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A Sod Spa. yon,/. . .\ fl!>f|6| ni an ?ft il o? l- ovor tho no?, w Hew- ????ii?jl?wp WOK non anil low, ' v ul UiO MIIK?B n bailad c'? ocean glc? >: it.tr HWCOtl.V iii K^ntl?flow. A M?idov wlfo ?at out on tho ahore A;. ?i lirsaraed. of ft ?tdn OP tbo docp, Xiui ??or tailor riirm ?be enw no moro, ?? or lio slept in a souuO, eouud elcop. (.lu? ?ador P*i)od nwfty aiid ftway, i? v'?ior.? tbo Bersr?B worn Horco and wild, A tul waa IpHt ftt tho break of a stormy dny I o bia wlfo and lils ltttle child. ?J ho wiiut? woro ind mu? tho wnvoa woro mild, ? <M ibo Be? ?aug ft Btory of Ufo, . '. . Haby to thoBfttlor child, <\ .vail to tho Bailor wllot A WIFE'S ECONOMY. ., * *; i Vi ''i cVt-V. . ' Mr; and Mrs. Blossom wore now . i of a lino brilliancy but of a small m. ultiido iu tho society of Warions? Lau i*. Alexander Blossom and Miimlo ll; lom had been married for ono short which time seemed to them just on- long summer's day. There aro sov ; i in married people unliko Aloxander Minnie, for theso woro never happy ex ?it when they wore together, and iv I H they wore together novor un? lia i y for a moment. When Alexander CHU o in from business ho always lu? ?til tod a Hoarch for tho brown-oyed girl Abo was walting for tum, and ivhi ii ho began to despair She would si a -1 out of a certain passage way with a y laugh and nsk him where his woro. Of course under theso cir? ' un itauccs, lt was necessary for her to Lalo a good, square look at his eyes to ioi mino if they were tho samo as ov : and thou occurred some of thoso oi.i.'ifostntlons which foolish people foolishness, and which culy stoppod ., :i tho genial housomald carno to an ce that dlnnor was aorved. Of ie, tho housomald did no say, ! i nner is served;" her proclamation .i. : itlm wa?, "Como, now," but tho Ci ?lng was tho samo. I have omlttod y that M i milo was not very tall; tint? alie was remarkably healthy and and deliciously plump. Her lips wero ?ar bursting with fulness as cher? ric- after a rain: her forohoad was low, dod her eyebrows, heavier than tho or? dliiaVyi.made her just so much tho moro "t ':;notlc. There was nothing wondor fjul about Alexander. You will com piehend Alexanflor at onco whon I say A i . t ho received 5100 a month, which Iii lid ?ot earn. Howevor, ho firmly j . ievod that in some mysterious way labor brought largo returns to bia ployers. With $100 a month tho Blossoms had 1 live. Fortunately, they had no rent f V'I yay; tho market books, undor Min. 's care, figured up reasonably, and i domestic was kind enough to de li 'ind but $15 a month. One day Aloxander came home from '.'.allogod business looking nice and ?i-f. finid '.dil.' loon lug foi: '.riimie. ? l?f.UiV rushed ".i fichu (lie uaeX' .wi ?ila1"; in wu ii she' always hid, igl?. Shin around tho mv.-k, aike-.t hm ? ,!orc VU. iiyca v/eie, mu,, a rapturou. ? jut*?. beiow hh .. ,i;ii.\'i lian'mus t no B?ga?J?utj lu?'.h'p.''; in pl . .. ed i /itu on-' kK> just below o nere Minim >'iild havo Ui'A w splendid brown >p??i ...che JKUI ?hu hoi p bi that Mw, and re hod that he didn't know. Ho also de n? nded Advice ai to what it was appro /1 late to think. Miunle then explainei hap ft lotter had come addrossod ti an, that it looked Uko woddjng cards li??t alio had-had oponod it, and tba ; wasn't wedding cards after all. Some men, hearing of a mystoriou uer opened by a loving wife, would havo experienced a feeling of vague un i esl. Kot so Alexandor. He ailontl weighed tho morita of some hasty false hoods and inquired bravely what th loiter was. "An invitation to join tho Warrens burg Social club," said Minnie, "and ave been thinking of it all tho aftoi .ooo." So sho had, in hoi* woman! .trays abo had boon thinking what dress s she could wear. "Isn't lt nice? .die criod. "Kow, say we can go." "Of courso we can go." Tho unguardedness of this answc vas essentially masculine. Wonion, o he contrary, always begin by refusing and afterward allow themselvos to b inned into anything whatever. "Thon you must got a dress suit, mid Mrs. Blossom. Theso were, indeed, strange words They conveyed ho revolting Idea tin bite fashionable Alexander had nothin ? dress more formal than cutaways c fri nee Alberts. How, then, had 1 been married? Tho explanation throw ight on a very dark pa;sag) in M. II ossom'fl life-his dressed suit ha been pawned; and worse, tho timo i redemption had expired. "I can't go," ho said, resigning bin loll to Pato with a largo F. .'That's lt/' crlod Minnie, dolightot "I've been figuring it all up, and ye jan go." Hero sho ran into tho ne: room, and in one second! returned wit A sheet of legal cap bearing very illog looking figures. "Kow look at this!" Alexander looked, and I havo to r cord that ho was not sbockod. Tl figures and their method woro about i nearly Uko thoso of an ordained boo keeper as Mr. Blossom's own. " Wo'vo got to bo economical for tv months, you see," said Minnie "The lt ?R, all on paper." Thu indisputable document ran thu docer, CO; J ano, $15; butchor, $1 coal, $8; ovorything else, 10; altogethe $78-$78 out of $100 lcavos $22~s; $20- two months, $10." "Ono of theso suits doosn't cost mo than tha?, doos it?" sho asked, con dently. "Costs $75, "replied tlw gloomy Ale ander; 'Mlumpl'lcried Minnie, "Can't y< manage? H* it woro ti $75 dross, $ would bo plenty." ' Aloxander shook lils head. .Mint tho club iiipofs early lu tho evening," pordstod Minnie. "Couldn't you got ono that would do-ready made, or something?" Aloxnndor waa pained. IEo said he t???tOu she did not speak in earucBtt "Dearl" cried Mtnnlo, in despair, "what can wc do? Wo can't toko boarders, and you can't bo a book agent. I wish somebody would lcavo us some monoy," "So do I," murmured Alec, with feeling. <t "I know what," cried Minnie, with -sudden bi ightnoss. "Don't you ask your fathor for monoy," said Mr. Blossom sternly. "I don't intend to." Alexander seoniod to think sho might havo been a little moro willful on this point. But ho tried to look much re lieved, and issued unothor command that BIIO was not to go in dobt. Her assent to this was Immediate. Alex ander had no moro to say. Tho noxt day Minuto, In pursuanco of her idea, went hy stealth to tho clothing emporium of Wurrensburg and demanded the prlco of dross suits. Tho unswor was $76. She thou askod tho price of tho cloth. This was a groat surpriso to tho tailor. Ho affected to solvo an intricato problem, and finally coming out with a mathematical nour ish of bis pondi, said: "Twonty dol lars." "How much for cutting out?" "Well," sahl tho tailor, "berni lot mo seo. You wouldn't want it made up here, you think? Woll, coat, vost and -about $13.50." "I should iiko to got tho cloth and tho cutting both lor $30 if you could," sold M hui io, faintly. "Well," answered tho tailor, patron izingly, "that's it, wo couldn't. You can't got English goods, you know, at American prices. Wo havo cheopor goods, but" "1 shouldn't want this," said Min nie "Well, as tho best figuro on that I'll say $33. Wo don't mako anything on it anyway." Mrs. Blossom was not deceived, but she protondod to bo and with another exertion of courago asked for a month's credit. Then sho directed tho cutting to be done by Alexander's measure, al ready with tho tailor, and tho next day carried ber bundle in triumph to her dressmaker. She of course, ono of that infinito number of women, found only by sheer good luck, who aro called "Jewels" by feminine gossips, and who charge two prices. They aro said to be "reasonable" as distinguished from the real modiste. According to immem orial usago among dressmakers, this particular "jowol" of Minnie's did not sot a price, but she said it was ti "splendid plan" that she would try,ant that sho would make everything "sat isfactory." What can bo inoro satis factory? Minnio departed in great sn'vi ts. Timi- rattled tit ami brough'. th? night of ibo club's ?lrsl? meeting Tin: IMUS.outs' uc?opi?pojp b:u' ? te Iuly SOM', nod Alexander had beti complu-.i ntlV in?ornu- i that ;i dross sui ]\'.?uhl 1 . jf?jj .video. M<) trusr,i-.| io hi Wife's t.r. itv. lu'hoS ni/.*, (?git ijpjjfc li i. ,Y?. mont] . she would cro?te a yVpndoj fui novel, ; s ladiof !<o easily do- ; otha navels- 1>U'. thUtslio syould hui sue tho moro useful and perhaps mor womanly plan of calling on ber fathei Mon aro so tardy in conceding to thoi wives other than domostio virtuos. Bu ono man was about to havo lib mascu lino prejudices swept away. Tho in portant night having rolled Into Wai reusburg, Minnio came dancing dow stairs in "somothing" tho gifted dies; maker "had patched up out of notl ing," and consequently bade bor depei dent to "come up and get ready. " ' Il went. Tho bundlo was brought out ft him to open. It was a regular tailor box (such was Minute'.! craftiness) ai; lol on tho collar of the coat was fl glorifying name of a Now York tallo Minnie, of course, had obtainol tl name ot ber fathor and sowed lt < with her own fair hands. Alec, with a full heart, donned tl suit and stood bofore tho mirror, i cast two caroful glances at tho trim r flection, clasped Minnie lo tho now coi and exclaimed in many raptures, "Y< darling! lt's-lt's tho regular thing "Aroyou satisfied?" asked tho wit wishing bim lo commit himself beyoi retrieve before she divulged the lc origin of the suit. "Of course!" cried Alec warml wishing ho were a woman, so that could gush a little. "Satisfied? W it's one of Ackerman's best-that what it ls. Seo tho way lt fits. I cou tell that was Ackerman's a m off." When ho had raved for ten minub Minnio confessed tho history of t suit. "So you see, after all," she si atlast, "wo women do know son thing." Mr. Blossom looked at tho coat mi critically, trying to detect a blomn but ho couldn't, ' "Aro you still satisfied?" askod M nie. He had to admit that ho was. "Now, how much do you suppose cost?" Mr. Blossom couldn't toll. "Nc a tailor," ho began: "Tailor!" cried Minnio. "You mt robber. I countod on just $40, and < of that I have this suit, which you i you Uko, and this dross of mino. Y would havo paid $75 for tho suit alo To-morrow I shall go up and pay and I warn you that ovcry cont I hi left out of tho $40 I shall spond candy, overy singlo cent." For M nio had tho woman's lovo of extra ganco after all. So this was Mrs. Blossom's trlum Not a gentleman at tho club was bel dressed than her husband. Thoy wore both m raptures. Al ander especially, whoa ho had c vlnced himself that his suit did proclaim to tho world tho disgrace . ? ??.m tamwtm WP-miWIII IIW WWII truth timi- lt had boon constructed hy a drc.sniuk?r, i The next evening, when M/. Blossom, carno homo and iustltutod the ?oavoh for Minnio, she did not lea? out at him from her old unthought of hiding plane. She waa tn h?r room aud ory ing. "What's tho matter?" asked Alexan der. Sho did not roply at first, but still kopt her bond from him, but whon she had beou wrought up to tim proper state of sympathy and alarm sho orled a llttlo moro bitterly than 'before, and quito unconsciously relaxed hot* grasp on a piece of crumplod papor. Alex ander divined, that this dingy scrap was thc souroo of tho trouble, and picked it up. It contained atrocious writing oxeoutod in red ink, and looked like tho work of a dynamiter. But it was not so brlof. It began: "Mrs. Blossom to Mrs. Durden, mini's Dress Suite." and after olghtoou or twenty linos of trimmings, linings, buttons, extra'cloth, making, oto., culminated in "totlo $39." Undor this "totlo" Mlnnlo hud written In trembling figuras what she owod tho taller, $33, and then had mado a "totlo" of her own. Tho dress suit had cost hor $72. "You bato me, "sho sobbed ; "You'll think you'vo married a simpleton." Aloxandor was not distinguished for a keon insight into human nature, but with so beautiful and appealing a crea turo as Minnio lu toars who would not know tho proper chord? "Simplotonl " ho crlod, and distrust ing tho power or words alone ho seized bur by tho waist, "sao jimp," and glee fully whisked her about tho room, i4ao you want a compliment on your lltianc iring? You shall liavo it. You have got a thing worth $75 for $72; inado $3 by simply turning over vour somowhat dimpled hand. Simpleton, forsooth; you aro a money grubborl Take mo to tho theatro, capital 1 and I will givo tho supper afterwards. Eh? What r\o you think ofthat?" Minnio, Hying from tears to smiles, foolishly thought Aloxandor moro ador able than ever, and that evening at thc play, although it was a very fatal tragedy, they successfully maintained tho highest spirits. But, botter than all, when tho story was related to Min nie's father, ho knowing how to striko tho right chord-immediately presonted her with a largo check as a guarantee that her Urse charming futllo efforts at economy were proporlv appreciated* HEADACHE AND HAIR. A Barber Tells How to Cure the Former and Preserve tho Latter. Yes, it is a mistake to change tho way or stylo of combing your hair. A mun should decido curly in lifo which way bois going to arrange his huir or beard, and keep it thnt way for lifo. It is 1 wrong to cultivnto n .pompadour' in summer time mid wear tho huir plaster ed on tho head tho vost of tho year. When the time comos to mnkc the 1 Change, the course of tho hair hus been changed at tho roots, mid tho hair will not lie down. sIf cut short it will stand j ont bke porcupine quills; and again; i when ibo 'pompadour' h tic tn c. cilUx*; 1 vided, l).H." v.eurov Itt libbie to IMO of it before' il is tnft>tc ed. '.Yod .'.'di 'll way S find thu; tho -HM wno plaster thhhj tn'' ou their heads b< come bhld yens he 'i'TiTov .> wear V.?Mpi-.d<>:o-;.' .. di p.itnpnfloi rS lev iliQ i;tnt*o.u^t.ftw t itu nil ?loor }?lg<Y( li? i'J?'i vinlp abd !he roots of tho hair die fOr 'Un ?vaiu of it. ' A ICrttp plastered with hair hover p< r- ( spiros and houdnohutj ioUov.i.. /.ny in;- ^ subjoctto hoadachos can ovoroomothom , very onsily if ho will but rub his scalp gently and thoroughly ovory morning j and qvoning. It cansos a circulation of , thc blood, croatos a heat that draws ^ perspiration, accompanied by natural air, which feeds tho roots of tho hair it self. Got in tho habit of doing this und J you will surprise yourself. Jf you con tinuo this, tho How of natural oil will f be so plentiful that pomades of ovory ' kind will bo dispensed with. Silk Without Worms. M. dc curhnnnct, a Frenen savant, leis discovered how to make silk with out worms. Ho began his experiments some tune -go. with tho guiding idea that tho poch)in r appearance ot silk was the result of tho spinning of a liquid. After many months of repeated and un successful trials, ho produced several yards of silk in this wisc: Ho poured a collodion solution into a coppor rc coivor which emptied into a system of small glass tubes. Those tubos termi nated in capillaries, which carried off tho solution In fine, thrcad-liko streams. In a second system of glass Allot be, iud with witter, tho fine streams became fine threads, which, beforo leaving tho water, were caught mechanically and wound around tiny rollors. Altor being heated and cooled in an acid of special gravity and temperatura, tho threads woro mado loss combustible than cot ton by being saturated In a simple chemical preparation. Tho quality of tho silk goods manufactured from these threads is fine. Tho threads aro cylin drical and aro from ono to forty micro millimetres in diameter. Thoy sustain a weight of 25-35 kilograms por square millimetre. Ordinary silk bears a weight of 30-45 kilograms per square millimetre; cooked silk 15-20, Do Car bonnet's silk is much more brilliant than ordinary silk and absorbs and holds coloring matter moro satis factorily.- As yet only a few pieces have been produced by tho now process. Several of thom aro shown in tho Paris Exposition. Do Carbonnet is confi dent, however, that further experi ments will enable him to manufacture silk choaply and in large quantities. In fact, ho thinks that a few years heneo tho silk worms may as well go and die, as machinery will then bo doing their work much hotter than they can do it themselves. ?IKLD Too DATH, - "Mr. Benson, I WUK much pained ter beith ob do suddin death of yor wife. Did dey hoi' a post* mortem '/amination?" "Doy did sab, Mr. AV Ulis; but didn't liol' lt till arter sho died. Fool doctah ni'ght er knowed ho couldn't subo her lifo den." How 8? uwo w ?ttl'pi ft o hi t ii.'.t f^lfootlon., Tho varietios hr. memory aro (ta ro markabk ila vn^u-les Thoro l?, foy JnstauCO, ;;>o WMfc, ; :<iiigu bot^yccn Niebuhr, (ho gi eat a-tosmun, nVid a cortain divino (hut im? can eoaicoly recognize tho same i acuity In each. It ls said ol Niebuhr tba? life romomborel ovorytidii; ho had read .,t any period of Ids lifo; >ud it I? x>aid of tho .reverend doctor tl ai ho forgot ho liad boen mar rlod Nyltbin an li<>") OJ two of tho inter esting evc'ot, 'i' bealey had a re markable memory, ard at olghty-llve even it wiri ?lill vi;, ons, Andrew Fuller !;<ould repeat i poem of llvo hundred line? nfl'fr her.) mg it read onco or twlco, o oh; \i oite ? abatimasermon or speech un ! on tmorntu tho names of tho shop idgns dom thu Tom pie to tho end of O^hoapsido ?> i< h \ description of tho princip o ar< I? li ' iplnyod lu each sliop Window. Before thc ' ?rt-hand report ing "Me "..ii, V i usod to attond tho IIOUM- of Coivihioie<, and, after lis tening te t debil i w iklroprod uco tho wholo wi lioul (al ii . a singlo note. Tho sam- powc sscsscd by Wil liam Radcliffe, h aband of Mrs. Radcliff' , tho a . i - Both Macaulay and Slr VVi?\i i VA: 1 had prodigious momorii *, y< of them could compart i is ofMiddleburg who kn v i l.f itt ll works of Virgil, Cicoro, f '.. tia .lb nif.f, Aristophanes and tho two 'VII . li this was an ox am piu u rv'.! ' .VG have in Mi.".'. zofantl, linugist of Bo logna, o ci 1 1 striking instan eos on : by way of dis tinction v nv : ntolligent mem ory. Ile waa c.. i by Lord Byron as "aw a master ot lan guages itel ? i tis of parts of speech." Si ; ;.. of lift y ho was thorough :ifty languages perfect pn un i hu ni, idiom, gram mar ane .??". imsj and before his death 1 a? lcd ti/ or thirty moro to his ll lb cdt Fay himself that ho nove 'ig that he either heard o As a vuioj effort to create momor; Li limn eans, tho caso of Robert Cti literato Puritan, maj' be nl!< tl. ' fe had tho tasto of j his timi ; . ,,? . ut could himself neither : i n n Ho Invented a long lett icr : lh 'hieb ho wound UvlcC U' ind upon which he pre < rate BiDlical rc uord. Tin ! ?ts divided into parts U nit i.hii >ooks of the Bible iii tlioli i oe Chapter ho affixes miall fciioiiijH ii to tho different :livisio. points ho indi cated the eli chapter. By means ol! )f Verity," as it 3anio t Im * :: nan was ablo to Lake su Un sermon that on return! aid give'all tho leads !. . nd ho various toxts Tiontio it in mi ho preachers of did da.j not avions. Bli) My,-. Anova.ofJ. Tho hUnVi )\ ; . \yia|. . . iii tlio l^t|tibvtty(< /}?a/>'>.(<)/r. '''.I*" piowhir' ol' !? i-a; ' .'.>''.'. \t'vot'.. ?njhgv ^f-. .??> '{?.?. ?.'I.'. pripoVb i Xn?'st iv {ii>-i/"?: nCeoiU o? Inp iv.ii'tcv .-.'o./.tld ?.elivdi fichui: <? \<\ ni ii rib my logion of :rior.ds tu An/o-icu, 1 will give a brio! J iccount of it mynuii. ll way o" tin L4th of July, and,' of course, a groat tationnl holiday. Paris wns lilied with ifo. Paris was lilied with oxcitoment. Paris wns full of nurging humanity. I ?vas thoro, but did not neem to attract my attontion at first. Finally I wont mst tho door of an English grog-shop, ind, ns usual, several tables stood unt ado tho door. Ono hud a glass ot wine jn it. 1 heard tho glass full long after [ had pnssod tho placo. When I roabli H! tho Hotel Cnstiliogne a waiter fol lowed mo in lind requested mo to pay tor tho glass. I said, 'seursoly.' Tho ?rog proprietor thou caine anddomnnd 3il pay for tho glass nod eontonts. I re plied with perfect polish and wonderful naivete that I would see him doing time yvor yonder before I would do so. 'All fight, we will 'avo a policeman, then/ lio straightway to mo did mnko reply. [ did not thiiik ho would do it, but ho lid. Ho thou told tho policonmn his | itory, and tho officer told mo I would Inivo to accompany him to tho eominis jairo. I sai(| I lind agrood to go some where olso that evening. Ho did not understand liio. Just as wc wore start ing for tho station houso tho proprietor !>f tho Castiliogne and tho young Count .le Possano, both . of whom I had mot nnly a momont boforo, intortorod; told thooflleor bowns barking up tho wrong troo, I think, though it wns all in French, HO \ am not miro of tho exact words. At-inst ho finally hitched up his linon trousors, touchod his cap and backed away. Ho Possano is a young Italian hore ?going to school, and hav ing also yet a good timo already. Ho was vory polite and wanted to pay for the glass himself, but I would not por init it, bocnuso it was wrong for any body to go about paying for tho gonural broakago of orockery and glassware in it large place. You oannot koop it up. I was quito ill at oaso for a little while, I will admit, for it is BO randy that I ivm arrested nowadays that 1 hardly know what to say. Bosides, you can not arguo with a .Fronoh policoman in English and mako that favorablo im pression you would like. - ????' A Historic Match Box. Iteeontly I saw in tho possession of a gentle lr) an boro an elegant gold malch box that onco beloii??od to Princo Maxi milian, who was shot hi Moxlco moro Limn twenly years ago. Just boforo he waa put to (loath he gavo this box and Lwo watches to tho soldiors who were lelalled to carry hilo oxocutlon tho sell enco of (loath which had been pnssod ipon him. Ho told them that ho gavo ihem these momontos lo show that ho joro no ill will towards thom, as tlipy woro only acting in obedience toordors. 1 '.'j at. my hoafi!!' Ile <r.d. They did ' Iii a mojnvut 'iii ".vas ? corpse. .. ?..:rs who WofQ h?M cAcoutioiioi'.j appear to Inu'o liad very little ?eiitlmont, ami were >,hul to soil tho rollos of tho prince for a yood pitee. ' They were hough't i>y an A m orlo an traveling in Mexico and \, oro brought to Washington, where some l imo later they woro exposed for -.ale at Gait's-., Jewelry store. Un ot' the watches, which was beautiful and coVfly, was bought by the Austrian mini tor then hore. T o match box was flicked up by a gentleman who ls a oounes3our In things with a history. It is of solid Mexican gold, elaborately chased and ornamented with exquisite minatory doslgns, among which aro a Cupid heart, bow and arrow and altar. It is presumed to bavo been a gift to tho princo from somo lady admirer. If it hart beon a prcsont from his wife, the unfortunate Prlucess Carlotta, it ls Uko ly her name would havo appeared on lt, and ho would hardly biwe given it away. A largo diamond glistens upon tho spring by which it is opened. Caro of the Hands. A woU-kopt hand is a mark of good brooding. A lady will not havo bitten or broken nails; noithor will sho koop dior hands whito at tho oxpenso of use fulness. A hard working hand may bo neatly eared for and bo far from dis pleasing. It is not a good plan to keep tho hands soiled longor than nooossary. Aftor drawing in crayon, or gardouing, thoy should bo woll washed in warm wator and soap, and thoroughly driod. Gloves savo tho hands from much woar and tear, and if the finger? uro cut off, do not hinder work. Young girls ofton have rod hands, partly tho roBiilt of poor circulation; toroniody this, plonty oj oxoroiso, on horsobaok if possible, Is dosirablo, gloves should not bo worn too tight, and frequent washing in warm water and bonoy soap or in hot wator and milk Bhouht bo followed by thorough drying and tho uso of violet powdor. Glyeerino vised boforo r?tir* mg, camphor ball, or washing with hot wator and oatmoal is good for chappod hands. If tho glycorino is rubbed in while tho hands aro still wot with soap and warm wator it is vory efficacious. Sunburnt hands may bo treated with limo wator or lomon juico. Muoh roughness of hands might bo prevented by groator caro in drying thom, and a slight uso of violet powdor. Chilblains on the hands como from holding thom noar tho Uro whon thoy aro very cold; electricity is thought to prevont thom. Warts may bc removed by the applica tion of fresh beef steeped twenty-four hours in vinegar; in a week they will disappear. In England no hand is con sidered clean if tho nails aro not nico. Finger-nails worn long and pointed are not beautiful. Thoy .should bo out once a week, and a sharp pen-knife is better than scissors. Poople who hito thoir nails deserve tho ugly nppoaraiieo which follows. The nniis should ho oxaminod each morning, and after washing tho hands in warm water, tho outiclo about tho bottom and sido of the nail should bo carefully pushed back with a soft towoi. If more is necessary, tho little ivory instruments sold for tho purpose aro useful. Tho best nail powder is made of fino oxido of tin, porfumod With otto nf lavender, and tinted with co rmi no, '.' limy bp rubbed on with the rutger or "i11' ^ bail pombel covpi . od with loidhor. NV I u Homo oil the parti?les which nourish Ibo nails aire intel?i:eptc.'l, wliile pots nie the rounJt, ?AM\ If! ".po.t.s ii iv o >i. reno-vid by tito fjf?F.i . VJ. -.-compre;.1- wei with StijrlVv*i <)l Wi .in ' ' :er ;?..'mobbr- ". '.'y ?i e appii?d an?l kept iTiojKt for sovolul days. V'iisclino, ?'olaei'?aui '.jontly ruoi>e? ou . lr n.oii? days will Uso make Ihr Spols Oia?ppcur. To this may be tuh!cd .-ono: bita oi A'ifcd?m abo?t Iii- htiiul .: The whito hand proclaims innooonco, tho rod hand guilt. Tho hand that in soft and flabby in dicates a weak and inefficient charaotor. A loan, norvous hand, with a grasp of much spasmodic force indicates cruelty. Tho thumbs of tho dying turn in under tho fingers, ns if conscious that their work is douo. A hand that is firm and solid foretells a good constitution and a patient and preserving mind. The laying on of bands is an old cus tom believed to have peculiar value in j etirin?? disease by faith. .Newton declared that in want of other proofs tho thumb would convineo him of the existence of a God. Fir Stronj?or Than Oak. It is generally supposed that oak is much stronger than fir, but a scries of tests made recently at thc car shops of tho Northern Pacific Railroad, in Ta coma, Washington Territory, show that tho reverse is actually tho case. The tests were made by actual breaking strain, on sticks two by four inches and four feet long, tho wolght being applied in the middle cf a span of three feet niuo inches. Tho results of flvo tests wero as follows: First, an old pieco of yellow fir, six years exposed to the weather, broke at 3002 pounds; second, a now soft piece of fine-grain yollow fir broke at 3002 pounds; third, old piece of yellow fir, coarse grain and hard, bioko short at 4320 pounds; fourth, a now pieco or fir from tho butt of a tree, coarse grain, bioko with a stringy frac turo at 3035 pounds; fifth, a now ploco of Michigan oak bioko nearly short off al a weight of 2428 pounds, Tho de flections beforo breaking wero as fol lows: Tho first and socond pieces, half an inch; third, tbree-olghths of an inch: fourth livc-clghths of an inch; fifth, tho oak piece, ono inch and an eighth._ New Stvlo of Postal Cards. Tho now postal cards soon to bo is sued will vary in size. Thoro will bo three sizos whon tho contracts arc final ly takon up-ono a fino, dolicato card for ladies' UKO, muoh sniallor than that now in circulation and of much finor quality. Fino calendered paper will bo Biibstitutod for tho old bluff blotting papor. An intormodiato card of tho Hamo sizo ns tho ono now in uso will bo introduced that omi be usod for busi ness purpoHos, and will bo hu go enough to allow a bill-head to bo printed thoro on, besides tho othor mattor. It ia well known also that Mr. Wanamakor is in favor of ohoap postage. Ho takes a practical view of the matter, howevor, and proposes that tho reduotion bo mndo HO that a hall'-ounco parcol could bo carried for ono cont, Htill retaining tho prcsont rato of two cents for a full ounce Ornoo in iiyh I toum?. ) C. it. ie not ponai bio to powena m O'.jr homes tho high pri?s'toH3-.^J3onu?y. wo omi at least entertain" within our gates her handmaiden-Grace. Tim simplest furnishings o?n bo mano to fcako onvan oxproseion 61 grnco?ui ?ess,, on tl tho plainost homo muy ox alo o?, atmosph?re of roflnomortt. How often do wo enter a ho\lse only, to bavo instantanoouBly an almost lrr$f' Bistable dcelro to r?arrange the catiro nohomo of tho room-to root out that BO fa BO squoro against tho wall, to bring' forward this retiring tablo, to say "Pi <uti , oha?go," and to mako oyory Individual artiolo undergo a gonoral ohflfjseH, \ /V room is yery apt to partake insomo ^degree ot tho 'm'.'.nosandoharaotorletios 'Of tho inmate*, A. houao Avhoro ovoiy thing j.? af- righi, angles with everything obie-plumb and prooiso . ?. - whore rugs aro laid down i; Y cu ?ith ibo doors, and pioturoB and vu.sc.s arv exactly ilupHoa ted, and whoro tho prevailing hus- is mathematical correctness, hi bul tho in sonsato roflcotion of angbv* ot olni.ruetcr in thoporson, of cold, unlov. iy traite, and an abBonso of fooling foi harmony and color. A fow peacock foathore, a Japum jar, a picco of rioh olnbroidory, a ye) ? low silk scarf arranged on a cornor or draped around a small obony table, by their blooding of tones aided by Bkillful adjustment can suggest a poem and AU tho oyo with iv sonso of ohanning satis faction. A lounge or Bofu put noross a cornor will tend to removo a cortoin stiffness, a bright rug thrown down tranBvorsoly, a table turned from a straight lino, will often look moro graceful than if too rectangular. In hanging pioturcs, tho arbitrary custom of precision no longer provivila; one largo ono in cenizo Hanked by two Bmallbr, midway: but a gradually ascen ding Boalo of hoigth is now proforrod. A good rulo to observo iu tho hanging is to bavo tho oontor of tho pieturo ou a lino with tho oyo. Tho objoot ia to avoid too ovident ac ! curacy in interior aocoration and nr I rangement. Tho picturesque, in com ' pony with artistio carolossncss j?, oou I sidored moro ploasing; it is certainly I moro bountiful than the stiff convention I ali ty that formerly pr odominated; when i givon ono or two articles contained in a room it was quito possible to construct tho completo whole, ns a physiologist will reconstruct nu extinct spooiCB from a singlo vor tobra. Nothing has n grenier offeot iu pro ducing gruco and charm in a room than hangings and drupories; no matter how fliroplo, they can bo in good tasto, for tho shops ovory whoro odor fabrics and toxturoB in soft, lovely tints and tones, that readily lend themselves to graceful folds and gathers. When thoro aro aov ornl doors in n room tboy givo u boro, unfurnished look; but conooalcd by a portiere ot' oven-double-faced Canton llnnncl in old blue, dull red, pr warm olive, they givo height and dignity lo the room. An old loungo can bo con verted into a thing of beauty as well as fashion, by removing tho back pieco, recovering tho sont aud making two ' largo, firm, aquaro pillows to stand up- 1 right at tho back agaiunt tho wall, divan fashion. Odd? and onds of furnituro ' can, with ingenuity, bo made to omorgo 1 from their dull chrysalis like gay but- ? terllios. A now oovor boro, a little drapory thoro, a protty, odd scarf tied j undorncnth a tablo, and tho chango j wrought is marvelous. '. ? om Omi ia hu 11; altd H0iiuti',y fur i M?B?I?HI to mqMronoati, of iou profev ? (o tc ono iiyorbViuli.il tvitb'd niisool ?u$ colbjdjii?ii d' )'u/. ni?t?'i^M, ano : ijvVcilllcd oniMii'.'iiVij und bvie-a-bvHo; '1 tin fi) is ni* hi?cb ln-;h thill .. < ir vos no j ?inhibi?;?x\vj. kmc \ h<it .>f oc.eu- ' 10 .'? :." iV.\ v.;.l?' ut"!-*r..<j'<H-,'>'.>!' tim IO'I mohr, io be a modem Y-uionl; and ira pv 1 lp ? tr notion the unlOvol^ !!? ts?h) amt ' p.-isaio ol'ninny, yon;..) und :ili<*iip: A ? spa ri?olj furhivoyieil iutoiiorj adding a ; goon i'ouudttl^Oli.tc b;'.:.>.. 'ipou, fi/J l> Bl 1 lui carpets and blonding and harmoniz- ] ing wall pnpor, has this advantage, that 1 it suggests an unlimited area of delight-11 ful possibilities and leaves much to tho ? ' imagination that cnn indulgo in the 1 most artistic and satisfactory combina- ' tiona and groupings; if this is not a vory 1 .substantial mode of getting togothor 1 ono's household goods, ?tili it hus its j consolations for tho longod for easy ' chair, picture or vase that wo do not ac quire this year, next year may timi in the place ol' tho coveted treasure a moro .1 correct style, a result of better judg- ?1 mont and tho expression of a moro cul- 1 lured tasto than thia year would go to wards tho purchasing of our heart's do siro. What "Chinook" Moans. "When you hear aman in the Northwest uso tho word Chinook (writes a corres-1 pondontof tho Now York Awi from Port- ' lund, Oregon) you uro obliged to listen 1 for something moro boforo you know I just what ho means by it. "In Astoria I you may buy a pair of moccasins of a I Chinook, meaning a rod man of that tribe. Iii Portland a tish dealer offers you a Chinook for salo, moaning a Chi nook 'salmon. At Spokano Fulls you inquire your way of un Indian by talk ing Chinook to him-that is, addressing him in tho Volapuk or universal dialect of tho aborigines west of tho Rooky Mountains. ?Still further east, on tho snowy sido of tho Cascade Range, you ask a looal weather prophet in mid-win ter whothcr thoro will be skating to morrow and he will toll you that thoro is nothing to fear oxcopt a Chinook. This timo tho roforonco is not to an abo rigine coming to soalp tho skaters or to a monster salmon breaking tho thin ico on its journoy fromonoswimming place to anothor, or to a composito lnnguago, but to a soft wind, such as blows off tho Pacitlo ocean through ibo gap on 'tho coast range of hills at tho mouth of tho Columbia river, tho Country of tho Chi nook Indians. Snow and ico molt be foro it, and tho warm rain, whioh is usually its companion, adds to tho som blanco of spring, though tho ohnanao may still iuBist upon tho reign of Mor cas. Quito as noteworthy a latitudo must bo observed in interpreting, in this part of tho country, what any. ono Bays about tho woathor. Wintor, for oxnmple-what does it mean boro? In January I have tromped through snow drifts throo feet doop on tho sidownlks of Spokano Falls, and 4B hours lalor climnod tho hoiyhts abovo Tacoma noross a turf as freshly groen as tho first forest leaves in May. In tins oity of Portland on tho 2'2d of Fobruary, I bavo utood in tho street at the south ond .in thin woollon olothing without an ovorooat, and with a bunch of wild strawberry bloasomfl, freshly pluokod, in my buttonhole, and taken photo fraplm of Mount Hood and Mount St folen.s, whoso summits for tho wholo 12 months of tho year aro novor without a heavy mantle of snow." Tho ups uni downs! of lifo are hotter thu ti be. mr down all tho time, in th >so piucos) BOOf <H,1 timt \< lng r /ttl donirtd Presses for tr?l foi ih? prppionM. otc., with dainty1' ?tow upon ilio won Wo floe many tnvj "on re'Hiifjoto" of oleo ninny of tho brilliant sin abs, muslin, und whioh c| of forms. Hut ibo with tho ?reutest ?nv) English cloth, firmly! is bins and tho ba<* plaits. The oovsog?j buttoned in tho rent* has alittlo Amazon ban] two tabs wb?eh cross front. An Ul fiter mudo'?, fabrio, with tinco sin?!)" ponies this dross. Wit h siiol fours noitlior rai D. ?tor dust at which ono;."pu.t.s on or luke sired, is found tobo vorv<j Wo HU? thiy'roitelto hrtUr ftll?d "dust ''Mije Mor," Vvliuii is a . x eui too wann for tho d 'and oool for voning .our. 1 v '.ittlo,, English eoMuue?. w. - 'st Sc*?a,'T to us tho bleu! travel . ursu,' dress, niotonv IM i;?'g, t?dr?tiro and olastioity, l'Ut i'iso u?r . ..,m,ry. lt io a vontabie sheath in which ono can sit down comfortably anil tv.hon walking has no nood to hold up. It is to bo confessed that tho fashions hav* novor boon moro accommodating than thoy aro this summer. Wo spoko somo timo ago of insido ohomisottos, ohd collars of. all stylos, that wore worn this Amoug tho prettiest is tho. plaideur collar in whito batiste, with fine sonriot throods forming small chocks. Tho collar is formed of fin? plaits, as aro tho cuffs, and torminales in two long ends, . nlao finoly plaitod. This ohomissotto. Jiaigncuve is to bo worn without ? Ves' and is closed at tho waist under a susi of gros-grain, striped with vhriotu colors, or undor a bolt of loather with throe buckles, which wo mentioned iii our last lottor. The chemisette is mado of whito, rod or mauvo colorod batiste. In tho conter of tho group of plaits, on oithor side, aro insertions of embroid ery which prodttc? a most chnrniing oftcot. This ehomisotto is all tho rogo and no young lady is content until she possosses ono. Tho pecheur flehu is in fanoy, whito. batiste, finoly plaitod and has a sailor collar. With a corsage that ono can opon or oloso at will, tho pcofi eur fiohu is charmingly coquettish. Whito dress?s are worn moro than ovor, also striped ilnnnols and muslins, with original do signs of tho Btylo of 1830, aro vocoived . with great favor. A toilette for a young girl is com posed of rose-colored muslin covered with orchids of strange forms. Under neath this is placed putty-colored taffetas which softens tho bright rose Qolor of tho muslin. Tho muslin skirt ts quito round and finished by a full flounce of tho samo material. Tho corsage opoiiB slightly in V form, upon i plastron of orange-colored volvot, Tho slcovoS are short and trimmed with orango volvet. A band of velvet passe? wound tho waist and. is olosed th tho bock with a bow. 'Mlf^^^S Ono eau imagino, without, soping it; how pretty thin costume is. Tho decoll?lo C?r.v! jo:? oypV ehwxi isettos of all so'rtti uro very hi.sjii?/.t'?bif> nt tho soo snore. There ario sj %j&\tUt$ w tvh'ioU oro wo vp over tho opiVjfefi'.;. tb? (Viy'ss, those, are plaitod an/i i'xf;Y'.-,?J(oftud tjr$i. u;;t.V.. } i? ... '. ;?. ><a\- o'. '.evary grotty dross is mude ot"??'i!<?.'?gri"1'-?'-^ barege, wit-}? fine tlvreaduof pretty oripaa X jjr'oen. lt is m<.do io such ti way thal;, < ?.hi* threads forth the trimming, A imo]) figaro in eres.? green phau tte $?ij with sleeves slashed on tho upper mun is worn over the corsage. Narrow groon noiro ribbons Surround tho waist with mds falling bold nd. N Tho hat to b,a worn with thia oostumo is of ryo straw ?.rimmod with full blown sunflowers irranged like a crown. Loops of gre.on ribbon, of two shades aro placed among dio llowors. Wo will oloso our fashion lottor this wook by describing a boiuih ful decollete corsage, worn by a charm ing young girl. This corsago was made LU' thin silk of a delioato cornpoppy color. Tho ehomisotto was plaitod, tho urn-sage full and hold at tho waist by a ribbon of blaok faille; around tho nock und shoulders, a baud of silk embroid ered in. blaok. Tho hat was of ryo and luco straw, trimmed witli a nest of red wings. Wo ought to have said that all drossos with round waists havo a littio basque attaohod whioh is ooncoaled bonooth tho skirt band. A ribbon passed onco or twit o around the waist, and tied, boro or t lore, a'ooording to fanoy, suffices to cc mool thoskirt band. If the season is warm, suroly it is a groat roliof to havo our toilettes freo from all tho springs, cushions^ puffs, etc., if not. ono oannot but rejoice that tho day of such usoless and sonselcs^ things i i past. Fuiijion LESIII?, Now Trloyolo Dross. Those who Uko ?xerc se on a tricy cle will bo glad to hoar of a now oos tumo especially designed for this pur pose, lt is mado lu tweed or cloth, the model is of a grayish brown oheck, u very servicablo color a? not showing dust, tho plain skirt full at tho back and pleated in front, Tho novelty of the costume lies In tho fact that tho tour dation on which it is made cnn bo let down longor wbon tho wearer is on tho machino and shortened again tor walk ing, this being accomplished by a sim plo arrangement of bu tons and cord-, thus, when cyolinr, tho skirt is lot down and overs tho feot, when on tho grounu raised again to walking length. Tho bodico is out as an ordinary Nor folk jacket, with a belt recuring' tho pleats, and ls lined with sanitary cloth. _ , -Abe Torry, tho well-known train i who handled Orickmore, j0o Oot:o:;, oto., expresses himself delighted with tho Westchester track, ap do all tho trainers. "It ain't only tho track," said Abo, "but tho stables. Thoy oro flt for a mau to livo m. And thou tho mauagoinont ls something groat.; Every morning a wagon comos and taheV away ?di manure, dirt and ref uso mu'. tor. A man feels ns if ho wits living in his own homo. Oh, this is; o, r?blbg man's heaven." WIIKRB.PO TI???Y Go?-Miss Lowlj -"I wonder whore tho flies go In win tor?" Miss Byhersolf-"1 don't know,-but 1 should imagino that thoy. go to C ; samo placo wboro tho young men go in tho sunimor. Thcro hasn't been om pf tho latter around this hotel slnvo wow? bcon hore." ;Mf