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■*?, , ' !- t b.« a ^ (After Hood.) i^ ou 8prin#t •i* drsft oomlof Utroujrh thU floor.) Tho Urfl# tbalr songa of weioome sing; n loM you opoo to abut tbat door!) ▲U nature bafla thee with delight. And tweiea to emlle that thou art here; T ®® th>ng» grow Kin more bright. (Whod think Would mow thla time < v , /nar?) I bid thee welcome once again, _ '''hen thee I greet 1 bleee the day; Cold winter now will not remain, ^Jiut In thy presence fade away; The trees all bloom on the hillside nigh. The gram grow* green on roiider knolL <1 wish you d go down town by-and-by And order a ton of coal.) ®n55*® ,e tfagranoe of new-mown hay; T “®. bright green Wares we know you'll bring, the birds will carol a roundelay To usher In the new-born Spring. How uleasant to feel Spring’s balmy breath. And Its many beauties to admire! (Do you want me to sit here and froeae to death? Why don’t you go and Shake down the Are?) that thou wilt bring us Joy; Heliotrope and mignonette, Hoees, and lilies—(confound that boy I hb,no^brought that oough-slrup ^ ‘ -kUng dews.* yet?) -J. violets Come with the bfight and sparU—- « And the sunbeams that make the sprout. b , rin ^ u,e ln ? ulster and overshoes— it w freezing hard, and I'm gtdnf out.) —Puck. UNDER A SPELL. A brave, baritone voice was heard among the roses, and the tall, hand- aome girl, palling clusters of purple westeria from its vine, could not but lister.. “ 'VJ wen ro tie gallant and gay, TIs well to be tender and true, »ut you’d better be off with the oM love Before you are on with the new.” Maud Darrell curled her red lips with a heightened color, but did not turn her beautiful head one inch, although she knew John M&dderu was waiting for a glance, yet never once turned her face towards the spot where the voung man leaned and watched her. Was it mere caprice? John Maddern knew that his sweetheart was capricious; but beauties were spoiled, be argued, with a smile. To-day there was a lurkin ness in his heart. Maud’s ric cle and his adopted son bad arrived the a little; ssdg. time always tender uneasi- old ut>- lopt day before. Did handsome Adrian Del afield see how beautiful Maud was? Her cousin, she called him. Cousin, forsooth! That graceful, Spanish-look- ing fellow, of seven-and-tweuty, was no kin to the aged, eocentric, mis shapen dwarf, who, rolling in riches, had taken a whim to adopt him as hta heir. One would think there would Una ruffling of feathers at the intruder,since Maud had always beenconsiderAl Mar tin Delalield’s heiress, but how 'the in truder had disarmed all resentment with his smooth tongue and charming manner! “\\ ho was the good-looking fellow?" he had heard him ask Maud. V\ ith an air of quiet indifference.' Maud had replied, without a tingeTl tell-tale color: “Mr. Maddern is one of our old neighbors." Old neighbor indeed! He had been wild about her ery the Darrells had come to the “il There had only been stately h|s rell and the sweat, dying gir‘ first—these two and their scj n (J He had never known wha Darrell, but she was fadyjj-^ ^ er, from day to h y ended the Toi „ 0 u ura h. M . school to the fv,„« , , He badbeen WlfcUU-tlc,U Darrell, with aj, p j gljkr to meet her at ^ What a flash^ Dr ^ youug creaturu,.,, , softened the bl * ' H ’ , “ 1 know that her ed no anxious* heart; but her jf* 1 his heart acUg'* hnjb ** A her beauty, ®** n When he ^ impetuosity clouded with »**Hi W the girl had <4 _ loved her. < *wA*t*ri Adrian Dela*^“ was beautiful, h “Tour lief" No aaawer; but there was guilt In the mAa'a faoe. “Yes," said her uncle, “his name raa Airhe before he took mine. For one little moment Maud looked into the shallow, shrinking black eyes. Then she turned away, disdainful as a princess, and without another word, left the room. One evening John Madden strolled sadly into the garden of the Lilies. A tall girl rose up from a rustic chair. “John!" the cried, gladly. Soon they were walking arm-in-arm. “I never told you, John, but my sis ter Ada died of a broken heart. Long ago, when my mother was estranged from her parents because she married against their will, we lost father and mother, and were left unprovided for. “Ada was but sixteen. She went in to a rich family as governess, while I was tossed from pillar to post by indif ferent friends—a troublesome little imp they said. “It was there that Ada met Adrian Airlie. She was very pretty,then, when in health. They were betrothed. Poor Ada! So lonely, so loving! “He was only amusing himself, left her to break her heart “I can understand how bright he made life for her for a little while, and then left her—nothing. Ada would have lived to be happy, but for his sel fishness and cruelty. When I think that I might have loved him, it seems as if I should die of shame! "Thank God, I found out before too late! John, if I have given you any pain, will you forgive me?" And John Madderu knew that the girl that he took into his arms was all his own. He One of :owntaln Air. best qualities of mountain st qualities makes it- »* na < vy th 1 Id by Mrs. favorite. s, dazzling They had She did not Ada, need- her young oranoe made wondered at [in the bright young faoe the charm stayed. He * '‘V* ow that Maud good eyes and a to the •roteotion since the in the acci- vantage, the favor. the lover ab- taste similar to most men’a He surveyed the dark, lustrous eye* And peachy cheeks quite at his leisure, and it was he who put it into Martin Delafield’s head that Maud must go to the Rhine with them in August Maud accepted the invitation with a girl’s love of novelty, and lira. Darrell consented. - The trip was to be made|)fl extensive As possible, and. ^Adrian Dfllafield was the most delightful of ecutapanions, knowing the legflad of eekry ruined castle, the best hotels, and Ifti loveliest viewa Such days of enjoyment, sueh hours of sweet surprises, Maud had never known. Shecouldaot.be ins gentle defepno# the _ constantly igflfered herj trip gave AdHkn De dents of travtfc eve; chanoes grew flit in The lover present hid sent from her view. And at eighteen, perhaps, women are apt to be inooa- stant Step by Step the man of the world advanced, until he beUsred he needed only her promise to make Maud his own.' They stopped one day at an old farm boose, with quaint, dlamond-paned windows. Her uncle and his adopted son had gone to make rare that their beautiful carriage horses would receive the best of earn Suddenly the wind-blown boughs of parted! and saw writing there, and roee to rend it Seratohra by* a *im»ot>d were the namea, "Adrian Airlie" and “Ada Dar rell,” and a date was added. The room reeled aronnd, bat the evi dence was before her eyes. Bar heat —a garrulous (Mriian afulled into the room and observed ber oeeepetioe. “Wonder if the pmikgt Barr remem bers writing thorn nraaes. ’Twas aids three yean ago. I knew Urn agaia di rectly. Ton are not like fraewtab It Two shadows had so delightful denizen* of the plains, is and the higher they go '»they find it. Swias suvant* ained. by many observation* idry Alpine stations, that i hundred and forty-three tude the summer terupera- t , leir mouhtains diminishes one degree I^qiiigrade. The two great ad vantages Of a mountain climate are the fre&hnea*'<^i, the air and the intensity of the sun’s setkxi. The second of these influences as touching tho humau or ganism is no Jess important than the first, for the-uolar radiation penetrates our clothing, comes in contact with the skin, and acts on the blood. A few weeks’ sta^ at i} height of three thous and or foqf thousand feet above the *ea-lovel brings hack color to the pal lid face auj fiyes the cheeks a healthy browu. But young women, sometimes oven young men. mstead of exposing their oountenaaem to the healthful ac tion of the Uj|h!( flhade their faces with hats and covSnxthem with veils, as if the complexion most to be desired is of At delioater.and unwholesome tint /which comes nl^kte hours and indoor life. Where ea» you find handsomer men than tb* 'ruddy-faced, dark-eyed Urner 8traae> jimanu. who, in the days before the big tunnel, used to keep the St Gothard'Mad free from suow, and spent their MWib At an elevation of from five thouMtfcfitb seven thousand feet above the ’flifli' Their complexions were finer thab'that of any fashionable beauty who && reigned in a ballroom or shone at^k fepUrt. Another peculiar ity of mouit^lA air i» the relatively lit tle moiatsyre yfhich it contains. As wo go higher the humidity diminishes in a ratio mortfrkjjjid than the pressure of the atmoifoihdre. When we reach an altitude qMU thousand five hundred feet we tafOelow one-half of the total amopnt of vapor our atmosphere is estimated, to contain. The hvgro- metric ccnjlitiqp of the air at these heights ia jqhjffct to rapid changes. A fog, with ife qold and damp, wul often be dispersed in a few minutes by a whiff of warm air. —Local causes may, how- bVeg, solder tafkie mountains moiater thfln others. Ilmr instance, the monks of the gfeat SciTJeraard do not com plain of the cold—that they can keep away—yet .^W^y/^uffer "so much from rheumatism caused by the clouds that roll" almost ^Mqtflfitly round the Hos- after' a fe pice, that few years’ service they) are oonmeUeri to go down to Mar- gny to recrtiV their health. Bat lont Jou, froth‘‘ith position, is much exposed to ttav iaetton of the south wjbd, which comes charged with mois ture from the north Italian plains. *lw . What Seme Bioh Men Have Done. Here are figures showing what some rich mea have done. Johns Hopkins /ave $3,148,000 to the university which is founded. His gifts for benevolent purposes amounted to $8,000,000. Judge Packer gave $3,000,000 to Le high University. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave $1,000,000 to tfio Vanderbilt Uni versity. Stephen Girard gave $8,000,- 000 to Girard College. Jolm C. Green and his residuary legatees gave $1,600,- 000 to Prince ton College. Ezra Cor nell gave $1,000,000 to Cornell Univer sity. Isaac Rich bequeathed the great er part of his estate, which was ap praised at $1,700,000, to Boston Uni- versity; oh account of the great firs and shrinkage in value, and other un fortunate circumstances, the university will realise less than $700,000 from this magnificent bequest Ainasa Stone gave $600,QQ0 to Adelhert College by dirict gift and by bequest w. w. Corooran gave $170,000 to Columbian University in money and land. Ben jamin Busy gave real estate worth $500,000 to Harvard University. Sam uel Williiton, William J. Walker, and Banmnl A. Hitchcock gate between $100,660 and $200,000 each to Amherst College. Whitmer Phoenix gave the hoik of his ‘ property, amounting to about $640,000, to Columbia College. J- B. Trevor gave $179,Oi.O to Roohaa- ter Theological Seminary. Matthew Vassar gave $800,000 to Vassar Cot- Gardaer Colby gave $170,000 to Uatvanity and $100,000 to New- Mototoeal Seminary. J. B. CoL gate gave ^100,000 to Msdisou Univer sity. George L Seney gave $460,000 to Weoieyaa University. The Croaer fam ily gave $$001,000 to Croaer Theological Hew Sehanl Bet— te lea Fn—ri*—■—Coe- SrelUaff Cblldrae wlthoet the Exerei— of Fh]r*leel Force. pend one Judgment they shall mittee on Heretofoto pended. ipnafti for a period pot exceeding w#*K{ and where the case, in their merits a neater penalty, report the fact to the Corn- Rules and Regulations, the pupil might be ans- be pretty sure that he could be n-instated oa the application of his paesats to the Superintendent of Schools, who has the power to annul the order of the teacher, but who has now been deprived of that privilege. The rulea and regulations of the pres ent are regarded by parents and think ing teachers as very thorough and ex cellent.—San Franeiaoo hut. A large proportion of the pupils in the grammar schools end their school- life oelore reachiag or without enter ing the high sobooL Hence the gram mar sebral* are not, and ought not to be, pervarted into merely exclusive tit- ting-lnstfttitions for a speculative standard for the high school.—&upt. W. H'. Waterman, Taunton, Mas*. Children can now be controlled with out the exercise of physical force, be cause they find greater pleasure in study than in disorder and mischief. The culture of the teachers is so much greater, and the tastes of the children is so aoeh refined, that that which gave inexpressible enjoyment to the chUdrea w twenty years ago, is now looked m pea with disgust Forced ftudy and forced order will still further dlflipjfef aa oerv’toefbods of teaching become more perfect la the new edu cation maw time is given to the study of the fcgltah language and literature. This is a distinguishing feature be tween the old and the new. Not that less attention is given to the ancient and foreign languages, but tho English receives quite as mnch attention and is awarded a place of at least equal im portance with them.—Supt. H. W 8U venom, Odmrnbue, O. Waste Places of the World. Scientists boM Ml to the disttaM* ofaarthqaakwL HOW TO STUDY. The following points were prepared by the writer for the use of his school Many of them may be profitably larged upon by the teacher. oui&nds fail in all departments of labor and enterprise for want of inffi- oently understanding the principles which underlie success Many fail, or partly fail, in study for the same rea son. But nowhere else is success more important than here. coxditions. 1. The first requisite is good health. Mental labor taxes the energies even more than physical. A reasonable amount of exorcise, plenty of nonrish- ing food, pure air. and an abundance of sleep are indispensable. At the same time mental, like physical labor, is in itself healthful; and even those whose health is not vigorous will not only be injured, but many even b* benefited, by a moderate amount of it. 2. Success comes to no one without earnest, diligent, and patient efibrt There is no royal roan to learning." Do not expect it. 3. Cultivate a love for study. The great truths of science and the treas ures of literature are worth all the labor it can cost to possess them. To even half appreciate them will give study a constant attraction. 4. Let your school work have the first place in your interest “Ye can not serve two masters." Your even ings should never be spent in such a way as to make it difficult to do good work next day. 5. Never yield to discouragement To succeed any where requires courage and perseverancer aha hll have their times when things do not look bright If it is hard to attain excellence in one study, in others it will not be. Labor omnia vincit,—the phrase, too, dates back to the time ot the ancients, and has been found true ever since. 6. Do not worry about results. Those who are really diligent and per severing will always "pass." and with creditable rank; they will also con stantly gain power to do better. METHODS. 1. Do all work thoroughly. Without the spirit of thoroughness it is only a J ucstion of time when you will fail and rop out of school with more or less aversion to study,—a poor preparation for success afterward. 2. Prepare cccry leuon thoroughly. In no other way is thoroughness possi ble. 3. Let your object be to master the subject, rather than tho text-book. 4. Beware of imagining that you can make up deficienoies “any time." You cannot. To plan in that way is to ar range for failure. Every future time is likely to bring even more, and proba ble more imperative, claims on your time than the present. 5. Make your time count. Do not spend an hour, as it is very easy to do, on work that might be as well or better done in half an hour. Form and main tain good habits of study; the effort re quired will be repaid with high interest. Without energetic and self-denying effort, no one has a right to expect toe- oess. Study means work, not play. 6. Do not study without thinking. “Read not to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider." “To read passively to learn is, in reali ty, not to learn at all." Not what yon cram, but what you assimilate, is the measure of success. 7. Subjects in which you have most interest may properly receive more at tention than others. Your success in life may depend on what yon can do in those lines. Bnt good work should be done in all. 8. Liberal and constant use should be mode of all books of reference with in reach. Without this, a„ high grade of soholarship is hardlr pewble. Oc casionally more extended reMLing than the reference in hand requires wul also be useful. 9. Be alert to acquire general knowl edge by reading, convemation, inquiry, or observation, as you have opportuni ty- Much of the most valuable knowl edge is found outside of text-books. It is an excellent plan to have a library, however ■mall, and one or more periodicals of roar own. The supple mentary knowledge tons gained will Also make that acquired in your school- work more practical and valuable. 10. Your motto will natually be either “as mneh as possible" or “is little as possible.” Let it be the right one. —Journal of Education. PUBLIC OPINION. Ought not primary science to have a place in the course of study of our pri mary schools? What safer method of teaching the eyes to see and ears to hear, and what more important power has man than seeing and hearing?—8. W. Journal of Ed, How many of the public school teachers make any use of the newspa pers in the school-room? Its educa tional value to the reading public if universally admitted, but it is not al ways perceived that, judiciously used, it might be mode equally valuable in the public school.—Canada School Journal. One of the greatest drawbacks to progress in the workings of the sohoo • system is the too frequent change ot teachers. Our teachers are “ changing. Stole Supt oently quoted is sqrlag they come and go, and trahaient aocqealntanoe as by. They icefi almost as. “d whales and seals are the on- foe would in a Ibasftsr end JM* A. If the advoontes e( the sw^nOed, falsely se-eaUpd. “New Ednealiou" token to task pretty sharply they no ena to Maras bnt evil,— every thiog bad i-JfdtaeansfMK Oourant. oaee will be specially de- tbe knowledge that a grant a' half-holiday on a month, to the ton in JNMkiiif highest in scholar- uaent during the pre- The new rules say that OhaU have the power to sus- The Russian explorer Prejevalsky said after his recent jodrney in northern Thibet that an enormoOs amount of ani mal life was supported by the scanty herbage growing on these bleak, half- sterile plains that form the highest plateau In the world, some 13,000 feet above the sea He said the wild yaks there mast number millions, and that a full-grown yak weighs from.1,600 to 1,- 800 pounds- Nature’s chemistry evolves thhee great masses of flesn from the poor herbage at a region to iofty that its lakes are frozen over un til nearly June, though they are 600 miles nearer the equator than we are. Explorers tell us that not only does animal life abound, but that man con live in some of the mo*t desolate parts of the globe. It i* a mistake to sup pose that the Sahara Deaert is merely a useless sandy waste. Much of it lacks not so much cultivable land as industrious hands to make the vast ex panse of withered ousus blossom again. The Mussulman sect known as the Sen- ousions has for years been digging wells. Irrigating the land, and turning many hundreds of barren acres into gardens. Twenty-four year* ago it planted its hqadqnarters in the desert near the western border of Egypt, built reservoirs, began plantations, erected convents, ana now a population of eight thousand people live at Jarabub, where the soil has been restored to fer tility by tbeir labors. There are largo areas in the Sahara that need only raiu or irrigation to cover them with ver dure. Through these regions pass the caravan routes, along wnich the fifty thousand camels engaged in the Snhn- ran commerce bear their burdens. Mr. Anderson, the civil engineer who last year completed sixteen years of ex plorations in South Africa, between the Orange And Lam beti riven, snys that the rain that falls for a few weeks every year in the great region known ns the RaUtoru desert coven the blackened, verdareless plain with splendid vegeta tion. Gome is abundant there, espe- Uoaa, leopards, and ostriches, as counted in this desert twen- Rons in a troop, and has seen two hundred ostriches in one flock. Braflto And birds find sustenance in this region frfaere only a few bash man haat- en live. Far northeast of them on the •eari-arid steppes of Kordofan and Dar fur millions of sheep and camels exist on the scanty pasta rags of that desert rinofts xh* earliest Arctic exploren found in little Spitsbergen archipelago— is relieved, no haman being Bred—herds of reindeer ap- turning the snow with their hoofs and nUnos to get at the lichens on which tltaftod. Many reindeer live as far north as Littleton island, nnd several seams of them were killed by the Hayes nnd Polaris expeditions. Mask oxen, or their trnree, have been found along the shores of the great frozen sen ns fur north ns exploren have attained. Lockwood, far north of the supposed lltoill of animal life, found traces of tMo wonderful quadruped, which grows fat on the tender shoots of the Arctic willow, nnd ploughs up the snow for nriee and lichens. Of nil parte of the earth the Antaro- tli regions alou#_ are comparatively x no car tlte little wfon, it I had ever 1 Sr**'' t life on land and in the air ooo, presents an animated nnd mbs compared with the utter that reigns perpetually to w aters.—Sew York Sun. tower of the new city building ipkia will be higher than monnmenLJMit the t of the walla has creokp Shuttered the finely carved stone n ton interior walK TUB SUMMER OUTLOOK. Let Qfl look beyond Lent into the fashions of the coming Mctxon, writes Clara Belie in a recent letter. Nearly all evening dresses will be made with trains of more or less length, and waists that are cat round nnd sleeveless, or with a squAre neck and elbow sleeves. Brides and their Iffidesmnid* for after- Easter weddings, have a variety of ma terials to select from. S.itins in ivory tints, trimmed with a profusion of pearis and lace, will, however, be most popularly worn by brides, and pale colored tulles over satins by tbeir bridesmaids. Veils of tulle fastened by a bunch of wild violets, daffodils, or some spring flower will be worn by bridesmaids at several fashionable wed dings. The veils will be short and worn thrown from the face. Velvet will be largely used for spring and summer—early for entire costumes, and later in combinations with all de scriptions of goods. In colors, greens ore especially popular; browns, blues, and the new crimsons are also in de mand. Velvet figures on wool, in Ori ental or floral designs, and in stripes, and in contrasting shades, are among the most striking novelties. Surahs, both silk and satin, are shown for com bination with brocade matching in col or, and showing detached figures often contrasting in color. Black, shell- pink, and Tight bine on almond, fawn, and golden brown shades, are among the favorite designs. Plain and plaid surahs form another combination, and where the ground of the plaid matches the plain material they are particular ly attractive. Plain aurahs and block designs come next, the blocks being alternately of the ground color, and of a deepnr or brighter tint. White will bath*favorite color tor wear at the fashionable resorts In the sammer. The rew cashmere in shades of white, that are shown for morning wear, are heavy of texture and very durable. They coo be washed like piano or other white material. They will generally be mode np with a long pointed drap ery in front, edged with five or six rows of silver braid. The zouave bod ices and round waists of all kinds will be worn in them, the ordinary basques in these rowns being entirely dispensed with. White goods, however, are in many casee no longer white, but cream, or even in pearl or eern shades. Em broidered batistes are quite generally of thee# tints, and embroidered in white or colors. Examines in cream or light buff, with self-colored embroidery, are among the novelties, and look as if they would outwear the wearer. It is eurioas bow much trade in wo men’s apparel depends on their freaks of fashion. 1 have no means of know ing the extent of the manufacture of “improvers,'’ os the pods for bodices ore called, but, judging by the display of the stocks in the stores, it must at one time have been a flourishing indus try. Probably hundreds and hundreds of poor families depended upon it for living. And now see how, within a few moments, those folks may have be come impoverished by a discarding of their wares by fashionable belles! Yes, it is the desire of the fashionable maid en of 1886 to bo as flat as an infant, and repression, rather than artificial extension is the rule. The idea seems to be that tardy physical development indicates sweet juvenile innooenoe. Thus the girls of New York have been transformed, as far m they can accom plish it, into seeming dyspeptics, con- snmptives, and crushlings—as though eruel fate had flung them down and ■at upon them very nard. A general tendency in all wash goods to cream, buff, and almond tints give a sunshiny look to the counters given to thwm- Laces are more popular than ever, and are foand on all articles of dress from hate to shoes, adorning all fabrics, silk, wool, or cotton, and are themselves mads of all materials and combinations of materials. Jersey Jackets for spring wear are embroider ed la soutache or diver braid, and lined with satin, to be popular—1 street and home t Hubbards. Light oolored jerseys have gone out of fashion. White ana cream colored ones that are elaborately braid ed are, and will be, much worn with skirts of cashmere or surah. Illumin ated cloths come with both rough and smooth surfaces, and are used for en tire costumes. A decided tendency to use brighter colors is observable in this class, but tho dots of color are so small and so cunningly mingled, the bright ness so hidden, that tne criths cannot describe the effect os gay, or even bright, though it is certainly the re verse of dull or grave. Bomnrr TKimnNas. Feathers are no longer seen, nor birds, with the exception of the smallest of tvery sort, that nestle in soft, mossy chenill ' neats resting npon small boughs or stems, and other stems on which ore congregated hamming-birds and others of the smallest, known and unknown. Flowers surpass all previous efforts of artists in rivaling nature. Yellow lilies swing golden cups from long, piss tic stems; neat Guelder roses, just tinted with palest pink; seeded meadow grasses and purple clover; white and purple lilacs; bunches of silky, fluffy thistles and swamp meadow grasses sparkling with dewdrops; dark, doable Forma violets contrasting with the pale single violets; pale, pink-shaded primroses and white violets; strange, wierd orchids; all manner of field flowers, sueh ss the blue corn flower, daisies, buttercups, wild, roses, and striped ribbon grosses, are tied togeth er; every variety of roses velvety pink, white, creamy, red, with deer glistening in their hearts; branches ef hooeyfaoUe Mowing fairy boras of vivid scarlet or pale gold usbed with Md. other nlrl faehlonoft mdon flowers, and the simple flowers aha the graceful weeds of the field, even thoee daylight stars, dandelions, glinting gold, take the plaoe of the rare exotioe this season. Ths small gilt square and triangular^ loaded pins reappear, and are SSt about the brim of the bonnet similnr to last season Long pins with Mocks or fflqgrso are thrust through tin trimming; an eagle’s daw bolds a set of Rhme peb bles, amber, a oat’s-eye fas appearance, but really a species of chrysolite with play of light similar to tbsoostiy stone, excepting in colors, which are dark green and blue, with a translucent gold light Among other delicate and novel bon net trimmings are imitations of birds* wings and tails mode of crepe lisse em broidered in white silk applique on velvet and also in delicate gilt thread on block lace. Gilt lace crowns are open worked and also tinsel embroider ed ou white canrss. Tinsels come in straw ud gold, in different shades of citron, ouC cream, and olive. Ribbons partake of the excessively gay Oriental styles described. These are from seven to eight inches wide when used for sashes, of delicate gause striped with velvet made fluffy with chenille dots in bright Roman colors and Scotch plaids. Others come in etamine glittering with gold thread sod silk.—Xtw York Tribune. What Constitutes Backbone. When a person compliments another by saying he has a good deal of “back bone" he comes very near stating a scientific truth without knowing it, perhaps. At least so remarked a naval medical officer to a reporter of the Star the other day, as the latter stopped to chat in the room of the naval exam ining board. “Step up here a mo ment," continued the officer, conduct ing the reporter to n measuring rod which stood in one corner of the room. This rod, beside having the movable arms with which a man’s height is auged, had another intermediate arm your Dodi low, by which the length of his legs is determined. The difference between these measurments, of course, shows the length of his body and head, or the length of his spinal column, in eluding hi* head. “There." said the officer, after the reporter had subjected himself to the measuring process, “you are 691 inches tali, your legs are *83| inches long—pretty good legs—and that leaves a length of body of 36 inches. That's very good; above' the average.” “Well, what docs it all meaa?" asked the reporter. “Boiler power," remarked an of ficial who was standing near. The medical officer, enlarging on the figure thus suggested, proceeded: "That’s it. You see (putting his hand on his head), here's the governor. Here," he continued, lowering his hand on his chest, “is the boiler. The Inngs and the heart are here, and be low are the abdominal organs or vis cera. Your mouth and nostrils are blowers. You shovel in coal—taka food—In your mouth. It is tuned into steam—blood and goes out in every direction, you see, toward—tife surface. Now the man with a long body has a great deal of boiler sur face." “Thaw -4tao asan with considerable back bone is stronger than the who has not?" “Well, that is one circumstance to be considered, with others of oourse. The man with backbone is opt to have greater power of resistanoe. He can endure mors toil and resist disease longer. Why, there were no men In the war so good for s long march as our duck-legged fellows with long ies. The long-legged men could not stand it ^ “There was a ease here not long ago,” continued the offloer, “which would indicate that a man’s backbone has s great deal to do with Ma general character. An offioer who was ■mined for promotion was found to be physically, mentally, and professionally unfit and also morally unfit Ha was dropped from the service. When we came to take his measurement we found he had the shortest back bona ef any man in tha navy who had aver been examined. He did not hare great physical power of rssistaana. i ou see. When at tha naval ocadamy e stood very high. When ha had to do duty it is probable that his failed aim, and ha resorted to louts. Tha taking of stimulants came a habit, had gradually aftotad his intelleotual powers. His mind ba> ing weakened, hit morals wan soon undermined. All of this you see,” laughed the offloer," “came, of oourse, from having a short baakbooi Washington Star. Torn Ochiltree’s Railways. The National Republican following concerning Thomas Porterhonse Ochiltree, who was in Washington this weak a o| two in company with Jolm As h#got aboard a west-bound train last night to begin a journey to CaU- fornia, CoL Ochiltree said: “Tha po litical arena trill know me no more forever. You see me and Mackey hare some new railroads to look after that will occupy my time for the next ten years and I will have no leisure for ditics. When a man has 400,000 to 1,000 miles of railroads to build ho has no teste tor ward mestiBgs and party conventions." “Why, colonel," asked a bystander, “isn’t tost figure a little steep?" „ ‘Steep, the devil t" exclaimed the “Why. thathm't .jrtsa?! Nip at If i ■tofoodi atl0< am<_„, ^ ^ cailonf for tho flnrraaFa i As proof agaiaet tha revs losmim thti of Europe, tha ItaHoa Oorernraaf I taken measures to raamtwfl"’ 1 growth of theae vinas Ay (be peoyla < tfogarding the properties at partial negar Mr. & F. Dareoport says In tha Chemical Nemt “la Boston vton- C ia considered sporiana If fta—tahra add than corresponds to i par orat aoeticaahydridn Cldar rtnapfr whan dried at 100 dagreaa, must ml leave leas than L6 par eaat ot narraal dry residua." A German test foe watered mQk la ■aid to consist in dipping a wcRpohah ad knitting-needle into a deep vassal of milk and then immediately, withdraw ing it in an upright posiuon. If tho is pure a drop of the fluid srfll hang to the naadla; but tha addition of even a small proportion of water wjB prevent the adboalonef tha drop* An Elmira (N. Y.) farmer Is report ed to have made an Inewaaad wiskly profit on a hard of twouty-ftva posra simply by taking the chill aft from the drinking water during tha winter. It was doM by aasaot ef n steam-pipe introduced into the It is easier done in a small adding apaB of hot' water to < ral capacity of the quantity given. The Texas Live-Stock Journal aays cattle hare drifted aetoas tha plalha to the Pecos in large numbers an aoooust of the severity at tha test winter. »The “drift" (straying) of cattle has bean, worse than in any provisos winter In tha history of Texas. Twenty-fire thousand head hare so far bean re saw ered, and it Is held that it wfll require tha combined efforts ot the entire waat- ern country to get the their respective ranges. The sale of barbed wire for during tha last year is seated aft 100^ 000 tone. At three strands to this would make over IftOflO Ac tank- dfis. per pound' paid the wi last year. At seven and a half the farmers of the osanlry the wire manufacturers $16, OOOiOoO year. Tha additional tedf oaoft per pound makaa $1,000,000 < profit to the manufacturers. Thai ufacturers, however, any costs them more than formerly. When churning heap thil below 66 and fiOwagreaa, experience dictates. Step whan tha i t* 1 4 > vt Is * the stee of wheat tha buttermilk and wash the briM ruM off dear, n ulates tha ohsesy solves, and Is tnaa bom but tha best date aalft wha* aafe ered wfth Artee. Sure Professor Hsnlh fn the . eon Dairyman: “Let a drop ef milk fall la a glaas of pm ‘ tha milk property dteato throogh the water toe aaw that milk Is not wKhaalt baft.wMw to tha bottom of tha gfoaeaalMMftHn-- otf the water, and pradnaaa h$£B$Sto$6 a milky oloud, tha torn Is pmjitaSk Tbaspaolfla grarity andtoteWSS albuminous milk water thus eetolne tha it to sink. " B ef shard el seek { bulk of the milk la i tion. Va bntai »ep, rubicund Texan, patching to do. 11 put the figures didn’t want you to think I drawing tha thing. Instead of four or five hundred thousand miles, our new road will aggregate into mlllione Why, sir, when we got our system in Maxiao completed, that oayote repaMfo will look like on old-fashioned and the whiatio of our make a continuous roar along titc fines ot that God-forsakon from Bagdad to Capo Isabel to the Rio'del an sir—" But Just then tho eolonal’s train began to more westward, sad too graphic picture of what ho and propose railroad The projected bridge Straits of liaaeiBS will epmi a thirty-six teat deep and two as miles wide. The viadaet will potted by two land towure