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WINNSBORO, S. g, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1885. Only a Girl. I hear the sharp i-l-? the frosty way. And I catch the >'k'am of a cycle bright, Jus: a glimpse of a *>-rm in Quaker gray. And then, the derjr toy! he is out of sight. Ah. out and away, cf the sun is high, While the early clouds are all rose and pearl. And the air like a that is bright and dry: And l*m?onlj- a g- ?. I think of the hcllo?.*s where loaves lie dead; Of the gaitnt trees' shadows against the sky; Of the cool, clear f.treteh of blue overhead, . And the low, lush meadows he rattles by. I look cn the road with its dusty track. Where the wind-gusts meet to whistle and y whirl: And?yes, I tnay Toole for his coining back. For I'm only a girl. I mav watch and wait all day for the ring Of hi?: pretty p'aythings glistening steel: And. dr< ssed in my i-ayest. may sit and sing Over my work till 1 hear the wheel. Then I shall see the eyes o' my lad. And he a check and a drooping curl: And?well, yes I'm a little glad, > That I'm oniy a girl. ?Kuth Hall, in OutJng. in.^1 ut/uu. Perry Dayton sat in his stuffy little I office, glancing over a heap of letters whien that morning's post had brought for the establishment of Messrs. Park ?nd Haily. He came to one addressed in a dainty feminine hand, and opened it with a little m :rc curiosity than he had deigned to bestow upon the others. "Enclosed please find?invisible hair - - t ^ L : 4. * ^,1? ? Tkf:?~ net?color 01 iuur sum. auup?s ju>n Ella Terrel, Oakhaven. etc., etc." "Miss Ella Terrel has lovely hair," thought the young man, examining the curl attentively. It was golden brown, . and shone radiantly in the beams of sunlight which at that particular moment came pouring in at the window. "Perhaps, though, it is not her own hair." However, he laid the letter and coil aside, resolving to match that invisible net hir^Jf. Havii.^ skimmed the letters all over, lie betook himself to the compartment j of the establishment devoted to such I articles as the one required. Box after box be examined, and turned away dissatisfied. Here was the identical one at last. lie carried it in triumph to the office and began to write:? ' I have, my dear Miss Ella, at last found one to match your beautiful curl. I hope?" "What bosh I am writing! Why, Perry, old boy, you're clean gone!" he exclaimed, tossing the missive into the waste basket. Enclosing the article in a wrapper, he addressed it ana laid it with similar parcels on a shelf, at the same time consigning the curl to his vest pocket. Of course you are aware, Mr. Day ton, that some one must go nortn shortly to attend to that business in Liverpool: and as we place the utmost confidence in your judgment, Mr. , Haily and myself have decided that you are the one to go." Thus spoke the senior partner, coming into the oli'.ce where Perry was sitting. This happened a few months later. Perry's beaming face fully expressed his appreciation of this mark of esteem. He was to start in two days. The next "Wednesday morning found ? him taking breakfast in Liverpool. The business would probably keep him there a month or so. He had plenty of time ta-vie\v the si<rhts. r One evening he entered the office of a young fellow -connected with the business house of Park and Hailev, and found him making an elaborate toilet. "Why this unusual regard for t .v appearance, eh, Trevelyn?" he cxclaimo , advancing into the room. "I'm going to a part}*. Don't you want to go?" "Yes, where is it?"' "At. Old Swan, four miles away. We will take a cab at ei<rht, precisely." Arriving at their destination, Perry was presented to some of the nicest people liiere. lie was talking to Mrs. Languor, when he noticed thatTrevelvn was dancing with a very pretty young lady, with dark eyes and a small, oval face. "Don't you agree with me, Mr. Dayton?" "Oh, ye?, indeed." he said, having not the slightest idea what Mrs. Langdon was talking about. The waltz came to an end at last, and .the two found their way to where oui rfriend was seated. "Won't you introduce me to the fail -dancer?" Dayton asked at the iirstopportun'tv. "Was Miss Terrel engaged for the mext dance?" A glance at the dainty -programme proved the contrary. "Mignr ?c have the pleasure?" "Yes." "What a delightful turn that was. Daytoa had never enjoyed anything so I ma h. lie had some idea of telling 3IiiiS Terrel that a lock of her wavy Jjair was at that very moment in his pocket. After this Dayton was frequently at the Torre 1 mansion. One day there was to be a picnic. Nature exerted hersclJ to the utmost on this occasion. A winding road through the trees led them at length to just the sort of place they were lokingfor. The delights of picnics were being warmly discussed *>v:>en a genueruaii on uorscuaua. ?? seen approaching through the trees. ' Why, Reggy, whero did you come .from.?" cried Miss Ella, while the pater and raaicr shoo c him by the hand svarmly. "i found myself able to be with you sooner than 1 expected. They told me you were all booked for the day so i determined to fellow suit" "It is so nice that yoa happened tc c-ome on this particular day!1' said Mrs, Terrel. "I'm not so sure of that," soliloquized Dayton, gloomily, re-narking how pleased Ella was at the advent of this stranger. "I think Princess would thank me I for a drink of water." And Mr. Greydon, the new comer, proceeded to lead the handsome animal to the stream a l* few rods off. Bv Ella, gracefully excusing herself, ac rcompanied him. Already daggers ol | jealousy seemed to be piercing Dayton's heart. "When is the wedding to come off?" he heard some one ask Mrs. Terrel. "Xot before August." "Then they are engaged! Why didn't some cue tell me before I made such an utter fool of myself?" he groaned. The poor fellow wandered off by himself. His brain seemed on fire. lie was desperately in love. Why had she always seemed so pleased to see him? He _ kad thought so differently of her. He ' would go back and show'her that this k stranger s presence made not the sligntr est difference with him. Arriving at the spot, he found Aliss I Eila alone. He approached, and made some remark about the weather. Oh, f commonplace young man! "I was just wishing some cae would <eosuo, and had a vague idea that the pymph of the stream" mi^ht venture to shov herself if no one else appeared," she said. u "I will retire ia favor of the nymph.'' "No; I would rather see you now." Dayton's face ligntedup for an instant. "Mr. Grcydon has gone, and I suppose everyone else is off enjoying himself," continued Ella. "I thought Mr. Grey don was a fixture: had come on purpose to seo you? tuat 15? "Dear me, no!'' laughed Ella. "He is on his way to L'verpooL He is to marry my cousin in August, and ODly stopped here to sec papa." ' Miss Terrel?Ella?dear Ella! I have bceu such a fool!" We will imagine the conversation that followed. Suffice it to say, there were two weddings in August. mm - ^ He Was Lonesome for Cobb. He leaned up against the counter in the office of the Tremont House and asked Charlie Hilton if it was true that his side partner, George Cobb, had got married. Mr Hilton said it was true. "Did vou see it done?" the man asked. Mr Hilton said ho did. "Is he about?" Mr. Hilton said he was not. That he had ?one away on a tr>. "Gone away on his bridal tour, I suppose?" He was informed that was true. Then the man looked about the place and finally said: "Well, I reckon you may give me a roo r, but it seems awful lonesome to stop here without seeing George Cobb around." "You are one of George's old friends?" said Mr Hilton. "Yes; I used to go to school with George, and I always made it a point to come here and stop with him." Mr. Hilton came out from behind the counter and took the stranger bv the arm and led him into ... . ..,1- ? ? , ui'J excnange. n aut tu jvu feci at home," said Mr. Hilton, "although George isn't here?what are you going to take?" "Well, when George was here we 'used to take cider, but I don't think cid.'r will make me forget the loss ol George Cobb. I reckon I'll take some of the old stuff." They poured out and put a?* ay some of the nectar, and stood in silence before the bar a few minutes, when the man said: "I miss George more than ever." "Take something more." said Mr. Hilton. "Well, I re * con I will, seeing as it's you, for I mis* George awfully," said the man as he filled up the glass ana threw the contents down. After a few minutes' silence the man said: "I never felt so lonesome in mv life. It always seemed so much like homo to come in here and s 'C George Cobb's face looking over at | me. I wish I hadn't come up. IIow long is he going to be ?:one?" "Several weeks," said Mr. Hilton. "Have something more." The man said: "Well, ?*ttaii mol-inflr if ? refill 1 for me, and to show you that I appreciate what you are doing I don't care if I do;11 and he again poured out into his glass up to the brim and drank it down. Af*er a moment's smacking of the lips he said: "We ought to drink to George's hea:th." Mr. Hilton agreed that that was the proper caper and suggested that they take another, which was accepted, and again the man covered the bottom of his glass and s'pped it down. "Very good stufl"," he said. "How long1 do you stop with us?" asked Mr. Hilton. : "Stop with you?" "Yes. How long do vou stav in the city?" "Why, I stay here all the time: I live here." " JUr. iiuton turnea av.-ay, ana as ne went back to the office he sahl to a friend: "That's the first time I've been taken in this year." The man had escaped by the front door before Hilton could find the porter.?Chicago Mail. Aiucrica Eclipsed by an Englishman, An English pill-maker has discounted even American enterprise in advertising. It is true that one cannot in this countxy venture to visit any beautiful scene in nature without having a nostrum thrust under his nose. But what is that compared to fhe daring scheme of makinsr the rescuers of b< lea^uered General Gordon emissaru in the great work of disseminata. kn jwledge among the heathen of tliu remarkable virtues of a pill? Yet this has been carried out in sober earnest. The manufacturer of the pill has sent to General Wolseiey 10,000 hand-bills extolling its merits and a check for $750. The hand-bills are to be distributed among the Gordon relief expedition, and the $750 is to be given to that soldier who first reaches General Gordon's palace in Khartoum and pastes upon its outer door one of the 10,000 hand-bills. In his letter to Lord Wolgeley the enterprising pill-maker says he has sent a large number of handbills so that each soldier in the expedi tion can be furnished with a copy and thus have an even start in the race as far as he can provide for it. His object in prescribing that the bill shall be stuck on the palace door is simply to show who is entitled to the prize, and he adds that the name of the winner win De puousnea in every paper ia England, thus giving him undying fame. There is one man in the world cheeky enough to give Bridgeport's Barnum a lesson in how to advertise.? Waterbury American. Will Blood-Stains Wash Out. To the present day superstition is rife that blood-stains cannot be washed out. During the French revolution eight priests were massacred in the rSjT-mfOit.o otunol P?ri? and t.hft stains (called) of their blood are pointed out to-day. Sir Walter Scott in his "Tales of a Grandfather," declares that the blood stains of David Rizzio, the Italian private secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, who was stabbed in Holy rood Ealace by certain Protestant leaders of er court, aided by her husband, Darnley are still to be seen. In Lancashire the natives show a stone called the "Bloody Stone," which was so marked to show" heaven's displeasure at some of Cromwell's soldiers' atrocities at Galowscroft. In "Macbeth," act five, scene one, Shakspeare alludes to the idea: "Yet here is a spot" The truth thru it nrvh washinc out can easilv be explained. In the first place, if that of a murdered person it is not often attempted. In the next place blood contains oxide of iron, which sinks deep into the fiber of wood and proves indelible to ordinary washing. Thus it is that true stone of a porous nature and wood not of the hardest kind are susceptible to the stain of blood produced by the oxide of iron which the blood contains. But the blood of a pig is as orw-><? f-.hsit of a murdered man.?Bos ton (Jlobe. The Republic of Nicaragua is the cnly Latin American country that owes no foreign debts, while its domestic indebtedness can be extinguished at a moment's notice by the use of the surplus funds in the National Treasury, EDUCATIONAL. Ingenious Methosl of Drawing- the Carlos | itj :vjmI Attention of PopHs. Valuable Hints from. Various Sources?Louj j Distskuce Touching in Australia. CURIOSITY. "Curios ty is as much tire parent o' attention as attention is of memory To teach one who has no curiosity tc learn, is 10 sow a ueiu wuuuui piuw^iuj: it."?Wkately. A MetbodisturiTiTStcT, on be'ng askec why that demand uatiun indulged in such, livwly music, answered, that the} didn't bcKevo in letting the wicked world have -:>11 the good tnnes. So it may- be sttid-of-h:U"ttessing in that uneonqnenrbhr aitribirte toforaan nature, that tirrne I -everything topsy-turvey ir Edenic days, to help do the work of the school-room in . reconstructing, this sarao fallen.-humanity. It- has-the logic of the* scntilior -si?ril&its- theory for n foundation. nmithefarorafofe-testimony of onr best tiuRk<tcs and'teachers-in -the practice of it Prepaid -tko preseatation of a newrsnbjeet sever so careful ly, if it comci before the class as a set of affirmatives, they will accept it much in the-spirit -of the good deacon "who slept aK through-the sermon becansc of i his implicit confidence'in the soundness i of the preacher. Such an unquestioning acceptance of facts by a class is the death warrant of lis interest and attention, and results as fatally to itg enthusiasm as the calm sleep of a man frcezing-to death. Let the teacher put ingenuity to work, and devise some "v. y in which a lesson can seem to conta n cnrriA thine tJjnt. th?? fhilrfnvn .iro i to seek for, and if skillfully done, not much of a clue need be given before the clasj will be digging for it, under the sharp spur of curiosity, which, strange to say, nas as much impelling force in i boys as in girls, the popular neresy to the contrary notwithstanding. A good principal once came into oui school-room and gave a first lesson in decimal fractions. Taking a half-sheet of paper and a pair of scissors, he stood before the childr n and silently began cutting it nto slips. Gradually the rustle of the school-room died away. Everybody wondered. As piece after piece of that mysterious paper fluttered do \u on the boys' desk in the front row, the wide-eyed children heid tutrix, uivaux in tio IU w uai. n could all mean; and when he had gath-1 ered thcra all up again on a book-cov- j er, making a restored whole out of the | ten parts, he held it up lo a hundred watchful eyes in a room so quiet that the ticking of the clock alone broke the silence, Xot much difficulty in hold-ingthe attention of the class after that, To borrow our text figure, curiosity had ploughed the field, and the seed would fall on good soil. Each of these ten pieces were cut into ten others, and these in turn into ten more tiny bits, with the same impenetrable air of mystery. Of course explanations and blackboard work followed, but the class had been led by curiosity alone to walk pleasurably into that bottomless sea of infinitesmals, without knowing that they were in the very Styx of waters, or ever finding it out afterward, for decimals were carried with a furore that year, aud tjio transfers from the little papers to t'ie convenient meter measure, which, though it could not be cut apar'. was yet never confusing, was easily ruade. It is surprising how much of this wo;- of arousing attention can be introduced into school-work, when once wo seek in ourselves for a variety o: ways to accomplish it. Individuality has here a limbless field.?Mr.<. Eva D. Kellogg hi Journal of Educi'Uon. SCHOOLS IX AUSTRALIA. Schools worked on t e half time sys-tcm are invariably over three miles distant from each other; but t.;e distance varies from three to eight miles. The teacher in charge uf two of theso schools, in order to work them with : ... I ?QIUU imiiouu, 10 iwucu to try to obtain cither lodgings or a residence midways between hi* schools; and. should a residence be attached to one of his schools, his salary is decreased by the amount of rent, either six, eight or ton shillings per month. Tht teachers of full-time schools should place themselves in^ the position of teacher* of half-time "schools, and then grumble about having rent deducted from the'r salaries If it be possf le to obtain the required ac ommodation, the unfortunate is forced to fall bac' npon the house provided by the De partment, and every other day to perform a journey of from 8 to IS miles, which, by-the-way, he is suppo ed to foot, as an allowance of a horse is granted only to the teachers of such halftime schools as are more than seven miles distant by road. In what other branch of the government service are the servants expected to walk from four to six miles before commencing their duties? How fresh and fit for work a person ieeis auer periornung uu? juuiney, either on a hot or wet day, especially when enlivened with the feeling that another such trudge :s to follow the school duties.?Australian Schoolmaster. PUBLIC OPINION. Never allow pupils to spell a word wrong; if they do not know it, train them to know that they do not know it The relation of friendly sympathize* and guide rather than arbitrary ruler and governor, sustained in most cases by the teacher to her pupils, has se cured the success achieved.?N. S. Bishop, Norwich, CI. Text-books are as essential a part oi the appliances of the school-room as fuel and furniture, and in the nature ol the case, there is no reason why they snoiua not oe ciassea in tno same category, and paid for ont of the same fund.?Venn. School Journal. Fine school-houses are fine things, but tine school-houses are not line schools. I have seen poor schools in good houses, and good schools in poor houses. Let us have both tine houses and good schools if we can, bat if not both, good schools at ail events.?The Educationist. The sarcastic remarks in which a teacher now and then indulges in addressing an offending pupil, very naturally provoke that "impudencc" and 'disrespectful deportment" which are given in the reports made to me as the two most common causes for the infliction of co: poral punishment, by a few of the teachers for whom the words of the good book should read: Teachers, as well as "Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.1 ?A. H. Phillips, Ph. D. Many prominent English physicians claim "that there is an alarming increase of nervous diseases owing to overpressure in the schools. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, at the same time, urges the wisdom of keeping1 children in the schools only during one-half the year, suggesting that they be required to take a course of industrial education dicing the remainder of the year. The cause of education will certainly be benefited by these suggestions and criticisms from intelligent persons on the outside. Many measures have lately been undertaken to make the schoolroom attractive and to relieve the child of the fecliog of opprcsion while in the enforced suit of knowledge, r-nd it is coming to be understood that a variety of employment is tiie best means o/ properly developing its latent faculties. "Over-pressure" occurs only when there is long application in a given direction. A child rarely needs rest; it needs change. The public school teacher has a hard task. His patience is sorely tried. For that very reason it is all the more desirable that he should be restrained :rcm indicting corporal punishment on o'.iscr people's children. It is said, and perhaps truly, that some boj's can be governed only by force. In that case they are better out of the public ? * mi 1 T_ _ r?1 x. SPlioOiS. .meir t xampie is uaruiiui 10 other scholars. The schools of this city bear practical testimony to the fact that whipping is not indispensable to good management and obedient and well-disciplined pupils. We believe public sentiment is opposed to corporal punishment in the common schools, and that it ought to be abolished everywhere as a relic of barbarsm repugnant to the intelligence of the age.?N. Y. World. If there is one cla s of people in all the world that n- .;ds more sympathy than another, it is that class of children who have for a teacher a chronic K /w t*jawo*. m*kAcn millr OlsVlsU,. JTX. IllU>ii \JL HVUHU1 > ? itv>JV/ *??? of human kindness has curdled has no business in the school-room,?indeed, will find few plactjs where his services are needed. The weak teacher will invariably try to cover up his weakness by finding fault with others.?Mo. School Journal, The teacher should not talk too much, too much talking wearies the miud and dissipates the attention. There should be frequent questions to awaken thought and allow the pupil to develop knowledge for himself. Such :in exercise will do more to attract and hold the attention than the most eloquent discussion of the teacher. Anything that arouses mental activity will secure attention.?Dr. Edward brooks, in Va. Ed, Journal, How Victoria, Ans., was Founded. The death of Peter Whyte recalls the strange stoiy of the founding of thf city of Victoria, Australia. In an Australian mining camp at one of th? tents sat lour men?the 1'tii ot June. 1858-rtalking earnestly of their future and bemoaning the past. For . evera" months these four mon had worked to gcther in the same claim sometimes getting barely suH'.cient for daily want.4 sometimes not even for that. For several weeks, indeed, they had labored without any result. After a long discussion they decided to abandon the claim. Down in the mine the three looked gloomily around, with a kind of sulkj regret at having to leave the scene ol so much iiseless toil. "Good-by," said one. "I'D gi>e you a farewell blow." And raising his pick lie struck the quartz, making splinters fly in all di i! TTr i! _ 1 ^ _ T_ 1. i recuon^ ins pracu eu c\c caugnt a glittering speck in one of the bits at his !ect. Stooping, he examined it and the place he had struck, when, with o loud exclamation, he knelt and satisfied himself that it was gold. He then commenced picking vigorously. His mates caught the meaning and follow ed his example. In dead silcnce they worked on? they had discovered a m nster nugget. Then a wild, glad shout sounded in the ears of the one at the windlass, whe had sunk into a half doze. To his inquiry, "What is going on?1' the cry came, "Wind up, and as he did so there rose to the surface a huge mas? of virgin gold, When fully exposed to view the men were almost insane with joy. After watching it through the day and liv ] long night they had it conveyed in safety to the bank. It was named the welcome stranger, ana yieiaca me fortunate discoverers of it $50,000. On the site of that spot the forest and the scrub have disappeared and their placc is occupied by the finest city on the celebrated gold fields of Victoria.? Philadelphia New* Paperm:ikin? in China. Eighteen hundred years ago the Chinese made paper from fibrous matter reduced to pulp. Now, each province makes its own peculiar variety. The young bamboo is whitened, reduced to pulp in a mortar, and sized with alum. From this pulp sheets of paper are made in a mold by hand. The celebrated Chinese rice paper, that so resembles woolen and silk fabrics, and on which are painted quaint birds and flowers, is manufactured from com pressed pith, which is first cut spirally by a keen knife into thin slices six inches wide and twice as long. Funeral papers, or paper imitations of earthly things which they desire to bestow on departed friends, are burned over their graves. They use paper window-frames, paper sliding-doors and paper visitingcards a yard long. It is related that when a distinguished representative of the British government visited Pekin, several servants brought him a huge roll, which, when spread out on the floor, proved to be the visiting card of the emperor.?Philadelphia l'rcss. What a Solar Engine is Like. Considerable expectation has been excited in scientific circles by Ericsson's latest solar engine, as it is termed? that is. derivinir its power directly from the sun's heat." As 'described, this apparatus consists, briefly, of two parts, the generator and the engine. The first named presents a large concavc reflector in the form of a cradle or trough, so arranged upon a central pivot as to be constantly exposed to the vertical rays of the sun; the solar rays falling upon this reflector are concentrated upon a horizontal tubular heater placcd above it, this heater being sun* * a - ?I. ported upon sme pmars, wuicuwv uuu hollow, and, like the heater, contain water. "The heater and its supports combined form, in fact, a steam boiler, since, when highly heated by the sun's rays concentrated upon it, the water is converted into ste:im, by which the engine is operated. The principal dimensions of this ingenious apparatus are given as follows: Reflector, eleven leec long by sixteen feet broad; heater, six and one-fourth inches in diameter by eleven feet long, exposing 1,274 square inches to the action of the reflected solar raj s. The trouble with the average legislator is that he lets the thought and sentiment of his country get in advance of him, and then is surprised to find the difficulty of catching up.?ChicagoDaily News OUR CRAZY QUILT. Selections of Interest to the Fair Sex.?Thi Girls of the I'crind Their Own Dressmakers. Novelties In liracclets and Pius.? Art ii Dress Drapery.?Tissue Paper and Card Br>ard Screens. *'f Ai LITTLE CHILD'S HEART. How ehoalfl ihe br-art of a little pirl he? As pure #s the lily that h'or.ra-i on the lea. As clear & th" dews from the Heavens tha faXT As true ? th'> mirror that lian?s on the wall .As freshfls the fountain, as gay as the lark That trilb out its song 'twist the day and the dark. As plad as the angels, when soaring they fly On the brjjrht wiucrs cf love to their home ii tbtitSky. iji ?From the Gorman. iBE GIRL OF TITE PERIOD. Tl:e?delight to represent themselves ns the |jiy and idle butterflies of fash ion which they are not and could noi be if t$ey wished, for they have toe much o? the American goaheadativencss aftijSi.t them. If you doubt tlii< watch ihem any fine day at the counters of' the large dry goods stores. Their ^?ughtful faces there as the} carcfulrr' examine and compare laces, silks, and velvets will tell the story. Or at any time within two or three weci.s'prcvious to a lasii'.onaoie weading or other event let a person visit,a; I have done, families whose daughters intend to be present. 2sot only during the day, but at r.ight as well, the youn" ladies will be found as deeply engaged in the?dresscs they are to wear upon the coming occasion and as thoughtful!} planning about them as would be the most practical and hard-worked dressmaker. Why do they do this? Because foi one thing they delight in beingeconomieal, ana also ;'or the satisfaction it gives1 them to know that they have by their own labor accomplished successful work. At a wedding a few days ago inone of this city's churches, the bride, !as she walked down the aisle, carried herself with ah air of honest pride and spirit that was a pleasure to see. Of course she was proud of her husband and proud of the occasion, but I flattered myself that there was another reason also for it, and this was a feeling of independence and satisfaction from the fact that she had with her owa Lands made the handsomely fitting white silk dress which she wore,as wejj :is her entire trousseau. "Where do they get their ideas? I v.iTl toil you. Call at any of the large city dry goods houses at what is known as an opening. You will there find any quantity of these young ladies we refer to, inspecting minutely the rich and handsome dresses just imported. But by no means with any intention of becoming purchasers, as perhaps a person seeing them would be led to suppose. It is to 'get ideas1 for their spring or fall or evening wardrobes, UUV.4 J1UL U*IA\ 3UV.LUCU lii. iUXUlUlCly Copying very elaborate costumcs,but -in many eases they improve on those which they see. This is often the case also with rcferenco to millinery. These girls sometimes spend day after day hunting about town in search of a hat or bonnet ready trimmed to suit them. Then they 'go shopping' for material like it to make one its exact counterpart. at-probably half the price. "Yet men wonder what women find to do with themselves 'all day long,' ami a young mau on a moderate salary 'can't afford-to marry' because the girls of the pre ent day are 'so dreadfully extravagant,1 his ideas wholly obtained from the fact that several of his young lady acquaintances happen to be smart enough to dress niccly and stylishly on perhaps a very smail allowance. And the annoyance and discomfort these girls undergo, especially when shopping, is not a little, I can tell you, and makes them deserve all the more credit Crowded stores, impertinent 'shop ladies/ pokey and exasperatinglv slow cash ;:ir!s are obstacles in the way of tli in- <*i en dent young dressmaker's r.ro-'iv iiiat men have no knowledge ; i:.. i i:?? tk/vrr I UI iHJH i.lLiU iUiLUAU UIJVV *111 Livyjr ULXK^J [ rc .Jly ;.ro"?Xcu) York Mail. NOVELTIES IN" JEWELRY. A bracelet bears in relief rose, gray, and bronze pearls of large size, surrounded by diamonds; and another ol fine gold chain-work is set with a pearl showing a wonderful coloring in dashes of fiery red, contrasting with opalescent shades of green and tawny brown, also a gray and pure white pearl. As pendant, is suspended a steel gray pearshaped pearl dropping from a'diamond. A pair of car-rings set with a diamond have pendants of t!.e same style oJ greenish crimson pearls. Among the curious, favorably comparing u ith these wonderful pearls is a ring set with a large brown diamond shot with golden fire. This is surrounded by diamonds. A novelty in Rhine stone jewelry is a slender pin of solid silver set with small Rhine stones in colors, which are said to equal the most valuable gems. The clearness anil beauty are remarkable and the few ox'.i.bitud are sold immediately. Li antique silver ornaments the colors are reproduced as well as the forms, and sometimes a dssh of old gold is blended with the silver. The crescent pins, for example, are often half old gold, half oxidized silver: but the shading of both is so managed that conspicuous contrast is avoided. Arrow heads, old stone, and bronze implements are repeated in miniature in these various ornaments, with tiny antique heads as pendants, or heads enlarged and linked together to form clasps, bracelets, and neck-band. Pocketbook of Venetian leather, mounted in silver gilt, card cases oi dark brown Russian leather imitating exactly a folded glove, bags, portemonnaise and belts, for many a fine bell will be among the season's gifts. Suci belts will permit the attaching of finelj carved buckles, and apropos of these, some particularly fine buckles are shown in silver gilt, silver and gold foi garters, and while one may with propriety cry out against those who have bells attached to them, still sume jewelers insist that they will be included among bonbons and flowers to be sent to the lady of one's heart. Surely the t mcs have changed: but the best answer to any objection is th:it which is engraved on many of the buckles themselves?"Honi soit quoinal y pense/"? Brooklyn E'tglc. ART I>" DKAPIXG. It is difficult to say too much ic praise of the present style of draping. Jb or centuries tnere nas not uuun st graceful, so artistic an arrangement oi folds and plaitings. The lirst step toward this seems to have been the use oJ goods as a whole instead of the patchwork we so recently submitted ourselves to. It is always ruinous to the effect of goods to cut it into small pieces. Toieally understand a dress pattern and draw out its good qualities you must have it in its entirety. Then design your plaits, i, e., either wide 01 narrow, in panels, sash, or revcrs, and arrange the rest of the dress cither tc j harmonize or to contrast, as may best develop its individuality and express the original idea. How to combine materials of different texture so as to f produce an artistic and really pleasing ' costume, is a difficult study, but if persevered in the result will be eminently gratifying. To predict just what will be the outcome of the present tendency seems presumptuous in the extreme, and we will venture instead to hope that it will be a perfect, modernized Greek form of dress, which will com j unit? euu.it; xiccuum wilu ic<uucautj. With the lengthwise panels, now so , much used, an unexpected demand has , been made of the wearer?a graceful carriage of the body. To dress a bashful and undignified or frivolous young woman in such a dress would be highly incongruous. The wearer, whethershe be short or tall, must affect, if she does not possess, dignity and grace. This ' principle also calls for greater care in " the selection of a dress, and still great[ er care in the choice of a pattern. Not ) only the ligure and face of the person should be considered, but the personal ' characteristics as well. How to do this requires some knowledge and a ; thorough appreciation of art, combining with this natural quality its conn terpart,. good taste.?Ncto Xori^Wortdt L * HAND SCREENS. A curious little hand screen is made of six sheets of pink tissue paper, a sheet of bristol or card-board, naif a yard of pink satin, a yard and a half of quilled pink satin ribbon, three-quarters of a yard of pink satin ribbon not plaited, a spool of pink sewing silk, and a bottle of mucilage. For the handle cut from a small Japanese fan the long bamboo stick, whioh answers nicely and is stronger than wood of any kind. From the bristol board cut two circular ; pieces, each six or seven inches in diameter. Smoothly cover one side of each niece with the pink satin, and ov erhand them together, the satin side out. Make a slil about two inches deep in one end of the bamboo handle, and insert the satin circle. Use pins as rivets to fasten the screen and handle together; one pin at each end of the slit, passing them through from one side to the other, and as the points will be too long cut them off with a pair of sharp pincers, leaving a small portion of the pin to bo turned against the handle and hammered down flatly, thus holding the screen and handle securely together. Ia the very center of the circle paint with water colors a pretty design of birds or flowers; or, instead of painting, a bunch of artificial pink roses, buds and their foliage may be fastened. The tissue papcr'is then to bo cut m strips about four inches wide, the entire width of the sheet, then fringe the strip qnitc finely, leaving half an inch at the top for a heading to be pasted to the screen. The fringe *is then crimped with the scissors or the back of a knife by gathering or pinching it up betweo i the fingers and knife, as a luftle is crimped. Each piece is tr be clone in this way, then unfolded and shaken out that the fringe shall not be matted together. Coat the plain heading of the fringe with mucilage, and paste one piece at a time all around the outside edge of the circle. Then row after ro v, each one falling closely over tiie other until the satin is covered to the sui 11 circle which contains the painting or flowers. To finish the edge of the hist row which is fastened to the satin sew on the quilled satin ribbon; the plain satin ribbon is tied in a bow round the handle. In pasting the fringe on the screen it must be allowed to fall outward, as the feathers on a fan, and each side of the screen most be covered in the same manner. They are very convenient to use as screens tor the" face when sitting beside the lire, or as a shield for the eyes from lamplight.?American Queen. A Scientific Novelty. The "Botha Schloss," in Berlin, con 13,1 IJS Lit [Jl UZ>UIi - CI oc'iouwiiv uvivawj v? particular attraction, namely, a monster movable globe, made of copper, the work of a blind clock-maker, on the construction of which the energetic man spent seventeen years of hi.1; life. Tiie globe, which represents earth, turns on its own axis by means of a mechanism. An artificial moon moves round the globe in twenty-eight days and six hours, while a movable metal band, on which the hours are marked, indicates the mean time in the different parts of the earth. Hound the upper part of this immense globe, which weighs a ton and a half, and whose surI face measures 126 feet in diameter, spins a railroad car (capable of holding , six persons),which serves to give a bet, ter view of the regions of the north --I- T>I xVUKa I puiu. -L LIU AO uvuv in oil, and i.eccssitatedthe employment of two men during one entire year. The i sun is represented by an apparatus [ lighted by an intense Drummond cal, cium li^ht, which enables the spectator to watch the origin and change of the , different portions of the day, the early dawn, the twilight, eclipses of the sun , and moon, etc. Connected with the i interesting show are cosmical leci turcs. Sir John and His Learned Dog. Sir JOQD JjUODOCK counuues ins turious experiments with his dog, and he hopes in time to make the creature as accomplished as the average biped. It | is about eighteen months since he began the education of the wonderful ! poodle, "Van." His idea was that the dog, if he wanted anything, should ask for it, and, as his bark might not be r intelligible, a series of cards were ar; ranged by which he might make known | his desires. Thus a card labeled "Food" . is laid within his reach, and when he is ' hungry he takes it up in his mouth and r brings it to his master. In the same wav. if he wants to go out, he picks up [ a card with the word "Out"' upon it, . and brings that up. Another and very [ favorite card with him is labeled , "Bone," for its presentation is followed ' by the bestowal of a toothsome morsel. I The pieces of card-board are about ten . inches long and three inches wide. Having succeeded in teaching the ani' mal so far, Sir John has been lately try. ing experiments in order, if possible, to | t ach it to distinguish color. But this has hitherto, he says, proved a failure. One circumstance, however, militates ?tl-.n cn^naco /if tVio prlnnnfinn U^illLldO LUU v* v^v ? movement?Sir John's recent marriage to a young and beautiful woman. Be1 fore that event Van used to sleep in his master's room, and many opportunities I for giving lessons were found. Now 'l Van is banished to his own mat, and " has grown sulky. At all events, the ^ color experiment has failed. 'No. I don't allow card plavins: in ! my house." said Popinjay, "but in spite 1 of me the ?irl.s will have a little game > of scven-up about every night," "How ! is that?" inquired Blobson, iaapuzded i tone. "Why," rejo'ned F-pinjay, ' "theiH) are four of thorn and the/ gen^ erally have three fellows up witli them ? until" 11:80 o'clock?Burlington Fret ' Press. ! DYSPEPTIC FAttHRiSS. Th-e >lischlef Arises from the Time and Planner of Eating:?The Remedy. A man in fair condition?or a horse, ox, or a dog, for that matter?will live at least forty days without food, and ten days without either food or drink; but not three minutes without air. We can skip a meal or two, or even fast a day or two or more, whenever there are indications that we have "got ahead of our digestion and excretion," with- j out the fear of "starving." This one lesson, if fully appreciated by everybody, and acted upon would save thousands of lives every day. It would extend the average age of life by many years. Every one will admit that we eat too much; but few, indeed, have anything like a Correct idea as to the decree of excess commonly indulged in everywhere. If we regard this question in its "bearing upon, say the farmers. bow many, let me ask, in the hundred make any sort of calculation as to how much food is demanded for so much work? How many take one meal less, or less at either regular meal on the dav succeeding an idle day, .Vhen.perSaaps, by reason of more leisure rriore>-!>2s teen eaten than on a working day? Supposing the ease of a laborrin^ and well-nourished man?one in a wellbalanced condition; he should eat less when at light work or on half time, and much less whenever he passes a day of entire rest, for less of his bodily tissues have been used, or perhaps toe should say, less of his stored-up nutriment has been consumed, and, therefore, less is required to restore the balance, or, so to speak, make good his vital bank account. In winter, except when working hard in the open air, the farmer should eat less than any other season of the year. If so working?as in the lodging swamp, or when employed in getting out and "workingup" the year's wood?he will require more in winter than in summer. He will require more: but supposing that he largely overeats in summer? taking habitually more than would be best for him? Does he do this? Let me take aside almost any one in the first dozen farm-houses we enter, and question him a little, ?ay in "haying." He will probably show up something of a dyspeptic. Let me say, first off: "I have been there;" have worked on a farm, summer after summer, and know just how to handle my suppositious candidate. Not only did I observe the prevalence of dyspepsia :>mong farmers and farm hands, but I suitered in my own person from indigestion (dyspepsia), in spite of hard work and out-door air. Beyond question, much of the mischief arises from the time and manner of eating, especially at the most busy season of the year- Farmors work hard at this season and should eat well; but they constantly err in eating when t red, and they resume work directly after eating?"two \ery serious violations of natural law. Again, the farmer's heaviest weal? the mu h!esf, lea^t chewable, greasiest, and, consequently, least digestible meal and least nourishing meal?is eaten at mid-day, when he is already somewhat tired and very much heated, and when he must immediately resume' his hardest and hottest work. There is not a single wholesome feature in this whole process. The farmer could not treat him sen worse^ except ujl auuiu^ a "nipper11 of spirits before IHe meal anxr a "pipe11 of tobacco after. Of the three transactions, bad as the last two named assuredly are, and always harmful, the meal such as it is and taken under the conditions described is even worse. But this is the custom, and it is kept up without any question or thought as to whether it is precisely wrong or not So far as the work and the outdoor air are concerned the farmer's life, in summer, is one of the wholesomest sort; and if he would breakfast lightly, lunch at noon more lightly (or better still, lie in the shade for an hour), and then at ? -?OWArL* w wi. JLUli. UVUJ. UilVk v^uiwuu- T* v* U) eat the principal meal of the day, ana of plain, natural food, he would be the gainer in every way. If he would treat the pork he raises upon the principle of rae wise doctor who will not "take his own pills," he would have less occasion for swallowing pills and potions; and if farmers, not only, but people in general, would make themselves somewhat wi$e in t}je matter of health-laws? simple and plain as they are?"So simple and plain," says one of the wisest of physicians, "that the people refuse to understand them"?most of the doctors and the druggists would be forced to take to the soil for a livelihood themselves.?C. E. I'aige, M. D., in K T. Tribune. The Frozen Wonders of Siberia. "When I was in Siberia," said Captain Furskins, "it was so durned cold that your breath would freeze and drop in lumps to the ground. But we had lots of fun. There were plenty of jack rabbits and other game, but it was too cold to handle a gun. So on a clear moonlight night we would set a couple of big hea light lanterns on the glistening snow, way out on the steppes, and just wait for developments. The rabbits would be attracted by the intense licrht, which was reflected for a 4. J-",* gre&O WVi. OJaV/VT VLUOI., vfcUM. -would all gather in a circle around the lamps in mute astonishment at the free picnic they were having. By and by their eyes would begin to water from the intensity of the light, and as drop after drop rolled down it formed an icicle from the ground up, which finally froze solid to the eye-balls and there we had 'em. Next morning all you had to do was to take 'em by the tail and break 'em off the icicles."?Missouri Republican. The most sagacious sheep in North Carolina is an old ram that belongs to J. A. Adcock, in Sandy Creek-Township. He cannot only distinguish the persimmon trees from trees of other growth in the pasture, but has learned how'to get the fruit down from them. This lie does by muting tne tree, jtie gets off a suitable distance, stands on his hind legs, as if in the attitude of fighting, and strikes the tree a vigorous blow with his head. When he has shaken the persimmons off he quietly eats them and goes on his way until his appetite demands more. This wise old ram used to rob the apple trees in the same way.?Henderson Golden Leaf. A democratic editor of Pennsylvania thus puts himself in line to be struck by any official lightning that may be playing: around next March: "Our republican friends have generally made it a rule to put newspaper men" in the postoffices, and the rule strikes us very favorably. Editors are the poorestpaid party servants, and a good postoffice salary wonld be a deserved recognition of services to the party and the country generally. Modesty forbids us being more explicit at present." <:< \ v ':s. In South America :i shrub of the cactus family has been discovered whose flowers are visible only when the wind blows. The plant is about three feet it height, and on the stalk are a numbet of little iumps from which the flower? orotrude when the wind blows unor . - J. them. The Free Methodist minister at Colorado Springs owr.s a cow twenty-three years old, a d lie challenges the country to show tip her senior. This may not be the oldest cow living, bnt there are a eruat manv uconle who believe they have seen pieces of older ones or . their breakfast tables. A raffle for a lawn recently took placc in a Mont .na town. After the raffle was over the holder of the winning ticket asked for his fawn, supposing * the animal to be a pet in some family. The lady manager of the affair told hiir it was out in the hills with its dam, anc all he had to do was tc 'go and catch it. A Is or: U Carolina colored man recently found a lady's workbag, containing $40 in money and a diamond pin. and kept it intact three months, mean- J while searching everywhere for the owner. When at last he found her, il proved tor be a lady. o<f. wealth, whe opened -Tier heart? antT-rewarded the colored man's honesty with a gift of 2S cents. ' ?? In Montreal snow is not allowed itc remain deeper than six inches on the sidewalks, and the snrface must be kept even. The clearing of roofs and walks must be finished before 9 a. m. Twenty dollars and costs is the penalty for tenants and owners who ignore the cmc oy-law in to is resoect, and all responsible citizens are liable to arrest' without warning for its contravention. Denmark spends $55,000 annually for agricultural tear'.'u^. There are dairy schools and s hoc Is in agriculture. Improved method are taken up by every Dane, from the King down to the humblest farmer. The consequence is that this little, cold, barren country is able to export large numbers of excellent cattle, quantities of farm and dairy v\iiA/4nAA irtKiln +\IA oro tViTlV jk/lUUU^Cf Vf Li lav CUV |JXVUUW1J ?iV Wllif ing and comfortable. . ^ The Turkish woman is superstitious in the extreme. Sbe believes in charms. She will not live an hour bereft of her three-cornered bit of leather which encloses the mystic phrase that is potent to ward off the evil e*e. She distrusts Tuesday as the mother of ill-luck, and will not celebrate the birthday anniversaries of her children, or even record the date, lest some magician uses it to cast a spell against the child. There is a lady residing in Paris at present who is said to be preparing a genuine sensation for publication.It is to be a brochure, in which she attempts to prove that she is the eldest daughter of Qneen Victoria. She claims to be able to show that she was substi tuted in the place of the Crown Princess of Germany, with the connivance of some of the court habitues, and without the knowledge of the mother. Eii Perkins was given a reception worthy of his reputation at Yankton, D. T. * lie was advertised to lecture in the opera house, but when he reached the hall, though it was brilliantly lighted, not a soal was to be seen, nor did any one come in during the half hour the committee spent in expressing its surprise to the great fabricator. Then he look him over to Market Hall, .wherea pa ked house greeted him with a srreat TaTTgnr" In spite of Signor Brignoli having resided so long inAmerica and the fact that he married an American lady, he never learned to speak our language with any degree of fluency or correctness. At one time when he was staying at a hotel at Long Branch he missed his hairbrush: nrmliie to find it he ranc his bdll. 7 "" O ? and when his servant appeared he said, in a very curious tone: Yesterday I was a hairbrush; to-day?where am I?" Tennessee has now sixteen coalmines in successful operation. It is said that the Scwanec coal-mines are the best ventilated mines in the State, if not in the South. They have sc many entrances, connected with each other, that the atmosphere in them i? not only delightful, but the temperature remains the same all the year round. Miners wear the same clothing in the mines during the Winter months that they wear in the Summer. Twelve hundred" ard thirty men are engaged ir these and the South Pittsburgh mines, "? and 600 more miners would be employed if they were to be had. The superintendent of the New York Women's Protective Union gives an interesting account of the wages of women belonging to the union. Actresses of the ballet and utility get from $5 tc $7 and from $18 to $30 a week. Milliners each from $6 to $18, dressmakers from $6 to $8. Housekeepers get from $30 to $100 per month. This includes board. Trained nurses earn $20 to $3l' a month. Proof-readers make from $15 to $20, and copyists get from $4 to $12 a week. Saleswomen earn $3 to $12 a week. Teachers of languages earn from 25 cents to $1 an hour. Telegraph operators get $540 a year. "I have," says a well-known New Wvrlr Prnfpssnr. "taucht the art of rid ing in Germany,where the unemotional German lass is persevering enough, but lacks the fearless dash and energy ol the American girl. I hare traveled and observed the English women as they appear when on horseback, seen the Andalusians maidens cantering over the campagna on their bushy-tailed steeds, and watched the French matrons as they paraded past on high-stepping chargers on the Bois de Boulogne, but for graceful position and perfect ease in the saddle 1 will place the American girl against theru all." Chatting with Gen. W. T. Sherman the other day, he said a few pretty hard things of newspaper men, though he admitted that there were exceptions. To illustrate how his kindness had been *,4- CO- <4WKftn tllA dispatch came to me about the Custer massacre I called the newspaper boys all in together. 'Now,' I says, 'here is the dispatch. I put you all on your honor to copy and return it to me.' Then I gave it out two pages to this one, t-.vo pa^es to that one, so thev could all work at once. I turned my baek\ and whisk?Jack Robinson?the jispatch was gone. It never turned up, either, and it is in consequence absent from the place it ought to occupy in the official record-." The wild mustard in South America is like that spoken of in the New Testament. in the branches of which f^e birds of the air may rest. Coming up out of the earth so slender a stem that dozens can iind :i starting point in an inch, it darts up a slcnder/straight shoot, live, ten, twenty feet, with hundreds of line, feathery branches, locking ana interlocking with all the hundred? around it, till it is an inextricable network like lace. Then it bursts into yellow bloom oHll finnr fi?.it,hf?rv and like OVA**. ? J ? ? ? ? At times it looks like golden dust. With a clear blue sky behind it, as it is often seen, it looks like a golden snowstorm.? San Francisco Bulletin.