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^V.-;*prr - , The Barley-Field. By summer airs awoke from sleep ? The bailey stir*; the ripplos creep In shimmering curves across its lea, expanding like a restless soa ' Beneath the azure's radiant sleep. What story trusted to i:s keep In foolish confidence and deep Is this it babbles eagerly, O suinmor airs? ? Is it a talo to make eyes -weep T The thrilled and quickenod pulses leap 7 Or hands to olap exultingly? It murmurs thus to you and me v Ji8 o'er its fair expanao you sweep, O summer airs! ?Mary L. Goodrich in the Current. JESSICA'S WOOER. It was very foolish of Mr. Peppers * to think he could keep Jessica from falling in love, and other people from falling in love with Jessica?she was altogether too pretty for that. Just 17, with a round rosebud face, a wealth of dark brown hair, and the sweetest temper in the world. It was a sight to see her upon her weather-beaten, choleric old father's arm on the way (f. to church. f' % V * Ho looked like a thunder-cloud r. . 4 . which had captured a sunbeam; or, as the young men irreverently said, a pompous old turkey-cock escorting & dove. He glared about to the right and left, snorting defiance at admirers, so that the sunbeam glowed and the dove fluttered under very difficult circumstances. But there she was, in spite of the peculiar oppression, the brightest, sweetest creature you can imagine; and with a native bit of coquetry about her, too, that made even the lifting of those curling, dark lashes extremely perilous to the masculine hearts so plentiful about her. Crtlford was full ot young men. There were a college, and a naval Academy, and a pianoforte manufactory there; then Calford was headquarters for artists?the scenery was so beautiful. And it chanced that there &.... ./were few young ladies in the town. wb* Peter Peppers was a widower. He liad brow-beaten his little wife to i death when she was very young. She PL had left him two daughters?Rebecca, M. I. who was made of the same harsh ma' terial as her father, and Jessica, who was exceedingly like what the mother had been. There was no danger of any one falling in love with Rebecca? 1 or Becca, as she was called. Her tart an I puckery countenances P Carrted terror to the stoutest masculine & heart, and she was left withering on i the stem( in her 32d summer. Her j H father found in her a spirit equal to ^ his own, but they both agreed in keep Iing a strict watch upon Jessica. Yet, in spite of continual scolding and l fault-finding, Jessica continued to be i as happy as a bird. She had youth 1 and hope on her side, and she could i hardly fail to go abroad without getting a hint of her power. < Jessica bad been allowed the privT- 1 lege of an intimate friend, a very sweet girl, afflicted with lameness, < named Olive Allys; but Olive's two s ' brothers came home from the sea, and 1 fcliis intimacy was interdicted by Mr. j Peppers. Jessica was no more to visit her j friend. ] ^ To do Mr. Peppers justice, he was i velysfond of Jessica and proud of her. He knew she was charming and good, ' and, without much forethought, determined to keep her to himself. l ) But fate and Mr. TV Alhort- tpopo 1 AA.vv* v ?? "4 WWW I much for Mr. Peppers's intentions. Mr. D*Albert was the principal of 1 I ' the naval academy. He saw Jessica, 1 ' and, upon meeting her again at a 1 ^church party, asked his landlady for I ^^'Sajntroduction to h?r- i ' Mrs. Japonica hesitated, declaring: < "Actually I daren't Mr. Peppers wouldn't like it." i "But I should," laughed Mr. D'Alt>ert < "Mr. Peppers never sfflowa gentle- 1 men to pay attention to Jessica. If it 1 . were Becca, now, the case would be 1 different." < "It's not Becca. 1 wouldn't kiss i Becca for fifty pounds." 1 1 "Mercy! Well, when you get a chance to kiss Jessica, let me know." ' "I will." Mr. D' Albert went away and found some more daring sonl to introduce him to Jessica. He stood by her side some ten minutes, saying the usual pleasant noth. lugs of society, admiring the smiling Av ' red mouth and dimpled cheeks, and ':W : 'Miiua(?#? nf tha lonnlli a# aiimIUh '1 I'rtVv fi M " tS **V WUW VI. V1IU V>U1 Illi^ ^fr!' dark lashes, when Mr. Peppers, discovering tbe situation, with a portentious putting up of his under lip, hastened gtjuupon the scene, and, frowning heavily jSpfetPio Mr. D'Albert's handsome face, drew Jessica away. Mr. D" Albert's quiet smile told that jtfcv he understood the situation, and lookers-on laughed, but no one guessed the ?nd of this beginning. ^ ;v Mr. D'Albert did not guess it him ' "...; ; . ;,' t ' . . ". y:. ' self until weeks had flown, and he had accumulated a vast deal of informa- p tion concerning the Peppers. I Then he became acquainted with s Olive Allys, and the latter spoke of c her friend with enthusiasm. ii "If I were a young man," concluded h Olive, excitedly, "I'd fall in love with Jessica, and run away with her. She v is so bright and pretty, and she never s gets taken out for a concert, or a ride, ii 01 a sail, as the other girls do. They v keep her as close as a nun, and will until she's dried to parchment, like Becca. I don't see how Jessica bears J it?I don't 1" Mr. D'Albert had spells of deep v thought after this conversation, espec- ti ially on learning that the only place where Jessica was allowed to walk of b a Sunday evening was in the cemetery, r* jp rora nis winuow it cnanceu, too, tnau he could see the back garden where Jessica sewed and read, and tended \* her plants and canary, and daily his si respect and interest deepened. lie v had half-a-dozen merry, joyous sisters li at home, and dwelt on the contrast. u Now it happened that Jessica g thought as much of Mr. D'Albert as \\ Mr. D'Albert thought of Jessica. She knew his window In Mrs. Japonica's pretentious boarding-house; knew his horse when he galloped past her v father's door; knew?at least, knew well enough?where tho lovely flowers came from which sometimes reached ^ her. e< Olive Allys had a beautiful garden, and Becca thought Olive sent them, but Jessica knew well enough that the 81 choice and costly selections came from an unexpected quarter. u Mr. D*Albert's glance said as much whenever she chanced to get a bow P from him; and if she blushed vividly, 11 who can wonder? She could not P fhinlf nf nn n nhinnfmn oivnlnof \fi? A WW UXjUVL/U MgC.UtJU -LU.?. D* Albert as a lover; nor, in reason, 81 could Mr. Peppers. lie was every ai inch a gentleman. ^ It was very accommodating of Beeca to fall ill. She was not painfully a| ill, only very sallow, and unable to ^ drive all before her in the household; y so that she was exceedingly cross, and A Jessica had a harder time than usual at home. The doctor ordered a change of j w scene. i ^ "I'd send you down to the seaside, ai and Jessica might go with you to take care of you," said Mr. Peppers. "There's too many young men here I to notice that naval fellow lifting his hat to Jessica. But there's always board- tr era at the seaside in summer, and a great deal of foolishness going on." "We could go to Mrs. Green's," said at Becca. . "Xobody ever goes there." or They could, and did?Mr. Peppers first ascertaining that Mrs. Green had ao lodgers, and making her promise that she would take none while his daughters remained. m It was a forlorn old place?isolated w enough, but comfortable and clean m within, and plenty of sea air. Ccl Any chancre was a delight to .Tps?5 " ? ~ w ;a, and she climbed the rocks and , . Ill jplashed In the surf, with her cheeks ike roses and her eyes bright as jewels. t<1 "Laws!" said Mrs. Green; "see that m jirl enjoy herself. Ain't she a beauty! It does my heart good to look at her. ^ she'll marry early?you'll see." "Indeed she won't!" snapped Becca. sr We've other intentions." w " 'Man proposes, but God disposes,' " replied Mrs. Green, as she rattled her mitting-noedles. al Invalidism compelled Miss Becca to be a late riser. Jessica usually had a or jea bath and a run in the morning air ar before her sister came down. w One morning, as she was trippin? across the dooryard, her attention was aj. attracted by a dog kennel, and a great Russian boarhound rose up and looked \t her innuirinfflv. ? ?- ec Jessica stared, her bright eyes wid9ned, then she looked inquiringly je Around. But there was no one but the dog and herself in the yard, and as jj he wagged his tail invitingly and look- jy ed kind, in spite of his deep mouth, she drew near and patted his great pi head. Jessica liked animals, especially large dogs and horses. This dog wore a handsome collar with his name marked upon it?"Pasha"?also his owner's name. t Jessica trembled a little as she re^d ec the letters. Her cheeks burned, too. Then she lienrd Mrs. Green's voice ^ through the open window. ^ "Yes, Miss Peppers, I've taken a dog to board. No barm in that, I hope. Your pa couldn't have no sort of objection to him. I didn't take his 111 "Nol" snapped Miss Becca. "I hope you didn't take a man into the house!" w "He wanted to, though. \ He Was .a ta stranger, but nice and ploasant-looking, and I'd a taken him ?ut for my tc promise to your pa. He went to the hotel, I suppose, 'bout twpqitlea below m here." V JV . \ ~ < - \f-r f V'*f#:' '* ' r '' ''::' ' What makes such a swarm of dimties creep over Jessica's satiny cheeks? t seemed to her the brightest morning he had ever known, though Becca ame out and scolded her for dainpenag her feet and running out bare leaded. How the sea glittered!?how the paves raced up the beach! IIow weetly the little beach birds, swingQg among the tall marsh grasses, rhistled and called. Miss Becca came out. "See what a nice dog, Becca," said essica, timidly. Becca examined the great fellow rith her eye-glasses, while Jessica rem bled. J. tsuppose tne great creature might e of service to us, in case we should leet a?man?in our walks," she said. "He's very kind," said Jessica. It was soon apparent that Pasha rould follow her anywhere. He would talk contentedly at her side, and rhen she sat down among the rocks, e down at her feet, with his head pon her little shoe. He evidently rew very fond of Jessica, and Jessica ras very fond of Pasha. One day they were under the cliffs. ?TT 1- l'? ! *? T* - ' -narii i a;wu i*ecca. ">vnars thatY" It was somebody who was whistling ery clearly: A fox jumped over tbo parson's gate. "A man.1" said Becca. "If he comes ere I'll set the dog on him," she add- , I fiercely. A handsome man somewhat under I ) came around the rocks, then pause lddenly, lifting hia hat. Becca had no time to set the dog pon him. Pasha was off like a shot, wiping with delight. He leaped up, lanting his great fore-paws upon his taster's breast and lapping his fac "Down, down, Pasha, old fellow! ardon, ladies. Misses Peppers, I am ire. I am sure I cannot be mistaken; id perhaps you remember my face? 'Albert of Calford. I have been in le naval academy for the past year, id know your respected father well, ou are seeking your health down 3re, Miss Peppers? Ah, and find it. ou are looking finely." Few men have been brave enough compliment Becca. Perhaps that is by she mentioned the sex so tartly, e that as it may, she forgot Jessica, id received Mr. D'Albert very civilly. He was at the Oliver Hotel. Pasha as his property. He was on his way i Mrs. Green's, to pay the dog's bill The four walked down the sands gether. Miss Becca did not see anyting suspicious in the situation. Perhaps she was a little bewilderea having a gentleman's arm to lean i, and a gentleman's strong hand t >lp her over the rocks aDd gullies. As for Jessica, who tripped lightly lead, with Pasha at her side, the sea larkled brighter and the waves raced ore madly than ever. Her cheeks ere like roses, and her eyes like diaonds. By paying marked attention to Beo:, Mr. D'Albert managed to get a ord and a glance from Jessica during s visits, which came weekly. Mrs. Green stared. Well," said Becca, apologetically, Jr. D'Albert is not liko common en." Certainly he was not, to undertake e prosecution of ao difficult a siege. Demure little Jessica could not bul nile at the patience and zeal with hich her admirer continued his tacrs. It was a long time before Becca too?* arm and guessed the truth. Mr. D'Albert came to Mrs. Green's l Pasha's account. Pasha's bravery id intelligence was a subject upon hich they all agreed. Then, Mr. D* Albert made their btay the seaside much pleasanter by frelent sails and rows. He bided his me, and by and by could not be shaki off. He loved Jessica, and Jessica hau arned to love him. Why he should not be her husband pnna 1/1 nnf 00%/ >.vv? wuiu uuu onj! co{/ov/inujr 1IB nil. 'Albert coolly signified his intention 1 waiting any length of time for her etty sister. Becca, who had fled from Calforu ith Jessica, returned with her engagI, with her father's consent, to Mr. 'Albert. Mr. Peppers, taken back by the situion, had weakened, and finally yieldI. Pasha also approved. And at the wedding Mrs. Japonlca id her opportunity to see Mr. D'Al)rt kiss his bride, Jessica. TToofnl In fln? War. "Well, Booby," said young Featherly, ivo had quite a pleasant time at the DU8e last evening." "Yea, Indeed," replied Booby; "ma as speaking about it at the breakfast ibltt tSils morning." "So your ma enjoyed the evening, >o, did she?" "Yes. She told pa that she can Bver think of you without laughing." 'mo York Timet.? LADIES' DEPARTMENT* Two Ladlei Kill m. Bear. About two weeks ago two ladies ' residing near Herbert Bass', Montgomery Creek?one of them, about nineteen years of age, and named Miss Belle Hawkins, the other an elderly lady named Mrs. E. A. Hawkins, mother-in-law of the former?while passing a bear-trap near where they reside, discovered a bear with its foot caught under the door of a trap. Proceeding hastily to their residence and arming themselves with a trusty old rille and an nx, they returned to the trap, where his bearship was growling and making terrible efforts to extricate himself. The elderly lady mount ed the trap and the daughter-in-law, at a few paces distant, placed the contents of the rille into old bruin's brain. At the crack of the gun the old lady applied blow after blow upon the head of the hog-stealer, and after a hard struggle succeeded in sending bruin to other happy hunting-grounds. The ladies skinned and dressed the bear, the weight being nearly six hundred pounds.?Redding ( Gal.) Independent. A socml Call In China. An English lady, F. D. Bridges, who made the journey around the world a few years ago, and who wrote very pleasantly and kindly of the countries she visited and the people she saw, gives the following account of a social call which she made in China. It presents a bright picture of the peculiar etiquette winch rules polite intercourse among the Chinese. The risk of our mistaking this code is in supposing that those who follow it use the language of compliment in its literal sense. "Then we passed on to see the private house of the 4Ng' family. A very desiralle family mansion it was, and Mrs. Ng, who was presenting offerings befoie the tablets of delnnct ancestors in the beautifully decorated private chapel, received us politely. Iler little feet were thrust into em uroiuereu suppers just two inches long, and lier cheeks were nicely painted and pearl-powdered. Chinese ladies 'get themselves up' very well. "She and I stared at each other, and Dowed politely, and said many pretty things ; perhaps the right thing to do woul'l have been to ask her age, but my Chinese is not suflicient for this. l ? * luueeu, conversation between two well-bred Celestials is of a somewhat flowery and elaborate character. "The polite Chinese, when he is asked, 'What is your honorable name?' replies? " 'My ignoble name is So-and-so.' "On the further inquiry as to where bis fine house is situated, he answers, My miserable hovel is on the banks of a river.' "On being questioned as to the number of his princely sons, he informs , jrou that his 'trilling puppies' are four in number ; and when the health of his clever and beautiful wife is made the object of solicitude, though he is really proud of her, he says, with an air of indifference, that his stupid thornbush is as well as she deserves to be,' or something to that effect." [ She Took Off Her lint. i Clara Louise Kellnornr has crlv?n on . , 03 D" ' ] ' tertainments enough to audiences, one would suppose, writes a New York correspondent, to have earned the j right to enjoy herself as an auditor j when she chooses. But I sat next to \ her in a theatre one evening when two fellows directly behind her would not let her have a good time. She was handsomely dressed, and on her head was one of those towering hats that ( are now in high favor, except with ( those whose view of a performance is ^ by them obscured, and to this class of ( objectors belonged the chaps at *he rear of Miss Kellogg. * I say, Jim," one remarked, in a thrilling whisper, "did you ever try to mark the height of a stovepipe hat from the floor up the side of a room by estimate? Yes? Then you made it as high as a flour-barrel, likely. Now, j I'll bet you the drinks that this millinery construction is a silk hat and a half tall; and I'll hold mine up by It ' for a measurement." The wager was made, the hat' was uplifted for comparison, and it was 3ettled without dispute that the 1 heights from brim to crown were ex- i actly the same. A glance around the i theatre showed that the same surpris- i ing fact was realized on dozens of I women's heads. But the bet was not 1 so readily decided, for from Miss Kel- i logg's hat uprose two feathers six or ' eight inches further, and the wagerers could not agree whether they were to < be considered as part of the structure < itself. The prima donna grew fidgety In hearing the dialogue, and her oolor i reddened considerably. "Do you remember," said one of her tormentors, after an interval of silent endeavor to see past the coa t -' | stantly-shifting obstruction to what was going on in the stage show, " an apparatus that Heller used to exhibit lor looking through a brick? Thero was an arrangement of little mirrors, so that, although the brick was right in the range of vision, solid and opaque, you could clearly see what was directly on the other side." " Well, what of it?" responded tho other. "Oh, nothing; only I was thinking that the contrivance would make a good trimming for ladies' hats this season." There was such an outburst ot laughter from all of us within hearing that the stage performers must have hrtllnrKf o f ? ?1 uiutv Hie/ iinu Liiuue it J)Ill> | nomenal hit in exclusively one spot and then Miss Kellogg, smiling, but crimson, removed her hat, and sat during the rest of the evening bareheaded, after the foreign fashion. Kastilon Xotes. Black stockings are the most approved. Gray is an accepted color in all materials. The fancy for vests and rever fronts continues. Bison serges have braided velvet for panels, collars and cuffs. Velvet skirts are worn with overdresses of figured silk or wool. Crabs, oysters, grasshoppers, beetles and spiders appear in brooches. Chain bracelets afford a great variety of pattern and represent a favorite style. Bodies of black lace or jetted net with low linings are stylish adjuncts to black dressers. The bonnets continue to be small in size, with trimming arranged high and well to the front, Vests are worn with every sort of 3kirt and are short, long, tight-fitting or loosely draped. French corduroy Is much used for street costumes. It is soft in texture and has a velvety look. Translucent enamel is effectively employed on brooches and ornaments for the hair in floral designs. Roman sashes and narrow ribbon to pnrpocnrtnrl fnr \/?/> \ oj^iuuvi a.\jl li i in 1111 ii rij iilO 2SI1UW11 in tho leading establishments. Colored and black matelasse and plush stripes with plain matelasse to match form very rich cost times. Quilted satin linings and facings are much used on the now long cloaks, but wadding is not used below the hips. Plush ribbon with embroidery effect and met.il embro' '"red gold and silver canvas ribbon are used for panels and bodice trimmings. Striped, tufted plush, with tinsel thread* interwoven, on faille Francaise ground, in day and evening shades, is used for fronts and panels. The jet fringes are very elaborate, with several sizes of beads in each pattern and with Gothic arched heading, or sharp points, or lines at the tup. The fronts of rough cloth jackets are either double or single breasted, but in most cases the right side laps on to the left at the top and buttons diagonally. Very large flat buttons are usea Flat plaques or cup-shaped backgrounds of bright metal holding stars, [lowers or fans of darker metals, are the popular designs for buttons on wraps and on cloth dresses. The tailor-made suits for ladies' wear, of rich hued frise cloth or bo* 3le fabrics, seem to requiro the itdiition of some striking metal garniture, which accounts, doubtless, for the increased demand for silver bell slasps and buckles of antique pattern with dog collar to match. Hosiery is in a greater variety or designs than ever before. Some oi the stockings are elaborately em* broidered with gold, silver, or steei beads, others have heraldic and medise> [7ol HAslorna and a+lll nfhom V?oi*n ?? U? UV*I* VVUViO U?fO k DCV listic serpents winding about them Black and dark colors, however, ar< 1 generally worn. jjiras ror rostal Service. Writing of the Pacific islands, Mr j W. Wyatt Gill, in his "Jottings front < the Pacific," speaks of this novel post < fil service: "The native pastors on j most of the islands?lying about sixty miles apart?of the Ellice group cor respond with each other by means o < the frigate-bird. The note is conceal i?. ? 1.1 A. -m J ?J 4i..t A bu iii u vib ui reeu auu ueu 10 one o: the wings. In the olden times pear fishhooks were in this way sent fron < one island to another. During a cy , clone the frigate bird flies so low thai < it is easily knocked down by a lonj stick. When sitting on its solitary ^ white egg the mother bird will allov ( herself to be seized by the hand. It t long black feathers were formerly h t great request for head-dresses." I. V;r. , CLIPPINGS FOR THE (JUKIOUS. Some of the crocodile3 on the Fiji j islands are thirty feet long and weigh I 1,000 pounds. j A youth in Bohemia, being imprisI oned for five years for theft, spent them in making a straw watch, live i centimetres in diameter. Jt was an example of patience and ingenuity without parallel. While a Piute youth was asleep under a tall tree in the Eel river region, California, a huge nut fell with such force straight down on his upturned tenmle as to kill him. IIow many persons know that when they speak of a lumber room they are alluding not to odd bits of timber, but to the Lombards, or original pawnbrokers, whose apartments, filled with miscellaneous pledges, gave sanction to the use of this term ? In the yard of a farmhouse at Augusta, Ga., there is an oak tree in appearance, but instead of growing acorns there are miniature formations of a singular nature. The usual cup of the acorn, and by which it is at uicnfcu to iue limb, is present, but is < about the size of a pea, and contains four small seeds. Birds 11c ck to the tiee in great numbers and feast upon these seeds. A watchmaker in Newcastle, England, is said to have completed a set of three gold shirt-studs, in one of which is a watch that keeps excellent time, the dial being about Ihree-eights of an inch in diameter. The three studs are connected by a strip of silver inside the shirt bosom, and the watch contained in the middle ono is wound up by turning the stud above, and the hands are set by turning the one below. It is said that the first restrictive liquor law ever passed in this country was enacted in a. town in ? ? / ?? XX 111 J.HIUUC Island, and read as follows: "Every saloon-keeper who sells more than one gallon of liquor to a minor, shall be lined $1 and costs." The tirst temperance pledge remeipbered in circulation in New England, was thus worded: "I solemnly swear to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquor.* on all occasions except on training days, wedding days, banquets and other great occasions." Making: Bn^s. Hardly half a century has passed since the first bag was turned out in New York in a sail-maker's loft near the Battery. The man who first made a business of bag-making carries on business yet at the old stand, and his is one of the two New York houses that have refused to join the loan pool and continue to do business independently. The exportation of American grain, that grew up suddenly, and the sewing machine gave an enormous impetus to the business. Machines that turn out a hundred bags an hour, sewn and finished, have replaced the slow and laborious work of hand-sewing of the early days. Now over a hundred kinds of sacks are made, from the coarsest gunny-bag for cocoanuts and cotton seed to the nobby shatuckett corn bag that makes serviceable every day wear for Brazilian planters at the end of its journey. Thirteen kinds of sacks are made to hold coffee alone. But all of these are sold. ouarceiy any or tnem come back. It is a curious fact, for instance, that of the two or three millions of coffee sacks of a certain make made and sent out annually from New York never one was known to return. Every bag of coffee that arrives in this port is resacked before it is started on its land journey South or West Another sack is simply drawn over it, and -a 1 A - - * 1.11 ua bcuuiou ugaiuat catcning cold la our variable climate, the coffee is shipped by rail. These sacks are peculiar and easily identified, did any return by chance; but none ever do. "In forty years," said the oldest bagmaker, "I never saw one come." What become of them no one seems to know. Doubtless in some odd-corner they serve a useful purpose in afterlife of which our readers little dream.?New York Express. Changed the Snlject. Stern Father : "Look here, young man, your teacher tells me you excused yourself from school by telling her your mother was sick. What do you mean by lying to your mother,'sir?" *' I didn't lie." "Yes, you did. Your mother isn't jiek, and you know it." li CI.. ?J -.1 1? - out) BH1U HUB WHS. "When?" " Last night. She said she was sick jf having you come home at two^ >'clock in the morning with your cuffs >n yonr ankles." *' Well, of course, if she was sick it was perfectly right for you to stay out >f school, my son. There, here's a lickeL Run off and get some candy* ind we won't say any more about it." ?Chicago Herald.