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[Abbeville pressandbaxner. i BY HUGH WILSON AND H. T. WAIIDLAW. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JUKE 7. 1882. NO. 1. VOLUME XXVII/ Hislann; l.otuis Enchantment. T'l r r.uSw-> -c,. ou iho ocoan, A py v iiit.i :ia wiiitc can be, l!-i? ?>.-vcr olio in iho harbor ^ > white s, i\ e -ails at sea. I . And ;t:?s Konds that crown the mountain psirplo ami gold delight, Turn to old gray mist and vapor "lire wc re.icii its height. Stately and fair tbo vessel That comes not near our beach; Stately and grand tha mountain Whose height we may never reach. Ob, Distance, thon dear enrhantress. Still ho'?l in thy magic veil y The glory of far-off mountains, > ,; The glaata of the far-off sail. THE YELLOW ROSE. C Adele Haskell forced one of a group I ] T)f girls who were -spending their from- I v\ mer at the seaside, in a romantic little I port, made thoroughly delightful by the combination of woodland and wild coast. Inland driven and shaded ram bles were as accessible at choice as surfbathing or the long strolls on the fine white beach, forever washed by the exLilavating waves. Auele was at this place under the care -of her annt, and with her. under her own care, a younger sister just nearing the fourteenth birthday, and ceasing to the the torment and delight of immediate relatives as l'enfante terrible, only to occupy the same distinctions of concern as "a bright little piece." Georgie Baskell was an irrepressible, mischievous, wonderfully observant and wide-awake creature ; and her calm and lieautiful elder, Adele, whom she ?dovoutlv admired and loved, had never tbeless no light task in taking care of ? f ?JtiSt. ' * ? ; 8 i'-" i Georgfe was often in disgrace, and 1 . sometimes in punishment, and her <only relief at such moments was to p write long letters of complaint to her ? :absent mother. In one of these letters, j *who6e exaggerated tales of woe could 'J only internt the maternal heart, there r happened to be, one day in late July, a 1 bit of description incidentally given a that throws npon the seaside life at a the romantic port a significant glance of comprehension, and shows how the s perfect happiness of the place was e atterly marred by one slight want, not f -* taken into consideration by the mammas t I and aunts in their choice of a summer s seaside. 41 And really," wrote Georgie, ,%1 ( :never knew that men and boys could be of eo much importance. Even bad boys r wonld be welcome here; and as for Sam d r? r?. 1 T7 or + V> ?it? n*r\rt 1A Via frt ^ death by the girls. The night of the v ball they had to send twelve miles for; just a few; and such a set! Bat Miss C Bilev said, ' Oh, anybody for partners/, hf Oliria H has perfectly beautiful i 'clrt-Rses?all from Paris?and not a soul g fto dress for; for she says she won't dress I rfor cirls. , j "Last night there was a great exoite- d :ment. Miss Riley said she heard that fc ;5ve young men had engaged rooms for ? August in this hotel, and that rooms i(on the second floor) were being filed o for them. You ought to have seen jj tbem. Yon ought to have seen Olivia, a They won't come to-night, will they ?' h she said; for she had nothing on but tJ ber plain black silk and a turned down f, collar. But to-day 6he's dressed splen- Q didly?plum-color and salmon. I wish a you could see her gown; it's lovely, h They are coming in the stage to night, J T "> ~ 1 il I 1 x auu i iicj uope we win duvu bvmv iuu, y and I Want you, dear mamma, to write ^ -specif .lly to Adeio?because .she is aw- it fully -,tupid about some things?that if t< ther'j are picnic31 am to go, and to tea k paT ties, for I'm fourteen," etc. a The five young men came, others twere soon added to the number, and w ' there was no more dullness that season. w Drives, picnics, sails, rambles, every- f thing thatconld be deviBed for lending a: wiugs to the summer hours, found pieu- t< tiful energy to prevent dreams from losing the " name of action." All w waut merrily to raid-August. fj . fc/-kr mid-Arigust a keen observer might E have noticed in tho little community? outwardly all gayety and suave amity? ai certain ominous signs threatening the t! .'general peace in the formation of ^ ?el ues. In these ciiques there were 8( whisoerings and mystery, as if in dis- 1 ? ^ ttUWllUU VI U1 cai.u utuci. \J Allele Haskell with her natural reserve h holding herself apart from personal con- y fidences, and having in the seaside n A ... circle no intimate friend, was not qnick ; ; - to perceive this change in the daily life ]j <2 * of her companions. All the more when the change suddenly became palpable did she feel herself alone and harshly ^ shut out from the sympathies of those 0 - > , > who at first had seemed anxiouB to a .establish with her the most confiding ti friendship. Fortunately t.he rapid sue- e] cession of diversions gave her little 6j time to brood over the cause of this coldness, which was confined to the h girls, the young men having with ad- j, mirable tact equalized their attentions, ^ so that no one could feel the weight of j, m&aculioe neglect, least of all the beau- n tifulAdele. ^ Cue of these considerate youths was, j, " t however, unoonfcoiously the source of ^ v disaffection, and tha*. no other than t] lEfatvey Ellsworth, the favorite of the 0 'whole house, the manly beau-ideal of ^ Ihe younger girls, and the distinguished H, master of ceremonies in everv ulan de- .1 vised by tbe alder?, both of whom sub- ; mitted to iis judgment and direction. ] M " Ib it not really ridiculous," said g1 Olivia H to her half-dozen bosom J ^ friends^ in that confidential hour when \ "the gefftlemen wore not present, "the p ji f manner Adale to Mr. Ellsworth? p She is so conscious, so affectedly thy ?for there is not any real shyness v about her. I believe she is actually in ^ love with him. And it is so absurd, 'for any one can see that he never gives j, her a thought. I have watched him ^ quite closely; and although he is polite, ^ .-as he has to be, of course, he never ^ carrs to talk to her or to daDce with ^ her. He never gives her an admiring 0 glance. And the other night about the g musio, he was almost lude to her; that j( is, rnde for him. Well, I never liked f, Adele particularly; I never could see v the beauty people talk about. And now v I like her less than ever, and I should ^ think that Harvey Ellsworth would be r 1 positively cusgustoa. ], "I have no doubt tbat he is dia- j, gnsted," said Matilda Ownes. "Of v course he wouldn't like to show it i .And Adele afcts as much as to say, in her n quiet "Way, ?He is secretly in love with me.' Oh, I shonld just like to see her j vanity dampened a little. Girls, let us ^ have flomo fun; let n* bring Adele Has- j keli out." " How do you mean ' bring her ciut?'" i T "Why,5 let us makp some plan to set i r t her face to face with her folly, and give i t : ' her remarkable serene dignity a good i j - / iessori;''. ? - ' -- j fi " What plan can we make?" ! a They were not loDg in finding one; I c for, given the mischievous intent, and j > there is always a scheme ready at hand j I > i 5 to pive the mischief expression. ! t J * i ; The plan was a bold one, and several j days elapsed before it was thoronghly | i completed and ready for execution. It ? might have perished carelessly as it be- gan but for ono or two aggravating cir- ? cumstances which in the mean time f made Adele appear to be more than j i I ever appropriating me uesiraoie Mr. i c Ellsworth. t Daring these days tiio susceptible i little Georgia found herself very kindly J noticed by Olivia and Olivia's particular friends. At last one morning Alatilda J f Osfnes said to her : ( * -"Georgie, do you want to have some i i fan, and help u? witli a plan of ours I 1 that will bean excellent joke ?" 11 Georgie declared that ?he was ready j I for anything; she loved fun and she j < loved jokes. / * [ j -Having been bound to secrecy, she i was directed to write at dictation a letter Mat.lda would compose, and to use : in writing her extraordinary skill in im- ; itation. **Tbev produced the hc.nd- : writing she was to copy, in slips from a game of " Comequences," containing sentences written one evening by Mr. Ellsworth. " Whom is the letter to ?" asked Georgie. "That," faid Matilda, "you aro not to know. Tlnn if any questions aro asked when the joke comes off you can f-av truly that you are ignorant.'' Georgie loked thoughtful at this, and hesitated. "I think ought to j know whom I am writing to.'" she said. I The girls overruled her objection, j " You will know as seen as it is best,'' tliev siid. " And you can trust us that it is written to the right person.'' So Matilda dictated: "Forgive rae if I address you too hastily aud too boldly. You are in all tny thoughts every moment, and I feel that I cannot resist the opportunity that may never occur again. May I ho you for a lew moments alone ? 1/ you will r rant me this request?and 1 beg you as you value the truo devotion of my heart not to refuse?please wear to night in your hair a yellow rose." lins ictier nau ueen careiuny composed, ami it was dictated by Matilda from a manuscript approved by all tho girls concerned in this practical joke. " Now sign it," said Olivia. "How sball I sign it ?" asked the :hild, who had succeeded by sharp scrutiny of the model in making the writing quite characteristic. " Why, ' Harvey Ellsworth,' of course. 'lisa pity we could not get his signature for you to copy exactly, but rou must make it from the lettor3 you aave. There is a capital H to begin with." " Oh, Matilda," said Georgie, "I could lot &ign a man's name. Tbat would be vrong, I am sure. No one has a right o sign another man's namo. Why, that vouui Deiorgery. sue was quite aelided. " Well, it must be signed," saiil Oliva, "or it will not be of any use. Of iourse no one would wear a rose for an kiionyinous lover. Come, don't be obitinate, Georgie; wo shall lose our ivhole joke." " I will tell you what she can do," iaid Matilda, who had some faint misjiving of conscience herself on this joint; she can sign it in initial*?'H E.' fhat might be anybody; at least it night be any He. Come, child, don't laggle; the whole affair is nothing but i bit of fun. He! he! always comes ifter a good joke, you know, Georgie." So Georgie, having found in the craps of "Consequences" the proper apitiUs, signed' 'H. E." with a modest lourish, and the note, after due inspecion and admiration, was signed and ealed. "Now please let me direct it," said jeorgie. "I'll promise not to tell." "Ub, we Have a plan auout tne aiection," Olivia said. "Now you have [one your part nobly, and if there is ver anything we can do for your pleasLie, be sure to let us know." I should like to see the fun," said : Jeorgie. " And you neel not tell ine rho it is, for I know it is Miss lliley. Lnd it's almost too bad, only 1 suppose real old maid?a real flirting old maid? 1 mean?doesn't mind whom she wears j ellow roses for. She will just be won- : Bering why he doesn't come up and ask ier to take a drive or walk around the : iazza by moonlight." Success smiled upon the completion ; f the practical joke. Wheu tbe 11 a. i [. mail had arrived, and the customary i pplication for letters was made at the < otel office, Mr. Ellsworth appeared here, looking over his own budget, as artunfl would have it. ouite alone i [lien Olivia came sauntering gracefully long the corridor, and coming near im, paused. "Oh, Mr. Ellsworth." paid she, "can on reach that pen on the desk, and 'ill you just direct this little note ? It i only a line to Adele; I must send it 3 her room. Just ' Miss Adele Has el).' please." And she turned to order j bell-Hoy for the errand. ] The innol it* address was hardly dry hen Adele received the note. There as a picnic that (lav at Seven-miles < 'alls, a drive home by early moonlight 1 d high tea at 9. Immediately before i ?a the toilets were mado for the even- < lg, and a by-plot was contrived by 1 hich Georgie Haskell was detained om being present at the critical mo- < lent of the joke's denoument. When ? >a was nearly over she took her place 1 t table, and glanced at Miss Riley; < jere was the yellow rose in her hair I j Ir. Ellsworth, perfectly uncon lious, was seated nearly opposite her. < 'hen Georgie looked cautiously at ] livia; there was a yellow rose in her i air. All the girls, even Adele, had i ellow roses in their hair. Mr. Ells- orth had a yellow rose in his button- ] ole. Other gentlemen hail similar j outonnieres. ] Georgie was slightly bewildered; but er keen appetite for supper after all < er open-air exercise assuaged her curi- 1 sity, and she contented herself to i wait the explanation of this complica- i ion of yellow roses until after she hould have devoured her oysters and 1 alad. i The affair had taken place simply, \ u satisfactorily. The girls specially 1 iterested had hastened to their tea. s .dele came rather late. She wore an i rory-colored gown, with gold orna- ^ lents; she looked very beautiful. In er dark hair, half hidden by the heavy 1 raid, was a yellow rose-bud. She sok her place not far from Olivia. On 1 be tablo oppooite Olivia was a basin i f yellow roses. The young lady drew i V. ax n A n n r> v A r\ An/1 k j luvtuiu iici) aitci Aueic? cuicicu) auu aid, in a nonchalant bnt distinctly auiblo voice, "Yellow roses 6eem to be lie fashion to-nigbt." With these 'ords she took one from the vase, and tuck it jauntily in the braid of her air. The girls near her did the same, 'hen Olivia ordered the basin to be assed around the table, so that all resent might select a flower. At the instant that the sentence had asseS Olivia's lips Adele flushed uickly. She did not raise her eye nmediately; but when she did she :>oked fully into Olivia's face, then at latilda, whose half-suppressed laugh ] ad reached her. Then she dropped er eyes again without allowing them ; o transmit any expression of surprise, r anger, or suspicion. But the quick ] lush faded into a painful pallor. She ookcd for a few moments as if she were i minting; but no, her spirit rallied. She : ?ent on with her tea. She even, as the i ?aiter, not noticing the bud in her hand : leld the basin to her, took from tho , ose, and placed it in her bodice. She eft the tablo when several others left t, so as not to attract observation, and rent to her own rocm. The plot had succeeded. She had een set face to face with her own folly. When Goorgie rnshed to Matilda to tear " how the joko went off,*' nil Mailcla paid was, "Hash, don't you see ler?" and glanced toward Miss Riley. Bnt when Georgie afe?v minutes later rent to find her sister, whom she ni?sed from the parlor, sho hud dilli:ulcy in bringing any answer to the ocked door of ti:o room which the listers shared together. When Adele, ifter delay, opened it, there was no consealing the fact that her eyes were red vith weeping. She had evidently jeenshaken with some tempest of emoion. "Oh, Addie I" cried tbe child, " what s the matter? What ha$happened?'' fwiahf. sialif, nf t.wn vfillow rnsflq ?ft bud and a flower?tossed on the floor. 'Ob, my darling Addie! my beautiful, splendid, noble sister! what have they lone to you? Oh, I'll kiil them every me; indeed I will,'' cried Georgie, for ho whole truth flashed on her instantly. \delo was the victim of the plot. " And L'll kill my.self too,5' cried Georgie. It was now Adele's turn for exclumaion. " Be still, be still my child; don't ,alk so wildly. Nothing has happened; ao one has done anything to me. I was ;ired, and I cried. I felt tired, that's ill. Oh, I feel so tired of all the world to-night!" And hero Adele, seeing that Georgie was quite hushed, flung herself inco an arm-cnair, unu Durymg ner lace in Iier hands, went on weeping. tieorgio stood pefectly still, as if petrified?petrified as to motion, but not petrified asto expressio ). Across her mobile child face pas* d a conflict of feeling?sorrow, indignation, pity, and at lastreuolve. From this last sentiment, resolve, her manner changed en-' tirelv; something of a womanly air took"possession of her childishness. Slie came to Adele like a little mother. ! " " 1 I '' Come, mv dearest, you are tired j j out, and I must see you lying down to ! rest before I go downstairs. We j children"?here the small head gave its | habitual scornful to^s?<-are to dauce I first; hut you must be dovnstairs at j 10. I know you will 1)3 rested by tbat time, and I want you particularly, for my sake, to come down." All the while she talked she was caressing Adele, and between the caresses she uufasteued her ornaments and un laced her gown. She brought the robe de chambre. ' For you are to be down at 10, so you cannot undress entirely, darling. But just lie down on the silk coverlet," which coverlet she proceeded to unfold and to snread on the bed. Allele ceased crying ; she was passive to Georgie's will. And Georgie having seen her sistor quite in a restful attitude, and having made her solemnly promise not to shed another tear, and not to think of anything that troubled her, turned the lamp-light low, and went downstairs. She danced "tho Lanciere" for which she was engaged, and then wout out alone into the cool, sweet night air of the moon lit piazza. This piazza was one of tho pleasure haunts of the midsummer nights; it made, with some detour's under pavilions of an ornamented court yard, the complete circuit of the hotel. Georgie walked slowly along the piazza past two or three groups of girls, until she came to tho angle that turned upon that portion of the portico which the gentlemen used after dinner and after tea for smoking. There were a few young men there with their cigars. Among them was Mr. Ellsworth. To : him the ohild went boldly. "Mr. Ellsworth, please could you come with me a minute to the Blue Pa- 1 vilion ?"' He could not refuse; indeed, he flung ' away his cigar w'th all politeness, and i put the little hand gallantly upon his 1 arm. 1 * She said not a word till they reached { the pavilion. Then she withdrew her * arm from his suddenly, and turning to- ' ward liim with a face glowing intensely with the absorbing thought her heart held, took both of his hands in here. " Dear Mr. Ellsworth, a terrible trouble has happened." "Not to Adele?" " Yes, to Adele. And I have been in it. Oh, I'm a dreadful, dreadful, dreadful girl I Will you help me, dear Mr. Ellsworth ?'' "To my utmost," said Harvey Ellsworth, with every appearance of sincerity, and even anxiety. "I must toll you everything first," said the child; "undldon't know how to, but I must. Well, the girls wanted to play a joke on Adele?on Adele, just think "of it I And so they wrote her a uote, and pretended that you wrote it, but in reality I did it, for I copy handwriting. But oh, I never, never will copy anything again, for I believe it is breaking the Second Commandment?it is making a graven likeness. Oh, isn't it, Mr. Ellswofth?" "Go on, my child," said that gentleman, with impatience undisguised. " And we sent the note, saying that i a i 3 i.- J l you auoreu uer, uiiu wumeu iu aw uot nil alone; and if she would let you, she must come down to tea to-night wearing a yellow rose.'' " And did she wear it T' And here Georgie, petrified again? petrified this time in motion, speech, axpression. There was something so intense in the way in which Harvey Ellsworth asked this question, something so like an electrical shock thrilling Georgie in every nerve upon which tlis voice fell. Soft as that voice was, it rang like a violin string that gives ihe note and breaks giving it; and bis eyes shone like points of fire?at least she thought they did. " Did she wear it ?" Oh, Georgie, you will never be a ihild again after to-night. The terror, :he responsibility, the mingled insight ind apprehension of this concentration jf experience, forbid you over to re;urn to the reckless innocence of fate. She paused one moment longer. She ^ Iropped his hands, aud covering her ? jyes stood helplessly before him. Was it, then, to be either betrayal or lesertion of Adele ? Ono of these two miseries. "It is a secret," half sobbed the ihild. "A good man like you would lever tell it. Yes, Mr. Ellsworth, she ivore it. And now"?she changed the utitude to one confiding and imploring ?"and now you must help me. She nUBt not be disgraced, my darling, aoble sister, and laughed at by all the iouse; and I?my own hand did it." She felt again something like an slectrical shock, for she had looked up io his face; and the face of Harvey Ellsworth at that moment was in a rapture? i rapture of happiness. Her heart lightened as she went on. 'You must pretend to Adele that you Jid write it; Bhe must never know that ;he girls made such a plan ; she must ;hink that she was mistaken ; for, ob I ihe has been crying dreadfully. You nu9t send her another note, and say pou are so glad she wore the rose." "And I am so glad," said Mr. Ellsworth. 'And then?for she did consent,1' Lhis Georgie said regretfully?"since ;he did consent, yon must walk around the piazza with her, and make up something to comfort her." "I shall not have to make it up," ;aid Mr. Ellsworth. "Then come, quick, and write the message," cried the impetuous Georgie. By 10 o'clock Adele, re-arrayed in tier lovely costume, with tho rose-bud ;n her hair, and the message, "Meet me in the Blue pavilion,'' written by his own hand, brought to her by her :>wn Georgie?his message, with ono trembling kiss upon it, safely 6towed c in the pocket of her ivory-colored gown I ?went downstairs just as the waltz 1 music in the parlor struck up jubilantly. And in the Blue pavilion, safe with Mr. Ellsworth, Georgie, blessed Georgie 1 ?for so she felt herself that momentleft her. " Adele," said the manly voice, with that manliest tone in it that springs from true devotion, "I shall thank you 1 all my life for granting me this happiness. May I spend my life?are you going to 1ft me, dear Adele, spend my ;' lifo in thanking you tor it ?" ThoRp nnesfcinnR followed each other closely; bo cloely because tho proud, sensitive girl, to whom all expression ' of that which was really sacred to her 1 was by her very constitution most dii- 1 ticnlt, had been this night so tossed and wearied by pain and pain's misgiv- < ings that she melted at love's lirst J touch. There was no need to ask, Do i you lovo mo ?*' between tho dedicatory : questions. The sweet face, agitated 1 and tender, tho hands that he clasped i in his, trembling, told without the i asking that Bhe loved him. i He drew her near to him thero in the solitude, in the shaded moonlight, , in the midsummer air, and went on : with all a lover's resistless fervor: "My | darling, I hardly dared?hardly dared to hone for this after our cruel senar- , aiion. When wo parted last year in Florence, Adele, and you said 'forever,' I knew as deeply as you could caro to have mo know that I never could love another?not really love another. Do you know, my darling, did .vou hear, that I was very ill at Puris? They called it Roman fever, but it was the fever of fate, Adele. Many weeks ( it consumed me. Then I was aroused myself, or when something beyond myself aroused me to the fact of living again, I took up life simply as a burden. If I can give a ray of happiness to those unhappy as myself, let me live,' I thought; 'but for mo thero is no joy in living.' And now we have met again. It was a strange accident that brought me to this place. I must tell you of it some time, darling. But we have met again, and this time it is forever. Adele ?my love." As little Georgie in her motherly treatment o'* her sister had 'mingled with her words and service her teiular caresses, so Adele's lover now between his words lavished his mute endearment. 44 We have met again, and this time forever." " Well, I declare,'' said Olivia, when | on the morrow of the unkind plot's denouement the engagement was announced of Harvey Ellsworth and Adele Haskell?" I do declare that men are the most deceitful creatures. Who could ever have dreamed that those two people had ever been anything to each other, had actually been engaged, thev Ray, nnd tha engagement broken off by Adelo's gnardian ? Why, no odo could havo seemed more indifferent than that Harvey Ellsworth has seemed; how she can trust him or have any faith in him I cannot imagine. He certainly acted coldly enough, and as if he did not care for her." " Perhaps he does not care for her now," 6aid Matilda Owens. And at the very moment that sho said it Harvey Ellsworth?on the ocean shore, far up at the White Cove, where the breakers came in magnificently, arid Tcliovn tViM liliia cnu fov an pta P.nnlfl ,fA4V*V v; w ww-.? look, was spangled as if strewn with golden roses?Harvey Ellsworth was lying in the white sand at Adelo's feet, with his lips seeking her haud again and again, and his eyes looking long and deep into hers, and his heart saying to his heart of hearts, "At last Heaven has given me the woman of my life, tho woman of my soul."?Harpers Weekly. Instincts of Elephants. If nature has not given intellect to these animals, it has given them an instinct very much aMn to it. A man has only to hunt them in their wilds to learn how wonderfully Providence has taught them to choose the most favorable ground, whether for feeding or encamping, and to resort to jungles, whore their ponderous bodies so resemble rocks or the dark foliage that it is very difficult for the sportsman to iistincruish them from surrounding ob jects; while their feet are so constructed that not only can they tramp over any kind of ground, whether hard or soft, thorny or smooth, but without emitting a sound. Some of their sncamping grounds are models of ingenuity?some of them perfect fortresses. I once followed up a herd and found them in a small forest surrounded an three sides by a tortuous river, impassable for ordinary mortals by reason either of the depth of water, its precipitous banks, quicksands or enjntangling weeds in its bed, while the "ourth side was protected by a tangled :hicket, further protected by a qnagnire in front. To get at them without listurbing them was impossible; at last, when I did get within shot of the "orest, the elephants retreated by the jpposite side to that which I had ap- i aroached, and after following them for i Arrsiw*! Unriwa T /1* A fTflf O ClVinf. UA I SOVClUi UUUIO X UiU uuu -.1 ^ )De supposes elephants Lave the rea- ; loning powers possessed by man; if < hoy had, we should be tbeir slaves, md not they ours ; but their instinct is wonderful. I will give a couple oi nstances : "When war broke out with Burmah, a lot of elephants were sent icross from Bengal, to Prome by land, mder the charge of Captain Baugh, of lie Bengal Twenty-sixth. Among hem was a magnificent tusker. He ook a dislike to this officer, why was ! lot exactly known. Some suid it was jecanse he had knocked off the ele- . chant's neck his mahout; but bo the eason what it may, this brute tried to lill Baugb, and him only, several times. ! have seen him thrashed for this sev- 1 .?ral times by other elephants armed 1 vith chains, who wielded them much 1 is a drummer does the lash at the hal lerds; but it was of no use, bis dislike vas inveterate, be got muet, would take i io food except from a pet female (bo lad two lashed alongside of him), and i iventually died at Shoaydonng. As a ] ule, elephants are timid, quiet and in- 1 iffensive; but when wounded and i slosely followed up, or when must periodical fits to which male adult ele- , jhants are subject), or females with > roung, t.aeir fury knows no bounds. , Chey dread fire more than anything ( sl&e; but one elephant belonging to tbe : lattery in Assam was an exception, and ( vould assist in putting ont a tire. This iame elephant would do what I never mew any other to do, viz., when n least's neck was cut through, all bu he vertebra) (it did not mutter whethe . ' ,he beast was a buffalo, a deer, tigeror" ! mything el6e), it would, when ordered lut a foot on the neck, twine be trunk round tbe head, and ' vith a wrench separate it from he body and band it up to the mahout. J ! have" seen one or two elephants , lmnrl n Kivil nn* hnf. uao nuuiu uauu a uvhu , nost of them will not touch anything >f tho sort. Nor would they intention- 1 illy tread upon a fallen man or beast? ' hose used for executions in the Guicor's , erritories?Baroda?have been taught , o do so. Some foolish men teach their >lephants to trample upon a dead body, md by so doing ruin them for sport, in elephant, unless vicious by nature, nil only do so at first with the greatist reluctance, but after a time, if anyhing falls before it, it is apt to charge, Lnd if it dees not kneol down suddenly 1 ind throw tho oocupant out of tho howlah, it gets the animal between its legs, md plays a sort of football with it, hrowing it backward end forward be- * ween the front and hind legs until it is 1 >f the consistency of a jelly. Men are iccaaionally thrown off tho back of an ilephant; what would their fate be < nounted on a beast who had been aught such tricks? An elephant I jonght from Mr. Tye had once been cut jy a rhinoceros. Nothing would nuuce oer m eumr u juuyio vhero one of these animals was; tho rorv slightest scent of ono would tend ler flying. A splendid female mucknn jelonging to my department cared lothiug for a tiger, would kick one out >f her path without shoeing the slightist signs of uneasiness, but if she met a >ony nothing could hold her.?London Veld. ___ HEALTH HINTS. Children who drink tea and coffee are lervouB and fretful and lose their apDetite for substantial food. They have ess ability to resist disease and become itunted in growth.?Br. Footers Health Monthly. The ligh*, of the sun is the great punier, scattering filth as on tho wings of ;he wind. It is the invigorator of aninal and vegetable life?indispensable, rt is nhean. the cheapest medicine inown, and among the most reliable. Put cold feet in it, a "creeping back," i sallow skin?tbe whole body, tliat it may imbibe electricity. A suggestion for hoarseness worthy Df trial is the use of common horse radish pi epared in sugar?ono part to nino parts of sugar. A little of this mixture in the mouth, swallowed slowly, gives relief. The remedy (horseradish) is not a new one, but, to us, the sugar way of using it seems to be a new and good one. Tho Qermantown Teleqraph says that experience proves that lime-water and milk aro not onlv food and medicine at sin early period of life, but also at a later, when tho functions of digestion and assimilation are feeble and easily perverted. A stomach taxed by gluttony, irritated by improper food, inflamed by alcohol, enfeebled by disease, or otherwise unfitted for its duties?as is shown by the various symptoms at4 n r\nn in/lmnotiAn dtonnnaio ICUUitllU Uj'VU w;o^ diarrhea, dysentery and fever?will resume its work, and do it energetically, on an exclusive diet of bread and milk and lime-water. A bowl of cow'h milk may have fonr tablepoonsfuls of limewater added to it with good effect. Stir tlie Others Up. "Excellent sermon this morniDg," said Deacon Goodwill to his neighbor, as they lingered in the vestibule to shako hands with the brethren. " Well, purty good ; purty good. Ain't quite up to old Parson Slocum. He used to give it to 'em Btraight. He preached agin wickedness in tho land." "To be sure, but this man preaches rigiit to us, personally.' " That's jest the tronble. I go to church to hear other folks pitched into. I don't want to be rankled up myself.;' Just then tho minister passed along, and with a dubiouB Bhake of tho head he cut short his remarks.?New llaven j Register, I THE FA KM AND HOUSEHOLD. Form niul Garden Notes. Soapsuds kill currant worms. Where grease has become hardened with dubt it inaj be removed with kerosene. Hungarian grass, or millet* should not be seeded until the soil is quite warm. Negligence in the preparation of seed furnishes the key to many low averages in yield. Tno best euro for harness wounds on horses is burnt leather. Rub the ashes on tho sore a. d a euro is soon effected. Tho nearer a fattening animal approaches maturity the greater is the proportion of fat in the gross increase obtained. The slovenly management and waste of manure is one oE tho most general - il. _ specimens 01 iuo iguuruuuo or carelessness of farmers. It is now claimed that potash, in tho shape of ashes, or the potash salts, is excellent for grapevines if the fruit is defective in color. Cotswold sheep have large, handsome frames, well covered with flesh, and a great propensity to fattea. Their mutton is apt to be rather coarse grained. Plump ar.d very salable chickenu can be procured by crossing a ba:atam rooster on ordinary common hens. 1 hey are not large, tut of good quality. Keep tho ducks thut up until they have laid their eggs. They will do this early in the morning, but if allowed to winder will lay them in a brouk or anywhere but in their nests. Deeply-rooted crops, as wheat, red clover and mangel, are those best litted to resist drought, while shallow-rooted crops, a9 grass and turnips, are those that suffer most from it. Whatever he has done or neglected to do in t.he past, tho farmer who has lon.l nnn r*??Ar\Ar1t? VtQ /IOTTAfn/1 fr, ittuu UliiLU ssnu. wo vaovwuvv* kw that purpose should mako it a point this year to set a few frnit trees. Ni rate of soda, often called Chili saltpeter, is much UBed as a top-dressing for grass. It is finely pulverized and evenly spread at the rate of one hundred and fifty pounds to the acre. Horses are social animals, particularly so in the case of young horses, They thrive best when in the society of others, hence the advantage of pasturing several in one field when practicable. The general effect of lime is to render available the plant food already in the soil, without itself supplying any significant amount. Liming cannot, therefore, be successfully repeated, except at nnnairlpriihlA int.ftrvn.ln. Many mistake? occar in gardening through planting all kinds of seeds at nearly tho same time without regard to their natural habits or time of maturity. Vegetables, lik6 field ctops, should be planted at different times. A few sprigs of cedar branches (or leaves) have a strong tendenoy to drive Dff insects from the nosts of hens, ilix them among tho materials cdmposing the nests, and thoy will certainly do no barm, while they may do much good. Au amaleur gardener complains that his garden so: 1 is a stiff, heavy loom, in which delicate plants will not thrive. Give it a good dressing of sand, coal ashofl and manure. Cultivate thorough ly, getting the soil as tine as possible. There is no wisdom in working a thirty-acre field yoar after year to get live bushels of wheat or ten of corn to the acre, when with the same expense for fertilizers you could raise lifteen . bushels of wheat or thirty of corn to the acre. Corncobs are very valuable, especially after they are reduced to ashes. Ihev contain a great proportion of potish?about twenty-five per cent.?and 1 [ho ashes can be either used for mak- 1 ing soap by leaching them, or spread 1 on the soil. Cjbs furnish a quick, hot ' fire. It pays well, says an exchange, to j pass coal ashos through a fine sieve?a flour sieve for instance. This sifted ' ishes when perfectly dry, as it fehould be kept, is one of the best substances with which to mix London purple, ' Paris green or hellebore for the de- ' struction of potato beetles, fruit slugs, : jurrant and gooseberry worms and the 1 like. Being lighter than plaster or 1 (lour it does not fall so quickly, but set* ' ties upon every part of the plant?the 1 stem, the under part of the leaf as well 1 is the upper part. It may be said also thut it adheres to leaves for a longer 1 time, and is not so readily washed off ' by rains. Poultry Note*. Give fowls lender blades of grass. Fine combs and vermin are come- , times seen together. Patience is a large item in the poultry breeder's stock in trade?never lose it. See that the coops of the young chickens are kept decently clean and comfortable. Keep hens with chicks in small coops, well covered and dry, until the chicks are three weeks old.7"^!! When fowls are kept in a yard it is best to dig up a small corner occasion-1 ally to let them hunt for angle-worms. The proper way to treat fowls is to place them whero they can bo encouraged to got their own food, only making up what they themselves cannot tindi. Sulphur and charcoal aro both very exc'BiloDt ingredients to mix occasionally with fowl feed, either for young or old birds. But both should be used with discretion. The soil has much to do in affecting s\f ntirl LUU OiittUlU^ UUU. UV/IU1 \jx | uuu i3 a point that is seldom taken into careful consideration, though its importance, is conceded by a few. The number of fowls which can bo kept in a given poultry yard depends almost entirely upon the kind and amount of supplies which are carried to them while in said inclosuie. Whenever fowls can run at large without detriment to tho garden they should be allowed to do so by all means. Nine-tenths of the trouble and diseases among poultry are the rosult of keeping fowls too close. It is as natural for a sitter to " burrow when she comes off tho nest as it is to eat. This desire is instinctive-, and should bo met by a dusting place. Ashes, sulphur and .dry earth, if it can bo procured, make good material for a dust bath. Don't be in husto to tako the chic3;s out of tho nest. They are better off quietly hovered under tho hen than they could possibly be elsewhere. Wait till you see the bright little eyes peeping out hungrily before yon ?ive them their first meal of hard boiled and breadcrumbs. Keep sound, whole corn constantly by the sitting hens, and plenty of pure, fresh water?a very simple bill of fare is all theyrequiro during- the incubating season, but it must be abundant and wholesomo. Their system is being continually drained of heat, and fuel mUst be steadily and regularly supplied to keep the fire burning. Try and time your sitting hens so that two will hatch their chickens the same day?then if one batch bo poor, ono hen can tako all the chicks, while the ia \xritV* ?i ffatili liofpli nf Ul UV1 10 w-vu v? eggs. Hens iu good health can stand a six weeks siege on tli? nest withont harm. But never put two large broods with one hen. 11 rarely pays to do this, even in warm weather, still less in tho variable spring months. Construct your houses not too large, as you wiil be tempted to keep too many fowls together. Have them with large windows, so placed that tho fowls may enjoy as much sunlight as possible, perfectly tij>ht excepting means for ample ventilation, without a possibility of a direct draft reaching tho fowls at night after going to roost. A fowl will take cold while asleep as easily as a person. Keep the roosting apartment olean and sweet by frequent cleaning. Poultry Manure. In the much discussed question of poultry profits we are prepared for great fluctuations of opinion, but the natural tendency to extremes on either sidj should bo controlled, and in a communication of our English contemporary, the liazanr, wo see, under the cap-ion "Poultry Manure versus Guano," an assertion which, in our opinion, is so extreme that we would call the attention of poultry fanoiers to its refutation. After remarking upon the existence of a theory of the valuo of poultry manure, the writer proceeds to say : "The commercial value of animal manure may be very closely estimated by the quantity of ammonia or ammonia producing compounds it contains. Poultry manure contains so little that it has not even an ammoniacal smell, differing in this case greatly from the mfinnre nf nicfions that feed on the more nitrogenous pulse. The practical experience of farmers has long since shown them the small value of poultry manure as compared with that of pigeons, and chemical analysis would soon prove the truth of their estimate. Our readers may imagine the prospects of poultry farming, if the manure is to bo the whole profit in fact."' It may be an extreme opinion, and j probably is, that the manure from poultry is "the whcle profit in fact," but it is scarcely less a mistake, that the practical experience of farmers has proved the fallacy of any considerable estimato of this importance in poultry farming. We concede that ammonia is a very valuable ingredient of manure, and it may be that poultry manure is frequently deficient in this element, but in a question of praotical experience ask the gardener, who Las tried it, his opinion of a top dressing of poultry manure mitrnnrl aronnninrra 4nr onions, or the wheat grower his opinion of a top dressing of poultry manure and ashes applied in the autumn just after the wheat comes up, and lot him state its value. We mention these two instances of tho established effect of poultry manure, and, no doub',, many others can also be adduced by agriculturists experienced in its use. Like other fertilizers, it has its limits to usefulness, and applied improperly and on certain crops is even injurious; but, notwithstanding, it is a valuable auxiliary in the production of many crops, and merits inclusion in the poultry profits. Poultry fanciers, consult the farmers and gardeners who use your manure and report their experience. The effort will assist "your business and promote tho truth. iiecipen* Cornmeal Muffins.?One cup and a half of cornmeal, the same quantity of white flonr, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a cnp of sngar, half a teaspoonful of salt, a small tablespoonful of melted butter, two eggs and milk enongh to make a stiff batter. Bake in gem par.s for half an honr. Noodles for Soup.?Beat two eggs perfectly light, add a small ealtepoon:ful of salt and sufficient flour to make a very stiff dough. Knead it well and roll out into a thin sheet, then fold it over several times and with a sharp knife cut it into narrow strips. Orop them into the soup and boil about ton minutes. Browned Potatoes.?Peel them anil steam them until they are tender ; then about half or three-quarters of an hour before dinner?supposing there is a roast of beef or lamb or a fowl in the dripping-pan in the oven?lay the potatoes under the meat. When they are browned take them out with a skimmar, lee them drain, and send them to the table on the platter with the roast. Baked Eggs.?Baked eggs are some times relished by those woo nna irieu ones groasy ancL indigestible, Butter a deep earthen pie-plate, then put in the eggs, taking caro not to break tho jolks of an;; rut a little lump of butter on each egg, and a little peppor and salt, too. If the oven is hot, the eggs will ' be cooked sufficiently in four minutes. is soon as the whites are firmly set they lire done. Celbrt Cream Soup.?Wash very carefully a small cupful of rice and let it boil in three pints of new mils until it is soft enough to pass through a sieve; strain it and add the white part Df two heads of celery, which have been grated or minced very fine; cayenne pepper and salt to taste, and one quart of strong white stock. Boil slowly until the celery is quite tender, and add a teaspoonful .of butter and flour rubbed together. Serve very hot. a useful device.?a time ancuaoorsaving invention is to have a piece of sheet iron, nearly the size of the bottom of the oven, a trifle smaller, so that it will slide in and out without difficulty ; have the edges turned down so that the iron will be slightly raised from the bottom of the oven. On this nearly the whole of an ordinary quantity of cookies can be baked at once. It is nice also to uee when baking cream puffs, kisses or lady fingers. When baking the two latter put a white paper on the iron. Have a small hole cut in one side of the iron so that it can be hung up. Do Your Best. A gentleman onc^said to a physician, "I should think, doctor, that at night vou vould feel so worried over the work of the day that you would not be II VV.1 LUCW|/( "My head hardly touches tho pillow till I full asleep,'1 replied the physician. ' I made up my mind," he continued, ,;at tho commencement of my professional career, to do my best under all circumstances, and, bo doing, I am not troubled by any misgivings." A good rule for us all to follow. Too many ore disposed to say, "No matter how I do this work now; next timo I'll do better." This practice iB as bad as the reasoning, "No matter how I learn this lesson in the primary clacR; when I get into a higher department, then I'll study." As well might the mother, in knitting socks, say: "No matter how tho tip is done; if I do drop a sti;ch now and then I'll do better when I get further along." What kind of a 3tocking would that be ? As well might the builder eay; "I ii/mti t rwnlra ^ann^ufinn uwu ii L/aio IJUTT x uiunu IUU aisuuui?wvu of tbis house; anything will do here; wait till I get to the top, then I'll do good work." Said Sir Joshna Reynolds once to Dr. Samuel Johnson: "Pray tell me,sir, by what means have you attained such extraordinary accuracy and tlow of language in the expression of your ideas?" " I laid it down as a fixed rule," ropliod the doctor, "to do my best on every occasion, and in every company to impart what I know in the tnosi forciole language I can put it" _ i Door at. Any Pricc. ?l " Wliiit. V>nvn vnn ant. fnr dinner. IVfrs. ' Yeast?'* a:*ked Mr. Y. as lie seated hitn- j self at the family board. "Venison, Mr. Yeast," replied the j lady, whoso love for that dish was sue- ! ceeded only by her husband's dislike. { " What an extravagant woman yon | are, to be sure!" exclaimed the dis-j gusted minority of tho connubial partnership. "Why, venison is quite cheap now, Mr. Yeast." 'Cheap? Uqhl Tf\ ucer at any price." But, of course, AJta. Yeast did not see tho joke, and consequently enjoyed the J meal all the moro ?Staipsmi. i. th.? .... ?r T>? J. Liu uiiuuai auiuLuaijr ui 4;hu.hi cwufributiona to missionary nocietied Iihh jas-1 been completed by Canon Scott Kobertson. It is as follows : Church of England Foreign Missions, ?2,329,080; Church-men unci Nonconformist societies, ?885.370 ; Engli-hand Welsh Nonconformists, $1,531,565; Scotch and Irish Presbyterian?, 8054,875 ; total, ?5,310,950. A Cincinnati journal remarks that for men to stand in front of churches when the ladies are coming out. is small potatoes. As if there could bo no stnull potato masheru. FORTY-TWO YEARS IN PRISON. Release of n Dirkeiih' Hero Who linn Served Mne Term* in a Penitentiary. Charles Langheimer, the old German made famous in Dickens' "American Notes" as the subject of a pathetic description of the effects of tho solitary confinement system in the Eastern penitentiary, Philadelphia, forty-two years ago, and who appeared in Dickens' eyes ! as "a dejected, heart-broken criminal, ; whose life has been cruelly tortured out of him," was recently released from the service of his ninth term, since Dickens first saw him in that prison( and made straight for tho house of his only daughter. His trunk had preceded him, containing numerous articles of his own wondrous handiwork while in prison, such as pictures, toys and various ingeniously-constructed designs in wood. His leave-taking from the prison officials was characteristic. To their civil "Gaod-bye, Charlie. When are you coming back again ?" the old man bridled up, threw back his head, and, Willi iiiufinug vjvot ouuwacu upuu tucxxi the most violent torrent of billingsgate .in German. This treatment, to men with whom he had been on the best of terms, aud accustomed to associate with dailv for the past two years and eight months, would look cruel from anybody else, but from Charley Langheimer it is merely taken as a matter of course. He will shortly celebrate his seventyninth birthday, His last term was fcr three years for stealing money from a safe, but good behavior enabled him to come out, as it haB always done before, four months ahead of the expiration of his time. The best part of forty-two years he has spent in the penitentiary. His faculty for Adapting his hands to almost any trade under the sun, and for rtceorating and painting in the most article manner wall or ceiling, gives him a prestige out at the penitentiary suoh as is perhaps not enjoyed by any other prisoner in the country. His clean, orderly habit*, his love of neatness, and his knack of converting the most for uiuuiLig ourb ui ? vjoja miu nu nuuuo vx comfort and beauty by the addition of flower pots and plants, which he has a wonderful talont tor bringing on, and, above all, his gift for decorating the walls cause the penitentiary officials invariably, after lie goes away, to feel lonely without him. It generally happens that a very short interval elapses I before he is back again. Two strong points have been devel opod in Langheimer's character since : Dickens saw and wrote about him?! pride of self and hatred of newspaper ' men. The mere mention of the latter i class is as a drop of scalding liquid on ! his tongue. His small, gray eyes gleam like fire, his gray beard bristles, his wrinkled, nervous face contorts, his whole frame quivers as he jumps from his chair in the most trasid outburst of uncontrollable rage, and brings his fist down on table or stand. Charley says he will never go back to the prison again. This, however, is the same language he has been using ever 1- - 1 ? L.*m I I yiucu ma reiwwo iruui ma mou iciw i after Dickens saw him in 1810. He has a great deal to say about the discipline of the prison and his good treatment there. It is a known fact that Langheimer has been tried numerous times for the ' purpose of seeing whether he would i avail himself of biB opportunities of escape, and he has on every occusion I spurned theso chances. The prisoni officials have such confidence in him that there is not one of them but avers that if he was to get out by any mischance a day before his time expired, he would walk back and deliver himself Bp> _____ Encouraging Increase in Farming. Ppncne "Rnllpt.in "NV>. 9.70 mvf>s inter ! sting statistics concerning the farms of ! thirty-one States and Territories, show-! in# the increase in their number at the ' end of each ten years after 1850. The ' increase from 1870 to 1880 is exhibited j by the following statistics : 19SO. 1870. "California 33,934 23,724 j Connecticut 30,593 25,508 i Dakota 17,433 1,720 j Illinois 255,741 202,S03 Indiana 194,013 161,2S9 I Iowa 185,351 110,292 Kansas 133,501 38,202 ' Kentucky 100,453 118,422 I Louisiana 48,29'i 23,481 ! Maine C4,3G9 59,.304 . Maryland 40,517 27,000 [ Michigan...-. 154,008 93,780 j Minnesota 92,380 40,500 I Mississippi 101,772 08,023 I Missouri 215,575 148,328 l Nebraska 63,387 12,301 New Hampshire 32,181 29,042 ! New Jersey 34,307 30,652 ; New Mexico 5,053 4,480 I New York 241,058 210,253 i North Carolina 157,009 93,565 1 Ohio 247,189 195,953 I Orepon 10,217 7,587 | Pennsylvania 213,542 174,041, j KUnde island o,aoa , Utah 9,452 4,90S 1 Vermont 35,522 33,328 1 Virginia 118,517 T3,S49 ! Washington 6,529 3,127 j West Virginia C2,G74 89,778 Wisconsin 134,322 102,904 ! Total 3,124,720 2,193,117 j Tliat is, the increase in the twenty- \ eight States and three Territories dur- j ing the decade was 931,00.?) farms, the! increase of population of the whole United States during the same time be-' ing 11,594,183. TlYe ratio of increase of farms in the States and Territories | not included in the above list was prob-! ably about the same. The number of i farms occupied by their owners, the 1 number rented for a lixed money rent, I and the number rented for shares of j produce are given as follows: /"l- !>,. mi<nnra 9 A11.271 ! Rented for money '2io*,S42 Rented for shares 473,607 If to have the land tilled by its own- j crs is an indication of prosperity for a J nation, the above statistics are highly ; encouraging, as it is doubtful if any' other country can show as large a proportion of farms occupied by their own-1 crs. It is significant thai the farms ; rented for shares of produce are much more numerous than those rented for a j fixed money rentj as farms rented for I shares are chiefly in the hands of young ; men who lack capital, but are ambi- j tious to become land owners. There : has been much alarm of late lest vast: tracts of land should pass into the j hands of a few individuals, thus estab- i lishing a monopoly. The number of : farms exceeding 100 acres each in the ' thirty-one States and Territories are , classified as follows: 100 to 500 acres 1,373,222 5ftC to 1.000 acres 47,749 More iian 1,000 acres 15,309 California has long been cursed with a land rinij, and it has 2,536 farms exceeding 1,000 acres each. Mississippi; has 1,833, North Carolina has 1,721,' Virginia lias i,.*)0;5, Louisiana nas nas 1,319, and Kentucky has 1,112. Xo ' other State has 1,000 such farms. Agri- ' culture. has always been and always must be the chief industry of the United , States, and the exact statistics as to the acreage of the farms of the Union possesses z deep interest for all the people, j Tim Khedive of Esypt, The khedtva of Es;ypt has restored to the Rtato tho lutdi and paluces en which his father f (plundered many millions of the public money. In private and in public he is simple ard economical. Married to a single wife, ho sets an example of homo life much needtd among Mohammedans, and his thort reign has been marked by great re- 1 forms, both political and religious. The < taxes are now reduced to a reasonable J amount, and collected at fixed s.asons r\f ilnn rt rv f i l All rkrinttf/1 IIJ 11.1 Cl'l * ICO KJ1 u uw?v?< v>i forma. The regulation of the finances was, until tbo recent revolution which brought in Arabi Boy, wisely loft in the hands of skilled European comptrollers, public salaries were paid j ocularly, education was everywhere encouraged, and the hhedive built and endowed at his own cost a high school at Ci*iro for the sons of the nobles. \ i Moreover, the slave trade was fast disI appealing. Ismail, the former khedive, I while dispatching Colonel Gordon to , I suppress the trade in Upper Egypt, was I the greatest buyer of slaves in the East, j As many as 100 slaves arrived for him air one time in Cairo, and for a siugie j Circassian ho once pravo $125,f00. On i it-.- - * I '1 ?ll .i O T1 rvM (1 lin f T\Q i,l ' lilti Uwlil'r UUUU, JH.1VuuuvMwyr?m , | rorvaufcs in hi? household, ho lias never ! j bought ti fiinglo slave, anil from bis ; heart lie abhors tho whole system. TI:flirting imd frogs iucreaso iu popu- ! laiity. FOR THE LADIES. A Prince's l'rescnt. One of Prince Leopold's gifts to his bride was a fan of most delicate workmanship and design. The sticks are of goldflnh pearl, inlaid with gold, which grows paler in tint aa the tapering points are approached. The material of the fan itself is lace leaf, on which the designs of the garlands on the sticks are repeated, the blossoms chosen being marguerites, flowers, which, with the daffodil and pink, are immensely in faror at present. Between each daisy wreath aro roses, the petals of which are detached, and form a fluttering shower with the slightest movement of the fan. White Drcwei. White dresses for watering-place mn/la r\t TdViI^A f7Q.Tl 7.nfl I lUilCbO U1Q UittUU barege, grenadines and Spanish lace in the piece. Embroidered nun's veiling and the new brocaded China crapes are also used for these dresses, which, though made short, are the most elaborate dresses for the most ceremonious entertainments. For the simpler white toilets that young graduates wear at commencements, and for day use at the summer resorts, plain sheer nun's Veiling and the softest mull with embroidered trimmings will be used. There is . nothing prettier for the youthful girl graduate than the mull dresses with many polkadotted and scalloped flounces that can be bought ready-made from 820 to 825. The round, full waist of such a dress needs only a broad sash of white faille or of moire to complete it; the skirt has long upper drapery on tne dbck aaa the dotted ruffles cover the front and Bides. The plain white nun's veiling is more often made with a jersey waist, paniers and plaited skirt enriched with a little embroidery done on the material, and sometimen with velvet ribbon bows of dark color. The polonaise, formed by paniers sewed on the edge of a jersey basque, is found on many of the newest white lawn euits at the furnishing houses, with flounces of embroidery on the lower skirt; two colors of satin ribbon form the bows on these dresses, such as porcelain blue laid over lemon .yellow," or dark cardinal over pale pink.?Bazar. Faahlon Fancies. Fashion is running wild over embroideries of every kind, and this trimming is used with a lavish hand upen toilets designed for every occasion. Various shades of gray are much worn this season. Steel gray will be adopted by elderly ladies, while softer hues, showing a sheen of pearl or silver, will be used for youthful wearers. A high-necked, long-sleeved, belted waist of muslin or self-colored gingham ig worn under low - necfcea, Bnortsleeved dresses by little girls when the weather or the occasion does not permit the low, sleeveless garment. When tea gowns are made of white or tinted camel's hair, they have usually collars, cnffs, Bashes, pookets and revers of velvet in various colors?violet, copper, red, aurora, pink, terra cotta, bronze green, ruby red and sapphire blue. Deep and fall box-plaited ruohes, shell ruching, diagonal puffs, turret blocks falling over plaitings, and a host of other odd trimmings appeal cn the bottom of the skirts of late importations and home productions of costumes. Demi-wigs or false fronts of natural curl or water waved hair, make the dressing of the hair a matter of only a few moments. Theee fronts are now made so ingeniously that it is impossible to tell who does and who does not wear mem. The mull neck scarfs lately so popular are now utilized as fichus tied or loosely knotted on tho bosom of the corsage, while tne neck ribbon - is placed above them around the neck, iodide the dress collar, bat outside the ruche or linen collar. Lawn tennis suits have skirts of lawn tennis stripes in bright and assthetic combinations,'while the tunics and blouse waists are of light flannel serge in complementary * oolors to those of the stripes. The cuffs, collars, revers and bands are of the striped stnff. Sloping shoulders are enduringly unfashionable. In dajs gone by their possession was considered indispensable to establish any claim to having a good figure. Nowadays fashionable women dress the shoulders as mnph as possible to produce the desired height and equarenes?shirred scarfs, high puffed sleeves, and even beaded epaulets and floral garnitures being set upon the shoulders to produce extra height. So it seems that even the standard of the beautiful is regulated by the dictates of fashion. Dresses of sheer and fine French lawn, almost as gaudy as organdie, are made up with handsome trimmings of imitation dunhesse lace edgings, falling over plaited ruffles on the skirt. The panier and tablier draperies are trimmed with the same lace, while the upper part of the coat sleeve informed of two bands of the lace sewed together. The unlined corsago has'a fichu of the lawn ( trimmed with the lace. It also encircles the throat and wrists. "White , satin ribbon bows are placed on all , parts of the costume demanding such , decoration. rni - L? ?* ?? J a OA rtVoo f j J. 110 Vhnoiy U1 gicuauiaco 10 ow at present that these dresses will be more used than they have been; for young Jadies the Spanish lace grenadine is made over colored satin?notably terra cotfa red, olive green and ealmpn colors; for older ladies the fine taffeta grenadine of sewing silk is used as a transparent above rich colors, while for those who prefer all black dresses two kinds of grenadine are used, combining the plain or striped armure grenadine, with brocades that have large balls, flowers or fruits, apples, pears or plums brocaded on relief upon a satin lustrous ground. Magnificent Glass Painting. In the large dining-room on the ground floor of William H. Vanderbilt's new mansion on Fifth avenne, has been placed one of the finest gems of glass -i /*/vrifnw Tf. ia f lio piiinuug U1 LU1D tcutmj. AW | work of E. Oudinot, of Paris, who devoted six months to the work. In his subject he has been particularly happy, the famous "Field of the Cloth of Gold' being portrayed in masterly style. The picture is twenty-one by eighteen feet, consisting of ten large and five smaller pan%ls. The English king, Henry VII., mounted on a spirited bay charger, confronts Francis I, of France, on a milk white steed, the two being represented as shaking hands at the foot of the throne, on whin Qaeen Claude, wifo of Fruncis I. and daughter of Louis XII., is standing, surrounded by the cavaliers and dignitaries of tiie two court3. The golden trappings of the two charters and the golden embroidery work on the white satin suit of the French king are i especially attractive in the delicacy of I the artist's work. The herald of t!;e I French king displays a beautifully Tmmi Ivinnpr of the "Flour do i Lys," tind immediately behind liim is | the king's jester eudeuvoring to control the numerous printer dogs. On the ' right lmnd is seen the herald of Henry Vilf., (nil and majestic atfd bearing in I his hand the coat of arms of the English : crown. Behind the foremost group i and extending in the distance are i cavaliers. As accompaniments to til*, t painting are fifteen smaller panels, representing coats of arms and military articles set around the room. Combining all, together with the linoly carved woodwork, it is safe to say that Mr. | Vandorbilt lias the linesfc dining-room in the United Slates. As compared with the pnpnlation, there are more marriages in Frauco than in England. The percentage is given at eighty eight for the iormer and eighty-six tor the latter. In France, however, the birth rate continues to decrea"e, which is regarded by French economists as a very ominous iacfc. i Darkly >'<m. Wo aee so darkly now; Ob! could I place Jly aonl where thine must meet it, face to fao? Thy justice would allow That I am wronged; nt?wo see darkly now. ?Tc see so darkly now, That I may die, Nor e'er the wrong thou think'at of ma d**y, Nor over tell thee how Thou art belov'd; We see so darkly now. Wo seo so darkly now, Yet One hath grace To make |us, ?'en on earth, see face to fMi To Him my heart I bow ; In hope; albeit We see so darkly now. HUMOK OF THE DAY. a?i- ? ui: ? n..t. OfJUlO UU bUO BUU kjitppui IXliJl IXOt What ia that which we wish for, and when obtained, we never know we have it ??Sleep. When we asked onr girl to man^ us she said she didn't mind?and we nave since found out that she didn't.?Toledo American. A gentleman who was asked for his marriage certificate quietly took off hia bat and pointed to a bald spot. Che evidence was conclusive. A slip of the tongue.?She (encouragingly) : " Your step suits mine ex? actly." He (nervously): "So glad to hear you say so : I know I'm euoh a bad waltzar."?Judy, A writer speaks learnedly of "English \ Interiors," without stating, however, that the average English interior is happiest when full of roast beef and plum pudding.?Picayune. The many disasters to whioh our 1? i ~ iu:. uuumry uaa i?iicu a yi^lilu iuio jw?i have been in a great measure compensated for by the destruction of an accordion factory at Breslan, L. *1., recently. "It rains, ma," said Estelle. "I don't think I will attend church to-day." "It rains," said Estelle'smaa fewnignts subsequently; " you had better not attend the theatre to night." "Oh, ma," said Estelle, "I can wearmy rubbers and waterproof." A MATTER OF OBSERVATION. A busy retail grocer Whom wo all surely know, air, Was aaked one day, in a friendly way, By a country chap who bad come to stay Till the mkil came in at the close of day, " What are your gross receipts, air ?" U tT? Urx f Urn Urn I Y>* aiw uut UO i U?| Utt ( UU| uv, 4 Laughed the busy retail grocer, As he pointed oat, with laagh and shout, The barrels aud boxes ranged about, "Yon can plainly see, beyond a doubt, What are my grocery seats, sir I" ?Camden Advanc*. Dangers or Ignorance. One cannot judge from the brief cacounts given what are the precise causes' of such disasters, but there is reason to believe that ignorance is prolific; that many persons have only a vague knowl* edge of the qualities of nitro-glyoerine, cannot recognize it when tney see it, and are not acquainted with the v prions forms in which it is compounded, or with the peculiar dangers of handling it carelessly. Nitro glycerine itself is a dense, yellowish liquid, but in order to diminish the danger attending its use. fine earth, ground mica, sawdust, or some similar powder, is saturated with . it, and thus the various blasting powders, known as dynamite, mica powder, dualin, rend-rock. etc., are formed. . These compounds can be transported with comparative safety. But the nitro-glycerine easily drains off from t.Vio rwnwr1o>* and n(\7.na from ftnv firflviflft in the vessel in which the compound is kept. Drops of it thus bedewing the edges of a box may easily be mistaken for oil escaping, and if workmen igno> rantly endeavor to nail the box tighter, or to open it for examination, there will be a disastrous explosion. Several have occnrred in past years in this way. The,victims knew, no donbt, that nitroglyoerine (or the com pounds) may be exploded by a blow (contact with fire is not needful,) but they did not suspect that the innocent-looking oil was nitro glycerine. Why should not youth be taught in the schools somewhat of the praotical dangers of these substances which are coming into sneh common nee ? They would pursue the study with interest, especially if there were judicious experiments. A Missouri story is that a teacher confiscated a small metal box which a pupil was playing with in school hours, and, thinking ii contained chewing gum, tried to break it open with a hammer. It was a dynamite torpedo of the kind used on the railroad track as a danger signal, and large bits of it had to be out out of the lady's cheek. Would it n:t have -- - - - " ? L.A been well if she iiad Known somewmu of the aspect of torpedoes? Was it not more important to the journeyman plumber who threw the lighted match into the pan of camphene, mistaking it for water, by which the great printing establishment in Franklin scfnare was bnrned some twenty-eight years ago, to know camphene by sight than to have memorized many of the matters prominent in a publio school course? Surely workmen, especially "raw hands," in establishments where these things are used, should be systematically instructed in advance, and the conrts are now enforcing this principle. ? Popular Science Monthly. Wealth in the United States Senile. THe present oenate couiujuh auenst score of senators not one of whom is worth less, than $200,000. The richest man is, of course, Fair, of Nevada, who probably possesses as much wealth as all 'he other senators together. Next to him is David Davis, of Illinois, a widower, who is repnted to be the posessor of millions. It is somewhat difficult to name the senator whose fortune ranks third in size ; but ii Eugene Hale has received the mantle of his father-inlaw, Zach Chandler, with its well-lined pockets, his fortune is nearly as large as that of David Davis. The wife of Senator Hale is the only daughter of the late Senator Zach Chandler. Other very wealthy senators are Miller, of California, Mahone, of Virginia, and Sawyer, of Wisconsin, known to be worth more than a million each. Sewell, of New Jersey, is a railroad man and is very wealthy. Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, it is said, is worth more than 82,000,000, his property consisting largely, of real estate in Washington. Kmnnn nfiior spnator8 who 'write their fortune with seven figures are Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Camden and Davis, of West Vrginia, Brown, of Georgia, and Plumb, of Kansas. Senators Hill, of Colorado, Gorman, of Maryland, MoPherson, of New Jersey, and Pendleton, of Ohio, ara all worth more than ?500,000. Many other senators are comfortably fixed, possessing little hoards of from 850,000 (o 8400,000. Among those who have but little comparatively here below?that is. not more than S100.000 apiece?are 'Morrill, of Vermont, Anthony, of Rhode Island, Rollins, of New Hampshire, Jones, of Nevada, Saunders, of Nebraska, and Allison, of Iowa..?Portland Argus. Exchanging Horses. An amusing incident connected with the grand national steeplechase at Liverpool is going the roamls of sporting circles. At one of the fences there wa3 a tumble and a scrimmage, half a dozen horses coming to grief. In the hurry and confusion, Adams, the jockey, ntn.tA.l fmm trio nnat. nnf>tl Libera* nuu OiaiiCU A* r tor, hastily remounted and dashed home. While weighing in be remarked to Mr. Gregory, the weigher, that the old horse had not jumped as he used. Gregory asked what old horse he meant, and he made answer that it was Liberator, of course; whereupon he was informed that the horse he had ridden in on was not Liberator, but Ignition. While the amazed Adams was admitting that he had mixed his horses, home came Liberator, ridden by the jockey who had started on Ignition. The occurrence resembled those mistaRcs so frequently made in rr.etviiiges of hats or umbrellas, with this difference, that the owner of the best article didn't lose by the swap.