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- ? f Death lurked jj^yvclvet of I ?jr-theok, And In 1 lio'iGibit'l taiutU'K of ,'.cr hair, At)?l lu her fy^r which tiroi men to des pair, v At:?l on her ISps, whoso thrill tuado strong . men weak. t < Vf?, ?ill the honeyed aeccntu.#he did sfoak To ipem denth-ivden wore: *Jttt unaware, r.nwrr.j't tiny listened, heading not tho *'? snoro. AVhfCh caught tbelc manhood In Wild pni " ?* slon's fro.tk. llrnv.i Antony* whero'er I pnuso to think <H nil thou Mcfi.aml nil thou mlght'?t have beotti* Thy soiiletttncshcd and over on tho brink tit euro.'ofs woo, when bound by K^ypt's Qucell-f, Jfcom terra pf pity I can trirco retrain That in .Iter urmi dM molt sui.li sou! and ?fx bikini ' ? -"-r, ? ?? -<*? 'The Plnynmto Hours. Dttwit linger* slinn! In tho ibauo of night, Till on Iho gloitming U'iby's laughter rings. ThOH lulling d'<y mvcifci'?, ?t?d opon llliiira Her frc'? to speed thefl.lnlnt tbjrlit <>0" ?fttjPK hoti,"', gny children of tho light. Kftch <ffurut'-pluy Icbuw to llaby brings Fotne RLS>fti Rto nlfi?'? flitting bird that tings With J:or; ? waving blun??J> ol'>berrb>s brfKht; A heap (>1 rustlfr.tr toiivo*; v.ich trlf.o elleehi This Joyom Jitt 'o |}fo ttif If ' ' .'(liii, No weary hour t n'.>of l-fl(i; ii .(fhR or t ?Mirs: an?I ntn'ii tl.o Fhf/lous waitf tho lettering pun, jjjf?* With bfositctu' ,r. her Jtahd?l untouched by fears, >..?* ' Plio softljAfnils ufloop, anrt.Cny is <?ono. X ?Sr. Nicholas. LOST CilANCl-:. It ibid ?summer, and Lilian Forgupoii had never scon a fairer secno than I ho billows of Huo hills Hint lny BtreAnicd /\? bol?ii'?"bur, with horo and thMh^fc* of a half-hidden lake, or ythofcibboi f?co gliCtor of a tiny river. ?Sue stood loaning against tho riistio 1 lost that formed tlio support of^wtho looking tlVifc of tho small riiralv^ - tiob, whllo her modost littlo trunk and, - traveling bjigs wore piled up at tho "roar. \ "Don't frot, miss," said tho station ntastor, porter, and booking clerk com bined, who wa? bustling in and out. ? ?Tho omnibus will ho horo soon." "Oh, 1 am in no hurry for tho bus!" said Lilian, pleasantly. "1 could stani and look at this beautiful landscape all day." "Ain't that strange now?" reflect ively uttered the ofliclal. ;'Wo never v think about it at all." / "Is t'..o I'mnibus often as lato aa th'aP" said Tiiliati, glancing at her noat littlo flilvor watch. "Not generally," said tho station* master; "but to-day tlioy'ro wailing nt tho Uoetorv for tho deaf-and-dumb gentleman.,*' "For whom?" said Lilian, in amazo mont, "For tho deaf-and-dumb gentloman, miss," explained the station-master. "A cousin of our minister's, llo's boon down horo for treatment; but doar mo, 'thero ain't no treatment can overdo him any good. As doaf as a stone, miss, and novor spoko an intolligont word sineo ho was horn. liut thoy do say bo's a very loarnod man, In spito of all his drawbaoks." "I'm afraid ho won't bo a vory livoly trovoling companion," said Lilian, smillrig. ip\ "No, I suppaso not;"- said tho sta lion-master, in a matter-of-fact sort -of way.' dust at that moment a wagonette rOvo \ipj tho drive* hii'ndod out a va Uk?. asalatod a young lady to ' tf'V ?b.e oriod, rm -" uiinuuu u? and flushed with .MMWUV \ jfoh'rc just in tlmo, miss," said Mr. Jones, pooring down tlio winding road, which his oxporloncod bye oould traoo, whou no ono olso's was of any avail. , "It's a-comin' nowl" " Rot Lilian Forguaon, who had boon ? gazing at tho now oomor oarnostlv, now oamo forward with an oagor smilo * nnd an outstretohod hand. "Surely I am not mistakon," said eho, "and this is Kllon MortonP" ? "Lilian Forguson!" Oh, you darl ing, I am sofflnd to soo you! oriod tho strangor. ?'lint whoro on oartli did you eomo fromP" And thus mot tho two lovoly girls who had parted just a year ago at Madamo do Tournaire'B fashionablo boarding-school in Scarborough, and Who had not soon onoh othor slnco. .fust at this moment, howovor, thero , ' wnsno timo for explanations. Tho ponderous omnibus vollod up, with ,eroak of leathern curtains, tramp of horses, and a gonoral confusion of arrival, to tho broad woodon stops of * -tho station. 0 ' Tho sun was alroady down. In tho twilight, Kllon and LiUan could only .discovor that tho vohlolo containod but ono othor occupant, a man, who loanod back in'tho far cornor, with tho top of Ida faco partially lilddon by a largo, .wide-brim mod hat, and its lowor part .wrappod in tho folds of a Forslah silk pookot-handkorehlof. llo inolinod his lioad oourtoously as thoy onterod, and movod a handsomo " itraveling caso which lay on tho middlo soat, as if to mako room for thom. "Is thero nnothor passongorP" said Miss Morton, with a littlo, norvoug start. "It's only a doaf-and-dumb gontlo nmn," Lilian oxplainod, hor oyos full of soft pijy. "Tho statlon^-mastor told mo nhoitvlilm." "What i nuUcvnra||L' ovlod Kllon. "I had hoped wo b1io*ot navo tho drivo to onrsolvos. lltit now, doar," as slio sottlod herself in tho most comfortable cornor, "toll mo what this unoxpootod orioountor moan." "It moans," said Lilian, with ashy flmilo, "that 1 am going to bo nursory govornoss at Chosslugton Hall, that Is, if I glvo satisfaction. I was ongagod by a letter a wook ago." "What a vory singular colnoldonoo," said Mlrt Morton, shaking hor fchorry oolorofl bonA? tarings. "And I. am going to bo companion to old Mrs. (Irovo, of Orovo llookory, tho vory next plaoo to Chasslhgton Hall. How I do , onyy you, Lilian." "Knvy me, Kllon P" "Yon. Havon't yon hoard about itf* said tho brunotto. "Iho Ohosslngton ohlldron.your future charge, aro moth erless, uon't vou know? Thoy aro under tho earn of ftn nrint, bo Mn. Grovo told m'o; and there is ft haml* somri widofrnr and an intorosting ynuhg baoholor at Ch6ssington Hall. Lilian colored hotly. "Noithor of whom I exoeot to moot," said *ho. ??It will bo your own fault If vou don't" dlwervod Mips Morton. "Why, my dear, horo is vouroaroor all ohalked out for yoft. Sentimental widowor, with lota of money-protty govornoss? mutual fascination?growing dovotlon mflnale, a weddlugt Hoy! prosto, your fortnno i? madoi" "Ellon, lio<f oan you talk #of" oriod Lilian, flushing Hnd Indignant. "I Sm not on a husband him t ing cxpodl* onj*I am aluiply trying to oarn my ?>\vn llting." 71^' -J ? '"Thfe moro gooso you, to nagloot lOh an opportunity as this," said (loo. laugh big. "If yott don't try for M <ion'k try for '/ li1 i QtVtt IlooJcOry i<\mlio froin^iMsinKt^ Hal), after ull; and a ticl! nusoana would ?olro the problem of my lifo at onco." ? "This Id too ridiculous, Ellon!" said Liliau. "I could not respect myself if I woro to plot and plau liko this. I kuow it is unju.it, but you havo in ado mo dislike Mr. Chesslugton already." '?Tho moro tho. bottor," said Miss Morton. "Thoy say lio is vory hand* some; and ouo could oasily sond tho cliildrou away to boardiug-school. I can aasuro you, I'll have no old-maid aunts and interfering irticles about tho premises." ^ "Elion, let us talk of Fomcfhing else," said Lilian, resolutely. "Tofi mo nil that lias happened to you siuoo \vo Siiw oach other last." . Ellon laughed out a tnorrv, rinjriu<r laugh. * ? ? "Well, if you must kuow," said slie, "I've bcou trying my best to get a nice husband, but .vithout any suc cess." "Is matrimony, then, the end and aim of all tho world?" ! Lilian, with quoenly disdain. "As far as 1 a:n concerned-?yes," acknowledged Miss Morton, with charming frankness.* "l'ardon me, Ellon," said Lilian, "but it seems to mo that yon havo de generated frightfully since those dear old days at Madame do Tournairo's. Miss Morton yawned. "llow tedious all this is!" said sho. "Miss Ferguson turned lecluror, oh? How 1 wish that poor fellow in tho corner wasn't der.f and dumb! I'd flirt with him, just to aggravate you, Lily!" Lilian made no answer. Sho leaned tier head out of tho window, and watched the purpio diuk crecp up tho hill sides, counting the stars as ouo by or.c the}- shone out. Anything wai bettor than Kllcu's shallow chatter! Grovo llookery was soon reached, and Miss Morton bade her old school mate an effusive farewell. "1 soo that the old lady has sent tho carriago to meet mo," said she. "Good by, Lily! You must bo sure to intro duce mo to tho charming widower when I come over. An rcvoir, darling ?an rcvoir!'1 Tho doaf-aud-duiub gentleman left tho omnibus very soon. Miss Fergu son watchod with somo intorost, but no carriago of any description soemod to be waiting for him. lio disappeared into the woods liko a shadow, and vanished from her sight. "1 suppose, poor follow, that ho lives near horc," thought she. "llow dread ful it must be, thus to bo cut off from all companionship with ono's fellow beings!'** Hut even while theso reilcotious passod through her mind, tho omnibus stfippod again, boforo a glittering facado of lights, half-veilod in swavl'.ig summor foliage?Chcssiugton Hall! "Hero you are, miss," said tho drlvor. Through tho summer ovonlug dusk, Lilian pould seo tho marbio-railod tor raco and tho broad carriago drivo, whilo two child figures dancod up and down, and utterod joyful exclamations Of woloomo?little Hlanolio and Alicv Chossiugton! 4 "Aro you tho now govornosaP" aald thoy., "Ato you Miss ForgusonP Wol come?woloomo^ Wo nro so glad that And in an Instant thoirarms Woro "a inuntn Lilian Forgu son fdlt completely and thoroughly at homo wltli hor now" pupils. Thoy had rangod tho woods, andvls Itod all tho grottoos and oascados; thoy Jiad surrounded hor with an ntmos phoro of tho sweetest affection. Mrs. IIart;otgh, their aunt, was equally kind; and Alfrod Ilartloigh, thu Intoro ing young unclo, had alroady taken hor into his confidonoo as to tho beautiful brido ho was goini; to brin^ homo soon. Hut It cortaiijy was vory strango that sho novor had scon Adrian Clioss Ington himsolf, tho father of her lovoly littlo pupils. Until one pleasant morning, whon, Inst as sho had cotno out to rocoivo 'Ilss Morton, who had drivon over In tho Grovo llookory oarriago to call, a tall, handsonio gentleman ontorod tho room, with Mrs. Ilartloigh on his arm. "Tho doaf-and-dumb gontlomanl" Lilian involuntarily oxclnimod. "I'oor follow, so It is!" said Miss Morion, who advancod airily, shaking out tho light muslin ilouneos of hor dress. "How ho does haunt us. to bo Burol" "Ladlos," said tho doaf-and-dumb ffontloman, "you aro mlstakon. I can loar and spoak, to-day, as woll as anybody. I should havo spokon to you a month ago in tho omnibus, If it had not boon for tho unfortunate cir oumstanco of my having Just boon to tho dontlst and had my lowor jaw brokon in tho oxtractlon of a doublo tooth. I poroolvod that you woro mis taking mo for my unfortunato friond Air. Donton, a doaf-muto, who llvos noar horo; but ho had boon dotalnod ?until tho noxt day, and with my band agod faoo it was impossible for mo to speak and oxplaln mattor?." Ellon Morton's faoo clowod soarlot. Sho literally know not what to say. Hut Lilian Forguson stood calm and unmovod. "Tlion," sho said smiling, "all our sympathy was thrown away upon Ho inolinod his head. "Exactly," ho said. "I found tho noxt day that it was nooossary to put mysolf undor tho oaro of a surgeon, so that I havo boon a sort of oxllo for a fow wooks. Pardon my belngAO lato to woloomo you to Chossington Hall! Hut tho wolcomo is nono tho Toss warm booauso it is tardy!" Ellon Morton norer oamo to Ohoss big ton Hall again, nor could sho so mttoh as think of hor conversation in tho omnibus that night, without hot indignation at horsolf. "What a fool I was!" sho oriod. Mr. (Jhossington, howovor, mnoh as , Jio likod and admired Lilian Forguson, I novor asked hor to marry him. "Whon I was wldowod onoo it was forovor," ho said. And Lilian nover oovotod tho pri/.o of his hoart}Aporhaps booauso sho was ongagod to ft rising young olorgyman. "If only I had Lily's opportunities!" said Miss Morton. "Hut I wrookod my ohancos whon I s?oko out my mind so frooly boforo tho deaf-and-dumb trentlo mftni"'? ? * Doadly wfcapotli nro takon from raon who carry them into* tho Galveston gambling and drinking houses; an om> ployo givo# ohooks for thonv and thoy nro roturnod on tholr ownor's dopar turo. ' ' ' ' Tho following aro somo of tho ott phonious namos of tho slooping oars on tho Canadian Paolfio railroad: Kamln istiqnin, Qu Appolloo. Wauapltao, Nns bonsing, Wnbigoon, Kananlskls, Nlpls ?Ing, Madawaskfu " During tho last flvo years Now York, eri in Paris pfirohasod 17,882,000 worth of pufaltotffc FAIMK TOPICS. Spontaneous Oombtistion the CausQ . ? . of Dut'iiiui; ?How to ; ? Save Corn Fodder. How Best to Incroano tlio Growth iti* Mea<l owt>?How to Itnllunfio lice*. tiik uuuxiNo or n.vn.ws. It le no'.ic-says tne Sciciil fit American, thai a larger number of burnings of burns :iro mentioned by tho periodical press in tlio summer that at uny other tinuv Some of tlio liroa aro undoubtedly c iu<<od by li^hlninq;, tlio moist vapor from tho uueured hay making a h.vorable conductor for tho oloctric 11 ttin. 11.u 11? o:v aro burn lires which cann u In; attributed to lightning, to lighting of matches! to light frotu lanterns, nor ;o tho invasions of euro loss tramps. It tuny bo thai tho spon taneous combustion of hay is as possi ble as tho spontaneous tiring of cotton waste. All iit.roti; iinVerial, when ntoist, ami cunnuvii'iil, :;:i.l defended from tho eoolino- inthieui-ci of tin- out ward air, i< swbj ?cti> ! to hc:itin;> simi lar to that of fermentation: and iti some instances ;he d::reo ot h.-.tt i* sul'icicm to cause ac. i.ti, v.nolo cotubitsiio.'!. in tho case of ree.-utly 'Viiv.l" hay this tlangerisasjriii.it a*. in similar cir cumstance. other materials 111:1 v be. Frequently tho irrass is cut in tuo c:triy morning, while wet with d?'w; it is turned twice. an i gathered :nnl packed in the "mow" or ??nay" beftuv night fall, with perhaps a sparse sprinkling of salt. Such a compressed mass of moist, fibrous matter will he u. ll.nv far the heat will go towards geuoruting com bustion may bo inferred :rom a foolish trick which tho writer witnessed sever al yoars ago. A largo muadow of hay had boon cut, cured, and cocked, previous to rouiov al. A shower throatoniusr, tho cooks wero covered with caps of canvas and left for tho uiglit. While engaged in g- tting tho hay in tho next day, ono of tho workmen dropped an uulightod match from his.pocket into a cock of hay, and in a few minutes it was ablazo. li afterwards was ascertained that ho had spoken of tho warmth of tho hay as ho lifted it on his fork, when a com panion remarked that it might bo hot enough to light a match, on which ho put a match into tlio rick, and boforo thoy had passed on five minutos tho rick was on lire. ]?vorybody conversant with farm lifo whero hay is a permanent and impor tant crop, knows that for wooks after getting in tho hay tho barn is warm when opened in tlio morning. Thoro is an amount of hoat that is absolutely unploasi^t when tho thermometer out* side roaches 50 degrees, but whiuh ia quito wolcomo with tlio outsido tompor aturo at 40 degrees. -Tito barn hoat is undoubtedly from tho moist hay, com pacted and onclosod. Tito euro for tho poo&iblo danger of possible spontane ous burn burning would soom to bo tlio thorough curing?drying?of tho hay boforo it is .housed. Wo dry nil of our horbs and some of our^ vogotablos without injuring tholr poculiar and in dividual qualities. ' Thoro is no toaaou why hay or othor fodder tnatot;lal storod In Jatgo masses should -not bo rondejrad i ?Tho complaint that stock will not oat coru fodder will, or ovor ono-third or one-fourth of it, arises from our moth od, or laok of mothod, in socurlng it Most of our corn is allowod to stand as it grow, and to havo its nutrition wash ed out of it, and thon it is fod whoro it 5row to cattle roving through tho lield. 'ho bleached stuff is little likod and littlo oaten. A few cut it and put it in to largo shook? but not until aftbr tho corn is duad ripe, it should bo cut 'while tho stalks aro yet quito groon, tho corn being In tlio latter stagos ol Alio dough state, or boforo tho kernel is too hard to crush easily in tho llngora, and before it is dry throughout, ll should bo put into shocks ruado from four liiils square in placo of tlio old six teen hills square, and bound around tho top by rye straw, twino or a groon corn stalk. It is woli to bond tho. tas sols down, binding tho tops under, thus turning tho rain. In tho course of two to four wooks, deponding upon tlio weather, tho small shocks may easily Jjo huskod out and tho coru urlbbod. 'Iho band will not havo to bo romovod nor tho shock takon down in husking. Aftor husking tho hills of corn around which tho shock is ihado, as fast as tho skock is wanted, may bo cut, and tho foddor of tho shock may bo quickly and oaslly, by ono man, passtul to tho wag on for Blacking, tho band around tho shock always romaining on. Thus troatod It will bo tondor, more palata ble and moro nutritious, and, whon fod with olovor, cotton-sood moal, or mid-' dlings, will bo noarly all oaton. It will also bo handlod from tho start at loss oxponso than by tlio systom of sixtoon hills squnro shucks. CATTLE IN MKADoWS. Old mondows from whloh crops havo boon gathorod will soon havo oonshlor abls nftorgrowth under tho Inlluonoo of favorable rains. Whllograss on pnsturo Holds is shortened thoro is a strong tomptatlon to gr.17.0 mondows. If no injury would follow of courso advant ago might bo'had by pasturing thom, but injury doos follow. Tho bost way to inereaso tho yield of mondows that do not oouio up,to tho. standard Is to pormlt tlio aftergrowth to roniatn as a .wlntor protootion to tho roots of tho f;rassos. It is true, growth may bo so loavy as lo dofoat the purposo in viow. In sucli oaso tho grass, falling closely upon tho roots in a thick mat, may smothor thom In wlntor to suoh a do groo as to reduce vitality and intorforo with full prodnotlon tho following sea son. Whon this ^ftorgrowth ft too largo modorato pasturing is bonollcial, but oloso grazing is always Injurious to mondows, ospocially whon tho grass is In a largo proportion timothy. As a substitute for graasing, whon the aftor K'owth Is largo mowing oan bo dono, 0 knives sot to run throo or four Inolio* frAm tho ground, and tho prop oan bo rakod up as rowon for fooding oalvos and shoop. put \t uot rnkod it will wither and droop down without ill offoots. In any easo oaro should bo takon to keop tho oattlo off from tho mondows In lato {uilujnn. bconuso not enough profit onh bo (lorivod from grazing to oomponsato for tho injury suro to follow. As a rulo too littlo oaro is given to grog* lands, not only to thoso in pasturago. but tor meadows. If armors got off all growth that thoy oan; and tho natural tfiidetfoy is to woakon roots of tho giTMfcoW ospeofhlly whon this Is done lato-slilC autnnm. If Rrnzlng must bo dono lot it bo oarly so iat tlio soason may bring farther growth to shield tho roots tfooL thft so* vorltfax of Vlntei*. , HOW TO ITAt.TAimMl First, soeuro a good quocn from llahlo broodor. WitOn* S9 if yottr boos aro In a ?> I , f 1 hivo, oommouco on ono sldo ana tafcf ,'out one or <wo frames and shako off tho boos sb as to bu suro tho blaok queen is not on thorn. Now put tlio frames into I. y new blvo abd sot it in plaoo of tho old I hlvo, which, with tho remaining boos, l3~put six or oight rods away. Thou examino cpob framo carofully, find and Mil the blaok quoon, or mako a new colony by giving bor half of the framos in tbo old hive. . .? -< Quoous aro mostly sotitin a cago ouo inch thick and four inches t>quaro. Lay tho cago on a frumo of brood, near tho top bar, and with a Aliarp knifo cut a niece of comb just tho?lro of tho cago. Uoiuovo' tlio tWo tucks holding tho tin .gato, but do not lot tho gato slip out of place. Slip tho oago into tho holo out m tho comb, with tlio gato down; bo suro tiio gato is in tlio right plaoo, so iho quocti cannot, possibly got out.> Piano tho frames in tlio hlvo just as tlioy wore, r.:ul 111o:: leave them from thirty to forty hovirs. Then rernovo tho tin rale, but ieavo the cago iu position, and with a sharp, thin knife, givo two or three cuts just bolow tho opening, but do not roiuovo anj* comb. Now close iho hivo and tho bees will know their way out^ but boforo closing bo caroful to destroy all queen colls. In about live d:iys open tiie hivo and gee if nil is right, and roniovo tflocago. Tho above plan is intended for tlioso who have had but littlo experience and not for Hie practical apiarian. ? Our C'r.i itry Home. Tlio Telephone Usoil at Sea. If thcro wcro but 0110 wiro on tho surface of tho onrth, says Alcxatulor Graham Boll, tlio inventor of tho tele ])hono, in an intorvicw with tho Phila delphia I'rcss, a man might talk alllhq way around tho globe. Tho multitude of disturbing iulluencos ? tolograph wlros, atmospheric disturbances,, mag netic inlluoncos?ovorconio tho tolo?? phonic action. I havo ulroady ovor conio as much resistance as would bo nocossary to sond a mcssago around tho world. I havo talked through tho bodios of thirty persons standing with their hands joined. Among tho papors that 1 will rond boforo tho Association for tho Advanco uiont of Soiouce is ono on a now moth od of signalling botwoon vogsola at soa. It Is dono by moans of tho tolophono, and 1 cannot at present forotell what practical rosults it may load to. Sig nals woro successfully oxchangod bo twoon two boats iu dcop water a mllo and a ouartor apart. In ono boat was a tolophono, with ono of its two termi nals haugiug ovor tho bow, and tho other trailing in tho wator over tho storn. Tho arrangement was tho samo In tho other boat, exoopt that, instoad. of a tolophono, it contains an olootrio battory, with an apparatus for inter* rupting tho current vory rapidly, as often as 100 timos in a socond. Evory timo tho battorv was conucclod with t?io water tho lattor boepmo chargodA and when tho ourront was intorruntodi coasod to bo so, and amusioalnotewa^ produood In tho tolophono of the dis tant boat. Thoso rosults woro obt with a vory imporfoot apparatus, musioal noto could bo produ will, at dlfforont intorvals, an' Tanged an alphabet tor could road imL mc am IT* v oovory is not altogether mine, "jjtrrn Trowbridgo, of Harvard Colloge,h not had tho idoa of a galvanometer, in stoad of a tolophono, and of charging tho wator with a dynamo-oleotrlo tan chino in a similar way, tho idoa of ap plying tho tolbphono for that ptirpoBO might not havo ocoutrod to mo. Tho Professor thought that in this way vos sols might discovor thoir proximity to oaoh othor In a fog. Nearly allvossols havo dynamo-oiootrio maohinos to pro duco tho olootrio light This maohino could bo usod to ohargo tho wator wlion tho stoamor runs into a fog, suoh as ono always fluds off tho ooast of New foundland, and would givo an olootrio t'^it^ t0 an^ V0830^ dang?rously noar Tlio Caprioto "Women. Tho Caprioto womon, says tlio Lon don World, nro almost invariably hand somo and healthy looking. In tho courso of iuuf an hour's walk you will distinguish in tho womon and girls you meot puro spocimons of Pkconooian, lloman, Saracen, SnnnUh, ami Grook typos, survivals of tlio various conquor ors of tho islnud. But what strlkos mo mostly is tlio statuoRquo graoofulnoss of thoso girls iu all of thoir movonjonts. Ilowovor moan hor occupation,whethor it bo carrying building siono or climb ing a ladder with a pail of mortar on hor lioad, tho Caprioto girl will always bo graooful, and tho linos of hor body In motion will alwuj-s call up romlnls ooncos of Grook art This fuot, togoth or with tho soonory of tho Inland, tlio dolioious ollmato, and thp cheapness oT living, has rnado Capri a fnvorito rosort of artists of all nations. " . Sovoral artists havo wivod with wo mon of- this country?thoir formor mod ols?and sottlod down to a strango half wild and Jialf olvllizod oxistonco. Oth or rosidonts who, for various roasons, havo sottlod In Capri, hdvo likowlso takon unto tliomsolvos spousos from among tho womon of tho country, and as thoso rosidonts belong to all nation alities, with porhaps a majority of An glo-Saxons, you may imaglrio what a curious, hotorogonoous, and thorough ly unconvontional affair Cnprioto "so ciety" is. A man who has had tho forco of charaotov to out himself eff from tho lifo of oltlos nod to como and live, year in and voar out, In boautiftli, calm, and sloopy Capri, is a wldolydiffof ont croaturc from tlio ordinary mortalfor whom it is supreme bliss to tako an ox oursion train to Horno bay, whoro ho sits upon tho boaoh, binds, a green ban dana round his hoad. and roads tho Morning I'ost. All tho foroign rosi donts In Capri aro oharaotorji who would repav study, and thoir idoas and mannor of livitig.would not provo an ungrateful subjoot for tho novelist. , "I Wnntotl Tlmt Ilntlly." A oltl/.on of Hamilton, Han Is ootinlv whoso iiamo Is Tool, has witton a long lottor to Governor McHaniol asking him to nloaso sond hini a dlvorco at onco. Tool says ho Is In doop dfstrois. Ho and his wlfo have parted and will novor llvo together again. Ho hns ap plied to tho justlco courts down tlioro, but oan got no rollof. Ho ttnyn tho law yors want him to pay thorn <25towrito him n divoroo, and ho is tumble to do that He asks tho govornor to sond him two divoroes, ono for himself and ono foT his wlfo. If tho governor can't do anything, ho wanti his caso laid bo foro Prosldont Arthur. He says Arthur signs his name "Chestor Arthur," and ho understands hit postomoo Is Now York. Tool closos his letter as follows: ^?Ploas sea about this rito off and >abt wato until after t am dod bofoor lot mo hoar from yon."?Savannah totSgpoo irou attompt lald ntoaoh AjrgO cloth, as thoy o^fiily^6|ijovod for doBSort ndjra* tho sorvico of tho itnl, And Sovroa poroolain litTsod. For liqueur llacons, ns s foV oil nnd vinegar cruets, tho itigdom has boon oxtonsitroly in furnish models. liirda of 1, moulded with gold or silver, ^ 11 aa wo^ ^or lo"ut soU?. Tho small spoohueiM, llko cnnnrios nnd o parroquem, arc protty for this so, while swiins and pigeons tiro ? IfiV voguo for tnblo scrvico.? can Queen bird 1 vndei minu purp moro kirk sckkkns. ^ ^ 3ry handsomo iiro Horcon cym bo mndo^ 0l peacock's foathors by tho fol , procosa: Havo a franio of wiro nto a half olroular or fan shape, . ^ivorcd with coarso muslin. Tho should bb twistod into a liandlo iftdo to lit tightly into a small in stand weighted with load. Tho athora aro first gluod on around go, standing out a good doal bo it; thon a sooond and third row, on, aftorward lilling up as tho is approaohod with tho smallor rs. Proouro, if poasiblo, a pua hoad, and gluo or tack it with a noodlo and throad to tho contor. I' y? tt oan not got tho hoad, fill up With t jjjy fonthors. Covor tho back with fa??y papor, rod or gold.?Boston Hcr wire nnd wood oyo ft too 0( yond and si oonto1 featht cook ooars< . KAS] The that of ho* Hah. this out. IIONMU.K HOItSKBACK ltTOINO. fashionablo r'dlng-mastors say 0 aro boo-umg as groat a nation ^aomon and womon as tho Eng lish. ^'j,0 nmonnt of riding dono horo this st toiKior wouldrseom to boar thom ?UK. Tho drlvo in tho nftornoon is dot ted th foughout Its longth by gracoful 1 on horseback. Dr. Pancoast, of lhilai olphia, has four splendid saddlo horflOi ; j|0 niuj tiio Mlssoa I'ancoast rldo w Mi ?roat daring and skill. Miss l)akor \ ^j,0 (ifxii^htor of Alfred (I. Jfa ? io Academy's aggrosaivo Prosl ii \ rM?9 wil'1 ^or brother, nn<l BO apoodi j jy j,or long, old-fasldonod $?,* 11 ifo sont Hying out on tho wind. Ml?i jj [ ollgman, tho Now York banker's jjftugli i' tor; Miss Morritt, Miss Stiols, JJf?* M Colonol Worth, of Now York; , 'lold, of Brooklyn, and Miss An drews, > and gi ly sooi on the lovo ft groom papas now tc ladies owh I ten oho1 ?lay In1 pan lor] as 6 o hardy solves broakf boh In(| his oht drossy some I is not charge outing handsi Ing-mi spfro ( eoptlbl Hvorlej fioaco ho fl throe 4 risk of mintah Tak< of Now York, aro all dasldng aooful riders. Grooms aro raro i oantorlng after tho young Indies drlvo nowadays. Il la said that fairs botwoon my lady and tho booamo so common thrttprudont took fright. It la thn fashion havo a riding mastor accompany who havo no oscort from their lOt, lllnsaen, tho faaliionablo r, often spends fourtoon hours a tho?nddlo In Ida oftioo of com . Ho boglns sometimes ns onrly olook in the morning, for many young horsowomon amuse thom With a onntor of ton miles boforo last. Tho mastor doea not rido ], but immodiatoly at tho right of ^rgo. Ho woars no livery. Ho ologantly, and la cpiilo as haiul llguro as any on tho drlvo. He oxpoctod to say anything. Tho for his sorvleo is about an It must bo granted that a imo and fashionably dressod rld stor would ho more likely to In passlon in the bosom of a sua e young woman than a plain and 1 groom. Tho gain to papa'a >f mind, howovor, corrtos from ct that one mastor may sorvo o/.on j'onng women, so that tho a mesalliance Is Immonsoly di ed.?- Lony Branch Lclttr. STOOKINU kao. ? yard of bluosllosla, two yards spool ot bh * (Jut fOur othly with bluo siloslo, and to tlio sarao way measuring sixty Mhos long andtwolYe ; XpiB-U to bo gathorod flt round tho odgo of tho leaving a spaco at tho tbroo'ioohos fur tho 'U now to bo sowoil {. w*j> fit each circular ttho place left for tho op farming tho bag, "| imo Blzo and aliftnifHMM applique somo Iftjllo do j vwx Thon ci>V tho flun/J I 'jnol sovoral loavoa tfio same shano, but emallor, button-holo atlttib or pink ilio I j edges and fasten thorn to the:fo$o! tho clrolo on tho bwfi as tho louvos in any tho,top. Whore It is fastened plaeo # bow of xlbbon. This la for holding tho darning noodlos. Oq tho olrolo tho op ' posito aide a plooo of eilosla Is gathorod i and bottom to oovor a little mere ? m ?.o ?IWo.'or . ^o^ IC, top rtn?. an elastic, PJ?lopk;tho yarn for In ribbon la n$od to II I w II and Kccenirt* BlJIil W' bo' Lr iUuU?*tm&fpxho wbrd* of tho formula. Ho was, of courso, glvon to understand that noth ing of tills kind could bo pormittod. Thoro was ono man who acoompauiod tho formula with sotto voico romarka, which must havo boon oxcoodingly dls agrcoablo to tho oiliciating minister. Ho iiitorpolatod romarka aftor tho fash ion of Buroholl's "Fudge!" "With this ring 1 theo wod; that's supersti tion." "With my yody I thoo wor ship; tiiat's idolatry." "With all my worldly poods I thoo ondoW; that's a lie." It is a wonder that such a boing was not conducted out of church by tho boadlc. This puts ono in mind of an anocdoto that is told of a man, who, in his timo, was a mombor of tho British Cabinot. Thoro was a groat discussion on tho quostion whothor a man can marry on tnroo hundrod a yoar. "All I can say," said tho groat man, "is that when 1 said, 'with all my worldly poods I thoo ondow,' when all my debts woro paid, 1 had 300 pence." "Yes, my lovo," said his wffo; "but thou you had your splondcd intellect." "I didn't ondow you with that, ma'am," sharply ro torlod tho right honornblo husband. An American Powtlernian's Adven ture. Mr. Dupont, who was recently ro movod from tho onjoymont of ?2,G00, 000 by an explosion, was probably tho largest manufacturer of explosives in tho world. Ono of tho most daring nchiovomonts rcconlod in tho "history of tho prosont century is ono of which lio is tho contral figure. During tho Crimoan war tho Russian govornment ran short of powdor, and tho oxploslvo was roqulrod to continue tho dofenso of Sobastopol. A oargo was purohasod of tho Duponts in America, and was placed In <t steamship lying oil' Balti more. Tho liritish hud frigatos posted in waiting otitsido tho Chosapoako. Af tor sovoral foints tho watenors were oludod, and a ohaso bogun noross tho Atlantio, through Gibraltar and up tho Moditorranoan Boa. With romarkablo good fortuno tho vossol passod through tho Bosphorus and Into tho Black liua unchecked; but, whon noar tho placo I of oontontlon tho Knglish war ships | hailod tho atrangor. Young Dupont won at tho holm himself and insisted that tho vossol prooood, not heoding tho signals from tho war ships. Two broadsides woro llrod into tho vossol, but alio was ablo to steam ahead and atoer through tho rooks.and was beach ed inside tho Russian lines. This dar ing adventure saved tho cargo, for whioh tho Russian government paid tho sum of $3,000,000.?London jic/io. Clara Ilello nt Newport. Ono of tho Knickerbocker girls whom I met and liked Is t* be a brido in Oc tobor. Sho is a philosophic llttlo thing. I noticed that hor to-be husband was being slowly, gontly, but none tho loss surely, let down from tho heights of shadowy sonthnont to tho solidities of human actuality. Do you follow mo? Lot me illustrate my moaning She waltzod ono night with tho infatuated fellow; and on soatlng her at my side, ho whispered rapturously: "I really think you have wings on your heels, you danced so lightly." "Not a wing," sho roplled. "'1 no fact is that I had No. 2 shoos on No. 3 foot, and I folt as though I wore stumping nround on my ankles. But just now my not Corn stings through tho numbnoss. "Ah!" slghod tho persistently romantic chap, "then tho wings extended invisibly from your shouldors, dear girl. ' "Well, It s safo to bot, titn hoavonly nornph rospondoil, l,lhat If any wings aro attached to mo thoy aro somowhoro outsido of my corsot, for thoro isn't room for a half a broath Insido." A DcsorlpftajKif the Truo Souroo of t ho JyiwUalppi Tttver. I|i|tWfinjS^y Rowo Sohoolcraft lod WPoxpedition .through, tho wilcij of Minnesota and dlsobYorod what ho be hoved tobo tho source of II.o Missis sippi rivor, says tliqliulVilo 'limes. 15o ing-ot & loss for nn appropriate u:un? to iiostow upon tho lake which consti tuUfflthis supposed sourco, so tho story RKSVUo Hskou u companion what wcro aLjtfWWOrds signifying '1; ik- hoad," and rouoivod in replv "tv/\ caput.'' This was rather a ponderuu* natuo to givo a moderately small body of water, ovon though tho father of waters horo took his first start in tho world. Tho racploror thoroforo conceived tho idea of [uniting tho last two syllables of tho rajtyityord with tho lirst syllable of tho Booond^sthus by a novel mode ot ety mology forming a new name which might oasilypass tor one of Indian ori gin, Itasca, A porson versed in ety mological science would probably see a.^anoo that tho namo did not belong ? '? tho same f|*nil_ of harih Indian ap poliatious ? winch iiavo aflixod thorn solvos pprmauerfclyto many rivers and towns in Minnesota and Wisconsin, but was nioro oloaoly.nlllod to tlio softer language<(f southern Indian nations. But it has .now boou discovered that Lako Itasca s[s not Veritas Caput, ami. iufcfi Glaxiof', discovered in July, 1881, jy.u&pUiu WlHr.ro Olssdor, must bo ro gardtfu l>y all fnturo generations as tho tvuo eourco of tho Miislssiptol^ ' _~..?ho Mississippi in . iU^iirst stages flows in a northerlyIwieotlbn, tuo wholo systopi of multitudinous small lakes which cotftrlGuto to it boing sur ^ *' orfcli ;and west by in ills. L:\ko Glrtiior lies ond Lako ItasoiV fend its \ Ql&fiMi>? ' of probably o tlid-lako, boing coti fHU by ,n swift, small Itasca is composed of tending la tho form of a (tlongth of ilvo miles and l! -of .ti ? #>116 hud a half. dtltKoVo ofiid of its mid tormiuates in a .V oasily have de familiar with tho 3h?notvagosIo, Captain, f&feuidj&i. who had for >gTon of thoso lnkos us nds, roadily mado his ircedi and rushes a Ij'^onnootlng stream, (il&zler at its outlofc prosents an harriot of itoods, through which o potty niado tholr way iu thoir ca s I ntillo MIroi ltecont discussion* ? by Engl thoritios show that doctorsmr? ! ngrocmeut coucoruiug tho < which small-pox germs may;! oil by tho nir. Dr. BMighaw posed that infection could noi on ut a greater distanco than thrcofeet in out-door-air; Dr. nlacod tho limit sit llvo or six " I'litham, at six to oighc foot if, Griovo at c??rht to tch foox?'J havo civet* liftocn. thirty, lifty, sovoT 100, 150, !KX> and 500 foot as tho ablo width of tho dangerous 7,0110 around small-pox hospitals'. Sir Jennor has iusistod that it is half a inilo, and several eminent physicians havo favor od tho theory that infoction may bo disseminated to a distance of 7,000 or 8,000 foot. Sir J. H Jiuiett has thought ii probable that infection, liko email shot or smoke, mi,; lit tiavol a rnilo or two, and that it is very possiblo. that 8i?all-pt.\. ? nisoti might slriko a per son at a of lifty milos from Its starting j><>int. Reviewing tho ovidonco thus far presented on tiio subjoot, l)r. T. Wihon otjt'.cludcs that is not provon that smal'.-.uix infection in an activo 6tato is OV'V disseminated in tho opon air as far as 200 or ov* JnVVj' /' l'rof. C. Micliio Smith, riMii^.-KS that a green color of tho si?i, thtnigh un? common, is of much less raro occurronco than is generally supposed, as ho has sovcral limes observed it sinco it at -traotod so much attention in India in September, lsGll. Ho is disposed to ascribe tiie phenomenon to an abnorm ally thick stratum of transparent wator vapor, and no', to volcanic dust. Its raroity m-iy bo due, ho suggosts, to tho fact thai tho water-vapor, \>*hon pros out in suflieient quantity to produco ttio appearance, ,.ii usually partially prcciimiitod, forming clouds. An un usual elcctric stato may possibly, at times give tho air great clearness when highly charged with vapor. Prof. Smith points out that tho air might hold enough volcanic dust to produco tiio sunset glows which followod .tho.' green suu of India, and still havo its transparency unaffected aud causo no changoin tho sun's appoarauco. Tho mongoose, which was somoyoara ago brought from India to stop th# ravages of tho sugar-oano rot iu Jo-* maica, has increased in llmt island to such an oxtent, aud h!U bocomo so dos- S. tructlvo to poultry and t?voa to fruit \ and vogotaolc.", tlu.t It sooms liable to soon bocomo a veritable p?f*t. s Siuco being introduced from Karopo, tho dojt ' has bocomo vory numorous iu A wild stato in Australia, hut, instoad of ^ ? fi?-Private S M Rosenberger. A .NIMB v"'"- ^ ? ? fjisSff' laik "? zMimV' /o'Mg fts riao a lflo or so fuWR^^Jjftutl), in ? small inrshy lako or pond) upon which Cap iviu Glazier bestowed tho iiarno of Al so, nftor his daughter. Elk crook runs curly parallel with tlio western shoro { tho lake, a little distanco from it, nd tho effort recently made to dignify ts insignificant, swampy curse?somo inios completely dry during tho gum uur montns?as tlio trim head of tho Mississippi, must provo a iiililo ono, inco tlio geography of tlio country ovcals that other tributaries of Lako Hazier riso further up in the country, i'wo streams two or threo miles In ongtb, How northward into Lnko fila cer at its southern extremity on either ido of tho indenting promontory. Kx solsior creek, so called because it rep esonls tho very highest water of tho Mississippi, is tho longer and moro vestern of the-c. Ivi^lo creek, to tho instward, an.I rhin.: a 1:st'.?? nearer tho ako, lias been so named f- r the tno 'old reason that numbers <f eagles voro soon in that viciniiv, and, as tho )aglo Is our national eii!I) i-tn, it seoni id fitting that it should In-remembered it tho head waters of our greatost ?ivor. Lake (Hazier is thus supplied by throo 'oodors, Hik, Kxcolsior and Kaglo jrooks, now name I in nr/.o." of their unportnnce; and, as uniting them wa ters in one common rcsorv-Mr, this lako Is undoubtcdiy entitled to be regarded as tho vc.rJa-i wtput, the true head of tlio Mississippi. A llendili'e'.n ol' Sponjje. Did I not teli \ ou some timo ago, when I was writing up mushroom in satin, that if you waited long enough I would find some:i;in/ iower stiil than that vegetable !?> ihvorato your heads withP and in! the u .el'ui sponge turns up just in the nick of time, as a fashio'i caprice, wiien tin* world seemed to liavo yielded up its last-to-be-lliouiilit-of or nament in tho shape of fungi. it's fjuito funny, as Lou Harrison would oay, "very, very funny," this idea of wearing on your head tiio same ? i.lng with which you wash your head; but still tho sponge as a novelty is im mense?would it i>o moro immeino should the wearer of the same be caught in a shower. As it Is, the sporigo h cut Hat, and decorated with loops of gold thread stuck into the holes, as it would be, it would swell up under that shower, making tho head appear as a cabbage, tlio goldon loops retiring as nuiinal culi within their soft cases. Oh! I would give?well, all I have in my purse- -a now nickel tosoe tln> courage ous woman who would go out in a rain storm with a sponge on the top of Ik i pate. Nevertheless, being la mode, you can make up a spongo chapeau awfully chonp. Par example, I see old men carrying baskets full of tho coarse kind'along thostroets. Thoso are per fectly worthless as washers, but for capots?oh miy! Think of it! You can beat down thjk man, who asks ton cents aploco, into'glving you two for fifteen oonts; four b:,s worth of gold thread, judiciously glued in loops into each nolo; a yard or two of mock lace, toueiiod up with a little gold bron/.c, and you have a bonnet lit for anyone. Kvon Latigtry might bo proud of tho latest novelty. Tho / \ifiifi<'. Mnlic.nl iokI Surt/icil Journal gives the increase of California physicians at 210 per annum, a number which tho State cannot support. It ap pears that Los Angeles has a bundled regular physicians. Tiio editor says that tho doolors.aro ambitious to nour ish in the large cities, and will endure "philosophical starvation" rather than settlo in some thriving town whore they might ultimately do we'L iho nold woi'o Ittra _ novation at tho omf of fiftoori dayar >orimonling upon organizod gorms, l)r. SchuiU found that ono drop of a solution of ono part acid to 1,000 parts water placed in a liquid containing bactoria rnd othov forms of microscop lc 1 ifo, instantly caused their death. Mons. lialland has found that tho av Drage mointuro of tho Hours of com merce is fourteen per cent. It varies with the hygrometric stato of tho air, and is generally from ono to two per cent creator in winter than in sum mer. Oil i:j in>w extracted from tho soerls of graphs in Italy. Young grapes yield most, and black kinils moro than white. MnrryliiK Olf tMo Girl*. It is singular to note tho gravity and tho dignity assumed by a young girl as soon as lior older sister is married and out of llio way. A caso of this kind is soon in a family that lias boon passing tho Summer at Iieaeh Hlult'. Tho oldor dauglitor, after considerable manouvor ing, succeoded in winning tho alVoe tlons of a maseulino heart, whllo her sister, who was by far tho prottior and moro interesting"of tho two, was kopt in short dresses and doomed to woar her hair in "pig-tails," all "gontloman friends" being strictly prohibited. Now, however, all is changed, long drosses and attractive costumos ai;o worn, she enters into socioty and has alroady learned the art of dainty co quotry, whereby at almost a glance sho can dutormino a man's worth, his probable motives and his desirability as a husband should nil airs tako a sor ious turn. Such accomplishments in f[iris not out of their teens woro nn leard of a generation ago, but to^lay tliey form a necessary part of a young lady's education. Verily tho gamo of hearts is a singular as well as a dan gerous game. Tho GumIh'h OuitJcv v Tho small-sized newsboy who used to weep in down-town doorways and tell Kvmpnthelio an.I curious passors-by that if he went homo without soiling his papers an angry and drunkon fath er would caress jiim with a club has hit upon a new dodge. Ho lilos himself to one of the quint and fashionable ave nues at the unseemly hour of 2 a. m.. and howls in a very liigft icy until ho arouses tho slumbering neighborhood. In answer to the queries of tho white robed figures at mijneont windows ho springs his old gag about unsold pa pers and tv brutal parent. Night no j foro last tho scheme was put In opora l tion on Michigan boulevard, and the i result was a sensation. Ono lady loati I od out of her win low and said: "Llttlo | boy, if yon are 1 i.uftd to cry, for Heav en s sake iio no'. \ . I in that ono koy." The Virion* <'liarael??r of Iho Tnllow ( *<i? i < I !<?. '1 ho air of a room lighted by gas is j heated twenty time; as much as If it I were liglite I to an equal extent by ln i candescent electric lamps. When are lamps are tue-l, the comparison Is still | more in favor of ideotrioily. You will j be surprised to kno/v that our i friend, the tallow candle, and o_>*1m tho wax candle, is fur worse thawf gas in tho proportion of : ir vitiated and tho hoat produc-d; and you wijI disposed to *'? ' believe it. Hut tin; far'., is, that so long ?' as cnndlos were used, flight was so ok pensive that we were. of>Vged to bo con- . ? tent with little of i'.; in fact> wo lived 'i i in a stato of semi-darkness, and In this i'S j way wt? evaded the tiouhlo. It is only .#/? since the genera) Introduction of gag v ' t%and petroleum tliat we havo found what' ' an evil it is. ?77" Honilory Knyinccr, j*