snow, with col
lars adorned with tinkling bolls, led
by silver chains, generally in tho
bauds of pretty French maids, tho
pampered embr)o sovoreigu of Ohio
tarilV ideas gambol according to Fifth
avenue etiquette.
Iu one of Fifth avenue's aristocratic
apartment houses is a lamb that has a
maid all to itself. No pug dog was
over reared in greater luxury. Tho
iU3*sterie3 of its toilet aro numorous.
Nothing, in tho estimation of its mis
tress, is too good or expensive for
this lamb. Tho brush and comb used
in tho daily toilet are silver mounted,
and when tho lamb takes its meals,
they aro served in sterling silver
bowls. Tho daily menu consists of
milk and a preparation of cooked In
dian meal, sometimes varied by oat
meal.
At night tho lamb sleeps in a basket
lined with silk and cotton, at tho foot
of its mistress's bed. The mistress
claims that her pet is much tnoro in
telligent than any dog, and far prefer
able to a cat as ft pet. If this modern
bopeep should suffer tho loss of her
protege, tho whole police forco of New
York would bo asked to rally to tho
rescue.—Now York Journal.
The Feigning of Death by Animals.
The habit of feigning death for the
sake of protection can bo observed
among many of tko lower animals—
animals which differ widely in family,
genus and species. Indeed, this habit
is to be observed in creatures micro
scopic in size and of exceedingly low
organization, as well as those us high
in the scale of animal life as man him
self ; for even man does not hesitate
on occasions to avail himself of this
natural subterfuge when ho thinks it
will aid in the preservation of his life.
With the aid of the microscope 0110
can observe and study the natural his
tory of the minute animal world,
which otherwise would remniu a closed
and unread volume. This instrument
lias shown mo, beyond cavil, that crea
tures as low in the scale as actino
phryans, very minute, microscopic
animalcules, practice, death-feigning
when suprised by an enemy from
which they cannot otherwise escape.
Thus I havo repeatedly seen actino
phryans fold their delicate, hair-like
legs or cilia and sink to the bottom of
their miniature lako (a drop o; water)
when approached by a water-lou c,
which preys upon theiu. They re
main to all) appearances absolutely
without lifo until the water-louse
swims away, when they unfold their
cilia and go back to their feeding
grounds —a bit of water weed or mOfcs,
or decayed wood.—Lipnincotl's.
Dave Him a Chance fur a Joke,
ITero is a story told by a bright
young Cincinnati lawyer on ono of his
older and less scintillating friends:
The older attorney was .pleading a
I ease before Judge Sage,and had talked
| incessantly for two hours. He had
I gone over aud over the ground and up
: into tho air and down below the sur
face of tho question, until itseoined as
[ if nothiug was left for him to say. Ho
j had talked and talked until most of
1 tho listeners were cither asleep or
wished they wore, and those who were
iutili awako were about making up their
minds to rise in their might aud threw
! chairs and things at lum, when sud
! donly and unexpectedly tho long
-1 winded man stopped short and
! coughed.
"X should like a glass of water,"
aid ho to tho court attendant, aud
tho man disappeared to get it for him.
For a moment there was a long
awn sigli from tho listeners, and
icn Judge Sago leaned forward to tho
young lawyer who tells the story and
! whispered:
"Why don't you tell your friend,
Alfred,that it is against tho law to run
a windmill with water?"— Cincinnati
Tribune.
• ELEVEN TONS OP WEDDING PRESENTS.
I Princess Henriette's (of Belgium)
: wedding clothes and presents, which
! were sent after her from Brussels to
Neuilly, where her husband's (the Duo
do Vcndome) villa is, filled 170 boxes
1 and weighed eleven tons.
WOMEN DRUMMERS,
j Miss Alice Fleming, a Now York
drummer, who handles notions, is at
: the Buleigb. Speaking of her busi
ness, she said : * There are many more
j women on the road this year than
! ever before. Of course, the majority
! of them carry light liues of goods, and
toi'et articles, patent modicines, per
fumeries and lines of ladies' woar have
, the preference, but a few carry lioav-
I ier goods. There is a woman who has
been traveling through Illinois for
| several years in the interest of a gro
cery company of St. Louis; a woman
bandies hardware, one sells shoes,
: carrying several heavy sample trunks,
. and it is now difficult to find a staple
! line that is not represented by a wo
' man in some part of the country. It is
I a wearing life, but is greatly to bo
preferred to standing behind a conn*
ter all day selling goods."—Washing
ton Star.
THE TIP TILTED IT AT.
Tho tip-tilted hat is likely to de
stroy many a reputation for beauty,as
few women apparently study profile
! effects in the mirror. Along with the
j tooth and the nail brush tho uso of
| tho baud-glass ought to lie obligatory.
I Then would we bo spared tho sight of
passo women possessed of sorawny
| necks dragging choir scanty looks to tho
' top of tneir heads and surmounting
! the tiny knot with a millinery struc
tare which accentuates tho hollowness
j of their cheeks and tho unsyminetry of
| their noses. But to return to tho hat
j thrust over tho eyes, exceptional will
be she whoso good looks cau withstand
; tho eoiffuro arrangement necessary for
; tho proper adjustment of this new
millinery angle. A painstaking study
' of hand-class reflections is reooiu
; mended to even the pretty girl if eho
j wishes to retain her belloshlp,—Chi
i cngo Times-Herald.
NORA TERRY'S CAREER,
! Tt appears that Nora Perry made
i her iirst stroko of fortune through a
Washington newspaper. Sho had
I written her jioein, "Tying Her Bonnet
! Under Her Chin," and submitted it to
j tho Atlantic Monthly. It was "de*
! cliued with thanks," but a friend in
| Washington interested himself in get
! ting it priuled iu ono of the news-
I papers there, from which it was widely
j copied. About a year after its lirst
' appcaranco iu print, ono of the editors
! of tho Atlantic said to George Sum
| uer, who was a stanch believer in tho
j young poet's future: "If Nora Perry
I would writo us as good a poem as
i Tying Her Bonnet Under Her Chin,'
i we would pay hor S2O for it," a good
! prico for verso of that length at that
| time. Sumner wrote of this to Scna
; tor Anthony, of Rhode Island, adding:
' ",-!o you see, dear Senator, the market
i price of a bonnet." This letter Senator
Anthony gave Miss Perry, and she al
ways kept it among her souvenirs.
The result of this offer was that "After
the Ball" was sent to tho Atlantic and
accepto I; and that poom became tho
! best known of Miss Perry's verse,—
1 New York Post.
IIOW TO REMOVE TAN.
; On the priaciplo that prevention is
! better than cure, tan may best bo
: avoided bv wearing a veil. Tho young
! woman who adheres religiously to a
i veil through storm and sunshine will
j not lincl tho natural whiteness of her
•skin striou ly impaired. There aio
times, however, when the summer girl
i finds it diverting to know how fresh
: air feels, and on such occasions she
I accumulates tho deadly trio of tan,
I sunburn and freckles that are to cause
her many an anxious hour, says the
| Now York Press.
| There are a few simple agents, how
: ever, that may be effectually called
| into play in tho romoval of theso
be aufcy-destroy ere. One of tho most
effectual of the eis lemon juice. As
j oflcn as every other night tho face
j should be thoroughly rubbed with a
frosh lemon. The vigorous but liarm
t iess acid of tho lemon will soon re
move the most obstinate tan, leaving
tho skin not only white, but with an
added softness and smoothness.
When a woman has once become a
convert to the lemon, other uses of
this valuable toilot accessory suggest
j themselves to her. She will discover
| that nothing is so purifying to her
complexion as lemon juice taken n3 a
tonic. Tho juice of a lemon, taken
' without sugar in a largo cup of very
hot water, immediately upon rising,
is tho best of medicines.
I A lomon bath iB furthermore a de
lightful luxury and givos the skin au
enviable sen hie ololeauucssund smooth
lies?. Ju short, the lemon is a euro
for nearly all tbo ills that the summer
' girl's complex ion iH he:r to, and eho
, will do well to adopt it oarly in the
season.
| Ju the daily washing of the face,
especially iu tbo tauuing season, there
lis only OLIO kind of water. Some
troublo is involved in obtaining a con
' stunt supply of fiUerp.l. rain water,
| but the result justifies Die expenditpro
of time and energy. First cover the
: face with tbo lather from some good
I pure soap, then wash genlly in the
rain water till every trace of tk9 soap
io removed.
Friction is a good tonifrfor any skin
and will give it tho healthy glow that
ought to be the ambition of itsowner.
A thorough rubbing of tho faco every
night and the constant use of a rough
towel in drying it arc very stimulating.
Pallor is no moro to bo desired than
tan, and if tho summer girl is so dis
posed she can achieve a happy medium.
GOSSIP.
Crown Princess Stephanio of Austria
is a cyclist.
In society circles there is quite a fad
now of making tho musical programme
an elaborate foaturo at weddings.
In Norway a new law lias been passed
which makes girls ineligible for ma
trimony until thoy nro proficient iu
knitting, baking and spinning.
Tho last census shows that wo havo
1235 women preachers, 203 lawyers
an I 4555 doctors and surgeons. Hut
in all thoeo numbers there are few who
were college womoii.
The Princess Victoria of Wales is an
ordent wheelwoman, as also aro tho
Duke of York, tho Duchess of Fife,
tho Princess Louise, Marchioness of
Lorno, and the Princess llcnry of Bat
teuberg.
In literature tho list of tho unwed
is long. It includes "Ouida," Jeau
Ingelow, Rosa Gary, Edith Thomas,
Sarah Orue Jewetfc, Mary Wilkins,
Grace Denis Litchfield, Edna Lyall
and dozens more.
Ouida's hands nnd feet aro said to
1)0 perfect iu shupo and proportion.
To keep her feet from being contort
ed by unaturul prossuro on the bones,
sho always wears, summer and winter
alike, open buckled shoos.
The Empress Frederick will proba
bly spend n considerable part of the
next two years in England. It is pos
sible that she may become the tenant
of Ditton Park, tho Duke of lluc
clench'a place near Windsor.
Tho Trustees of Smith College,
Northampton, Mass., havo decided to
colebroto the one hundredth birthday
anniversary of Sophia Smith, tho
founder of the college. Tho anniver
sary of hor birth comes August 27.
Every Friday morning tho Dutchess
d'Uzes dresses herself in very common
olothes and goes to a cancer hospital,
where she spends tho day in tho oc
cupation of a nurso, relieving ono of
tho attendants, who gets n holiday.
Tho Empicss of Austria's villa nt
Corfu, which was built six years ago,
and which cost more thau $2,500,001),
is to bo sold. The Empress has not
spent six months in Corfu since the
villa was finished, but declares herself
to bo tired of tho place.
A collection of 1000 books, all relat
ing to women, that has been accumu
lated by Colonel Uigginsou of Bostou,
is to bo presentod to Itadcliffo College.
The books are not to bo separated,
but will be placed and kept in an al
cove apart from other books.
Mr?. Humphrey Ward says that wo
men have been hampered heretofore
as writers of fiction, owing to tho fact
that they could not travel and explore
without escorts. Sho expects great
tilings of women in literature now that
the old prejudices are passing away.
Tho ex-Empress Eugenie, who is
still engaged on her memoirs, uses a
penholder that is set with diamonds.
This was employed by tho fourteen
representatives in signing tho treaty
of the peace of Paris in 185H, and was
presented to tho ex-Express as a me
mento.
The decay of tho fine art of needle
work is one of tho accepted conditions
of tho moment. As to preserve that
which was, but is threatened not to
be, is ft much affected pursuit just
now, fiomo ono of tho many women's
clubs should turn its attention to this
matter.
FASHION NOTES.
Some now handkerchiefs are shown
in biscuit brown.
Cycle leggings generally match tho
suit with which they aro worn.
A full racking of black satin finishes
many a gown in a smart and unique
manner.
Bonnet pics representing dandelion
Huffs in pearls are dainty and inex
pensive.
Each molisto gives a distinctive
touch to tho neckbands of tho gowns
sho makes.
Even tho laundry bag has been glori
fied uutil it is now a really ornamental
object in any room.
Tho denim pillow in all lines and
shapes is found both in tho drawing
room and in the hammock.
It is a fad among tho brides of tho
soason to have their favorite color pre
dominate in their trousseau.
Among tho most popular lines of
neckwear on tho market aro yokes
made of point de Ireland, oriental and
point do Venise laces combined with
silk and ribbon.
Great preparations havo been made
to render jackets onco more the mode,
and we shall wear llicui with short,
full basques and largo ties under tho
chin and front.
Milliners are wise in using flowers,
grasses and tho like for iho upright
decoration demauded by Dame Fash
ion, for, since the mode of obtaining
aigrettes has been explained, sensitive
women shrink from wearing them,
AN INVOCATION.
Fall, gentle rain, in blessed, brimming
drops—
Cool with thy kiss tho city's burning
streets;
Moisten the [meadows whore tho hot sun
. beats,
And fall refreshing on the thirsting crops!
The warm wind for thy cordial grooting
stops—
Tho panting flocks for a merry wolcomo
bleats;
Tho famished fields unfold a thousand
sweets,
Tho grass bonds dimpling on the mountain
tops!
Fall,' gentle rain, while tho rojolcing lanl
Smiles thankful whore each radiant gem
appears;
Fall like a benediction from Ilis hand
Who makes tho storm and sunlight of tho
years;
Who send thee to refresh tho living and
To mourn tho dead that know no love—or
tears!
—Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
HUJIOH OF THE DAY.
Tho "flyer" in stocks often turns
out to bo a "header."—Pack.
This is the month of pink and rose,
When balmy breezes sigh,
And children turn tho garden hojo
On every passor-by.
A man. often spends all his money
trying to get something for nothing.
—Puck.
loarning to rido a bicyole, ono
notices tho scenery is very
Adams Freoman.
The difference botwoon firmness nud
obstinaoy is merely a matter of box.
Adams Freeman.
To roam tho bosky woods at will,
To fish beside tho brook.
Will fill your soul with joy until
It eomos your turn to cook.
-Judge.
Tho man who bifce3 off moro than
ho can chow is not so uumorons as ho
who swallows moro than ho can digest.
| —Life.
Of people meant everything they
said the complications would bo near
ly as great as if they said everything
thoy meant.—Life.
j Hho—"Why is it that some men .\ro
so calm and cool when they propose?"
| "Probably they arc not expecting to
bo accoptod."—Life.
Tho path of duty mnybo leads
To self-appiovnl, but
Tho human mind will still attompt
I To find a shorter cut.
—Detroit News.
Such Candor: A cortain Professor,
on being asked what Jio knew upon a
particular subject, replied: "Nothing;
I have not even lectured upon it, sir."
—Tit-Bits.
Beneath a bushel do not hldo
Your lamp's effulgent light,
But put it on your bike and rido
Forth in tho darksome night.
—Pittsburg News.
"Was Bridget pleased you
i showed her how to shell poas with the
| c'.othes wringer?" „"No; she's mad
| because wo haven't a lawn mower fo:
Ito string beans with."—Chicago
Kecord.
Mr. Crimsoubcnk—"What kind of
a dress do you call that red aTair Miv.
i Styles had 011 to-day?" Mrs. Critn
sonbeak—"flint's it calling gown.
"Well, goodness knows, it looks loud
, enough to call."—Yonkers Statcmau.
Mrs. White—"How is your wife,
Mr. Brown?" Browu, (pointing to
whero his wife sits in tho next room,
at work on bis coat) "*Jh's sew
sow." Mrs. White—"Ob, I see; she
is mouding sure enough."—Boston
Transcript.
, An Irishman meetingpinolhcr asked
what had become of their old ac
quaintance, Patrick Murphy: "Arrab,
now, dearjjhonoy," answered the oth
or, "Poor Pat was condemns 1 to bo
Imugcd, but he saved his life by dying
in prison."—Tit-Bits.
Ho—"Lid that Miss Flyrfc receive
many proposals last season at Hyo
Beach?" Siic—"Many? Why, re
: coiving proposals got to be a habit
with her. In a short time sho couldn't
hear a soda water bottle pop without
exclaiming, 'This is so sudden!'"—
Chicago Post.
Sound Advice: Borrowall (happen
ing in)—" That's a lino macUiuo /
yours, Ferguson. Homo day I'll como
around and take it out for a little
spin. By tha way, wlmfc kind of a1 -
o3 r clo would you advise mo to ride? '
Forguson—"l'd advise you to ride
ono of your own."—Chicago Xribuue.
"Hollo," sail tho irmliatma, as ho
met tho elemental in the a-tru',
"What aro you up to to-day." "Oh,
just knocking aiouud," replied the
elemental. "How's things m Thib
et?" "Well, We're having just t:.o
name kind of spring wo had off )•> yvnrj
ago—wet and backward, Bo lui g.
Minneapolis Journal.
Age of fish Unlim'leJ,
"The ago of fish is ulmod unlimib
od," observed an official of luo F.. J
Commission, in reply to a question.
"Professor JLtaird devoted a great deal
of time to the question M;; to the length
of life of fish,, and ho found that the
ojdinary carp, if not iuterfoto 1 wilb,
would live five hum>ro 1 ycHr-f. in hi.
writings on tho subject ho stated thai
there is now living in flu*. Xlo-.al
Aquarium, in lhissin, several r'ug;
that aro known to be over six hun-lr i
years old, and that he had ascertained
in a number of cases that wh.Vos liv
to be over two hundred years old. A
gentleman in Baltimore Ims had an
ordinary gold IMi for sixty three
years, and his father inform'.d bin!
that ho had purchased jfc over forty
years before it came into his pus
sion."—Washington Blur.
J. do Bnrth Shorb, who died r.l Los
Angeles, Gal., the other day, w.ts oat
of tiie best known viticuitDrkts n
tho world. He leaves among ot. u
property a vineyard of 13U0 a. utj.